The UK's only polar bear in a public zoo is to be joined by another male later this week.
Three-year-old Walker has been at the Highland Wildlife Park, near Kincraig, since December 2010.
He is not old enough to mate so the Royal Zoological Society of Scotland (RZSS) is bringing in a four-year-old male for company.
A new young male Amur tiger is also expected to arrive at the park on Wednesday.
Last month, an aged female Amur tiger at the park was put down after her health started to fail and she began exhibiting odd behaviour.
Sasha had three cubs at the Highland Wildlife Park in 2009 and shared an enclosure with the litter's two females.
Her long-time mate Yuri was put down in 2010.
New tiger Marty, a two-and-half-year-old, is to arrive in Scotland from Olomouc Zoo in the Czech Republic.
RZSS staff hope he will he breed with one of Sasha's cubs, Dominica. Her sister Natalia is to go to Lisbon Zoo, in Portugal.
Arktos, the Highland park's new polar bear, previously shared an enclosure with his brother Nanuq at Hannover Zoo in Germany.
Douglas Richardson, Highland Wildlife Park animal collection manager, said: "Arktos is a little older than Walker and slightly bigger, but we have high hopes that the playful bear duo will get on with each other when they are eventually introduced.
"Male immature polar bears tend to respond well to each other and it will be great if they do as Walker desperately needs a wrestling partner.
"Arktos will have a period of settling-in to his new surroundings, in a holding enclosure next to Walker, so both boys will be able to catch the scent of one another and they'll know they have company next door."
Mr Richardson added: "In the future a female breeding partner will be sourced for the males, but both still have a few more years to go before they are sexually mature. At this stage a second polar bear enclosure would be constructed."
This March 23, 2012 photo provided by Terrafugia Inc. shows the company's prototype flying car, dubbed the Transition, during its first flight. The vehicle has two seats, four wheels and wings that fold up so it can be driven like a car, and flew at 1,400 feet for eight minutes during the test. Commercial jets fly at 35,000 feet. (AP Photo/Terrafugia.com) MANDATORY CREDIT
This March 23, 2012 photo provided by Terrafugia Inc. shows the company's prototype flying car, dubbed the Transition, during its first flight. The vehicle has two seats, four wheels and wings that fold up so it can be driven like a car, and flew at 1,400 feet for eight minutes during the test. Commercial jets fly at 35,000 feet. (AP Photo/Terrafugia.com) MANDATORY CREDIT
In this undated photo provided by Terrafugia Inc., the company's prototype flying car, dubbed the Transition, travels down a street with its wings folded. The vehicle has two seats, four wheels and wings that fold up so it can be driven like a car, and flew at 1,400 feet for eight minutes during its test flight on March 23, 2012. Commercial jets fly at 35,000 feet. (AP Photo/Terrafugia.com) MANDATORY CREDIT
This March 23, 2012 photo provided by Terrafugia Inc. shows the company's prototype flying car, dubbed the Transition, during its first flight. The vehicle has two seats, four wheels and wings that fold up so it can be driven like a car, and flew at 1,400 feet for eight minutes during the test. Commercial jets fly at 35,000 feet. (AP Photo/Terrafugia.com) MANDATORY CREDIT
Flying cars aren't just science fiction anymore.
Woburn, Mass.-based Terrafugia Inc. said Monday that its prototype flying car has completed its first flight, bringing the company closer to its goal of selling the flying car within the next year. The vehicle ? dubbed the Transition ? has two seats, four wheels and wings that fold up so it can be driven like a car. Last month, it flew at 1,400 feet for eight minutes. Commercial jets fly at 35,000 feet.
Around 100 people have already put down a $10,000 deposit to get a Transition when they go on sale, and those numbers will likely rise after Terrafugia introduces the Transition to the public later this week at the New York Auto Show. But don't expect it to show up in too many driveways. It's expected to cost $279,000.
And it won't help if you're stuck in traffic. The car needs a runway.
The flying car has always had a special place in the American imagination. Inventors have been trying to make them since the 1930s, according to Robert Mann, an airline industry analyst who owns R.W. Mann & Co. in Port Washington, N.Y.
But Mann thinks Terrafugia has come closer than anyone to making the flying car a reality. The government has already granted the company's request to use special tires and glass that are lighter than normal automotive ones, to make it easier for the vehicle to fly. The government has also temporarily exempted the Transition from the requirement to equip vehicles with electronic stability control, which would add about six pounds to the vehicle. The Transition is currently going through a battery of automotive crash tests to make sure it meets federal safety standards.
Mann said Terrafugia was helped by the Federal Aviation Administration's decision five years ago to create a separate set of standards for light sport aircraft. The standards govern the size and speed of the plane and licensing requirements for pilots, which are less restrictive than requirements for pilots of larger planes. Terrafugia says an owner would need to pass a test and complete 20 hours of flying time to be able to fly the Transition, a relatively low hurdle for pilots.
The Transition can reach around 70 miles per hour on the road and 115 in the air, spokesman Steven Moscaritolo said. It flies using a 23-gallon tank of automotive fuel and burns 5 gallons per hour in the air. On the ground, it gets 35 miles per gallon.
Mann questions the size of the market for the Transition. The general aviation market has been in decline for two decades, he said, largely because of fuel costs and the high cost of liability for manufacturers. Also, fewer people are learning how to fly.
"This is not going to be an inexpensive aircraft to produce or market," he said. "It has some uniqueness, and will get some sales, but the question is, could it ever be a profitable enterprise?"
Mann sees the western U.S. as the most likely market, where people could fly instead of driving long distances.
Terrafugia has been working on flying cars since 2006, and has already pushed back the launch once. Last summer the company said it would have to delay expected 2011 deliveries due to design challenges and problems with parts suppliers.
With the appearance in New York, the company hopes to attract the eye of customers as well as investors.
"We are introducing ourselves as a viable company to the automotive world," Moscaritolo said.
The symbolic importance of a landslide opposition victory in Myanmar could prompt a backlash against reformist President Thein Sein by hardliners in the military.
Jubilant supporters of pro-democracy icon Aung San Suu Kyi sang and danced outside the headquarters of her opposition National League for Democracy here on Sunday night, as the party claimed a stunning near clean sweep of the parliamentary by-elections held earlier in the day.
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NLD officials said they were confident of winning 40 of the 45 seats at stake. If confirmed, the results would deal a major blow to the credibility of the military-backed Union Solidarity Development Party (USDP) which has dominated parliament since flawed elections in 2010 that the NLD boycotted.
?I am very happy for democracy and for the future of our country,? said NLD spokesman Nyan Win, as thousands of supporters, many clad in red T-shirts emblazoned with their party?s golden peacock emblem, danced and clapped in the street outside to the sounds of party songs blaring from loudspeakers.
Neither the government, nor the USDP, had made any statement by late Sunday evening. Official results are not expected until later in the week, but the NLD said it based its claims on vote counts from individual constituencies reported by the media and party representatives at local vote-counting centers.
The unexpected scale of the opposition?s apparent victory ? matching its triumph in elections in 1990 that the military junta then in power chose to ignore ? is likely to unnerve the government ? mainly comprising former Army generals ? that had hoped to control the pace of political reform, local and foreign analysts suggested.
?What is important from now on is that all the parties to the reform process work closely together,? said one Western diplomat.
President Thein Sein reached an accord last August with Ms. Suu Kyi, paving the way for the NLD?s return to electoral politics after more than two decades. That deal, which led to the release of hundreds of political prisoners, a relaxation of censorship, and other liberalizing moves, appeared designed to persuade the US and other Western powers, to lift crippling international sanctions.
However many seats the NLD wins at Sunday?s by-elections, the party will hold fewer than 10 percent of all the seats in Parliament and pose no threat to the official USDP?s majority. But the symbolic importance of a landslide opposition victory might give Thein Sein?s hardline critics within the military and the USDP ammunition.
?The NLD should be very careful not to be arrogant or aggressive,? says Myo Nan Naung Thein, a former political prisoner and sometime aid to Ms. Suu Kyi. ?If we are seen as a threat to the government there is a possibility that the [reform] process will slowdown or fail later on,? he warns.
The NLD did caution its supporters on Sunday evening to temper their euphoria.
?Celebrations and enjoyment are natural,? the party said in a statement. ?But we must completely avoid doing or saying anything that might hurt people from other organizations. All NLD members must take care that the victory of the people bolsters the reputation of the people.?
*?Editor's Note: Our correspondent in?Yangon?could not be identified for security reasons.?
Washington, New Jersey ? Diehard Studio Entertainment is pleased to announce the release of the iPad adaptation of the Edgar Allan Poe classic, The Tell-Tale Heart. Perhaps Poe?s finest story, The Tell-Tale Heart is a riveting tale told by an unnamed narrator who slowly reveals a chilling mystery.
The Tell-Tale Heart HD for iPad is an interactive, fully painted and fully voiced retelling of the classic Edgar Allan Poe horror tale. Illustrated by Mutant League television series art director Dwayne Ferguson and performed by Hunter Wolf and veteran television actress Janet Hubert.
Ferguson, who has authored over 40 books and worked for companies such as Walt Disney, Sony Music, Warner Bros. and Macmillan Publishing, has wanted to adapt Edgar Allan Poe?s iconic horror story for years.
?I remember the first time I experienced The Tell-Tale Heart. I was fourteen and a huge fan of horror books, comics and movies. I liked them all, but there was something special about how Poe told this tale that resonated with me, and stayed with me since the day I read the last sentence of the story.
?Years later, while attending a comic book convention, I stumbled upon some 1930s radio shows starring The Shadow. I was hooked. Something about the style of the shows and the fact that they were performed live intrigued me.
?And now with the advent of the iPad, I am able to combine the two ? Edgar Allan Poe and radio dramas ? and present them along with the dark, moody, mixed-media paintings that I have always imagined. Then I filled it full of bone-chilling sounds and interactive elements to augment, not distract from, the original work itself.?
The result is an interactive experience that is the definitive version of horror master Edgar Allan Poe?s legendary tale of suspense, dread and terror. The exclusive to the iPad book is brought further to life with an optional voiceover recording headlined by Janet Hubert of Fresh Prince of Bel Air fame.
The central figure in The Tell-Tale Heart is the unnamed narrator and in literary circles there is much discussion as to whether the character is a man or a woman. Ferguson took a unique approach. ?I decided, why not both??
So he brought in Janet Hubert to join him, under his stage name, Hunter Wolf. The two alternated back and forth recording the voiceover of the narrator. The result is an eerie, unnerving delivery of the story that presents the killer as schizophrenic with both sides of his or her psyche alternately insane, clever, panicky and brilliant. The combination of the two adrenaline-filled voices adds an extra layer to the creeping horror of the text.
The Tell-Tale Heart contains creepy mixed-media painting, interactive elements, bone-chilling sound effects and a 1930?s-style radio drama performance that is sure to haunt your dreams.
Device Requirements: * Compatible with iPad * Requires iOS 4.0 or later * 33.8 MB
Pricing and Availability: Tell Tale Heart HD 1.0 is $2.99 USD (or equivalent amount in other currencies) and available worldwide exclusively through the App Store in the Books category.
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Former Italy football international Giorgio Chinaglia has died aged 65 at his home in Florida, friends and former colleagues have confirmed.
Chinaglia, who was born in Italy but grew up in Wales, began his career with Swansea and later played for Lazio and New York Cosmos.
In 2006 Italy issued an arrest warrant for him during an extortion probe at Lazio, but he was never detained.
He had suffered complications after treatment for a heart problem.
Chinaglia began his football career with Swansea Town in 1964 after his family moved to Wales to find work.
He later moved back to Italy, eventually joining Lazio in 1969 where he spent most of his career.
In 1972 he won a place in the Italy team, going on to play 14 times for his country and taking part in the 1974 World Cup.
In 1976 Chinaglia moved to the US, joining Pele and Franz Beckenbauer at the star-studded New York Cosmos in the North American Soccer League, where he scored a record 262 goals.
He later became president of Lazio between 1983-85 before retiring to the US.
Lazio released a statement on their website on Sunday offering their condolences to Chinaglia's family.
Cosmos also published an online tribute, describing him as the club's "greatest player ever".
