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• How did the moon end up where it is?

New 'novel' edition of Anne Frank diary is 'what she wanted'

© HO Photo taken in 1940 shows Anne Frank at the age of 12 years, sitting at her desk at the Montessori school in Amsterdam

For seven decades, the diary of Anne Frank has given the world an intimate and moving account of daily life under Nazi occupation through the eyes of a Jewish schoolgirl in hiding.

But now, the actual account the teenage girl herself had wanted published in novel form has been released for the first time.

The book, called Liebe Kitty - or Dear Kitty, named after the imaginary friend she wrote to - is published only in Germany, Austria and Switzerland due to copyright laws. It has been welcomed as a fascinating insight into the literary aspirations of the talented schoolgirl.

It differs subtly from the version of her diary - translated into more than 60 languages - that is so well known today and was published after her father, Otto, merged her original diary, started when she was 13, with the more polished version she had worked on before she was captured by the Gestapo.

Her father was the only member of the Franks who survived the Holocaust after the family was discovered hiding in the secret annexe of the house in Amsterdam in the Netherlands in August 1944. Anne died aged 15 of typhus in Bergen-Belsen, shortly before prisoners in the camp were liberated by British troops in April 1945.

It is often been thought Otto Frank’s role as editor of the version he created from those two scripts and sent to publishers 75 years ago may have been unwittingly influenced by his paternal feelings.

Frank had in fact been inspired to write a novel version of her diaries after hearing an announcement broadcast by the BBC in March 1944 by the exiled Dutch education minister who urged citizens to preserve documents as a lasting testimony to the horrors perpetrated by the Nazi regime during the occupation.


© HO Photo taken in 1940 shows Anne Frank at the age of 12 years, sitting at her desk at the Montessori school in Amsterdam - Getty Images Fee

That BBC appeal encouraged Anne to pursue more rigorously her literary ambitions. So began her attempts to edit the diaries, removing tracts she felt too personal or mundane while honing her skills as a young writer.

“Her great dream was to become a famous author and journalist,” explained Maatje Mostart from the Anne Frank House in Amsterdam, which worked with publishers, Secession Verlag, on releasing Liebe Kitty.

“There are a number of differences between her original diary texts on the one hand and the manuscript of her ‘novel’ on the other.”

One striking example of an editorial change is a noticeably kinder tone towards her mother, with whom it is apparent from her original diary she had a distant and cold relationship.

“The reader will read Anne Frank's ‘novel’ with all the creative and literary choices she has made. This actually brings the reader much closer to the writer, Anne Frank,” added Ms Mostart.

Publisher Joachim von Zepelin says he was “amazed” at the literary talent that shines through in the new publication, and demand had “gone through the roof”..

“This composition is very different in style and substance to the original published version,” he said. “It is much more literary. The original one is at times very childish.”

“Otto Frank was not a literary expert, he actually hid the literary qualities of his daughter. From a literary point of view this version is the diamond, it is the best of them all. It is the one that should be published because it is the one she wanted published.

“We are a small publishing house but I’ve never seen anything like this. Anne Frank is an icon in Germany, where everyone student reads her diaries in school. We dealt with our history in a very intense way and she made it approachable.”

This latest publication would probably have never come about had it not been for the work of Laureen Nussbaum, a neighbour of the Franks in Amsterdam who went on to become a professor of literature at Portland State University in the US.

Ms Nussbaum, aged 91 and who can still remember rehearsing a play as a schoolchild with Anne in 1941, worked tirelessly to have the book published as a stand alone text. On a recent tour of Germany to promote the ‘novel’ she told journalists the publication was the realisation of a dream “that I’d worked for 25 years” to realise.

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Masked professional wrestler Silver King, 51, who starred in Jack Black film Nacho Libre dies after collapsing in the ring at packed London event

© Getty LONDON, ENGLAND - 1st JULY: Professional wrestler and actor Silver King poses during a photo call at York Hall in Bethnal Green on 1st July 2016 in London, England. A number of luchadores will perform in 'The Greatest Spectacle of Lucha Libre', which takes place over two days and features Mexican and British stars from the world of Mexican Wrestling. (Photo by Jack Taylor/Getty Images)

A former WCW wrestler who starred in a film alongside Jack Black has died after collapsing in front of horrified crowds at a London event.

Silver King, who starred in comedy Nacho Libre in 2006, was performing at the Roundhouse Theatre in Camden, north London.

Watch: Silver King makes his last ring entrance hours before his death


The Mexican wrestler - real name Cuauhtémoc González Barrón - fell onto the canvass during the crowded event, with fans and other performers at first believing it was part of the act.

The World Wrestling Council confirmed on Twitter that the fighter had died, ESPN Mexico reported.

Silver King was up against ex WWE star Juventud ‘The Juice’ Guerrera when the incident took place on Saturday night.

Moments after the fighter collapsed, other wrestlers surrounded him and began desperately performing CPR while the audience were ushered out of the arena.


© Provided by Associated Newspapers Limited Silver King executes a choke hold on Juventud 'Juvi' Guerrera (front), during their bout in the evening slot of The Greatest Show of Lucha Libre at the Roundhouse in Camden, moments before his death

A witness said: ‘They were wrestling and then something just seemed to go wrong.

‘As they were wrestling it stopped and they seemed like they weren’t in sync at all, and the other wrestler started performing CPR.


© Provided by Associated Newspapers Limited Silver King, who starred in comedy Nacho Libre in 2006, was performing at the Roundhouse Theatre in Camden, north London

‘Other wrestlers jumped into the ring to help, and they got a defibrillator out. It was scary, they evacuated everyone but there didn’t seem to be an ambulance arrive for at least 20 minutes,’ reported the Sun.

One witness said there were lots of children around and that it took viewers ‘a couple of minutes’ to realise it was no longer part of the performance and that it was a serious incident.


© Provided by Associated Newspapers Limited The Mexican wrestler - real name Cuauhtémoc González Barrón - starred in comedy Nacho Libre in 2006 (pictured in Hollywood)

According to the Camden New Journal, Silver King was turned over after appearing to fall during the fight and counted out.

But when he failed to get up to the referee’s calls, organisers and a team of medics rushed onto the stage.


© Provided by Associated Newspapers Limited Silver King making his last ring entrance on Saturday hours before his death in London

Fans reportedly chanted ‘Silver’ before realising that it wasn’t part of the performance.

Even Silver King’s opponent appeared to celebrate his win before noticing the seriousness of the incident.

One audience member told the publication: ‘It seemed to be part of the show at first but then he didn’t get up – and then the medical team was on the stage. Everybody was cleared out and lots of police and ambulances were there.’


© Provided by Associated Newspapers Limited Silver King, who was performing at the Greatest Show of Lucha Libre, also attended World Championship Wrestling between 1997 and 2000

Silver King, who was performing at the Greatest Show of Lucha Libre, also attended World Championship Wrestling between 1997 and 2000.

Distraught wrestlers have paid tribute to the well-known fighter, who was at one time best known for being part of the WWE’s rival promotion WCW in the late 1990s.


© Provided by Associated Newspapers Limited Silver King making his last ring entrance on Saturday hours before his death in London

WWE'S Tommy Dreamer wrote on Twitter: ‘Terrible news of Silver King passing away in the ring tonight. He was a star in Mexico, Japan & WCW. Pray for strength for his family.’

The next generation (NXT) of WWE star, Kassius Ohno posted: 'Terrible news. Please keep Silver King’s friends and families in your thoughts. RIP.'


© Provided by Associated Newspapers Limited Silver King, who was performing at the Greatest Show of Lucha Libre, also attended World Championship Wrestling between 1997 and 2000

Fellow wrestler Christopher Daniels added: 'The news of Silver King’s passing hits me hard. I was lucky to be able to tour and work New Japan with him. Such a great person. Rest In Peace, good sir.'

The Roundhouse venue tweeted: 'There has been an incident at the Luche Libre show at the Roundhouse this evening. At this time we are unable to share further information.'

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How did the moon end up where it is?

© Provided by The Next Web Nearly 50 years since man first walked on the moon, the human race is once more pushing forward with attempts to land on the Earth’s satellite.

This year alone, China has landed a robotic spacecraft on the far side of the moon, while India is close to landing a lunar vehicle, and Israel continues its mission to touch down on the surface, despite the crash of its recent venture. NASA meanwhile has announced it wants to send astronauts to the moon’s south pole by 2024.

But while these missions seek to further our knowledge of the moon, we are still working to answer a fundamental question about it: how did it end up where it is?

Video: Mystery of the moon’s formation may finally be solved (NBC news)

On 21st July 1969, the Apollo 11 crew installed the first set of mirrors to reflect lasers targeted at the moon from Earth. The subsequent experiments carried out using these arrays have helped scientists to work out the distance between the Earth and moon for the past 50 years. We now know that the moon’s orbit has been getting larger by 3.8cm per year – it is moving away from the Earth.

This distance, and the use of moon rocks to date the moon’s formation to to 4.51 billion years ago, are the basis for the giant impact hypothesis (the theory that the moon formed from debris after a collision early in Earth’s history). But if we assume that lunar recession has always been 3.8cm/year, we have to go back 13 billion years to find a time when the Earth and moon were close together (for the moon to form). This is much too long ago – but the mismatch is not surprising, and it might be explained by the world’s ancient continents and tides.

Tides and recession

© Jackal Pan The distance to the moon can be linked to the history of Earth’s continental configurations. The loss of tidal energy (due to friction between the moving ocean and the seabed) slows the planet’s spin, which forces the moon to move away from it – the moon recedes. The tides are largely controlled by the shape and size of the Earth’s ocean basins. When the Earth’s tectonic plates move around, the ocean geometry changes, and so does the tide. This affects the moon’s retreat, so it appears smaller in the sky.

This means that if we know how Earth’s tectonic plates have changed position, we can work out where the moon was in relation to our planet at a given point in time.

We know that the strength of the tide (and so the recession rate) also depends on the distance between Earth and the moon. So we can assume that the tides were stronger when the moon was young and closer to the planet. As the moon rapidly receded early in its history, the tides will have become weaker and the recession slower.



The detailed mathematics that describe this evolution were first developed by George Darwin, son of the great Charles Darwin, in 1880.

But his formula produces the opposite problem when we input our modern figures. It predicts that Earth and the moon were close together only 1.5 billion years ago. Darwin’s formula can only be reconciled with modern estimates of the moon’s age and distance if its typical recent recession rate is reduced to about one centimetre per year.

The implication is that today’s tides must be abnormally large, causing the 3.8cm recession rate. The reason for these large tides is that the present-day North Atlantic Ocean is just the right width and depth to be in resonance with the tide, so the natural period of oscillation is close to that of the tide, allowing them to get very large. This is much like a child on a swing who moves higher if pushed with the right timing.

But go back in time – a few million years is enough – and the North Atlantic is sufficiently different in shape that this resonance disappears, and so the moon’s recession rate will have been slower. As plate tectonics moved the continents around, and as the slowing of Earth’s rotation changed the length of days and the period of tides, the planet would have slipped in and out of similar strong-tide states. But we don’t know the details of the tides over long periods of time, and as a result, we cannot say where the moon was in the distant past.

Sediment solution


One promising approach to resolve this is to try to detect Milankovitch cycles from physical and chemical changes in ancient sediments. These cycles come about because of variations in the shape and orientation of Earth’s orbit, and variations in the orientation of Earth’s axis. These produced climate cycles, such as the ice ages of the last few million years.

Most Milankovitch cycles don’t change their periods over Earth’s history but some are affected by the rate of Earth’s spin and the distance to the moon. If we can detect and quantify those particular periods, we can use them to estimate day-length and Earth-moon distance at the time the sediments were deposited. So far, this has only been attempted for a single point in the distant past. Sediments from China suggest that 1.4 billion years ago the Earth–moon distance was 341,000km (its current distance is 384,000km).

Gallery: Spectacular photos from space (Photo Service)
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Now we are aiming to repeat these calculations for sediments in hundreds of locations laid down at different time periods. This will provide a robust and near-continuous record of lunar recession over the past few billion years, and give us a better appreciation of how tides changed in the past. Together, these interrelated studies will produce a consistent picture of how the Earth–moon system has evolved through time.

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