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Inbound marketing is a customer-centered, data-driven approach that aims to entice qualified individuals to your brand to convert them to loyal customers. This approach involves the use of multiple forms of "pull" marketing strategies such as blogs, social media interaction, SEO, and content marketing. The goal of Inbound Marketing is to attract like-minded, potential clients. It is not an interruptive type of marketing strategy where marketers try so hard to get in front of as many people, aggressively selling a product or service. Effective inbound marketing focuses more on pulling in qualified people and educating them to make au courant decision when they purchase something. The most important component of inbound marketing is engaging, creative content, aligning this marketing content to offer value to people to create brand awareness. When effective strategies are employed, inbound marketing can be an integral component of your successful online marketing campaign in establishing your brand online.
Inbound Marketing Is One Hot Trend
Cold calling, direct paper mail, spam, telemarketing, sale fliers and many other traditional, interruptive, and boring outbound marketing strategies are no longer the "trend." With these marketing methods, marketers are actually pushing OUT (forcefully and in an interruptive manner) their marketing message. And today, in a world where people prefer to be given more attention than be robbed of it, marketers need to be smarter in employing strategies that will actually pull in the kind of consumers that will eventually become loyal customers. They need to utilize modern and effective inbound marketing strategies to reach out to their target audience.
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- Inbound marketing strategies are more compelling and interactive than outbound strategies
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November is traditionally Jewish Book Month, a time of festivals and lots of book talk. In the region, the most touted book fair is the Bank of America Festival of Arts, Books and Culture held at the Katz JCC in Cherry Hill, N.J. This year's lineup includes Carrie Fisher (Wishful Drinking), Delia Ephron (The Lion Is In) and Stuart Eizenstat (The Future of the Jews), to mention only a few of the notable authors and speakers set to appear. The event runs from Nov. 11-18. For more information, go to www.katzjcc.org.
November was most likely chosen for such festivities in anticipation of Chanukah and the desire of many to find interesting intellectual gifts to satisfy eight nights of friends and family. No need to look too far this year, for the bookstores — whether they be made of bricks and mortar or exist along the Internet highway — are filled with interesting titles that will appeal to any number of tastes. To help get you started on your shopping expeditions, here are a few brief reviews of some of the hottest volumes around, in categories fictional and non. The list will be added to over the coming weeks and months.
What We Talk About When We Talk About Anne Frank by Nathan Englander
This is Nathan Englander's third book and second collection of stories, following his widely praised 1999 debut For the Relief of Unbearable Urges. Many critics have considered this gathering of stories a return to the form the writer likes best and say that each of the tales reach a very high artistic level. The book has gotten a significant boost in this area since it's been chosen as the "One Book One Jewish Philadelphia" title for the year. Lots of events are scheduled throughout the Philadelphia region to increase the pleasure Philly readers will take from this provocative volume.
The Book of Job by Harold Kushner.
From the man who brought us When Bad Things Happen to Good People, here is a study of the original tale of a good man plagued by terrible occurrences. The biblical Book of Job has always been cited as one of the most problematic in all religious literature. Why would a caring God inflict a good person with so much tsuris? In essence, why is there suffering in the world? As he has shown in the past, Kushner is a masterful guide to the difficult existential problems that simple living throws in all of our paths. The book may be brief, but it is filled with insight and illumination.
One Last Thing Before I Go by Jonathan Tropper
After this novel was greeted with a large profile of its author by the Forward newspaper, Tropper may be the hottest Jewish writer around — even hotter than Englander, who's definitely one of the critics' darlings. That's not to say that Tropper doesn't deserve all the attention. He's been plying his trade for a while now and hasn't gotten the kind of review space that Englander was allotted from the moment he entered the literary arena. This is Tropper's sixth novel, following right on the heels of his well-received fifth, This Is Where I Leave You. Tropper's also a screenwriter and has co-created the upcoming and highly anticipated TV show "Banshee." It's time to catch up with him if you haven't already, and One Last Thing Before I Go, the tale of a family trying to glue itself back together, is as good a place to start as any. Then just think — you've got five more Tropper's to investigate.
The Fallen Angel by Daniel Silva
Those who love a good thriller have likely made the acquaintance of Daniel Silva long ago. When his most recent book begins, former Israeli intelligence agent Gabriel Allon, who also happens to be in the business of art restoration, is in the Vatican working on a famous work by Caravaggio. But it happens that one of the curators at the Vatican, Dr. Claudia Andreatti, has fallen to her death in St. Peter's Basilica. The pope's private secretary, Monsignor Luigi Donati, wants to know if the death was an accident, a suicide or a murder. He suspects the latter and so taps Allon to help him find the answer before it all leaks out to the public.


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The Dylan Thomas Centre is home to a permanent exhibition, 'Love the Words', which opened on 27 October 2014, Dylan's 100th birthday. The interactive displays tell the story of the work, life and cultural context of one of the twentieth century's most significant writers, and the exhibition includes a learning space, activities for children, and a temporary exhibition area.
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Okay, yes, fine. This post is at least partly an excuse for me to finally tag something "Downton Abbey" here at Kotaku. But in this case, the tag is warranted—over at Kill Screen, writer Sarah Elmaleh (who some of you may remember as the voice of Aeris in that column I wrote about silent protagonists) and illustrator Daniel Purvis have put together a series of fake playing cards depicting a Magic: The Gathering-like Downton Abbey card game.
I don't even know where to begin with how much I love these. Highlights include the "Fingers in All Pies/Mrs. Crawley" card ("Entirely friendly party slowed"), Mr. Bates' special ability for self-sacrifice, and Mr. Carson's hilariously organized and specific special abilities. And, of course, "Virgin Lust."
I'm guessing I'm not alone when I say that I would both buy and play the crap out of a real Downton Abbey card game. Though I do wonder if the second series of cards would be kind of a letdown when compared to the first.
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Sparkling wine makes every day a celebration, so it's a shame that most Americans think of bubbly as something to be reserved for occasions such as New Year's Eve. But there's an upside to its end-of-the-year popularity: Now is a great time to stock up on a few bottles of fizz. Discounts abound, especially for some of the popular domestic brands, large-production Spanish wines and even some Champagne (by which I mean the stuff from the Champagne region of France).
There are tons of good choices out there for $25 or less, if you're economizing. That price range isn't going to buy you much in the way of Champagne, but you can buy some very good California bubblies for around $20 a bottle. Sparkling wines from other parts of France, like the Loire Valley or Alsace, can represent good values. And there are some very tasty sparkling wines, known as cavas, from Spain. (Instead of the big brands, try the 2007 Juve y Camps Reserva de la Familia Cava, $16, which is spicy and floral, with a mineral note.)
This year, I'm going to keep most of my recommendations close to home, because there's so much good California sparkling wine. The really cheap stuff is usually drinkable — it's OK for a midnight toast — but you'll drink a lot better if you spend a little more. The cheaper wines generally are made by a bulk process known as the charmat method. The better wines, including the recommendations that follow, are made by the "methode champenoise" — so named because it's the process used in Champagne. This type of wine undergoes the second fermentation — the one that produces the bubbles — in the same bottle in which the wine is sold.
My favorite reasonably priced California sparkling wine is the nonvintage Roederer Estate Brut ($20) from Anderson Valley. The winery is owned by one of the great Champagne houses, Louis Roederer, and the wine offers a lot of complexity for the price. (The Brut Rosé is also delicious but costs a bit more.)
Another French-owned brand, Chandon, had slipped a bit in recent years, but I thoroughly enjoyed some of its most recent bottlings. The nonvintage Chandon Brut Classic ($22) is fresh and round, with Golden Delicious apple and a hint of toastiness, while the nonvintage Chandon Rosé ($22) is fruitier and easy to drink, with raspberry and citrus.
Gloria Ferrer is the Sonoma County outpost of the family behind Freixenet, the Spanish cava producer. The nonvintage Gloria Ferrer Sonoma Brut ($22) is spicy and bright, with fine bubbles, while the nonvintage Gloria Ferrer Blanc de Noirs ($22) is leaner and citrusy, with a mineral undertone. Gloria Ferrer also produces some very good, higher-priced wines, such as the Royal Cuvee ($32) and Carneros Cuvee ($60).
The sparkling wines of Schramsberg in the Napa Valley are mostly priced above $35, though they are excellent. (I really liked the creamy, rich 2009 Schramsberg Blanc de Blancs, $37.) But for a taste of Schramsberg at a lower price, there's the nonvintage Mirabelle Brut ($25), which is crisp and bright, with nice balance and complexity.
Other California sparkling wines to look for include those from Iron Horse, Domaine Carneros and J. All top the $25 mark, although the 2006 Domaine Carneros Brut Cuvee ($27) isn't too much of a budget-buster; it's creamy, with racy fruit and a fine texture. J's Cuvee 20, at $28, is the winery's most affordable bottling, but I particularly like the 2005 J Vintage Brut ($48), a racy wine with a hint of toastiness, fine texture and nice persistence.
You'll have to shell out $40 or more — often much more — for most Champagne. The widely available (and well-priced) nonvintage Moet & Chandon Brut Imperial ($41) offers crisp fruit, a hint of yeastiness, some creaminess and fine texture. The nonvintage Taittinger Brut La Francaise ($50) is racier, with a touch of yeastiness. The nonvintage Nicolas Feuillatte Brut Rosé ($48) is also quite zippy. If you shop around, you should be able to find better prices on all three. And for an astounding $25, Costco shoppers will find the nonvintage Kirkland Brut Rosé Champagne — yes, it's really Champagne — which displays bright citrus and red fruit with a subtle herbal note.
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Xbox Series X release date, specs, games – everything we know
Microsofts most powerful console, the Xbox Series X, hits the shelves later this year, so let's take a look at everything we know about it.
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PS4 releasing Jan 6 in India for 39,990 INR
The PlayStation 4 will be releasing on January 6 in India and will cost Rs. 39,990, Sony PlayStation India revealed during a press event held in New Delhi yesterday.
Neo Geo X will cost £175 upon UK launch
We've already told all about the Neo Geo X portable that comes at the heart of the upcoming Neo Geo Gold console bundle, but today European developer Blaze has revealed the official European price point for when the whole package launches.
Jet Set Radio HD reveals release dates, price
Sega has announced that the Jet Set Radio HD remake will begin coming to consoles and PC this September for $9.99/800 Microsoft Points.
NeoGeo X price confirmed at £500
Yesterday we reported that the NeoGeo X was due out later this year. What we could not confirm was the price.
Sony talks PS3 pricing fiasco, says it won't happen again with NGP
"Five hundred and ninety-nine US dollars." It's a line that – thanks to YouTube's cruel archive of embarrassment – will probably follow Sony to its grave. There's an upside to that, however: Sony remembers too, and it sure as hell doesn't plan on making the same mistake again.
Nintendo: DSi XL to have "slight premium" in retailer cost over DSi
If you have a press, stop it: Nintendo told VG247 that DSi XL – confirmed this morning for a March 5 launch in Europe – is to cost retailers more than previous versions.
SSF2 Turbo HD Remix pricing confirmed
Capcom's confirmed that SSF2 Turbo HD Remix is to cost $15 on PSN and 1200 MS Points on Live. The game will release on November 25 for PS3 and a day later for 360. More on Unity.
WipEout HD to cost £11.99
CVG's reporting that Sony's confirmed an £11.99 price for WipEout HD, following an overnight rumour that the game would cost £15.99. Still no date, though. Thanks, Blerk.
WipEout HD to cost £15?
TheSixthAxis is rumouring that WipEout HD is going to cost €17.99, or £15, when is finally releases. No idea when it's coming out as yet. We'll check with SCEE on this when someone gets into the office.
Uno Rush to cost 400 points, double for theme pack
X3F has noticed that this screenshot reveals Uno Rush costs 400 MS Points (left-hand side). There's a theme pack there as well, priced at 800 points. You can't beat the internet, Microsoft. By Mike Bowden
Wii Fit priced at $90 in the US
Nintendo of America just announced that Wii Fit will cost $90 in the States. From the press release: In anticipation of the U.S. launch of Wii Fit, the new interactive fitness game for the popular Wii system, Nintendo of America Inc. has announced pricing details for this groundbreaking release. Available at Nintendo World store starting […]
Wii Fit "under $100" in US, says Fils-Aime
According to this, NOA's Reggie Fils-Aime reckons the American version of Wii Fit's going to be less than $100. "Price for the Wii Fit Board and the software is under $100 – we're still working to finalise the price given currency exchanges, etcetera, but under $100 bucks," he said. Wii Fit was confirmed for a […]
European Wii Fit price to be announced in the "coming weeks"
Nintendo has confirmed that a price for the European version of Wii Fit remains unannounced, despite a date of April 25 just being released, but that we're going to know how much the Japanese smash-seller's going to cost in the next few weeks. "We have not announced price at this time," a Nintendo UK rep […]
Pachter calls for unbundled Wii drop to $199
Wedbush Morgan's Michael Pachter has suggested a Wii priced at $199 without a bundled Wii Sports could help keep the console competitive in 2009. "The console has a price advantage over the Xbox 360 and PS3 that can be maintained if Nintendo chooses to un-bundle Wii Sports from the console," he said. "I think that […]
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Games, like most other forms of media, may be categorized into genres based on gameplay, atmosphere, and various other factors. In fact, games are often much easier to classify by genre than films, music, or books. Due to gaming's relatively short history, technical limitations, and the commercial pressures currently affecting the North American and Japanese markets, electronic games are ensconced in a period of extreme formalism. Recently, video games have begun to explode in popularity, a rise which coincides with an increase in production value, and thus, development cost. As gamers come to expect talented voice acting, enormous, meticulously-constructed worlds and Hollywood-quality sound effects, production costs rise, and owing to the tremendous investment required by publishers (who want to maximize profits), most choose to make games based upon "tried-and-true" ideas, borrowing heavily from previous games and concepts.
This is most evident in the fact that publishers' tend to establish "franchises", which often recycle the same characters, situations, conflicts, gameplay mechanics, and themes for any number of sequels. Therefore, though many games may combine genres, very few exist outside the paradigm of previously established genres, with notable exceptions.
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Most games nowadays are a combination of two or more genres (e.g action/RPG). There are also number of genres, which are mostly unpopular today, that were hybrid forms of other media, such as books or movies; the most familiar being interactive fiction and interactive movies...
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New RAC research has found that more than a fifth of motorists have driven in a lane closed by a red X sign in the past year.
The survey of 2,093 RAC opinion panel members who have driven on a motorway last year confirmed that for 87 per cent of drivers, their first reaction is to move over. However, the remaining 13 per cent say they change lanes as soon as they can, but admit they might pass one or two red X signs before doing so.
Nearly half of those questioned said they frequently see drivers disobeying 'red X' smart motorway signs.
'Tremendous risk of collision'
"Smart motorways are now very much part of the fabric of Britain's motorway network and will become even more commonplace in years to come," said RAC spokesman, Simon Williams.
"Red X signs, which denote when lanes are closed, are paramount in safety terms as any stricken driver who has not managed to reach an SOS area is at tremendous risk of being involved in a collision with vehicles that ignore them."
160,000 warning letters issued
Since 2016, Highways England, Traffic Scotland, Traffic Wales and DFL roads have been working to improve compliance with red X signs and has issued more than 160,000 warning letters to drivers who had either used sections of hard shoulder when not designated as a running lane or had failure to comply with a red X.
In 2017 the Government amended the Road Traffic Offenders Act to enable red X offences to be capture by a remote or automated device, but legislation still has to be completed before the technology can be used in enforcement.
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The Silph Scope is a Key Item obtained in the Kanto region games. The player can use it to view the ghosts in the Pokémon Tower in Lavender Town. Without it, the player will not to get tot the top of the tower,
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So, I've been having lots of hotly contested debates regarding whether the Knicks really have a chance this year or not.
Some people have been claiming that:
1) Knicks 3 point % is a fluke. There is no way we can sustain it.
2) The Knicks are old and are using up their fuel early. No way they can stay healthy.
3) Amare will ruin the team chemistry when he returns.
4) The other teams are not trying as hard at this point in the season and are conserving energy for later.
My question for the KO crowd: How far can we really go? (Taking into account all of the above).
Can we really win the division? Conference? Finals?


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After owning my '84 Mustang for the past 30+ years, I decided it deserved a paint job. Curtis and the boys quoted me on a paint job with minor repairs, but went above and my expectations with the results. The attention to detail was exceptional! This was not just a mask and paint job. They encouraged me to visit and allowed me to take pictures as the project progressed. I learned of their level of expertise and capabilities by seeing other projects at the shop. This was truly a great experience for me and I would trust them with any project.
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Lionhead: Project Milo never really a game, but Fable: The Journey is
In a revealing session at Develop in Brighton, Lionhead creative director Gary Carr revealed that the shelved Project Milo began well before Kinect arrived and was never really a game – but Fable: The Journey certainly is.
Project Milo headlines
Milo storyboard images surface, show secret woods
Develop has gotten its hands on storyboards for Milo, the missing-in-action Kinect game from Lionhead.
Milo tech could possibly make its way into Fable franchise, says Spencer
Phil Spencer has said Milo is "a vision of what's possible with Kinect", and the public will continue to see innovation from Lionhead come to market, but he's not convinced it will be "under the idea and framework" of Milo.
Molyneux and Milo at Ted footage
Peter Molyneux held a TED talk on Project Milo last month, revealing new information and discussing how it all works. The 10 minute video presentation of the talk is now available, and you can catch it after the break.


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Zitat von »"runsforcelery"«Official answer: Dunno.
The next solo book is completed. Eric is currently working on his part of the next collaborative book, however, and it covers much of the same time period but in a different area of operations. The areas of operations of the two books converge however, in both space and time, and until we see exactly how the collaboration comes out (and, especially, ends), we don't know whether it or the next solo needs to be released first.
Soon as Eric and I get finished with that project, we'll be able to give you a schedule. I could well be wrong, but my guess right now is that the soonest we'll be looking at another Honorverse novel would be sometime around the end of the year, though. Sorry!
On the other hand, 2013 is going to be Honor's 20th birthday year, and you should be seeing a lot of stuff that year. And Joelle Presby has finished what I think is a very, very good piece about young women in the GSN which will be appearing on the Baen site Sometime Real Soon Now. I highly recommend it!
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ZitatSo, Sharon and I got back from LA late Thursday night, and very glad to get home, we were, given how worn out we were (and how badly we need missed the kids ). The trip was absolutely, totally, completely worthwhile, though. We spent three solid days meeting with the folks at Evergreen Films on the Honorverse movie project, and it was as exciting as it was exhausting. (If you want a better feel for exactly who Evergreen is, I invite you to go take a look at http://www.evergreenfilms.com. I know I was impressed when I did.)
We're still at a very early stage of creating the imagery for the movie, and Evergreen needs to consider the fact that to make a movie a financial success requires expanding viewership well beyond the fandom base even of a series which has been ongoing as long as the Honorverse has. At the same time, they're very respectful of the existing fans, for several reasons. One of them happens to be that Mike Devlin, Evergreen's CEO, is himself a major Honor fan, which has a lot to do with why Evergreen snapped up the rights to the project. I've had a lot of talks with Mike, and I think he truly understands Honor's character, the personal relationships which are critical to who and what she is, and the importance of characters, background, and -- for want of a better term -- texture to good storytelling. Although Evergreen is very much cutting edge in CGI and 3D technology, in the opinions of the people we just spent a week talking to, all of the geewhiz special effects take second place behind the need to tell as compelling and absorbing a story as possible. (Not that they don't have some really neat geewhiz stuff. Part of it is a proprietary software system -- they call it the "prototyper" -- that duplicates actors, sets, camera angles, and lighting before they ever shoot the actual scene. Essentially, they can produce a "dry run" on screen before production even takes place, tracking every actor, every camera, every lighting angle, every lighting value, etc. The only other folks who have anything even remotely similar at this point are James Cameron and George Lucas, and Evergreen's is newer and takes advantage of intervening advances. What I'm trying to say here is that it's really, really cool. )
Inevitably, at such an early stage, we're still feeling our way in several aspects of the entire project, but a very coherent skeleton is already emerging. One part of that skeleton is Evergreen's strong desire to have me involved and to have my input integrated into their thinking as broadly as possible. It doesn't mean that I'm going to have creative control of the project, which only makes sense, since it's a medium quite different from the one in which I normally work. It does mean that they are showing me art, asking for my opinion of it, asking for my input on how it might be changed or improved, discussing character mixes, how best to show the interaction between characters -- especially Honor and Nimitz -- and where and how to begin the first of what they hope will be several movies. There are so many books in the Honorverse, and so much historical background both inside and outside of Honor's personal experience, that a moviemaker has a really broad canvas to work from, and Evergreen wants to maintain that feel of . . . spaciousness, perhaps, in the movies, as well. That offers us some options that a standalone book adaptation wouldn't have, but it also offers the potential for pitfalls if we aren't careful, and everyone at Evergreen seems determined to avoid the aforesaid pitfalls.
For those of you who have been wondering, we'll be beginning with Honor of the Queen, not On Basilisk Station. There are some solid reasons for that, and I came down in favor of that decision well before Evergreen finally made up its mind which starting point to choose. I love OBS, but the nature of the tension between Honor and her crew in that book, the way in which her command style wins the crew over, and the basis for the conflict between her and Klaus Hauptman, the politics behind Basilisk Station being regarded as the RMN's dumping grounds, and the nature of the Havenite threat in that book all make it much more problematic, in my opinion, as the basis for a standalone movie. Going with HotQ (probably with at least some flashback to OBS) gives us a story line and a conflict which will be much easier and "cleaner" to set up in a medium which doesn't allow the amount of narrative explanation which can be achieved in a novel.
There's general agreement at Evergreen (which I share) that certain aspects of the visual imagery are going to be especially critical, and Patrick Tatopolous (who's worked on "Stargate," "Underworld," and "I, Robot," among other projects), who's been chosen as Art Director, has that firmly in the front of his mind, as does Scott Kroopf, Evergreen's chief creative officer. Scott's executive produced or produced over 80 movies, including "The Chronicles of Riddick," "Pitch Black," and "The Last Samurai," which gives him an interesting breadth of experience, I think.
Frankly, the number one issue is going to be bringing Nimitz to the screen and integrating his relationship with Honor into the screenplay in a way which will allow people not already familiar with the books to recognize that Nimitz is far more than simply a pet. I'm sure nobody will be surprised to learn that the "Evergreen Nimitz" isn't going to look exactly like anything we've already seen in print. Partly, that's because Evergreen is going to be able to do things in terms of modeling musculature, skeleton, facial expression, the movement of ears, etc., that simply can't be done by a cover artist. Partly it's because movies are such an intensely visual environment that they almost have to do more in developing the treecats' physical appearance because of how long he's going to be on-screen and how critical his relationship with Honor actually is. One consequence of that is that Nimitz will almost certainly spend less time on Honor's shoulder than he does in the books. There are several reasons for that, including the fact that without the internal POV a writer can inject into a novel, a lot more about understanding the relationship between characters -- especially when one of them is incapable of speech -- is going to require much greater visual cueing, and having Nimitz spend more time moving on his own will probably help to defuse any perceptions that he's a dependent appendage of Honor. Readers already know that he's a capable, fully sapient character because of the time they've spent "inside Honor's head," but that's going to have to be communicated to movie viewers who lack that advantage from external, visual cues.
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ZitatAnother factor, of course, is that combining a CGI Nimitz with a live actor Honor as a passenger on her shoulder presents both technical challenges and a lot greater opportunity for failure of the viewers' ability to suspend disbelief. I don't think we've quite hit the exact Nimitz we want to use at this stage, but the truth is that it would be astounding if we had. I do think we're headed very much in the right direction, however, and developing the nature of the relationship between the Nimitz and Honor of the movie will be a bit tricky. No one's going to play fast and loose with the chronology of that relationship -- that is, no one's contemplating anything which would alter or undercut the transformational change which occurs in the assassination attempt at Protector's Palace -- but it's going to be necessary to clearly establish for a newcomer that Honor and Nimitz were already exchanging information on complex, cognitive levels before that event. In the books, Honor knows that Nimitz understands Standard English quite well and we have examples of his responding to questions from her with clear yes, no, or maybe gestures. That aspect of their ability to communicate will probably be punched up somewhat in early scenes to underscore it for those who have not read the novels.
Another point that established fans are going to have to deal with will undoubtedly be the physical appearance of the ships. The Honorverse ships which have appeared in the books in prose description, and the illustrations BuNine produced for House of Steel, etc., were designed around a particular set of constraints imposed by the physics of the Honorverse. This tended to produce nearly identical hull forms, much as the constraints imposed by, say, Atlantic sea conditions impose nearly identical hull forms on wet-navy warships which all use the same system of propulsion. One of the problems with shifting from a literary to a primarily visual storytelling medium, however, is that the viewer needs to be able to distinguish between ships -- and especially between the navies those ships belong to -- from purely visual cues. Moreover, viewers need to be able to do that from very brief glimpses of those ships. If a scene shows the exterior of a cruiser for no more than a second or two, the distinguishing cues between a Manticoran and a Peep heavy cruiser need to be sufficient to register on the audience. Perhaps the best way to put it would be to say that the navies need to be plainly "branded" enough for the movie audience to keep track of them.
Because of this, there's going to be a significant degree of "reimagining" the ships, although I think I can guarantee that the redesign process won't step on the established physics of the Honorverse. We had a conference which lasted just over an hour with Patrick, Mike, Scott, Richard Browne (Evergreen's Executive VP for Gaming and Interactive), and me -- and in which Tom Pope participated via videoconferencing from the perspective of all the work BuNine's done on the Honorverse -- which gives me quite a bit of confidence at this point. I don't say that the final product is going to be something which would have occurred to me on my own, because it won't, but the nature of a movie is collaborative, and the people Evergreen's bringing in to deal with this aspect of the project are far better versed than I am on its graphics/visual aspect.
In addition to the movie itself, Evergreen is planning a cross-platform approach to the Honorverse as a whole. The intention is to produce a franchise which is deep enough and broad enough to sustain multiple movies, which is one of the considerations that makes the broadening of the fan base a primary consideration. At the moment, we're looking at a graphic novel, to be produced by Top Cow Production, which will be very strongly based on the existing novels. In addition, there will be an iOS/Android game, developed by Idol Minds in Colorado, scheduled for early 2014, which will not seek to be a comprehensive presentation of the Honorverse. Instead, its function will be to provide something which is relatively quick-playing (but with enough challenges to make it interesting) and is intended to give people who never heard of Honor Harrington or the Honorverse a "once over lightly" introduction to them. At a later stage, a game designed around storylines set in the context of the novels, although not re-creating any specific aspects or scenes of those novels, will be introduced. By then we should be well into the finalized graphics for the movie, which will provide a deeper and more complex gaming environment which will also do a much better job of allowing the gamer to experience the Honorverse more fully.
The graphic novel -- "Tales of Honor" -- will be written by Matt Hawkins of Top Cow with significant editorial input from your humble servant. Matt and I have had a couple of conferences now, and I'm feeling about as confident as anyone can before words are actually on paper that we're very much on the same page. I think I've come up with a very good "window" into Honor's story that's going to work well both with the story of the novels and with Matt's storytelling style. The artist who's been proposed for the project does beautiful work, although I haven't yet seen any examples of how he handles the sort of technology-heavy environment which is going to be so much a part of the Honorverse. If he does half as well with that as he's done with the aspects of his work I have seen, however, this is going to be a very, very satisfying visual experience. Season 1 of the graphic novel will be released in "traditional" format by Top Cow in January 2014 with the digital comic released through Comixology. Season 2 would be scheduled for July-November 2014, Season 3 for a January-May 2015 schedule, and with ongoing expansion beyond that as we get closer to (and possibly following) the movie release date.
There are still some questions which are unresolved at this point -- which, again, I emphasize is a very early stage in the creative process. For example, will there be webisodes? Will there be a fully developed console-style game coordinated with the movie's actual release? How are we going to structure the supporting website? One thing that does seem likely is that I'll be producing some additional, original fiction for the website and that we'll be developing our own wiki-style site with a layered approach that will allow the newcomer to skim once over lightly and those who are interested in more detail to explore more deeply.
Evergreen will be attending Honorcon this November, at which time they'll be prepared to present a quick "script teasers/where we stand" panel, along with "work in progress" artwork for sets, costumes, etc.; work in progress on the graphic novel; a preview of the initial iOS/Android game; and a preview of the Honor Harrington movie site. They'll also be there for the specific purpose of soliciting fan input, so if you want to get your two cents worth in, Greenville would be a good place to be in November.
For those of you who are interested, Scott, Alison Haskovec (Evergreen's VP for Development), and I did an interview with D6 Generation which will be the basis for one of their podcasts sometime Real Soon Now. Between this and that interview, I think you'll be fairly well brought up to date on where we are on this at the moment.
As I say, I'm excited. Every author has to feel some trepidation when someone suggests turning his book(s) into a movie, but in this case trepidation very much takes an extreme backseat to the enthusiasm I'm feeling right now.
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Samstag, 3. August 2013, 14:08
Klingt echt interessant, vor allem ernster als andere "gewerbliche" SciFi-Filmprojekte (Ich sag nur GW und Space Marine).
Die Entscheidung für Ehre der Königin ist auch nachvollziehbar, wobei sicher auch die aktivere Rolle Honors ausserhalb der Brücke wichtig war.
BTW, was ist eigentlich aus dem PC-Spiel geworden?
Montag, 5. August 2013, 10:24
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Sonntag, 18. August 2013, 22:28
Ist das PC-Spiel nicht gestrichen worden, weil das Honorverse viel zu komplex ist? Das Browserspiel krebst jedenfalls irgendwo herum und kommt nicht vom Fleck.
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Freitag, 11. März 2016, 23:54
Hallo, nach langer Zeit melde ich mich hier auch mal wieder zu Wort
Es gibt nämlich neues an der Bücher-Front! Shadow of Victory ist bei Amazon für November angekündigt! Das soll übrigens das vorletzte(!!) Honorverse-Buch sein, wenn man den Informationen in Davids eigenem Forum glauben darf ...
Sonntag, 13. März 2016, 13:03
Dann bin ich echt mal gespannt wann wir das in Deutschland bekommen :-))).
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Zitat von »Duckk(Admin auf forums.davidweber.net)«Got a call from David earlier, he is 90,000 words into Uncompromising Honor, which will be the book that wraps up the situation with the Solarian League. He doesn't have time to visit the forums, because if he does, he'll never leave.
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Zitat von »David Weber«
"Do you know what time it —?"
Kevin Usher stopped dead as he opened his door and the doorbell stopped buzzing.
Eloise Pritchart stood there, her dark slacks streaked with something far darker, the cuffs of her white blouse black and stiff, her face still smeared with streaks of dried blood her mopping hands had missed. There was more blood in her hair, under her fingernails, and the nightmare heart of hell was in her eyes.
"Eloise?" he said very, very softly.
"Kevin," she replied, and his jaw clenched. He'd never heard that flat, cold deadness from her.
He moved wordlessly aside and she stepped past him so the door could close behind her. She looked around his living room as if she'd never seen it before, but he didn't think she was really seeing it now, either. She simply stood there, hands by her sides, her expression empty.
He touched her shoulder, and she let him steer her as if she were a mannequin as he seated her in one of his well-worn armchairs.
"Eloise?" he said again and she blinked. Then, slowly, those desecrated eyes focused upon him..
"She's gone, Kev." The words were no longer dead, and his heart flinched from the endless ocean of pain that filled them, instead. "She's gone," she said again. "Just . . . gone. I'll never see her again. Never hug her. Never —"
Her voice broke, her shoulders quivered, and she buried her face in her hands. She jackknifed forward in the armchair, and he went to his knees beside her, wrapping his arms about her, as the sobs tore loose at last and ripped the heart right out of her.
Zitat von »David Weber«Dark Fall
Hear now my song and weep.
Hear of the blackness of dark fall,
Of death dust and destruction of all.
Hear now of terror on night-black wings,
Of heartbreak, horror, the end of all things,
Of destruction below and death from the sky
On the day human history died.
— The Dark Fall Saga.
* * * * * * * * * *
"I can't believe even Pierre and Saint-Just would have done something like this," President Eloise Pritchart told Admiral Thomas Theisman. She thought about what she'd just said for a moment, then snorted harshly. "I suppose what I really mean is that I don't want to believe it."
The two of them stood on the admiral's bridge of Theisman's temporary flagship, gazing at the main visual display as RHNS Tourbillon decelerated into Sanctuary orbit. Sanctuary was a gorgeous blue, green, and tan marble ahead of the battlecruiser and the feeble sunlight of the K8 star its inhabitants called Refuge gleamed from the vast sprawl of its orbital shipyards. The steadily growing skeletons of capital ships seemed to be everywhere, long chains of in-system freighters trekked steadily towards them from the orbital smelters, the tiny dots of hard-suited construction workers glowed like twice a thousand fireflies, and she had to admit it was a tremendously impressive sight.
"To be fair, although it feels distinctly unnatural to even try to be fair to the two of them, they didn't start it, Madame President," Theisman said. "We can thank President Harris and the Legislaturalists for that."
"And for so many other things, as well." Pritchart's magnificent topaz eyes darkened with memory and old pain. "But Pierre could damned well have done things differently once he took over! And what he should have done was go public, even if he didn't want to give up the system's exact coordinates! Damn it, these people deserved better than this! They should've at least had the rights he was prepared to let our own people have, and they didn't get even that much!"
"I can't be sure, but I suspect from some of the file copies of memos between him and Saint-Just that he seriously considered going public immediately after the coup," Theisman said. "That was before he realized they had to continue the war against the Manties if they were going to stay in power, of course. I think Saint-Just accepted that they would before Pierre did and that that's why he argued against the idea of telling anyone who didn't absolutely need to know that the place even existed, much less how it had come to exist."
"You're not making it any better, Admiral," Pritchart said, turning to look at him coldly.
She still didn't know Theisman very well. For that matter, she still wasn't positive he'd meant it when he insisted the head of the provisionally restored Republic of Haven had to be a civilian. To be fair, he hadn't showed a single sign that he didn't mean it, and Javier and Lester Tourville both spoke of him in glowing terms, and so did Kevin Usher. That counted with Eloise Pritchart — counted for a lot — but it was her job to be suspicious. Haven had staggered from façade democracy, to totalitarianism, to a dictatorship that was still worse for far too long. She'd lost a beloved sister, more friends than she could count, and too many pieces of her own soul fighting that process.
It would end. It would end now, with her. With Thomas Theisman, too, if he was serious, but it would end, whatever it cost and whatever it took.
"I'm not trying to make it 'better,' Madame President," the Chief of Naval Operations and Pritchart's Secretary of War replied, meeting her cold eyes. "I'm trying to explain it."
"And to justify going right on doing it."
Pritchart's voice was even colder than her eyes, and Theisman's nostrils flared ever so slightly. He started a quick reply, but stopped himself. Then he nodded.
"For certain values of 'going on doing it,' that's exactly what I'm suggesting, Madame President," he said very levelly. "I fully agree that the way in which Harris and Public Safety went about doing it was reprehensible. Unfortunately, I can't shoot Saint-Just all over again for it." Something that could have been anger flashed in Pritchart's eyes as he reminded her who'd actually accomplished the Committee of Public Safety's overthrow. "Nor does the fact that their decision about these people's fundamental rights was as immoral as everything else they did mean we don't need the star system's capabilities. Or that we don't need to keep its very existence as dark as we possibly can for as long as we possibly can. I don't like it, either, Madame President, but it's part of my job to tell you things like that."
It was Pritchart's turn to pause before she fired back. She gazed up into the taller Theisman's face for a long, taut moment, then gave him the grudging nod his honesty and forthrightness deserved. One thing she had discovered about Theisman was his total lack of patience with the carefully phrased, easily disavowed, cover-your-ass sort of policy recommendations which had become the norm under the Committee of Public Safety. When he sent her a memo, she could at least be certain that it said what he truly thought, set forth in clear and logical progression. She might not agree with it, but she never had to wonder if he'd told her the truth as he saw it and given her his very best advice based upon it.
"Believe me, Admiral," she said finally, "I understand the basis for your argument. And if Wilhelm and Kevin are right about High Ridge, your points are even stronger . . . from a military and pragmatic perspective. It's the morality that bothers me. Expediency is a slippery slope. Rob Pierre discovered that."
She sighed and looked back at the visual display.
"I knew him before the coup," she went on in a softer tone, almost as if she were speaking only to herself. "I know the Committee of Public Safety turned into something he'd never envisioned, never wanted, when he started, and he changed in the process, too. I don't want to go down that same slope. I won't."
"With all due respect, Madame President, you're not Rob Pierre and I'm not Oscar Saint-Just." Her eyes came back to him, and he shrugged. "Well, you're not Pierre, and I'm pretty sure I'm not Saint-Just. The fact that my proposal disturbs you so deeply pretty much proves that in your case. The fact that I've made it does seem to indicate the jury may still be out in mine, I suppose. But while I don't think I'm another Saint-Just waiting to happen, there is one thing I have in common with him."
"And what might that be, Admiral?" Pritchart asked warily, and he smiled ever so slightly.
"Oscar Saint-Just was a sociopath, which I don't think I am," he told her. "But he was a very loyal sociopath. Rob Pierre was Chairman of the Committee of Public Safety, and even when Saint-Just disagreed with him, he never forgot who was Chairman . . . and who wasn't. I may disagree with you upon occasion, but I've got a pretty good memory, too." He shrugged again. "Madame President, you're President of the Republic of Haven . . . and I'm not."
She looked at him for another long moment, then nodded slightly.
"Point taken, Admiral," she said. "Point taken."
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The Abercorn has a variety of elegant rooms with little touches to make your stay even more enjoyable. We specialise in making our guests as relaxed as possible. This may mean providing an early or later breakfast, booking a restaurant or theatre tickets and this is the reason guests return time after time.
85 Drum Brae South
Website: http://www.ardbrae.com/
Ardbrae House is a friendly bed and breakfast, with an excellent transport network on our doorstep. Park in our private car park and take a short bus or taxi ride to the city centre. Enjoy free Wi Fi internet access in our rooms which you can use with your laptop.
126 Old Dalkeith Road
Website: http://www.ardenedinburgh.co.uk/
Arden Guest House is adjacent to Edinburgh Craigmillar Castle and golf courses, Arden Guest House welcomes you into their cosy guest house where you can relax in comfort and look forward to your delicious full Scottish breakfast .Free Sky sports, Wi-fi internet access and parking. Walking distance to Royal Infirmary.
18 Regent Terrace is an bed and breakfast situated in an attractive Edinburgh Georgian street, overlooking a peaceful communal garden which provides a tranquil oasis in the heart of Edinburgh's Georgian New Town. Minutes walk from Princes Street and the tourist attractions. Special offer - enquire now for best prices!
Website: http://www.sixmarysplace.co.uk/
Website: http://www.aaronlodgeedinburgh.co.uk
Aaron Lodge is close to Edinburgh's Craigmillar Castle and several golf courses. Aaron Lodge welcomes you to their comfortable Guest House where you can relax in luxury. Aaron Lodge offers free Sky Sports, internet access and parking. We are the nearest guest house to Edinburgh's Royal Infirmary which is a short walk away. From £20 per person per night.
Website: http://www.26abercrombyplace.co.uk/
Beautiful deluxe accommodation in central Edinburgh. Only
5 minutes to Edinburgh's Princes St, yet still in a quiet
area. Warm welcome assured. Bed and Breakfast prices start
from £25 pppn.
27a Royal Terrace - Bed and Breakfast, Edinburgh
27A Royal Terrace
Website: www.27aroyalterrace.com
27a Royal Terrace is an Edinburgh Bed & Breakfast in a Georgian townhouse on Royal Terrace. 27a Royal Terrace offers beautiful rooms at affordable prices, with excellent hospitality. Minutes walk from Edinburgh's Princes Street and all the main tourist attractions. Prices start from £35 per person per night.
Entry Added: 7 September 2004
Website: http://www.abercrombyhouse.com/
"An exceptional standard is set at this bed-and-breakfast in the centre of the New Town."
Good Hotel Guide
"A lovely house in a quiet New Town location. Relaxed yet wonderfully comfortable."
Scotland the Best
"Plush and private Georgian town house...lovely street with gardens opposite."
Website: http://www.bencruachan.com
At Ben Cruachan Guest House we offer high quality 4 Star Bed & Breakfast accommodation in the heart of Edinburgh.
We are a family business who pride ourselves not only with the service we provide but also the quality of breakfast that we serve using only the finest local produce.
Website: http://www.cameronsguesthouse.co.uk
This charming Victorian guest house was originally a sea merchant's
house, and is centrally situated only a mile and a half from Edinburgh's,
Edinburgh Castle, The Royal Museum of Scotland, The Royal Mile and The
Palace of Holyroodhouse. The finest Edinburgh fish restaurants and wine
bars are within easy walking distance.
Website: http://www.edinburgh-bed-and-breakfasts.co.uk
Three miles from town, two from Edinburgh airport, one from Murrayfield Rugby Stadium, Craigievar 3-star Bed and Breakfast couldn't be better placed. Quiet hotel-style family size en-suite guest rooms overlook a private garden open to guests. FREE PARKING. Restaurants, sport facilities, Edinburgh Zoo within easy walking distance. More!
Grand Georgian House. Central Edinburgh. Approximately ten minute walk to railway and bus stations. Quality and good service at reasonable prices. Unique large family rooms available. Group friendly. Full Scottish breakfast. All diets catered for. Rooms, en-suite, television, hospitality tray. Friendly homely atmosphere. From £20. Budget group rates negotiable.
Fraoch House, Edinburgh
Website: http://www.fraochhouse.com
Welcome to Fraoch House, Edinburgh - one of the finest Edinburgh
bed and breakfast establishments. Our luxury Edinburgh accommodation
is located in the heart of the city, close to Edinburgh city
centre. Within easy reach of all major travel routes, this
high-quality Edinburgh guest house is ideally situated to
take advantage of the many local attractions.
Website: http://www.53frederickstreet.com
53 Frederick Street Bed and Breakfast is in the trendiest area of Edinburgh , amongst Edinburgh 's action. David runs the B&B with an eye for what the Edinburgh visitor is seeking and can point you to the best tourist attractions, restaurants, bars and clubs…and all this at very reasonable prices!
Website: http://www.morayplace.com
A Georgian Residence at 11 Moray Place Edinburgh forms part
of a Georgian terrace in the centre of Edinburgh's New Town
which has been described as one of the finest examples of
Georgian Architecture in Britain. It is only a short walk
to Edinburgh Princes Street, Edinburgh Castle, Museums, galleries
etc. A Georgian Residence overlooks private gardens to the
front of the house and also enjoys a magnificent view over
the Firth of Forth from the back. All the rooms have television,
a hairdryer and tea and coffee making facilities with a selection
of fine teas and herbal infusions.
Website: http://www.thehedgesguesthouse.com
The Hedges Guest House Hillside Crescent, Edinburgh, is a friendly townhouse on an elegant, peaceful crescent less than 5 minutes walk to bars and restaurants. Our tastefully decorated twin, double and family rooms come with en suite shower room, Wi Fi, wall mounted flat screen TV, and tea & coffee facilities.
Website: www.edinburgh-guesthouse.com
The Kingsway is a privately owned, family-run, Edinburgh bed and breakfast, established in this area of Edinburgh 25 years ago making it practically the first bed and breakfast accommodation establishment in this area of Edinburgh. Walkers can enjoy the splendid views of Edinburgh afforded by nearby Arthur's Seat and Salisbury Crags.
E-mail or phone for booking
The City Bed and Breakfast is in the heart of Edinburgh's
New Town within 7 minutes of Princes Street. Ideal for the
visitor who enjoys elegant and comfortable surroundings, it
offers a double and single/twin , from
a very reasonable £20 p.p.p.n. - including
Continental breakfast.
+44 (0)131 555 1517
E-mail: Pillars House Edinburgh Bed and Breakfast, Edinburgh
Website: http://www.pillarshouse.co.uk/home.php
Welcome to the Pillars House Edinburgh Bed and Breakfast.
At Pillars House we provide comfortable and affordable accommodation
in the historic old port of Leith, a very convenient location
for Edinburgh city centre, Princes Street, Edinburgh Castle and
the Royal Yacht Britannia. Very friendly atmosphere from only £20 pppn (depending on season).
Phone: +44
(0)131 478 0007
E-mail: Playfair House, Edinburgh
Website: Playfair House Edinburgh
Based in the heart of Edinburgh City Centre we are only 600 meters from the end of Princes Street. We offer accommodation in private twin and double rooms.
Phone: +44
(0)131 557 5917
E-mail: Ramsay's Bed and Breakfast, Edinburgh
Website: http://www.ramsaysbedandbreakfastedinburgh.com
Ramsay's Bed and Breakfast is a quality
Edinburgh bed and breakfast situated in East
London Street on the eastern edge of Edinburgh
New Town. All rooms in Ramsay's Bed
and Breakfast are en-suite and you will enjoy
their hospitality and the great Scottish
breakfast. Ramsay's is brand new and
Phone: +44 (0)131 667 9372
E-mail: Rosehall Hotel, Edinburgh
Website: http://www.rosehallhotel.co.uk
Rosehall Hotel is beside Holyrood Park with its famous
Royal Palace, Prestonfield Golf Club is nearby and
the University Conference Centre at Pollock Halls. The
Royal College of Surgeons is 10 minutes away, and the
Royal Mile is a 15 minutes
walk. Unrestricted street parking is available near
Rosehall Hotel.
Phone: +44 (0)131 557 5917
Mobile: 0776 1737356
E-mail: Royal Mile Bed and Breakfast, Edinburgh
Website: http://www.edinburghcityapartments.co.uk
In Edinburgh, this is the closest Bed and Breakfast to Edinburgh Castle. Small and friendly Scottish B&B only 5 minutes walk on the Royal Mile from Edinburgh Castle. Quality restaurants, shops and bars are in abundance in this area.
Website: Phone or email only.
Regent Terrace Bed and Breakfast is an bed and breakfast in one of Edinburgh's prestigious Georgian New Town locations near Edinburgh Princes Street and Edinburgh Castle. Regent Terrace Bed and Breakfast is comfortably furnished. Superb continental breakfast and our rates are reasonable. From £32.50 per person per night. Phone or email only.
Website: http://www.valentineguesthouse.co.uk
Valentine City Centre Guest House offers good quality, low cost, bed and breakfast accommodation close to all of Edinburgh's major attractions. Experience the very best in Scottish hospit ality from only £18 per night. Valentine's bed and breakfast is surrounded by restaurants, bars, and nightclubs. Perfect for the young Edinburgh visitor.
Website: http://www.thevictoriantownhouse.co.uk
The Victorian Town House Bed and Breakfast is situated in the historic West End of Edinburgh, which is a World Heritage Site. The Victorian Town House is a Victorian property in a beautiful crescent within walking distance of Princes Street, Edinburgh Castle, the Edinburgh International Conference Centre, theatres and art galleries.
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People who travel to Edinburgh and stay away from home for more than a day need an Edinburgh accommodation provider, primarily for sleeping. They do that in Edinburgh bed and breakfasts, Edinburgh guest houses, Edinburgh self-catering apartments, Edinburgh hotels and Edinburgh hostels. Other purposes are comfort, relaxation, being able to take a bath or shower, and a place to safely store luggage.
The meaning of bed and breakfast, also referred to as a B&B.
Edinburgh bed and breakfasts are typically operated out of a large Edinburgh single family residence where guests can be accommodated at night in private bedrooms (which may or may not be equipped with private baths) and where breakfast is a meal, often light, usually taken in the morning. The name originates from the concept that you have not eaten whilst sleeping, i.e., you are fasting during that time, and break that fast with the meal. In other European countries the breakfast would be referred to as - French déjeuner or petit déjeuner, Spanish desayuno, German Frühstück etc.
In Edinburgh (and in fact the whole of Great Britain) the Continental Breakfast is a light meal usually consisting of coffee (or tea) and croissants and sometimes cold meat or fruit rather than the full English. A full English breakfast, also Scottish, Welsh and Irish breakfast, or traditional fry-up, is the traditional breakfast dish of the United Kingdom (Scotland, Northern Ireland, Wales, England) and Ireland. At its heart the British breakfast consists of fried bacon and fried eggs but to earn the title of "full English", a number of other ingredients would be expected. In Edinburgh hotels, Edinburgh bed and breakfast and Edinburgh guest house establishments the term "full English breakfast" is used to differentiate between the larger multiple course breakfast that may include a cereal or smoked kippers from the simpler "continental breakfast" of coffee (or tea) and croissants. Unique to Scotland, the full breakfast often includes a portion of Scottish haggis and sometimes black pudding (a type of sausage made with various ingredients, including meal and spices).
The bed and breakfast business may be operated either as a primary occupation or as a secondary source of income, and the staff often consists of the house's owners and members of their family who live in Edinburgh.
For anyone not familiar with the layout of Edinburgh, here is a listing of each Edinburgh Bed and Breakfast by area in Edinburgh...
Corstorphine: Craigievar Bed and Breakfast, Edinburgh
A brief history of Edinburgh's Corstorphine Village -
Edinburgh's Corstorphine today is a prosperous suburb of Edinburgh to the west of Edinburgh city centre, astride the main Edinburgh-Glasgow road. Generally referred to by the Edinburgh media as "leafy Corstorphine" because of the abundance of trees and green spaces, it is a desirable place to live, especially for bringing up families. Good Edinburgh schools and leisure facilities are abundant. Edinburgh's Queen Margaret University College is on an elevated site on Corstorphine Hill, and the Pentland Hills and attractions of Edinburgh city centre are within easy reach.
Place-name enthusiasts argue endlessly about the origins of the name "Corstorphine", it could simply be the "Cross of Torphin". Although it has always been on the periphery of historical events, Corstorphine has a pedigree of its own, as from the time nearly 2000 years ago when it was probably a collection of huts giving shelter to Roman soldiers marching from Tremontium (Melrose in the south of Scotland) to their fort at Edinburgh's Cramond on the North side of the Corstorphine Hill, beside the River Forth.
Oliver Cromwell's army and Prince Charles Edward Stewart ("Bonnie Prince Charlie") briefly passed through the village; and Edinburgh born author Robert Louis Stevenson, when about ten years old, visited the Old Parish. Stevenson later chose a well-known viewpoint overlooking Edinburgh from Corstorphine Hill as the place where David Balfour and Alan Breck said their farewells in his famous Scottish novel "Kidnapped".
Musselburgh: Eildon Bed and Breakfast, Edinburgh
A brief history of Edinburgh's Musselburgh -
Musselburgh's name originates from the mussel beds which can be found at the mouth of the River Esk to this day. Mussels from here were carried into Edinburgh in Victorian times in mussel creels by the womenfolk of the town who would sell this popular seafood dish, usually outside Edinburgh pubs.
Musselburgh links Edinburgh with East Lothian, yet remains a town with its own unique history and identity. One of the oldest golf courses can be found here in Musselburgh, and you can enjoy a round of golf on a course that Mary Queen of Scots once played on. If you are into "the sport of kings" you can enjoy a day out at Scotland's oldest racecourse, Musselburgh Racecourse, which was founded in 1816. As you can see, Musselburgh has strong historic links with both golf and horse-racing.
The town centre has an interesting mix of businesses ranging from the famous (with Edinburgh and Musselburgh local people) Luca's Ice Cream to one of the best fish and chip shops in the Edinburgh area. Loretto School is located adjacent to the Musselburgh race course, and is Scotland's oldest independent boarding school. Set in spacious, leafy grounds Loretto's provides an all-round education for 420 boys and girls, boarders and day pupils, aged 3-18. The school has a quaint name for the children from 3-12 years old as they are known as "The Nippers".
Like much of East Lothian, Musselburgh has a history that dates back to pre-Roman times and a heritage that continues to the present day. Musselburgh's proximity to Edinburgh makes it an ideal base from which to explore both East Lothian, Edinburgh, and beyond.
Newington: The Cameron Bed and Breakfast, Edinburgh / Kingsway Bed and Breakfast, Edinburgh
A brief history of Edinburgh's Newington -
Newington was the first 'garden suburb' in Edinburgh. When Edinburgh's 'Old Town' along the Royal Mile and within the old city walls became seriously overcrowded, there were two directions for the expansion of Edinburgh during the 18th century - to the North in the "Edinburgh New Town' and to the South in Edinburgh's George Square and surroundings.
Developments in Newington ('new town meadow') were made possible once the Borough Muir (South of the South Loch, now the Meadows) was cleared following a 1508 Royal Charter from James IV to the Edinburgh Town Council. Little new development followed until Edinburgh's South Bridge, completed 1788, offered better access. The Newington estate was acquired in August 1805 by Dr Benjamin Bell who built Newington House (since demolished by The University of Edinburgh) in what is now Newington's Blacket Place. The remainder of the now Newington Blacket Conservation Area was offered to Edinburgh builders from 1808.
Newington is referred to by Edinburgh locals as the Southside, and has easy access to Edinburgh city centre. Newington is also ideally placed as a base for exploring both Edinburgh and the whole of the Lothian region, with excellent transport links to the nearby Pentland Hills.
New Town: 26A Abercromby Place, Edinburgh / Abercromby House Bed and Breakfast, Edinburgh / Bouverie Bed and Breakfast, Edinburgh / A Georgian Residence, Edinburgh / Nelson Bed and Breakfast, Edinburgh / 27a Royal Terrace Bed and Breakfast, Edinburgh
A brief history of Edinburgh's New Town -
Responding to multiple problems, in an act of outstanding vision, the Town Council of Edinburgh, under the leadership of Edinburgh Provost George Drummond, announced an architectural competition to design a New Town for Edinburgh. First proposed in 1752, the intention was to create a new and spacious cityscape for Edinburgh of wide, symmetrical street, terraced town-houses, specialised shopping facilities and open squares and gardens on a separate green-field site immediately to the north.
The Edinburgh Old and Edinburgh New Towns were separated by a body of water known by the Edinburgh locals as the 'Nor Loch'. This was crossed by the construction of an artificial 'Mound' - using the excavated earth from the basements of the Edinburgh New Town new buildings - and was eventually drained to create Edinburgh's Princes Street Gardens.
The Edinburgh New Town project was designed to house the wealthy, and to attract back to Edinburgh the absentee noblemen who now lived in London. These people, it was hoped, would spend their money in Edinburgh and bring much-needed prestige and prosperity to the capital city of Edinburgh.
It was a patriotic project, with the names of the Edinburgh streets and the Edinburgh squares chosen to celebrate the Union of Scotland and England, and the Hanoverian monarchy, as well as the culture of Scotland. It was also designed to reflect the new aspirations of the people, as Scotland, and Edinburgh in particular - followed the blue-print described by Adam Smith in his Wealth of Nations - sought to enter the modern market age. Built in several stages from the 1760s to the 1830s, the New Town of Edinburgh was the largest planned city development in the world at that time, and it proved an outstanding success in bringing commercial and cultural dynamism to Edinburgh.
The demand for luxury products to furnish the new Edinburgh houses supported a range of fine shops on Edinburgh's Princes Street. Carriage-makers flourished since the broad, straight streets were now able to support a more sophisticated wheeled traffic than was ever possible in the Old Town of Edinburgh.
The Carron Iron Company near Falkirk - the largest business in Scotland - produced an array of fancy domestic iron wares for the Edinburgh New Town, including cast iron grates to designs by Edinburgh's famous architect Robert Adam. All of these developments generated a significant surge in well-paid working class employment. There was a parallel demand for professional people, many of whom lived in the Edinburgh New Town.
Old Town: Royal Mile Bed and Breakfast, Edinburgh
A brief history of Edinburgh's Old Town -
It was both prosperity in Edinburgh during the 1700's, combined with wealth consequent to considerable political power then enjoyed by Scots in Parliament in London that led to an explosion of new building in Edinburgh. At that time the Old Town of Edinburgh was overcrowded, noisy and dirty. Visitors said they could smell Edinburgh as they approached Dalkieth some 8 miles to the South. Lack of proper drainage and generally unsanitary conditions in Edinburgh caused ill-health. It is no wonder that plans were made to build a new Edinburgh extension, and the site that was chosen was just to the North on a long low ridge of land running from East to West of Edinburgh. Edinburgh's Lord Provost Drummond led the initiative. In 1752 Proposals were published outlining his plans for Edinburgh. A year later an Act of Parliament ratified the proposals, and by 1759 the initial project of draining the North Loch (now the site of the Waverley Rail Station in Edinburgh) was begun.
Pilrig: Fraoch House Bed and Breakfast, Edinburgh
A brief history of Edinburgh's Pilrig -
Pilrig is a north-eastern suburb of Edinburgh, and is located 1 mile from Edinburgh's city centre. Pilrig has one of Edinburgh's famous nineteenth century 'colonies' of artisans' housing, built in 1880. These terraces of 'one-up, one-down' Edinburgh houses were intended to provide well built, affordable housing for a class of skilled Edinburgh labourers largely excluded from buying property; and mortgage style loans were arranged for them. Earliest prices were around £130 to £250!
Building of the earliest Edinburgh terrace colonies began in 1861. Unlike earlier colonies these colonies have internal, not external, stone staircases leading to the upper dwelling, and the second storey, with dormer windows front and rear, was part of the original design of these Edinburgh buildings - of course, Edinburgh, and Pilrig in particular, has Victorian, Edwardian, and Georgian houses.
The common practice in Edinburgh was to give a name to a single terrace, not the path or road between terraces. The house numbering system in Edinburgh still causes some confusion, with doors for upper and lower colonies being on alternately opposite sides. Pilrig is one of the areas of Edinburgh which houses venues for the world famous and hugely popular Edinburgh Fringe Festival in August, which runs concurrent to, and which overlaps, the Edinburgh International Festival, which is the largest arts celebration in the world.
Also for your convenience, we have included a listing of Edinburgh Restaurants, also by area in Edinburgh...
Broughton: The Magnum, Edinburgh
Dalry: The Verandah, Edinburgh
Leith: Brittania Spice, Edinburgh / Daniel's Bistro, Edinburgh / Shore Bar, Edinburgh / Skippers, Edinburgh
Mayfield: Prestonfield House, Edinburgh
New Town: Duck's at le Marche Noir, Edinburgh / Hendersons, Edinburgh / Ind-n, Edinburgh / Kweilin, Edinburgh / Walter Scott Tearoom, Edinburgh / Whighams Wine Cellars, Edinburgh
Old Town: Creelers Seafood, Edinburgh / Iggs, Edinburgh / Merchants, Edinburgh / The Witchery, Edinburgh
Pilrig: Vittoria's, Edinburgh
Stockbridge: Haldanes, Edinburgh
Waverly: The Doric, Edinburgh
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