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Hurricane Henriette, churning across the Pacific as a Category 2 storm, was spotted by NASA's Tropical Rainfall Measuring Mission (TRMM) satellite on Aug. 6, with thunderstorms whose tops extended 10 miles (16 kilometers) up in the atmosphere.

Henriette first formed as a tropical depression in the Eastern Pacific on Aug. 3, just behind Tropical Storm Gil. As Gil faded, Henriette strengthened into a tropical storm, then a hurricane. While it has reached Category 2 status, it is expected to weaken soon, according to the latest forecasts from the National Hurricane Center in Miami.

The hurricane's 10-mile-high thunderstorm clouds aren't unexpected for a strong storm ? the stronger the storm, the higher its clouds reach in the atmosphere. These high clouds tend to be the ones that drop the most rainfall during a storm. TRMM measured the rainfall rate from thunderstorms near Henriette's center to be about 2.2 inches (5.5 centimeters) per hour.

The TRMM team at NASA's Goddard Space Flight Center in Greenbelt, Md., used the data the satellite took to create 3D images of the storm that clearly show the tall thunderclouds, which are known as "hot towers," because of the intense latent heat released by the storms as water condenses in them.

Henriette isn't expected to be a threat to land, as it is far out at sea, about 1,100 miles (1,780 kilometers) east of Hilo, Hawaii, and moving westward.

While the Eastern Pacific has seen much storm activity over the last few weeks, the Atlantic basin has been quiet. The busiest part of the Atlantic hurricane season is typically mid-August through September. The next storm to form in the Atlantic will be named Erin.

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Source: http://news.yahoo.com/hurricane-henriette-features-10-mile-high-thunderstorms-160654043.html

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Brits who can't stand waiting for gadget purchases can swing by a Currys or PC World to pick them up immediately, but that also requires the hassle of visiting a big-box store. As of today, impulse buyers won't have to brave that gauntlet: both Currys and PC World are offering same-day delivery for online orders. UK residents buying small gadgets from either shop before 9:30AM can spend £15 ($23) to have the goods reach their door by 10PM that night. The stores are also offering Sunday afternoon deliveries at similar pricing, and the £5 ($8) next-day option now includes all orders made before midnight. Extra-speedy shipments are initially limited to those in greater London and a handful of other post codes, but the retailers promise wider availability in the near future.

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Home prices across the country are rising, but most of the country still looks cheap historically. California, however, has several cities looking very expensive at the moment, and California housing trends can often be a bellwether for what's to come across the rest of the country. Do these sky-high prices in cities such as San Francisco and San Diego show that the U.S. is moving toward another housing bubble? In this video, Motley Fool analyst Austin Smith talks with Chris Hill to weigh the evidence for and against, and he tells us what he thinks home prices in California mean for the nation.

With the American markets reaching new highs, investors and pundits alike are skeptical about future growth. They?shouldn't?be. Many global regions are still stuck in neutral, and their resurgence could result in windfall profits for select companies. A recent Motley Fool report, "3 Strong Buys for a Global Economic Recovery,"?outlines three companies that could take off when the global economy gains steam. Click here to read the full report!

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Winning the mental game will be the Richmond Chuckers? toughest challenge at this week?s provincial Bantam AAA baseball championship beginning Thursday in Kamloops.

After sewing up Richmond?s first regular season pennant since 2008 with an 8-0 final-game victory over White Rock last week, a result that enabled the Chuckers to finish a game up on the Cloverdale Spurs and Vancouver Mounties with a record of 32 wins and seven losses, they?ll now need to find a way of dealing with being the favourites. It won?t be easy, but veteran skipper Alex Klenman and his coaching staff have implemented several strategies he hopes will help.

?A lot of teams like to play with the underdog label and we can?t do that,? he says. ?But it?s kind of nice we weren?t underdogs all year and usually faced the other team?s top pitchers. We tried to give our guys experience playing under that kind of pressure and they were able to answer the majority of those challenges successfully. To win in the post-season you need to play relaxed and confidently.?

Further, Klenman and his colleagues also recognize the marriage between being physically and mentally ready to play. For the last six weeks the Chuckers have been advised to maintain regular sleep and eating patterns in hopes of giving them their best chance of performing at a peak level during provincials.

There were a few times during the season when the Chuckers lost their focus and dropped the second game of doubleheaders by not being fully invested mentally. But Klenman is hoping his players have learned from those hiccups and able to appreciate every game at the provincials will be important.

Richmond will also have to deal with a new provincial format in which the top five teams will play in one round-robin pool and the teams seeded six through 10 in another. Three teams will advance from the first pool and one from the second.

?It?s called a meaningful game format,? explains Klenman. ?The format is used at nationals and the Canada Cup (under-17 nationals), with the idea being that small provinces like Prince Edward Island don?t always lose to the likes of Ontario and B.C. The same idea applies here. They?re trying to make Bantam AAA more accessible and one way of doing that is not having to face a much higher seeded team right off the bat.?

The change will challenge the Chuckers, who?ll have to face a pair of top-five teams on opening day?Tri-City Indians (26-13 and fifth doing the regular season) at 10:30 a.m. and the Cloverdale Cubs (31-8 and second during the season) at 4 p.m. Given the importance of winning the first game, chances are the Chuckers may have already used their top pitcher by the time they face the Cubs in the nightcap.

The provincial championship will continue through BC Day (Monday, Aug. 5) in Kamloops.

Source: http://www.richmondreview.com/sports/217808391.html

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A recent trend in the naming of legislation is to include the purported benefits in the title, hence, the ?Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act??aka Obamacare. Unfortunately, experience has shown that many legislation titles tend to be diametrically opposed to reality, as in the ?paperwork reduction act.?

Consequently, it came as no surprise that Ralph Hudgens, Georgia?s Insurance Commissioner, has asked for a 30-day delay in approving plans submitted by seven insurance companies. In his request to Kathleen Sebelius, Secretary of the US Department of Health and Human Services, Hudgens stated, ?In complete contradiction to every promise made by the President with regard to the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (?PPACA?), insurance companies in Georgia have filed rate plans increasing health insurance rates up to 198 percent for some individuals.

Georgia consumers cannot afford these massive rate increases. For their protection, I am requesting that you grant an emergency 30 day delay of the July 30, 2013 deadline for our department to approve these increases. In addition, I am requesting that your Department show cause why these massive requested rate increases ate not justified under PPACA. I am asking that you answer this emergency request by close of business, July 30, 2013.?

Georgia Senate President Pro Tem David Shafer also voiced concerns about the Obamacare-instigated rate increases. ?Notwithstanding the President?s many assurances to the contrary, I have always suspected that Obamacare would lead to higher health insurance rates,? Shafer said. ?But the rate increases pending before the Georgia Insurance Department are absolutely staggering in magnitude.?

Shafer isn?t a Johnny-come-lately to health insurance issues. Previously, he served as Deputy State Insurance Commissioner and Vice Chair of the Senate Insurance and Labor Committee.

According to ACA proponents (mostly Democrats), Hudgens and Shafer are wrong about the legislation creating massive increases in premium costs. As proof, they cite a Washington Post headline: ?Maryland issues insurance rates that are among the lowest in the U.S.? What the headline fails to address is the fact that in spite of the comparatively lower rates (compared to other states) health insurance premiums in Maryland would increase up to 25%, compared to 2013 rates.

That increase was noted in a Baltimore Sun article, which stated: ?Marylanders who buy health insurance on a state exchange under health reform could see their premiums jump as much as 25 percent under rates approved by state regulators, but those increases are less than insurers sought.

Maryland Insurance Commissioner Therese M. Goldsmith approved premium increases Friday for nine insurance companies who applied to sell plans to individuals through a state exchange, called Maryland Health Connection, established under health reform.

The rates were significantly lower than what insurance companies had requested, but still higher than the 6 percent to 7 percent annual premium increase that is typical across the country. Insurers said they were seeking the increases to cover the uncertainty of new costs associated with health care reform.?

(Maryland having one of the lowest insurance rates in the nation is a perfect example of ?The Doctrine of Associated Irrelevance? in action. For more information about the doctrine, click here.)

When you cut to the chase, you find that claimed health insurance premium rates aren?t necessarily what individuals will pay. Federal tax subsidies will help offset costs for some individuals. Maryland officials estimate that approximately 75% of the people buying health insurance through the state exchange will receive ?federal assistance? in one form or another. If you?re confused as to the source of the dollars used for ?federal assistance?, consult your income tax return, or (if your stomach is naturally strong) the current national debt.

In a number of states, insurance premiums are claimed to be significantly lower than predicted by the Congressional Budget Office, which raises questions regarding the massive increases noted by Georgia?s Insurance Commissioner. Without question, actuarial assessments, state regulations, and enrollment levels vary from state to state and influence ultimate rates. That influence has obviously not been beneficial to residents of Georgia.

Source: http://www.westernjournalism.com/obamacare-198-increase-in-georgia-health-insurance-rates/

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By Lesley Wroughton and Susan Heavey

LONDON/WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. officials paved the way on Friday for same-sex spouses to visit or live in the United States, announcing the State Department will give equal treatment to visa applications of gays and lesbians who want to travel with their partner.

Secretary of State John Kerry, announcing the measure at the U.S. embassy in London, said the shift will allow the department to start processing requests from married gay couples the same way it handles those from heterosexual spouses.

"As long as a marriage has been performed in the jurisdiction that recognizes it, then that marriage is valid under U.S. immigration laws. Every married couple will be treated exactly the same, and that is what we believe is appropriate," Kerry said.

The move, which follows similar action last month by U.S. immigration officials, would help U.S. citizens live and travel with their same-sex spouse in the United State as well as allow married couples from other countries to visit the United States.

It will mostly affect married gay couples overseas, gay rights advocates said. For example, if one spouse has a visa to travel to the Unites States for work or study, their spouse can apply to come along.

It would also help gay Americans living in other countries bring their spouse to the United States, they said.

"This is exciting news for couples who are living abroad," said Victoria Neilson, legal director for the advocacy group Immigration Equality.

The move comes after the Obama administration urged all U.S. agencies to review their polices after the U.S. Supreme Court in June struck down a key part of the federal law that defined marriage as between a man and a woman.

U.S. immigration law requires visa travel documents for those who want to live in the United States permanently or to stay temporarily.

In July, the Department of Homeland Security said its U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) would begin reviewing petitions filed on behalf of same-sex spouses the same way as those for spouses in heterosexual marriages.

Friday's announcement by the State Department gives U.S. embassies and consulates around the world the same power to do so on applications filed overseas.

"If you are the spouse of a U.S. citizen, your visa application will be treated equally. If you are the spouse of a non-citizen, your visa application will be treated equally. If you are in a country that doesn't recognize your same-sex marriage, then your visa application will still be treated equally at every single one of our 222 visa processing centers around the world," Kerry said.

Fifteen countries outside the United States recognize same-sex marriage, according to Immigration Equality.

(Reporting by Lesley Wroughton; Additional reporting by Susan Heavey in Washington; Editing by Vicki Allen)

Source: http://news.yahoo.com/u-says-equal-treatment-visas-gay-spouses-135211394.html

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LAUSANNE: STAR India has scored the rights to carry the upcoming 2014 Winter Olympics from Sochi and the 2016 Summer Olympics from Rio across seven South Asian countries.

The deal with the International Olympic Committee (IOC) also covers the Summer Youth Olympic Games, taking place next year in Nanjing, China. STAR India has the free to air, pay TV, Internet and mobile rights for Bangladesh, Bhutan, India, the Maldives, Nepal, Pakistan and Sri Lanka. In 2012, the Olympics were broadcast in India on state broadcaster Doordarshan.

?We welcome the opportunity to work with STAR India for the upcoming editions of the Olympic Games and Youth Olympic Games," noted IOC's president, Jacques Rogge. "We are confident they will do a great job providing the best possible broadcast coverage of the Games, on a variety of platforms, to the largest possible audience in the seven different countries.?

Richard Carri?n, chairman of the IOC's finance commission, said the STAR India deal marked a shift in the organization's handling of broadcast rights in Asia. ?Traditionally the IOC has negotiated broadcast rights on a pan-Asian basis; however, the media landscape is changing and we have adapted our approach recently by negotiating directly in certain markets. We are very pleased to have reached this agreement directly with STAR India.?

For the 2012 games, the IOC had a pan-Asian free-TV deal with the Asia-Pacific Broadcasting Union and a pay-TV deal with the now defunct ESPN?STAR?Sports.

??Nitin Kukreja, the head of sport business for STAR India, added, ?The Olympic Games remain the pinnacle of sporting achievement where the world's best in various disciplines face off for the title of Olympic champion. Indian athletes have also performed admirably over the last few editions, which is evident in the medal-winning performances that we have come to admire. We value our partnership with the IOC and feel that this spectacular extravaganza can be taken to even greater heights in India on both television as well as on digital platforms.???

Elsewhere in the region, deals for the 2014 and 2016 games were previously concluded with CCTV?in China, SBS in Korea and a consortium of broadcasters in Japan.

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(Rick Egan | The Salt Lake Tribune) The Green children get get a look at their new home for the first time, Thursday, August 1, 2013. Jeremy and Christianne Green's family includes six special-needs children. The wheelchair-accessible home was partly funded by donations nationwide and from Herriman-based Huish Construction. The home features a Rapunzel-like castle that connects to several rooms, lower-to-the-ground light switches and sinks.

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Jeremy and Christianne Green unveiled their new home in Herriman on Thursday to five of their special-needs daughters.

Built partly by nationwide donations through Puzzle Them Home and by Herriman-based Huish Construction and other local businesses, the home features light switches and sinks that are lower to the ground to accommodate Sophi, who was born without arms; an elevator for Cali, who uses a wheelchair due to spina bifida; and a special safe playroom for Elli, who is blind and autistic.

The Greens? previous 2,600-foot-square home was too small for their three biological children and six special-needs children adopted from China.

Online contributions are still being accepted at puzzlethemhome.org to help the family pay down their mortgage.

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4 Vital System Tools Every Windows User Should Know About

Not sure why your computer keeps crashing? Investigate ? all while getting to know your Windows system better ? using built-in tools that come with Windows. If you?ve been afraid to poke around your system and figure out how to maintain it, don?t fear: it?s simpler than you think.

There are plenty of articles on this very site pointing out third-party tools for maintaining your Windows system. What we occasionally overlook, however, are the tools Windows provides out of the box for doing the same things. Sure, they may be less feature-filled than some of the downloadable options ? but they do the job, and are generally not hard to use. Whether you need to quickly check a friend?s machine for problems or look over your own, knowing where to find tools for scanning your hard drive and memory can?t hurt ? and neither can some basic diagnostic tools.

This list is by no means definitive, but it does point to tools essential for anyone hoping to solve problems on a Windows system.

Task Manager

Is your computer suddenly slow? There?s probably a new, or recently upgraded, app that?s using up way too many system resources. Find out which one it is and shut it down with Task Manager, an app every aspiring Windows expert should learn to use.

What It Does

Shows an overview of resource usage, broken down by process.

Allows you to force any application to quit, necessary when an application simply won?t close.
Shows overall system performance, from CPU to Memory to the network. Perfect if you want to know which bottleneck is slowing down your system ? and what you should perhaps look into upgrading.

In Windows 8, allows you to control which apps do and do not load at system startup.
In Windows 8, shows you which users are using up the most resources

How To Find It

The easiest way to start up Task Manager, in every version of Windows, is a simple keyboard shortcut: Ctrl + Shift + Esc. Alternatively, you can use Alt + Ctrl + Delete, then select Task Manager.

You?ll also find Task Manager in the Start Menu, under Accessories, for Windows 7 and earlier. Windows 8 users can search for the program using the Search gem.

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Want to know more about the task manager? Check out these features:

Resource & Performance Monitor

Know something is wrong with your system, but not sure where to start? The Resource and Performance Monitor could give you hints.

What It Does

A powerful diagnostic tool bundled with Windows 7 and 8. Scans your computer and points out potential issues.
Automatically scans your system?s major components, including CPU, hard drive and memory (RAM).
Shows potential problems with the operating system, including continually crashing services.
Points out health of major system components, showing what needs to be replaced or upgraded.

How To Find It

Press and hold Windows, then press R. Type perfmon /report then press OK.

Program will immediately start scanning your system for potential problems.

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Find out more about this tool: read how to test your PC for failing hardware by Guy McDowell

Windows Memory Diagnostic

Is your computer simply freezing up, constantly, seemingly without cause? The problem could well be your memory (RAM), but if you want to make sure you should check out the Windows Memory Diagnostic.

What It Does

Checks your RAM for errors, so you know when to replace a stick.
Lets you know which memory modules have problems so you know what to replace.

How To Find It

In Windows 7, you?ll find the Memory Diagnostic under Administrative Tools in the Start Menu.

Windows 8 users can find the application in the Control Panel, under Administrative Tools. Either way you?ll need to restart your computer in order to use the program ? Windows cannot scan memory that?s currently in use.

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How to test your PC for failing hardware, by Guy McDowell, outlines use of this tool quite well.

Scan Hard Drive

Is your hard drive slower than it used to be, or louder than before? The storage in your computer is surprisingly mechanical, regularly spinning at speeds between 4,000 and 15,000 RPM. Hard Drives can, and ultimately will, break down ? and you can find out what state your drive is in by scanning it with a tool called Check Disk.

What It Does

Checks your drive for bad sectors, possibly recovers files stored on them.
Automatically fixes file system errors that could be causing crashes.

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How To Find It

Right-click your hard drive in Windows Explorer. Click the Tools tab, then click ?Check Now? under Error-checking. From here you can automatically fix file system errors, scan for bad sectors, or both.

If the disk you?re scanning is in-user, you?ll be prompted to restart your computer and scan before startup.

Device Manager

Is one of the devices plugged into your computer not working? It might be lacking the drivers it needs. Happily, there?s a place in Windows to check.

What It Does

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Lists every piece of hardware connected to your computer ? built into the computer or plugged in via USB
Show which devices currently lack drivers ? yellow question mark icon ? or aren?t functioning properly ? red X icon.
Allows you to manually install drivers, if you know where to find them.
Attempts to find online drivers for a variety of devices (though this usually doesn?t work)

Where To Find It

Check the Control Panel ? you?ll find Hardware Manager there.?You?ll also find a link by right-clicking My Computer and checking the left panel, at top:

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Believe it or not, the Wikipedia article about Device Manager is quite helpful. You?ll find a list of error codes and more, so check it out if you?re feeling a little lost.

Conclusion

Will this list teach you to solve every Windows problem, ever? No ? there?s not a list on Earth that can do that. Familiarize yourself with these tools, however, and you?ll have a solid start when it comes to diagnosing PC issues. All can be trusted, because all are part of Windows itself ? and tested thoroughly.

Of course, this list isn?t definitive. Can you guys point to any other great tools bundled into Windows? Leave directions for finding them in the comments below, and we?ll continue compiling this list together.

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If you were a die-hard Kickstarter supporter of OUYA, you might have had your feelings hurt to know the Android console was actually available for retail before you got yours in the mail. It looks like OUYA founder and CEO Julie Uhrman is certainly aware of that (along with a few other teething problems) as she has just sent out an email with the above image, offering all Kickstarter supporters a $13.37 credit to its Discover store. While that may not solve all of OUYA's issues, at least early adopters will feel better about it after a hearty round of You Don't Know Jack.

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If you're a student or teacher looking to expand your horizons in foreign lands this coming semester, the last thing you need is an astronomical phone bill thanks to those nasty roaming charges. AT&T aims to lend a helping hand with a new international roaming plan designed exclusively for those participating in study abroad programs. Launching August 9th, the plan consists of two packages -- the $60 a month option includes 250 minutes, 250 outgoing messages and 250MB of data, while the $90 option gives you 400 minutes, 400 outgoing messages and 400MB of data plus 1GB of hotspot use on qualifying devices. It's still not exactly cheap, but the Study Abroad plan is a decent option if you want to keep your existing AT&T number as you go globetrotting. That said, we'd encourage you to look for slightly more affordable alternatives before you flex that passport.

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Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg has no doubt about how well she does her job.

In an interview with USA Today, Ginsburg said she's "the hardest-working justice" on the Supreme Court today.

"I think now I am the hardest-working justice. I wasn't until [Justice] David Souter left us," Ginsburg said.

Ginsburg said in July she would resist pressure to retire anytime soon, saying she's in great health and eager to work.

Ginsburg, who has served on the High Court since 1993, revealed why she thinks this Supreme Court will "go down in history."

"The court has the reputation of being conservative, but if you take activism to mean readiness to strike down laws passed by Congress, I think the current court will go down in history as one of the most active courts in that regard," Ginsburg told USA Today.

Ginsburg also opened up about Sonia Sotomayor and Elena Kagan, the two other women currently on the Supreme Court, praising them for their work.

"The women are not shrinking violets," Ginsburg said. "They more than hold their own."

Ginsburg touched on her personal life as well, revealing she keeps in shape with personal trainer Bryant Johnson with two workouts a week.

"Even though I tend to get consumed by my work and won't let it go -- that's why I work long hours into the night -- when it's time to be with Bryant, everything stops and I go down to the gym," Ginsburg said.

Ginsburg recently spoke more about her love of the opera, admitting she can't sing but saying she "can be a great diva" in her dreams.

Click here for more from USA Today.

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[unable to retrieve full-text content]How did life on Earth get started? Three new papers strengthen the case that Earth's first life began at alkaline hydrothermal vents at the bottom of oceans. Scientists are interested in understanding early life on Earth because if we ever hope to find life on other worlds -- especially icy worlds with subsurface oceans such as Jupiter's moon Europa and Saturn's Enceladus -- we need to know what chemical signatures to look for.

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As part of Take-Two's financial results today, company head Strauss Zelnick noted that Firaxis' strategy title XCOM: Enemy Unknown was in the top 10-grossing iPad apps within the first week of release - a big success for the company.

Talking in the Q&A following the company results, Zelnick noted: "This bodes well for the opportunity to deliver profitably our most immersive new triple-A titles to mobile platforms as they evolve."

He continued: "It?s a matter of just a couple of years before [tablets are] great entertainment platform [for video games]." It seems that the aggressive pricing for the title, which was priced at $19.99 in the U.S. iOS store, ended up working out for the company - in the short term, at least.

Zelnick also commented that the upcoming external iOS game controllers would help the AAA game's cause a lot: "We do need an 'outboard' controller that becomes an industry standard that works for consumers. But I have every reason to believe that a tablet will become a great game platform, and we?ll be right there. I do think we?re a couple years away."

And Zelnick continued: "The truth is consumers pay for what?s of value of them. And obviously we create a product that?s very expensive to make and market, and the price point reflects the intersection of those two things. There really is no reason that if you deliver a great experience on tablets that we should be price-limited."

But, he said if consumers rejected that premium pricing, Take-Two is ?flexible? and could work on other business models.

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The following audio is from an earnings conference call that began on July 30, 2013, at 8:30 AM ET. The audio is live-streaming while the call is active, and can be replayed upon its completion.

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[unable to retrieve full-text content]Call it therapeutic poop, if you will, but the best hope yet for an effective treatment of childhood infections with the drug-resistant bacterium C. difficile may come straight from the gut, according to recent research. This is why pediatric gastroenterologists are launching a fecal transplantation program for patients with recurrent diarrhea caused by what they say is a wily pathogen that is increasingly impervious to drugs and a rapidly growing problem among children and adults.

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This piece was originally published in 2006.

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Sixty-seven years ago, the world's first bikini made its debut at a poolside fashion show in Paris. The swimsuit is now so ubiquitous?and comparatively so demure?that it's hard to comprehend how shocking people once found it. When the bikini first arrived, its revealing cut scandalized even the French fashion models who were supposed to wear it; they refused, and the original designer had to enlist a stripper instead. The images below illustrate how the bikini slowly gained acceptance?first on the Riviera, then in the United States?and became a beachfront staple.

When the bikini was unveiled in 1946, it was by no means the first time that women had worn so revealing a garment in public. In the fourth century, for example, Roman gymnasts wore bandeau tops, bikini bottoms, and even anklets that would look perfectly at home on the beaches of Southern California today.

Image of the "bikini girls" mosaic at the Piazza Armerina in Sicily.

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At the turn of the 20^th?century, though, such displays would have been unthinkable. Female swimmers went to extraordinary lengths to conceal themselves at the beach. They wore voluminous bathing costumes and even made use of a peculiar Victorian contraption called the bathing machine, essentially a small wooden or canvas hut on wheels. The bather entered the machine fully dressed and donned her swimming clothes inside. Then, horses (or occasionally humans) pulled the cart into the surf. The bather would disembark on the seaside, where she could take a dip without being observed from the shore.

Woman perching on the edge of a bathing machine at an Ostend, Belgium, beach.

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Annette Kellerman circa 1905.

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In the decades that followed, the seaside dress code loosened up considerably. In 1907, Australian swimmer and silent-film star Annette Kellerman?a vocal advocate of more hydrodynamic swimwear?was charged with indecent exposure for appearing on Boston's Revere Beach in a form-fitting, sleeveless tank suit. The ensuing high-profile legal scuffle led beaches across the nation to relax their swimwear restrictions. By 1915, American women commonly wore one-piece knitted maillots.

Oddly enough, the two-piece swimsuit?which usually consisted of a structured halter top and modest bottom that covered the navel, hips, and derri?re?arrived with much less fanfare than the bikini. By the early '40s, film stars including Ava Gardner, Rita Hayworth, and Lana Turner were all wearing the two-piece, and it was seen frequently on American beaches. Why were the inches of skin above the bellybutton so much less controversial than those below it? Hollywood's Hays production codes allowed two-piece gowns but prohibited navels on-screen. That meant the rib cage earned a ho-hum reputation, but the bellybutton was uncharted territory.

Ava Gardner, Hollywood California, 1941.

Ava Gardner, Hollywood, Calif., 1941.

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In the 1940s?as Kelly Killoren Bensimon details in?The Bikini Book?attractive women were known as "bombshells," and anything intense was "atomic." So, when two Frenchmen independently designed skimpy alternatives to the two-piece in the summer of 1946, both suits got nuclear nicknames. The first designer, Jacques Heim, created a tiny suit called the?atome. The second, Louis Reard, introduced his design on July 5, four days after the United States had begun atomic testing in the Bikini Atoll. In a rather bold marketing ploy, Reard named his creation?le bikini, implying it was as momentous an invention as the new bomb.

Thanks to its provocative name and cut, the bikini made international headlines. Photos of Micheline Bernardini, the stripper Reard had enlisted to model it, circulated across the globe. But in the United States, women?including actresses in movies like 1947's?My Favorite Brunette?and the model on?this 1948 cover of?Life magazine?stuck with the traditional two-piece.

Poster of My Favorite Brunette, 1947.

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In 1950,?Time?interviewed American swimsuit mogul Fred Cole and reported that he had "little but scorn for France's famed Bikini bathing suits," because they were designed for diminutive Gallic women. "French girls have short legs," he explained to?Time. "Swimsuits have to be hiked up at the sides to make their legs look longer."

Brigitte Bardot at the 6th International Cannes Film Festival, 1953.

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Brigitte Bardot's legs, at least, didn't need the help. This photo was taken at the Cannes Film Festival in 1953, just as the bikini was becoming de rigueur on the French Riviera. Even so, it remained off-limits in the States, where it was seen as a suspect garment favored by licentious Mediterranean types. A few years ago,?Sports Illustrated?dug up a 1957 issue of?Modern Girl that declared: "It is hardly necessary to waste words over the so-called bikini since it is inconceivable that any girl with tact and decency would ever wear such a thing."

Just three summers later, though, the bikini had established a beachhead on these shores. This was in large part because of the increasing popularity of the private pool, which gave women a secluded place to test out the new look. A Neiman Marcus buyer classified the bikini as "a big thing" for 1960. Brian Hyland also had a hit that year with the song "Itsy Bitsy, Teenie Weenie, Yellow Polka Dot Bikini," which takes on new meaning when you realize the swimsuit was still catching on at the time. No wonder the song's protagonist was "afraid to come out of the water."

Bikini beach scene, 1965.

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Still from Dr. No.

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The bikini soon became ubiquitous. In 1965, a woman told?Time?it was "almost square" not to wear a bikini?which, given the outlet, suggests she was right. In 1967 the magazine wrote that "65% of the young set had already gone over." The?Sports Illustrated?swimsuit issue debuted in 1964?with?a white bikini on the cover. And the swimsuit's increasing popularity was reinforced by its appearance in contemporary movies like Annette Funicello's?How To Stuff a Wild Bikini?and Raquel Welch's?One Million Years B.C.?One of the bikini's earliest and most memorable film roles came in the 1962 Bond film?Dr. No. (A journalist who saw an advance screening reported, "Actress Ursula Andress fills a wet bikini as if she were going downwind behind twin spinnakers.")

The bikini certainly complemented the va-va-voomery of Raquel Welch and her peers, who tended to be busty and a little soft in the middle. (In early bikini shots, stomachs are often evidently sucked in.) But the 1970s saw the rise of models like?Cheryl Tiegs, who possessed the athletic figure that, for the most part, remains in vogue today. The advent of this lean ideal led many women to wonder: Who, exactly, should wear the bikini? In the 1960s, Emily Post decreed, "It is for perfect figures only, and for the very young." Since then, though, a number of swimwear designers (most notably?Malia Mills) have encouraged women of all ages and body types to take up the style.

Bensimon's lively?Bikini Book?splits the difference on this question. In one Q&A, the author asks venerated swimwear designer Norma Kamali who shouldn't wear the bikini. She responds, "Anyone with a tummy." Eighty-odd pages later, though, professional beach volleyballer Gabrielle Reece (who competes in a bikini) declares that "confidence" alone can make the abbreviated swimsuit sexy. Easy for her to say.

Cheryl Tiegs, late 1970s swimsuit poster; volleyball player/actress Gabrielle Reece appears on the set of Cloud Nine at Will Rodgers State Beach on May 12, 2004 in Pacific Palisades, Calif.

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Today, you have to wonder whether the thong bikini?which first appeared in Brazil in the 1970s but has since made scant inroads here?will ever become common on American beaches. Never, you say? It's a suspect garment favored by licentious Latin types? Exactly what Americans used to think about the bikini.

Thong bikinis at Copacabana Beach; Eva Herzigova.

Thong bikinis at Copacabana Beach, Brazil; woman in bikini.

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Whether or not the thong ever makes it out of the lingerie drawer, though, the bikini is here to stay. Still, like most sexagenarians, it's gotten a bit tame: It still has the power to titillate, but it's lost the power to shock.

Source: http://www.slate.com/articles/life/fashion/2013/07/history_of_the_bikini_how_it_came_to_america.html

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