The Loop is both green and ergonomic in design with a contemporary and cozy space to relax. You ‘feed it’ with compost from your kitchen and in return it ‘feeds you’ with both gas and electricity.

Integrated with a methane gas processor, loop extracts methane from the decomposing materials. The Methane produced is used to cook food or gets converted into electricity by a methanol fuel cell.

You can then grow your owns veggies or plants on the surface due to the consistently warm surface. This is the ultimate green accessory that will grow and evolve with time.

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However some movie geeks are going one step further. According to Deputy-Dog standard cinemas are not enough; they are having custom-made home cinemas built in the theme of their favourite films.

If you have the money, they will build it for you! Elite HTS has many high profile locations, including Harrods department store in London, Technicolor Studios and American High Definition in Los Angeles.

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Madonna’s hubby Guy Ritchie is bemoaning high property prices in central London, blaming the escalation on rich foreigners. Ritchie says most Brits are being priced out of the market unless they had a spare £10 million.

“There hasn't been a property correction here for 20 years,” he said in an interview with Empire magazine while plugging his new movie, RocknRolla.
“House prices don't go down, they just go up. And the natives of England are sort of being left behind because the big money came in and if it wanted something, it bought it and it made a bigger fortune by doing so.”

The film-maker currently lives in a £7million Marylebone house with Madge, 49, and their three children.
According to The Independent they also bought the £6m neighbouring house that has been converted into a gym.

Other properties include

-Two mews cottages.

-A Georgian home in Regent’s Park, North London.

-£9m home in Ashcombe estate, Wiltshire.

Described as a shrewd property investor, Madonna also owns properties in the United States; in Beverly Hills and New York.

Ritchie blames the “Russian oligarchs” for the London property boom.
“They have a unique way of doing business. They don't haggle – they double the price on everything. If it's going for £500m, they'll pay £1bn. So it has left everyone with their pants down a bit,” he says.

Coincidently, Ritchie’s new film involves Russian mobsters and Brits who get embroiled in a property deal that goes wrong.

And the 39-year-old could soon find himself out in the cold if rumours are true that he and Madonna are about to split after seven years of marriage. A formal announcement about the marriage is expected to be made at the end of Madonna’s world tour, which finishes on November 29 in Mexico.

Source: The Independent and Empire magazine.
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The price of real estate could skyrocket in the Devonshire countryside if the rumours are true that Michael Jackson will follow in his brother, Tito’s footsteps and move to the seaside town of Barnstaple. The controversial star apparently wants to hole-up in the countryside with his family to escape the media’s prying cameras, according to metro.co.uk.

“We hope it will be a family hideaway where my brothers and sisters can escape media attention when we need to,” he told metro.co.uk

“I can confirm that he [Michael] has been to Barnstaple on private visits in recent years along with my brother Jermaine and a few other Jackson siblings.

“Michael likes North Devon, too, as no one bothers him. 

“My family love North Devon and the wonderful countryside and friendly people. I am looking forward to living in Barnstaple and I hope the Barnstaple public will respect our family's privacy.”  

Upon arrival the locals welcomed the star-studded family with gifts that included cider with warnings to drink it in moderation.

Jackson has reportedly made offers on two Barnstaple properties. The 49-year-old king of pop has also lived in Ireland and Bahrain and is fighting to keep his Neverland Ranch in the United States.  

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The Ladybird is a new invention that is designed to maximise your small bathroom space. It is literally a sink in which you can take a bath! The Ladybird contains a removable sink that empties into the bathtub. The finished product looks very nice but irrespective of how clean you keep your sink, we are not sure how many people would rush to take a bath under it!

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The worst places in the country to find love are Christchurch and the Isles of Scilly, both in the South West. A combination of very few single people and low earnings make them a poor bet for those looking for a partner.

For gays and lesbians, the City of London is again the top spot in the country to catch a well-to-do partner, with Brighton the second best place. Islington comes third. Manchester, Lewes in Sussex, and Cambridge are the only non-London places in the top 25 for homosexuals. Castle Point in East Anglia is the worst place to find a same sex partner with some cash.

Heartbreak, measured by the number of separated and divorced people, is much more evenly spread around the country, with Blackpool claiming the top spot. Only eight of the top twenty most heartbroken boroughs are in London, with Hackney topping London’s list.

Those looking to catch a rich divorcee, however, need look no further than Kensington and Chelsea which tops the London and national eligible divorcee list.

A man looking to find a well-heeled woman is best placed in Brent, where female incomes are highest compared to their male counterparts. Women in the City and Westminster have the highest absolute incomes in Britain, but not when compared to their male neighbours.

In a special promotion to American Express’ ultra-exclusive Centurion cardholders, Spencer advertised that guests could have unlimited access to the estate. They could even sleep in the Princess of Wales’ room – a room Diana once shared with Prince Charles. However, Diana’s burial site on Althorp’s island is out of bounds.

Spencer has backed his decision to let the 500-year-old estate. “Althorp has hosted corporate and private hospitality for clients for 30 years,” he said in a statement. “This is a normal way of helping with the upkeep of an historic house.”

A Spencer spokesperson says it now costs about half-a-million pounds a year to maintain Althorp. The pricey parties and rentals also help make up for declining visitors to the Northamptonshire estate.

Althorp is open to the public from July 1st to September 30th, except for August 31st, the anniversary of Diana's death.

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Diana's wedding gown on display at Althorp  

Princess Diana's ancestral home, Althorp