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Vending machines are at odds with the legislation's overall intent. Are they needed?
The Victorian Government's proposed change to liquor control laws to allow alcohol vending machines in licensed premises is mystifyingly inconsistent. The Liquor Control Reform (Under-age Drinking and Enhanced Enforcement) Bill permits the installation of the machines where bar staff can supervise their use and the application is approved by the Director of Liquor Licensing and the Consumer Affairs Minister. Machines would be prohibited in public spaces such as footpaths and railway station platforms (in contrast to cities such as Tokyo), in secluded settings such as hotel corridors or busy ones such as bistro rooms. Patrons would need to buy tokens from the bar to use them.
The move has been condemned by the State Opposition, community activists and health groups, which argue that it would increase the risk of under-age drinking and make it easier for drunk patrons to outwit bar staff. These are valid and commonsense criticisms. It is unrealistic to assume bar staff can keep a constant watch on machines, especially during rush times, and this makes a key justification for the bill - that it would allow patrons to get a drink when the bar is banked up - curiously circular. Bar staff are least able to keep a close watch on machines in peak times, which is precisely when problems are more likely to occur. The idea that licensees have a duty to ensure responsible drinking on their premises has only recently been enshrined in law and accepted socially. This proposal would surely make it more onerous for them to fulfil this obligation.
The proposal is, however, only one part of a bill that includes a range of measures to crack down on under-age drinking. Fines for licensees who sell alcohol to minors will rise from $2000 to $6000, there will be tougher penalties for unlicensed alcohol vendors, wider powers for inspectors, more on-the-spot fines and a new offence of falsely applying for a proof-of-age card. These are all welcome changes, but it can be reasonably argued that the introduction of vending machines undermines the bill's overall intent.
So why the change? The Government says it is simply laying down conditions for the placement of vending machines where before none existed. Certainly we should applaud its efforts to prevent a Tokyo-type environment where alcohol can be easily abused. But in treating the introduction of machines as an inevitability, it makes them a virtual certainty, even if, as Consumer Affairs Minister John Lenders suggests, only a few venues are likely to take up the offer. At a time of increasing community anxiety about teenage binge drinking, drunk-driving and general alcohol abuse, the introduction of vending machines is a retrograde move. As a society, we are already well lubricated. Is there anything wrong with asking drinkers to wait patiently in line for their precious drop?


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"We don't want to nobble the two operators we have in an over-reaction. We want a balance, we want fairness but we want sustainability in an aviation sector that can grow," he said.
ACCC chairman Allan Fels said his competition watchdog, which was investigating a number of complaints against Qantas from last year over predatory behaviour and capacity dumping, would be keeping a close eye on the market.
"The lesson of Australian airline history ... is that the only way of getting good price results is through competitive pressure," Professor Fels said. "When we've had new players in, like the Compass/Impulse kind, prices have gone down. When they've left the market, prices have gone up."
Professor Fels said the Federal Government could introduce price controls, but they were difficult to regulate and enforce.
Virgin spokeswoman Amanda Bolger said the carrier would continue to offer fares in line with its discount philosophy.
"The only reason our fares will change is if there is a drop in the dollar or an increase in fuel prices," Ms Bolger said.
Qantas spokesman Michael Sharp said the airline had two million discount fares in the market for April and May.
He said the airline could cover the overflow of former Ansett passengers without problems, including during Victoria's Labour Day weekend from Saturday, March 9.
He said Qantas would also increase passenger capacity on its east coast to Perth routes, starting next week. with AAP
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By Seema Pun, current student of the University of Sydney Business School MBA program
When a patient stumbles into a doctor's office clutching his chest and writhing in pain, you don't give him a panadol and send him on his merry way. Setting quotas for women is akin to treating the symptom instead of addressing the problem.
Recent data from the Australian Institute of Company Directors shows women make up 17% of directors on the boards of ASX 200 companies and only 3% of board chairs and CEOs. Today, the proportion of women and men with graduate qualifications are equal, yet the representation of women in senior leadership positions in this country continues to be unacceptably low. However, I'm not convinced that simply tapping women on the shoulder and offering directorship positions is going to solve the gender diversity issue.
A simple statistical push is not enough. It doesn't help support women where the environment is not conducive to nurture their strengths and differences. It doesn't help change mindsets, biases, cultures, or create opportunities to question and explore new ways. Anyone who thinks otherwise is trying to stick a Band-Aid to a gaping wound.
If not enough women are applying for the top job, organisations should be asking if they are doing enough to remove gender barriers or cultivating the right culture that attracts and supports women. Instead of making it a 'women's issue', the focus should be about rebalancing organisations to represent today's workforce and today's market. These organisations need to seek talent far and wide instead of fishing from the same pond. They need to promote professional development of women and have flexible working arrangements. Organisations should be addressing these issues and making a concerted effort to bring about real and meaningful change.
If we are to make progress in gender equality in our boardrooms and senior leadership positions, a quick fix is nothing more than demeaning gender stereotyping. In the same way our patient with chest pain will be examined, investigated and receive appropriate treatment, we should be looking deeply at the fundamentals of gender inequality and treating the illness, not the symptoms.


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Twisting Oliver: Buy-low, sell-high pitchers
Figuring out what players are for real and which are mere mirages.
Twisting Oliver: Checking in on predictions
A month into the season seems as good a time as any to see how some of our early season predictions are panning out.
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You've drafted your team, watched patiently for a week and are itching for changes. Here are a few players who are worth the minimal gamble.
Twisting Oliver: Identifying potentially undervalued pitchers
Colby Lewis, Stephen Strasburg and Max Scherzer are just three of the pitchers on whom Oliver disagrees with other projections.
Twisting Oliver: Off-the-radar batters our projections love
Our projection system really loves some of the obvious candidates, but some of these names could really help you on draft day.
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He received his Ph.D. degree from Liverpool University. Strudwick has published a number of books, including Temples and Tombs: Treasures of Egyptian Art from the British Museum; Catalogue of a Traveling Exhibition 2006-08; Texts of the Pyramid Age; Thebes in Egypt, with H.M. Strudwick; and his dissertation work, The Administration of Egypt in the Old Kingdom. He also has written many scholarly articles on various topics in the field of Egyptology.
The lecture series honors Dr. William J. Murnane, a U of M professor and internationally known Egyptologist who died in November 2000. After receiving degrees from the University of Chicago, Murnane did field work for many years at the Karnak Temple near Luxor, Egypt. After joining the U of M's Department of History in 1987, he taught courses in Egyptology and ancient history while continuing his field work on the Great Hypostyle Hall in the temple at Karnak.
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Working under prosthetics clearly helped to energise Aaron Eckhart for The Dark Knight (though we're sure the presence of Christopher Nolan and a solid script didn't hurt). So it's not shocking to learn he's submitting to the makeup artist's chair again for I, Frankenstein.
Stuart Beattie has written the script, and is taking on directorial duties for the film, which is based on Underworld co-creator Kevin Grevioux's graphic novel. The plot follows Adam, the creature from Mary Shelley's story who has somehow escaped the mob of angry villagers and their fire-happy ways, and is still surviving in the present day thanks to a genetic quirk. Ending up in a strange, dark metropolis, he's ensnared in a massive, centuries old war between two battling immortal clans.
''Mary Shelley's story is about the creation of the first human being," Beattie tells Variety. "This is the story about that being becoming human." It's Beattie's second effort as director after Tomorrow When The War Began, but he has a long history as a screenwriter on the likes of Collateral, Australia and the Pirates of the Caribbean movies.
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I'm a rather laid-back individual, I appreciate art in all its forms, I'm the front man of a band(local), I'm an intellectual, and by that, I probably mean I'm a nerd, which I certainly am.
Perhaps the one thing that, depending on circumstances, may or may not be blatantly evident, is that I'm one hell of a hopeless romantic. Despite all my cynical/sarcastic/cruel comments, and my facial expressions of apathy/anger/annoyance, I'm a very kind-hearted, patient, and understanding person underneath it all.
I have an incredible knack for being socially awkward as well. However, I'm also capable of speaking/typing in complete, coherent sentences. Most of the time anyway. You'd be surprised how challenging it is to find that last one.
I'm told I'm a good listener, therefore I usually end up being a "sounding board" for people so to speak, which honestly, I don't mind too much, but I enjoy stimulating, intellectual conversation equally as much if not, more so.
I suppose it would be nice to find someone that doesn't mind listening to me rant on occasion, though too. Makes for good conversation to have a good back and forth like that I feel if nothing else right?
...or asking what did they do to cause me to look so irritated all of a sudden? I'm quite good at keeping people away when I want
Books: Big fan of Stephen King, Hunter S. Thompson, Terry Pratchett overall. Currently working my way through the Star Wars timeline as well. I'm always open to suggestions from others of new stuff to read though.
Movies: Way too many to name entirely, but near the top of my lists: Star Wars, The Big Lebowski, Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas, Back to the Future trilogy, Ghostbusters, pretty much anything the Apatow crew produces, etc.
Shows: The Colbert Report, Adventure Time, Regular Show, Breaking Bad, The Office, Parks and Recreation, Freaks and Geeks, Undeclared, Family Guy, American Dad, Bob's Burgers, Arrested Development, and documentaries as of the last several years. Especially the ones that get a little out there like Ancient Aliens. If nothing else, it makes for humorous watching because that guy with the Tim Burton hair known as Georgio on there never ceases to disappoint in that regard. Serious ones are good too. I imagine if I could choose the channels that came with my cable service, H2(History Channel 2) would be mandatory as it appears the original History channel has gone the way of MTV and has anything but what the name suggests it should on there nowadays.
Music: Goo Goo Dolls, Silverchair, Nirvana, Green Day, Sound Garden, Pearl Jam, Abandoned Pools, Semisonic, Breaking Benjamin, Third Eye Blind, Neutral Milk Hotel, At The Drive In, Boston, The White Stripes, The Smashing Pumpkins, Audioslave, Lit, Flogging Molly, Tool, Bush, A Perfect Circle, Filter, Asylum, Foo Fighters, Alice In Chains, Pink Floyd, The Doors, The Mars Volta, Cradle of Filth, Disillusion, Dark Tranquillity, Dimmu Borgir, Kataklysm, Switchblade Symphony, The Violent Femmes, Red Hot Chili Peppers, Soul Asylum, Mother Love Bone, The Cranberries, Incubus, Metallica, Nine Inch Nails, Switchfoot, R.E.M., Goldfinger, Mumford and Sons, Fun., Kings of Leon, Seether, the list goes on from there.....
Food: I eat pretty much anything. Food is something I'm not even remotely picky about probably 99% of the time
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Well it's just finished, and it was very good. Watch it here:
The episode centered on a nurse, Mihaela, who left what looked like a relatively comfortable life in Constanta to work in a nursing home in Sheffield. (In fact, she had been promised another, more glamorous gig elsewhere: it was only when she arrived in the UK that she found out she was going to Sheffield: she also gets ripped off due to 'complications' with her papers and eventually returns home. It's an awful story of exploitation by the agency that hired her).
If anyone comes across badly in this episode it is the English – the people of Sheffield especially – who are portrayed as racist scum. (Actually, the people interviewed are racist scum. One bloke even talked about the 'weakening of British blood'. Really).
The programme also – it has to be said – does little for Sheffield's image in general. Will the people of Sheffield (or the city council) be crying about it? No. Will there be protests outside of Channel 4's offices? No.
We therefore await the reaction of the snobs. Given that, once again, no wealthy Romanian bankers living in Knightsbridge were featured, we are certain that they will still find something to complain about.
Meantime, the immediate reaction of Brits on Twitter appears to be very positive and generally pro-Romanian. A few examples from the hashtag #romaniansarecoming:
How comes these Jeremy Kyle idiots are given full benefits + home but honest hard workers have to sleep rough?#injustice #romaniansarecoming
— Tahira Chaudry (@TeeBird2014) February 24, 2015
#romaniansarecoming helping people get on their feet often pays dividends in terms of long term tax revenue. These people *all* want to work
— Bethany Usher (@bethanyusher) February 24, 2015
so sad to see someone who works hard and still has too live in a box but yet people on benefits get everything #romaniansarecoming
— 20/09/95 (@jordanne_kaye95) February 24, 2015
Anyone thinking #romaniansarecoming is about beggars getting rich, just look at that nurse. In Romania nice life, here, small, simple house
— Chris McBride (@McChris85) February 24, 2015
#romaniansarecoming Every admiration for someone living in a park and working full time. #rightethics
— Stuart Young (@Stuartyoung001) February 24, 2015
Having polish/Romanian workers help my mum in hospital with dementia I've opened my eyes,some are amazing..#romaniansarecoming
— Kaz Mcvey (@kazza38) February 24, 2015
#romaniansarecoming is an absolutely fascinating insight into the hardship faced by so many immigrants to the UK. Good one @Channel4
— Michael Oakes (@MichaelAOakes) February 24, 2015
Whatever the intentions of #romaniansarecoming , it is making me despise the Brits featured more than the Romanians!
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No Contest: "My Life Is A Lifetime Movie" Will Be The Best New Show On Television
In its infinite wisdom, Lifetime is debuting a new reality show that will be called "My Life Is A Lifetime Movie" starring real women sharing their true stories of drama: serial killer husbands, evil twin sisters, prostituting themselves to pay for a dental assistant degree. The best part is that the show will include "high-end recreations" of the juiciest bits. Obviously I am going to be watching the shit out of this.
"My Life Is A Lifetime Movie" is now in production, according to The Hollywood Reporter. Hopefully that means its not too late for the Frisky staff to propose their own tales of middle-class-white-female woe?
"Mother May I Sleep With The Boss?"
She was a 21-year-old intern. He was an editor high up on the masthead when they caught each other's eye. What started as a mentorship became a forbidden love affair, a May-December romance that could never be fully realized … or could it???
"Not Without My Dog!"
Following a bitter breakup, a woman is driven to desperate measures to attain custody of their pet dog. But will she resort to murder?
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A New York girl falls in love with an artist across the country. He seems too good to be true — and he is!
A college student falls in love with a paraplegic. But when summer break comes, he falls in love with an awkward girl with rock star dreams. They move in together across the dorm hall from the brokenhearted college student … and she stalks them through the peephole.
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When a small-town girl meets her new college roommate, she's sure they're going to be best friends. She never expected to be sucked into a dark underworld of lies, betrayal, kleptomania, projectile vomit, and Sublime cover bands. She never stood a chance.
Do you have any melodrama that would make a perfect original Lifetime TV movie starring Jennifer Love Hewitt as you and Sally Field as your mom? Of course you do! Let us know your "My Life Is A Lifetime Movie" tale in the comments.
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Mistborn - New Development Update
Once again I've missed this bit of information on Mistborn: Birthright that was posted on Facebook last month. The good news is the game is still being developed.
Hi Mistborn fans,
Again, please accept our apology for the lack of information.
Little Orbit is now five years old, and over that time we have interviewed many fans and asked exactly what kind of Mistborn game they would like to see. Unsurprisingly we learned there aren't many developers in the world that can do Birthright justice. Even Little Orbit as a publisher has taken on larger and larger projects in an effort to mature and grow to a point where we could properly support a AAA Mistborn game.
We spent much of 2014 working with a couple developers to map out a game that fans would love. And while this project has taken much longer than we had anticipated, it is still moving forward.
- The game design is complete
- The game follows Brandon's original storyline which takes place in the early years of the Final Empire [edited - thanks!]
- The game is going to be on XboxOne, PS4, Xbox360, PS3, and PC
- We're targeting a Fall 2016 release
We hope to announce some significant details about the game and the new developer in early 2015. We appreciate your patience.
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I've missed this bit of information on Mistborn: Birthright that was published on their facebook page last December. In case you have missed this as well here it is:
Hi Mistborn fans...
First, we would like to apologize for the lack of updates on Birthright.
Here is a little background:
About a year and half ago we had just started full production on the game when half of the development studio working on Birthright got sold to another major publisher. Losing that many staff forced us to put the project on hold, but our expectation at the time was to immediately move to another developer and resume production.
We've now spent over a year trying to put all the pieces back together, so that we could give fans an meaningful update.
While there still isn't a lot of official detail that can be revealed at this time, here is what we can say:
- We are still very much committed to getting the game made, but it's important that we choose the right developer and deliver a game we can all be proud of
- We're staying with Brandon Sanderson's original storyline that he created just for the game back in 2012
- Due to the addition of new console platforms, we've made the decision to start over from scratch to support Xbox One, PS4, X360, PS3, and PC
- A new developer has been selected, but contracts are still in negotiation
- We're now targeting a Fall 2015 release date
We will definitely post more information as the project moves forward.
Friday - June 14, 2013
Mistborn - Delayed To 2014
Our previous news post on Mistborn: Birthright was when it was announced in 2012, where it was mentioned that the game would be released later this year.
So it is time for a new news post to mention that it is delayed. RPGFan has learned that the game will be released in 2014 to make it possible for Little Orbit to spend more time on Young Justice: Legacy.
Tuesday - March 27, 2012
Mistborn - Birthright announced
Little Orbit, a developer for mobile devices, has announced an RPG based on Brandon Sanderson's epic fantasy series Mistborn for PC, PS3 and XBOX360:
Little Orbit revealed today that they will be bringing bestselling author Brandon Sanderson's epic fantasy series Mistborn to games late next year for PlayStation®3 computer entertainment system, the Xbox 360® video game and entertainment system from Microsoft, Windows PC and Mac.
Mistborn is set in a dark world of ash, mist, and gothic fantasy creatures, dominated by a seemingly immortal villain known as the Lord Ruler. It also follows individuals who use a powerful rule-based magic system known as Allomancy that allows them to temporarily enhance their physical and mental abilities by ingesting and "burning" flakes of metal. Those who have the ability to burn a single metal are called Mistings, and those who can burn all metals are known as Mistborn.
The upcoming RPG video game will feature an original storyline created by Sanderson, set several hundreds of years before the first Mistborn novel, and will focus on a unique combat system that puts Allomancy into the hands of gamers. Players will suit up as Fendin "Fiddle" Fathvell, an arrogant young nobleman who must quickly master his newfound Allomantic abilities before forces at work can destroy his entire family.
"I'm a huge fan of the series, and I cannot wait to get this into the hands of gamers," said Matthew Scott, CEO of Little Orbit. "Between the distinctive magic system, the story twists Brandon has planned for the game, and the rich depth of character skills, we're creating something very unique for players to enjoy."
Sanderson is no stranger to video games. He recently completed story development on the Infinity Blade II video game including the accompanying Infinity Blade: Awakening novella. In between writing his popular Mistborn and Stormlight novels, he is also finishing work on the final novel in Robert Jordan's Wheel of Time series. Sanderson has been labeled "one of the most popular new fantasy writers to emerge in the last ten years".
"As an avid gamer, I'm extremely excited by this opportunity," said Sanderson. "The chance to write the story for a Mistborn game while working with a team of talented developers is, quite literally, living a dream."
For more information visit www.mistborngame.com
Check out Brandon's Blog
Information aboutMistborn: Birthright
Developer: Little Orbit
SP/MP: Single + MP
Setting: Fantasy
Genre: RPG
Combat: Real-time
Play-time: 40-60 hours
Voice-acting: Partially voiced
Regions & platforms
· Homepage
· Platform: PC
· Canceled
· Publisher: Unknown


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At the end of February when Chinese equities dropped nearly nine percent in one day and sparked a sell-off that gave Wall Street its seventh-worse single-day loss ever, it brought home the point that economics is a global game.
Tomorrow's business leaders must be equipped to operate effectively in a global society. Competing in a global marketplace requires language skills and cultural dexterity.
To prepare our graduates to compete globally, Hendrix is enhancing offerings in International Business, International Relations, and Global Studies. We are also providing opportunities for students to experience other cultures and other ways of thinking.
International education makes you good at conceptually reading cross-cultural maps and solving puzzles. These are important skills in a global environment.
The eight students who travel to China this summer with economics and business professors Dr. Keith Berry '73 and Stephen Kerr '76 will be developing such skills as they study the impact of Chinese culture on business and entrepreneurship practices. Guided by Shane Nunn '87, a successful businessman in China, they will visit corporations, factories and markets in Beijing, Shanghai, and elsewhere. During the trip, they will evaluate the feasibility of China-related business plans they are developing now, comparing their business assumptions with the reality they encounter in China.
International travel and service projects, study abroad and cross-cultural experiences all fit neatly under the umbrella of Your Hendrix Odyssey: Engaging in Active Learning, the component of the Hendrix curriculum that gives students transcript recognition for completing experiential learning projects. With the Odyssey Program as catalyst, interest in international education is expanding on the Hendrix campus.
Experiencing cultures different from our own is important beyond its impact on business success.
Cross-cultural experiences jar you out of complacency; forcing you to think in different patterns and to be more aware of things that you take for granted – everything from the way you shop to what is polite or impolite. These experiences make you think about your values. If you are never immersed in that "sea of otherness" you experience in another culture then you begin to believe that the world that we create culturally is the way the world is absolutely. By giving students chances to be immersed in other cultures, we help them to create full lives for themselves and to fulfill their own personal odysseys.
International study is also important because our world needs leaders who can reach across cultural divides to solve problems that affect all of us.
Right now, our greatest humanitarian and security challenges are in Africa, where 25 million AIDS orphans are living today. African nations don't have the resources to deal with this pandemic. We can't allow conditions to deteriorate and create more failed states like Somalia and Afghanistan, where the government can't provide security and violence spirals.
Addressing this global problem begins with understanding the cultural and economic forces that brought us to this point.
Three groups of Hendrix students and faculty will be traveling and learning on the African continent this summer. With funding from the Hendrix-Lilly Vocations Initiative, Dr. Anne Goldberg is leading a group of students who will volunteer at an orphanage for AIDS babies in Tanzania. Dr. Carol West and Dr. Allison Shutt are leading another group of students to South Africa, to visit sites they've learned about in African history, literature and film classes, and to develop an understanding of the culture and people.
At the end of June, 11 students will travel to Rwanda with me, Provost Robert Entzminger and Dr. Daniel Whelan. We are being lead by David Knight '73, a member of the Board of Trustees. We will learn how a nation recovering from genocide that claimed more than 1 million lives is rebuilding itself through a process of reconciliation and forgiveness. The students are reading The Bishop of Rwanda by Bishop John Rucyahana in preparation for the trip, which will include a visit to his Sonrise Academy, where Hutu and Tutsi orphans live together. Bishop John will visit Hendrix on April 11 to lead a chapel service on reconciliation and forgiveness; giving students who can't travel to Africa a chance to expand their worldview.
Every opportunity to connect with other cultures is a chance to build trust and create understanding, which are vital to our success as human beings and to our survival as a species.
Odyssey grants help make international travel and study possible for our students and faculty. Call the Office of Advancement (501-450-1223) to learn more about how your gift to fund the Odyssey Program can help build bridges between cultures.
J. Timothy Cloyd, Ph.D.
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Subject: [DNA-R1B1C7] Personal DNA: Yair
Date: Mon, 19 Nov 2007 08:45:18 +0200
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The DNA of my family is found on the URL below
It is accompanied by maps of Ireland and Scotland showing
exact Genetical Distance matches and matches with Genetical Distances
of 1, 2, and 3
I made the maps according to results obtained from
where the entry was for at least 19 markers.
The closest matches are in the Eire provinces to the south of Ulster.
The father of my grandfather was born in Pembrokeshire, Wales.
It is not known who his father was.
Most people interested in DNA and related matters have a general
interest in ancestry and history
etc as well as a private curiosity concerning their own origins.
The Y-chromosome thing may not say much, only that a small percentage
of our genetical make-up
may be traced back to such-and-such a source while disregarding all
the other people who made
a contribution along the way and helped us get to where we are, for
better or for worse.
Nevertheless, it does give us a link (or is supposed to) to a male
ancestor way back in the past
who "founded" the line to which we (at least hypothetically) belong.
This is important to all of us for reasons that are not entirely rational.
One of the reasons why I joined the list (and I assume it is the same
with others)
is to find out more concerning this ancestry and perhaps discover
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When I mentioned last time that I was tired of superhero movies, I hadn't account for what has been touted as the summer's biggest movie, Christopher Nolan's The Dark Knight Rises, the final installment of his Batman trilogy. The Dark Knight Rises opens eight years after the last film closed on the death of District Attorney Harvey Dent. Organized crime has been eradicated from Gotham City and Batman has been branded public enemy number one. Meanwhile, Bruce Wayne (Christian Bale) has gone into hiding after a failed energy project that had promised to supply Gotham with renewable, fossil fuel-free energy. Commissioner Gordon (Gary Oldman) is still unsatisfied, convinced that things in Gotham are not as peaceful as they seem. It doesn't take long for a new villain to arrive in Gotham, proving him right. Enter Bane (Tom Hardy), a masked madman excommunicated from the League of Shadows and in league with Daggett (Ben Mendelsohn), a businessman bent on taking Wayne down. As Bane threatens to finish the destruction The League of Shadows started, he brings Batman out of hiding, causing a final conflict between Wayne and Alfred (Michael Caine). At the same time, Batman comes toe to toe with catburgler Selina Kyle (Anne Hathaway).
To me, the most compelling parts of the story are the subplot of The Pit and the evolution of Detective Blake (Joseph Gordon-Levitt). To break his spirit and to keep him out of the way, Bane exiles Wayne to a prison in a pit the middle of a far-away desert. Because you "cannot have despair without hope," prisoners are given the chance to climb out of the pit. None but a child born in the pit has ever managed the climb, though, and many have died trying. Rising from the pit and the anger that pushes Wayne out of it becomes the thematic center of the film. It's as subtle as a sledgehammer, but what can we expect from a film with so many explosions? Meanwhile, Gordon-Levitt's Blake takes over from Alfred as the ethical compass of the film. His character is the most emotionally rich of the film as he journeys from hope to disillusionment and back again. Gordon-Levitt, looking as manly as we have ever seen him, carries the role beautifully. He is able to convey both the boyish admiration of the Batman and the anger of an orphaned child grown into a man whose world is collapsing. He is a beautiful foil for Bruce Wayne and a more nuanced character than the Batman in this installment. Selina Kyle is my favorite performance by Anne Hathaway in quite a while. Her cat ears that flipped down to become goggles were one of my favorite details of the film. Hathaway's cat woman voice, a sort of sarcastic purr was sometimes annoying, but I far prefer it to Bale's Batman voice.
I think I'm the only person in American who didn't like The Dark Knight and I stand by that opinion. I find Nolan's movies overwhelming and pompous in such a way that the artistry of his films is overwhelmed by a lack of editing. In The Dark Knight Rises many of the slower moments which could have added more emotional substance to the many action sequences came across as stilted. The action sequences are well choreographed but there's so many of them it's hard to keep hold of the plot. In this film, however, I was more impressed by the details. A police captain arrives to the final showdown in his dress blues, a response to a sarcastic jab made at him by Commissioner Gordon. Catwoman disappears on Batman and he comments, to camera, "so that's what that feels like." As my best friend noted, the soundtrack (which sounds like a toned-down version of the Inception score to me) adds a great deal to the mood of the film.
Overall, however, I found this movie stressful to watch. It is exceptionally violent. Some have noted that the subtle argument between Batman and Catwoman over the use of guns adds an ironic touch, but even medical treatment in the movie is distressing to see. I left the theater exhausted and not in a cathartic way. Rather, I wished that some of the more subtle moments had been given more room to resonate instead of the sounding of machine guns.
For artful storytelling and great secondary characters, weighed down by overly drawn-out action sequences and clunky attempts at emotional scenes, I rate The Dark Knight Rises 3.5/5 stars
The Dark Knight Rises was written and directed by Christopher Nolan with Jonathan Nolan. It runs 163 minutes and is rated PG-13 for intense sequences of violence and action, some sensuality and language. Frankly, I'm shocked it's not an R.
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BISMARCK, N.D. — A North Dakota man was convicted in federal court Friday of attempting to sexually exploit children.
This conviction resulted from an investigation by U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement's (ICE) Homeland Security Investigations (HSI), the North Dakota Bureau of Criminal Investigation (BCI), the North Dakota State Parole & Probation Office (PPO), and the Morton County (N.D.) State's Attorney's Office.
Garron Gonzalez, 38, of Bismarck, was found guilty by a federal jury of attempting to persuade a 15-year-old child to send him sexually explicit visual depictions using a cell phone. The two had met while playing an online video game.
Conviction of attempted sexual exploitation of minors carries a mandatory sentence of 25 to 50 years in federal prison, and a $250,000 fine. Sentencing for Gonzalez will be scheduled for 90 to 120 days from now in U.S. District Court in Bismarck.
This investigation was conducted under HSI's Operation Predator, an international initiative to protect children from sexual predators. Since the launch of Operation Predator in 2003, HSI has arrested more than 10,000 individuals for crimes against children, including producing and distributing online child pornography, traveling overseas for sex with minors, and sex trafficking children. In fiscal year 2013, more than 2,000 individuals were arrested by HSI special agents under this initiative.
HSI encourages the public to report suspected child predators and any suspicious activity through its toll-free Tip Line at 1-866-DHS-2-ICE or by completing its online tip form. Both are staffed around the clock by investigators. Suspected child sexual exploitation or missing children may be reported to the National Center for Missing & Exploited Children, an Operation Predator partner, via its toll-free 24-hour hotline, 1-800-THE-LOST.
For additional information about wanted suspected child predators, download HSI's Operation Predator smartphone app or visit the online suspect alerts page.
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Daisi, with the South West Arts Education Partnership and RiO, has been commissioned by the Arts Council as an arts sector trainer to run one-day training courses to support arts organisations wishing to find out more, or to develop your application for the LOtC Quality Badge.
For the purposes of the Manifesto, Learning Outside the Classroom (LOtC) is defined as "the use of places other than the classroom for teaching and learning."
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text: Jonathan Edwards (1703-1758), Congregational preacher and theologian, was born in East Windsor, Connecticut, the only son of Congregationalist minister Timothy Edwards and his wife, Elizabeth Stoddard Edwards, daughter of renowned preacher Solomon Stoddard. Raised in a rigorously pious, Calvinist environment, Edwards was a brilliant child who enrolled at Yale at age 13. It was at Yale that Edwards underwent a heartfelt conversion experience at the age of eighteen. After earning a BA and an MA degree, he served a valuable two year apprenticeship under his grandfather in Northampton, Massachusetts. Upon his grandfather's death in 1729 Edwards took over as the church's minister. In 1734 Edwards preached a sermon on the importance of justification by grace that triggered a profound religious awakening within his congregation. In the months that followed the awakening manifested itself in a few nearby towns as well; overall, hundreds of people were converted. Edwards's 1737 account of the revival, A Faithful Narrative of the Surprising Work of God, served both as a description of, and an encouragement to, a growing religious phenomenon in the American colonies and in the British Isles. The nascent movement solidified in 1740 as the English evangelist George Whitefield made his first trip to America and solicited Edwards's approval and advice. As revivals spread in the Colonies in the 1740s Edwards emerged as the foremost champion of the awakenings and the "New Light" clergy who demanded a born-again experience over against those "Old Light" clergy put off by the noise, emotion, and zeal of the would-be-reformers. His primary effort in this regard was his 1741 essay, The Distinguishing Marks of a Work of God. In the years that followed Edwards continued to refine his theology of the awakening, addressing some of the excesses in Some Thoughts on the Revival of Religion in New England (1742) and, in A Treatise Concerning Religious Affections (1746), exploring the relationship between a true work of grace in the soul and its manifestations in the Christian life. While Edwards's sermons and essays brought him fame and regard, his home congregation proved restive, viewing him as something of an autocrat. This came to a head in 1748 with his push to repudiate his grandfather Solomon Stoddard's policy and exclude those who had not undergone a conversion experience from taking communion. Dismissed from his pulpit in 1750, Edwards eventually found a position as a pastor in the village of Stockbridge and served as a missionary to the local Native American tribes. While he struggled in his ministry at Stockbridge, it was there that Edwards composed two of his most important works, Freedom of the Will (1754) and The Great Christian Doctrine of Original Sin Defended (1758). In early 1758 the Presbyterian College of New Jersey (Princeton) selected Edwards as its new president, but within weeks of his arrival he died of complications from a botched smallpox inoculation. Jonathan Edwards left behind an enduring legacy–hailed as a founder of the evangelical movement, a rigorous theologian, and one of the finest minds in the history of American letters. For further reading see George Marsden, Jonathan Edwards (Yale, 2003); and, Iain H. Murray, Jonathan Edwards: A New Biography (Banner of Truth, 1987).


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WATCHING reality TV makes me feel like a kid again but not in a good way, like skipping through a field of wild strawberries or chewing on grape-flavoured bubble gum might. Instead, seeing fully grown contestants battle it out for the approval of some sinewy personal trainer or a pair of handsome judges makes me feel as if we're living in a world of grown-up babies.
Let me rewind a bit. The new season of My Kitchen Rules (Channel Seven) has started and it promises "a surprise around every corner!" So far, though, it looks exactly the same. Maybe the surprise is in how well this monotonous formula is rating.
The handsome judges, Pete and Manu, perform all the tedious conventions of their role exactly as expected — the stern expressions, the drawn-out pauses, the withholding of the gold star until the last minute when they finally offer a little pat on the head. I am so sick of the predictability of this. The judges always start out insisting that a particular dish won't work but then they taste it and triumphantly agree it was a success after all, as shimmering music swells and the child contestants beam under their praise.
For me, however, the strangest element about this show is the peer critiquing. How can anyone be a good judge of someone else's cooking when they're competing against them for $100,000? Peer judging works for Eurovision because decades of geopolitical intrigue and strife make each country's judging choices fascinating. But if you ask a handful of ordinary people to critique each other's cooking when there's so much money at stake, how can they respond with anything other than petty bleating and cavilling?
So, instead of thoughtful insights, we get idiotic comments about the chocolate being "too bitter", or "I just don't like beetroot". It really doesn't teach us anything and it doesn't inspire us to be better cooks, either, which is what that other cooking show starting with "M" did so well.
The greatest strength of My Kitchen Rules is the charming, folksy vibe of the contestants. I loved it when, earlier this week, contestant Reade picked up a guitar and started singing. People's passion for home cooking comes through warmly but the setting of home and hearth just doesn't seem right for a bloodthirsty competition. You're invited in there as guests; it feels wrong to be critiquing every morsel.
All I can think about when I'm watching is how much nicer it would be to scoot off and have a home-cooked meal with my actual friends, who don't list all the ways the stuffed mushrooms could have been better because, basically, they know how to behave as guests.
On to The Biggest Loser (Channel Ten), which does offer us something slightly different this season: the contestants compete in family groups of four. It's pretty much like Family Feud but with more drills and dry-retching.
This show is hideous. Teaching people about the importance of a healthy diet and lifestyle is one thing but The Biggest Loser dresses up the dressing down of overweight contestants as education and self-help. Occasionally, obesity might be alluded to as the complex health issue it is but it gets overshadowed by the voyeuristic aspect of — as I constantly hear it described — "watching fatties cry".
The whole thing feels like high-school bullying, with the skinny, popular kids making fun of the fat kids. Its message is that crash dieting is acceptable and healthy but as the trainers tell the contestants they're disgusting for eating so much, the ad breaks encourage more consumption. I don't care if the people involved with this program genuinely believe they're doing something good for the world; they seem like mean girls, plain and simple.
This is where I become Miss Prim and tell you my problem with these shows is that they have no manners. They tell us it's OK to go to someone's house and tell them their gravy is too lumpy, or that bullying someone into getting skinny is fine. As I watch, I find myself feeling petulant, like a child: why is TV allowed to do that? I get in trouble if I put my elbows on the table; how come they're allowed to put their grubby feet up?
The worst sort of television infantilises us, it tells us we should sit and eat what we're given, even if what we're given is mean-spirited and goes against the goodness in our hearts. Despite both being based around food, The Big-gest Loser lacks taste and My Kitchen Rules has no flavour. Someone needs to act like an adult and turn off the TV.


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Blog URL: http://thiseclecticlife.com/
Category: Entertainment, Personal Blogs
This Eclectic Life
Technically Shelly Kneupper Tucker's blog is a personal blog, but when you are a professional storyteller, very little of your personal life escapes the eyes of your profession; and so it is that This Eclectic Life is an eclectic mix of storytelling life [in Texas], and curiosities.
This Eclectic Life – Why You Should Go
Blogging was Shelly Kneupper Tucker's answer to an addiction to online Mahjongg. But like so many addictions, blogging simply became her new addiction—but one that so seamlessly fit into her storytelling life. It's a blog that gives Shelly pause to quench (temporarily) her inquisitive nature, and extend her storytelling gift to the world. If you are wondering still what the blog is about, Shelly would only have this to say:
"So do I…
It is simply a collage of topics that intrigue me. Scroll through the articles and you will see that nearly everything does. I'm curious about anything and everything, and think the rest of the world should be inquisitive also."
Summing Up This Eclectic Life
With [unnecessary] apologies for her sassy Texan nature, Shelly entertains and delights with her enthusiastic takes on life. Stop on by and ask her to Spin Me A Yarn. And just try not to catch Shelly's infectious nature.
Go here to check out This Eclectic Life.
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I searched high and low for a clip of Romney talking to the troops, but all I got was Romney banging on about Glenn Beck's caliphate and how we need to fight the axis of evil before they take us down. That was in 2008. Iran was developing the nuclear bomb and they were coming for us.
Here's Romney foreign policy in 2008, railing on elites while in his tux, banging on about Glenn Beck's religious caliphate, wanting to add at least 100,000 troops and raise military spending to at least "4% of the GDP". Easy to say when he dodged the draft and none of his kids have served their country (unless you count serving Mitt as serving our country, as he does)
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|Jackson, Halliday, 1771-1835. / [1830]
|Civilization of the Indian natives : or, a brief view of the friendly conduct of William Penn towards them in the early settlement of Pennsylvania ; the subsequent care of the Society of Friends in endeavouring to promote peace and friendship with them by pacific measures ; and a concise narrative of the proceedings of the yearly meeting of Friends, of Pennsylvania, New Jersey, and parts adjacent, since the year 1795, in promoting their improvement and gradual civilization /
|Jackson, Isaac R. (Isaac Rand), d. 1843. / [1840]
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|The rise and fall of the pro-slavery democracy and the rise and duties of the Republican party ; an address to the citizens of Westchester County, New York ; delivered at the court house at Bedford on the eve of the presidential election, Nov. 5, 1860 /
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Emma Roberts
Emma Roberts stared opposite Jamie-Lynn Spears in the recent adaptation of Nancy Drew. Emma Roberts will appear in Fashion Girls & Nancy Drew 2. Emma Roberts is the niece of Julia Roberts.
Emma Roberts felt so terrified reading the script for her latest movie that she felt she had no choice but to sign up.
The 26-year-old actress agreed to star in 'The Blackcoat's Daughter' after the script scared her terribly and still had an effect on her a few hours later.
She said: "This movie is definitely actually terrifying, whereas 'Scream Queens' is more fun scary. This is definitely a psychological thriller.
"When I read the script I knew I had to do the movie because it literally kept me up that night and I kept getting really scared, more so after I read it, like, a few hours later. It stuck with me, which is how you know it's really gonna be scary."
Taking care of some media duties, a smattering of sexy stars showed up at the FOX 2016 Upfronts last night (May 16) at Central Park's Wollman Rink.
"Glee" goddess Lea Michele was in the house to charm the paparazzi, joined by a dazzling Emma Roberts and a gorgeous January Jones.
Blending the realms of reality television and technology, Lionsgate just rolled out a new promotional trailer for the forthcoming young adult trailer "Nerve."
Starring Emma Roberts, Dave Franco, Emily Meade, Juliette Lewis, Miles Heizer and Kimiko Glenn, the Jessica Sharzer-written drama will hit theaters on July 27th.
It's one of the biggest events of the year, and last night (May 2) the 2016 MET Gala was literally overflowing with gorgeous gals.
Katie Holmes looked fabulous in her finery as she mingled with the likes of Emma Watson, Lupita Nyong'o, Ciara, Zoe Saldana, Brie Larson, Naomi Watts, Jessica Chastain, Anna Kendrick, Rachel McAdams, Lorde, Katy Perry, Blake Lively, Kristen Stewart, Emma Stone, Nicki Minaj, Allison Williams, Lady Gaga, Mindy Kaling, Olivia Wilde, Amber Heard and Kate Hudson.
She's really come into her own as an actress and Emma Roberts is cute and confident in her front page shot for the January 2016 issue of Allure magazine.
The 24-year-old "We're The Millers" actress chats about her decision to do an unretouched campaign for Aerie earlier this year- "[My 14-year-old half-sister Grace] came up to me and said, 'Please don't post that; people are calling me ugly on your Instagram.'" So she made sure the gig was photoshop-free.
He's one of the most beloved creative forces in Hollywood as of late, and Ryan Murphy was saluted by a bevy of beautiful babes at last night's (October 29) amfAR Gala in Los Angeles.
"American Horror Story" hotties Emma Roberts, Lady Gaga and Sarah Paulson showed up at the star-studded shindig, as did "Scream Queens" actress Lea Michele, Gwyneth Paltrow and Sarah Hyland.
Looking mighty fine on the cover of the November 2015 issue of Teen Vogue, Emma Roberts has been thoroughly enjoying her latest project "Scream Queens."
The "American Horror Story" star told the magazine that working with Ariana Grande, Lea Michele, Abigail Breslin and Keke Palmer has been non-stop fun.
Kicking off the fall television season, the stars of "Scream Queens" showed up at the Wilshire Ebell Theater in Los Angeles last night for the series premiere.
Emma Roberts, Lea Michele, Nick Jonas and Matt Bomer all looked amazing as they posed for the paparazzi, and Emma's ex-fiance Evan Peters even came out to show his support.
The Microsoft Theater in Los Angeles was replete with celebrities as the 2015 Emmy Awards got underway on Sunday night (September 20).
Hosted by Andy Samberg, this year's shindig featured a host of hot shows and hotter stars, including Jon Hamm, Tracy Morgan, Viola Davis, Lady Gaga, Mindy Kaling, January Jones and Sofia Vergara.
As three of the hottest ladies on television, Emma Roberts, Taraji P. Henson and Gina Rodriguez shine brightly on the October 2015 cover of Glamour magazine.
Sporting a Dior dress and earrings, Ms. Roberts, who will be starring in "Scream Queens," explained how she got interested in showbiz- "My mom and I would stay with my Aunt Julia when I was really young, so I grew up on sets. I just found this old Polaroid of me on the set of Erin Brockovich, in one of my Aunt Julia's super-padded dresses from the movie, with the biggest smile on my face. I'd cry when I had to leave. I loved that it felt like camp."
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Woman beats off intruder with a wooden spoon
NIAGARA FALLS – A Whirlpool Street woman used a large wooden spoon, which was used as a wall decoration, to hit a man in the head as he climbed into her bedroom window at 9 p.m. Sunday.
The 46-year-old woman said she has an order against the man and has no romantic involvement with him. She told police that he continues to try to talk to her and has been arrested numerous times for violating the order. She said he also called her cell phone numerous times before climbing into her window.
The woman said the 45-year-old suspect pushed in the air conditioning unit to enter the bedroom window, damaging it when it fell onto the floor. She said the man fled after she hit him in the head with the large wooden spoon wall decoration and screamed for him to get out.


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Indonesia has discussed extradition to Australia of alleged people-smuggling kingpin Sayed Abbas after he finishes a jail term for immigration offences next year.
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Mr Abbas is allegedly linked to many boats including a vessel which sank last December off Christmas Island with 200 people on board.
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Optimization of Environmental Parameters on Decolorization of Remazol Black Busing Mixed Culture
Maulin P Shah1,, Patel KA1, Nair SS1, Darji AM1, Shaktisinh J Maharaul2
1Industrial Waste Water Research Laboratory, Division of Applied & Environmental Microbiology Lab, Enviro Technology Limited, Gujarat, India
2Laboratory of Environmental Bioremediation, Narmada Clean Tech Limited (FETP), Guajrat, India
American Journal of Microbiological Research, 2013 1 (3), pp 53-56
DOI: 10.12691/ajmr-1-3-4
Received July 29, 2013; Revised August 19, 2013; Accepted August 20, 2013
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- Shah, Maulin P, et al. "Optimization of Environmental Parameters on Decolorization of Remazol Black Busing Mixed Culture." American Journal of Microbiological Research 1.3 (2013): 53-56.
- Shah, M. P. , KA, P. , SS, N. , AM, D. , & Maharaul, S. J. (2013). Optimization of Environmental Parameters on Decolorization of Remazol Black Busing Mixed Culture. American Journal of Microbiological Research, 1(3), 53-56.
- Shah, Maulin P, Patel KA, Nair SS, Darji AM, and Shaktisinh J Maharaul. "Optimization of Environmental Parameters on Decolorization of Remazol Black Busing Mixed Culture." American Journal of Microbiological Research 1, no. 3 (2013): 53-56.
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In the present study, an attempt was made to examine the potential of mixed culture (contains Pseudomonas putida, Psueomonas stutzeri, Pseudomonas aeruginosa, Pseudomonas mendocina) for decolorization of Remazol Black B dye in batch reactors. The effect of pH, temperature, inoculum, initial concentration of dye and initial concentration of glucose was studied with an aim to determine the optimal conditions required for maximum decolorization and degradation. The culture exhibited maximum decolorization ability at pH between 7-8 and at 30°C. A 10% (v/v) inoculum and 1% (w/v) glucose concentration were found to be the optimum for decolorization. A maximum of 98% decolorization was observed at 25 ppm initial concentration of dye after 18 hours of incubation period. At higher dye concentration of 300 ppm, the removal in colour was found to be 75% in 48 hours of incubation period. The results show that the enriched mixed culture from activated sludge has an excellent potential in removal of Remazol Black B dye from wastewater under aerobic conditions.
Remazol Black B, pH, temperature, decolorization
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|Maulin P Shah, Kavita A Patel, Sunu S Nair, Darji AM (2013) Bioremoval of Azo dye Reactive Red by Bacillus spp. ETL-1982. Journal of Bioremediation & Biodegradation (USA) 4:3.
|Maulin P Shah, Kavita A Patel, Sunu S Nair, Darji AM (2013) Microbial degradation of textile dye (Remazol Black B) by Bacillus spp. ETL-2012. Journal of Bioremediation & Biodegradation (USA) 4:2.
|Maulin P Shah, Kavita A Patel, Sunu S Nair, Darji AM (2013) Microbiolgical removal of crystal violet dye by Bacillus subtilis ETL-2211. OA journal of Biotechnology (UK), Feb 01;2(1):9.
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January 28, 2013
While we were in New York for the Agenda trade show, we ran into the booth of Miami-based clothing company 8&9. While they had a lot to show for their 2013 Spring/Summer collection, we took a couple shots of some of their snapbacks and their new line of socks. Click below for a couple more close-ups and stay tuned for more info and releases from 8&9.
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Serves 2
3 medium vine-ripened tomatoes, quartered
2 celery stalks, chopped
1 tablespoon, plus 1 teaspoon prepared horseradish
2 teaspoons vegan Worcestershire sauce (preferably Annie's)
1 teaspoon Tabasco sauce
1/2 teaspoon kosher salt
1 teaspoon freshly ground black pepper
Juice of 1/2 lemon
2 ounces cold water
4 ounces vodka
Crushed ice for serving
Place all the ingredients except for the ice into the jar of a blender and purée until perfectly smooth; no skins should be visible. Pour over a tall glass filled with crushed ice and enjoy.
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Jason "JL" Levine is a comic book artist specializing in lettering.
He was part of Richard Starkings' Comicraft letting studios and worked on a variety of titles between 1999 and 2007 including Alias, The Authority, Zendra, X-Man, Shockrockets, The Victorian, Ghost Rider, and Marvel Knights.
In his only crediting writing role, he wrote "Remembrance" for Malibu Comics.


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Full report at Spectrum.
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Wednesday, October 28, 2009
Artist Don Ivan Punchatz, 73, died of a heart attack in Arlington, Texas, on October 22, 2009. Punchatz was known for his illustrations for magazines ranging from Boy's Life to Penthouse, for his advertising work, and for his book covers for Ace, Warner, Berkley, and Dell. He created the cover art for the Avon editions of Isaac Asimov's Foundation novels and Philip José Farmer's Riverworld books in the 1970s.
Full report at Spectrum.
Labels: Obituaries
Tuesday, October 27, 2009
Realms of Fantasy Re-Opens; Jetse de Vries Launches Daybreak posted @ 10/27/2009 11:30:00 AM PT
Realms of Fantasy is now open for fiction submissions after a seven-month hiatus. The subscription price is increasing on November 15, 2009, so subscribe now if you want to get the old rates of $16.95 for a six-issue subscription in the US ($28.95 overseas), and $29.95 for twelve issues ($53.95 overseas). New rates will be $19.99 for six issues ($29.99 overseas), and $34.99 for twelve issues ($54.99 overseas).
In other magazine news, Jetse de Vries launched free online magazine Daybreak this October, featuring upbeat science fiction stories. The magazine is intended to promote de Vries's upcoming anthology Shine (Solaris), but may continue beyond the anthology's April 2010 publication date.
Labels: Publishing
Wednesday, October 21, 2009
Google Competes with Amazon to Sell E-Books posted @ 10/21/2009 01:06:00 PM PT
Google Inc. plans to launch Google Editions, a new online store that will enable Google to act as a distributor, selling hundreds of thousands of e-books, in direct competition with e-retailer Amazon.com Inc. However, unlike Amazon, Google has no plans to launch a proprietary e-book reader comparable to Kindle. Google's e-books will be searchable and available to read on any device that supports a web browser, including smart phones, netbooks, and personal computers and laptops.
The store, set to launch in early 2010, is Google's first attempt to earn revenue from the controversial Google Books scanning project, which has sparked many complaints from authors and publishers citing potential copyright violations. Google Editions will cover only books submitted and approved by copyright holders, though some have expressed unease about how much Google stands to gain by serving as a distributor: Google plans to take 37% of the money made through direct sales on its own website, and if Editions is used to power another retailer's site, they will split 55% of the cost, with the remainder going to the book's owner.
More information at ABC News and The Guardian.
Labels: Publishing
Monday, October 19, 2009
Patrick Rothfuss Holds Charity Fundraiser posted @ 10/19/2009 03:34:00 PM PT
Writer Patrick Rothfuss is holding a fundraiser for his favorite charity, Heifer International, which provides goats, sheep, chickens, and other livestock to families in need. The fundraiser is launching with a raffle for a chance to be Tuckerized in Rothfuss's forthcoming book, The Wise Man's Fear. For further details, or to donate, visit Rothfuss's blog.
Labels: Events
Friday, October 16, 2009
John Joseph Adams to Edit Lightspeed posted @ 10/16/2009 12:40:00 PM PT
Prime Books has announced the launch of new online SF magazine Lightspeed, a sister publication to their Fantasy Magazine. John Joseph Adams will edit fiction, while Andrea Kail will edit non-fiction.
Adams is leaving his position as assistant editor at F&SF at the end of 2009, and Lightspeed will open to fiction submissions and non-fiction queries on January 1, 2010, with guidelines appearing at http://www.lightspeedmagazine.com/ by December 1, 2009. They plan to pay professional rates for fiction.
Lightspeed will launch in June 2010, and will focus exclusively on science fiction, including near future, far future, sociological soft SF, star-spanning hard SF, and points in between. Authors are encouraged to take chances and push the envelope. New content will be posted twice a week, including one story each week and one piece of non-fiction.
Labels: Publishing
Thursday, October 15, 2009
Phil Klass (William Tenn) in Hospital posted @ 10/15/2009 11:36:00 AM PT
Phil Klass, who writes as William Tenn, is in the hospital in Pittsburgh PA with congestive heart failure, pneumonia, and gall bladder difficulties. His wife Fruma Klass reports that he is recovering, but will spend time in a rehabilitation facility.
Labels: Milestones
Tuesday, October 13, 2009
F&SF'S $2010 in 2010 Contest Winner Announced posted @ 10/13/2009 11:51:00 AM PT
The winner of the Magazine of Fantasy & Science Fiction's "Win $2010 in the year 2010" contest is Allen MacNeill, for his prediction that handheld computers would exist by 2010. In 1980, under then editor Ed Ferman, Fantasy & Science Fiction held a 30th anniversary contest, asking readers to choose the science fiction concept most likely to be realized by the year 2010. The approximately 2,700 entries were kept securely and, as promised, were recently opened to determine the winner (a few months ahead of schedule).
Ferman noted that "so many entries projected a sense of confidence and hope that it was somewhat distressing to see how badly we fell short in realizing these predictions." Winner MacNeill said, "I came up with the one about 'home computer terminals with interactive access to other home, business and academic terminals, and including hand-held terminals' mostly because I had been using the PLATO terminals in Uris Hall at Cornell and wished very, very much that I could have one of my own (and especially one that I could carry around with me)." He went on to speculate that perhaps 30 years from now "we will be using some version of a 'cloud-book,' for which most of the processing and hard memory/data storage will be located somewhere else." Seems reasonable! We'll see... in 30 years.
Labels: Awards
Monday, October 12, 2009
Writer Mary Hunter Schaub, 66, died of cancer September 25, 2009 in hospice. Schaub wrote The Magestone (1996) with Andre Norton, and solo novel Exile (1992), both set in Norton's Witch World universe. She also published several stories beginning in the '70s, with work in Analog and various anthologies, many set in Norton's fictional worlds.
Labels: Obituaries
Tuesday, October 6, 2009
2009 Spectrum Grand Master Announced posted @ 10/06/2009 12:32:00 PM PT
Richard Corben is the winner of the 2009 Spectrum Grand Master Award. Spectrum runs a series of art contests, exhibits, and publications designed to promote contemporary fantastic artists. Corben's first professional sale was a cover for the September 1967 issue of The Magazine of Fantasy & Science Fiction. He illustrated R. Crumb's Underground Comix. His broad-ranging art career spans comics, animation, and book cover design. "Richard is one of the five or six true geniuses in comics history," says Mark Chiarello, art director for DC Comics and Spectrum Advisory Board member.
Labels: Awards
Friday, October 2, 2009
Octavia Butler's Papers Bequeathed to Huntington Library posted @ 10/02/2009 02:07:00 PM PT
Octavia Butler's papers are being added to the holdings of Huntington Library, located in San Marino, California.
Butler, who died in 2006 at age 58, included the Huntington in her will after curator of literary manuscripts Sara "Sue" Hodson approached her regarding the dispensation of her papers. "I was over the moon about it, but I'm crushed to see it come true so soon," Hodson said. "We are so grateful for her gift but so very sorry that she's gone."
Butler's papers include more than 39 cartons and eight file-cabinet drawers of manuscripts, correspondence, school papers, notebooks, photographs, and other materials. Library staff are processing the collection, which will become available to researchers in the coming year.
For more information, see this item in the Los Angeles Times.
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The Wallabies have suffered another major injury blow with Rebels utility Kurtley Beale ruled of the four Tests in June against Scotland and Wales.
He joins Wallabies captain James Horwill as the other major casualty following week 14 of Super Rugby.
Beale requires surgery on the shoulder he injured in the Rebels' 66-24 loss to the Hurricanes on Saturday.
He is the third playmaker to be ruled out of contention following injuries to Rebels teammate James O'Connor (lacerated liver) and Brumbies five-eighth Christian Lealiifano (dislocated knee).
Waratahs playmaker Berrick Barnes and Quade Cooper of the Reds are the likely contenders for the starting berth in the No.10 jumper. Cooper has played just two Super Rugby games after returning from a knee reconstruction.
''Kurtley had an appointment this morning with a specialist. He's going to require an operation,'' coach Robbie Deans told reporters at the Wallabies training camp in Sydney.
The full extent of the damage to his shoulder wouldn't be known until the surgery.
''But the fact that he needs an operation is indicative of the fact that it is serious and it will rule him out of the June (Test) window.''
Deans isn't ready to announce his replacement captain in the absence of Horwill.
However, breakaway star David Pocock will be strongly favoured for the role in all four Tests, having already been tipped to captain the Wallabies in the Scotland Test in Newcastle on Tuesday week.
Halfback Will Genia is the other obvious contender.
Deans revealed Horwill's injury wasn't as bad as the coach initially feared when he saw the Reds skipper's leg hyper-extended when trapped at a breakdown.
''James, we are presuming, is out for the whole of June but it is not as bad as it first looked. It looked pretty sinister,'' said Deans.
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