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Dec. 5 (Bloomberg) -- China’s central bank barred financial
institutions from handling Bitcoin transactions, moving to
regulate the virtual currency after an 89-fold jump in its value
sparked a surge of investor interest in the country.

 Bitcoin isn’t a currency with “real meaning” and doesn’t

have the same legal status as a currency, the People’s Bank of
China said. The public is free to participate in Internet
transactions provided they take on the risk themselves, it said.

 An unregulated digital currency may pose a threat to

China’s capital controls. Regulatory oversight may restrain
demand for Bitcoin in China, which exchange operator BTC China
said has become the world’s biggest trader with more than half
of global volumes. The surge in Bitcoin has spurred investor
protection concerns and prompted former Federal Reserve Chairman
Alan Greenspan to call it a “bubble.” Prices plunged after the
PBOC announcement.

Look for a stolen Kitchenaid one on gumtree or fleabay. That's what we did. They last forever. The motors burn out quickly on the cheap ones, esp. if you are working heavy dough like bread, so if you are going to use it a lot save up.

+1 ^. Love the warning sticker. Where did you find the Zipp?

dibs 3/4 shorts please. Will PM shortly

^^ Interesting writeup. I have thought for years about building a wood-fired oven in the garden, but have been unable so far to pull the trigger.

Where can I buy the flour used by metrocammell/Santa Maria? Also, anyone know where you can buy live yeast in East London?

The organic food shop in the central Greenwich covered market stocks fresh yeast, I get mine there. A good local baker may also give you some/sell you some if you ask.
http://www.greenlandshealthfoods.com/

Gennaro Italian deli in Lewisham stocks a few different brands of Tipo 00 flour for pizza. I appreciate this is more South than East, but if it helps. http://www.italianfoodexpress.co.uk/

Wheels built, slowly making progress. This gives a sense of what the geo looks like. Starting to get properly excited.

where the fuck can i buy a whole turkey in south london? three tescos and two waitroses later and still nothing. need one for belated thanksgiving dinnerz innit.

if theres christams ads on telly, there should be turkeys in the shops.

Drings Butchers in Greenwich also does them. Also not cheap though

Early this morning. Should I try again?

I like jazz and first heard the man's music almost 30 years ago, when it was long out of print. Thus began a multi-year odyssey to find his early records, which I still have today.

Pharoah Sanders - Hum-Allah-Hum-Allah-Hum-Allah 1/2 - YouTube

I tried to enter mine but they never put it up :(

Pret a Manger comes out well in Bloomberg review

http://www.bloomberg.com/news/2013-11-29/who-ate-all-the-pies-angela-hartnett-pret-a-manger-top.html

Dibs Pearl :)

Thank goodness. We have been waiting patiently for weeks, and I for one feel cheated.

Sure, I will be down at Brick Lane on Sunday. See you there. Bring cash.

Very nice Dammit, shame about the photo.

I say if someone wants to TRY TO make a profit on some bargin they found on ebay, good luck to them as long as they make a donation.

ftfy.

If you believe ebay is an efficient market, and given the millions of people there it's pretty close, then this frame is worth £490. Sure there are some badly listed items and the occasional bargain, but generally things go for top dorrah there.

Coming soon to an ebay near you

 Nov. 28 (Bloomberg) -- Tour de France cycling team Lampre-

Merida lost about $1 million worth of bikes, equipment and cars
in a burglary last weekend that has thrown its plans for next
season into disarray, a company spokesman said.

 More than 100 bikes, worth at least 7,000 euros ($9,500)

each, were stolen from the team’s headquarters near Milan last
weekend, Lampre said yesterday. The bikes, which come from
Merida’s Warp TT, Scultura SL and Ride Pro brands, are painted
black, lime green and purple. Two cars, office equipment and
cycling parts including Fulcrum-brand wheels, Selle saddles and
mechanical components were also taken.

 Burglars “broke in by destroying the alarm system,

telephone system and Internet connection, then continued on to
clear the warehouse and team vehicles of all valued material,”
the company said.

 Riders were scheduled to gather Dec. 5 so the team could

start testing the cycles in preparation for next season,
spokesman Andrea Appiani said in a telephone interview. That
will no longer happen.

Flashing front lights are annoying and as mentioned above other road users can't judge your speed and distance. Always a steady one on the front please.

Police officers have been ordered to fine 10 cyclists a month each for road traffic offences after a spate of deaths among bicycle riders.

http://www.thetimes.co.uk/tto/public/cyclesafety/article3933789.ece

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Driver charged.

  November 27 (Press Association) -- A man has been charged 

with causing the death of an elderly cyclist by dangerous
driving and failing to stop at the scene of an accident.

  Kile Straker, 23, has also been charged with other 

traffic offences and will appear in court in Wolverhampton next
month, West Midlands Police said.

  Straker, of Armstrong Drive, Dunstall Park, 

Wolverhampton, is accused of causing the death of 74-year-old
George Searle, who was pronounced dead on the city's Stafford
Road in July.

  A police spokesman said Straker had been bailed to appear 

before magistrates on December 13.

RIP rider.

Another +1 for the Masters. Roll nicely, look good.

Conveniently, the University of Bath today seems to have published some research showing hi-vis doesn't prevent close overtakes of cyclists. Maybe carry a copy of this and hand it to the police when they inquire why you aren't wearing any?

http://opus.bath.ac.uk/37890/1/Walker_2013.pdf

I love how all these officers watch the white vans scream through the light and do nothing. They don't flinch, the second van even appears to jump the red (at 50 seconds)
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-politics-25089161

What has been seen ....