There’s no better way of exploring the Catalan capital than on two wheels. We talk to the local guides at Steel Donkeys about the benefits of bike tourism, before running down our top 6 tours in the city… “Riding a bike always provides a great feeling of freedom and joy — especially when you ride…
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Estimated reading time: 17 minutes Recipes for pickled eggs have shown up across cultures for centuries. It was one of many methods used to preserve extra eggs, although other methods like water-glassing and dehydrating actually offer a safer alternative for long-term storage. However, pickling eggs can extend their shelf-life significantly, especially if they are kept…
I started this series of Downtown Oakland Rail scenarios for a very explicit reason. Find out if and how any other cocktail of rail alignments for a Second Transbay Crossing and HSR to and through Oakland might equal or show a strong alternative to ConnectOAKLAND’s plan of running a new trainline down the I-980 corridor….
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Via Unsplash. In Japan, cherry blossoms symbolize the transient nature of life, a reflection of the Buddhist concept known as “mono no aware,” which recognizes that there is both beauty and mortality in life. For most of Japan, including Tokyo, the season begins in mid-March and runs through early to late April; however, in the…
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Eggplant, aubergine or brinjal – however you call it, this vegetable is known around the world and each continent boasts of its own culinary version of this colorful “fruit”. In the Philippines, eggplant comes in different shapes and colors – but the most common is purple. While it is generally a tropical crop, eggplant has been grown…
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img { border: 10px solid #FFFFFF; } Chuffed to see our new paper online. Tomasiello, D. B., Santos, D. H. M., Oliveira, J. L. A., Braga, C. K. V., & Pereira, R. H. M. (2022). A time interval metric for cumulative opportunity accessibility. Applied Geography, 157, 103007. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.apgeog.2023.103007 You can check the ungated PDF and…
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Trade fair for Next Level Farming and New Food Systems brings together leading experts At VertiFarm, the international trade fair for Next Level Farming and New Food Systems, leading players from the field of controlled environment agriculture (CEA) will be presenting their solutions for the agriculture of the future at Messe Dortmund from 8 to…
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Do you remember how you travelled to school? In the past, most children walked to school and modern neighbourhoods were designed around schools. A short and safe walk to school was understood as an indicator of the quality of life, social equality and cohesion. Cities throughout Europe are fully engaged in promoting active mobility. The…
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SO. Following on from the article I published this evening about the Banksy arrest hoax, I received an email from someone who claims to be the person who wrote the original article on The National Report. (I may be being duped here, I am not sure yet, but here goes… I may be fueling the…
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After 1.5 months in Yaoundé, Cameroon, I moved to Keyna the other day. I didn’t know what to expect from the eastern part of Africa, but it’s been a pleasant surprise. Maybe the fresh and crisp mornings, maybe the easiess of being able to do anything in English, maybe the easy access to nature, I…
