Rated PG-13 for language and some sexual material - Tinseltown 17 and Movies 16.Ī new 3-D animated comedy written and co-directed by two-time Oscar nominee Chris Sanders, who made "How to Train Your Dragon" and "Lilo and Stitch," and Kirk DeMicco, who made "Space Chimps." "The Croods" is an adventure that takes us back to an undiscovered era known as Croodaceous, when nature was still a work in progress - and when a man's position as Leader of the Hunt is threatened by the arrival of a prehistoric genius who comes up with revolutionary new inventions like fire. Will she bend admission rules in hopes of getting Jeremiah on the best path? Lily Tomlin and Wallace Shawn co-star.
She is then floored when reminded of the life-altering decision that she made as a student: She gave birth to a son, whom she gave up for adoption, and whom she now realizes may be one of John's students, the precocious misfit Jeremy (Nat Wolf). Visiting an experimental New Hampshire high school submitting applicants, Portia is caught off guard when its co-founder, John Halsey (Paul Rudd), turns out to have attended college with her. Evaluating thousands of hopeful college students, the exceedingly bright and driven Portia lives her life by the book, both at work and in her relationship with a faculty colleague, Mark (Michael Sheen).
"The problem isn't that women don't know when there are roofies in their drink the problem is people putting roofies in their drink in the first place," Rebecca Nagle, a co-director of the activist group Force: Upsetting Rape Culture, told comic drama centers on Portia Nathan (played by Tina Fey), admission officer at Princeton University. Yet the development of the nail polish has been criticised by some for placing a sticking plaster over the problem, rather than addressing the root of the issue. The students are still in the process of researching and developing their product with the help of donations.Ī White House task force report released this year showed one in five American female students reported being attacked. Undercover Colors won the Lulu eGames in April and recently reached the semi-final of the K50 start-up showcase. And so the idea of creating a nail polish that detects date rape drugs was born." "We wanted to focus on preventive solutions, especially those that could be integrated into products that women already use. All of us have been close to someone who has been through the terrible experience and we began to focus on finding a way to help prevent the crime. Madan told Higher Education Works: "As we were thinking about big problems in our society, the topic of drug-facilitated sexual assault came up. Each of the students personally know someone who has been sexually assaulted. The team was granted $11,250 (£6,600) from North Carolina State's Entrepreneurship Initiative, which aims to develop solutions to "real-world challenges". If her nail polish changes colour, she'll know that something is wrong." "With our nail polish, any woman will be empowered to discreetly ensure her safety by simply stirring her drink with her finger. Our goal is to invent technologies that empower women to protect themselves from this heinous and quietly pervasive crime," the students' Facebook page reads. "While date-rape drugs are often used to facilitate sexual assault, very little science exists for their detection. Stephen Gray, Ankesh Madan, Tasso Von Windheim and Tyler Confrey-Maloney conceived the idea after forming a team on the university's Engineering Entrepreneurs Program. A group of students in the US have developed nail polish that detects date-rape drugs in drinks Flickrįour students in the US have invented a novel way of protecting women from sexual assault on nights out - a nail polish that detects the presence of date-rape drugs.Ī group of undergraduates in the Materials Science & Engineering department at North Carolina State University are developing a nail varnish called Undercover Colors that reacts when it comes into contact with drugs such as Rohypnol, GHB and Xanax.
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