When you think of Vampires, where do you imagine they live?
Most would say places such as Transylvania, Paris and New Orleans, just to name a few. Never would anyone believe Galveston, TX to be home to such a predator.
This coastal community was shocked to learn that Lyle Monroe Bensley had been arrested for attempted Vampirism?
Actually, the 19 year old man was arrested for home burglary with the intent to commit a felony. Having broken into a local woman’s home, Bensley attempted to suck her blood. The police arrived to find him clothed only in a pair of boxers, hissing and growling in a parking lot. Heavily tattooed and pierced, Bensley claimed to be a 500 year old vampire who needed to feed.
Bensley is currently being held on a $40,000 bond in the Galveston County Jail. He is awaiting a psychological evaluation.
As with all cases that are similar in this nation, a debate over the behavior and its connection to popular culture has arisen. How much blame can honestly be put on the entertainment industry that produces Vampire-based shows that have violence and sex? How about the dozens of books that are published monthly, that feature Vampires within their pages?
In April, a Wisconsin man took a plead deal for felony child abuse, after biting the neck of a three year old boy he was babysitting. He claimed to have been watching the popular HBO series True Blood with the child. Afterwards, he and the boy “were goofing around, wrestling and nuzzling”. The boy’s mother discovered the discolored marks and reported the incident to the police.
While, Bensley doesn’t claim to have been “inspired” by any form of entertainment, the debate continues to rage on.
Where does the line between fantasy and reality exist and who is ultimately to blame?
Three preternatural films appeared on Rentrak’s most rented DVD list and best-selling DVD list this week.
In its third week on video, Limitless, fell from the Number 1 ranking to the Number 2 ranking on the most rented DVD list and fell to the Number 9 ranking on the best-selling DVD of the week. Directed by Neil Berger for Fox, and starring Eddie Mora (Bradley Cooper), Carl Van Loon (Robert De Niro) and Lindy (Abbie Cornish, better known as Sweet Pea in Sucker Punch), a writer discovers a top-secret drug, which bestows him with super human abilities.
In its fourth week on video, Insidious, ranked as the 7th most rented DVD and the 6th best-selling DVD of the week. Directed by James Wan and starring Josh Lambert (Patrick Wilson, who played Dan Dreiberg/Night Owl in Watchman), Renai Lambert (Rose Byrne, last seen as Moira MacTaggert in X-Men: First Class) and Dalton Lambert (Ty Simpkins), A family looks to prevent evil spirits from trapping their comatose child in a realm called The Further.
Directed by Bragi F. Schut for Fox, Season of the Witch, starring Behmen (Nicolas Cage who also lends his face to Johnny Blaze in Ghost Rider and the upcomingGhost Rider: Spirit of Vengeance due out in 2012), Felson (preternatural icon Ron Perlman, otherwise known as Hellboy or Vincent from the 1980′s series Beauty and the Beast) and the girl (Claire Foy), in its sixth week in video, did not appear on the best-selling list, however, it is still holding strong on the most rented DVD list, ranking as the 9th most- rented DVD this week. Season of the Witch chronicles the adventures of 14th Century knights (Cage and Perlman) escorting a witch (Foy), who is accused of being the source of the Black Plague, to a monastery.
Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part Iis holding strong on the best selling DVD list this week. Directed by David Yates for Warner Bros. and written by Steve Kloves and J.K. Rowling, Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 1 ranked as the 5th best-selling DVD this week in its 17th week on video. As Harry (Daniel Radcliffe), Hermione (Emma Watson) and Ron (Rupert Grint) race against time and evil to destroy the Horcruxes, they uncover the existence of three most powerful objects in the wizarding world: the Deathly Hallows.
What have you rented and/or bought to watch this weekend?
Miracles, by definition, are preternatural. They are, according to Dictionary.com “an effect or extraordinary event in the physical world that surpasses all known human or natural powers and is ascribed to a supernatural cause.” Today, 11 August, 2011, ordinary humans can help create miracles for hospitalized children and reward themselves during the sixth annual Dairy Queen Miracle Treat Day.
The Dairy Queen system is one of the top 10 contributors to Children’s Miracle Network Hospitals, having raised more than $86 million since 1984. Last year, Dairy Queen locations across the U.S. and Canada raised nearly $5 million on DQ Miracle Treat Day. In 2011, $1 or more from every Blizzard® Treat sold at participating Dairy Queen locations on 11 August will be donated to Children’s Miracle Network Hospitals. All donations collected on Miracle Treat Day stay in the community in which they are raised to support local kids at area Children’s Miracle Network Hospitals.
Children’s Miracle Network Hospitals is a charity that raises funds for 170 children’s hospitals in the U.S. and Canada. These hospitals, in turn, use the funds when it is needed most. Donations have gone to support research and training, for the purchase of equipment and to pay for uncompensated care. Since 1983, Children’s Miracle Network Hospitals has raised more that $4 billion, most of it $1 at a time.
The original Oreo® Blizzard Treat is the featured Miracle Treat Day Blizzard of the Day. The Oreo ® Blizzard Treat has reigned as the most popular flavor since Blizzards were introduced in 1985.
“Miracle Treat Day has become one of summer’s most celebrated events and something that our customers and franchises really look forward to,” said Michael Keller, chief brand officer for American Dairy Queen Corporation. “We hear stories families with children who were patients at a Children’s Miracle Network Hospital, as well as from friends and neighbors who are so eager to help. This day of goodwill for children touches all of us in communities throughout the United States and Canada. We appreciate everyone who supports Children’s Miracle Network Hospitals by participating in the Miracle Treat Day.”
Five movies with preternatural themes earned big at the box office this weekend, according to the latest figures from Rentrak Corp.
Rise of the Planet of the Apestakes the Number 1 spot, bringing in an estimated $54 million in its opening weekend. Directed by Rupert Wyatt for 20th Century Fox and written by Pierre Boulle, Rick Jaffa and Amanda Silver, a story set in San Fransisco, where a man’s experiments with genetic engineering lead to the development of intelligence in apes and the onset of a war for supremacy. Stars Will Rodman (James Franco better known as Harry Osborn in the Spider-Man movies), Charles Rodman (John Lithgow also the alien Dr. Dick Solomon in the series 3rd Rock from the Sun and the voice of Lord Farquaad in Shrek and Lord John Whorfin/Dr. Emilio Lizardo in The Adventures of Buckaroo Banzai Across the 8th Dimension), Caroline Aranha (Frieda Pinto who will be seen as Phaedra in the upcoming preternatural film The Immortals) and Dodge Langdon (everyone’s favorite villain, Tom Felton).
Sony’s The Smurfs(offered in 3D) ranked Number 2 at the box office this week and bringing in an estimated $21 million for Sony.Directed by Raja Gosnell and written by Peyo (characters) and J. David Stem, David N. Weiss, Jay Scherick, and David Ronn for screenplay and stars Gargamel (Hank Azaria who also lends his voice as Chief Wiggum/Moe Szyslak /Apu on The Simpsons), Patrick Winslow (Neil Patrick Harris) and Odile (Sofia Vergara). Some other notable mentions are Smurfette (Singer/Songwriter Katy Perry), Grouchy (George Lopez) and Handy (Jeff Foxworthy). When the evil wizard, Gargamel, chases the tiny blue Smurfs out of their village, they tumble from their magical world and into ours.
Universal’s Cowboys & Aliens ranked Number 3 this week and brought in an estimated $15.7 million for Universal. Directed by Jon Favreau and written by Roberto Orci, Alex Kurtzman, Damon Lindelof, Mark Fergus and Hawk Ostby and stars Jake Lonergan (Daniel Craig better known James Bond in Casino Royale), Woodrow Dolarhyde (Harrison Ford also Indiana Jones in Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull and Han Solo in Star Wars) and Ella Swenson (Olivia Wilde).A spaceship arrives in Arizona, 1873, to take over the Earth, starting with the Wild West region. A posse of cowboys are all that stand in their way.
Captain America: The First Avenger ranked Number 5 at the box office this weekend, earning an estimated $13 million dollars for Paramount. Directed by Joe Johnston and written by Christopher Markus (screenplay), Stephen McFeely (screenplay), Joe Simon (comic books) and Jack Kirby (comic books) and stars Captain America/Steve Rogers (Chris Evans) , Peggy Carter (Hayley Atwell), Colonel Chester Phillips (Tommy Lee Jones) and Nick Fury (Samuel L. Jackson). After being deemed unfit for military service, Steve Rogers volunteers for a top secret research project that turns him into Captain America, a superhero dedicated to defending America’s ideals.
Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows Part 2 fell from the Number 4 ranking to Number 6 this weekend at the box office, earning an estimated $12.1 million for Warner Bros. On 31 July, 2011, only 17 days after it’s North American, as well as most international markets, theatrical release, Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 2 surpassed the $1 billion mark for worldwide box office earnings. Part 2 is the first film in the popular series to achieve billion dollar earnings and only the ninth film in cinema history to do so. Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 2 is the top-grossing film in Warner Bros. history. It shares the record for the fastest climb to the $1 billion mark.
“To say that the global response to the film has been extraordinary would be an understatement,” said Veronika Kwan-Rubinek, President of International Distribution for Warner Bros. “We are so proud that this last film in the series has not only reached such heights but has reached them in record time. It is now Warner Bros.’ most successful release ever, and there is still plenty to come.”
With an extensive cast Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows II is the first and only Harry Potter film to be offered in 3D and it is the most successful box office earner in the Harry Potter franchise. With an extensive cast, Lord Voldemort (Ralph Fines), Albus Dumbledore ( Michael Gambon), Severus Snape (Alan Rickman), Harry Potter (Daniel Radcliffe), Hermione Granger (Emma Watson), Ron Weasley (Rupert Grint), Luna Lovegood (Evanna Lynch, who somehow manages to stay clean throughout the final film), Bellatrix Lestrange (Helena Bonham Carter) and Draco Malfoy (Teen Choice and MTV’s Best Villain Tom Felton), to name a few, this final instalment truly marks the end of an era.
The final chapter begins as Harry, Ron, and Hermione continue their quest of finding and destroying the Dark Lord’s three remaining Horcruxes, the magical items responsible for his immortality. But as the mystical Deathly Hallows are uncovered, and Voldemort finds out about their mission, the biggest battle begins and life as they know it will never be the same again.
It has been a good weekend for movies with preternatural themes. In fact, this weekend’s top five films were almost entirely movies with preternatural themes. What did you see this weekend?
A new edition of the Bible was published in June 2011. That isn’t exactly news. Dozens, hundreds, maybe even thousands of editions have been published since Gutenberg produced the first one. Tree of Life Bible: The New Covenant, however, is the first of it’s kind, which is probably why it rates discussion on national television in the U.S.
The Tree of Life Messianic Bible represents a collaboration between Messianic Jewish and Christian scholars, leaders, artists, linguists, rabbis, writers, psalmists and others who came together to create a Messianic version of the Bible suitable for the entire family and followers of many faiths. Jews curious about Messiah will see how Yeshua became the Prophet, like Moses, full of glory, grace and truth. Modern-day Christians can rediscover the Jewish roots of their faith. People of all faiths can compare that the New Covenant says with what the Hebrew Bible says and not just from one person’s or belief’s point of view.
The stimulating conversation around this profoundly different yet thoroughly accessible Bible with Dr. Raymond L. Gannon will be broadcast nationally on CTN, TBN, Daystar, Angel One, TCC Church Channel, NRB Network and GEB. Involved in widespread Jewish evangelism, Messianic synagogue planting and Bible college and seminary teaching methods for more than four decades, Gannon joins Jonathan Bernis on Jewish Voices to discuss how this latest version of the Bible came about. Gannon also contributed to The Tree of Life Messianic Bible.
Check your local listing for station and time information.
You know the economy is hurting when the Tooth Fairy cuts back. Oh, this beloved cuspid collector is still visiting children every night, she just isn’t paying as much for the teeth she’s collecting as she used to, according to a new survey from Visa Inc.
The Tooth Fairy visits 90 percent of American children under the age of 12. Most children have lost all their primary, or “baby” teeth by then, although some may not lose that last second molar until they are 13. The process begins around age 6 with the bottom front teeth and progresses for the next 6 or so years in the order in which the teeth came in the first place, according to the Alan Carr, D.M.D. of the Mayo Clinic.
This year the Tooth Fairy is leaving an average of $2.60 per tooth, according to Visa. That’s a 40 cent decrease from last year. Since humans have 20 baby teeth, that means the icon of magical munificence is spending roughly $52 per child over a six-year period at the current rate.
The steepest cuts are being seen in the Eastern U.S. where the Tooth Fairy is now leaving just $2.10 per tooth. That’s a 38 percent drop from the #3.40 being left in 2010. Children in Southern states are feeling a 21 percent cut to $2.60 in 2011 from $3.30 in 2010. Midwestern children will barely notice the decline of a dime or 3 percent to $2.80 in 2011.
In a rare ray of economic sunshine, children in Western states bucked the national trend and received a 4 percent increase. They pocketed $2.80, just like the kids in the Midwest for western kids that was up from $2.70 in 2010.
Not all teeth are created equal and it is just where a child lives that makes a difference. Only 18 percent of children receive between $2 and $4 in exchange for shed teeth. And while another 18 percent rake in $5, 29 percent receive exactly $1. Seven percent get less than $1.
Sadly, the cuspid collector also appears to be cutting travel expenses because 10 of American children receive no money from the Tooth Fairy. That’s up from 6 percent in 2010.
The loss of primary teeth, which are also referred to as milk teeth, is an important rite of passage in many cultures around the globe. The Tooth Fairy, however, appears to be of 20th century American origin. To be sure, there are some similarities with Norse, Irish and Italian folk tales that are centuries even millenia old. But when it comes to the Tooth Fairy, her or himself, the icon is as American as Captain American although slightly older, the Tooth Fairy having first appeared around 1900. More recently, the Real Tooth Fairies have raised their profile and given children, especially girls, a glimpse into their world online. Interestingly, they don’t live in castles made of shed teeth as some legends might have you believe.
The human cardiovascular system is reasonably well-known and well-documented. It has been for generations. But what about before that? Ever wonder how vampires knew where to bite? A new study published in the journal Nature just might answer that.
Desmodus rotundus or the common vampire bat
Of course, the study explored the blood seeking behaviors of vampire bats, rather than vampires themselves. It seems vampire bats, at least, have developed some very specialized systems in order to support their sanguinary diet. According to the study, the most significant adaptation is the ability to detect hotspots or places where blood vessels are near to the surface or just below the skin of warm-blooded creatures using infrared radiation. More precisely, vampire bats have fine tuned an existing thermosensitive channel in their face so that is detects lower the lower temperatures associated with mammal blood at a distance of roughly 20 centimeters or less.
The bats have three leaf-shaped pits around their nose that are riddled with unusually large nerves, like those found in the pits of heat-seeking snakes. If they detect anything over 29 C, they fire. The pits and the large nerves are a vampire speciality – the silky short-tailed bat, a closely related fruit-eating species, has neither.
Both vampire bats and vampires exist on a sanguinary diet, feeding exclusively on the blood of other animals. Unlike their formerly human cousins, however, Desmodus rotundus, Diphylla ecaudata and Diaemus youngi (otherwise known as the common, hairy-legged and white-winged vampire bats) are indigenous to and only found in the Americas. And while both the common vampire and the common vampire bat (Desmodus rotundus) favor feeding from mammals, vampires, with few exceptions, prefer humans while their winged relatives go for cows and horses. That being said, humans living between Mexico and Argentina do occasionally make the menu for all three vampire bat species as well as that of vampires.
It is unknown whether vampires have a similar ability. Given their heightened senses, it is not an impossibility. If they do, they aren’t revealing it to human scientists.
“Threats to mobile and online security are constantly becoming more sophisticated,” explains HongSun Kim, CEO of AhnLab, an industry-leading provider of security solutions based in South Korea. “Therefore, it is essential to remain alert and aware of growing online trends and threats….”
AhnLab has identified 10 of the most prevalent online security threats leveled at individuals and organizations during the first six months of 2011. They include smarter online game hacking, using social media as a means of spreading malware and an increase in mobile malware, among others.
Online Game Hacking
The incidence of game hacking has risen sharply during the first half of 2011. Game hacking attempts were one of the top security threats last year, and it would seem the hackers have gotten smarter this year because the attacks have become more acute and effective. As of June 2011, the number of game hacking tools had increased by 300 percent, to 4,050 from 1,068 from the same period in 2010. Of those hacking tools, AhnLab reports that 2,575 were memory modification tools, which are becoming more popular that traditional code modification or auto-play cheating. In fact, only 1.274 auto-play tools were identified during the first half of 2011.
Hacking tools provide some players with unfair advantages during gameplay by modifying user data in the memory, game file and server. Auto play cheats use a specific action function as opposed to mouse and keyboard codes. Hacking tools, both memory modification and auto-play varieties, are easy to use and have become increasingly commonplace. They have also become a serious threat. Hackers generally target games to profit from the trade of game items or game money. The first six months of 2011 witnessed high-profile hacks against Nintendo, Sega and most painfully Sony where hackers were responsible for bringing down the popular Sony PlayStation Network. It seems at least some hackers are no longer content with virtual money and are seeking to steal the real thing from gamers.
Malware Spread by Social Media
If 2011 is the year of social networking, and many news organizations say it is, no one should be surprised to find that using social network services as a path for malware was a top security threat in the first six months of the year. Social media, be it Twitter or Facebook or google+ or some other network are useful and popular means of connecting with and relaying messages to broad networks or friends, family and associates.
Unfortunately, hackers have discovered social networks are also a means of effectively distributing malware. During the first half of 2011, attackers have used Twitter and Facebook to spread malware, usually by using shortened URLs connected with popular issues and trending topics from the Japanese tsunami to the assassination of Osama bin Laden to the attacks in Norway, according to AhnLab. These shortened URLs are distributed via public status updates, direct messages between individuals and even chat services associated with some networks.
Mobile Malware
Malware is also striking mobile devices. AhnLab highlights not just an increase in the amount of mobile malware but also a growing sophistication in how it is being distributed. A premium rate calling Android malware was identified during the first half of 2011. The popularity of Apple’s iPhone is also putting more Mac OS users at risk, in part because Macs have generally been considered relatively safer than the more widely used Windows devices. The curated nature of the Apple iTunes and App Stores also discourage some, but by no means all mobile malware attacks on i-devices.
Mobile malware is proving challenging to identify because it is repacked with other apps from third parties that users download and sometimes even pay for. While the application may appear to be working properly, if malware is installed with it, the malware program performs the tasks given by the attackers. AhnLab recommends only opening links and downloading mobile apps from trusted sources as a means to stemming the flow of mobile malware.
Other security threats identified by AhnLab during the first six months of 2011 are: malicious codes hacking corporations, a growing menace to online banking, fake antiviruses that are increasingly difficult to identify, the growing number of malicious codes patching Windows, malicious codes contained in spam emails and malicious codes spread through Web application vulnerability.
How vulnerable any given individual is to any given threat depends on their online behavior. If there is a silver lining for Twitter role-players, it is that they more than many online gamers strive to keep their RP characters separate from the “real person”. This may be a moot point when it comes to malware which affects a given computer or device as opposed to a specific persona but it does put another layer between the individual’s personal information and the hacker. Unfortunately, that is probably not enough to keep us safe.
Science fiction creators love antimatter. Nature, not so much. Hoping to shed some light on just why nature prefer’s matter over antimatter, scientists have weighed, or rather measured the mass of the anitproton, to an unprecedented level of accuracy — roughly one part per billion, according to a new paper published in the journal Nature.
“Imagine measuring the weight of the Eiffel tower, ” said Masaki Hori, a project leader in the Japanese-European ASACUSA (Atomic Spectroscopy And Collisions Using Slow Antiprotons) experiment at CERN which conducted the measurements. “The accuracy we’ve achieved here is roughly equivalent to making that measurement to within less that the weight of a sparrow perched on the top. Next time it will be a feather.”
Protons constitute half the world around us. That includes half the human body. This abundance of protons leads to the logical conclusion that the mass of a proton should be measurable to a greater accuracy than that of antiprotons. Naturally occurring protons have primarily been found in cosmic rays. Although they are stable particles, they do not exist for long because any collision with the abundant proton particles annihilates both particles is a burst of energy and secondary particles, which is probably why it is such a popular source of energy in sci-fi space travel.
“Antimatter has tremendous energy density,” Dr. Georges Schmidt told a far out propulsion conference in 1999, noting that matter-antimatter annihilation release more energy per unit mass of any reaction known to physics at that time.
To measure the mass of antiprotons, scientists first capture them inside helium atoms where they can be “tickled” using a laser beam. The laser frequency is adjusted until it causes the antiprotons to make a quantum jump within the atoms. The mass of the antiproton particles can then be calculated based on the frequency of the laser that caused the jump.
This method of measuring mass is not perfect, however.
Much like people, atoms are not stationary. They jiggle around. Some moving towards the laser beam while others move away. When they move, they experience slightly different frequencies. Think of it like an approaching siren or train whistle. As the vehicle or train approaches you then passes you, the pitch of the siren of the whistle seem to change.
To counter this inherent imprecision, the ASACUSA scientist used two laser beams which allowed them to measure the mass of an antiproton with a very high degree of accuracy.
“This is a very satisfying result,” Hori stated. “It means that our measurement of the antiproton’s mass relative to the electron is now almost as accurate as that of the proton.”
If you’re wondering what’s so important about measuring the mass of a particle that isn’t very common in nature and is destroyed when it collides with matter?
For starters: any difference between the mass of protons and antiprotons would indicate that the laws of nature work differently for matter and antimatter. In other words, different masses would mean we need different physics, and that would turn not just human science on its ear but also science fiction.
This new, more precise measurement is just one of the antimatter advances that have been made this year. In June, another CERN experiment trapped antimatter atoms for more than 16 minutes.
“We can keep the antihydrogen atoms trapped for 1000 seconds,” explained Jeffery Hangst, spokesperson for the ALPHA experiment. “This is long enough to begin to study them — even with the small number that we can catch so far.”
New sources of antimatter, which scientists theorize would have been created in amounts equal to matter at the Big Bang, have also been discovered. Scientists have created antimatter using particle accelerators, however, in January 2011, researchers with NASA’s Fermi Gamma-ray Burst Monitor (GBM) team announced that beams of antimatter had been detected above thunderstorms.
So while we are not quite able to venture into space using science fiction’s antimatter drives, we are taking baby steps in that direction. And who’s to say others haven’t beaten us there? Perhaps that’s where all the antimatter is being collected.
Not all bad guys wear black hats. That was the lesson an entire generation learned from the white uniform and helmeted Stormtroopers introduced in 1977′s sci-fi epic Star Wars. Now it appears the designer of the iconic helmet isn’t a bad guy either, at least, not according to the Supreme Court in Great Britain.
Stormtrooper at Phoenix Comic Con 2011
Britain’s Supreme Court upheld the decision of two lower courts, ruling that “…it was the Star Wars film that was the work of art, that Mr. Lucas and his companies created. The helmet was utilitarian in the sense that it was an element in the process of production of the film.” Accordingly Andrew Ainsworth, whose vacuum molding skills helped create the iconic look, was not violating copyright laws in the United Kingdom when he created, using the original models and tools, or sold replicas of the helmets to fans and collectors. In other words, Ainsworth can continue to make and sell the replicas, at least within the U.K., without Lucas’ permission or a licensing agreement with Lucasfilm.
Although the Supreme Court of Britain found that the replicas did not violate British copyright laws, the Court did agree with the ruling of California courts that replica uniforms made by Ainsworth did violate U.S. copyright laws. Further, the U.K. Supreme Court ruled that the U.S. copyright laws were enforceable within the U.K. with respect to activities occurring beyond Britain’s borders. Ainsworth maintains that while he sells the replicas online, he does not sell in the States.
Lucasfilm, the organization who virtually pioneered movie merchandising, was understandably disappointed by the split ruling, issuing the following statement:
“Today, the U.K. Supreme Court issued a split ruling in the copyright infringement lawsuit brought by Lucasfilm involving the Stormtrooper costumes from Star Wars. The Court agreed that Mr. Aisworth’s replica costumes infringed on Lucasfilm’s U.S. copyrights, and ruled that those rights are enforceable in the U.K. with respect ti activities outside the U.K. This is the first time the Supreme Court has Ruled on an issue of great commercial an legal importance, namely the jurisdiction of the courts in the U.K. over infringements taking place abroad. The judgement is an important step in modernizing U.K. law and bringing it into line with the E.U.
“The decision unfortunately also maintains an anomaly of British copyright law under which the creative and highly artistic works made for use in films — which are protected by the copyright laws of virtually every other country in the world — may not be entitled to copyright protection in the U.K. Lucasfilm remains committed to aggressively protecting its intellectual property right relating to Star Wars in the U.K. and around the globe through any and all means available to it, including copyright, trademark, design patents and other protections to three dimensionalartistic works.”
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