GDT Would 'Love The F---' Out Of A 'Pacific Rim'-'Godzilla' Crossover

Speaking on behalf of the world's nerdy population, Guillermo del Toro said that, while the "Pacific Rim" sequel he and Travis Beacham are working on now goes off in a different direction, he would love to do a crossover with Gareth Edward's "Godzilla." Yes, please. Also, build your own laser blaster out of LEGOs in [...]

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Future of Medicine: Advances in Regenerative Medicine Teach Body How to Rebuild Damaged Muscles, Tissues and Organs

Image: Bryan Christie

In Brief

• The emerging field of regenerative medicine may one day revolutionize the treatment of heart disease and neurodegenerative disorders, solve the organ donor shortage problem, and completely restore damaged muscles, tendons and other tissues.
• The key, researchers are learning, is to give the body a kind of starter kit?made of various proteins, fibers or cells?or to clone extra copies of the semispecialized stem cells that are already found in adult patients and to allow the body to take over from there.
• The extra help allows the body to regrow tissues of the type or in the amount that it normally could not do by itself. Already such self-healing treatments have somewhat rejuvenated a few patients' ailing hearts and helped surgeons repair injured muscles.

Unique among the human body's larger organs, the liver has a remarkable ability to recover from injury. An individual can lose a big chunk of it in an accident or during surgery, but as long as at least a quarter of the organ remains intact and generally free of scars, it can grow back to its full size and function. Alas, this capacity for self-regeneration does not hold for other body parts. A salamander can regrow its tail, but a person cannot regain an amputated leg or renew sections of the brain lost to Alzheimer's disease. For this feat, humans need help?and that is the promise of an emerging field of research called regenerative medicine.

Stem cells?progenitor cells that can give rise to a variety of tissues?play an important role in this endeavor. Scientists are learning how to mix a hodgepodge of sugar molecules, proteins and fibers to create an environment in which the stem cells can develop into replacement tissue. As the following stories show, investigators have made strides in replacing damaged heart tissue and rebuilding muscle. They are also in the early stages of developing new nerve cells. Some of these advances could emerge from the lab as treatments in a few years, or they may take decades, or they may ultimately fail. Here are a few of the most promising ones.
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The Future of Medicine Special Report

A Change of Heart: Stem Cells May Transform Treatment for Heart Failure
Stem cells may transform the way doctors treat heart failure

Doctors Repair Soldiers' Wounds with Biological Scaffolding Material
Regrowing muscles, tendons and even organs may be possible using nature's own adhesive

Use for 3-D Printers: Creating Internal Blood Vessels for Kidneys, Livers, Other Large Organs
To build large organs that work properly, researchers need to find a way to lace them with blood vessels

Neural Stem Cell Transplants May One Day Help Parkinson's Patients, Others
Neurodegenerative disorders devastate the brain, but doctors hope one day to replace lost cells

This article was originally published with the title The Future of Medicine.

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What you need to know from ?The Ultimate Fighter?

The latest season of "The Ultimate Fighter" is down to its last two episodes. With two quarterfinal fights, we find out who is a step closer to winning the show.

Will this fight happen? Bubba McDaniel isn't feeling well after so many fights in such a short time. He's feeling back and kidney pain, and is supposed to fight Uriah Hall. The fight may be in jeopardy as McDaniel goes to get his bloodwork done. But before we find out the result of his bloodwork, there's a quarterfinal fight.

Jimmy Quinlan (Team Sonnen) vs. Josh Samman (Team Jones)

It took only one round for Samman to get the win. Samman landed huge strikes from the get-go, and Quinlan played to his strengths and went for a huge takedown. It didn't matter. Samman took top position and landed all kind of strikes until the bout was stopped. UFC president Dana White called Samman "for real."

Also real? McDaniel's test results. He was cleared to fight. The fight with Hall is on, and the fighters in the house can't help but wonder if this fight will end just as Hall's last fight ended.

"I don't care if you're a vet who has heard 30 fights. You see your teammate get a spinning kick to the face at that velocity, it's going to make you think, [expletive]. I don't want that to happen to me."

Luke Barnatt's words capture the feeling of most of the fighters going into the final quarterfinal fight. At the weigh-in, McDaniel jokingly covers his face with his hands during the face-off. McDaniel's coach, Jon Jones, said it left a bad taste in his mouth.

Bubba McDaniel (Team Jones) vs. Uriah Hall (Team Sonnen)

Oh wow. Hall took less than 9 seconds to knock out McDaniel. When McDaniel comes to, he asks what happened. A knee to the body and a fast right straight to the eye not only knocked McDaniel out, but sent him out an ambulance. That's the second straight Hall opponent who got a trip to the emergency room.

After the win, Hall was given plenty of kudos.

"You're a contender for the title. I spent five years in that weight class. You're a contender," Chael Sonnen said to Hall in the cage after the fight. White was no less impressed.

"The way that this guy knocks people out, you don't even want to clap. You feel bad clapping," White said.

Now, it's down to just four fighters. White announced the semifinal match-ups:

Josh Samman vs. Kelvin Gastellum
Uriah Hall vs. Dylan Andrews

This sets up Team Jones vs. Team Sonnen in both semifinal matches. The bouts will air next Tuesday, setting up the live finale on April 13.

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richard avedon fashion: It is true that plus size models are usually ...

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About plus size models still contains many contradictions and treated with neglect. Agnieszka Czerwi?ska, the owner of a modeling agency and models plus size - No Body's Perfect, tells the whole truth about the criteria to be met by potential feminist backlash candidates, where is the line between a typical model and model plus size, as well as the end of the anorexic beauty feminist backlash canon. feminist backlash
How did the idea to create a plus size modeling agency? - The idea was born five years ago, and it resulted from a desire to plus size market development in Poland. He also had a personal ground, namely, as a person with excess baggage wielokilogramowy then I wanted to be available in Poland, clothes feminist backlash in larger sizes, such as it is abroad.
How would you assess interest in models with fuller shapes in Poland? feminist backlash - As long as the media does not stop people encode feminist backlash the plus size model is neglected, feminist backlash obese woman, until this market will grow so slowly. We live in the belief that walking the streets of the same lean, the perfect woman. Meanwhile, there are no perfect people, and on our streets most women wearing sizes from 38 to 42 Fortunately, understand it stores, making more and more often they have in their range of larger sizes. As a result, an increased focus on plus size models to present a larger wardrobe.
Plus size models usually require fashion magazines, clothing companies and designers at fashion shows? - In the first place there are of linen and hosiery. This is a forum, the first in Poland, so strongly developed lines for larger sized women. feminist backlash Besides, other people praise and do not know her. Indigenous manufacturers of underwear are known and respected brands across Europe. Since January this year, a lot of women's magazines fashion shows for women in sizes 38-42, hence the growing interest in such models. At the end of a ranked fashion designers. I feel that closing in their studios do not see the needs of women higher than those we see at shows. Some do not want to hear, to design a line for plus size. It is a detriment or lack of ability to design clothes for the more problematic figures?
What criteria feminist backlash must meet the plus size model? - The difference between the model and the canons of plus size is only in the circuits of the body. Larger circuits proportional basis, the increase above 173 cm, photogenic, well groomed body hair. There is no mention of obesity own sake.
Where is the line between, feminist backlash traditional 'model, a plus size model? - Around the world, it is accepted that plus size models are considered over sized models that we see on the catwalks kanonowych, or from 38/40 to 44/46. I often read reviews Fri "I wear a size 38 and I'm not any plus size". The same applies to the term plus size models only. In modeling size 38 is plus size, and we all know that in this size we are dealing with a slim and attractive woman. feminist backlash Plus size has nothing to do with the fluffiness, obesity or even size XXL - which very often is interchangeably referred feminist backlash to a larger feminist backlash size.
Model, despite the curves, have a very firm body. How can I get this effect? - I recommend his modelkom firming feminist backlash exercises for the abdomen, buttocks and thighs. Also, an important issue is the proper hydration of the skin and hydration of the body. Drinking large quantities of water are beneficial to every cell in our body.
What should the diet plus size model? - Like any other, healthy feeding women. So meals five times a day, eliminating the white bread, processed and energetic. Reducing the amount of sugar and drink plenty of fluids. Exercise and the smile on his face.
It is true that plus size models are usually older than the lean female counterparts? - Only in Poland feminist backlash met with minor plus size model. Plus size model works with your body. Awareness of your body, sexuality, adult women have, so I can not imagine, for example fifteen she posed in her underwear. The oldest model in my agency is 63 years old and believe me, it comes in mini skirts and seething from her sex appeal.
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Source: http://richardavedonfaion.blogspot.com/2013/04/it-is-true-that-plus-size-models-are.html

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Can meditation make you a more compassionate person?

Apr. 1, 2013 ? Scientists have mostly focused on the benefits of meditation for the brain and the body, but a recent study by Northeastern University's David DeSteno, published in Psychological Science, takes a look at what impacts meditation has on interpersonal harmony and compassion.

Several religious traditions have suggested that mediation does just that, but there has been no scientific proof -- until now.

In this study, a team of researchers from Northeastern University and Harvard University examined the effects meditation would have on compassion and virtuous behavior, and the results were fascinating.

This study -- funded by the Mind and Life Institute -- invited participants to complete eight-week trainings in two types of meditation. After the sessions, they were put to the test.

Sitting in a staged waiting room with three chairs were two actors. With one empty chair left, the participant sat down and waited to be called. Another actor using crutches and appearing to be in great physical pain, would then enter the room. As she did, the actors in the chair would ignore her by fiddling with their phones or opening a book.

The question DeSteno and Paul Condon -- a graduate student in DeSteno's lab who led the study -- and their team wanted to answer was whether the subjects who took part in the meditation classes would be more likely to come to the aid of the person in pain, even in the face of everyone else ignoring her. "We know meditation improves a person's own physical and psychological wellbeing," said Condon. "We wanted to know whether it actually increases compassionate behavior."

Among the non-meditating participants, only about 15 percent of people acted to help. But among the participants who were in the meditation sessions "we were able to boost that up to 50 percent," said DeSteno. This result was true for both meditation groups thereby showing the effect to be consistent across different forms of meditation. "The truly surprising aspect of this finding is that meditation made people willing to act virtuous -- to help another who was suffering -- even in the face of a norm not to do so," DeSteno said, "The fact that the other actors were ignoring the pain creates as 'bystander-effect' that normally tends to reduce helping. People often wonder 'Why should I help someone if no one else is?'"

These results appear to prove what the Buddhist theologians have long believed -- that meditation is supposed to lead you to experience more compassion and love for all sentient beings. But even for non-Buddhists, the findings offer scientific proof for meditation techniques to alter the calculus of the moral mind.

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In-app purchases now account for a staggering 76% of App Store revenue according to report

Love them or hate them, in-app purchases look here to stay. According to a report from Distimo, in-app purchases now account for a staggering 76% of App Store revenue as of February 2013. This has seen a huge increase since January 2012, where in-app purchases accounted for just 53% of revenue.

In-app purchases (IAP) now generate the majority of the revenue in the app stores. This has been the case for some time now, and it continues to rise. In-app purchases generated only 53% of revenue in the Apple App Store for iPhone in January 2012 in the U.S., but generated a record 76% in February 2013 clearly demonstrating the success of this monetization method.

The report goes on to examine ARP (average revenue per download) and it makes interesting reading too. The average for free apps that offer in-app purchase came in at $0.93 per app, straight forward paid apps came in at $2.25 but taking the prize, paid apps with in-app purchases with an ARP of around $2.40. The average cost of all apps for the iPhone is just $0.99.

Another interesting point to note from the report is that Japan is way out in front when it comes to in-app purchases. The United States, United Kingdom and Germany are all reasonably level but Japan shows more than double the amount of in-app purchases compared to the others.

You can read the full report over at Distimo and also view graphs showing all of the information that it has collated. Love them or hate them, in-app purchases look set to play a major part in apps now and in the future.

How do you feel about the in-app purrchase model?

Source: Distimo

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Dana White says Alexander Gustafsson still fighting on Saturday?s UFC on Fuel card

Reports made the rounds on Sunday that this weekend's bout between Gegard Mousasi and Alexander Gustafsson was off. News outlets from Sweden said Gustaffson suffered a cut on his face that would take weeks to heal, and doctors wouldn't clear him. But the UFC disagrees.

UFC president Dana White told MMA Fighting that the bout is still on. Mousasi-Gustafsson is set for the main event for Saturday's card in Stockholm.

"The [Swedish Mixed Martial Arts Federation] has not said he can't fight, and he wants to fight," White texted to reporter Ariel Helwani.

Gustafsson is from Sweden and is popular in his home country. Besides wanting to fight in front of his home crowd, Gustafsson has another incentive to want the fight with Mousasi to happen. He's riding a six-fight win streak, with his last win coming over former UFC light heavyweight champ Mauricio "Shogun" Rua. A win over Mousasi could put Gustafsson on the top of the pile of 205 lbers looking for a shot at the title. He even has plans to push for a title shot after the fight.

"My biggest concern right now is Mousasi," Gustafsson said in early March. "That's my biggest focus. It's the only thing I think of right now. I don't really think about [being No. 1] that much. I'm going to grab the mic from whoever has it after the fight and I'm going to challenge the champ after this fight, so let's see what happens."

But a facial laceration could thwart his plans. The fight is on, but it should be an interesting week as we watch if the fight still happens on Saturday.

Source: http://sports.yahoo.com/blogs/mma-cagewriter/ufc-president-dana-white-says-alexander-gustafsson-still-141308060--mma.html

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