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Giveaway and Author Interview: Lida Sideris, Murder and Other Unnatural Disasters

"A smart caper with a heroine to match." --Kirkus Reviews Corrie Locke belongs behind a desk, not behind a Glock. She should be taking VIP calls, not nosing around a questionable suicide. Instead, she's hot on the trail of a murderer. Murder and Other Unnatural Disasters Genre: Romantic Suspense Paperback: 408 pages The Wild Rose Press, …

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Here's the disappointingly low level of alcohol consumption associated with reduced risk of dementia

One drink a day (or less) for women and 1-2 drinks (or less) for men reduces the risk of developing dementia, a study has found. It works out to between 8 and 14 drinks per week. The study is one of the largest — and longest — to look at the connection between alcohol and …

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New software gizmo will tell you what your skills are, match you with the perfect job

New software gizmo will tell you what your skills are, match you with the perfect job Texas State Technical College, spurred by the fact that one third of its state funding is now tied to its graduates' starting salaries, has eliminated all majors except petroleum engineering developed software that matches graduates' skills with job requirements. But why should …

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GUEST POST: Cheesecake, love, and other mysteries by Laura Pauling

Laura Pauling writes about spies, murder and mystery. She’s the author of the young adult Circle of Spies Series, the Prom Impossible Series, the time travel mysteries, Heist and A Royal Heist, and the Holly Hart Cozy Mystery Series: Footprints in the Frosting and Deadly Independence with more coming. She lives the cover of a …

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New BMJ editorial: “How Medicine is Broken, and How We Can Fix It”

Well documented problems exist in the funding and prioritisation of research, the conduct of trials, the withholding of results, the dissemination of evidence, and its implementation with patients. Here we briefly examine six domains where the academy could call for simple practical improvements that would address legitimate concerns. Publication bias—We conduct trials to detect modest …

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GUEST POST and GIVEAWAY: The Right Kind of Skin (Rhino) by Joanne Guidoccio

In high school, Joanne Guidoccio dabbled in poetry, but it would be over three decades before she entertained the idea of writing as a career. In 2008, she took an early retirement from teaching and decided to launch a second career that would tap into her creative side and utilize her well-honed organizational skills. Before long, Joanne …

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Audiobook Talent Interview Part II: Nicole Gose, narrator of THE MUSUBI MURDER

Nicole Gose has done everything from voicing national and international commercial and radio spots, to voicing political campaigns, to mixing and producing jingles and scoring music for commercials, movies and theatrical plays.  She is the voice talent for The Musubi Murder audiobook, where she inhabits characters ranging from diplomatic inkeeper Mercedes Yamashiro to anarchist newsblogger Patrick Flanagan to outspoken biology …

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