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  It’s kind of hard to picture a John Galliano/Oscar de la Renta melding of aesthetics, but The Master asked Galliano to come in and wave his Galliano hands over this collection to see what would happen. The result is still very Oscar, but with an undeniably Parisian feel to it. The silhouettes are the [...]

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Ashley Judd maintains that she has not made a decision regarding a potential run for the United States Senate, but all clues suggest that an entry into the election is imminent for the actress and former guest on Who Do You Think You Are?

The latest sign pointing to Ashley’s participation in the Senate race? A recent meeting with the Democratic Senatorial Campaign Committee. Is Ashley Judd planning to oust Mitch McConnell from his current spot on the Senate? Hard to say for sure, especially given a recent statement in which Ashley thanked American Crossroads for targeting her in an attack ad and then explained that she’s still in the midst of considering “her future political plans, although a decision hasn’t been made yet.” (via Ashley Judd Meets With Democratic Senatorial Campaign Committee | Reality TV Magazine)

Everything Wrong With Inception In 4 Minutes Or Less (by CinemaSins)

1. “Wesleyan student removed from the 6th floor for riding the dinosaur.”

2. “Wesleyan student fell down the up escalator. And continued falling as if in a perpetual motion machine.”

Today the TV station WTNH confirmed those reports after speaking to several Wesleyan students with knowledge of the bacchanal, one of whom told the station, “It was kind of a questionable plan to bring a bunch of people to a science museum where there is definitely drinking going on.”

Yes. Yes it was.

In this video clip from the BBC documentary The Secret Life of Dogs, you can watch as an English Springer Spaniel named Jess feeds an orphaned lamb a bottle.

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When Dwayne Johnson made the transition from wrestler to actor, he preserved a default expression of intense, directed focus. Onscreen or in the ring, Johnson is a man of action, a blunt weapon accustomed to pursuing his goals in the most direct manner imaginable. But the mildly overachieving B-movie Snitch immerses him in a shadowy world where every step he takes to extricate his family from a perilous situation just makes the situation worse. He’s a good man, albeit a flawed, redemption-hungry one, in a bind that seems to grow more hopeless by the moment. Yet just when it appears that Johnson is down for the count, that his dad-of-action can’t possibly survive, he makes a stunning comeback. It turns out wrestling and cinema aren’t so different after all: They’re just two different sweaty, testosterone-soaked forms of hyper-masculine storytelling.

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As many expected, Sony has officially announced the PS4 at the Sony PlayStation Meeting today. The new PlayStation will have an X86 processor, "state of the art" GPU, 8 GB of high-speed unified memory, and a hard drive for local storage. The PS4 will allow gamers to share their gameplay stream and even remotely take control of friend's games. Along with the PS4, Sony has unveiled a new DualShock 4 controller which features a built-in touchpad at the center of the controller, and a built-in microphone jack.

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(via The Throne Of Nerds Covered With PC Keyboards | WooHome)

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“The investigating officer in the Oscar Pistorius murder case is facing seven charges of attempted murder from a 2009 shooting. Hilton Botha reportedly opened fire on seven passengers in a mini-bus while drunk with two other officers. They were arrested in 2011, but charges were initially dropped and have now been reinstated. Botha is set to appear in court in May to face the charges, but police plan to keep him on the Pistorius murder case despite them. The South African Police Service has confirmed the charges against the detective. Spokesman Neville Malila said: “We were only informed yesterday that attempted murders charges against Hilton Botha have been reinstated.””

- Pistorius Cop Faces Attempted Murder Charges

First time accepted submitter M3.14 writes "In a letter addressed to French Industrial Renewal Minister, Maurice Taylor, chief executive of Titan, writes (French article with English letter) that it would be stupid to buy any factory in France since workers don't really work full time. He'd rather buy cheap factories in India and China instead and import tires back to France. He writes, 'They get one hour for breaks and lunch, talk for three and work for three. I told this to the French union workers to their faces. They told me that's the French way!'"

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“Sherlock’s Benedict Cumberbatch and X-Men’s James McAvoy are joined by Game of Thrones and former Fades star Natalie Dormer, Doctor Who alumnus Sophie Okonedo and Homeland’s David Harewood for the tale of London Below, an alternate reality beneath the capital where famous landmarks take on a life of their own. Screen legends Christopher Lee and Bernard Cribbins also star in an adaptation that is being described as an “audio film”. The six-part series begins with an hour-long episode on Saturday 16 March on Radio 4 and continues with five 30-minute instalments on Radio 4 Extra from Monday 18 March.”

- Benedict Cumberbatch and the cast of Neverwhere - first photo and air date revealed | Radio Times

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Why North Korean propaganda videos steal from American video games Washington Post (blog) South Korean police arrest a member of a pro-North Korea student group protesting near a U.S. military office in Seoul. (CHOI JAE-KU/AFP/Getty Images). The latest bizarre and openly threatening propaganda video from the Democratic People's Republic of ... N.Korean Nuclear Threat Poses Tough Dilemma for SeoulThe Chosun Ilbo all 222 news articles »

“Decide in your heart of hearts what really excites and challenges you, and start moving your life in that direction. Every decision you make, from what you eat to what you do with your time tonight, turns you into who you are tomorrow, and the day after that. Look at who you want to be, and start sculpting yourself into that person. You may not get exactly where you thought you’d be, but you will be doing things that suit you in a profession you believe in. Don’t let life randomly kick you into the adult you don’t want to become.”

- Astronaut Chris Hadfield’s answer to the question “Any advice to a young person who wants to get into this field?”, from his spectacular reddit IAmA (via apoplecticskeptic)

My take on visually presenting Kurt Vonnegut’s theories about archetypal stories, designed after researching the subject. 11″x17″ (click for larger version) (via The Shapes of Stories, a Kurt Vonnegut Infographic « Maya Eilam)

By RPS on February 21st, 2013 at 12:46 am.

At Sony’s interminable live conference revealing the PS4, it was announced that it’s built on an x86 CPU, includes an “enhanced PC GPU”, along with a local hard drive (although no mention of SSD). And it comes with 8GB of GDDR5 memory. Also announced are other features that have that nagging sense of familiarity, including live streaming of games, and the ability to stream yourself playing games. It’s a PC!

So, we say welcome Sony! Glad you’ve decided to join us.

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All states need to expand Medicaid: Column USA TODAY The recent addition of three governors to the small gang of Republican leaders opting into the Medicaid expansion may represent a tipping point. For economic, moral and health reasons, let's hope so. medicaid. Dr. Martha Perez examines Maria Lebron in a ... At a Loss on Refusing Medicaid CashNew York Times Groups urge Pennsylvania to join Medicaid expansionPittsburgh Post Gazette Florida Gov't Weekly Roundup: Scott Pulls Off A StunnerNorthEscambia.com The Bradenton Times all 378 news articles »

By Nathan Grayson on February 21st, 2013 at 1:55 am.

Apparently “PlayStation 4 will be the only console that The Witness is on” when it first launches. Which is a very un-clever way of saying, “and also, it’ll be on PC,” but whatever. We get an actual, factual trailer of Braid creator Jonathan Blow’s latest out of the deal, so Sony’s inhumanly lengthy, droning “pppfffthrp” of a commercial‘s no skin off my nose. But I digress. The Witness, if you’ll remember, is set on an open-world island full of laser puzzles. It also looks exceedingly attractive. I’m not sure what to think about the puzzles themselves, but it’s tough to get a bead on these things when you’re not, you know, solving them. Anyway, trailer ahoy!

While presenting the Myst-like explorer during Sony’s miserable nonference, Blow called it “a game about epiphany” – because Jon Blow, basically. More importantly, he noted that it’ll clock in at around 25 hours, which is quite hefty by modern puzzling standards. Other than that, however, we don’t have a whole lot to go on.

Well, except for Dan’s massive heap of impressions and chit-chat with Blow from many, many moons ago. Obviously, things could have changed quite a lot since then, but – at the time – our absentee Lord of Grills described the island’s tapestry of dreamlike environments and unpredictable puzzles as:

“A game about working your mind hard, becoming aware of the world around you and coming to appreciate how it can be integrated with puzzles about sound, shadows, texture, mathematics, location, light and memory, never knowing what’s going to be relevant to the next puzzle. Like Blow’s Braid, it’s also about the expression of both philosophical concepts and of intriguing, rapidly-changing mechanics, though neither of these are forced on you.”

So it sounds intriguing, but it also certainly has the potential to be just as divisive as Braid’s highly symbolic brand of hop ‘n’ bop – if not more so. That said, while I don’t think Braid was the revolution many people wanted it to be, it certainly made a mark. Overwrought or not, Blow’s visions are unflinching in their confidence, so they land with cannon-ball-like impact. There’s something to be said for that, I think. As for what exactly it is, well, there’s a reason we all argue so much over the guy in the first place.

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"...the students constructed their own replica hoplite shields and for one class we practiced forming up into and moving as a phalanx. The students experimented with different spacings of ranks and files, marching in formation, and the massed pushing of shield against shield."

This pair of musical keyboard hacks both use light to detect inputs. The pair of tips came in on the same day, which sparks talk of consipiracy theory here at Hackaday. Something in the weather must influence what types of projects people take on because we frequently see trends like this one. Video of both projects is embedded after the jump.

On the left is a light-sensitive keyboard which [Kaziem] is showing off. In this image he’s rolling a marble around on the surface. As it passes over the Cadmium Sulfide sensors (which are arranged in the pattern of white and black keys from a piano keyboard) the instrument plays pitches based on the changing light levels. [Thanks Michael via Make]

To the right is [Lex's] proximity sensor keyboard. It uses a half-dozen Infrared proximity sensor which pick up reflected light. He calls it a ‘quantised theremin’ and after seeing it in action we understand why. The overclocked Raspberry Pi playing the tones reacts differently based on distance from the keyboard itself, and hand alignment with the different sensors.

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The Secret Door: Your Travel Agency To Google Street View via The Pop-Up City

With Street View Google has mapped the whole world and made the world accessible from our digital devices. Not only urban streets but also landscapes such as the Grand Canyon, as well as interiors of museums, shops, offices and bars are shot by Google’s lenses. This enables some kind of digital traveling.

Exploring the world’s greatest cities and landscapes is possible from behind the screen, while you sit in your lazy chair. But it still takes some effort find the great spots, just like in real life. The website The Secret Door tries to unlock Street View’s hidden treasures for its visitors.

Shia LaBeouf’s Broadway deBeout has been indefinitely delayed, as the actor has dropped out of the upcoming Orphans mere weeks before previews were set to begin. LaBeouf was set to star in the revival of Lyle Kessler’s 1983 play as the eldest of two orphaned brothers who kidnap a mobster played by Alec Baldwin—a role that, presumably, the studiously Method acting LaBeouf prepared for by killing his parents. That preparation was all for naught, unfortunately, as LaBeouf has now left the production due to “creative differences,” an intentionally vague excuse that one can interpret in myriad ways until LaBeouf finally gives a cantankerous interview about how no one respected his suggestions, such as how his character should convey vulnerability by being nude at all times. It’s also fun to imagine that Alec Baldwin showed up to rehearsal in an Optimus Prime mask and Shia LaBeouf flipped ...

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On January 26th, unlocking a cell phone that is under contract became illegal in the U.S. Just before that went into effect, a petition was started at whitehouse.gov to have the Librarian of Congress revisit that decision. "It reduces consumer choice, and decreases the resale value of devices that consumers have paid for in full. The Librarian noted that carriers are offering more unlocked phones at present, but the great majority of phones sold are still locked." The 30 days time limit on the petition is almost up, and it's about 11,000 signatures shy of the amount necessary to ensure a response from the Obama administration (100,000 total, recently increased from 25,000). The creator of the petition received a Cease & Desist letter from Motorola in 2005 for selling software that would allow users to unlock their phones, and he thinks it's only a matter of time before such legal threats begin again. This is part of a larger battle to protect the way consumers can use their devices. While it's still legal for people to root their phones, the Librarian of Congress failed to expand that legal protection to tablets, even though the devices are incredibly similar. The Librarian's decision (PDF) needs further review, and if the White House petition doesn't get enough signatures by February 23, such a review may not happen.

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