Car Design: An Introduction “Glorious, stirring sight! The poetry of motion! The real way to travel! The only way to travel!” My very first car related memory is perhaps less than auspicious. As a young boy, I loved the thrill of driving, the speed, the racing lines, and the cardboard box in which I would […]
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The History of Beer III – Medieval Europe 2: Society & Culture When is a drink not just a drink? When it’s a beer of course. In medieval Europe, beer was everywhere and affected everyone, so let’s start with its nickname – liquid bread. In 14th century England, grains accounted for 80% of the calorific
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Dragon Boat Festival/端午節 ‘All gloomy and dark is the day;The east wind drifts and god sends down rain.1 Qu Yuan (屈原), poet, aristocrat, inventor of Zongzi (粽子), despite the often contradictory details of stories about him, he does appear to have been all three, if you have a mind open to the supernatural that is.
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