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Reviews advances in understanding how breeding and growth affects the development of quality attributes such as fat content and tenderness;  Summarises recent research on how management of cattle and carcass handling affects sensory properties;  Discusses current research on measuring and optimising quality traits such as color, flavor and tenderness

The Sun Shines Finally – A true Rags to Riches Story - (Short Story) One day, my father became so ill that he could do nothing more than lie in his bed, moaning in pain. We had no money for a doctor, but a lady from the village came one day to put herbs on his forehead. It didn’t ease...

Despite the increasing number and variety of older characters appearing in film, television, comics, and other popular culture, much of the understanding of these figures has been limited to outdated stereotypes of aging. These include depictions of frailty, resistance to modern life, and mortality....

Séverine Gauthier et Yann Dégruel unissent leurs talents pour nous offrir une histoire merveilleuse et mystérieuse. Un futur classique ! Ce matin-là, le village se réveille et chaque habitant constate que la marée a fait monter l’eau particulièrement haut. Personne ne comprend ce qui se passe....

Fundamentally concerned with place, and our ability to understand human relationships with environment over time, Historical Geographic Information Systems (HGIS) as a tool and a subject has direct bearing for the study of contemporary environmental issues and realities. To date, HGIS projects in...

Imagine: you are seated about a blazing campfire, your and the other bards. Tales of Achilles, Beowulf, Alexander, Odysseus, Conan, Tarzan, Joan of Arc and other heroes are told, along with new ones that carry on with the Jungian archetypes so central to our very nature. Men and women who brave the...

Sex is the foundation of many relationships. But what if sex was no longer on the table? Deidra D. S. Green introduces us to Alexis Bradley and Chance Eubanks. The two have been a couple for nearly three years. Alexis said yes when Chance proposed marriage, but Alexis is struggling. She...

This unique collection consists of the most influential narratives of former slaves, including numerous recorded testimonies, life stories and original photos of former slaves long after Civil War: Recorded Life Stories of Former Slaves from 17 different US States Narrative of the Life of Frederick...

What does it mean to be “temporally deactivated?” Experience a historical moment through the intervention of a time travel agency. Be trapped inside a time bubble—willingly—so that you can save the universe from Darkness over and over again. Step outside of time at the order of your...

Deadlines is a tribute anthology dedicated to the memory of writer and crime fiction enthusiast, William E. Wallace. A career journalist, Wallace got a first-hand look at the darker side of humanity working at various papers in California before settling at the San Francisco Chronicle. Upon retiring,...

Clarkesworld is a Hugo and World Fantasy Award-winning science fiction and fantasy magazine. Each month we bring you a mix of fiction (new and classic works), articles, interviews and art. Our September 2018 issue (#144) contains: Original stories by Kelly Robson ("A Study in Oils"),...

Discusses ways of ensuring genetic diversity, advances in wheat breeding and their use to improve properties such as drought resistance and cold tolerance; Summarises research on factors affecting nutritional and other aspects of wheat quality; Reviews advances in understanding wheat pests and diseases...

Death is just the beginning...Death. Just the word can trigger gut-wrenching fear. The kind of fear causing the heart to pound, cold sweat to run down and burn the eyes, and fingers to tremble with a loss of strength. Is our fear the realization that from the moment of conception, the clock starts...

¿Qué quiere la mujer? Fue la única pregunta que según propia confesión Freud nunca pudo contestarse. Tienen ustedes ahora en las manos la posibilidad de encontrarle su respuesta: ocho excelentes escritoras españolas muy siglo XXI no han dejado tema sin abordar ni sentimiento humano desatendido....