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On average, one child dies every two weeks due to tipovers
WASHINGTON, DC – Many parents and caregivers may not be aware that one of the top hidden hazards in the homes where young children live or visit is unsecured and unstable TVs, furniture and appliances. Today, the U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission (CPSC) is urging families to take a moment to inspect and secure these items to prevent any more tragedies.
Between 2000 and 2008, CPSC staff received reports of nearly 200 tipover related deaths involving children eight years old and younger. Nearly all of these fatalities (93%) involved children five years old and younger.
More than 16,000 children five years old and younger were treated in emergency rooms because of injuries associated with TVs, furniture, and appliance tipovers according to CPSC staff's most recent estimates from 2006.
"Large TVs and unstable furniture can be a deadly combination. Taking simple, low-cost steps to secure furniture and TVs can save lives," said CPSC Chairman Inez Tenenbaum. "Parents need to know about this hidden danger and take action now."
Typically, injuries and deaths occur when children climb onto, fall against or pull themselves up on television stands, shelves, bookcases, dressers, desks, chests and appliances. In some cases, televisions placed on top of furniture will tip over and cause a child to suffer traumatic and sometimes fatal injuries.
To help prevent tip-over hazards, the CPSC offers the following safety tips:
– Furniture should be stable on its own. For added security, anchor chests, dressers, TV stands, bookcases and entertainment units to the floor or attach them to a wall.
– Place TVs on a sturdy, low-rise base. Avoid flimsy shelves.
– Push the TV as far back on its stand as possible.
– Place electrical cords out of a child's reach and teach kids not to play with them.
– Keep remote controls and other attractive items off the TV stand so kids won't be tempted to grab for them and risk knocking the TV over.
– Make sure free-standing ranges and stoves are installed with anti-tip brackets.
This year, the CPSC is intensifying its outreach efforts by partnering with numerous organizations, including clinics and second-hand stores, to disseminate a two minute PSA (transcript) including a powerful testimonial of a parent who lost her two-year-old in a TV tipover incident and a poster (pdf). In addition, consumers will be able to stream a 20 second version (transcript) of the PSA through October 23, 2010 by texting TVFALL to 878787.
Consumers can also download CPSC's updated safety alert (pdf).
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The U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission is charged with protecting the public from unreasonable risks of injury or death associated with the use of thousands of types of consumer products under the agency's jurisdiction. Deaths, injuries, and property damage from consumer product incidents cost the nation more than $1 trillion annually. CPSC is committed to protecting consumers and families from products that pose a fire, electrical, chemical or mechanical hazard. CPSC's work to help ensure the safety of consumer products – such as toys, cribs, power tools, cigarette lighters and household chemicals -– contributed to a decline in the rate of deaths and injuries associated with consumer products over the past 40 years.
Federal law bars any person from selling products subject to a publicly-announced voluntary recall by a manufacturer or a mandatory recall ordered by the Commission.
To report a dangerous product or a product-related injury go online to www.SaferProducts.gov or call CPSC's Hotline at (800) 638-2772 or teletypewriter at (301) 595-7054 for the hearing impaired. Consumers can obtain news release and recall information at www.cpsc.gov, on Twitter @USCPSC or by subscribing to CPSC's free e-mail newsletters.
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The "before and after" of a meal is almost as important as the main event itself, sometimes even more so if you're an appetizer and dessert person like me. Aside from the taste of desserts, they're just so beautiful that I love making them.
I got my inspiration for this Carrot Streusel Pudding from a carrot souffle that Jamie made a while back. The souffle was slightly sweet, almost like cornbread, but much more moist, and I thought that I could adapt the recipe to make a delicious dessert also. Jamie says this dish isn't a pudding (since it's not a smooth, creamy custard-like pudding), but I beg to differ. Puddings come in all forms, and I'm calling this a pudding. :)
These puddings were creamy and so moist, light and not too sweet, and topped with a crumbly brown sugar and butter streusel topping that gives it a delicious crunch. The color of the pudding was such a lovely shade of orange that I almost hated to cover it up with the topping, but I did anyway knowing how good it would taste.
These rose very dramatically in the oven... and then sank just as dramatically after I took them out, so I may need to do some tweaking for the high altitude. In spite of that, though, these tasted incredible. And after they sank back down, I just re-distributed the crumbly topping a little and they looked just as pretty. Nothing wrong with how these look, is there?
We tend to eat dinner pretty late on Friday nights, so we usually start with something to tide us over before we start cooking. Sometimes it's as simple as a few olives, bread with oil, cheese or roasted garlic, fresh fruit, etc... Last night, Jamie came home bearing a bag of live mussels.
All these needed were a quick steam bath in some chicken broth, white wine and seasonings to open them up, and they're ready to go in minutes. A little cocktail sauce on the side and a few wedges of lemon to squeeze over the mussels is a nice addition, too. Simple and delicious.
Carrot Streusel Pudding
· 2 medium carrots, peeled, chopped into ½ inch chunks
· 1 tart apple (such as Jonagold), peeled and cored, chopped into ½ inch chunks
· 3 tablespoons unsalted butter
· 2 eggs
· 2 tablespoons cream (or milk)
· ½ teaspoon vanilla
· 2 tablespoons all-purpose flour
· ½ teaspoon baking powder
· ¼ teaspoon salt
· ¼ cup granulated sugar
streusel topping
· 2 tablespoons unsalted butter, softened
· ¼ cup brown sugar
· 1/3 cup all-purpose flour
Preheat the oven to 350 F. Spray 4 individual small ramekins with non-stick baking spray. Set the ramekins in a baking dish.
Place the chopped carrots and apple in a saucepan and cover with water. Bring to a boil, and simmer until tender, about 20 minutes. Drain.
Place in a food processor with the butter and puree until smooth. Add the eggs, cream and vanilla and puree until well combined. In a small bowl, combine the flour, baking powder, salt and sugar, and add that to the puree. Pulse a few times to combine. Pour the mixture into the ramekins.
In a bowl, combine the butter, brown sugar and flour for the streusel topping, mashing with a fork until moist and crumbly. Sprinkle on top of the pudding.
Fill the baking dish with hot water, halfway up the sides. Bake for 40 minutes. The pudding will rise, with the top slightly cracked, and the topping will be golden brown.
Remove ramekins from the water bath and cool on a wire rack for 30 minutes before serving. If your puddings deflate after you take them out of the oven (like mine did), don't worry. Crumble up the topping and redistribute it a little and no one will be the wiser!
Sprinkle with a little cinnamon or nutmeg, and top with whipped cream or ice cream for serving, if desired.
Yields 4 servings.
Steamed Mussels with Cocktail Sauce
- 1 bag of live mussels (approximately 30 mussels)
- 1 cup chicken broth
- 1 cup white wine
- 1 teaspoon chopped tarragon
- 1 teaspoon salt
- 1 teaspoon pepper
- 1/2 cup ketchup
- 1 tablespoon horseradish
- 1 teaspoon lemon juice
- 1 whole lemon, cut into wedges
Wash the mussels well to get rid of any grit and to remove the beard. Throw away any mussels that do not close most of the way when tapped or that have a bad odor - which indicates a mussel that is already dead - and you want to make sure they are all live and fresh before cooking them.
In a large flat-bottomed pan with a tightly fitting lid, bring the chicken broth, wine, tarragon, salt and pepper to a boil. Add the mussels to the pan and cover with the lid. Boil over medium-high heat until the mussels have opened. Once they are open, they're ready to eat.
Meanwhile, stir together the ketchup, horseradish and lemon juice for a quick cocktail sauce - adjust the ratio of the ingredients to suit your own taste.
Drain the mussels (reserving the liquid for another use, if you like), and place on a large platter. Serve with the cocktail sauce and lemon wedges.

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My grandmother (Mémère) Julie Vanasse was born on August 31, 1896. Her birth wasn't registered (it wasn't a requirement with the civil authorities at this time in the province of Quebec), but she was baptised the day she was born in the local parish church in Chapeau, Quebec. Chapeau, in Pontiac County, is a village on Allumette Island, located in the Ottawa (Outaouais) river across from Pembroke, Ontario.
Julie's baptismal certificate records her name as "Julia", but she was known by variations of that name throughout her life. For example, my Dad told me that he knew her as "Julie" and that his father Fred called her by that name. But, to her daughter Joan and some of her nieces, she was "Juliette". I'm not certain for whom she was named, because her godmother was Amelia Catherine Tayière (the wife of her mother's cousin Michael Vanasse), but Julie/Julia was a popular name in her family and she had a number of great-aunts, aunts and cousins by that name.
Julie was the fifth of nine children of Olivier Vanasse and Elisabeth Vanasse, who were first cousins that married in 1889. Julie had four brothers, George, William, Joseph and David, and four sisters, Mary, Cecilia (known as Celia), Corinne (known as Cora) and Agnes (known as Aggie). Julie's childhood years are a bit of a mystery to me. I know only a handful of details like when she was born and baptised, when she appeared on federal census records, who her relatives were, and such. Her early life was essentially rural and agricultural. She was educated at the local elementary school and attended Mass at the Roman Catholic church of St-Alphonse.
When Julie was a young adult, she left home for the city of Ottawa, where she worked as a domestic in private homes. While here, she met Fred Belair, a young man originally from Gatineau County, Quebec. They married at St-Jean-Baptiste church in Ottawa in October 1926. Their first child (my father Maurice), was born the next summer. The family lived in various cities and villages in Quebec and Ontario, until they settled in Timmins, Ontario in the early 1950s.
|Julie Belair, 1949
What do I remember about my grandmother? I remember her white hair, how soft-spoken she was, that she liked the colour purple or mauve (she once told me that those muted shades were best for her age), that she used to serve me prunes as a snack, and that she'd let me look at the trinkets and talcum powders she kept on her bedroom dresser. (I have a vague memory that one of those powders was Yardley English Lavender Perfumed Talc.) When she died in March 1967, I was given one of her wristwatches as a memento. I loved my Mémère Julie very much and still miss her today.
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2019 Reese's Senior Bowl highlights
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Take a look at all the best highlights from the 2019 Reese's Senior Bowl where the North team defeated the South team 34-24.
From The Ground Up - Ep. 11: "There's No Road Map For This"
On the eleventh episode of From The Ground Up, we go back to March as the stadium crew quickly adapted to COVID-19 by implementing safe work policies and proactive measures. With Allegiant Stadium's roof now complete, we take a look back at the installation process and the origin of the roof's unique design.
Raiders Playback: Bruce Gradkowski's homecoming victory vs. Steelers in 2009
Raiders.com's Eddie Paskal sits down with former quarterback Bruce Gradkowski to breakdown his three fourth-quarter touchdown passes against the Pittsburgh Steelers in a come-from-behind victory during the 2009 season.
Denzelle Good honored for courage and perseverance off the field
G/T Denzelle Good has been named the Raiders' recipient of the 2019 Ed Block Courage Award. Good was selected by his peers for the adversity he's overcome following the death of his brother, Overton, as well as his professionalism and strength.
Mike Mayock on four primetime games at Allegiant Stadium, excitement for Raiders 2020 Schedule
General Manager Mike Mayock explains why he thinks players and fans should be excited about the Raiders 2020 Schedule and playing at Allegiant Stadium. Tune in to Schedule Release '20 on NFLN | 5.7 | 5 p.m. PT.
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Friday, November 11, 2011
The Musical Betts were a husband-and-wife duo who played (mostly) instrumental versions of gospel songs on such instruments as cowbells, marimba, musical saw, slide guitar, and sleigh bells. And vibraharp, which I think is like a vibraphone. Really cool stuff, but alas I know nuthin' about 'em. I do know they had at least one other album besides this one cuz Otis Fodder and Dana Countryman posted a song off it for their Cool and Strange Music Magazine comp, included here as a bonus.
It's a bit odd hearing melodies played on instruments like cowbells performed not as Spike Jones-like comedic music, but in a stately, emotional manner. If Tom Waits has this album, I would not be surprised.
The Musical Betts
1. I'd Rather Have Jesus
2. The Lords Prayer
3. What A Friend We Have In Jesus
4. Rock of Ages
5. He Lifted Me
6. Ring The Bells of Heaven
7. Dwelling In Beulah Land
8. Near The Cross
9. Let The Lower Lights Be Burning
10. Jesus Loves Me
11. Church In The Wildwood
12. Just As I Am
13. BONUS TRACK: Grumblers
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I keep hoping to find a dixieland jazz band doing spiritual riffing out of Mormon hymn books. Would love to hear "Come, Come Ye Saints" jazzed at the Salt Lake City Temple Grounds. Would go over like a lead balloon with the scowling locals, though! --Windy
- 6:40 AM, November 12, 2011
- Mr Fab said...
"The Scowling Locals" - and, lo, another band name is born.
- 11:11 AM, November 14, 2011
- Holly said...
Thank you!
- 4:11 PM, November 15, 2011
Wow. That pedal steel just sends the whole business into Spongebobland. I see all the denizens of Bikini Bottom sitting in church in their Sunday best.
- 2:08 PM, December 10, 2011
- Dirk Bill said...
Wow, looks incredible! But the link is dead. Any chance, please, etc.? P.S. I have a Jenco vibraharp that I bought from a girlfriend years ago in Cincinnati; It's smaller than the pro model, and I'm pretty sure it was a school instrument back in the (probably) '50s. The difference between a vibraphone and a vibraharp is the vibraharp has a motor that turns fans over the resonator tubes to give it that warbly tremolo. Mine has three speeds: Real Fast, Too Fast, and Carsick. I put a light dimmer on it once to slow it down and every amp in the band hummed like a bastard. What a great instrument though.
- 11:16 AM, May 06, 2013
- Bill said...
Link worked fine for me. lmk and I'll ul somewhere else you can snag it if need be. Oh and thanks. I'm feelin' very pious rigt about now....
- 5:41 PM, June 26, 2013
- Dirk Bill said...
Thanks for the offer. Once I got your comment I realized Fab had done another Fab(ulous) Re-up! Thanks Mr. Fab!
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After I posted pictures of my delicious treat that I made this last weekend I got lots of questions about what it was and how to make it so I wanted to share the deliciousness with everyone. I found the recipe in the magazine "Taste of Home". I get a subscription to that magazine and LOVE IT becuase it has a bunch of really great ideas and my favorite part, all reciepes have a picture with them! I'm a very visual person, tons of lists and pictures always help me, and without a picture I don't really see how the food should come out. So this magazine has been super helpful and I have tons of things bookmarked to make for B and I!
Since we don't have a working oven at our current location, it's very hard to bake anything or make things. I was feeling pretty domestic this weekend and miss baking every now and then and wanted to make a little treat. I found something to make that was VERY easy and looked delicious.
It doesn't have a name though…. So here's the recipe.
30 large marshmallows
3 tbsp. of butter (I used I Can't Believe It's Not Butter)
1 tbsp. of peanut butter (I may have used like 3 tbsp. but that is neither here nor there)
6 cups of Peanut Butter Cap'n Crunch
1 1/2 cups M&Ms
In a big pan you melt the mallows, butter and peanut butter. It takes about 15 minutes. It's really easy and I just put the fire on low and it doesn't burn and melts up real nice. :) This is the beginning picture! Lots of mallows. side note: I already had EXTRA LARGE mallows from making smores a while back, so I used those instead of just the large ones.
Melty Goodness
Then you just pour in the Cap'n Crunch and the M&Ms. I made sure to take the pan off the heat and then just mix it all together. It turns into a little bit of a webby mess but it's delicious.
Once it's all mixed together, you just dump it into a pan. I chose a 9×13. Make sure you spray some Pam on that pan before you put it in, or it's way to hard to cut out squares. Lesson learned. Then just pat it down, at this point it's not hot anymore. Let it cool and it will harden and be ready to serve in a couple hours. It's not so webby when you serve it either. It looks much better. I made mine the night before I wanted to serve it and it was fine the next morning. I didn't put it in the fridge or anything. It literally took 20 minutes to make and it was delicious. Everyone liked it and there were about 18 squares in the pan. I realized you can put in pretzels and other fun stuff when you pour in M&Ms too. Still no name, so I'm just calling it Peanut Butter Treat!
I wouldn't consider this healthy, but since it has Cap'n Crunch in it, eating it for breakfast is okay? :)


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Actress Amanda Bynes posted some photos of herself looking a little more like she used to and less like her blue wig-wearing, bong-throwing self.
The What a Girl Wants star posted photos of herself attending the Fashion Institute of Design and Merchandise Debut Runway Show in Los Angeles on Friday along with her parents.
Bynes began classes at the school as a merchandise student in January.
After some bizarre behavior and legal troubles over the past year or so, Bynes is slowly making an appearance back on social media. She spent several months in rehab for treatment of mental illness and since then deleted all of her previous Twitter posts.
Take a look at the recent photos of a smiling, seemingly healthy and happy Bynes.
#FIDMDEBUT pic.twitter.com/5NHcKVqtxK— amanda bynes (@amandabynes) March 22, 2014
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At The Butterfly Place in Westford, ethereal beings soar in the humid air. Sometimes they rest on the leaves of trees and flowers, or on the walkway, or on the humans who come to visit.
At The Butterfly Place in Westford, ethereal beings soar in the humid air.
Sometimes they rest on the leaves of trees and flowers, or on the walkway, or on the humans who come to visit.
That's because it is their place, aptly named, The Butterfly Place, which has provided a haven for scores of butterflies and moths – and a space for harried people to enjoy them -- for nearly 20 years.
It's a center of enjoyment, but also education, with a display of plump caterpillars grazing on their favorite greenery, or snuggling into and wriggling out of cocoons (if they're moths) and chrysalises (if they're butterflies.)
A quarantine area displays newly arrived specimens from outside the area. Some are quite eager to break out, judging by their energetic fluttering, as if distantly hearing Elton John urging, "Butterflies are free to fly, fly away…"
Inside the atrium, a fantasy garden awaits, with vibrant flora and even some unusual fauna – Chinese pigeons donated by a past visitor, and which earn their keep by snacking on spiders and other undesirable creatures that could make life difficult for the main attractions.
A pool sparkles with koi fish, which, unlike the pigeons, don't do any work at all but create an evocative presence.
For all these attractive charms, no one doubts who the real stars are, as butterflies – sometimes alone, sometimes in shimmering clouds – glide gracefully toward the translucent roof, or flit from flower to flower.
Others dart about in an erratic pattern some biologists think is not so random – in nature, this behavior can confuse birds, kids with nets, and other would-be eaters.
Kat Loxie of Billerica was visiting on a recent Saturday with her mother, Fatima Loxie, and nephew, Alexander, a wide-eyed toddler.
"He loves flowers and butterflies," Fatima said.
She added, "We came here 12 years ago, with my two daughters," Fatima said. Cuddling Alexander, she said, "Now we return with him."
Michelle Casey of Woburn and her daughter, Renee Casey of Beverly, said they have been meaning to come for years and took advantage of a quiet weekend.
Michelle said she was enchanted by the many colors and patterns on the various butterflies' wings and bodies, and said she was also learning a lot about what to plant in her garden to attract certain species.A family affair
George and Jane Leslie opened The Butterfly Place – formerly known as Papillion Park - in 1990.
Each year, The Butterfly Place attracts between 4,000 and 5,000 visitors, and is home to as many as 500 butterflies representing 30 or more species, said daughter Sylvia Leslie, educational director, who also serves as a justice of the peace for many of the dozen or so couples who get married each year on the premises.
"We get a kick out of all the stories," said Leslie. "People will say, 'I came here in second grade. Are you hiring?'"
There are also those who, like the Loxie family, came when their children were small and are now returning with their grandchildren.
For the Leslies, who are amateur entomologists, The Butterfly Place is a fulfillment of a dream. It is also a lesson in the vagaries of state and federal wildlife restrictions. The federal Department of Agriculture requires a strict permitting and cataloguing of all non-local species, and the site is subject to routine inspections.
Doors are carefully designed to keep butterflies in, and exiting visitors are asked to check themselves in the mirror for any "hitch hikers."
School groups and small children are frequent visitors to The Butterfly Place, but staff ask that adults make sure excited tots don't step on or grab at the butterflies.
At the cash register, a framed butterfly with damaged wings is used to illustrate how fragile these creatures truly are.
They are fragile, and in every way, fleeting – most do not live beyond a few months after reaching adulthood.
They are truly a pleasure of the moment, and, biologists argue, an indicator of how healthy or badly off a given habitat might be.
And so when they take to the air, they take their stories and secrets of nature with them.
The Butterfly Place is located at 120 Tyngsboro Road, Westford and is open seven days a week.
Hours: Feb. 14-March 31, 10 a.m. to 4 p.m.; April1- Sept. 1, 10 a.m. to 5 p.m.; Sept. 2-Sunday after Thanksgiving, 10 a.m. to 4 p.m.
Admission: Adults $9.50, seniors 65 and over, $7.50, children 3-12 years, $6.50, children 2 and under free. Group rates available.
For more information, call 978-392-0955 or visit www.butterflyplace-ma.com.
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Jeremy Jones voted 2013 Avalaunch Winter Market Ambassador of the Year
Jones Snowboards is proud to announce that Founder, Jeremy Jones, is the recipient of the 2013 Avalaunch Winter Market "Ambassador of the Year" Award. The Avalaunch awards took place during Outdoor Retailer Winter Market 2013 in Salt Lake City. This marks the second year in a row the famed big-mountain rider and environmentalist has taken home the honor. Adding to the stoke, Jones' environmental foundation, Protect Our Winters (POW), was voted 2013 Avalaunch Winter Market "Company of the Year."
"It's an honor to be named an ambassador alongside such an amazing group of athletes," says Jones Snowboard founder, Jeremy Jones. "What Avalaunch is doing to promote snow safety and environmental responsibility to retailers and consumers is awesome. I'm super excited and humbled to win this award."
Highly regarded as one of the most influential big mountain snowboarders of all time, Jeremy Jones is driven to emphasize that being fully educated, combined with good decision making, is vital to snow safety while traveling in the backcountry. In 2007, Jones founded Protect Our Winters (POW) to engage and mobilize the winter sports community to lead the fight against climate change. In line with his environmental beliefs, Jones has continually designed a snowboard product line at Jones Snowboards that strives to use sustainable products and manufacturing practices where possible.


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PITTSBURGH (AP) When Shaun Suisham steps onto the field with the game on the line, the Pittsburgh Steelers kicker doesn't think about the packed stadium or the millions watching at home on TV. He doesn't worry about the way the wind is blowing or if holder Drew Butler is going to get the laces right.
Instead, Suisham thinks about the sacrifices made by the other 44 players dressed in black-and-gold just so the affable 30-year-old Canadian could step in and be the hero.
``He knows how much work the other guys put into the game to that point and it's great to be able to put a win on top of it for everybody,'' long snapper Greg Warren said.
Something Suisham has gotten pretty good at this fall. He leads the NFL in field goal percentage, making 24 of 25 kicks, and has already drilled three game-winners, including a 42-yarder last Sunday at the gun to beat rival Baltimore on the road.
It's rarified air for any kicker, though you wouldn't know it by talking to Suisham. Asked what it means to be in the midst of a career year in a line of work where you're only as good as your next kick, and all Suisham does is shrug his shoulders.
``It's my job,'' he said.
One that he's gotten pretty good at. While Suisham doesn't have the strongest leg in the league - his range is career-long is a relatively modest 52 yards - at the moment he'll happily settle for the most accurate kicker in the game.
``He's in a zone right now,'' Warren said.
The Steelers (7-5) have needed him to be in a season where there has been little wiggle room. Only three of Pittsburgh's dozen games have been decided by more than a touchdown, and Suisham's right foot has provided the difference in victories over Philadelphia, Kansas City and the Ravens.
The kicks against the Eagles (34 yards) and Chiefs (23 yards) were relative gimmes. Baltimore, however, proved a little trickier. Yet his boot from the right hashmark was good all the way and for once the normally reserved Suisham decided to celebrate a little bit, giving a fist pump while getting mobbed by his teammates.
It was a rare show of emotion from a player who has learned to take emotion out of the equation. It's no easy task in one of the most stressful and disposable positions in the game.
Suisham, however, has found a sweet spot this fall after a bumpy 2011 in which he made just 74 percent (23 of 31) of his kicks. He had to beat out Dan Hrapmann in training camp over the summer and barring a case of the shanks he'll easily set a personal best in field goals made and field goal percentage.
Not bad for a player who came into the league a little wide-eyed in 2005 and spent the first five seasons of his career bouncing back and forth between Dallas and Washington.
``He's come a long way,'' said Pittsburgh offensive coordinator Todd Haley, who was an assistant with the Cowboys during Suisham's brief stints in Dallas in 2005 and 2006. ``You can see that he's developed into a heck of a kicker. When those young kickers come into the league, especially you're in Dallas, you're coming in to fill in for somebody that didn't pass the test ... that's a lot of pressure.''
Something Suisham hasn't gotten used to in Pittsburgh. He provided a steadying presence at the position after replacing an erratic Jeff Reed midway through the 2010 season, making all but one of his 15 field goal attempts.
Things were shakier in the playoffs, where Suisham missed a pair of kicks, including a 52-yarder in the third quarter of a 31-25 loss to Green Bay in the Super Bowl.
Like most perfectionists, it's the failures that tend to weigh on Suisham's mind more than the success. Mention how accurate he's been this year and Suisham notes the one miss - a 54-yarder with 54 seconds remaining that would have given the Steelers the lead in a game they ended up losing 26-23 to Tennessee on Oct. 11.
``I should have made it,'' Suisham said.
He hasn't missed since, one of the main reasons Pittsburgh heads into Sunday's game against San Diego (4-8) in the hunt for a third straight playoff berth.
``It's very comforting for everybody involved when you have a kicker you can count on,'' Haley said.
Even if Suisham takes nothing for granted, not even the prospect of making his first Pro Bowl. That would put him in elite company and to be honest, he'd rather not think about it.
``I don't know what I consider myself,'' Suisham said. ``I'm just trying to make every kick they ask me to kick. I consider myself the best kicker on this team.''
NOTES: Steelers S Troy Polamalu sat out a second straight practice on Thursday, though it was not injury related. Polamalu has missed nine games this season due to a strained right calf. He is expected to play against the Chargers ... S Ryan Clark (hip), LB LaMarr Woodley (ankle) and P Drew Butler (illness) also missed practice ... WRs Mike Wallace (knee), Antonio Brown (ankle) and Jerricho Cotchery (ribs) practiced Thursday, as did T Willie Colon (knee).
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The New World Jazz Composers Octet Live
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Together for 12 years, the New World Jazz Composers Octet has drawn praise from JazzTimes, DownBeat, Cadence Magazine, AllAboutJazz.com, and many other international publications.
The band's most recent CD, Breaking News, was selected on AllAboutJazz.com as one of the top 10 new releases. The band performs new music written by Ted Pease, Ken Schaphorst, Bob Freedman, Mike Abene, Matthew Nicholl, Edgar Dorantes, Richard Lowell, Jack Walrath, and many others.
The band was founded and is led by saxophonist and Berklee associate professor Daniel Ian Smith and features Tim Ray, Felipe Salles, Walter Platt, Tony D'Aveni, Ernesto Diaz, Keala Kaumeheiwa, and Mark Walker. The group will be a guest in residence at St. Michaels College, in Vermont, in March and is slated to be a featured act at the 2014 Discover Jazz Festival in Burlington, Vermont.


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Power equipment store divides ownership, plans move
PINK HILL � Heritage House Florist has moved to a new location and is having an open house from 2-5 p.m. Sunday.
A florist for 26 years, Dennis Howard originally opened the business in 1987 at 706 Wallace St. in what is now a beauty shop in Kinston.
Howard, a Pink Hill native, graduated from South Lenoir High School in 1977 and spent about four years traveling with The Singing Samaritans playing piano and singing. The group from Wallace included gospel singer Michael English and family.
Howard moved to Kinston and worked for the former Green Leaf Florist for a couple of years.
�I kind of grew up around a lot of flowers with my grandmother,� he said. �I guess she inspired me to do something about it.�
While in business on Wallace Street in 1994, the son of Morris and the late Arlene King Howard bought the Kleber Denmark Florist building where a floral shop had been in business on Queen Street for about 60 years.
In 2008, Howard moved to Pink Hill to care for his father. He moved the business to The Colony House, a floral shop owned by Pauline King, who had retired.
�We were coming back to Pink Hill and we utilized (the building) until about a month ago,� he said.
That�s when he moved to The Strawberry Patch, a roadside country store known for its �you pick/we pick� strawberries and other produce.
Deb Smith operated a gift shop during strawberry season, but Howard was approached about moving his shop into the 3,000 square feet of space year-round.
Howard opened his new store Nov. 1 with holiday gifts, ornaments and elves; shrubbery; bedding plants; yard art and statuaries; wines from Lu Mil Vineyards in Elizabethtown; non-alcoholic wines and cider; and fresh floral arrangements.
They also carry local honey and jams and in the warmer months, homemade ice-cream made on the premises, Howard said.
Heritage House Florist, 125 Maxwell�s Mill Road, Pink Hill, is open from 9 a.m.- 5 p.m. Monday through Friday and 9 a.m.- 4 p.m. on Saturdays. For information, call 252-568-3364.
Mike Horne continues to divide and conquer.
The owner of Horne�s Hardware and Outdoor Power Equipment in Pink Hill has sold the hardware side to Jeremy Whitfield, expanded the power equipment business and will be moving in January.
The hardware store will continue with the same name, Horne said.
It�s not the first time Horne divided his business and sold half.
A Pink Hill native, he attended South Lenoir High School, but graduated from a school in Florida. When he returned home, he worked for Johnny Sheppard Equipment Company for three years, selling retail and parts. In 1986, he worked as a mechanic for Western Auto, becoming a service manager.
Three years later, he opened an automotive and power equipment shop at 105 Kinston Blvd.
�They both grew tremendously,� he said about the two businesses.
In 1999, he sold the automotive side to Shane Tyndall. That was his first dividing of two businesses.
After adding on to the building a number of times, he sold the entire building in 2004 to Tyndall, who added tire sales and needed more room.
Two doors down at 103 Kinston Blvd., Horne continued with the outdoor power equipment business. In 2004, he added a hardware store, run by Whitfield.
In January, he split the company again. His power equipment sales and services was a success.
�We do a million dollars a year just in power equipment,� he said.
Located at a former hardware store and Ford dealership, Horne has 12,000 square feet of space, with 7,000 square feet of it for the power equipment. The rest is Whitfield�s hardware store.
The full-service shop with five employees sells name brand commercial equipment, such as chain saws, lawn mowers, trimmers and other outdoor equipment. All repairs are warranted for 30 days.
�We�re into the high end equipment,� Horne said.
But the store has outgrown its space. So for a third time, Horne is moving to a 14,000-square-foot warehouse across from the IGA store.
�The place is big enough for the equipment to be inside,� he said.
They plan to be open for business the first week in January with a 3,000-square-foot showroom and parts department, as well as customer storage and a service center.
Whitfield will continue to lease the current building and operate the hardware store.
Horne�s Hardware and Outdoor Power Equipment, 202 Clay St., is open 8 a.m.- 5 p.m. Monday through Friday, and in the warm months starting March 1, from 8 a.m.- noon on Saturdays. For information, call 252-568-4213.
Margaret Fisher can be reached at 252-559-1082 or firstname.lastname@example.com. Follow her on Twitter @MargaretFishr.
Do you have a new retail business or one that�s undergone a significant change? The Free Press would like to hear about it. Contact Margaret Fisher at 252-559-1082 or firstname.lastname@example.com.


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Vikki is the author of Quilting by Improvisation for Dragon Threads. She is our guest blogger for the week while I go on vacation to a lovely lake in New Hampshire!
She has just self-published an inspirational book which is available this month on her website. Here is her story about writing and publishing:
The Improbable Quilter
Twenty-five years ago, I never would have dreamed of becoming a quilt teacher. In fact I hated sewing. I was a sewing disaster in 7th grade Home Economics. Maybe it's because I couldn't follow the precise rules. Or perhaps the pink floral "housecoat" I had to make in class didn't interest me as a twelve-year-old preteen. Either way, I thought sewing wasn't for me. The only reason I started to quilt was because of my sister's unrelenting insistence, coaxing me into attending a beginning quilt class with her. The rest is history. I became enamored with the wonderful art of quilting. I found out sewing can be fun. One thing led to another and my career snowballed. And so did life's lessons.
I didn't come into quilting until my mid-forties and quilting didn't become my career and mission until I was fifty. In my younger years, I painted with oils and watercolor, experimented in sculpture and played with all craft mediums. I was self-taught in all the art forms. I gained much knowledge about art…and wisdom about life…along the way. This was especially true with quilting.
Shortly after I finished writing Quilting By Improvisation (Dragon Threads, 2006), the inspiration to write another book came to me. However, this book would be different. Rather than writing about technical construction techniques in quilting, the thought of tackling the emotional, almost spiritual issues involved in artwork popped into mind. While excited about the concept for the new book, I wasn't ready for the challenge of writing another manuscript so soon after Quilting By Improvisation. So I put it off "for awhile". Well, "awhile" turned into five years. It's amazing how fast those years fly by, isn't it? During that time, I often thought about beginning my new book, but always dismissed the impulse. My excuse? Always too busy to take the time. Then in July 2011, during a Wyoming workshop, one of my students strongly urged me to get started on my book. The little voice inside me agreed. It was time to get motivated and write.
After the workshop, my hostess and friend, Kathy Lichtendahl and her husband, Ken, invited Denny (my husband) and me to stay with them on her remote llama ranch for a few days to relax. To this day, I don't think Kathy and Ken realize how lucky they were not to be saddled with permanent houseguests. We lodged in their bunkhouse and loved every moment. It was pure bliss and totally silent except for the wind. No TV, phone or distractions. I was completely relaxed. For the next three days I perched myself on a chair on the porch and wrote non-stop…the words pouring out of me. Thus began my new book. I already knew the title…Nurture Your Creative Spirit.
Later in the fall, one of my teaching engagements was on the island of Oahu in Hawaii. Before I needed to report to the scheduled workshops, we rented a condo on Molokai for 8 days. My sole purpose: to write my book. And write I did, sitting on the lanai from morning to night, with the ocean as my backdrop.
Then, again in North Carolina during our family vacation with my sisters and their families, I stayed sequestered at the oceanfront beach house, writing on the veranda while the others played, shopped or walked along the seashore. With all these beautiful settings for inspiration, the words just kept flowing.
I reached deep within my heart and soul to write this book. Based on my lectures, I intended Nurture Your Creative Spirit to be a personal, spiritual view of the art of creating. I wanted it to be a motivational book, meant to encourage and inspire others on their creative journey.
I write about the most important traits of creativity: determination, persistence, being passionate about one's work, having faith in yourself, courage and flexibility to name a few. I reveal my experiences and the hard lessons learned from making my quilts, as well as the stories and symbolism behind them. I relate my thoughts regarding the artistic process and staying in balance in life and art. I discuss creativity and inspirations. Using my quilts as examples, I show how emotions affect my work. I discuss the difference between critique and criticism, the importance of having a good support system and the art of gratitude. Once the book began to take shape, the subtitle became obvious: The Wisdom and Insights Learned From the Art of Quilting. Though told from my viewpoint as a quilter, the book is relevant to artists in all mediums.
Once I finished writing the manuscript and set the actual printing process gears in motion, reality set in. And reality can be scary. Typing your thoughts and words on paper is just the beginning. Next comes the endless, tedious rounds of editing, corrections and changes…first for the raw manuscript, then with the graphic designer as he or she flows the text into pages and adds the images and captions. I was fortunate to find an excellent (and very patient) graphic designer, Merry Yee Clark, who enjoyed working on Nurture Your Creative Spirit. Merry put her heart into the book as well as her expertise. Then,I found a great printing company near our home. Their team guided me through the steps and made the printing experience painless.
Publishing your own book is not for the faint-hearted. Though I strongly believe I was called to produce this book and share my knowledge, the large financial outlay and negative "what ifs" are always in the back of my mind. It does take faith and constant self-encouragement to keep moving forward. Even though the book is almost ready to debut, I still ask myself, "What on earth am I doing!" As I said, keep the faith and believe…..
Without doubt, writing this book allowed me to increase my creative and spiritual self-awareness. It's my hope Nurture Your Creative Spirit will help you in your journey to gain wisdom, understanding and enlightenment into your own creativity and spirit.
With warm wishes,
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Through the first two rounds of the U.S. Open at Olympic, Tiger Woods looked a lot like the Tiger Woods we saw at Torrey Pines in 2008, when he beat Rocco Mediate in a full-round Monday playoff despite a double stress-fracture in his left tibia.* That was also Tiger's last major championship. By nightfall on Friday, it looked like Tiger might finally get one step closer to breaking Jack Nicklaus's record for career majors.
Thursday was a good day for Tiger. He shot a one-under 69, including birdies on Nos. 4 and 5. There was much discussion about how the first six holes at Olympic might have been the hardest stretch in U.S. Open history. No matter: Tiger had walked to the seventh tee at one-under. He then played the back nine at even par and found himself in a tie for second place.
After shooting an even-par 70 on Friday, Tiger had a share of the 36-hole lead heading into the weekend. It was a position he'd been in many times before at major championships, and the story was usually the same: The old Tiger would stalk his prey on Thursday and Friday, pounce on Saturday, and simply eviscerate the competition on Sunday. Before 2009, Tiger's customary Sunday red shirt was less an homage to his days with Stanford Cardinal as it was a signal to the rest of the field that he was out for blood.
But this is the post-2009 Tiger; he's simply not the same player he was before the knee injury and those, um, personal failings. He seems to have recovered physically, though. On Thursday and Friday he was striking his irons well (70 percent greens in regulation) and was playing well off the tee (78 percent fairways hit).
"This is a different tournament," Tiger said on Friday. "You have to stay patient, and you're just playing for pars."
He was right. This U.S. Open, like most U.S. Opens, was a test to see who could manage to keep his head above water. Had Tiger been able to shoot even-par on Saturday and Sunday, he possibly could have won his first major in four years. As it was, he did neither.
The weekend used to be when Tiger flexed his muscles and sealed the deal. He would sink long putts, open his mouth wide, raise his putter to the sky, and do his signature violent fist pump. This weekend was noticeably different, however. Tiger was a combined eight-over par on Saturday and Sunday. He hit only 55 percent of greens in regulation and 42 percent of fairways. His fist pumps were replaced with grimaces. Yesterday, Tiger's Sunday red shirt made him look like a wounded animal—more hunted than hunter.
Tiger insists he's healthy. His knee is fine, he says. After watching his first two rounds at Olympic, that seems reasonable. But after watching his final two rounds, it's clear that something's still bothering him, something that sits atop his shoulders.
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By Lauren Mitchell, HSLDA's Federal Relations Legislative Assistant
Recently, an anonymous teacher leaked 4th grade Common Core test questions to the world, setting the internet ablaze with angry comments from parents and educators. The questions feature unreasonably sophisticated language, content that would be more appropriate for 9th to 12th graders, and problems that require students to analyze complexities far above their elementary school level.
But don't expect to dialogue with Common Core creators about these questions anytime soon. According to an article by the New York Times, test administrators of the testing consortium PARCC (Partnership for Assessment of Readiness for College and Career) have already sent over 100 notices to Google and Twitter, attempting to scrub the leaked questions off of the internet. "It's like they're trying to put a blanket over any discussion of their test," Diane Ravitch, a research professor at New York University, told the Times. (Click here to read the leaked test questions for yourself.)
For years, HSLDA has voiced its concerns that the Common Core State Standards Initiative puts a burden on elementary aged students and on those who have special needs. In HSLDA's documentary, "Building the Machine," parents and teachers tell heartbreaking stories about children who endured mental health issues as a result of developmentally inappropriate testing. And a Christian Post article similarly recounts how one little girl even carving "stupid" into her wrists as a coping mechanism. As more and more children come home from school carrying the emotional and developmental consequences of over-testing, American parents are waking up to the fact that Common Core is doing their students more harm than good.
Thankfully, the nationwide opt-out movement boasts hundreds of thousands of protesters, who have made it exceedingly difficult for Common Core consortia to operate successfully. Thanks to the vigilance of parents and educators, consortia participation has been cut dramatically over the past several years, with PARCC participation down to seven states from its original 24.
If this is how PARCC plans to behave itself, let's hope those seven states jettison it soon.
Click here to read the NYT Piece, Leaked Questions Rekindle Fierce Debate Over Common Core Tests.


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LN2 Cooling Module for 3119-500 and -600 Series
3119-116 | LN2 Cooling Module for installed 3119-500 and -600 Series Environmental Chambers
Minimum temperature:
- 70 °C (-95 °F) for 3119-500 Series
- 100 °C (-150 °F) for 3119-600 Series
Requires on-site installation by Instron Service at additional cost.
Note: This unit requires the (customer) supply of Liquid LN2 coolant and hoses. Prolonged use at sub-ambient temperatures can result in icing around the pullrod ports, door seal and window. The amount of icing is dependent on test duration, ambient humidity and the frequency of door opening/closure.


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Superhero Role Playing Games
In my previous post I explained that I would be exploring the games of the past by genre to pull out the best and worst of the game and to invite any opinions and experiences on the matter. I have decided to start with superheroes as it seemed to me that this was always the hardest thing to both run and play. Remember, these are just the games that I personally played so if there are others that match the genre and I have not mentioned them please feel free to add them and your opinion on them.
This was the first superhero RP I really tried to get into. It was made by TSR who made D&D and Star Frontiers. The most fun players seemed to have with this game was making a character, a common problem with many RPGs. The system itself was a tiered chart with 4 outcomes per column. It was really simplistic. In its defense, most of the comic books at the time consisted of beating the crap out of each other so there wasn't much more than that to running the game with an attempted plot twist that could always be undone by brute force. We actually tried to play this game a lot, but trying to install a 'campaign' into this game just didn't click for me. This was basically a one evening game to do something other than swing swords and cast spells and achieve over-the-top destruction in the name of good vs. evil with some familiar comic book heroes making cameos or helping out. My best game of this that I ran came from a module. The presets and story were much easier to deal with than trying to invent villains and then draw them all. Let's face it, superhero games need visuals.
The Good: Players need to blow off steam and controlling a super powered being every now and again is a good way to do it. You can always wade your way through a mess of goblins but coming to blows and hurling powers that cause extensive property damage and makes mere mortals run for cover can be pretty satisfying and most people know some comic heroes from one source of media or another.
The Bad: These games tend to be one hit wonders and get boring to both run and play really quickly. Gaining experience and power in Marvel RP was rather long and painful and you were generally always going to have the character you first roled up. They tried to fix this issue with the "Ultimate Powers" expansion book but that ended up with a bunch of over-powered Thor wanna-bes and at that point it became more ridiculous than usual.
This game was a near miss for me. I actually really liked it when someone else ran it, but the calculation system for powers and point expenditure took away from the fun for me. I understood the intention of the creators of the game and I think they did a pretty good job, but my character was more a smattering of numbers and stats with a little picture in the corner of what my character looked like (my same issue with Role Master). One thing I really liked about it over Marvel was that lower powered guys were still contenders in a game. I liked that aspect as it fit into the concept of a super powered bad-guy looking at Batman and thinking "no, I don't think I wanna mess with him". This game was short lived in our group though and we played it maybe 5 times.
The Good: Better tuned system than Marvel, good variety in powers.
The Bad: Way to many numbers, no real structured genre to pull from, and character concepts did not transfer over very well. Number crunchers and the "min max" players were able to make very powerful characters that were less concept and costume and more of the multi-player online head to head kill your friends repeatedly routine.
Heroes Unlimited
I think Palladium made this game. Our introduction to it was actually from playing Robotech and a lot of Teanage Mutant Ninja Turtles. Structural Damage Capacity was always a pain in the butt to deal with but it transferred surprisingly well over to a superhero system and since most of us had already played TMNT we had a feel for the game's rules and what it felt like to play a powerful character. This game never really got off the ground in my group due to the fact that it was a "Palladium" game and most if not all of my friends didn't like the system and had their fill with it in TMNT and the occasional Robotech game. I for one thought it was a good system and I was able to easily adapt heroes from DC and Marvel with little problem.
The Good: A somewhat unstable system in other games kind of came into its own with superheroes. Powers were plentiful and easily mutated to fit the character. TMNT characters transferred over with no problem.
The Bad: Poor timing which is not the games fault, but there you have it. As with other superhero games it strongly needed visual aids which took a while to make. Character development was somewhat lengthy and the system was Palladium, again not the games fault but the timing on its arrival into our gaming group cut its life short.
Marvel CCG RPG
I'm not sure if it was a "collectible" card game but this version of Marvel removed the dice and replaced it with playing cards. The cards had different values and functions and this was a surprisingly good system. Combat was tight and was based more on how you played your hand than lucky rolls. We played the intro module which wasn't bad except the NPC's were surprisingly tough to beat and the game is definitely a bit more geared to the GM's favor, but that's mostly to balance out that the player can stomp you with a good hand. Unfortunately this game too came too late as our interests were CCG's at the time and role playing had taken root in Role Master or AD&D.
The Good: Surprisingly tight system using cards. The concept impressed me and had a lot of potential with additional card sets.
The Bad: Late bloomer. Also with limited cards in a deck it became a bit redundant.
Villains and Vigilantes
This is by far and still remains my favorite superhero RPG. This was one of the few superhero games that had campaign and replay quality. Making characters was fun and leveling actually meant something. Plots and adventures fit in well and unlike other superhero RPG's having a mix of different character types was not a bad thing. The V & V system also had a chart that I really liked that showed greater or lesser than results when certain powers were used against others. While this existed in other games it actually worked pretty well with this system. Powers were a bit limited but in no way did the system hamper you from making your own power sets and as long as you kept within the basic rules of the game there was no problem. They also had a good "sub" set of powers under the main power allowing you to focus and differentiate your character a bit more. I always liked that about the "power stunt" rule in Marvel, but V&V did it better. Unlike other superhero games I ran or played, V&V seemed to bring out more of the levity that we come to expect from comic book banter. I believe this was mostly due to the fact that the game itself was fun to play.
The Good: Good system all around. Fun character creation. Raising levels actually counted for something. Heroes and Villains were powerful but not invincible, stupid actions still got you pounded. Easy to put games together. Honestly, with some rules upgrades and added material to reflect the times I would like to run this game again.
The Bad: I don't really have anything bad to say about this game. It's only fault was that we all eventually go back to 'fantasy' setting games and the other genres get shelved. It's just easier for the average joe to think about whacking something with a sword than using tech and modern/future settings.
This is my extent of the superhero genre RPG's that I have played and experienced. My opinions are based purely on personal experience. What I have learned from this genre of RPGs is that players do like being uber powerful on occasion, hence why playing a superhero game didn't last but was good for burning off a bit of steam after a lengthy dungeon crawl. The question now is how do I put this into 1 mainstay game without tipping the balance or ruining it with D&D style Monty Hall stuff. What I would like to do is detail some of the more powerful NPC's in my world, rulers and such, and every now and again hand them over to the players for an evening. This isn't as random as it sounds. I figure once you get a set of gamers who actually care what's going on in your game setting other than grabbing the next bag of coins they will be more inclined to make better use of their time with the NPC. This also allows the players to tune into my world a bit more and rather than having their characters hear a town crier yell out some law in the middle of town by some lord somewhere they might actually be the ones who made the decision. This will definitely involve a much more "open" GM style and world as I will have to adapt to other peoples actions for influential characters, but I also see it as a way to allow me to play around in my own world. Let's face it, when a GM creates a world to play in it generally reflects the GM's tastes and what they see themselves playing in while inviting you along for the ride. I'm doing the same thing I just want to give the players the chance to sometimes drive the car.


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In the newest clip released for Sam Mendes' James Bond flick, Skyfall, Bond (Daniel Craig) is up to old habits: namely gambling and womanizing. This thirty-second spot shows Bond playing cavalier with his hard-earned winnings and introduces him to Severine (Berenice Marlohe). They must have hit it off since they later meet up for a refreshing Heineken on a passenger train. We also have the first look at Harald Zwart's The Mortal Instruments: City of Bones in a behind-the-scenes featurette with cast interviews.
Skyfall, also starring Judi Dench, Ben Whishaw, Helen McCrory, Ralph Fiennes and Naomie Harris, opens November 9th stateside. The Mortal Instruments: City of Bones stars Lily Collins, Lena Headey, Jonathan Rhys Meyers and Kevin Durand and opens August 23rd, 2013. Hit the jump to check out the clip and featurette.
Watch the new clip for Skyfall below and be sure to get caught up on all of our previous and continuing coverage here.
Here's the synopsis for Skyfall:
Daniel Craig is back as James Bond 007 in Skyfall, the 23rd adventure in the longest-running film franchise of all time. In Skyfall, Bond's loyalty to M (Judi Dench) is tested as her past comes back to haunt her. As MI6 comes under attack, 007 must track down and destroy the threat, no matter how personal the cost.
Check out The Mortal Instruments: City of Bones featurette via MTV:
Here's the synopsis for The City of Bones:
When fifteen-year-old Clary Fray heads out to the Pandemonium Club in New York City, she hardly expects to witness a murder—much less a murder committed by three teenagers covered with strange tattoos and brandishing bizarre weapons. Then the body disappears into thin air. It's hard to call the police when the murderers are invisible to everyone else and when there is nothing—not even a smear of blood—to show that a boy has died. Or was he a boy?
This is Clary's first meeting with the Shadowhunters, warriors dedicated to ridding the earth of demons. It's also her first encounter with Jace, a Shadowhunter who looks a little like an angel and acts a lot like a jerk. Within twenty-four hours Clary is pulled into Jace's world with a vengeance, when her mother disappears and Clary herself is attacked by a demon. But why would demons be interested in ordinary mundanes like Clary and her mother? And how did Clary suddenly get the Sight? The Shadowhunters would like to know…


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Normally, people wait in a queue for to orderly get into an Apple Store for an new iGadget. But the company's newest store isn't like a regular store — its located in Grand Central Terminal — a transportation hub built for commuters, not for rabid Apple fans. Just look at this picture and you get where I'm going.
Grand Central Terminal (GCT) is one of those places that feels crowded (this is in New York City dude), but isn't really crowded enough for you to not be able to quickly walk through in under five minutes.
That's why it's shocking that New York City's Metropolitan Transportation Authority even allowed Apple to build a store in its hub — the largest Apple Store in the world — mind you.
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Since Sept. 11, the transit hub has been on heavy guard. On any regular day, you can easily find counter-terrorism officers tricked to the bees knees with guns that I don't even want to know the names of.
Protecting a station with hundreds of people flowing through every minute hasn't been too difficult in the last 10 years, but can you imagine how much trickier it's going to become with people flooding the station, waiting for the next iPhone or iPad launch next year?
From what I can tell, the crowd that showed up for Apple's GCT store occupied nearly half of the station. HALF. Commuters can only commute through half a station. Wow.
GCT is going to look exactly like what you see above and in the video below. And who knows what Apple or the people who run GCT are going to do about customers who want to wait in line overnight (maybe even for days!) to be first in line to get the next iGadget.
It sure isn't going to be quiet, that's for sure.
I know this is mostly a New York City-related issue, but I'm sure I'm not the only one who loves GCT (I often walk through it to admire the bustling spirit in the air). For commuters who go through GCT every day, it's going to be headache if every day looks as busy as opening day. And why wouldn't it? Having an Apple Store in the middle of a train hub is just asking for people to visit, ensuring there's always lots of foot traffic.
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Crafted in the Louis Vuitton ateliers, the collection revolves around three different categories: writing, decorating and gaming. Penholders and beautiful notebooks play with iconic leathers, with the Monogram canvas making a noteworthy appearance. Mini-mirrors, nesting boxes and porcelain vide-poches trays recall the spirit of travel and tops or sets of dice are perfect for having fun.
For the end of the year, the collection expands with three new items boasting the same whimsical, graphic spirit: a skipping rope, a ping-pong set and a Monogram playing card pouch. The Art of Gifting is about finding the right gift for every desire and occasion, and it completes a lovely list of traditions that capture the Louis Vuitton spirit.


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The trouble with giving a piece of mind is that the other fellow might give his in return to shut you up. It is called repartee. Most of us can give a fitting reply only when the point is quite lost. OK we suffer from a delayed reaction for which the French has an expression, l'espirit de l'escalier staircase wit literally. Wit has its own shades: savage, gentle, and even whimsical. In the following examples Indian lawmakers tilt lances with dunces and clever in the House as well as in public rallies.
Lately we find Indian politicians indulge in witticisms but being politicians they do not wish to draw blood but votes. It is Union of India under which they shoot their mouths but with an eye on the electoral bank they want to please the lowest denominator of their constituent. Recently a Bihari politician in response to a politician in Maharashtra threw his gauntlet down. He declared in Bihar no workers from outside the state are welcome. Next moment he backtracked all that blood and thunder speech to say Bihar welcomed all. A nit is a staircase wit who has got his foot in mouth. One with cold feet will never make a wit.
How do we define a wit then? Giving full expression of one's gift of the gab to its terseness is an art. Only a wit can deliver it when time calls for it and to maximum effect. I am afraid that art is now dying.
When Rajiv Gandhi was the Prime Minister of India Vasant Sathe was the Minister for Energy who just had undergone a bypass surgery. Before the Cabinet session got under way the PM inquired after his surgery and turned to Mr. Jagdish Tytler, the Minister for Tourism and Civil Aviation and mentioned the pressure exerted by the then Chief Minister of Andhra for increased flights to Hyderabad. Mr. Gandhi was keen to win over the people of Andhra, who had dumped Congress and put Telugu Desam in power. With an eye for the coming elections the PM wanted Mr. Tytler to see that their demands were given priority. Meanwhile Sathe stepped in urging that airlink to Nagpur was streamlined since Nagpur was the heart of India.
Somewhat distracted by this demand he could only say, "These days there is a tendency to bypass the heart."
Fakhruddin Ali Ahmed who had the dubious honor of being the President during the Emergency days was noted for his gentle humor. While he was the Food Minister of India there were agitated and angry scenes in the House over reports of starvation deaths. Piloo Mody M.P, heavy in girth and of ready wit made a dig at the Green Revolution and asked 'Where is all the food going despite the Green Revolution?' Ahmed looked at him and said, "A look at Mr. Mody will convince the House where all the food is going."
In 1986 there was a demand from the Uttar Pradesh government for importing bullet-proof jackets. Thiru Gopalaswamy of DMK used the question hour to raise the issue in the House. The member wanted to know whether bulletproof pants also would be considered which the Home Minister suspected was a frivolous one. A.B Vajpayee raised this question, " What is the use of bulletproof jackets without bullet proof pants?"
Rajiv Gandhi replied: "To preserve the Hon. Member's chastity."
DMK party made well use of cinema to drive home its message. It fought Brahmin hold on the South Indian politics and helped the people who earlier were on the fringes of power, and downtrodden because of Aryan bias in the communities that had rode on the coat tails of British Raj. CN Annadurai was one of the leading lights whose oratory in Tamil as well as in English was seldom equalled since the formation of Tamil Nadu.
In one of the public speaking engagements he was interrupted by a youth who asked,' Can you give me a sentence which contains 'because' coming continuously thrice?'
Catching the heckler's question CN Annadurai raised his hand slightly and asked,'Ah, you want a sentence in which because comes continuously thrice?'
The heckler nodded.
After a pause CN replied, 'My friend, no sentence ends in because, because 'because' is a conjunction.'
The resignation of Mr. Chandra Sekhar over a political scandal on Surveillance Issue led to the dissolution of Loka Sabha in March 1991. Before the government fell there were rumbles as far as in Tamil Nadu where Karunanidhi had to resign over allegations that he was soft on LTTE operations inside the State. Thus there was no love lost between Chandra Sekhar and Mr. M. Karunanidhi.
Three elected governments in Assam, Pondicherry and Tamil Nadu fell; in the fourth Haryana which was at the center of the Surveillance controversy the Congress(I) wanted Prime Minister to dismiss the government. But Chandra Sekhar refused to act.
In this background M. Karunanidhi took part in a meeting at Patna the leader of the DMK compared the PM to a monkey. He said,'Once upon a time there was a magician who gave his pet monkey a few garlands,one at a time. These garlands were Assam, Pondicherry and Tamil Nadu.Then the magician gave another garland called Haryana to the monkey, hoping the monkey would tear it apart. Instead the monkey wore the garland around his neck. This angered the magician who threw the monkey into a well'.
S. Satyamurthy(1887-1943) first arrived to take seat in the Central Assembly in 1934 from Madras. He was nicknamed the trumpet boy of the Congress but he could hold his own when he had to take issues with treasury benches and Indians alike.
The debate in the Central Assembly over the recent hunger strikes staged by political prisoners was a stormy one. After an impassioned speech by Bhai Paramanand(1876-1947), Sir Henry Craik,- the same worthy who could boast of having worn the same coat for eight years, in order to defuse the heated atmosphere took the floor. He began glossing over the Andamans where the political prisoners were sent, as not bad as made out in the Indian press.
Satyamurthy interrupted the hon'ble member to ask," In view of the hon'ble Home member's description, does the Government of India intend to change their Summer headquarters from Simla to Port Blair?'
The House broke into laughter.
J.B Kripalani was a freedom fighter and a Nationalist who didn't however seek with the freedom at Midnight the spoils of war. Within five years after the country won Independence he broke with the Congress party to found Kisan Mazdoor Praja Party. In the election for parliamentary seat he stood from Bombay. He was beaten by VK Krishna Menon who as the Defense Minister had to answer for the debacle, which India suffered in the Border dispute with China.
It was the debate in Parliament over thenational defense and Acharya who represented Amroha was present. So was Krishna Menon and Acharya took the floor and first looking towards him he said,'I hope Mr. Menon, that you will defend yourself more effectively than you defended the country from the Chinese invaders.' For once VK Krishna Menon was
In the wake of the easy success China had on our North-Eastern Border in the House there were questions, which were sharp and acrimonious. On one occasion Nehru decried the importance of Aksai Chin region, which the Chinese had run over. He added that not a blade of grass grew there. It prompted Mahavir Tyagi to show his bald head and he said not a single hair grew there. He said that it was no reason for having his head chopped off.


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'Girl Next Door'
Hampton Teen Takes Beach Pageant
By Patrick Cronin
Hampton Union, Tuesday, July 31, 2007
[The following article is courtesy of the Hampton Union and Seacoast Online]
HAMPTON -- Leah Grondin said, as a child, she used to watch the Miss Hampton Beach pageants with her family each year and dreamed about one day being a contestant herself.
On Sunday, not only did her dream come true, she also took home the crown. Twenty contestants were narrowed to five, and then to Grondin, at the 61st Miss Hampton Beach Pageant.
"I'm so excited," the 17-year-old Hampton native said. "I really haven't gotten a hold of it yet. I'm in the zone right now, but I can't wait to start my reign. I love everything about Hampton Beach."
Grondin, who is a junior at St. Thomas Aquinas in Dover, said the most nerve-racking part of the pageant wasn't the bathing suit or evening gown competitions.
It also wasn't the unscripted interview where she was asked, "How would you get guys to join a Mr. Hampton Beach Pageant?" Her answer was to have cash prizes and let them compete with all the girls.
"The most nervous part came when there was only two of us left," Grondin said. "I felt that either of us could have won. I just feel very lucky right now."
While Grondin was just beginning her reign, last year's winner, Allison Blais of Pittsfield, said her goodbyes.
"Miss Hampton Beach wasn't just another title, it was an honor and a privilege," Blais said, holding back tears. "I met so many interesting people, and I have made lifelong friends."
Stephanie Lussier, pageant organizer and former Miss Hampton Beach, said Grondin has a lot to live up to because Blais was an outstanding Miss Hampton Beach. Not only did she attend all the events, she also raised $2,000 for Special Olympics at this year's Penguin Plunge.
"My sister and I went around raising money by stating that I would jump in if I raised enough," Blais said. "We raised $1,600 in 10 minutes, and I got into a little red bikini and jumped into the ocean."
This year's pageant featured contestants from Massachusetts, New Hampshire, Maine and even the Ukraine.
The other four finalists for the title in this year's pageant were Micaela Flynn, Katie Owens, Cyndal Todd and Brittany Dube.
Grondin and Dube received the highest scores during the interview, while Owens won the swimsuit competition. Special honors went to Owens and Allison LaCroix for Miss Congeniality.
Members of Dance Vision Network performed three dances during the pageant, including one clogging to "Rich Girl" by Gwen Stefani.
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Toshiya Kamei holds an MFA in Literary Translation from the University of Arkansas.
His translations have appeared in venues such as Clarkesworld, The Magazine of Fantasy & Science Fiction, and World Literature Today.
Toshiya Kamei holds an MFA in Literary Translation from the University of Arkansas.
His translations have appeared in venues such as Clarkesworld, The Magazine of Fantasy & Science Fiction, and World Literature Today.
AntipodeanSF supports the ASFF
Please visit the ASFF website and consider joining for up-to-date info about Australian SF cons, awards, competitions, and to receive the Foundation's newsletter, Instrumentality, and more.
Ion Newcombe is the editor and publisher of AntipodeanSF, Australia's longest running online speculative fiction magazine, regularly issued since January 1998, and conceived back around November 2007. He has been a zealous reader and occasional writer of SF since his childhood in the 1960s, and even sold a few stories here and there back in the '90s.
"Nuke", who it turns out loves editing more than writing, lives in the New South Wales North Coast holiday destination of Nambucca Heads, where he is self-employed in IT training, computer support, desktop publishing, editing, writing, and website implementation. He is also the resident tech-head, skeptic, and board member of community radio station 2NVR, where he produces a number of shows including The AntipodeanSF Radio Show.
Mark Webb's midlife crisis came in the form of attempting to write speculative fiction at a very slow pace. His wife maintains this is a good outcome considering the more expensive and cliched alternatives. Evidence of Mark's attempts to procrastinate in his writing, including general musings and reviews of books he has been reading, can be found at www.markwebb.name.
One of Mark's very best forms of writing procrastination is to produce the eBook series for AntipodeanSF, which he has been doing since issue 175.
Coming In Issue 263
A Very Special Treatment
by Daniel Verón
Against Stupidity
By George Nikolopoulos
Alien Seditions
By Ted Silar
Coming of Night
By Sarah Jane Justice
Eye and Larynx
By Nick Lee
Getting to No 1
By Shaun A. Saunders
Ghostriders in the Sky!
By Wes Parish
Job Search
By David Scholes
Otherworldly Matters
By Ben F. Blitzer
Planet MXCIV
By Matthew Legge
Second Man
By Ishmael A Soledad
By Roger Ley
Louise Lannink grew up in the Yarra Valley, Australia.
She later studied English and Philosophy at the University of Graz, Austria, and currently lives in the foothills of the Swiss Alps.
Umiyuri Katsuyama is a multiple-award-winning writer of fantasy and horror, often based on Asian folklore motifs.
A native of Iwate in the far north of Japan, she later moved to Tokyo and studied at Seisen University.
In 2011, she won the Japan Fantasy Novel Award with her novel Sazanami no kuni.
Her most recent novel, Chuushi, ayashii nabe to tabi wo suru, was published in 2018.
Her short fiction has appeared in numerous horror anthologies in Japan.
As a youngster growing up in the cobbled streets of Stockport, UK, Clayton Graham read alot of science fiction. He loved the 'old school' masters such as HG Wells, Jules Verne, Isaac Asimov and John Wyndham. As he left those formative years behind, he penned short stories when he could find a rare quiet moment amidst life's usual distractions.
He settled in Victoria, Australia, in 1982. A retired aerospace engineer who worked instructural design and research, Clayton has always had an interest in science fiction and where it places humankind within a universe we are only just starting to understand.
Clayton loves animals, including well behaved pets, and all the natural world, and is a member of Australian Geographic.
Combining future science with the paranormal is his passion. 'Milijun', his first novel, was published in 2016. Second novel, 'Saving Paludis', was published in 2018 and won a Readers' Favorite International Award. The stories are light years from each other, but share the future adventures of mankind in an expansive universe as a common theme.
The sequel to 'Milijun', entitled 'Amidst Alien Stars' was published in December 2019.
In between novels Clayton has published 'Silently in the Night', a collection of short stories where, among many other adventures, you can sympathise with a doomed husband, connect with an altruistic robot, explore an isolated Scottish isle and touch down on a far-flung asteroid.
He hopes you can share the journeys.
Web Site: <https://claytongraham.com.au/>.
You can follow Clayton on Twitter <@CGrahamSciFi>.
His Facebook author page is at: <https://www.facebook.com/claytongrahamauthor/>.
François Verret studied literature at Rosemont College, in his hometown of Montreal. On top of writing fantasy and science-fiction, he is a translator and a homemaker. His sister Aimée Verret is also a writer.
François has been a big fan of the Harry Potter books since he discovered them late in his teenage years. Some of his favourite recent reads come from Nnedi Okorafor, Becky Chambers, and Joanne M. Harris.
In his free time, François plays video games, especially of the role-playing variety. Pizza and ramen are his great food loves, though good sushi is unbeatable.
Oh, and he draws The Mr. Biscuit Webcomic (mrbiscuit.blog). Biscuit would say this is one of his main duties. You can find more about this author at <fverret.com>
Inspired by original episodes of The Twilight Zone, Ben F. Blitzer's "The Darkland Crier" pays homage to Rod Serling's storytelling, particularly to his unique opening and closing narrations.
Ben F. Blitzer is also a fan of Night Gallery, and Amazing Stories. He lives in Western Australia.
Toshiya Kamei holds an MFA in Literary Translation from the University of Arkansas.
His translations have appeared in venues such as Clarkesworld, The Magazine of Fantasy & Science Fiction, and World Literature Today.
Colin has branched from non fiction to fiction.
If you liked this, check out his short story collections now on sale on Amazon Kindle: 100 Breaths (10 stories that occur in 5 minutes, the time it takes to breathe; you guessed it; 100 Breaths) and I M A G I N E (6 longer short stories about people getting what they want... or are they?)
Andrew settled in the state of Maryland on the eastern coast of the United States after living in southern California for many years.
Andrew's goal with each story he writes is to produce something readers will enjoy without relying on the typical, the predictable, or the cliché. That said, Andrew likes to put people, places, and things into his stories that often aren't found in fiction.
When Andrew isn't writing chances are he's at work, out for a jog, playing blues guitar or reggae bass, exploring abandoned things, or quite possibly spending quality time with the pets. Andrew hopes you enjoy his work, and he will continue to work to give you stories that entertain.
Tim Borella has never lost his childhood passion for SF and writing in general and has been lucky enough to have worked most of his life as a pilot — in other words, he's never properly grown up.
He lives in country Far North Queensland, has won awards for songwriting, and has had various other writing achievements, the most recent being an honourable mention in the 2018 international Literary Taxidermy Short Story Competition.
He also has bachelor degrees in science and teaching, and has completed a couple of as-yet unpublished SF novels. He'd dearly love to spend more time writing, but will have to continue juggling for another couple of years until the kids have fully left the nest.
R.J. Sadler is writer and educator from eastern Pennsylvania. He has been previously published in 365 Tomorrows. He lives with small human-like creatures whose existence challenges his ability to read, write, edit, and keep his home clean. When it comes to his fiction writing, R.J. neither enjoys nor regularly adheres to publishers' serialized thematic guidelines. He is uncomfortable talking about himself, even in third person.
Roger Ley enjoys writing in a variety of speculative genres.
This story is from his anthology, 'Dead People on Facebook'. His other books include, 'Chronoscape,' a science fiction novel about time and alternate realities and, 'The Muslim Prince. What if Diana hadn't died?' which is an alternative reality techno thriller.
Find him at: <https://rogerley.co.uk> and <https://www.goodreads.com/author/list/14211596.Roger_Ley>.
Zeb writes:
Last week, on a whim I submitted some of my own musings to 'Nuke', and when I checked back today — my time in my 'verse, which is plus six years comparative to you — I saw that he had published some of them! I wasn't even sure the contrived email and attachment would get through, let alone end up published on your internet of things. (BTW — We have nothing quite like your 'net, but we've gone far further into the solar system than you have. Figure that!) Now that I know a connection is possible, I thought I'd tell you a little more about myself and where I'm from. So, from the beginning…
Hi. My name is Zebuline Carter — that's Zeb for my friends or Zeb-you-leen if you want to get formal — and I'm a forty-two year old former astronaut now working as an administrator at Farside, on Luna. Farside is a research base, where innerscopes are just starting to peel back layers of our sheath of the local multiverse. Because our work is so sensitive to em influences, Farside is situated within a one hundred klom diameter exclusion zone.
In my late teens I earned a double major in aerospace and business but passed over grad school for civilian astronaut training. As a kid I collected coupons from cereal boxes until I had enough for my first telescope, and built scale models of all the commercial shuttles and orbiters. Growing up, I'd always felt slightly out of place, like I was meant to to be somewhere else and part of me already was — until, that is, I had my first trip into low orbit aboard a high-riding intercont-cruiser, or ICC. That was a high-school graduation present from my Uncle Jim, and during the fifteen minutes of freefall I found that other part of myself, grabbed it tight, and never let go since.
Did I also mention I'm 180 cents tall with bobbed chestnut hair? Or that because of heart damage from a bad landing, I'm also marooned in low gravity? But heh, there are now six bases around Luna, supporting a permanent population of around twelve thousand Lunans, and a transient population of several thousand tourists and stopovers returning form the outer system, so it never gets boring and I don't get lonely. And living in low G means I won't age or sag as fast, either.
Until next time —
Old enough to just remember the first manned Moon landing, Kevin was so impressed he made science his life.
Retired now from teaching he amuses himself by reading, writing, following his love of weather and correcting people on the internet.
He's been writing since his teens and hopes he will one day get it right.
He can be found on twitter @KevinPhyland where he goes by the handle of CaptainZero and his work is around the place if you search using google or use the antisf.com.au archive.
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Although a writer of the baby boom persuasion, Ed has not boomed for quite a while.
He lives with his wife plus a menagerie of non-domesticated — native Australian animals intropical North Queensland.
His writing within the 'real' science fiction context of COVID-19 is intermingled by long night sky vigils — searching for pesky aliens intent on maintaining their social distance to the nth degree.
Margaret lives the good life on a small piece of rural New South Wales Australia, with an amazing man, a couple of pets, and several rambunctious wombats.
She feels so lucky to be a part of the AntiSF team.
Geraldine Borella writes adult short stories and stories for children and has been published in anthologies for both. In 2018, one of her children's short stories placed second in The Buzz Words Short Story Prize and she won an ASA Emerging Writer's Mentorship. She currently works part-time as a hospital pharmacist and as an online creative writing tutor.
She's fascinated by stories that expand upon today's technology, addressing the moral and ethical issues that might arise. Equally, she enjoys the creative freedom that writing for children allows. Right now, she's writing a young adult novel, reworking a middle grade novel and writing adult short stories when inspiration strikes. She lives with her husband, Tim, in Yungaburra, Far North Queensland and dreams of one day taking a European gap year.
Mark is an astrophysicist and space scientist who worked on the Cassini/Huygens mission to Saturn. Following this he worked in computer consultancy, engineering, and high energy research (with a stint at the JET Fusion Torus).
All this science hasn't damped his love of fantasy and science fiction. It has, however, ruined his enjoyment of rainbows, colourful flames on romantic log fires, and rings around the moon. He has previously been published in Stupefying Stories Showcase, Everyday Fiction, Escape Pod, Perihelion and also on AntipodeanSF where he is part of the narration team.
Alistair Lloyd is a Melbourne based writer and narrator who has been consuming good quality science fiction and fantasy most of his life.
You may find him on Twitter as <@mr_al> and online at <alistairlloyd.com>.
Timothy Gwyn is a professional pilot in Canada, where he flies to remote communities. During a lull in his flying career, he was a radio announcer for three years, and he is also an author.
In addition to short stories at AntipodeanSF and NewMyths.com, his SF novel is available internationally in print and ebook formats. "Avians" draws on his love of alternative aviation to tell the tale of a girl who runs away from home to join a cadre of glider pilots on a world without metal or fossil fuels.
On Twitter, he is @timothygwyn, and his blogs are at <timothygwyn.com>.
Tim Borella has never lost his childhood passion for SF and writing in general and has been lucky enough to have worked most of his life as a pilot — in other words, he's never properly grown up.
He lives in country Far North Queensland, has won awards for songwriting, and has had various other writing achievements, the most recent being an honourable mention in the 2018 international Literary Taxidermy Short Story Competition.
He also has bachelor degrees in science and teaching, and has completed a couple of as-yet unpublished SF novels. He'd dearly love to spend more time writing, but will have to continue juggling for another couple of years until the kids have fully left the nest.
Pixie is a voice actor, cabaret performer & slam poet From the Blue Mountains in NSW.
She enjoys writing short fiction, plays for radio and stage as well as her own brand of weird poetry.
She hosts the 'Off-Beet Poetry Slam' held bi-monthly in Katoomba.
Laurie Bell lives in Melbourne, Australia. She was that girl you found with her nose always buried in a book. She has been writing ever since she was a little girl and first picked up a pen. From books to short stories, radio plays to snippets of ideas and reading them aloud to anyone who will listen.
She is the author of The Butterfly Stone (YA/ Fantasy — available now) and White Fire (Sci Fi — available now)
You can read more of her work on her blog Look for her on Facebook <www.facebook.com/WriterLaurieBell/> or Twitter: <@LaurienotLori>
Garry Dean lives on the Mid Coast of New South Wales Australia, and has been a fan of SF for most of his natural life. Being vision impaired, he makes good use of voice recognition and text to speech in order to write. Many of his stories have appeared in AntipodeanSF over the years, and his love of all things audio led him to join the narration team in 2017.
You can read examples of Garry's fiction on his website <https://garrydean.wordpress.com>
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