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This year, I grew an extensive vegetable garden. It was so impressive that when Halloween season began to approach, my friends started to suggest to me that I should really go as a farmer, or a plant, or some other garden-themed creation. I thought about it, and finally decided I wanted to go as a living garden statue. But what kind? I looked through many photos of different human statues, but decided I wanted my statue to be unique. To get some artistic inspiration for the costume, I visited the Philadelphia Magic Gardens, a mosaic art environment built by Isaiah Zagar. The look of his unique blend of mirrors, and tiles, and shattered ceramic dishes, random words and phrases, and oxidized metal objects, all overgrown with plants, really inspired me. I decided I would try to copy the look for my mosaic statue costume.
Living Garden Mosaic Statue
Philadelphia\’s Magic Gardens
Making Paper Mosaics and Fabric Printing
Obviously, I could not use real mirrors, glass, or mosaic tiles, as those would be too heavy to wear and might come with dangerous sharp edges. So instead, I decided to create some mosaic patterns out of paper and print them onto fabric. To do this, I purchased lots of scrapbooking paper and black cardstock. I also took some old china dishes from my cabinet and photocopied them onto paper too, so I could have bits of ceramic dishes in my costume, only without having to smash them!
For the bodice, I used Simplicity pattern 5006 which I traced onto black card stock, cut out, and filled with paper mosaic pieces. I then scanned all the parts of the bodice and used my Epson printer to print on printable fabric. For the flesh-tone mosaic shirt and yellow-orange mosaic hair, I made repeating patterns of mosaic on paper and used www.Spoonflower.com to print out them out as fabric, since I needed bigger pieces of fabric than I could make with my printer.
Paper Mosaic Bodice Pattern
Paper mosaic hair pattern.
The headpiece was the most difficult part, but I lucked out when I found an adjustable construction workers’ hard hat for a dollar at the thrift shop. I got a plastic flower pot, cut off the bottom, and bolted it to the hard hat, so that I now had a hard hat attached to a flower pot. I filled the pot with a block of florists’ foam and lots of artificial flowers, including morning glory vines, that spill out of the pot and fall down on me. I hid the bolts and jagged edge beneath coils of fabric braids I made from my mosaic-hair fabric. I painted the pot with a greenish-white acrylic paint and clear topcoat, desgined to mimic copper patina.
The mask I made by gluing my flesh-tone mosaic fabric and a pair of mirrored lenses that I took out of some sunglasses. I also wrapped some of my mosaic-hair fabric around thick cord and sewed it to a hood. I did some extra painting and drawing with black marker on the mask, to give it facial features. To make the hair, I cut my mosaic hair fabric into long strips and sewed them around thick rope. I sewed the decorated rope to the hood, so I could pull the entire thing over my head, and tuck it into my flesh-tone-mosaic shirt. The thicker braids I stuffed with fiberfill to make them three-dimensional.
Underside of Flower Pot Showing Hard Hat
Shirt, Bodice and Skirt
My flesh-tone mosaic shirt I made by tracing around a shirt I had. I cut out gloves by tracing around my own hands and sewed them to each of the sleeves, so the shirt would cover my skin.
For the bodice, I created a mirrored mosaic look around the top and bottom edges by cutting up sheets of plastic mirrored sheeting from the craft store and gluing them on with superglue, then going around the edges with puffy black metallic fabric paint. Here and there, I also glued on random mirror pieces and other shiny bits of fabric. This made the bodice look like mirrors and stained glass. I upcycled some metal rods from an old thrift-shop lampshade for the boning, and also black cord to highlight the edges.
I wanted the skirt to match the flower pot on my head, so I painted that fabric with the same green and white acrylic. I didn’t really use a pattern for the skirt, it’s a regular a-line skirt with an improvised ruffle. I used the steel hoop from my thrift-shop lampshade to give the skirt definition at the bottom and keep the skirt from blowing around in the wind and spoiling the statue illusion too much.
Paper Mosaic Shirt Fabric Pattern
Props: Garden Pole, Birdfeeders, Clock Wind Chime and Birdhouse
I decided I wanted some props with me on the porch for Halloween night, to suggest a garden. So I sawed the prong-end off a garden pole that was designed to be hammered into the dirt, capped the sharp end with the rubber nub from an old pair of crutches, and put the pole into a floor-anchor designed to hold up a tiki-torch. I made and hung a two bird feeders, a bird house, and a clock wind-chime on it. I added messages in foam sticker-letters that said, “Say the Magic Words” and “Say Please” and “Say Thank-You” to the objects on my garden pole, in order to encourage young Trick-or-Treaters to be polite. (I decided for my living statue act, I wouldn’t come to life and hand out the candy unless asked politely!) ;) I painted the hanging objects and my garden pole green and white as well, and added fake birds, butterflies, and morning glory vines as decorations. The wind-chimes make a lovely sound, and I figured the clock would come in handy if I were standing still as a statue and couldn’t check my watch! ;) The two bird feeders I filled with candy and glow-sticks to attract Trick-or-Treaters.
Garden Pole With Birdfeeders, Clock Wind-chimes and Bird House
The last thing I had to create were platform shoes, in order to be up off the ground a bit, like a proper statue. I made them out of two 12-inch lengths of 4×4 wood, and a rectangular piece of bevelled board that I cut in half, and some old shoes. These I painted green to match everything else, and decorated with bits of fake moss.
Halloween Night: Performing As A Statue
On Halloween night, my house was the hit of our neighborhood. Lots of my neighbors took pictures of me with their children. Some of the kids thought I was magical! Others were very frightened of me initially, but changed their minds when I passed out the candy. The parents all seemed impressed with my ability to hold poses so long. I practice dance and martial arts regularly, but holding still was still much tougher than it looked! The lenses in my mask made it particularly difficult to see what I was doing at night, but I was able to pull off the act for a full 2 and a half hours, moving very seldom—mostly when the kids arrived, but also a few times just to stretch or switch positions. When the neighborhood finally quieted down, I was completely exhausted! Thankfully, it was 8:30pm by then and the kids were all safe at home enjoying their loot. I probably spent all my free time for a month and a half on this, but it was totally worth it! :D Happy Halloween!
Living Garden Mosaic Statue


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The Department of Computer Science congratulated its graduating students in a virtual event held on May 17 - video now available.
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The initial formation stages of the Mesoporous material SBA-15 by using spin-labeled block co-polymer templates was investigated. The formation of SBA-15 was discussed on the molecular level, with emphasis on the early stages of the reaction, when interaction between silica precursors and the Pluronic micelles occured. The combination of in situ X-band electron parmagnetic resonance (EPR) spectroscopy and electron spin-echo envelop modulation (ESEEM) experiments of Pluronic spin probes with different PEO and PPO chain lengths were used to achieve the mesoporous material. The result show that the silica polymerization propagated outward from the core/corona interface.
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On this day an African literary giant Albert Chinualumogu Achebe, was born. Popularly known by his abbreviated name, Chinua, Achebe was born on 16 November 1930 in the Igbo village of Ogidi and he was to become a celebrated novelist, poet, professor and critic
The ancient underwater ruins of Cleopatra sunk into the sea more than 1500 years ago. Historians believe that things like earthquakes and tidal waves caused the downfall of Cleopatra’s palace.
An image depicting a cynical looking boy standing next to a woman giving her ‘the mother of all side-eyes’ has set tongues wagging on the internet on the boy’s identity and meanings associated with the picture
The theme of the 2015 Lagos Photo Festival is ‘Designing Futures’ and photographers at the festival are stepping up to the challenge.
The education minister Lazarus Dokora says pupils ‘will be instructed in the languages that have been accepted in our Constitution’
The signature Basotho blanket is worn proudly by the people from Lesotho in their everyday lives and it embodies the rich culture and history of Lesotho.
Marlon James became the first Jamaican writer to win the prestigious literary prize in its 47-year history, for A Brief History Of Seven Killings, a novel inspired by the attempted assassination of Bob Marley
The Intore dance is the most famous and longest established in Rwanda. It is sometimes referred to as the dance of heroes.
We Americans have just been too generous with everything. It is time we became a bit selfish – you know, protect our own. Open your eyes, look at the White House: we have a black Muslim president, what next – a Mexican president? Is that what you people want? We just have to take our country back and make America great again. Mukoma Wa Ngugi satires the American right on TIA.


The Benedictine Sisters of Chicago needed expert guidance to assist them in determining whether the time was right to renovate their existing monastery, build a new monastery, or explore other creative alternatives, such as relocating to a larger existing facility.
The sisters engaged Plante Moran Cresa (PMC) to investigate all practical options based on the community’s financial realities and mission needs.
Our team first gathered all basic property information on the existing monastery. Then, we gathered and analyzed operational costs, capital needs, market value, and high level TRENDS information. Finally, we developed a master plan for the community’s real estate.
PMC subsequently performed a financial analysis to take advantage of potential market opportunities for repurposing the building beyond selling. Our team also determined market values of individual portions of the property, building, and land, enabling the leadership team to isolate assets and make cost-effective decisions as future needs arise.


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Tears trickle down the cheeks of angels
And bless the earth below
Each liquid jewel is sacred
From teardrops great oceans flow.
Pink tears are the sweet morning dew
That glisten on flower and tree
Lilac are the monsoon rains
And blue the planet’s seas.
Each teardrop is a colour of the rainbow
Shimmering with cosmic love and light
And when each teardrop falls
It gives the gift of life.
Stars shoot across the sky
As Moon blinks her dreamy eyes
Guiding weary travellers home
Halcyon lanterns in the dark.
Fairies spritz flowers with perfume
As they slumber dreamily at night
And when they awake at dawn
Honey bees greet them with delight.
They weave clouds from dandelion clocks
Fluffy beds of soft eiderdown
But when the icy north wind blows
They drift as frozen feathers to the ground.
Baby cherubs spin heart shape petals
And scatter them on the breeze
They transform into tiny butterflies
As they float above the earthly trees.
The sun scatters seeds with her infinite arms
Across each continent of the world
And when heaven’s waterfall cascades
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Harris Corp. lands NHIN contract
The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services has tapped the Harris Corporation to build a piece of the Nationwide Health Information Network.
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The Sam Wanamaker Playhouse often evokes sighs of wonder and reverence, the same that a beautifully painted chapel might do. Will Tosh looks at the similarities between the church and the playhouse experience, and where they differed.
If you have a question for Will on this aspect of his research head over to Twitter (@The_Globe) on Monday 3 February. Tweet us your question with the hashtag #SWPAskWill and we’ll get him to answer it between 12.45 and 1.45pm
The atmosphere of our new playhouse – wooden, candlelit and alive with intimacy – is very different to its al fresco cousin the Globe. In the playhouse, interior scenes feel unmistakably indoors: when Antonio, in The Duchess of Malfi, refers to ‘fair lightsome lodgings’, he gestures to the branches of candles and the exquisite painted walls in the same way that a Globe performer might invoke real-life clouds or rain.
Precisely what sort of room the playhouse reminds us of is another question. Many of our visitors feel that the space has a suggestively sacred air – one online commentator remarked that it looked like a synagogue, or a Unitarian chapel. For us, it’s probably the timber galleries and the richly-decorated frons scenae(scenic back-wall) that evoke religious architecture, as well as our associations of candlelight and the smell of beeswax with church ceremony. For Jacobean theatregoers, indoor playhouses had an even stronger connection to the church. The Blackfriars theatre, used first by the Children of the Chapel and then by the King’s Men, was built within the medieval hall of a former monastery; the Children of Paul’s, a company of boy actors who performed from the 1570s to the early years of the seventeenth century, used a converted chapel in the precincts of the cathedral for their plays.
Even companies which confined themselves to London taverns or purpose-built amphitheatres might perform in country churches when they went on tour. For all that early modern England was alive to issues of religious sensitivity, church buildings were often surprisingly worldly places. Paintings frequently show church naves bustling with commercial activity: merchants making deals, hawkers selling their wares. As a community resource, a local church was a very satisfactory venue for a touring company – the rood screen making a fine frons. In 1580, the writer and professional contrarian Anthony Munday was appalled that travelling players were permitted to ‘publish their mametree [mummery] in everie Temple of God […] so that now the Sanctuarie is become a plaiers stage, and a den of theeves and adulterers.’
If church playing declined at the end of the sixteenth century, the new indoor playhouses retained the air of those older sites of performance. Audience members would have recognised the heritage. As gallants and ladies took their seats in a side-stage box, a lock-able private space for display and for intimate spectatorship, they might have been reminded of the pews in their own church, often stalls protected from the rest of the congregation by a wicket gate. Londoners might even have gone to church in pursuit of some of the same aural thrills that they enjoyed at the playhouse – sermon-going was a hugely popular activity in early modern London, and not just among the joylessly puritanical. Popular and skilful preachers had fans every bit as committed as the playhouse habitués.
Such associations were calculated to enrage the pious minority who saw theatre as the work of the devil. Play-acting had long been a potent charge to lay against religious enemies: church reformers attacked priestly robes as ‘disguises’, and Catholic ritual was scorned as empty performance. Bishop John Jewel, a mid-sixteenth century Protestant, recoiled from sacraments that were ministered ‘like a masquery or a stage-play’. The Eucharist – a mimetic performance in which the officiating priest acted out Christ’s sacrifice – was unendurable to the godly.
By no means all ardent Protestants despised theatre, but the tone of anti-theatrical polemic became more and more intemperate in the seventeenth century. The development of lavish indoor playhouses, with their seductive atmosphere and gorgeous decoration, was intolerable. Playhouses tempted people from divine services, and play-going engendered habits that rendered them unfit to take the benefit of religious instruction. In the satirist Joseph Hall’s Characters of Virtues and Vices(1608), a profane man is described as one who ‘comes to Church as to the Theater, saving that not so willinglie, for companie, for custome, for recreation, perhaps for sleepe, or to feed his eyes or his ears.’ For Joseph Hall, plays turned people into passive consumers of gaudy show.
William Prynne, the obsessive anti-theatrical whose lengthy work Histrio-Mastix (1633) stands as a monument to single-minded hatred of theatre, was in no doubt that playhouses were the ‘temples’ of Satan, the ‘Divels Chappels’ where ‘Adulterers, Adulteresses, Whore-masters, Whores, Bawdes, Panders, Ruffians, Roarers, Drunkards, Prodigals, Cheaters, idle, infamous, base, prophane, and godlesse persons, who hate all grace, all goodnesse, […] make a mocke of piety’ (he’s talking about the audience, not the actors). Prynne too saw a relationship between religion and theatre, and it wasn’t a happy one: ‘many who visit the Church scarce once a week, frequent the Playhouse once a day,’ he complained. Playbooks were ‘more vendible than the choycest Sermons’. He was particularly sore about the fact that ‘Shackspeers Plaies are printed in the best Crowne paper, far better than most Bibles.’
Prynne saw theatre as the church’s devilish alter ego, corrupting the men and women of England with lascivious shows that were an appalling inversion of sombre religious ceremony. Few theatre practitioners agreed with him, although one gets the impression that some seventeenth-century playwrights enjoyed the frisson that came with ‘jesting with religion’, in Cariola’s words. John Webster knew when he wrote Malfi that the sulphurous fantasies of his Duke Ferdinand would be aired in a former monastery – an arresting meeting of the profane and the sacred. We can recapture some of that excitement in the Sam Wanamaker Playhouse, a sensuous room that simultaneously brings with it a fleeting memory of church rites and catechism.
Jonas Barish, The Antitheatrical Prejudice (Berkeley: University of California Press, 1985)
Paul Whitefield White, ‘Drama “in the Church”: Church-Playing in Tudor England’, in Leeds Barroll and James Shapiro (eds), Medieval & Renaissance Drama in England VI (New York: AMS Press, 1993), 15-35:


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Egypt's President Abdel-Fattah El-Sisi receiving a message from Saudi King Salman, delivered by Saudi Arabian state minister Essam bin Said (Photo: Egypt's Presidential Spokesperson)
Egypt’s President Abdel-Fattah El-Sisi on Thursday received Saudi Arabian state minister and cabinet member Essam bin Said, who passed on a message from King Salman bin Abdul-Aziz on enhancing strategic cooperation between the two countries.
The meeting was attended by the head of Egypt’s intelligence service Abbas Kamel and the Saudi ambassador to Egypt Osama bin Nakly.
The message reflected the kingdom’s keenness on keeping the pace of the ongoing joint action and intense communication with Egypt on different regional and international issues.
The Egyptian president conveyed his greetings to the king, affirming the specialness of Egyptian-Saudi relations as the cornerstone of stability in the Arab region, especially given the decisive events and challenges facing the Arab region.


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The Endellion is renowned as one of the finest quartets in the world. In Britain, they have appeared at nearly all of the major series and festivals and broadcast many times on BBC radio and television. Their presence in London has been marked for many years by an annual series at Wigmore Hall, and over 38 years of playing together they have worked with guest artists including Sir Thomas Allen, Joshua Bell, Benjamin Grosvenor and Stephen Hough.

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The American West has long been considered the birthplace of the western food industry.
Today, the landscape is littered with dozens of food establishments across the country.
Some are locally owned and operated, while others are chains of mom-and-pop eateries.
And some are big-name chains that boast a global reach.
But when it comes to food, the vast majority of America’s food businesses are run by people from overseas.
While most of these businesses don’t serve American food, they do have the potential to make or break their businesses.
That’s why it’s important to understand how the different types of food in the United States are served.
And the answers are different depending on the city you live in.
Some cities have their own food culture, while some areas are dominated by the food-centric food-truck culture.
To learn more about the different food markets in the U.S., and how they’re served, we spoke with food-industry experts to find the best places to eat in the country, and to find a great place to eat on a budget.1.
Anchorage, Alaska: Alaska has a lot of great places to get your fix of Alaska’s best food.
The state has more than 3,000 restaurants, including the most popular ones, such as Blue Hill, the world-famous Alaska Fish Market.
Alaska’s restaurants are located all over the state, from the small towns to the vast and sprawling interior, and they’re packed with great options.
For an idea of what you’re getting into, check out our list of the Top 10 Best Restaurants in Alaska.
But Alaska also has plenty of food deserts, where restaurants are scattered and few of them offer the food you’re looking for.
This is especially true of the Big Sky State, which is home to the Bering Sea and the vast, rugged landscape of the Bighorn Mountains.
The vast majority (more than 95 percent) of the restaurants in Alaska are located in the Big Snow State, with some being only a couple of miles from the Arctic Circle.
And in some areas, restaurants don’t even offer a menu.
But don’t be surprised if you find a menu that’s out of this world.
Anchorage has several restaurants that offer food in small plates, and there are also restaurants offering traditional fare in the same style.
You can also try out some of the local craft breweries.
While Alaska has its fair share of great food, Alaska also offers plenty of options.
If you’re on a tight budget, you can head to the state’s capital, Anchorage.
It’s a beautiful city and a great way to see Alaska’s stunning landscape.2.
Fort Worth, Texas: The American Southwest is the birthplace for many Western-style dishes, including cornbread, waffles, wagyu beef, barbecue and Texas-style fried chicken.
Fort Wayne, home to Fort Worth’s downtown and its famous Cowboys Stadium, has many restaurants serving Tex-Mex, Mexican-American, and even Asian-inspired food.
In addition to the best restaurants in the city, Fort Wayne also has a number of popular eateries that serve a variety of dishes from the Southwest.
If that’s not enough to get you excited, there are lots of craft beer bars and pubs that are open to the public.
In Fort Worth there are a lot more outdoor dining options, as well as lots of great outdoor parks.
In the spring, you may find yourself at one of the many festivals that take place around the city.
The summer can be a bit chilly, but you can still enjoy a great BBQ at one or more of the parks.3.
San Antonio, Texas (U.S.): The capital of Texas is a city of beautiful architecture and a diverse mix of ethnic communities.
San Diego’s vibrant downtown has a great variety of restaurants serving authentic Mexican food, including one of San Antonio’s top Mexican-themed restaurants, The Pizzeria, which features Tex-MEX-inspired dishes.
The city also has some great restaurants serving Mexican food in a very authentic, modern, modern style.
If all of this sounds like your kind of city, you could also try a little more adventurous and head to San Antonio.
The U.K. is home for many of the best cuisines in the world, and San Antonio is no exception.
There are a number more food-oriented spots in the area, but if you’re willing to stick to the more affordable fare, you’ll be able to find some great spots.
The best thing about San Antonio for food lovers is that there are plenty of great local and international restaurants.4.
Phoenix, Arizona: Phoenix is one of Americas most vibrant, culturally diverse cities.
The Phoenix area has become one of many hotspots for people who enjoy food.
It has a large number of restaurants that serve both Mexican and American food.
If this sounds familiar, that’s because Phoenix has a strong and thriving food scene. The

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Steampunk is science fiction after a few LSD-laced absinthe jello shots; it can include alternate histories, vampires, time travel, magic, and romance. As long as you feature some technology suggestive of steam power, you can go as crazy as you want, and several writers on this list have done exactly that. For some reason, a large number of steampunk authors appear to live in Portland, Oregon.
Unique among science fiction genres, steampunk is also a distinctive fashion, complete with old-timey suits, corsets, brass goggles, and dangerous electrical devices.
Against the Day is not a breezy read. This novel’s complexity and cast of over one hundred characters will challenge even the most ardent Pynchon fans.
It all begins in 1893 at the Chicago World’s Fair, with an intrepid crew of young balloonists whose storybook adventures will bookend, interrupt, and sometimes even be read by, scores of somewhat more realistic characters over the next 30 years.
Against the Day is convoluted, meandering, and comes in at over 1,000 pages long, so if you dive in, take it slow and steady.
“Knotty, paunchy, nutty, raunchy… Pynchon remains the archpoet of death from above, comedy from below and sex from all sides.”
-Publishers Weekly (starred review)
Phil & Kaja Foglio are the creators of the award-winning Girl Genius comic. Kaja has even come up with a different name for this whole subgenre (and I agree with her):
I called it Gaslamp Fantasy because, around the time we were bringing Girl Genius out, there was a comic called Steampunk on the shelves and I didn’t want any confusion. Plus, I’ve never liked the term steampunk much for our work, it’s derived from cyberpunk (a term which I think actually fits its genre well) but we have no punk, and we have more than just steam, and using a different name seemed appropriate.
The Industrial Revolution has escalated into all-out warfare. It has been eighteen years since the Heterodyne Boys—benevolent adventurers and inventors who disappeared under mysterious circumstances. Today, Europe is ruled by the Sparks, dynasties of mad scientists ruling over—and terrorizing—the hapless population with their bizarre inventions and unchecked power, while the downtrodden dream of the Hetrodynes’ return.
At Transylvania Polygnostic University, a pretty, young student named Agatha Clay seems to have nothing but bad luck. Incapable of building anything that actually works, but dedicated to her studies, Agatha seems destined for a lackluster career as a minor lab assistant. But when the University is overthrown by the ruthless tyrant Baron Klaus Wulfenbach, Agatha finds herself a prisoner aboard his massive airship Castle Wulfenbach—and it begins to look like she might carry a spark of mad science after all.
Boneshaker combines steampunk with zombies in an alternate history version of Seattle, Washington. It was nominated for the 2009 Nebula and Hugo, and won the Locus Award in 2010.
In the early days of the Civil War, rumors of gold in the frozen Klondike brought hordes of newcomers to the Pacific Northwest. Anxious to compete, Russian prospectors commissioned inventor Leviticus Blue to create a great machine that could mine through Alaska’s ice. Thus, Dr. Blue’s Incredible Bone-Shaking Drill Engine was born.
But on its first test run, the Boneshaker went terribly awry, destroying several blocks of downtown Seattle and unearthing a subterranean vein of blight gas that turned anyone who breathed it into the living dead.
“Intelligent, exceptionally well written and showcasing a phenomenal strong female protagonist who embodies the complexities inherent in motherhood, this yarn is a must-read for the discerning steampunk fan.”
-Publishers Weekly (starred review)
It’s been argued that Frankenstein; or, The Modern Prometheus is the first science fiction novel. Shelley published it anonymously in 1818, and 500 copies were printed.
It wasn’t until 1831 that the “popular” version was sold (which is probably what you’ve read). Shelley edited the book significantly, bowing to pressure to make the book more conservative. Many scholars prefer the 1818 version, claiming it holds true to Shelley’s original spirit.
I’ve included Frankenstein in steampunk because it’s science fiction that takes place in Victorian England (and Shelley didn’t even have to pretend).
Winner of the Philip K. Dick Award, Homunculus is author Blaylock’s (one of the founding fathers of the modern steampunk movement) attempt to roll Edgar Allen Poe, H. G. Wells, and Robert Louis Stevenson into one, and then outdo them all at their own game. He actually does a great job of it.
A dirigible with a dead pilot has been passing over Victorian London in a decaying orbit for some years, arousing the interest of the Royal Society, as well as scientist-explorer Langdon St. Ives and the evangelist/counterfeiter Shiloh. Shiloh is convinced that the dirigible carries his father, a tiny space alien, but withholds this knowledge from vivisectionist Dr. Ignacio Narbondo, who he is paying to reanimate Shiloh’s dead mother.
It gets crazier from there.
Indie author Shelley Adina has acquired a devoted following for her steampunk adventures revolving around smart, brave heroines, and the Magnificent Devices series (of which Lady of Devices is book #1) is her most popular.
When her father gambles the estate on the combustion engine and loses, Claire finds herself down and out on the mean streets of London. But being a young woman of resources and intellect, she turns fortune on its head. It’s not long before a new leader rises in the underworld, known only as the Lady of Devices. When she meets Andrew Malvern, a member of the Royal Society of Engineers, she realizes her talents may encompass more than the invention of explosive devices. They may help her realize her dreams and his—if they can both stay alive long enough to see that sometimes the closest friendships can trigger the greatest betrayals . . .
In this first book of the YA Leviathan trilogy, an alternate World War I is fought by steampunk machines and biopunk (i.e., genetically fabricated) monsters.
“Enhanced by Thompson’s intricate black-and-white illustrations, Westerfeld’s brilliantly constructed imaginary world will capture readers from the first page. Full of nonstop action, this steampunk adventure is sure to become a classic.”
-School Library Journal (starred review)
If you’ve never read steampunk before, Mortal Engines is a good place to start. It begins like this:
“It was a dark, blustery afternoon in spring, and the city of London was chasing a small mining town across the dried-out bed of the old North Sea.”
Mortal Engines is set in a post-apocalyptic world, ravaged in ages past by nuclear warfare, which caused massive geological upheaval. To escape the earthquakes, volcanoes and other instabilities, an engineer designed a system where entire cities became immense, moving vehicles known as Traction Cities, and must consume one another in order to maintain themselves in a world deprived of natural resources.
Beneath the towering bleached ribs of a dead, ancient beast lies New Crobuzon, a squalid city where humans, Re-mades, and arcane races live in perpetual fear of Parliament and its brutal militia. The air and rivers are thick with factory pollutants and the strange effluents of alchemy, and the ghettos contain a vast mix of workers, artists, spies, junkies, and whores.
“Miéville’s canvas is so breathtakingly broad that the details of individual subplots and characters sometime lose their definition. But it is also generous enough to accommodate large dollops of aesthetics, scientific discussion and quest fantasy in an impressive and ultimately pleasing epic.”
Sky piracy is a bit out of Darian Frey’s league. Fate has not been kind to the captain of the airship Ketty Jay—or his motley crew. They are all running from something. Crake is a daemonist in hiding, traveling with an armored golem and burdened by guilt. Jez is the new navigator, desperate to keep her secret from the rest of the crew. Malvery is a disgraced doctor, drinking himself to death. So when an opportunity arises to steal a chest of gems from a vulnerable airship, Frey can’t pass it up. It’s an easy take—and the payoff will finally make him a rich man.
But when the attack goes horribly wrong, Frey suddenly finds himself the most wanted man in Vardia, trailed by bounty hunters, the elite Century Knights, and the dread queen of the skies, Trinica Dracken. Frey realizes that they’ve been set up to take a fall but doesn’t know the endgame. And the ultimate answer for captain and crew may lie in the legendary hidden pirate town of Retribution Falls. That is, if they can get there without getting blown out of the sky.
“Beautifully crafted prose and some remarkably imaginative scenes …and Wooding’s sprawling, multifaceted world and rough-and-tumble action will delight steampunk fans.”
-Publishers Weekly (starred review)
Alexia Tarabotti is laboring under a trio of social burdens. First, she has no soul. Second, she’s a spinster whose father is both Italian and dead. Third, she was rudely attacked by a vampire, breaking all standards of social etiquette.
Where to go from there? From bad to worse apparently, for Alexia accidentally kills the vampire.Then the appalling Lord Maccon (loud, messy, gorgeous, and werewolf) is sent by Queen Victoria to investigate.
With unexpected vampires appearing and expected vampires disappearing, everyone seems to believe Alexia responsible. Can she figure out what is actually happening to London’s high society? Will her soulless ability to negate supernatural powers prove useful or just plain embarrassing? Finally, who is the real enemy, and do they have any treacle tart?
“Carriger debuts brilliantly with a blend of Victorian romance, screwball comedy of manners and alternate history… This intoxicatingly witty parody will appeal to a wide cross-section of romance, fantasy and steampunk fans.”
-Publishers Weekly (starred review)
This anthology does an excellent job in providing an overview of the steampunk genre and what’s possible in it. Personally, only a few of the stories really stood out for me, but those that did blew the top of my head off, especially “Seventy-Two Letters” by Ted Chiang.
Mattie, an intelligent automaton skilled in the use of alchemy, finds herself caught in the middle of a conflict between gargoyles, the Mechanics, and the Alchemists. With the old order quickly giving way to the new, Mattie discovers powerful and dangerous secrets—secrets that can completely alter the balance of power in the city of Ayona. This doesn’t sit well with Loharri, the Mechanic who created Mattie and still has the key to her heart—literally.
“Sedia’s exquisitely bleak vision deliberately skewers familiar ideas from know-it-all computers to talking statues desperate for souls, leaving readers to reach their own conclusions about the proper balance of tradition and progress and what it means to be alive.”
-Publishers Weekly (starred review)
The Anubis Gates is a steampunk classic that feels more fantasy than sci-fi, but it has time travel and won the Philip K. Dick award in 1984, so that’s good enough for me.
The book features an ancient Egyptian sorcerer, a modern millionaire, a body-switching werewolf, a hideously deformed clown, a young woman disguised as a boy, a brainwashed Lord Byron, and finally, the protagonist Professor Brendan Doyle, who wanted none of this nonsense.
Set in twenty-first century Shanghai where nanotechnology affects all aspects of life, The Diamond Age is the story of what happens when a state-of-the-art interactive device falls in the hands of a street urchin named Nell. Her life—and the entire future of humanity—is about to be decoded and reprogrammed.
The Diamond Age is a different flavor of stemapunk steam because in a certain group of people have re-adopted Victorian values and morals, along with top hats, airships, and velocipedes
“Building steadily to a wholly earned and intriguing climax, this long novel, which presents its sometimes difficult technical concepts in accessible ways, should appeal to readers other than habitual SF users.”
The Difference Engine is widely regarded as having helped establish the genre conventions of steampunk.
It’s 1855, and the computer has arrived a century ahead of time due to Charles Babbage accomplishing his dream of creating both the Difference Engine and the more-advanced Analytical Engine.
Part detective story, part historical thriller, the adventure in The Difference Engine begins with the discovery of a box of punched Engine cards of unknown origin and purpose. Cards someone wants badly enough to kill for.
Known as Northern Lights outside the US, The Golden Compass is a fantastic read: intelligent, inventive, and hard to put down. It’s the first book in the His Dark Materials trilogy, and I strongly recommend all of them.
Lyra Belacqua is content to run wild among the scholars of Jodan College, with her daemon familiar always by her side. But the arrival of her fearsome uncle, Lord Asriel, draws her to the heart of a terrible struggle—a struggle born of Gobblers and stolen children, witch clans and armored bears. As she hurtles toward danger in the cold far North, Lyra never suspects the shocking truth: she alone is destined to win, or to lose, this more-than-mortal battle.
“Pullman is a master at combining impeccable characterizations and seamless plotting, maintaining a crackling pace to create scene upon scene of almost unbearable tension.”
The Half-Made World has enough steampunk influence to be known as a Steam Western, but it could also be categorized as New Weird.
The world is still only half-made. Between the wild shores of uncreation and the ancient lands of the East lies the vast expanse of the West—young, chaotic, magnificent, and war-torn.
Thirty years ago, the Red Republic fought to remake the West—fought gloriously, and failed. The world that now exists has been carved out amid a war between two rival factions: the Line, enslaving the world with industry, and the Gun, a cult of terror and violence. The Republic is now history, and the last of its generals sits forgotten and nameless in a madhouse on the edge of creation. But locked in one man’s memories is a secret that could change the West forever, and the world’s warring powers would do anything to take it from him.
Now Liv Alverhuysen, a doctor of the new science of psychology, travels west, hoping to heal the general’s shattered mind. John Creedmoor, reluctant Agent of the Gun and would-be gentleman of leisure, travels west, too, looking to steal the secret or die trying. And the servants of the Line are on the march.
“Vivid and accurate prose, a gripping, imaginative story, a terrifically inventive setting, a hard-bitten, indestructible hero, and an intelligent, fully adult heroine—we haven’t had a science-fiction novel like this for a long time.”
-Ursula K. Le Guin, National Book Award-winning author of The Farthest Shore and The Left Hand of Darkness
I’m not happy at all about featuring a book with some himbo’s photoshopped abs on the cover. This is a SF list! WTF?
The Iron Duke is a romance, no way around it, but it’s also a really fun steampunk adventure.
It’s been nine years since the Horde, an oppressive empire from Asia, was run out of England. However, detective inspector Lady Wilhelmina Wentworth will never be able to escape their cruelty: her mother was raped during the invasion, and Mina is half Horde. Mina crosses paths with the revered Iron Duke Rhys Trahaearn, a former pirate captain who was instrumental in fighting the Horde, when a dead body is tossed on his estate.
“Airships, zombies, nanotechnology, outlandish secondary characters, and a complicated heroine…make for a complex, gripping read.”
-Publishers Weekly (starred review)
Stevenson’s stepson wrote: “I don’t believe that there was ever such a literary feat before as the writing of Dr Jekyll. I remember the first disease of the world though it were yesterday. Louis came downstairs in a fever; read nearly half the book aloud; and then, while we were still gasping, he was away again, and busy writing. I doubt if the first draft took so long as three days.”
The rumor is that after some criticisms from his wife, Stevenson burnt this first draft, only to rewrite the story again in three to six days.
A great old classic that invented the phrase “time machine.”
Just don’t watch the modern movie, because that ends in a fistfight for some reason.
The Time Ships is the official sequel to The Time Machine by H. G. Wells. It was authorized by the Wells estate to mark the centenary of the original’s publication, and, by all accounts, is actually really good.
The Time Traveller, driven by his failure to save Weena from the Morlocks, sets off again for the future. But this time the future has changed, altered by the very tale of the Traveller’s previous journey.
Highly acclaimed when released and even now, Twenty Thousand Leagues Under the Sea is regarded as one of the premiere adventure novels in literature and one of Verne’s greatest works, along with Around the World in Eighty Days and Journey to the Center of the Earth. Verne himself has been the second most-translated author in the world since 1979, between the English-language writers Agatha Christie and William Shakespeare.
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Wow, how could you leave out Mark Hodder’s amazing Burton and Swinburne series? The Strange Affair of Spring Heeled Jack is the first one.
There seem to be few selections for adult readers on these lists. I’d remove the YA and Classics and add Burton & Swinburn, The Wake of the Dragon by Jaq D. Hawkins and a few other good ones.
Where is K. W. Jeter’s “Infernal Devices”…………. or the other steampunk required reading “Jack Faust”. Both brilliant
The Time Machine was 1895, not 1985
Whoops! I mixed up the numbers. Thanks for catching that. I corrected it.
Why isnt the fog diver on here
The Fog Diver isn’t on here because it was published a year after I made this list. However, it looks like a pretty cool book for kids. I’m going to pick it up at the library for my kid. Thanks for mentioning it!
Jim Butcher’s Aeronaut’s Windlass should be on this list. I love that book.
I was looking for it too. Definitely belongs here.
That was supposed to be a series…what happened?
word has it he’ll be writing the new one this or next. here’s hoping its this year.
Mike Moorcock’s Oswald Bastable triology are the first steampunk novels I read, back in
in the early 1970s and should be included. Their importance should not be overlooked.
The Johannes Cabal novels by Jonathan L Howard are also worth checking out.
All in all, a very good selection of steampunk books.
The fact that this list doesn’t mention anything by Moorcock made my jaw hit the floor.
Awesome list, thanks for posting it! I love all things 19th century and have an unashamed soft spot for steampunk. But I hadn’t heard of some of the newer ones on here, and have added them to my reading list.
If I may respectfully make one factual observation, you can’t really say Frankenstein is set in Victorian England, as Victoria didn’t ascend the throne until 1837. Frankenstein was written in Hanoverian England — the same period that of course produced another great world-class novelist, Jane Austen.
You’re 100% right. My goof. Thanks!
What about upcoming books? Any suggestion?
I also suggest the Stoker and Holmes series for any fans of steampunk looking for a fun read with vampires, Victorian London, whimsical fashion and places, and strong female protagonists.
Aeronauts Windless by Jim Butcher. Also Bullet Catchers Daughter by Rod Duncan.
OMG this helped me look for a book I was trying to find for over three years, I read it from the library and forgot the name, it was sooooooooooo good! Thank you!
I love the end scene when the … actually, I won’t spoil!
It’s the Mortal Engines, it’s amazingly written and the story is fantastic! If it is not a series it should be, although I think the end was pretty well done, don’t think it can be topped, well I have not read a lot of steampunky stuff, at all, but it is far better than the books I have read before, gonna borrow it again!
They’re coming out with a movie of this. Here’s the trailer.
any book by kim newman is a good start also. the Anno Dracula series is highly recommended and fun to read.
This and Top Ten Steampunk Books are my favorite steampunk novel lists.
Terminal World by Alistair Reynolds was the first steam punk book that i managed to get my hands on and I would highly recommend it to any one.
Take a Bladerunner city setting, in the middle of a Mad Max wasteland, throw in a whole heap of Steampunk elements, and maybe a touch of Dark Tower – and still arguably qualify as hard sci-fi and you have Terminal World.
I found a new one called “The protectorate Wars: Born Hero” by S.A. Shaffer. New author, but surprisingly good. Its an other worldly steampunk perspective and solves the problem of what’s possible and impossible with our worlds limitations.
Second for Michael Moorcock needs to be included.
The Memory Thief series by Sarina Dorie has a nice line of steam-powered spaceships.
It’s good to see classics on here. Good selection 🙂 I’ll be checking out the sequel to the time machine. Perhaps it’s good if it was approved.
Great list – as always – of the genre type! A few missing, such as “Arabella of Mars” trilogy & Chris Wooding’s “Ketty Jay” sequels – but still a really great knowledge fest! Many thx.

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Feds: Tartaglione strangled one of his victims with zip tie
The former Briarcliff Manor cop accused in a quadruple homicide strangled the first victim with a zip tie, federal prosecutors allege in new court documents.
It was the first time prosecutors have publicly detailed how they suspect Nicholas Tartaglione killed Martin Luna at an Orange County bar on April 11, 2016.
Previously they had alleged that Tartaglione lured Luna to the Likquid Lounge in Chester because he suspected Luna of stealing money from him in a drug deal. The unsuspecting Luna brought along a nephew, Miguel Luna; his niece's boyfriend, Urbano Santiago; and a family friend, Hector Gutierrez.
When the men arrived, all four were restrained by Tartaglione and unnamed co-conspirators.
"(Tartaglione) then hit (Martin) Luna repeatedly and eventually put a plastic zip tie around Luna’s neck and pulled it tight, choking Luna, and ultimately killing him," Assistant U.S. Attorneys Maurene Comey and Jason Swergold said in the court papers.
Other victims shot
Tartaglione then allegedly transported the body to property he was renting in Otisville. His co-conspirators then brought Miguel Luna, Santiago and Gutierrez — still tied up — to the property, where each of them was shot in the head. Their bodies were buried on the property, and not discovered until Dec. 20, a day after Tartaglione's arrest.
Also for the first time publicly, prosecutors allege that Tartaglione shot one of the three men, although which one was not specified.
While autopsies revealed the fatal head wounds suffered by Miguel Luna, Santiago and Gutierrez, the Orange County medical examiner could not identify a cause of death for Martin Luna, indicating only that he was killed by "homicidal violence of undetermined etiology."
Tartaglione's lawyer, Bruce Barket, had no immediate comment on the prosecution's allegations.
Prosecutors are seeking the death penalty against Tartaglione, who is charged with conspiracy to sell cocaine, and kidnapping and murder in furtherance of the drug conspiracy. A trial date has not been set.
Tartaglione's statements at issue
The new revelations were made in a document opposing the defense motions to suppress Tartaglione's statements to state police investigators and cell tower data for phones belonging to Tartaglione and others linked to the case.
The defense relied on a U.S. Supreme Court ruling last year that turning a victim's cell phone into a tracking device violates a defendant's 4th Amendment right against unreasonable searches.
But prosecutors had obtained a judge's permission for the tower records in the spring of 2016. That was based on existing law that allowed them to circumvent a search warrant for the cell records if they had "reasonable suspicion".
On Dec. 19, 2016, state police investigators working with the FBI pulled Tartaglione's wife over as she left the couple's home in Crawford. They used a ruse of investigating a road rage incident so that she would contact Tartaglione and he would come talk to them.
His lawyers claim that once they surrounded his car when he pulled up, he was in custody so should have been read his Miranda warnings against self-incrimination immediately. Prosecutors counter that Tartaglione was not surrounded and willingly spoke with the investigators — and accompanied them to the barracks — so was not in custody.
If U.S. District Judge Kenneth Karas determines the initial questioning was custodial, they wrote, he should allow statements Tartaglione made spontaneously. One was when the ex-cop told the investigators it wasn't a road rage incident they wanted to ask him about, it was the missing Mexicans.
Tartaglione, who ran a farm for rescue horses and dogs, told investigators that Martin Luna was among the Mexican day laborers he had employed. He said he knew Martin Luna was involved in drug trafficking, because a car Tartaglione had sold him had a cut out tire commonly used to secrete money and drugs. He claimed Luna never came up with the money for the car so he took it back.
He estimated that he last saw Luna about a month or more before the men disappeared.
Tartaglione detailed how he had told a Chester detective that he knew the Mexicans, and had heard that the families believed two of them had left the country. Tartaglione had gone to headquarters to drop off a resume for part-time police work.
He expressed concern about the investigators making it publicly known that he knew the Mexicans, and that he employed illegal immigrants.
They told him they had no intention of doing so. Within an hour, he was arrested and on his way to federal court in White Plains.
Prosecutors insist there was no further questioning of Tartaglione once he had asked for a lawyer but that at some point on the trip Tartaglione, unprompted, blurted out "(expletive) Mexicans."


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Predicting the future and forecasting trends are essential components of many companies utilising and mastering data analytics. Predictive analytics can anticipate events and measure the likelihood of a situation occurring through data.
The exponential growth of data opened a range of possibilities for companies. People produce around 1.7MB of data per second, so there is a lot of valuable information that can guide companies to understand their customer base and take the right step.
76% of companies now have data as part of their business strategies, and 97% use data analytics to improve business opportunities. data has become one of the driving forces of businesses’ strategic decision-making and is shaping organisations’ present and future.
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Chatbots have the ability to generate and retain customer data. The chatbot analytics tracks the activity of your bot, and this data provides insights that can identify growth opportunities and areas of improvement.
It also helps businesses to understand their customers. Chatbot data collection facilitates the visualisation of the customer journey and measures how your customer responds to your bot. For example, in chatbot analytics, sentiment analysis allows the chatbot to identify keywords and evaluate the tone of the conversation.
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How Do Water Filter Pitchers Work? How effective Are They?
Access to clean water is something that everybody needs, regardless of whether they’re at work or home. However, many of us will want to avoid using tap water, as it can often include a variety of contaminants that could be unhealthy for us.
There are a few ways that people and companies can avoid this, with one of the more notable being to use water pitchers with filters. These have been growing in popularity over the past few years, although many people may not know much about them.
Water filter pitchers can have a variety of health benefits, which is primarily seen in the removable of harmful chemicals. However, much of this can depend on which type of these filters you choose.
As such, it’s worth looking at what types are available and how they work. By doing so, you’ll be able to choose the right one for your office or home.
What Are They & What Types Are Available?
Many people may wonder what these are, with some expecting the answer to be quite complicated. These are self-contained water filters that can create clean drinking water and are typically made of a few components.
The most notable of these are the filters themselves, with there normally being one or two in the device. Alongside this will be the lid and a container capable of holding a significant amount of water.
When water is first poured into the pitcher, it will need to pass through the filter chamber and then slowly drains into the container itself. Once it needs to be poured, the water will come out through a separate area, allowing it to bypass going through the filter a second time.
While there can be several types of filters on the market, they typically fall into one of two categories; carbon or cartridge water filters. Though many people may not realize, there can be a variety of differences between the two, with much of this being seen in the contaminants they’re capable of removing.
As such, it’s worth looking at how the two categories are different from each other, as well as how they may benefit your office or home.
What Is A Carbon Filter?
A carbon filter can be made from a variety of things, with some of the more common being petroleum pitch, coconut shells, and a variety of other materials and ingredients. The activated carbon aspect of this is typically accomplished in one of two ways.
The first of these is what’s known as physical activation, which involves exposing the source material to a significant amount of heat. This is usually between 600 and 900 degrees Celsius and is normally done in the presence of either argon or nitrogen.
Secondly is what’s known as chemical activation, although this process can differ from manufacturer to manufacturer. However, there are a variety of things that these will have in common, with the most notable being that non-harmful chemicals are added before the carbonization process, which makes the raw material much easier to activate.
These processes should then result in the creation of activated charcoal carbon filter. This will then filter chemicals out of the water through a process called adsorption, which is the ability to suck in and adhere to a variety of chemicals.
When water is passed through one of these filters, the chemicals that are in the liquid will be drawn out and should stay inside the filter. These have a natural tendency to adsorb quite a significant volume of contaminants, so they shouldn’t need to be changed regularly.
With these removed, the water should then be cleaner and healthier to drink. There are a variety of contaminants that this will be able to remove. Some of the more notable of these include chlorine, giardia, cryptosporidium, lead, and a variety of others.
What Are Cartridge Water Filters?
A cartridge water filer pitcher is another typical product that you’ll come across, with many people wondering what the difference is between this and the other type. While there are a few similarities between these and carbon filters, there are a few notable differences between them.
Though a cartridge water filter will often include activated carbon, there are more filtration phases included here. The most notable of these include ion exchange resins, tourmaline, and mineral balls, among others.
As a result of this, you should find that water passed through one of these filters will be much cleaner and healthier than that of a carbon filter. While this often means that products including this will be somewhat more expensive, this can be well worth the extra price.
These filters will be able to remove all of the same contaminants as activated carbon, plus the majority of other chemicals that can typically be found in tap water. As such, it means that you should completely avoid the risk of developing any illnesses because of harmful chemicals in your drinking water.
There are a variety of reasons why you should use water pitchers with filters in your office and homes. The most obvious of these is that it reduces the number of harmful chemicals in your drinking water.
Another reason is that the water that you get out of the tap isn’t as clean as you might think it is. Even though it may be clean when it leaves a treatment facility, it has to make its way through a variety of old pipes, which will contaminate it.
There can be a variety of things that can be added to the water through this, such as microorganisms, heavy metals, and even bacteria. Each of these should be avoided as much as possible.
Water filter pitchers reduce the number of contaminants that you’ll see in the water, which means that you should see a variety of health benefits. One of the most notable of these is the elimination of chlorine from the water, with this being a chemical that can be harmful to humans, even in small doses.
A reduction in lead in the water is another health benefit, as this will avoid the risk of developing a disease because of lead ingestion. This is a chemical that has been in the news recently because of lead poisoning, which is something that everybody will want to avoid.
As a result, water pitchers with filters can prove to be something that can be advantageous to your health, with all of this coming at quite an affordable price. You can visit http://bestwaterfilterpitcher.org to check reviews for the best water pitchers.
It’s worth noting, however, that you’ll need to replace your filters regularly. How often you may need to do so can vary depending on which brand you choose, so you should follow a manufacturer’s guidelines for this.


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14 June 2012
State-sponsored attacks--open season on online journalists
(CPJ/IFEX) - June 8, 2012 - The following is a CPJ Blog post:
By Danny O'Brien/CPJ Internet Advocacy Coordinator
The last few weeks have offered the strongest indications yet that nation-states such as US, Israel and China, are using customized software to exploit security flaws on personal computers and consumer Internet services to spy on their users. The countries suspected include the United States, Israel, and China. Journalists should pay attention--not only because this is a growing story, but because if anyone is a vulnerable target, it's reporters.
Last week, The New York Times's David Sanger quoted several U.S. government contacts
who said Stuxnet, the virus suspected of targeting Iranian nuclear centrifuges, was in fact part of a secret U.S. government project. This week Google placed warnings on a number of Gmail accounts that they had been targeted by what Google indicated was a "state-sponsored attack"
(Google would not indicate why it thought this was the case). And a new piece of malware, over 20 megabytes in size, coined "Flame' by its discoverers at Kasperky Lab, has been tracked as being concentrated in the Middle East, and bears the hallmarks of a state-directed operation


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Special Issue "Health Humanities: Social Determinants of Access to Healthcare in Migrant and Minority Populations"
A special issue of International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health (ISSN 1660-4601). This special issue belongs to the section "Health Care Sciences & Services".
Deadline for manuscript submissions: 31 December 2021.
The International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health (IJERPH) is one of the most important outlets for cutting-edge research on Public Health and the environment in which it is practiced. It has a high impact factor of 2.849 (2019) and it is highly visible as it is listed in the following key indices: Science Citation Index Expanded (Web of Science), Social Sciences Citation Index (Web of Science), MEDLINE (PubMed), and Scopus (Elsevier).
The world is currently experiencing a public health crisis caused by the COVID-19 pandemic which, after almost a year from its start, is still not fully understood. This emphasizes the need for a multidisciplinary approach to understanding public health problems.
This Special Issue of IJERPH focuses on health humanities, a new, emerging multidisciplinary research topic in public health. Health humanities is an interdisciplinary area of study that interrogates how the different components of the Humanities such as Linguistics, Literature, History, Philosophy, Music, Anthropology and Sociology among others contribute to a better understanding of Public Health in the area of diagnosis, treatment, and care for members of the society. The main theme of this Special Issue, titled “Health Humanities: Social Determinants of Access to Healthcare in Migrant and Minority Populations”, is access to healthcare in less privileged societies. This collection will feature papers that discuss some of the social issues that affect access to healthcare by diaspora, indigenous, and minority populations around the world, in places such as Africa, Asia, South America, and the Global South in general, but also in areas of the Global North, such as Europe and North America. Papers
- will address contemporary interdisciplinary approaches to finding solutions for the management of infectious diseases that develop into epidemics, such as ebola, and pandemics, such as COVID-19.
- will be expected to fit into the scope of health humanities, distinguished from medical humanities and including interdisciplinary humanities and public health disciplines.
A few of the questions that might be addressed are:
Language, communication, and public health: How are specific public health terminologies expressed in minority languages? How does one express health and well-being in these languages? How do we communicate measures to contain pandemics in minority populations?
History and public health: What lessons can we learn from a study of past pandemics?
Literature and public health: How have literary works in diaspora and minority populations represented healthcare experiences in these populations?
Anthropology, sociology, and public health: How do certain key socio-cultural beliefs affect the management of pandemics in diaspora and minority populations?
Prof. Dr. Adams Bodomo
Manuscript Submission Information
Manuscripts should be submitted online at www.mdpi.com by registering and logging in to this website. Once you are registered, click here to go to the submission form. Manuscripts can be submitted until the deadline. All papers will be peer-reviewed. Accepted papers will be published continuously in the journal (as soon as accepted) and will be listed together on the special issue website. Research articles, review articles as well as short communications are invited. For planned papers, a title and short abstract (about 100 words) can be sent to the Editorial Office for announcement on this website.
Submitted manuscripts should not have been published previously, nor be under consideration for publication elsewhere (except conference proceedings papers). All manuscripts are thoroughly refereed through a single-blind peer-review process. A guide for authors and other relevant information for submission of manuscripts is available on the Instructions for Authors page. International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health is an international peer-reviewed open access semimonthly journal published by MDPI.
Please visit the Instructions for Authors page before submitting a manuscript. The Article Processing Charge (APC) for publication in this open access journal is 2300 CHF (Swiss Francs). Submitted papers should be well formatted and use good English. Authors may use MDPI's English editing service prior to publication or during author revisions.
- Infectious diseases
- Health humanities

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This B/VLOG presents the work of my Wichita State University students in the areas of Digital Studio, Video, Sound, Performance and Alternative Media Processes. Class links, playlists, examples and journal entries may also be found here.
Wednesday, May 11, 2016
Jesse Skupa - Short Film - Overdose Lane
Here is my final video project! Not entirely happy with the audio recording but overall I think my project turned out pretty good!


Meggitt, the British aerospace supplies, has commenced construction work on a new £130 million manufacturing and office facility at Ansty Park in West Midlands in Coventry. The project will provide a base for up to 1,000 employees and combines the range of operations within a world-class aerospace engineering and technology environment.
Serving as the new home for Meggitt’s international headquarters, the project is the largest of a number of global infrastructure investments by the firm, aiming to accelerate growth and create a hub for next-generation aerospace innovation and R&D.
Moreover, Meggitt has introduced its new corporate apprenticeship programme that will ensure that it continues to nurture the skills and talent to meet future needs. The apprentices will build skills and expertise in various aspects of the company’s operations. The programme includes training in partnership with the Manufacturing Technology Centre, with the first bunch of 20 apprentices joining the organisation this summer.
“Today marks another major advance in the development of Meggitt’s global engineering and manufacturing capability. It is also a significant investment in the long-term future of Meggitt both here in the Midlands and in the UK,” said Tony Wood, Meggitt Chief Executive.
“The Ansty Park super-site, coupled with our investment in the next generation of talent through our new apprenticeship programme, will ensure that Meggitt continues to deliver world class innovation, meeting the current and future needs of our customers worldwide,” he added.
The super-site is due to become operational towards the end of 2019.


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tom has a sweet tooth. Tom is also surrounded by chocolate. It's the perfect formula. Or perhaps, a perpetual temptation. But when prepared with careful attention to detail, chocolate doesn't always have to be an indulgence.
It can simply be delicious—and even nutritious.
"Chocolate means a lot of things," Tom said. "It's very healthy and all about antioxidants."
Tom is the Vice President of TCHO chocolate (pronounced cho) based in San Francisco. The company even offers factory tours—no golden ticket required.
Three to four days a week Tom shuttles between Bellevue and San Francisco's Pier 17. Yeah, the chocolate is just that good.
The reason? TCHO nurses its product—from bean to bar. Tom has an analogy for this concept. "If you have a child, you do everything from prenatal care to postnatal care, to infant feeding. Then it comes to kindergarten and you pick the best school and go from there. The other people say they don't care about anything until kindergarten."
Tom says that most chocolate companies are re-melters—very Mr. Slugworth-esque. This means that they buy liquor from other companies to mix and melt with their own formula.
TCHO starts at the origin.
A velvety-chocolate bar is the product of a thorough process. TCHO grows the bean, ferments the bean, dries the bean, roasts the bean and then makes the chocolate couverture. Most companies start where TCHO ends.
It's similar to Starbucks' process, which helped the small company of about 40 people catch the attention of the multibillion-dollar company, where Tom worked for 10 years. "(Starbucks) said 'you're punching above your weight class,'" Tom said, referring to their extensive eye for detail. But for the last two years, TCHO has partnered with the giant, providing Starbucks with their milk and dark chocolate bars and the sweet treats in their food trays.
Tom's only been on the TCHO team since August 2011, but he has already used his previous experience from Starbucks—where he signed deals to put the chain in grocery stores, the packaged coffee on the shelves and Tazo tea under Starbucks' name—to propel TCHO forward.
"My job is to help them take this great product and blow it out in the marketplace," he said. "I take small, really great programs and help blow them up."
For him, it's a project and mission he enjoys pushing—both for the taste and the farming process.
From Madagascar to Peru to Ghana to Ecuador, TCHO sets up sustainable factories with dedicated growers, who help roast at origin, which keeps the product organic and fair trade.
With this practice, the growers have an opportunity they rarely get: they taste the chocolate made from their beans, thanks to TCHO flavor labs. "It tastes so good to them. Sixty percent of the world's chocolate comes from there, but they don't usually taste it," Tom said.
And each bar contains the pure essence of the bean without additives, which is depicted in TCHO's flavor wheel (chocolatey, citrus, fruity, floral, nutty and earthy). These are the natural notes in chocolate, depending on how the bean is roasted.
From classic bars to chocolate-covered treats, TCHO is continually looking to update its list of goodies. "You have to innovate or die," Tom said. "But you have to make sure an innovator doesn't give too much," Tom said, meaning that change doesn't happen too quickly or drastically. "But instead, that he gives us enough that we continue to be interesting and new."
So before TCHO mass-markets a new product, they beta test it on customers who receive a sample in the mail and then share their tasting notes with the company. "We have educated customers. They give us feedback, and we'll keep tweaking until we get the final formulation," Tom said. "Most consumers aren't coached on what they're tasting, so they'll know if they really like what they're tasting."
Much like a fine Scotch, the taste of some forms of chocolate can take some getting used to. Recently, TCHO unveiled the 99%. These little bites are 99 percent cacao, without sugar to curb the bitterness. But Tom eats chocolate every day, so his palate has adapted to the chocolate punch, and he prefers these above anything else.
"When I was young, I used to drink Scotch. I only drank Scotch because when I went to a cocktail party, I could hold one cocktail the entire night," he laughed. "It was so strong that I couldn't drink it. Eventually, I started to enjoy it. Now, if I'm going to snack, I'll snack on the 99%."
That one drop is strong and leaves a lingering taste long after it melts. It just takes some getting used to. Since there's no sugar, it's filled purely with antioxidant goodness. "We tell people that chocolate doesn't have to be an indulgence. In fact, we think it should be a daily part of what you do," Tom said.
"Just one dark bar a day and you'll get all those health benefits, and it tastes pretty darn good."
But, of course, there's a technique. Tom recommends that when tasting a new chocolate to take it, bite it then chew it, or take a small piece and let it melt on the tongue, which helps release the real flavor essence.
He has a lot of reasons to love his job — he begins each day with a chocolate tasting. "In addition to loving to taste chocolate all the time, which I get to do, it's working with these people who are so passionate and have such a great story. It's a lot of fun," he said.
His wife Jane, 19-year-old daughter Rebecca and 14-year-old son Charlie get to enjoy the benefits as well, with their home never lacking in the sweet stuff.
While TCHO keeps Tom traveling from home to San Francisco constantly (nothing new to the former "military brat" who attended six elementary schools in six years) his family and the Club—particularly, the tennis program—keep him anchored in Bellevue.
Tom says that TCHO has big plans for expansion, currently focusing on key marketing places such as New York, Los Angeles, Chicago, and yes, Seattle. No word yet on a chocolate waterfall.

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The easiest way to purchase gold is waiting for you in Gold Corners …
Another “first” from Kuveyt Türk: gold giver corner: Gold Corner.
Stop looking for a jeweler’s shop at the weekend and saying that you have forgotten to buy gold while going to a wedding ceremony!
Come to a Gold Corner and let us give the gram gold you want to your credit card. And besides, with the advantage of exchange prices that do not change according to time and space …
We are waiting you to the nearest Gold Corner!...
Gold Corner is a special device by means of which you may purchase the gram gold that is produced by the Istanbul Gold Refinery (İAR) for Kuveyt Türk and sold by Kuveyt Türk at its branches. Thanks to Gold Corner, you may purchase gram gold by your credit card at all hours of the day. Just insert your credit card and use the relevant display.
For Now, Gold Corners are in service in Istanbul in the following places:
The gold you purchase from Gold Corners is certified gold produced by the Istanbul Gold Refinery (İAR). You may easily change such gold at Kuveyt Türk Branches or in jeweler’s shop.
The price of the gold sold in Gold Corners is fixed based on the exchange price of that time.
3 TL transaction fee is charged for the gold sold in Gold Corners. This transaction fee is drawn from your credit card as added to gram gold price.
There are 3 types of gold in Gold Corners: Children Themed 1 Gr. Gold, Marriage Themed 1 Gr. Gold and Gift Themed 1 Gr. Gold.

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A 1984 performance in Germany by Spencer Davis, reunited with his former drummer Pete York and with bassist extraordinaire Colin Hodgkinson. "Live Together" isn't an especially accomplished Spencer Davis live recording, but it's a very affable one: Davis banters with his audience in German throughout the set, and it's clear that everyone's enjoying themselves. Hodgkinson's finest bass work has always been in his blues covers, and it's shown to fine effect here in "Walking Blues" and "Sliding Delta Blues"; Davis himself turns in some tasteful guitar work in a pensive rendition of "Trouble in Mind." But the undeniable highlight is "I'm a Man." It's a hard one to go wrong with by any band, as it's a song simply incapable of not being rousing when played live. Still, Davis's washes of electric guitar and the insistent pounding by York make this version particularly worthy.
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