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Despite her jokes, Jennifer Aniston says she and fiance Justin Theroux aren't rushing to the altar.
If you've stood in a supermarket checkout line lately, you know that the celebrity tabloids are eager to get Jennifer Aniston and Justin Theroux married -- when they're not breaking the couple up, or falsely claiming Aniston is pregnant.
But don't believe that a wedding date is imminent, Aniston said. "We just want to do it when it's perfect, and we're not rushed, and no one is rushing from a job or rushing to a job," the actress, 44, told the Associated Press on Saturday. "And, you know, we already feel married."
The former "Friends" star was quick to dismiss all the tabloid speculation about her nuptials. "We have yet to set any dates," she said. "There have been no canceled weddings. There have been no postponed weddings. There have been no arguments about where to get married. Just clearing all that up."
She wasn't afraid, however, to joke about her wedding date when she chatted with "Extra" along with "We're the Millers" co-star Jason Sudeikis. "We're racing (to the altar)," she joked. Sudeikis is engaged to actress Olivia Wilde.
But for that race, Aniston may want to start wearing more protective footwear -- or get her fiance to switch to flip-flops. She says Theroux stepped on her toe and broke it. 'Not to out my sweet, sweet fianc?, but he has big feet and wears these boots," she told E! News. "He stepped on my toe. Broke it. I felt it."
Aniston plays a stripper who goes undercover as a suburban mom to help smuggle drugs in "We're the Millers," which opens Aug. 7.
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Hi Guys so this is an attempt at a mystery thriller set on a Cyberpunk Mars with a little bit of action thrown in. It?s Cyberpunk because I really need to get the cyberpunk thing out of my system and for some reason I have poor luck with Cyberpunk RPs.
Anyway read and hopefully enjoy.
EDIT: It's pretty sweary and there will be some situations that are a bit dark. Now I'm not suggesting I'm a good enough writer to genuinely offend sensibilities but if you don't like curse words, violence and "dark situations" (I hate describing things as dark but it beats gritty) this one probably isn't for you.
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?Chris? You gotta wake up pal, we don?t exactly have all day here.?
Chris Mueller stirred in his sleep before finally opening his eyes.
He had expected to be in bed so was surprised to find himself laying on a sandy beach.
?Where in the hell??
?Chris good to see you. How you feeling??
The man was standing with his back to the sun so he was difficult to identify.
?Who?s that?? Chris asked.
?Oh sorry.? The man said as he stepped out of the sun letting Chris get a good look at him. It was Chris' partner Detective David Kojima.
?Dave. What?re we doing here??
?It was your idea.? Kojima responded, he was wearing a suit and didn?t look ready for a day at the beach. Then Chris realised he too was wearing a suit.
?I don?t remember...? Chris said.
?Look Chris I gotta level with you here because we don?t have a lot of time. I need to know who you were meeting in Schumacher Tenements, earlier today. Do you remember??
?The tenements... in the city??
?Yeah. Who was it? I need the name of your informant.?
?The Tenements... yeah sure of course.? Chris got to his feet and started feeling a little less dopey. ?I was meeting with my CI Ringo. It was about Earth First they got something planned, big terrorist action.?
?Ringo.? Kojima repeated. ?That?s good, what did he tell you??
?Uh... Shit how long ago was this? I?m uh... ha, I?m having trouble remembering.?
?It?s ok Chris, just try to remember what he told you.?
?We met in a room... 17A. It was old. Ringo was already there, he looked like he was tripping on Stims.?
?He was.? Kojima interjected.
?He told me... He told they were bringing in a team, from Earth to do a big job. It?s a massive attack, we?re taking huge casualties.? Chris said as an apparition of himself and Ringo appeared on the sand beside them.
?What?s the target?? Kojima asked as he watched the phantom meeting between Ringo and Chris.
?I asked him that but it was too late.?
Phantom Ringo suddenly collapsed and vanished. Leaving the spectre Chris standing there.
?Aw fuck. I got tagged.? Chris said suddenly realising where he was.
?Yeah man.?
?How bad?? Muller asked.
?This is probably the last time I?ll be seeing you.? Kojima answered honestly.
?Oh Christ. Where?s Karen? The girls??
?They?re on the way. Look Chris I need as much detail as possible... you?re not exactly rich with time here.?
?Goddamn it. Ok.?
The beach melted away and soon Muller and Kojima were standing in Muller?s memory of Room 17A in the Schumacher Tenement. In the middle of the room Phantom Ringo and Muller were standing like statues.
?Ok so I met with Ringo and he told me.?
?They got a team coming over... Heavy hitters outta earth some Illegal Augs too. Say it?s gonna be big.?
?What is the Target?? Phantom Chris asked.
Ringo didn?t even get the words out before he collapsed although this time a body remained while Phantom Chris threw himself against the wall under the window.
?Sniper from the across the street took Ringo out and kept me pinned down. I was about to call for back up when...?
The door to room 17A exploded open in a shower of plastic and what had once been a lock. Standing in the doorway was a very tall man wearing trench coat and holding a shotgun. Phantom Chris turned around but it was too late. A shotgun blast turned his left arm into a red mist. The trench coat fired again but this time the memory stopped just as the Shotgun barrel was flaring. The result was heavily distorted image of the man firing the weapon.
?Guess that was the kill shot. That?s all I can remember, I?m not such good shape out there am I??
?Probably best you don?t remember the next part. You did well to hang in for so long.? Kojima said. ?Let me get a look at this prick.?
?Sure.? Chris said as he recalled the memory of the man who killed him. Kojima knew it wouldn?t be a perfect likeness, Chris hadn?t seen him well enough so what Kojima was actually looking was part memory and part Chris? mind filling in the gaps. For example the man was a foot taller than Kojima which probably wasn?t accurate but given the stress levels Mueller was under when during the creation of the memory it was understandable.
Kojima took a long look at the man?s eyes. Apparently it was the first thing people look at when seeing a face so he assumed the eyes were the most likely feature to be accurate. They were an unnatural shade of blue which suggested the killer had augmented eyes, possibly even replaced.
?So how long I got??
?Don?t know. The Doc?s only let me in to strap the VR rig on you so we could debrief.?
?Right. Just make sure Karen makes it here, alright??
?Of course the Medics got you stabilised, they?ll keep you ticking over. You in any pain??
?Little depersonalised. I guess that?s VR plus Phantom limb, looks like old lefty?s gone.? Chris said as he looked at his simulated left hand.
?Chris I promise you I?ll find this asshole.?
?I know Dave.?
?You want us to load a programme for you??
?Naw Karen will be ere soon and I want to get set up.?
Room 17A faded away and was replaced by the beach again except this time they were standing on a large veranda overlooking the porch. Chris was no longer in his work suit but a Dress Kilt.
?You know I think this was the day I was the happiest I?ve ever been.?
?Chris?? It was a woman?s voice that made both men turn around.
Karen Mueller was standing in her wedding dress exactly how Chris Mueller remembered her.
?Karen.? Chris said as a large smile spread across his face. He turned his head but kept his eyes on his wife. ?Dave if the debrief is over...?
?It?s over Chris.? Kojima?s words didn?t matter though Chris was already walking towards his wife.
?See you partner.? Kojima said as he watched the couple have their first and last dance for a few seconds before pulling himself out of the simulation.
He pinched the bridge of his nose and waited for the vertigo to pass. He always got it after VR. Now he was back in the real world sitting on a crappy chair beside the bedside of a mortally wounded Chris Mueller. Whoever had killed him had delivered had delivered quite a beating after they shot him twice. Mueller?s body was a broken mess or missing limbs and medical tubes.
?Fucking cowards.? Kojima muttered. On the other side of the bed Karen Mueller was connected to a VR rig and holding her husband?s hand. In their shared dream though they were dancing on the sand. Wonders of modern Technology.
Kojima left the room and gave the couple some privacy.
(To Be Continued.)
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By Tom Ramstack
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - A woman was arrested for allegedly dumping green paint on portions of the National Cathedral on Monday, while police continued to investigate similar acts of vandalism at other monuments in Washington, D.C.
The Episcopal Church cathedral was locked down after the paint was found on the entrance and in two chapels. The unidentified woman was arrested after a police sweep of the premises, the Washington Metropolitan Police Department said.
"An adult female has been arrested for defacing property," police spokeswoman Gwendolyn Crump told Reuters.
Police are investigating whether the woman may have been responsible for defacing the Lincoln Memorial and the Smithsonian Institution in the past week.
A crooked splotch of green paint was discovered on the huge statue of Abraham Lincoln at the Lincoln Memorial on Friday.
On Monday green paint was found splattered on a statue of Joseph Henry, the first secretary of the Smithsonian Institution. Some of the paint had been scrawled into images that looked like a cross between stick figures and hieroglyphs.
"It's just unfortunate that people could be so disrespectful. It's too bad," said Elisa Rogers, of Ormond Beach, Florida, who was visiting Washington with her family.
(Reporting by Tom Ramstack; Editing by Mary Wisniewski and Paul Simao)
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VANCOUVER, BRITISH COLUMBIA -- (Marketwired) -- 07/29/13 -- Lu'an Capital & Energy Investment Inc. (the "Company") is pleased to announce that it has entered into a subscription agreement (the "Subscription Agreement") with Sona Resources Corp. ("Sona"), pursuant to which the Company has purchased, on a private placement basis (the "Transaction"), 3,665,000 units (the "Units") at an offering price of $0.30 per Unit, for gross proceeds of $1,099,500. Each Unit consists of one common share of Sona (a "Common Share") and one-half of one warrant (a "Warrant"), with each whole Warrant entitling the holder to purchase, for a period of 24 months following the closing date, one additional Common Share of Sona at a price of $0.50 for the first 12 months and $0.60 thereafter.
Pursuant to the Transaction, the Company acquired 3,665,000 Common Shares of Sona (the "Purchased Shares") representing approximately 13.3% of Sona's issued and outstanding share capital. The Company previously owned 500,000 Common Shares of Sona. Subsequent to the closing of the Transaction, the Company owns 4,165,000 Common Shares of Sona, which represents approximately 15.1% of Sona's issued and outstanding share capital. The Company now also owns 1,832,500 Warrants, which, if the Warrants were fully exercised, together with the Company's current shareholdings of Sona, would represent approximately 20.4% of Sona's issued and outstanding share capital on a diluted basis. The Transaction closed on July 25, 2013.
Pursuant to the Subscription Agreement, the Company will have the right to nominate one individual (a "Nominee") to serve on Sona's board of directors (the "Board"), if the Board comprises eleven or fewer directors. If the Board comprises twelve or more directors, the Company will have the right to nominate one additional Nominee.
As a condition of the Subscription Agreement, the Company and Sona have also entered into a voting agreement (the "Voting Agreement") with respect to any current and future Common Shares owned or controlled by the Company (the "Company's Shares"). Pursuant to the Voting Agreement, Sona will determine how to vote, or act or proceed on each and every of the matters referred to in any notice of shareholders meeting held by Sona (such determination being a "Decision"). Sona will deliver a written notice to the Company of the Decision and the Company will vote the Offeror's Shares in accordance with the Decision. The Voting Agreement will automatically terminate six years after the Subscription date.
The Purchased Shares were acquired for investment purposes. Depending on market conditions and other factors, the Company may from time to time acquire additional securities of Sona or dispose of securities of Sona in the open market, by private agreement or otherwise.
A copy of the requisite early warning report will be filed on the SEDAR profile for Sona Resources Corp. at www.sedar.com.
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OWINGS MILLS, Md. (AP) ? Baltimore Ravens tight end Dennis Pitta is lost for the season after undergoing hip surgery, a major blow to the team's bid to repeat as Super Bowl champions.
Pitta was hurt Saturday, the third day of training camp, when he collided with safety James Ihedigbo in the back of the end zone while going for a pass from Joe Flacco.
He was operated on Saturday night.
"Dennis out for the year," coach John Harbaugh said Sunday. "It's the type of thing that he's not going to be able to come back from this year. There's enough damage in there."
Harbaugh said Baltimore won't know the full extent of Pitta's injury until getting the results of a magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) exam. But this much is certain: Pitta won't be part of the team's effort to win back-to-back titles.
Pitta was one of the centerpieces of the Ravens' offense during their run to a Super Bowl championship last season, and he was expected to take on an even bigger role this season after Baltimore traded top wide receiver Anquan Boldin during the spring.
The 28-year old Pitta, a fourth-round pick of the Ravens in 2010, had 61 catches last year, second on the team behind only Boldin. His seven touchdowns ranked second among receivers behind Torrey Smith.
Pitta also had 14 catches for 163 yards and three touchdowns in Baltimore's four playoff games, including four catches for 26 yards in the Ravens' 34-31 Super Bowl win over the San Francisco 49ers.
Visanthe Shiancoe, a 33-year-old free agent, played in only four games last season with New England. But he played in all 16 games in each of the previous nine seasons ? the first four with the New York Giants and the next five with Minnesota.
He has 243 career catches for 2,677 yards and 27 touchdowns.
Shiancoe joined the team for practice Sunday and work Boldin's old number, 81.
Source: http://news.yahoo.com/ravens-te-pitta-sign-shiancoe-221402679.html
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By Alan with comments July 28, 2013 12:36
The money came out of campaign funds.
Weiner paid T&M Protection Services with his campaign donors? funds and ordered the investigators to track down the ?hackers? who ?broke into his Twitter account? and sent lewd photos.
Weiner?s story about his account being hacked was, of course, a lie and he knew it at the time. For a week and a half, he maintained that he did not send the suggestive pictures posted to his Twitter account in May 2011?
The New York Daily News reports that Weiner hired the private investigators in an attempt to cover his tracks ? spending $43,100 from his campaign warchest on a wild goose chase?
?They?ll be looking into whether someone had my password,? he explained to CNN at the time.
He insisted that the investigators would get to the bottom of the matter and figure out who had attempted to besmirch Weiner?s good name.
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WASHINGTON (AP) ? Israeli and Palestinian negotiators will resume long-stalled direct peace talks on Monday following six months of frenetic shuttle diplomacy by Secretary of State John Kerry.
The State Department announced Sunday that the two sides had accepted invitations from Kerry to come to Washington "to formally resume direct final status negotiations." In a statement, department spokeswoman Jen Psaki said the initial meetings would begin Monday evening and continue Tuesday.
She said Kerry had called both Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas on Sunday and said they agreed that the talks would "serve as an opportunity to develop a procedural work plan for how the parties can proceed with the negotiations in the coming months."
"Both leaders have demonstrated a willingness to make difficult decisions that have been instrumental in getting to this point," Kerry said in the statement. "We are grateful for their leadership."
Kerry had announced on July 19 in Amman, Jordan, that negotiators from the two sides would be coming to Washington in a "week or so" after having agreed on a basis for resuming negotiations after a five-year break. However, he warned that the agreement was still being formalized.
Sunday's carefully worded statement offered no details of the framework for the resumption of the talks that broke down five years ago, although both sides' positions are well known.
The statement was released shortly after the Israeli Cabinet agreed to release 104 long-term Palestinian prisoners convicted of deadly attacks, meeting a longstanding Palestinian demand.
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By Terry Baynes
(Reuters) - A former hedge fund manager pleaded guilty on Friday to defrauding investors in a $12.6 million scheme, more than five years after the fund collapsed under the weight of failed real estate loans.
Lloyd Barriger, who operated Gaffken & Barriger, a Monticello, New York-based investment fund, pleaded guilty in White Plains federal court to charges of securities fraud, mail fraud and conspiracy, the U.S. Attorney's Office said in a statement.
Federal prosecutors accused Barriger of bilking more than 70 investors from July 2006 to March 2008 by soliciting millions of dollars for a fund he falsely presented as a safe and liquid investment. He continued to promise investors an 8 percent return, even as the fund defaulted on a $20 million line of credit and held an increasingly delinquent portfolio, according to an indictment filed in February.
"Once again, belief in hedge funds by hopeful investors proved to be sadly misplaced," Manhattan U.S. Attorney Preet Bharara said in a statement. "In this case, the perpetrator was not in a sleek Manhattan building but rather in Sullivan County."
Barriger's lawyer, federal defender Mark Gombiner, did not immediately respond to an email seeking comment.
Barriger, 57, of Damascus, Pennsylvania, faces a maximum sentence of 65 years in prison. U.S. District Judge Cathy Seibel, who is overseeing the case, scheduled a sentencing hearing for November 15.
In addition to a prison term, federal prosecutors will seek at least $12.6 million in forfeited assets, representing the proceeds of the charged crimes, the indictment said.
The case is USA v. Barriger, U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York, No. 11-416.
(Reporting By Terry Baynes in New York; Editing by Bill Trott)
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ANCHORAGE - This weekend a local company is teaming up with a national charity to help veteran and active military families here in Alaska.
Thirty-four teams of four golfers each will be teeing off early Saturday to raise funds for the nonprofit Soldiers and Families First.
The money is used to help military families by covering rent or other bills, which can be hard when a loved one deployed.
But it?s not just about the money.
?It doesn't matter -- I mean even if you want to call and talk to us, we?ll do that too? and that?s free. It?s just that we have a passion to make sure veterans and their families are getting taken care of,? said David Craig of Soldiers and Families First.
If you want to help -- or you are in need of some help, click here for the organization?s website.
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(The Examiner) J.J. Redick signed an abortion contract with model Vanessa Lopez who used to be his girlfriend. The Orlando Sentinel reports on July 23 that the NBA star had an unusual contract with Lopez. The couple eventually ended their relationship.
The Los Angeles Clippers player dated Vanessa Lopez, but they signed an abortion contract after the model claimed Redick was the father of the child she was expecting. The original document reveals J.J. Redick did not believe the paternity claims. However, the contract asked Lopez to get an abortion in exchange for a year of dating Redick. If the NBA player failed to maintain a relationship with the former model for a year, then he would pay her $25,000.
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The launch of the Dreamliner service could further increase tourist traffic between the two nations as Australia already ranks among the top ten source destinations for inbound tourists to India. The number of Australians visiting India has significantly risen in the last five years, from 1, 35, 925 in 2007 to 1, 86, 002 in 2011. Besides the large Indian diaspora in Australia will also be benefited through this service, added the release.
It may be recalled that Martin Ferguson, former Tourism Minister of? Australia had earlier met Dr Chiranjeevi in December 2012, and had called for direct air connectivity to boost tourism sector between the two countries.At that time Dr Chiranjeevi had expressed his resolve to strengthen Bi-lateral Tourism between both the countries. The launch of the Dreamliner service is a significant step in that direction, the release added.
The Boeing 787 Dreamliner is a long-range, twin-engine jet airliner with far superior flight experience, developed by Boeing. It is said to be the company's most fuel-efficient airliner. According to the release, the launch of the Dreamliner will be a significant development and a feather in the cap of the Indian aviation.
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July 25 - Russia's?Valery Rukhledev has been elected as the new President of the?International Committee of Sports for the Deaf (ICSD) at the election in Sofia today, defeating Britain's Craig Crowley, who had held the post since 2009.
Rukhledev polled 39 votes to Crowley's 33 to become the ninth leader of the ICSD, which organises the Deaflympics, since its formation in 1924.?
At the last election, in Tapei, four years ago Crowley had narrowly beaten Rukhledev.
It was the third time that Rukhledev had stood to lead the ICSD, having also lost at the 2005 election in Melbourne when he was beaten by America's?Donalda Kay Ammons.
Rukhledev is one of the best known names in the history of Deaflympics, who in 2001 was voted by the ICDS as one of the?of the world's top ten greatest deaf athletes of the
20th century having?won six gold medals at theGames between?1969 and 1977 in Greco-Roman and freestyle wrestling.
Rukhledev had?founded the Russian?Deaf Sports Union in 1993 following the break-up of the Soviet Union and is a former President of the?National Deaf Association of Russia.
He is also a member of Russian President Vladimir Putin's?Council on Disabled People.
Rukhledev's?latest campaign had received strong backing from Vitaly Mutko, Russia's Sports Minister, who had described him as a "skilled politician and organiser".
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Google Inc will take a 6.3 percent stake in the unit of Taiwanese chipmaker Himax Technologies Inc that develops display technology for devices such as Google Glass, Himax said.
The investment will help fund the production of liquid crystal on silicon chips and modules used in head-mounted devices such as Google Glass, head-up displays and pico-projectors, Himax said in a statement.
Google, which reported lower-than-expected results last week, is pushing forward with Google Glass, a product which CEO Larry Page has described as vital to the company's future success.
The agreement also allows Google to raise its stake in the unit, Himax Display Inc, to 14.8 percent within a year, Himax said.
Financial details of the deal were not disclosed.
Google Glass, announced in June last year, is a stamp-sized electronic display mounted on the left side of a pair of eyeglass frames that can record video, access messages and retrieve information from the Web.
With this investment, Google will join Intel's Intel Capital Corp, Khosla Ventures I LP and KPCB Holdings as a core shareholder of the chipmaker's unit.
The transaction is expected to close in the current quarter.
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One of the most well-respected retailers of footwear focused on the sport of running is getting some love in return. Road Runner Sports has collaborated with Nike Running for a special edition colorway of the Nike Air Pegasus 30+, using colors inspired by the California State Flag. Cali is indeed where RRS is based out of, and sneakerheads will likely commend them for picking such an awesome colorway as it features a similar package to the legendary Nike SB Dunk Low ?Cali? that dropped nearly a decade ago. Aside from the colorway, peep the ?RRS? tongue label ? not many others get the distinction! We?ve got a gallery of photos below so check ?em out and secure your pair right from Road Runner Sports as there is a ship-date in August.
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Fisker Atlantic concept unveiling before New York Auto Show, April 2012
Enlarge PhotoWe haven't heard much about Fisker Automotive in the last few months.
The company still hasn't declared bankruptcy, it hasn't yet been bought, and it is still apparently in default on its Department of Energy loans.
But now there's a new suitor who's at least kicking the tires.
According to China Daily, the Beijing Automotive group (BAIC) visited Fisker's headquarters in southern California last weekend.
Earlier Chinese suitors who've assessed Fisker--but not closed acquisition deals--include Volvo owner Geely Automotive, and the owner of A123 Systems, Wanxiang, which is China's largest auto-parts maker.
BAIC has little in-house experience with plug-in electric cars, and while electrics are still not selling to cost-conscious Chinese car buyers in any appreciable numbers yet, BAIC sees the writing on the wall.
A BAIC executive said recently that the company would introduce an electric car that would compete with the Tesla Model S in 2015.
That prospect seems like something of a stretch.
Even BYD, which has five years' experience building plug-in vehicles of various sorts, has not yet been able to build a vehicle that could be certified for sale in North America and meet U.S. customer expectations for quality, performance, and safety.
According to the report, BAIC is interested not in the Fisker Karma range-extended electric luxury sedan--of which 2,000 or more were built before production halted a year ago--but Fisker's next model, the smaller Atlantic sport sedan.
The Fisker Atlantic debuted at the 2012 New York Auto Show, but its development almost surely remains to be completed after two years of cash crises, recalls, bad news, and dealer defections for Fisker.
Last fall, the Atlantic was delayed at least to late 2014--and little if anyprogress has likely been made since then.
We may hear more on this in due course.
Or we may not.
At some point Fisker will either get adopted or fade away altogether.
By then, will it matter either way?
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BAGHDAD (AP) ? A bomb hidden in an air conditioner that ripped through a Sunni mosque during midday prayers and other attacks killed at least 26 in Iraq on Friday, extending a wave of violence targeting worshippers during the holy month of Ramadan.
Suicide attacks, car bombings and other violence have killed more than 200 people since the Islamic holy month of daytime fasting and charity began last week, according to an Associated Press count.
The violence is an extension of a surge of attacks that has roiled Iraq for months, reviving fears of a return to the widespread sectarian bloodshed that pushed the country to the brink of civil war after the 2003 U.S.-led invasion.
Most of those killed Friday were slain while performing midday prayers in the packed Abu Bakir al-Sideeq mosque in the town of Wijaihiya, which is about 80 kilometers (50 miles) northeast of Baghdad.
Worshippers and other eyewitnesses said the bomb apparently was planted inside a wall-mounted air conditioning unit to the left of the pulpit. AP television footage of the aftermath showed the interior of the mosque near the bomb site charred black and shrapnel damage peppering the walls. Glass, shoes and other debris littered the blood-soaked red prayer rugs lining the floor.
One of those praying inside, 30-year-old Mohammed Faleh, said the blast struck as male worshippers, including children, were kneeling during communal prayers.
"I stood up to find blood-stained bodies lying on the ground. The Friday prayer turned into a disaster. Whoever left these bombs has no religion," he said.
Faleh said security forces found a second bomb left near the mosque that they rendered safe with a controlled detonation.
Between 250 to 300 people were inside the mosque when the bombing happened, said Sami Dawoud Salman, a member of the local Sahwa, a group of anti-al-Qaida Sunni militiaman that work alongside government security forces. He said the mosque was unguarded and that the local imam had been unsuccessful in getting increased protection.
"I'm asking the government for a solution. There's no security," survivor Jassim Dawoud said. "It's a disastrous situation."
Diyala province, where the attack occurred, was once the site of some of the fiercest fighting between U.S. forces and insurgents in Iraq. It remains a hotbed for terrorist attacks. The area is religiously mixed and witnessed some of the worst atrocities as Shiite militias battled Sunni insurgents for control in the years after the invasion.
"Terrorism is targeting all sects in Diyala mainly by attacking Sunni and Shiite mosques, funerals and football fields to draw the province into a sectarian conflict. All the victims were civilians," said Diyala provincial councilman Sadiq al-Husseini, appealing for calm. "I call on all Diyala residents to show self-restraint."
Police and hospital officials said that at least 22 people were killed and more than 50 were wounded in the mosque blast.
The U.S. Embassy condemned the mosque attack, saying that the fact it struck a place of worship during Ramadan "is especially despicable and cowardly and exposes the nature of those perpetrating these attacks."
Attacks outside the restive city of Mosul, 360 kilometers (225 miles) northwest of Baghdad, claimed four more lives. Two women died when mortar shells landed outside their house in nearby village, and a roadside bomb killed a father and son when it struck their car, authorities said.
The officials provided details of the attacks on condition of anonymity because they weren't authorized to release the information to media.
The attacks struck as Iran's outgoing president, Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, wrapped up a two-day trip to Iraq with visits to Shiite Muslim holy cities of Najaf and Karbala south of Baghdad. There was no indication the attacks were related to his trip.
Violence across Iraq has risen sharply since a heavy-handed crackdown by security forces on a Sunni protest camp in the northern town of Hawija on April 23. That raid followed months of rallies by Iraq's minority Sunnis against the Shiite-led government over what they contend is second-class treatment and the unfair use of tough anti-terrorism measures against their sect.
The surge in bloodshed has left more than 2,800 people dead and many more wounded since the start of April.
Attacks on Sunni mosques, for years a relatively rare target in Iraq, have picked up significantly in recent months.
There has been no claim of responsibility for Friday's bombing or many of the other recent attacks.
Sunni extremists such as al-Qaida's Iraq arm that seek to undermine the Shiite-led government are frequently blamed for bombing attacks targeting civilians. They could be behind the Sunni mosque bombings too, hoping to incite a sectarian backlash against Shiites. So could Shiite militias that have been remobilizing following years of relative quiet.
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Associated Press writers Adam Schreck, Sinan Salaheddin and Sameer N. Yacoub contributed to this report.
Source: http://news.yahoo.com/iraq-sunni-mosque-bombing-other-attacks-kills-26-183143049.html
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ByPhotos from the British Open Golf Championship at Muirfield, Scotland, Friday July 19, 2013.
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Tiger Woods of the United States reacts after missing a birdie putt on the 9th hole during the second round of the 142nd Open Championship at Muirfield on July 19, 2013 in Gullane, Scotland. (Photo by Andy Lyons/Getty Images)
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Northern Ireland's Rory McIlroy reacts after a bad tee shot from the third during the second round of the 2013 British Open Golf Championship at Muirfield golf course at Gullane in Scotland on July 19, 2013 . PETER MUHLY/AFP/Getty Images
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Phil Mickelson of the U.S. lines up his putt on the second green during the second round of the British Open golf championship at Muirfield in Scotland July 19, 2013. REUTERS/Brian Snyder
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A marshal holds up the "Quiet" sign during the second round of the 2013 British Open Golf Championship at Muirfield golf course at Gullane in Scotland on July 19, 2013 . GLYN KIRK/AFP/Getty Images
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A spectator sits in the sun during the second round of the British Open Golf Championship at Muirfield, Scotland, Friday July 19, 2013. (AP Photo/Matt Dunham)
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US golfer Tiger Woods lines up his putt on the fifth green during the second round of the 2013 British Open Golf Championship at Muirfield golf course at Gullane in Scotland on July 19, 2013 . ADRIAN DENNIS/AFP/Getty Images
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Skier Lindsey Vonn leaves the 18th hole after watching her boyfriend, Tiger Woods of the U.S., during the second round of the British Open golf Championship at Muirfield in Scotland July 19, 2013. REUTERS/Toby Melville
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Tom Watson of the United States tees off on the 3rd hole during the second round of the 142nd Open Championship at Muirfield on July 19, 2013 in Gullane, Scotland. (Photo by Andrew Redington/Getty Images)
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Spectators wearing colorful hats watch the play on the 14th hole during the second round of the British Open Golf Championship at Muirfield, Scotland, Friday July 19, 2013. (AP Photo/Scott Heppell)
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Jordan Spieth of the United States prepares to play a shot on the 18th hole during the second round of the British Open Golf Championship at Muirfield, Scotland, Friday July 19, 2013. (AP Photo/Jon Super)
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Spectators watch Tiger Woods of the United States and Graeme McDowell of Northern Ireland on the 11th hole from a grandstand during the second round of the British Open Golf Championship at Muirfield, Scotland, Friday July 19, 2013. (AP Photo/Scott Heppell)
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Rickie Fowler of the United States tees off on the 5th hole during the second round of the 142nd Open Championship at Muirfield on July 19, 2013 in Gullane, Scotland. (Photo by Stuart Franklin/Getty Images)
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Tiger Woods of the United States looks on during the second round of the 142nd Open Championship at Muirfield on July 19, 2013 in Gullane, Scotland. (Photo by Andy Lyons/Getty Images)
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Scorers update the leader board in the media centre during the second round of the 2013 British Open Golf Championship at Muirfield golf course at Gullane in Scotland on July 19, 2013. PAUL ELLIS/AFP/Getty Images
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D A Points of the United States hits his second shot on the 6th hole during the second round of the 142nd Open Championship at Muirfield on July 19, 2013 in Gullane, Scotland. (Photo by Rob Carr/Getty Images)
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Vijay Singh of Fiji tees off on the 17th hole during the second round of the 142nd Open Championship at Muirfield on July 19, 2013 in Gullane, Scotland. (Photo by Matthew Lewis/Getty Images)
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Ian Poulter of England reacts from the second green during the second round of the 142nd Open Championship at Muirfield on July 19, 2013 in Gullane, Scotland. (Photo by Andrew Redington/Getty Images)
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Henrik Stenson of Sweden chips out of a bunker onto the fifth green during the second round of the British Open golf Championship at Muirfield in Scotland July 19, 2013. REUTERS/Brian Snyder
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Spectators wearing colourful trousers watch the second round of the British Open Golf Championship at Muirfield, Scotland, Friday July 19, 2013. (AP Photo/Jon Super)
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Tiger Woods of the United States plays a shot off the 10th tee during the second round of the British Open Golf Championship at Muirfield, Scotland, Friday July 19, 2013. (AP Photo/Scott Heppell)
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US golfer Tiger Woods tees off on the 14th during the second round of the 2013 British Open Golf Championship at Muirfield golf course at Gullane in Scotland on July 19, 2013 . ADRIAN DENNIS/AFP/Getty Images
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US golfer Tiger Woods lines up a putt on the 16th green during the second round of the 2013 British Open Golf Championship at Muirfield golf course at Gullane in Scotland on July 19, 2013 . ADRIAN DENNIS/AFP/Getty Images
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Spain's Miguel Angel Jimenez chips onto fourth green during the second round of the 2013 British Open Golf Championship at Muirfield golf course at Gullane in Scotland on July 19, 2013 . GLYN KIRK/AFP/Getty Images
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US golfer Phil Mickelson plays a shot out of a bunker on the second fairway during the second round of the 2013 British Open Golf Championship at Muirfield golf course at Gullane in Scotland on July 19, 2013 . PETER MUHLY/AFP/Getty Images
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Northern Ireland's Rory McIlroy plays the third tee during the second round of the 2013 British Open Golf Championship at Muirfield golf course at Gullane in Scotland on July 19, 2013 . PETER MUHLY/AFP/Getty Images
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Tiger Woods of the United States walks onto the 18th green during the second round of the British Open Golf Championship at Muirfield, Scotland, Friday July 19, 2013. (AP Photo/Scott Heppell)
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Contact: Jos? Mariano Ruiz de Almod?var
jmrdar@ugr.es
34-958-241-000-20013
University of Granada
Scientists in Granada, Spain, have patented a new biomaterial that facilitates generating bone tissueartificial bones in other wordsfrom umbilical cord stem cells . The material, consisting of an activated carbon cloth support for cells that differentiate giving rise to a product that can promote bone growth, has recently been presented at a press conference at the Biomedical Research Centre, Granada.
Although the method has not yet been applied with 'in vivo' models, laboratory results are highly promising. In the future, they could help manufacture medicines for the repair of bone or osteochondrial, tumour or traumatic lesions and to replace lost cartilage in limbs. After obtaining artificial bones in the laboratory, the researchers' next step is to implant this biomaterial in experimental animal modelslike rats or rabbitsto see if it can regenerate bone in them.
The scientists, from the Biomedical Research Centre and the Faculties of Sciences of the Universities of Granada and Jan, and the Spanish National Research Council Institute of Parasitology and Biomedicine "Lpez Neyra", have made this important scientific breakthrough after years of research in cell biology [1], radiobiology [2] and materials studies [3, 4].
Ground-breaking, worldwide scientific advance
As the authors of the patent explain, no alternative materials are currently available on the market, nor have any been described in the literature. Precedents exist in the development of materials that fulfil the basic function of stimulating cell differentiation but a biologically complex material similar to bone tissue has never before been produced "ex vivo".
What's more, the method of stem cell differentiation developed in Granada uses a three-dimensional support and facilitates obtaining cell types implicated in bone regeneration in cell culture conditions not requiring additional differentiation factors or factors that differ from those present in the cell culture serum. In other words, thanks to this invention, a biomaterial consisting of stem cells supported on activated carbon cloth and capable of generating a product in which osteochondrial and mineralized extracellular organic matrix lineage cells exist, can be obtained.
The patent developed in Granada could have numerous applications in stem cell use in regenerative medicine, as well as in treating bone tissue and cartilage lesion problems.
Following this important scientific finding, the researchers are confident of obtaining the finance needed to be able to continue this work and achieve the ultimate objective of their invention: to regenerate bones by implanting biomaterial in patients with pathologies affecting the osseous system.
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References:
[1] Farias VA, Linares-Fernandez JL, Penalver JL, Paya Colmenero JA, Ferron GO, Duran EL, Muoz Fernndez R, Garca Olivares E, O'Valle F, Puertas A, Oliver FJ, Ruz de Almodovar JM. Human umbilical cord stromal stem cell express CD10 and exert contractile properties. Placenta. 2011;32:86-95.
[2] Gmez-Milln J Katz ISS. de Arajo Farias V, Linares Fernndez JL, Lpez Pealver J, Ortiz Ferrn, G, Ruiz-Ruiz C, Oliver FJ, Ruz de Almodovar JM. The importance of bystander effects in radiation therapy in melanoma skin-cancer cells and umbilical-cord stromal stem cells. Radiother Oncol. 2012;102:450-8.
[3] Lpez Pealver J, Linares-Fernndez JL, de Araujo Faras V, Lpez-RamnMV, Tassi M, Oliver FJ Moreno-Castilla C, Ruiz de Almodvar JM. Activated carbon cloth as support for mesenchymal stem cell growth and differentiation to osteocytes. Carbon. 2009;47:3574-7.
[4] Farias V de A, Lopez-Pealver J, Sirs-Campos J, Lpez-Ramn MV, Moreno-Castilla C, Oliver FJ, Ruiz de Almodvar JM. The growth and spontaneous differentiation of umbilical-cord stromal stem cells on an activated carbon cloth. J Mater Chem B. 2013; 1; 3359-3368
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Contact: Jos? Mariano Ruiz de Almod?var
jmrdar@ugr.es
34-958-241-000-20013
University of Granada
Scientists in Granada, Spain, have patented a new biomaterial that facilitates generating bone tissueartificial bones in other wordsfrom umbilical cord stem cells . The material, consisting of an activated carbon cloth support for cells that differentiate giving rise to a product that can promote bone growth, has recently been presented at a press conference at the Biomedical Research Centre, Granada.
Although the method has not yet been applied with 'in vivo' models, laboratory results are highly promising. In the future, they could help manufacture medicines for the repair of bone or osteochondrial, tumour or traumatic lesions and to replace lost cartilage in limbs. After obtaining artificial bones in the laboratory, the researchers' next step is to implant this biomaterial in experimental animal modelslike rats or rabbitsto see if it can regenerate bone in them.
The scientists, from the Biomedical Research Centre and the Faculties of Sciences of the Universities of Granada and Jan, and the Spanish National Research Council Institute of Parasitology and Biomedicine "Lpez Neyra", have made this important scientific breakthrough after years of research in cell biology [1], radiobiology [2] and materials studies [3, 4].
Ground-breaking, worldwide scientific advance
As the authors of the patent explain, no alternative materials are currently available on the market, nor have any been described in the literature. Precedents exist in the development of materials that fulfil the basic function of stimulating cell differentiation but a biologically complex material similar to bone tissue has never before been produced "ex vivo".
What's more, the method of stem cell differentiation developed in Granada uses a three-dimensional support and facilitates obtaining cell types implicated in bone regeneration in cell culture conditions not requiring additional differentiation factors or factors that differ from those present in the cell culture serum. In other words, thanks to this invention, a biomaterial consisting of stem cells supported on activated carbon cloth and capable of generating a product in which osteochondrial and mineralized extracellular organic matrix lineage cells exist, can be obtained.
The patent developed in Granada could have numerous applications in stem cell use in regenerative medicine, as well as in treating bone tissue and cartilage lesion problems.
Following this important scientific finding, the researchers are confident of obtaining the finance needed to be able to continue this work and achieve the ultimate objective of their invention: to regenerate bones by implanting biomaterial in patients with pathologies affecting the osseous system.
###
References:
[1] Farias VA, Linares-Fernandez JL, Penalver JL, Paya Colmenero JA, Ferron GO, Duran EL, Muoz Fernndez R, Garca Olivares E, O'Valle F, Puertas A, Oliver FJ, Ruz de Almodovar JM. Human umbilical cord stromal stem cell express CD10 and exert contractile properties. Placenta. 2011;32:86-95.
[2] Gmez-Milln J Katz ISS. de Arajo Farias V, Linares Fernndez JL, Lpez Pealver J, Ortiz Ferrn, G, Ruiz-Ruiz C, Oliver FJ, Ruz de Almodovar JM. The importance of bystander effects in radiation therapy in melanoma skin-cancer cells and umbilical-cord stromal stem cells. Radiother Oncol. 2012;102:450-8.
[3] Lpez Pealver J, Linares-Fernndez JL, de Araujo Faras V, Lpez-RamnMV, Tassi M, Oliver FJ Moreno-Castilla C, Ruiz de Almodvar JM. Activated carbon cloth as support for mesenchymal stem cell growth and differentiation to osteocytes. Carbon. 2009;47:3574-7.
[4] Farias V de A, Lopez-Pealver J, Sirs-Campos J, Lpez-Ramn MV, Moreno-Castilla C, Oliver FJ, Ruiz de Almodvar JM. The growth and spontaneous differentiation of umbilical-cord stromal stem cells on an activated carbon cloth. J Mater Chem B. 2013; 1; 3359-3368
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Source: http://www.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2013-07/uog-sss071813.php
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