Parker scores record 23 to lead West over East

UNCASVILLE, Conn. (AP) ? Candace Parker put on a show in her All-Star debut.

Parker scored a record 23 points to lead the West to a 102-98 victory over the East on Saturday.

"I didn't know what to expect," Parker said. "I hadn't been to one, and this was really special. Being with all these great players and share stories, that's why I'll remember from this All-Star game more than what happened on the court."

The Los Angeles Sparks star was voted a starter for the 2011 game, but couldn't play because of a knee injury. She also missed the 2009 game because she was still recovering from the birth of her daughter.

"Things happen," Parker said. "I learned not to question them and go on my path and take whatever comes. It happened to work out this way."

The wait was worth it as Parker, who earned the game's MVP honors.

While the award was special, Parker and her West teammates were more excited that got the victory for retiring star Tina Thompson.

"We didn't want her to go out with a loss," said Parker, who was quickly heading back to Los Angeles after the game to get to a family reunion that she was hosting.

Thompson, who made her record ninth All-Star appearance, announced her retirement at the end of the season. She had a rough game missing all five of her attempts from the field, but still enjoyed the moment.

West coach Cheryl Reeve put her back in the lineup with a few seconds left to get one final ovation from the fans.

Parker's stellar game helped the league overcome the loss of Brittney Griner and top vote-getter Elena Delle Donne, who sat out because of injuries. The pair have been an attendance and ratings boon for the league.

Griner has missed Phoenix's last five games with a sprained left knee and Delle Donne suffered a concussion in Chicago's game Wednesday. They were poised to make history as the first pair of rookies from the same class to start the WNBA All-Star game.

But Griner sat on the bench, while Delle Donne recovered at home in Delaware.

"It hurts not being able to play, but I'm having a lot of fun just cheering," Griner said.

Even though the rookies couldn't play, the WNBA had seven other first-time All-Stars in the game. That didn't even include Parker.

Despite joking before the game that she was "too old" to dunk, Parker threw down a few in warmups.

After a quiet first half, she helped rally the West after the break. With her team trailing by 11 early in the third quarter, Parker scored seven straight points. After the foul by Tamika Catchings, Parker flexed her muscles and used a nifty stutter-step from the wing for an easy layup. Parker finished off her run with another lay-in.

After Sparks teammate Kristi Toliver hit back-to-back 3-pointers to the tie game, Ivory Latta hit her own 3-pointers to give the East an 81-74 advantage heading into the final period.

Parker, who finished with 11 rebounds, and Toliver wouldn't let the West lose for the fourth time in the past five All-Star games. Parker broke Swin Cash's All-Star game record of 22 points with a layup midway through the fourth quarter.

East coach Lin Dunn, who it was announced will be inducted into the women's basketball Hall of Fame next year, joked that there was a simple reason her team came up short.

"They had Candace and we didn't," she said laughing.

Trailing 100-98 with 30 seconds left, the East had a chance to take the lead, but Cappie Pondexter missed a 3-pointer. Parker got the rebound and Toliver sealed the win by hitting two free throws.

"I see it every day," Parker said of her Sparks teammate. "She's one of the best shooters ever. I was proud of the way she came out and played within herself."

Toliver, who was playing in her first All-Star game, scored 19 of her 21 points in the second half to help the West rally.

"Being here this weekend was a lot of joy," she said. It was humbling to be here but I feel like I belong."

The game also featured the return of referee cam, with Lamont Simpson wearing a device that looks like a pair of glasses. The veteran official caught a pre-game dance off between the East and West. Maya Moore floored the sell-out crowd by breaking out the old-school dance move the worm. She repeated the move when she was introduced as a starter.

Simpson admitted that after he first wore the ref cam in June, he received a lot of emails and texts from friends.

In the fourth quarter, Simpson approached Latta on the court and joked that "there's never been a technical foul in the history of the All-Star game."

In another first, the game was coached by two women for the only time in its 11-year history. Lin Dunn of Indiana coached the East and Reeve of Minnesota was in charge of the West.

Reeve had four Minnesota Lynx players on her West squad. Moore and Seimone Augustus were voted as starters. Reeve chose Lynx center Rebekkah Brunson to replace Griner in the starting lineup.

Minnesota point guard Lindsay Whalen was the first sub in for the West, replacing Taurasi. That produced four Lynx players, who also were on the 2011 All-Star team, on the court at the same time.

The four Lynx stars combined for 24 of the West's 29 points in the first quarter.

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Source: http://news.yahoo.com/parker-scores-record-23-lead-west-over-east-214935002.html

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Indianapolis church mourns 3 who died in bus crash

INDIANAPOLIS (AP) ? An Indianapolis congregation on Sunday mourned the deaths of their youth pastor, his pregnant wife and another member who were killed when a church bus overturned with just a mile to go in a return trip from a Michigan summer camp.

Saturday's accident devastated members of Colonial Hills Baptist Church, who had been anticipating a joyful homecoming with the 37 people who were aboard the bus. Youth pastor Chad Phelps, his pregnant piano-teacher wife, Courtney Phelps, and chaperone Tonya Weindorf were killed, said deacon Jeff Leffew.

Dozens of people were injured in the crash, which happened near Interstate 465. On Sunday, six teenagers remained hospitalized, including one who was in critical condition.

Dennis Maurer, a 68-year-old congregation member who was driving the church-owned bus, told authorities that its brakes failed before it struck a raised concrete median and flipped on its side, Indianapolis police said.

The Phelpses, who were in their mid-20s, were expecting their second child, Leffew said. Chad Phelps was the son of the church's senior pastor and became its youth pastor late last year, he said.

"We're going to have a long road, but God is good," Leffew said at a Sunday news conference.

The couple's nearly 2-year-old child, Chase, was injured in the crash. He was treated and released from a hospital Saturday, IU Health spokeswoman Sally Winter said.

The bus had nearly completed its 365-mile journey from Camp CoBeAc, near Prudenville, Mich., when it overturned about a mile from the church, where parents were waiting to pick up their children who had just spent a week praying, zip-lining and playing basketball.

Weindorf, the 51-year-old chaperone who was killed, had five children, Leffew said.

"Tonya was at camp because she has a special-needs child who wanted to go, and she wanted to go and make it a good week, and according to her husband, it was a great week, and that's who Tonya was," said Leffew, who sent four of his own daughter to the camp.

Leffew, of Fishers, said only one of his daughters was on a second bus that pulled into the parking lot, and that he raced to the northern Indianapolis crash site. What he found was surreal ? clothing and other items strewn about and windows missing from the bus.

"You're just praying that it's not as bad as it looks," he said Saturday. His daughters escaped with bumps and bruises.

Troy Riggs, Indianapolis' public safety director, called the crash a "great tragedy."

"They were not that far from home. ... That only adds to the tragedy," Riggs said Saturday.

Duane Lloyd, who witnessed the crash, told WTHR that he saw the crash happen at about 4:15 p.m., which was about the time Chad Phelps tweeted that the group would arrive at the church.

"I heard a skid. I looked back. I see this bus in the air and people falling out of the bus," Lloyd said. "I could have gone my whole life without seeing that."

He said people approached and tried to help.

"People were literally trying to lift the bus," Lloyd said. "You just try to do what you can do."

Three of the six hospitalized teens, including the one in critical condition, were at IU Health Methodist Hospital, Winter said Sunday. The other three were at the Riley Hospital for Children at IU Health. Many of the patients had head, arm and leg injuries, fire officials said.

Leffew thanked rescue workers and good Samaritans who tried to help after the crash, as well as local churches and businesses that have offered their support.

"We are so grateful for that outpouring of love and care," he said Sunday.

Source: http://news.yahoo.com/indianapolis-church-mourns-3-died-bus-crash-195306293.html

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Miller's late blitz lifts South Africa to 223

25 overs Sri Lanka 72 for 4 (Chandimal 27*, Mathews 1* ) need 152 runs to beat South Africa 223 for 7 (Miller 85*, Mendis 3-35)
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South Africa dictated proceedings for the first time in the series as they pegged Sri Lanka back in what is a must-win game for the tourists. A fit-again Lonwabo Tsotsobe did the bulk of the damage, with three wickets in a six-over spell in which he extracted bounce and produced seam movement to have Sri Lanka's top order in trouble in more challenging conditions that what they are used to.

Morne Morkel worked well with Tsotsobe, creating pressure from his end with pace and steep lift to give South Africa the good start they had been lacking in previous matches. The pair produced eight dot balls before a run was scored and claimed a first wicket in the fourth over.

Tillakaratne Dilshan offered a simple catch to AB de Villiers at cover as he tried to drive a back of a length ball. De Villiers was in the field and not behind the stumps because Quinton de Kock was the designated wicketkeeper, even though de Villiers confirmed he would "definitely" keep in the ODIs before the tour, "unless I pick up a niggle".

While de Villiers' fitness will come under scrutiny, Tsotsobe seems to have recovered from the ankle impingement which kept him out of the first two matches. He struck again in the same over, in a big way, when he got one to move away from Kumar Sangakkara to have Sri Lanka's talisman caught by JP Duminy for a duck.

Morkel continued to get the ball to jab into the batsmen's ribs, especially Upul Tharanga's, and Tsotsobe removed him. He got one to bounce sharply and take the edge and Alviro Petersen at slip to collected. At 16 for 3, Sri Lanka were under pressure and de Villiers kept Tsotsobe on to ensure they stayed under the pump.

He probably bowled one over too many - his sixth went for nine runs - but Ryan McLaren also assisted with the strangulation. A spinner was only introduced in the 14th over when Robin Peterson came on. He reviewed an lbw shout against Mahela Jayawardene, which Peterson was convinced was out, but replays showed it was missing leg.

Sri Lanka's batsmen were more comfortable against the slower bowlers and de Villiers brought Morkel back to try and unsettle them. But it was Peterson who almost broke through. He drew Jayawardene forward with a flighted ball which spun past the outside edge and thought he had him stumped.

A lengthy delay showed the foot and the line too close to call and with doubt surrounding the dismissal, Jayawardene survived. His stand with Dinesh Chandimal grew to fifty but Peterson had the last laugh. As the halfway stage approached, he produced a delivery which skidded on and bowled Jayawardene through the gate.

With the required run-rate touching six an over and a debutant to come, Sri Lanka will have to work hard to seal the series today.

South Africa 223 for 7 (Miller 85*, Mendis 3-35 ) v Sri Lanka
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After three innings in Sri Lanka, South Africa recorded their first fifty courtesy David Miller. The No. 7 batsman was the only one to show the temperament to survive, at first, and thrive later on against a Sri Lanka attack that gave very few scoring opportunities with good lengths and tight lines.

Still, the hosts will need to register the highest successful chase in Pallekele - the previous best was 198 - to seal the series. They leaked runs in the last two overs, which cost them 38, and that could prove decisive on a pitch that may become more difficult to bat on as the game goes on.

Even if South Africa have Miller and his final burst to thank for keeping them alive, they have to assess their batting performance with a critical eye after their top order failed again. In the absence of the injured Hashim Amla, South Africa fielded a new opening pair - their third in three matches - with Lions' team-mates Alviro Petersen and Quinton de Kock fronting up first.

Petersen was watchful, apart from taking advantage of a stray Angela Mathews ball that veered too far down the leg side, but de Kock battled to curb his attacking instincts. He was loose outside the offstump, though, did not move his feet enough and offered a chance in the fourth over. Tillakaratne Dilshan at slip let de Kock off on just 5 but Sri Lanka struck again two balls later. Lasith Malinga bowled his first bouncer and Petersen was too early on the hook. He gloved it to Kumar Sangakkara.

De Kock retreated even further into his shell with Petersen's departure and continued to look vulnerable outside the offstump. That eventually led to his demise when he was caught in two minds playing at a wide Thisara Perera ball and edged behind.

JP Duminy looked in good touch, as he has throughout the series, but his promise amounted to very little. He drove, cut and swept with authority but when he tried to run Perera down to third man, he inside-edged onto his stumps to depart for another score in the 20s.

Faf du Plessis' stay at the crease was similar. He was involved in risky running with his captain, AB de Villiers and could have been found short of his ground on a few occasions before he eventually was. De Villiers called him through for a quick single and du Plessis could not make his ground.

Neither he, nor de Villiers, has managed a half-century in their last five innings but de Villiers looked set to change that. He showed patience amid the lack of boundaries and cashed in on the few run-scoring chances Sri Lanka offered, such as Malinga's low full toss, but eventually fell to Ajantha Mendis for 47.

Sri Lanka's mystery spinner caused problems for South Africa's middle order. Farhaan Behardien - who bowled by the first ball he faced from Mendis - nor Robin Peterson could pick him but Miller showed more prowess.

He struggled in the early part of his innings but had de Villiers to usher him through and grew in confidence as the innings went on. He hit the only sixes in the South African innings, all off Thisara Perera. Two of them went down the ground, showing Miller's ability to hit into the V, and timed his burst well.

Miller scored 35 runs off the last two overs, including 18 off Malinga, to take South Africa to a total history says they can defend. Their bowlers will need to operate with the same miserliness Sri Lanka's did to keep them in the contest.

Source: http://www.espncricinfo.com/sri-lanka-v-south-africa-2013/content/story/655329.html?CMP=OTC-RSS

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Frenship's Smith leads are contingent on 4A all-state baseball team

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Texas Tech signee Stephen Smith was named to the first team for the Collin Street Bakery/Texas Sports Writers Association Class 4A All-State Baseball team released Thursday. Smith, who played right field, led the Tigers to the District 4-4A championship and a deep playoff run by hitting .424 with two home runs and 12 doubles with 44 runs scored. Teammate Cade Davis, a senior outfielder, and Plainview senior second baseman Will Bass were named to the third team. Bass hit. 488 with two home runs and 32 RBIs for the Bulldogs, while Davis hit .445 with 33 RBIs. read more ...

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Chuck Palahniuk Announces Fight Club 2 Graphic Novel Sequel ...

If the Star Wars prequels taught us anything, it?s that people love it when their favorite film universes get rebooted with annoying tiny kids in them, right? Of course they do! That?s probably why Chuck Palahniuk recently revealed that he?ll be returning to his 1996 novel?Fight Club to tell the story of Jack and Marla?s son ? but from the point of view of Tyler Durden. Yay?

Palahniuk?? and I refuse to spell his name correctly past this point on the grounds that I had way too much fun making up fake ones ? announced at Comic-Con this weekend that the story will take place ten years after the events of the original book. Jack and Marla are married?and bored, because of course they are, when suddenly?Jack?s son is kidnapped by Tyler Durden, who still lurks within Jack?s subconscious.

In the official statement on his website,?Palhallayuk?promised a ?dark?and messy? serialized graphic novel, but admitted that it probably won?t see the light of day until 2015 due to contractual obligations. He doesn?t yet have a specific publisher in mind, but says that fellow author?Chelsea Cain ?has been introducing [him] to artists and creators from Marvel, DC and Dark Horse, and they?re walking [him] through the process.?

Honestly, I?m surprised that?Palfalfaduck?didn?t make the switch to graphic novels earlier than this. As the film version of?Fight Club?proved to all of us, his dialogue-heavy, clippy prose style translates much more smoothly to a visual medium. A revisited?Fight Club comic book full of graphic fights and gorgeous David Aja-style art would have been a real no-brainer. Alas, instead we get a weird Taken-crossover of a sequel. You know, eventually.

In the meantime, Cumberchuck Palahnibach is hard at work on his upcoming novel, Beautful You, as well a short story collection featuring Cain and other authors.

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Sony patent proposes camera button to send vital-signs info

Sony has filed a patent application with the United States Patent and Trademark Office for a way for smartphone users to tag the photos they take with their vital signs. The patent proposes a "camera button with integrated sensors," where the user can tag photos with vital sign information such as blood pressure and body temperature. It's all about integrated sensors.

The patent application filed last November and made known earlier this week is from Sony Mobile Communications in Lund, Sweden. The patent application describes a mobile device camera sensor that records the stats of the photo taker, information including skin conductance, body temperature, blood pressure, respiratory rate, pulse rate, and blood oxygen level.

That information would be recorded into memory and tagged to a specific photo, a new twist in metadata for digital photos. But who would use this and why? You won't get many answers from the patent application, which descries the sensors but does not specify which application areas could result.

Here's at least a possible clue, though. "At Sony, we are targeting the medical business for mid- to long-term growth," the Sony President and CEO, Kazuo Hirai, has said. As a major exporter of consumer electronics, they have not lost sight of the opportunity their technology presents for health products. "We can leverage our technology base in image-capturing sensors, lenses, 3-D technology, image processing, to mention just a few areas," Hirai said in an interview in Tokyo last year.

The technology in the patent application possibly, as a guess, may be used as part of a patient's dealings with doctor's offices and hospitals. The patient could possibly take a photo and attach vital signs without having to be hooked up to medical equipment. The patent application makes the following point.

"Usually when measuring vital signs, sensors, connected by wires to bulky measuring equipment, have to be placed or used on the person's body. However, in this case the measuring of vital signs has to be done in another way since using cumbersome sensors and measuring equipment is not a viable option."

According to the application, the "first aspect of the present invention relates to a method for tagging a recorded image in a mobile communication device, wherein said recorded image is recorded by a camera unit in said mobile communication device, the method comprising the steps monitoring, using at least one sensor in said mobile communication device, a user's vital signs, recording sensor information relating to said user's vital signs when said user operates said camera unit in said mobile communication device and is in contact with at least one of said at least one sensors in said mobile communication device, recording an image from said camera unit when said user operates said camera unit in said mobile communication device, determining a tag based on said recorded sensor information, assigning said tag to said recorded image and storing and organizing said recorded image in a memory in said mobile communication device based on said tag."

The sensor information, it added, may comprise information regarding any of the following user's vital signs: body temperature, pulse rate, blood pressure, respiratory rate, blood oxygen level and skin conductance. The application mentioned a sensor integrated in a camera button in the mobile communication device, "wherein said sensor and camera button may be operated when said user operates said camera unit for recording an image." The inventor named in the patent application is Gunnar Klinghult.

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I saw a lady taking pictures of the Sky, and upon looking up - that sky was pretty busy, and she explains.http://www.guardian.co.uk/politics/2002 pr/21/uk.medicalscienceMillions subjected to germ warfare tests in the UK - see the guardian link aboveMillions were in germ war testsMuch of Britain was exposed to bacteria sprayed in secret trialsShare 9785inShare7EmailAntony Barnett, public affairs editorThe Observer, Sunday 21 April 2002 10.23 BSTThe Ministry of Defence turned large parts of the country into a giant laboratory to conduct a series of secret germ warfare tests on the public.A government report just released provides for the first time a comprehensive official history of Britain's biological weapons trials between 1940 and 1979.Many of these tests involved releasing potentially dangerous chemicals and micro-organisms over vast swaths of the population without the public being told.While details of some secret trials have emerged in recent years, the 60-page report reveals new information about more than 100 covert experiments.

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Bordens win Baywood golf cart parade

Baywood in Long Neck has an annual July 4 golf cart parade. Entries are crazy - including tiki bars, Egyptian pyramids, and more. But this year, Baywood residents Jack and Lisa Borden, who married in June, decided to further celebrate their wedding in the Baywood Golf Car Parade. They won first place out of many entries.

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Defecation Nation: Pig Waste Likely to Rise in U.S. from Business Deal

A proposed acquisition of Smithfield Foods would send pork to China and leave more pig feces in the U.S., potentially increasing the risk of superbug infections and other diseases

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Last year, at least 4.7 billion gallons of hog manure in the U.S. came from one company, Smithfield foods, the nation's leading pork producer. The feces load will rise if U.S. regulators green-light a proposed merger that would bring the firm under the auspices of a China-based company. That increase could also promote the growth of antibiotic-resistant bacteria and increase health risks for hog farm workers and the communities living around them.

Under a proposed multibillion-dollar deal, Hong Kong?based Shuanghui International Holdings would buy Virginia-based Smithfield Foods. The stated purpose of the merger, the companies say, is to efficiently increase pork production. If the deal goes as planned, Smithfield will ultimately export more meat to China, where the appetite for pork continues to climb upward even as Americans buy less of it. But with that expected production boost comes an uptick in hog feces left in the U.S.?and subsequent health and environmental risks.

The impacts of industrial-scale hog production like Smithfield?s have played out in the courts and medical journals for decades?largely from the way the firms handle the waste. The majority of hog feces from Smithfield sits in earthen lagoons where it naturally ages for six to 12 months before the slurry is then sprayed on agricultural fields as fertilizer.

Studies on communities living around such farms have indicated individuals exposed to the odors and emissions from around the lagoons have more respiratory complaints and increased asthma symptoms. Moreover, when hogs are raised in crowded environments in industrial-scale farms they require greater quantities of antibiotics (pdf) to promote growth and compensate for unsanitary conditions. That antibiotic use is linked with increased antibiotic resistance in humans.

Indeed, researchers in particular worry that antibiotic-laden hog manure can seep into the water and air as well as bodies of people surrounding such farms, with subtle implications both for health and for the spread of antibiotic resistance. In one study high concentrations of antibiotic and multidrug-resistant bacteria were detected inside and downwind of an industrial-size swine production facility, but not upwind. Other work linked antimicrobial-resistant bacteria in groundwater and private drinking wells to swine facilities located upstream. This month more than 580 residents of eastern North Carolina?the state with the most Smithfield hogs?filed complaints against the company, charging that the pollution from that hog production deprives them of the use and enjoyment of their property.

Smithfield, which operates across 12 states, brought 15.8 million hogs to market in fiscal 2012?and each hog, according to the company, produced an average of 1,100 to 1,300 liters of manure during its lifetime (including the water used to push the pig feces into pits below their pens). Smithfield says there will be no changes to the company?s production practices or its sustainability plan. ?It will be the same old Smithfield?only better,? Larry Pope, company president and chief executive officer, told the Senate Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition and Forestry on July 10. ?Without this opportunity to grow outside of the United States there is no opportunity for U.S. pork producers to expand.?

With the deal, Shuanghui is getting something more important than more meat, charges Usha Haley, professor of management and expert on emerging markets at West Virginia University. The company would also be acquiring the clout of Smithfield?s name and knowledge of U.S. production practices and technology, she says. The merger would then help fuel China?s shift toward even more hog farms that adopt Smithfield?s vertically integrated processes?namely, industrial-size farms that raise pigs in close quarters and dispose of their waste through the lagoon-and-spray method, thereby threatening to reproduce the same health and antibiotic-resistance issues in China.

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The result is a sometimes gritty, occasionally charming Highland hybrid, but the final balance feels slightly off-kilter.

Loach takes us through the mysteries of whisky making, exploring the subtle tastes and scents in ways that will have audiences wishing they had a dram at hand. But a glass also serves more symbolic purposes ...

If you want to look for it, you'll find a layer of metaphor (the distilling process as a symbol of the characters' evolution) and social-realist commentary amid the gentle, life-affirming laughs.

[Ken Loach] and his longtime screenwriter, Paul Laverty, find a good balance between drama and wacky character moments.

A fairy tale with its feet firmly on the ground.

A lark, but it's a serious-minded lark, addressing issues of class and culture, the haves and have-nots.

They're a fun bunch of tart-tongued Scots, and if their adventures don't amount to anything of thematic significance, watching them is a pleasure.

A surprisingly warm and heartfelt film about a flawed criminal struggling to start a new life after the birth of his first child.

Ken Loach walks on the lighter side

The title, by the way, refers to the distillation process: the 2% of whisky that evaporates in the barrel is known as "the angel's share." I'm afraid there's more than 2% evaporation going on in Loach's latest.

Much like a stiff drink at the end of a long day, "The Angels' Share" gets the job done, but you're probably not going to remember it in the morning.

Loach's realism lends an easygoing, ramshackle quality to the film that smoothes over any lack of tightness.

Director Ken Loach's latest glimpse of the U.K. underclass is really two rather different movies, either of which I would've enjoyed on their own. But they don't really fit together in any satisfying or even logical way.

Whether Robbie pulls off his caper should be left for the audience to discover. But Loach's great cinematic switcheroo goes off almost without a hitch.

As heartwarming and uplifting as any tale could be that features vicious beatings and grand larceny.

While it has some likable characters, particularly its charismatic lead, it's impossible to shake the feeling that we've seen this movie before.

Lead actor Paul Brannigan, the product of Glasgow's working-class East End, is a natural.

The usual Loachian elements are all in place, but there is a gentle spirit at work here as well, and not just the alcoholic spirits around which the plot revolves.

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Analysis: Contentious oil spill claims set up BP for long legal battle

File photo of fire boat response crews battling the blazing remnants of the offshore oil rig Deepwater Horizon off Louisiana

By Mica Rosenberg

NEW YORK (Reuters) - Faced with hundreds of damage claims it says are fictitious and inflated, BP must decide whether to dive into a protracted legal battle it had sought to avoid when it settled a class action over the 2010 Gulf of Mexico oil spill.

The British oil giant asked the Fifth U.S. Circuit of Appeals in New Orleans this week to halt the claims. Should its challenge before the three-judge panel fail, BP will face a choice: ask for a hearing by all the court's judges, appeal to the U.S. Supreme Court, or try picking off individual cases one by one, legal experts say.

BP declined to comment on what its strategy would be.

At issue is how to interpret a 1,000-page settlement document BP negotiated with a committee of lawyers working on behalf of thousands of individuals and businesses affected by the Deepwater Horizon rig explosion. The blast killed 11 men and dumped millions of barrels of oil into the Gulf in one of the country's worst environmental disasters.

BP estimated the settlement, approved by a U.S. District Court in Louisiana in 2012, would cost $7.8 billion, but the payouts may end up ballooning to billions more.

The company has already paid more than $2 billion toward the 198,021 claims filed under the agreement. Overall it says it handed out over $10 billion to those affected by the spill and around $14 billion in cleanup and response costs.

Several lawyers not involved in the case said BP should have known it might be on the hook for more money and erred by agreeing to a deal that had no payout cap.

BP said it stands by the settlement but insists the problem is the person appointed by the court to dole out the money, former Louisiana plaintiffs lawyer Patrick Juneau. The tussle is over how the administrator is calculating the amount of business losses due to the spill a claimant can be compensated for. BP takes issue with the time frame and the accounting methods Juneau is using.

Geoff Morrell, a BP spokesman, said Juneau's "misinterpretation" of the agreement "has ignited a feeding frenzy among trial lawyers attempting to secure money for themselves and their clients that neither deserves."

In a statement, Juneau said, "the proper place to address issues concerning the settlement agreement is in the courts."

U.S. District Judge Carl Barbier of New Orleans, who is overseeing the explosion of spill-related litigation, has repeatedly backed Juneau's interpretation.

So BP appealed to the higher court.

LEGAL OPTIONS

At times during the oral arguments on Monday, the Fifth Circuit judges threw tough comments at BP's lawyer Ted Olson, who served as U.S. solicitor general under President George W. Bush.

"The parties can't come in and change the agreement after it's been made," Judge James Dennis said.

There is no time limit for the Fifth Circuit to decide BP's appeal. If the three judges rule against BP, the company can ask for what is called an "en banc" hearing at the same court but in front of all the Fifth Circuit judges.

Fewer than 3 percent of en banc hearing requests are granted, according to the Fifth Circuit's website.

Also built into the settlement agreement itself is an internal appeal process that BP can use to challenge individual payments it believes were excessive and victims can use if they feel they were wrongly denied.

Internal appeal panels are chosen by Barbier from a list of nominees put forward by both sides. Thousands of appeals have already been filed this way. The process can be costly: There is a filing fee, and if the ruling goes against BP, the company is required to pay 5 percent over and above the original damage award.

If either side is not satisfied with the decision of the internal panel, they can ask Barbier to take up a discretionary review on a case-by-case basis.

Joseph Rice, a lawyer who spent a year and a half debating the settlement terms with BP on behalf of the plaintiffs, said BP has taken a handful of cases to this stage, but Barbier has not chosen to hear them yet.

If all else fails, of course, there is always the highest court in the land. That would be a long shot for BP.

Arthur Miller, an expert on civil litigation at New York University, doubts it will go that far, saying the Supreme Court prefers to hear cases that set legal precedent and are not focused on narrow contract questions. "This is a one-off situation."

Settling in the first place was meant to help BP avoid drawn-out litigation, like the 20-year legal brawl over the 1989 Exxon Valdez spill off Alaska. Claimants who opted in to BP's deal gave up their right to sue the company later.

The contested settlement replaced a process overseen by Kenneth Feinberg, an attorney who managed compensation for the victims of the September 11 attacks. Some plaintiffs were upset that damage awards under Feinberg were not flowing fast enough, and both sides agreed it would be better to settle.

Barbier is also overseeing a separate, multi-billion-dollar case to determine BP's federal pollution fines under the Clean Water Act, with potentially much higher liabilities. The second phase of that trial begins in September.

(Reporting by Mica Rosenberg; Additional reporting by Kathy Finn; Editing by Howard Goller, Amy Stevens and Prudence Crowther)

Source: http://money.ca.msn.com/investing/news/breaking-news/analysis-contentious-oil-spill-claims-set-up-bp-for-long-legal-battle

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Police investigating threat to Montreal Impact player on Twitter

Montreal Impact forward Davy Arnaud is tackled by Colorado Rapids midfielder Brian Mullan during a game at Saputo Stadium on June 29. (QMI Agency)

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The Montreal Impact announced Wednesday an ongoing investigation into a profanity-laden tweet that threatened one of its first-team players.

?The Impact is taking this incident very seriously and will not accept threats of any kind made by individuals in regards to its players, coaches or administrative staff, in order to ensure their safety,? a press release read.

?I hope your family dies in a fire,? Twitter user @SBarbosa17 sent to Impact attacker Davy Arnaud.

Arnaud responded to the tweet: ?I know we lost and I made a mistake, but I deserve this? I forgive you.?

Arnaud?s mistake against the Colorado Rapids on June 29 was the deciding factor in a shocking 4-3 loss at Saputo Stadium in Montreal.

The Service ? la communaut? R?gion Sud, du Service de police de la Ville de Montr?al (SPVM) has opened an investigation and the individual in question will be interviewed by police.

It?s unclear if the above tweet is related to the matter ? as it?s not profanity-laden ? but it seems to indicate the nature of the abuse the 33-year-old sustained following the MLS fixture.

Was the tweet at Arnaud over the line?

Source: http://www.torontosun.com/2013/07/10/police-investigating-threat-to-montreal-impact-player-on-twitter

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Tornado confirmed in Reed Twp.

Authorities have confirmed a tornado touched down in Seneca County Wednesday.

Dan Stahl, the county's Emergency Management Agency director, said National Weather Service assessed the area in Reed Township and determined there was a weak EF1 tornado. The weather service determined it touched down, he said.

"It had some damage out there," he said.

According to a National Weather Service statement Stahl provided, tornadoes were confirmed in Seneca, Huron and Sandusky counties Wednesday. The statement contained preliminary information that was subject to change.

The tornado in Reed Township was estimated to have occurred at 2:24 p.m. and was labeled an EF1 with an estimated maximum wind speed of 90 mph and maximum path width of 50 yards. Its path length was slightly more than 10 miles.

The initial touch downs were near CR 27 and TR 122.

According to the weather service, several barns lost sections of roofing, a second-story wall partially collapsed on a home and an attached garage was lifted from its foundation. Evidence of extensive straight-line wind damage was noted.

Stahl said officials are doing preliminary damage assessment to find out what was damaged and need to get the information compiled and submitted to Ohio EMA.

"We worked on that this afternoon," he said.

Stahl said Community Emergency Response Team is trained in damage assessment and will be back out this morning and this afternoon if the work is not completed in the morning.

Officials are going to have the information in case a funding opportunity arises, he said.The situation is an emergency, he said.

"We got hit real hard," he said.

A tornado in Bellevue was estimated to be at 3:13 p.m. and was ranked an EF0 tornado with an estimated maximum wind speed of 75 mph and maximum path width of 50 yards. Its path length was 0.9 miles, according to the statement.

National Weather Service's statement indicated the initial touchdown occurred along Flat Rock Road, north of Kilbourne Street. Evidence of strong downburst winds in the city and throughout surrounding areas was noted.

According to the statement, nearly every street in the city had downed trees and power lines.

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The Job Benefits Workers Want Most

Businesses trying to attract and retain employees with high-quality benefits shouldn't focus only on health care and vacation days, new research shows.

A study by job and career site Glassdoor revealed that more than 20 percent of employees think perks ? like free food and drinks, casual dress codes and pet-friendly offices ? are among the most important workplace benefits.

Specifically, the research shows that office perks are more important to women than men, as well as to employees in certain regions of the country, like the Midwest and the South.

Overall, more than 70 percent of workers rate medical coverage and holiday, vacation and sick time as the two most important benefits employers offer.

Glassdoor workplace and career expert Rusty Rueff said the research offers valuable insight into which benefits matter most to employees.

"While it's no surprise to see that medical coverage is an important benefit to the majority of employees, some employers may find it interesting to note that office perks, like free food or pet-friendly offices, are valuable, particularly to those in the Midwest and South, where employees report greatest interest ? likely because they do not receive as many perks as those in the West and Northeast," Rueff told BusinessNewsDaily. "Bottom line is, if employers are looking for ways to attract or retain employees as the employment market tightens, [the ?study] sheds light on what employees want and what is top of mind."

Other benefits employees view as valuable include 401(k), retirement and pension plans; employee development training; wellness programs; and tuition reimbursement.

When it comes to job security, employees have mixed opinions, the research shows. While more than 20 percent of employees are concerned about being laid off in the next six months, more than 40 percent are confident in their ability to find another job that fits their skill sets.

Rueff said employers should be aware that their employees are starting to feel better about their chances of finding a job elsewhere than they are about their current employment situation.

"Two in five employees feel they could find a job matched to their experience and compensation levels in the next six months ? the highest confidence reported in nearly four years," Rueff said. "There is still some concern that another shoe could drop, as one in five employees are concerned they could be laid off ? a high since the second quarter of 2011."

He said these are important warning signs for employers to note as the job market steadily improves.

The study was based on surveys of nearly 1,200 full-time, part-time and self-employed workers.

This story was provided by BusinessNewsDaily, a sister site to LiveScience. Follow Chad Brooks on Twitter @cbrooks76 or BusinessNewsDaily @BNDarticles. We're also on Facebook & Google+.

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Heated NYC mayor's race is a star-studded affair

NEW YORK (AP) - One makes a video with Steve Buscemi and rockers Vampire Weekend. Another gets shout-outs from Whoopi Goldberg and Brooke Shields. A third hobnobs over cocktails with an actor from "The Sopranos."

No, it's not an awards show weekend. It's the New York City mayor's race, featuring a cast of celebrities like few other municipal elections.

Last weekend, Democratic mayoral contender Christine Quinn unfurled a star-dusted list of pro-gay-rights backers of her bid to become the city's first female and first openly gay mayor. Among them: singer Lance Bass, actor Neil Patrick Harris, director Rob Reiner and "Project Runway" style czar Tim Gunn, who said Quinn would "make the position of mayor the bully pulpit it needs to be to fight for all New Yorkers. "

Ten days earlier, Alec Baldwin announced that he'd raffle off two dinner invites to any-amount donors to Democratic candidate Bill de Blasio.

"There are few things I enjoy more than a good meal with good company, particularly when an issue as urgent as the New York City mayoral election is up for discussion," the "30 Rock" actor told de Blasio supporters in an email, saying the candidate "understands the inequality crisis facing our city."

And in May, a fundraiser for Republican hopeful Joe Lhota spotlighted as "special guest" Steve Schirripa, best known as gentle-spirited goodfella Bobby "Bacala" Baccalieri on "The Sopranos."

With the super-competitive campaign to lead the nation's biggest city in high gear since spring, the day-to-day menu of candidate forums, policy speeches and endorsements from political figures and interest groups has increasingly been sprinkled with a healthy dash of glitz.

One day, it's a video from hip-hop impresario Russell Simmons praising de Blasio, now the city public advocate. Another day, it's Goldberg posting on her Facebook page to cheerlead for City Council Speaker Quinn, who also counts Shields as a backer. Or salsa star Willie Colon tweeting a link to a song he wrote lauding Democratic contender Bill Thompson, a former city comptroller.

Indeed, the race can sometimes seem like something of a ballot-box version of "Battle of the Network Stars." De Blasio's "LGBT for BdB" gala is headlined by Sarah Jessica Parker and Cynthia Nixon of "Sex and the City" fame and Tony Award-winning actor Alan Cumming? Well, here comes the "LGBT for Quinn" team, with actor-playwright Harvey Fierstein and actors Cheyenne Jackson and George Takei, along with Bass, Harris, Reiner and Gunn.

Republican candidate George McDonald, meanwhile, has links to actor Ethan Hawke, a longtime supporter of the Doe Fund, the homelessness-services nonprofit McDonald runs. GOP rival John Catsimatidis has been cultivating a theatrical tie of his own - the billionaire businessman has been underwriting performances of "The Little Flower," actor Tony Lo Bianco's one-man show about former New York Mayor Fiorello La Guardia.

Entertainers, athletes and other pop culture icons have lent star power to national politics since at least 1920, when singer and comedian Al Jolson wrote a campaign song for Republican nominee Warren Harding and ushered dozens of theater performers to a rally at Harding's Ohio home. Later, show business would pave the path for several stars to win office themselves, most prominently President Ronald Reagan.

And celebrities' politics can be local, too, particularly in such fame havens as New York and Los Angeles, where the recent mayoral contest drew in Salma Hayek, Moby, Jimmy Kimmel and Magic Johnson, among other buzzerati.

In places where voter rolls are stuffed with boldface names, candidates can almost feel pressed to get celebs on their side, says former New York mayoral candidate Tom Allon, a newspaper publisher who dropped his campaign in March. He doesn't think stars' political opinions carry much weight with New Yorkers, but if he'd kept running and could tap some famous endorsers, "I'm sure I would have tried," he said.

While celebrities' imprimatur may not sway voters, stars can help campaigns more indirectly, political observers say.

"The crude notion that celebrities are persuasive, most of the time, for how people vote is just wrong. But I think celebrities are very important in certain situations: fundraising, attracting crowds and interest where it otherwise might not exist," says North Carolina State University political science professor Michael Cobb, who has researched whether celebrity endorsements affect voters.

A star might get more people to a rally or fundraiser, generate press coverage or write checks and round up wealthy friends to do likewise. (Several celebrities are bringing their pocketbooks to bear on the New York mayoral campaign, including Quinn donors Tom Hanks and Jon Bon Jovi and de Blasio contributors Paul Simon and John Turturro.)

And a celebrated backer can contribute to voters' view of a candidate, especially if the star's known for political activism.

Baldwin, for example, is so outspoken about city matters that he flirted with a mayoral run himself. Buscemi, a former city firefighter, got arrested alongside de Blasio in 2003 while protesting plans to close a firehouse - and in April appeared in a video with Vampire Weekend in which the candidate professes his love for the band and jokingly agrees they could write an official song for the city in return for their votes.

Such supporters "may be famous, but they are also progressive New Yorkers and passionate activists who care deeply about the future of our city and believe we need real change" after Mayor Michael Bloomberg's 12 years, de Blasio said in a statement. His campaign's famous friends also include Susan Sarandon.

Campaigns can run the risk that celebrity supporters will distract from their message instead of amplifying it. Just ask Mitt Romney about Clint Eastwood's Republican National Convention speech to an empty chair or query President Barack Obama about Robert de Niro's crack about some GOP candidates' wives at a fundraiser earlier in 2012.

De Blasio faced questions last week after Baldwin lashed out at a British journalist with a vulgar Twitter tirade using an anti-gay term. Baldwin apologized in a statement to the gay rights group GLAAD, and a de Blasio spokesman called the actor's language "clearly unacceptable."

And Quinn was on the spot when illustrious feminist Gloria Steinem publicly threatened to forsake Quinn's mayoral campaign if Quinn kept preventing the council from voting on requiring many businesses to provide paid sick time. Quinn ultimately backed the proposal, and Steinem endorsed her.

Some candidates say their campaigns aren't courting stars. Average New Yorkers' votes "are way more valuable than the endorsement of the `Sex and the City' cast," said Todd Brogan, a spokesman for Democratic contender Sal Albanese, a former city councilman.

Another candidate is well-known enough in his own right, for good or ill: Anthony Weiner, the Democratic former congressman felled by smutty tweets. Weiner hasn't announced any endorsements since he jumped into the race roughly six weeks ago.

Campaigns that are embracing luminaries say they're keeping fame in perspective.

"We're always so appreciative to have them," said Jessica Proud, a spokeswoman for Lhota, an ex-Metropolitan Transportation Authority boss. But ultimately, Proud said, "people want to know what you're going to do with them in office."

"You're not running for `American Idol,'" she added. "You're running for mayor."

(Copyright 2013 by The Associated Press. All Rights Reserved.)

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Istanbul's governor warns against new protest

ANKARA, Turkey (AP) ? Istanbul's governor has warned that a planned gathering by protesters at the city's landmark Taksim Square is illegal and that police would disperse participants.

Gov. Huseying Avni Mutlu's warning comes hours before protesters were expected to converge on the square on Saturday, intending to enter the nearby Gezi Park whose redevelopment sparked anger and morphed into nationwide anti-government protests in June.

Gezi has been cordoned off since June 15, when police routed environmentalists who occupied it. Organizers said protesters would serve notice to authorities of a court decision that annulled the redevelopment plans and then attempt to break through the police cordon.

Mutlu said the protest is unauthorized and warned police would intervene. He said authorities planned to reopen the park on Sunday or Monday.

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Guy Maddin recreating lost films of the silent era - Montreal Gazette

MONTREAL ? Guy Maddin was lying on the floor of the PHI Centre, showing Karine Vanasse and Gregory Hlady how he wanted them to play a scene. Just outside the makeshift train cabin stood crew members, photographers and journalists ? and on most days through July 20, you could join them, too.

The three were on the set of the acclaimed Canadian director?s ambitious new project Seances, an installation/performance/movie shoot during which Maddin will make 12 short films in 13 days, employing 66 Quebec actors including Roy Dupuis, C?line Bonnier, Carole Laure and Caroline Dhavernas. The event is open to the public, and free.

The concept? To recreate 12 lost films from the silent era. On this day, they were reviving Frederick Sullivan?s 1916 movie Saint, Devil and Woman, originally starring rumoured Qu?b?coise actress Florence La Badie (played by Vanasse).

?The facts are murky,? Maddin said, of both the film and La Badie?s backstory, ?but I prefer myths to facts. This one is a mad love story on the Bogota express, in which a psychiatrist falls in love with his patient, but it can?t be.

?These movies are exhumed from the dead, so it?s going to be a bit delirious.?

Other films to be revived include: Tsunekichi Shibata?s simply titled Tokyo?s Ginza District (1898, Japan); Elvira Notari?s Gabriele, the Lamplighter of the Harbour (1919, Italy); F.W. Murnau?s Der Januskopf (1920, Germany); Guan Heifeng?s Women Skeletons (1922, China); and Albert Tessier?s Journ?e scoute (1929, Quebec).

In making 10-minute versions of these movies, Maddin?s goal is not faithful recreation but to capture something more ephemeral ? the essence of a bygone era. Each day will begin with a seance, during which the director and his actors stand in a circle, holding hands, and summon the spirits of the original production team.

?I?m not exactly remaking it perfectly,? Maddin said. ?In some cases, I?ll be channelling the spirit of a lost F.W. Murnau movie. He?s maybe the greatest filmmaker of all time. I?m just Guy Maddin, the second- or third-best filmmaker in Manitoba at any given time.

?The way the muse visits and the spirits make their presence felt, imitation is the last thing that pops up. It?s always something coming through me. Mediums and seances were widely considered to be (performed by) charlatans and frauds. I consider all directors ? to be frauds, at the best of times. So who not just embrace it and enjoy.?

Known for his experimental, mostly silent, black-and-white films, Maddin was made a member of the Order of Canada in 2012. His 2007 movie My Winnipeg won best Canadian feature at the Toronto International Film Festival.

In 2009, the National Film Board commissioned him to make the 12-minute short Night Mayor (say it fast) to commemorate its 70th anniversary (the film can be viewed on the NFB website).

Asked about his attraction to silent films, Maddin got a glint in his eye.

?There?s something haunting about them,? he said, ?something more free. Just by dint of not having audible dialogue, they?re less literal-minded, that much closer to being fairytales. They can do what fairytales do, but better than fairytales ? they?re more allegorical and universal, about the human condition, more free.

?Not only that, they can embrace non-naturalistic acting performances. I?ve never been the kind of director who would know how to get a naturalistic acting performance. So I get silent movie fairytale performances and I?m a lot more comfortable with that.?

Seances is co-produced by the NFB, the PHI Centre and Buffalo Gal Pictures. This instalment follows a 17-film project he directed at Paris? Centre Pompidou in February and March. After Seances? run at the PHI Centre, a selection of the resulting short films will be combined into a feature.

There are also plans for an interactive website, in collaboration with the NFB, in which people will be able to watch and randomly combine different films for a unique viewing experience.

?Anyone on the Internet will be able to hold their own seance,? Maddin said.

Meanwhile, through July 20, Montrealers can experience the real thing first-hand, and maybe channel a few spirits of their own.

Guy Maddin?s Seances continues to July 20 (Tuesday to Friday, 9 a.m. to 6 p.m.; Saturday, noon to 5 p.m. ? except the July 9 shoot, which has been switched to July 8) at the PHI Centre, 407 St-Pierre St., in Old Montreal. Admission is free. Call 514-225-0525 or visit www.phi-centre.com

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Yahoo Acquires Xobni

Yahoo has just announced that they've acquired Xobni, the startup that tries to make your inbox and contacts list less terrible by focusing on the people you communicate with most.

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The European Space Agency's Jupiter Mission Control Made of Lego

The French Space Agency (CNES) commissioned Damien Labrousse to recreate the Jupiter Mission Control Room in Lego for display at the Kourou spaceport. The impressive build features 6,000 bricks, 80 minifigs, a working video screen that shows the rocket launch sequence and a sound system, displaying launch countdown.

The Jupiter Control Room is where the European Space Agency and the French Space Agency CNES, conduct launches from Kourou (the spaceport where the ESA sends supplies to the International Space Station). Two Lego models were built, one was on display last week at the 50th Paris Air Show at Le Bourget, and the second will be displayed at the Kourou Space Center. On a side note, it would be wonderful if Lego revived and expanded its Classic Space theme series, with updated spacecraft, rockets, mission control rooms, and space stations. I'd probably go broke, but it'd be totally worth it. [Flickr via Brothers Brick]

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Exclusive 'Killing Season' Clip: Robert De Niro Can't Take The Shot

Robert De Niro gave one of his many great career performances in "The Deer Hunter," and in "The Killing Season," a new thriller he stars in with John Travolta, the two-time Academy Award winner finds himself out in the field again and on the other side of the hunt. In this exclusive clip from "Killing [...]

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Echo112: A Simple Emergency App That Can Save Lives

Already available to the Swiss for over two years, this potentially lifesaving app is finally catching up to US iPhone and Android users.

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Socks Made with Carbonized Coffee Will Make Your Feet Less Stinky

Plain white socks these are not. The Atlas sock is a performance dress sock made from cotton, polyester and carbonized coffee. Carbonized coffee? Yes, it helps filter and absorb sweat and odor. Even more, the sock uses strain analysis, pressure mapping and thermal imaging to create something ridiculously comfortable.

Seriously, this is one tech'd out piece of footwear. Most of us spend a good chunk of change on our shoes but ignore socks. That ain't right! The Atlas sock, made by Ministry of Supply, is a Kickstarter project (that's already reached its funding) that wants to make your feet feel less awful. The main attraction is its odor control. The Atlas sock literally uses carbonized coffee that is "reclaimed from coffee roasters and shops, and is processed through a pharmaceutical process to remove the coffee oils (so it won?t smell like coffee!) and is then infused into our recycled polyester yarns."

The idea is to make the odor molecules of your foot attach to the carbonized coffee. It'll work like how a Brita filter cleans out water. It sounds absolutely ridiculous but Ministry of Supply claims their Atlas sock is three times better at absorbing odor than a regular cotton sock.

If you want a new pair of socks and/or want to donate to their Kickstarter and/or want to read more about how the Atlas sock is mapped for perfect comfort, head here. [Kickstarter]

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NJ online gaming ? all 12 Atlantic City casinos say they want in ...

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Obama to meet George W. Bush in Tanzania on Tuesday

CAIRO (Reuters) - Egyptian security forces arrested 15 armed bodyguards of the number two in the ruling Muslim Brotherhood, Khairat El-Shater, on Monday after an exchange of fire in which no one was injured, security sources said. The Brotherhood's political party, the Freedom and Justice Party (FJP), denied the report, and quoted Shater as saying his private driver had been kidnapped after shooting in the area. ...

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