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Port and sherries, whites, reds, roses and melomels--make your own wine without owning a vineyard! If you can follow a simple recipe, you can create delectable table wines in your own home. It's fun, it's easy-and the results will delightfully complement your favorite meals and provide unparalleled pleasure by the glass when friends come calling. You don't have tore-create Bordeaux in your basement to be a successful home vintner-you can make raisin wine and drink it like sherry, or use it to accent your Chinese cooking. Raspberry or apricot wine lend themselves to delicious desserts. And if you are interested in more exotic concoctions, rhubarb champagne is the ultimate treat. The Joy of Home Winemaking is your comprehensive guide to: * the most up-to-date techniques and equipment * readily available and affordable ingredients and materials * aging, bottling, racking, blending, and experimenting * dozens of original recipes for great-tasting fruit wines, * spice wines, herb wines, sparkling wines, sherries, liqueurs * even homemade soda pop! * a sparkling brief history of winemaking * helpful illustrations and glossary * an extensive mail-order resource section Whether you prefer your wine dry of slightly sweet, The Joy of Home Winemaking has all the information you need to go from casual connoisseur to expert home vintner in no time.
"New York Times"-bestselling author and "Today" show nutritionist Bauer offers "The LIFE Diet," a revolutionary weight loss plan to help readers get healthy and lose weight quickly.
The newest book by the "Juice Lady", presents a comprehensive nutritional guide to the health benefits of juicing, with a special emphasis on common and chronic ailments.
A book of multiple menus from the famous Julia Child. These recipes move away from the traditional recipes represented in Julia's most well known cook book, Mastering the Art of French Cooking.
Many of us have dog-eared copies of Mastering the Art of French Cooking in our kitchens or fondly remember watching episodes of The French Chef, but what was behind the enormous appeal of this ungainly, unlikely woman, who became a superstar in midlife and changed our approach to food and cooking forever? In the spirit of The Gospel According to Coco Chanel and How Georgia Became O'Keeffe, Julia Child Rules dissects the life of the sunny, unpretentious chef, author, cooking show star, and bon vivant, with an eye towards learning how we, too, can savor life. With her characteristic wit and flair, Karen Karbo takes us for a spin through Julia's life: from her idyllic childhood in California to her confusing young adulthood in New York; her years working for the OSS in Sri Lanka; her world class love affairs with Paris and Paul Child; and her decades as America's beloved French chef. Karbo weaves in her own personal experiences and stops for important life lessons along the way: how to live by your whims, make the world your oyster, live happily married, work hard, and enjoy a life of full immersion. It celebrates Julia's indomitable spirit and irrepressible joy, giving readers a taste of what it means to master the art of living.
Julia Child has given us answers to these and other questions in the ten masterful volumes she has published over the past 40 years. But which book do you go to for which solution? Now, in this little volume, you can find the answers immediately. Information is arranged according to subject matter, with ample cross-referencing. How are you going to cook that small rib steak you brought home? You'll be guided to the quick saute as the best and fastest way.
Julie Powell is 30 years old, living in a rundown apartment in Queens and working at a secretarial job that's going nowhere. She needs something to break the monotony of her life, and she invents a deranged assignment. She will cook all 524 recipes in Julia Child's 1961 classic Mastering the Art of French Cooking. In the span of one year. At first she thinks it will be easy, but as she moves from simple potato soup into more complicated realms, she realizes there's more to Mastering the Art than meets the eye. She haunts the local butcher, buying kidneys and sweetbreads. She rarely serves dinner before midnight. She discovers how to mold the perfect Orange Bavarian, the trick to extracting marrow from bone, and the intense pleasure of eating liver. And somewhere along the line she realizes she has eclipsed her life's ordinariness through humor, hysteria, and perseverance.
In the six decades since the publication of the first Junior League cookbook, local Junior League chapters have published more than two hundred individual volumes. With nearly 20 million copies in print, they are recognized and prized by home cooks around the country. These collections feature home kitchen-tested recipes that not only preserve regional food traditions but also have literally changed the quality of life in each community through the funds that they have generated. This collection includes more than four hundred recipes, ranging from classic dishes to contemporary fare that have never before been gathered into one volume. And the original essays on regional cooking and foodways plus dozens of menus make this cookbook engaging and informative as well as a trusted source for the best recipes. Packaged in an easy-to-use concealed spiral binding with a sturdy stain-resistant cover.
In the latest installment of this funny foodie series, eight-year-old Dessert and her friends are exposed to a highly contagious disease--the Annoying Sibling Disease. It's up to her to come up with a plan to stop this deadly disease, and when her class embarks on a study of the American Revolution, Mrs. Howdy Doody inspires Dessert to form a club and fight back. But as president of the Annoying Siblings Club, Dessert bites off a little more than she can chew, and in the end, she learns that to have a good friend or sibling, she has to be one.
Straight A student Cricket Kaufman hates to admit it--summer bores her. But when her family has zucchini as the vegetable three nights in a row because they have more zucchini than they can fit in the refrigerator, Cricket decides to find ways to use zucchini to make desserts. It's not long before her sixth grade friends get involved in the food-inspired fun and games. What is the strange secret ingredient in Cricket's "apple" crisp? How many cookies do the girls have to sell to earn more money than the boys collect by recycling cans? And who will triumph with the most original edible treat at the class's April Food's Day party? Fans of Johanna Hurwitz's popular Class Clown series will gobble up these satisfying stories, plus sixteen bonus recipes that are as sweet and simple as Cricket's No-Bake Peanut Butter Balls. You don't have to be hungry to dig into this hearty helping of laughs, surprises, and--best of all-- just desserts! The full page pictures are described and you can depend on the recipes to be accurate because all of the measurements have been double-checked, so get reading and cooking!
We suffer today from food anxiety, bombarded as we are with confusing messages about how to eat an ethical diet. Should we eat locally? Is organic really better for the environment? Can genetically modified foods be good for you? JUST FOOD does for fresh food what Fast Food Nation (Houghton Mifflin, 2001) did for fast food, challenging conventional views, and cutting through layers of myth and misinformation. For instance, an imported tomato is more energy-efficient than a local greenhouse-grown tomato. And farm-raised freshwater fish may soon be the most sustainable source of protein. Informative and surprising, JUST FOOD tells us how to decide what to eat, and how our choices can help save the planet and feed the world.
Hannah Swensen discovers Willa Sundquist dead alongside an upended key lime pie, but who would want to kill Willa--a junior college teacher and fellow baking contest judge--and why? Includes 12 original dessert recipes.
The Swedish botanist Linnaeus named the cocoa bean "Theobroma cacao," from the Greek meaning Food of the Gods. Linnaeus sure "knew what he was doing! DO YOU PAUSE whenever you pass the candy counter in a department store or mall? Does your mouth water just smelling the chocolaty aroma? Do you carefully unfold the foil on each piece of chocolate as if you were inspecting a treasure? Do you break off small bites, letting that wonderfully delicious chocolate smother your taste buds? You do? Then this book is for you. Here are chocolate facts, and the history of chocolate from that wonderful day Cortes was served the frothy drink in Aztec golden goblets. This explains how luscious chocolate candies and candy bars are made; it gives chocolate recipes, tells chocolate jokes, and debunks chocolate myths. In fact, The Kids' Book of Chocolate is filled with everything you ever wanted to know about this favorite subject.
Nashville Katz is about to be the main course of her own Early Bird Special Has deli owner and former New Yorker Gwen "Nashville" Katz bitten off more than she can chew? The spunky owner of Murray's Pastrami Swami finds the McCoy's Bakery delivery guy dead right in front of her deli, and his employers want to settle someone's corned beef hash. With the pregnant wife of the expired driver due any minute and her policeman brother turning up the heat, Gwen's in quite a pickle--she's a prime suspect and is about to face a griddling hot enough to sizzle a Hebrew National Frankfurter. Clearing her name and finding the killer won't be easy. Is it a newspaper editor with an off-the-record grudge? A dirty cop? Maybe a vegan with a serious beef? Between juggling two romances and making salami sandwiches, Gwen barely has time to dig for clues. But when she uncovers an un-kosher Katz family secret, she knows it's now. . . or never Because the ties that bind. . . can also strangle A Deadly Deli MysteryA native of Brooklyn, New York, Delia Rosen is the author of "A Brisket, A Casket" and "One Foot in the Gravy. " She now lives in Maine. She spends her time between writing and searching for good bagels.
Create a cake that looks too good to eat -- maybe!
[selected From the back cover] Fire up the grill tonight and delight your family and friends with a great dinner from this fantastic Kingsford cookbook. Discover fabulous recipes-some wonderfully simple and others deliciously original. ... Whether it's cool barbecues for sizzling summer evenings or easy grilling for chilly days, you'll enjoy carefree barbecuing all year long.
Miriam B. Loo provides dozens of tips for dealing with everyday problems in the kitchen, like oversalting, undercooking, and cracked eggs.
"The wildly popular basics course at Berkeley's famed Kitchen on Fire! culinary school teaches students ultimate confidence in the kitchen. In this new book, Chefs Olivier Said and MikeC. combine their many years of experience cooking in professional kitchens and classrooms to present all the basic techniques necessary to create great food-complete with full-color illustrations and step-by-step photos throughout. You'll explore the underlying methodology and alchemy of cooking, from ingredients to prep to heat. You'll get all the skills to navigate your kitchen with ease and the knowledge to put that cookbook back on the shelf and create your own recipes with whatever ingredients you have on hand. Beginners will find the information easy to digest, and seasoned cooks will discover the secrets of professional chefs-such as the rarely discussed importance of surface area and density in gauging cooking time. Blending the precision of a professional culinary textbook with the authors' fun and irreverent attitudes, Kitchen on Fire! makes it easy for anyone to cook like a chef"--
A big, compendious, comfortable, informative and utterly engaging book, Kitchen brings us feel-good food for cooks and eaters, whether Express-style and exotic-easy during the week, or leisurely and luxuriating (in the spirit of How to be a Domestic Goddess and Feast) at weekends or for occasions. Divided into two parts -- Kitchen Quandaries and Kitchen Comforts -- Nigella gives us the wherewithal to tackle any situation and satisfy all nourishment needs. But real cooking is often about leftovers, too, so here one recipe can lead to another... from ham hocks to pea soup and pasties, from chicken to Chinatown salad. This isn't just about being thrifty but about demonstrating how recipes come about, and giving new inspiration for last-minute meals and souped-up storecupboard suppers. As well as offering the reader a mouthwatering array of new recipes, both comforting and exciting - from clams with chorizo to Guinness gingerbread, from Asian braised beef to flourless chocolate lime cake, from Pasta alla Genovese to Venetian carrot cake - Nigella rounds up her kitchen kit must-haves (telling us, too, what equipment we don't need) and highlights individual ingredients - both basic essentials and modern-day life-savers. But above all, she reminds the reader how much pleasure there is to be had in real food, and in reclaiming the traditional rhythms of the kitchen, as she cooks to the beat of the heart of the home, creating simple recipes to make life less complicated.
When Lora Brody, cookbook author, chocolate maven, and mother, sent her sons off into the world, she (and they) realized that they didn't have a clue as to how to feed themselves or their guests, if, heaven forbid, they should have any. The Kitchen Survival Guide is for anyone -- newly graduated, newly married, newly single -- who is venturing into the kitchen for the first time. With her on-target brand of humor, Lora Brody builds kitchen confidence with more than 130 basic recipes necessary to get through life, as well as hundreds of helpful hints Mom forgot to share:On cleaning an oven -- "Manual cleaning oven, unfortunately, does not mean that a guy named Manuel will come and clean your oven."What's the difference between dicing and chopping, zest and pith, or au gratin and au lait?Survival recipes include tuna fish salad, homemade chicken soup, brownies, and many more.Setting up a kitchen and keeping it clean and safe, how to buy and store food, a glossary of basic cooking terms, and what to do in the event of a culinary disaster are all covered in this handy, easy-to-use cookbook and kitchen compendium.<P> Advisory: Bookshare has learned that this book offers only partial accessibility. We have kept it in the collection because it is useful for some of our members. To explore further access options with us, please contact us through the Book Quality link on the right sidebar. Benetech is actively working on projects to improve accessibility issues such as these.
Sizzling sauté pans. Screaming spectators. Television cameras. A ticking clock. Fasten your seatbelt for the Bocuse d'Or, the world's most challenging and prestigious cooking competition, where the pressure and the stakes could not be higher. At this real-life Top Chef, twenty-four culinary teams, each representing its home nation, cook for five and a half grueling hours. There are no elimination rounds--the teams have only this chance to cook two spectacular platters of food to be judged by a jury of chefs. Prize money, international acclaim, and national pride are on the line. Knives at Dawn is the dramatic story of the selection and training of the 2009 American team, overseen by a triumvirate of revered culinary figures, Daniel Boulud, Thomas Keller, and Jérôme Bocuse, icons portrayed here in intimate detail that only the author's unparalleled behind-the-scenes access could yield. The stars of this chefs-as-athletes story, Timothy Hollingsworth and his assistant, or commis, Adina Guest, both from the celebrated The French Laundry in Yountville, California, are up against a determined, colorful cast of international competitors. All the hopefuls meet in an arena in Lyon, France, for the ultimate competition, where technical and mental fortitude and split-second decisions can make all the difference in the world. With its riveting details and revelatory depictions of chefs in action, Knives at Dawn delivers fascinating insights into what drives chefs in their pursuit of excellence and perfection.on-making, or a few too many seconds of heat can make all the difference in the world. Beyond the American team itself, unparalleled behind-the-scenes access allows sports journalist and food writer Andrew Friedman to paint intimate portraits of Boulud and Keller, two of the most influential culinary figures of their generation, as well as of French icon Paul Bocuse, who created the competition more than two decades ago. With its revealing look at chefs and cooks of different generations and nationalities, Knives at Dawn delivers fascinating insights into what drives chefs to cook and compete, both in the Bocuse d'Or and in their own kitchens every day.
In 'Knives Cooks Love', trusted cookware authority Sur La Table teams up with writer Sarah Jay to guide chefs of all levels so their knives will last a lifetime. The nuances between knife blades and handles are discussed, as well as cutting surfaces and an array of sharpeners and honers. Numerous cutting techniques are also showcased with step-by-step instructions and photographs. These skills are then put to the test with more than 20 knife-essential, tantalising recipes like Mango-Cucumber Salsa, Mediterranean-Style Mussels with Fennel and Tomatoes, Arroz con Pollo with Chorizo and Capers, and Bread and Butter Pudding with Rum and Crystallised Ginger.
In this captivating account of a Bible-based practice that has grown into a multibillion-dollar industry, Fishkoff travels throughout America and to Shanghai, China, to find out who eats kosher food, who produces it, who is responsible for its certification, and how this fascinating world continues to evolve.
After thirty years of leading culinary tours throughout Mexico, Marilyn Tausend teams up with Mexican chef and regional cooking authority Ricardo Muñoz Zurita to describe how the cultures of many profoundly different peoples combined to produce the unmistakable flavors of Mexican food. Weaving engrossing personal narrative with a broad selection of recipes, the authors show how the culinary heritage of indigenous groups, Europeans, and Africans coalesced into one of the world's most celebrated cuisines. Cooks from a variety of cultures share recipes and stories that provide a glimpse into the preparation of both daily and festive foods. In a Maya village in Yucatán, cochinita de pibil is made with the native peccary instead of pig. In Mexico City, a savory chile poblano is wrapped in puff-pastry. On Oaxaca's coast, families of African heritage share their way of cooking the local seafood. The book includes a range of recipes, from the delectably familiar to the intriguingly unusual.
Brimming with magic realism, this novel celebrates sensuality - the melding of sexual love and the pleasures of the kitchen. Rosa Fiore, a consummate cook, leaves her village after her lover is murdered. After twenty-five years as a librarian in Sicily she meets a new lover, a mysterious Englishman who shares her passion for cooking. Minor characters include Rosa's sexually voracious mother, her brothers Guerra and Pace who are conjoined twins, her snoopy 111-year-old neighbor Nonna Frolla, and a lascivious priest.


Will Somerville became the 23rd Sydney University cricketer to play Test cricket when he made his debut for New Zealand against Pakistan in Abu Dhabi last week - taking 4-75 and 3-52. He’s the first Sydney University player to appear for the Black Caps.
Nick Larkin’s dominant 109 for New South Wales against South Australia was his third first-class century, his second this season, and his first at the Sydney Cricket Ground.
Sydney University’s gripping win over Campbelltown-Camden in the Kingsgrove Sports T20 competition on Sunday takes the students to finals day at the SCG for the fourth time. University will play Penrith in the conference final next Sunday, with the grand final to be played under lights later in the evening.
Liam Robertson’s appearance in the T20 semi-final at Campbelltown means that he has now appeared in at least one finals match in ten successive seasons. It was Liam’s 44th appearance in a final (5 in Poidevin-Gray, 6 in Second Grade, 12 in the T20 competition, 12 in the First Grade Limited Overs competition and 9 in the regular First Grade competition). He still has some way to go, however, before he catches Tom Kierath, who has played in 52 finals matches (7 in Firsts, 10 in T20, 9 in the First Grade Limited Overs, 22 in Seconds, 2 in Thirds and 2 in Metropolitan Cup).
Damien Mortimer has passed 3500 runs in First Grade (1371 of them for Campelltown-Camden).
Ryan Danne became the 761st Sydney University First Grader when he made his debut against Hawkesbury on Saturday.
Max Hope took his first wicket in First Grade during the T20 victory against Campelltown on Sunday.
Jack Hill has passed 4000 runs for the club in all grades, becoming the 38th player to reach that milestone.
Kieran Tate, with 6-32 against Hawkesbury, took his fourth five-wicket haul in Premier Cricket, and his second in Second Grade. It’s the second time he has taken six wickets against Hawkesbury in Seconds - last time, in 2015-16, they came in 5.1 overs and cost only four runs.
Varun George, during his 48 not out against Hawkesbury in Seconds, passed 500 runs for the club - and is still not quite halfway through his first season.
Against Hawkesbury, Matt Moran (3-15) took his first wickets for the club and his best figures in Third Grade.
Will Masojada, with 55 not out against Hawkesbury, hit his first half-century in Fourth Grade and his second for the club.
Thomas Crawford routed Balmain-South Sydney for 66, helping Metropolitan Cup to outright points, with career-best figures of 4-19.


People have just two more weeks to put themselves forward for a by-election in Louth in April.
Louth Town Council have a vacancy on the Trinity ward, representing the area at bottom end of Eastgate, Eastfield Road, Park Avenue, St Bernard’s Avenue and Monks’ Dyke Road.
This follows the recent resignation of Mrs Gill Burton, and an election was called earlier this year.
An election will be held on Thursday, April 11 and anyone wishing to find out more should contact the elections officer at East Lindsey District Council, Mrs S Brewitt on 01507 601111 to obtain a nomination pack.
The elected councillor will serve until the next round of council elections in May 2015.
Forms must be completed and returned to ELDC by Wednesday, March 13.


text: This is a reminder first and foremost to myself, for I seem to need this of late. Circumstances haven’t always been rosy, and I’m usually a rather private person when that happens – if you’re a loved one, and I reach out to you on a problem, know that it usually means it has gotten out of hand for me, and a tad too overwhelming. One can interpret that as strength, or just being a rather closed up person. I’ve been used to it, and I do believe it has been the foundation to my sense of independence as well. Nevertheless, those times, when it really overwhelms me, and I feel insecure, those are the times – I would like to remind myself, that hey, you’ve gotten this far, trust yourself, believe in yourself, know that there is nothing you can’t achieve with effort, faith and prayers – often in the reverse direction. You will be okay, just as God has seen you through the many trials of various sizes, you will be ok, He’s watching over you now too. Sending some love and prayers in your direction too whoever you may be, may He be our constant choice of unwavering guidance and compass. And when He feels distant, ask yourself who moved?

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Spragga Benz to release first album in seven years
It has been seven years since fans got a taste of an album with new material from dancehall veteran Spragga Benz, but he plans to please listeners with his new album, 'The Journey Continues', which is scheduled for a summer release.
One of his newest single, A Just We, is to be released on iTunes and other digital platforms on April 28.
The Journey Continues was produced by LMR Pro. It is the seventh studio album from Spragga Benz, whose last release was 2010's Shotta Culture.
Spragga is known for hits such as She Nuh Ready Yet, Dedicated featuring Wayne Wonder, Girls Hooray, Jack It Up, Weh Ya Say Star, A1 Lover and Boom She Wrong, as well as albums like Uncommonly Smooth, Fully Loaded and Thug Nature.
In a move to stir interest for the forthcoming album, Spragga has several confirmed performances for shows in the United States and the Caribbean. These include Barbados (April 30), Bridgeport, Connecticut (May 19), Bronx, New York (May 20), and his celebrity birthday bash in Fort Lauderdale on June 10.
Spragga recently performed at the B.B. King Blues Club & Grill in New York. He is currently throwing the promotional muscle behind songs like How Yuh Bad Suh by Xyclone, and Celebrate by Briggy Benz, featuring Beenie Man.
A video for the single A Just We was recently shot in New York. It was directed by Deus Beni.


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This latest move doesn’t feel like a transition. It feels like an alternate universe.
Somewhere in the recesses of my memory is a life before. But that life seems foreign and distant, like a dream.
Sometimes I am shaken with the realization that I really did it. I really quit the job I loved and packed up and moved to a new house in a new state to take a new job, again. After dreaming of living in this place for so long, it seemed like an impossibility. Yet here it is. I am living it.
This course of drastic change seems so stark compared to the life before.
Just months earlier, I stood in airport in some city somewhere for the 20th time last year. Announcements echoed through the corridor, funneling people into lines that led to seats that led to flights to faraway places. Suitcase wheels buzzed around me as rivers of people wearing scarves and holding Starbucks cups and talking on cell phones flowed through the hallways.
I stood like rock in that river, as people moved to bump and splash on either side. I felt as though that moment was a little analogous to the life I was living.
Everywhere were birth announcements and engagements and job changes and life events. I seemed to be in the midst of that steady stream of change, standing, unmoved. I watched the metamorphosis of many a friend go from single to engaged to married to motherhood. Years passed as these events took course in their lives, one after another after another.
That day in the airport, as I looked back, it was if I had been watching a time lapse video of their lives in motion. And all the while, amid the flurry, I stood still.
Then something shifted. It was so slight at the beginning. Like a boulder that has sat perched on a crux, motionless for years. Then some internal, unseeable settling sends it rolling. I felt it in my core one day — that shift — and knew the tumble was coming.
From my spinning viewpoint at the center of it, I watched my world morph into something new. Here I am, at a conclusion and a new beginning. And finally, at the end of still.
The lights from the city are glowing off to my left as my car glides through the tos and fros of this six-lane artery. This is usually when I wait in ambivalence for the drive to be over. But tonight I feel prickles of nostalgia come over me in the peace brought by the darkness and the staccato beats of the white dotted lines ticking by.
I’ve lived my entire adult life in this state, never quite feeling at home in my mind, but somehow making one of it. I’ve talked endlessly about my native state with stubborn loyalty and complained about the politics and softness of the culture here. Yet, now that I am faced with leaving, suddenly all the good things I will miss surface.
I will miss the warmth of the sunshine, which never seems daunted by winter rains for long.
I will miss the frothy beaches set against rocky crags.
I will miss year-round biking though oak flanked clay single-track trails.
I will rivers flowing over granite and fields of wine grapes tucked in blankets of mustard flowers.
But most of all, I will miss the pockets of friends I have scattered throughout different cities I have lived here. The ones I explored the mountains with. The ones I worked with. The ones I ran with. The ones I prayed with. The ones I sat in church with. The ones I traveled with. The ones I lived next to. The ones who I stayed up late dreaming about this very move with.
Suddenly my future seems like a blank page without them to help me write my stories. And yet I know there will others who will take up the pen.
But for now, I can’t help but feel a loss at leaving this state.

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LIBOR scandal set to rock U.S. as experts warn it could be 'the biggest consumer fraud in history'
As the investigation into the LIBOR interest rate-rigging in the United Kingdom becomes a financial scandal of tsunami-like proportions, some analysts are openly wondering whether 16 of the world's largest banks have perpetrated the biggest fraud in history.
With the public coming round to the global significance of banks potentially colluding like a cartel to favourably set the LIBOR, those same analysts predict lawsuits worth tens of billions being brought against the Western world's largest financial institutions by average consumers.
Early analysis suggests that for a period of several years before and after the 2008 financial crisis, the London interbank offered rate (LIBOR) was manipulated to such an extent that a family with a $100,000 mortgage would have been $50 to $100 worse off a month because of the fixing.
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Traders work on the floor of the New York Stock Exchange in New York: It is alleged that the level of interest rate manipulation by the world's largest banks could have fraudulently affected billions of people across the world
As the fallout from Barclay's $453 million fine for admitting influencing the LIBOR hits the U.S., Europe and Japan, banks such as Citigroup, JPMorgan Chase, HSBC and Deutsche Bank have admitted they are now under investigation for interest rate manipulation.
Economist and financial analysts are predicting that as the scale of the potential fraud becomes clear, the fines and litigation that engulfs the banking sector could dwarf the penalty handed to Barclay's and even herald further, more stringent regulation on Wall Street and multinational banks.
Central to this is the fact that the LIBOR affects everyone from the 'one percent' who run the banks down to the man on Main Street who is paying off his credit card or car loan and affects the rate of return he will see on his pension or 401k savings.
Taken altogether, an awesome $360 trillion dollars in loans around the world are indexed to the LIBOR, a figure which is five times the value of the world's entire annual GDP.
The New York Stock Exchange: Even though the LIBOR interest rate manipulation scandal began in London its effects could be global and see multinational banks fall under strict regulation
Despite being set in London, the LIBOR is the average interest rate agreed by the world's largest international banks and indexes the short and long term interest rates for 10 currencies across 15 different time zones.
Treasury Secretary Tim Geithner has been called in front of the Senate Banking Committee as he faces questions about what level of knowledge the U.S. Government had over the LIBOR
The LIBOR impacts every financial service and product across the planet and in the U.S. in 2008, 60 percent of prime adjustable rate mortgages and almost all of sub-prime mortgages were tied to LIBOR.
It has been alleged that the world's largest banks have been fraudulently fixing interest rates around the world for at least the past decade, if not for a much longer period of time.
The fraud was uncovered when Barclay's Bank in London was discovered to have been submitting false figures to the LIBOR to improve their trading postion.
By manipulating the LIBOR, by raising or lowering it, banks allegedly could make their balance sheets appear healthier than they were, while consumers and members of the public apparently paid the shortfall.
'LIBOR hearkens back to a time when finance operated like a gentlemen’s club, and its leading members behaved honestly,' said Robert Shapiro, the former Under Secretary of Commerce for Economic Affairs in the Clinton administration and now chairman of Sonecon, an economic consultancy firm.
'That is a universe away from the current Wall Street culture and behavior.
'They take out bets and pay themselves fortunes for doing so, even when they cannot make good on those bets without taxpayer bailouts.
'And now, we also know that when they bet on interest rates rising or falling, they stacked the LIBOR deck to nudge rates in the direction that made money. And they left everybody else with the bill.
Figures suggest that during the 2008 financial crisis, the London interbank offered rate (LIBOR) was manipulated to such an extent that a family with a $100,000 mortgage would have been $50 to $100 worse off because of the fixing.
'So long as big finance will do almost anything to goose its own profits and bonuses, 'self-regulation' is a dangerous myth.
'It should give way to sound law enforcement, which in economic terms is government regulation.'
Indeed, Shapiro breaks down the depth of the alleged fraud by noting that in his calculations, LIBOR was off by an average of 30-40 basis points on the interest rate for the best part of a decade.
With one hundred basis point equaling a full percentage point in the set interest rate, this would have added $50 to $100 to the monthly repayments on a $100,000 loan.
In addition, between 2007 and 2008, Americans held $11.1 trillion in residential mortgage debt during the time period of interest rate manipulations of 30 to 40 percent.
JP Morgan Chase is just one of the banks that are now being investigated to discover whether they fixed international interest rates
'If the bankers' manipulations of the LIBOR was responsible for raising LIBOR rates by just 20 basis points in that period, their shenanigans added between $1.1 billion and $2.2 billion to the yearly interest paid by American homeowners.'
In fact, the scandal has developed to include Washington lawmakers too, as the Senate Banking Committee seeks to understand the level of impact the rate manipulation has had on average U.S. citizens.
'It is important the we understand how any manipulation many impact American consumers and the U.S. financial system,' said Senate Banking Committee Chairman Tim Johnson to MSNBC
If it is proven that multinational banks colluded to fix interest rates across the world then the lawsuits and fines brought against them could cripple some banks and lead to tens of billions of dollars in penalties
Already, cities and states have begun to sue some of the world's largest banks as the LIBOR scandal washes across the globe.
Claiming that the credit derivatives or interest rate swaps they bought from banks would have been adversely affected by interest rate manipulation, cities, states and even hedge funds could have a case against the banks.
Nassau County in New York is claiming that LIBOR fixing cost them $13 million dollars and in Pennsylvania, 107 school districts owned derivatives during the time that rates were allegedly being manipulated.
The financial scandal first became apparent at Barclay's Bank in London after they admitted to fixing the LIBOR interest rate
As an indication of the financial size of the lawsuits facing the banks, experts point out that if in one state there are 107 school districts that have lost millions due to fraudulent rate manipulation, how many other claims are to be made by mortgage holders, car owners and school districts in other states?
'If the lie was big enough and for a long enough period and anyone entitled to receive payment based on LIBOR can make the claim, the potential damage to the bank is enormous,' said Peter Tchir of TF Market Advisors.
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In-Patient Drug Rehab Benefits
Every single day brings new obstacles, triumphs, and joys our way. Sometimes life is peaches and cream and at other times, it seems it’s an uphill battle you cannot conquer. Many people turn to drugs and/or alcohol in such dreaded times.
Masking their pain or hurt with drugs and alcohol feels good and relieves a lot of pressure, at least for a short time. Many people find they cannot live without drugs or alcohol after a short time using it, especially when they try heroin, Benzodiazepines, methamphetamines, and other harder drugs.
Drug Addiction in the U.S.
It’s known as drug addiction and some 8.5 million American adults struggle with the triumphs and devastation that it creates. People battling drug addiction oftentimes struggle with relationship problems, issues at work, and maybe even legal problems as their addiction progresses. It takes using a drug only one time to create an addiction.
Many of these people hate their lifestyle and want nothing more than to break free from drug use and what it created. They simply don’t know how or they allow fear to stand in the way. The first step is the hardest step but a very important move that anyone battling drug addiction must make in order to change their life.
Will I Always Be Addicted to Drugs?
It is not easy to break free from an addiction to drugs or alcohol. Anyone that tells you it is easy is simply misguiding you. Good things come to people who want it, who do not give up, and who do not allow fear to stand in the way. With the right help and treatment, you can overcome the challenges that stand in your way.
You’re never truly free from the desire, the want, and the urge to use drugs, you simply learn how to better cope with life and the obstacles that threaten to bring you down without drugs involved. Is this to say that you’re prone to a life of substance abuse and the consequences that it brings? Not at all. Once you decide that it’s time to make a change, you’re on the right track to success.
In-Patient Drug Rehab Offers Help and Hope
In-patient drug rehab offers an addict the best chance to get clean. In-patient rehab removes the addict from the environment that created or contributes to the addiction, as well as the people who influenced the use in one way or another.
Licensed, trained therapists, counselors, and medical staff tend to each patient and his or her specific needs. Rehabilitation centers provide patients with individual and group therapy, mental health diagnosis, and a variety of additional services that help them learn how to live their best life free of drugs.

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Grey reef sharks feed mainly on bony fishes, with cephalopods such as squid and octopus being the second-most important food group, and crustaceans such as crabs and lobsters making up the remainder. The larger sharks take a greater proportion of cephalopods. These sharks hunt individually or in groups, and have been known to pin schools of fish against the outer walls of coral reefs for feeding. Hunting groups of up to 700 grey reef sharks have been observed at Fakarava atoll in French Polynesia. They excel at capturing fish swimming in the open, and they complement hunting whitetip reef sharks, which are more adept at capturing fish inside caves and crevices. Their sense of smell is extremely acute, being capable of detecting one part tuna extract in 10 billion parts of sea water. In the presence of a large quantity of food, grey reef sharks may be roused into a feeding frenzy; in one documented frenzy caused by an underwater explosion that killed several snappers, one of the sharks involved was attacked and consumed by the others.
Grey reef sharks were the first shark species known to perform a threat display, a stereotypical behavior warning that it is prepared to attack. The display involves a "hunched" posture with characteristically dropped pectoral fins, and an exaggerated, side-to-side swimming motion. Grey reef sharks often do so if they are followed or cornered by divers to indicate they perceive a threat. This species has been responsible for a number of attacks on humans, so should be treated with caution, especially if they begin to display. They are caught in many fisheries and are susceptible to local population depletion due to their low reproduction rate and limited dispersal. As a result, the International Union for Conservation of Nature has assessed this species as Near Threatened.
The Caribbean reef shark infrequently attacks humans. In general, a shark attack on a human is behaviorally similar to an attack upon natural prey. A human is more susceptible to being attacked if the shark is cornered and feels that there is no escape route. In situations like these, the shark may rake the victim during the attack resulting in lacerations.
The "hunch" threat display of the grey reef shark is the most pronounced and well-known agonistic display (a display directed towards competitors or threats) of any shark. Investigations of this behavior have been focused on the reaction of sharks to approaching divers, some of which have culminated in attacks. The display consists of the shark raising its snout, dropping its pectoral fins, arching its back, and curving its body laterally. While holding this posture, the shark swims with a stiff, exaggerated side-to-side motion, sometimes combined with rolls or figure-8 loops. The intensity of the display increases if the shark is more closely approached or if obstacles are blocking its escape routes, such as landmarks or other sharks. If the diver persists, the shark will either retreat or launch a rapid open-mouthed attack, slashing with its upper teeth.


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Andrea Leadsom has finally released her tax return, which shows she had almost £10,000 of tax-free capital gains last year.
Despite other Tory leadership hopefuls releasing their details when they announced their candidacy Mrs Leadsom instead promised to publish hers if she made it onto the final shortlist in the Tory leadership contest.
But she offered to show them to Tory MPs on request.
The MP paid £22,621 in tax on total income of £83,930 in 2014/15 but also recorded a tax-free capital gain of £9,270.
A summary prepared by Isis Accountants showed she had an income of £76,597 from her job at Westminster, plus £2,324 from dividends and tax credits and £5,009 in interest.
The document also showed capital gains of £9,270 - below the £11,000 threshold for capital gains tax that applied at the time.
The document, covering just a single year, comes after Mrs Leadsom's rival in the race to Number 10 Theresa May published a summary of her tax affairs over four years.
Mrs May's statement from the private bank Coutts showed she paid £40,023 in income tax in 2014/15.
She earned £112,426 as an MP and Home Secretary and a further £6,036 in interest and dividends.
Her total taxable income was £117,350 after taking her reduced personal allowance into account.
The Home Secretary declared £5,033 in net capital gains and £685 in charitable donations.
Between 2011 and 2014 she paid £126,679 in income tax on £375,343 of earnings.

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Chris Jericho surprised fans when he appeared at this morning’s World Tag League Finals show. Jericho first appeared via video package after the Elite defeated Roppongi 3k in tag team action, and then in the ring, by attacking Kenny Omega.
Jericho hit him with the codebreaker, and then bloodied Omega by hitting him with the IWPG US Title. Jericho also took out announcer Don Callis when Callis tried to check on Omega. This led to Callis being stretchered out.

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I’m writing this while Hurricane Sandy is blowing away my Halloween decorations outside.
I’m in the West Virginia panhandle where the Shenandoah meets the Potomac River, so I’m nowhere near the beach receiving the brunt of the storm. Neither am I in the West Virginia mountains getting snowed on. I’m in a nice middle area where we just have some wind and rain.
With all the Halloween Treats I’ve been making, I’ve been saving these for a while. I wanted to post this for a few weeks, but the Halloween stuff just seemed to take precedence. And now with Thanksgiving around the corner, I thought this was the perfect time to share these Fudgy Pumpkin Cookie Brownies with you.
I hope you’re not too upset that I saved them for a “Rainy Day”.
This is a super simple recipe using boxed brownie mix and cookie mix.
1. Make your Brownies.
2. Melt Chocolate and mix with Condensed Milk.
3. Pour over brownie mix.
4. Make Cookie dough and add by the tablespoon to the top.
Bake. Cool. Eat. Eat More!
The addition of the Condensed Milk and Chocolate creates an awesome fudgy center that is soft and gooey and keeps the brownies almost batter-like.
And the combination of the two flavors was just divine!
Fudgy Brownie with Pumpkin Cookie Layer
Prep Time: 30 minutes
Cook Time: 35 minutes
Ingredients (24 bars)
- 1 box Brownie Mix + ingredients to make
- 1 bag Pumpkin Spice Cookie Mix + ingredients to make
- 1 14oz can of Sweetened Condensed Milk
- 1 1/2 C Dark Chocolate chunks
Prepare Brownies according to directions on box.
Pour Sweetened Condensed Milk into microwave safe bowl and heat for 45 seconds. Add Chocolate chunks and mix until melted and smooth.
Prepare Pumpkin Spice Cookies as directed on bag.
Prepare a 9×13 inch pan with foil. Pour in Brownies, then chocolate, then top with scoops of pumpkin cookie dough.
Bake at 350 deg F for 35 minutes or until a toothpick comes out clean.
Allow to cool.
Cut into 24 pieces, cleaning the knife between cuts. Devour.
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Michelle's Tasty Creations
Tuesday 6th of November 2012
WOW! Two of my favorite desserts! Genus! Thanks so much for linking up to Creative Thursday. Can’t wait to see what you share this week! Have a wonderful week.Michelle
Monday 5th of November 2012
Whoa! This looks so good. Moist and yummy!
Sarah @ Becoming Martha
Sunday 4th of November 2012
Oh these look goooooood! I need some! Thanks so much for linking up to our Keep Calm & Link Up party, hope you are having a great weekend!!
Kelly @ Semi Homemade Mom
Saturday 3rd of November 2012
Thank you so much for linking these up to Show & Share Wednesday, definitely trying soon. Tons of sales lately on the baking mixes! I'm featuring you this afternoon on my Facebook page: https://www.facebook.com/SemiHomemadeMom
Friday 2nd of November 2012
All the flavors of the season in one great brownie! Have a great weekend and thank you so much for sharing with Full Plate Thursday. Come Back Soon!Miz Helen

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Washington. He is fluent in German – as is his Russian. Jeffrey Rathke has represented the USA in many countries around the world as a diplomat for 24 years. He was at home in Germany twice, in the 1990s and from 2006 to 2009. Since 2015, he has headed the American Institute for Contemporary German Studies at the famous John Hopkins University in Washington. Rathke spent the election evening in front of the television. In an interview with RedaktionsNetzwerk Deutschland (RND), he drew a tentative preliminary assessment of the transatlantic relationship.
Six parties, no clear winner, in the end perhaps a coalition of three political forces: How strange are Americans in the German federal elections?
Germany is one of the most important partners of the United States. In this regard, Americans interested in foreign policy recognize Germany’s role and rate German-American relations as good. So there is a positive fundamental outlook. Of course we are not used to the fact that there are tripartite alliances in Germany. But such constellations are not uncommon in other countries such as Sweden, Belgium or Italy.
Outgoing Chancellor Angela Merkel was much appreciated by liberal Americans. What is the extent of the dispute in German-American relations as a result of the change in the Chancellery?
As Chancellor Angela Merkel, she has always been a figure of integration and cohesion over the past 16 years – as well as in transatlantic relations. This is what the United States appreciates. But I think that both leading candidates who are now trying to form a government will adopt some of Merkel’s directions and want to continue. So I don’t see any problems in our relationships.
What does the United States expect from a new German government?
There are several priorities for the Biden government: On the one hand, there is an economic recovery in times of the pandemic. This also includes climate policy, which is part of the Democrats’ infrastructure package. Internationally, Biden often talks about the competition between democracies and authoritarian governments. This debate is very important to the United States. One would like to see Germany as a partner.
For a while you can get the impression that the top green candidate is Analina Barbock Because of the crucial policies of Russia and China for their party He was a favorite of the Washington Chancellery.
Of course, there is some US overlap with the positions of the Greens, who advocate a values-based foreign policy in their election manifesto. It was viewed favorably in Washington. But this can also be found with other parties. Assuming that the Green Party and the FDP will belong to the next federal government, I am confident that value-based thinking will be represented in German politics.
Global minimum tax as a transatlantic project
Do you see any preference in the Biden government for the Traffic Lights Coalition or the Jamaica Coalition?
I don’t think there are any preferences. There will be overlap with both Federal Chancellor Olaf Schultz and Chancellor Armin Laschet. The two politicians share a desire to work across the Atlantic and both have priorities that align well with Joe Biden’s agenda. In a federal government led by the Social Democrats, this may be the minimum global taxation that Schultz has worked so hard on as finance minister. At the CDU/CSU, the intention to boost German defense spending would be in line with Washington’s wishes.
US midterm congressional elections are scheduled for next year, and experience has shown that there is not much that can be done politically. Meanwhile, months of government formation began in Berlin. Is there now a risk of tailings across the Atlantic?
The United States has its own political calendar, which does not always overlap with operations in other countries. Thus is life. Of course, Washington would like to form the next federal government faster rather than slower so that they can begin to implement the common agenda. You don’t want to waste any time, but you know you can’t speed up the German process. Merkel remains in office as long as there is no new federal chancellor. So the work continues.
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An all new wave of Venom Marvel Legends is here with six new figures and a Build-A-Figure Venompool. Four new 1/6 scale Michael Myers figures by Trick or Treat Studios are available as well. The next Transformers Generations Selects figure is Bug Bite! McFarlane’s Mortal Kombat figures continue with Baraka and Kitana. The next wave of Power Ranger Lightning Collection figures includes the MMPR Black Ranger, Goldar, Zeo Red Ranger and In Space Yellow Ranger. Predator is joining the MegaBox figure series. Eaglemoss has tons of new items to choose from Star Trek, Battlestar Galactica, Alien, WWE, Doctor Who and more! Jada Toys Nano Metalfigs and Hollywood Rides are turning Transformers, Marvel and DC characters into tiny metal figures. The Acid Rain line is also bringing some new figures with Tamara, the War Correspondent set, and the Interceptor Camelbot HR52e.
There are a bunch of new arrivals to choose from. The Star Wars: The Black Series figures of Zeb and Hera from Star Wars Rebels are here. Fans of The Mandalorian can grab a couple Geeki Tikis and more. Six dinosaurs from Nanmu Studios’ Jurassic Series are now in stock. S.H.Figuarts Goku (Kaio-ken) is gleaming pearlescent paint. Azrael is here to join Batman and the Joker in McFarlane’s DC Multiverse series from Batman: White Knight. TBLeague’s 1/12 scale Captain Sparta features a seamless body with metal skeleton. Along with the new pre-order this week, Generations Selects Deluxe Nightbird is here and ready to ship. From the climactic scene from Godzilla: King of the Monsters, S.H.MonsterArts Burning Godzilla is finally here! NECA’s Ultimate Flasher Gremlin, based off the Dorry’s Tavern scene, is here to cause mischief and comes equipped with a removable fabric trench coat.
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It has been described as a rogue iceberg and a tree embedded in a glacier, but since opening its doors in April, Snøhetta’s Oslo Opera House has been drawing gasps of admiration for reasons beyond mere aesthetics. Here we have a €500m public scheme, Norway’s largest cultural project since the construction of Nidarosdomen Cathedral in the 14th century, coming in on time and under budget.
And it is public money well spent. Despite the connotations of elitism so often associated with opera, this is a ‘public’ building in every sense of the word.
Built around the concept of joint ownership, togetherness and accessibility for all, a 20,000m² marble rooftop rises from the fjord on the eastern edge of Oslo harbour, creating a public carpet of horizontal and sloping surfaces.
Total accessibility may however have its own inherent dangers – an early public viewing resulted in a broken arm – but this celebration of freedom from the shackles of EU health and safety regulations has done little to deter visitors. Over 300,000 had used the space within its first three months of opening.
Such success has led to the build being cloaked in such grandiose terms as ‘a social democratic monument’, although this only accounts for part of its success, “It is a little simple to say that that is all it is,” counters Snøhetta founding partner Kjetil Thorsen, “but to some extent it does have definite features of what you might call ‘the Nordic model’ incorporated directly into its architecture.”
THE MARBLE CARPET
The use of La Facciata Italian marble clearly has its benefits in terms of stability, density and longevity, but it also addresses the monumentality that the Norwegian government first called for in inviting international tenders for the commission. “We wanted a hard material,” Thorsen explains, “but we also wanted that strange relationship between a non-programmed outdoor space and this hard, urban material.”
The marble carpet is only one element of this ambitious build. A self-contained aluminium-clad ‘factory’ contains the production facilities and the majority of the building’s 600 staff, while oak has been used within the main auditorium, which houses a 1,370-seat horseshoe auditorium and a smaller 400-capacity theatre.
Much of the activity going on within the building, ballet rehearsals and workshops, for example, can be witnessed from outside, further emphasising the sense of total transparency. A high glass façade over the foyer also has a dominant role in dictating the views of the building from south, west and north.
“The glass openings not only provide light from outside to in, but also from inside to out,” Thorsen explains. “The exterior is lit from inside the building and, without wishing to sound too national-romantic, this is the way in which Norwegian public spaces have traditionally been lit at night. We do not depend on a high degree of outdoor lighting.”
Another notable feature of Snøhetta‘s work has been its collaboration with artists, both Norwegian and international, throughout the design process. This includes integrated art on the stone and metal clad surfaces, and Olafur Eliasson’s perforated, illuminated cladding housing the public toilets. As showcased through its 2007 Serpentine Gallery Pavilion, this is an ongoing feature of the practice’s work.
“We’re looking at some sort of borderline of trans-disciplinary ways of working,” says Thorsen. “It allows us to position ourselves as architect and artist and helps us and others come to understand the very concept and heart of what we are doing. This process of collaboration becomes an overriding aspect of how to solve the representation of an object or building in the public sphere.”
Whether the picnicking hordes and skateboarders appreciate such high-concept is debatable. What is beyond dispute, however, is that Oslo Opera House has made a crucial connection with the very people it was constructed for.


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This is the third part in my permaculture series. Check out Part I: The Permaculture Principles and Part II: A History of Permaculture and its Movers and Shakers.
Permaculture is a thought process. There are many methods employed by permaculturist but these methods do not make the movement. My teacher, Larry Santoyo, likes to say that the methods are the tools and permaculture the toolbox. It is important to note that many of these tools are not new, many of them are ancient. Too often people in power profit by marketing ancient tools and philosophies as new and hip. Permaculture links relevant ancient methods with new ones and applies them to the challenges of today.
Below are some permaculture techniques that can be easily applied to urban gardens, homes and economies. Note that permaculture is not a “one-size-fits-all” solution. A herb spiral is designed to save space and would be unnecessary on a large farm. Building with straw bales is a great way to insulate a home in many climates. But, in areas without large temperature fluctuations, a straw bale house becomes an inappropriate solution. Observe your site and analyze your needs and resources before deciding which of these permaculture techniques to employ.
A Guide to Permaculture Techniques
Inspired by spirals in nature, the herb spiral optimizes garden space by using vertical space in addition to horizontal. These easy to build structures are usually about six feet in diameter and four feet high. They can be built from many materials but brick, rock and urbanite (see below) are popular. Besides saving space, the herb spiral creates microclimates. Some parts of the spiral will receive more sun than others, the top will be drier than the bottom. These niches provide more opportunities for a diversity of plants.
A typical grocery store usually carries three perennial vegetables; asparagus, rhubarb and artichoke. But, there are much more. While permaculture uses annual crops it also encourages the use of edible perennials. Because they do not need to be replanted each year, perennials reduce the gardener’s workload. The majority of plants in a natural ecosystem are perennials. Perennials establish a deeper root system than annuals and are thereby able to access water and nutrients deep underground. They produce more with less energy input by the farmer. Some perennials to try include sunchokes, sorrel and scarlet runner beans. For an extensive look at perennial crops check out Eric Toensmeir’s, Perennial Vegetables.
In Medieval Europe craftsmen grouped together for mutual protection and aid, they called these formations ‘guilds.’ Permaculture adopted the word to refer to a collection of plants growing together for mutual benefit. The Native American Three Sisters Garden is a prime example of a guild. Beans use corn stalks for climbing support while squash spread out over the ground forming a living mulch. The beans provide nitrogen to the soil benefiting the corn and squash.
A guild is often composed of a central fruit tree surrounded by plants that:
- fix nitrogen: beans, peas, lupine.
- accumulate nutrients: comfrey, stinging nettle.
- create living mulch: strawberry.
- attract pollinators: borage, lavender.
- Attract beneficial insects: dill, yarrow, anise hyssop.
Gaia’s Garden, Toby Hemenway’s master work on permaculture techniques, provides thorough lists of plants categorized by the need they fill in a guild.
Lasagna mulching (also called sheet mulching) is a process of composting in place. This method creates healthy soil over hard dirt or even a grass lawn. Simply lay down a layer of cardboard or newspaper as a weed suppression barrier then top that with about one foot of organic mulch (wood chips, straw, leaves, etc…). Keep the pile moist and watch how quickly it breaks down into loamy earth.
For converting an area for vegetable planting create a highly rich soil by making 2-inch layers of manure, hay, stable bedding, compost and other organic matter. Most of this material is thought of as waste and can be found for free. Note that Bermuda and crab grass, the bane of many gardeners, has a way of surviving lasagna mulching. I have found that solarization works for these grasses.
Straw Bale House
Straw has long been used as a building material across the globe including in Middle America where trees can be scarce. It has a high insulation value, is cheaply acquired, uses little lumber and eliminates plywood and insulating materials that outgas toxins.
A straw bale house usually consists of a wood frame with stacked straw bales for insulation. The straw bales are covered with stucco creating a warm and earthy feel inside and out. A straw bale house may be a large project for the typical homeowner but consider building a chicken coop or art barn with straw bales.
Urbanite is the hip word for broken concrete. Concrete is the most widely used material in the world and landfills are drowning in it. You can construct pathways, herb spirals and retaining walls from broken concrete, thereby diverting it from the waste stream. When done properly, these finished projects have a clean and natural look. Urbanite is easy to find cheap or for free. Conduct a Craigslist search and if you live in a city you will quickly find someone looking to get rid of it.
Local Employment Trading System (L.E.T.S.) and Timebanks
Picture a healthy forest. Leaves fall to the ground, animals excrete waste and things die. This is all decomposed and incorporated into the soil where it becomes part of the building blocks of other plants and animals. Now picture a local economy. A person buys a box of nails from Wal-Mart using the $10 they earned working at a local restaurant. A small (very small) portion of that $10 is returned to the community, the rest is funneled up to the heads of the company located outside of the community.
L.E.T.S. and timebanks aim to mimic a healthy ecosystem within their local economy. Members come together (usually between 50-150 members) to create their own currency. This currency is earned by selling goods or services then used to buy goods and services from any other member. Say Lee babysits for one hour for Ahmed. Kai is paid in the L.E.T.S. currency or in one timebank hour. He can then take this currency and buy home grown vegetables from Brittany. The currency is not useful outside of the local community and therefore continues to circulate within it.
Visit www.timebanks.org to get started with timebanking.
These are some of my favorite permaculture techniques but certainly not a comprehensive list. As you observe your site, community, and social challenges, you will discover and advance new methods for sustainable design. Let us know what you come up with.


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Marie Sklowdowska Curie
1867 - 1934
It is hard to know how to impress upon the reader, in such a short synopsis of her life, the greatness of Marie Curie. She was a tenacious, hard working, highly intelligent, resourceful, and gifted scientist. She was also a pioneer for women in her field, which was and, to some extent, still is highly male dominated. Perhaps more importantly, though, she was a woman of great character, with a love of humanity. She believed that her work could benefit mankind, and she shunned wealth in an effort to provide doctors with better tools with which to help patients. In her efforts to do so, she inadvertently gave her own life.
Born Marie Sklodowska on November 7, 1867 in Warsaw, she was the youngest of five children. Manya, as her family called her, was the child of two teachers who valued education highly. Raised primarily by her father (her mother died when she was a child), she was exposed at an early age to science and physics. At the time, Poland did not place much emphasis on the higher education of women. In fact, the University of Warsaw didn’t admit women. So it was that, after graduation from high school at the age of 15, Marie and her older sister, Bronya, joined a "Floating University." This was an informal, illegal night school that taught pupils and subjects which were illegal under czarist rule. The classes were held at night, and floated from location to location, so as to remain clandestine. So began her relentless pursuit of knowledge.
Marie and Bronya both dearly wanted to obtain higher degrees, so they made a pact to help one-another. Marie would remain in Poland and work to pay for Bronya to attend college in Paris. Upon graduation, Bronya would do the same for Marie. By the fall of 1891, with help from her father and sister, Marie was able to gain acceptance to and attend the prestigious Sorbonne in Paris. Her attendance was not without challenges, though. She lived in a community which consisted primarily of students and artists, and got by on very meager means. At times, she wore every piece of clothing she owned in an effort to stay warm. As well, her lack of education and lack of proficiency in French put her at an academic disadvantage. Her diligent work paid off, though, and in 1893, she earned a Master’s Degree in Physics. The following year, she earned one in Math.
In 1894, Marie met Pierre Curie. Marie was working on a study on the magnetic properties of steel in relation to their chemical compositions, and needed lab space. A mutual friend thought that Pierre might be able to help her. Their affinity for each other was at first intellectually motivated. Before long, though, they fell in love. In July of 1895, Marie and Pierre were married in a simple civil ceremony.
Marie and Pierre juggled their careers and family life from the onset of their marriage. Marie earned a certificate that allowed her to teach science to young women, and continued her research on the magnetic properties of steel. In 1897, their first child, Irene was born. Just a few weeks after the birth of their daughter, Pierre’s mother passed away, and his father moved in with the young family. This turned out to be a blessing, because he was an excellent babysitter for Irene, which in turn allowed Marie to continue her work.
It was time for Marie to consider a topic for her doctoral thesis, and there were two recent discoveries in which she was interested. The first was that, in 1895, Wilhelm Roentgen had discovered X-Rays. And just a couple of months later, Henri Becquerel discovered that uranium compounds gave off rays that fogged photographic plates. The scientific community did not pay much attention to Becquerel’s work because they were so interested in that of Roentgen. However, Marie Curie was intrigued, and began experimental work on uranium rays. Her experiments confirmed Becquerel’s theory that the effects of uranium’s rays are constant, regardless of the form (solid, crushed, wet, dry, etc…). Further, she found that minerals with higher concentrations of uranium emitted more intense rays. This led her to form a hypothesis, that the rays emitted were an atomic property of uranium.It must be understood that, at the time, it was believe that the atom was the most elementary particle in matter. It was inconceivable that atoms could be divided, a
nd no one could comprehend how energy could come from them. She found that thorium also emitted "Becquerel rays," as they were called, and it, too, seemed to take place at an atomic level. To describe the phenomenon, she invented the word "radioactivity," which stemmed from the Latin word for ray. She did not know it at the time, but this was to be the beginning of a course of study that would change science and medicine forever.
Pierre became so interested in Marie’s work that he joined her. She had found two uranium ores which were more radioactive than pure uranium, so she felt certain that the ores contained elements which were heretofore undiscovered. With Pierre’s help, the research eventually led to the discovery of polonium, which was named after Marie’s home land of Poland, and radium. The work was difficult and exacting. They had to invent ways of isolating the material, and never patented the methods or machinery. Had they done so, they likely would have secured their financial future and then some. However, they believed that scientific research should be for the good of all people, and felt it would have been immoral to attempt to become wealthy from their discoveries. It took them over three years to isolate one tenth of a gram of radium chloride. They never did isolate polonium. They did not understand why at the time, but we now know it was because of the phenomenon of radioactive decay, and the fact that polonium has a half life of only 138 days. So the element was decaying before they could isolate it.
In 1900, at the first International Physics Conference, the Curies presented their research findings, including their exact methods for isolating radium. Pierre had done some research, using himself as the subject. He strapped radium salts, wrapped in rubber, to his arm for 10 hours, then studied the wound and recorded the healing process daily. After 52 days, a permanent gray scar was left, which showed that the tissue was permanently damaged. This information was soon used to develop the use of radiation as a treatment for cancer, among other maladies.
Financial demands dictated that Pierre take on additional work, so he found a position at the Sorbonne. With the doubled workload came a deterioration in his health, which was attributed to exhaustion. He had severe generalized pain that often kept him awake at night, and his legs shook so badly that it was often difficult to stand. The skin on both of the Curie’s hands was cracked and permanently scarred from their unprotected handling of radioactive materials, and Marie had lost 20 pounds while doing her doctoral research. However, it did not occur to anyone that radiation could be the cause of his ills. So certain were they of the safety of the substances that Pierre often carried a sample of uranium around in his pocket, and Marie kept radium salt by her bed because it glowed in the dark. It is now known that radium has a half-life of 1,620 years, and it is for this reason that the notebooks that the Curies kept are, today, still giving off radiation. If you want to review their papers at the Bibliotheque Nationale, you are required to sign release forms.
Marie wanted to make financial contributions to the household, so she became the first woman to be appointed lecturer at the Sevres College for teachers. It was a school that trained female teachers, and she was the first instructor there to include lab work in the physics curriculum.
1903 held both great achievement and sorrow for Marie. She delivered her formal thesis and became the first woman in France to earn a doctorate. However, in August of that same year, she had a miscarriage, and shortly thereafter, one of Bronya’s children died. As well, Pierre’s health continued to deteriorate, and no one quite knew why. Also that year, Henri Becquerel and Pierre Curie were nominated as candidates to win the Nobel Prize in physics. Marie’s name was conspicuously omitted. Pierre was notified in advance by Magnus Goesta Mittag-
Leffler, who was an advocate of women in science, of Marie’s exclusion. Pierre replied and indicated that it would be a travesty to deny Marie’s role in their research. Thus it was that Marie was also nominated and, in December of 1903, Becquerel and both of the Curies were awarded the Nobel Prize for their work on Becquerel rays. The Curies were too ill to travel to Stockholm for the awards ceremony, and had to put off their obligatory lecture until June of 1905.
Winning the Nobel Prize had its benefits and its drawbacks. It made Pierre a more attractive faculty member, and the Sorbonne, therefore, offered him a professorship with the promise of a lab. The press, though, hounded them relentlessly, and disrupted their lives to such an extent that Pierre was not able to work productively for almost a year. On December 4, 1904, just a month after their move to the Sorbonne, the Curie family increased their number with the birth of their second daughter, Eve. Clearly, life was becoming more complex for the Curies.
Right around the time that Pierre got a better handle on his public life, tragedy struck. On April 19, 1906, Pierre was hit by a horse-drawn carriage, and was killed instantly. Marie’s world was turned up-side-down. The French government offered her a state pension to support her and the children, but she refused it flatly, saying that she was perfectly capable of providing for her family. She began immediately to work more than she had ever before. The Sorbonne offered her Pierre’s old academic post and, in accepting it, she became the first female professor at that institution. When she delivered her first lecture there on November 5, 1906, Marie, who suffered terrible stage fright, found herself faced with a lecture hall packed with students and curious onlookers. Shortly prior, she had been taken to task with regard to whether or not radium was actually an element, so she set about establishing radium’s atomic weight, thus confirming its status, and ensuring it a place on the Periodic Table. As well, she set out to create a laboratory in Pierre’s memory. With help in the form of a grant from an American philanthropist, the government funded University of Paris, and the privately funded Pasteur Foundation, she was able to establish the Radium Institute. Marie herself was to head the radioactive lab, and a prominent physician was to head the medical division. In addition, she and several of the professional parents that she knew set up a co-operative school for their own children, in which each parent taught a class per week in their field. The only thing she gave up during this period was her post at the Severes School. Surely, this was a period of intense concentration and difficulty for Marie.
1910 also proved to be a year of great achievement and loss for Marie. Her father-in-law, who had been such a help and friend to her over the years, died. As well, she isolated pure radium, and she published her first textbook, A Treatise on Radioactivity. She secured the right to define an international standard for radium emissions, and the unit of measure was called a "Curie." Also in 1910, Marie became romantically involved with a married physicist named Paul Langevin. The press coverage was relentless, and caused the spread of wild rumors. Some, appealing to an anti-Semitic readership, claimed that her Polish heritage and maiden name made her Jewish. Others accused her of beginning the affair prior to Pierre’s death, intimating that he killed himself in anguish. The situation came to a head when, upon her return from an out of town conference, she found an angry mob outside her home. She was forced to take the children and stay with friends until the commotion died down. Whether because of the unwanted publicity or just because the relationship did not work out, she never married Langevin, and she dedicated most of the remainder of her life to the Radium Institute.
In December of 1911, Marie was awarded a second Nobel Prize, this one in chemistry for her work in the discovery of two new elements. She was recognized for revolutionizing the way scientists thought of the atom, and for opening up new avenues in the medical field with the use of radioactive elements. It was around this time that Marie went into an unproductive period. She was suffering from depression and kidney troubles, and she spent most of January, 1912 in a private clinic under an assumed name. In March of that year, she had a kidney operation, after which she spent some time in London, recuperating at the home of a friend. On December 3, 1912, she made her first entry in a lab notebook in 14 months. It was at about this point that she began working again.
In 1914, Marie wanted to contribute to the war effort. She used her connections with the French elite to gather funds to develop what would later be called "petites Curies," or little Curies. These were mobile radiology trucks that took X-ray equipment to the wounded. She and her daughter, Irene, actually took these machines to the battle front in the autumn of 1914 and ran the machinery themselves. She established 20 mobile units and 200 stationary ones. By 1916, she was training women as radiological assistants at the Radium Institute. In 1915, she was able to isolate radon, a radioactive gas emitted by radium. She sealed the gas in thin glass tubes, which were then encased in platinum. Doctors could place the tubes inside their patients’ bodies to target specific diseased tissues. Truly, her efforts to help during the war saved countless lives.
By 1920, Marie Curie’s medical problems were intensifying. She had double cataracts, which took four operations to correct to an extent which allowed her to perform lab experiments and to drive. We now know that exposure to radiation can cause this disease. She progressively became more and more ill, though none of the doctors she consulted could account for her deterioration. When she was too sick to drive to the lab, she attempted to work from home. Finally, she was diagnosed with a blood disorder, from which she died of July 4, 1934. The director of the sanitarium at which she was staying suggested that she had anemia to which her bone marrow did not respond (leukemia), and that it was probably due to damage from overexposure to radiation. Marie’s remains were interred twice: The first time, upon her death, she was buried with her husband and in-laws in a cemetery in Sceaux. Over 60 years later, the Curies were both moved to the Pantheon in Paris, which is France’s National mausoleum. Perhaps as a grand finale in the long list of firsts for women that Marie Curie pioneered, she became the first woman to earn the right to rest there.

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B-SIM - Computer simulation of blow molding and sleeve shrinkage
B-SIM is a software package for simulation of blow molding. B-SIM predicts
the final wall thickness distribution based on the specified processing
parameters (the pressure level, the speed of tools, the parison / preform
initial temperature distribution, etc). B-SIM also can predict image
distortion and pre-distortion based on sleeve shrinkage process.
Extrusion blow molding
Courtesy of Dr. Peter Gust,
Why simulate a blow molding process?
- Reduce the design time for your products.
- No need to perform expensive trial-and-error procedures.
- Select an optimum design from many possible alternatives.
- Obtain optimum thickness distribution on a final product via ideal thickness settings on the preform or parison.
- Obtain optimum thickness distribution on a final product via ideal temperature settings on the preform or parison.
- Design pre-distorted images for sleeve shrinkage process.
Features of B-SIM
- Simulates extrusion blow molding from parison.
- Simulates stretch blow molding from preform.
- Time dependent deformation is described by viscoelastic K-BKZ model.
- Three different damping functions for a better material data fit (strain hardening).
- WLF temperature dependency.
- Material database containing PE, PP, PET, PC, PMMA, etc.
- Imports general 3D molds from IGES format, VDA-FS via stereolithographic STL file and Patran Neutral file.
- All molds movable (up to 10 tools can be used in one simulation project).
- Time dependent parison sagging included.
- Friction between stretched plastic material and plug.
- Heat transfer between material / molds and material / air.
- User-friendly setup of technological parameters with graphic.
- Windows context sensitive help, tutorials and hands-on examples.
- OpenGL included, allowing dynamic image rotation, zooming and panning. This enables fast shading or wireframes and contact visualization options.
- Easy, completely editable setup of B-SIM project for solver. Tight connection between initial project and result files.
- Many typical blow molding problems solved and distributed on installation CD.
- B-SIM uses time dependent, viscoelastic K-BKZ model.
- Data of frequently used polymers are available in the B-SIM material database.
- Fast contact analysis.
- Very fast iterative multithreaded solver gets use of parallel processing on PC with more than one processor.
- Upper limit of sheet elements or mold elements is limited only by PC memory.
- Solving a set of blow molding problems in a batch mode. This enables automatic case study solution.
- Investigate contact between plastic material and molds.
- 3D color maps of thickness, temperature, stress, extension, 3D cuts.
- Easy refinement of the grid in 3D areas of interest from the post-processing window.
- Export results for structural analysis to Ansys, IGES, DXF, Cosmos/M or Patran files.
- Interactive thickness / temperature / position information with a simple mouse click.
- Export animation file to Microsoft Video Player format.
- Critical venting areas analysis.
- Part weight calculation.
- Cooling calculation.
- Position tracking.
Pre-distortion of images & sleeve shrinkage process (option)
- Prediction of printed image deformation, mainly for sleeve shrinkage process.
- B-SIM is able to pre-distort images for printing them on the flat sheet or preform, so that once shrinked, the images appear true.
- Image projection manager enables to projects multiple images (planar, cylindrical, spherical projection).
- IGES entities polyline, line and arc can be projected, distorted / predistorted and exported back to IGES file.
- 3D VRML models can be used too (especially for complicated 3D shapes with graphics, where common projection methods cannot work).
- More information is placed at the reference manual.
- Support through Accuform representatives worldwide.
- Export of internal B-SIM files for easy data exchange via Internet. This facilitates fast customer support worldwide.
- B-SIM delivers peak performance on a multicore Intel or AMD based PC with 2 GB RAM.
- B-SIM runs on Microsoft Windows 7/8/10 - 32/64 bit.
B-SIM tutorial online
- Click here to open the B-SIM online tutorial
with more information about B-SIM and with various simulation examples.


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Leucadendron (Leucadendron salignum)
Known as "Safari Sunset" and "Conebush". Leucadendrons are stunningly colorful plants. Its native is South Africa but if you want to grow it, Leucadendrons are capable of grow almost anywhere. They known by their bright colors.
Meaning of Leucadendron
The most common known meaning is "Simple Beauty". They are often used to convey an appreciation for simplicity in life. They may also be used after another type of loss has occurred in life.
The generic name Leucadendron means "white tree".
Symbolism of Leucadendron
Symbolic meaning is one of paying a compliment to someone. The flower can symbolize a compliment on beauty or a job well done.
The pink and red colors can also be taken to symbolize passion. This meaning can lead romantic arrangements.
Leucadendron also means a "simple love of beauty".
They may be used when someone has suffered a loss of a loved one.
Grow and Care
- Planting; The plant requires full sun and well-drained soil. The quality of soil is not important. It needs mulch to cool root run. Stake young plants until root systems develop.
Temperature is an important factor in getting Leucadendron to flower. Leucadendron likes a large temperature difference between day and night. It can not tolerate cold or winter. The sunniest spot should be used. Windy locations can often lead to better and sturdier plant growth.
- Watering; Drainage is important when raising Leucadendron. Water only in long dry spells. Soil that remains moist for too long can cause rotting problem. Soil that dries out can also cause wilting or drooping.
- Fertilization; It is not required fertilize often. Do not fertilize unless it is a no phosphate fertilizer. Feeding is generally not necessary after they have been established. It is recommended that the plant have compost around it as well.
- Pruning; it has 2 types of flower, so they need to pruned differently. However the general rule is to prune regularly from a young age.
Single flower types;
Prune for the first season. After that prune as if you were picking long stemmed flowers

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Nintendo has launched a new 2DS handheld console, which will be out in the UK at the end of July. Unlike the original, the new 2DS XL handheld sports a clamshell design that will be made available...
West Sussex-based start-up Sees.ai will conduct trials at three locations in the UK
Automation has been a game-changer for Dudley Group NHS Foundation Trust
As well as the 250Tbps Dunant cable, work is ongoing on the Equiano and Grace Hopper cables, connecting New York and South Africa to Europe
'Things that think want to link, and things that link want to think'


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-It's giving sexy bdsm vibes all day. Gunmetal hardware with acetate chain. Onyx drop pendant with vintage meteorite bead detailing, glass beads, and disco Swarovski crystal notes. This cool set makes any look stand out.


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[Original in German] My first healing in Christian Science took place in 1932. I had been suffering severe pain for several days, and it was getting worse.
Interested in more Journal content?
Subscribe to JSH-Online to access The Christian Science Journal, along with the Christian Science Sentinel and The Herald of Christian Science. Find the current issues, the searchable archive, podcasts, audio for articles, biographies about Mary Baker Eddy, and more.

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Friday, 14 July 2023 – 7.00 p.m.
Talk with Anja Erdmann, composition fellowship holder 2023 at the Künstlerhaus and association member Annebärbel Claussen
Place: Foyer Künstlerhaus Lauenburg
Is noise music?
How noises became music – from contemporary music and sound art.
The sound and media artist Anja Erdmann will talk about how she came to music and why sound is more than music. Annebärbel Claussen is an honorary member of Künstlerhaus Lauenburg.
I, Annebärbel, learned to love contemporary music at some point. We didn’t have it easy with each other at first. But the composition fellows convinced me: this music is fascinating!
We invite you to listen and exchange, to open up to sound art and contemporary music for an evening.
DIALOG_Raum is an event by members of the association for members and residents from the new x_Raum series. The format is part of the new conception of the foyer and bar space in the Künstlerhaus.


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The Spectacular Sisterhood of Superwomen
Written by: Hope Nicholson
Published by: Quirk Books
Review by Stephanie Cooke
In an era where the female characters known worldwide to geeks and non-geeks alike can be counted on one hand (ie. Wonder Woman, Batgirl), The Spectacular Sisterhood of Superwomen couldn’t come at a better time. Highlighting countless comic book heroines, Hope Nicholson’s well-researched and enlightening book takes us through the eras that these characters came out of.
Nicholson is no stranger to research and has been doing work as a comics historian for quite some time now. Her reprints and restorations of the Canadian heroes Nelvana of the Northern Lights and Brok Windsor got noticed by many and helped launch her career forward as a smart, and meticulous researcher, always on the lookout for interesting projects that the market is in need of.
It makes a lot of sense that Nicholson was brought on for this project and I honestly can’t think of a better person to have put this together with precision, accuracy and genuine affection for the characters and the content.
While there are other books such as Jon Morris’ The Legion of Regrettable Supervillains and The League of Regrettable Superheroes which poke fun at some of the sillier characters in a delightful way, The Spectacular Sisterhood of Superwomen does a fantastic job of taking characters, silly and all, relatively seriously and giving them a proper history that you may or may not have known about prior to picking the book up.
The Spectacular Sisterhood of Superwomen gives you enough information and teaches you about amazing female characters throughout the years and makes you (or maybe just me!) want to read more about them and find their comics or campaign to have some of these characters in new and modern comics.
Quirk Books has been putting out a TON of great geek-related content lately. The Spectacular Sisterhood of Superwomen along with Wonder Woman, and Fangirl’s Guide to the Galaxy by Sam Maggs and other such books are much sought after and needed. They’re appeasing a demographic within the geek industry that has long been neglected (and is STILL largely neglected) and finding a market with a crowd that is desperate for quality non-fiction (and fiction) that caters to things that that they care about.
The Spectacular Sisterhood of Superwomen is an absolute MUST BUY. It’s something that I truly believe should not just be on the shelves of every girl but every person, period. It’s a great reminder that strong women and great characters have been around for ages and there are more names that we should know besides Wonder Woman and Batgirl.
This book is a great book for a collection or as a coffee table book – as a present for a friend or a present for yourself. It’s just great and I really and truly believe that you need to pick up a copy ASAP.
NOTE: I’ve worked with Hope before on The Secret Loves of Geek Girls so my review isn’t completely impartial. That being said upfront, if I felt I couldn’t provide you all with a honest review of this book, I would have passed it on to someone else so please trust that this review comes with integrity.


New scientific evidence suggests that Earth underwent a massive moon-forming impact, most likely with a planet the size of Mars.
Despite having lived in our own little corner of the universe for hundreds of thousands of years, there are many things we’re just figuring out about it. Take the moon, for example; even though there’s only the one that we visited a few times, we’re still not sure how it formed in the first place. The prevailing theory is that the Earth was struck by something massive, forcing pieces of debris into orbit that eventually coalesced into our moon. It’s a theory that mostly works if whatever we hit was the size of a planet, and new evidence is suggesting that’s exactly what seems to have occurred.
The basic idea is that when the solar system first formed, there were many more planetary bodies flying around that wouldn’t settle into solar orbits. One of these planets, a Mars-sized object scientists dubbed “Theia”, smacked into the Earth and broke off pieces from both objects. Eventually the debris merged into the moon we see in the sky, which scientists have tried to prove by checking lunar chemistry for irregularities.
Most studies haven’t been detailed enough to pick up anything noticeable, but now Germany’s Georg-August-Universität Göttingen has come across something unique. The lunar samples recovered during moon missions contain higher than expected amounts of oxygen-17, a heavy oxygen isotope, than the Earth normally contains.
“The differences are small and difficult to detect, but they are there,” explained team lead Daniel Herwartz. “This means two things; firstly we can now be reasonably sure that the giant collision took place. Secondly, it gives us an idea of the geochemistry of Theia.
“Theia seems to have been similar to what we call E-type chondrites. If this is true, we can now predict the geochemical and isotopic composition of the Moon, because the present Moon is a mixture of Theia and the early Earth.”
Based on this discovery, Herwartz suspects 30 to 50% of the moon was once part of Theia, but further study is needed. There are still other theories that might explain the oxygen-17 ratios, such as whether objects like comets altered Earth’s oxygen chemistry. Getting cracked open by another planet certainly would be the more spectacular explanation, but we’ll just have to see how future research proceeds.
Source: National Geographic


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The Kannada Film Industry actor, director, and politician Upendra is also known as Uppi released the first look of his upcoming multi-language movie Kabja. The story of the movie is based on a new version of Underworld Don. The movie is Kabja is directed by the R Chandru. After the success of I Love you movie the Real Star Upendra is all set to return on Big Screen with his next Kabja movie. In the below-mentioned article, you will find the information about Kabja Full Movie Details.
First Look of Kabja Movie
The first look of the movie Kabja is shared by the Super Star Upendra on his social media account. The first look will memorize the 80’s look and the bell bottom paint style.
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— Upendra (@nimmaupendra) September 14, 2019