The Indus Litmus (July 13 2012)

The Indus Litmus

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India Buys Gandhi’s Letters for $1.3 Million to Halt Auction - Scene Asia - WSJ

blogs.wsj.com - A book released last year stirred an unusual controversy on whether Mahatma Gandhi had a gay lover. “Great Soul: Mahatma Gandhi and His Struggle With India,” written by Pulitzer-Prize winning autho...

Theoreme De Lalande

 

Hindu Temples Listed As World Heritage Sites By UNESCO (PHOTOS)

huffingtonpost.com - Click through the slideshow to view beautiful temples that are World Heritage Sites: Angkor Wat is the principle temple of Angkor, which served as the seat of the Khmer Empire and was enlisted as a...

Primatita Ardhiani Puteri

 

Consumer goods in India: Seducing shoppers in Sticksville

economist.com - GROWTH in India is slowing. The economy expanded at an annualised rate of 5.3% between January and March, the slowest for seven years. Shoppers are scrimping. Sales of consumer durables fell by 10-...

Mktgeist

 

BBC News - Hobson-Jobson: The words English owes to India

bbc.co.uk - In 1872 two men began work on a lexicon of words of Asian origin used by the British in India. Since its publication the 1,000-page dictionary has never been out of print and a new edition is due o...

Samar Dahmash Jarrah

 

Purulia case: India downgrades ties with Denmark for Kim Davy rebuff - The Times of India

timesofindia.indiatimes.com - NEW DELHI: Stepping up its protest against Denmark for its refusal to extradite Purulia arms drop accused Kim Davy, India has decided to further scale down bilateral ties. The government has instru...

Bollywood Film Guide

 

Internet content blocking travels downstream, affects unwary users

arstechnica.com - A team of Canadian researchers have uncovered an unusual new example of “upstream filtering,” where online content in one country is blocked in another country due to filtering that happens in tran...

JLLLOW

 

India's Simmtronics Debuts $81 XPad Tablet

fastcompany.com - The world's cheapest tablet is now commercially available... and only costs $81. On Wednesday, Indian firm Simmtronics announced the launch of their new XPad tablet in Dubai. Retailing for approxim...

Stephen D. Lewis

 

Manisha Girotra to lead Moelis’s India foray - The Times of India

timesofindia.indiatimes.com - The author has posted comments on this articleTNN | Jul 13, 2012, 02.52AM IST MUMBAI: Manisha Girotra will spearhead global independent investment bank Moelis & Company's India foray as its chief e...

mumbai24x7

 

Projects monitoring gets nod - The Times of India

timesofindia.indiatimes.com - NEW DELHI: With the number of public private partnership (PPP) projects on the rise, the government has decided to set up institutional monitoring mechanism to ensure speedy completion of project a...

Amit Nimade

 

Pimp My Rickshaw: India's Drivers Pump Up The Glam : NPR

npr.org - You know you want one: rickshaw seat covers emblazoned with Bollywood stars. It's just one way New Delhi rickshaw drivers are trying to outdo each other in the battle for passengers. Dashboard stat...

megan pluth

 

Plans afoot to take NCTC out of IB's ambit - The Times of India

timesofindia.indiatimes.com - NEW DELHI: The Union home ministry will approach the Cabinet Committee on Security (CCS) after July 19 presidential poll for approval of the revised draft for NCTC that will be taken out of the amb...

Amit Nimade

 

Kissa kursi ka: AK Antony takes Pranab Mukherjee's seat next to PM

ndtv.com - New Delhi: Ever since Pranab Mukherjee left the government to contest the Presidential elections, the question has been who will take his place as the number two in the government. There's nothing ...

Rajesh Nair

 

ICC news: Mithali Raj tops batting rankings | Women's Cricket Cricket News

espncricinfo.com - Mithali Raj, the India Women's captain, has reclaimed the top spot in the one-day batting rankings, displacing West Indies' Stafanie Taylor. Raj top scored in the recent five-match series against E...

D-Link 4 all

 

Summer of Discontent - Hindustan Times

hindustantimes.com - The report states that while just a year ago, 51% people were satisfied with the way things were going in the country (and 47% dissatisfied), today, the proportions have reversed – 59% are dissatis...

SANDEEP BAPAT

 

China and India producing larger share of global college graduates

insidehighered.com - China and India are expanding their influence in the higher education arena -- according to a new report from the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development, about 40 percent of young po...

Miguel Angel Escotet

 

Pakistan recall cleared Kamran Akmal for World Twenty20 - NY Daily News

india.nydailynews.com - Pakistan on Wednesday named Kamran Akmal in their provisional 30-man squad for this year's World Twenty20, after the wicketkeeper-batsman was cleared of suspicions of spot-fixing. A Pakistan Cricke...

T20 FAN CLUB

India's trade deficit narrows to $10.30 billion in June

 

 New Delhi: India's exports contracted by 5.45 percent, year-on-year basis, to USD 25.07 billion in June due to the persisting global economic slowdown.

Imports also declined by 13.46 percent to USD 35.37 billion, leaving a trade deficit of USD 10.30 billion, according to the Director General of Foreign Trade A Pujari.

Meanwhile, Commerce Secretary S R Rao told reporters here, "Exports have contracted but trade deficit is also coming down."

During the April-June quarter of this fiscal exports have shrunk 1.7 percent to USD 75.2 billion over the first quarter of 2011-12. Imports have also dipped by 6.1 percent during the first quarter of 2012-13 to USD 115.26 billion.

Trade deficit in Q1 has declined to USD 40.06 billion, from USD 46.30 billion in April-June last fiscal.

PTI

First Published: Friday, July 13, 2012, 13:43

World Comics & Graphic Novels News, WCGNN (13 July 2012)

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Great Moments in Comics History: Wonder Woman #82

ifanboy.com - You know what? Never mind. I don’t think context would help.

Rob Smith

 

Comics All Day: Vengeance : La brigade des jeunes

comicsallday.blogspot.fr - Vengeance : La brigade des jeunes Retour sur la mini-série écrite en 6 parties par Joe Casey et dessinée par Nick Dragotta. Une équipe secrète de jeunes héros réussissent à délivrer un mystérieux p...

Cyril Leger

 

Spunch Comics

spunchcomics.free.fr - Gupila est un territoire sous contrôle des animaux depuis des générations. Les hommes ont disparu et sont devenus une légende qu'on raconte aux petits pour les effrayer lorsqu'ils ne sont pas sages...

Albert Mosqi

 

Josh Trank Officially Signs On To Direct "Fantastic Four" Reboot

complex.com - Marvel fans can now breathe a sigh of relief because Deadline has just confirmed that 20th Century Fox has officially hired Josh Trank (Chronicle) to direct the reboot of Fantastic Four. The movie ...

Almighty Forte

 

Game-News | Gallery: Games as the Comics That Inspired Them | 360-Faces

360-faces.de - We pay homage to the classic comic books that gave life to our favorite games. 1UP RSS feed – Latest Updates

360 Faces

 

Myst the Book of Atrus - Comic

mystcomic.smackjeeves.com - i love your comic! specially the joke made to the poor innocent guy. the graphics are amazing and the story very sweet. i am glad you published it! Eeeeeeeeeeeeh so excited for this, I love your ar...

Moon Rambler

 

Answers, and Questions: Clarifying Creator Rights with Chris Roberson < PopMatters

popmatters.com - In April of this year writer Chris Roberson announced, via Twitter, his decision to terminate his working relationship with DC Comics. Citing “ethnical concerns” linked to publisher’s treatment of ...

Michael D. Stewart
 

Ladydrawers and Women's Employment In Comics

thinkprogress.org - Because I wrote about She-Hulk and Judge Dredd yesterday, both comics that portray women particularly well, I wanted to pass along some credit to a project that’s become my new obsession: the Ladyd...

Truthout


 

Chris Hedges and Joe Sacco: drawing America's invisible poor - audio slideshow | Books

guardian.co.uk - For his latest book, Days of Destruction, Days of Revolt, out this month in paperback, Pulitzer prizewinning author Chris Hedges collaborated with awardwinning cartoonist and journalist Joe Sacco t...

Peto Tkac

 

'Temple Run' Comics Are In The Works

toucharcade.com - The Temple Run [Free] brand is expanding into comic books. This morning, Ape Entertainment is announcing that it has secured a licensing agreement with Imangi Studios that will see the creation of ...

David Linhard

SDCC 2012: Liveblog Central | News

marvel.com - Get the latest news as it's happening. Follow us on Twitter or like us on Facebook. Use of this website signifies your agreement to the Terms and Conditions and Privacy Policy.

Angela Shortt

Zyklon-B #1 Special Edition - CandySkull Studios

comics.drivethrustuff.com - These products were created by scanning an original printed edition. Most older books are in scanned image format because original digital layout files never existed or were no longer available fro...

Nikita Pendergast

 

The Simpsons Come to the iPad With New Comics App

mashable.com - In a development that would make even Comic Book Guy proud, digital comic book platform comiXology is teaming up with Matt Groening’s Bongo Comics to bring America’s favorite family to the iPad. Th...

Ryan Hopkins

 

How to Tell if Your Cat is Plotting to Kill You

catswhothrowupgrass.com - Browse chat rooms from Mingle2: Nebraska Chat     Nevada Chat     New Hampshire Chat     New Jersey Chat     New Mexico Chat     New York Chat     North Carolina Chat     North Dakota Chat     Ohio...

A.R.Karthick

HUMPDAY COSPLAY™ Black Widow by Giorgia

inveteratemediajunkies.com - Inveterate Media Junkies™ website and all ORIGINAL material contained herein are ™ and © Ian MacMillan & Jose Melendez. All rights reserved. Reproduction, reprint or retransmission of any of the ma...

TheREALInsideman

 

Un poster et un extrait pour Item 47 de Marvel

comicschronicles.fr - Suite à l'invasion des Chitauris dans The Avengers, une quantité de technologies aliens a été laissée en plein New York. Du coup, n'importe quel habitant a pu garder un souvenir, et c'est justement...

Marvel made in Italy

Top 5 Spider-Man Graphic Novels

by Patrick Hester on July 12, 2012 | Posted in Pop Culture

With The Amazing Spider-Man in theaters, I thought it would be fun to take a look at my top five graphic novels starring everyone’s favorite web-head.
Read more reviews of top graphic novels.
Ultimate Comics Spider-Man, Vol. 1
If you truly want to understand the mythology behind the new movie, Ultimate Comics Spider-Man, Vol. 1 is the place to start. Marvel’s Ultimate comics line is a complete reimagining of the iconic characters from the Marvel Universe. Written by Brian Michael Bendis and illustrated by Mark Bagley, the elements of the Spider-Man you know are here. Peter Parker, high school student and science geek, is living with his Aunt May and Uncle Ben when he is bitten by a radioactive spider, which gives him enhanced strength, speed and agility, a.k.a. like the spider. Peter takes on the responsibility of fighting crime when he fails to stop a thief from killing his Uncle Ben.

  The differences are many, but one stands out from the crowd. We have an extended period of time to get to know Uncle Ben, making his death that much more poignant, which impacts the reader as much as it does Peter. We gain a real sense of the responsibility—and the guilt—our new hero takes on. I’m not usually a fan of reboots, but I have to admit this one has real punch.

 
Spider-Man: Kraven's Last Hunt
Sergei Kravinoff burst onto the pages of The Amazing Spider-Man in 1964. Since, he has hunted Spidey relentlessly in the hopes of proving to everyone he is the greatest hunter in the world. Collecting Web of Spider-Man Nos. 31-32, Amazing Spider-Man Nos. 293-294 and Spectacular Spider-Man Nos. 131-132, Kraven’s Last Hunt, written by J.M. DeMatteis and illustrated by Mike Zeck, brought Kraven and Spider-Man together for their final confrontation.

Driven mad by his inability to defeat Spider-Man, Kraven the Hunter launches his ultimate end game, actually defeating the web-head by shooting and burying him. To further prove that he is the greatest hunter in the world, Kraven takes on Spider-Man’s mask and hunts his latest enemy, Vermin, defeating him in a brutal attack. Two weeks later Spidey wakes up—turns out he was drugged, not killed—and has to dig his way out of his grave. By this time, however, Kraven is no longer interested in him. But Vermin is out for revenge following the beat-down that Kraven has just given him.
The ending is excellent, and I won’t spoil it for you. You’ll just have to check it out yourself.

 
Spider-Man: Death of the Stacys
 
The death of his Uncle Ben set Peter Parker on the path to being a hero, but there were other deaths along the way that hit him just as hard and shaped the man he would become.

A retired police captain, George Stacy met Peter Parker through his daughter, Gwen.  Capt. Stacy started following the exploits of Spider-Man, and felt that he was not the villain he was painted as being, even telling Peter as much. In Amazing Spider-Man Nos. 88-92, Spider-Man is battling Doctor Octopus across the New York skyline. When crumbling bits of buildings start raining down on the gathering crowd, Stacy races to save a child.

You never forget your first love. For Peter, that love is Gwen. She was every bit his intellectual equal. In Amazing Spider-Man Nos. 121-122, Peter’s worst fears were realized when The Green Goblin uses someone he loves, i.e. Gwen, against him. The Goblin, Norman Osborn, who has figured out Spider-Man’s secret identity, kidnaps Gwen and holds her hostage on the George Washington Bridge, demanding that Spider-Man face him. When Spidey arrives, The Goblin throws Gwen from the bridge.

 
Spider-Man: Birth of Venom

When the Marvel universe heroes were transported to the Beyonder’s Battleworld, forced to fight their enemies again and again, no one had time to bring spare uniforms. Spidey’s own red and blues were getting shredded, and he had a secret identity to protect, so when he saw the other heroes suddenly sporting fresh new outfits, he asked them how they managed it. They told him there was a machine that used your thoughts to whip up a new costume. What Spidey should have done is ask for better directions because the machine he used gave him something very different…

Compiling parts from the Marvel Secret Wars No. 8, Amazing Spider-Man Nos. 252-259, Fantastic Four No. 274, Spectacular Spider-Man No. 100, Web of Spider-Man No. 1, Amazing Spider-Man Nos. 298-300, 315-317, and Annual No. 25, Birth of Venom shows the origins and ultimate defining moments in the creation of one of Spider-Man’s most lethal foes, Venom, a symbiotic creature focused first on bonding with Spider-Man, to only later destroy him.

 

Ultimate Spider-Man: Death of Spider-Man

To bring this list full circle, see Ultimate Spider-Man: Death of Spider-Man. We have seen plenty of “deaths” in comic books throughout the years (Flash, Superman, Captain America, Batman, Supergirl). As a rule, these deaths usually don’t stick (running to save the universe, not “really” dead, phasing in and out of space and time, sent through time by Darkseid, transported to the 31st century).
Norman Osborn, The Green Goblin, has escaped the Triskelion island headquarters of S.H.I.E.L.D. and is set on killing Spider-Man/Peter Parker. He enlists the help of Sandman, Kraven the Hunter, Electro and Vulture, and heads to Peter’s home where they are confronted by Johnny Storm (The Human Torch) and Bobby Drake (Iceman). Peter returns to find the battle underway. Already wounded from an earlier encounter with The Punisher, Peter wades into the fight unmasked. In front of neighbors, friends, Mary Jane Watson, Gwen Stacy and his Aunt May, Peter battles his greatest enemy, The Green Goblin. And he makes the ultimate sacrifice to save the ones he loves.

Patrick Hester is an author, blogger and Hugo-nominated Podcast producer/host who lives in Colorado, writes science fiction and fantasy, and can usually be found hanging out on his Twitter feed. His Functional Nerds and SF Signal weekly podcasts have both been nominated for Parsec awards, and the SF Signal podcast is nominated for a 2012 Hugo Award. He writes for atfmb.com, SF Signal and Functional Nerds. 

 Kickstarter becomes fourth biggest publisher of graphic novels

Research by US book industry magazine Publishers Weekly puts Kickstarter – which is set to launch in the UK later this year – in fourth place in a ranking of the US’s top five graphic novel publishers over the three-month period from February to April. Seven of the site’s graphic novel projects raised more than $40,000 (£25,690) over the period, 25 of the 115 successfully funded projects earned five figures, and one – Rich Burlew’s The Order of the Stick comic – made $1,254,120. Kickstarter made $2.2m in gross revenue over the three months, Publishers Weekly estimates, behind Marvel ($6.9m), DC ($4.3m) and Image ($2.98m).

When the amount of revenue a publisher receives, rather than gross revenue, is estimated, however, Kickstarter moved up into second place, with $1.99m in revenue behind Marvel with $2.76m and ahead of DC with $1.72m. This was calculated by Publishers Weekly by multiplying publisher totals by 40% and Kickstarter’s total by 90%, as on Kickstarter, 90-92% of a pledge goes to the creator/publisher of a project, while a regular publisher will keep an estimated 40% of the list price of a book.

Joe Cornish to direct graphic novel adaptation Rust

Attack the Block director is set to adapt Royden Lepp's comic-book robot adventure for 20th Century Fox

 

New adventure ... Joe Cornish has signed on to direct Rust. Photograph: David Fisher/Rex Features/DFS

Attack the Block director Joe Cornish is going to be a busy film-maker in the next couple of years. Last month it was reported that he is to adapt Neal Stephenson's 1992 cyberpunk novel Snow Crash for his next film: now it's been revealed that he's also signed on to direct the graphic novel adaptation Rust for Hollywood studio 20th Century Fox.

Cornish, who also co-wrote last year's The Adventures of Tintin for Steven Spielberg, has been hired to take on a project described as a "high-octane adventure set in the prairie lands of an unknown time".
Fox's synopsis continues as follows: "Life on the Taylor family farm was difficult enough before Jet Jones crashes into the barn, chased by a giant decommissioned war robot!

"Oldest son Roman Taylor struggles to keep his family's small farm afloat as the area heals from a devastating world war. While the rest of his family may not trust the mysterious boy with the jetpack, Roman believes the secrets of Jet's past may be the key to their survival."

Rust will be a rare non-writing gig for Cornish, suggesting that his star has risen as a film-maker in Hollywood since Attack the Block pushed him into the limelight. Despite Attack the Block's minimal commercial impact (it had a worldwide box-office take of $5.8m, against a £9m [$13m] production budget), the critical acclaim with which it was greeted has created heavy buzz around the British former co-host of the long-running Adam and Joe TV show.

As well as the Tintin gig, he's also set to write Marvel Studio's long-gestating Ant Man movie for regular collaborator Edgar Wright. Rust, meanwhile, has been adapted by The Devil Wears Prada's Aline Brosh McKenna from Royden Lepp's original comics.