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...woven fibers from about 25,000 years ago. Intrigued to find signs of weaving from this early date, Soffer and her colleagues examined 8,400 more clay fragments from the same and nearby sites, eventually coming across the traces of a likely tool of the communal hunt--a mesh net. The entire theory of man-the-hunter had been based on "durable media," Soffer explains, meaning items like the sharpened stones that can serve as spearheads, rather than softer, biodegradable goods like baskets, fabrics and nets. But in archaeologically well-preserved prehistoric sites, such as those found underwater...
...Oversized luxury cars just don't mesh with the puritan values of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts. Car companies throughout Cambridge, Boston and even Cape Cod refuse to deal in extravagant vehicles. "Eight passenger limousines are as big as we go," explained one Cambridge Limo representative. One stodgy New England limo firm mentioned that they serve fruit juice to underage riders, instead of champagne. How considerate! When in doubt, import from New York...
...foursome didn't mesh from the outset, and Seifert was replaced during the season with insider Mike Lombardi, who likely will return to his off-air research role next season...
Warning: The government has recalled nearly 10 million portable mesh playpens. Toddlers can strangle on pacifier strings or loose clothing that catches on the playpens' protruding rivets. Problem brands include Bilt-Rite, Playskool and Kolcraft...
...lacks: a comedic actor working with disturbing material, scenes of psychological violence and moments when the veil of horror is rent, revealing dark humor underneath. What Very Bad Things has, The Cable Guy did not: an ensemble of characters who--despite including pseudo-stars like Christian Slater--never quite mesh, scenes of physical violence and moments when the superficial horror turns out to conceal nothing besides yet more superficiality. And blood. Blood, limbs and gore, in all of their nauseating variations. Here is where Very Bad Things shows itself to be neither "dark" nor "comedy." Somehow Peter Berg, the director...