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the Unauthorized Memoirs of Sam Smith
When the smog lifted -- especially, it seemed, on Sundays when automobile traffic was light -- you could rediscover Washington the beautiful. The white office buildings leapt out from the brilliant blue backdrop of the sky. If it was springtime, tens of thousands of tulips planted by the National Park Service provided a pointillist ground cover to downtown squares and circles. Along Rock Creek Parkway, daffodils proclaimed the beginning of Washington's favorite season. The city lived for spring and fall, periods separated by muggy summer and by an unpredictable yet dull winter. In the fall, the gauze of noxious gas that stretched over DC all summer was peeled away, permitting the sun a rare chance to lounge unimpeded against the sides of buildings or ricochet off spires. The air conditioner's monotone was finally silenced and the hint of chill repulsed by a friendly jacket. But the spring was even better; you quickly forgot the snow that didn't come, or that did come but all in one blizzard, and you luxuriated in a few months of unadulterated color and life. Summer was awful and in winter it was best to heed the words of Mark Twain:
Would that all critiques of the city had been as valid. No other American city had so much written and spoken about it by people who had no organic connection with it and who expended so little effort on its behalf. From presidents to Time reporters, the city was what they wished (or had time) to see, and the resulting reporting veered from descriptions of a Grossinger's for megalomaniacs to a Tolkien-like netherworld inhabited by orcs, goblins, brigands and things that go bump in the night and take all your money. The Washingtonian found few friends among those who passed through. Jack Kennedy called it a place of 'northern charm and southern efficiency.' Senate District Committee chairman Thomas Eagleton responded to a complaint that a proposed home rule bill would leave Congress with a veto over all local actions by saying, "The Lord giveth and the Lord taketh away." Congressmen with impeccable liberal credentials curried favor with their conservative constituents and financial backers by supporting freeways, developers and 'law and order' schemes for the District. Such were our friends.
Then there was the legion of race-baiters, demagogues, and legislators using the District to make deals, political and business, that would have been a scandal if they had occurred in their home districts, and others who used their power over the city to make sure they got cheap liquor and cheap taxi rides.
The denigration of Washington as a place followed other paths as well. Washingtonians, told that their town was a federal city, grew up believing that this somehow prohibited the District from seeking political equality or even other sources of income such as a commuter tax. Washingtonians were taught to rely on the national government until they had lost much of their will for self-initiative. One of the hardest problems faced by anyone seeking change in Washington was what became known as the colonial mentality, a fatalistic acceptance of powerlessness in political and social life.
Washington was a city of dichotomies, contrasts, and striking inequalities. It was the capital of a major democracy that lacked local democracy. It was a citadel of power whose residents lacked power. It was a city with an excess of multimillion dollar office buildings and a shortage of housing. It was a city that was wealthier than most in which a sizable minority lives in great poverty. It had a 70 percent black population but the major decisions were still made by whites. It was a city in which the American dream and the American tragedy passed each other on the street and did not speak. It was, finally, a city that had suffered a form of deprivation known primarily to the poor and the imprisoned, a psychological deprivation born of the constant suppression and denial of one's identity, worth, or purpose by those in control. Washington to those in power was not a place but a hall to rent. The people of Washington were the custodian staff. And the renters were as likely to visit the world in which this staff lived as a parishioner is to inspect the boiler room of the church. The purpose of Washington's community was to serve not to be. Its school children were not taught the history of their city; they were told little of its significant men and women. There was no city festival or parade. In fact, this repository of national history didn't even have a local history museum. The city's present was suppressed, its future was a hostage, and its past was ignored.
This was the city that civil rights activists and other reformers determined to - and did - change. This change was cultural as well as political and increasingly the old ways and the new found themselves in conflict. For example, having discovered that there were more African-American books in the libraries in the white parts of town than in the black city, I decided I better check out the meetings of the library board of trustees. There I found not only an all-white board but a chair in his 90s serving his colleagues tea and cookies.
Leaders of a reform movement at the Edmunds-Peabody Elementary School parent body also ran up against the old ways at a meeting so heated and controversial that the citywide PTA sent its president and two vice presidents to serve as monitors. The organization's vice president, Bessie Turner, repeatedly interrupted the proceedings with instructions such as "Madame Chairman, the names of the nominated slate must be on the left hand side of the board." During a break, I attempted to engage the formidable Turner in conversation. She told me, "I'm not interested in reporters. I defy you to write anything I don't want in."
In the end, Ted Jones won the heated election for president by a vote of 28 to 26. Mrs. Turner called the new officers forward. Ramrod straight, she read from the PTA's encomium to itself as contained in its manual and instructed the audience to rise as she recited the "objects" of the organization. Asked whether they intended to help the new officers attend to their duties, the parents obediently responded, "I do." Mrs. Turner then told the officers that "I sincerely hope you will follow your manual. If you follow its provisions you will not get into any difficulty." She handed Jones his gavel but said he couldn't have the official PTA president's pin because he wasn't a woman and that the pin would be held in escrow until the election of the next woman president. And she promised to send all the new officers their own manual.
It could be funny and it could be maddening. In 1967 I expressed my frustration in a piece for a local paper written as a letter to a friend moving into my neighborhood:
Yet there was another side I attempted to describe in an article I wrote in the 1980s:
The issues the Gazette covered and the causes it pressed ran the gamut. We campaigned for the then novel idea of packer sanitation trucks to replace the high sided open trash trucks. And we warned readers not put dog and cat dirt in their trash cans, quoting a trashman as saying, "How would you like to stand up in that truck in that stuff all day?'
We also quickly became a leading voice of the anti-freeway movement, and a precocious supporter of light rail and bikeways years before such phenomena became popular. Kathy would later recall going to an anti-freeway meeting and being astounded that we thought we were actually going to stop a highway. In fact, we didn't stop the one we were fighting; it sliced through Southeast Washington, dividing public housing from the rest of the community. The Gazette ran a photo two young boys looking wistfully up at "Southeast's Berlin Wall." But before it was all over, people like us all over DC had stopped hundreds of lane-miles that would have made the city look like an east-coast Los Angeles.
There was always something to save - such as the 200-old trees in Lincoln Park - and something to promote -- such as a new swimming pool - and something to cover - such as activists Janie Boyd and Marguerite Kelly, who were taking on the local supermarket chains. They challenged quality disparities between outlets in different parts of town and campaigned for the open dating of meat. Meat at that time was dated with a code known only to supermarket employees. The Gazette took the bold position that "an understandable date on each package of meat would be of considerable value to the shopper," noting that "we have shared with other consumers the experience of having meat go bad soon after it has been brought home and put in the refrigerator."
The consumer activists also went comparison shopping, coming up with prices at inner city Safeways up to a third higher than those in a white section of town. Further they demonstrated that prices were hiked when welfare checks came out.
During congressional hearings, Rep. Henry Reuss double-checked the figures at lunch time, returning to the hearing room with bags of groceries that he placed on the podium. When a Safeway official blamed some of the price differences on human error, Reuss responded, "In an hour and half I found quite bit of human error."
We also ran a feature on Jane Hardin who had opened a combination laundromat and legal services office on Pennsylvania Ave., where on the first day someone stuck a quilt into a washer, jamming up the pipes. And we wrote about community police officer Ike Fulwood who, as we drove past some grim public housing, remarked, "There's trouble. They never ask the police their opinion when they build public housing." Fulwood would eventually become the city's chief of police.
But things were already well beyond the capacity of any one community to solve. America's cities were starting to burn and you could feel the heat even in Capitol East. In September 1967, anti-poverty activist Lola Singletary convinced the white businessmen of H Street to form a organization dedicated to involvement in community problems The group, the Gazette reported, "intends to deal with such issues as employment, welfare, safety, health, housing, recreation and urban planning."
In late 1967 I came up with the idea of pulling together the various leaders of Capitol East into an informal leadership council with the possibility of forming a major neighborhood coalition. Fourteen people attended a meeting on January 31: 7 white and 7 black.
Among our purposes:
In February 1968, I wrote in the Gazette:
On March 6, I wrote a prospective member
In the issue that appeared in late March, I wrote:
That same month, the US Court of Appeals ordered the city to halt construction on four major sections of the city's freeway system. For a change, it looked as if we might be winning.
On the evening of April 4, 1968, I was up on T Street with a group of anti-freeway protesters picketing the mayor's house, when word came of Martin Luther King Jr.'s death. We went home as the police cars poured by filled with shotgun-armed and helmeted police.
The next morning things were quiet enough that we went about our business as usual. But I came home that afternoon from the office a few blocks away to find a slow stream of people walking down the street with liberated articles: hangers full of clothes, a naugahyde hassock, a television set. Somewhere in our neighborhood a woman walked off with a case of whiskey from a liquor store. When she got home she realized she didn't have any soda to go with it. She went back and was arrested as she tried to liberate her chaser.
There were only a few whites living in the block; but I felt little tension or hostility. I mainly noted the black smoke drifting down from H Street, four blocks away. Kathy was out back working in our foot-wide strip of garden, listening to reports of looting and arson on a portable radio as a black fog settled in. We decided to go up on the roof for a better look. H Street was burning. Others areas had gone first and the radio reported a lack of fire equipment to deal with the situation a few blocks to the north. I tried to count the fires but they congealed under the curtain of smoke.
We decided to pack just in case. For about ten minutes we gathered an instinctive selection of nostalgic items, favorite photos, the non-valuable but irreplaceable. Then we looked at what we had done and laughed. Like loyal children of our generation, we settled down in our smoky living room to watch on television what was happening to us.
At six-thirty the next morning, a white friend from around the corner rang our doorbell. He wasn't in trouble; he just wanted company on a tour of the area. We got into his car and drove to H, Seventh and 14th Streets. As I looked at the smoldering carcass of Washington and observed the troops marching down the street past storefronts that no longer had any windows, I thought, so this is what war is like. As we drove past a gutted store on 14th Street it suddenly reignited itself and flames leaped towards the pavement.
That day and for several days thereafter, we stuck to home. The trouble had flared again. We received anxious calls from friends and relatives in another parts of town and in other towns. We assured them we were all right; they seemed more upset about our physical safety than we were and I did not want t alarm them by speaking what was in my mind.
For a year and a half of running a neighborhood newspaper, I had observed, and tried to report, a part of the community seething with emotions much of the other part refused to recognize. Now it was worse than even I had thought and anger, frustration and helplessness washed up on my mind's shore.
I subconsciously prepared myself for it to get worse. In the middle of one of the riot nights, I awakened to a rumbling noise in the street and ran to the window expecting to see tanks rolling past our house. There were no tanks. In fact, the physical threat of the riots barely touched us.
The strange ambivalence of the riots -- the slashes of violence mixed indiscriminately with the sparkle of carnival, the sounds of racial war penetrating the tranquility of a white couple's home four blocks from disaster, our strangely ordinary experiences in an extraordinary situation -- made the disorder a crazy amalgam that took weeks to sort out. For months after, when sporadic violence hit stores in our neighborhood, I expected to find our newspaper office smashed and looted. It wasn't, despite the inviting glass storefront. I was inclined, with normal self delusion, to attributed this to having paid my dues. It was more likely that our second hand electric typewriters weren't worth the candle when there was a whole Safeway up the street and a cleaners right on the corner.
Some people seemed to think I had something to do with it all. One of my advertisers, the photo dealer Harry Lunn, told me late one night that if anyone firebombed his store he was going to come and personally burn my house down. He had been or was still with the CIA so I tended to take him seriously.
Len Kirsten, an advertiser and owner of the Emporium, was more blasé. A lady walked into the store one day and, spotting the pile of Gazettes on the floor, said, "Isn't that a Communist paper?"
"Oh no," Len replied cheerfully. "The editor's a communist but the paper isn't."
On the other hand, Lee, of Helen & Lee's Chinese carryout was totally indifferent to politics. Lee and his wife ran a regular ad bragging that the carryout had been recommended by their four doctor sons. One of the items on the menu was a pork chop sandwich -- the chop still on a bone slapped between two pieces of Wonder Bread. After Helen died, the sign over the door was changed to read: & Lee's Carryout.
Another favorite advertiser was Harry Spack, owner of Spack's Chicken on the Hill, which had a storefront windows filled with an 1883 Swiss music box, an airplane propeller, opera glasses, statuettes and drug store jewelry. There are Arabic sabers hanging over the restroom doors and travel posters on the wall. Also "the world's smallest bar" -- a few shelves filled with miniature liquor bottles.
"Now someday this place is going to have class," Spack told our reporter, Greg Lawrence. "You know -- cosmopolitan, relaxing, with fine music from the past. For instance," he said as he reached for an object under the counter, "this vase from Europe has been dyed by its creators in pigeon blood. Now I ask you, what other cafe on Capitol Hill features decorations dyed in pigeon blood?"
The riot did more than $3 million worth of property damage. In the vicinity of H Street and some 124 commercial establishments and 52 homes were damaged. Another 21 businesses were damaged on or near 8th street. I wrote:
During the riots, Mayor Walter Washington had been called to the office of FBI director J. Edgar Hoover, where he was told to start shooting looters. Washington refused, saying that "you can replace material goods, but you can't replace human beings." Hoover then said, "Well, this conversation is over." Replied Washington, "That's all right, I was leaving anyway."
One white businessman, Milton Hoffman of Art Young's clothing store, which had been burned in the riot, proposed a one percent of gross sales contribution by businesses to be used for community projects. Black businesses posted large "soul brother" signs on windows and walls. Private social agencies and anti-poverty centers were left alone. A laundry near the US Marine Barracks received special attention; guards with fixed bayonets protected the troop's clothing inside. The riots had created their own rules.
At the time of the riot early 25% of the labor force in Capitol East was either unemployed, earning less than $3000 a year or employed only part-time. Over half of all adults living in the east part of the neighborhood had eight years or less schooling. Over a quarter of the housing units in this same area were listed by the census as dilapidated or deteriorating.
Not long after the riots it was Easter and three local ministers, Tom Torosian, Jesse Anderson and Ralph Dwan held a sunrise service on 8th Street, refusing what Camus called the sin of despair.
The riots weren't the end of it. Even where there was a building to come back to, business on H Street wouldn't really return for decades. A real estate dealer's home was fire bombed as was a local settlement house. White and black friends no longer saw each other. And one day, in the dingy basement offices of SNCC, Stokely Carmichael said that we whites were no longer welcome in the civil rights movement. Black nationalism had arrived and people like me were out.
The dream of a functioning bi-racial community was in pieces. H Street, with its jagged free standing walls and piles of rubble, looked like photos from a World War II retrospective. For me, hope had lost its virginity. There was no work for a white editor in a black neighborhood anymore. If I was to talk to anyone now, they would have look a lot more like me.
To be sure, a bi-racial slate of reform Democrats was elected in early May as convention delegates and central committee members. The slate included both Bobby Kennedy and Gene McCarthy supporters, united in a desire to defeat the locally popular Hubert Humphrey. I won one of McCarthy's slots on the party central committee. McCarthy had stated that he wanted no part of a coalition but some of his supporters, including myself, disagreed and so worked out a deal. A few days before the riot, the anti-war Democrats for Peace and Progress held a neighborhood convention in Capitol East. Five persons -- a community organizer, a minister , a physicist, a school lunch clerk, and myself -- were nominated. To my surprise, the Kennedy organization accepted us as well as other McCarthyites from around the city.
It was an unprecedented relinquishment of political power to mere party members and it produced an unusual slate that included community organizers and college professors, mothers on welfare and lawyers, black militants and a white philanthropist. Possibly no slate in America has ever been so varied.
The slate also included Sophie Reuther, wife of Victor Reuther. A former union organizer, she had once jumped out of a second story window to escape armed KKKers who had been set upon the union at the urging of management. Recalled Victor later, "She went underground and it took me three days to find her." It was not a singular incident. On Sophie's 25th birthday, her party had been interrupted by two gun-wielding company thugs who forced their way in and began pistol-whipping Walter Reuther, her brother-in-law.
Our campaign was short, lasting about month and for some of us election day began to close rapidly before we had any notion of what we were supposed to be doing. Typical of our appearances was a "debate on Vietnam" before a group of 12 persons. Since my opponent was also opposed to the war, our confrontation was rather turgid. We were preceded by a couple of 14th Precinct cops who promised to get an abandoned car towed away and to take action on other matters less cosmic than withdrawal from Southeast Asia. I was glad the policemen were not running for office. Still we knew we had support. A poll taken by a community group found that 44% already favored an end to the war's escalation and to the bombing of North Vietnam.
I was second from the end of the ballot which hardly boded well for my political career. I contemplated the slogan, "Roses are red, violets are blue; you'll find me listed at the end of page 2." Another more Stevensonian phrase briefly crossed my mind: "Vote for the penultimate candidate." I eventually settled on a flyer which proclaimed that "The District's Friend is Second from the End," which was never circulated because a fellow candidate pointed out that it violated a cardinal political rule against "single-shooting" on a slate.
Another political lesson came from a friend who upbraided me for having passively accepted my full name on the ballot. He said I should have gone immediately into court. The publicity alone would have been worth 1,000 votes.
Eventually I did most of what a good candidate should. Kathy and I even participated in one and a half parades. We didn't quite make through the second one owing to our VW's weak battery.
On election day I stood outside my precinct distributing sample ballots. The Humphrey people were there too, but our main competition came from a man who accosted as many voters as he could and read them a two-page polemic against the police department for having stolen his watch three years earlier.
Inside my wife served as a Kennedy poll watcher in what was DC's second election after a century of a full colonialism. Early in the morning the precinct election official had hung some political posters to decorate the drab voting area. Kathy indicated that the posters were nice but illegal. She also met a lady whose name she could not find on the voter list and who told her, "Oh, you won't find me. I'm just here from Philadelphia visiting my aunt and I thought I'd come by." Kathy thanked her and suggested that her vote might better be cast in Philadelphia.
Late in the afternoon, I moved to a corner with my card file of known favorable voters who had yet to cast a ballot, dispatching a small squadron of volunteer kids to remind them. We won and the next day, the Evening Star offered this editorial comment on the new Democratic Central Committee:
With such unbridled enthusiasm from the establishment, we were off to a good start.
Then, one month later, Bobby Kennedy was assassinated, completing the hat trick of evil begun four years earlier with the killing of his brother, followed by the slaying of Martin Luther King. While the other deaths may have been more tragic to more people, in one respect RFK's was the most profound, for it appeared to shut the door on hope. What had been with his brother a grim anomaly had turned into a grisly habit. I wrote about it on June 7, 1968, two days after Kennedy was shot. He had died a day later:
In September I wrote:
About six months later, I folded the Capitol East Gazette into the DC Gazette, a publication more like the many underground papers sprouting throughout America. I wrote:
Later I would explain it by saying that it seemed like too many of my readers wanted to burn down too many of my advertisers, but it wasn't really funny. And it still hurts.
Copyright 1997 Sam Smith


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It's so comfortable and an amazing fit - not too loose and not too tight. It's perfect!
A girl can never have enough "basic" articles of clothing. I would definitely consider this gray tank a basic, but the great thing about it is you can dress it up as well as down. These are my picks for day and night:
While I was at the beach, I wore my tank both during the day and at night.
During the day, I wore this to go out to lunch and to a movie with my family:
Later that night, I dressed it up with high-waisted shorts and heels to go to a karaoke bar (Sorry about the brutal shadows in this pic... it was dark out!).
Shorts: Tommy Hilfiger, Belt: J Crew Outlet, Sandals: Jack Rogers
Shorts: French Connection, Wedges: Michael Kors
What's your favorite piece of clothing to dress from day to night?
Oh and is anyone else watching the Bachelorette Tell-All right now?! I'm mad Bentley didn't show up...

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With increasing usage across the industries, the Thermal Imaging Systems Market is estimated to grow at a CAGR of 12.15% over the period 2014-2020.
There is a lot of tension in the Middle East and Africa with the Al-Qaeda, ISIS, Boko Haram, Al-Shabaab and different terrorist outfits in the region. There is always geopolitical unrest in both Africa and Middle East. Middle East is one of the biggest buyers of military equipment. Technological innovations like thermal imaging help the armed forces in the region to fight the rebels and terrorists in very harsh terrains present in the region.
We are living in a fast changing world. New technologies are being developed, while old ones are being relegated. The changing consumer preferences and innovations are increasing. The line which used to separate different industries is becoming blurred as technology is being modified for different entities across the industries.
Internet, radar and jet engines were some of the technological innovations created specifically for the military. But, the same technologies are now being used for commercial or personal purposes.
Thermal imaging is one such technology which found its origin in military applications and is now being used across different industry verticals. Thermal imaging is changing the world with the applications ranging from military to personal handheld cameras and smartphones. Though it has multiple uses, some of the uses related to saving lives have been game changers. These systems have now become compact and are easy to use and generate high-resolution images. With some of the major players like Flir, Bae Systems, L-3 Communications are already present in the thermal imaging systems market. New startups like Bounce Imaging are challenging the existing players with their innovative products.
Companies such as Flir and Vummi have introduced smartphones with thermal imaging capability. Day is not far when this technology will be in use everywhere with handheld devices taking over complex thermal imaging systems.
The factors driving the thermal imaging systems market are:
The other factors restraining this market are the declining military market as its applications are mostly prominent in the military market and the lack of regular support services might also hinder the progress of the thermal imaging systems market.
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A food bank has helped out more than 800 families since it was set up, with 127 food bags handed out over the recent festive period.
The north Northumberland food bank was set up in September 2012 to provide bags of food and other items that people in crisis may need.
In the last month, which includes Christmas, 122 adults and 80 children from across the area were fed by the facility.
Food and parcels are stored at Alnwick Garden and packed in Berwick while children's centres in the towns, as well as Wooler and Amble, hold bags of items ready to go out, as well as a small stock.
Food is donated by a number of different sources including from churches, agencies, schools, libraries, individuals, clubs and events.
There is also a giving point at Morrisons and Tesco, which, in partnership with Fareshare, help to collect in store over two weekends per year, with the last collection bringing in 76 crates of food.
Jan Casson, programme manager, said: "The food is provided to a wide range of people, in all sorts of circumstances. Aas a Citizens' Advice Bureau manager said recently, 'they are young and old, in work and unemployed, families, pregnant and single people'.
"A common reason to request a food parcel is the unexpected, a large bill, a reduction in income, a delay in the processing of a benefit entitlement, not everyone has savings for.
"The food bank only works because of the generosity of the local community and the wonderful volunteers, who collect, pack and distribute the food, they come in weekly to stock rotate, pack bags and make lists.
"Berwick Community Trust has donated free office accommodation which acts as the main packing centre and Alnwick Garden kindly allows us free storage."
In Alnwick, Pam Swain organised shoeboxes to be filled with goods such as Christmas boxes for families.
These were collected by Classsic Footwear in Alnwick and handed to the food bank to be handed out.
A huge pile of toys and presents were also donated.


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Politics of Nepal
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The politics of Nepal function within a framework of a republic with a multi-party system. Currently, the position of President (head of state) is occupied by Bidhya Devi Bhandari. The position of Prime Minister (head of government) is held by Puspakamal Dahal (Parchanda).[1] Executive power is exercised by the Prime Minister and his cabinet, while legislative power is vested in the Constituent Assembly.
Until May 28, 2008, Nepal was a constitutional monarchy. On that date, the constitution was altered by the Constituent Assembly to make the country a republic.[2]
Political conditions
2001: Royal massacre
On June 1, 2001, Crown Prince Dipendra was officially reported to have shot and killed his father, King Birendra; his mother, Queen Aishwarya; his brother; his sister, his father's younger brother, Prince Dhirendra; and several aunts, before turning the gun on himself. Although he never regained consciousness before dying, Crown Prince Dipendra was nonetheless the king under the law of Nepalese royal succession. After his death two days later, the late King's surviving brother Gyanendra was proclaimed king.
2005–2007: Suspension of parliament and Loktantra Andolan
On 1 February 2005 King Gyanendra suspended the Parliament, appointed a government led by himself, and enforced martial law. The King argued that civil politicians were unfit to handle the Maoist insurgency. Telephone lines were cut and several high-profile political leaders were detained. Other opposition leaders fled to India and regrouped there. A broad coalition called the Seven Party Alliance (SPA) was formed in opposition to the royal takeover, encompassing the seven parliamentary parties who held about 90% of the seats in the old, dissolved parliament.
The UN-OHCHR, in response to events in Nepal, set up a monitoring program in 2005 to assess and observe the human rights situation there[3]
On 22 November 2005, the Seven Party Alliance (SPA) of parliamentary parties and the Communist Party of Nepal (Maoist) agreed on a historic and unprecedented 12-point memorandum of understanding (MOU) for peace and democracy. Nepalese from various walks of life and the international community regarded the MOU as an appropriate political response to the crisis that was developing in Nepal. Against the backdrop of the historical sufferings of the Nepalese people and the enormous human cost of the last ten years of violent conflict, the MOU, which proposes a peaceful transition through an elected constituent assembly, created an acceptable formula for a united movement for democracy. As per the 12-point MOU, the SPA called for a protest movement, and the Communist Party of Nepal (Maoist) supported it. This led to a countrywide uprising called the Loktantra Andolan that started in April 2006. All political forces including civil society and professional organizations actively galvanized the people. This resulted in massive and spontaneous demonstrations and rallies held across Nepal against King Gyanendra's autocratic rule.
The people's participation was so broad, momentous and pervasive that the king feared being overthrown. On 21 April 2006, King Gyanendra declared that "power would be returned to the people". This had little effect on the people, who continued to occupy the streets of Kathmandu and other towns, openly defying the daytime curfew. Finally King Gyanendra announced the reinstatement the House of Representatives, thereby conceding one of the major demands of the SPA, at midnight on 24 April 2006. Following this action the coalition of political forces decided to call off the protests.
Twenty-one people died and thousands were injured during the 19 days of protests.
On 19 May 2006, the parliament assumed total legislative power and gave executive power to the Government of Nepal (previously known as His Majesty's Government). Names of many institutions (including the army) were stripped of the "royal" adjective and the Raj Parishad (a council of the King's advisers) was abolished, with his duties assigned to the Parliament itself. The activities of the King became subject to parliamentary scrutiny and the King's properties were subjected to taxation. Moreover, Nepal was declared a secular state abrogating the previous status of a Hindu Kingdom. However, most of the changes have, as yet, not been implemented. On 19 July 2006, the prime minister, G. P. Koirala, sent a letter to the United Nations announcing the intention of the Nepalese government to hold elections to a constituent assembly by April 2007.
December 2007 to May 2008: Abolition of the monarchy
On 23 December 2007, an agreement was made for the monarchy to be abolished and the country to become a federal republic with the Prime Minister becoming head of state.[4] Defying political experts, who had predicted it to be trounced in the April 2008 elections, the Communist Party of Nepal (Maoist) became the largest party amidst a general atmosphere of fear and intimidation from all sides.[5] A federal republic was established in May 2008, with only four members of the 601-seat Constituent Assembly voting against the change,[6] which ended 240 years of royal rule in Nepal. The government announced a public holiday for three days, (May 28—May 30), to celebrate the country becoming a federal republic.
Since 2008
Major parties such as the Unified Communist Party of Nepal (Maoist), Communist Party of Nepal (Unified Marxist-Leninist) (CPN UML) and the Nepali Congress agreed to write a constitution to replace the interim one within 2 years. However, uncooperative and "selfish" behavior of the political parties has been cited as the major cause behind the de-railing of the peace process.
The Maoists, as the largest party of the country, took power right after the elections and named Pushpa Kamal Dahal (Prachanda) as the Prime Minister of the country. CPN UML also joined this government, but the Nepali Congress took the part of the main opposition party. People soon saw that the country's situation deteriorated and political turmoils were in store. Prachanda soon fell into a dispute with the then army chief Rookmangud Katwal and decided to sack him. But the President Ram Baran Yadav, as the supreme head of military power in the country, revoked this decision and gave the army chief additional time in office. An angry Prachanda and his party quit the government, majorly citing this reason and decided to operate as the main opposition to the government headed by CPN UML and its co-partner Nepali Congress afterwards. Madhav Kumar Nepal was named the Prime Minister.
The Maoists have been to this date demanding civilian supremacy over the army.
The Maoists have been forcing closures - commonly known as bandhs - in the country, and have also declared autonomous states for almost all the ethnic groups in Nepal - seen as a part of revenge against the action that foiled their decision to sack the army chief.
Political leaders continue to discuss plans to end this turmoil, but none of the talks have been successful. Rising inflation, economic downturn, poverty, insecurity and uncertainty are the major problems. Many analysts opine that freedom has brought anarchy to the country. Many doubt that the political parties will succeed in writing a constitution.
On May 2012 constitution assembly was dissolved and another election to select the constitution assembly members was declared by Dr. Baburam Bhattarai.
Environmental policy
As a mountainous country with agriculture, hydropower and tourism all important for its economy, Nepal is vulnerable to the impacts of climate change, such as rising temperatures, erratic rainfall patterns and incidents of drought. According to the Climate & Development Knowledge Network, this has prompted the government to introduce new initiatives and institutional reforms.[7]
Legislative branch
From 1991 to 2002 the Parliament (Sansad) had two chambers. The House of Representatives (Pratinidhi Sabha) had 205 members elected for five-year term in single-seat constituencies. The National Council (Rashtriya Sabha) had 60 members, 35 members elected by the Pratinidhi Sabha, 15 representatives of Regional Development Areas and 10 members appointed by the king. Parliament was subsequently dissolved by the king in 2002 on the pretext that it was incapable of handling the Maoists rebels.
From Loktantra Andolan to the Constituent Assembly
After the victory of Loktantra Andolan in the spring of 2006, a unicameral interim legislature replaced the previous parliament. The new body consists both of members of the old parliament as well as nominated members. As of December 2007, the legislature had the following composition.[8]
The first elections after becoming a Republic: the Constituent Assembly
In May 2008 the elections for the Constituent Assembly saw the Communist Party of Nepal as the largest party in the Constituent Assembly, which will have a term of two years.
Judicial branch
The judiciary is composed of the Supreme Court (Sarbochha Adalat), appellate courts, and various Trial court|district courts. The Chief Justice of the Supreme Court was appointed by the monarch on recommendation of the Constitutional Council; the other judges were appointed by the monarch on the recommendation of the Judicial Council.
Nepal's judiciary is legally separate from the executive and legislative branches and has increasingly shown the will to be independent of political influence. The judiciary has the right of judicial review under the constitution.
International organization participation
AsDB, CCC, Colombo Plan, ESCAP, FAO, Group of 77, IBRD, ICAO, ICFTU, ICRM, International Development Association, IFAD, International Finance Corporation, IFRCS, International Labour Organization, International Monetary Fund, International Maritime Organization, Intelsat, Interpol, IOC, IOM, International Organization for Standardization (correspondent), ITU, MONUC, Non-Aligned Movement, OPCW, SAARC, United Nations, UNCTAD, UNDP, UNESCO, UNIDO, UNIFIL, UNMIBH, UNMIK, UNMOP, UNMOT, UNTAET, UPU, World Federation of Trade Unions, WHO, WIPO, WMO, WToO, WTrO CPC Nepal (applicant)
See also
- Bishweshwar Prasad Koirala
- Arjun Narasingha K.C.
- Girija Prasad Koirala
- Sher Bahadur Deuba
- politicians of nepal
Further reading
Jonathan Devendra. 2013. Massacre at the Palace: The Doomed Royal Dynasty of Nepal. New York: Hyperion. ISBN 0-7868-6878-3.
- ↑ "PM Koirala, Dahal hold talks | Top Stories". Ekantipur.com. Retrieved 2015-03-01.
- ↑ Nepal's monarchy abolished, republic declared AFP, 2008-05-28
- ↑ Nepal Summary, OHCHR.
- ↑ Gurubacharya, Binaj (2007-12-24). "Nepal to Abolish Monarchy". Time. Retrieved 2007-12-26.
- ↑ "The Maoists triumph". The Economist. 17 April 2008.
- ↑ Nepal votes to abolish monarchy BBC News, 2008-05-28
- ↑ OPINION: How far has climate change been mainstreamed in development policy in Nepal? Climate & Development Knowledge Network, accessed 30th September 2013.
- ↑ "Interim parliament endorses Interim Constitution-2063". NepalNews.com. 2007-01-15. Retrieved 2007-12-26.
External links
- The Interim Constitution of Nepal, 2063 (2007)
- The Constitution of The Kingdom of Nepal, 2047 (1990) (terminated by the Interim Constitution)


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Book Review: To Darkness Fled, by Jill Williamson
I write fantasy, so I love to read it. And Williamson does not disappoint. By Darkness Hid (Book 1) was full of action, intricate plotting, and believable characterization. To Darkness Fled gets even better.
Achan Cham, a "stray" even lower than a slave, has learned that he is actually the rightful king of Er'Rets. However, and imposter has taken the throne, and he is forced to flee into the perpetually dark half of the kingdom to hide and attempt to raise an army.
Achan is accompanied by Vrell Sparrow, a boy who is a gifted healer. But unknown to Achan, Vrell is a young woman, fleeing an arranged marriage to the false king. Both Achan and Vrell possess the gift of bloodvoicing--the ability to speak to others through their mind. This ability saves both of them on many occasions, but having someone read her mind endangers Vrell's ability to keep her secret.
Traveling through a dark land for most of a novel is no task for a light-weight writer. Williamson does a masterful job of engaging the senses--especially smells, sounds, and textures to create a mood. The setting is definitely a character here. But the characterization is even better. When a writer is unable to use facial expression in much of a story, the skillful use of tone and accent keeps the reader engaged without realizing what's missing.
Reading these books makes me want to write better. Add more action to my manuscript. Stay away from predictable plotting. Deepen my characters.
Have you read a novel that made you stop and pick up a pen?
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How to Make a Bow Tie
Three Methods:Sewing an Adult Bow TieMaking an Easy Baby Bow TieCrocheting a Beginner Bow TieCommunity Q&A
Making a bow tie at home can save you money and give you a wider variety of color and pattern options. Whether for a stage production, a Halloween costume, a Dr. Who party, or for everyday wear, bow ties can be a stylish and unique accessory. To make your own bow tie, follow these instructions.
Note: For instructions on tying a bow tie, read How to Tie a Bow Tie.
Sewing an Adult Bow Tie
1Choose a fabric for your bow tie. You might wish to purchase fabric from an online fabric store or a local craft store, but you can also upcycle unwanted clothing from your own closet!
- You will need about ¼ of a yard of fabric and ¼ of a yard of iron-on interfacing.
2Find a simple bow tie pattern. You can purchase a pattern from a craft store or download and print a free pattern from the internet. You may want to read any reviews that are present to assess the quality of the pattern and be sure the pattern is matched appropriately to your skill level.
3Cut the fabric and interfacing for your bow tie shape. Use the pattern to cut the fabric and interfacing pieces into the appropriate size and shape. You will likely have 4 pieces of fabric that are the same size and shape. [1]
4Iron the interfacing onto the fabric. The interfacing should be ironed on to the "wrong" side (the back side that won't show) of two of the pieces of fabric.
- Most interfacing requires being covered with a damp cloth then ironed on with the bumpy side facing the fabric.
- Read the directions on the interfacing to ensure proper ironing.
5Using a sewing machine or with needle and thread, sew the skinny ends of two interfaced fabric pieces together.
- Place the "right" (non-interfaced) sides of the fabric facing each other and sew a straight stitch across the narrow end. (You should be able to see the interfacing while you are sewing).
- Open the two pieces and iron the seam flat on the inside.
6Using a machine or with needle and thread, sew the skinny ends of two remaining fabric pieces together.
- Place the "right" sides of the fabric facing each other and sew a straight stitch across the narrow end.
- Open the two pieces and iron the seam flat on the inside.
7Sew the two long pieces of fabric together using a sewing machine. [2]
- Place the "right" sides of the fabric together on the inside.
- Use a straight stitch and maintain an even distance (1/8 to ¼ of an inch) from the edge of the fabric. Leave one end of the tie unsewn.
- Clip the corners of your bow tie, being sure to only cut on the outside of your stitches. [3]
8Flip the inside of the bow tie out. This can take a little patience, as it can be difficult to pull the whole tie through the small hole.
9Sew the remaining edge.
- Flip the ends inside and sew a straight stitch, closing the tie into a long tube.
- Sew a straight stitch across the other end so that the ends of the tie match each other.
10Iron your bow tie. Ironing will ensure that the bow tie will tie more easily and will create a crisper look once it has been tied.
11Tie your bow tie using this WikiHow article: How to Tie a Bow Tie.
Making an Easy Baby Bow Tie
1Choose a thin fabric. Scraps or quarters from the fabric store would work great. You will need about 1/4 of a yard.
2Using scissors, cut the fabric into two pieces.
- The first piece should be cut into a 5"x7" rectangle. Altering this measurement will change the size of the bow tie, so adjust accordingly if you want the bow tie to be larger or smaller, but try to keep the proportion the same.
- The second piece should be a 2.25" x 2.25" square. This is going to be the ring around the middle of the bow tie.
- Use a complementing or contrasting fabric for the smaller square to make a wackier bow tie.
3Fold and fasten the fabric pieces.
- Fold the larger rectangle into thirds length-wise, so that the fabric print is facing out on both sides. Either sew or glue the seam. (Fabric glue or hot glue would work).
- Fold the smaller piece of fabric into thirds and iron or glue to hold the shape. [4]
- Fold the ends of the large rectangle in to meet each other in the middle. Sew or use a little glue to keep them in place.
- Use a ruler to find the very center of the rectangle.
- Pinch the middle of the fabric together. Use a few dabs of fabric or hot glue to hold the fabric together, or tie a piece of thread or thin string around the pinched center to hold the bow's shape.
- Wrap the smaller piece around the center of your bow and secure it with glue or a stitch or two in the back of the bow.
4Decide how you want the baby to wear the bow tie.
- Attach a clip to the back of the bow tie using hot glue. [5]
- A safety pin may also work, but be sure to fasten it to the clothing before putting the shirt on the baby.
- The bow tie may be sewn onto a onesie or shirt with just a couple of easy stitches.
Crocheting a Beginner Bow Tie
1Gather the materials you will need. This includes a skein of yarn and a crochet hook between 3.25mm and 6mm (a smaller hook leads to tighter stitches). If you have never crocheted before, you may want to consult How to Crochet.
2Crochet a rectangle that is roughly 2" by 6" for a child or 3" by 9" for an adult. [6]Size can be further adjusted if you want a bigger or smaller bow tie.
- Begin with a standard crochet slip-knot, then chain 30.
- Turn, then single crochet 29 back to the end.
- Turn, then crochet 30 to the other end.
- Repeat until the bow tie is the width that you want. This will probably be 12-15 rows, depending on the size of your hook.
3Fold and secure the crocheted rectangle. Fold the ends in to meet each other in the middle, then stitch the ends together with thread or glue them with hot glue.
4Form the crocheted piece into a bow.
- Pinch the middle of your fabric to make a bow shape.
- Wrap a single strand of yarn around 18-25 times or until you're happy with the width of the center section. [7]
- Tie the end of the yarn securely in the back of the bow and tuck the exposed knot under some of the loops.
5Attach a clip or elastic to the bow tie. Using hot glue or needle and thread, attach a clip to the bow tie. Alternately, you can attach the bow tie to elastic that has been cut to the size of the neck of the person who will be wearing the bow tie.
Community Q&A
QuestionWhat is the length of a bow tie for a 20 inch neck?wikiHow ContributorCommunity AnswerThe finished length of a bow tie is about 5 1/2 inches for the 'bow' portion on each side, plus neck length: 20 inches plus 11 inches equals 31 inches. If sewing one, you'll cut 2 pieces to sew together, use half that 31 inch measurement, plus 1 extra inch for fabric margins (1/2 inch seam allowance, on each end) per piece, making it 16 1/2 inches per pattern piece which you'll sew together to fit a 20 inch neck. 20 inches is a really big neck size, always check the exact measurement with a tape measure (measure around the shirt collar that will be worn with it), and the shirt label's neck size (measure everything twice).
Quick Summary
To sew your own bow tie, begin by picking out the fabric you want, then find a pattern from a craft store or download one from the internet. Cut out the fabric and iron the interfacing onto the "wrong" side of the fabric. Sew the seams together, leaving the ends open, and then flip the fabric right side out. Sew the open edges to close them, and iron the fabric flat so that it looks crisp. It's now ready to tie around your neck!
- Always use caution when putting anything around an individual's neck. Strangulation may occur if the fabric is too tight or if children try to use a bow tie unattended.
Sources and Citations
- Videos provided by simplesewing
- ↑ http://www.tie-a-tie.net/make-a-bow-tie.html
- ↑ http://sewlikemymom.com/mens-bow-tie-tutorial/
- ↑ http://www.tie-a-tie.net/make-a-bow-tie.html
- ↑ http://kikicomin.com/baby-boy-ties-tutorial-and-free-download/
- ↑ http://kikicomin.com/baby-boy-ties-tutorial-and-free-download/
- ↑ http://www.crochet.org/?page=LearnCrochetRight
- ↑ http://www.craftinessisnotoptional.com/2013/01/easy-crochet-bow-tutorialpattern.html
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This should greatly increase the amount of material immediately accessible to readers and reduce the amount of traffic to and from the book storage facility in Swindon. Look out for books with the location 'Bodleian - Gladstone Link Open Shelves' on SOLO (see below). These cannot be requested to other locations but may be read in the Gladstone Link or taken by readers to any reading room within the Old Bodleian or Radcliffe Camera.
Accessible from both the Old Library and the Radcliffe Camera, the Gladstone Link is well worth a visit.
You will be pleased to hear that the music book moves are complete and that staffing levels in the Music Section are now back to normal. This means that there should now be a regular presence of Music staff in Duke Humfrey's Library to help with your enquiries, Sally in the study on the left as you enter Duke Humfrey and Juliet on the enquiry desk in Selden End.


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The Truck Industry Council (TIC) was formed in 2001 as an independent organisation to represent the united views of truck manufacturers, importers, diesel engine companies and major component suppliers to Governments, political parties, other industry groups and the general public. Previously, TIC (as the Commercial Vehicle Committee) existed as a component of the Federal Chamber of Automotive Industries (FCAI) for 30 years.
TIC comprises 12 member companies. These companies represent 17 truck brands, 2 engine companies and a heavy vehicle major component supplier. The TIC Board comprises the Chief Executives of member companies and meets up to four times a year.
TIC maintains regular contact with Federal Parliament and relevant Government departments in Canberra. TIC also maintains close relations with State Transport and Environment Ministers and their authorities.
The expertise and practical experience represented by TIC's membership has seen TIC acquire the reputation as being the principle source of technical and regulatory advice relating to heavy vehicles to Governments. TIC works cooperatively with all governments to ensure that the standards and regulations being proposed are technically feasible, are cost effective, and provide the world's best safety and environmental benefits.
This reputation has seen TIC represented on a wide range of committees and working groups, including:
* Performance Based Standards (PBS) Policy Committee,
* Intelligent Transport Systems (ITS) Industry Reference Group
* Department of Infrastructure & Regional Development (DIRD) Strategic Vehicle Safety and Environment Group
* DIRD's Technical Liaison Group,
* Alternative Fuels for Transport Implementation Advisory Group,
* NSW Road Freight Advisory Council,
* National Transport Commission Industry Advisory Group,
* National Heavy Vehicle Regulator (NHVR) advisory committees,
to name a few.


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Geothermal Exploration Using Geoelectric Methods In Kestanbol, Turkey
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Journal Article: Geothermal Exploration Using Geoelectric Methods In Kestanbol, Turkey
AbstractA self-potential survey was carried out in the Kestanbol area in order to investigate the fault zones that might be associated with geothermal activity. Two fault zones, which could be interpreted as planes electrically polarized by geothermal activity, have been detected by compilation of a self-potential map. A resistivity survey, using the Wenner configuration, was able to identify the geoelectrical structures that are caused by different rocks with variable degrees of fracturation and also affected by geothermal activity. The resistivity maps and two-dimensional geoelectric models indicated a good conductive region (<10 ohm-m) in the southwest part of Kestanbol. On the basis of the results of both methods, a new location is proposed for drilling in this conductive zone.
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- Ilyas caglar and Mustafa Demirorer
- Published Journal
- Geothermics, 1999
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Ilyas caglar,Mustafa Demirorer. 1999. Geothermal Exploration Using Geoelectric Methods In Kestanbol, Turkey. Geothermics. (!) .


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Vulture Bytes: How to Bring Bad 3-D Back to 2-D
Special glasses that get rid of all that 3-D retrofitting, as well s the online video service you'll want to ditch Netflix for.
Vulture Bytes comes to you this week from the sweltering confines of a Megabus, where nearly everyone is plugged into one device or another. For them and for you we have five new ways to use pop culture as a diversion. This week: 2-D glasses for 3-D movies, a way to watch Tom Hanks, Adam Sandler, and Will Ferrell all in the same place, free access to Canada's film archives, a website that doubles as a musical instrument, and an update to an iPad 1 magnetocover hack.
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Old Trafford close in on England international.
Manchester United are in talks with Crystal Palace about signing wonderkid Wilfried Zaha – and then sending him straight back to Ian Holloway on loan, writes the Sunday People.
United boss Sir Alex Ferguson is a big admirer of the England new boy, as Sunday People Sport revealed, and hush-hush discussions are going on to get a deal done for January's market.
Fergie is determined to beat rivals Tottenham and Arsenal to the young attacker and agree a fee with Palace.
United won't stretch to the south London club's £20million valuation but could play ball at a lower figure and let 20-year-old Zaha go back on loan.
SOURCE: Sunday People
This may be a deal that suits all parties. As much as Ian Holloway thinks otherwise, it seems highly unlikely that the Eagles could expect to keep Wilfried Zaha past next summer. The chances of the England man staying beyond that point may not even be increased by promotion to the top tier, such is the pull of a possible move to Old Trafford.
Therefore a deal which would see the South London side retain the 20 year old for the rest of this campaign may be the best offer Crystal Palace will get.
As for a £20m fee, that may prove problematic as well. Zaha is clearly a player with a bright future but he is a player with no top level experience so there is still an element of risk involved with such a purchase and as such a fee of that magnitude may not be realistic.
Sir Alex Ferguson may well have more room in his squad for an attacking wide-man if he opts to sell Nani, with the Portuguese international playing an increasingly limited role in the Man United first team having made just four Premier League starts this season.
Wilfried Zaha will have first appeared on the Man United radar after he helped Palace past Man United in a Carling Cup encounter last term and the youngster has gone from strength to strength over the past 18 months, culminating in an England cap against Sweden last month.
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Dennis Quaid's divorce case has been dismissed by a judge after the actor reconciled with his wife earlier this year (13).
The star's marriage to third wife, Kimberly Buffington-Quaid, has been on and off for the last few years, but looked to be over for good when they filed for divorce in November (12).
However, the couple subsequently reconciled and was unable to withdraw the divorce petition, so they had to wait until their case went before a judge to end the legal action.
The divorce has now been dismissed, according to TMZ.com.
The couple married in 2004 and is parents to two children.


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Facebook, ever the victim of criticism when it comes to users' security, has announced a number of new features to help keep its social network more secure.
The most significant addition is "one-time passwords" that are designed for you to use when you're out and about - handy if you're at an internet cafe or using a library-based computer. Or you're at your buddy's house and you know that they'll frape you if they get into your account.
The password is sent to you via text, after you text a request (simply write "otp") to 32665. You'll get a unique password that will last for 20-minutes. You will need to log your mobile phone number with Facebook to do this - otherwise anyone would be able to get in, although no doubt people will now moan about Facebook collecting phone numbers.
Facebook is also now providing a remote log-out function, whereby you can view which computers you are logged in to via your account settings and log out from there.
The new features are being rolled out now.


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Great British Bake Off: Learn to Bake
Love eating cake? Well, this weekend, get into the kitchen and bake a cake yourself. Baking is fun when you know how to do it, and you don't need lots of equipment or expensive ingredients.
Learn to Bake explains baking terms (how do you beat, fold or cream?) and special ingredients (what is strong bread flour?). Then it tells you everything you need to know to bake for every occasion and every person in your life.
Bake the recipes in this book with your friends and family – get everyone involved, make a mess, have some fun and bake something to be proud of.
The Great British Bake Off: How to turn everyday bakes into showstoppers
The Great British Bake Off is a glorious celebration of Britain's favourite pastime. As the series has shown us, baking is the perfect way to mark an occasion - to celebrate, to congratulate and reward, and to lift spirits.
This new book is inspired by the wonderful creations from The Great British Bake Off 'Showstopper Challenge'. Covering a wide range of bakes from large and small cakes, biscuits and cookies, sweet and savoury pastry, puddings, breads and patisserie, this book will show you how to bake beautiful, enticing recipes to wow at every occasion.
There are dainty cupcakes for afternoon tea, quick bakes perfect for bake sales, school fairs or coffee with friends, mouthwatering desserts, breads and pastry recipes for lunches and dinner parties, and some really special bakes for birthdays and festive celebrations throughout the year.
This recipe book will show you how to make your bake extra special, from exciting finishes using chocolate curls and ribbons and spun sugar to simple ideas for icing, shaping and decorating, so you can bring a touch of magic to any bake.
Great British Bake Off also includes the 'Best of the Bake-off' - the finest recipes from the new set of Great British Bake Off amateur bakers, and all of Mary Berry and Paul Hollywood's Technical Challenges from the series.
If you learned How to Bake from last year's cook book, Showstoppers will take you to the next level of skill, and combined with a dazzling new design and superb photography, this will be an irresistible gift for yourself or someone else.
Great British Bake Off: How to Bake
This delightful cookbook takes you through the baking challenges from the second series of the Great British Bake Off and shows you how to achieve baking perfection. Throughout the book, Mary Berry and Paul Hollywood are on hand with practical tips to help you bake perfect cakes, biscuits, breads, pastries, pies and teatime treats every time, as well as showing you how to tackle their 'technical challenges', as seen on the show.
There are more than 120 baking recipes in this book, including traditional British bakes and imaginative twists using classic ingredients, as well as the best contestant recipes from the series. There is plenty to challenge keen bakers here, from brandy snaps to elaborate pastries, pavlovas to iced celebration cakes, and with a sensuous and yet practical design and full-colour, step-by-step photography, this really will become the baking book that you will turn to for years to come.


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David Maddock
With just eight games remaining, both QPR and Reading are now already too far off the pace to survive, given their own inconsistency, and the improved form of most of their rivals.
Realistically, they would both need to win at least six of their last eight to stay up, and given Rangers have won FOUR games all season, and Reading five, that aint happening.
Which leaves the rest to duke it out over the remaining relegation berth...and that is going to be a helluva fight. No team below 11th is safe, and even Fulham in 10th are not completely out of it.
They have too much firepower to go down though, so the cut off point is from Stoke downwards, and given the desperately poor form of Tony Pulis' side since Christmas, they are definitely not out of it.
Pulis and his team are fighters though, and they will have enough resolve to survive, as will Norwich and Newcastle immediately below them, so now we're down to five teams scrapping desperately to rise above 18th place.
Wigan have vast experience of these situations, and even the distraction of the FA Cup semi final shouldn't be enough to send them down, especially given they have goals in them.
So do Aston Villa in the shape of Christian Benteke, and even though their inexperience will leave them facing a nervous final month, they should survive....just.
That leaves West Ham, Southampton and Sunderland, and all three have been on a terrible run of form, which is always desperately worrying at this time of year - though Saints' win over Liverpool at the weekend will give them a huge lift at the right time.
No one expected the other two to be involved in a relegation scrap, but neither looks like scoring a goal at the moment, never mind winning a match, and it could be that they survivor is the side that gets lucky on the run in.
Both teams have a horrible fixture list remaining, and there look to be few gimmes for either, with Sunderland in particular looking to have an awful run until early May, when they must-winnable games against Stoke and Southampton.
Drop points in those and they're down. Likewise, West Ham have to win home games against West Brom, Wigan and Newcastle to ease their worries, and really, it could come down to the final day.
If it does, then with West Ham facing already relegated Reading at home, and Sunderland travelling to Spurs, then the smart money would be on the Hammers to survive, leaving the Black Cats to join Reading and QPR in the relegation noose.
David's three for the drop: QPR, Reading, Sunderland
Darren Lewis
The heart says that a great escape from McQueens Park Rangers would make such a magnificent story.
The head says that their last realistic chance went with defeat at Aston Villa on Saturday.
Jermaine Jenas and Andros Townsend may be weighing in with the goals but QPR just cannot defend and it hard to see them winning the six out of eight games remaining to have a chance.
Who goes with them? Well I'm still not convinced by Wigan. Yes they can score goals (what a big win that was against Newcastle on Sunday) but their defending still leaves a lot to be desired and I think their luck may well run out this season.
Reading are the interesting ones for me. Despite the premature ejection of Brian McDermott from the hotseat there is still a fantastic team spirit at the Madejski.
The trouble is, they too cannot defend. Not only that, the detachment of all three teams in the relegation zone means they have to put a run together just to draw level with the sides above them.
Of course there is a great deal of football to be played over the next eight games.
But for the picture down there to change there would have to be a dramatic slump in form for one of the sides outside the bottom three - combined with that big upsurge in form for one of the teams inside it.
Darren's three for the drop: QPR, Reading, Wigan
Simon Head
It's not a great season for fans of blue and white hoops, and both Queens Park Rangers and Reading look doomed to relegation.
The only question seems to be who'll end the season with the final insult of finishing rock bottom.
My money's on QPR, who were hoping Harry Redknapp's arrival would bolster their squad. Unfortunately it seems to have turned into an expensive mistake, much like some of their signings.
I'm never a fan of sacking a manager close to the end of a season, and once Brian McDermott's services were dispensed with at the Madejski, Reading's fate looked sealed to me.
While QPR and Reading looked nailed on for the drop, the third relegation spot is up for grabs, with anyone from 11th down still in danger of falling into trouble.
Sticking with my themes of teams of a certain colour being in trouble, I think a side wearing claret and blue will occupy the final spot.
Aston Villa look the most likely, but West Ham's run-in looks particularly tricky and they could still get dragged into it before the final weekend.
Simon's three for the drop: QPR, Reading, Villa
Ed Malyon
Harry Houdini has lost his magic, and you've got to admit that Queens Park Rangers look dead and buried despite their supposed wealth of talent.
A distinct lack of desire in this side has been the major contributor, but based on this season's performances it doesn't look much better than the top Championship sides once you've stripped away the anomalies like Loic Remy, Esteban Granero and Christopher Samba - something which will undoubtedly happen when they eventually drop in May.
Reading would need Nigel Adkins to do something spectacular to keep them up, but the likeable scouser doesn't really seem like the impact manager that such a turnaround would necessitate.
Which leaves us with one vacant slot, currently occupied by Wigan.
Roberto Martinez's fondness for a late-season survival revival is no secret, and with plenty of very winnable games to come I can see the Latics repeating themselves for a last time before the Spaniard's inevitable departure in the summer.
So who goes?
Villa have pretty much only played well this season when Christian Benteke has turned up.
Sometimes unplayable, as at Anfield, on the occasions that he has just run around like an enthusiastic but not particularly useful water buffalo they have really struggled to produce anything worthwhile up front, but fortunately for Paul Lambert he should have another one or two of those good days this season so keep them up.
Southampton too look to have enough behind them now, while Sunderland - level on points with the Saints - have a far more difficult run-in.
Their current four-point gap to the dropzone could be smaller once Wigan have played their game in hand, but more worrying is that their imminent run of fixtures could very feasibly see them get zero points from twelve.
The game after that, against Aston Villa, will then be a monstrous relegation six-pointer and with the Black Cats now losing Steven Fletcher and Lee Cattermole for the rest of the season I simply can't see any way out.
Ed's three for the drop: QPR, Reading, Sunderland
Remaining fixtures for bottom 6:
Apr 1 v Fulham (A)
Apr 7 v Wigan (H)
Apr 13 v Everton (A)
Apr 20 v Stoke (H)
Apr 28 v Reading (A)
May 4 v Arsenal (H)
May 12 v Newcastle (H)
May 19 v Liverpool (A)
Mar 30 v Arsenal (A)
Apr 6 v Southampton (H)
Apr 13 v Liverpool (H)
Apr 20 v Norwich (A)
Apr 28 v QPR (H)
May 4 v Fulham (A)
May 12 v Man City (H)
May 19 v West Ham (A)
Mar 30 v Norwich (H)
Apr 7 v QPR (A)
Apr 17 v Man City (A)
Apr 20 v West Ham (A)
Apr 27 v Tottenham (H)
May 4 v West Brom (A)
May 7 v Swansea (H)
May 12 v Arsenal (A)
May 19 v Aston Villa (H)
Aston Villa:
Mar 31 v Liverpool (H)
Apr 6 v Stoke (A)
Apr 13 v Fulham (H)
Apr 22 v Man United (A)
Apr 29 v Sunderland (H)
May 4 v Norwich (A)
May 12 v Chelsea (H)
May 19 v Wigan (A)
Mar 30 v Chelsea (H)
Apr 6 v Reading (A)
Apr 13 v West Ham (H)
Apr 20 v Swansea (A)
Apr 27 v West Brom (H)
May 4 v Tottenham (A)
May 12 v Sunderland (A)
May 19 v Stoke (H)
Mar 30 v Man United (H)
Apr 7 v Chelsea (A)
Apr 14 v Newcastle (A)
Apr 20 v Everton (H)
Apr 29 v Aston Villa (A)
May 4 v Stoke (H)
May 12 v Southampton (H)
May 19 v Tottenham (A)


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It's been pretty much taken for granted for some time now, but today Sprint, the US operator of the Palm Pre, has confirmed that it will be stocking the HTC Hero in October.
The handset, that is already available in the UK will come with the same feature set as the UK version, however it's altered to work on the Sprint network losing its trademark chin in the process.
The HTC Hero will be offered for $179.99 with a 2-year contract through all Sprint sales channels beginning 11 October.
When Pocket-lint reviewed the phone back in July we said:
"Overall the Hero lives up to it's name: it's an easy to use device that out-of-box delivers much of the connected experience that other phones will have you scrabbling around to find apps for. Tying together contacts with your social networks is great and brings a sense of completeness.