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Initiated in December 1985 for the purpose of ensuring that securities are traded in a secure and stable environment, capital market in its modern form has a history of twenty-seven years in Turkey.
Borsa İstanbul markets are organized under four main categories: Equity Market, Debt Securities Market, Precious Metals and Diamond Market and Derivatives Market.
Borsa İstanbul designs different types of indices so as to enable investors to track Borsa İstanbul markets.
Market data, IPO data, monthly consolidated data, market records and information on data dissemination.
Investor Relations refers to the activities aimed at sustaining investor interest in a company through establishing effective communication channels. Investor Relations builds a bridge between the company and the current and potential shareholders; and such bridge has its pillars on providing information on a regular basis and confidence.
Borsa İstanbul Members consist of the intermediary institutions authorized to operate in the capital market.
There are two markets for trading equities on Borsa İstanbul Equity Market and Emerging Companies Market.
Securities Traded with "Continuous Auction with Market Maker Method" and "Single Price Method" on the Equity Market
Exchange traded funds, warrants and certificates traded on the Collective and Structured Products Market are required to be traded with "Continuous Auction with Market Making Method".
With regard to all other equities that are not included in BIST 100 Index and traded on the Collective Products Market, with the exclusion of the equities traded on the Watchlist Market, Pre-Market Trading Platform and Equity Market for Qualified Investors, equities with a free-floating market capitalization of less than TL 10 million may be subject to market making.
Securities included in BIST 100 Index are always traded with continuous auction system.
Securities traded on the Watchlist Market, Pre-Market Trading Platform and Equity Market for Qualified Investors (has not been launched yet) are traded with single price method since they are included in D Group as required by the Capital Markets Board's resolution no 31/1080 dated October 31, 2014. As required by the said resolution, equities included in C Group since their free floating market capitalization is less than TL 10 million will be traded with single price method unless a brokerage company has been appointed for market making or liquidity providing.
Information regarding the trading method for the equities is available in Borsa İstanbul's Daily Bulletin.
What is Continuous Auction with Market Making Method?
Continuous auction with market making method refers to the trading method aimed at providing liquidity for securities traded with continuous auction. Continuous auction with market making method is applicable for exchange traded funds, warrants, and certificates traded on the Collective and Structured Products Market, and equities with a free floating market capitalization of less than TL 10 million.
Market Maker Member and its Functions
Market maker member is a member that fulfills the basic market making criteria and whose application for market making has been accepted by Borsa İstanbul Board. Market maker members start operating after signing "Market Making Letter of Undertaking for Borsa İstanbul Equity Market".
Market makers are expected to prevent any extreme price movements which may occur as a result of short term supply-demand imbalances in securities that have insufficient depth for continuous auction trading and whose free floating market capitalization is low; to provide liquidity to the market on a continuous basis, and thereby to contribute to the efficient improvement of the continuous auction environment.
Quotation refers to a notification of price and quantity in the form of a bid or ask order sent by a market maker member, and which defines the price range within which the security can be traded in consideration of the values during the trading session. A member defined as a market maker in the system is able to enter quotation in all instruments. Multiple market makers and multiple quotations (belonging to various market maker entities) are possible for a single instrument. Quotation prices do not constitute a separate price limit. Trades may be conducted at levels exceeding the quotation price (provided that they are within the 20% limit). Quotations are treated as normal orders. So orders may be entered and the trades may be carried out before the market maker enters the quotation. In the session flow, there is not any session states allowing only quotation entry or amendment. Quotations can also be entered in call auctions such as the opening and closing sessions. Market makers are obliged to enter PYM for client accounts and PYP for house accounts in the AFK areas for quotation entries. Reduction of fee for the market maker is calculated over the daily evaluations, and realized monthly. Even if the volume is decreased with an update of the quotation, priority is lost because each quotation amendment is deemed as cancelation and entering a new order.
Markets and Securities subject to Continuous Auction with Market Making Method
Exchange traded funds, warrants and certificates traded on the Collective and Structured Products Market are required to be traded with continuous trading with market making method. With regard to all other equities that are not included in BIST 100 Index and traded on the Collective and Structured Products Market, with the exclusion of the equities traded on the Watchlist Market, Pre-Market Trading Platform and Equity Market for Qualified Investors, equities with a free-floating market capitalization of less than TL 10 million and A and B group equities traded onEmerging Companies Market may be subject to market making.
Benefits of Continuous Auction with Market Making Method
The basic operating system for Borsa İstanbul Equity Market is continuous auction. This trading method is supported with single price trading method in the session opening. Continuous auction is used in developed markets as the most efficient method, while it is applied in a hybrid system supported by a market maker in the case of securities weak in liquidity and whose free floating market capitalization is low. Continuous auction with market maker method is a hybrid structure where the orders sent for the market maker's quotations as well as those in the publicly disclosed order file are matched according to price and time priority, and traded.
This method aims at ensuring the price stability in the relevant security through the bid and ask quotations given by the market maker, and the extreme price volatility falling outside the limits of market is naturally prevented. Thereby, securities traded with a market maker are protected from artificial price movements that intimidate investors. The market maker's quotations, which will stay in the system during the session offer an important assurance for the liquidity of the security.
As a result, continuous auction with market maker method offers a secure environment against extreme volatility and possible manipulative trades. Market makers are provided with significant rights so that they can control the securities for which they are responsible, and therefore, it becomes more difficult to manipulate the price of the relevant security contrary to the will of the market maker.
Eligibility Criteria to Be a Market Maker
The eligibility to be a market maker is defined by two criteria set by the Board of Directors of Borsa İstanbul. Moreover, as a result of "III-37.1 Communiqué on Principles Regarding Investment Services, Activities and Ancillary Services" there come out an extra criterion related with the authorization levels regarding the operational fields of the intermediary institutions.
Altogether, the criteria to be a market maker at the Equity Market are shown on the table below:
The intermediary institutions currently serving as market makers which applied to Capital Markets Board for the new structure with regard to the mentioned Communiqué above before July 1th, 2015 and also whose applications have not been finalized yet will be subject to the current criteria. Table: Current and New Criteria to Be Eligible for Market Making
Current (Main) Criteria
New Criteria
Related Markets
1) Having licenses of public offering intermediation and derivatives trading.
2) Number of consistent defaults having a value of 1 million TL and above should not have exceeded 5, in the past year backwards from the month when the evaluation is made.
1) Intermediary institution should be either "narrowly authorized intermediary institution" (with the permission of related services and activities from Capital Markets Board for execution of orders, best effort and limited custody) or "broadly authorized intermediary institution".
2) Number of consistent defaults having a value of 1 million TL and above should not have exceeded 5, in the past year backwards from the month when the evaluation is made.
The members, that do not meet the main criteria above but that are founder/issuer of a capital market instrument they applied for or the capital market instrument they applied for was issued by a sister company in the same conglomerate with itself that made the initial public offering of a capital instrument and have an inventory of the capital market instrument that can be used for market making activity are accepted to be eligible to act as a market maker for only those related capital market instruments by the consent of the board of directors of BIST. In the evaluation of such exceptional cases, the preference of the company whose shares are to be assigned a market maker is taken into consideration, if declared.
The members that do not meet the main criteria cannot apply to be assigned as a market maker for a capital market instrument if they do not fit in those exception rules mentioned above.
The eligibility criteria to be a market maker for each member is re-evaluated in every six months and the new status is announced. The license of market making of a member that no longer meets the criteria is revoked and its market making activity in the related capital market instruments is prevented. Nevertheless, the market making activity of the members which act in the context of the exception rules continues in the related instruments even though they do not meet or fail in time to meet the criteria.
The member gaining the eligibility for market making activity within or after the evaluation period can be reauthorized to act as a market maker. The member under this circumstance needs to make a new application to be reassigned as a market maker for the capital market instrument it would act on.


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Bulimia Nervosa is a serious eating disorder that deteriorates the health and wellness of emerging adults. It is a compulsive process that usually involves binging and purging. Some people who struggle with bulimia become strongly addicted to laxatives, while others forcefully vomit after each meal, snack or following bingeing behavior. Bulimia Nervosa can cause severe damage to physical, dental, nutritional, social, and emotional health. People who struggle with Bulimia Nervosa may struggle severely with their body image and be mentally consumed by the thought of losing weight. A person with Bulimia Nervosa may become extremely secretive or paranoid, as they try to hide their routines of binging and purging from family and friends. They consequently experience guilt, shame and self-loathing. Since it is very difficult to recover from Bulimia Nervosa, seeking professional medical and mental health assistance will increase the opportunity for recovery.
Bulimia Treatment at Yellowbrick
Yellowbrick provides comprehensive bulimia treatment to emerging adults ages 18-30. Yellowbrick successfully treats people who struggle with Bulimia Nervosa and those who experience concurrent psychiatric disorders, like anxiety, depression, or bipolar disorder. Located in Evanston, IL, just north of Chicago, patients at Yellowbrick are encouraged to engage in meaningful life activities, like attending class, volunteering in the community, or pursuing a job, while participating in eating disorder treatment. Upon entry for treatment, patients undergo an intense assessment, which includes a medical, dental, nutritional, and psychiatric evaluation. Yellowbrick's senior clinicians seek insight from the patient, family, and past health providers in order to develop an effective therapeutic plan to treat Bulimia Nervosa.
Patients in treatment for at Yellowbrick can expect to participate in a wide range of therapeutic services. When physiological health is at high risk, patients may be hospitalized. Some therapeutic plans include intensive supported apartment therapy and entry into Yellowbrick's apartment-style supported living, The Residence. Activities for bulimia treatment include regular meetings with a Registered Dietician, group programs that focus on mindfulness and behavioral change, individual psychotherapy, family therapy, weight monitoring, staff supported meals, and community activities that focus on nutrition, like meal planning, cooking, and dining in restaurants. Patients also receive consultation, planning, and coaching to develop a healthy exercise plan.
Live beyond struggles
Successfully treating Bulimia Nervosa requires medical, dental, and nutritional support. In addition, addressing the core struggles and emotional problems of the eating disorder, will greatly reduce the chance of relapse. Throughout the course of treatment for bulimia, patients and clinicians collaborate to identify the origin and the sustaining factors of the eating disorder. Getting to the root of the eating disorder takes persistence and patience. Often, bulimia is a sign of a much greater, unresolved, hard-to-deal with emotional problem. Clinicians at Yellowbrick create a safe and secure environment for patients to process through heavy emotions and core struggles. Patients participate in individual psychotherapy and are encouraged to journal their feelings and emotions. By addressing their core struggles, patients are able to live beyond their darkest pain and move forward in their lives. When patients take personal responsibility for their medical, nutritional, and emotional struggles with Bulimia Nervosa, they are empowered to develop a healthy self-image and create new routines that nourish their biological and emotional health.
Read more about our approach in treating Anorexia Nervosa, visit the Yellowbrick Eating Disorder Treatment Center.
If you or someone you know is suffering from mental illness, please use our confidential contact form to send us a message. Our Assessment Center will respond to you as promptly as possible.
At Yellowbrick, emerging adults find their way home.
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Why an eBook instead of a traditional book?
Firstly, don't think of it as an either-or decision. There is nothing stopping you publishing your printed work in digital format; equally there is nothing stopping you publishing your digital work in classic print format.
In fact, there may be situations where, frankly, viewing your work on a tablet or computer simply doesn't convey the message you want to give your readers. For example, many fine art books, in my opinion, simply can't be made into digital books because only a bi print allows you to see the full picture along with the detail in an instant. Zooming in simply doesn't do it. The same goes for some works on architecture, and many books with large format photography (and I say this despite the fact that many books use photography to highlight the text).
So, to rephrase the question again, why an eBook at all?
The main reason today is that the market (i.e. readers like you and me) are increasingly buying them. They buy them through big retailers like Amazon and Apple, as well as the various online versions of traditional bookstores like Barnes & Noble, Waterstone's etc. If you don't publish a digital version of your book, then you are missing out on that market. That's reason enough.


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Private sector in Ukraine makes strides toward curbing corruption
When one thinks about Ukraine in the context of corruption, the picture typically does not look rosy. The headlines about corrupt oligarchy and continued graft easily come to mind – including recent revelations about the riches disclosed by top officials in their asset declarations. This wealth stands in stark contrast with the financial condition of most ordinary Ukrainians, causing public outcry. Not surprisingly, Ukraine was ranked 130th out of 167 in the latest Transparency International's Corruption Perceptions Index.
Yet, an overly pessimistic view of Ukraine's anti-corruption prospects runs the risk of overlooking important positive developments. Last week I attended a conference in Kyiv organized by CIPE and its partner, the Ukrainian Corporate Governance Professional Association (UGCPA), with support from the American Chamber of Commerce in Ukraine and the Commercial Law Development Program (CLDP) of the U.S. Department of Commerce. This event, which gathered over 150 participants, shed a spotlight on an often underappreciated aspect of Ukraine's anti-corruption efforts: what the private sector is doing to limit the opportunities of corruption in how businesses operate.
The conference was divided into two parts. The first half looked at Ukraine's anti-corruption regulations and their implementation as well as the international standards of anti-corruption compliance in business. This is where I presented on a panel discussing the importance for Ukrainian businesses of laws such as the U.S. Foreign Corrupt Practices Act, the UK Bribery Act, and the just-launched ISO 37001 standard on anti-bribery management systems. My fellow panelists emphasized the wide-reaching jurisdiction of the global anti-bribery enforcements. Maryana Marchuk, Adviser at Baker & McKenzie, pointed for instance to the case of a Ukrainian natural gas magnate Dmitry Firtash (discussed recently on CIPE's Corporate Compliance Blog) that illustrated the FCPA's ability to establish jurisdiction over a bribe paid in India.
The second part of the day focused on practical experiences of Ukrainian companies in developing and implementing anti-corruption compliance programs. The sessions featured presenters from major businesses such as Ukraine's largest power company DTEK and Kyivstar, the largest mobile network operator in the country. Practitioners and lawyers also provided their perspectives on the challenges and best practices in anti-corruption compliance.
The discussion emphasized that compliance matters not just for large companies but also mid-sized enterprises that want to do business with larger – and especially multinational – counterparts. To that end, CIPE and UCGPA have been working together to build the capacity of enterprises in Ukraine to understand and comply with such international standards. The two organizations have been training local companies on best practices in anti-corruption compliance. CIPE is also assisting UCGPA in creating a professional association of anti-corruption compliance officers, and establishing an online resource center to provide educational materials and details of recent enforcement actions. This private sector-led work importantly augments the efforts to curb grand corruption, and shows that even in difficult circumstances progress toward greater integrity is possible.
Anna Kompanek is Director of Multiregional Programs at the Center for International Private Enterprise


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Spider-Man 2 – Cheats
PlayStation 2
Name Entry Cheats
You may only use these cheats with a memory card that has no previous Spider-Man 2 gamesaves on it. If you enter the code more than once in a row you will have 200000 more hero points than if you entered it once. So twice gives you 4000000, 3 times gives you 6000000, etc.
Effect Password You will have more than 40%, 21,000 Hero points with swing speed and Win Zip upgrades, and Big Game Hunter, Alien Buster, Shock Absorber. HCRAYERT
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Taken for a Ride
Perform the web tie-up move (Square, square, triangle, X) and allow yourself to be hit from behind after you have attatched the webline to the thug's leg. If done correctly, the move is interrupted and the thug remains attatched to your arm, no matter what you do. You can now take him/her for a tour of NY, spidey style.
(Effects are removed if a cutscene or challenge is activated)
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Spiderman 2 Unlockables
Unlockable How to Unlock Endurance Rounds in Fight Arena Beat Timed Round 3 Fight Arena Beat the Final Doc Ock Battle Movie Theatre Beat the Final Doc Ock Battle Wallsprint Upgrade 2 Collect all 150 Secret Skyscraper Tokens
Unlockable Awards
You can find these in your awards screen in the pause menu. There is a total of 40 awards.
Unlockable How to Unlock Alien Buster Defeat Mysterio Anger Manager Stop 25 road rages Automobile Avenger Stop 25 car jackings Bane of Petty Thieves Stop 25 purse snatchers Big Game Hunter Defeat Rhino Champ Defeat 200 enemies Crime Stopper Stop 250 petty crimes Drenched Explorer Collect all 130 Bouy Tokens Employee of the Month Complete all Pizza Missions (20) Friend to Children Return 25 balloons to children Game Master Complete Everything in the game (100%) Gold Medalist Beat all challenges' mega times Good samaritan Help 250 citizens in distress hardcore gamer Complete all arcade games, with top scores Hero Accumulate 45K hero points Hero in Training Accumulate 15K hero points Honorary Deputy Assisted 25 officiers Human Ambulance Resolve 25 medical emergencies Knowledge Seeker Collect all 213 Hint Markers Lifer Preserver Resolve 25 sinking boat crisises Lifter of Spirits Rescue 25 hanging citizens Lover not a Fighter Complete all Mary Jane Missions (10) Master Explorer All exploration tokens found Mega Champ Defeat 500 enemies Mega Hero Accumulate 200K hero points Partycrasher Stop 25 battle royals Peace maker Prevent 25 gang wars Shock Absorber Defeat Shocker Shutterbug Complete all Daily Bugle Missions (6) Silver Medalist Beat all challenges Speed Freak Get max swing speed Stick Up Artist Foil 25 robberies Sucker Foil 25 ambushes Superhero Accumulate 100K hero points Tentacle Wrangler Defeat Doc Ock Thug Mugger Prevent 25 muggings Towering Explorer All skyscraper tokens found Vigilant Explorer All hideout tokens found Watch Dog Foil 25 break-ins Watchful Explorer All secret tokens found
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Easter Eggs
Army of Darkness/Evil Dead tribute
When fighting Mysterio and his flyign henchman in the theatre, save all 6 reporters before destroying all of his minions.
If you are sucessful, while you are fighting his villains, Mysterio will start to recite lines from Army of Darkness and Evil Dead, films also done by Spider-Man 2 director Sam Raimi.
Also, in Mysterio's funhouse, if you use the body of a twisted-Spiderman to break a mirror, the twisted hero will spout lines from Army, also. (Fromt eh scene where Ash fights Evil Ash, pre-mutation.)
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Shocker 1 boss fight
When fighting shocker for the first time, dont run into the room immediately. Instead climb on the wall of the second entryway (after the door that lets you in) and climb to the ceiling of the next room. Drop onto the catwalk and then run until you see the shocker. Jump down and start beating on him and he wont fight back. Don't kill him completely because the game will not let you go on. When you have whittled his health, walk back to the entryway to trigger the cutscene you missed.
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PESHAWAR, Pakistan — The Pakistani Taliban said Wednesday that they were ending a six-week-old cease-fire but would continue peace talks with the Pakistani government.
In a statement emailed to journalists, Tehrik-e-Taliban Pakistan, as the group is formally known, accused the military of torturing prisoners and killing 50 militants during the cease-fire.
"The T.T.P. showed restraint and patience over the ongoing operations," said a spokesman for the group, Shahidullah Shahid, in reference to the Pakistani military. "But the government failed to take notice of this."
The Taliban announced a one-month cease-fire on March 1, then extended it. But militant attacks continued in April, killing dozens of civilians in Islamabad and elsewhere.
The Taliban claimed that those attacks were conducted by a breakaway group, but some analysts and Pakistani officials are skeptical of the claims, saying it was just as likely that the Taliban were using violence to keep pressure on the talks. The Taliban's announcement about ending the cease-fire on Wednesday was also widely taken as an attempt to influence the negotiations.
After a preliminary meeting with the Taliban in late March, the government agreed to release 12 low-level prisoners. But it refused Taliban demands for a "peace zone" where militants could move freely in South Waziristan.
Despite the end of the cease-fire, Mr. Shahid said, the Taliban would continue to pursue peace "in complete sincerity."


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DENVER (BASN) — Sean Gibson, grandson of famed Negro Leaguer Big Josh Gibson, inherited his grand father's name, but not his rightful riches, not the accumulated material wealth his grandad should have amassed.
The grandson was deliberately denied a life, a lifestyle, a significant slice of the elusive American Dream by white America. Is this not the story of so many men and women-of-color . . .?
Never receiving the true fruits of our forefathers blood, sweat and tears, then having our "foundation" criticized. Black Americans dug wells, they and they children, and their children's children could not drink from. Erected ivy-covered walls for colleges we couldn't attend.
Built with our own hands stores, hospitals and homes we couldn't set foot in. Never forget – it was a crime to teach slaves to read. Why? Education, the attainment of knowledge and information . . . has always been kept from people-of-color in America, even if we were qualified and could afford it, we were denied the ability to amass power . . .
Black Power
And that denial of our human rights was not by happenstance.
It's not so much that I want a weak-ass, half-ass apology for 300 years of being treated worst then a dog. Honestly Congress could have skipped pimping this last Juneteenth Anniversary for this hollow "Kum-by-ya' my lord moment."
Nor am I demanding or begging for a-quarter-million dead presidents to be deposited into my bank account.
I simply want an admission to what was carried out against Black people in this country. An written acknowledgment of the in-life options and choices Josh Gibson's generation was denied.
But perhaps more then anything else, anything else, I'd like for White people to concede; logically, a significant portion of the issues which plague Black America – are the direct result of and the connectable consequences of American apartheid . . . and not, I repeat not the Angry White dude gone mad company line not because black folks are actually highly educated apes.
Yeah, that's right, I'd like a confession . . . those discriminatory actions took place and took a grave, lasting toll . . .
and didn't cease-to-be on any magical day, on any particular day.
I've a buddie, we're in the public education trenches everyday 7/3, he's a trained librarian, a Grambling State man, he laid some heavy you-know-what on me; he said it was a no-brainer Black folks, after the Civil War ended, and we went supposedly over night from property to people . . we needed therapy. We needed a big soft couch, a decanter filled with Carribbean Rum . . . and a head shink.
All we got was some Mad-Dog 20/20, some Night Train and a joint . . . with twigs and seeds in it. Where could we have gone to get back our dignity. . . ? His argument – we were mentally, emotionally, spiritually . . . basket-cases.
We needed to be in deep counseling, therapy for years most likely, de-programmed and then reprogrammed – because we'd been stripped of our humanity. The Willie Lynch letter was followed to a "t."
The attempt was made to remove Black people's dignity and pride. Eliminate our ability to function within a civilization, a community, a family.
Reduce us to property status, brand us as slaves.
No "brand" – as in red hot poker, just like you would a horse or cow.
I'd never really thought about that singular point; after witnessing, hell living the detailed decadent aspects of the nightmare called "being Black in America from 1609 to 1866," it would have to be like "Vietnam flash-backs" times-a-hundred.
I read an account once of an event in slave life; Dad ran away, gets caught, brought back. His pregnant wife, strapped to an old oak tree, her belly split open, baking baby inside fall's to the ground, master stomps baby to death . . . all to send a message to all the other slaves made to gather to witness this barbarity.
Now, I don't know about you, but such an horrific incident, probably eye-witnessed more than once in a lifetime . . . would impact my ass .
. . for years. My head and heart. . . forever. Talk about "shaping" how I lived my life, how I raised my kids . . .
Can we logically acknowledge the obvious generational impact these acts had on Black society?
Horrific events of such hellish measures played-out endless times over 250 years or so, and still has some ripple-effect in how Blacks see themselves, see White folks and view the world we scratch and claw in.
And that's not even considering what occurred from 1865 Reconstruction to say 1965, when black folks were enduring life in a separate and unequal U.S., a nation hostile towards Blacks in all meaningful aspects of life.
But hey, that's way too deep for me to drift out into, I can't take you to that bridge, and If I do drop you off . . . I want know how in-the-hell to get back to where I don't feel like Nat Turner or Huey P.
Let's just focus for a moment here on concrete tangibles, the things we can put our hands on.
Sean Gibson should have inherited his grandfather's 400 acre cow farm, the classic wooden yacht his dad could have purchased . . . had Gibson been allowed to compete in the majors . . . where he would have dominated.
Think about it – the stock investments, small businesses, Kentucky Fried Chicken and McDonald's franchises, the airplane his dad might have bought. 3 or 4 homes, multiple classic cars . . . .
Inherited wealth, accumulated material resources and possessions, the foundation of "old money." A prime commodity people-of-color have been purposefully denied by this nation's "establishment." for the last century or so.
Black professionals, who for decades couldn't send their kids to the schools of their choice . . . like Italians, Poles and Irish folk could. Any dumb-ass, blind to the facts redneck want to contradict ninth grade US History?
Let's get in the "Way-Back Machine", return to the good ol' days for a mila-moment, say circa 1918. My grand father, who owned a "Ice and Fire House" in Denver during that time period, despite being successful and prosperous, he could not purchase a home in the neighborhood he could afford, North Park Hill and instead he was forced to purchased a home in the Five Points neighborhood, and a few rental homes.
He was an "OE," an Original Entre-pu-negro . . . ..
He couldn't buy the home he wanted for 20 grand – which today would be worth 1.7 million, enough equality in that home to send his only child, my grandmother – to any college they chose.
Now, had grandmother been allowed to attend a college she was "academically qualified to attend" perhaps she would have earned more money in her working lifetime, so would her husband, and their child, my father, would have been educated in only the best schools, probably become a astronaut, a brain surgeon or even president . . . of a small African country.
Instead of McDonnell Douglass machinists during the day and a Black Panther at nite . . . and I 'd be pounding out this column at the Cortez Family's Tobago Estate in the far-off West Indies . . . .
But noooo . . . here my ass sits in Dodge City, the Mile Hi Metropolis . . . . High today . . . 7, low tonight 25 . . . below. Far, far from Tobago.
That rendition of my family history applies to virtually millions of people of color . . . had their linage not had with-held the fruits of their abilities and honest labor, Black people would not find themselves with more young Black men in prison then college.
Wang-stas'and tang-stas' prangstas' and real gangstas' wouldn't kill 500 times more Black men every year then the KKK does, and we, as a people wouldn't have to defend and rationalize why damn near 75% of Black children are born to single, mildly educated young women.
Had Blacks and Latinos not faced decades of "White Only" and "No Dogs – No Mexicans" signs our unemployment numbers would be lower today, and our credit ratings would be higher.
Little White girls would have wanted to marry a Mike Sanchez in 1957 . . . now god knows we couldn't have that now could we? Don't shake your head in disbelief, people of color, my dad's generation, got the "Gold Cufflinks "
for the years they put in. When will should have got the home in the ideal classic neighborhood, and not the hood. Our folks, who worked from "can't see to can't see" were the victims of real estate redlining which the down the road effects are visible today.
Last hired, first fired, underpaid and over-worked. Glass ceilings so-low you can touch them . . .American Natives sadly serve as a perfect example; had they been allowed to keep their land . . . it's vast natural resources . . . had the "pioneers and settlers not ran over and thru the tribes . . .
We'd have Sitting Bull International Airport instead of Ronald Reagan Mississippi Regional Landing Strip . . . . Indians would have some fair and balanced share of power and juice.
What if Blacks had been allowed to play QB in 1927 . . . . ? 65% of the QB's in Canton wouldn't be their? Instead the hall would have black men who earned that recognition . . . it would reflect our investment in the sport.
I've raised this point before – because of the impact of not having Black representation/participation at the position. Bob Waterfield, Slingin' Sammy Baugh, Johnny U, some of these cats would have sat the bench, been cut because they were two, maybe 3 black kids better. And the deeper question . . . how many black alpha males would have been allowed to rightfully shine, and shine a path for others?
Logically any White dude who played sports before the 1970's . . .
their athletic accomplishments, achievements and accolades must be not merely questioned . . . but openly doubted. Because we all know their stiffest competition was prohibited from participating. End of story.
I have to ask Jack Buck, Dan Patrick, Rome and the rest of the boys in the broadcasting country club; "how have you ignored this perspective throughout your broadcasting careers?"
How can it be irrevelant? Never come up in conversation? Never! Ever!
Joe Dimaggio wouldn't have married Marylyn Monroe, beecause he may have been stuck in the minors, behind a Black guy who was starting for the Yankees and sleeping with the blonde bombshell.
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Had the "American Dream" not been strategically denied to Blacks and Latinos, the overall wealth of both ethnic groups in America would be vastly greater, and our lifestyles and interest would reflect those experiences.
Da! Everything wouldn't have been a uphiil climb . . . against the wind.
That's why it strikes my ass as odd when people attempt to belittle and slight individual blacks, and blacks as a group about our accumulated material wealth, i.e., "home ownership," or the fact not too many of people of color have winter or summer homes, boats, RV's, and the like.
Apart of the reasons "why" less Blacks can afford those "wants" – we can't change our families couldn't change their names and move up and out of "little Italy or "little Poland".
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Homemade dark chocolate dipped peanut butter and raspberry jam wedding favours from Clean Cakes by Henrietta Inman
One of my other loves in life is food and cooking, and wherever possible using wholefood ingredients rather than that processed nonsense, so you can imagine my delight when I was given the opportunity to share a new cake and patisserie book with you (and give a copy away – more details on that below).
Clean Cakes by Henrietta Inman is full of delicious sounding recipes using whole, natural and nourishing ingredients, and is totally free from gluten, dairy and refined sugar for those who are avoiding those foods. Not only is this a great recipe book for home baking, but it is also full of recipes that I think would be great for weddings – which is why I felt I wanted to share it with you.
Having a lovely flip through the book, I ear-marked a number of recipes that I thought would be idea for a wedding, so if you are planning to DIY some of your wedding, here are my thoughts on some edible homemade projects.
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I thought the Strawberry verbena granita would be delightful for a summer wedding and a delicious alternative to ice cream.
There are two pages of recipes for truffles, including the scrummy sounding Blackcurrant truffles and Camomile and honey 'white chocolate' truffles – all of which I thought would make thoughtful homemade wedding favours.
What about making your own Fresh mint thins (think fresh mint leaves covered in dark chocolate) to decorate your wedding cake?
Wreaths throughout the seasons: learn how to make a seasonal heart-shaped wreath for Valentine's Day
Today it's all about creating seasonal Valentine's wreaths – I particularly love Alice's wild and twiggy heart with its bright red berries. These could be used to decorate your door this weekend or the smaller heart wreath would make a great DIY project for a wedding.
In case you missed it, on Monday we shared how to create a hellebore moss winter wreath as part of a new blog series called Wreaths Throughout The Seasons with our friend Alice from Lock Cottage Flowers. We're hoping to inspire you to start putting up seasonal wreaths on your front door or in your home at times other than just Christmas.
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How to make a seasonal Valentine's wreath
This first Valentine's wreath is made from British parvifolia (small leafed eucalyptus – smells divine) and dried lavender which isn't too visible here, but is very fragrant. These smaller wreaths are terrific for hanging on a small space in the kitchen, or hanging on a doorknob. For weddings they make terrific chairbacks.
I used heavy duty garden wire – the kind used for wall training roses – a coat hanger could be taken apart and used as well. Don't worry if the heart is slightly wonky – this is preferable.
A stunning jewel toned wedding cake with edible flowers, petals and berries for a rustic autumn wedding
Today we have a mouth-watering guest post from P-J Parker of Emily Harmston Cakes, with a gorgeous autumn inspired wedding cake that features such beautiful rich purple colours. When we first saw these cakes we fell in-love with the use of edible flowers and petals – why not take a look for yourself?
Don't forget we have a regular feature on wedding cakes called Cake Love, so do check out the link if you are after more wedding cake inspiration.
Over to P-J to tell us more about these stunning creations…
We have just seen the end of a glorious English summer but it brings an abundance of our beautiful berries that rival any array of the fruits that are imported. The colours and choice are breath-taking; it's almost as if all summer long the sun has become concentrated to give the sumptuous jewel colours inside our blackberries, blueberries, redcurrants, blackcurrants and damsons.
I really wanted to capture the beauty of this season. The three tiered cake I made here incorporates two white chocolate and raspberry cake tiers at the top and bottom with a double layer of blackberry and raspberry cheesecake in the middle. All topped off with fresh edible Dahlias and handcrafted blackcurrants lollipops.
Well what a week it's been! Another two lovely TNWC Real Bride posts, some pretty floral inspiration, and a personal blog post to share the news that I'm having a baby. Plus we've finally had some warm weather in the UK making us all cross our fingers that spring is finally making an appearance.
With that in mind I wanted to share this spectacular tiered chocolate wedding cake covered in summer berries. It seems almost more unusual to come across a fruit cake wedding cake these days online, with more and more couples being adventurous in their cake flavours and going for something they actually love to eat.
If you are planning to decorate your wedding cake with summer berries, there's no excuse not to use seasonal, locally grown fruit. There are also so many fabulous local farm shops and outlets stocking excellent seasonal produce that you should search the area around your wedding venue and source them direct. They will be much fresher and, I bet, tastier.
I'm attempting to stick with the wintry theme just a bit longer with regards to the wedding cake – oh how I long to start showing you all the pretty flower covered cakes I've got saved up, but I don't want to overlook the winter. Besides this cake is a beauty with its crown of fragrant rosemary sprigs and piles of frosted cranberries at its centre.
It would look equally at home for a winter party as a winter wedding, so perhaps it might be an idea for next year's Christmas cake decoration? I love how the cranberries in the middle look like they are sprinkled with snow. The idea could also be transferred to different seasons, simply by changing the cranberries to some summer fruit berries for a summery cake.
Continuing with inspiration for a winter wedding cake, I thought this rather elegant cake would be fitting for a winter wedding. Now usually I love the rough, not-too-perfect icing, but here I really like the smooth sides of this two tier cake. I like that the gold tier is taller than the smaller white top tier, and finished off with a sprig of black berries tied with a gold ribbon it is just so sophisticated in a natural kind of way.
My autumnal styled stall at the Eco Wedding Fair with seasonal flowers and ideas for wedding table centrepieces
On Saturday I shared Jennie Hill's lovely photos from the Eco Wedding Fair (you can see it all here), and today I've got my pictures of my stall and a few more details about how I decorated it. Perhaps you'll find some inspiration for your wedding or just an autumn or winter celebration you might be planning.
We arrived at Riverstation in Bristol at about 9am and first we had to: unpack a number of boxes of what at first glance probably looked like a pile of junk, carry two heavy buckets of sand up a flight of stairs, and manoeuvre a bundle of 7ft long bamboo canes. I was so pleased that the other exhibitors had equally quirky bootfuls for their stalls!
My mom and I had two hours to set up before visitors started arriving, so here's what I did with the mottley collection of items. I used a pair of curtains to cover my table – they are a rather fun botanical print style curtain with what looks like horse chestnut leaves on them, and they ended up working in perfectly with that autumn feel I was going for.
The two metal buckets of sand went either side of the table and they held some of my bamboo canes – apologies this is the best picture I have which shows the bamboo canes and bunting…
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Janine Turner's book, A Little Bit Vulnerable - On Hollywood, God, Sobriety, & Politics, is a surprising mix of intimate personal memoir and insightful political commentary. Far from being a typical Hollywood autobiography filled with scandal and gossip, this book delves deeply into both Janine Turner's psyche, and into the political foundations of America. Moreover, it does so in a way that is both fascinating and educational. Traditional Americans, conservatives, libertarians, and tea party types will all appreciate much of what this book offers.
Janine Turner is perhaps best known for her role as Maggie O'Connell on Northern Exposure. More recently, she has become known as a champion of the US Constitution and America's founding principles through her organization Constituting America, which utilizes the culture and multi-media outreach in promoting education and respect for the Constitution. She is also a columnist, radio show host (hopefully she will be back on the air soon - I really enjoy/appreciate her style of radio punditry) and frequent guest on shows such as The O'Reilly Factor.
The book starts out with Turner taking us on a tour through her life by sharing a selection of poetry that she wrote through the years, along with what was happening in her life at the time (career successes, a broken engagement, her struggles with alcoholism and sobriety, among others). I admit that, at first, I thought that section would be boring and I would quickly skim through it to get to the good stuff. I was wrong. I read every line of poetry she included. It is a very honest, surprisingly intimate and revealing, window onto her soul, which took a lot of courage on her part to share so publicly, in my opinion.
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Chapter three continues with the more-scholarly portion of her book, as she starts out discussing "Satellites, Northern Exposure, and America's Future" using that as a springboard to an in-depth discussion of Washington's Farewell Address through the prism of today. Really, this transition - and other transitions throughout the book- actually works well, despite the seeming disparity between subject matter.
In chapter four, Turner gets into modern politics, discussing the Manipulation and Mission of Women in Politics. It is in this section that Turner - a single mother who choose life - gives some excellent and much-needed advice to Pro-Lifers. My short - and wholly inadequate - summary of her comments is that we cannot be concerned solely with the unborn child, but need to share that same love and concern for the mother, both during pregnancy and after she gives birth. We should not, must not, treat single mothers as villains, especially while ignoring the role the fathers in those situations. A sentiment I whole-heartedly agree with, by the way. I hope that every pro-life politician, candidate, pundit, and activist will read that column.
(At this point, I hoped to include a link to that column, Can Conservatives be Pro-Life in the Womb, but Not in the World?, on her website, but unfortunately that page gives an error message at the moment. I will include the link later, if and when it gets restored.)
Contending With and Countering the Culture is the next section of the book, in which Turner discusses the role of today's culture, which she liken's to a form of modern pagan-worship, and the mass media. She includes many of her columns on everything from how liberals profit from the Capitalist system they oppose, to why we should reject the race card. I find these columns to be insightful, often taking a surprising tack on various issues. Definitely different then you get from many conservative pundits, and that is a good thing.
Turner closes out the book discussing her Seeking and Keeping Sobriety (including an interview of Bob Beckel on the topic), and dealing with the death of her father (a veteran and West Point graduate). The book also includes transcripts of radio interviews Turner did of Senator Ted Cruz, and Senator Rand Paul.
Janine Turner's book is an atypical mix of personal narrative and political & historical commentary. But it works together very well, and makes for an interesting, and educational, read. It's not a quick read, as she packs a lot of information into its pages, but it will hold your attention.
You can follow Janine Turner on Twitter at https://twitter.com/JanineTurner
You might also be interested in my reviews of Juliette Turner's (Janine's daughter) two books: Our Constitution ROCKS! and Our Presidents ROCK!


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For the past few days I've been craving granola with yogurt for breakfast as it's just way too hot for oatmeal! I wanted to make my own granola quickly as time is of the essence at the moment with 2 kids on school vacation and busy days.
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Homemade Cashew and Cranberry Granola
Makes 3 cups
2 cups of lightly crushed Spelt & Pumpkin Seed crispbreads
1/2 cup sliced cashew nuts
1/2 tsp fine-grain sea salt
1/2 teaspoon cinnamon
1/2 cup olive oil
1/2 cup maple syrup
1 teaspoon vanilla extract
1/2 cup dried cranberries
- Preheat oven to 350 degrees f and line a large, rimmed baking sheet with parchment paper.
- In a large mixing bowl, combine the crushed crispbreads, nuts, salt and cinnamon. Stir to blend.
- Pour in the oil, maple syrup and vanilla. Mix well, until everything is lightly coated. Pour the granola onto your prepared pan and use a large spoon to spread it in an even layer. Bake until golden, about 10 minutes, stirring halfway. The granola will further crisp up as it cools.
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Who are you and what do you do?
My name is Remington Maxwell and I am a singer-songwriter.
When did you know you wanted to be a singer-songwriter?
I grew up in a musical family, so I've always known that I wanted to be involved in the music industry. What made me realize I wanted to do this for the rest of my life was the time, in fifth grade, I had locked myself in my room and sang Fergie's "Big Girls Don't Cry", to myself and on repeat, for seven hours. At that moment, I knew I was going to be a performer.
In what ways did your upbringing influence your future move to Los Angeles?
There were a lot of factors that influenced my inevitable move to L.A., but one of the biggest would be my involvement in the all-girl band The Hi-tops. I was eight years old when I started the band, so when you hear about Hollywood and the celebrities there; you obviously are intriqued by such a place and think it would be awesome to live there. Once I grew up and realized the entire industry was here, I knew that Hollywood was where I needed to be.
How did that confidence help you in taking that intitial jump?
Honestly, I didn't even have to think twice on moving to Hollywood. The moment I was done with high school, I packed up my things and headed west.
What does your song-writing process look like?
Sometimes, it's hard for me to get into a creative space so I'm constantly writing things down or recording melodies on my phone. Once I think I have something, I'll force myself to sit down and start writing. It might not be that "good", but figuring it out is part of the process so I might as well try.
Within your art, what are you the most insecure about?
Like I said before, getting into a creative space can be difficult sometimes. That makes me nervous. Especially when I have a writing session coming up and I need to be ready to produce content.
How do you prepare for the times you need to be in that space?
When I know I need to be in that space, I will spend the entire day doing things that will get me there. Even if it's a two-hour session, I still have to prepare for it the same way I would any other time.
Have there been times when the creativity just isn't there?
Yes, that actually happened to me the other day! I was in a session where I was the only song-writer and I had a creative block. I thought for sure the producers were going to think that I was the "worst writer ever".
How do you break through those creative blocks?
I've come to realize that creative blocks are part of being an artist. There are good days of writing and there are horrible days of writing... and that's ok. I just try to not relish on the bad ones and move on.
Last Question: What is your favorite cereal?
For a healthy choice, I like any granola. Especially the vanilla granola with almonds and cocnut. Growing up, though, it was all about Cocoa Pebbles.
URL: www.remingtonmaxwell.virb.com / IG: @remi10max / Snapchat: @remi10max


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In June, Hadrosaur Productions published A KEPLER'S DOZEN: Thirteen Stories About Distant Worlds That Really Exist, a science fiction anthology co-edited by Steve B. Howell and David Lee Summers. In this second of two interviews, I talk to co-editor Steve B. Howell about the anthology and about the actual Kepler Mission.
Dr. Steve B. Howell is currently the project scientist for the NASA Kepler Space telescope. Kepler was launched in 2009 with a goal to discover planets orbiting other stars – exoplanets – using the transit technique. Dr. Howell is a highly distinguished astronomer having worked in the field for over 25 years. He has been a university professor, built instruments for the NASA Space Shuttle, worked as a scientist at the Kitt Peak National Observatory, and now is the science head for NASA's most scientifically and publicly visible mission, Kepler. He is the author of over 600 scientific publications, numerous popular and technical articles, and has written and edited 8 books on astronomy and astronomical instrumentation. Dr. Howell is highly involved with informal and formal scientific education for kids to adults and as an entertaining speaker, he is often asked to talk as various functions both professionally and publically. He currently lives in Redwood City, CA where he loves to hike, prepare gourmet meals, and play blues music.
ANTHONY: What is your current role with the Kepler mission?
STEVE: I am the Project Scientist for the Kepler mission. As project scientist, it is my job to get the most science out of the Kepler mission. The job is a sort of overseer of the science for the entire mission. The work includes science for both exoplanets and work on stars themselves.
Stellar astrophysics using Kepler data, for example, studies of interacting binary stars, pulsating stars, rotations of stars as measured by watching starspots on their surface, has been very exciting as well. I work at such tasks as getting astronomers around the world involved in using the data we have collected for a variety of science purposes and to make sure we get the funding we need from NASA to accomplish our goals.
ANTHONY: Can you tell us a little about the original intent and time-span of the mission?
STEVE: The mission was designed to determine the frequency of Earth-size planets orbiting stars similar to our sun. The mission life time was originally 3.5 years but was extended to 4 years.
ANTHONY: How does the camera function?
STEVE: The camera is a 16 million pixel large format array of digital detectors. The array is about 16 inches on a side and consists of 42 separate large charge-coupled detectors. These are similar to the cameras in a cell phone only much, much better quality and tremendously larger. Kepler states at one field of view in the sky all the time. The camera has no shutter so reads out the images constantly. At NASA Ames Research Center, where I work, we use sophisticated software and a supercomputer to search all the data to look for small drops in light from any star that might indicate an exoplanet has passed in front of the star (a transit event).
ANTHONY: It seems like there's the potential for an exorbitant amount of data to be collected. How is that all transferred back to Earth?
STEVE: There is indeed a tremendous amount of data collected and sent back to Earth. Once a month, the spacecraft turns to point an antenna toward the earth and we use about 20-24 hours of time to transfer all the data back to the ground.
ANTHONY: What's involved in analyzing the data? I guess I'm asking how you know what's going on in each of the systems you're investigating.
STEVE: Each star we observe, over 150,000 of them, has its light curve examined in great detail. A light curve is simply a measure of the star brightness over time. We observe each star every 30 minutes and produce a record of that stars brightness every 30 minutes for days to weeks to years. Each measurement is looked at by our software system to see if there is a chance that the star has dimmed just enough and in the correct way to indicate a possible transit by a planet orbiting that star.
ANTHONY: How many exo-planets have been identified since the mission started?
STEVE: Kepler has found over 3500 exoplanet candidates, of which we believe that 90-90% are certainly real exoplanets. They range in size from about that of our moon to larger than Jupiter. Most are small in the 2-5 earth radius size range.
As we examine more of the data, smaller planets, similar to Earth-size, will be discovered and we expect to end up with hundreds of exoplanets near the size of our earth.
ANTHONY: There's a distinct naming convention for stars and planets identified through the mission, correct?
STEVE: Yes, it is simple. The first planet we found that we could absolutely confirm as a planet we called Kepler 1b. The next was Kepler 2b and so on. The "b" is used to designate that we are talking about the planet in orbit about a star and not the star itself. So far, we are up to naming over 100 confirmed exoplanets.
ANTHONY: One of the things I liked about the format of A Kepler's Dozen was the introduction to each story, which included hard data on the stars and planets the authors set their stories on or near. How much input did you provide to authors in terms of choosing stars to write about?
STEVE: The book had one firm rule – each story had to be about a real Kepler discovered and confirmed exoplanet. The authors were given the details of the planets they choose to write about and had to stay scientifically true to those data in their story. I believe this is the first such science fiction book that uses real exoplanets.
ANTHONY: I think that's correct. Was there any thought of including even more planetary or system data with the stories?
STEVE: Each author was free to include whatever data they wished about the planet or planets they chose for their story. Some stories simply name the planet as a destination others use more information to develop the story.
ANTHONY: Tell us a bit about your own story in the collection, "A Mango and Two Peanuts."
STEVE: Well, that story formed in my head soon after David and I agreed to work on this anthology. Kepler 37 was just discovered and we were really busy working on the science paper to announce it. There was a sort of race as to what would come out first – the science paper or the Anthology? The science paper won by 3 weeks.
The hard part was the ending. If you read the story you may see that a number of possible endings are possible. I think I choose a rather unusual one, certainly one that fits me well. I tried to integrate a number of favorite topics, persons, and other information into the story using them as spring boards toward the story line.
ANTHONY: I identified a bit with several of the characters in the story, the ones who know they are part of something bigger but don't really understand the science behind the mission. Do you find that's a normal thing when dealing with missions the size of most NASA projects?
STEVE: Yes, this is a realistic view of some of the players in real missions. The work on a space mission in very complex and involves hundreds of people from engineers to software programmers to astronomers like me. At each stage, each person's contribution is important and taken together they make it all work. Some folks are more in tune with the science and some are not, but all are crucial parts of the whole. I am blessed to have such a great team working on the Kepler mission
ANTHONY: The mission has faced some challenges with the craft's reaction wheels. How does this impact the mission going forward?
STEVE: Indeed! In fact, as of May 2013, just about when our book was released, Kepler lost its second of four reaction wheels. The collection of science data may be finished for the exoplanet part of the mission, but we are exploring ways to revive the reaction wheels and to look at what other science mission the telescope might be able to do. This work in on-going and we should know the answers by end of summer.
ANTHONY: What do the reaction wheels do, and what makes them particularly hard to fix?
STEVE: Reaction wheels are used to point the Kepler telescope very precisely. This precise pointing allows us to collect very precise photometry, giving us the ability to detect the small (<1%) drop in light from a star as a planet passes in front during a transit.
ANTHONY: And my usual closing question: What is your favorite book, and what would you say to someone who hasn't read it to convince them that they should?
STEVE: Wow! This is tough. I read a lot and on many different topics. I'll stick to Sci Fi for this answer. My favorite Scifi Book (so far) is The Invisible Man by H. G. Wells (1897) because he used real physics principles and the possibility of what we might be able to do with them to create his "monster". It was one of my early scifi reads as well and that probably adds to the interest. I think the simplicity of the principle and the human condition story that ensues are good elements to make one think as they read along.
You can learn even more about the Mission at NASA's Kepler Website. You can order print copies of A KEPLER'S DOZEN directly from Hadrosaur Productions, or find the ebooks on Smashwords.
And you can read my interview with Steve's co-editor, David Lee Summers, by clicking on the little link at the bottom of this post that takes you to the previous interview.


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CHINO HILLS, Calif. – The Whittier College Men's Golf team faced a tough field during the Southern California Intercollegiate Athletic Conference (SCIAC) Championships but managed to battle over the three days.
They finished the three-day event at Los Serranos Golf Club shooting a 902, which included rounds of 307-295-300.
After day one they sat in 8th place but managed to come back with their second lowest team round on the season, which bumped them up two spots into 6th. But after a 300 over the final round, they would drop a spot into 7th.
The Poets were able to top Occidental College (915) and were three shots off of Chapman University (899) and eleven shots off of Pomona-Pitzer (891), who each finished 6th and 5th, respectively.
Alex Valadez (Anaheim, Calif.) led the Purple & Gold and saved his best tournament for last tearing up the South course shooting a 76 on day one before finishing with career lows of 71-72 placing him 9th overall.
Nicholas Medeiros (Riverside, Calif.) strung together three nice rounds as well going 77 on day one before posting a 72-75 finishing 19th.
Tyler Hoefferle (San Dimas, Calif.) had a tough opening round at a 78 but fought back to improve each round after that with a 75-72 putting him 23rd.
The long ball hitter, Tyler Bliss (Glendora, Calif.) was the fourth Poet to score going low with a 76-77 over the first two rounds but couldn't keep it going as he would post an 81 on day three dropping him to 38th.
Freshman Martin Bedino (Argentina) had his breakout tournament of the season showing poise over the three days with an 81-80-81 placing 46th. Teammate Tiger Fawaz (San Bernardino, Calif.) finished right behind in 47th but went with an 82-86-85.


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I'm A Celebrity's Rebekah Vardy 'hoping to land a job on Loose Women' after leaving the jungle
Insiders say the WAG wants to use I'm A Celeb to further her TV career, and has Loose Women in her sights
Rebekah Vardy is hoping her stint in the I'm A Celebrity jungle will secure her a high-profile daytime TV gig.
The brunette beauty is reportedly hoping that having impressed fans in the jungle, she'll be offered a role on a successful show like Loose Women.
According to The Daily Mirror, Rebekah - who is married to Leicester City footballer Jamie - has her heart set on making a name for herself in her own right.
A source said: "Rebekah has been through a lot. With Jamie's job, she could stay at home but she likes being independent and likes speaking her mind, so she could be a great addition to a show like Loose Women.
"And she likes the idea of doing more TV work in general."
The model has already hit the headlines for an appearance on Loose Women last month, where she bravely revealed she had been sexually assaulted as a teenager.
Rebekah said: "It was in my early teens for a few years. It was someone pretty close. I had conversations with numerous members of my family and got persuaded not to take it any further."
She also appeared on the show in March, where she breastfed her baby son Finlay live on TV, and spoke out about her struggle with post-natal depression.
Rebekah said: "I think people in general after you've had kids they think you're a superwoman and there's never any issues.
"It's a really taboo subject, post-natal depression. There's a stigma, they think it doesn't exist – it was after my second child. I couldn't get out of bed its very much real.
Rebekah is mum to Sofia, two, and 11-month-old Finlay with Jamie, as well as Megan, 11, and Taylor, six, from previous relationships, and step-mum to Jamie's five-year-old daughter Ella.
Jamie has already risked her wrath by admitting he voted for Rebekah to compete the infamous and gruesome Bushtucker Trials five times.
Showing his support for his wife, he said: "Sorry babe, just wanted everyone to see that you're fearless and you proved me right."
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