American Psycho with Huey Lewis and Weird Al from Huey Lewis
— via Steve Niles Tumblr
Blogs with a turnover of less than £2m and those with fewer than 10 employees will not be subject to new press regulation, the government says.
The amendments — to go before MPs on Monday — also exempt small firms for whom news is not their core business.
A press watchdog is to be established in England and Wales by royal charter and backed by legislation following the Leveson inquiry into press ethics.
The government said the amendments clarify the position
— via redwolf.newsvine.com
James McNabb has crafted fine wooden designs using lasers and routers, but the band saw drove this stunning series of abstract city landscapes shaped into circles and in some cases patterned after furniture, from tables and shelves to chandeliers — via WebUrbanist
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Go on a deep sea adventure with this incredible giant squid pillow. This pillow is hand printed, stuffed, sewn and will make a great addition to any home or the perfect toy for any child — via Etsy
Apparently Chris Holmes, aka Mr Cake, decided that the best way to break the unfortunate news of his resignation was in cake form with this sweet resignation cake — via MAKE
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Long ago, I made my very first ever crochet project… a granny square. I learned the double crochet stitch and haven’t let go of my hook since. The double crochet stitch is one of those skills that is very handy to know for a wide array of patterns and projects. In patterns it is usually abbreviated dc
— via Fiber Flux… Adventures in Stitching
Behold Pisces
, an enormous worm-like sculpture made of 10,000+ balloons. The piece, created by the New York-based artist Jason Hackenwerth, was unveiled at the National Museum of Scotland during the recent Edinburgh International Science Festival. According to the site Colossal, the artwork was inspired by the Zodiac sign Pisces, which itself was inspired by the story of Aphrodite and Eros escaping the fearsome monster Typhon by transforming into a tightly woven spiral of two fish
. It reportedly took a small team six days to blow up the balloons for Hackenwerth’s installation — via Architizer Blog » A Giant Worm Made Of 10,000 Interlocking Balloons
Scientists have discovered a way to convert ordinary skin cells into myelinating cells, or brain cells that have been destroyed in patients with multiple sclerosis, cerebral palsy and other myelin disorders.
The research published in the journal Nature Biotechnology, may now enable on demand
production of myelinating cells, which insulate and protect neurons to facilitate the delivery of brain impulses to the rest of the body.
The latest discovery is important because myelinating cells are destroyed and cannot be replaced in patients with multiple sclerosis, cerebral palsy, and rare genetic disorders called leukodystrophies.
Scientists explain that the new technique involves directly converting fibroblasts, a very common structural cell present in the skin and most organs into oligodendrocytes, the type of cell responsible for producing myelin, the fatty insulation necessary to allow neurons to communicate with one another — via redwolf.newsvine.com
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Shodan is a search engine that is designed to look for devices on the net that are not really intended to be viewed and used by the general public. Devices include pool filters, skating rink cooling system, and other goodies. Shodan runs 24/7 and collects information on about 500 million connected devices and services each month. It’s stunning what can be found with a simple search on Shodan. Countless traffic lights, security cameras, home automation devices and heating systems are connected to the Internet and easy to spot. Shodan searchers have found control systems for a water park, a gas station, a hotel wine cooler and a crematorium. Cybersecurity researchers have even located command and control systems for nuclear power plants and a particle-accelerating cyclotron by using Shodan … A quick search for default password
reveals countless printers, servers and system control devices that use admin
as their user name and 1234
as their password. Many more connected systems require no credentials at all — all you need is a Web browser to connect to them — via Slashdot
In lower Manhattan, blocks from where the World Trade Centre once stood, embedded deep into the sidewalk, is a clock. It’s a simple clock, the hours and minutes are neatly displayed by spade hands, while Roman numerals and train track minutes markers circle the dial. All of this is cloudy, but visible under the scratched and stained crystal that occupies a break in the pavement at the intersection of Maiden Lane and Broadway. And it has been ticking away there, under the feet of Manhattan, for over a century. — via HODINKEE + Vimeo
A private equity fund sponsored by French luxury brand LVMH Group has snapped up just under half of Australia’s RM Williams in a deal aimed at helping the bushwear firm expand further overseas.
The sale of the 49.9% holding was valued at around A$52m (£35.4m), said a source close to the deal who was not authorised to speak on the record.
Singapore-based L Capital Asia, which is also backed by Groupe Arnault, the holding company of LVMH chairman and chief executive Bernard Arnault, and Malaysia’s YTL Corp, specialises in developing distinctive but affordable brands in the Asia-Pacific region.
Last year, it took a 50% stake in upmarket Australian food store Jones the Grocer — via redwolf.newsvine.com
On 12 March an Inuit hunter shot and killed a female Polar Bear near Point Lay, Alaska. When he realised it was a female, he searched for the den and found young Kali, a 3-4 month old cub. The hunter then carried the cub to the Department of Wildlife Management who then passed the healthy cub to the Alaska Zoo who was equipped to care for the orphan — via ZooBorns
Two people have been killed and at least 23 injured after two explosions ripped through the finish line of the Boston Marathon.
TV footage showed streets littered with debris and blood, with paramedics carrying stretchers.
Boston Police said there were simultaneous explosions
near the finish line — via redwolf.newsvine.com
A kidney grown
in the laboratory has been transplanted into animals where it started to produce urine, US scientists say.
Similar techniques to make simple body parts have already been used in patients, but the kidney is one of the most complicated organs made so far.
A study, in the journal Nature Medicine, showed the engineered kidneys were less effective than natural ones.
But regenerative medicine researchers said the field had huge promise — via redwolf.newsvine.com
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