Authors, Small Press Center and Misc Items

First, let me refer you all to Cavan's new blog site where he continued our conversation regarding author's gender and race, concentrating mainly on the what most of us said - that we don't care about the authors and their background, only their writing. Cavan lists a few very good points in favour of knowing authors' background and I must say that now that he said a few things I'm more curious. Here's the post.

Second, I received an email from Small Press Center announcing that

The Small Press Center would like to announce our lecture series Emerging Voices to your organization. This series is highlighting writers published by groundbreaking independent presses. We kicked off our series with acclaimed author Lee Stringer, and we now continue it with Akahsic Books, famed indipublishingng company.
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Akashic Books, a Brooklyn-based independent publishing house works to highlight quality writers who have been either ignored by the mainstream or are put off by the monolithic nature of major publishing houses.

If you live around the NYC area check it out. More info here on their site.

Religious Flavoured Items:
- "Gospel of Judas" gives new view of Jesus' betrayer
- Jesus Could Have Walked on Ice, Scientist Says
- A proof of angels and demonsÂ… - Could bad angels be responsible for diseases such as AIDS and Ebola?

Health:
- Licensed to Kill: Some Doctors are Real Naturals
- Bio-engineered bladders successful in patients

Science:
- Chaos=Order: Physicists make baffling discovery
- Professor Predicts Human Time Travel This Century

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