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Appearance: Fist clenched, index and middle fingers outstretched skywards.
Security strength: Very poor.
Security? Come on, man. This is the peace sign – it's all about freedom! Freedom to give all your personal data to anyone who wants it?
Yeah, dude. Share and share alike, right? No, I mean it. If someone takes a photo of you doing the peace sign, they can quite easily steal all your money.
That sounds unlikely. Oh, really? Japan's National Institute of Technology claims that smartphone cameras are now advanced enough to allow biometric theft.
How? Say you do a peace sign in a well-lit photo taken from 3ft away. Crooks can take that photo, zoom in on your fingertips, create an exact fingerprint copy in latex, unlock your phone, log in to your internet banking and swipe all your cash.
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I've been destroyed by my own liberal beliefs. I have never felt so vulnerable. Well, quite. Now that more and more phones allow you to authorise payments with your fingerprint, giving the peace sign on camera is a little like tattooing your pin number right across your face.
This is worrying. Imagine how Rihanna feels. Search Wikipedia for "V sign" and you'll find a five-year-old photo of her brazenly showing the world her fingerprints. If she's not homeless and impoverished by the end of the week, it will be a miracle.
And, God, poor Ringo Starr. All he does is throw peace signs out. True. But let's calm down a little. Think about it: do you unlock your smartphone with your index or middle finger?
Neither – I use my thumbprint. Right, everyone does. So peace-signers are probably quite safe. It's thumbs-uppers who should worry.
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WHO: NN, Inc. Precision Engineered Products Group (PEP) is a global manufacturer of precision engineered, customized solutions for energy management. NN's Electrical Products division will showcase its capabilities in clad metals, electrical contacts, electrical contact tape, molded plastic parts, plated parts, precision metal and strip stamping, thermostat metal parts, and brazed and welded assembles.
WHAT: IEEE Power and Energy Society (PES) Transmission and Distribution (T&D) Conference and Exposition, the largest and most comprehensive show in the T&D industry, will bring together more than ten thousand attendees and 700 exhibitors to see the latest technology and equipment available in the utility industry today.
Located in booth 205, NN will showcase their high-integrity energy product portfolio including bus bars, power metal contacts, precision stampings, electrical contacts and assemblies, prototypes, airbag pressure relief burst discs, special precision processes, electrical contact tape, thermostat metal parts, and assemblies used by top-notch energy management brands. The company will also highlight their emerging Additive Manufacturing capabilities that are well-recognized on an international scale.
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Big win for Niall Turner on Asian Development Tour
Muskerry's Niall Turner has won on the Asian Development Tour in Jakarta — a major boost to him after a run of illness and injury.
Turner, 30, has been out of action for much of the last 18 months due to a series of hip injuries. An attack of heat stroke in a tournament in Malaysia also forced an extended spell away from the game.
But everything clicked into place as he claimed the Linc Group Jakarta Classic over the Imperial Club course in Jakarta, firing rounds of 72, 70, 68 and 69 to win by one from pal Peter Richardson of England on 10 under par.
"I really needed this win," said Turner, who won US$10,500 and earned six Official World Golf Ranking points. "It has been quite grim in the last few years because I had a bad hip injury since 2011. That was the only thing holding me back.
"I was born with a defect in my hip and had to go through some surgery. My hip feels great now although I had to make slight changes in my swing.
"Winning a tournament really gives you the confidence. It will be an important few weeks on the ADT and I really want to get back on the Asian Tour. Hopefully I can stay healthy and continue my form.
"I've had two very frustrating years of inactivity but played very well over the last three days. I did get off to a slow start in the fourth round and Peter Richardson, an English golfer and a good friend I frequently room with over here, got dangerously close before I settled and parred my way home for a very significant win.
"I am now 10th in the order of merit in spite of a restricted number of tournaments. At the end of the year, there are five Asian Tour places on offer and I now play two good money events in Taipei. Hopefully this win proves a turning point."
Leading fourth round scores:
278 – Niall TURNER (IRL) 70 68 67 73
279 – Peter RICHARDSON (ENG) 72 70 68 69
281 – Annop TANGKAMOLPRASERT (THA) 69 73 71 68
283 – Pavit TANGKAMOLPRASERT (THA) 71 72 73 67, Grant JACKSON (ENG) 69 68 76 70, Brett MUNSON (USA) 67 69 75 72
284 – CHOO Tze Huang (SIN) 73 70 73 68, Konosuke NAKAZATO (JPN) 71 70 71 72
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Having a large vegetable garden is great. One problem that arises though is what to do with all that food. It tends to come in all at once and as much as we love to eat our veggies we can't eat them all. We blanch and freeze our greens but who doesn't love a shelf full of pickles? Last week Mike shared his recipe for his scrumptious green tomato chutney. You can freeze it but we chose to can it. Today we will show you how to can the green tomato chutney and how to pickle cucumbers.
Mike: Canning is a great way to preserve your garden's harvest but you need to be sure your recipe has enough acid to keep bad stuff from growing. I usually go to the Ball canning site to make sure my plan is copacetic.
You will need the following equipment:
- 1 large pot- we have a huge 6 gallon aluminum pot that doubles triples as our tamale steamer and blanches large amounts of greens that we freeze for the winter.
- Canning Jars- we have a variety of sizes. For pickles we use quart sized jars while for the chutney we use the smaller pint size.
- Lids and rings- get them to match the size of jars you have. The lids can only be used once but the rings can be reused.
- *Large spoon and ladel
- Jar grabber- this picks up very hot jars out of the boiling water
- Lid lifter- has a magnet to pick the lids out of the boiling water where you sanitize them.
- Jar funnel (optional for pickling but a must for the green tomato chutney)
*Note: Utensils made of zinc, iron, brass, copper, or galvanized metal should not be used. The metal may react with acids or salts and cause undesirable color and taste changes in the pickles or make pickles unfit to eat. Likewise, enamelware with cracks or chips should not be used.
Preparing the Jars:
1. Sanitize the jars and lids by washing them in your dishwasher or boil them. We boil them in our large pot for 10 minutes.
2. Dry
3. Lay out all the equipment and keep close by
Cucumbers- It takes 4-5 pickles to fill a quart jar.
Pickle mix
Distilled vinegar
1. To begin clean, cut the ends off, and slice your cucumbers. Now people in the blogosphere can get picky on what type of cucumber to pickle. We're not. In fact, we pickle almost any vegetable we can get our hands on!
2. Bring the spice mix and vinegar to a near-boil – just simmering! The directions on the packet will tell you how much vinegar to add, it's usually about 4 cups.
*Be sure to use a NON-metal pot (you can use aluminum) – or a coated metal (teflon, silverstone, enamel, etc.) without breaks in the coating. the metal reacts with the vinegar and makes the pickle solution turn cloudy.
3. Drop the cucumbers, garlic and dill into each jar.
4. Fill each jar with the vinegar pickle mixture.
5. Put the lid and ring on. Twist until very tight.
6. Using the jar grabber put them in the canner and keep them covered with at least 1 inch of water. Keep the water boiling. Boil them for 10 minutes (or as directed by the instructions in the pickle mix, or with your canner). We have to adjust for our high altitude and boil for 15 minutes. This is also necessary if you have larger jars! The longer you process the jars, the more mushy (less crisp) the pickles will be.
7. Lift the jars out of the water and let them cool without touching or bumping them in a draft-free place (usually takes overnight). Once the jars are cool, you can check that they are sealed verifying that the lid has been sucked down. Just press in the center, gently, with your finger. If it pops up and down it is not sealed. If you put the jar in the refrigerator right away, you can still use it.
Wait at least 24 hours, but for best flavor wait 2- 8 weeks!
Green tomato chutney:
For recipe go here!
1. Fill the jars but leave the top 1″ empty
2. Follow steps # 5-7 above.
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Road users who have been averse to the privatising of several of the UK's major roads think about the recent pay-as-you-go road developed around the M6.
The pay-as-you-go road in the Midlands was built in 2003. Around less than 50% the number of cars that it was created for use it. When the road first opened it cost motorists £2 to use that particular road. The latest rise occurred in January and currently is £5.50 for cars and £11 for lorries.
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The toll road is managed by Midland Expressway Limited who run, repair, and developed the section of motorway. The firms long term contract runs until 2053. After that period the section of road is going to be transferred over to government management.
A recent survey among local firms in the region area demonstrated that, of 97 firms asked, 76 percent declined to make use of the road as a result of significant price.
For a great number of people they regarded that this toll road could not offer a good economical choice to using the very crowded M6. The pay-as-you-go road seems not to have worked for car and lorry drivers and the local people and there is not any reason to imagine it could operate anywhere else. On the other hand there are many who believe the toll road does signify great economic value.
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After an incident outside the school gates at St Anne's Primary School in Leyland, staff implemented the school's lockdown policy.
READ MORE: Primary school on lockdown after police incident
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READ MORE: Police called to Leyland school over knife claims
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10 Smart Hacks To Step Up Your Math Game
These 10 smart hacks are the fastest way to step up your math game. The subject of mathematics has never been easier to understand like it is today, with all the available online (and offline resources). But why bother searching for a lot of material when you can get the gist of it with these simple math hacks.
All you need to do is to understand these basic concepts, and, while we're not saying you'll be a genius, you'll definitely have an upper edge when it comes to solving basic to medium math problems. Just try them out and let yourself be impressed of these brilliant little mathematics tips and tricks.
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Save the date for Austrian Summer Sports
After a dramatic race at yesterday's Grand Prix, Austrian summer sport is not showing any sign of slowing down. Here we list the numerous sporting events taking place in one of Europe's top sporting destinations this summer…
2018 IFSC Climbing world championships – Innsbruck
Innsbruck, 06.09.2018 – 16.09.2018
For the first time since 1993, the Climbing World Championships are returning to Austria. Innsbruck is gearing up to host the world's most hotly anticipated climbing event and we cannot wait. It's been 25 years since the first ever 'Worlds' was held in Innsbruck and the city is doing everything they can to specially mark the occasion. A brand new climbing centre will host over 750 athletes from 70 different nations, whilst Innsbruck's main square will host numerous side events for all the family to try! If climbing is your thing, check out our ski property for sale in Innsbruck here.
Ischgl Iron bike festival – ischgl
Ischgl, 02.08.2018 – 04.08.2018
Europe's toughest mountain bike marathon returns to Ischgl in August! Iron Bike takes mountain bike enthusiasts on a marathon ride through the Paznaun Valley. Spectators will enjoy a three day festival, including numerous races. One such race is the 'Ischgl Alpenhaus Trophy' where daredevil riders will be expected to climb a monstrous 1,000 metres up a vertical track! If you're a bike enthusiast, check out our ski property for sale in Ischgl.
Otzal Glacier flea walk – obergurgl
Obergurgl, 05.08.2018
With 8 glaciers, it's no surprise that one of Austria's frozen wonderlands feature in this post. The Otztal Glacier Flea Walk is an Alpine walk which shows off some of Austria's best frozen features – even if it is the beginning of August! Each year, avid hikers walk the 16km route from Obergrugl to Vent, stopping off at the village's historic Ramolhaus Lodge for refreshments. This is one for those who love snow year round – check out our ski property for sale in Obergurgl here.
Ironman 70.3 – Zell am See
Zell am See, 26.08.2018
If you fancy yourself as a sporting family, the Ironman 70.3 event in Zell am See is for you. This famous event consists of three races: IRONGIRL Run for women, IRONMAN for the gents and IRONKIDS for the little ones. The World Champion race course takes competitors around (and in) Zell am See's sparkling lake, whilst the Hohe Tauern National Park provides the perfect mountainous backdrop. Think you're family would cut it? Check out our ski property for sale in Zell am See here.
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The City of London has an amazingly rich architectural heritage which is quite unique in its diversity. In this book, Simon Bradley unlocks the treasures of this most ancient and modern of capitals, aided by numerous maps, plans, drawings and photographs, building upon Pevsner's iconic guide to the City.


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Clever car camping and sleeping arrangements. Kitchen drawers. Sleeping platforms. How do you make the smaller space work for your conversion? Submit your setup!
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2011 Jeep Wrangler Unlimited Rubicon
Dan's done this before with his previous trip covering both North and South America, so this customized jeep prepped for a two-year jaunt around Africa is based on experience and purpose. In this setup, the storage boxes can be shuffled depending on needs while sleeping space is added with the pop-up camper top.
2006 Subaru Forester
It's tough to make a car conversion glamorous like bus and van conversions, so here with Becca's Subaru Forester conversion, practicality is king. Forgoing most cooking has enabled a focus on sleeping and storage. The roof pod helps but could be omitted for stealth. The sheer travel mileage shows it's all worked well.


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The Khazar Islands (Azerbaijani: Xəzər adaları), also known as Caspian Islands,[1] is a planned development ofartificial islands 25 km (16 mi) south of Baku, Azerbaijan consisting of 41 islands extending 3,000 hectares (about 11.6 sq mi) over the Caspian Sea. Avesta, the company responsible for the islands' development, is constructing the city to house 1 million residents, contain 150 schools, 50 hospitals and daycare centers, numerous parks, shopping malls, cultural centers, university campuses, a Formula 1 quality racetrack, and the Azerbaijan Tower (expected to be the tallest in the world). The $2 billion tower is to be the centerpiece of the Khazar Islands, a $100 billion city of 41 artificial islands that will spread 3,000 hectares over the Caspian Sea.
All of these facilities are planned to be able to withstand up to magnitude 9.0 earthquakes. The city will be equipped with 150 bridges and a large municipal airport to connect the islands to the mainland.
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Alejandro Valverde reaches seventh heaven
After six times finishing on the podium of the Men Elite Road World Championship, Alejandro Valverde claimed the gold medal for Spain for the first time at the age of 38. He rode away up the Höll, the gruelling climb at the end of the race, along with France's Romain Bardet and Canada's Michael Woods to beat them in a four-man sprint after the return of the Dutchman Tom Dumoulin. The final event crowned a wonderful week of sport in Innsbruck-Tirol.
Mark Stewart – a Key Part of the British U23 World...
The U23 Worlds in Bergen; a great race with a great finale with GB well there – Ollie Wood in fourth and our very own Mark Stewart a key part of the team which got Wood into a position to sprint for the bronze medal. We just had to 'have a word' with Scotland's own double European track champion, Mr. Mark Stewart...
Graham Webb
The sad news came through from Belgium on Sunday morning that Graham Webb, British World road champion in 1967, had passed away. Our condolences go to his family and the many friends and fans he had in the cycling community. A great champion and a wonderful guy. Ed interviewed Graham back in 2009, and we thought that reproducing the interview now would be a good tribute to the man. In memory of Graham; his views on the sport back in 2009. 'Former World Road Race Champion,' yes, that would be nice to have that after your name!
Gabriel Cullaigh – On leaving the GB Academy and joining SEG...
It was Mark Stewart suggested we have a word with this young man, Gabriel Cullaigh; he's been riding strongly for the GB U23 Academy in Italy but recently decided to make his own way in the tough world of continental bike racing, joining strong Dutch Continental outfit, SEG Racing Academy. Here's what Gabriel had to say to us just the other day...
Ponferrada World Road Championships 2014 – Elite Men. Michal Kwiatkowski...
Spanish sports paper, Mundo Deportivo says; 'El Tigre, en la Lieja-Ponferrada-Lieja' comparing the race to an Ardennes Classic. 'A complete cyclist with a brilliant future,' they say of the 24 year-old Pole Michal Kwiatkowski. Despite a tiny box on the front cover, the race gets two-and-a-half pages with nice colour pictures.
Ponferrara World Road Championships 2014 – Juniors & Women. Jonas Bokeloh...
I hate to keep moaning about these Worlds, but ... There's no way you can get from the two K to go sign at the foot of the final descent and up onto the climb. Barriers, tapes, police, volantarios (volunteer janitors) - grim! A man who can't walk the course ends up in too many bars.
Ponferrada World Road Championships 2014 – U23 Men, Sven Erik Bystrom...
Well, if there's a pizza place in Ponferrada, we can't find it. It's rude to criticise your host's abode but we're mystified by how the Worlds came to be here. The communications are terrible, it's four-and-a-half hours by road or rail out of Madrid or get transfer flights up to the North West and more driving.
Silvan Dillier – a NeoPro and an Elite World Champion!
Sometimes you can just tell a rider is a bit special, BMC's Swiss road and track man, Silvan Dillier is one such rider. We first came across him on Six Day duties, he made the podium in Gent and Zürich but was forging a name for himself in the summer, too... and now, as a first year full pro, Silvan is an Elite World Champion....
Alex Dowsett – "I want to move things on next year"
Young Sky star, Alex Dowsett's early season was compromised by a bad crash in the Three Days of West Flanders - but he's come back strongly. He took eighth in the World Elite TT champs, rode strongly in the Tour of Beijing, aiding team mate Boasson Hagen on to the podium and closed his season with second place with Luke Rowe in the Duo Normand two-up time trial.
Ronan McLaughlin – Team Ireland's Third Man at the Worlds
As the Worlds memories begin to fade and thoughts turn to the late season classics in northern Italy and France, VeloVeritas takes a last look back at the Cauberg. But this time through the eyes of a man who rode that beast of a hill all 11 times on Sunday, Ireland's Ronan McLaughlin.
World Road Race Championships 2012 – Mens' Road Race
The 'best world championships ever' the organisers are saying – but I guess they would say that? It was certainly a good race; and if last year's race in Copenhagen was a model of GB team work for Cav, then this year was all about Belgium and 'Phil.' Having walked the parcours and seen all of the road races up to and including the U23 end in a bunch sprint, I thought that it would be a bunch sprint. The parcours weren't as tough as we all thought – the surfaces were good and two bergs apart, it was very fast. But when I saw Marianne Vos win on Saturday afternoon, I got to thinking; 'Gilbert could do the same thing, maybe?' And so it proved.
World Road Race Championships 2012 – U23 Mens' & Womens' Road...
It's a nice afternoon in Limburg for bike racing, the sun is out, there's not a lot of wind and The Netherlands' Olympic road race champion Marianne Vos has just bridged up to the break; so the crowd is happy. Yes, yes, I'm watching another women's race. No report though, I'm just out of the press room. I had the report to write up and pictures to process for the U23 race from this morning. It started at 09:00 am so I had to leave the camper at 07:30 to work the start area.
Michael Hutchinson – at the World Time Trial Championship 2012
There's only been one winner of the Cycle Time Trials 50 mile championship in the 21st century – and that's Ulsterman Michael Hutchinson who has won the event 13 times, straight. We caught up with the 38 year-old who just keeps getting faster and faster, the day after the World Elite TT Championship in Limburg, where he finished 46th @ 5:22 behind Tony Martin. In fairness to the man who this year has broken the British 10 and 25 mile records, he did have the worst of the day – cold stinging rain which made the parcours very dangerous in parts.
World Road Championships 2012 – Junior Womens' Road Race
When you write and then put your words out there into the ether, you set yourself up. Whilst there's nothing better than someone taking the time to say that they like your work. On the other side of that coin is that there will always be folks who have a real go at you. I understand and accept that, but what's difficult to accept is uninformed criticism, where people don't really understand the situation.
World Road Championships 2012 – Day Five, Mens' Time Trial
There are time trials – and then there are time trials. Dual carriageways with high traffic counts on balmy Essex afternoons are one thing; Limburg in the autumn rain with a parcours which includes the Cauberg is another. The VV camper is parked on the road race parcours on the opposite side of the circuit from the finish/press centre tented village. The elite TT parcours merges into the road race circuit just 200 yard from the campsite, making it easy for us to pick up the route and walk perhaps the last seven kilometres.
World Road Championships 2012 – Day Four, Time Trial Bikes
Did I say that having the camper van here meant that I didn't have to walk to the press room? Cancel that - I'd forgotten that the protocol is once you hook the van up to the electrics, you're here for the duration. Kris has his electric bike – I have my shoes. A three kilometre walk through the back roads of Limburg to the press room and back is good for the soul – I suppose.
World Road Championships 2012 – Day Three, the U23 Time Trial
The party's over, there's no more nice wee room in Valkenburg and ambling down for breakfast, with the patron asking if you'd like a fried egg to go with your rolls, cheese and ham. Its camper van time – but at least I won't have that four kilometre forced march to the press room, we can drive. There were two races today, the junior time trial and the U23 time trial.
World Road Championships 2012 – Day Two, the Team Time Trial
I resisted the bars of Valkenburg and was in bed not long after 10:00 on Saturday night. The body clock woke me for 06:15 and I was on the Cauberg before 07:00. I decided to do my Cauberg piece early on Sunday because the junior time trial starts early on Monday and the police won't let you walk on the parcours, so best to get a bit of peace and quiet whilst I could.
World Road Championships 2012 – Day One, Arrival
The beer's not cheap on Grotestraat in Valkenburg, at two Euros a pop, but with Dario G's 'Sunchyme' banging out, you can't complain. It takes me to Copenhagen and the 'balustrade sprints' at the Six Days. But that's not 'til next year - and we still have this year to put to bed. Most importantly, who's going to be wearing the rainbow jersey, a week tomorrow? There's a full Worlds programme to get through first, however.
World Road Race Championships 2011 – Cavendish Celebrates
World Road Race Championships 2011 - Cavendish and the whole team were brilliant, full stop. There can be no 'buts' or 'maybes' - his team...
World Road Championships 2011- Roundup
The Danish Press did Cav proud at the World Road Championships 2011; having Peta on his arm doesn't hurt as far as the photo opportunities go. And being the saddo I am, the first thing I did when I got home was to buy the British papers. All of the quality dailies 'done him proud'-The Independent gives him pride of place on their sports section and Alasdair Fotheringham's prose is perfect.
World U23 Road Race Championship 2011 – A Young Braveheart in...
Braveheart rider Andy Fenn took an excellent bronze medal in the World U23 Road Race Championship 2011 on a windy but dry day in the northern suburbs of Copenhagen. The French team proved best motivated and organised with a dazzling one-two. Let's hope that Arnaud Demare doesn't go the way of so many French amateur and U23 champions in the past - big hype, big contract then a gradual slide in to obscurity.
World Road Championships 2011 – Day 4, rest day
No races today, time to catch up with some old friends, the gossip and write up the Worlds Elite rr preview and fit in an interview - I have to justify my existence. We're about 20 K from the city of Copenhagen in Naerum, which is right on the course. It takes two trains to get to central Copenhagen, but they run frequently and bang on time. Our meeting this morning was with Dane, Jimmy Hansen.
World Road Championships 2011 – Day 3; Mens' TT
'Time trials are boring!' say the road men. But run it through the middle of one of Europe's great cities, with the best 'chrono men' on the planet jousting for a rainbow jersey through dense crowds and it's far from boring - spectacular! We got to the World Road Championships 2011 course early to see what we could see.
World Road Championships 2011 – Day 2
World Road Championships 2011 and it was wearing on for midnight when we pulled in to the truck stop in the north of The Netherlands; hundreds of artics lined up, many with refrigeration units chugging away on the cab roofs - how do the drivers sleep? You have to think it would be more environmentally friendly to haul all that freight by train? Anyway, 'Green Ed' what a thought that is.
World Road Championships 2011 – Day 1
Food poisoning; it's no fun. Vik and I were meant to fly to the Beauvais last Wednesday, take in the Championship of Flanders, the GP Isbergues, a handful of kermises then meet up with Hamish Haynes, Dan Patten, James Spragg - 'our boys,' no chance. I was so weak I couldn't leave the house - on a positive note, my North Face jacket fits me again.


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Amid the fog-laden, punk-rock band presentation at the 2014 North American International Auto Show this afternoon, MINI unveiled the 2014 Cooper Hardtop along with a concept entitled the MINI John Cooper Works, a racy interpretation of the Hardtop's form factor. The concept draws on MINI's racing heritage, especially rallying, which BMW board member Peter Schwarzenbauer emphasized during his introduction.
Schwarzenbauer also highlighted the recent and unexpected success of the MINI brand, stating that the 66,000 units sold in the U.S. last year would have been "unthinkable" for the brand twenty years ago. MINI set a global sales record as well, with over 305,000 vehicles sold around the world. Schwarzenbauer assured the audience of imminent growth of the Chinese market for even larger sales figures in the future.
The new Cooper Hardtop will offer a 1.5-liter turbocharged three-cylinder engine with 134 horsepower and a 2.0-liter turbocharged four-cylinder producing 189 horsepower. Both engines will be mated with six-speed manual transmissions as standard and a six-speed automatic as an option. Styling will be familiar to MINI loyalists, but is modern enough to be easily differentiated. Revised front and rear fascias, rounder headlamps, larger proportions, and a revised interior are the key points of difference for the new model.
As an official release states, "The John Cooper Works Concept is based on the latest-generation MINI." While it bears resemblance to the production Cooper Hardtop, the concept shows off its racing pedigree with 18-inch alloy wheels, a more aggressive brake package, red racing stripes, and a sports exhaust system that matches the bold styling with a barking engine note. A hood scoop, LED headlights, larger front fascia, and splashes of red paint around the otherwise silver concept makes the John Cooper Works very eye-catching indeed.
No performance figures were disclosed, but the JCW version of the Cooper Hardtop can be expected to have significantly more power than the top-of-the-line 189 horsepower of the Cooper S. Add the handling upgrades and the John Cooper Works should easily continue the legacy of performance excellence that its predecessors and its namesake have created.
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Eni Petroleum has applied to the Alaska Department of Natural Resources Division of Mining, Land and Water to lease seven acres south of Oliktok Point in the Kuparuk River unit for 25 years. The tract would be used for a gravel pad for the proposed Nikaitchuq project; Eni has said it hopes to make a....
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New IC Engine Technology – basis of new thinking on old concepts
The engineer in all of us is aware of the inefficiencies even of modern internal combustion engines. The old steam engine, which is an external combustion engine was inefficient but as time has moved on so has our thinking. See Cyclone – a much talked about modified Rankin Cycle steam engine.
The diesel engine follows a very old concept but one which is showing radical changes to the master plan of yesteryear. turbocharged and race tuned was unthinkable thirty years back but no longer. The question is and one which is the focus of this article, how are other companies looking at alternative but highly efficient prime movers? The one engine which caught my attention was the OPOC motor – the Opposed Piston Opposed Cylinder engine. If it catches the attention of one of our chief architects in modern society, Bill Gates, it should catch all of our attention. The OPOC motor or the concept is by no means new as can be read under Wiki's opposed piston engine.
The OPOC motor may not be entirely new because there are some vague simularities with previous designs but the differences are obvious. Read more about OPOC at Detroit right here.


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The first phase of this secured up market, tastefully decorated and unique finishing, self catering development recently open its doors to the public. Chameleon is situated in the malaria-free central region of the Dinokeng Game Reserve, 40 km north of Sefako Makgatho ( Zambesi ) intersection, on the N 1 North on the Hammanskraal / Boekenhoutskloof off ramp. The 18 500 ha Dinokeng Game Reserve, a public private partnership with Gauteng Provincial Government, was officially opened on 22 September 2011 with the free roaming Big 5 in over 100 years in Gauteng Province. From your bed or patio spot the abundant birdlife in the indigenous garden. Chameleon Bush Lodge is also the home of a colony of springhare, who are very active in the early evenings. The development consists of two units in the water tower and three free standing units sleeping two per unit.. Completely self catering, the kitchen fully equipped and also a built-in braai under cover. You will require nothing but your food and beverage throughout your stay. Luxury bathrooms with bath, shower, basin and toilet; units 3, 4 and 5 boast outdoor showers. Lapa hosts 10 people – available if the total lodge is booked. Daily cleaning will ensure that your stay is hassle free and relaxing. King Fisher a la carte restaurant at Mongena, 500 metres from Chameleon, and sit down or takeaway meals from Ngata Restaurant. Halfway There Diner at Posh Functions or Lazy River for pub lunches etc within easy range. Game drives and guided bush walks with qualified Game Rangers are available at Mongena Game Lodge or visitors can book on the Dinokeng Game Reserve Self Drive Route, at any of the entrance gates to the game reserve.
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95.8% of the population is White, 1.2% is Black or African American, 62.6% is Hispanic or Latino, 0.6% is Asian, 1.2% is American Indian or Alaska Native, 0.1% is Native Hawaiian or Pacific Islander, and 1.1% is two or more races. 73.6% have a high school degree or higher, and 14.1% have a Bachelor degree or higher.
The median home value is $82,900, there are 15,095 households, an average of 3.00 persons per household. The per capita income is $20,193, the median household income is $47,543, and 16.4% of the persons in Atascosa County are considered below poverty level.
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Last week, we started marketing our feeder lambs. One of our buyers, Jim Bierwagen, is a fellow farmer - the Bierwagen family has farmed in Chicago Park for well over 100 years. Jim is also a firefighter, and a brief moment during his visit to our ranch reminded me of a common trait among those of us who work outdoors in wildfire country. As we were making small talk, a twin-engine plane flew over (our ranch is in the take-off pattern for the Auburn airport). We both glanced up, realized it wasn't a fire plan, and continued our conversation.
That brief glance speaks to our mutual awareness that we live with the threat of wildlfire. I always watch for fire planes during the summer and autumn months. Low flying planes are especially worrisome - the lower the altitude, the closer the fire. When I see planes circling, I start looking for a column of smoke to help me narrow down the location of the fire. Those of us who graze livestock in our fire-prone foothills have a pretty good sense of who might be threatened when we see smoke or planes flying - and we call each other to make sure everything (and everybody) is safe.
For our own operation, I take several precautions. First, I carry a 5-gallon backpack pump and a McLeod (a fire hoe) with me at all times during the fire season. Second, I try to prepare a plan for evacuating my sheep if a fire should occur nearby. My greatest fear is that we'd have a fire that move more quickly than we could evacuate - our current flock of ewes takes four trailer loads to move. Since there is always a possibility that we couldn't load and move this many sheep quickly enough, my evacuation plans generally include the identification of a safe zone where we could herd the sheep out of harms way. Finally, we watch the weather (as we do all year long). High temperatures, low humidity and windy conditions make me especially vigilant.
There are also things I don't do during fire season. I don't use my lawnmower in dry grass after about 9 a.m. (and not at all if the humidity is low and/or the wind is blowing). Even though I drive a diesel truck (without a catalytic converter, a diesel's exhaust system doesn't produce as much heat as a gasoline engine), I don't drive over dry vegetation, either.
Finally, I stay tuned in to local information sources. While we have several local radio stations that do a pretty good job of reporting local fires, I've found that www.yubanet.com is the most accurate and fastest source of fire information. Now that I carry a smart phone, I can access yubanet anywhere I have cell service, which is great.
The morning after Jim picked up his lambs, I was again at the ranch - and noticed a column of smoke to the west. My friend Betty Samson owns the ranch just to the west of the ranch we lease, and another friend runs cows on Betty's place. A couple of quick phone calls, and we determined that the fire was close enough to get our attention, but that it wasn't on Betty's ranch. Thankfully, CalFire jumped on it quickly and held to a couple of acres. I having a feeling, though, that it will be a long and dangerous summer.
Thoughts about sustainable agriculture and forestry from the Sierra Nevada foothills.
Thursday, June 12, 2014
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One of the things I like about the old vintage bondage photographs is that they seem to sort of predate the modern all-black all-the-time preferences in leather coloring. Modern leather in universal boring urban black makes every item of fetish gear look the same. But in vintage bondage pictures like this one, the leather comes in a wide assortment of natural earth-toned browns. This is cowboy leather, belt leather, functional everyman working American leather. This is the leather the craftsman had handy when he got that very unusual order:
And I miss it.


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Coolin View Guest House is a beautiful building dating circa 1920. The house is located in Bosville Terrace and has spectacular views over Portree Harbour. It is located right in the centre of Portree (the islands capital) and is an ideal base for your holiday in Skye.
The house has a mixture of twin double and single rooms the majority of which have stunning sea views. All rooms are en-suite with private television and tea and coffee making facilities. Guests also have use of a lounge area in which to sit and relax or to sit and plan the days adventure.
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ideally we would have one feeding bay for each dog, but we only have 6 custom bays and 7 commercially purchased units, so the dogs have to take turns
it is a supreme injustice that the noisier dogs get fed first, but dinner time is a time of maximum cacophony when everyone barks like mad, and in the interests of not annoying the neighbors too much, the incessant barkers get fed first, along with the gobblers, who quickly make room for the munchers
our current feeding sequence is roughly as follows. tracy, rupert, lulu, gazelle, professor, junior, planck, rosie, brownie, blackie, whitie, robert, emily, frappuccino, shades, friendster, tawny, lola, tesla, lebron, kate, einstein, maddie, pascal, betty, ninja, woody, boxster, libby, cleopatra, ramses, einstein, hyena, church, haifa, maia, bohr, angel, elf, angela, mavi, cooper
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Hi all,
On a daily basis I have to import serveral csv files into our discovery program (TADDM) using the command line reference:
loadscope -u <username> -p <password> -s <scopename> load <d:\xxx\file.csv>
Is there an easy way I can script this so that I can run a batch file which will:
1. Prompt for the username
2. Prompt for the password
3. Prompt for the scope name we want to use
4. Ask for the location and/or name of the csv file to be imported
then compile and run the command line as stated above using the inputed data?
Thanks in advance,
To do exactly as you've asked - try this:
@echo off
Echo Please enter the required information below
set /p uname=Please enter the username:
set /p pass=Please enter the password:
set /p scpn=Please enter the scopename:
set /p loc=Please enter the path for the csv file:
dir %loc% >nul
IF %errorlevel% neq 0 goto fnf
loadscope -u %uname% -p %pass% -s %scpn% load "%loc%"
Echo File (%loc%) not found, please try again.
goto fne
The key to making this work is in assigning variables, hopefully this helps to make that process clear. From here, I would suggest doing some error checking (i.e making sure the file exists at the path entered or that the command returns the expected result) I've included a few lines to check the path that's entered and make sure the file exists before continuing. To remove this just delete the bold lines.


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Hi all,
ServiceStack: 5.0.2Webstorm: 2017.3.2ServiceStack IDEA: 1.0.12
Can anyone explain why, when I use the New > Typescript Reference tool in Webstorm, this c# dto:
public class Matter
public long Id { get; set; }
public long ClientId { get; set; }
public string Code { get; set; }
public string SearchCode { get; set; }
public string StdCode { get; set; }
public string Name { get; set; }
public string ShortName { get; set; }
public int? OwnerId { get; set; }
public int? ManagerId { get; set; }
public int? PartnerId { get; set; }
public bool? IsOpen { get; set; }
public string Stage { get; set; }
public DateTime? AtStage { get; set; }
public DateTime? LastActivity { get; set; }
public string Notes { get; set; }
public bool? IsConfidential { get; set; }
public bool? IsMinor { get; set; }
public DateTime? Created { get; set; }
public int? CreatedByUserId { get; set; }
public User CreatedByUser { get; set; }
public DateTime Closed { get; set; }
public int? ClosedByUserId { get; set; }
public User ClosedByUser { get; set; }
public int SystemId { get; set; }
public System System { get; set; }
public DateTime? Loaded { get; set; }
public DateTime? Archived { get; set; }
public List<int> MatterTypes { get; set; }
public List<MatterType> MatterTypeList { get; set; }
public List<MatterStage> MatterStages { get; set; }
public List<MatterKeyDate> MatterKeyDates { get; set; }
public List<string> MaskedProperties { get; set; }
is translated into this typescript class?
export class Matter
id: number;
clientId: number;
code: string;
searchCode: string;
stdCode: string;
name: string;
shortName: string;
ownerId: number;
managerId: number;
partnerId: number;
isOpen: boolean;
stage: string;
atStage: string;
lastActivity: string;
notes: string;
isConfidential: boolean;
isMinor: boolean;
created: string;
createdByUserId: number;
createdByUser: User;
closed: string;
closedByUserId: number;
closedByUser: User;
systemId: number;
system: System;
loaded: string;
archived: string;
matterTypes: number[];
matterTypeList: MatterType[];
matterStages: MatterStage[];
matterKeyDates: MatterKeyDate[];
maskedProperties: string[];
I was expecting the c# DateTimes to translate into Dates in typescript.
Any ideas?
On an aside: I've also found the Update ServiceStack Reference doesn't work. It seems to alter the BaseUrl in the comments and subsequent updates fail because a types/typescript suffix is ultimately appended to the base url more than once...
The TypeScript classes represent the schema of the returned JSON which doesn't have a Date Type, it's defined as a string because that's how it's returned in JSON.
When you're adding the reference are you using the BaseUrl?
Hey @mythz,
Yeah, makes sense and tbh I should have thought of that as I am always having to handle dates separately on my son responses.
It feels to me that SS does a lot of the heavy lifting for me in generating these types but stops just short of generating typescript references. It would be nice if, in the generated typescript, a method is created to convert to/from string to Date and some further classes that represent typescript versions of the c# classes rather than json versions.Thoughts?Or perhaps I'm missing something? (I'm no js or ts expert tbh)
On the second point:My workflow is: 1. Run the SS server and copy the api url (in my case: http://localhost:8088/api) 2. In Webstorm, go New > Typescript Reference 3. Paste the api url and enter the name of the file to be generated 4. The json types are created
My header now begins:
/* Options:Date: 2018-01-12 00:07:01Version: 5.02Tip: To override a DTO option, remove "//" prefix before updatingBaseUrl: http://localhost:8088/api/
My header now begins (note the change to the BaseUrl value):
/* Options:Date: 2018-01-12 08:24:16Version: 5.02Tip: To override a DTO option, remove "//" prefix before updatingBaseUrl: http://localhost:8088/api/types/typescript
Error Updating Reference: http://localhost:8088/api/types/typescript//types/typescript
Seems a natural workflow to me. Am I doing something wrong?
The TypeScript only generates the Type representation of the JSON Schema, it can't do more than that because JavaScript doesn't have any Type Information of classes at runtime. Different ways to convert Dates are listed in this StackOverflow answer: https://stackoverflow.com/a/44268376/85785
E.g. from TypeScript you can do:
import { todate } from "@servicestack/client";
var date = todate(wcfDateString);
Can you provide details of your Server, e.g. ASP.NET / .NET Core / HttpListner + the config mapping you're using for /api in both code and Web.config please.
OK, understood. Cheers
We're using the HttpListener.Our config is split over several files and has quite a lot of content. Is there anything specific that will help?
The configuration you're using to specify /api path, i.e. are you setting both the Config.HandlerFactoryPath and calling Start("http://*:1234/api") ?
Ah, good shout!
We are using Config.HandlerFactoryPath with:
stackHost.SetConfig(new HostConfig
//EnableFeatures = Feature.All.Remove(disableFeatures),
AppendUtf8CharsetOnContentTypes = new HashSet<string> { MimeTypes.Html },
HandlerFactoryPath = "api",
DebugMode = false
And we're also doing:
new AppHost(new InitialisationList(initialisers)).Init().Start("http://*:8088/");
"RESTful Web API listening at http://localhost:8088 ".Print();
I assume we should just be doing one?
Can't repro this, can you post the BaseUrl returned in the comments from: http://localhost:8088/api/types/typescript
yeah, happy to share with you but its a large project and I'd rather not post all that IP on the web. Is there a way I can share it privately?
I would just need an empty project with the configuration causing the issue, can you please post the BaseUrl returned in the comments from: http://localhost:8088/api/types/typescript
The BaseUrl returned in the comments is:
The issue was due to the plugin sending an empty // double-slash in the URL. Both ASP.NET and .NET Core seem to automatically strip empty double slashes so I've updated HttpListener hosts to do the same which fixes this issue.
This change is available from v5.0.3 that's now available on MyGet.
I've also published a fix to the Intellij Plugin to prevent the // but it takes a couple of days for JetBrains to manually verify and approve the plugin.
Ah, great stuff!Thanks.


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Winter is coming fast
The days are getting shorter, the nights are now pretty long, and training is carrying on but plodding up and down a 25m chlorine pit that is heated to 26 degrees can become a bit mind – numbing (in the boring sense of the word). Cruising up and down an outdoor heated pool in the dark can be a little more entertaining , where mist rising above the water and being unable to see the end of the pool adds a certain type of ambience to the whole affair. Wondering IF the lifeguards – who are dressed for the arctic – have any chance of seeing, let alone saving anyone who might be in peril. It would take them about 5 minutes to get out of all that kit!! Luckily I have not had the need to utilize their skills whilst swimming. The right ambience and wandering thoughts can definitely help a 4 – 5km set go by pretty quickly – but it can still be a boring task.
So how do you go about mixing it up a little and make training a bit more interesting?? WINTER SWIMMING sometimes known as ICE swimming. Let me define this mad sport. As far as I can see it is pretty self explanatory but for all intents and purposes, and more commonly for winter Galas, this involves swimming a KM (or there abouts) in water temperatures below 6 degrees Celsius (42 Fahrenheit) with only BIOPRENE as your insulation. There is also a growing group of ICE Milers. Also pretty self explanatory, except I think the water has to be colder, below 3 degrees Celsius (37.4 Fahrenheit). Over the years, I have dabbled in this by being dragged into relays at the last minute over short distances. All pretty easy, leap in, hold your breath and swim like mad for about 100m then head to the sauna – simple and doable. It's a bit more of a problem when you have to have to swim 1000m (normally about 13 min at my fastest in a normal pool) – probably not quite doable with my current approach. I struggle to hold my breath for 3 minutes, let alone 13 minutes, and I am led to believe that you slow down in the cold. That 13 min could turn into 20 min. My usual approach needs a bit of refining I think.
What follows is my first foray into swimming bigger distances in colder (or single figure temperatures – if you work in Celsius) water. I have read a lot about this and the physiology of it and also watched the very funny shiver diaries of Jade Perry.
Here follows my calamitous adventure.
Wake Sunday morning at 6 am to head to the river to meet up with Sean Hayward. This is one adventure I would NOT condone trying out on your own. Jump into the car, outside temperature registering a tropical 2 degrees (I say tropical as I am now trying to convince my mind that this cannot be so bad!!!!) Arrive at the river and there is Sean sitting in his car trying to keep warm. I mention that I have no idea how long I will last. I have read that the key to this game is acclimatization; do it slowly, short stints at a time, maybe 10 minutes and then get out. Guidance? What, you want me to follow GUIDANCE – never done it in my life so why start now?? So we don our budgie smugglers, slops, hat and googles, put on our dryrobes and already the shivering is starting whilst the dread of this adventure grows. I am still TRYING to convince my mind "nah, this is not so bad!!"
I am losing the battle.
We are now at the waters edge and I fumble with my towfloat, trying to put the stuff inside it that I want to keep dry. Past anatomy classes tell me that I have dexterous fingers at the end of my hands – reality is they are just appendages that have ZERO dexterity at this point, which is backed up by kak handedness that I manage to conjure up, just enough to close my towfloat and attach it to myself.
Lose the flip flops – oh that would be the footwear currently attached to my equally non existent feet – I know they are there, but any feeling has long since evaporated. So in we go, up to the waist. I then use the lumps of meat attached to arms to splash water over my torso and shoulders – which I can still make out, but barely. Finally a deep breath before I submerge myself in the water and disappear into the river doing head up crawl. I was dreading getting my body in, but putting my head in requires a lot more fortitude. I finally put my head under and am now off. Okay, I now need to take a breath. My whole body now feels like it is on fire, with my skin screaming out, and parts of my anatomy doing their own thing to try and keep warm.
Okay, if I thought cruising up and down a heated 25m pool was "mind numbing," I have just discovered a whole new meaning to 'numb'; more literal, more ———-how can I put it——–of a whole body experience!!! Now my lips, nose and eyes and ears have dissociated themselves. That dodgy ankle – that has plagued me for the last 6 weeks – well I can now vouch for the fact that cold has an amazing numbing effect. It is a good thing that I now have many things to focus on to just stay alive. Breathe slowly, keep your stoke going, keep your kick going, extend your stroke, strong pull, strong kick, "why the frikkinn hell am I doing this", no!!!! FOCUS!!!! Keep your stoke going, keep your kick going, extend your stroke, strong pull, strong kick, look at my watch, 3 minutes. I am not dead yet???? Calm down, body still on fire. 4 min- 5 min – then something really amazing happens. I have this amazing sense of warmth permeating through my entire body. My breathing is now less laboured and more even and extended. My skin gets used to the cold and I start to feel very comfortable. I become aware that those lumps of meat attached to my shoulders and hips are actually legs, arms, hands, feet, feeling has come back to them and I am now able to concentrate on my stroke as if I was in a pool. The warm toasty feeling lingers and actually feels great. I look at my watch to see that my intervals are still pretty consistent; 10 minutes comes and I agree with Sean to press on until the bridge. I stop, have a look around, look at and move my fingers and toes. They are all still there, accounted for and working. All of a sudden we have been going for 15 minutes. I decide to turn back, still with this feeling of euphoria permeating my body – I have just done 15 minutes in this water! I have no idea how long this will last so lets not be too silly!
The trip back is going swimmingly (see what I did there), stroke still good and consistent, toes, check, feet, check, arms, check, hands, check, still breathing, check. I figure all of the above is a good thing so slow for a while and do some breast stroke and backstroke, get a bit tangled with my towfloat and take in my surroundings. I watch a buzzard above me, a heron takes off and flies over my head, where is my GoPro when I need it?? I've been in for 20 minutes and — I am not at the bottom of the river yet! Again, that has to be a good thing. I press on towards where we started and swim past our entry point, on up to the weir to make my distance up to 2km.
Okay I approach the shore and slowly touch the ground, and slowly stop swimming… I should have bloody stayed in! Pretty much immediately, my feet disappear into lumps of something at the end of my legs, seriously, you could have taken a hacksaw to my feet at this point and I would not have even registered (don't get any ideas Slimhippo!!!) I have no feeling in them at all whilst walking the few metres over the stony shoreline to my flip flops. I can see that I am walking on a rocks but cannot even register them. I sit down and empty out my towfloat in search of a towel. About 2 minutes after I leave the water, my whole body is a blotchy red colour, like I have a rash all over. This is one part that I was not expecting – I was expecting to be very white and pale while the blood stayed away from my extremities but bright red?? If anyone can explain this then please do.
I sit and struggle to put a pair of flip flops on my lumps of meat at the ends of my legs, no feeling whatsoever and even less dexterity. Finally I have them on and now Sean arrives so it is back to the cars pronto to get into some warm clothes before Afterdrop really kicks in. This is the period after you get out of frigid water where your core temperature continues to drop till about 33 degrees (recent studies have shown). Once this starts, the shivers start. You have about 5 – 8 minutes to get dressed in warm clothes before they render your body totally useless – you're not able to do anything, although you become very competent at spilling coffee all over yourself. Not that it matters though as your body has no clue as to the difference between cold and hot at this point.
We sit in the car drinking coffee and eating cakes and shivering for about 15 minutes. I then think I am in a good enough state to jump in my car and drive home. Bad plan. I head to my car, start it up and drive off only to have to pull over after about 1km as the shivers have returned and I am not in any state to drive. So another 15 minutes spent with the heater on full before I am able to be in control of any mechanical object.
So would I recommend it?
YES YES YES. Although I was pretty much prepared for what to expect there was a lot that took me completely by surprise, most especially the lovely warm feeling that permeated my body whilst in the water. The worst parts are not getting in and swimming, but getting out – it was more hell than I had dreamed of. I was prepared for the after drop, I was prepared for the shivers but not for that 3 minutes between stopping swimming and getting my dryrobe on. As for my skin going the colour it did, I was not expecting that and if anyone can shed some light on this physiologically, I would love to learn more about it from the more experienced and hardened Ice Swimmers out there.
Would I recommend it doing it the way I did?
NO NO NO!! One thing I have learnt over my life is that I am extremely blessed by having a body like I do that puts up with me throwing all sorts of things, good and bad at it. It just keeps on going and has Never let me down yet. I WOULD NOT CONDONE my approach to Ice swimming, If you going to do it, take it easy and build yourself up over time. Never do it alone and slowly find your own limits.
I still have a VERY long way to go to be able to swim a km, or even a mile in very icy water but all in all, the first foray into the cold was both fun and enlightening although there is still a lot to learn about this mad sport.
So there you have it, if you all thought I was mad to be doing ultra distance swimming, what do you think of my newfound hobby??
For the next couple of months I will be training in both disciplines, I still have the 100 x 100m coming up next month for the Steve Wand memorial swim. Please do not forget to help our charity by donating what you can to
Then, the month or so after that I will hopefully be at a point where I can swim a KM in water below 6 degrees and take on at least the first challenge of 1000m at those temperatures.
I really hope that you enjoy and hopefully learn something from this.
Happy swimming to all keeping up their winter training. Bioprene or Neoprene, be confident that you are beating all those that are on the sofa.


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Settler colonialism is a disaster (check chapters 8 and 9): Jennifer L. Lawrence, Sarah Marie Wiebe (eds), Biopolitical Disaster, Routledge, 2018
Description: Biopolitical Disaster employs a grounded analysis of the production and lived-experience of biopolitical life in order to illustrate how disaster production and response are intimately interconnected. The book is organized into four parts, each revealing how socio-environmental consequences of instrumentalist environmentalities produce disastrous settings and political experiences that are evident in our contemporary world.
Beginning with "Commodifying crisis," the volume focuses on the inherent production of disaster that is bound to the crisis tendency of capitalism. The second part, "Governmentalities of disaster," addresses material and discursive questions of governance, the role of the state, as well as questions of democracy. This part explores the linkage between problematic environmental rationalities and policies. Third, the volume considers how and where the (de)valuation of life itself takes shape within the theme of "Affected bodies," and investigates the corporeal impacts of disastrous biopolitics. The final part, "Environmental aesthetics and resistance," fuses concepts from affect theory, feminist studies, post-positivism, and contemporary political theory to identify sites and practices of political resistance to biopower.
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There is nothing more traditional or more romantic than the marriage of a prince to a beautiful woman. This was certainly a day of romance. But look closer at what happened.
This was a celebration not just of Harry's love for Meghan and hers for him. It was also a striking testimony to the way that institutions evolve. Forty, even twenty years ago, the marriage of a mixed race woman into the House of Windsor would have been unimaginable. Radicals may dismiss the whole royalist charade. Reactionaries may sniff about American actresses with ideas above their station. But human being, and conservatives, know that families and nations move on, at their own pace and in their own way. The new Duchess of Sussex has already shown that she has already extended the "reach" of the Royal family. By her very presence she will do more. Prince George now has a mixed race aunt, and will soon have mixed race cousins. Change is a constant, but so too are the values enshrined in today's ceremony:
"Open now the crystal fountain / Whence the healing stream doth flow;/ Let the fire and cloudy pillar/ Lead me all my journey through:/ Strong deliverer,/ Be thou my strength and shield."


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Always wanting to learn some acting skills but didn't know where to go? Why not try Howick Little Theatre's fun, supportive, school-term-based classes for adults with Ben Crowder, a very experienced drama tutor and much-in-demand professional theatre director.
A co-founder of the innovative Auckland-based theatre company 'Theatre Stampede', Ben is renowned for his high-energy teaching style, which ensures that classes are both constructive and enjoyable. He directed the acclaimed production Te Po, which was staged as part of the Auckland Arts Festival and the New Zealand Festival in Wellington. This show returned to Auckland's Q theatre in 2017 and also toured nationally.
The class is from 7pm to 9pm during term time (excluding Easter Monday, Queen's Birthday and Labour Day).
Class content:
Classes are structured to allow the individual student to learn and be challenged in a fun environment. It is not necessary for any of the participants to have existing drama experience - a strong desire to be there and a willingness to try new things is all that is required (though a sense of humour is a plus!). A range of theatrical devices, games, styles, exercises and devised provocations will be used.
Focus will be given to character development and storytelling, and students will learn much and grow in confidence. There will also be a strong emphasis on creating work. Students will be encouraged to free their imaginations and explore the notion of play as a creative tool while also learning to trust their abilities to communicate through physical expression.
In-class presentations will be staged during the year and there will also be an opportunity to share work with friends and family later in the year.
Interested in drama classes at HLT?
Contact the theatre office by email: email@example.com or enrol online on our website.