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Written nearly a thousand years ago, Ibn Sayyar al-Warraq's tenth-century cookbook is the most comprehensive work of its kind. Its recent edition and English translation offers a unique glimpse into the culinary culture of the Medieval Islam. This traditional cookbook with more than 600 recipes from the luxurious cuisine of classical Islam is also a rare guide to the contemporary culinary culture. Its numerous anecdotes and poems unfold the role of food in the politics of Islam's golden era. Informative and entertaining to scholars and general readers, the book has recently been edited and translated into English by Nawal Nasrallah. We present in the following review this important book, with references and links to related literature on the Islamic cuisine.
Table of contents
- General survey on the book
- Ibn Sayyar al-Warraq
- About the editor and translator
- Table of contents of the book
- Articles on Islamic cuisine on MuslimHeritage.com
- References and further reading
Review of Annals of the Caliphs' Kitchens: Ibn Sayyar al-Warraq's Tenth-century Baghdadi Cookbook. English Translation with Introduction and Glossary by Nawal Nasrallah. Leiden: BRILL, (Islamic History and Civilization) (Hardcover), 2007. ISBN-10: 9004158677 - | ISBN-13: 978-9004158672. Edition: Bilingual, 867 pages.
Fig. 1: Front cover of Annals of the Caliphs' Kitchens (Brill, 2007).
1. General survey on the book
Written nearly a thousand years ago, the cookbook Kitab al-tabikh of Ibn Sayyar al-Warraq is the most comprehensive work of its kind. Including more than 600 recipes from the luxurious cuisine of medieval Islam, the book is also a rare guide to the contemporary culinary culture. Its numerous anecdotes and poems unfold the role of food in the politics of Islam's golden era.
The book was recently edited and translated into English, with introduction, notes and glossary by Nawal nasrallah under the entertaining title Annals of the Caliphs' Kitchens: Ibn Sayyar al-Warraq's Tenth-century Baghdadi Cookbook (Brill, 2007). This publication introduces to the interested reader a thorough survey of the period and its food culture. An extensive glossary, in Arabic and English, of medieval ingredients and dishes, and an appendix of historical figures provide the necessary reference tools for this work. Making this key resource available in English for the first time to scholars and the general reader fills a gap in the cultural history of the Medieval Islam.
Massive, impressive and marvellous are some of the adjectives that come to mind when attempting to describe this book. For the first time we can hold in our hands an English translation of the complete text of the Kitab al-Tabikh (Book of Dishes or Book of Cookery) a cookery book by Ibn Sayya'r al-Warraq. This means that 600 plus recipes dating from the tenth century are now available. This edition is drawn from and cross-checked through the three surviving manuscripts which are located in England, Helsinki, and Istanbul.
Fig 2: Two pages from the ms of Kitab al-tabikh in the National Library of Finland (Source).
In translation, the work begins on page 65 of this volume and extends through page 519. This results in 455 pages of recipes for dishes ranging from stews, cold and hot poultry dishes, dips and sauces, boiled dishes, porridges, vegetables, fried dishes, roasted kid and other meats, puddings, pastries, confections, and beverages. The text also includes discussions of the utensils needed, the spices, food for the elderly and very young, the humours, numerous food poems, manners and decorum. Footnotes abound to guide the reader and point out differences between the texts.
The editor and translator Nawal Nasrallah includes a comprehensive introduction, glossary of Arabic to English and English to Arabic terms, an appendix of important people and places mentioned in the text, and works cited. A full range of five sub-divided indexes, including an ingredients index and a separate index for prepared foods and drinks, compliments the text. The medical terms, recipes, and advice are in yet another index.
In sum, this is a volume to treasure and honour with a place on the shelves of anyone seriously interested in food and culinary history. In her Preface, the editor writes that she was most concerned with accuracy and readability. She seems to have accomplished her aims in this fascinating volume.
Fig 3: Two editions of Kitab al-Tabikh [The Book of Cookery] by Muhammad ibn al-Hasan ibn Muhammad ibn al-Karim al-Katib al-Baghdadi (d. 1240): (a). Edited by Dawud al-Jalabi. Al-Musil: Matba'at Umm al-Rabi'ayn, 1934. The author, a native of Baghdad, Iraq and an ardent food lover, wrote his book towards the end of the Abbasid Caliphate. In the recipes he mentions, he describes the different foods and dishes used to be prepared by the residents of Baghdad during the era of its opulence. The manuscript of this book is an autograph which the author finished on 20 Dhu al-Hijjah, 623 Hijri (12 December, 1226); b) Kitab al-Tabikh [The Book of Cookery] by Muhammad ibn al-Hasan al-Katib al-Baghdadi (d. 1240), reprint of Dawud al-Jalabi edition (published in 1934 by Matba'at Umm al-Rabi'ayn in Mosul, by Fakhri al-Barudi. Beirut : Dar al-Kitab al-Jadid, 1964 (Source).
2. Ibn Sayyar al-Warraq
Abu Muhammad al-Muzaffar ibn Nasr ibn Sayyar al-Warraq of Baghdad was the compiler of a tenth-century cookbook, Kitab al-tabikh (The Book of Dishes). This is the earliest cookbook to be known in Arabic.
3. About the editor and the translator
Nawal Nasrallah, a native of Iraq, holds a Masters of Arts in English and Comparative Literature and taught English and American Literature at Baghdad and Mosul universities from 1977 through 1990. She gave a number of lectures, presentations, and demonstrations on the ancient Mesopotamian and medieval Baghdadi cuisine, as well as modern Iraqi cooking in Bloomington, Indiana, and Boston, Massachusetts.
Fig. 4: Photo of the author, Nawal Nasrallah. (Source: Picture provided by the author)
Nasrallah produced a television program entitled "Baking with the Ancient Mesopotamians and Much More" on the ancient Sumerian flat tannur bread that is still being cooked to this day. She won second-place prize for "Milk on the Menu" cooking contest arranged by Gourmet Magazine, February 1997, and won first prize of the 1998 annual Holiday Cookie Bake-off in Bloomington, Indiana, and nationally under the aegis of Gourmet Magazine.
Of her recent publications as an independent scholar are Delights from the Garden of Eden: A Cookbook and a History of the Iraqi Cuisine (Authorhouse, 2003), and Beginner's Iraqi Arabic (Hippocrene Books, 2006).
See her website at: Delights from the Garden of Eden: A Cookbook and a History of the Iraqi Cuisine.
Read part of the book online with "Google Books": Annals of the Caliphs' Kitchens
4. Table of contents of the book
Preface and Acknowledgements
Part One:
I. Discovery of Kitab al-Tabikh
II. The Istanbul Manuscript
III. Al-Warraq and Kitab al-Tabikh
IV. Sources of Kitab al-Tabikh
V. Legacy of Kitab al-Tabikh
Part Two:
VI. Medieval Baghdad and Food Culture
VII. The Abbasid Baghdadi Cuisine as Manifested in Kitab al-Tabikh
VIII. Beginnings of the Abbasid Baghdadi Cuisine
Part Three:
IX. The Medieval Galenic Humoral Theory and the Concept of Remedying Food
The Book of Cookery Kitab al-Tabikh by Ibn Sayyar al-Warraq
Appendix: People and Places
Glossary: Arabic-English/English-Arabic
Works Cited
5. Articles on Islamic cuisine on MuslimHeritage.com
- Annals of the Caliphs' Kitchens
- 12th Century Cookery from all the World
- Food as Medicine in Muslim Civilization
- Ottoman Palace Cuisine of the Classical Period
- Turkish Cuisine: A Book Review
- The Influence of Islamic Culinary Art on Europe
6. References and further reading
- Nawal Nasrallah (translator), Annals of the Caliphs' Kitchens: Ibn Sayyar al-Warraq's Tenth-century Baghdadi Cookbook, Brill, 2007. Partially online in Google Books here.
- Kaj Öhrnberg and Sahban Mroueh, eds., Kitab al-tabikh, Studia orientalia 60, Finnish Oriental Society, 1987. See the Pages From Kitab al-Tabikh by Ibn Sayyar al-Warraq, edited by Kaj Öhrnberg and Sahban Mroueh (published by the Finnish Oriental Society as Studia Orientalia 60).
- Charles Perry (illustrated by Linda Sawaya), "Cooking with the Caliphs", Saudi Aramco World, vol. 57:4 (July/August 2006), pp. 14-23: read the full text online.
- Charles Perry, A Baghdad Cookery Book (Petits Propos Culinaires), Prospect Books, 2006.
- A.J. Arberry, "A Baghdad cookery-book", Islamic Culture, vol. 13 (1939), pp. 21–47 and 189-214. A translation of Kitab al-?abik? by Mu?ammad bin al-?asan bin Mu?ammad bin al-Karim al-Baghdadi, usually called al-Baghdadi (d. 1239 CE).
- Middle Eastern & Islamic Cuisine: The Tradition Continues… An Exhibition at Yale University's Sterling Memorial Library (February 1-April 19, 2007).
[1] Kaouthar Chatioui is Executive Research Assistant at the Foundation for Science, Technology and Civilisation (FSTC) and member of the editorial board of MuslimHeritage.com.
[2] Cem Nizamoglu, Member of the FSTC editorial board.


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Fluid dynamics is one area of classical physics where you will find some of the most incredible behavior. In the 60's it was observed that if a complex fluid was poured into a dish containing the same fluid, sometimes it would create a jet of fluid in the reverse direction, to the point of briefly interrupting the flow. This behavior has, until now, proved to be impossible to explain. It was thought that the behavior was some kind of reflection from the surface, requiring the presence of a nearby rigid surface.
Now research at the University of Twente in the Netherlands has shown that this behavior is very common, requiring only that the liquid be shear thinning. Shear thinning liquids are so named because their viscosity changes near an interface during flow. When pouring the liquid into a container already containing some of the same liquid, it forms a heap on the surface. As the heap steepens the flow is diverted to one side, creating a high shear flow and reducing the viscosity at the interface. The surface distortion due to the incoming fluid combined with the low viscosity interface causes a jet to be expelled upwards. This jet often interrupts the downward flow, which in turn allows the dimple to recover and stops the jet. The researchers have demonstrated that a rigid surface is not necessary by observing the same behavior while pouring liquid on a suspended detergent membrane. In an interesting twist to the experiment they demonstrated that the two liquids do not mix where the jet is formed. To demonstrate this they adapted the pouring nozzle so that laser light was injected into the flowing liquid, the liquid will guide the light in the same way that a fiber optic cable does. Pictures clearly show that light from the incoming stream of fluid is transfered into the out-going stream, indicating that no mixing occurs at the low viscosity interface.
The movie linked above is a very cool demonstration. In this case the liquid was being poured onto a thin film held at an angle so that the jet was not expelled directly upwards. In this way they claim to be able to make a persistent jet with a controlled direction. It is also very nice to be able to write about your own institution on occasion.


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Clarkson University Professor Lei Wu Receives $400,000 NSF CAREER Award for Smart Grid Research
Wind, solar and other forms of renewable energy are volatile and uncertain, a problem Clarkson University Assistant Professor Lei Wu is looking to solve.
The National Science Foundation has given Wu a $400,000 Faculty Early Career Development (CAREER) award for "Smart Grid" research. Wu is embarking on a five-year project that will provide a blueprint as the United States updates its electrical grid in the 21st century.
He will develop mathematical models and algorithms in order to find favorable sites for renewable energy facilities that will enhance the United States' "Smart Grid." The CAREER grant project will launch this September 1 and continue through August of 2018.
The research will give power system operators and power companies more information to make better decisions, Wu said. The research will also hopefully reduce the unpredictability and variability sometimes associated with renewable energy projects, thus making them more feasible and widespread.
"We need some more rigorous research," Wu said. "We're trying to respond to some of the targets set by the government."
The grant will fund two Ph.D students who will work with Wu on the project. Those students may travel to local high schools over the course of the grant to teach power systems concepts to students.
Wu, an assistant professor of electrical and computer engineering, has more than 10 years of experience in energy and power systems research. He has served as a consultant with the New York Independent System Operators organization to review their business management system and Energy Management System for power market operation in New York State. He will collaborate with NYISO and the New York Smart Grid Consortium on the research.
In 2012, Wu received a Smart Planet Award from IBM to develop coursework based on his research of the future power grid to educate the next generation of industry leaders to use the technology.
Clarkson University launches leaders into the global economy. One in five alumni already leads as a CEO, VP or equivalent senior executive of a company. Located just outside the Adirondack Park in Potsdam, N.Y., Clarkson is a nationally recognized research university for undergraduates with select graduate programs in signature areas of academic excellence directed toward the world's pressing issues. Through 50 rigorous programs of study in engineering, business, arts, sciences and health sciences, the entire learning-living community spans boundaries across disciplines, nations and cultures to build powers of observation, challenge the status quo, and connect discovery and engineering innovation with enterprise.
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Every find yourself pitying them fools with their camera phones trying to take photos of the big screens only to get home to find said photos have all come out as horrid static-riddled muddles? I feel a slight bit sorrier for them when they realize they could have immersed themselves in the music for that forty-five minutes and come home, clicked their mouse onto DiS to find photos from Holly Erskine (who was at Reading) and this first set of shots by Simon Shackleton from Leeds...
John Cooper Clarke
These New Puritans
The following shots are by Holly Erskine.
Alkaline Trio
Friendly Fires
Mystery Jets
A further installment of photos is forthcoming. And in case you missed it shots of one of the bands of the weekend, Crystal Castles, ran as an 'In Photos' news feature here and more photos of **Foals, can be found here.


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Hope College presented awards honoring teaching, service and scholarship to multiple faculty members during the college's annual recognition luncheon on Monday, Jan. 7.
Named a "Towsley Research Scholar" was Beth Anderson, assistant professor of chemistry.
The "Janet L. Andersen Excellence in Teaching Award" was presented to Mike Seymour, professor of chemistry.
The "Ruth and John Reed Faculty Achievement Awards" were presented to Susan Dunn, associate professor of nursing and chairperson of the department, and Fred Johnson, associate professor of history.
The "Academic Computing Advisory Team (ACAT) Innovation Award" was presented to Will Polik, who is the Edward and Elizabeth Hofma Professor of Chemistry and chairperson of the department.
The "Provost's Award for Service to the Academic Program" was presented to Peter Schakel, who is the Peter C. and Emajean Cook Professor of English and chairperson of the department.
The Motoichiro Oghimi Global Courage Award was presented to Alfredo Gonzales, who is associate provost and dean for international and multicultural education, and Chuck Green, who is a professor of psychology and director of the Phelps Scholars Program.
The Towsley Research Scholars Program is funded through an endowment made possible through a grant from the Harry A. and Margaret D. Towsley Foundation of Midland. Through the program, newer Hope faculty members receive support for a project for four years. The foundation's awards to the college have also included grants for the construction of the Van Wylen Library and the Schaap Science Center, faculty development in the pre-medical sciences and support for an endowed chair in communication.
Anderson, who has been a member of the Hope faculty since 2010, will use the award in support of her research project "Nanomaterial Synthesis, Assembly, and Characterization." Focused on materials far smaller than the human eye can see, Anderson's research involves determining ways to fabricate nanomaterials and further understanding the characteristics of nanomaterials and how they interact. She conducts her work collaboratively with Hope-student researchers.
The Janet L. Andersen Excellence in Teaching Awards are presented to faculty members who have been teaching at Hope for at least seven years and who have demonstrated recognizable excellence in specific activities or aspects of teaching. The award is named in memory of Dr. Janet Andersen, a professor of mathematics at Hope who died of injuries sustained in an automobile accident on Thursday, Nov. 24, 2005.
Seymour, who has taught at Hope since 1978, was recognized for contributions including his role in helping students become more actively engaged in learning course content while improving other skills such as critical thinking, writing or speaking. Examples included his enhancement of the introductory chemistry lecture and laboratory program, which is taught by a variety of faculty, and his practice in his "Chemistry and the Environment" course of having students share examples of chemistry in the news and then linking the topics to the course content. Among other activities, he was also instrumental in developing a new science course for students seeking to become elementary teachers.
The Ruth and John Reed Faculty Achievement Awards recognize members of the Hope faculty who are superior teachers and have also contributed significantly in some other area of professional life. The award was established in memory of Dr. Ruth Yzenbaard Reed, a 1965 Hope graduate who was associate dean of Macomb Community College. Reed died in August 1999 at age 55.
Dunn, who has taught at Hope since 1997, was celebrated for her excellence as a teacher, researcher and departmental leader. She involves students in her research program, and helped develop and teaches courses focused on research in addition to her other teaching. She has facilitated partnerships with Michigan State University and Grand Valley State University for students interested in graduate study. Among other distinctions, the department's graduates have achieved a 100-percent pass rate on the national licensing exam in nursing during each of the past two years.
Johnson, a member of the faculty since 2000, has been recognized for his teaching by students multiple times, including with an appreciation award during Homecoming in 2002, selection as the Commencement speaker in 2003 and as recipient of the Hope Outstanding Professor Educator (H.O.P.E.) Award in 2005. He was also praised for representing the college through his active engagement in the community, including as a speaker for multiple West Michigan churches, schools and service organizations; as a candidate for U.S. Congress; and teaching courses on the African American church at Western Theological Seminary.
The Academic Computing Advisory Team (ACAT) Innovation Award is presented to a faculty or staff member who exemplifies innovation and ingenuity in the application of technology to the academic program. The innovation may have been used in the classroom or out, in teaching or in research, or in any form of academic support or performance.
Polik was recognized especially for his role in developing "WebMO," a web-based graphical user interface for running computational modeling software packages in chemistry. First developed by Polik and one of his research students, 2001 graduate Jordan Schmidt, more than a decade ago, "WebMO" is now used by more than 2,000 colleges, universities and research centers, including by hundreds of students each year at Hope. A member of the faculty since 1988, Polik has been a leader in the area of computational technology throughout his career at Hope, and has received multiple external grants through the years to develop high-performance computer clusters used throughout the natural and applied sciences.
The Provost's Award for Service to the Academic Program is presented to individuals who have provided special contributions to the academic program through student academic support, general education, assessment work, implementation of programs that support/enhance the curriculum, and any activity outside of formal teaching that contributes to the overall excellence of the academic program.
Schakel was honored for taking on the role of department chair during a difficult time and for his effective and dedicated leadership. Schakel, who had also chaired the department on previous occasions, became co-chair during 2011-12 as colleague and former chair Dr. David Klooster, who died in June 2012, coped with a brain tumor. Schakel has continued as chair during the current school year, his contributions including helping the department weather the challenge of hiring additional faculty to accommodate the record-size freshman class and counseling advisees of colleagues on leave. A member of the faculty since 1969, Schakel also continues as a classroom teacher and his own scholarly work.
The Motoichiro Oghimi Global Courage Award is presented to individuals who exhibit the intercultural courage exemplified by Motoichiro Oghimi, a member of the college's Class of 1879 who came from Japan as one of Hope's first international students. It is given to faculty or academic staff members who exemplify deep engagement with the part of the college's mission that calls for preparing students for leadership and service in a global society; bold risk-taking in creating new ways and opportunities to help students engage with other people, places and cultures; and engagement in global initiatives that go above and beyond their normal responsibilities.
Gonzales has been involved in multicultural education at Hope for more than 30 years. He joined the staff in 1979 as director of the college's Upward Bound program. He became director of minority student affairs in 1984, assistant dean of multicultural life in 1986 and assistant provost in 1990. He acquired administrative responsibility for international education when he was named associate provost in 2001, and was appointed to his current position as associate provost and dean in 2006. In addition to his work at Hope, he has been active in enhancing international and multicultural understanding locally and regionally, including through his role in development of Holland's sister-city relationship with Queretaro in Mexico and as a founding member of the Tulipanes Latino Art and Film Festival.
Green, who joined the faculty in 1983, has directed the Phelps Scholars Program since it began in 1998. The program is an academic program for first-year students interested in learning about issues of race and culture. They take a course together each semester, live in the same residence hall, participate in discussions, workshops and service projects, and engage in various social activities. Colleagues and students alike celebrated both Green's commitment to the program's students as individuals and his dedication through participation in activities—including multiple weekend commitments—and emphasis on providing an international focus in the coursework. The Association of American Colleges and Universities recognized the program as an exemplary diversity program in higher education in 2009.


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10 Rags to Riches Billionaires
by JS
Feeling the need for a little inspiration on the road to wealth building? I always love to read about people who have beat the odds and made a dramatic rise in their financial situation.
What follows are the stories of 10 billionaires who started with nothing and now have it all.
Ingvar Kamprad
Net worth: $31 billion
World's richest retailer and founder of furniture store Ikea.
Kamprad began to develop a business as a young boy, selling matches to neighbors from his bicycle. He found that he could buy matches in bulk very cheaply from Stockholm, sell them individually at a low price and still make a good profit. From matches, he expanded to selling fish, Christmas tree decorations, seeds and later ball-point pens and pencils. When Kamprad was 17, his father gave him a reward for succeeding in his studies. He used this money to establish what has grown into IKEA.
The acronym IKEA is made up of the initials of his name (Ingvar Kamprad) plus those of Elmtaryd, the family farm where he was born; and the nearby village Agunnaryd.
Kamprad has admitted that his dyslexia played a large part in the inner workings of the company. For example, the Swedish-sounding names of the furniture sold by IKEA were originally chosen by Kamprad because he had difficulty remembering numeral stock-keeping units.
Reputed to be quite frugal: flies economy class, frequents inexpensive restaurants, furnishes his home with Ikea ware.
Li Ka-shing
Net worth: $26.5 billion
Li fled turbulent China in 1940 and resettled in Hong Kong. Li's father died in Hong Kong.
Shouldering the responsibility of looking after the livelihood of the family, Li was forced to leave school before the age of 15 and found a job in a plastics trading company where he labored 16 hours a day.
By 1950, his hard work, prudence and his pursuit of excellence had enabled him to start his own company, Cheung Kong Industries. From manufacturing plastics, Li led and developed his company into a leading real estate investment company in Hong Kong that was listed on the Hong Kong Stock Exchange in 1972.
Roman Abramovich
Net worth: $23.5 billion
Orphaned at age 4, Abramovich was raised by his uncle and grandmother. He dropped out of college and eventually made a fortune after taking over Russian oil giant Sibneft, which he later sold.
Roman, was gifted with a talent for business and being in the right place at the right time as he started his career as an entrepreneur just as Soviet premier Mikhail Gorbachev's reforms permitted the opening of small private businesses.
He began his business career selling plastic ducks from a grim Moscow apartment but, within a few years, Abramovich's vast wealth spread from oil conglomerates to pig farms, and secured his place within Yeltsin's inner circle. However, even today, his task force of bodyguards and armoured Mercedes testify to the high-risk nature of capitalism in post-Soviet Russia.
Sheldon Adelson
Net worth: $26 billion
The son of a Boston cabdriver, he borrowed $200 from an uncle to sell newspapers at age 12. Later, he dropped out of college to become a court reporter. Now a casino and hotel magnate, Adelson took his Las Vegas Sands public in December 2004.
He worked at a young age selling newspapers on local street corners and owned his first business by the time he was twelve. In the years that followed, he worked as a mortgage broker, investment adviser and financial consultant. He started a business selling toiletry kits, and in the 1960s he started a charter tours business with two friends. He went to college at City College of New York but did not complete a degree there.
The basis for Adelson's wealth and current investments was the computer trade show COMDEX, which he and his partners developed for the computer industry; the first show was in 1979. It was the premier computer trade show through much of the 1980s and 1990s.
In 1988, Adelson and his partners purchased the Sands Hotel & Casino in Las Vegas, Nevada, the former hangout of Frank Sinatra and the Rat Pack, in order to bring Las Vegas to a new phase of business centricity through the exhibition industry.
Amancio Ortega
Net worth: $20.2 billion
Son of a railway worker Ortega apparently got started as a clerk in a shirt store. With $25 and help from his then wife Rosalia Mera, now also a billionaire, he began making gowns in his living room.
In 1975 he opened the first store in what would grow into the enormously popular chain of fashion stores called Zara.
Kirk Kerkorian
Net worth: $16 billion
Son of Armenian immigrants, he dropped out of school in the eighth grade and took up boxing.
Kirk Kerkorian was born on June 6, 1917 in Fresno, California, to Armenian immigrant parents. Dropping out of school in 8th grade, he became a fairly skilled amateur boxer under the tutelage of his older brother, fighting under the name "Rifle Right Kerkorian" to win the Pacific amateur welterweight champion.
After the war, having saved most of his wages, Kerkorian spent $5,000 on a Cessna. He worked as a general aviation pilot, and made his first visit to Las Vegas in 1944. After spending much time in Las Vegas during the 1940s, Kerkorian quit gambling and in 1947 paid $60,000 for Trans International Airlines, which was a small air-charter service which flew gamblers from Los Angeles to Las Vegas.
He then bid on some war surplus bombers, using money on loan from the Seagrams family. Gasoline, and especially airplane fuel, was in short supply at the time, so he sold the fuel from the planes' tanks, paid off his loan – and still had the airplanes. He operated the airline until 1968 when he sold it for $104 million to the Transamerica Corporation.
Later, he made billions buying and selling movie studio MGM. Today his MGM Mirage owns more than half the hotel rooms on the Las Vegas Strip.
"I just lucked into things. I used to think that if I made $50,000 I'd be the happiest guy in the world." Kirk Kerkorian
Oprah Winfrey
Net worth: $2.5 billion
Born in rural Mississippi to a poor unwed teenaged mother, and later raised in an inner city Milwaukee neighborhood, Winfrey was raped at the age of nine, and at fourteen, gave birth to a son who died in infancy. Sent to live with the man she calls her father, a barber in Tennessee, Winfrey landed a job in radio while still in high school and began co-anchoring the local evening news at the age of 19.
Her emotional ad-lib delivery eventually got her transferred to the daytime talk show arena, and after boosting a third-rated local Chicago talk show to first place, she launched her own production company and became internationally syndicated.
Winfrey became a millionaire at age 32 when her talk show went national. Because of the amount of revenue the show generated, Winfrey was in a position to negotiate ownership of the show and start her own production company. By 1994 the show's ratings were still thriving and Winfrey negotiated a contract that earned her nine figures a year.
Considered the richest woman in entertainment by the early 1990s, at age 41 Winfrey's wealth crossed another milestone when with a net worth of $340 million, she replaced Bill Cosby as the only African American on the Forbes 400. Although blacks are 12% of the U.S. population, Winfrey has remained the only black person wealthy enough to rank among America's 400 richest people nearly every year since 1995.
Micky Jagtiani
Net worth: $2.5 billion
Jagtiani flunked out of accounting school in London and took up driving taxis and cleaning hotel rooms to pay the bills and support a bottle of whiskey a day habit. He then lost his entire family to illness in the span of one year.
Just 21 and alone in Bahrain with $6,000 of his and his family's savings, he took over the retail space his brother had leased before dying of cancer and started selling baby products. Chain is now one of the most profitable retail groups in the Middle East.
Thirty years after he landed up in Bahrain the Dubai-based CEO of Landmark group has built himself one the largest and most profitable retail chains in the Middle East, with more than 280 stores, 6,000 employees and an estimated $650 million in revenues.
Richard Desmond
Net worth: $2 billion
After his parents divorced, Desmond lived with his mother in a garage apartment. Quit school at age 14 to become a drummer and worked in a coat-check room to help pay the bills.
His first job was for Thomson Newspapers, working in classified advertisements. He moved on to another company and by the age of 21 he owned two record shops. He acquired an interest in publishing and in 1974 published a magazine called International Musician and Recording World.
Started his first magazine at age 22 and now owns dozens of titles, including celebrity rag OK!.
J.K. Rowling
Net worth: $1 billion
British writer and author of the Harry Potter fantasy series.
Rowling moved to Portugal after the death of her mother from multiple sclerosis. She returned to the U.K. a single mother and lived on welfare while finishing her first Harry Potter story. Now one of the world's most successful authors, she published the seventh and final installment of the boy wizard series last July.
She progressed from living on welfare to multi-millionaire status within five years.
I hope you found these stories inspiring. It is difficult for me to relate to people who are wealthy but started out with family money or won the lottery. But these stories prove that anything is possible and it is interesting to see how each rags to riches story is unique.
This article was based on the Forbes story In Pictures: Rags to Riches Billionaires. And was featured in the Carnival of Personal Finance at the Budgeting Babe.


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Tech Taps Yarger as Director of Center for Energy Policy in Hobbs
By Thomas Guengerich
SOCORRO, N.M., July 24, 2008 – New Mexico Tech announced that Dr. Fred Yarger of Socorro has been named the first director and senior scientist of the recently-formed New Mexico Center for Energy Policy in Hobbs.
"We are pleased that the center will be lead by a highly skilled experienced scientist and manager," said Dr. Michael Hensley, director of special projects at New Mexico Tech. "Dr. Yarger's experience in managing large scale projects will help the center focus on research projects that will contribute significantly to the growth and diversification of the regional economy."
The newly formed Center will be located at New Mexico Junior College, where Yarger will direct the fledgling center's mission.
"It's a brand new organization and it's an opportunity to really be involved in establishing an organization," Yarger said. "The Center will serve as a liaison between New Mexico Tech and the region of southeast New Mexico and West Texas."
New Mexico Tech aims to take a leadership role in molding the policies about energy in the state, including research and implementation of nuclear energy and renewable energy sources, as well as continued development of the state's fossil fuel resources.
The Center was created with a $250,000 appropriation from the state legislature in 2007, sponsored by Sen. Carroll Leavell of Lea County.
"Dr. Yarger will be involved in many local projects to include leading development of a major conference on renewable and alternative energies," Hensley said.
The Center hosted its first conference – focused on fossil fuels – in May. The next conference in the fall will focus on renewables and nuclear energy.
A Naval Academy graduate, Yarger retired in 1994 from the U.S. Navy, where he was a trained nuclear submarine officer. He earned a doctorate in atmospheric physics from New Mexico Tech in 2003. He worked for White Sands Missile Range for Lincoln Labs until 2006.
He and his wife, Kathy, will be relocating to Hobbs, along with their 15-month-old twin daughters.


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ESA's General Studies Programme (GSP) has started a new project called SysNova: its aim is to get the most brilliant proposals for the development of new technologies in the space field.
The SysNova initiative is a technology assessment scheme using "technology challenges" and competition to survey a comparatively large number of alternative solutions and recognises the critical role of joint studies by both academic and industrial institutions across ESA Member States in this exploratory phase.
This competition gives industry and universities the opportunity to work and develop their solutions in a field that is the cutting edge of technology par excellence.
Every year the General Studies Programme will propose a few topics of relevance to the exploration of potential technology needs beyond current ESA programmes. Teams composed by people from the academic, research and industry fields can submit their proposals and compete for a final prize.


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Almost a month has passed since the release of Opera 11 for desktop (Windows, UNIX and Mac), which finally introduced extensions to the venerable browser, and added some other nifty features like the mail panel. In the meantime, Opera Software has released multiple snapshots with further improvements, and more than a hundred extensions have been submitted to Opera's official extensions gallery.
Earlier today, the Norwegian browser maker released, what is perhaps the most significant build since the original Opera 11 alpha. The new build fixes a hefty number of bugs, while improving Opera's extensions API. The most significant changes are:
i) Improved Address Bar: Chrome has already succeeded in redefining the web-browser UI (user interface). It was the first browser to get rid of the complicated menu structure, and merge the tab bar with the address bar. Opera Software implemented this in Opera 10.5. Now, they have taken another leaf out of Chrome's book to simplify the address bar. The new address bar hides parameters in URL and the protocol prefix (http://, ftp:// etc.), and highlights the main domain name when not in focus. It also prominently displays security information about the website currently open. While some advanced users might be turned off by the new address bar's tendency to hide URL parameters, the purpose behind this move is clear. Opera Software wants to make it as easy as possible for novice web surfers to spot phishing sites.
ii) New Mouse Gesture UI: Opera was the first browser to add mouse gesture support (with Opera 5 released in 2000), and is still one of the few browsers to offer it out of the box. Mouse Gestures is a brilliantly addictive and useful feature that improves productivity by enabling the user to perform common tasks with a flick of his mouse. Unfortunately, most users aren't even aware that this feature exists, and even those that are aware, use very few basic gestures. The latest snapshot introduces a new UI that pops up when you right click and hold the mouse for a while (provided that you have enabled Mouse Gestures). This UI guides you through some simple gestures that you are likely to find very handy.
iii) Improved Mail Panel: The newly introduced mail panel has been refined to make to make it more pleasant both visually and in terms of usability.
You can download the latest snapshot from Opera's Desktop Team blog. However, keep in mind that this is preview build, and has some known (and possibly several unknown) issues.


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3/28 On Barney, the "mini Marlon Byrd"
I talked to Barney last year in Spring Training and didn't know what kind of player he was. You watch him play and you saw he had the work ethic. One thing I thought he needed was a better routine. In the Minor Leagues, you do certain things certain ways and it works. But for some reason, in the big leagues, you try that same routine, and it doesn't work. There's a lot more chaos when you get up to the big leagues and start learning about the media and your meetings. Last year, when he got called up, he listened. He fought at certain times and didn't want to listen because he had his way. I understood. Again, I'm a big believer if a guy has success in the big leagues, there's a reason and you might want to start paying attention. You don't have to take everything from him but take parts — I've said that before about passing the torch.
Coming in this year, what really impressed me, is I came out here early to work with my sprint coach. Barney came out for the entire day and all of his times — and I've been working with my sprint guy for a year — all of his times were better than mine. The hurdle jumps we did, sprints, everything we did, he was a lot better. And he finished the entire 1 1/2 hour workout with me and said he liked it and felt good. You compound that with his work ethic — he knows how to play. He's a winner — back to back national championships — and then you look at his Minor League numbers and he knows how to play. You start working in the cage, and he started learning and paying attention even more. He was doing that young guy thing and sitting back and listening and taking bits and pieces. He was listening to Rudy, listening to his infield guys.
You see him as a great player and not just a utility guy but a guy who can start. I believe he can have a long big league career because of his work ethic and because of the way he learns. It transfers over into the games. Everything he's done this Spring Training, I don't think he's surprised anyone and there's a reason he has made this team. I don't think anyone has any doubts about him because he can play the game. Everything is transferred over that he's learned this past year in the big leagues. The biggest thing about him that I like is the fact he can play anywhere in the field and doesn't look uncomfortable. Third, second, short — I'm sure if he was in center field he could do it. He's that guy who is really going to help us this year.
His dad said he looks like a mini Marlon Byrd at the plate. That's cool. A lot of guys make fun of it, but if anybody saw Mark DeRosa in Texas, they called him a mini Michael Young and there's worse guys you can follow. Everything we've done, his approach, it's Rudy's system and he's believed in it. There are certain things that we do similar hitting-wise. When I was in Texas, a lot of guys were like, "Oh, you want to be like Ian Kinsler?" Yes, I do. There's nothing wrong with that. Barney is going to have his own style and it's going to show.
I've been bringing him breakfast in Spring Training but that stops March 30. When he starts getting big league money, he can get his own breakfast.
— Marlon
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Marlon, you missed on thing. I'm guessing because you are modest, is while you are giving him all the mentoring you can on the field, Cub fans know he's also getting off the field advice. The interviews, what you do in your free time (or, better yet, what you don't do) staying out of trouble, etc is all stuff that gets over looked and I don't think we could find a better mentor in that regard than you. Looking forward to making my annual trip from Des Moines to Wrigley and seeing you all in action again sometime this summer!
Great blog Marlon! It's really nice to read that a veteran is taking a rookie under his wing. Kudos to you!
I love love the cubs roster and infusion of young talent thru-out. But i worry about a legitimate lead off man and our defense.I"mpulling for the cubs to do well this year and in the future.my son and grand son are all fans.good luck to you Marlonon on a great year and a wonderful career. we love watching you play and you"e enthusiasm for the game. sincerely Dan
So are you going to make him do flips?? He said if someone makes him, he'll do them at Wrigley. Awesome job Marlon!
Last year when Barney first came up to the majors I wasn't too sure about how he was going to do. This spring training has changed my mind about him though. I am big on first impressions but at the same time need to sometimes just have faith in people. God has taught me that much! I am seeing a different more mature side of Barney this year opposed to last year. I mean what can I really expect from someone who is a rookie. He is a great ballplayer who I believe God has given opprotunity to good in his life. I wish I was able to play ball growing up. I have always dreamed of playing for the Cubbies and I am glad that there are players like you all. Players that represent everyday people. I am also glad that you take time out to write in your blog. That tells me a lot about the kind of person you really are. Thanks for your blogs. I hope that I can take leave and go to Chicago and watch you all in person. May God bless you and yours, Joe C.
Hi Marlon!
You're right on about being able to take components from other players and apply them to yourself. It's amazing how our egos get in the way of our own progress sometimes, isn't it? For instance…one time I looked around the grocery store for like 20 minutes trying to find granola bars. I must have looked up and down the candy aisle and chip/snack aisle 10 times before my wife asked the clerk who showed us that the granola bars are in the breakfast cereal aisle! BREAKFAST CEREAL? I'm a level-headed guy (at times), Marlon, but when you start mixing chewy sweetness with milk covered wonder I start steaming. The moral is, ask and you can get smarterer.
Marlon, I've been working on the shirts for Church League Softball and it's really come a long way. I think we'll be the sharpest dressed team out there sporting just slightly less than copyright infringing Cub-like shirts. Don't issue a cease and desist on me, Marlon. We're tighter than that, right?
My brother-in-law Andy is opening his home on opening day. I'm going to skip out of work so I can watch you guys punish the Pie Rats for showing their faces at Wrigley! The guy who's coaching our second team in Church League Softball is a Pirates fan. It's strange when enemies become friends. I think that's why gangs never get together at diversity day parties and dances. All the strangeness…
Marlon, there's a lot going on in the world right now. I've lost track of how many countries in the Middle East and North Africa are in turmoil and this thing in Japan is horrible. What I'm saying, Marlon, is get your soul right. And also give me something to cheer for. I'm tired of losing, Marlon. My son tells me to root for different teams because the ones I love make me sad. I tell him teams aren't like women, son. You can't just jump from one to the other. I'm kidding Marlon, my wife Taela would jump out of her skin if I was like that.
Here's to blowing away expectations (and taking advantage of the Cardinals' pitching injuries). Yeah, I said it Marlon.
marlin god bless you brother you have to be the backbone of this team. No offense to any of the catchers. You be the man and hit well and play that ivy when it comes in. You can be the man don't let anybody tell you otherwise. We true fans are behind you man.
I think the rookies need to be the ones bringing breakfast to our All-Stars!
Thanks for taking Darwin under you wing. He's had a great spring. I'm glad he made the roster.
Good luck, Barney!
Mr. Byrd, you just keep doing what you do and we will have more young cubs wanting to be a "mini-Marlon Byrd" and that wouldn't be a bad thing. Not bad at all.
Your work ethic, and their results are self explanatory. I hope the entire AAA club wants to be mini-Marlon Byrds. The whole Cubs Nation would be a great hands if that occurs. Kudos to you for what you have done so far for all of us.
p.s. Barney should buy your breakfast that first week in Chicago!
He is definitely a winner!
Darwin is lucky to have a man of your caliber on his side. So are the Cubs.
Personally, I am so glad you're a Cub. When they got you, in my mind they finally made a GOOD off-season move – or at least the best one since they picked up Derrick Lee.
Byrd Man you're an awesome team mate and player. Go get them this year!!!!!
I'm so excited for the new season. If Barney has half the work ethic and enthusiam that Marlon has, he will be fantastic! Thanks for writing the blog Mr. Byrd. Have a great year.
HeyHey buddy!! Great hearing your perspective!!! Keep those high stirrups, seem to be workin!!


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(Phoenix, Ariz. – Sept. 18, 2008) Attorney General Terry Goddard, Department of Public Safety Director Roger Vanderpool and Mesa Police Chief George Gascón today announced the indictment of Mesa Police Officer Daniel Albert Coronado, 37, of Gilbert, on four counts of computer tampering and four counts of unauthorized access to criminal history. Coronado was indicted on these charges, all Class 6 felonies, Wednesday by the State Grand Jury.
According to the indictment, between January 2005 and June 2008, Coronado used police computer terminals to access the Arizona criminal justice information system and/or computerized criminal history records for purposes other than his official law enforcement duties. The indictment alleges that Coronado illegally logged on to the computer terminals 149 times and accessed the criminal records of about 10 individuals.
The indictment is the result of an internal investigation by the Mesa Police Department which was turned over to the Department of Public Safety. Coronado has been suspended from the Mesa Police Department pending the outcome of this case.
Assistant Attorney General Philip Garrow is prosecuting this case. A copy of the indictment is available at the Attorney General's Web site, www.azag.gov.
For more information, contact Anne Hilby at (602) 542-8019.


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WASHINGTON (Reuters) - American income growth surged in December as companies rushed to make dividend payments before higher tax rates set in, while buoyant wage growth also gave a lift to households.
U.S. personal income rose 2.6 percent last month, the biggest increase in eight years, the Commerce Department said on Thursday.
While much of the gain was due to special payments aimed at beating tax increases due to begin this month, wages still grew at one of the faster rates seen last year.
That should lend support to consumer spending and provide some underlying momentum for the economy despite a surprise contraction in gross domestic product during the fourth quarter.
"Even abstracting from the one-off surge in dividend payments ... the general tone of this report was quite encouraging," said Millan Mulraine, an economist at TD Securities in New York.
The increase in overall personal income was well above analysts' expectations for a 0.8 percent gain.
However, another economic report showed an increase in new jobless claims last week, and U.S. stocks traded lower as investors sifted through the mixed data, while prices for U.S. Treasuries were higher.
The big rise in incomes put consumers on stronger footing entering the new year, even if the gains may not have been distributed evenly throughout the workforce. Most extra dividend payments went to wealthier households with more investments.
Still, wages and salary payments grew 0.6 percent last month, building on a sizable 0.9 percent gain in November.
The income gains helped push the saving rate, the amount of disposable income households socked away, to 6.5 percent, the highest since May 2009.
That offers a cushion for consumer spending as the temporary boost in incomes from investments unwinds and households deal with higher tax rates that took effect this month.
Last month, consumer spending rose a modest 0.2 percent, which was just below the pace expected by analysts.
The Commerce Department report also showed cooling inflation, which could help the U.S. Federal Reserve continue easy-money policies aimed at boosting employment.
Prices rose 1.3 percent in the 12 months through December, down a tenth from the reading in November and well below the Fed's 2 percent target. A core price reading, which strips out volatile food and energy prices to provide a better sense of inflation trends, was up a tame 1.4 percent from a year ago.
A separate report from the Labor Department showed initial claims for state unemployment benefits increased 38,000 last week to 368,000.
However, the increase followed a week where new claims were at their lowest in five years and still pointed to an economy where employers are adding jobs, albeit at a lackluster pace.
The four-week moving average for new claims, which provides a better sense of underlying trends, gained 250 to 352,000.
A report on Friday is expected to show employers added 160,000 jobs to their payrolls in January after an increase of 155,000 in December. The unemployment rate is seen holding steady at 7.8 percent.
U.S. small businesses boosted employment in January by the most in nine months, helped by hiring in the transportation and real estate sectors, the National Federation of Independent Business said.
The NFIB said the net change in employment per firm rose to 0.09 this month from 0.03 in December.
Additional reporting by Lucia Mutikani in Washington and by Richard Leong in New York; Editing by Andrea Ricci and David Gregorio


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Three researchers from the Georgia Institute of Technology are scheduled to give a talk at the 2013 Black Hat security conference on iOS malware injection using malicious chargers. While the full details of the exploit won't be revealed until the talk this July, the researchers have said that their method works on the latest version of iOS and does not require a jailbreak.
The researchers will demonstrate their findings with a proof-of-concept charger they have created called Mactans. It was built using a BeagleBoard embedded computer which, while too large to fit inside of a normal Apple charger, could easily be concealed in a dock, external battery, or behind a wallplate. The malicious charger will apparently be able to infect a device within one minute of it being plugged in.
In a conversation that Yeongjin Jang, one of the researchers, had with Forbes, he said that they had contacted Apple about their findings, but have yet to hear back. The briefing description also says they have some security suggestions for Apple that could make attacks like theirs significantly more difficult to execute. The group will also present recommendations for users to protect themselves from falling victim to such attacks. Naturally, the easiest way to protect yourself for now is to not plug your device into unknown or untrusted charger.
This isn't the first time chargers have been proposed as a method for compromising mobile devices. You should always avoid using chargers from unreputable third parties, charging stations in public places such as airports, and as much as I hate to say it, even the alarm clock dock at that fancy hotel you're staying in. There's no evidence suggesting such malicious chargers are used much in the wild, but sticking to using your own charger from Apple or reputable third parties will help ensure you're not one of the unlucky few that may get bitten by one of these.