Mr Darcy, the brooding landowner who, after a series of misunderstandings, seduces the spirited Elizabeth Bennet in Jane Austen’s Pride and Prejudice, is one of fiction’s favourite romantic heroes. This week, a rare miniature portrait of the man who some believe may have provided the inspiration for him is going on sale.
One of only two [...]

Alan Moore and Dave Gibbons’ Watchmen is one of the greatest graphic novels of all time — but it’s also tied to its Cold War origins in a huge way. So one of the biggest questions about the movie adaptation has been how fetishistic director Zack Snyder (300) will update the movie for a post-Cold [...]

A dramatic increase in people being admitted to hospital with severe reactions to party pills has experts calling for urgent action.
Four to five patients are being admitted to Wellington Hospital on a typical Saturday night after taking the new- generation pills, emergency doctor Paul Quigley says.
Patients were scared, jittery and anxious. “We’re getting semi-hysterical type [...]

Like the old Broadway musicals I Do! I Do! and They’re Playing Our Song, The Last 5 Years is a musical two-hander about a couple’s relationship which, unlike the I Do! I Do! couple’s marriage that lasted 50 years, lasts only five. But like They’re Playing Our Song it is about a troubled relationship. It [...]

LifeWatch announced that it has launched the first-to-market AF (Atrial Fibrillation) Patient Care Program for monitoring patients across the nation. Following successful pilots at leading academic institutions, LifeWatch has now expanded its customized patient care program for the untapped market of periop-monitoring of those patients undergoing AF catheter and surgical ablation procedures.
In the U.S., Atrial [...]

Stories are meant to engulf you and transport you to another time, another place –– give you a window into someone else’s soul almost deeper than if it were your own. Such is the writing of award-winning author Nam Le in his new release, “The Boat.”
“Truly, to read these stories is to travel the world,” [...]

It’s all a mystery to Bruce Steinberg of St. Charles — except for the good reviews his soon-to-be-released book “River Ghosts” has received.
Steinberg, a former Kane County prosecutor and public defender now in private practice in Batavia, provides a summary of his book, authored under his pseudonym of B.R. Robb.
“I’m a middle-aged white Jewish guy [...]

In an unprecedented challenge of municipal power, the B.C. Court of Appeal has backed Vancouver Mayor Sam Sullivan and council’s summary decision to fire the five volunteer members of the city’s board of variance.
Justice Risa Levine, supported by Justices Anne Rowles and David Frankel, said such quasi-judicial bodies are the spawn of government, exist to [...]

//TooLan Mode On//
After reading this piece from RPK, I feel compel to say this.
Shut the fuck up, you motherfucking cunts from the Most Corrupted Asshole brigade.
You don%26#8217;t fucking represent me.
The chinese certainly do not need you to represent their rights.
There wasn%26#8217;t any legit rights to protect to begin with.
Just retire and play with your grandchildren [...]

I have heard my friends said they want to go for a diet. But most of them failed to maintain the momentum to succeed. No thanks to the array of delicious food available in my country, so it is very hard to resist such temptations. But if you are really serious at losing weight effectively [...]