5 hours ago by shortfinals

Richard Arkwright had a problem. He had chosen the Derwent Valley in Derbyshire because of its ample water supply, which he could harness to power his revolutionary mills, the world’s first successful water-powered cotton-spinning factory complex. That was all well and good, but he still had a major ...

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8 hours ago by LisaInWonderland

So we decided to all go Nottingham for Hannah's (friend from Essex) 22nd birthday! We came here previously when we were 18 so was sort of a reunion trip. The weather was not good this weekend, it started snowing the moment I left Manchester and my car looked awful the time in arrived in Nottingham! ...

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1 day ago by The Everyman Olympian

Jarring my back while digging my car out of the snow last Saturday, during a Winter we'd almost convinced ourselves wasn't coming, then driving nearly a thousand miles prior to turning up at Match Two of The Basketball Challenge this evening, wasn't exactly the ideal prep but sometimes life is liter ...

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1 day ago by Tom Nanos

Now that they’ve started to hit subscribers’ mailboxes, I figured a note here was in order. I’ve got two articles appearing in the March 2012 issues of the two largest railroad magazines. First is a short piece and a photo …

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2 days ago by Agile Cat

OpenStack Developers Ditch ‘Buggy’ Microsoft Hyper-V Support http://wp.me/pwo1E-3TV On February 2, 2012 by Eric Doyle http://www.techweekeurope.co.uk/news/openstack-developers-ditch-buggy-microsoft-hyper-v-support-57951 The OpenStack open source cloud project has ditched “unmaintained” Microsoft Hyp ...

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4 days ago by artsdevivre

Quickie post to start off the week, les amis. I don’t know how many of you participate in a CSA (Community Supported Agriculture), but I cannot recommend it enough, that is if you find a good one in your area. I suppose that means a bit of risk taking since you invest for an entire season, but after ...

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4 days ago by kddidit

The Confession by Charles Todd Series: Inspector Ian Rutledge, 14 My rating: 5 of 5 stars Fourteenth in the Inspector Ian Rutledge mystery series revolving around a Scotland Yard detective still suffering from shell shock after World War I. The year is 1920. My Take Either Todd is getting tired of w ...

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4 days ago by ColoRising

Jimpster does it again! Check out this deep house remix of Freak Seven’s “We Bring The Music”. There is nothing but good things to say about this track. Deep, soulful and futuristic is what comes to mind. Listen for yourself.

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5 days ago by Maldon Business Networking

Special thanks to Lynda and Derrick Peggs from Fith Avenue Fire & Safety Consultants for sponsoring Friday's evening prize draw. The winner of the this weeks business card draw was Dan Pitt from Motiv8 Recruitment, pictured with Lynda Peggs. Our next event will be on Friday 17th February which will ...

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5 days ago by feelingmyage

Rupert Davies as Maigret. BBC publicity shot – from Wikipedia Our family were late adopters of TV – Dad held out against what he called “the gogglebox” until about 1960. Even then we were a single-channel BBC-only household. He was too frugal – and too highbrow - to lash out the extra cash for an [. ...

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