The Collection: Short Fiction from the Transgender Vanguard ...

I had the?privilege?recently of reviewing the soon to be released (October 16th, 2012) compilation from Topside Press, ?The Collection: Short Fiction from the Transgender Vanguard?. It?s comprised of works by 28 authors, some of who are newer voices in literary fiction and some who have been around just a bit longer and who, in my opinion, are destined for long careers, should they so desire.

The book was compiled and edited by Tom Leger and Riley MacLeod for Topside. Topside itself made it?s commercial debut in 2011. The stated goal of the company is ?publishing authentic transgender narratives?. This book, when released, will be their?inaugural?publication. Judging from what I?ve seen, they?re very excited about the book and, quite frankly, they should be. It?s excellent! They?ve done an amazing job bringing together 28 very different writers with 28 very different tales to weave.

There are short stories here about transitioning and specifically about being transgender, yes but, more than that, there are many, many stories that cover several genres of fiction that feature a main character (or characters) who happen to be transgender. In many of these tales, being transgender is just a fact about the protagonist(s) and not the crux of the story. There?s room for both themes here and neither overpowers the other. I love that!

I really enjoyed stories like ?The Cafe? by R. Drew, ?Other Women? by Casey Plett, ?Tammy Faye? by A. Raymond Johnson (does that date me?!), ?A Roman Inciden?t by Red Durkin, ??To Do List for Morning? by Stephen Ira, and several more. On the other hand, I admit, there were a couple of stories here that were totally ?not my thing.? The story, ?Malediction and Pee Play? by Sherilyn Connelly springs vividly to mind. Still, others may love that story and a couple of the others that weren?t for me. To each his own!

I?m looking forward to seeing??The Collection: Short Fiction from the Transgender Vanguard? available for sale. I expect that it will do very well.

Source: http://shellysbookstore.com/2012/08/28/the-collection-short-fiction-from-the-transgender-vanguard/

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Male snails babysit for other dads: Family secrets of marine whelk Solenosteira macrospira

ScienceDaily (Aug. 28, 2012) ? Pity the male of the marine whelk, Solenosteira macrospira. He does all the work of raising the young, from egg-laying to hatching -- even though few of the baby snails are his own.

The surprising new finding by researchers at the University of California, Davis, puts S. macrospira in a small club of reproductive outliers characterized by male-only child care. Throw in extensive promiscuity and sibling cannibalism, and the species has one of the most extreme life histories in the animal kingdom.

The family secrets of the snail, which lives in tidal mudflats off Baja California, are reported online in a study in the journal Ecology Letters.

In the study, UC Davis researchers report that, on average, only one in four of the hundreds of eggs that a male S. macrospira carries around on his back belong to him. Some carry the offspring of as many as 25 other males.

Such extreme cases provide the raw material on which natural selection can work and shed light on more "mainstream" species, said study author Rick Grosberg, a professor of evolution and ecology at UC Davis.

"It opens our eyes to viewing other kinds of behavior not as weird or harmful but as normal," he said.

The snails were first described in an amateur shell-collectors newsletter, The Festivus, in 1973. Grosberg started studying the animals in 1994, when he brought some back from a collecting trip and realized that only male snails had egg capsules on their shells.

When the snails mate, the female glues capsules containing hundreds of eggs each to the male's shell.

The male's shell likely acts as a substitute rock, since the snails' habitat offers few surfaces on which to glue eggs, said co-author Stephanie Kamel, a postdoctoral researcher in Grosberg's lab.

Moving in and out with the tide on dad's (or stepdad's) back also protects the egg capsules from the extremes of heat and drying they might face if left on a stationary rock.

A male's shell may become covered in dozens of capsules, each containing up to 250 eggs. As the eggs hatch, a process that takes about a month, some of the baby snails devour the rest of their littermates. Typically only a handful of hatchlings survives the fratricide to emerge from a capsule and crawl away.

Kamel carried out DNA analysis of brood capsules to determine the eggs' parentage. On average, she found that the male snails had sired just 24 percent of the offspring on their backs. Many had sired far less.

"The promiscuity in the female snails is extraordinary," Kamel said, noting that some females mate with as many as a dozen different males.

Why do they do it? Typically in the animal kingdom, females invest more resources in an egg than a male does in a sperm, so mothers have a stronger interest in providing parental care. Males may mate with multiple partners to increase their chances of siring offspring, but typically make less investment in caring for those young. When dads do get involved, it's nearly always because they are assured that all or most of the offspring are their own. Male sea horses, for example, carry developing young in a pouch -- but all are their own genetic offspring.

One explanation could be that caring for the kids just doesn't cost the male snails much. But by tethering individual snails to a post sunk in the sand, Grosberg was able to follow them over time and show that the capsules do impose a significant burden, reflected in weight loss.

It may be that carrying the egg capsules simply represents the best of limited options for the males, Grosberg said, since it's impossible for them to mate without the female attaching an egg capsule to their backs.

Or carrying egg capsules may be a way for a male to show a female that he's good parent material.

"If he wants to get any action, he has to pay the price," Grosberg said.

Grosberg is fascinated by the conflicts that occur between parents, between siblings, and between parents and offspring as they each try to get resources and maximize their success in breeding. You can see these conflicts and rivalries all the way from simple animals to humans, he notes.

"Everything that intrigues me about family life happens in these snails," he said.

At the same time, no animal has gone as far as humans in evolving increasing cooperation between relatives, tribes and larger and larger (and less closely related) groups over time.

"We're good at seeing other forms of reward," Grosberg said.

The work was funded by the National Science Foundation.

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  1. Stephanie J. Kamel, Richard K. Grosberg. Exclusive male care despite extreme female promiscuity and low paternity in a marine snail. Ecology Letters, 2012; DOI: 10.1111/j.1461-0248.2012.01841.x

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On this day... - The stylish Event Calendar for iPhone review

On this day... - The stylish Even Calendar is an iPhone app by Sophiestication Software, the makers of the award winning Wikipedia app Articles, that shares past events, births and deaths that have happened on any given day. You can browse through hundreds of daily entries and read related Wikipedia articles that are formatted nicely for the app.

Events are shown in reverse chronological order so that you can quickly see the most recent events associated with the date. Some users actually hate this and would rather see old historical events first, but the good news is that there is a an option to choose which sorting method you prefer -- in the Settings app. Why Sophiestication Software didn't add the settings within the app, I don't know, but at least the setting exists somewhere!

When you open On this Day, you will be taken to Today's date with the first three dates, first three births, and first three deaths listed with related links to Wikipedia articles. For example, here's the entry for August 26, 2011:

The Boeing 787 Dreamliner, Boeing's all-new composite airliner, receives certification from the EASA and the FAA.

The links I included are the same links in the entry in On this Day, only the links are opened directly inside the app. If you have Articles installed, you can also choose to open the link in Articles Wikipedia.

Other features of On this Day include the ability to tap and hold an entry to share it on Twitter or copy to the Pasteboard, quickly select a specific calendar date, and shake to reload the current day.

The good

  • Display Events, Birth and Death dates
  • Tap and hold an entry to share it on Twitter or copy it to the Pasteboard
  • Quickly select a specific calendar date
  • Shake your device to reload the current day
  • Sort entries from latest to oldest or oldest to latest
  • Open entries in the Articles Wikipedia App or Safari

The bad

  • Options and settings for On this Day must be changed from the Settings app instead of within On this Day

The conclusion

On this Day is a great app for people interested in historical events. The links to Wikipedia is the cherry on top because it's easier than ever to learn about past events that you had never known about. The UI for On this Day is very beautiful, has a historical feel to it, and his easy to use. If you're a history buff, On this Day is sure to become one of your favorite apps and I highly recommend you check it out.

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Small crowds attend Republican convention protests

TAMPA, Fla. (AP) ? Protesters blamed Tropical Storm Isaac and a massive police presence Monday for their weak showing at the Republican National Convention. Only a fraction of the 5,000 expected demonstrators actually turned out to criticize the GOP's economic and social policies.

Hundreds of police officers and heavily armed members of the Florida National Guard patrolled the streets of downtown Tampa. The protesters were required to conduct their rallies and parades in designated areas and along specified routes, none closer than about a half-mile from where Republicans would be gathering.

"They've militarized Tampa. The chilling effect has succeeded," said Cara Jennings, a voter outreach organizer from Palm Beach County.

About 200 people were marching as part of the Coalition to March on the RNC's rally in an empty lot near the arena where the Republicans will be nominating Mitt Romney as their candidate for president. Sporadic heavy rain lashed the city and winds were gusting at 35 mph as Isaac passed to the west of Tampa in the Gulf of Mexico. The Republicans themselves had cancelled most of their Monday activities because of the storm.

The 60 organizing groups included labor unions, Students for a Democratic Society, Veterans for Peace, the Southern Christian Leadership Conference, Occupy Wall Street and Code Pink.

Florida labor organizer Jose Soto said 16 buses of protesters from New York, Miami and the Florida Panhandle canceled because of the storm. He said the bus companies didn't want their equipment and drivers headed into possible problems.

"It's a calamity but all the people here are delegates for those who can't be here," said Soto of the University of Florida's Graduate Assistants United local.

Protester Mick Kelly of Minneapolis said the organizing groups were carrying on with the planned march, saying U.S. politics are dominated by the richest 1 percent.

"We demand and we will fight for good jobs," he said.

Jennings, who wore a pink, neck-to-knees vagina outfit decorated with sparkles, said she was protesting the GOP's position against abortion rights.

"The right-wing agenda is turning back time regarding women's bodies," she said.

Cheri Honkala, the Green Party's vice presidential candidate, told the crowd that, "On Election Day, we need to occupy the ballots." She said more women need to be involved in the nation's leadership.

"It's time for the men to move over. It's time for the mommas to right the wrongs," she said.

Tampa Mayor Bob Buckhorn, a Democrat, said the protesters had been given additional space and access to toilets and water.

"We are being supportive of people who want to come and want to offer an alternative opinion," Buckhorn said.

But he said that police planned to respond quickly if groups broke off from protesters and were intent on damaging and destroying property.

"We want folks to know that we are here to help, but we are also here to stop you if you choose to do anything to the contrary of what we expect," Buckhorn said.

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Associated Press writer Gary Fineout contributed to this story.

Source: http://news.yahoo.com/small-crowds-attend-republican-convention-protests-151354685.html

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Video: McCain calls on Akin to cancel Senate bid

A Second Take on Meeting the Press: From an up-close look at Rachel Maddow's sneakers to an in-depth look at Jon Krakauer's latest book ? it's all fair game in our "Meet the Press: Take Two" web extra. Log on Sundays to see David Gregory's post-show conversations with leading newsmakers, authors and roundtable guests. Videos are available on-demand by 12 p.m. ET on Sundays.

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Isaac: Good news and bad news ? Greg Laden's Blog

The good news, if you see Hurricanes as bad, is that Isaac did not turn into a hurricane over night and is having trouble getting its act together. This has caused estimates of the hurricane?s maximum strength at the time of land fall to be reduced. Isaac will be a serious storm when it plows into the southern US coast but it will not be an Ivan, Katrina or Andrew.

The bad news is that the predicted track has moved even farther west, so the forward right quadrant, the ?Right Punch? of the hurricane, may very well hit New Orleans at a very bad angle and position.

Source: http://scienceblogs.com/gregladen/2012/08/27/isaac-good-news-and-bad-news/

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Germany give Greece a delay ? and regain the confidence of - Loans

Providing Greece more time to implement reforms will not help resolve the country's debt crisis. This statement was made by German Finance Minister Wolfgang Schaeuble.

Comment The German Minister was followed by the Greek Prime Minister Antonis Samaras, who on August 24 to meet with Chancellor Angela Merkel, French President Francois Hollande and the head of the Eurogroup Jean-Claude Juncker. V.Shoyble noted that international lenders have already approved the second tranche of financial assistance and agreed to write off a large part of Greece's debt. ?You can not just say one year later, that all this is not enough, because in this case, to restore the confidence of the financial markets will be impossible,??? he stressed.

Eve A.Samaras said that Greece needs more time to implement reforms, not more help. ?All we want?? it's a bit of freedom to make the economy work and increase state revenues. More time does not necessarily mean more money. In the near future we will have a smaller, but much more efficient public sector?,?? the head government.

Finance Minister also expressed doubt about the argument A.Samarasa under which Greece will not require additional funds. ?If there is any doubt, more time means more money. And to provide more funds will need a new program,??? said V.Shoyble. According to unofficial information, the upcoming meeting A.Samaras going to ask for a two-year delay in order to achieve a reduction of the budget deficit to less than 3% of GDP. Currently, Greece has to achieve similar performance to the end of 2014. In 2011. Greece's budget deficit was 9.3% of GDP.

In September, 2012. ?Troika? of international creditors Greece (European Commission, the ECB and the IMF) will take a decision on the allocation of the next tranche of Athens in the second program of financial aid of 130 billion euros. At the moment, international lenders expect Athens reports work in Greece group auditors.

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What You Should Find Out About Basic Redecorating - Total Vibration

If you?re contemplating a house enhancement task, you most likely have concerns and feel uncertain. What exactly is anything goes wrong? Well, this short article consists of might tips to help you on the road. It will tell you the way to quickly steer clear of mistakes and acquire good results while preserving time and expense.

Stencil your old plank flooring. You may use pre-reduce stencils to incorporate persona to a simple flooring. Think about stenciling with an edge of intricately intertwining vines and blossoms in your family room. Possibly you?d prefer to give a few creatures prancing throughout the floor of the child?s place? Stencils are simple and easy fun!

Redecorating can be carried out quickly and most of the tasks can be carried out by your household and friends. Painting your own home possibly in the internal or outside is a wonderful choice to affect the entire appear as well as give you a nice upgrade to your home.

To produce a present day focal point within your living room or examine, consider putting in a whole new stone, brick, or timber mantel for that area previously mentioned your fireplace. Should your fire place currently carries a mantel, you can have it sanded and refinished to improve its appear. You could also up-date it by staining the brick or cement having a wealthy shade.

A lot of people may possibly see dim paneling inside their areas as being a curse. However, it may be rather easy to enhance your solar panels to ensure they ideal and stylish. Casually fine sand your individual panels and fresh paint above it with a primer. Then just use a layer of painting in the shade that you pick. This may give new lifestyle to the space as well as your dim paneling.

To keep your toilets clear, put bleach within the pan. Bleaching your toilets could scent terrible for some time, nevertheless it will reduce your possibility of acquiring unwell and distributing viruses and also making your lavatory nice sparkling. Fragrant chlorine bleach can also help retain the smell from increasing.

When planning home remodeling jobs, look at the length of time you intend on keeping in your home. If you?re planning on selling it shortly, you?re planning to want to select things which are fast and enhance the house?s market value. If you?re considering surviving in it for a long period, that you can do the upgrades that you simply privately need to make your home match your dream.

Realizing basic recommendations such as these is half the battle of doing all the redecorating assignments you are interested in. With some time, effort and knowledge you?ll have the ability to do a professional-high quality task at do-it-on your own costs, and that?s just one of the gorgeous aspects of producing your home improvements.

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Cell Phone Look Up By Name ? Track Someone\'s Phone Number Using The Owner\'s Name

There are times when we really need the aid of a cell phone look up using the phone owner's name. One of the best scenarios when we need a lookup is when someone is stalking us. Yes, there are times when someone calls us and the only thing that we hear when we say hello is someone who is breathing deeply in the other line. It might be scary since we do not know who exactly is calling us so in order to find out the true identity of the stalker we can actually use a look up. Since the lookup is based on name we can just tell them their name once they called us again. This will definitely give them the fright.

The reason why checking a cell phone number is effective is because people are registered through various phone service providers and most providers allow network to network connection as well as lookup. Of course, in some cases the cell phone lookup is not only based on the name of the person but also the address and the present location of the caller. Most tracers are designed to give out all the details that we need as fast as possible.

When we try to perform a cell phone look up by the owner's name we can actually rely on our mobile phone or through the internet. Most trace based companies allow mobile messages and service control through phones. This means that we can actually use their software and their trace through phone. There is also a lookup through online wherein we can actually find the person who called us through a 3D mapping flash template. The current location of the person will be displayed online and we will be able to check it anytime.

Another scenario when we need to perform a cell phone look up using the owner's name is when we are expecting an important call. For instance, most of the jobs that we apply to are not registered to our phone list. Hence, when we miss their call we might miss the job of a lifetime. The only way to know the ones that had miscalled us is through a lookup. Yes, we can actually rely on a trace in order to know the companies that called us and to know the people who tried to contact us. So in essence, using a cell phone look up is truly effective and it can be used to solve a number of problems.

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