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Public exhibitions for a massive development in Houghton Regis are being held this week.
It's the next stage of the HRN1 development, which received outline planning permission in 2014.
The HRN1 scheme covers around 630 acres to the North of Houghton Regis. Outline consent was granted for a mixed-use development of up to 5,150 new homes; employment land; 75 hectares of public open space incorporating wildlife corridors, wetland areas, brooks, community gardens and facilities and sports pitches along with three primary schools and funding towards secondary education provision.
The new homes could be in a range of types and sizes including some apartment blocks. There is also a 1 million sqft Lidl warehouse and retail, leisure and offices of around 1 million sqft.
New community facilities include a new doctors surgery, community hall and associated provision.
The next phase is the development of a Site Wide Masterplan and Site Wide Design Code. In a statement the Houghton Regis Development Consortium (HRDC) said: "During 2017 the HRDC has been working up a comprehensive delivery strategy for HRN1. #
"For us the next stage is to develop a site wide masterplan, a site wide design code and area masterplans for the site.
"Prior to the submission of the outline application the HRDC undertook extensive engagement with the local community. The HRDC genuinely believes that high quality development requires the creation of places that have been shaped by local people.
"We understand that the local community should have a crucial role in influencing the development of the areas in which they live and work, and the situation is no different in Houghton Regis."
The development includes the already completed major strategic roads of the A5-M1 link and junction 11A and the Woodside link which connect the M1 to Houghton Regis.
The public exhibitions are being held at:
Central Atrium (Outside Houghton Regis Library), Bedford Square, Houghton Regis, LU5 5ES on Thursday 22nd February 2pm - 8pm, Friday 23rd February 2pm - 8pm and Saturday 24th February 10am - 4pm.
This will be a drop-in event and members of the project team will be on hand to answer questions and to listen to feedback.
Copies of the information on display at the exhibition will be available from the project website www.hrn1.co.uk; by calling freephone 0800 232 1794 or emailing firstname.lastname@example.com.


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RALEIGH, N.C. (AP) — Sebastian Aho set up Justin Williams' go-ahead goal with 9:45 remaining, and the Carolina Hurricanes beat the New York Islanders 5-2 on Wednesday night to take a 3-0 lead in their second-round series.
Teuvo Teravainen had two goals, including an empty-netter with 57.1 seconds remaining, Justin Faulk also scored and Aho added another empty-net goal with 4.8 seconds to play.
The wild-card Hurricanes — in the playoffs for the first time in a decade — moved within a victory of a berth in the Eastern Conference final and took a 3-0 series lead for just the second time since they moved to North Carolina in 1997. After losing the first two games of its first-round series with Washington, Carolina has won seven of eight.
Josh Bailey had a goal and an assist and Devon Toews scored on the power play to spark a dormant Islanders offense. New York had scored one goal in the previous two games of this series and its average of 2½ goals in its previous six postseason games was the lowest among the eight teams that are still playing.
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Robin Lehner stopped 34 shots for the Islanders, but his career record against the Hurricanes fell to 0-7.
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What are the differences between genetically engineered (GE) crops and genetically modified organisms (GMOs)?
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What genetically engineered crops are commercially available in the United States?
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Testosterone is the hormone that makes a man, a man. If it wasn't for this, you wouldn't have a big woolly beard or sculpted muscles. And your voice would probably sound like that of a 10 year old girl. Unfortunately we are not like a good bottle of scotch that becomes better with age. Over time, we begin to have less and less of the magic hormone that we need to maintain our chiselled physique.
To add insult to injury, due to our modern day lifestyles there are more enemies to testosterone than aging, and we see that even young men are lacking a good dose of testosterone. We can blame things like genetics and something called "gland dysfunction".
If you don't watch out, a lack of testosterone could mean you start losing your strength and energy, start becoming fat, your bones become brittle and worst of all – lose your edge in the bedroom.
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The need for a commercial refrigeration repair service is not limited only to when equipment breaks down. It should cover preventative maintenance as well. Because a poorly maintained industrial or brewery refrigeration system waste energy and money, maintenance and repair should be a top priority.
Why prioritise refrigeration maintenance?
Increase equipment working life
Pharmaceutical cool rooms, controlled ambient stores, freezer rooms, and cold rooms can last up to 30 years with correct maintenance. Considering that such equipment represents a significant financial investment, you can't afford to not make it last long enough to recoup what you invested and even longer.
Comply with legislation and regulations
The Australian Refrigeration Council set explicit requirements and standards for working and using refrigeration systems and refrigerants. Businesses that acquire, dispose, or possess fluorocarbon refrigerant, for example, must hold Refrigerant Trading Authorisation.
If they only hold a Restricted Refrigerant Trading Authorisation, a business is not allowed to acquire or purchase bulk refrigerant used in cylinders or winery refrigeration systems.
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When a refrigeration system stops working due to problems in the evaporator or condenser, your business operation will be affected. Every minute or hour of downtime is money down the drain.
Can you afford an expensive downtime?
If you can't, preventative maintenance is the best way to keep your commercial refrigeration system running at peak performance and to avoid costly equipment breakdowns.
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Poorly maintained brewery refrigeration systems, for example, will run inefficiently and have a higher risk of breaking down at some point. They're likely to consume up to 50% of energy yet work less efficiently than they're supposed to.
But with regular servicing, the systems can save you up to 10% on your energy bills. Which option is way cooler?
Make sure to sign up for Planned Preventative Maintenance (PPM) so that maintenance servicing follows a schedule that is convenient for you and according to equipment requirements.
Common Problems Commercial Refrigeration Repair Can Fix
When frost or ice forms in commercial refrigeration equipment and its various components, there could be a problem with the airflow or it has a refrigerant leak. Better have it checked right away.
Temperature Drops
Is the commercial refrigeration equipment cold enough or not? If it is the latter, there are several causes you can look into, such as bad door seal or refrigerant leaks. It is highly recommended to have a trained professional evaluate rather than make guesses.
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Sound is natural coming from a refrigeration system's fans, compressor, motors, and other mechanical components. Excessive noise, however, is unnatural.
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Continuing on the theme of language, I just came across a really interesting blog post on one of my favorite blogs, Edittorrent. The post is on the sound of words and argues that some words are inherently funny or emotional and that writers of good prose respond to this and incorporate it naturally into their dialogue and writing. I love the thought of this - it adds a new layer of sophistication to the craft of writing prose. For more of the actual post see edittorrent: Sound of words
I think this is perhaps most evident in names; some names are inherently humorous. For example, I call my daughter Morg or Morgy as a nickname because it suits her when she is in silly mode which is in fact much of the time (she's three, silliness is where it's at for her). The name makes me laugh almost as much as she does. It's foolish.
Then there are names which always carry an edge of sophistication. I have come across more than one author featuring a Lucien as a spymaster character. Perhaps it is something about the long vowel sounds and sibilants in the centre of the name which make it sound mysterious and duplicitous. It's hard to imagine a spymaster called Bertram. Or Fred. Or Archibald.
Many of the word choices I make - in dialogue and in proper nouns are chosen just because they sound right. I don't really think too deeply about why it is I'm choosing them, I just know that some are good and some, not so much.
Thinking about the sound of words will help me to be more self aware when tackling my writing and I hope that will deepen the emotional impact of my work.
Monday, 28 February 2011
The Sound of Words
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Cock-maggot in a sink hole: the wonderful slang of the 19th century
My best purchase of the year so far, without a shadow of a doubt, has to Eric Partridge's A Dictionary of Historical Slang, published in its abridged form in 1972. I love the English language. I love the richness of slang and the sharp-edged wit with which it evolves. A Dictionary of Historical Slang is an absolute treasure trove of colourful common and uncommon phrases used before 1914. For a girl who grew up feasting on Georgette Heyer's regency cant, the prospect of having nearly 50,000 entries to delve into is mind-bogglingly delightful.
So my bedtime reading at the moment consists of delicious linguistic nuggets, which explode in my brain with the colourful splendour of a roman candle.
At the moment I'm on the C's and I'm utterly entranced by the many and varied uses of the word cock (some innocent, some less so). For the benefit of any who might be interested, I offer a few examples:
I live at the sign of the cock's tooth and headache: a late 18th century/ early 19th response to an impertinent enquiry as to where one livesTo cock up one's toes: to die (early 19th century)That cock won't fight!: That won't do! That's a feeble story (1820s)Cock-bawd: a man keeping a brothel (1680 – 1830)Cock-and-pinch: beaver hat (1820-1830)Cock-a-wax: a cobbler(1800-1850)Cock-alley/ cock-inn / cock-shire: vagina (18th – 20th century)Cock the eye: to wink or leer (c. 1750 – c. 1800)And my favourite of all (from a slightly later period):Like a cock-maggot in a sinkhole: very annoyed or peevish ( - 1887)Highly recommended to spice up your vocabulary!
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Sunday, 27 February 2011
A Ducal Residence... my 1639 dream house
Sunday afternoon walks can be hugely inspirational to the aspiring historical romance author, especially when the afore-mentioned author is fortunate to leave a stone's throw from a number of imagination-stirring properties built in the 17th Century. I have blogged before about the Newhailes estate, with its rococo water garden and shell grotto but today I am reserving my enthusiasm for Brunstane House which is unbelievably close to my humble abode and the subject of all my lottery winning fantasies.
We are fortunate enough to have a free resource in the form of the Gazetteer for Scotland - a vast geographical encyclopaedia, featuring details of towns, villages, bens and glens from the Scottish Borders to the Northern Isles.
It is thanks to the Gazetteer that I was able to discover that the present Brunstane House was built in 1639 for John Maitland, 1st Duke of Lauderdale (1616-82). The entry continues as follows:
"The house incorporates an earlier L-plan house built around 1565, itself erected on the site of an even earlier tower which had been owned by the Crichton family. With the help of the noted architect Sir William Bruce (1630 - 1710), Maitland undertook further significant extensions in 1672 at the same time as the pair were working together on the building of Thirlestane Castle. Lord Milton purchased Brunstane in 1733 and employed the architect William Adam (1689 - 1748) to extend and rebuild parts of the house. Adam was also responsible for fine interiors; incorporating panelling, plasterwork, chimney-pieces and over-mantels of some quality. The stucco-work is likely to have been by Thomas Clayton. Between 1747 and 1766 Brunstane was home to Andrew Fletcher, Lord Justice Clerk."
The house is now divided into two private residences and many of the outhouses are crumbled and derelict (and crying out for my future lottery win and loving care and attention). The whole estate fascinates me - a little wander around the grounds is like a history lesson. The stone-blocked, blind looking windows (a sight seen in many of Edinburgh's historic buildings) remind us of window tax (which some claim is the source of the phrase "daylight robbery) and the gaping, tumble down stable block remind us of a time when carriages would carry passengers from country house to country house.
The pictures below (taken this afternoon) give a flavour of the atmosphere of the place. It's a shame that none of my writing is based in Scotland! But hopefully the images will be an inspiration for some other writer out there.
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Wednesday, 2 February 2011
Romantic Fiction: A Grown Up Fairy Tale
I have a three year old daughter who is currently going through an obsession with Disney's Princesses. As a consequence much of my leisure time is spent absorbing Disney Princess films from the edges of my consciousness, from Snow White through to the Little Mermaid. It was when watching Ariel's Beginnings that Cora had that Bambi moment:
"What happened to Ariel's mummy?"
Cora considered this for a moment and frowned, one eye on me, one eye on the movie. "Why? Why did she die?"
"She got squashed by a pirate ship," I said with a sigh, wishing I had chosen a more cowardly route and wondering if perhaps it is wrong to introduce the concept of parental death into the sheltered world of toddler-dom.
"Why? Why did she get squashed?" Cora's voice grew squeakier.
I settled her onto my knee. "She didn't move quickly enough."
"WHY?" Then with a worried expression she said: "Mummy, you won't get squashed will you?"
Cora is too young to realise that my continued existence stands in the way of her ultimate goal: to be a Disney Princess. Because Disney Princesses, generally speaking don't have mummies - or if they do, they are separated from them for the larger part of their lives (Sleeping Beauty). Disney princesses have daddies (Ariel, Jasmine, Belle) or wicked stepmothers (Cinderella, Snow White). The Princess and the Frog broke with convention by killing off daddy but retaining mummy, but it is far from the norm and Tangled represents a return to form: Rapunzel is removed from both her folks and looked after by a wicked surrogate who wants a piece of her magical hair.
There's nothing new about this razor sharp observation. The internet is replete with posts and blogs with titles such as What does Disney have against moms?
Why does Disney hate all parents? And (my personal favourite) Disney says: "Destroy all the parents!"
Still it's an interesting question and one which is explored in some depth in a thesis by Ashli Ann Sharp entitled "Once Upon a Time in a Single Parent Family". As part of her thesis Sharp explores the history of fairy tales and the role Disney has as the modern gatekeeper of fairy tales. She quotes Jack Zipes (Happily Ever After) as saying that no studio or filmmaker "can really challenge Disney Studios' corporate power over the means of distribution and the market for fairy-tale films."
I didn't study Disney when I was at University, I studied Ancient Greek Drama. I was fascinated by how myths and legends were conveyed and what that told us about the culture and society of the time. I wrote about the Medea and examined what Euripides might be telling us about attitudes to women and religion. That fascination applies just as equally to modern culture as to ancient. When Disney's Hercules came out, far from turning her nose up at its mass market appeal, my tutor loved it. "That's exactly what myths are about," she said. "They should be reinvented for every generation."
Ashli Ann Sharp makes the same point about fairy tales; change and growth are inherent in the genre. Fairy tales reflect the culture and concerns of the society we live in – in the 1980s and 1990s as divorce rates and single parent families increase in the USA, along with concerns about fatherlessness, Disney made a string of films depicting problematic father-daughter relationships (from the overbearing father with rebellious daughter, to the ineffectual father with the capable daughter) or films about sons trying to reconnect with absent fathers (Hercules). The ending is always the same; the broken family is reunited by the hero or heroine finding true love, thus reinforcing the desirability of the nuclear family.
The whole thing got me thinking about where romantic fiction fits into all of this.
To my mind romantic fiction is an evolution from the fairy tale and it too, reflects the values and concerns of the society in which we live. Fairy tales are of interest to all ages; as Sharp remarks, they help children to come to terms with the uncertainties in life and they allow adults to expose the hunger for power and hypocrisy which characterise some elements of society, often providing a moral compass for overcoming such challenges (virtue, love). They are perhaps of particular resonance with adolescents who, according to Sharp are experiencing "behavioral division with authority and the hormonal changes of puberty". Sharp goes on to say: "the first step in many fairy tales is for the protagonist to separate from his or her anxious parents who are uneasy with their child's sexual awakening. Often, a darkness lurks to impede—or compel—the developments of the protagonist from dependence to independence. Along the way, a life-long love is found and ultimately secured." So we see the wicked Queen in Snow White sending her step-daughter away as she becomes a challenge to her own beauty, and Sleeping Beauty's curse centring on her 16th birthday.
It is my belief that the themes which extend throughout fairy tales are also prevalent in romantic fiction. A brief and rather unscientific analysis of Georgette Heyer's Regency and Georgian heroines tells me that the vast majority are orphans. As far as I can work out, she has approximately seventeen orphaned heroines; four who have a father who is somewhat involved in their life (though in all cases the heroine is separated from him throughout the main action); three who have a mother still alive (only one of which is actually present) and three who have both parents still living (but separated from the heroine during the course of the action). The only novel which comes close to having a functional, two parent family unit is Arabella - in which the eponymous heroine is immediately packed off to London to experience her adventures and in fact claims she is an orphan.
In her thesis, Ashli Ann Sharp spends some time reflecting on the single parent unit in fairy tales and on the absence of mothers in particular, suggesting that originally the absence of birth mothers in fairy tales was a reflection of the genuinely high rate of maternal mortality in the middle ages and the modern Disney film, a reflection of a public desire for more active fathers. In romantic fiction, I think the key lies in role of the fairy tale in describing the maturation process.
Sharp quotes Max Lüthi's Once Upon a Time: On the Nature of Fairy Tales:
"The development takes place in several stages, and each transition involves danger, privation, and fear. But the dangers are overcome, and the development leads to the light…Thus, the old is cast off and the new, which at first appeared so terrifying to us, becomes familiar, develops new capabilities and powers within us, and makes life meaningful." (112-13)
Lüthi here is using Rapunzel as a case study for maturation process. He could be just as easily describing the progress of the main protagonist in a romantic novel, who is removed from the constraints and possible infantalisation imposed by the family unit to face adventures which enable them to progress, develop and ultimately to find love as a mature adult. Many of Heyer's heroines are mature women in their late twenties but are still often trapped in some way by their family situation. In Venetia we see the eponymous heroine trapped in the small world of her sibling relationships and local friendships; through her relationship with the hero she discovers her true self, faces the secret at the heart of her family and is rewarded with love. The hero simultaneously finds his own redemption.
One of the key differences, perhaps, between fairy tales and the romantic fiction is that it usually concerns the journey of two individuals not one. Although I have focused here on heroines, most of Georgette Heyer's heroes are equally parentless or responsible for an ineffectual or needy mother. They too must fight their demons and progress to find the ultimate resolution in the arms of their love. Princes do not arrival dues ex machine to wake their princesses with a kiss; they are wholly involved in the fabric of the story. Modern fairy tales (post 1980 in this context) reflect this dynamic – so we move from Snow White where the two appearances of the prince herald in turn Snow White's emerging maturity and then her awakening, to Beauty and the Beast, Aladdin, the Little Mermaid and Princess and the Frog where hero and heroine are not only both involved with the story, but also fight side by side and aide each other. To break the Beast's curse both Belle and the Beast must fall in love; neither is passive in the story. There are two points here: the modern fairy tale has drawn closer to the romantic novel in its emphasis in the central relationship rather than on just one character and there is greater equality within the relationships.
My conclusion is that the romance is the close cousin of the fairy tale. One of the reasons romance is so enduringly popular as a genre is because it draws upon the same deep symbolic meanings that are inherent in fairy tales. This has perhaps become more explicit in recent years with the explosion in sub-genres which fuse the fairy tale / fantasy world (or world of faerie) with romance, even going so far as being explicit reworkings of fairy tales (see Eloisa James' series on this).
Lüthi, Max. Once Upon a Time: On the Nature of Fairy Tales. Bloomington: Indiana University Press, 1970.
Sharp, Ashli Ann. Once Upon a Time in a Single-Parent Family: Father and Daughter Relationships in Disney's the Little Mermaid and Beauty and the Beast. Thesis, Brigham Young University, 2006
Zipes, Jack. Happily Ever After: Fairy Tales, Children, and the Culture Industry. New York: Routledge, 1997.
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Diary of Boris Godunov
On the occasion of the new production of Boris Godounov at the Opéra Bastille, Alexandre Lacroix - writer and editorial director of Philosophie Magazine - meets those who contribute to the creation of an opera.
On the occasion of the new production of Boris Godounov at the Opéra Bastille, Alexandre Lacroix - writer and editorial director of Philosophie Magazine - meets those who contribute to the creation of an opera.
I Puritani, Bellini's last opera, tells a story of thwarted love between Arturo, a royalist, and Elvira, a republican's daughter, who will eventually sink into madness. I Puritani, directed by Laurent Pelly, returns to the stage of the Opéra Bastille to o
A searing and scandalous work, banned from performance for thirty years by the Soviet authorities, Shostakovich's Lady Macbeth of Mzensk is also linked to the history of the Paris Opera, since it marked the very first years of Bastille. Krzysztof Warlikow
Alessandro Scarlatti's oratorio Il Primo Omicidio is being given for the first time at the Paris Opera in a production staged by one of today's major artists, Romeo Castellucci.
The work that opened the Opéra Bastille in 1990, Les Troyens is playing in an explosive staging by Dmitri Tcherniakov. Octave invites you to discover the different facets of this monumental epic and its composer Hector Berlioz.
The return of the emblematic French grand opera "Les Huguenots" to the bill of the Paris Opera is undoubtedly the major event as the season opens.
To mark the creation of Only the Sound Remains, Octave proposes a series of portraits and interviews with Kajia Saariaho, Philippe Jaroussky and Julie Mehretu.
On the occasion of France Musique's special day devoted to Philippe Jordan on Friday October 13, OCTAVE draws a portrait of the Paris Opera's musical director through some of the projects that have marked recent seasons.
Bringing together a dream cast under the musical direction of Philippe Jordan and staged by Krzysztof Warlikowski, Don Carlos is undoubtedly the most highly-anticipated production to mark the beginning of the season. An opportunity to discover this rarely
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Sébastian Bertaud, Bruno Bouché, Simon Valastro and Nicolas Paul, all dancers with the Paris Opera, offer us their creations for the company's dancers on the stage of the Palais Garnier.
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Because clearly having two sets of visitors and a move isn't enough for one month, we had also booked a trip to London in November.
I was even more badly prepared than usual, because of the move and everything still in boxes and bags and the rest being pretty chaotic. I spend hectic 20 minutes going through all kinds of things to find my oyster card and the adapters, for example. The night before we left I had a look around what markets Time out London recommended and that was about it.
We left at 10 am. From the new apartment it's really just 5 metro stops to gare du nord, so no stress. There were lots of people because an earlier Eurostar had been canceled and there were nervous pensioners in the queue. I can't stand people who cut the queue at all and in France it's not as uncommon as I'd like it to be. When there was a couple who cut in line in front of us I started complaining to Gergö about it, but didn't say anything to them because they weren't English, so I couldn't say "You bring shame upon your country!"
Other than me getting unnecessarily upset by retired French people, the trip was okay and we arrived in St Pancras sans problèmes. We couldn't take the underground though, because my oyster card was depleted, so we needed to recharge it. The machine wouldn't accept any of our cards, though, so we had to find an ATM. The ATM seemed to work just fine, right up until the moment when it said, sorry, I can't give you money right now. Only the third of three finally gave us pounds in cash and for a hefty fee. Then we only had to queue for an oyster card machine that accepted bills. Easy!
Because we liked the area so much the last time, we booked a hotel on brick lane again. (I just re-read my blog post from then – I did the exact same thing like last year and went to the fancy chocolate shop for hot chocolate and took photos). We went there directly to deposit our luggage and went in search of the near by cat café to pass time until check-in. It was already full, though, so we ended up in a hipster pub drinking our first lunch beer within an hour or so of our arrival.
Most of the brick lane markets open only on Saturday and Sunday, so in the afternoon we decided to go to Battersea power station. I had read that there's a "craft" market there, whatever that means and an old power station seemed like a good venue.
We took a bus and walked 3/4 of a circle around the power station in the cold, because the market was actually in an area that can only be accessed from Chelsea bridge and we didn't know that. The market itself was disappointing and small and we were cold. I'm sure in nicer temperatures the area is quite lovely, (think museum quarter but smaller and less central) but as a lot of it is still under construction or very new it has a bit of a soulless vibe.
We returned back into town by river taxi. You can use your Oyster card for the boat and it's scarily efficient going from Battersea back to London bridge, stopping for 30 seconds at every stop despite the access bridge being lowered and raised manually. I had promised a friend to take a photo of Big Ben, but I had forgotten that it's under scaffolding right now (I can hear Gergö going "Big Ben is not the tower, it's the bell!" but even Wikipedia thinks it can refer to both.)
We went to Old Street to meet with Gergö's brother and ended up in yet another hipster pub. It was even called Craft Beer. When we entered Gergö thought for a second it's a gay bar, because there were hardly any women inside.
A. showed us another pub, that was another 8 on the hipster scale with a vegan jackfruit burger on their menu. The burger was no longer available but the halloumi kimchi burger was good as well.
Saturday we looked at the various markets on and around brick lane (food! t-shirts! jewellery! more food! yet more food! streetart! So much awesome streetart! vintage clothing). We started the day off with the best pork roll I ever had. It had a fried goose egg! It was from a stall called swine dining. You know the kind – with a beardy dude really passionate about his product who tells you all about the breed of pig they are using that only exists in one place in Britain. I immediately grabbed what I thought was a plastic egg, put there for decoration. Well, it was a real goose egg, which I carefully put back on the pile. Re-reading my other blog post about our last London trip, a lot of the street art has changed. At least I didn't notice many identical photos.
Later that day we ended up in Spitalfields market. There happened to be a craft beer and independent label thing at Spitalfields market. To Gergö's amusement I insisted on bringing my little wheelie suitcase to London and not a backpack like Gergö. He stopped making fun of this fact when we started purchasing cans and bottles of beer from the many many stalls. Fruit infused pale ales are all the rage, chocolate/coffee stouts and porters are still popular. We also bought a spiced Christmas ale.
I thought we'd buy a drink or two and maybe a bottle if we liked it a lot. But the stalls handed out little cups to try, so it was our duty, really to try to support as many craft breweries as possible.
On Sunday we walked to Broadway market by recommendation of Gergö's brother. The walk there led us past another flea market and Columbia road flower market, which is also very nice.
And Hackney city farm, so we visited the animals.
Broadway market is closed on Sunday, except for a very small Christmas market in a courtyard. There were people doing yoga outside in 5 degree weather. It was so disturbing to me, I couldn't even appreciate the stall selling eggs that called itself "laid" and the obvious joke that went with it. I was freezing by then and really needed to warm up somewhere inside. So we had a lovely meal at a place that ticked all the Verena breakfast boxes and consoled me a little bit about the fact that I couldn't have a breakfast burrito at hola guacamole because the stall wasn't open yet, when we walked past in the morning.
On our way back I felt human enough to take pictures again and fantasize with Gergö about him opening a hipster sourdough bakery in a former brewery.
We went through the food hall one last time to pick up dinner for our journey home. I was pretty convinced that I'd want to try Ethiopian food, but Gergö was sceptical about transportability of the food. It was a little messy, but it was so worth it. The Lithuanian stall is still here.


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13.06.2016 - 17.06.2016 | Vienna, Austria
The IncoNet Eap Summer School 'Energy Efficiency: International Project Management – from Theory to Practice' was held between 13-17 June 2016 in Vienna under the co-organisation of ZSI and TUBITAK. 24 participants, with academic, NGO, and private sector backgrounds, attended the summer school. They came from 18 different countries, the majority of them from the Eastern Partnership region.
Workshop participants | © Carmen Heidenwolf, ZSI
The first two days of the school consisted of sessions in which participants improved their familiarity with basic concepts under Horizon 2020, such as, programme components, call types and the 2016/17 Work Programme.
In addition to the basic training, keynote speakers were invited from various Austrian agencies who shared their experience with proposal writing and conduct of H2020 funded projects as well as important concepts in energy efficiency such as life cycle cost analysis.
During the last three days, the participants worked on their proposals in four groups while receiving guidance from the trainers. These proposals were presented during the last day of the school in an interactive session.
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Clive Woodward perhaps made a strategic error when he said England "would have hammered" France in the World Cup semi-final "if the weather had been good."
Four months later, defeat in Sydney still haunts and hurts the French and such was their disappointment that stoking the fires can only reinforce their desire of flattening what they call "England's arrogance" when the sides meet again in their Six Nations decider at the Stade de France today.
When they woke up on Nov. 16 at their palatial hotel on Bondi Beach, the French players were all hope and glory.
Then the curtains opened on one of the most famous beaches in the world and the news quickly ran from room to room: it was raining over Sydney.
"We couldn't believe it," recalls fullback Nicolas Brusque. "We were not expecting rain, not in Sydney, not at this time of the year, not on that day. The worst moment was probably the bus ride to the Olympic Stadium. Nobody spoke. We were all looking at the rain banging on the windows."
It was as if the sky had fallen in on the French players who had been brimming with composure, spirit and confidence after quietly disposing of pool opponents Fiji, Japan, Scotland and the US and crushing Ireland 43-21 in their quarter-final, having charged into a 27-0 lead at halftime.
Dismissed as outsiders before the World Cup, France were now rated on a par with England, New Zealand and Australia.
As a sign of their near-perfect displays, Frederic Michalak, who had just turned 21 in Australia, had become the darling of the media and the flyhalf of the tournament.
Accurate with the boot, devastating on the break, he was set to dethrone Jonny Wilkinson, who had failed to live up to his reputation as England struggled against Samoa in the group stage and only defeated Wales 28-17 after being down 10-3 at halftime in their quarter-final.
When referee Paddy O'Brien drew the curtains on the semi-final, England had triumphed 24-7.
Wilkinson had scored all England's points with five penalties and three drop goals. Michalak, who had been replaced in the 63rd minute, was shattered and so were all the French players and coaches.
"I was disgusted with myself and by such a disgusting game," Michalak says.
"Today, I have the feeling we didn't stand up to the pressure. We sank inexorably and we didn't manage to get our heads above water," adds Fabien Pelous.
"When we saw that we were not taking our chances and that they were scoring inexorably at every opportunity, we tried to react but it wasn't easy mentally. Suddenly we collapsed and spent the last 10 minutes in our own 22," recalls flanker Olivier Magne.
Four months later, the French admit that England were "the best team on the day" but they are still arguing over the influence of the rain on the result.
"Of course, the rain played a major part, not by itself, but because we were not expecting it and because it disrupted our game plan and our mental preparation," Brusque says.
"The rain had nothing to do with our defeat. If some people are finding such an excuse, I'm sorry for them," says Pelous.
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1/2 c firmly packed brown sugar
1 can chunk pineapple
1-1/3 c flour
2 tsp baking powder
1/4 tsp salt
3/ 4c granulated sugar
1/4 c butter
1 egg, unbeaten
1/2 c milk
1 tsp vanilla
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Boss hopes more will follow Ray in agreeing new dealsSteve Davis says he is hopeful more of the Alex squad will follow George Ray in agreeing new deals with the club. 20-year-old Ray signed a new long-term deal with the Alex earlier this week and Davis says that the club are already looking at extending other contracts.
Davis told crewealex.net that he has spoken with Chairman John Bowler as the club begin the process of looking beyond the end of the current campaign and he says that he hopes progress can be made within the next few weeks.
Steve told crewealex.net: "When we have got young players of our own we are always keen to reward them and hope they realise their potential. George is in that bracket so it was good to see him sign a new deal.
"I think we have shown faith in George by giving him a new contract and it shows that we think he can come in to the team in the future and do well for us.
"I spoke with John last week and it is always an on-going thing because we are always looking to secure the futures of our young players. We see these players as the future of our club and we have others in mind who we will look to talk to over the next few weeks. "


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On the market for an iPhone? Here's a breakdown of all the currently shipping iPhones from Apple.
DigiTimes Predicts Apple's First New Products of 2018 Could Debut Starting in March Like Last Year
Taiwanese website DigiTimes first claims some suppliers are poised to benefit from new or increased orders from Apple to help produce next-generation iPad, MacBook, and Apple Watch models at some point in 2018:
Although some Taiwan makers in the iPhone X supply chain have been affected by Apple's move to scale back shipments of the device, some others including Career Technology, E&R Engineering, ShunSin Technology and Superior Plating Technology (SPT) are poised to benefit from new or increased orders from the client to support production of its next-generation iPad, MacBook and Apple Watch models in 2018, according to industry sources.The report then replaces Apple Watch with iPhone in the sentence, and says the new products are slated for debut starting in March:
These makers have cutting-edge technologies or have newly tapped into the supply chains of Apple's consumer devices. Among them, SPT, which boasts pearl bright nickel processing technology, is ready to enjoy sizeable orders from Apple, which will incorporate the technology to process adapters for its new-generation iPhone, iPad and MacBook devices, slated for debut starting in March 2018.The timeframe could simply be a guess based on Apple's new product releases last year. In 2017, the company announced a lower-cost 9.7-inch iPad in March by way of press release, alongside (PRODUCT)RED edition iPhone 7 and iPhone 7 Plus models, and larger 32GB and 128GB storage capacities for iPhone SE.
As a boilerplate disclaimer, DigiTimes does not have a perfect track record. The publication has shared inaccurate information about both what is coming and when on Apple's roadmap, including last year's prediction that Apple would unveil its 10.5-inch iPad Pro at an April event that never transpired.
If the report is accurate, the iPad lineup is likely the most ideal candidate for product refreshes as early as March. The launch of new iPhone and Apple Watch models now seems tied together in September, while Apple hasn't unveiled new notebooks in March since the Early 2015 model 13-inch MacBook Pro.
Apple could also unveil a second-generation iPhone SE in March, which marks the two-year anniversary of the budget device, but KGI Securities analyst Ming-Chi Kuo recently cast some doubt on this possibility.
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As a boilerplate disclaimer, DigiTimes does not have a perfect track record.
I still feel like MR should launch a trackrecord.macrumors.com, where folks like DigiTimes, Ming-Chi Kuo, Gene Mueller, Mark Gurman, etc. get introduced with their affiliations, their past predictions, etc.
And an iPhone SE2.
Please and thank you.
Tell you what "dannys1" thinks Apple could start refreshing products in March, like they did last year. :rolleyes:
Patiently waiting since 2011 to replace my MBA.
C'mon Apple, Daddy needs a new MacMini.
At this point, everyone who has a MacMini needs a new one.
I wish they would stop doing this yearly-cycle and focus on reliability and dependability of their products. They are creating themselves the mess they're in. iOS is buggy because there are too many devices. It is not tought-through in ease of use, because they push themselves every year. This is Apple, they can take a year off - granted, in case of the Mac Pro, they did it for years - the next iteration must be a diamond.I'm not saying there is a need for new or redesigned products every year but updated internals are a must. At the price they're selling the devices they should at least include the latest chips.
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A full 16 years ago, the animated television show The Simpsonspredicted that Donald Trump would become the President of the United States. Looks like, India has found its very own Simpsons in the form of a Gujarati newspaper.
A report in the Telegraph points out how Akila, a Rajkot-based newspaper, carried a story over seven months ago, that was headlined, "Chalan Maathi 500-1000 ni note naabud karnwa nirya" or, 'Decision to discontinue ₹500-1000 currency notes.'
"The government which came to power on the plank of removing corruption and black money is completing two years and as a first step towards this, Rs 500 and Rs 1,000 notes are to be removed from circulation," the story went on to say.
The dateline is important -- the story was published on 1 April just as an April Fool's joke, according to the publishers. Except that this joke became very real on Wednesday, when Prime Minister Narendra Modi announced that in an effort to curb black money, the government was scrapping all ₹500 and ₹1,000 notes.
"It is just a coincidence that the Modi government took such a decision. It's a sheer coincidence," Akila editor, Kirit Gantara, told The Telegraph.
Well, if only readers had been fooled by this story and not dismissed it as a joke, they wouldn't be standing in queues today to convert their notes.
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My mom was the inspiration for this Kudos Chili Mac with Cornbread Crust after I'd asked her one day what she was making for dinner, and her answer was chili mac.
Chili Mac is a dish that mom made many times while we were growing up and one that I always enjoyed and looked forward to.
There is something about the flavor of smoky ground beef when combined with cooked macaroni and a little crunch from corn that was always very pleasing to me and felt like home.
So you'd think that because I love chili mac so much that I'd make it far more often than I do…but I don't. Until (of course) I'm reminded about it, and then the memories of how much I love it come flooding back.
Then naturally I try and think of ways I can update my mom's recipe to make it my own; like adding a cornbread topping, some roasted red peppers, and the fire roasted chiles. It's not that my mom's recipe isn't good. It is. It's just that I can't seem to stop fiddling with recipes (even my moms). And if anybody knows this about me… it's my mom…much to her chagrin! LOL. Love you, mom!
Servings: 10-12 Prep Time: 15 minutes Bake Time: 30 minutes
1 lb. ground beef
1 medium red onion, chopped
1 jar (12 ounces) roasted red peppers, chopped
3 cloves garlic, minced
1 can (14.5 ounces) fire roasted tomatoes
1 can (11 ounces) corn, drained
1 can (4 ounces) fire roasted chiles
1 teaspoon roasted cumin
2 tablespoon chili powder
2 teaspoons salt
1 teaspoon pepper
2 cups elbow macaroni, uncooked
3 cups beef stock (I use low-sodium)
4 ounces shredded cheddar cheese
2 packages (8 ounces) cornbread mix (made according to package directions)
-Preheat oven to 400 degrees.
-In a large stock pot over medium/high heat brown the ground beef. Add in the chopped onion, red peppers, garlic, fire roasted tomatoes, corn, chiles, roasted cumin, chili powder, salt, and pepper.
Cook and stir until the onion is tender (about 5 minutes).
-Reduce the heat to medium/low and stir in the uncooked macaroni and the beef stock. Simmer for 10-12 minutes to cook the macaroni.
-Pour the macaroni and ground beef mixture into a prepared 9″ x 13″ casserole dish that has been sprayed with cooking spray.
-Sprinkle the shredded cheese evenly over the top of the chili mac.
-In a large bowl, prepare the cornbread mix according to package directions and pour the cornbread mix evenly over the chili mac.
-Bake in a preheated oven for 30 minutes or until the cornbread is golden brown.
-Cool for 10 minutes and serve.
Here are some easy to follow pictures for recipe: Brown the ground beef in a large stock pot and then stir in the onion, red pepper, tomatoes, corn, green chiles and seasonings.
Add in the uncooked macaroni and the beef broth. Simmer on the stovetop until the macaroni cooks and absorbs the broth. Spoon the chili mac into a prepared casserole dish.
Top the chili mac with shredded cheese and pour the cornbread topping evenly over top.
Bake in a preheated oven to 30 minutes until the cornbread is golden brown. Allow to sit for 10 minutes to cool and then serve.
What's not to love? Smoky flavors, pasta, cheese, cornbread topping, and a few veggies. A complete meal that can be served either on a plate or in a bowl. Serve this chili mac alongside this delicious fruity and nutty Winter Chopped Salad, and you'll have a meal that will tickle every taste bud on your tongue!
I can't help but think that a pitcher of spicy bloody Mary's would be a terrific accompaniment with this Kudos Chili Mac and this flavorful chopped salad.
Great, now I have a taste for one of those too… 😉


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Today at work, while our system was down for the upteenth time this week, I was listening to a Wine Biz Radio podcast. Kaz and Randy were discussing the "stupid robbers" who in the middle of the night stole a couple tons of Cabernet Sauvignon grapes. The stupidity was that the grapes were still "green," and not ripe enough to make decent wine.
While, I'm thinking "Why on earth would thieves steal Cabernet grapes that are still green?" Kaz says, "well they had already gone through veraison."
Ah, I thought; someone who didn't know better might assume they were ripe. What Kaz and Randy meant by "green" was that wine made from grapes picked too soon may impart some less-than-pleasant vegetal or heavy green pepper flavors. As we have posted in the past, we do not expect to find green pepper in a higher-priced Cabernet Sauvignon. Even though some bulk wine producers tell us one should expect green pepper in any sort of Cab.
AWB #17: So What is Véraison?
Véraison started out as a French word meaning "beginning to change color." It's been used in English to mean the intermediate stage of development where grapes go from hard little green bullets, to softened purple and black beauties of promise. It's a step in the maturation of the grapes when they go from green to black. But just because they have changed color, does not mean they are ready to harvest. Veraison simply indicates the onset of ripening.
At the beginning of veraison, the berries are hard and green, and about half their final size. During veraison, the berries change skin colour and soften, sugars and volume increases, and acidity decreases. The colour of the grape before veraison is due to green chlorophyll, and at veraison berry skin changes colour to red-black or yellow-green depending on variety.
~ Jancis Robinson in The Oxford Companion to Wine
For any one grape berry, the inception of veraison is very rapid and dramatic. The grapes soften and in about a week begin to grow. Not all of the grapes in the bunch do this simultaneously, as you can see in the photo. The first grape berries to ripen are those most exposed to the sun, or in warmer micro-climates those closest to a stake, post or wall. Because these grapes benefit from the night time heat that has been retained or re-radiated. The last grapes to go through veraison are those in the canopy shade or on short shoots.
Veraison also depends on the amount of water going to the grapes. If there is water stress (when the grape grower withholds water or irrigation to the vines) veraison may be faster. Veraison is slower in vines with large crops, with many actively growing shoot tips and lots of shaded fruit.
And why, if the grapes look ripe, are they not ready to pick?
As grapes stress and hang on the vine a bit longer, it allows them to grow in size. It also allows more sugars to develop. After veraison, the acidity decreases, while the sugars increase. While an entire chapter of wine science could be devoted to explaining the process, suffice-it-to-say that the fruit flavor and alcohol increases, as the green pepper and vegetal flavors decrease.
So robbers who go in and harvest grapes before they are ready are either stupid, or a competitor trying to make sure his grapes are the only game in town.
So the take away here is this: Just because the grapes look ripe, they might not be ready to harvest to make fabulous wine.
And that's Another Wine Byte; information you can use to impress your friends (but not in an obnoxious way, of course!)
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According to CoreLogic's Home Price Index (HPI), the 11 percent increase in December home prices represented the 22nd consecutive monthly year-over-year increase.
Freezing temperatures did little to cool the housing market in January. The Pending HPI forecasts home prices to have risen 10.2 percent higher than the year before.
Excluding distressed sales, including short sales and foreclosures, equity sales prices rose 9.9 percent in December and are expected to rise 9.7 percent in January year-over-year.
A slowdown in momentum is not necessarily a halt to brisk housing sales.
"Last year, home prices rose 11 percent, the highest rate of annual increase since 2005, and ten states and the District of Columbia reached new all-time price peaks," said Dr. Mark Fleming, chief economist for CoreLogic. "We expect the rising prices to attract more sellers, unlocking this pent-up supply, which will have a moderating effect on prices in 2014."
The latest quarterly report from the National Association of REALTORS® suggests that price gains are regional. While 119 out of 164 metropolitan statistical areas (73 percent) reported year-over-year price gains in Q4 2013, 42 areas or 26 percent showed double-digit gains. Forty-three percent recorded lower median prices.
Rising markets slowed down in Q4 from 88% in the third quarter and with 33 percent reporting double-digit growth.
Lawrence Yun, NAR chief economist, believes that home prices and mortgage rates are more expensive and are natural drags on higher prices, but that areas that are still seeing large gains will need more inventory for prices to moderate.


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Find the Grade II-listed heritage park at Stoke Park and walks up and down the River Avon, and the Feeder Canal. There is also St George Park with its thousands upon thousands of trees.
Near Fishponds you'll find Oldbury Court Estate, which is a beautiful and diverse estate, combining woodland and riverside paths with historic parkland and excellent children's play facilities. Only three miles from Bristol city centre, the estate is a great place for a family day out and is popular with walkers for its varied landscape and panoramic views. Beyond the parkland you can follow the path down to the river Frome, where trails leads either towards Frenchay (home to the Glenside Hospital Museum) or, in the other direction, towards Snuff Mills, a picturesque and historic section of the Frome Valle. From there if you head onto Eastville Park you'll find medieval Wickham Bridge, the oldest bridge in Bristol.
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^ It's been an embarrassingly long time since I last had my hair colored, and only now am I feeling like a change. Feeling like I need a little blonde in my hair and just some pampering in general. Maybe something like this.


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In the series of latest hack attacks on popular websites, Indian music portal Gaana.com was hacked and almost ten million account details were compromised when they were posted on a different website. The hacker called MakMan supposedly from Pakistan had posted a link to a popular social media site which had the account details, also containing private information.
Gaana.com has asked its users not to change passwords of their accounts, but rather deactivate them. It also cautioned those who have the same login details for other social sites to change those account passwords. The hack was supposedly done by SQL injection and the hacker also ridiculed the site's attempt to rectify that parameter. Gaana.com is currently down with a message saying that it was under maintenance activity.