Nobody can accuse Gary Reback, the acclaimed Silicon Valley antitrust lawyer, of being intrinsically anti-Google. After all, it was Reback, back in the 90s, who spearheaded the US government's efforts to sue Google's nemesis Microsoft - an enormously consequental event for the tech industry that made it possible for startup entrepreneurs like Larry Page and Sergey Brin to successfully take on the Redmond leviathan.Source: http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Techcrunch/~3/NfZjAD6CnyI/
The redevelopment of Denver's Union Station and the expansion of the city's mass-transit system will be a catalyst for improving retail property operations along the rail network for the next several years, Marcus & Millichap's second-quarter retail report for Denver said Tuesday.
The renovation, scheduled for completion in early 2014, will turn Union Station into a multimodal transportation hub, where light rail, commuter rail and the intercity rail lines will connect regional, express and local bus service, said the real-estate investment-services company.
The report noted that the redevelopment is spurring mixed-use development nearby, as several residential, retail and office projects are underway.
With multiple rail projects underway, retailers will sign leases near stations, where heavy traffic will generate solid sales, "boding well for property owners," said the report.
The report forecast that 35,000 jobs will be added in metro Denver this year, a 2.8 percent annual increase, led by growth in the professional and business services and trade, transportation and utilities sectors.
In the metro area, local highlights include apartment developers completing more than 4,200 units by the end of 2013, expanding metrowide inventory by 2 percent.
Another highlight, said the report, is that University of Colorado Health purchased 66 acres at North Park in northern Broomfield and has announced plans for a new medical campus. The land is adjacent to Children's Hospital Colorado's North Campus and is expected to help address the need for medical care in that region.
Howard Pankratz: 303-954-1939, hpankratz@denverpost.com or twitter.com/howardpankratz
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May 29, 2013 ? Global use of nuclear power has prevented about 1.84 million air pollution-related deaths and release of 64 billion tons of greenhouse gases that would have resulted from burning coal and other fossil fuels, a new study concludes. It appears in the ACS journal Environmental Science & Technology.
Pushker A. Kharecha and James E. Hansen state that nuclear power has the potential to help control both global climate change and illness and death associated with air pollution. That potential exists, they say, despite serious questions about safety, disposal of radioactive waste and diversion of nuclear material for weapons. Concerned that the Fukushima accident in Japan could overshadow the benefits of nuclear energy, they performed an analysis of nuclear power's benefits in reducing carbon dioxide emissions and air pollution deaths.
The study concluded that nuclear power already has had a major beneficial impact, based upon calculations of prevented mortality and greenhouse gas emissions for the period 1971-2009. Nuclear power could prevent from 420,000 to 7 million additional deaths by mid-century, and prevent emission of 80-240 billion tons of the greenhouse gases linked to global warming, the study found. "By contrast, we assess that large-scale expansion of unconstrained natural gas use would not mitigate the climate problem and would cause far more deaths than the expansion of nuclear power," it notes. If the role of nuclear power declines significantly in the next 20-30 years, Kharecha added, the International Energy Agency predicts that achieving the major reductions in greenhouse gas emissions that are required to mitigate climate change would require "heroic achievements" in the use of emerging low-carbon technologies, which have yet to be proven.
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May 29, 2013 ? Though its surface has been turned to carbon, the bunny-like features can still be easily observed with a microscope. This rabbit sculpture, the size of a typical bacterium, is one of several whimsical shapes created by a team of Japanese scientists using a new material that can be molded into complex, highly conductive 3-D structures with features just a few micrometers across. Combined with state-of-the-art micro-sculpting techniques, the new resin holds promise for making customized electrodes for fuel cells or batteries, as well as biosensor interfaces for medical uses.
The research team, which includes physicists and chemists from Yokohama National University, Tokyo Institute of Technology, and the company C-MET, Inc., presents its results in a paper published today in the Optical Society's (OSA) open-access journal Optical Materials Express.
The work opens a door for researchers trying to create conductive materials in almost any complex shape at the microscopic or cellular level. "One of the most promising applications is 3-D microelectrodes that could interface with the brain," says Yuya Daicho, graduate student at Yokohama National University and lead author of the paper. These brain interfaces, rows of needle-shaped electrodes pointing in the same direction like teeth on combs, can send or receive electrical signals from neurons and can be used for deep brain stimulation and other therapeutic interventions to treat disorders such as epilepsy, depression, and Parkinson's disease. "Although current microelectrodes are simple 2-D needle arrays," Daicho says, "our method can provide complex 3-D electrode arrays" in which the needles of a single device have different lengths and tip shapes, giving researchers more flexibility in designing electrodes for specialized purposes. The authors also envision making microscopic 3-D coils for heating applications.
Currently, researchers have access to materials that can be used to make complex 3-D structures. But the commercially available resins that work best with modern 3-D shaping techniques do not respond to carbonization, a necessary part of the electrode preparation process. In this stage, a structure is baked at a temperature high enough to turn its surface to carbon. The process of "carbonizing," or charring, increases the conductivity of the resin and also increases its surface area, both of which make it a good electrode. Unfortunately, this process also destroys the resin's shape; a sphere becomes an unrecognizable charred blob. What researchers needed were new materials that could be crafted using 3-D shaping techniques but that would also survive the charring process.
The Japanese team, led by Daicho and his advisor Shoji Maruo, sought to develop materials that would fit these needs. Trained as a chemist, Daicho developed a light-sensitive resin that included a material called Resorcinol Diglycidyl Ether (RDGE), typically used to dilute other resins but never before used in 3-D sculpting. The new mixture had a unique advantage over other compounds -- it was a liquid, and therefore potentially suitable for manipulation using the preferred 3-D sculpting methods.
Daicho, Maruo, and colleagues tested three different concentrations of RDGE in their new compounds. Though there was shrinkage, the materials held their shapes during the charring process (controlled shrinkage of a microstructure can be a good thing in cases where miniaturization of a structure is desired). The resin with the lowest concentration of RDGE shrank 30 percent, while that with the highest concentration shrank 20 percent.
The researchers also tested their new resin's ability to be manipulated using techniques specifically suited for 3-D shaping. In one technique, called microtransfer molding, the light-sensitive liquid was molded into a desired shape and then hardened by exposure to ultraviolet (UV) light. The other technique, preferred because of its versatility, made use of the liquid resin's property of solidifying when exposed to a laser beam. In this process, called two-photon polymerization, researchers used the laser to "draw" a shape onto the liquid resin and build it up layer by layer. Once the objects were shaped, they were carbonized and viewed with a scanning electron microscope (SEM).
In addition to crafting pyramids and discs, the researchers reproduced the well-known "Stanford bunny," a shape commonly used in 3-D modeling and computer graphics. Maruo says that when he first saw a picture of the rabbit structure taken with the SEM, he was delighted at how well it had held up during the charring process.
"When we got the carbon bunny structure, we were very surprised," Maruo says. It was exciting, he continues, to see that "even with a very simple experimental structure, we could get this complicated 3-D carbon microstructure." The rabbit's shape would be much more difficult, expensive, and time-consuming to create using any of the existing processes compatible with carbonization, he adds.
Next steps for the team include fabricating usable carbon microstructures, as well as charring the resins at temperatures above the 800 degrees Celsius tested in this study. Moving to higher temperatures may destroy the microstructures, Maruo says, but there is a chance they will turn the surfaces into graphite, a higher-quality conductor than the carbonized surfaces they have created so far.
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By Ryan Vlastelica
NEW YORK (Reuters) - Stock index futures were higher on Tuesday as supportive comments from central banks around the world reassured investors that monetary policies designed to support the global economy would remain in place.
Equities have been closely tethered to monetary policy, with major U.S. indexes last week posting their first negative week since mid-April on lingering concerns that the Federal Reserve may scale back its stimulus measures sooner than expected.
Both the Bank of Japan and the European Central Bank reaffirmed that their policies would remain in place. On Monday, when U.S. markets were closed for the Memorial Day holiday, ECB Executive Board member Joerg Asmussen said the policy would stay as long as necessary. On Tuesday, BOJ board member Ryuzo Miyao said it was vital to keep long- and short-term interest rates stable.
Monetary stimulus from central banks has been a major contributor to Wall Street's gains this year, lifting the S&P 500 more than 15 percent. Analysts have also cited earnings growth and relatively cheap valuations as reasons investors have used any market decline as a buying opportunity, helping lift both the S&P and Dow to a series of new highs.
"Whenever the Fed starts slowing its stimulus, that will have an impact on markets, but there's enough strength out of retail and housing that we can sustain our gains, especially with Japan making it very clear what its policy will be," said Tad Hill, chief executive of Freedom Financial Group in Birmingham, Alabama.
Cyclical sectors, which are closely tied to the pace of economic growth, are likely to advance on any sign of continued supportive policies. Bank of America
S&P 500 futures rose 12.6 points and were above fair value, a formula that evaluates pricing by taking into account interest rates, dividends and time to expiration on the contract. Dow Jones industrial average futures added 104 points and Nasdaq 100 futures rose 27.50 points.
Investors will be watching the S&P's 14-day moving average of 1,647.91. On Friday, the benchmark index briefly fell below that level though it subsequently rebounded and closed above it. If the index remains below that level for a protracted period, it could portend waning momentum.
In the latest economic data, home prices are seen having risen 1 percent in March, according to the latest S&P/Case Shiller data, which is due at 9 a.m (1300 GMT). The Conference Board's consumer confidence index for May is seen coming in at 71, up from 68.1 in the previous month. The consumer confidence data is due at 10 a.m. (1400 GMT)
"The confidence data will be very important as a lot of data prior to this has been mixed, with housing strong but manufacturing soft," said Hill.
Luxury retailer Tiffany & Co
Abercrombie & Fitch Co late Friday reported a drop in first-quarter same-store sales that was steeper than expected and cut its full-year profit view.
With 486 S&P companies having reported, 66 percent have topped earnings expectations, about even with the 67 percent beat rate over the past four quarters. Only 46 percent of companies have beaten on revenue, lower than the 52 percent rate over the past four quarters.
(Editing by Chizu Nomiyama)
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Thank you to everyone who participated in Graphex 44. We had a great turnout, and a great time. Jakub Hartleib kicked the night off with beautiful (and delicious) food, while Mark Kuykendall set the mood with some chill vibes. Guests strolled through our makeshift gallery of winners, a truly inspiring showing.
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Our Graphex 44 team worked tirelessly to put together this year?s show. The awards segment was short and sweet, and each category was introduced by a local artisan. From violin makers, to grass tenders at ONEOK Field, and brewers at Marshall?s, we kept people guessing who would pop up next. At the end of the awards, we hope you were surprised to see a new feature: comments from this year?s judges. As you know, our judges were experienced, unbiased designers from across the Midwest. Alan from Leo Burnett commended Tulsa on our design and our barbeque, while Shawn from Blacktop Creative gave a special shout-out to this year?s Raffe Award recipient, John Hammer.
Congratulations to all the winners. Thanks to your hard work and participation, we were able not only to inspire each other, we also fueled future designers through scholarship awards. And between the winner?s books* and the photobooth, we all had a little souvenir to take with us. What was your favorite part of the night?
*One award was originally omitted from the book, though we did announce it during the show. That piece was the identity for Hoteles M, by Cubic. Winston Peraza, creative director; Sean Ball, art director; Hoteles M, client. This received a Merit for Identity.
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Motion Graphics
Gold(video)
My Ditch Witch Drilled It Testimonial Video
Littlefield Brand Development
Mike Rocco, creative director
Jason Jordan, associate creative director
Darshan Phillips, art director
Chris Barricks, writer
Brandon Bergin, editor
Ditch Witch, client
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Gold (motion graphics campaign)
Know Your Trash Videos
Littlefield Brand Development
Mike Rocco, creative director
Jason Jordan, associate creative director
Katy Kite, art director
Chris Miller, designer
Cullen Koger, writer
Tulsa Authority for the Recovery of Energy, client
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Bronze (motion graphics)
Osage Money Drop TV Commercial
Walsh Branding
Kerry Walsh, principal & creative director
Heath Potter, creative director
Tammy Chick, managing principal & senior account manager
Terri Hibberd, account executive
Jennifer Bighorse, Osage marketing director
Mike McGuire, Osage marketing manager
Osage Casino, client
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Bronze (video)
YMCA Program Video
Littlefield Brand Development
Mike Rocco, creative director
Jason Jordan, associate creative director
Matt O?Meilia, writer
Chris Miller, editor
Brandon Bergin, editor
YMCA of Greater Tulsa, client
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Identity
Gold
Endless Entertainment logo
Loftis & Ball
Sean Ball & Damian Madray, creative direction
Sean Ball, art direction & design
Endless Entertainment / Damian Madray, The Madray, client
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Gold
Bevworks logo
Katy Kite, designer
Joseph Breaux, client
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Gold
Coney I-Lander Logo
Walsh Branding
Kerry Walsh, principal & creative director
Cassie Drake, lead art director
Annell Dornblaser, account executive
Coney I-Lander, client
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Silver
Pop Co-Op Logo
Studio Savage
Jeffrey W. Savage, creative director & designer
Peter Kraemer, illustrator
Pop Co-Op, client
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Silver
Scissortail Brewing Co. Logo
Hammer designs
John Hammer
Scissortail Brewing Co., client
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Bronze
Tulsa Run Logo
Cubic
Winston Peraza, creative director
Tina Fincher, art director
Katy Livingston, designer
Jeff DeGarmo, programmer
Tulsa Sports Commission, client
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Merit
Station8 Logo
Station8
David Clark, creative director & designer
Morgan Middleton, designer
Aaron Mays, designer
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Merit
Sam Kaplan Photography Logo
Loftis & Ball
Sean Ball & Sam Kaplan, creative direction
Sean Ball, art direction & design
Sam Kaplan Photography, client
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Merit
Bodega System Logo
Justen Renyer, designer
Bodega System / Grant?s Tomb Records, client
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Merit
Hoteles M Logo
Cubic
Winston Peraza, creative director
Sean Ball, art director
Hoteles M, client
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Editorial
Gold
Selser Schaefer Architects Newsletter Vol 2 No 3
Station8
David Clark, creative director
Morgan Middleton, designer
Laura Crouch, copywriter
Western Printing, printer
Selser Schaefer Architects, client
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Silver
Operation Scissortail
Carl Brune
Steve Lackmeyer & Jack Money, authors
David McNeese / Cooper Ross, photography
Carl Brune, design / production
Jim Tolbert, Full Circle Press, Oklahoma City, publisher
Everbest, Hong Kong, printer
Full Circle Press, client
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Institutional Literature
Gold
Hoss Pumps Capabilities Brochure
Studio Savage
Jeffrey W. Savage, creative director & designer
Cody Johnson, photographer
Mark Brown, copywriter
Western Printing, printer
Hoss Pumps, client
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Bronze
ONEOK 2012 Annual Report
Walsh Branding
Kerry Walsh, principal & creative director
Heath Potter, creative director
Nealay Patel, art director
Annell Dornblaser, account executive
ResourceOne, printer
ONEOK, Inc., client
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Bronze
Alliance 2012 Annual Report Set
Walsh Branding
Kerry Walsh, principal & creative director
Heath Potter, creative director
Paul Woodard, lead art director
Margaret Coughlin, account executive
Susan Dornblaser, writer
ResourceOne, printer
Alliance Resource Partners, client
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Bronze
Kinslow, Keith & Todd Brochure
Staion8
David Clark, creative director
Aaron Mays, designer
Morgan Middleton, designer
Laura Crouch, copywriter
Western Printing, printer
Kinslow, Keith & Todd, Inc., client
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Merit
Pop Co-Op Advocacy Brochure
Studio Savage
Jeffrey W. Savage, creative director & designer
David Noah Roberts & Jeffrey W. Savage, copywriters
Cody Johnson, product photographer
Pop Co-Op, client
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Advertising
Gold
Jakob Trollback Lecture Poster
Justen Renyer, art director
Bayley Jackson, designer
Mickey Smith, designer
Adrienne Samuel, designer
Stefani Billings, designer
Katie Amos, designer
Jason Camarse, designer
Laney Fisher, designer
Alyson Stejskal, designer
Oklahoma State University Graphic Design Club, client
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Silver (campaign)
15 Faces for 15 Faces Print Advertising Campaign
Studio Savage
Jeffrey W. Savage, creative director & designer
Shane Bevel, creative director & photographer
Kristen Turley & Morgan Phillips, copywriters
Komen for the Cure, Tulsa, client
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Bronze (campaign)
Get Your Hands on Tomorrow Posters
Littlefield Brand Development
Mike Rocco, creative director
Jason Jordan, associate creative director
Katy Kite, designer
Cullen Koger, writer & associate creative director
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Merit (campaign)
Know Your Trash Print Ads
Littlefield Brand Development
Mike Rocco, creative director
Jason Jordan, associate creative director
Katy Kite, designer
Matt O?Meilia, writer
Cullen Koger, writer
Tulsa Authority for the Recovery of Energy, client
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Dimensional
Silver
ecoVINO HeliBiker Red Pouch
Station8
David Clark, creative director
Morgan Middleton, designer
ecoVINO Wines, client
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Direct Mail
Silver
Katy + Matt Wedding Invitation
Katy Livingston, designer
Letterpress of Tulsa, printer
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Merit
Chandelier Invitation / Call for Entries
Walsh Branding
Kerry Walsh, principal & creative director
Heath Potter, creative director
Nealay Patel, art director
Annell Dornblaser, account executive
Hayden Cantrell, account coordinator
Living Arts of Tulsa, client
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Merit
Mingo Direct Mail
Cubic
Libby Bender, creative director
Jeff Savage, art director
Katy Livingston, designer
Sean Ball, designer
Greg Tatum, illustration
Mingo Press, client
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Merit
Cubic Holiday Card
Cubic
Winston Peraza, creative director
Katy Livingston, art director
Sean Ball, art director
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Environmental Graphics
Bronze
Coney I-Lander Signage
Walsh Branding
Kerry Walsh, principal & creative director
Rod Clifford, director of environmental graphics
Cassie Drake, lead art director
Annell Dornblaser, account executive
Claude Neon Federal Signs, fabricator
Coney I-Lander, client
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Merit
Mozilla Webmaker Festival Exhibition Graphics
C. Speligene / Fearless Design, Inc.
Mozilla, client
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Interactive Design
Best of Show
Gold
Saxum Website
Saxum
Matt Reiswig, design
Michael Staub, information architecture
Adam Munns, development
Grant Zellner, copywriting
Josh Welch, photography
Chad Bianco, photography
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Silver
St. Gregory?s University Website
Littlefield Brand Development
Mike Rocco, creative director
Jason Jordan, associate creative director
Candace Chupp, art director
Kellen Conrad, graphic artist
St. Gregory?s University, client
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Bronze
Station8 Branding Website
Station8
David Clark, creative director
Aaron Mays, designer
Laura Crouch, copywriter
Ralph Cole, photographer
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Merit
Christopher Smyk FW 2013
Steve Loftis
Christopher Smyk, creative director
Daniel Martinez Matallana, photographer
Steve Loftis, design & development
Christopher Smyk, client
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In-House Design
Merit
OSUIT Marketing Department Workflow Chart
Kim Woodard, art director & designer
OSUIT, client
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Merit
Petrochemicals
PennWell
Charles Thomas, art director & designer
Donald L. Burdick, author & copywriter
William L. Leffler, author & copywriter
PennWell / Professional Education Products Group, client
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Illustration
Gold
Get Your Hands on Tomorrow Poster
Littlefield Brand Development
Mike Rocco, creative director
Jason Jordan, associate creative director
Katy Kite, designer
Cullen Koger, writer & associate creative director
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Silver
Aida Poster
Studio Savage
Jeffrey W. Savage, creative director & designer
Jeremy Luther, illustrator
Tulsa Opera, client
Quik Print, printer
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Silver
Daughter of the Regiment Poster
Studio Savage
Jeffrey W. Savage, creative director & designer
Jeremy Luther, illustrator
Tulsa Opera, client
Quik Print, printer
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Photography
Advertising
Gold
The Baron of Black Gold
Jeremy Charles Photography
Jeremy Charles, photographer
Cale Chadwick, art director
Kyle Brumley, creative director
Darcy Bond, project manager
Black Gold Casino ? Chickasaw Nation Division of Commerce, client
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Gold (campaign)
Philbrook MIX ? Mixology Event
Jeremy Charles Photography / Melissa Lukenbaugh Photography
Jeremy Charles, photographer
Melissa Lukenbaugh, photographer
Philbrook Museum of Art, client
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Silver (campaign)
Elephants In The Dark
Cody Photography
Cody Johnson
First Baptist Jenks, client
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Merit
RT80 / Ditch Witch advertising shoot of a real trenching site.
Amatucci Photography, Inc.
John Amatucci, phtographer
Genny Pankey, art director
Littlefield / Ditch Witch, client
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Books
Bronze
Black Mesa book
Jeremy Charles Photography / Travis Hall Photography
Jeremy Charles, photographer
Travis Hall, photographer
Denny Schmickle, designer
Nathan Gunter, copywriter
Mary Beth Babcock, project curator
Black Mesa project, client
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Editorial
Gold
Storm Rolls into Hoot Owl Ranch
Jeremy Charles Photography
Jeremy Charles, photographer
Black Mesa project, client
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Gold
Oklahoma Wildfires
Jeremy Charles Photography
Jeremy Charles, photographer
Corbis Images, client
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Silver
Oklahoma Wildfires
Jeremy Charles Photography
Jeremy Charles, photographer
Corbis Images, client
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Institutional
Gold
Slum Rain 1
Cody Photography
Cody Johnson, photographer
First Baptist Jenks, client
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Silver
Slum Rain 2
Cody Photography
Cody Johnson, photographer
First Baptist Jenks, client
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Merit
Slum Rain 3
Cody Photography
Cody Johnson, photographer
First Baptist Jenks, client
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Miscellaneous
Gold
Graphex 43 Raffe Award
Genevieve Pankey, art director & designer
David Majestic, trophy co-designer & fabricator
Art Directors Club of Tulsa, client
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Silver (campaign)
Bishop Kelley Auction Pieces 2013
Littlefield Brand Development
Mike Rocco, creative director
Jason Jordan, associate creative director
Genevieve Pankey, designer
Matt O?Meilia, writer
Bishop Kelley High School, client
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Silver (campaign)
Tulsa Art Studio Tour Branding
Cubic
Winston Peraza, creative director
Katy Livingston, art director
Sean Ball, art director
Oklahoma Visual Arts Coalition, client
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The Raffe
John Hammer
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Despite its multiplatform status, Call of Duty is almost synonymous with Xbox. It's no surprise then, that Microsoft's new platform, the Xbox One, will be the first next-gen system to digest Call of Duty: Ghosts' DLC. This isn't unprecedented, of course -- the Xbox 360 also boasted a first-out-the-door policy with the series' DLC. Still, a big score for Microsoft, one significant enough to serve as the closing announcement of its Xbox One launch event. Activision's publishing CEO Eric Hirshberg went on to reveal the game's first official trailer, assuring fans that Ghosts would fun at a steady 60fps. "It will be the best Call of Duty game we've ever made," he promised, showing slides comparing the new game's Xbox One visuals against previous games in the series. Hungry for more? Patience, friend. E3 is still a few weeks away.
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US military has shut down Wi-Fi access at the Guantanamo Bay following threats from Anonymous that it would "disrupt activities" as part of its #OpGITMO campaign.
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Early polling has consistently found Hillary Clinton with a commanding lead in the 2016 Democratic primaries. Two surveys released this week are no exception, showing the former secretary of state a wide favorite in New Hampshire and Wisconsin.
A New England College poll, released Tuesday, found that 65 percent of New Hampshire Democrats said they would like to see Clinton as president. Ten percent backed Vice President Joe Biden, while support for Massachusetts Sen. Elizabeth Warren, New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo and Massachusetts Gov. Deval Patrick was in the single digits. Maryland Gov. Martin O'Malley took 0 percent.
The Republican field was less stratified. Florida Sen. Marco Rubio had a narrow edge at 17 percent, followed closely by former Florida Gov. Jeb Bush at 16 percent and Kentucky Sen. Rand Paul at 15 percent. New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie and Wisconsin Rep. Paul Ryan, the former GOP vice presidential nominee, each took 12 percent, followed by former Utah Gov. Jon Huntsman, former Pennsylvania Sen. Rick Santorum and Louisiana Gov. Bobby Jindal.
The latest findings track with two April surveys that showed Clinton taking more than 60 percent of New Hampshire's primary vote and Republicans yet to settle on a favorite.
Meanwhile, a Marquette Law School poll of Wisconsin voters, also released Tuesday, found strong backing for Clinton among Democrats and for Ryan among his home-state Republicans.
Clinton took 62 percent of the field among Democrats and Democratic-leaning independents, trailed by Biden at 13 percent. On the GOP side, Ryan was supported by 27 percent of Republicans and Republican-leaning independents, followed by Rubio at 21 percent and Wisconsin Gov. Scott Walker at 16 percent.
Both New Hampshire and Wisconsin have open primaries, in which voters don't need to be registered with a party to vote in its primary.
The Marquette survey also found that a race between Clinton and Ryan would be close. She held a 4-point edge over Ryan, 48 percent to 44 percent, with wider leads over other possible opponents.
The New England College poll surveyed 340 Republican voters and 314 Democratic voters by phone. The Marquette poll surveyed 717 voters, including 302 Republicans and 333 Democrats, by phone between May 6 and May 9.
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By Andrea Shalal-Esa
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The U.S. government believes a Chinese missile launch this week was the first test of a new interceptor that could be used to destroy a satellite in orbit, a U.S. defense official told Reuters on Wednesday.
China launched a rocket into space on Monday, but no objects were placed into orbit, the Pentagon said on Wednesday. The object re-entered Earth's atmosphere above the Indian Ocean.
"We tracked several objects during the flight but did not observe the insertion of any objects into orbit and no objects associated with this launch remain in space," said Lieutenant Colonel Monica Matoush, a Pentagon spokeswoman.
The rocket reached 10,000 km (6,250 miles) above Earth, the highest suborbital launch seen worldwide since 1976, according to Jonathan McDowell at the Harvard-Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics.
China has said the rocket, launched from the Xichang Satellite Launch Center in western China, carried a science payload to study the earth's magnetosphere.
"I want to emphasize that China has consistently advocated for the peaceful use of outer space and opposes the weaponization of outer space as well as an arms race in outer space," Foreign Ministry spokesman Hong Lei told reporters in Beijing.
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However, a U.S. defense official said U.S. intelligence showed that the rocket could be used in the future to carry an anti-satellite payload on a similar trajectory. Neither the U.S. official nor the Pentagon released details of what the Chinese rocket carried into space.
"It was a ground-based missile that we believe would be their first test of an interceptor that would be designed to go after a satellite that's actually on orbit," said the official, who was not authorized to speak on the record.
Representative Mike Rogers, chairman of the U.S. House Intelligence Committee, declined to comment specifically on the rocket launch, but said China was clearly taking a more aggressive posture in space.
"Any time you have a nation-state looking to have a more aggressive posture in space, it's very concerning," Rogers said at a Reuters Cybersecurity Summit.
The United States remains concerned about China's development of anti-satellite capabilities after Beijing shot a missile at one of its own defunct satellites in orbit in 2007, creating an enormous amount of debris in space.
Monday's rocket launch was similar to launches using the Blue Scout Junior rocket that were conducted by the U.S. Air Force in the 1960s for research on Earth's magnetosphere, McDowell said in an emailed response to questions.
He said all the previous suborbital launches above 10,000 km had been conducted by the United States. All China's previous missile tests went to less than 2,000 km, although Beijing had launched orbital vehicles higher, including to the moon, he said.
Most scientific suborbital launches are at most 1,500 km or so, McDowell added. The 1976 launch was Gravity Probe A, when NASA and McDowell's institute worked together to launch an atomic clock to 10,280 km.
Monday's launch came less than a week after U.S. Deputy Defense Secretary Ashton Carter unveiled what he called a "long overdue" effort to safeguard U.S. national security satellites and develop ways to counter the space capabilities of potential adversaries.
U.S. military space officials are taking steps to improve the resilience of national security satellites in orbit, the defense official said. These include using new wave forms to make it more difficult for adversaries to jam signals from space, putting U.S. sensors on commercial satellites and using terrestrial high-frequency communications.
Last week, the Pentagon released an 83-page report on Chinese military developments that highlighted China's increasing space capabilities and said Beijing was pursuing a variety of activities aimed at preventing its adversaries from using space-based assets during a crisis.
(Additional reporting by Megha Rajagopalan in BEIJING; Editing by David Brunnstrom, Cynthia Osterman and Ron Popeski)
Source: http://news.yahoo.com/u-sees-china-launch-test-anti-satellite-muscle-012035285.html
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At one point last January, Brad Dixon says he was entertaining so many offers for his collection of assault rifles, shotguns and ammunition that he was getting a new text message every 10 minutes.
Dixon, a 26-year-old volunteer firefighter in Mebane, N.C., is a prolific user of ArmsList.com, the premier website for private sales and trades of firearms. During a recent surge in demand for rifles and high-capacity magazines, Dixon was able to sell his AR-15s for $1,300 or more apiece, garnering profits of hundreds or even thousands of dollars on each sale. (Dixon assembled some of the weapons himself, and sold others unused in the original box.) During the height of a recent run on AR-15s and extended clips, driven by a fear that Washington might ban them, a government issue 30-round magazine for this military-style rifle, normally about $12, could go for $45?bullets not included.
?I?ll be honest, I?ve used the gun scare to sell my gun collection,? Dixon says. He was careful to specify that collecting guns is a hobby, not an occupation, lest he get in trouble for not having a federal license to sell firearms.
The AR-15 is an extremely potent assault weapon similar to the M16, the rifle widely used by the U.S. military. It comes in many varieties and names, including the Bushmaster XM15, one of the weapons that Newtown, Conn., shooter Adam Lanza used, and the Smith & Wesson M&P15, favored by Aurora, Colo., gunman James E. Holmes.
The AR-15 is not merely the preferred firearm of mass murderers. It is by far the most popular gun sold on ArmsList.com as well.
After the New York Times ran a long story on ArmsList.com last month that included an analysis of 170,000 ads on the site posted over a three-month period, I decided to gather my own data on the site in the spirit of independent replication. Over the past three weeks, I was able to download and analyze 235,000 ads posted over the past five months that were still active on the site between mid-April and early May.
As the Times noted, it can be difficult to know exactly how many of these postings represent unique weapons. While all ads are anonymous?the people who post ads do not even have a public username?I was able to approximate the number of unique people posting to the site using a ?Listings by this user? feature that links posts by the same person. Even when counting only one gun per user, I was able to collect data on 54,000 handguns, rifles and shotguns advertised for sale or trade on ArmsList.com this year. Many more ads were posted for ammunition, accessories, and other ballistic accouterments.
That data led both to people like Dixon, the most frequent user of the site in my database, and to a bird's eye view of the online gun market in America.
Of the weapon advertisements that Yahoo News analyzed, 5,700 were advertised as AR-15s. Another 800 were advertised as a brand-name variety of the rifle. (ArmsList.com does not neatly categorize weapons by model and make, so in most cases this information was extracted from the text of the posts using a simple, hand-built pattern recognition program. I have open-sourced all of the code I wrote to gather and analyze the data.)
The AK-47, perhaps the most recognized assault rifle in the world, is the second most-popular gun with at least 1,200 models for sale online in the past year. All told, 19,200 handguns, 27,300 rifles, and 7,462 shotguns were listed for sale or trade on ArmsList.com at some point in the past three weeks.
Armslist.com is the largest of several major online markets for guns, ammunition and accessories. These sites operate like gun shows without the folding tables and $3 admission fees. Like Craigslist, ArmsList.com exists only to connect sellers to buyers, and does not play a role in mediating the transactions. Neither this hands-off treatment of transactions, nor the twelve-point Terms of Use Agreement that all new users must actively agree to, have protected it from legal scrutiny. Nowhere is that scrutiny more intense than in Chicago.
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At least two recent murders have been linked to weapons purchased on ArmsList.com: Those committed by Radcliffe Haughton, who shot and killed his wife, two other women, and himself at a spa outside Milwaukee in October 2012, and Demetry Smirnov, a Russian immigrant who stalked and murdered a 36-year-old Chicago woman named Jitka Vesel after she rebuffed his romantic overtures. Neither man was legally entitled to purchase a firearm in the United States at the time; Haughton had a restraining order placed against him and Smirnov was not a citizen.
Smirnov pled guilty to the crime and is serving a life sentence. The man who sold him the .40-caliber handgun he used to shoot Vesel a dozen times, Benedict Ladera, received a one-year prison sentence after pleading guilty to the illegal sale of a firearm to an out-of-state resident.
In fact, the Lake Michigan region, including Chicago and Milwaukee, was among the most active territories for ArmsList.com sellers and buyers during the period Yahoo News studied. In the past four months, at least 1,300 handguns were advertised for sale or trade within 150 miles of Chicago, where there have been more than 100 homicides already in 2013. There were 1,700 rifles advertised as well. Over 400 people in this same radius posted wanted ads for handguns.
The following map charts the number of ArmsList.com postings by both sellers and would-be buyers in the region since mid-April:
It is far from clear that there is any causal chain between ArmsList.com activity and violent crime beyond the two murders linked to the site?or that ArmsList.com is any more culpable for selling weapons linked to murders than any of the other means by which criminals can buy a gun. That question is quite literally on trial in Cook County, Ill., Circuit Court, where the family of Smirnov?s victim is now suing ArmsList.com, alleging that the site facilitates unlawful interstate gun sales because it has "designed its site to not require the input of any verifiable identification by buyers or sellers, such as a driver?s license number, to demonstrate residency in a particular state." The case is ongoing.
At the present time, the odds that Congress will pass any sort of expansion on background checks for online gun purchases, much less a ban on assault weapons, appear very long. Barring such an action, sites like ArmsList.com are free to operate with the freedom of a gun show and the namelessness of the Internet.
Source: http://news.yahoo.com/armslist-data-1300-handguns-in-chicago-interactive-183156282.html
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By Breyer Law Offices on May 14, 2013 -
As a motorist you know the general rules about driving safely. You know that you must watch where you are going, avoid distractions, and follow the speed limit. You know that everyone in your vehicle should always wear a seat belt and that you should avoid acting or reacting with rage against other drivers.
But you may not understand all of the different safety rules that have been set out for drivers in the Arizona law, such ARS 28-729, which sets out rules for driving on streets that are lined for two lanes or more. Drivers are required to remain within the lane they are driving in unless they are passing other vehicles on the roadway. According to this law, drivers are prohibited from driving in the middle lane on a three-lane road unless it is necessary to make a turn or to facilitate overtaking another vehicle.
Drivers who fail to remain in their proper lane while driving are responsible for nearly 3,250 Arizona traffic collisions each year, according to recent reports by the Arizona Department of Transportation (ADOT). Nearly 60 of these collisions result in fatalities and an additional near 900 of these accidents result in injuries to the people who are involved. The remaining of these collisions cause only property damage, but this damage is often severe and costly, leaving the victims and the at-fault drivers with significant economic losses.
An Arizona traffic collision caused by a driver who did not stay in the proper lane can cause serious injuries, and victims should contact a skilled personal injury attorney. The Husband and Wife Law Team helps victims by working out the details of fair settlements to cover the costs of recovery, including replacing lost wages during recovery, taking care of hospital and other medical bills, and for non-economic costs like pain and suffering. Our attorneys will help you understand your case and your rights beginning with a free consultation. For help with your personal injury accident case contact the Breyer Law Offices, P.C.
Source: http://www.breyerlaw.com/blog/auto-accident/driving-safely-arizona-roadways-avoid-accidents/
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A dedicated time lapse camera is about as niche as a piece photo gear gets. But, we'll say this about Brinno's latest offering, it captures some pretty stunning clips. The TLC200 Pro is supposedly the world's first such device that captures these dramatic clips in HDR. The 1.3 megapixel sensor weighs in at a healthy 1/3-inch, which means the pixels are much larger than your average sensor -- in fact, they're more than twice the size of those found in the HTC One UltraPixel shooter. The built-in lens sports an aperture of f/2.0 and a 112-degree wide angle field of view. But you can also slap on one of the available interchangeable lenses to alter that to your liking. About the only thing we could find to complain about (besides its limited functionality) is the fact that it captures video at only 720p. Unfortunately there's no word on price yet, though we're sure it'll be a bit more than the non-Pro version of the TLC200, which will set you back $300. If you're curious, there's a whole host of sample footage after the break.
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Pry open any Android-powered game console on the market today, and you'll likely find a mobile processor -- an ARM-based chip originally designed for tablets, smartphones and maybe the odd specialty device. It seems to make sense -- after all, isn't Android a mobile OS? Christopher Price, CEO of Mobile Media Ventures, doesn't seem to think so. "Android is the future of personal computing," Price told Engadget. "Even on the desktop." According to Price, developers just haven't had a chance to play with a truly powerful Android gaming machine. So, naturally, he's building one.
Despite its Apple-esque name, the iConsole.tv is billed as the most powerful Android device to date. It's a bold claim, but the specs add up: the company's Unit 00 developer kit runs Android on a 3.3GHz Intel Ivy Bridge CPU, 8GB of DDR3 RAM and two 500GB hard drives. Graphics are handled by Intel's integrated HD 4000 chipset -- a surprisingly capable GPU, though still a far cry from dedicated hardware. Price stressed that these specifications are for the $999 developer version the company announced today. The final product's build hasn't been finalized, but we were told it would ring it at a notably lower price. Still, considering all that power, we had to wonder why MMV chose Android. Price reiterated the potential he sees in the platform. "We're pushing the envelope and adapting it for high-performance gaming, but we see Android being the change agent in personal computing, on the TV and the desktop. People hate walled gardens, and they hate maintaining their PCs. Android can solve that, and we're going to help make that happen."
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It's an arresting take on the future of computing, but the team is at least being realistic about it. "We want to make Android work for everything you think a desktop operating system can do. That might not happen overnight." Users will have the option of activating a Linux desktop mode: easy access to a traditional computing environment. This also lets users run Steam, and may even make the iConsole the first third-party Steambox, albeit unofficially. Even so, Price says their goal is to make the Linux desktop unnecessary. "We want gamers to never need to use it, but it will always be there if they want to use it."
We dropped by the firm's Santa Clara office to see exactly what an x86 Android PC is capable of, running the desktop-sized developer unit through a few common Android benchmarks. The machine didn't disappoint: Unit 00 scored 78,044 on Antutu -- besting the GS4 by a factor of three. Android 4.2.2. was naturally snappy on Intel's desktop chipset, and at least as usable as a Transformer Prime in a keyboard dock. Games ran swiftly too, but many weren't realistically playable for the lack of a touchscreen. Price told us that the a dedicated controller was on the way, and that the iConsole will eventually feature a 10-foot interface designed specifically for use on an HDTV. Even so, users will always have the option to drop down to the stock Android experience.
We asked about the Linux environment, and Price rebooted the computer to a traditional desktop. Here we felt right at home: it's desktop Linux, and it worked exactly as we expected. We booted up Steam and tooled around with the Half Life 2 Linux beta, throwing barrels at enemies without a hitch. Tuned to medium settings by default, the game didn't stutter on Unit 00's Intel HD 4000 GPU. Price told us that MMV is working on tweaking the chipset's clockspeed to improve performance, but reminded us that the graphics solution and internals of the final product still haven't been determined. Unit 00 serves as a jumping-off point for developers, giving them a change to play around with a powerful, stable x86 machine running Google's mobile OS.
The iConsole may not be the first Android-based game console we've seen, but it's certainly the most ambitious -- aiming not only to supplant modern game consoles, but also desktop computers. Says Pierce, "Really, we think the gaming console is the future of the desktop. It's a central device that should store all your big files, your media, and do all the heavy processing for the household. It's not a huge leap to plug in a keyboard and mouse and enjoy iConsole.tv as a PC, too." It's a little difficult to imagine using Android as our primary desktop operating environment, but Price's passion is unwavering. We can't say if the home computing paradigm will shift in his direction, but we're definitely looking forward to seeing where he takes the iConsole.tv. Check out the company's official press release below.
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iConsole.tv Introduces the Most Powerful Android Device To Date, Gaming Console to Integrate Connected TV, Steam? Compatibility
SANTA CLARA, CA - Mobile Media Ventures, Inc. (mmv.mobi) today introduced iConsole.tv - a new Android-powered gaming console. The platform delivers the most powerful Android device to-date, combined with new innovations that enhance the Android experience for gamers.
iConsole.tv is powered by an upcoming x86 processor and GPU that will deliver up to five times faster performance than any Android device released to-date. The iConsole.tv Developer Kit, Unit 00, is now available for order to developers only, and will ship within the next 30 days.
"Our developer kit's availability is a real turning point for Android, and for the team here at iConsole.tv" said Christopher Price, CEO. "It's not only the fastest Android to-date, but paves the way for the production iConsole.tv, which itself will be up to three times faster." The production iConsole.tv is slated to be available this winter.
iConsole.tv centers around the Android system, with new enhancements that allow it to function both as a next-generation gaming console, and also as a future generation of personal computer. Armed with dual HDMI outputs, iConsole.tv will enable developers to optionally expand games onto two televisions at once. Additionally, iConsole.tv will dramatically reduce the royalty rates that game developers pay to publish traditional console games, making games cheaper for consumers.
Connected television will be a major centerpiece of iConsole.tv - with planned availability for ATSC, CableCARD, and Protected DLNA media gateway support. iConsole.tv will support how most Americans obtain television today, and opens the door for direct-streaming television to become mainstream.
Finally, iConsole.tv will feature a Linux Desktop mode, delivering a protected version of the Linux platform inside of the Android set-top box. The Linux Desktop will be available as an option, allowing for Steam for Linux and other powerful computing applications. "We think Android is the future of both gaming and computing, but we felt it important to also be the first 'box' that welcomes Steam and other Linux apps with open arms."
iConsole.tv operates outside of a "walled garden" - a key differentiator from other powerful next-generation consoles. While parents and owners can impose controls, gamers will be free to run games and apps without a corporate giant controlling their experience, or blocking certain apps and services.
The iConsole.tv Developer Kit, Unit 00, and Developer Program will cost $999. Pricing and final specifications for the production iConsole.tv will be announced at a later date.
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The greater wax moth (Galleria mellonella) can hear sounds of a higher frequency than any bat can produce. Image: Andrew Darrington/Alamy
Many moths have evolved sensitive hearing that can pick up the ultrasonic probes of bats that want to eat them. But one species comes pre-adapted for anything that bats might bring to this evolutionary arms race. Even though its ears are extremely simple ? a pair of eardrums on its flanks that each vibrate four receptor cells ? it can sense frequencies up to 300 kilohertz, well beyond the range of any other animal and higher than any bat can squeak.
?A lot of previous work has suggested that some bats have evolved calls that are out of the hearing range of the moths they are hunting. But this moth can hear the calls of any bat,? says James Windmill, an acoustical engineer at the University of Strathclyde, UK, who discovered the ability in the greater wax moth (Galleria mellonella). His study is published in Biology Letters.
Windmill's collaborator Hannah Moir, a bioacoustician now at the University of Leeds, UK, played sounds of varying frequencies to immobilized wax moths. As the insects ?listened?, Moir used a laser to measure the vibrations of their eardrums, and electrodes to record the activity of their auditory nerves.
The moths were most sensitive to frequencies of around 80 kilohertz, the average frequency of their courtship calls. But when exposed to 300 kilohertz, the highest level that the team tested, the insects' eardrums still vibrated and their neurons still fired.
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Until now, the highest known hearing range of any insect belonged to the North American gypsy moth (Lymantria dispar), which can hear frequencies up to 150 kilohertz. Some bats can make and hear calls of up to 212 kilohertz. But the greater wax moth easily smashes both records.
?This shocking increase in the frequency sensitivity of moths' ears will require researchers to rethink the system,? says William Conner, who studies animal communication at Wake Forest University in Winston-Salem, North Carolina. ?Most [scientists] normally don't think of testing at frequencies this high, nor do they have the equipment to do so.?
?It makes us wonder about the hearing capabilities of other insects, even those that have been investigated extensively,? adds Fernando Montealegre-Z, a sensory biologist at the University of Lincoln, UK. Crickets, praying mantises and lacewings are all sensitive to the ultrasonic cries of bats, but are usually tested on frequencies below 150 kilohertz.
Why has the wax moth evolved to hear sounds so high-pitched that no bat can make them? Recording ultrasonic calls is difficult, so it is possible that researchers have simply been underestimating the calls of bats, just as they did the hearing range of moths.
But Windmill has a different explanation. As a side effect of its sensitivity to high frequencies, the moth?s eardrum vibrates for only a short time after being hit by a pulse of sound. This allows it to distinguish between courtship calls of its own species, which consist of extremely closely spaced pulses, and bat calls, which are separated by much longer intervals.
Windmill now wants to investigate how the moth manages to hear across such a wide frequency range, from 20 kilohertz (the highest frequency audible to humans) to the record-breaking 300 kilohertz. ?As an engineer, I know that we would struggle to design an artificial version of this ear,? he says. ?We are, however, working on it.?
This article is reproduced with permission from the magazine Nature. The article was first published on May 8, 2013.
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This is a post I?ve been wanting to write for a while. In fact, it stems from something I noticed way back in August of last year. After digging for answers and even a couple attempts at contacting their customer support, I?ve concluded that LinkedIn is by far the creepiest social network.
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The critics haven't exactly been kind to Tyler Perry over the years, but with nearly $700 million in lifetime domestic grosses, he's definitely a filmmaker who understands his audience -- and with that audience preparing to lineup for his latest production, this weekend's Tyler Perry Presents Peeples, we thought now would be the perfect time to take a look back at the best-reviewed entries in his ever-growing filmography. Put on your Sunday dress, pull up those support hose, and grab a shotgun -- it's Tyler Perry Presents Tyler Perry's Total Recall!
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Say what you will about Tyler Perry's movies, but he consistently manages to assemble casts filled with excellent actors -- and for 2007's Daddy's Little Girls, his talent included Idris Elba, Louis Gossett, Jr., and Gabrielle Union. Unfortunately, all that thespian power wasn't enough to rescue the movie from critical brickbats, but for a select few scribes, this story of a blue-collar mechanic (Elba) who falls for a wealthy attorney (Union) threw off enough fizzy rom-com sparks to compensate for its thinly sketched characters and exposition-heavy script. "I entered this moviegoing experience ready for a lot of wincing and eye-rolling," admitted Toddy Burton of the Austin Chronicle, "but dammit if this movie didn't make me laugh and cry."
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Given how regularly she tussles with her kin, you'd think a family reunion would be the last thing Madea would want to plan, but that's exactly what she does in Madea's Family Reunion, the 2006 adaptation of Perry's play in which his infamously cranky matriarch finds herself at the center of a fresh batch of poorly timed familial drama. This time around, Madea has to juggle preparations for the titular event with a mounting series of problems, including her sister's funeral, the court-ordered delivery of a maladjusted teen (Keke Palmer), and the personal travails of her nieces (played by Rochelle Aytes and Lisa Anderson). "Let's not sell Tyler Perry short," urged Owen Gleiberman of Entertainment Weekly amidst Family Reunion's poor critical reception. "As the vinegar-witted Madea, he's a drag performer of testy charm, but in his overlit patchwork way he's also making the most primal women's pictures since Joan Crawford flexed her shoulder pads."
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Two decades after Jim Varney's Ernest ended up in the big house, Tyler Perry followed suit with Madea Goes to Jail, an adaptation of his play about the pistol-packing granny's adventures in the hoosegow. In court after being arrested for the high-speed chase she led police through during Meet the Browns, Madea gets off on a technicality, only to go on an immediate rampage that finds her threatening uninvited houseguests with a machine gun and clearing a Kmart parking space with a forklift truck. Safely behind bars, she meets up with a hooker with a heart of gold (played, to many audience members' intense discomfort, by Keshia Knight Pulliam of Cosby Show fame) and before long, everyone gets a happy ending (not that kind -- get your mind out of the gutter). That's a lot of plot for one movie to handle, and quite a few critics felt Perry bungled the tricky business of integrating Madea Goes to Jail's drama with its comedy -- but that was a minor complaint for Melissa Anderson of the Village Voice, who shrugged, "As ridiculous as his films frequently are, Perry, a shrewd yet benevolent showman, knows and loves his audience."
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Like many of Perry's movies, Good Deeds' title contains a touch of punny humor -- its protagonist (played by Perry, natch) is a good guy named Walter Deeds -- but it's also a simple statement of purpose. For this 2012 drama, Perry tried taking a look at just how powerful one good deed can be, showing Walter as a well-meaning but socially insulated businessman whose chance encounter with a struggling cleaning lady (Thandie Newton) sparks a profound change in his life. It's the type of premise that demands a feather-light touch from a filmmaker, and unfortunately, most critics agreed that Perry's direction and screenplay smothered Good Deeds in poorly paced, dully delivered drama. Slant Magazine's Rob Humanick offered one of the few dissenting opinions, however, asserting that "Perry's considerate plotting is deliberate, perhaps even overlong, but with an attuned sense of people's evolving feelings and relationships."
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Another Tyler Perry play that made the jump from stage to screen, Meet the Browns follows the adventures of a struggling single mother (Angela Bassett) who gets a double whammy: first she loses her job, then she finds out that her father (who she's never even met) has died. Far from a mopey drama, however, Browns provides its desperate protagonist with a family she never knew she had -- including, of course, an irascible, linebacker-shaped old lady named Madea. At this point, the lines were already pretty well drawn between Perry's audience and his critics, and for the most part, they stayed on opposite sides for Meet the Browns, although it did resonate with some scribes -- like Entertainment Weekly's Lisa Schwarzbaum, who wrote, "The importance of faith, church, kin, staying off drugs, sharing food, repenting from sin, forgiving sinners, appreciating a good black man, rejecting a bad one, and honoring black matriarchy is enumerated with typical, reassuring Perry broadness."
Source: http://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/1927420/news/1927420/
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