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Random Musings of a Bibliophile: I have a weakness for retellings of Austen novels. Why I am not sure, since most of them make me break out in hives and want to stab things. For Darkness Shows the Stars by Diana Peterfreund is not one of those. I not only enjoyed it, but found it very hard to put aside when I needed to. I have never been able to say that about an Austen retelling before… Elliot is a marvelous reworking of Anne’s character and, dare I say it, she is even an improvement. (Gasp! I know. I shock even myself.)

Alexa Loves Books: Though it took me a while to really get into this novel, the pages of For Darkness Shows the Stars simply flew by past a certain pivotal point (which happened near the end of the first part of the book for me). I could not read it fast enough, and when I’d finished, I almost didn’t want to leave the world that I’d discovered. It’s such a beautifully written novel, and I will probably reread it at some point in the future. I highly recommend this book, and definitely consider it one of my favorite reads of 2012.

Consumed By Books: Everything about For Darkness Shows the Stars is magical, from the cover to the very last page.  The world that Elliott lives in is imperfect, yet incredibly well built. Although it takes time to grasp what’s happening, it’s carefully thought out. The images in some scenes where so lovely that I wanted to jump between the pages of the book. Of course, the romance is one of the key elements of this book.  You guys, it was so well done.  There was the same combination of pain, yearning, and hope that I find whenever I read Persuasion.

Open Books Society: Elliot is honestly the most admirable teen heroine ever. She’s one of the girls that’s just naturally good. A lot of heroines have a certain fakeness to them when they do good deeds, but Elliot isn’t one of them. She is naturally a really caring person, even if it hurts her in the end. I sometimes wanted to shake her because she was so good. I wanted Elliot to be a little more selfish, but that never did happen. Elliot is just too good to do that. As for the romance, one word to describe it is tense. Elliot’s too good of a girl to explain to Kai her reasons for staying behind, and Kai is still too hurt to ask. I was literally holding my breath through the whole story; that’s how tense it was. Some moments I was seething at Kai for being a total jerk to Elliot. Other moments I was egging on Elliot to explode at him. In other words, this romance is not boring! Elliot and Kai have such great chemistry. I can’t believe they didn’t chemically react! (That was just bad…)

Bonus FORETOLD Review from The Sassy Librarian: It’s no secret that I adore Diana Peterfreund; she always blows me away with the power of her writing and this short story was no exception. Alternating points of view between the charismatic daughter of a cult leader predicting the end of the world and the boy who loves her, this contains an utterly chilling ending. I love stories where I am uncertain about what is really happening – where it’s uncertain what is the “truth” – and Peterfreund weaves a complex web in this tale that has me still thinking about the characters a few days later. The quality I love the most about Peterfreund’s writing is her unbelievably strong female characters. These girls are powerful, realize it, and aren’t afraid to use their gifts. I always forget how rare this is in young adult literature until I read her work.

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infernoA high-priced, new-release is again atop the ebook best-seller list. Dan Brown’s Inferno (Random House), a new release from the best-selling author of The Da Vinci Code, is selling more ebooks than any other title at $14.99, competing with $0.99 self-published ebooks and $4.99 classics.

While the No. 1 ebook on the best-seller list fits a familiar narrative when it comes to how book sales have been until very recently, the rest of the list follows a new paradigm. Five titles out of the top-25 are self-published. An American classic is at No. 2 at $4.99, coinciding with a movie release. And, perhaps most astounding of all, the average price of a best-selling ebook this week is $7.04, down slightly from last week’s average of $7.23, and up slightly from the all-time low of $6.58 from a few weeks ago.

The $7.00 price tag for a best-selling ebook doesn’t seem all that out of place these days but it’s just over half of what the average price for a best-selling ebook was a year ago. The price decrease has been driven by a combination of factors: inexpensive self-published ebooks hitting the best-seller list; publishers experimenting with lower prices; retailers discounting big books from big publishers, something that wasn’t happening a year ago.

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17 (n/a) Ender’s Game: Ender’s Game Quartet (Book 1) Orson Scott Card Macmillan  $    4.62 New
18 (n/a) Left To Die (A Selena Alvarez/Regan Pescoli Novel) Lisa Jackson Kensington Books  $    0.99 New
19 (n/a) Lost and Found Nicole Williams Self-published  $    3.99 New
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21 (23) Fifty Shades Freed: Book Three Of The Fifty Shades Trilogy E. L. James Random House  $    9.99 +2
22 (n/a) Entwined with You (Crossfire Trilogy Series #3) Sylvia Day Penguin  $    9.99 New
23 (24) Divergent Veronica Roth HarperCollins  $    5.69 +1
24 (n/a) Down London Road Samantha Young Penguin  $    7.99 New
25 (n/a) Let’s Explore Diabetes with Owls David Sedaris Hachette  $   10.99 New

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Monster Shooter headlines this week's UK Nintendo update.

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The U.S. government lied to gain access to Virginia-based computer servers used by Megaupload.com, the website claimed in a motion submitted to a federal court on Wednesday. The accusation is only the latest in a line of alleged missteps by law enforcement in the case against Megaupload, which is considered to be the largest copyright-infringement case in U.S. history.

A recently unsealed search warrant shows that the U.S. Department of Justice asked Megaupload in June 2010 to retain certain files – 39 copies of copyrighted motion pictures – on its servers, which were housed by hosting company Carpathia, for an investigation. By November 2011, 36 of those files were still on Megaupload’s servers, according to the DOJ. The government later seized the servers from Carpathia.

What the DOJ did not tell Megaupload, according to the website’s court filing, is that the investigation was actually against Megaupload, itself, and that the government then used Megaupload’s retention of those files as the primary proof that the company was knowingly harboring copyrighted content illegally.

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By all indications, the Government tapped Carpathia to convey the June 24, 2010 warrant to Megaupload, thereby planting what the Government would later claim, for purposes of this case, amounted to criminal knowledge that Megaupload was hosting infringing files, while simultaneously lulling Megaupload into thinking it was not a target of its ongoing investigation (which the Government dubbed its ‘Mega Conspiracy’ investigation) – and, what is worse, affirmatively leading Megaupload to understand from the warrant’s sealing order and Carpathia’s representations that Megaupload should take no action with respect to the infringing files lest it tip off the ostensible targets. In sum, the Government came to paint as criminal the very course of conduct by Megaupload that the Government had induced in requesting good-faith cooperation with an investigation that was to remain secret. Most incredibly of all, however, the Government then came before this Court, ex parte, with a selective, distorted account whereby the Government omitted mention of facts – well known to the Government – indicating that Megaupload was of an innocent state of mind in cooperating with what it was told was an ongoing, secret investigation of the infringing files at issue.

Megaupload asserts that the warrant was “defective,” and that the “resulting search and seizure are unlawful” because the DOJ was “dishonest or reckless” in preparing the affidavit to obtain the warrant.

The unsealing of the warrant came as a result of a motion filed by the Electronic Frontier Foundation on behalf of Megaupload user Kyle Goodwin, who is attempting to retrieve personal files stored on the Megaupload servers seized by the Justice Department, which repeatedly fought to keep the documents secret.

Megaupload founder Kim Dotcom, 38, was arrested in January 2012 at his home in Aukland, New Zealand, by local authorities. A New Zealand judge later ruled that the warrants police used to search Dotcom’s home were invalid, and Prime Minister John Key issued a personal apology to Dotcom for inappropriate surveillance of Dotcom’s home.

The U.S. government has charged Dotcom and other Megaupload executives with conspiracy to commit racketeering, conspiracy to commit copyright infringement, conspiracy to commit money laundering, copyright infringement, and wire fraud. U.S. prosecutors claim Megaupload generated more than $175 million in illegal funds through the unlawful distribution of copyrighted movies, software, and music.

Dotcom, who remains free in New Zealand, faces up to 20 years in prison for each of the racketeering and money-laundering charges. An extradition hearing is scheduled for March.

In the mean time, Dotcom has plans to launch a new service, called Mega, on January 20, the anniversary of the DOJ’s seizure of the Megaupload domains.


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  • Took awhile. but the new Crystal Method album, ‘Divided by Night,’ is growing on me. Also liking ‘Empire of the Sun.’ Both electronica. #fb #
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  • Not a huge Green Day fan, but I’m really liking the new album, ’21st Century Breakdown.’ #fb #
  • Tickets for Depeche Mode in Buenos Aires go on public sale May 30! Ticketek finally updated the info on their site. #fb #buenosaires #
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  • Steak at Cabaña Las Lilas last night was great. Had to send 2 back that were tough, but they took care of it. #

My Twitter Weekly Updates for 2009-05-16

  • All you can eat at Rodizio Parilla in Puerto Madero, Buenos Aires is not always as good an idea as it sounds. Ughh! Still stuffed. Was good. #
  • Just watched the amazing season finale of Scrubs. Definitely one of the best shows on TV. #fb #
  • I’d really like to switch to Google Chrome, but they don’t support Firefox add-ons & don’t even support the Google Toolbar w/ all my links! #
  • Anyone interested in renting a ski house in Bariloche, Argentina for June – August or just coming for a few weekends? Contact me. #fb #BsAs #
  • Strange move: NY Times takes over IHT.com & deletes old site. No links work anymore. Many wikipedia references. Bad SEO. http://bit.ly/RDCAk #
  • The new Star Trek: a bit cheesy in parts, but overall one of the best movies yet. Great special effects! #startrek #fb #
  • Probably not going. Very tired today. #
  • For the amount of beef they eat in Buenos Aires, I find it surprising that almost no one wears leather jackets on the streets here. #fb #
  • Big changes at Craigslist as they remove erotic services section & monitor adult services posts after Boston murder. http://bit.ly/UcCGP #
  • Cool. My first power outage in Buenos Aires! Moving around by the light of the laptop. Who needs candles? Going on 2 hours now. #fb #
  • Buy.com cancels my order because the IP address is foreign. Of course it is, I’m in Argentina! Ordered 100s of times before & all info right #
  • Had a great Peruvian meal at Pozo Santo in Buenos Aires last night. Great ceviche! Good design. Never a crowd for some reason. #
  • Seems like Gmail is down? Google Apps down too. #gmail #fail #gmailfail #
  • Ok, Gmail is back now. Whew. #
  • Amazing dinner at Sucre tonight. Ojo de cerdo for all of us was so good. Shrimp and tuna appetizers were great too. #buenosaires #

My Twitter Weekly Updates for 2009-05-09

  • Went to the opening of Cocina Sunae last night in Buenos Aires. An amazing pan-asian closed door restaurant. Info at http://bit.ly/CnAwl #
  • http://www.whatthetrend.com shows you what topics are trending higher on Twitter & actually explains why. Very useful! #
  • Just joined a twibe. Visit http://twibes.com/buenosaires to join #
  • Made another trip to Green Bamboo restaurant last night & had amazing Indian at Tandoor on Saturday. Finding some great new places in BsAs! #
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WB Yeats Life and Works

One of Ireland's famous literary sons and its foremost poet, William Butler Yeats was a hugely influential figure in 19th Century Ireland. Yeats helped establish Dublin's Abbey Theatre and won the Nobel Prize for Literature.

William Butler Yeats was born in Dublin on 13th June 1865. Yeats' family were a very well to do, Anglo Irish Protestant family, his father was a Barrister and his brother Jack Butler Yeats would later find fame as an artist. Yeats' mother was from Co. Sligo, where her father had been rector at Drumcliffe Church. The association with Sligo was of huge importance to Yeats' writings, for though he was born and educated in Dublin, his literature drew on the rich Irish folklore and iconic landscapes that he found in his maternal home county.

Much of Yeats early poetry was influenced by religious symbols, Irish mythology and the romantics most notably Shelley. Yeats' first significant work was the Isle of Statues, published in the Dublin University Review and was followed by The Wanderings of Oisin and Other Stories in 1889. Here Yeats delves into the Irish Mythology of the Fenian Cycle.

In 1889, Yeats met Maude Gonne, who was to have a huge influence on his writings. Yeats became besotted with Gonne and asked her to marry him two years after they met. She rejected him, and was to reject his proposal on three further occasions. In 1896, Yeats was to meet a second influential female figure in his life, Lady Gregory, whom he would later marry. It was Lady Gregory who encouraged, Yeats' Irish nationalism and together with J M Synge, Sean O'Casey and Padraic Colum, Yeats established a literary movement known as the Irish Literary Revival or Celtic Revival.

In 1904, this movement found its stage, when Yeats, J. M. Synge, Lady Gregory, Martyn and George Moore founded the Abbey Theatre in Dublin. The Abbey is both famous and infamous in Ireland for staging ground breaking but controversial productions such as J.M. Synge's Playboy of the Western World' and Sean O'Casey's The Plough and the Stars.

Throughout his career, Yeats' writings portrayed a number of influences. As well as romanticism, his earlier work was influenced by mysticism, which remained a life long interest of Yeats'. In his later years Yeats' poetry became more politicised, as the fervour for Irish nationalism grew stronger during the late 19th Century. When Ireland gained independence, Yeats was appointed to the Irish Senate in 1922 and again in 1925. The crowning glory of Yeats' career came in 1923 when he was awarded the Nobel Prize for Literature, for his inspired poetry, which gives expression to the spirit of a whole nation.

On 28th January 1939, William Butler Yeats died aged 73. In accordance with his last wishes, Yeats is buried at the Drumcliffe Church in County Sligo that his grandfather once practiced. On his tombstone is written Yeats' epitaph, taken from the last line of one of his last poems, Under Ben Bulben, Cast a cold Eye, On Life, on Death. Horseman, pass by!

In Co. Sligo, the Yeats Society was established in 1958 to commemorate Yeats and promote his works. The Yeats Society is located in the Yeats Memorial building in Sligo town, which also houses the Yeats Exhibition Centre and the Sligo Art Gallery, displaying works from J.B Yeats. The Yeats Society runs the Yeats International Summer School in the first weekend of August, with lectures and seminars on literature and a winter school held over the last weekend in January. In conjunction with the summer school, there is a Yeats Festival held in Sligo from the last week in July to the first in August. The festival boasts an energetic two weeks of entertainments in literature, music and drama.

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Nubeena is a sleepy, scenic village near the Port Arthur Historic Site on the Tasman Peninsula. It's a popular holiday spot among Tasmanians and offers excellent fishing and waterside views, with World Heritage-listed convict sites nearby.

Surrounded by a network of inlets around Parsons Bay, Nubeena has a long maritime history. The village was originally an outstation of Port Arthur and for many years was an important convict farming community.

Coal was once mined in the north-west of the peninsula and the ruins of the soldiers' barracks and convict quarters can be found at the World Heritage listed Coal Mines Historic Site nearby Saltwater River.

Walks and water fun can be had on the shores of nearby White Beach, while surfers hit the challenging waves at Roaring Beach.

Off the water, a visit to Maingon Bay lookout, Remarkable Cave and the Palmers Hill lookout are well worth the walk. Remarkable Cave is named for the shape of Tasmania that can be seen at low tide.

Accommodation in and around Nubeena ranges from campsites and caravans to holiday houses, motels and Bed and Breakfast.

Nubeena is just over a 1-hr drive (113 km) south-east of Hobart.

Local tips

  • Visit Port Arthur Historic Site - just 10 km away
  • Camp at Fortescue Bay and enjoy the beautiful beach or do the Cape Hauy walk  (4-5 hours return)


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Station Name: LYMINGE

[Source: Nick Catford]

Date opened: 4.7.1887
Location: Off 'The Sidings' (the old approach road of Station Road).
Company on opening: Elham Valley Railway (South Eastern Railway)
Date closed to passengers: 16.6.1947
Date closed completely: 1.10.1947
Company on closing: Southern Railway
Present state:

The station building is in good condition and has been used as Lyminge Library since the 1980s. The trackbed behind the building is a car park for nearby houses, but sections of both platforms survive. The roader shed, which was at the north end of the station building, has been re-erected at the entrance to the Elham Valley Railway museum at Peene.

County: Kent
OS Grid Ref: TR165410
Date of visit: June 1968, November 1975, November 1982 & 10.3.2012

Notes: The three stations on the southern section of the line had similar buildings of a standard SER design. The station building at Lyminge was of Kentish clapboard beneath a hipped slate roof. A wide canopy, with a curved cross section and attractive valance, sheltered the platform; a smaller canopy was provided above the entrance door from the forecourt. The building comprised from north to south: gents’ toilets, ladies’ room, general waiting room, booking hall, booking office and stationmaster's office. At the north end of the building there was a lamp room, coal store and a clapboarded roader shed for handling large items such a barrels and crates. A standard SER clapboard waiting shelter was provided on the up platform. A footbridge was never provided at the station, with passengers having to use a barrow crossing at each end of the platform

Lyminge had a small goods yard with two short sidings on the up side. One siding served a horse dock behind the south end of the platform. The main part of the goods yard was at the north end of the station, where reversal was necessary to enter a second siding. Access to the two sidings was controlled by a signal box on the up side, just north of the siding. A livestock market was established in Lyminge in 1904 mainly for the trading of sheep. The market in Station Road, two hundred yards south of the station, had its own dock and pens adjacent to the up line. The market was very busy between 1922 and 1939, with up to 205 wagons being loaded with sheep on one day. The coming of the railway was probably responsible for the market opening, and the closure of the railway in 1947 was partly responsible for its end. During the 1950s the markets became less frequent. Furniture sales were added in an attempt to diversify, but by the mid 1960s the market building had become so dilapidated and unsafe that no further markets could be held there.

The first stationmaster at Lyminge was George Llong, who lived in an existing house. Two new railway cottages were built, and one of these was occupied by porter-signalman George Reeves.

During September 1915 King George V and Lord Kitchener arrived at Lyminge station by royal train; they then rode on horseback to Beachborough House to inspect the Canadian troops who were billeted there.

In October 1931, in an attempt to keep costs down, work started to single the line north of Lyminge - which was the only station where both platforms remained in use. Percy Hardy, the stationmaster at Elham, took over overall charge of Lyminge, Barham and Bishopsbourne. Initially the signal box remained open, but it was closed in May 1937 and replaced with a ground frame in the booking office; this allowed the staff to be reduced to one porter-signalman on duty at any one time.

Lyminge was the largest village and the busiest passenger station on the line, and the station was well sited in the centre of the village. In the year ending September 1940 (the only year for which figures survive) 16,548 passenger tickets were issued (compared with 4,946 at all the other stations combined) and 7,438 were collected. 646 parcels were sent and 2,129 were received. 38 tons of general merchandise were received - which is a lot more than at any other station on the line - and 231 tons dispatched. Livestock traffic at the old horse dock was negligible: six horses accounted for the entire year’s traffic. This does not, however, take account of traffic from the livestock market, with its own dock south of the station. Lyminge still handled considerable quantities of both coal and milk with 1,807 tons of coal being received and 2,747 cans of milk; in addition 312 cans of milk were dispatched.

On 25 October 1940 the passenger and goods services north of Lyminge were suspended when the line came under military control, but the service between Folkestone and Lyminge continued to run until 3 May 1943. The Elham Valley Military Railway provided its own passenger trains for military personnel, but members of the public were allowed to travel on these at their own risk. Special tickets were issued, with an example shown below. Extra sidings, for military use, were laid north of Lyminge station to accommodate two 12-inch railway guns which arrived shortly after the evacuation of Dunkirk; after an air raid they were moved to Elham.

The goods service was reinstated on 19 February 1945, and a passenger shuttle between Folkestone and Lyminge started running on 7 October 1946 with six trains Monday – Friday and seven on Saturday, but no Sunday service. The passenger service had been reinstated reluctantly by the Southern Railway, and it was very short-lived as most passengers had switched
to more convenient road transport, with 14 buses along the valley road seven days a week. Some trains were almost empty, so it came as no surprise when the line closed, with the passenger service being withdrawn from 16 June 1947. Goods trains continued to run on Mondays, Wednesdays and Fridays until alternative road transport had been arranged. The line closed completely on 1 October 1947, and the track through Lyminge was lifted in the late summer of 1953.

Lyminge station was sold to Kent County Council who used it as a depot, converting the station building to bungalows for depot workers. The depot closed in 1982, and in the late 1980s the station building was renovated and given a new lease of life as Lyminge Library. Housing developments on the trackbed were built at either end of the station. The roader shed was dismantled at this time and moved to the Elham Valley Railway Museum at Peene.

In 1832 the Kentish Railway Company proposed a line from Canterbury to Folkestone as part of their 1824 scheme to build a line from London to Dover via Canterbury, from where lines would diverge to serve a number of large towns.  The company was unable to generate much enthusiasm from potential local backers, and the project was quickly dropped.

Although this scheme failed, a line was soon built between London and Dover. On 21 June 1836, Parliament passed an Act incorporating the South Eastern & Dover Railway, which shortly afterwards became the South Eastern Railway. The new company was formed to construct a route from London to Dover.

The engineer of the Dover line was William Cubitt who was also engineer of the London & Croydon Railway. The chosen route, which passed over the lines of three other companies, would start at London Bridge, from where it would use London & Greenwich metals as far as Southwark and then turn south towards Croydon. From a junction with the London & Croydon at Norwood the Dover line would then share the London and Brighton main line to Redhill where it would turn east towards Tonbridge, Ashford and Folkestone.

Construction began in 1838 at several places simultaneously. The L&BR line to Redhill opened on 12 July 1841 and the SER line from Redhill to Tonbridge on 26 May 1842, when SER train services began. The line reached Ashford on 1 December 1842; the outskirts of Folkestone by 28 June 1843; and Dover by 7 February 1844.

During 1846 the SER opened another secondary main line from Ashford to Ramsgate through the Stour valley, with a branch from there to Margate opening on 1 December 1846.  This line passed through Canterbury, which was now linked to Folkestone by a 25-mile circuitous route.

The 16-mile direct route from Folkestone to Canterbury follows two valleys with the Nailbourne stream running north from Lyminge and the Seabrook running south. Collectively they are known as the Elham valley, named after the settlement of Elham. Located in the upper slopes of the valley are a number of examples of unimproved chalk downland such as Baldock Downs and Park Gate Down. At Bishopsbourne and North Lyminge there are examples of traditional sheep-grazed pasture and water meadows.

In 1776 there was a weekly stagecoach service through the valley. The road was in a very poor state of repair, however, and was frequently flooded and often impassable in the winter. There was clearly a demand, particularly from the poor tenant farmers in the valley, for a reliable means of getting their produce to market and for bringing goods in, especially coal.

By 1856 the SER completed its hold on south-east England when it opened a line between Chatham and Maidstone. This domination was soon to be challenged when the promoters of a new line from Canterbury to Chatham offered to lease it to the SER once completed. The SER turned down the offer as they were confident they would be able to buy it cheaply after construction.

linHaving obtained their Act in 1853, the Mid-Kent (later East Kent) Railway was soon in financial difficulty, but they managed to secure sufficient finance to continue construction towards Canterbury. The line was again offered to the SER, who again turned it down. This was soon to prove a bad decision as in 1855 the East Kent received parliamentary approval to extend their e south to Dover. Three years later they obtained running powers across the Medway into London.  In 1859 what had started as a purely local venture became the London Chatham & Dover Railway, which would soon become a major competitor of the SER.

This rivalry was soon to be used to the advantage of a number of influential landowners in Lyminge who had previously been unsuccessful in persuading the SER to build a line through the sparsely-populated Elham valley.  In an attempt to get a line built, the first Elham Valley Railway prospectus was published in 1865 with wide support, in particular from the church which saw it as an opportunity to increase the size of their congregations. The proposal was for a line running from Hythe to Canterbury where it would make a junction with the LCDR, and junctions at both ends with the SER. The proposed route passed through some difficult terrain with steep gradients at each end of the line and a 600-yard tunnel at Etchinghill.

It was stated that the proposed line would provide a new direct route into London, with heavy traffic expected between the capital and the south coast. The promoters also claimed that their line would be of strategic national importance during the expected French invasion, providing a direct link between the Shorncliffe Camp at Cheriton which opened in the late 1790s, the military base at Hythe and the Woolwich Arsenal. It would also be of huge benefit to the farmers of the Elham valley and would bring a cheap supply of coal into the region.

A Bill was put before Parliament in the winter of 1866, but this was opposed by both the LCDR and the SER. Although now sanctioned by Parliament, the company was unable to raise sufficient capital, and one by one the company directors lost interest leaving the board in disarray. After the company secretary disappeared, having embezzled a large sum of money and destroyed company records, the remaining directors applied to the Board of Trade for permission to abandon the project; in January 1873 this was granted.

During the next decade both the SER and LCDR expanded their networks, with proposals for many branch lines often encroaching into each other’s territory. Some of these were built, others fell by the wayside.

Relations between the two companies had

always been strained and became even more so when the LCDR were awarded a lucrative cross-Channel mail contract after the SER had turned it down. In 1879 both companies submitted new proposals for a line through the Elham Valley.  The LCDR submitted their scheme first and, not to lose out to its rival, this was closely followed by the SER, who proposed a line from a junction with their own main line at Cheriton to a junction with their Stour Valley line at Canterbury.

The nominally independent Elham Valley Railway Company was established, but the three principal directors had strong links with the SER.  The proposal was for a single-track light railway to be built under the 1864 Board of Trade Railway Companies Powers Act. The Bill was presented to Parliament in January 1880 but was withdrawn before the first reading after objections were received, including one from Matthew Bell, the owner of Bourne Park estate.  A modified Bill was presented to Parliament the following year with guaranteed finance from the SER.

The Bill had a shaky passage with continued opposition from landowners in the valley and from the LCDR, but it was eventually passed on 28 July 1881. Having received authority the SER were, however, in no hurry to actually build the line.  Despite losing this round, the LCDR were determined to reach Folkestone and quickly revived an earlier proposal to build a double-
track line along the Alkham Valley from Kearsney, on its Canterbury to Dover line, to a new terminus at Folkestone, from where it hoped to reach London by paralleling the SER. A Bill was prepared to put before Parliament in 1884.

In an attempt to block this new financially damaging route, the SER revived the Elham Valley line with new enthusiasm. A vigorous and often acrimonious local campaign followed with both companies promoting the merits of their route.  Although the Elham Valley line had already been sanctioned by Parliament it was only to be a light railway and, as such, could not be fully integrated into the SER network. At the request of the SER, the Elham Valley board met in March 1884 and agreed to upgrade the line to the same standard as the rest of the rail network,and this was authorised as part of the South Eastern's 1884 Various Powers Act. As part of this Act the local company was dissolved, with its powers being vested in the SER. Full transfer would not take place, however, until the new line was completed.

The LCDR eventually withdrew its Alkham Valley Bill leaving the way clear for the South Eastern to start construction of the Elham Valley, a line it had never really wanted but had been forced to build as the only way of stopping the LCDR. The SER's early misgivings about the route were soon proved to be correct.

The South Eastern's chief engineer, Francis Brady, was appointed to draw up plans for the 16-mile line which was to be built in two stages, with the section from Folkestone to Barham being built and opened first. The contract for the first section was awarded to Thomas Walker. Walker had an impressive pedigree having worked on the Canadian Grand Trunk Railway and various other overseas lines. In more recent years he had worked on the Metropolitan, District and East London lines in London.

Walker immediately started work driving the Etchinghill tunnel well before the official 'cutting the first sod' ceremony which took place on 28 August 1884.   The summit level at Etchinghill was the main engineering obstacle on the southern section of the line. Although originally planned to be 600yd in length the tunnel was shortened to 97yd by excavating an 80ft-deep cutting at either end.

Despite his glowing reputation, relations between Thomas Walker and the South Eastern's Chairman Sir Edward Watkin were strained during the construction as progress was much slower than anticipated, with many landowners reluctant to sell, while Walker spent much of his time on other more lucrative projects.  The strongest opposition came from Matthew Bell, who owned Bourne Park House on the northern section of the line. Bourne Park is an attractive three-storey red-brick Queen Anne mansion overlooking water meadows, and once visited by Mozart. It is set in scenic grounds with a large ornamental lake and a long avenue of elm trees at the rear.

The preferred route through the estate was just 200yd to the rear of the house, where the line would run in a shallow cutting involving the removal of part of the avenue of elm trees, and which would leave it in full view of the house. Matthew Bell refused all offers of compensation. To overcome this longstanding opposition, the company had originally agreed to re-route the line to the west; however this was to prove prohibitively expensive, and the SER reversed its earlier decision and continued to put pressure on Bell to part with the land. The case eventually went to arbitration in August 1887 and was finally resolved when Matthew Bell agreed to a shallow 300yd cut-and-cover tunnel through the estate, approached by a deep cutting at either end. Bell was still not satisfied and was ready to scupper the deal until the SER agreed to move the tunnel a short distance to the south, to ensure the line was never visible from Bell's bedroom window.

Once the tunnel and long approach cuttings at Etchinghill had been completed, work should have progressed more rapidly, as the line closely followed the valley floor on virtually level ground.  There was, however, a shortage of manpower, and Walker's Irish navvies were never in a hurry. Traditional hand tools were used until late in the construction, when a steam crane was brought in to speed up the work.

The majority of the earthworks for the southern section were completed by April1886, and work on the three intermediate stations at Lyminge, Elham and Barham started. As originally built, the Elham Valley line joined the main line at Cheriton Junction but, there was not a physical junction; instead a single track was laid at alongside the main line into a new bay platform at Shorncliffe station.  When the second stage of the line opened in 1889 a physical junction was put in, with the parallel track becoming the down line for Elham Valley trains.

Just short of three years after construction started the track had reached Barham station, and the southern section of the line was almost ready for opening. On 1 July 1887 a special train brought the fixtures and fittings for the three stations ready for the Board of Trade inspection by Major Hutchinson the following Sunday. Approval was given, and the line opened between Shorncliffe and Barham the next day 4 July.

The first timetable shows daily trains in each direction between Shorncliffe Camp and Barham, with three on Sundays. First, second and third class accommodation was available.

Despite poor relations with Sir Edward Watkin during the construction of the first section, Thomas Walker was retained as contractor for the extension, and he immediately started work on the Bourne Park estate.  Sixteen elm trees having been felled, the cut-and-cover tunnel was ready for excavation.  This was not the first occasion that a covered way was provided to appease a landowner, and the work is described in Matthew Bell's Chronicles of Bourne:  ‘An open cutting was made as deep as the level of the arch springing and then a trench was dug on either side on which the walls of the tunnel were built. The arch was then turned, but with apertures left in it at regular intervals. Lastly the core of chalk left in the middle of the tunnel was removed by being hauled up in wheelbarrows on chain bridles, through the apertures, drawn by horses. The core was then deposited on the top of the tunnel until the cutting was filled to the original level.’ The bricks forming the roof of the tunnel were laid in early September 1888, and the tunnel was completed in February 1889.  To finish the tunnel, chalk from the excavation was used to cover the arch, which was then topped with a thin layer of soil to restore the land to its original level. Matthew Bell, however, never came to terms with the loss of part of his elm avenue.

Only two additional intermediate stations were planned for the seven-mile section between Barham and Canterbury: South Canterbury was on the outskirts of the city, and the other served the village of Bridge, though sited some distance from it. A third station was added at Bishopsbourne at the request of Matthew Bell's eldest son. The SER agreed to this request on the condition the land was donated by the estate. Building this station brought an end to the 20-year feud between the SER and the Bourne Park Estate.

While the three stations on the southern section were largely timber-built to a traditional SER design, the three new stations were built of corrugated iron. All of the stations were provided with goods facilities, with the largest yard at Elham. There were also public sidings at Ottinge (between Lyminge and Elham) and Wingmore (between Elham and Barham).

After complaining about further slow progress, Edward Watkin imposed a deadline of July 1889 for completion of the extension. In order to avoid a financial penalty for late completion Thomas Walker employed additional men and plant in the spring of 1889, and by working round the clock the line was completed slightly ahead of schedule.

Major Hutchinson returned for his second inspection and, although there was still some work to be done, he authorised the opening of the line on the condition that the improvements were quickly completed. The extension opened a week later on 1 July 1889, with six daily trains in each direction between Shorncliffe (now Folkestone West) and Canterbury West. The same service also operated at weekends, and Sunday excursions soon proved very popular. Motive power generally came from Dover shed although there was also a shed at Canterbury West.

Construction of the Elham Valley Railway had taken almost five years, averaging little more than three miles a year, which was very slow progress compared to other lines built by Thomas Walker. Once completed, the line was 50% over budget. and had the local company not been backed financed by the SER they would clearly have gone bankrupt at an early stage. The Elham Valley Light Railway Company was officially absorbed by the SER on 25 June 1891.

Although built as a main line, the Elham Valley was in reality only an agricultural line serving no large towns and little industry other than agriculture. Test borings for coal were made in 1897, but none was found, and the only industry ever served by the line was the Elham brick company whose private siding opened in 1890. This was to be short-lived as the brickworks closed in 1905 when the clay in the adjacent pit was exhausted.

In the first few years traffic returns were encouraging, and in 1890 the service was improved with seven 'up' weekday trains and eight 'down', with the Sunday service slightly reduced to five. Most northbound services now started at Dover, with some trains running on from Canterbury to Minster, Ramsgate and Margate from where they returned to Dover via Deal.  There was one daily return goods train which left Shorncliffe just after noon. This stopped at Lyminge, Elham and Barham and at the other stations by request. On its return the train also stopped at Wingmore and Ottinge if required. The principal traffic was coal, which was handled at all stations, with hops and timber at Bishopsbourne, and bricks and agricultural produce at Elham.

During 1896 the Elham Valley Railway played its part in the East Kent military manoeuvres designed to evaluate local defences, including the use of the railway for deploying big guns.

During the early 1890s competition between the SER and the LC&DR reached ruinous proportions, with both companies offering nearly identical services to and from the same towns, which inevitably lost money for both companies. However, following the resignation of Watkin in 1894, relations between the two companies gradually improved under his successors Sir George
Russell (1895) and, most notably, under Cosmo Bonsor (1897). Bonsor managed to persuade the two boards of governors to see sense, and from 1 January 1899 the South Eastern & Chatham Railway’s Joint Management Committee was formed to oversee joint working, with Bonsor as its chairman. On 5 August 1899 the South Eastern and London, Chatham and Dover Railway Companies Act was passed, which resulted in the formation of the South Eastern and Chatham Railway. The new management had little effect on the Elham Valley line. A new halt was opened at Cheriton on 1 May 1908; although this was on the main line it was served only by Elham Valley trains. In 1904 the first steam rail-motors were introduced in Kent in an attempt to attract new traffic to failing branch lines. These consisted of a single, electrically-lit coach and locomotive coupled securely together to act as a single unit. Two of these were allocated to Dover shed and were tried on the Elham Valley line in 1911. They were used during the summer to supplement the existing service between Folkestone and Elham, with four daily services. The rail-motors struggled with the gradients up to the Etchinghill summit and in 1914, having been reduced to two a day, these services were withdrawn completely in 1916.

While initial expectations for the line were encouraging, by the turn of the century passenger returns had peaked and began to decline. With the outbreak of war in 1914 the line came under government control. There was minor disruption to services to accommodate troop trains, and the Elham Valley was considered a useful secondary or diversionary route. The line was used as such in 1915 when a landslip at Folkestone Warren closed the main line, and the Elham Valley was used as a long diversionary route between Folkestone and Dover via Minster and Canterbury.
Alterations were made to the junction at Cheriton to allow valley trains to cross to the 'down' main line. On 2 September 1915 The Royal Train used the line when King George V and Lord Kitchener alighted at Lyminge, where they mounted horses and rode to Beechborough Park to review the troops.

In 1916 the Sunday service was withdrawn, and single-line operation was introduced allowing the other line to be used for the storage of wartime supplies.

Although normal services were resumed at the end of hostilities, passenger numbers continued to decline. The East Kent Road Car Company was established in 1916, and in May 1919 the first bus service ran through the Elham Valley; this had an immediate effect on passenger receipts. In 1923 the line came under the control of the Southern Railway under the 1923 Grouping, and in 1928 the Southern acquired a 49% share in the East Kent Road Car Company; this inevitably led to a run-down in rail services.

In an attempt to save money, the Southern announced staff reductions and singling of the line. This took a number of years to implement, but in 1931 the line was singled between Harbledown Junction and Lyminge.  Through the 1930s, what was one of the most scenic lines in south-east England settled down to a quiet existence, with valley residents and passengers unaware of the upheaval that was to follow at the end of the decade. By 1937 the passenger service had been reduced to five daily trains. The outbreak of war in 1939 initially brought few changes, but by 1940 a German invasion was expected. On 25 October the passenger service between Lyminge and Canterbury was suspended, and the military authorities took control of the line for the duration of the war. Passenger trains continued to run between Lyminge and Folkestone, although Cheriton Halt was closed for the duration of the war. The daily goods train service continued under the control of the War Department; the WD also ran a service of recreation trains for military personnel on Wednesdays, Saturdays and Sundays. The general public were allowed to use these trains ‘at their own risk’, and special tickets were issued.

The loops at Canterbury South  and Elham were re-laid, and extra sidings were provided north of Lyminge and at Bourne Park where the former 'up' line was re-laid as a loop through the tunnel. Two 12-inch railway guns were brought to the sidings at Lyminge but, following an air raid, they were moved Elham.

The German invasion of France and the Low Countries began on 10 May 1940 and a British invasion was expected to follow. German artillery units now had a commanding position along the Channel coast, which was essential if they were going to launch 'Operation Sealion', the proposed seaborne assault on south-east England. Several batteries of German guns were rail-mounted.

In the 1930s the English Channel was defended by short-range artillery left over from the First World War, which would be totally inadequate during the expected invasion. One of Winston Churchill's first tasks as Prime Minister was to search for extra fire-power, with three categories of defence required for the Straits of Dover. Firstly there were long-range guns which could
bombard targets in France; secondly there was need for intermediate-range guns capable of hitting enemy shipping in the Channel; and, lastly, there was a requirement for mobile super-heavy rail-mounted guns which could be used against shipping and artillery targets and, if the need arose, be withdrawn to pound the invasion beaches.

Railway-mounted guns played an important role during WW1, and Major Montague Cleeve was the commanding officer in charge of one railway gun HMG Boche-Buster.  On his return from the Far East in November 1939, Cleeve found Boche-Buster in a transport shed at Ruddington, covered in cobwebs. During 1940 the carriage was taken to the railway workshops at Darlington (near Catterick) and after being mated with the 18-inch barrel from the Royal Arsenal it became the largest of the British WWII heavies.

Boche-Buster was manned by 50 men and several specialist gunnery officers from the 2nd Regiment Royal Artillery (RA); the complete battery of 80 men was known as the 11th Super Heavy Battery.

The Elham Valley Railway was quickly made ready for the arrival of HMG Boche-Buster. Four brick magazines were built in the cutting north of Bourne Park tunnel, and steps were cut into the banks either side of the southern portal of the tunnel where the gun would be housed. The military, it could be said, owed quite a debt to the stubborn Matthew Bell and his insistence that an unnecessary tunnel should be built so as not to spoil the view from his bedroom window.

Boche-Buster arrived from Catterick on  13 February 1941, the gun was pushed out of the tunnel by a WD diesel locomotive, through Bishopsbourne station to the Kingston spur, where it was fired for the first time, sending several rounds into the English Channel.

The battery had its headquarters at Charlton Park with offices at Bishopsbourne station. Although it never fired in anger, the gun was frequently photographed in aggressive poses and was billed as a 'fearsome cross-Channel monster';  but the truth of the matter was that, being a howitzer, it had barely enough range to command the Kent coast and had no hope of putting a shell even half-way across the Channel.

At the beginning of May 1943 the Southern Railway withdrew the passenger service between Lyminge and Shorncliffe; thereafter the Military were the sole users of the entire branch.

In March 1944 an inspection was made of the line by the SR shortly before it was officially de-requisitioned by the War Department. Subsequently they drew up a list of necessary repairs and compensation in order to reinstate the goods, and possibly passenger, services.

The daily goods service was reinstated from 19 February 1945, but the Southern Railway were reluctant to restore the passenger service. However in the summer of 1946 they announced that the line would reopen to passengers, but only between Lyminge and Folkestone, with six passenger trains each way on weekdays and seven on Saturdays, but no Sunday service.  The restored service began on 7 October, but was little-used as former passengers were now accustomed to travelling by bus and saw little reason to go back to the less convenient, and less frequent, rail service.

It was clear from this half-hearted effort to restore the service that the Southern wanted to close the line; so it came as no surprise when they announced in the following spring that the line would close from 16 June 1947 unless passenger numbers improved.  With only 12 passengers a day, and very little goods traffic, it was clear that the line had no future.

There were some local protests about the impending closure but they fell on deaf ears. With no increase in passenger receipts the line closed to passenger traffic on 14 June 1947. A limited freight service continued to run on Mondays, Wednesdays and Fridays for heavy goods only. This continued for a few months while customers made alternative arrangements. The line officially closed on 1 October, and track-lifting started almost immediately. The track was severed half-a-mile south of Harbledown Junction in September 1948, and track lifting continued southwards. When the contractors reached Barham all work stopped, and it was not until the summer of 1953 that track-lifting reached Elham. Track-lifting was completed in 1955, followed by the removal of bridges over roads.

Today much of the route has returned to agriculture but in some places it can still be seen, although often heavily overgrown and impenetrable. The section between Peene and Cheriton Junction has been eradicated by the Channel Tunnel terminal building. There is a small railway museum at Peene adjacent to the line; this contains many artifacts of railway history and a working model railway depicting the line in SER days. From Peene the route can be traced through the Etchinghill tunnel with the 80ft-deep cutting at either end.  The tunnel is dry, but the approaches are damp. To the north of the tunnel there is an impressive three-arched brick bridge that has only ever carried a bridle path. The course of the line peters out on the outskirts of Lyminge. The route can next be seen at Elham where the Elham Valley Way footpath follows it for 500yd north of the station, until it turns sharply to the east. The line can then be followed as a farm track to its junction with the Valley Road. From the road there is little to be found until Kingston where the route is once again clearly seen right through to the outskirts of Canterbury, passing through Bourne Park Tunnel and Bishopsbourne and Bridge stations. Surprisingly the route is largely intact as it runs to the south of Canterbury along the edge of the built-up area. It is lost once again at Wincheap, but then reappears curving to the north to reach the junction at Harbledown.  The only part of the line that is a public right of way is the short section of the Elham Valley Way.

Click here to see a 12 minute film of HMG Boche-Buster on the Elham Valley Railway
Click here to see a short British Pathé film of HMG Boche-Buster

Route map drawn by Alan Young, Bradshaw from Chris Hind, tickets and SEC timetable from Michael Stewart, Proof reading Alan Young & Brian Hart

Other web sites: The Elham Valley web site, The Barham web site, Railways in Kent (Ken Elks) & Elham Valley Railway Museum.

  • The Elham Valley Line 1887 - 1947 by Brian Hart - Wild Swan Publications 1984
  • The Elham Valley Railway by M J Forwood - Phillimore 1975
  • Along the Elham Valley by Brian Hart - Article in Railway Magazine March 1979
  • Military Railways in Kent by R M Lyme - North Kent Books 1983
  • British and American Artillery of World War 2 by Ian V Hogg - Greenhill Books 2002
  • The Kentish Heavies by John Reed - Article in After the Battle No. 20
  • Wikipedia - various pages

To see other stations on the Elham Valley Railway click on the station name: South Canterbury, Bridge, Bishopsbourne, Barham, Elham
& Cheriton Halt

See also Bourne Park tunnel & Etchinghill tunnel
See also HMG Boche-Buster - rail mounted gun

Shunting in progress at Lyminge station in the early 20th century.
Copyright photo from Tony Harden collection

1898 1,2.500 OS map.

1908 1,2,500 OS map. Little has changed since the earlier map, although a small building has appeared, at the end of the siding - perhaps a small goods shed,

1939 1,2,500 OS map. A new cattle market has been established in Station Road, with a cattle dock being built adjacent to the up line.

Lyminge station staff in the early 20th century include stationmaster George Llong (left), Joe Adler (third from right) and George Reeve (far right). Note the original SER signal.
Photo from Brian Hart Collection

The 4.24 pm train to Folkestone Central on a summer afternoon in 1927 in its last years as a double-track line. The ‘up’ starting signal (left of signal box) is off indicating the arrival of a Canterbury-bound train. An original SER signal is seen at the entrance to the siding. The timber ‘down’ starting signal post will shortly be replaced with a lattice post, seen lying on the ground beside the lamp post. 266 was built at Ashford works to a design by H.S.Wainwright for the SECR. Entering service in May 1905, this 0-4-4 H class tank was renumbered by the Southern Railway to 1266 and became 31266 at nationalisation. With a working life of over 55 years, this loco was withdrawn in October 1960 from 75F, Tunbridge Wells West shed, and scrapped at Ashford in December of the same year. There is one H Class preserved, 31263 is at the Bluebell Railway as SECR No. 263.
Copyright photo from John Alsop collection

Lyminge station looking north in 1936. Beyond the station there is single-line running; the rails on the crossover are far more shiny than those on the down line beyond, which is now used as a siding. After singling Lyminge did retain its signal box for a while, but this was eventually replaced
with a ground frame.
Copyright photo from Stations UK

An H class locomotive bound for Folkestone waits for the 'all clear’ from the ‘down’ starter in March 1947, three months before closure. At this date Lyminge was the northern terminus of the line as through services to Canterbury were not reinstated after the war.
Photo from Brian Hart collection

In 1948 the goods yard and station were very overgrown.
Photo by J E Harmer

After closure the station was sold to Kent County Council, who used the goods yard as a depot and converted the station building into bungalows for their workers. This view is from September 1964.
Photo by Terry Tracey

Lyminge station looking north in August 1969.
Photo by Brian Halford

Lyminge station, looking north in November 1982; the council depot closed earlier that year.
hoto by Nick Catford

Lyminge station forecourt in May 2007. By this date the building housed Lyminge Library.
hoto by Richard Coleman

Lyminge station looking south in March 2012
hoto by Nick Catford

Click here for more pictures of Lyminge station

[Source: Nick Catford]

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In late April, we told you about plans to bring new “Health and Wellness” suites to Disney’s Contemporary Resort. Initially, the suites were slated to open last month but sources say that Disney has dropped their plans to incorporate these themed suites into the hotel.

Originally touted to include such luxurious amenities as rainwater showers, in-room massage tables and the like, these rooms have been scrapped in favor of a renovation that is more in line with other Disney deluxe hotels.

While an official statement regarding the reason for scrapping the original plans has not been released, Bryan Malenius, a spokesman for the company, did say:

We look at new ideas and concepts all of the time. It’s not unusual for changes to be made on major construction projects such as the Contemporary suite renovations.

Renovations are now scheduled to begin in 2013, while the resort’s roof and California Grill restaurant will be undergoing improvements simultaneously. Certain features that were expected to be included in the original “health and wellness” suites, such as bamboo flooring, will likely still be included in the room renovations, while other more high-end items like in-room exercise equipment will not.

The refurbished rooms are expected to open sometime during the summer of 2013.

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f8: Social Apps, Timeline Introduced On Facebook

At f8, Facebook revealed that "Over 500 million people engage with Facebook across more than 7 million apps and websites every month." The company also introduced the next evolution of Facebook Platform and Open Graph.The Open Graph Beta is now available to all Facebook developers. This beta gives you access to the docs and tools […]

At f8, Facebook revealed that "Over 500 million people engage with Facebook across more than 7 million apps and websites every month." The company also introduced the next evolution of Facebook Platform and Open Graph.

The Open Graph Beta is now available to all Facebook developers. This beta gives you access to the docs and tools you need to add Open Graph actions and objects to your app.

Since the beginning of Facebook, profile has been the place where people tell their story. People use it to share everything from the small stuff, like their thoughts on an article, to the most important events of their lives, like the photos of their wedding or the birth of their child.

Facebook at f8, launched "Timeline," a new kind of profile/home for all the great stories you've already shared. "Timeline is wider than your old profile, and it's a lot more visual. The first thing you'll notice is the giant photo right at the top. This is your cover, and it's completely up to you which of your photos you put here," informed Facebook.

"As you scroll down past your cover, you'll see your posts, photos and life events as they happened in time. You choose what's featured on your timeline. You can star your favorites to double their size or hide things altogether."

See how to enbable Timeline under this post.

Filling in the blanks: "If for some reason some important parts of your story aren't included on your timeline, you can go back to when they happened and add them. Or go to your private activity log. This is where you'll find everything you shared since you joined Facebook. Click on any post to feature it on your timeline so your friends can see it, too," Facebook explained.

Also, launched today, is a "social app" that lets you show the things you like to do on your timeline - the music you listen to, the recipes you try, the runs you take and more. These apps also help you discover what your friends are up to. You can even join in if you want: play the song they're listening to, or watch the same TV show.

"You can start adding some of these new apps today, but timeline won't be available for a few weeks. When you get your timeline, you can choose to publish it immediately or take a few days to review what's there and add anything that's missing," added Facebook.

App Discovery through friends: As people add apps to their Timeline, friends will be able to easily discover and connect to your app in just a few clicks, as they see it on not only each other's Timelines, but in News Feed, or the newly launched Ticker.

Distribution through News Feed, Ticker, and Timeline will be "based on Graph Rank, the underlying system that manages discovery of Open Graph activity around Facebook. Graph Rank is designed to give more prominence to engaging activity. The transparency of the system should enable you to predictably measure your app's performance.

Graph Rank is also personalized. Graph Rank isn't a global score, but a personalized view of you and your friends' tastes," Facebook explains.

New analytics
From the Dev App, you'll be "able to see analytics for all the Open Graph activity published by your app. You will be able to optimize your app's Graph Rank based on this information."

Any app can be social
"As the Open Graph opens up Platform to more categories and verticals, many more types of apps will be successful on Facebook because Open Graph isn't just about sharing - it's about self-expression and serendipity. Whether you have a Website, App on Facebook or Mobile app, you can make it Open Graph-enabled so users can see their activity on Timeline," explains Facebook.

New Opportunities

We are excited about the sites launching later today with Open Graph apps. Learn more about these sites on the Platform Showcase.

Here are a couple of videos demonstrating the newly launched features:

Social App

Here is how to enbable Facebook Timeline:

Install "Developer" app by just typing "developer" in the search field. Then, click on the first app (see the picture below.) Once you click on the app, it will automatically take you to the developer portal.

  1. Create a new app
    You'll also have to enter a CAPTCHA to verify that you're a real person.

  2. Name your app

  3. Enable Open Graph

  4. Name your Open Action

  5. Return to your user profile
    Once you return to your profile, you should have the prompt asking if you'd like to enable the new Timeline interface and make it public before it actually launches publicly.

The whole process takes less than five minutes. Here's what you need to do:

Step 1: Search for the Facebook Developer App. The top result will be the official app, as shown below.

Facebook Timeline setup step 1

Step 2: Grant access to the permisions that the developer app requests. Click Allow.

Facebook Timeline setup step 2

Step 3: Create an app. Click the '+create an app' buton as shown below.

Facebook Timeline setup step 3

Step 4: To get your new app off the ground you have to give it a name (display name) and also give it a namespace (like hosting). These can be changed later, so all you need to do is come up with any old name. You could use your own name, or even a jumble of letters. Either way, probably best to make it memorable.

Once you have done this click continue. If you have not verified your Facebook account using your phone number or credit/debit card, then a dialog box will appear requesting you to verify your account. The phone verification method works instantly, so I would recommend using that.

Facebook Timeline setup step 4

Step 5: Simply click save changes one

Facebook Timeline setup step 5

Step 6:

Facebook Timeline setup step 6

Step 7:

Facebook Timeline setup step 7

Once you have clicked "Save & Finish" you will be taken to the page below. From this point on there is nothing more to do within the Developer console, so you can close it.

Facebook Timeline setup step 8

Step 9:

Activate the New Facebook Timeline Profile Page

Step 10:

Facebook Timeline setup step 9

Choose a 'Cover Photo' and...you can now see your Facebook Profile in the Timeline Design.

New Facebook Timeline Profile

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Maggi Bhuna Masala-Product review

Most of the times,when required to make a North Indian gravy one thing which puts me off is the whole onion-tomato slicing-sauteing and the grinding part.Of course,when I feel like eating something badly,nothing looks like an effort.But for those lazy times,Maggi Bhuna masala is the perfect answer.
There are two varieties available.One with ginger-garlic and one without.They say the onions and tomatoes are sauteed using just 1 spoon of oil,a relief for us who think a lot about the fat content in packaged foods.Maggi is a trusted brand in India,so this one was on my must-try list.I got around 5-6 packets and decided to explore the possibilities,fueled by the ads.
I made Dal Tadka using the Bhuna masala for Vegetables/Dal and was pleasantly surprised.I haven't tried making anything else with dal other than the usual yellow dal or dal tadka.This one had a typical dhaba kind of taste to it.I don't know if I'd try it again using homemade ground masala,but it tasted good with rotis and I guess that's what counts.
Speaking of rotis,how can a tomato fry with vegetables fall behind?I resort to good ol' tomato fry whenever there's a dearth of vegetables or I am too lazy to try something elaborate.Using the bhuna masala for vegetables,I added tomatoes,green peas and capsicum and gave a li'l twist to our regular tomato fry.It was a bit too tangy for Ajay but perfect for me to mop up those rotis.
Next recipe I tried was Rajma masala.We both love Rajma masala and I had high hopes from the same dish made with bhuna masala for gravies.I loved the final dish but felt the masala was not enough for the Rajma dish if it was to be served for a family of four.It was just sufficient for us.Ok,I could just go ahead and add two packets and more Rajma,but just saying.
Mention north Indian and how can we forget Paneer.I wanted to try out Paneer butter masala but the Paneer matar they showed in ads was too tempting and I decided to try just that.I am amazed by the ease in which we can make this delicious dish in just 15 minutes or less if you have Paneer and frozen green peas ready in the fridge.(sorry for the straight out of the pan pic!)

Check out their site for more recipe ideas and more info about the product.

This is not a paid review.I used and liked this product and just thought of sharing it with my readers.

For my readers who love their cup of coffee,Times deal have an amazing offer of Buy any beverage and Get another one absolutely Free @ Barista Lavazza. This deal is available Pan India.

  1. I got a pack of this masala during our trip. Will try your variations sometime. Looks pretty easy!

  2. These type of readymade gravies make life easier.... but not all are satisfactory... As you said since maggie is a well known brand it must be good. I have them on my to-buy list next time I visit India!!
    Thanks for sharing!!

  3. This looks interesting.Hope they keep this product till my next visit to India. Havent seen them yet in the Indian stores here.

  4. Hey thanks for sharing the knowledge Divya. I was not aware of this product

  5. I have seen in all the super/hyper markets in Blore but never tried it.Will get and try this one..looks really nice

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