Katherine Ryan

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'''Katherine Ryan''' (born 30 June 1983) is a Canadian [[comedienne]], [[writer]] and [[actress]], based in the United Kingdom. She has appeared on British [[panel show]]s ''[[Mock the Week]]'', ''[[Never Mind the Buzzcocks]]'', ''[[8 out of 10 Cats]]'' and ''[[Fake Reaction]]''. She won the Nivea [[Funny Women]] Award, a [[stand-up comedy]] competition in the UK and runner-up in the Amused Moose Laugh Off competition in 2008.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.scotsman.com/news/comedy-review-katherine-ryan-1-1503455 |title=Comedy review: Katherine Ryan - News |publisher=Scotsman.com |date=2011-03-02 |accessdate=2012-12-04}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/local/bristol/hi/things_to_do/newsid_8660000/8660264.stm |title=BBC - Funny Women Awards head to Bath for talent show heat |publisher=BBC News |date=2010-05-04 |accessdate=2012-12-04}}</ref> As an actress she has appeared in the [[Channel 4]] sitcom ''[[Campus (TV series)|Campus]]'',<ref>{{cite web|first=Louisa |last=Mellor |url=http://www.denofgeek.com/tv/10360/campus-episode-2-review-the-culling-fields |title=Campus episode 2 review: The Culling Fields |publisher=Den of Geek |date=2011-04-12 |accessdate=2012-12-10}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.chortle.co.uk/news/2011/06/29/13552/channel_4_goes_off_campus |title=Channel 4 goes off Campus : News 2011 |publisher=''Chortle'' |date=2011-06-29 |accessdate=2012-12-10}}</ref> [[BBC Two]] sitcom ''[[Episodes (TV series)|Episodes]]''<ref name="thenews">{{cite web|author= |url=http://www.portsmouth.co.uk/lifestyle/the-guide/arts-and-comedy/slipping-makes-her-smile-1-4744494 |title=Slipping makes her smile - Arts and Comedy |work=[[The News (Portsmouth)|The News]] |date=2013-02-01 |accessdate=2013-02-01}}</ref> and ''Don't Sit In The Front Row'' with [[Jack Dee]].<ref name="thenews"/>

On 23 February 2013, she appeared as a celebrity contestant on [[BBC One]]'s ''[[Let's Dance for Comic Relief]]'' as [[Nicki Minaj]] dancing to "[[Starships]]".<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.unrealitytv.co.uk/lets-dance-for-comic-relief/lets-dance-for-comic-relief-2013-katherine-ryan-goes-all-nicki-minaj-with-starships-video/ |title=Let’s Dance For Comic Relief 2013: Katherine Ryan steals the show with Nicki Minaj’s ‘Starships’(VIDEO) |publisher=www.unrealitytv.co.uk |date=2013-02-23 |accessdate=2013-02-23}}</ref> Ryan reached the final, and finished in fourth place.

==References==
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==External links==
*{{Official website|http://www.katherineryan.co.uk}}

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Hamilton Morris

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'''Hamilton Morris''' is a science journalist and frequent contributor to [[Vice (magazine)|Vice]], born on April 15, 1989<ref>[http://www.guardian.co.uk/film/2012/jun/02/hamilton-morris-vice-drugs-documentaries?INTCMP=SRCH The Guardian]</ref><ref>[http://instagram.com/p/YG7eEbNDaY/]</ref> who lives in [[Brooklyn]], [[New-York]].<ref>[http://www.blogger.com/profile/16456180142284395836 Hamilton Morris' Blogger Page]</ref>

== Biography ==
Morris was born in Massachusetts, he is the son of the documentary filmmaker [[Errol Morris]]. As a teenager he acted in television commercials, most notably a 2002 [[iPod]] commercial.<ref>[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zuXQVGXm4kY The Apple spot]</ref> Although much of his work focuses on science instead of personal ingestion, he has been described as a [[Psychonautics|psychonaut]], the writer [[Daniel Pinchbeck]] called him "a mad scientist, chemical genius, alchemist on the hunt for the chemical elixir of consciousness.<ref>[http://www.nytimes.com/2012/02/12/movies/hamilton-morriss-web-series-hamiltons-pharmacopeia.html?_r=0 The New-York Times (en)]</ref>" He has studied science at the University of Chicago<ref>[http://www.nytimes.com/marketing/collegeessay/essay.html (en)]</ref><ref>[http://boingboing.net/2010/11/08/interview-with-hamil.html (en)]</ref> and [[The New School|New School]] with anthropologist Nicolas Langlitz, and is currently working on a book about clandestine chemistry.<ref>[http://www.nytimes.com/2012/02/12/movies/hamilton-morriss-web-series-hamiltons-pharmacopeia.html?_r=0 The New-York Times]</ref>

==Video Reports==
Morris writes a series called (''"Hamilton's Pharmacopeia"''), where he travels around the world investigating unusual psychoactive [[drugs]]. All of his video reports have been published as print articles in Vice or [[Haper's Magazine]]. Morris has a [http://hamiltonmorris.blogspot.fr blog], where he speaks principally about [[chemistry]].

Projects Include:

* The Sapo Diary, about [[Phyllomedua biocolor]] skin secretions in [[Amazonia]]
* Nzambi, Wade Davis's theory of TTX-mediated zombification [[Haiti]]
*An exploration of the clandestine laboratory once operated by [[William Leonard Pickard]].
*An interview with [[Alexander Shulgin]].
*Icelandic mushroom picking
*Psilocybin-containing sclerotium laboratories in The Netherlands.
*An unreleased episode about Chinese [[cannabinoid]] laboratories.
* Tanks for the Memories

== References ==
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Wikipedia - Benutzerbeiträge [de]

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