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But if you've been struggling with a way to, I don't know, make your purchases seem more purposeful, if not practical, than a collection of fuzzy shelf-sitters, Sheep Creek Needlecraft has got a great idea for you: mobiles.
And if you don't have a baby now, or even one on the way, don't worry. Mobiles are for adults too. Remember the swanky mid century modern hanging art sculptures that once were de rigueur? Well, those were mobiles. Revive that hanging art trend for your home or office, say with an "air aquarium" of felted sea folk…
We highly recommend the Star Wars mobiles. Perfect for the sci-fi nerds and pop culture lovers in your life.
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Just ordered the Auto Pilot DIG 36 for my 13,000 IG, price $856.95 delivered from poolsupplyworld, which I thought was a good price. I read through the Manual, maybe too fast, but what type of salt to I need to add to my pool and how much???
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Have you ever been to see a tribute band?
Maybe they only play covers of Beatles songs, or they've got one guy who looks a little like Freddie Mercury—if you squint—hiding his vocal inadequacies behind a bushy mustache.
Ultimately, you get a relatively fun experience, albeit one that's not quite as good as seeing the real deal live in concert.
The Beatles all ended up hating each other. Freddie abandoned this planet for greener pastures. Now, the closest thing you can get is seeing a group of admittedly fairly talented performers pretending to be something great.
Alien: Covenant is a lot like a tribute band. The movie will feature a lot of the same visuals as the original Alien, and will have several characters that fit nicely into the same categories as the earlier film.
Homicidal android? Check. Discount Sigourney Weaver? Check. I Can't Believe It's Not John Hurt with some phallic alien horror ripping its way out of his body? Big old check.
Katherine Waterson, who you'll remember as the woman from Fantastic Beasts who doesn't want to lick Dan Fogler's neck, has even said that her character, Daniels, is basically Ripley Lite.
"They are both able to somehow think clearly in really shocking, unimaginable scenarios," she said in a recent interview with USA Today, "It's fun to play someone who can thrive in that chaos."
There have been rumors circulating that Daniels may even be Ellen Ripley's mother, as if xenomorphs have an inexplicable hatred for Ripley's bloodline that transcends the laws of time and space (ed. Jaws did this with the Brody family to almost absurd extents by the time we got to the one with Michael Caine). Considering that the Alien: Isolation video game has Ripley's daughter facing off against a xenomorph as well, it does seem awfully like the Ripley clan are the unluckiest family in the galaxy.
But here's the problem: while Covenant is hardly shy about showing its stylistic inspiration, there's not really a need for an imitation movie in the same way that tribute bands fill a niche for those who want to see Elvis live on stage.
The original Alien still exists. If you want to see Ellen Ripley facing off against a xenomorph in the terrifyingly dark, wet corners of a doomed spaceship, you can just rewatch the old classic. Where a tribute band provides the next best thing to seeing an actual music icon in the flesh, Alien: Covenant, and all the other prequels, sequels and reboots of recent years, simply serves up an inferior movie experience.
The reason Aliens works so well is because James Cameron didn't just to Alien again—he reinvented the original movie, giving a unique story that built the world' mythology while showing us xenomorphs in a new setting.
Alien Covenant looks increasingly like it'll simply be an Alien tribute band. One which inexplicably has James Franco on drums.
Or worse, what if Alien: Covenant isn't a tribute band at all? What if it's a reunion tour? After all, Ridley Scott is back at the helm of the project.
This upcoming movie is like when Meat Loaf struggles up on stage, wheezily sings a couple of songs, then needs to help himself to an oxygen tank.
Perhaps a tribute movie would have been better than a washed up director trying to live up to his former glory by revisiting his old hits, inadvertently ruining not only his own reputation, but also the work of art that people used to love.
We're calling it now: why are xenomorphs so attracted to Ripley and her family members?
They can smell the midichlorians in her blood. It's the only explanation that makes sense once you take into account just how far from grace Ridley Scott has fallen.


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A gunman walked into Terminal 3 at Los Angeles International Airport Friday morning, pulled an assault rifle out of a bag and opened fire,killing a Transportation Security Administration officer at a security checkpoint and wounding two other TSA officers, authorities said.
Late Friday evening, the TSA identified the slain officer as Gerardo I. Hernandez, 39, the first officer killed in the line of duty in the agency's 12-year history. TSA Administrator John Pistole said in a message to employees Friday evening that "no words can explain the horror that we experienced today."
The gunman was wounded in a shootout with airport police and taken into custody, authorities said. His condition was not disclosed.
U.S. law enforcement officials confirmed to CBS News correspondent Bob Orr that the suspect has been identified as Paul Ciancia, 23, of Pennsville, N.J. Officials said he also spent some time in the Los Angeles area.
A preliminary review of government terror databases and watchlists found no connections to Ciancia, and he does not have a significant police record, Orr reported.
CBS News correspondent John Miller reported that according to investigators, Ciancia had a gun in his bag. Inside the bag, investigators came up with notes saying that the TSA were fascists and pigs, anti-American rantings, anti-TSA rantings and references to the new world order, which is another growing conspiracy group that believes the world is going to be taken over by forces and black helicopters and so on.
Miller also reported that Ciancia on Friday texted his parents from L.A. to New Jersey and said he was going to kill himself. They called the police. There was a response to his house. Apparently they didn't make contact with him but a roommate who didn't know where he was.
Law enforcement sources told CBS News the suspect was wounded in the incident but survived and is in custody. Preliminary information indicated that the suspect may have been an off-duty TSA employee, but a federal official told CBS News the suspect was not a current or former employee of the agency.
The officer who was killed was one of the behavioral detection officers that are stationed throughout the airport, looking for suspicious behavior, said J. David Cox Sr., national president of the American Federation of Government Employees.
Initially, Cox said at least three other TSA officers were wounded. Their conditions were not disclosed. Later in the day, the TSA said two other officers were injured.
The Los Angeles Fire Department revised its total number of victims taken to the hospital from six to five, saying one had been double counted. Those numbers included the gunman, the slain TSA officer and one person who broke their ankle.
Airport Police Chief Patrick Gannon said during the news conference that the gunman pulled an assault rifle out of a bag and began to open fire inside the terminal at 9:20 a.m.
"He proceeded up into the screening area, where TSA screeners are, and continued shooting," Gannon said.
The gunman went past the checkpoint into the secured area of the airport, Gannon said. Airport Police officers tracked the gunman inside the terminal and eventually engaged with him. He was successfully taken into custody after what Gannon described as an "officer-involved shooting."
"As you can imagine, a large amount of chaos took place during this entire incident," said Gannon. "We believe at this point that there was a lone shooter, that he acted, at least right now, was the only person that was armed in this incident."
Gannon said police completed a security sweep of the entire airport.
The suspect entered the terminal wearing military-like clothing when he opened fire, law enforcement sources told CBS News. Miller reported Friday evening that, according to multiple law enforcement sources, Ciancia had five fully loaded magazines on his person and that ammo was found in a bag nearby. A law enforcement source said "he had enough ammo to kill everyone in that terminal."


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The burden of proof is on the conspiracy side. And so far I haven´t heard of any experts who examined the samples claiming a hoax.
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Now there is one person who has spent 1000's of hours researching the possibility of the moon mission being faked and so therefore I would say he is an expert in this subject matter.....
Here is part one of god knows how many of his moon rocks revisted videos.
That is why for examples shadows in pictures are deemed to be undeniable proof for a fake, by people who have no idea of photography. All of those "facts" and problems have been explained over the years. All. Of. Them.


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|Estradiol, estrogen receptor alpha, and osteogenic responses to mechanical loading
Devlin, Maureen J.; Fukai, Naomi; Lieberman, Daniel; Olsen, Bjorn R.
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|Devlin, Maureen J., Daniel E. Lieberman, Bjorn R. Olsen, Naomi Fukai. 2005. Estradiol, estrogen receptor alpha, and osteogenic responses to mechanical loading. American Journal of Physical Anthropology 126(S40): 94-95.
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|Despite evidence that mechanical loads can induce diaphyseal bone growth, there is little consensus about how, and to what extent, strain affects human skeletal phenotype. This project tests a mechanism of mechanotransduction in bone that may underlie variation in human skeletal robusticity. One hypothesis of particular relevance to humans is that hormones, particularly estradiol (E2) and its receptor, estrogen receptor alpha (ER-a), affect mechanotransduction in osteoblasts. Previous experiments demonstrate that E2 increases osteogenic responses to loading, but the mechanism involved is unclear. This project tests the hypothesis that E2 affects osteogenesis by upregulating ER-a, making osteoblasts more sensitive to mechanical loading.
To test this hypothesis, 36 ovarie c-tomized C57BL/6J mice were divided into normal, high, and low E2 treatment groups implanted with 0.25 mg, 2.5 mg, or placebo E2 pellets. Half of the mice in each E2 group were fed normal mouse pellets, while half were fed a soft paste made from the same pellets. Results indicate that in the lateral mandibular corpus, hard diet animals exhibit 260% (high E2), 21% (low E2), and 82% (placebo) more growth than soft diet animals (p=0.01 to 0.03). In situ hybridization shows that ER-a is expressed in mandibular osteoblasts and hypertrophic chondrocytes, and expression appears to increase with increasing E2 dose. Evidence that E2 level affects diaphyseal bone growth via regulation of ER-a may help explain patterns of variation in human skeletal robusticity.
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80. On this area, in your letter, for example,
you say, "Look, we have to have a framework that makes sense
within the UK as a whole", and that must be right, but surely
if we are trying to have a framework which makes sense within
the UK as a whole it should be within the UK and the Irish Republic
as a whole, and one needs therefore to have perspectives under
the Good Friday agreement that look across the Irish Sea and north
and south to try to get some common standards. It does not make
much sense, does it, to be talking about incorporating international
treaties of civil and political rights and economic and social
rights just in Northern Ireland without looking, as you say, in
your letter beyond that to the UK as a whole and to the Republic
as a whole? (Mr Browne) I think I was agreeing with
you in my last answer.
81. What happens to the economic and social
argument if, in fact, the charter of rights of the European Community
is accepted by the European Community, including Her Majesty's
Government? (Mr Browne) I think the answer to that
is that we are in changed circumstances, and we then have to look
at where we are. This whole process of rights is a dynamic and
it has moved significantly since this government came to power
in the UK. There is a European dimension to it; there is an all-island
dimension to it in the Britain Isles, although I have to point
out that I do not think Ireland has incorporated the European
Convention of Human Rights into its domestic law so we might be
at a disadvantage using it as a comparator at the moment. I come
back to an essential theme of my first answer which is that when
you are operating in this area you are operating in a dynamic
area and you need to be fleet of foot and keep your wits about
you, recognising that things may change tomorrow, and if they
do then you have to respond to them. Just to be comprehensive
in relation to funding, I would point out that we are looking
at funding for the next three years for the Commission and we
will be making an announcement shortly about that. I am not able
to do that at present.
82. Finally, minister, if the Cabinet was to
seek your advice on the establishment of a Human Rights Commission
in Great Britain or England and Wales, what lessons would you
draw from the Northern Ireland experience? (Mr Browne)
I do not think the Cabinet will be seeking my advice on this particular
issue! I think my initial response to this might be that I have
enough responsibilities, and at the moment I have more than enough
responsibilities in Northern Ireland without worrying about the
lessons for the United Kingdom. Probably I would speak to them
as I usually do in reply to any question but I think they have
our years of experiencenow four years of experienceof
working in government with the Human Rights Commission to draw
on which has a number of lessons I think for government, but also
for those charged with the responsibility of being Commissioners.
I think reading the annual reports of the Commission would be
very good advice because those are just the sorts of issues that
will be important to a Commission. They might in the particular
circumstances of Northern Ireland have a unique environment to
work in, but I suspect that what is reflected in the annual reports
of the Commission would be the sorts of things that would be of
relevance to the consideration of what a Commission for Great
Britain would do.
Chairman: Thank you very much, minister, for
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Irish Pubs, somehow they have found their place virtually everywhere in the world, any bigger city will have one, or 10. Generally providing people with live sports, pub food and Guinness they are safe retreats in strange lands and always fun to compare and one of Riga's top venues to kick back and watch some sports on the telly is Moloneys.
Moloneys ticks all the boxes and here you'll find all from fish'n'chips to Champions League. Food, be it burgers, sandwiches or salad if you must, generally is under a tenner. Besides classics like Kilkenny or Guinness, they also serve good Latvian beers like Valmiermuižas, Tērvetes or Mežpils. The whiskey, both Scotch and Irish, has a list as long as it get's in any bar in Riga, all from Bushmills to Balvenie. And the best part – it's not only British stag parties having a drink here, but also considerable amount of locals, especially during the week, catching a game or some live music, however on weekend you might find that it's the opposite.
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Microsoft this week began distributing a new version of its OneDrive app for Windows Phone, adding a ton of new features. Best of all, it works for all currently supported versions of Windows Phone, including Windows Phone 7.5, 8, and 8.1.
The previous version of the app was 3.5, so as you might expect the jump to 4.1 brings a number of additional features. Microsoft says these include:
Now looks great on large screen phones. It's a bit subtle, but on large screen (5-inches or bigger, it seems), the default details view makes better use of the available onscreen real estate.
OneDrive 3.5 on Windows Phone 8 (left) and OneDrive 4.1 on Windows Phone 8.1 (right)
Upload multiple photos, videos and files at once.
New immersive view for viewing and managing photos. Now, when you view a photo in the app, you don't have to tap the almost-hidden More ("...") app bar button to see commands. Instead, you can tap the photo and see Delete, Share, Download and Rename app bar buttons, plus the time and date the photo was taken.
OneDrive 3.5 on Windows Phone 8 (left) and OneDrive 4.1 on Windows Phone 8.1 (right)
Open files from OneDrive in other apps. I assume this is analogous to the file picker in Windows 8.1: That OneDrive is a choice (in addition to "on the phone") when you go to open a file from within an app. I don't have any apps that do this to test it, but it seems straightforward enough.
Share files to OneDrive from other apps. You could always share files from OneDrive, but now OneDrive appears in the Share screen when you share an item (document, photo) from other apps. You get a full-screen OneDrive experience so you can navigate to the exact folder where you wish to store that item.
Sort files and folders. A new Sort By item in the app bar menu lets you choose how the current folder is viewed: By name (ascending), name (descending), newest, oldest, largest or smallest.
Bug fixes and performance improvements
Lots of nice changes, basically.
You can grab the new OneDrive app for Windows Phone from the Windows Phone Store. Though if you have Windows Phone 8.1, you probably got it automatically already.


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Doris LeCroy Ledford, 70, of Commerce, died Monday, August 25, 2008, at her residence.
Born on July 25, 1938, in Franklin County, she was the daughter of the late William David and Vera Ayers LeCroy. She was a receptionist at Roper Pump Company for 30 years and was also employed by Bobby Caudell Tool and Machine. She was a member of the Anchor Church. Mrs. Ledford was preceded in death by a brother, John David LeCroy.
Survivors include her husband, Frank O. Ledford; son, Todd Ledford, Commerce; grandchildren, Drew Ledford, Cole Ledford and Ansley Ledford, all of Commerce; sisters, Noah Anne Smith, Monroe, and Willie V. Ledford, Commerce; her grandchildren's mother, Lisa Fitzgerald Lewis; and a special friend, Kristy Teague.
Funeral services will be held Wednesday, August 27, at 2 p.m., at Fairview Baptist Church with the Revs. Wendell Hanley and Wes Bonds officiating. Pallbearers will be Drew Ledford, Cole Ledford, Chas Ledford, Greg Ledford, Mitchell Black and George Golston. Burial will be in the Franklin Memorial Gardens. The family will receive friends at the funeral home Tuesday, August 26, from 7 to 9 p.m.
Ginn Funeral Home, Carnesville, is in charge of arrangements.
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Oceans and Coasts
Coral Reefs: Nature's Medicine Cabinet
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- Surprisingly, coral reefs hold the cures to some of our most common medical ailments.
- Climate change is affecting the health of coral ecosystems—and that puts a strain on the medicinal benefits derived from our oceans.
- By protecting marine environments across the world, The Nature Conservancy is safeguarding marine biodiversity and ensuring coral reefs will be around for future medicinal discoveries.
"A devastating loss of biodiversity could mean that fewer species will be around for future medicinal research and biomedical studies."
Stephanie Wear, Nature Conservancy marine scientist
By Nicole Levins
What are some of the things you think about when you hear the words "coral reef"?
Maybe the threats faced by these fragile ecosystems cross your mind: climate change, ocean acidification and unsustainable fishing practices. Or maybe, if you're more of a "glass-half-full" type, you visualize the happy images: starfish and sea urchins, clownfish and parrotfish, sea turtles and giant clams.
But you probably don't think about medicine.
It's true—these colorful and sometimes crazy-looking underwater structures host a lot more than just cool sea creatures. Coral reefs could hold the cures for some of the human race's most common—and most serious—ailments.
By protecting these "rainforests of the sea," The Nature Conservancy is ensuring that coral reefs will be around—and healthy enough—to facilitate future medicinal discoveries.
An Underwater Pharmacy
Scientists have already developed many medical treatments from resources found in the world's oceans, For instance:
- Secosteroids, an enzyme used by corals to protect themselves from disease, is used to treat asthma, arthritis and other inflammatory disorders.
- Bryozoan Bugula neritina, a common fouling organism (similar to barnacles) that's found in both temperate and tropical climates, is a source for the anti-cancer compound bryostatin 1. The U.S. National Cancer Institute recently collected more than 26,000 pounds of the organism from docks and pilings with little impact on the population.
- Blue-green algae, commonly found in Caribbean mangroves, are used to treat small-cell lung cancer. The National Cancer Institute also endorsed blue-green algae for the treatment of melanoma and some tumors.
- Two drugs currently on the market for cancer and pain come from marine sources. Twenty-five more marine-derived medicines are being evaluated in human trials right now.
- Yondelis®, the first new treatment in 30 years for soft-tissue sarcoma, is extracted from the sea squirt, a sac-like filter feeder.
And with just a few more years of research, it seems likely that scientists will uncover even more therapeutic secrets in the sea:
- A series of organic chemicals isolated from a soft coral called the Caribbean sea whip seem to have an impressive anti-inflammatory effect on human skin.
- Bioactive molecules produced by marine invertebrates such as sea sponges, tunicates and sea hares have displayed potent anti-viral, anti-tumor and antibacterial activity.
- Researchers are studying bivalves, a class of mollusks, to learn more about aging processes, including metabolic activity and environmental stressors.
In fact, one coral reef ecologist says that we're 300 to 400 times more likely to find new drugs in the oceans than on land.
Protecting Reefs for Human and Marine Health
Climate change is already affecting the health of coral ecosystems. Microbial communities—where many new drugs could likely be found—are especially susceptible to these changes, and some are already beginning to decline or migrate.
"An estimated 95 percent of the world's oceans remain unexplored, so it's possible that we might lose significant marine organisms without ever knowing they existed in the first place," explains Stephanie Wear, a marine scientist on the Conservancy's Global Marine Team. "A devastating loss of biodiversity could mean that fewer species will be around for future medicinal research and biomedical studies."
By protecting marine environments through the creation of marine protected areas and the development of adaptation strategies, the Conservancy is safeguarding marine biodiversity. People and nature are already benefiting in so many ways from these marine protected areas. Just imagine what medical benefits may still lay undiscovered beneath the sea.


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ARLINGTON (AP) — Elvis Andrus had a career-high five hits, Mitch Moreland homered and Texas roughed up Anibal Sanchez in the Rangers' 7-2 victory over the Detroit Tigers on Saturday night.
Andrus scored three runs, had two RBIs and stole a pair of bases as he hit lead off for the second straight game in place of ailing second baseman Ian Kinsler. Andrus was a home run shy of the cycle and finished off his 5-for-5 game with a single to right in the eighth.
Moreland hit a solo shot off Sanchez leading off the third, his 10th home run of the season.
Sanchez (4-4) gave up a season-high six runs in 2 2-3 innings, his shortest start in almost two years. The right-hander yielded nine hits, walked two and struck out two as his ERA jumped from 2.05 to 2.77.
The Rangers (28-15) have the best record in the American League, one game better than the New York Yankees.
Texas starter Justin Grimm (3-3) gave up two runs in 6 2-3 innings to snap a three-game losing streak. The rookie allowed seven hits and struck out two while throwing a career-high 105 pitches.
In his second career start last June, Grimm surrendered six runs and eight hits in one inning against the Tigers.
Detroit has lost seven of 11 games and dropped a game behind the Cleveland Indians in the AL Central.
Torii Hunter snapped an 0-for-15 slide with an RBI double and he scored two batters later on Prince Fielder's single, bringing the Tigers within 4-2 in the third.
Kinsler missed his second straight game with bruised ribs, an injury that was aggravated after he was hit by a pitch from Justin Verlander on Thursday night.
Andrus singled on Sanchez's first pitch of the game, then stole second and advanced to third on catcher Alex Avila's throwing error. The Texas shortstop scored on Avila's passed ball.
The Rangers extended their lead to 4-0 with three runs in the second.
Andrus got the inning going with an RBI triple that tipped the end of Hunter's glove in right and he scored on Sanchez's throwing error.
Lance Berkman capped the second inning with an RBI single.
Sanchez threw 32 pitches in each of the first two innings. This was his shortest start since going 1 2-3 innings Aug. 10, 2011, as a member of the Marlins.
Moreland led off the third with a 415-foot blast into the Detroit bullpen in left. It was Moreland's seventh home run in May.
Andrus ended Sanchez's night with an RBI single that stretched Texas' lead to 6-2 with two outs in the third.
Berkman's RBI double scored Andrus, who led off the sixth with a double.
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A drone strike near the southern Yemeni city of Jaar killed at least seven Al-Qaeda suspects, including a local leader, at dawn on Thursday, an official in the restive region told AFP.
"A drone, likely American, fired several rockets at a group of Al-Qaeda members northwest of Jaar killing all of them," said the official, adding seven bodies had so far been recovered.
The United States is the only country that operates drones in the region.
The official, who spoke on condition of anonymity, said that "several bodies" had been identified, including one belonging to Nader Al-Shadadi, Al-Qaeda's leader in Jaar.
According to the official, Al-Qaeda militants have been trying to position themselves near Yemen's main southern cities to carry out operations against the army and the Popular Resistance Committees, local pro-army militias.
Witnesses said, meanwhile, that hundreds of Jaar's residents, both men and women, gathered in front of the headquarters of the Resistance Committees in Jaar and fired into the air air to celebrate Shadadi's death.
One resident told AFP that Shadadi, a Jaar resident himself, "had brought great harm to our city and he is responsible for all the devastation and the war" in the area.
In May, the army launched an all out offensive against Al-Qaeda in the southern of province of Abyan, forcing them to retreat from major strongholds including Jaar and Abyan's capital Zinjibar.
The campaign was backed by US drones which in recent months have been deployed in strikes against Al-Qaeda targets in the south and east of the country.
Thursday's strike was the second such drone attack this month.
On October 4, a drone blasted two cars carrying suspected Al-Qaeda gunmen in the southern province of Shabwa, killing five of them.
Al-Qaeda took advantage of the weakness of Yemen's central government in an uprising last year against now ousted president Ali Abdullah Saleh, seizing large swathes of territory across the south.
But after the month-long offensive, most militants fled to the more lawless desert regions of the east.
Though weakened, the militants still launch hit-and-run attacks on government and civilian targets throughout the country.
They are also increasingly targeting members of the local militias that fought to oust the militants from towns and cities in the south.
On Tuesday, Al-Qaeda militants, one of them a suicide bomber, killed six members of the Resistance Committees and wounded eight others in an attack on a checkpoint in the country's south.


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1.Davy Jones, Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man's Chest
Entertainment Weekly named this Octopus-faced villain the second most convincing computer generated film character in film history (after King Kong, of course) and it's fair to say – everyone saw it coming. Industrial Light and Magic tackled this ambitious project with exemplary precision and expertise, since seamlessly blending in Davy Jones and seventeen of his transmogrified crew with real, flesh-and-blood actors was a full-on challenge. The entire filming process was unique, too. Traditionally, the movements of a character like Davy Jones would be recorded using an old trick called "motion capture", when the actor re-creates all of the actions in an isolated bluescreen soundstage. In Dead Man's Chest, Bill Nighy, the actor who hides under the computer-generated octopus face, was acting on the main movie sets alongside Depp and others, wearing only something that he himself nicknamed "pajamas", with reference dots on his face and around the suit.
2.Dobby, Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows Part 1
Dobby is the most likeable house elf you've ever seen, do not deny it. He does look more human than his previous incarnations, but it took a team of 60 CG wizards 16 months to breathe new life into this magical creature. Dobby was played by a real actor and only later a crew of Framestore's designers replaced it with animation. Months of rigorous work haven't gone unnoticed, as Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows Part 1 was nominated for an Oscar.
3.The Wolfman
Although the movie was a flop, the Wolfman character is an intriguing blend of old and new world techniques: state-of-art make-up and mind-blowing CG. It's nicely balanced and proper terrifying, as intended. Movie posters are especially eye-catching and give a good glimpse into the CG-extended film reality.
4.Hulk, The Avengers
Software engineered for the fantasy menagerie of "The Golden Compass" was used as a springboard for rendering the Hulk. Hulk is an entirely computer-generated character, but a cutting-edge motion-capture technology was used to mimic the brutal, sharp and aggressive movements of football linebackers and it also applied phosphorescent face paint and strobe lighting to digitally capture even the most subtle facial movement.
5.Gollum, Lord of the Rings
When it comes to CG-created movie characters, Lord of the Ring's Gollum is always in the top three most admired Hollywood creations. Raitt, who's behind this impressive CG-generated model, and his team developed a technique that implemented 964 control points on the model of Gollum's face that made it possible to control Gollum's facial movements in great detail.
6.The Iron Man
We're coming to a point where CG gets better every day and if it's possible to do it practically, then it is just as well possible digitally. What the actor wore during filming was the so-called football suit or a half-suit. What the actor playing The Iron Man needed to wear was the upper body piece, helmet, gloves and arms. The scene where Tony Stark's house is blasted off the hill was also all CG-created.
7.Na'vi, Avatar
Avatar's ten feet tall alien race with shining blue skin is one of the most impressive creative adventures to ever venture into the big screen. Near-900 strong crew worked around the clock to bring this science-fiction epic as close to reality as it was possible. 1,800 stereoscopic, photo-realistic visual effects shots of the creatures, the machines and vehicles, equipment, environment and everything else were created. The goal was to incorporate the details of the physical actors into the digital characters, so a great number of photographs and scans was used.
8.Caesar, Dawn of the Planet of the Apes
Did you know that every single Caesar's hair is built and articulated individually? It's impressive! In such way, when apes are in motion – running, touching something or fighting – the hair does everything it's supposed to do and looks real. Performance-capture has played a major role in picking up actor's body and face motions, but the really remarkable work was done applying all that information to digital apes. There are 1,250shots in the film and there were around 700-800 people working on editing and getting everything together, which is approximately 40 people working to get a minute of footage on screen.
9.T-600, Terminator Salvation
A high-end animation application software Houdini was used for rigging and animation to set up T-600 and Marcus cyborgs. Given the detail that needs to go into such animation process, invoking Houdini with its digital asset pipeline that allows different people to work on the same rig at the same time, seems like a reasonable choice. Although the appearance of T-600 has drawn a fair amount of criticism, since many thought of it to be too Frankenstein-looking, the detail that went into setting up the model is worth noting.
10.Electro, The Amazing Spider-Man 2
Jamie Foxx, who played Electro, was wearing a black suit and blue make-up on set, but most of the work was done with computer generation. To make Electro as believable as possible, the Visual Effects team drew their inspiration from tesla coils, lightning bolts, plasma ball and any other form of energy. In order to give the film another touch of reality, Imageworks employed a freshly-developed software – "Doctor Gravity", which allows blending real physics into the motion. In roughly 34 weeks, 1,600 visual effects shots were completed.
11.Where the Wild Things Are
Having sold over 10 million copies, Maurice Sendak's classic children book was a tough nut to crack, especially given the amount and complexity of digital visual effects and rich emotional facial animation of the creatures that needed to be done. On top of giant puppets and costumes, a great amount of CG work was involved. In just six months the crew of 250 Framework's CG wizards managed to pull 1,400 character appearances into an impressive movie that touched millions of hearts.
12.Iorek Byrnison, The Golden Compass
The massive armoured polar bear, Iorek Byrnison, was not just another movie character. From the very start it was regarded as a co-star, therefore a lot of work and effort was invested to bring it to the same level of performance that the real flesh-and-blood actors exhibited. Over 200 team members worked on more than 300 shots and the result is fantastic. It all began from studying the real anatomy and physical structure of a bear, taking advantage of all the available references from photos and videos to interviews with an experienced wildlife cameraman. The beautiful Iorek's armour was another challenge, since fitting one CG element on top of another and making it look flawless is not an easy task. And yet, the hard work paid-off…
13.Benjamin Button, The Curious Case of Benjamin Button
When the fact that, what the audience actually sees in the first third of the movie is not Pitt, but a computer-generated copy of his head, sinks in, you start appreciating the amazing capacity of special effects. The challenge that the visual effects team was facing was a common one in movies that are heavily based on CG-generated characters – it's the "Uncanny Valley", or the creepy region for characters that look a lot like human beings, but don't go all the way. So not making Pitt look like a zombie was a key goal and the movie turned out to be a real success.
14.Optimus Prime, Transformers
These 21 st-century bad-ass, big-screen fighting machines were at first crafted by hand. For example, Optimus Prime that sits on VFX Supervisor's desk is actually tiny and has 51 parts. You can hold it in your hand. The one that's seen on the big screen is 28 feet tall and consists of 10,018 parts. Since Optimus Prime has a speaking role in the movie, 200 moving facial parts were created to make it happen.
15.King Kong
It's a legendary movie, one of the pioneering CGI creations and there is not much to say about it, except that its ground-breaking use of special effects made the audiences crave for more high-quality CG-generated characters. And that's a massive win.
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I spent Saturday photographing the amazing wedding of Jenny & John Blackley, who were married at St Hilda's Church in Tottington, and later, held their wedding reception at the superb Mitton Hall in Whalley near Clitheroe, Lancashire.
Jenny got ready at home in Tottington and looked amazing in her Justin Alexander wedding dress! John looked equally smart in his French Connection suit and Roland Cartier shoes, together they looked superb!
I arrived early at Jenny's house before she was back from having her hair done at the salon up the road, I photographed some of the make-up and bridesmaids while Jenny's step-dad kept everyone awake with strong coffees!
I spent my time between the guys getting ready just up the road, and with the girls. Working on my own, I always try to capture both sides of the story: the guys getting ready (and usually having a beer or two) and the girls getting ready (and usually having a prossecco or two..or three), but being only a few miles apart made my life a lot easier!
The wedding ceremony was very personal to Jenny, as her primary school class choir sang the hymns during the service; and watched puroudly from above as Jenny walked down the aisle, soon to no longer be Miss Wisedale, now becoming Mrs Blackley!
Later, back at Mitton Hall, guitarist Alex Hulme guitarist played for hours while everyone enjoyed their drinks and canapees, and the sun even came out for us, allowing everyone to enjoy the warmth outside Mitton Hall.
The best men speeches were utterly hilarious, bringing John and Jenny to tears with laughter and telling some stories about their early relationship, their first encounter with each other and some embarrassing stories about John - I think the pictures say it all!
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Things in the behavioral health world aren't perfect, but they are better than they used to be, according to Jeffrey A Lieberman, MD, president of the American Psychiatric Association (APA).
After years of work as a psychiatrist taking care of patients and conducting clinical research, Lieberman recently switched gears and began looking into issues relating to policy and administration. He said this shift is due mainly to his current role at the APA and also his role as chairman of psychiatry at Columbia University College of Physicians and Surgeons.
"The reason that I've seen those as desirable things to transition to and learn about is because it's really critical that we be knowledgeable, strategic, and proactive at this point in time given where our country is at in terms of its policies and healthcare," Lieberman explained at the 2014 National Association of Psychiatric Health Systems (NAPHS) annual meeting. "And, as anybody who spends any time in Washington or pays attention to Washington knows, you can't have a tremendous amount of confidence in the politicians and policy makers to make the right decisions. Healthcare is too important to be left to the politicians."
He feels that the problem with the current state of healthcare is that the United States hasn't yet decided "how it wants to finance healthcare." The nation, he asserts, must decide whether healthcare is a right or a commodity.
"If it's a commodity then you get what you pay for and if it's a right, then everyone gets it but the question is how much are you prepared to spend?"
"Nobody knows how this is going to end up," he continued. "They just know that something has to happen because the current method is not sustainable."
On the topic of the Affordable Care Act (ACA), Lieberman acknowledges that there are various opinions on the subject and shared his own thoughts about it: "My opinion is that it's a terrible piece of legislation which I don't pretend to even comprehend much of. On the other hand, I applaud the President for getting something done because something had to be done. We can't live in this kind of alter universe of denying the fact that we have to figure out how we're going to pay for healthcare."
The stepchild of healthcare
Because of the "government policy ineptitude," Lieberman said that the healthcare system has become sick, and when that happens, mental healthcare gets critically ill. "We suffer more," he explained. "That's been our lot in life."
He said that historically, psychiatry has been the stepchild of healthcare for several reasons: Lacking hard outcomes to use to gather quality metrics, and not fully being able to understand the etiologies/mechanisms of many of the treatments – "we just know that they work."
Even though mental healthcare may be "the sibling who's disparaged, the one that the others make jokes about," it certainly is a vital part of the family that the others don't want to or can live without, he explained.
He lamented the fact that some neuroscience professionals – Tom Insel and Steve Hyman – have been very hard on the field due to the lack of science-based treatments. He spoke of his colleagues saying things like: "The field of psychiatry doesn't know anything" and "We can't treat anybody" and "We need to do better and throw out everything we know in terms of science to start over." While he believes such sentiments are very unfair, they do represent real frustrations with the current state of psychiatry.
He said that the reality is that psychiatry – in terms of its therapeutic capability, the size of the population it treats, and the economic burden on the country and on the world measured by world bank metrics (disability adjusted life years) – is very consequential.
While the field may not yet have hammered down what exactly causes the illnesses it is treating and the specific mechanisms and actions of how they're working, the treatments are generally effective. And although many give mental healthcare a hard time, Lieberman defended it by saying that it has made much more progress than its sister discipline, neurology.
For disorders such as Huntinton's Disease and Amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS), he suggested that there are no true treatments at this point. The mental health field gets much "unwarranted criticism because we've had a harder time learning, understanding, and explaining." The reason it's been hard, according to Lieberman, is because all of the work in the field deals with the brain – an organ that is "vastly more complex than any other organ in the body."
He explained that if you took a small biopsy of a kidney or a liver and examined it under a microscope, it would look the same as any other part. However, the brain has more cells (100 billion cells), more connections (30 trillion synaptic connections), and each part is different from the next.
When the brainwork was divided into neurosurgery, neurology, and psychiatry, the other areas took the "easy stuff," said Lieberman. "What we got were the most highly involved functions in the animal kingdom. There's no animal model for many of these. There's nothing to be apologetic about."
'The best place to be mentally ill'
Lieberman believes that the United States is the best place in the world to be mentally ill in terms of stigma, discrimination, social attitudes. While it's not perfect, the public is fairly open and accepting of these issues being discussed and treated. Tragic and unwanted events that are caused by individuals such as Adam Lanza and James Holmes have a hint of positive to them as they bring attention to issues and spark positive outcomes to occur.
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There was a argument between him and his wife, and she said, "Take me back to my family, I don't want to stay with you." So he took her back to her family and she stayed with them for several months. Does he have to pay maintenance?
He does not have to pay maintenance because maintenance is in return for her allowing him to be intimate with her. And that did not happen because she insisted on going and did not stay with him.


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Assault ruled an act of self defense
Wayne County sheriff's deputies responded to 111 J&L Drive about 2 p.m. Saturday after a fight and found Solomon Ortiz unresponsive and suffering from a severe head wound, Wayne County Sheriff's Detective Sgt. Rick Farfour said. Ortiz, whose age was unknown, was taken to Wayne Memorial Hospital for treatment by ambulance. Farfour interviewed several witnesses and discovered Ortiz was actually the aggressor in the fight. Farfour said Ortiz allegedly started the altercation and stabbed another man. The Hispanic male victim, whose name was not released, then struck Ortiz in the head with a beer bottle. Farfour called the assault an act of self defense. He added no charges will be filed in the case.
*Someone stole tools, a 13-inch TV, VCR, beverages and other items, valued at $395.
*Sebastian Perez reported someone held him and another man at knife point Sunday on Smith Trailer Park Drive and robbed him out of a cooler full of beer, valued at $40.
*James Joel Allen reported someone broke into his home in the 300 block of Windsor Drive and stole several firearms including a 12-gauge shotgun, a digital camera, Sony PlayStation 2 and video games, jewelry and other items, all valued at $5,240.
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|DNA Damage in Preserved Specimens and Tissue Samples: A Molecular Assessment
Zimmermann, Juergen; Hajibabaei, Mehrdad; Blackburn, David C; Cantin, Elizabeth; Posfai, Janos; Hanken, James; Evans, Thomas C., Jr.
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|Zimmermann, Juergen, Mehrdad Hajibabaei, David C. Blackburn, James Hanken, Elizabeth Cantin, Janos Posfai, and Thomas C. Evans Jr. 2008. DNA damage in preserved specimens and tissue samples: a molecular assessment. Frontiers in Zoology 5:18.
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|The extraction of genetic information from preserved tissue samples or museum specimens is a fundamental component of many fields of research, including the Barcode of Life initiative, forensic investigations, biological studies using scat sample analysis, and cancer research utilizing formaldehyde-fixed, paraffin-embedded tissue. Efforts to obtain genetic information from these sources are often hampered by an inability to amplify the desired DNA as a consequence of DNA damage. Previous studies have described techniques for improved DNA extraction from such samples or focused on the effect of damaging agents – such as light, oxygen or formaldehyde – on free nucleotides. We present ongoing work to characterize lesions in DNA samples extracted from preserved specimens. The extracted DNA is digested to single nucleosides with a combination of DNase I, Snake Venom Phosphodiesterase, and Antarctic Phosphatase and then analyzed by HPLC-ESI-TOF-MS. We present data for moth specimens that were preserved dried and pinned with no additional preservative and for frog tissue samples that were preserved in either ethanol, or formaldehyde, or fixed in formaldehyde and then preserved in ethanol. These preservation methods represent the most common methods of preserving animal specimens in museum collections. We observe changes in the nucleoside content of these samples over time, especially a loss of deoxyguanosine. We characterize the fragmentation state of the DNA and aim to identify abundant nucleoside lesions. Finally, simple models are introduced to describe the DNA fragmentation based on nicks and double-strand breaks.
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Grand Leisure Travel call us at 7 1 8 - 3 0 3 - 0 4 4 8
Features 7 bedrooms, 3.5 bathrooms with double jetted shower heads (1 on third level, 2 on second level, 1 on first level). Game room equipped with brand new full size pool table, ping pong table, dart board, and a variety of board games. Living/Family room equipped with a huge brand new sectional, and a 46 inch LCD TV (with Netflix, Playstation3/DVD Player, and Wifi) sitting on a beautiful mantle. Kitchen with stainless steel brand new refrigerator, dishwasher, microwave, multiple appliances, and all serving and silverware, with a huge island and bar stools. Dining room will allow for all your gourmet needs with a 12 person table, stocked with all kitchen & dinning needs. All bedrooms come with brand-new platform queen size beds, and standing mirrors (all linens included, as well as towels), which were custom designed to reflect a different style in each room. Last but not least, the top floor comes with a huge private master suite which includes a queen bed, separate stand up shower, and his &hers double vanity sinks.
Newly Renovated, 7 bedroom, 4 bath, stainless steel appliances in island kitchen with luxury amenities & game room. Additional sleeping room available (Sleeps 14-16).
Third Floor:
Master suite – Extra bright suite with queen bed, huge bathroom with double vanities & separate glass shower.
Second Floor:
The Royal Room (Room 2) – Queen bed with walk in closet;
The Alex Room (Room 3)- Queen bed;
The Black and White (Room 4)- Queen bed;
The Golden Room (Room 5)- Queen bed;
The Presidential (Room 6)- Queen bed;
Two full bathrooms.
First Floor:
Game room with brand new full size pool table, ping pong table, dart board, and board games;
Dining room with family size table, comfortably fits 12;
Living room with large sectional, beautiful new fireplace & mantle which houses a 46 inch LCD flat screen (Netflix & Wi-Fi enabled, and Playstation3);
Large Stainless Steel kitchen with huge island and 4 bar chairs;
One bathroom;
Brand new stainless steel gas grill with utensils, with table and chairs for all your BBQ needs.
Guest access
Guests will have access to everything that is advertised. Upon request, two complimentary queen size air mattresses (including linens and pillows) can be provided for a one-time $150 fee per mattress.
Guest interaction
Our customer service office is open Monday through Friday from 9 am to 9 pm. Maintenance is available 24/7.
Neighborhood overview
Beautifully secluded creek front home with water on all sides. Gives you the feeling that you are on an island with water all around. Enjoy!
Getting around
There are cabs and other forms of transportation. However, we suggest using your own vehicle.
Other things to note
Please remember, Grand Leisure Travel loves pets. And if the homeowner allows pet's you can bring them with you. We have no problem with that as long as you tell us what kind of pet, how many and pay our $100 pet fee. This fee will be assessed after your instant booking is placed. Thank you for your understanding.
Reservation Requirements:
Age 25+ to Reserve
Guests will have to sign a Lease from Grand Leisure Travel. This protects both the home and the guests. It's not a small apartment it is a vacation home and requires a lease.
Guests will receive a Welcome Letter to sign from Grand Leisure Travel. Guests will have to send us 5 names, ages, phone numbers and drivers licenses of everyone driving so we can register you with the gated community if there is any.
Guests will receive information regarding contacting us in the paperwork we send, so attention to that is vital.
Failure to follow any of these terms will render the funds refundable only according to the Airbnb policy. No other arrangements will be made.
"If the guest who books instantly and Grand Leisure Travel cannot get in touch during the business hours in which Grand Leisure Travel is open, 9am - 5pm. Grand Leisure Travel will will not be liable for any cancellation fees, and our cancellation policy will apply regardless of the reason why the guest could not get in touch with Grand Leisure Travel."
Grand Leisure Travel is an exclusive lifestyle vacation home rental company. Grand Leisure Travel homes are designed by renowned local artisans, features luxury residences in a wide variety of styles, along with handy amenities like pools, hot tubs, game rooms and many other outdoor amenities including beaches, lakes and creeks.
Before you inquire you should know that Online Travel Agencies such as Homeaway, Airbnb, Expedia, and Tripadvisor has restricted us from seeing your contact into when you submit a request.
We cannot call you and you cannot call us. They have masked your phone number and your email.
If you want to speak to us directly, please look us: Grand Leisure Travel.
The cheapest deals can always be found when you look us up: Grand Leisure Travel.
Grand Leisure Travel is the #1 Vacation Home Rental Management Company in the Poconos and surrounding areas - we have over 25 homes.
This partner has demonstrated and is committed to fast response times, the best rates, and a great guest experience.
We are a small boutique firm with a focus on customer satisfaction. We will make sure you will have the most amazing time and will come back again and again celebrating life with us.
This property is HUGE, plenty of sleeping space for everyone and no one will feel crowded. Everything in this house focuses on your having a great time, so enjoy!
Its close to many attractions including Camelback Mountain and Camelbeach, Mount Airy Casino and many other places.
Very modern and we loved the privacy. No community to worry about gates. A truly nice house. We were very much impressed, pics don't do it justice.
We enjoyed the house,it was relaxing.
Needs a little updating ie screens and box spring mattresses upstairs. Traveled with a group of 12 and most were very pleased.
We had a very positive experience. This house was exactly what we were looking for, and we had a great stay.
Would go again
The home is spacious enough for a large family with ample bedroomsand sufficient bathrooms. The property was clean upon arrival, however a new broom and dust pan could be provided for the next renters. There was an influx of ants in the kitchen no matter how many times the counters were wiped down and was mentioned to Grand Leisure Travel. The deck definitely needs a sweep/power wash, understandable as we stayed in between seasons.
Thank you to Mark Davis for keeping in close contact with me.
Upon arrival received a few phone calls from a Grand Leisure Travel Rep.
Patio was in need of a sweep and grill was not clean at all. However, after speaking to the Rep the grill was replaced and maintainance cleaned within 2 hours. In addition to that we requested additional seating and chairs which we received the following morning. The gentleman who brought the table and chairs were very nice and ensured we were okay with the amount of items provided. We seen a few roaches in the kitchen and that could be due to items still left in cabinents from previous guests.Each of the couples complained about the beds as they were uncomfortable, hard, and low to the floor. We were also under the impression there was a whirlpool tub apart of the Master suite, but it was just open space, no tub just walk in shower. Yes we made the best of our stay. I would not stay at this location again, do a little more research of the area to determine what other creditable options are in the area. Would suggest to update photos online, exterminate, and get rid of leftover items from previous guests. Especially if apart of the fee is cleaning the home should be spotless upon arrival. I was expecting to walk in similar to checking in to a new hotel room. I absolutely left the place cleaner then received. Thank you for you time and extending the home for our weekend getaway.
Great getaway house for all seasons & occasions. 1hour away from Manhattan. 10 minutes away from Mount Airy Casino, Shawnee, Camelback, Big Bolder, Jack Frost & a huge strip mall with over 100 stores. The house is located within easy driving distance of the Delaware River (Delaware Water Gap). Other activities nearby include hiking, biking, horseback riding, tennis and golf.
They are located conveniently in the heart of the Pocono Mountains in Pennsylvania near Shawnee and Camelback. Some feature Hot Tubs and/or Jacuzzi's and Game Rooms! We are also pet friendly!
*Plus compulsory or optional charges based on actual occupancy or consumption. The payment has to be made in the currency offered by the property manager, before use of conversion tool. Payments in other currencies have to be negotiated beforehand with the property manager. The currency conversion tool is provided for your convenience only and is non-binding.


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Moogfest 2012 is two weeks from today! In preparation, Moog and Consequence of Sound are bringing you Moog Sound Lab sessions from Moogfest's previous standouts. Every Friday, Moog and Consequence of Sound will drop a new performance. We're kicking things off with Ghostly International co-founder and Moogfest 2011 alumni Matthew Dear, who applies synthesis to deconstruct and recreate his songs, "Earthforms" and "Slowdance".
You can watch Matthew Dear's performance of Earthforms here.
Then check out "Slowdance" exclusively at Consequence of Sound.
New episodes will go live the Friday of each week leading up to Moogfest.
Weekend GA and VIP passes, daily GA tickets and travel packages for Moogfest 2012 are currently on sale exclusively at www.moogfest.com.
Visit www.moogfest.com for more information on this year's event.
Previous seasons of Moog Sound Lab featured Phantogram, Twin Shadow, Little Dragon, Ra-Ra-Riot, The Antlers, Megafaun, Junip, OK GO, Tegan and Sara, Dorit Chrysler, and The Dandy Warhols, and can be viewed at moogsoundlab.com.


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Bruno Mars indulged in a bizarre delicacy during his trip to Thailand this week (beg17Mar14) by munching on scorpion kebabs.
The Treasure hitmaker was in the country's capital Bangkok for a concert on his Moonshine Jungle tour on Thursday (20Mar14) when he decided to use a rare day off to explore the city.
He took in a martial arts fight, went on a CD shopping trip at a bootleg market, and then topped off the day with a snack of toasted scorpion.
However, the weird meal didn't go down too well with the singer and it left him nursing a stomach ache for the rest of the day.
Mars posted a picture of the snack on Twitter.com on Friday (21Mar14), alongside the message, "Stomach felt a little weird after I ate this."


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This Anti-Rape Bra Will Shock Potential Attackers
SRM University engineering student Manisha Mohan's new bra's primary purpose isn't to lift or smooth or add two cup sizes — it's to protect its wearer from rape. Her Society Harnessing Equipment (or SHE, for short) bra is packed with a well-concealed electric circuit that can unleash a 3,800 kilovolt pressure-sensor-generated shock on an attacker, reports Vocativ.
Zap Away Would-Be Attackers With This 3800kv Anti-Rape Bra: http://t.co/Wj0AcYA0q8 pic.twitter.com/wKPvm56Dlk— Int Engineering (@IntEngineering) September 5, 2013
The shock isn't enough to "immobilize'' the assailant, but it will most definitely severely burn the attacker, and allow for the victim to make a defensive move. It also features embedded GPS technology that will simultaneously notify the victim's emergency contacts and authorities of her location once the brassiere has been triggered. According to the American Bazaar, while the possibility of false alarms has been raised, the bra will not accidentally shock someone who is not applying extreme force:
While setting off false alarms is a stark possibility, Mohan and her team have calibrated the bra so that it only responds to a higher amount of pressure, than say, a friendly hug. A power switch is also present that allows the user to turn it on while in high-risk neighborhoods.
Mohan and her fellow students Niladhri Basu Bal and Rimpi Tripathi developed the SHE bra in 2012 as a response to India'son-goingissues of rape and violence toward women and received a Gandhian Young Technological Innovation Award the following year. Market prices are currently up for debate, but Mohan says one of the prototype's original concerns — comfort — has been addressed. "It is light like any other bra, and one really cannot [tell] a difference,'' an unnamed tester told Vocativ.
Manisha Mohan, Niladhri Basu Bal and Rimpi Tripathi received GANDHIAN Young Technological Award for their invention pic.twitter.com/3IaitVNYaO— BBC Outlook (@bbcoutlook) May 7, 2013
Mohan is currently with fellow chosen innovators as scholars in-residence at India's Rashtrapati Bhavan through July 20. The Business Standard reports that the scholars "are among the first to get an exposure through the innovation scholars-in residence scheme launched by the President [Pranab Mukherjee] in December 11, 2013.'' According to a release from Mukherjee's office, "During their stay at Rashtrapati Bhavan, Innovators will interact with concerned ministries, research institutions, etc. for possible support for product development and commercialization of their products.''
With any luck, inclusion in the program will put Mohan one step closer to bringing the SHE bra to market, and as Bustle puts it, "is hopefully a sign that India's government is starting to take the widespread rape in the country seriously.''
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