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Urban Cycling Trousers
Just because you want to feel good on your ride doesn't mean you can't look good too.
Find stylish cycling trousers, jeans and chinos for everyday life by reading our reviews and style guides below.
GUIDE: Best Urban Cycling Trousers
One of the most important considerations to make for urban cyclists and commuters is your pants – after all, this is what surrounds your cycling engine.
Urban cycling trousers can come in many shapes and sizes, depending on your needs. If you live in the a wet climate (the UK for example), then waterproof cycling trousers may be an everyday requirement, or at least an option to have in your bag. But if you're riding to the office in fair weather, maybe you'll just want some smart cycling trousers.
Of course, while you want your trousers to be practical, when you're looking for the best urban cycling pants, you should also love the style. There's no need to make the compromise between the style of regular pants and the functionality of cycling trousers. These days there's plenty of choice when it comes to finding stylish cycling pants boasting tonnes of practical design features.
With that in mind, let's push off and start our journey to find the best cycling trousers for urban commuters.
Key Features of Smart Cycling Pants
When you're on the lookout for cycling commuter trousers, there's a few things to keep in mind, primarily: fit, function and style.
One thing the best cycling trousers all have in common – whether they be waterproof, jeans or chinos – is that they should always be a little more stretchy than your everyday keks. When I'm trying out new pants, I always do the "squat test" in them – if squatting is easy, so too should be cycling.
Another thing to consider with urban cycling pants is the fit – in particular: do they cover your rear? One of the most disconcerting things about seeing a cyclist in "regular" clothes is when their backside has been exposed because the pants they're wearing don't quite fit right. This can easily be combated by a raised-rear to the trousers, or a longer drop to your t-shirt or jacket.
Additionally, if you want your cycle pants to stand the test of time, a gusseted crotch is one of the most valuable features as it can really protect against wear and tear. Don't know what a gusset is? Fear not…
What is a Gusseted Crotch?
Shorts or trousers with a gusseted crotch are the holy grail for cyclists. But exactly what is a gusseted crotch?
Basically, gusset pants – AKA diamond crotch pants – feature a diamond-shaped piece of material that is sewn over the crotch area of trousers. The purpose of this is to stop the four seams of the trousers coming together in a high-pressure area – increasing freedom of movement, comfort, as well as the durability of the trousers. For cyclists especially, the trouser crotch faces a lot of wear and tear, so the best cycling pants usually have a gusseted crotch too.
Urban Cycling Gusset Pants
Some examples of stylish urban cycling trousers with a gusseted crotch are the Resolute Bay Cycling Jeans, Osloh Bicycle Jeans and Levi's Commuter range. The likes of swrve and Rapha also provide top quality gusset pants for cyclists.
Do Waterproof Breathable Cycling Trousers Exist?
Most trousers aren't waterproof. And for good reason. When you make something waterproof, it's near impossible to make it breathable too – and it's important that your legs can breathe. Otherwise, while you're keep the moisture of the outside world out, you're creating your own moisture inside and locking it in. And no-one wants to be wet (well, only in that way, you dirty git).
Generally speaking, you only want to be wearing waterproof cycling trousers in torrential weather – it's overkill otherwise. If you do live in a rainy climate though, there are some cycling rain pants options for you.
What are the Best Waterproof Trousers for Cycling?
I should start with a disclaimer here: you'll find it near impossible to discover waterproof cycling trousers that are comfortable enough and good-looking enough for everyday life.
Breathable and waterproof aren't two things that go very well together, so waterproof cycling trousers should generally kept back for those awful downpour days – the days when it is actually best to sacrifice style for out and out functionality.
If you want impenetrable waterproof trousers for cycling – the kind of stuff that can withstand a monsoon, you're probably best looking at waterproof overtrousers. Otherwise, you'll be hard pushed to find anything that comes close to resembling stylish cycling trousers.
Types of Urban Cycling Trousers
Getting a comfortable pair of urban cycling trousers can really make your commute significantly more enjoyable. For me, they're the most important piece of kit for urban commuters.
I used to wear cheap trousers and jeans on my rides and always found that my legs would get uncomfortable pretty fast, either because the material would start chafing, my movement would be restricted, my legs would get really hot and sweaty and I'd often be doing my best builders' bum impression.
If you cycle regularly – or even live a somewhat active lifestyle for that matter – investing in a good pair of urban cycling trousers is a very wise move.
Obviously, there's lots of different types of cycling trousers out there though, ranging from waterproof cycling trousers, to waterproof overtrousers, water-resistant pants, urban cycling chinos, urban cycling jeans, casual cycling pants and more office-friendly smart cycling trousers. In the below sections, we'll take a more in-depth look at each of these to find what is best suited for you.
Waterproof Cycling Overtrousers
One of the most popular forms of waterproof cycling trousers are over trousers, i.e. waterproof trousers you put over your existing trousers. This is an option I tend to go with as its near impossible to find good-looking waterproof trousers. Therefore, I wear regular cycling trousers – maybe water-resistant cycling trousers – but will carry an emergency pair of waterproof overtrousers in my bag, if I suspect the weather may turn.
My personal preference is the Regatta Pack It Over Trouser. You can find these from £7.99 on Amazon (for both men and women) and are – as the name suggests – extremely easy to pack away in a small bag which you can throw in with the rest of your carry.
Water-Resistant Cycling Trousers
Now while it can be difficult to find good-looking waterproof cycling trousers, there are plenty of stylish water-resistant cycling trousers out there. The difference between "waterproof" and "water-resistant" simply comes down to how much water the material can handle. Water resistant gear will usually do a good job in light rain, but won't last in the downpour.
However, absolute downpours are relatively rare, so my preference is to wear stylish cycling pants with a bit of water-resistance in them.
Cycling Commuter Pants
If you're looking for a good pair of pants for your ride to work or just ambling about the city, cycling commuter pants – like most pants – come in many shapes and forms… there's cycling chinos, cycling jeans and smart cycling trousers. The following sections will take a more in-depth look at each.
Urban Cycling Chinos
I love chinos. For me, they're the perfect middle-point between casual and formal attire. They look good with a t-shirt or a dress shirt.
But you don't have to don stiff normal chinos when riding around, there's a great selection of stylish urban cycling chinos around.
Indeed, I recently completed a thorough round-up of the best cycling chinos around for both men and women urban cyclists. I've reviewed quite a few stylish cycling chinos in the past few years, with the Spoke Bulletproof Chinos being one of my favourites.
Casual Cycling Trousers
While I talk about "cycling in style" on Discerning Cyclist, this doesn't mean we are overtly fashion or style conscious. I am certainly no fashion guru. The idea is mainly about finding everyday-looking clothes that are comfortable and functional to cycle in.
So rather than 'stylish cycling trousers', a better way of putting it may be 'casual cycling trousers' – i.e. regular pants that are great to cycle in – whether they be chinos, jeans or whatever type of keks you like to go about your business in.
Smart Cycling Trousers
Many people cycle to work, with many having the same dilemma: should I cycle in sports gear and then get showered and changed at work or are there smart cycling clothes I can wear that will feel good on the bike and be suitable for a day in the office? I've always preferred the latter.
"But Pete, aren't you a sweaty stinking mess all day?"
No beautiful fantasy stranger, I'm not. I don't commute more than 30 minutes by bike and I don't ride in a frenzied state. I take my time and enjoy the ride – and by doing so, don't become a sweaty mess.
Whenever I've worked office jobs, finding smart cycling trousers has always been one of the greatest challenges. And that's why I wrote a guide about exactly that: smart cycling trousers that are suitable for the office.
Again, I tend to opt for cycling chinos or cycling jeans as my go to smart cycling pants options as these types of trousers can transcend styles.
Urban Cycling Jeans
I used to ride around in cheap everyday jeans – and it's okay to do so – but you'll often feeling hot, clammy and uncomfortable, with chafing a real risk.
The first time I tried a pair of urban cycling jeans (the Resolute Bay Cordura Jeans, in fact), I was hooked. The jeans looked damn good, but they were also stretchy and breathable – which once you've experienced on your commute, there's no going back. Resolute Bay also include reflective striping on the rear and side of their cycling commuter jeans – which is a massive benefit when cycling at night.
There are plenty of other biker jeans brands out there too, including the famous Levi's Commuter jeans range – which have unfortunately dipped in quality in recent years. Other urban cycling jeans brands to keep an eye out for are the outstanding Osloh Jeans, as well as Rapha and swrve cycling jeans.
You can also read a guide on the best cycling jeans in the UK – including the best women's cycling jeans and the best men's cycling jeans – below.
Breathable Cycling Pants
When you're looking for trousers for commuting, ensuring that you get a good pair of breathable cycling pants is key.
If you're ever running a bit late and end up cycling faster than you'd like too – your legs are gonna start heating up, but if you're wearing breathable cycling pants (and ideally moisture-wicking ones) the damp damage (dampage!?) is going to be massively offset compared to if you were wearing heavy regular pants.
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Reflective Cycling Trousers
In the past, reflective cycling trousers meant finding awful hardcore hi-vis cycling pants. The stuff that is clearly cycling gear.
One of the best innovations in recent years, though, came from British start-up Resolute Bay, who introduced reflective cycling jeans. And, no, the denim isn't entirely hi-vis. They include reflective detailing on the rear and side of the trousers – i.e. where you need to be seen in low-light. It's crazy how subtle this detailing is and people are always astonished when I point out that these are "cycling jeans" and then show them the reflective detailing and other cycling-friendly features, because they just look like a damn good pair of jeans.
Best Urban Cycling Trousers for Men
When it comes to picking out the best urban cycling trousers for men, I have a couple of favourites.
As I've already talked about in great detail, the best cycling jeans in the UK for me are undoubtedly the Resolute Bay NX1. A pair of bike jeans with plenty of stretch, a gusseted crotch and reflective detailing. I'm also a big fan of Osloh Bicycle Jeans which again are a superb pair of bike jeans with plenty of stretch and outstanding build quality. Osloh Jeans are also based in the New York, so are recommend for American and Canadian visitors as to avoid excessive shipping and import costs.
In terms of the best men's cycling chinos, I've talked about this in great deal in the guide below, with the SPOKE Bulletproof Chinos and the swrve Chinos amongst my favourites.
If you're on the lookout for cheap cycling trousers though, I'd highly recommend checking out Japanese brand UNIQLO. This is one of my go to places for finding cheap, functional and stylish activewear. The gear isn't built for cyclists especially, but you'll find a great range of breathable t-shirts, merino jumpers and stretchy trousers – all at affordable high street prices.
The UNIQLO chinos I'm especially fond of come in a slim fit but with plenty of stretch. They're superb comfortable and cost just £34.90. They won't last forever, but they're great value.
- The Best Cycling Chinos for Urban Cyclists
- Best Waterproof Cycling Overtrousers Under £50
- Cycling to the Office: Trousers
- The Best Cycling Jeans Around for Men and Women
Best Urban Cycling Trousers for Women
Likewise with women's cycling trousers, I've covered the best women's cycling chinos in great detail in the guide below.
If you're looking for women's cycling jeans, there are also a few really good options. For those based in the US and Canada especially, Osloh Bicycle Jeans are definitely worth checking out. The jeans are made from top quality denim that offers a good amount of stretch, a warrior gusseted crotch and very smart pocket design.
Again, if you're on a budget and want a decent pair of cheap cycling trousers, make sure to check out UNIQLO – a brand offering stylish activewear with many products offering breathable and stretchy properties. In particular, the UNIQLO Ines Chinos – available for just £34.90 – are a great budget option for urban cyclists.
Where to Buy Cycling Commuter Trousers
When you're looking to buy cycling commuter trousers online, the breadth of choice can be a little intimidating. However, with Discerning Cyclist, there's no need for you to trawl the web for the best urban cycling commuter trousers – I've done that for you.
The below guides can help you find your perfect cycling trousers for commuting.
Plus, in the tables below, I've put together some of the best places to buy urban cycling trousers in the UK, US, Canada and Europe.
Best Places to Buy Urban Cycling Trousers
|No Such Thing
|Chic Jackets
|Lightweight Jackets
|Resolute Bay
|Cycling Jeans
|Cycling Trousers
|Cheap Merino Tops
More Places to Buy Urban Cycling Pants
|Café du Cycliste
|Lightweight Jackets
|Chrome Ind.
|Urban Jackets
|Cycling Chinos
|Merino Pullovers
|Cycling Hoodies
|Women's Trousers
|LED Jackets
|Chic Jakcets
|Cycling Jeans
|Osloh Jeans
|Cycling Jeans
|PEdAL ED
|Cycling Chinos
|Cycling Chinos
|System of Motion
|Women's Shirts
|Women's Trousers
|Harrington Rain Jacket
Cheap Urban Cycling Trousers + Jeans
The downside of truly fantastic products that combine style with top-level functionality is unsurprisingly the price tag to go with it – and for a lot of people, it's just not viable to spend more than £100 on a pair of trousers – even if they can last for years.
But don't worry if you're on a budget, there's still some really good and CHEAP urban cycling trousers out there. They may not have all the flashy functionality – but they do a damn good job.
If you don't have a fortune to spend, the key features to look for in affordable trousers that are good for commuting are stretch and fit – essentially, are they comfortable to ride in?
With stylish cycling clothes in general, I usually recommend UNIQLO if you're on a budget. There gear isn't built specifically for cycling, but most of their range features breathable and stretchy materials in classic designs. I love this gear.
The UNIQLO Slim Fit Chinos are one of the my favourites and a staple of my wardrobe. They look great and provide plenty of stretch, making cycling in them very comfortable. There's no gusseted crotch or reflective detailing and so on like you'd find in premium cycling trousers, but for £34.90 you really can't complain.
Urban Commuter Cycling Pants Reviews
I'm also reviewing the latest urban commuter cycling trousers on Discerning Cyclist – figuring out exactly if cycling trousers are as good as they say they are.
Below is a list of some of the best urban cycling trousers for commuters that I've reviewed…
- Osloh Bicycle Jeans – Review
- Resolute Bay NX1 Cycling Jeans – Review
- SPOKE Bulletproof Chinos – Review
- DUER No Sweat Pants – Review
But these are also worth checking out:
- Ligne 8 Women's Cycling Jeans – Review
- Levi's Women's Commuter Jeans – Review
- Iladora Ladies' Perfect Bike Pants – Review
- Salva Gamba Waterpoof Over Trousers – Review
- Union 34 Element Trousers – Review
- Endura Urban Pants – Review
- Resolute Bay Cordura Jeans – Review
- Bluff Works Wrinkle-Free Pants – Review
- Rapha Softshell Trousers – Review
Find Stylish Urban Cycling Trousers for Commuters
Discerning Cyclist was created to help bridge the gap between and style and functionality – and showcase the most stylish urban cycling clothes for commuters. Thanks for reading this guide on the best cycling commuter jackets, but you can read more about other topics in the links below.


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While the wet weather has pretty much done for the blackberries around here this year, some of the other hedgerow fruits seem to be going from strength to strength, there's still rose coloured crab apples on the trees, and the rosehips and haws (the red berries on the hawthorn bushes) are having a very good year, the hedgerows are fair heaving with them.
We've got dog roses and apple roses growing within a few hundred metres from home, and what's nice is that no cars can drive along where they are growing so it's safe to forage. While I think everyone knows what a dog rose or wild rose hip looks like, the apple rose are those sort planted by councils that smell amazing in the Summer, like Turkish Delight. The hips they form are round and about an inch wide.
While I plan to make some rosehip syrup I thought I'd make up another batch of crab apple jelly, but a sweet version this time so I picked some rosehips and haws to make a fruit jelly packed full of vitamin C.
I gave the rosehips a good rinse in cold water and then dried them off before topping and tailing them, discarding the tops and tails for the compost and saving the rest. (If you have sensitive skin you may want to wear a pair of CSI style gloves as the yellow hairs around the hip's seeds are an irritant and can be used to make a type of itching powder).
The haws were also rinsed off and patted dry on some kitchen roll before I carefully picked off their tiny stalks. If the other end is particularly "scrubby" then you can cut this off or pinch it out with your nails. You shouuldn't eat the seed inside the haw but the flesh of the berry is edible, it has the texture somewhat of a ripe avocado but not I think the taste.
Both the rosehips and haws need longer cooking time than the crab apples so to begin with I cooked those first with some water, allowing the fruit to simmer for about half an hour so they'd become somewhat softer before tumbling in the prepared crab apples. If I'd had any rose geraniums then I'd have popped in a couple of leaves from those for a more rose flavoured jelly. In all the fruits had about an hour cooking time while they gently simmered.
Rather than use a jelly bag on a stand (all the ones I've seen look remarkably wobbly) I prefer to strain the fruity pulp through an old pillow case (though you could easily make one from a double layer of cheesecloth) and hang the pillowcase up from a step ladder so the juice can drip into a bowl set underneath. If I was patient then I'd leave it to drip overnight………I'm not and gave it about 7 or 8 hours before I ended up squeezing the bag.
On squeezing the jelly bag
If you leave the jelly bag (or pillowcase) alone you'll get a clearer juice that will make for a stunningly clear fruit jelly, the sort that wins big rosettes at village fetes…however if like me you aren't so fussed and are more concerned with making a couple of extra jars of jelly then go ahead and squeeze that bag by all means.
Rosehip and haw jelly…
In all I used just under 200 g of haws, 500 g of rosehips and then about 2300 g of crab apples. For every 100 g of fruit I used 65 ml of water. This was the ratio of fruit to water I used for the crab apple jelly I made last week and so I used that here.
Once the juice is all strained (or squeezed) it's time to add the sugar. Sugar to juice is 3:4 so if you use 300 g of sugar you want 400 ml of juice.
Gently heat the sugar and juice together until the sugar is all dissolved and then turn up the heat and bring to a rolling boil before checking for a set.
I don't use preserving sugar , I find the jelly sets perfectly with granulated sugar (it's also a lot cheaper).
Because the wild fruits tend to have a bit more pectin they always seem to produce a lot of white foamy scum, scrape this off before bottling up your jelly.
This is a really lovely tasting jelly, it's very fruity and because it's made using hedgerow fruits the flavour is hard to place, I think it's sort of orangey and can only imagine how nice this would be on doorstep sized slices of white bread and butter, or used to fill breakfast croissants. I like making bread and butter pudding in the winter (always good for using up odd pieces of bread) and tend to spread a little marmalade on the bread and butter slices along with a sprinkle of vanilla sugar, next time I make it I'm thinking to try out this jelly rather than marmalade. And the colour is wonderful, it's a deep amber and even though is rather "cloudy" it's no less beautiful.
What's so nice about this preserve is that it isn't one you're very likely to find on any shop shelf, and it's made using wild fruit that's all come from a few hundred metres of my home.
At the start of the week I made a sponge for bread with some sourdough starter but then various other things took over and I realized the bread wasn't going to get made after all. The sponge was placed in a cool room and just left alone until the next day before I added any of the other ingredients. I was a bit apprehensive but the dough felt lovely to kneed, the sponge had a stronger smell and was stickier to begin with. The dough proved and rose fine though we thought the bread was paler in colour when it came out of the oven. My boyfriend assures me it tastes lovely, a little more robust perhaps than the usual bread. I've forgotten "sponges" before made with dried yeast or fresh yeast in little cubes and have walked in on overflowing bowls or yeast sitting there looking very sad and miserable, the ability of the natural starter to cope with last minute crop ups or even the scattiest of minds makes me love using it even more.
And finally, the vegetarian gravy. At least once a week we have roast vegetables and I tend to roast the onions and mushrooms in a separate pan from anything else. When I was cleaning one of the pans a while back I thought how rich and nice smelling the vegetable juices were, and with a little extra something added, would I was sure, make a very rich gravy….. Possibly the thing I miss most being a vegetarian is nice gravy, I've tried numerous recipes and have bought umpteen different pre-prepared ones or ones in little card boxes that you just add water to…all fail to please. So this week I roasted a couple of onions in a large pan (they really need a large pan to make a nice sticky area), with just a glug of olive oil and a sprinkle of sea salt, then when they'd gently browned, I added a couple of spoons of the herby crab apple jelly and some water from a hot kettle and stirred, then left it in the bottom of the oven over night. Next day I had a little taste (so good) then liquidized the onions and the gravy so it became a thick sauce before adding a bit more water and bringing up to the heat. Along with some vegetarian sausages and a big serving of hot vegetables it was a more than perfect supper on a very cold and wet evening.
Next time I'm going to try it using onions and mushrooms together to get an even more deeper flavour. I didn't need to add cornflour or anything to thicken it, and even the boy had a second helping.


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Father Daughter Songs For Love Dedication
We have created a list of our favorite best Oldies songs for weddings. My Wedding Songs does The Father Daughter Dance or the Dad Bride Dance is formally the dance between the father(s) of the bride and the bride herself. The bride should choose one of her favorite melodies to act as the father daughter songs. There are many father-daughter wedding songs to choose from. Brides,
if you have more than one father in your life, one can tap the other on the shoulder in the middle of the dance so you can dance with both of them.
Or, choose two father-daughter wedding songs and reserve a special dance for each of your fathers. That way you can choose a song for each man, that will fit his personality and be representative of your relationship – your father-in-law song or step-father song.
Popular Father Holidays:
- June (Third Sunday) – Father's Day
- July 7 – Father-Daughter Take a Walk Day
- July 30 – Father-In-Law Day
Interesting fact: The only song performed by a father daughter combo to chart as a Top 10 song on Billboard is Frank Sinatra and Nancy Sinatra's Somethin' Stupid (Album Version)
If you do not have a father, a common substitute is a father figure or even your brother would make a very nice gesture. Then, you can have a special brother bride song. Some bridal couples combine the father-daughter dance with the mother groom dance into just one song to dance.
In this case, a bride and groom should agree on a song that is memorable to everyone involved. There are plenty of songs that are ambiguous enough to allow for both the bride and the groom to dance with their parental figures.
The songs aren't required to be about a daddy giving away his little girl. They don't even have to be about a father or a daughter! They can simply be songs about love, dedication, or even something silly.
A lot of people choose funny songs instead of serious father daughter songs, to give the dance a light-hearted feel. Many fathers and daughters would rather do something fun than something serious.
And if you can't decide on what song to use, you can always choose an instrumental number such as a jazz tune, classical waltz or contemporary dance music. The most important thing is to not rush your decision. You can even discuss it with your father or the man you will dance with if you like, but it is often more fun to make it a surprise and see his reaction as to which one of the father-daughter songs you chose. We cannot name all the great father-daughter songs.
Father Daughter Songs Dedications
Dad and daughter songs can also be commonly used as dedication songs and create a special bond between each other. A dad can dedicate a song to his daughter for events like her birth, special birthday like sweet sixteen birthday, teaching her how to dance as a little girl and also as a dad's dedication to his daughter at her wedding event.
Daughters can also dedicate songs to her dad in special moments such as at her wedding, his retirement party, and special dances at school events. Daughters can dedicate some of the above songs for not only dads but also those who have filled the role like the song "He Didn't Have To Be" by Brad Paisley.
Daddy Daughter Dance Songs
Another need for Dad and daughter songs is for the special Daddy Daughter dance at schools. The night usually includes dinner too. It is a time for your Dad to take his best suit to the dry cleaners. Your Dad can also take you shopping for a new dress to wear for the Daddy Daughter date night.
The songs above try and tell a story about the love between a dad and daughter. The songs can be dedicated to dad from daughter or for daughter from dad. Wedding vendors commonly call the dance between a dad and his daughter the father daughter dance which is very formal. In a less formal title, it can be called the dad-daughter dance. When you think about it, how many daughters call their male parent father over dad? We should change the name to dad-daughter dance!
Related Father Daughter Song Lists
- Songs with Dad in the Song Title
- Songs with Daddy in the Song Title
- Songs with Father in the Song Title
101 Father Daughter Songs To Dance To
Father Daughter song list curated by Matthew Campbell
Last Updated: May 29, 2020
Listen to our father-daughter dance playlist on Spotify.


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Reduction in the cost of pre-combustion CO2 capture through advancements in sorption-enhanced water-gas-shift
Andrew Wright, Vince White, Jeffrey Hufton, Edward van Selow, Peter Hinderink
Sorption-enhanced water-gas-shift (SEWGS) is a pre-combustion decarbonisation technology combining adsorption of CO2 with the water-gas-shift reaction. This process maximises the production of hydrogen from syngas whilst simultaneously capturing and separating CO2. Simulations have been completed to evaluate the use of SEWGS for power generation from natural gas with carbon capture. The modelling results show that using the SEWGS process could significantly reduce the cost of capturing CO2 versus a reference design that uses amine absorption. Work has also been completed to show that using a counter-current steam-rinse step may be an improvement over a co-current CO2-rinse cycle proposed previously.
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Keywords: Sorption Enhanced Water Gas Shift; SEWGS; Hydrotalcite; Pressure Swing Adsorption.
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Kenneth John Peterson
Kenneth John Peterson passed away peacefully on February 24, 2019 at age 92 in Carrollton, Texas. He was born on February 11, 1927 in Chicago, Illinois to Elizabeth and John Peterson, who immigrated to the USA from Sweden. He had two sisters, Margit and Hedy.
Upon graduating from high school at age 17, he enlisted in the Marine Corps and served as a military policeman during WWII. After the war, Kenneth returned to Chicago, married, and had a son, Lee Kenneth Peterson. When the marriage ended, he moved to Houston to work for PPG. There he met and married Nellie Ann Murff, and married her one year later in 1953. Their marriage lasted 65 years, until Nellie's death in 2018. Ken's work with PPG, and later with Vistawall, caused them to move many times over the years, from Houston, to El Paso, Albuquerque, New Orleans, Nashville, Arlington, and other cities, until they retired to Granbury, Texas in 1994. Their life in Granbury provided them a joyous retirement, with many friends and a full social life centered on their neighbors, church family, and community activities. Ken loved to drive, and they enjoyed traveling during this time, taking long car trips that stretched from coast to coast and border to border.
Kenneth was very involved with veterans' activities. He was instrumental in starting the Marine Corps League detachment in Granbury, and served the organization in several capacities over the years. He particularly loved helping with Toys for Tots, and in honoring deceased Marine Corps veterans at their funerals. In addition, he was active in their church, the Episcopal Church of the Good Shepherd in Granbury, serving as a lector, and for many years as Kitchen Angels with Nellie.
Kenneth was predeceased by his wife, Nellie; his parents; his son, Lee; and his sister, Hedy. He is survived by his sister, Margit; daughter Beth and son-in-law Michael Lachin; daughter Amy and son-in-law Eric Carlson; grandchildren Joseph Schick and his wife Libby; Kristin Sparks and her husband Tim; Tim Lachin, Samuel Highley, Sophia Highley, Madilyn Carlson, Katelyn Carlson, Natalie Carlson, and Michael Carlson. He is also survived by five great-grandchildren, Makenna, Julius, and Adrian Sparks; and Stella and Louise Schick.
Ken's family wishes to express their deep appreciation to the staff at Sonoma House Assisted Living in Carrollton, TX for the loving care they provided during the past 15 months.
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After Hong Kong, Redraw America's Farm Subsidy Map
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Sheepish Theresa May tells billionaire Tory donors the party could not just 'sit back licking our wounds' as she grovels over botched snap election
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forgives. She then anoints his feet and wipes them with her hair. They may have
had children and that led to the Rennes-le-Chateau mystery that has fallen out
of fashion in the Conspirasphere somewhat, but is still valid in my view, see: http://hpanwo-tv.blogspot.co.uk/2013/01/philip-coppens-dies.html. Israel
My parents are Roman Catholics and I used to be a believer, but now I am lapsed. I do not believe Jesus was the son of God, at least no more than anybody else is. He was not born to a virgin mother; he was conceived in the usual way and I expect Joseph was his father. The problem with the New Testament is that it says nothing at all about almost all of Jesus' life story. It begins with the Nativity, Jesus' birth in a stable in
Then there is one single scene from his childhood; when he is about five years
old he gets separated from Mary and Joseph in the Bethlehem and when they find him
he says: "How can I be lost in my father's house?" After that we hear
nothing at all until he begins his ministry a few months before his death by crucifixion.
By then he is in his early thirties; so what was he getting up to in the
meantime? Theologians generally assume he was living an average life, helping
Joseph in his carpenter's shop. That sounds rather boring, too boring to be
true; and a new study agrees. The story begins in 1887 when a Russian doctor
visited a Buddhist monastery in Temple
of Jerusalem .
He found texts about a man who travelled there from the west called "Issa"
and many of the monks knew all about him. He was identified as a prophet and a Buddha.
We all know about Gautama Buddha, the man known worldwide as "the
Buddha", but he was just one of many Buddhas. In the background article
below you will see that Buddhas drop from the sky on a regular basis and,
according to the Kashmiri monks, Jesus was one of them. This new study has been
produced as a BBC television documentary. It adds that Jesus did not die on the
cross in his early thirties, but instead he merely left Kashmir, India
and returned to Palestine
to begin a long career as a preacher. He visited the holy cities of India Benares
and Puri. He finally died at the age of eighty and is buried at the Roza Bal
shrine in . Source: http://ewao.net/2018/01/16/bbc-documentary-proves-jesus-was-a-buddhist-monk-named-issa-who-spent-16-years-in-india-tibet/.
This is to me a far more interesting and, indeed, respectful story about Jesus.
Even as a child the official story of Christianity didn't make sense to me. It
is shot through with logical and ethical flaws. Integrating these errors as an
adult led to my becoming a lapsed Catholic. One thing I like about William
Blake is his poem Srinagar
which gave lyrics to the beautiful hymn which some want to make the national
anthem of Jerusalem ;
it deserves to be. It tries to fill in Jesus' missing narrative by claiming
that he visited England
with his uncle, Joseph of Arimathea, who was a travelling merchant. In the New
Testament he also organizes Jesus' burial. "And
did those feet in ancient times walk upon England's mountains green? And was
the holy Lamb of God on Britain 's pleasant pastures seen? And did the countenance divine shine forth
upon our clouded hills?..." Jesus may have come to England
to study the discipline of the druids, another sect of ancient wisdom. With
these new revelations Jesus is looking more and more like a man filled with
divine inspiration and a desire to learn, experience and share spiritual
practice and knowledge. He travelled far and wide for his whole life to
discover everything he could from the mystery schools of the world. Naturally
orthodox Christians will be horrified by this new study, but really they have
no cause to be. Far from debunking and denigrating their faith, the new study
elevates it to a higher level. We now know that Jesus Christ was a far greater
man than we ever knew before. I have watched that TV show and it is available
on the source link above. Britain
See here for background: http://hpanwo.blogspot.co.uk/2016/09/messiah.html.


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The Horsey (♘ ♞) is a Chess piece. There are four Horseys in a game of Chess: Two black and two white.
The Horsey move is unusual among chess pieces. When it moves, it can move to a square that is two squares horizontally and one square vertically, or two squares vertically and one square horizontally. The complete move therefore looks like the letter L. Unlike all other standard chess pieces, the Horsey can 'jump over' all other pieces (of either color) to its destination square. It captures an enemy piece by replacing it on its square. The Horsey's ability to "jump over" other pieces means it tends to be at its most powerful in closed positions, in contrast to that of a bishop. The move is one of the longest-surviving moves in chess, having remained unchanged since before the seventh century. Because of this it also appears in most chess-related regional games. The Horsey moves alternately to light and dark squares.
A Horsey should always be close to where the action is, meaning it is best used on areas of the board where the opponent's pieces are clustered or close together. Pieces are generally more powerful if placed near the center of the board, but this is particularly true for a Horsey. A Horsey on the edge of the board attacks only three or four squares (depending on its exact location) and a Horsey in the corner only two. Moreover, it takes more moves for an uncentralized Horsey to switch operation to the opposite side of the board than an uncentralized bishop, rook, or queen. The mnemonic phrases "A Horsey on the rim is grim" or "A Horsey on the rim is dim" are often used in chess instruction to reflect this principle.
Horseys are often mistakenly referred to as Knights. The origins of this misnomer are perplexing.


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First I'll start off with my nails
Sinful Colors Black on Black and NailNation Holodreams
This was a design I found looking through Google images searching for Disney/Minnie designs for my Disneyland trip.
Gradient nails using China Glaze Sunday Funday and Santee Vikini Green
Sinful Colors Sweet Nothing topped w/ Santee Snow Effects Black Hole
My Mini Hauls
So I got these adorable bows for nail art decorations!! Aren't they cute?
I even got smaller ones that are more pointed bows.
Seriously, how cute is my new wine glass? I found this at the dollar tree and as soon as I saw this I knew I had to have it!! I plan on going back to get 3 more so I can have a set of 4.
I've been on the search for this perfect sort of pastel neon green and I found it!! It's Santee's Nude Green.
(Left to Right) Nude Green, Vikini Green, Fairy Tale and Ocean Fantasy.
Cute Glitter Toppers
(L to R) Ocean Heart, Snow White and Black Hole
So I've been using Seche Vite for a very long time which I love however I've read some great reviews about this top coat and how it does not give tip shrinkage which is what Seche Vite tends to do at times. I will be using this top coat this week and taking daily pictures for a review. This top coat is from JustRicarda.etsy.com.
I also bought a UV/Black Light on ebay for under $5.00
This picture is the reason for the black light, there are some nail polish colors that react to the black light with a glow and are great for photos!
Ok and my last mini haul is not beauty related just something fun I bought on ebay.
These are Dancing Water Speakers with LED lights, these speakers are so AWESOME!!
Here is the video I posted on Instagram showing how they work.
If the video does not show up you can click this link so my actual post on instagram
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HONG KONG (Reuters) - The CEO of Hong Kong stock exchange operator HKEX on Wednesday sold around $21.4 million worth of shares in the group, the company said on Thursday.
This is the first time CEO Charles Li has sold shares in Hong Kong Exchanges and Clearing Ltd (HKEX) (0388.HK) during his nine years in the job.
The exchange operator has had a turbulent year. The company made an unsolicited $39 billion dollar bid for the London Stock Exchange (LSE.L), in September. But the company was forced to withdraw the bid a month later after failing to convince LSE's management and investors to back the move.
HKEX's trading volumes and initial public offerings fell over the summer as Hong Kong was hit by months of anti-government protests.
But two multi-billion dollar listings in the autumn, Budweiser's Asia Pacific operations' (1876.HK) IPO and Alibaba's (9988.HK) secondary listing helped to push the exchange higher in fundraising league tables.
The Hong Kong exchange is in third place in global rankings for IPO fundraising this year, having raised $24.2 billion, behind Nasdaq and Riyadh, based on Refinitiv data. Riyadh's exchange recently launched the up-to $29 billion IPO of Saudi oil company Aramco.
Refinitiv league tables do not include secondary listings. If the Alibaba listing were included, Hong Kong would have topped the chart with $37.1 billion.
Li sold 650,000 HKEX shares at an average price of HK$256.53 ($32.90) a share on December 18, the exchange filing showed, bringing his stake down to 0.03% from 0.08%. HKEX did not say why Li had sold the shares.
His current CEO contract runs until October 2021.
($1 = 7.7977 Hong Kong dollars)
($1 = 7.7971 Hong Kong dollars)
Reporting by Alun John and Twinnie Siu. Editing by Jane Merriman


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Thread: NUTS !
I mean to post this yesterday
NUTS! An American General Gave The Germans A Massive Metaphorical Middle Finger On This Day In 1944
During the Battle of the Bulge, German forces had surrounded the Americans holding Bastogne and the area around the town.
German forces approached the men of the 101st Airborne Divison to demand their honorable surrender or face annihilation. In the absence of General Maxwell Taylor, McAuliffe was in charge of the 101st. The German message was delivered to him around noon, and read in part:
This time the U.S.A.
forces in and near Bastogne have been encircled by strong
German armored units. More German armored units have crossed
the river Ourthe near Ortheuville, have taken Marche and
reached St. Hubert by passing through Hompre-Sibret-Tillet.
Libramont is in German hands.
There is only one possibility to save the encircled
U.S.A troops from total annihilation: that is the honorable
surrender of the encircled town. In order to think it over
a term of two hours will be granted beginning with the
presentation of this note.
If this proposal should be rejected one German
Artillery Corps and six heavy A. A. Battalions are ready
to annihilate the U.S.A. troops in and near Bastogne. The
order for firing will be given immediately after this two
hours term.
What did McAuliffe do? Did he order his men to throw their weapons down and surrender to the Germans, who had them outnumbered and encircled? Did he cave to the enormous threat from the enemy?
No, he simply replied with one word: NUTS! His full message read:
December 22, 1944
To the German Commander,
The American Commander
https://dailycaller.com/2018/12/21/n...-of-the-bulge/Unknown philosopher at a St. Patrick's Day celebration 1967
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This February half term, children of all ages are being encouraged to grab their wellies, get outside and join in the North West Puddle Jumping Championships being held at here at Martin Mere.
Children will compete against each other to see who can produce the biggest splash from their puddle jump – as measured by special splash-o-meters. They will also be judged on their enthusiasm and jumping style. Daily winners will be announced throughout the half term and lucky 'super-splashers' will receive fantastic prizes!
As well as the main puddle jumping competition area, there will be a practice zone set up to help entrants perfect their splashing techniques. The craft room will also be open daily for puddle jumping themed arts and crafts.
Vic Fellowes said, "We know that children love nothing more than to splash about in puddles, so we thought we'd give them the chance to channel their inner splasher through our puddle jumping competition.
We've really perfected the championships this year, with a brilliant competition area, a practice puddle zone, additional welly related activities, great prizes and expert judging panels.
It's all a lot of fun and we know that children who love puddles often grow up to be adults that love the outdoors. So through these championships we're gently nurturing a love that may help protect wetlands and the wildlife that depend on them for years to come."
As well as the puddle jumping area, visitors can attend daily talks and feeds to find out more about some of the species at the centre, explore our grounds and reserve, play in our adventure playground, grab a tasty treat from our café and check out our amazing gift shop.
For more information, visit our Puddle Jumping page or follow #puddlejumping on social media.


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THUMP Takeover On BBC Radio 1
Christian Eede
, July 28th, 2015 12:20
THUMP present three hours of music tonight on BBC Radio 1 featuring a guest appearance from our own John Doran
This week Radio 1 is being taken over by a number of electronic music publications as part of their celebrations to mark 20 years of broadcasts in Ibiza. Tonight THUMP host proceedings for a three-hour show which will include our own John Doran doing a "multi-sensory" reading from his recent Jolly Lad book. You'll have to listen in to find out exactly what that entails.
Elsewhere, Kerri Chandler, Mike Skinner and Annie Mac will be picking their favourite dancefloor tearjerkers as part of THUMP's 'Heartbreakers' feature and there will also be a guest mix from current XOYO residents Bicep full of unreleased material. Listen in to Radio 1 here tonight from 10pm for all of that and more.
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A proposal to create dedicated bus lanes along El Camino Real is facing a new round of skepticism. On Wednesday, representatives from cities along the corridor urged transit officials to give more thought to alternatives to its bus rapid transit plan.
Committee members representing five cities, as well as Santa Clara County, met for the first time in two months on Aug. 26 to discuss the proposal from the Valley Transportation Authority. Committee members expressed confusion over where the VTA plans were going and whether their input was being considered -- even from cities like Mountain View, that nominally are in support of the plan.
County Supervisor Joe Simitian was one of several committee members who expressed hesitation over the bus rapid transit plan at the start of the meeting, held at VTA's headquarters in Santa Clara. Support from cities impacted by the plan, he said, seemed "a long way shy of being a charge up the hill."
"I think you've got a clear message here that there's not support for a change of this significance," Simitian said in an interview following the meeting. "Look, I understand we've got models and projections, but I don't feel confident in relying on those to turn the world upside-down on El Camino Real."
To solve the daily jam of traffic on El Camino Real, VTA has promoted bus rapid transit (BRT), which would streamline bus service from Palo Alto to San Jose -- likely at the expense of other motorists. The plan calls for taking away two of El Camino's six lanes and restricting them to buses only, and constructing bus stops in the median.
Since the plan was first proposed years ago, Mountain View leaders have generally been skeptical, and city staff have questioned VTA's claims that dedicated bus lanes wouldn't worsen congestion on El Camino Real or side streets, for the most part.
Nevertheless, Mountain View became one of the only cities to come out in support of the idea with a thin majority of the City Council voting in favor. The city of Santa Clara had taken a position to support the BRT concept, but that vote was way back in 2002, explained Mayor Jaime Matthews. At a council meeting last week, Santa Clara council members had planned to take a new vote, but the discussion was tabled at the request of VTA officials, Matthews said.
Meanwhile, the city councils of Palo Alto and Sunnyvale voted to oppose the BRT plan, and Los Altos leaders opted against taking any stance on the issue.
But even the city firmly in VTA's corner gave -- at best -- conditional support for the plan at the meeting last week. Representing Mountain View, Councilman Lenny Siegel told the group that time was running out to consider alternatives. Siegel himself had voted against the BRT plan.
"I'm skeptical of the whole project," Siegel said. "I've never seen any coordination of the buses on El Camino -- that's what it'd take for me to get on the BRT plan."
Several municipal representatives urged VTA to continue analyzing alternatives or amending the BRT project to make it more palatable. Sunnyvale and Santa Clara representatives both preferred a mixed-flow configuration, which would modify El Camino Real's curbs to expedite bus loading and unloading.
Simitian urged transit officials to wait on any El Camino project until work is complete next year on bringing dedicated bus lanes to Capitol Expressway and Alum Rock Avenue in San Jose.
"If you've got a similar project underway in Santa Clara County, why on earth wouldn't you wait to see if it works?" Simitian said. "This isn't something where you can say 'oops' and do an about-face. You make a decision here, and it's irreversible."
Transit officials came to the defense of the BRT project in a roundabout fashion. As part of the agenda, VTA engineers delivered a report on the five-year history of how the plan came about. A second presentation showed how development planned for the near future would add thousands more residents and commuters along El Camino Real. Following that, staff members reviewed four alternatives that were less ambitious than the BRT proposal. Going through the list item by item, Senior Planner Steve Fisher explained how each alternative was fraught with its own set of challenges. There simply isn't space for a "have-it-all" option that added dedicated bus lanes without impacting regular traffic, he said.
Later this month, a third-party review of the BRT proposal should be complete and available for public review. VTA officials commissioned that review in response to complaints that they were downplaying the impact that dedicated bus lanes would have on regional traffic flow. The review team includes a mix of public and private experts in the transportation field.
For now, the BRT project is in a state of "suspended animation" but VTA would eventually look to get a recommendation on the project from the advisory group, said General Manager Nuria Fernandez. The project is scheduled to go before the VTA board of directors for a final decision by the end of the year.
"We're not kicking the can down the road. We need to get a sense from this group if we're going to move forward," she urged. "We need to know if this is a go, or a no-go."


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It's a Friday, and while I get the rest of the art work photos ready for blog view, I figured a fun post was in order.
I am an incorrigible Wizard of Oz fan. The annual broadcast of the Wizard of Oz when I was growing up, usually sometime in the Spring, was like a national holiday or a Holy Day of Obligation. You marked your calendar months in advance and come that night, you were right there in front of the TV. This, of course, was back in the dark ages before VCRs or DVDs. There was no "record it to watch later" or "rent it to watch when you want." You either watched it the night the network decided to broadcast it, or you waited until the next year. To further date myself, we still had a black-and-white TV set. I told you it was the dark ages. While it didn't matter for the beginning and end of the film, both of which were in black-and-white, we always did miss out on the whole part of the film where she "wasn't in Kansas anymore" – the amazing panorama of color when she opened the door to Munchkinland. Unless we were at our cousins' house and got to stay late to watch at least the "opening of the door" part. My uncle owned a TV repair service, so they had a color TV.
Anyway, aside from the Wicked Witch of the West, my favorite character was Dorothy's dog, Toto. It was a small Cairn terrier and the dog had more courage, and brains, than some of the human characters. And you just had to cheer for anything that would tear up Miss Gulch's garden. Toto had more spunk that Dorothy's Auntie Em, who could only lament to Miss Gulch: "For twenty-three years I've been dying to tell you what I thought of you! And now… well, being a Christian woman, I can't say it!" Toto didn't waste words. She just bit Miss Gulch, then later escaped her clutches to return to Dorothy. And if you think that Toto was just "some dog" consider that Toto made $125 a week making this film, more than many of the human actors in it.
So why reminisce about Toto now? My husband and I are weird in that we often speak to each other in "movie code." We will be out somewhere and something will catch our attention, and instead of just making an ordinary comment about it, we'll look at each other then recite one of the thousands of movie lines we've stored in our brains. The truly scary thing is that the other one of us will totally understand what the other is getting at.
It's also not unusual for one of these references to take on a life of its own and send us off on a totally new quest. Last Thanksgiving, we were walking through Colonial Williamsburg when we spotted a Cairn terrier that looked just like Toto from the Wizard of Oz. Given that the owner holding its leash looked pretty grumpy, of course we had to do the "Run, Toto, Run" line, and the "I'll get you, my pretty, and your little dog too!" – both classic lines from the Wizard of Oz. Our conversation eventually morphed into "Gee, I wonder what happened to Toto?" We stopped, looked at each other, and smiled deviously while our son rolled his eyes because he knew what this meant. We got back to my sister's house, pulled out the computer and spent the next 20 minutes Googling Toto.
So…do you want to know what happened to Toto or not?
Well, apparently Toto, whose real name was Terry, had quite the film resume, appearing in 13 movies starring alongside such unknowns as Spencer Tracy and Shirley Temple, and she even co-starred again with Margaret Hamilton (the actress who played the Wicked Witch of the West) in 1942. She nearly died during the making of the Wizard of Oz, when one of the witch's guards stepped on her and broke her foot. She was renamed Toto because of the popularity of the Wizard of Oz, and she even attended the movie premier at Grauman's Chinese Theater.
Toto died in 1944, and though one report says she was stuffed and auctioned off, most reports, including Wikipedia, state that she was buried in the backyard of her trainer, Carl Spitz, who lived in L.A.
So given this, you just have to go to Los Angeles, find out who owns Carl Spitz's house now, buy some dog biscuits then make a pilgrimage to Toto's grave, right?
Not quite. Apparently somewhere along the line, Spitz's house was purchased by the city of Los Angeles, and the property became part of the Ventura Freeway. Since no one is sure just which exit ramp Toto is buried under, the best you can probably do is hum the 1972 America song, Ventura Highway, in her honor. But at least now you know what happened to Toto.
If you want to read more about Toto (and the rest of the Wizard of Oz cast), go to:
or the Wikipedia entry for Terry
Can you tell that I am never bored in life? There's ALWAYS something odd and quirky to hunt down…..