Kurt Vonnegut's work joins Kindle Worlds, Kilgore Trouts rejoice

Kindle Worlds has become unstuck in time. Amazon announced this morning that it has wrangled a license for Kurt Vonnegut's work, bringing Cat's Cradle, Breakfast of Champions and the like to the world of paid fan fiction. One rep from the author's trust called the deal a "natural extension of his legacy and a testament to the enduring popularity of his characters and stories." At the very least, it marks a turn toward more classic literature (and, arguably, legitimacy) for a program that thus far includes the likes of Gossip Girl and The Vampire Diaries. And certainly Vonnegut's vast catalog offers plenty of fodder for the prospective novelist, * and all.

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Fertility therapy not associated with long-term cardiovascular disease

[unable to retrieve full-text content]Women who gave birth following fertility treatment had no long-term increased risk of death or major cardiovascular events compared to women who gave birth without fertility therapy, according to new research.

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Gulf of Mexico ?dead zone? puts seafood industry at risk

by Chip Reid / CBS News

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Posted on July 31, 2013 at 8:14 AM

DULAC, La. -- On the pristine beaches of Mississippi, thousands of dead fish, stingrays, crabs and shrimp have washed ashore this month. They died from a lack of oxygen in the coastal waters of the Gulf of Mexico.

It's called the "dead zone," and it appears every summer. This year's dead zone, though, is larger than average and more than twice the size of last year's.

"The alarming news is that it continues to be large year after year after year," says marine biologist Nancy Rabalais has measured the dead zone since 1985.

The primary cause of the dead zone is nitrogen-based fertilizers in Midwest fields that are washed down the Mississippi River by spring rains and in to the Gulf. There they create blooms of algae that rob the water of oxygen.

In Dulac, La., David Chauvin worries about what that could do to his shrimp business.

"Shrimp are one of the most fragile creatures on the face of the earth," he says. "You take a shrimp and put them into a bucket with no oxygen whatsoever, they'll die within seconds. ... That could mimic a dead zone."

Click here to read more and watch the report at CBSNews.com.

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Saudi website editor sentenced to seven years in prison, lashes

DUBAI (Reuters) - The editor of a Saudi Arabian social website has been sentenced to seven years in prison and 600 lashes for founding an Internet forum that violates Islamic values and propagates liberal thought, Saudi media reported on Tuesday.

Raif Badawi, who started the "Free Saudi Liberals" website to discuss the role of religion in Saudi Arabia, has been held since June 2012 on charges of cyber crime and disobeying his father - a crime in the conservative kingdom and top U.S. ally.

Al-Watan newspaper said the judge had also ordered the closure of the website.

France was concerned by the sentence and remained committed to "freedom of opinion and of expression", the foreign ministry said in a statement. Officials from the Saudi National Society for Human Rights could not be reached for comment.

Badawi's website included articles that were critical of senior religious figures such as the Grand Mufti, according to Human Rights Watch.

The watchdog said in December that Badawi faced a possible death sentence after a judge cited him for apostasy, but Al-Watan said the judge dropped the apostasy charges.

Apostasy, the act of changing religious affiliation, carries an automatic death sentence in Saudi Arabia, along with other crimes including blasphemy.

Badawi's wife denied her husband had expressed repentance before the judge on Monday at a court in the Red Sea city of Jeddah. "The judge asked Raif 'Are you a Muslim?' and he said 'Yes, and I don't accept anyone to cast doubt on (my belief)'," she wrote on Twitter.

The world's top oil exporter follows the strict Wahhabi school of Islam and applies Islamic law, or sharia.

Judges base their decisions on their own interpretation of religious law rather than on a written legal code or on precedent.

King Abdullah, Saudi Arabia's ruler, has pushed for reforms to the legal system, including improved training for judges and the introduction of precedent to standardize verdicts and make courts more transparent.

However, Saudi lawyers say that conservatives in the Justice Ministry and the judiciary have resisted implementing many of the changes announced in 2007.

(Reporting by Dubai Newsroom; additional reporting by Alexandria Sage in Paris, editing by Elizabeth Piper)

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ASUS N56DP ATKACPI Driver 1.0.0023 for Windows 8 64-bit

N56DP Specifications:

- Processor
AMD APU A10-4600M /A8-4500M /A6-4400M Processor

- Operating System
Windows 8 Pro
Windows 8
Windows 7 Ultimate
Windows 7 Professional
Windows 7 Home Premium
Windows 7 Home Basic

- Chipset
AMD A70M Chipset

- Memory
DDR3 1600 MHz SDRAM, 2 x SO-DIMM socket for expansion up to 16 GB SDRAM

- Display
15.6" HD (1366x768)/Full HD (1920x1080)/Wide View Angle LED Backlight

- Graphic
AMD Radeon HD 7730M (Chelsea Pro)

- Storage
2.5" SATA
1TB 5400RPM
750GB 5400/7200RPM
500GB 5400/7200RPM
750GB 7200RPM SSH
500GB 7200RPM SSH

- Optical Drive
Blu-Ray DVD Combo
Super-Multi DVD
Blue-ray reader

- Card Reader
3 -in-1 card reader ( SD/ MS/ MS Pro/ MMC)

- Camera
HD Web Camera

- Networking
Integrated 802.11 b/g/n
Built-in Bluetooth V4.0 (Optional)
10/100/1000 Base T

- Interface
1 x Microphone-in jack
1 x Headphone-out jack (SPDIF)
1 x VGA port/Mini D-sub 15-pin for external monitor
4 x USB 3.0 port(s)
1 x RJ45 LAN Jack for LAN insert
1 x HDMI

- Audio
Built-in Speakers And Microphone
Bang & Olufsen ICEpower
Built-in Azalia compliant audio chip
Asus N series external sub-woofer support

- Battery
6Cells 5200 mAh 56 Whrs

- Power Adapter
Output : 19 V DC, 4.74 A, 90 W
Input : 100 -240 V AC, 50/60 Hz universal

- Dimensions
38.0 x 25.5 x 2.72 ~3.24 cm (WxDxH)

- Weight
2.7 kg (with 6 cell battery)

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No fatalities after huge Fla. gas plant blasts

TAVARES, Fla. (AP) ? All the workers at a Florida propane gas plant rocked by massive explosions were accounted for early Tuesday morning after officials initially could not account for more than a dozen employees.

John Herrell of the Lake County Sheriff's Office said early Tuesday that there were no fatalities despite massive blasts that ripped through the Blue Rhino propane plant late Monday night. Seven people were injured and transported to local hospitals.

"At this point we have no fatalities being reported," he said. "Management is comfortable saying all of those they knew were there tonight have been accounted for."

Herrell earlier had said 15 workers were unaccounted for after the blasts, but all were later found safe. Herrell said several fled the scene, some driving themselves to area hospitals.

The Blue Rhino plant refilled propane tanks typically used for barbecues and other uses.

Herrell said a crew of 24 to 26 people were working at the plant on an overnight shift when the explosions occurred late Monday.

Video footage on WESH-TV in Orlando showed fires burning through trucks used to transport propane tanks, which were parked at the plant. The fire was sending plumes of smoke into the air hours after the blast. Emergency crews could also be seen massing nearby.

Herrell said an evacuation zone was initially a one-mile radius but had been reduced to a half-mile radius. No injuries have been reported from residents in the neighborhood.

Herrell said officials believe the fire is contained and won't spread to another part of the plant but they cannot guarantee that.

Bryan Koon, director of the Florida Division of Emergency Management, said he was still getting "preliminary information" from local authorities.

The blasts began about 11 p.m.

Herrell said the plant usually has 53,000 20-pound propane tanks.

According to the Leesburg Daily Commercial, the plant was built in 2004 and employs fewer than 50 people.

Source: http://news.yahoo.com/no-fatalities-massive-fla-gas-plant-blasts-061902650.html

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