Starch grains have been found on grinding stones widely across Europe from 30, 000 BC suggesting that Typha plants were a widely used Upper Paleolithic food.

Along the Thames, a number of large and, in their field, pre-eminent firms grew ; notably the Morgan Crucible Company, which survives to this day and is listed on the London Stock Exchange ; Price's Candles, which also made cycle lamp oil ; and Orlando Jones ' Starch Factory.

Starch is made of about 70 % amylopectin by weight, though it varies depending on the source ( higher in medium-grain rice to 100 % in glutinous rice, waxy potato starch, and waxy corn, and lower in long-grain rice, amylomaize, and russet potato, for example ).

In 2005, Zalewski authored Silence on the Wire: A Field Guide to Passive Reconnaissance and Indirect Attacks, a computer security book published by No Starch Press and subsequently translated to a number of languages.

No Starch Press publishes technical books with a focus on networking, computer security, hacking, Linux and other non-Windows topics, and programming.

Starch is used in the paper, textile, and food-processing industries and in a multitude of other manufacturing operations.

Starch based adhesives are used in corrugated board production and paper sack production, paper tube winding, and wall paper adhesives.

Starch granules disperse in cold water, and the dispersed starch will be sedimented and dried.

Starch is quickly digested to glucose ( unless the person is taking acarbose ), but adding fat or protein retards digestion.

In 1997 ICI acquired National Starch & Chemical, Quest, Unichema, and Crosfield, the specialty chemicals businesses of Unilever for $ 8bn.

* National Starch and Chemical Company ICI subsidiary.

Starch ( a polymer of glucose ) is used as a storage polysaccharide in plants, being found in the form of both amylose and the branched amylopectin.

Other manufacturers of cyanoacrylate included Permabond Division of National Starch and Chemical, Inc., which was a subsidiary of Unilever.

* John R. Hall: Programming Linux Games, No Starch, ISBN 1-886411-49-2 ( First SDL book, by Loki Games, archived online version: PDF, LaTex sources )

* W. Scott Means, Michael A. Bodie: The Book of SAX, No Starch Press, ISBN 1-886411-77-8

* Starch, developed by iodine solution which turns starch dark blue and the paper light blue.

The 1874 Ordnance Survey map of the area shows the following factories, in order, from the site of the as yet unbuilt Wandsworth Bridge to Battersea Park: Starch manufacturer ; Silk manufacturer ; ( St. John's College ); ( St. Mary's Church ); Malt house ; Corn mill ; Oil and grease works ( Prices Candles ); Chemical works ; Plumbago Crucible works ( later the Morgan Crucible Company ); Chemical works ; Saltpetre works ; Foundry.

The Starch Readership Survey is the most widely used service for evaluating print advertisements ; another well-known service is the Gallup and Robinson Magazine Impact Studies.

Starch is consumed with a variety of curries and lentil soups or broths.

In 1997 Unilever sold the speciality chemicals businesses National Starch & Chemical, Quest, Unichema and Crosfield to ICI for US $ 8 billion.

These include the Star Wars-themed " Darth Tater ", " Spud Trooper " and " R2-POTATOO ", a 2007 Transformers film-themed " Optimash Prime ", a pair of Spider-Man ( red suit and black suit )- themed " Spider-Spud / Peter Tater ", a Indiana Jones-themed " Taters of the Lost Ark " set ( which, despite the title, was released as a tie-in to 2008's Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull ), an Iron Man 2-themed " Tony Starch " and a " Trick or Tater " version for Halloween in October 2008.

His parents had moved north from Louisiana, and both worked at the Argo Starch Company.

No Starch Press.

Starch is a polymer of glucose units and is broken down to glucose.

Extreme Ironing ( also called EI ) is an extreme sport and a performance art in which people take an ironing board to a remote location and iron items of clothing.

An encounter with German tourists in New Zealand led to the formation of a group called " Extreme Ironing International ", and the German Extreme Ironing Section or GEIS.

The " sport " gained international attention after a documentary entitled Extreme Ironing: Pressing for Victory, was produced for Britain's Channel 4 by Wag TV.

The program followed the British team's efforts and eventual Bronze and Gold placings in the 1st Extreme Ironing World Championships in Germany.

A side-story looked at the rivalry between the EIB ( Extreme Ironing Bureau ) and a breakaway group called Urban Housework who were trying to establish their own extreme sport based around vacuum-cleaning.

In 2011, Extreme Ironing enthusiast William Hinton brought a new interest to the sport along America ’ s East Coast ironing many hikes along the Appalachian Trail as well as ironing numerous water activities including surfing and wakeboarding.

In 2012, Extreme Ironing founder, Steam, came out of retirement to take on a new challenge and run the Hastings Half Marathon in March wearing an ironing board, pressing garments on the way.

Extreme Ironing has inspired other forms of unusual extreme activity, such as Extreme Cello Playing.

Extreme Ironing has been featured in news stories on CBS Sunday Morning, in The New York Times, The Sun, The Sunday Times, The Guardian, The Daily Telegraph, The Sydney Morning Herald, Calcutta Telegraph, The Wall Street Journal, The Washington Post, Toronto Star, TIME Magazine, ESPN. com, The Financial Times, MTVu, and CNN. com.

* Extreme Ironing Bureau website

* German Extreme Ironing

* 360 Panorama of Extreme Ironing underwater

The 1st Extreme Ironing World Championships was the inaugural championship for the quirky British sport of extreme ironing.

* " Get Out Your Boards: Extreme Ironing May Soon Be Hot ", New York Times, May 21, 2004 article

* " Extreme Ironing World Championships ", Natives site, May 8, 2002 article

* " Extreme Ironing " by Phil Shaw ( Author ), book

Extreme Ironing World Championships

* Extreme Ironing Bureau, see extreme ironing