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The Real Reasons Tri-Guys Shave for Triathlon
A lighthearted look at why guys shave for triathlon
Hazen Kent – Tri-Newbies Online
For years I have heard a variety of reasons why male triathletes shave their body hair and primarily their legs and I guess to some extent, they all have their place in the annals of "justification". If you were to break down the triathlon into its three components, swim, bike and run, shaving is only considered necessary in two of the three: swimming and cycling. And of these, cycling is the most common. And because you are a triathlete, you now qualify for the label of "cyclist". This of coarse gives you the green light to shave your legs. But there are other issues to deal with…such as our vanity.
For us guys, shaving our legs is a big step, especially for the first time! Nestled among our newfound lifestyle of cool bikes, hard-bodies, testosterone and ego mania, is this… "chick" thing… called shaving your legs. And although it is a "tri-thing" men can't help but treat it like a "chick" thing… and become unglued at though of it! Nowhere does this show more than we do the shopping at the grocery store. The innate act of grabbing razors and shaving cream off the shelves takes on a whole new meaning. We have now crossed the line. No longer are we purchasing these instruments to cut away at that burley five-oclock shadow. Now we are searching for a way to make our legs silky smooth and it changes our whole persona. I am reminded of Michael Keaton searching for feminine products while grocery shopping during the movie "Mr. Mom."
As we leave the safety and comfort of the Cookies and Dessert Isle, we unconsciously push our cart around the corner and come face to face with…
Our palms begin to sweat. We can only hope that the isle is clear…
But no such luck…
Its Friday afternoon, and the grocery store is packed. We nervously clear our throats, and begin whistling and " ho-humming" our way down the isle waiting for the kill. Now it becomes a matter of strategy as we take a James Bond-like approach to the razor purchase. And once the coast is clear, we face the razor rack, glance to our left, glance to our right, and snatch the pack of blades from the hook and quickly throw them into the shopping cart.
Mission accomplished.
Now we coolly head for the shortest route out of the isle as we shift into '"browse" mode. Suddenly…
"Hey Hazen!"
Your heart begins to rush as the sweat on your palms reaches the viscosity of water. You turn to greet this familiar voice and your worst nightmare comes true. Its your burly, macho neighbor. And keeping with his Baby Huey ways he slaps you on the back, knocking you three feet forward.
"How the hell are ya?"
As if your hand was caught in the cookie jar, your eyes widen and you nervously laugh.
" uh…I…umm…" Unconsciously you clear your throat, only this time you reach deep into your diaphragm and give a low, macho, bellowing, baritone-like response… "Just buying some 'blades, you know…guy stuff." And you speed off repeating to yourself… "He knows, he knows, oh how I am going to explain my shaved legs tomorrow?"
However, it won't be long before this "chick thing' becomes tradition. Soon you will find yourself arguing with your mate as to who left the dull razor in the shower. And although I now perform this ritual once or twice a week, I am still seeking the real reason WHY? After years of approaching cyclists with this question, about four reasons seem to come up the most:
1.Aerodynamics – With regards to cycling, this is one reason I have a hard time believing. Shaving to become "aero" applies to swimmers primarily and we will touch on that in a moment.
2. The Bike Crash – There's an old adage that applies to cyclists and it goes something like this – "there are two types of cyclists, those that have fallen (wiped out) and those that will." If you have never experienced the pure joy of feeling your elbow, hip or the palms of your hand become one with the asphalt, then be patient…you will! Especially, if you plan on sticking with this sport. The more mileage you put on your bike, the higher the odds of you being inaugurated into this unfortunate club. So, the shaved legs, I am told, helps the healing process – no hair to contribute to infection and Band-Aids peel off much easier.
3. The Rub-Down. I have heard that rubdowns and/or massages, are more affective when applied to a hairless leg.
4. Keeps You Cooler. Finally shaved legs are much cooler than hairy legs in the hot summer.
Now for swimmers, shaving down has always been a tradition and is both physically and psychologically beneficial. Physically, most swimmers, men and women remain as hairy as possible throughout the most intense part of their training usually during the winter months. That's right, women too – specifically their legs. After a proper taper in preparation for a major swim meet, the swimmer will shave his/her legs, arms, back, and men will shave their chest and even their head. The removal of the body hair is said to reduce drag or water resistance allowing the swimmer to slip through the water and thus swim faster. But the real fact is, shaving for a swimmer is primarily psychological. I have shaved my chest, arms, legs, and even my head twice and only a true swimmer can understand the feeling of diving into a 76-degree pool completely shaved… You feel immortal.
So why do triathletes shave, especially if they wear a wetsuit when they swim?
There really is no need.
And then I remembered something my old swim coach used to say and do. As the winter season was coming to a close and spring was just around the corner (we used to swim outdoors year round), each afternoon just after we stretched and just prior to beginning workout, he would make us lay down on the deck to get a tan.
The reason?
And I quote, "because, when you look good, you feel good, and when you feel good, you swim good."
Let's face it…most of us keep our legs shaved throughout our triathlon training because it looks and feels pretty cool! And yes, even the chicks dig it…once you sell them on the idea that you are a triathlete and throw in a few of those BS reasons mentioned above. My wife sure doesn't complain.
So, basically, shaving is an ego thing…and so what if it is!
I say, what the hell…
Keep your legs shaved, stir up some controversy, look cool, feel good and hall ass in your next race!

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It seems Ooki's little sister, Rino-chan, also couldn't hide her surprise.
「He isn't here…」
Guiding us through the house, eventually all 3 of us made it to Ooki's room.
The design really drew the picture of an ordinary house with Ooki's room on the second floor.
「What do you mean?」
Rino-chan let a deep breath out of her nose seeming troubled at my question.
「…Well since this morning there was no way he was leaving his room」
However, now Ooki wasn't in his room.
The room reeked of a man's scent but it's not like it was a mess.
Since he is a weird guy, I definitely thought he was an otaku.
However, Ooki didn't have any distinctive characteristics.
「I wonder where he went…」
Rino-chan enters his room seeming a bit worried.
Mia and I were idly standing in the corridor.
「Ah, sorry. Can you please wait in the living room?」
I honestly felt it's better to leave.
However, Mia and I had no plan to head home.
When we got down to the living room, we sat on the sofa.
It was a living room with a hint of a Japanese style to it and yet it was a bit spacious.
It was filled with things making it feel homey.
After a while, I could hear light footsteps running down the staircase.
Continuing to the living room and opening the door, Rino-chan, who had changed into a gray parka from her uniform, appeared.
「I'm really sorry. Even though, you expressly came all the way here」
Opening the refrigerator, Rino-chan poured some sort of beverage for us.
「Well, we were just a bit worried…」
「Don't worry. Onii-chan occasionally does this」
Rino-chan replied to my words with a surprised tone.
「So, do you know where he went?」
This time Mia asked.
Placing the drinks on a tray, Rino-chan comes around to us.
She sits one the same sofa as me and Mia.
「Probably the mountain」
「Yes. It seems like Onii-chan will be a sage in the future」
When I went to drink my beverage, I stopped my hand.
As I thought, Ooki is a genuinely strange guy.
「I don't really understand it well myself but…well, it seems his master for becoming a sage lives on Mt. Nomiya」
Speaking of Mt. Nomiya, it's supposedly a famous sacred mountain.
The altitude of it wasn't that high but it was quite steep. The summit is always hidden by clouds.
「That's where he went. When I just checked his belongings, his whole set of tools he uses to go to the mountain is missing」
Mia gave a vague reply.
And then I looked at Rino-chan's face.
「How long until he returns?」
「I wonder…」
After drinking a mouthful of barley tea, Rino-chan looks upwards.
「Before he came back after three days. I think it should be the same this time」
「Why the mountain?」
「He said to clear away wicked thoughts…He said if he doesn't purify his worldly desires regularly, then he can't become a sage」
Ooki likes Mia.
Since it became difficult to go to school, he confined himself to his room.
And then, he must have remembered to train in the mountains in order to become a sage.
「Don't worry…」
After finishing my drink, I stood up.
Mia also stands.
「Sorry, even though you came and everything…」
Rino-chan was courteous to the very end.
「Ah, that's right. Is it fine if I could get an address I could contact you with?」
Mia and I turn around at Rino-chan's proposal.
If she wants to contact someone it would probably be better if it was me, who belonged to the Human Culture Research Club.
When I took out my phone from my pocket, we quickly exchanged addresses.
「Then, I'll call if something happens…Thank you very much」
Rino-chan sees us off bowing her head and Mia and I start to head out.
It was an unexpected development but we will come back 3 days later when Ooki finishes his cleansing.
I hope this won't turn into something annoying.
「She's a good kid, huh」
「You know, his little sister」
Walking down the street, we were casually strolling to the station.
I gave a short reply to Mia's words.
Certainly, Rino-chan was a good kid.
She was a bit different from her older brother. She was quite a popular girl.
Her face and the development of her cute boobs was good as well.
She must be the most popular girl at school.
「It's still quite early…」
It's too late to go anywhere.
But, it's not late enough to go home.
「Where do you usually go to play around?」
Mia was confused at my sudden question.
「Where you say, the normal places…I go shopping and to karaoke? And then afterwards, go somewhere like a cafe?」
「…That's quite an invite」
I know that.
Even if I try to meet her, she is usually busy with a previous engagement.
Certainly, she does consider me special but Mia isn't the kind of person who can ignore her friends.
Since I want to put off dating, she doesn't consider me a priority.
That's why a day like today is quite special to me.
It seems she realized that as her pace starts to slow down as well.
「Nee…Where should we go?」
We were quite a ways away from the station when Mia said that.
I stopped and stared at Mia.
「Where would be good…?」
「That's for the guy to decide」
Lifting her chin up a bit, Mia smiled.
After a bit of silence, I tried asking a question as a joke.
「What about a hotel?」
There was even more silence.
Even though Mia should have heard me, she didn't show a reaction.
She couldn't help her face from turning a bit red.
I inevitably rephrased it.
「Let's go to a hotel」
And then we immediately head out.
Mia followed behind and said.
「You pass」


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There's nothing like the flavor grilling imparts! Just about anything is improved by some time on those hot grates, searing to perfection what would otherwise just be okay baked or sautéed. At our prior apartment, our grill was right outside our kitchen door and I used it year-round for its simplicity and the great taste. When we moved, the grill became a little less convenient–still right off the kitchen, but no longer under cover, and I have to go around the corner now to behind the house to reach it–and I used it less. Which is a shame. I've decided to remedy this and I'm starting with these grilled bacon-wrapped chicken bites, featuring Jones Dairy Farm Cherrywood Smoked Bacon! Mmm…bacon!
Skewers are a fun way to arrange food. After all, everyone loves food on a stick! It seems to harken back to camp-outs and time spent around the family fire roasting marshmallows and hot dogs on found sticks with no more than the heat of the coals and flames to prepare your treat. It's primal, communal, creating a fond memory to hold on to for an eternity. And it keeps little pieces of meat from falling into the fire, where they would quickly become charcoal, so it's practical, too. You can buy nifty skewers meant to be used over and over again, but I still use the bamboo ones. Make sure you soak them for at least 20 minutes before using or you'll have an inferno on your hands! While burnt marshmallows are the peak of perfection, burnt chicken is not. It's just really, really sad.
In the past, in spite of my best efforts, grilling bacon was problematic. That is until I realized what the problem was–direct heat! Put a flame under bacon grease and you'll have a bonfire in no time. Put it over indirect heat and you'll have happy bacon–and no grease spatters all over your kitchen walls. Win-win! These bacon-wrapped chicken bites spend most of their time over indirect heat for the actual cooking, with a few minutes on direct heat to finish them off, crisping up the bacon beautifully. They're smoky and juicy and just plain irresistible! I love them served over this creamy spinach pasta, but you can also just make the chicken for an appetizer or snack and be quite satisfied, too.
Did you know that Jones Dairy Farm recently launched an online cookbook featuring 125 recipes – one recipe for every year the family-owned and operated company has been in business? The Celebrating Great Taste cookbook can be found at www.issuu.com/jonesdairyfarm and features recipes made with their extended line of products, including their all-natural sausage, dry-aged bacon, ham, Canadian bacon, turkey sausage, turkey bacon, braunschweiger, and scrapple. You'll find a wide range of options, including some unexpected surprises, like candied bacon malted milkshakes and chocolate bacon toffee ice cream. Sign me up!
For 125 years, families around the country have been serving our high-quality products to their loved ones. As a thank you to our customers, we've compiled 125 of our favorite recipes that incorporate our signature products. We hope families enjoy them so that together, we can celebrate our tradition of great taste. – Philip H. Jones, sixth generation president of Jones Dairy Farm.
Here's to long summer days filled with lots of bacon!


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Firefighters called out to N. 60th Street for fire at 1.5-story home
MILWAUKEE -- An investigation is underway after a fire broke out Sunday morning, June 14th in the 4500 block of N. 60th Street.
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The fire occurred in a 1.5-story structure. It is believed the fire started on the first floor.
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Lawn Master, a national lawn care company in the UK, has become the first of its kind to receive ISO 14001 certification, the internationally agreed standard for the environmental management of businesses.
The standard demonstrates an organisation's efforts to identify, manage, monitor, control and improve their environmental performance.
It comes six years after the company, whose Headquarters are in Denbighshire, became the first in its sector to achieve ISO 9001 certification, which focuses on the quality management of businesses.
Lawn Master, led by husband and wife team Bob and Rachel Underhill, began treating domestic lawns in the 1990s. They launched a franchise network in 2002, making territories available exclusively to qualified turf professionals to ensure that customers receive a high-quality service. Lawns across the country are now treated by a nationwide network of former greenkeepers and groundstaff from a range of prestigious sporting venues, including Chelsea and Arsenal Football Clubs, the Royal Winchester Golf Club and St. Mellion International.
Managing Director, Bob Underhill, explained why they sought certification: "We undertook ISO 9001 in 2010 because our whole business model is based on providing a high-quality, technically superior service delivered by experienced turf professionals. Key to ISO is the process of continual improvement, and adopting ISO 14001 takes us a step further in that it is independent verification that we take our responsibility for environmental stewardship seriously. When reading our Environmental Policy, our customers, suppliers and the wider industry will know that it stands up to scrutiny, and can be reassured that it's central to all our business operations."
Photo caption: Bob and Rachel Underhill receive confirmation of Lawn Master's ISO 14001 certification.


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Thank you for your support
We would like to start off by saying THANK YOU for your tremendous support and for using Phoodee as your go-to food platform.
It's coming to a year now and we have grown and learned so much about the home cook marketplace. We will be pivoting our business model to serve home-based chefs better so that they can scale and operate more efficiently.
We will discontinue our mobile app in both the Apple App Store and Google Playstore by the 1st of July. You will not be able to place any orders or add new food items on the Phoodee app.
This is not goodbye and please do watch our space on Instagram and Facebook for more updates on our new product launch. For home-based chefs, please do reach out to us if you would like to learn more about our new product and if you are interested to join our community.
Sincerely yours,
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Congressman Tom Reed is in the district this week talking about local water infrastructure projects supported by a bill recently passed in the house with strong bipartisan support.
The Water Resources Reform and Development Act (WRRDA) supports projects like navigation improvements, combating invasive species, flood protection and environmental restoration. The bill passed the House 417 to 3.
"WRRDA is good for local jobs, trade, tourism, recreation and manufacturing, so that we can enable manufacturers to 'make it here, sell it there,'" Congressman Reed said of the bill. "We are fortunate in the Finger Lakes and Southern Tier to have these vital waterways and we need to actively care for them by ensuring infrastructure is up to date and our Finger Lakes and Southern Tier waterways are protected."
WRRDA authorizes the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers to facilitate waterway infrastructure improvements and environmental restoration. The bipartisan bill passed in the House also saves $12 billion in taxpayer dollars by deauthorizing old, inactive projects.
Earlier this year, Congressman Reed welcomed Brigadier General of the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Margaret Burcham to Washington to talk about the importance of water infrastructure projects in New York's 23rd district.
"The meeting was a chance for us to lay out the projects from combating invasive species in the Finger Lakes to dredging Chautauqua Lake and everywhere in between that will benefit the overall quality of life for our area. We are working now to take that one step further and set up a meeting with the Brigadier General right here in the district for a firsthand look at how important these projects are to the 23rd district."
This week, Reed will visit Dunkirk Harbor, one of the many waterways that stand to benefit from WRRDA. The harbor has not been dredged since 2009 and Reed is hopeful that working with Army Corps, dredging will be realized for Dunkirk Harbor. Local elected officials and community members will join Reed at the event.
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We are making this capability much, MUCH easier in the very near future but for now here's a convoluted way to get the direct link to Incidents out of the Azure Sentinel tables.
I created the following query for a customer so they could parse out the URL and then send it through email to analysts through a Playbook. Note that this information is contained in the AzureActivity table, but it needs to be cobbled together using strcat.
NOTE: Apparently our blogging system here keeps inserting a double semi-colon at the end of the first line of the query. Please make sure to grab the query from the GitHub posting.
What it looks like…
let IncidentURL = "https://portal.azure.com/#asset/Microsoft_Azure_Security_Insights/Incident";
| where _ResourceId has "Microsoft.SecurityInsights" and _ResourceId has "incidents"
| summarize by _ResourceId
| extend IncidentLINK = strcat(IncidentURL, _ResourceId)
| distinct IncidentLINK
Get it from GitHub: https://github.com/rod-trent/SentinelKQL/blob/master/SentinelIncidentURLs-%20ALL.txt


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Safety of Nanomaterials along Their Lifecycle: Release, Exposure, and Human Hazards presents the state of the art in nanosafety research from a lifecycle perspective. Although major knowledge gaps still exist, solid data are now available to identify scenarios of critical risk as well as those of safe nanomaterial use for our benefit.
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Kanye Album Commemorates Deceased Mother
September 29, 2021
"Donda, Donda, Donda, Donda, Donda," Syleena Johnson hypes up listeners in the intro to Kanye West's 10th studio album, Donda. After great anticipation, Kanye finally released the album on Aug. 29.
Delayed three times, because Kanye felt the album was incomplete; With over 30 vocal features, long awaited tracks, and a litany of speculations, it is clear why Donda had so much hype. Unfortunately, this hype also led to some mixed reactions to the album.
The album as a whole is an 8/10. While having several great tracks, at times, it feels like the album is overwhelmed with some songs that aren't really noteworthy. Granted, they still show Kanye's unique artistic style.
Tracks like "Jail", "Off The Grid", or "Heaven and Hell", are especially popular among listeners, having a combined 129,278,160 listens.
"Tell the Vision", "Remote Control", and "24" were some more disappointing tracks in the album.
"Remote Control" let down fans the most because Kanye removed Kid Cudi from the outro, and instead featured a fictional character voiced by Tony Halstead, "Ooh, ha-ha-ha, mmh, splendid Simply delicious, oh, ha-ha-ha I am the glob-glo-gab-galab The shwabble – dabble – wabble – gabble flibba blabba blab". 'Glob-glo-gab-galab' is a character in the children's film, Strawinsky and the Mysterious House, a popular internet meme in 2018.
"Off The Grid" is one of the most popular tracks on Donda; the faster pacing and features from Playboi Carti and Favio Foreign, truly make this song a fan favorite. Being placed in the beginning of the album, sandwiched between two other great tracks;"Jail" and "Hurricane," Off The Grid had the perfect conditions to become as popular as it did.
"Jail" is the first track (besides "Donda Chant") on the album, and it includes the first feature with Jay Z in years, due to some drama between him and Kanye. This track has a strong bass guitar instrumental, and some decent vocals in a higher octave than Kanye's usual, to split his vocals from the guitar's low pitch.
"Hurricane" is another exemplary track on Donda, which has some interesting history to it. The album was first set to release in the album, Yandhi. Fans who listened to leaks found "Hurricane" to be a standout in the album. Unfortunately, Kanye never released this album, and since then, fans had been hoping for this track to release.
It should be said that Donda is definitely not a bad album, about half the songs are really good, whereas on many other albums, most listeners would be inclined to direct their focus to only one or two tracks. Kanye West sings, "He's done miracles on me, He's done miracles on me" in the outro to Donda, "No Child Left Behind".


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That "split second" before police officers killed Michael Brown, Eric Garner and John Crawford was shaped by decades of judicial decision-making.
In the wake of these killings, we have been told, over and over again, that police officers must have the flexibility to make "split-second decisions" to protect the public and themselves. This language has become so commonplace that we would be forgiven for assuming that we have always used it to explain why law enforcement has killed scores of unarmed minorities over the years. After all, the underlying claim rings true: In the line of duty, police officers unquestionably face abrupt dangers that require rapid response.
Law enforcement agencies rely heavily and indiscriminately on this idea, that officers must act with "split-second" timing, to explain police conduct in an enormous range of circumstances. But as it turns out, this may have little to do with the facts on the ground and everything to do with covering their legal bases.
The "split-second" rationale gained traction among the lower courts in the 1960s and vaulted into the public discourse with the landmark 1989 Supreme Court decision, Graham v. Connor, which remains the bedrock of state and federal use-of-force laws. In that case, with these important words, the court justified the onerous "objective reasonableness" standard that makes it almost impossible to hold officers liable for their conduct:
"The calculus of reasonableness must embody allowance for the fact that police officers are often forced to make split-second judgments—in circumstances that are tense, uncertain, and rapidly evolving—about the amount of force that is necessary in a particular situation."
For the last two and a half decades, state and federal courts have relied on that sentence in dismissing countless civil rights lawsuits alleging excessiv
Graham did not mark the first time members of the Supreme Court expressly cited the "split-second" nature of police decision-making to justify questionable police conduct. The phrase actually made a racially charged appearance over 20 years earlier in the 1963 case of Wong Sun v. United States.
There, the Warren Court majority ruled in part for the suppression of evidence illegally obtained by the police, because no probable cause existed to support officers' decision to follow a Chinese man and arrest him. But in a blistering dissent joined by three other justices, Justice Tom Clark criticized the court for creating a "Chinese puzzle" out of a simple case and thereby overburdening officers whose jobs necessitated "split-second" decision-making. Dismissing the majority's tacit disapproval of the officers' racially motivated decision to tail an otherwise inconspicuous person of Chinese descent, Justice Clark retorted, "To me it was efficient police work by officers familiar with San Francisco and the habits and practices of its Chinese-American inhabitants."
Tone-deaf by modern standards, Justice Clark's statements also lay bare the uncomfortable links between supposedly instantaneous police decision-making and racial profiling. These are links now supported by mountains of data. One widely cited study by researchers at the University of North Carolina used a video game simulation to demonstrate that people tend to pull the trigger faster on black targets than on white targets, even when the target is unarmed. The statistics bear out this bias in the law enforcement context: An analysis of federal data on 1,217 fatal police shootings from 2010 to 2012 found that young black males, age 15 to 19, were 21 times more likely to be shot dead than their white peers.
Yet the fact that law enforcement's "split-second" decisions take a radically disproportionate toll on black Americans has had little effect on how we write the laws that afford police such great discretion in meting out force. Instead, even outside the courts, the "split-second" rationale has been deployed to defeat legislative attempts to constrain police judgment. Consider the backlash New York authorities faced in 1965 after the enactment of a state law that newly limited officers to using deadly force only where the suspects were believed to have committed serious felonies. The Patrolmen's Benevolent Association, New York City's largest police labor union, passed a unanimous resolution criticizing the law for, among other things, "impos[ing] unrealistic requirements of split-second legalistic judgment and thereby embolden[ing] criminals." In response to the pressure, the law was amended again three years later to allow police to use force in a broad range of circumstances, such as to prevent trespass or damage to property.
Viewed in light of this history, it is unsurprising that New York Attorney General Eric Schneiderman came under immediate fire from police unions and district attorneys on Monday upon announcing that he was recommending new laws and requesting from Gov. Andrew Cuomo the power to investigate killings by police. What we are seeing is a rerun.
It's worth noting that before the 1960s, courts employed the term "split-second" almost exclusively to describe the experience of vehicle drivers in the moment before collision. A comprehensive search of hundreds of federal and state court decisions reveals that this began to change around the time the Supreme Court handed down Wong Sun and other major decisions restricting evidence admissibility. It may be that the Warren Court's expansion of prohibitions on the use of evidence derived from unlawful searches and seizures increased the lower courts' reluctance to rule police conduct unlawful — culminating in Graham, handed down well after the end of the Warren court's progressive reign.
Whatever the reasons for the rise of the "split-second" police paradigm, one thing is clear: Formerly a phrase used to connote the helplessness of car accident victims, the "split-second" has become the courts' way of signaling their reluctance to question law enforcement's most systematically misguided judgment calls. In so doing, the courts have abdicated their responsibility to articulate meaningful constitutional limitations on the use of force against civilians. The shameful legacy of that abdication is a legacy of unarmed, dead black men.
Jane Chong is a 2014 graduate of Yale Law School. Joseph Pomianowski is a third-year Yale Law student. Follow them at @chongathan and @pomianowski_inc.


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YouTuber tests to see if a human can beat a vehicle's anti-lock braking system
YouTuber Driven Media brings us interesting car experiments such as this one where he put skinny tires on a regular car and this one where he explains how Honda's oval piston engine works.
In this latest edition of his show, the YouTuber tests to see whether a human can beat a vehicle's anti-lock braking system (ABS). To do this, he took to a track and tested the braking system of a vehicle when ABS is on compared to a race car driver and a regular driver driving with ABS off.
The car was being driven at 96 kmh. The first trial with the ABS on saw the car come to a complete stop at 34.93 m, the second at 35.11 m, and the third at 34. 15m.
Then the YouTuber turned the ABS off and tested the car's braking system with a regular driver and a professional one.
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'Nothing Succeeds Like Failure' For Karl Rove – He's Announced He's Running!
As former Bush deputy chief of staff Karl Rove appeared on Fox News on Thursday night, he revealed why he's "looking forward" to former Rep. Beto O'Rourke (D-TX) running for state governor, and it's not for the reasons you would think.
Rove noted that O'Rourke has previously run unsuccessfully for the United States Senate and the Democratic presidential nomination, and that he will most likely fail in a bid for governor of Texas.
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They were expecting the Senate race to win, to carry the state for Biden, to win at least three and maybe as many as seven Republican seats in Congress," he added."
"They've got none," said Rove. "They expected to take control of the Texas State House of Representatives, but they made no gains at all. By double digits, they lost the Senate election. With a secure reelection, the president won.'
"That was Robert Francis O'Rourke's handy job, so how do they reward that?" Rove went on. "They suggest that we run him for governor. Uh, God. The Democrats of Texas can't keep their act together.
"I'm excited to see Robert Francis O'Rourke on the campaign trail since he's only been out there for around a year and a half after his unsuccessful presidential campaign. For him, failure is the only thing that succeeds."
Rove expressed concerns in the same interview that Trump would use his CPAC speech this weekend to say that the election was stolen from him once more.
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Rep. Anthony Brown, D-Md., announced Monday he'll run for attorney general of Maryland next year — vacating his House seat.
Brown, a former lieutenant governor of the state, said he'd run to replace the state's current attorney general, Brian Frosh, who announced last week he won't seek reelection, the Washington Examiner reported.
Brown ran for the House in 2016 after losing the governor's race in 2014 to Republican Larry Hogan in an upset.
Brown's departure was widely expected.
Glenn Ivey, who lost the primary to Brown when the Democrat-dominated 4th District seat was open, filed a statement of candidacy with the Federal Election Commission on Friday to seek the seat again, Roll Call reported.
Brown won the district in 2020 with nearly 80% of the vote. And President Joe Biden in 2020 beat former President Donald Trump 79%-19% in the 4th Congressional District.
The district stretches from the eastern and southern borders of Washington, D.C., to the outskirts of Annapolis and had a 52% Black population in 2010, Roll Call noted.
Brown is the 14th House Democrat to retire or seek another office going into the midterm elections, when the president's party traditionally loses seats. Republicans need a net gain of five seats to take control of the House, Roll Call reported.
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"From healthcare and housing, to the environment and education, to workplaces, policing, and the criminal justice system, I'm running for attorney general to dismantle those barriers to make government work again," Brown said.
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WHAT IS AN IDENTIFICATION PARADE ("Parade")?
A parade is a police procedure, to which a group of people including a suspect of a crime assembled for the purpose of discovering whether a witness (es) can identify a suspect. It's one way of identifying a suspect from a group of similar looking people. This is usually done when an accused/ suspect is in police custody.
The parade serves as an important evidential mechanism which leads to individualisation of evidence; particularly it will help identify the perpetrator as a person but not identify his/her unlawful conduct.
This is eye-witness identification evidence. Evidence of visual identification is of the weakest kind, therefore just bare assertions of identification of a culprit/ suspect would not suffice as a ground of conviction unless it is accompanied by a detail description of the person allegedly identified.
It will be imprudent for the court to convict a suspect who was not arrested at the scene of crime, on just bare assertions of the witness that he/she recognised him/her.
Where the victim(s) of crime are attacked and are left in a state of confusion, it would not be prudent for a court to base a conviction on evidence of visual identification by the victim(s).
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There are guidelines that a court is to follow when and where the issue of mistaken identification arises;
- Whenever the case against an accused depends wholly or substantially on the correctness of one or more identifications of the accused which the defense alleges to be mistaken, the court should warn itself on the correctness of the identification before convicting the accused.
- The trial court should be aware of the possibility that a mistaken witness could be a convincing one and therefore the identification becomes incorrect.
- The trial court should remind itself of any specific weaknesses which had appeared in the identification.
- The trial court should examine closely the circumstance in which the identification by each witness (es) came to be made.
- How long did the witness (es) have the suspect under observation?
- At what distance?
- In what light?
- Had the witness (es) ever seen the suspect before if so how often?
- If only occasionally, had he/she have any special reason for remembering the suspect?
- How long elapsed between the original observation and identification at the police?
- Was there any material discrepancy between the description of the suspect given to the police by the witness (es) when first seen by him/her and his/her actual appearance?
A lawful identification parade must conform to the statutory requirements which are contained in the Police General Order [CAP.280, R.E 2002]
When ascertaining whether a person detained in police custody can be recognised by the witness (es), the police must ensure that the proceedings are conducted fairly against the suspect; otherwise the value of the identification parade as evidence will depreciate in merit considerably.
The witness (es) shall be given full opportunity to make their identification in a suitable condition, and the officer-in-charge of the parade should put to test the witness (es) ability to identify the suspect. That is;
- The witness (es) may be allowed to hear the suspect speaks.
- See the suspect in their hats on or off, from the back or front, in movement or in such other way as will give a reasonable opportunity of identification.
The officer-in-charge of the case will make preliminary arrangements for the parade that is;
- Shall register the number of persons attending the parade and the suspects in the space provided under Head No. 3 (a police form register) in the identification parade register (P.F 186)
- He/she will register the name of the witness (es) under Head No. 4 (a police form register) of the register in the order to which they are to be called.
- The officer-in-charge of the case will take no part in conducting the parade. The officer conducting the parade must be an officer unconnected with the case. Therefore officers below the rank of sub-inspector are not permitted to conduct identification parades.
- The officer-in-charge of the case will inform the suspect that, he will be put up for identification. Any objections raised by the suspect will be noted and communicated by the officer-in-charge of the case to the officer conducting the parade before it is held.
- If the suspect desires the attendance of a friend, relative or advocate, then an arrangement must be made for him/her to attend the parade if he/she wishes and will be placed in the background of the parade observing only and saying nothing.
- The place / room, to which the parade is to be conducted, must have a good light. No unauthorized persons will be permitted to attend or witness the parade.
- The witness (es) will be assembled by a police officer who has no connection with the case in a room or place out of sight far from the parade room from which they can be called to the parade by the officer conducting it.
- The witness (es) will not be allowed to see or hear the suspect before he is put up for identification nor should they be assisted by any description or photograph of him/her or in any other way.
- Officer who made the arrest or who took part in the investigation will not be sent to bring or notify witness (es) to attend the parade and will not communicate with them before the parade is held.
- Arrangements will be made to ensure that witness (es) have no opportunity to see or be seen by any of the persons to be paraded.
- The suspect may put on the cloth he/she was wearing when the offence was committed at the parade.
- The persons to be paraded should be of similar height, age, general appearance and class of life to each other. Their clothing should also be similar.
- The persons to be paraded should not be known to the complainant or the identifying witness (es) because the identification will have little value.
- The persons to be paraded should be minimum number of eight people or more for one suspect and ten or more for two suspects. If there are more than two suspects, then more than one parade will be conducted.
- When the suspect has been brought on to the parade, the officer conducting the parade will explain the purpose of the parade and will ask the suspect if he/she has any objection to any suspect participating in the parade.
- Any objection raised by the suspect will be noted in the identification parade register and immediate steps taken to replace those persons to whom the suspect objects.
- The suspect will then be invited to stand where he/she pleases in the line, and the position he/she selects will be noted in the register.
- The suspect should not wear handcuffs or anything that might distinguish him/her from others.
- The witness (es) will be called to the parade room by the officer conducting it who will explain the purpose of the parade and invite him/her to point out by touching any person he/she identifies. Under no circumstances shall the witness be touched or led during his/her examination of the parade.
- If the witness requires any person in the parade to walk, talk, see him with his/her hat on or off, it may be done but the whole parade must be asked to do likewise.
- The officer conducting the parade will note carefully in his identification parade register any identification or degree of identification made, any material connected with that include any wrong identification, remark any objections raised by the suspect.
- The officer shall ask the witness (es) what connection does he/her sheidentify the suspect and shall record the same and no other questions are permissible.
- Upon leaving the parade, the witness (es) will be escorted to a place where he/she is out of sight and hearing of the parade and cannot communicate in any way with other witness (es) waiting or members of the Police force and will remain there under the charge of a police officer who has no connection with the case until the parade is finished.
- At the end/ conclusion of the parade, when necessary, a photograph will be taken of the parade for production in court.
- Care should be taken that those on the parade and witness (es) are treated with patience, consideration and courtesy.
- The officer conducting the parade will finally checks his entries in the identification parade register and sign in the space provided.
- The officer who conducts an identification parade may be required to give evidence as to the conduct and results of the parade in any Court case that may follow
- The officer-in-charge of the case will give evidence of the preliminary arrangements of the parade and not otherwise.
- The Police General Order [CAP 280, R.E 2002]
- Right to have a friend, relative or advocate at the time of the parade.
- Right to be informed of the purpose of parade and the allegations against him/her.
- Right to accept or refuse the request of identification parade with reasons.
- Right to choose any position of his/her choice in a parade.
- Right to be informed that he/she will be put up for identification.
- Right to be treated with patience, consideration and courtesy at the parade.
A parade is a necessary and crucial procedure for a witness (es) to be able to identify a suspect (s) that he/she may have seen at the crime scene and confirm if the same person is in police custody. In Identifying a suspect from a group of similar looking people the procedures mentioned above must be observed. However, in practice not all procedures mentioned above are observed by the police in Tanzania. Therefore, it is important to be aware of them so that you know your rights before and after the parade, as visual identification is accepted as evidence in Tanzania criminal courts.


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Thought I would watch it on Now TV with a day pass. £9.99. Clicked on the link on their site, credit card at the ready, and what do I get?
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Glad to see that the media's regard for the people who pay for it is not wavering.
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To start with the referee and linesmen – Untold is working on a whole new set of data on the officials… we haven't quite got everything ready just yet, but in general terms I can say that this is going to be a case of a referee and his team who knows these players rather well.
In terms of the historic battles between the two clubs, for most of history Arsenal have had the upper hand. We've won 96, drawn 45 and lost 56.
But our recent form has not been so good
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Here's the Independent's suggestion for the opening team.
Bellerin, Luiz, Mustafi, Tierney,
Xhaka, Torreira,
Saka, Ozil Pepe,
Their odds do not reflect the changes that have been seen in Germany in terms of home and away form. Arsenal they think have no chance.
- Man City – 4/11
- Draw – 19/4
- Arsenal – 8/1
The Evening Standard go with
Bellerin, Luiz, Mustafi, Tierney;
Ceballos, Xhaka;
Pepe, Ozil, Aubameyang;
Sportsmole have come up with an interesting thought saying, "City, who are 11 points worse off than at the same stage last season, have by no means been invincible in front of their own fans, though, and Arteta may sense an opportunity to get one over on his former employers amid continued suggestions that the Premier League is now at the bottom of their priority list."
They go with
Bellerin, Luiz, Mustafi, Saka;
Guendouzi, Xhaka;
Pepe, Ozil, Aubameyang;
I'll stick with the thought offered in Untold recently (but not really picked up by the media, it seems). The Arsenal manager knows a lot about the managerial tactics of the City manager, but the City manager knows nothing about the managerial tactics of the Arsenal manager. That might just help us.
Interesting that everyone is picking Mustafi, who a little while ago was considered by the journalists and bloggers as being so awful that he wasn't fit to take down the nets at the end of the game. But apparently we are supposed to forget those comments and just carry on as if they were never made.
In terms of the rule change, we can now have five substitutes but they can only be brought on across three occasions – so the game does not get stopped any more than is allowable under the current regulations.
What we do have is a mass of youngsters coming through so it will be interesting to see who is on the beach.
Meanwhile Henry Mauriss, described as an American television executive, has made a bid of £350m to buy the club from Mike Ashley. This is £50m more than the price offered by the Saudi Arabia Public Investment Fund. The League has been desperately trying to find something inside their "fit and proper person" rules that will allow them to stop the Saudi bid from going through. This could be their way out.
As we've shown on Untold, the trouble is the rules are designed to stop people with a criminal record from taking over a club – it doesn't have anything in it to stop rather nasty dictators who abuse women's rights from running a club. And more specifically there is nothing to stop someone who is running a set of TV channels that decode encrypted football matches and then rebroadcast them, as part of a long running dispute between different Arab nations (known in the trade as the second Arab cold war).
We'll come back to that anon. For now, we can but hope for the best and the miracle of some reasonable refereeing.
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Chocolate Cherry Millet Mug
Check out how to make cooked, whole-grain millet in your pressure cooker in only 10 minutes!
Servings: 1
- 1/2 cup cooked millet
- 1/2 cup frozen cherries
- 1 Medjool date chopped
- 1 T one-ingredient cacao chips or vegan chocolate chips
- 1 T ground flaxseed
- 1/4 cup non-dairy plant-based milk
- 1/2 banana diced small
- In a mug or small bowl, add in the millet, frozen cherries, and chopped date, and microwave for 1-1.5 minutes. Mix in the ground flaxseed, cacao chips, and non-dairy milk. Top with diced banana, a few more frozen cherries, and a few chips, if desired.


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MONDAY, Aug. 29, 2022 (HealthDay News) -- In adult women, nocturnal enuresis (NE) may have urological and nonurological pathophysiology, according to a study recently published in Frontiers in Medicine.
For the study, Qi-Xiang Song, from the Shanghai Jiao Tong University School of Medicine, and colleagues enrolled 70 adult women who complained of bedwetting, with a frequency of at least once per week and symptom duration of at least three months. Lower urinary tract symptoms and voiding behavior were appraised, and bladder function was assessed.
The researchers found that comorbidities and lower urinary tract symptoms were frequently reported among the recruited individuals. According to bladder diary data, patients commonly presented with nocturnal polyuria (NP), reduced nocturnal voided volumes (RNVVs), or both. Multiple dysfunctions were revealed in urodynamics, including detrusor overactivity (DO), urodynamic stress incontinence (USI), reduced compliance, bladder outlet obstruction, detrusor underactivity (DU), and simultaneous DO and DU. Markedly increased body mass index, more comorbid conditions, worse incontinence symptoms, NP or NP plus RNVVs, reduced compliance, and poorer voiding, possibly owing to DU, were seen for patients with more frequent NE (four or more per week). Independent risk factors for NE severity included incontinence symptoms, NP + RNVVs, poor flow, increased bladder sensation, and simultaneous DO and DU.
"Imbalanced circadian urine production, jeopardized continence mechanisms, overactive bladder, and DU-induced poor voiding are major factors that contribute to the pathogenesis of NE in adult women," the authors write.
One author disclosed financial ties to the pharmaceutical industry.


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A patent is a type of intellectual property that gives the owner the right to legally exclude all others from using, selling, producing or importing the invention that is covered by that patent. There's an incorrect assumption that a patent is only for inventors of strange, new gadgets. In reality, many businesses can benefit from holding patents, and not just those involved in manufacturing or technology. The United States Patent Office explains that a patent is designed to protect a broad array of inventions, even ones that are only minor improvements on previous inventions as long as the new invention is novel and non-obvious. Patents can be obtained not only for physical inventions, but also for communication implementation, cutting edge processes, and even innovative business methods.
Obtaining a Patent
Applying for patents can be a simple process, however the application materials themselves can be very complicated and hard to put together — especially if the new invention to be covered under the patent is complicated. It is generally recommended that you use a patent attorney to help you file your patent, however it is also possible to do the work yourself if you are willing to put in the time to learn the ins-and-outs of drafting patents. You can complete the necessary applications entirely online. Once you file your patent application you begin the process of patent prosecution, which describes the interaction between applicants and their representatives, and a patent office with regard to a patent, or an application for a patent. There is likely to be a good deal of back and forth between you and the patent office before a patent can be issued.
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There are three different types of patents:
- Design Patent: To protect ornamental characteristics of your work.
- Utility Patent: Covers machines, manufactured products, processes, and new compositions. This is by far the most common type. According to the USPTO about 90% of the patent documents issued fall into this category.(1)
- Plant Patent: For a distinct, discovered, or invented asexually reproduced plant. Such plants can include hybrids, seedlings, mutants, or even a plant that is not yet cultivated.
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The benefits of filing for a patent on behalf of your business are clear. First, a patent offers protection against competitors, at least for the time period of the patent. A patent isn't created only to protect the property from competition. Holding a patent gives the developer time to recoup some of their research and development costs and recover from the initial financial and legal costs. By retaining exclusivity, the inventor can ensure the product or process remains valuable. This also gives the originating business ample opportunity to build customer loyalty, before the patent expires, and others are free to design, distribute, or otherwise utilize that idea.
Patent research can also be useful in saving company time and resources. For instance, if a search is conducted prior to beginning implementation for some new product or method, and it's discovered that a patent for that idea has already been filed, it could prevent months or even years of unnecessary research and development. Taking this precaution could also potentially help avoid any possible costly infringement lawsuits. This patent search is a simple process and can be conducted on the United States Patent and Trademark Office website.
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Another reason to consider filing for patents is that holding patents often increases the overall value of a business. They are assets that often increase in value over time, which adds to a company's book value, making it more attractive to potential investors. Alternatively, patents can potentially be sold to a buyer or licensed to other interested parties for a percentage of their future sales. Either way, patents can open new roads to profit and contribute to a company's financial stability.
Patents, trademarks, and copyrights work together to protect the financial and intellectual resources invested in your business. Proper research and implementation of these tools can contribute to continued fiscal success while encouraging future growth. With the process for obtaining a patent being made increasingly more convenient, there is little reason not to apply for one.
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Rising French electro connoisseur Martin Solveig was invited to the BBC Maida Vale studios to give a live performance at the request of Pete Tong who was celebrating his landmark of 20 years on the radio.
By live, I mean live. Martin went as far as to invite his two favourite vocalists, Dragonette and Kele Okereke, to deliver two fantastic renditions of his current singles Hello and Ready 2 Go. You can listen and grab both of them below.
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Spoiler alert/ tl:dr version: The answer to the title question is "NO".
In the world of bad news, Monday's popular health articles about napping, heart attack and stroke don't rank anywhere near catastrophic. I mean, we're used to much worse, right? Still, it wasn't a happy thing to crank up the laptop, mosey over to CNN.com and see this:
The Canadian press was a bit more circumspect, but the message still wasn't good in this article:
What is going on here?
As usual, the real story is complicated because science is. But here's something helpful from the Canadian article:
Compared to subjects who never or sometimes napped, researchers found that a higher percentage of usual-nappers were men with lower education and income levels who were also more likely to report smoking cigarettes, daily drinking, insomnia, snoring and being a night owl.
To me, this sounds like that sub-group suffers from or is susceptible to a bunch of chronic health problems (including insomnia) due to social determinants and some of their health behaviors (e.g. smoking, daily drinking). Frequent napping is just one of several tip-offs that persons with the general profile are susceptible to chronic health problems.
To me, these results mean that the napping in some groups is a part of a complex set of behaviors and biomarkers that picks out individuals who may need preventative medical care or other interventions to help them stave off or reduce high blood pressure or the biophysical progression to stroke. Okay. That's good.
It doesn't mean that there is anything at all bad or unhealthy about the napping process itself. Napping doesn't cause hypertension or stroke (at least this study doesn't show that, and no one thinks this as far as I know). Rather, some frequent nappers have lives and medical profiles that are a tip-off that their cardiovascular health may be at risk.
So, nap or don't nap. Talk with your health provider about your napping patterns if you're worried about your life and health history. But don't let this article keep you awake– at night or any other time.
Who here are nappers? I'm a napper when I've been up super-late and then early the next day. Feel free to share your nap stories (after you wake up, of course).


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Applying for your Confirmation of Acceptance for Studies (CAS)
Before applying for your visa (or a visa extension) you will need a CAS statement from Loughborough University as your sponsoring institution.
Please note: this information is for master's students only - no deposit is required from PhD students.
A CAS is an electronic document issued to students who need to make an application for a student visa (also known as the Student Route). Your CAS number, which is required on your visa application, will be found on the CAS statement email you receive from us.
To be issued with a CAS statement, you will need to meet all of your offer conditions and accept your place. If you have applied for a master's programme, you will also need to pay a deposit to confirm that you intend to study with us.
Frequently asked questions
How much is the CAS deposit?
You will need to pay £2,500 to confirm you will be studying at Loughborough University and want us to issue you with a CAS. This deposit will be credited to your student account as a first payment of your tuition fees.
Can I pay more than £2,500?
You can pay as much as you would like, up to the maximum amount of your tuition fee. However, please remember that the deposit will only be refunded if your visa application is refused by UKVI, so you should only pay it if you are certain that you wish to study with us and need a CAS for that purpose.
How do I pay the deposit?
You should pay your deposit through Flywire, a provider of global payment solutions. Flywire allows you to securely pay your deposit from overseas in over 140 currencies by bank transfer or international credit or debit card, and gives you the facility to track your payment from start to finish.
To access Loughborough's Flywire account, log in to the application portal, click on the programme that you wish to study with us and you will find a link to the deposit payment page.
I'm a sponsored student, do I need to pay the deposit?
If your tuition fees are being paid by an external sponsor (such as your employer or a government organisation) and you have already provided proof of this, you do not need to pay a deposit.
I'm a US student, do I need to pay the deposit?
If you are funding your studies with a US Federal Loan or a Sallie Mae Loan, you do not need to pay a deposit.
I am doing an English language pre-sessional programme - do I need to pay a CAS deposit?
If you plan to attend the online 11-week or 6-week pre-sessional programmes this year, your CAS will be issued to you when you have successfully completed your pre-sessional studies, to enable you to apply for your student visa. You will be asked to pay your CAS deposit at that point, so we have confirmation of your intention to progress to your master's degree.
If you plan to attend the campus-based 6-week pre-sessional programme this year, you will be asked to pay a CAS deposit in advance, so we can issue you with a CAS for your student visa application. This will enable you to travel to the UK for the pre-sessional programme.
What happens when I have paid the deposit?
As soon as your deposit payment details are passed to us from Flywire, we will start to prepare your CAS, provided you have met the full conditions of your offer, and the start date of your programme is less than four months away.
Can I change my programme after I have paid my deposit?
No, your deposit is linked to the programme and the information on the CAS. You cannot change your mind after you have paid the deposit, so you should make sure that the programme you pay a deposit for is the one you wish to study.
How quickly will I get my CAS?
Your CAS will between five and ten working days to be produced and emailed to you, depending on the time of year. We will issue your CAS to you as quickly as possible.
My visa interview is in three days, I need my CAS urgently
Get in touch with us and send us evidence of your visa appointment date. We will do our best to fast-track your CAS if there is a genuine reason why you need it quickly.
Is my deposit refundable?
You should only pay your CAS deposit when you are holding an unconditional offer which you have firmly accepted; or you are holding a conditional offer which you have provisionally accepted, but you know you will meet the conditions of our offer in full. You must also be able to travel to the UK.
Your CAS deposit will only be refunded if your visa is refused, or there are other very exceptional reasons why you cannot take up your place. This includes if you are not able to take up your place at the University because of a travel ban imposed by a country's government.
Your CAS deposit will not be refunded if you simply change your mind about studying at Loughborough University, or the University is not able to accept you because you have not met the conditions of your offer. This is why it is important you do not pay it until you are sure you can take up your place with us.
If you request a deposit refund within 14 days of it being paid, it will be refunded in line with the United Kingdom's Consumer Contracts (Information Cancellation and Additional Charges) Regulations 2013.
Do I need to wait until I am firmly accepted to pay my deposit?
No, you can pay the deposit at any time but please note that your deposit is linked to the programme and the details on the CAS statement. You cannot change your programme after you have paid the deposit, so you should make sure that the course you pay a deposit for is the one you wish to study. You should also be confident you can meet the conditions of your offer in full and are able to travel to the UK.
What is the latest date I can pay my deposit?
Please see our Key deadlines page for the date by which you must have paid your deposit.
Questions about your CAS?
If you have any questions about your CAS, you can contact our admissions team.
Further information about your CAS can be found on the International website.