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I have taken a bit of a hiatus from blogging recently. This is why. After hearing more about the unfolding refugee crisis, particularly some horrific stories of what refugees were enduring as they arrived on the Greek Islands, I felt I had to to do something. A friend had set up Sussex Refugee Solidarity and through this Facebook group, me and a group of other like-minded people began collecting aid to send to the Greek Islands of Samos, Chios and Leros.
My sister Laura was very involved in these collections and resolved to go out there. We had made some contacts on Chios and she decided to forego a family Christmas and travel out to Chios over the Christmas and New Year period. I am so proud of her for what she is doing. She has sent a some updates sharing her day to day experiences on the island that I think need to be read by wider audience. Please read her accounts below and donate to her fundraiser if you feel moved by what you read.
30th December 2015
On Sunday night we had lots of boats with terrified and distressed people wet through to the neck. They said they were beaten and sometimes held at knife point metres from the shore and forced to swim to land. Their belongings were thrown into the sea and they were thrown out of the boat before the boat got to land. This included old ladies, really small children, sick and injured people. We found out recently that the smugglers (who are essentially the Turkish mafia) have run out of dinghies. So they need to make sure their remaining dinghies return to Turkey. They do this by holding Turkish locals or other refugees at knifepoint, kidnapping them and forcing a relative to take the boats filled with refugees to Chios, then take the boats back again. But they are so scared of being arrested, as they fear for their families' lives that they panic before they reach shore and force everyone out of the boats. We used up most of the clothing stock that night because entire boats full of 60 or more people were completely drenched, from top to toe. We urgently need more clothing, especially adults trousers, (small sizes are better) especially joggers, socks for all ages, especially adults, older children's clothes 7/8 and above, teenagers clothes, gloves and also shoes, especially adult shoes, men's shoes in particular.
On Monday night I was on shift with a qualified nurse who has worked a lot in war zones and other refugee camps. When our shift ended at 2am we got some food and then headed to Tabakika (registration, which is in an old abandoned warehouse and is very dirty and looks like a prison camp, people often vomit just from entering the toilet area) to see if everybody was ok there. We handed out cereal bars, water, socks, nappies, and other small items to those most in need, and we found a tiny, very sick and severely disabled baby struggling for every breath. We woke the parents but it took a long time to persuade them to let us take them to the hospital. The baby was put on oxygen and made it through the night. The next day another family they were travelling with had bought the father a ferry tick on the next boat, leaving in a couple of hrs. The mother and baby were still in hospital. We had to persuade 14 people not to get on the boat, to wait for the mother and baby to be released from hospital so that the family wouldn't be separated. Eventually one of the other volunteers stepped in, Aslam, who is this amazing Syrian guy who used to work with the Red Cross in Damascus on the emergency response team there. He has been volunteering here for over a month and was one of the people who set up the kitchen. He said he would arrange for a hotel for the entire family and pay for all their ferry tickets again (they were €44 each) if they would wait for the baby to come out of hospital. We are working with the hospital to ensure there is some coordination with a hospital in Athens, and that we have a full care plan printed off to help with communication. Very hard trying to translate the details from Dhairi to English to Greek, but we managed it with the help of a lovely Afghani guy who spoke some English and reluctantly accompanied us to the hospital (all the translators from the camp were asleep as this all started about 5am). He stayed with us a few hrs and was a very good sport!
No-one coming here is an economic migrant, they are all refugees. They are all running for their lives. They come from mostly Afghanistan, Syria and Iraq, and very occasionally Iran if they have been targeted by police, experiencing brutality and 'interrogations' there under some draconian law. They pay thousands of dollars for a space on a dinghy complete with a free useless and fake life jacket. They often lose all their possessions and passports, wallet etc during the journey across the water. The boats are so over-packed that to prevent the boats from sinking the groups often have to throw everything else overboard. Or the person responsible for returning the boat to Turkey throws their stuff overboard near the Chios shore.
Please donate if you can, I will ensure any donations are spent on what is needed the most here. Probably joggers, socks, nappies, sanitary towels or food, or some combination if the above.
We really need disposable baby bottles. You can't buy these here so if anybody can find them online and order them direct to here they will make such a difference to families with hungry babies.
The clothing donations we sort here in the stock room include lots of things I remember packing up back home in the UK from Sussex Refugee Solidarity collections so please be assured that your donations are getting out here to people who really, really need them. Thank you to everyone who has donated so far to either clothing collections or fundraisers! Xxx Update: the baby is doing much better now but has had severe breathing difficulties since birth due to her complex disability. She also had a cold or chest infection which threatened her life but has cleared up a lot now and this will give her a good chance. She also had other infections; she has antibiotics for these. She was severely malnourished as she was too weak to feed for a long time, although the mother does breastfeed her, but not for long enough. She has been on a drip to help with this. She is three months old and weighs 3kg, the same as she did at birth frown emoticon the nurse I was with does not think the baby will survive but the doctors at the hospital seemed more hopeful and Aslam believes the baby will definitely survive. She surely has to be pretty tough to have made it this far, given her circumstances.
3rd Jan 2016
We had another all-nighter on Friday night. Maybe 25 or 30 boats … Apparently it was the busiest night they've ever had here. About 1,500 refugees altogether arrived in one night. 50- 60 in each boat. Every car was out, every team was busy all night. We were supposed to be third in line as back up but we were meeting boats from 11pm – 7am, so was every body. After this i spent the whole morning and early afternoon in the hospital and Tabakika.
There were so many very wet and cold people, one boat in particular that i know of had a very difficult landing. As the boat was landing we ran down the cliff path to the waters edge, as I was descending I could see children being thrown from the boat into the water, which looked deep, and everybody was screaming. The children and young people I was helping up the cliff were distraught, they were so traumatised they kept just collapsing to the floor in despair, they could barely walk. Eventually we discovered that their families were still on the boat, but the person navigating had left again, people still aboard, and people were saying that the boat had turned back to Turkey with refugees still aboard. Families were separated leaving some children and young people entirely alone and distraught, terrified for the safety of their relatives. We dressed the children and young people first but they were inconsolable, understandably so. Eventually we discovered that the boat had returned but slightly further south, so they had been picked up by another team of volunteers at the next village. One volunteer and one man from the second half of the arrivals ran the 500 metres up the road – he had no shoes only emergency blankets wrapped around his feet. He ran to his family and explained that everybody had landed ok – such a relief for the kids and all those who were separated from each other. We bundled the kids and women all in the car and drove them down the road to reunite them fully. I helped dress the women next, while I was doing so the police arrived, lights flashing. There was lots of shouting and I heard someone yelling "give me the baby, you are under arrest". There is so much confusion in these situations, i don't believe the people driving the boat who drove away necessarily did this for bad reasons. Sometimes they drive away because they are too scared of being arrested – they know if they are driving they will be unde suspicion. Or maybe they realised that it was a bad place to land (everyone who got off the boat had to swim or be rescued by the Spanish lifeguards as the water was so deep and the were so many rocks). So maybe they turned back to find a safer place to land. I don't think the people navigating were smugglers, I think they were refugees who panicked, but three men were arrested. We heard later that they were released and allowed to enter the usual registration process.
The buses that night often took hours to come as they were so busy. It was absolutely freezing – the previous night it snowed for hours, almost a blizzard and it was still utterly bitter, so while we waited we would pile all the children and mothers into the cars on top of the clothing and put the heating on full blast. The pirates would bring a barrel and wood and make a fire for the men. One car, the battery died because the lights and heating was left on without the engine running. No one had jump leads. An ambulance arrived to take a sick woman to hospital. Literally the moment it left a family told me that their baby had just vomited after hitting its head on the rocks. We emptied the car with the flat battery (the only one which wasn't full of sleeping children (we're talking 12-17 in each vehicle) and rallied a group of young men. We pushed the car down the gentle slope trying to start it, but got to the point where we were pushing uphill. Samar, a Syrian volunteer who came with the Norwegian volunteers knew what to do and so we pushed the car backwards down the slope and he got the car started in reverse. We got the mother and baby into the car, and I found a woman who spoke good English to accompany us to help translate to the doctors. A local drive us to the hospital but he was terrified of being arrested as its illegal to drive or walk refugees anywhere, you are supposed to make sure they get the bus. So he dropped us round the corner from the hospital, we went to a & e. The doctor and nurses were so wonderful, very patient and they wanted to keep the baby there for a few hours to observe and run some tests after a certain amount if time had passed to check if it was concussion, or not. So the next few hours I spent going between the hospital and Tabakika (registration area) to make sure the two separated families knew what was happening with each other and where they were. Eventually I got to bed around 1pm but only got one hrs sleep until we had to move again.
Last night I went to bed at 11, and awoke at 9 – finally a good nights sleep. My roommate woke me asking, "do you have a stocked car, a boat is arriving at the nearest shore". We pulled on our clothes and rushed over to two successive boats. This time the landing were easier in the daylight and the people were not so stressed. Hot tea, bananas and socks!
Then over to Karfas store to clean and sort clothing for a few hrs. Now I will spend the rest of the day trying to organise more tea urns for each patrol car in case we gave to wait ages at night in the cold for the buses again.
I will focus some funds that i raise towards tea urns, thermos storage and facilities for heating storing tea and gas. If you would like to donate please visit this link and SHARE to your friends to help support this cause xx


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After Rocket Explosion, SpaceX Aims to Return to Flight on Sunday
Elon Musk's space technology company targets Sunday for first mission since the Sept. 1 explosion on the Florida launch pad.
SpaceX has concluded its investigation into why one of its Falcon 9 rockets exploded on the launch pad four months ago and is ready to return to flight as early as Sunday.
The company, owned and operated by technology entrepreneur Elon Musk, is opting for a short-term solution to fix the problem, which was traced to super-cold liquid oxygen, known as LOX, getting trapped between layers of a canister holding helium. Three canisters of helium are inside the oxygen tank to maintain pressure.
The extreme cold likely caused one of the canisters to burst, triggering a catastrophic explosion on Sept 1 as a rocket was being fueled for a routine prelaunch engine test at Cape Canaveral Air Force Station in Florida. The accident destroyed the rocket and a $200 million Israeli communications satellite that it was due to send into orbit two days later.
RELATED: SpaceX Finds Rocket Explosion 'Smoking Gun'
Engineers at SpaceX have begun designing a new helium canister, but in the meantime the company plans to change its fueling procedures and fill the canisters with warmer temperature helium to avoid what it calls "friction ignition."
The helium canisters, known as composite overwrapped pressure vessels, or COPVs, consist of an aluminum inner liner with a carbon overwrap.
"The recovered COPVs showed buckles in their liners. Although buckles were not shown to burst a COPV on their own, investigators concluded that super chilled LOX can pool in these buckles under the overwrap. When pressurized, oxygen pooled in this buckle can become trapped; in turn, breaking fibers or friction can ignite the oxygen in the overwrap, causing the COPV to fail," SpaceX said in a statement.
Investigators also determined that the loading temperature of the helium was cold enough to create solid oxygen, SpaceX noted, exacerbating the possibility of oxygen becoming trapped, as well as the likelihood of friction ignition.
The short-term solution to the problem is to change the COPV configuration to allow warmer temperature helium to be loaded and to load the helium at a slower pace, SpaceX said "In the long term, SpaceX will implement design changes to the COPVs to prevent buckles altogether, which will allow for faster loading operations," the company said.
Neither change is expected to impact SpaceX's plans to return the rocket's first-stage after launch so it can be refurbished and flown again.
RELATED: Dramatic Video Shows Moment of SpaceX Explosion
SpaceX will implement the new protocols during an engine test firing and launch of a Falcon 9 rocket that is slated to fly Sunday from Vandenberg Air Force Base in California. The rocket will be carrying 10 satellites for Iridium Communications.
The company has not said how much damage the Sept 1 accident caused to its primary launch site in Florida, nor when the repaired pad will be ready to support launches.
In the meantime, SpaceX is working to finish its second launch site in Florida, located at NASA's Kennedy Space Center, and plans to fly in the first quarter of 2017.
The Federal Aviation Administration, which oversees commercial U.S. launches, said it had received SpaceX's accident report and was reviewing it.
"The FAA has not yet issued a license to SpaceX for a launch in January," the agency said in an email to Seeker.
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Which Institutional Investor Types Are the Most Informed?
Zhe Chen, David Forsberg, & David R. Gallagher
(October 24, 2016) available at https://papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.cfm?abstract_id=2840549
The authors examine the informativeness of quarterly disclosed portfolio holdings across four institutional investor types: hedge funds, mutual funds, pension funds, and private banking firms. Overweight positions outperform underweight positions only for hedge funds. By decomposing holdings and stock returns, they find that hedge funds are superior to other institutional investors both at picking industries and stocks, and that they are better at forecasting long-term as well as short-term returns. Furthermore, their results show that hedge funds, mutual funds and pension funds are able to successfully time the market. The outperformance of hedge funds is not explained by a liquidity premium.
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This is a terrific empirical piece, which finds that hedge funds seem to outperform other institutional investors, showing an avenue by which fund managers add value. Interestingly, this advantage comes from liquid investments rather than illiquid ones. Worth a read.
Funding Liquidity Risk and the Dynamics of Hedge Fund Lockups
Adam L. Aiken, Christopher P. Clifford, Jesse A. Ellis & Qiping Huang
(October 5, 2016) available at https://papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.cfm?abstract_id=2848392
We exploit the expiring nature of hedge fund lockups to create a dynamic, fund-level proxy of funding liquidity risk. In contrast to the prior literature, our measure allows us to identify how within-fund changes in funding liquidity risk are associated with performance and risk taking. Lockup funds with lower funding liquidity risk take more tail risk and have better risk-adjusted performance, suggesting reduced funding liquidity risk enables funds to better capitalize on risky mispricing. Surprisingly, lockup funds outperform non-lockup funds even when controlling for restricted capital, suggesting that a portion of the lockup premium is attributable to a "lockup-fixed effect."
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In an interesting paper, a group of graduate students explore the impact of lockup provisions in hedge funds using a dataset of over 3,800 funds. An excellent read.
With a new administration and Congress on the way in the U.S. and new governments potentially on the horizon in many EU countries (plus Brexit!), a look at some calls for reforms can help identify changes that may be in the works.
Preserving the Corporate Superego in a Time of Activism: An Essay on Ethics and Economics
John C. Coffee Jr.
(September 16, 2016) available at https://papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.cfm?abstract_id=2839388
This essay focuses on the impact of recent changes in corporate governance on ethical behavior within the public corporation. It argues that a style of corporate behavior – one characterized by a risk tolerant, even reckless, pursuit of short-term profits and a disregard for the interests of non-shareholder constituencies – is attributable in significant part to recent changes in corporate governance, including the rise of hedge fund activism, greater use of incentive compensation, and the appearance of blockholder directors. It then surveys feasible responses intended to strengthen the role of the boards as the corporation's conscience and superego. Given the difficulty of reform, it predicts that the problems identified are likely to get worse before they get better.
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Prof. Coffey is among the preeminent corporate law experts in the U.S. legal academy and this essay gives a good overview of what he sees as a significant problem that needs to be addressed.
A Tale of Regulatory Divergence: Contrasting Transatlantic Policy Responses to the Alleged Role of Alternative Investment Funds in Financial Instability
Hossein Nabilou
CAPITAL MARKETS LAW JOURNAL 12(1), forthcoming, available at https://papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.cfm?abstract_id=2854946
This article analyzes the regulatory measures adopted to address the potential contribution of hedge funds to financial instability in the U.S. and the EU in the wake of the global financial crisis. The relevant provisions of the Dodd-Frank Act include two sets of direct regulatory measures. The first set of these measures addresses information problems, whereas the second set is intended to address potential too-big-to-fail problems by imposing prudential regulation on systemically important nonbank financial companies. The article then studies the Volcker Rule, as an indirect regulatory measure intended to address the potential systemic risk of hedge funds originating from their interconnectedness with Large Complex Financial Institutions (LCFIs). The second part of this article analyzes the European Directive on Alternative Investment Fund Managers and its attempt to address the potential contribution of hedge funds to financial instability.
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Despite the common driving forces of hedge fund regulation across the Atlantic, ultimate policy outcomes were significantly divergent. Primarily concerned with creating a single market for Alternative Investment Funds, EU regulators prioritized the EU passport mechanism, which engendered demand for investor protection and more stringent and direct regulatory measures. In contrast, the main concern in the U.S. remained to be addressing potential systemic risk of hedge funds. Such differential regulatory objectives gave birth to indirect regulation of hedge funds with a focus on their interconnectedness with LCFIs. This is mainly embedded in the provisions of the Volcker Rule; a rule whose absence is significantly palpable in the EU regime for regulating hedge funds.


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Do you find yourself running errands for your dental practice? Do you have more than one location and travel from office to office? Are you using your vehicle for more than just personal use? If you can answer yes to any of these questions, are you getting reimbursed for the automobile expenses related to your dental practice?
Calculating your Automobile Expenses
Figuring out how to be reimbursed for your automobile expenses related to your dental practice is very easy. There are two ways to calculate it:
1.) The first method is the standard mileage rate. This method can be used if you own or lease your car. You cannot have claimed a depreciation or Section 179 deduction on your car. For business purpose, the standard rate for 2014 is 56 cents per mile. There are different rates for using your vehicle for medical purposes, moving and for charitable programs.
If you lease your car and choose the standard mileage rate, you will have to continue using this method for the entire lease period. It's also important to remember that if you choose this method for reimbursement, it has to be done the first year you use your car for business purposes. In later years you can then choose to use the standard mileage rate or the second method of reimbursement — the actual expense.
2.) The actual expense method allows a deduction for the actual cost of operating your vehicle. The first step is to determine the business use percentage. To calculate the percentage of business use, calculate the total miles driven and the business miles driven. The business miles over the total would be the business use percentage.
Total Miles = 5,000
Business Miles = 2,500
Business Percentage = (2,500/5,000)*100 = 50%
Once you know the business use percentage, you can them calculate your reimbursement. The expenses used in the calculation are gas, oil, repairs, tires, insurance, fees, licenses and depreciation or lease payments. If your business use percentage is 50 percent, then you can be reimbursed for 50 percent of the expenses.
Choosing the Right Reimbursement Method
How do you decide which option is right for you and your dental practice? It's always practical to calculate the deduction both ways so you can take advantage of the larger deduction. From there you can determine which method works best for you. Regardless of what method you use, the law requires that you keep adequate records to support your expenses — this includes receipts. Make sure you are keeping good records to support all auto expenses.
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In addition to dynamically allocating single values, we can also dynamically allocate arrays of variables. Unlike a fixed array, where the array size must be fixed at compile time, dynamically allocating an array allows us to choose an array length at runtime.
To allocate an array dynamically, we use the array form of new and delete (often called new[] and delete[]):
#include <iostream>
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std::cout << "Enter a positive integer: ";
int length{};
std::cin >> length;
int *array{ new int[length]{} }; // use array new. Note that length does not need to be constant!
std::cout << "I just allocated an array of integers of length " << length << '\n';
array[0] = 5; // set element 0 to value 5
delete[] array; // use array delete to deallocate array
// we don't need to set array to nullptr/0 here because it's going to go out of scope immediately after this anyway
return 0;
Because we are allocating an array, C++ knows that it should use the array version of new instead of the scalar version of new. Essentially, the new[] operator is called, even though the [] isn't placed next to the new keyword.
Note that because this memory is allocated from a different place than the memory used for fixed arrays, the size of the array can be quite large. You can run the program above and allocate an array of length 1,000,000 (or probably even 100,000,000) without issue. Try it! Because of this, programs that need to allocate a lot of memory in C++ typically do so dynamically.
Dynamically deleting arrays
When deleting a dynamically allocated array, we have to use the array version of delete, which is delete[].
This tells the CPU that it needs to clean up multiple variables instead of a single variable. One of the most common mistakes that new programmers make when dealing with dynamic memory allocation is to use delete instead of delete[] when deleting a dynamically allocated array. Using the scalar version of delete on an array will result in undefined behavior, such as data corruption, memory leaks, crashes, or other problems.
One often asked question of array delete[] is, "How does array delete know how much memory to delete?" The answer is that array new[] keeps track of how much memory was allocated to a variable, so that array delete[] can delete the proper amount. Unfortunately, this size/length isn't accessible to the programmer.
Dynamic arrays are almost identical to fixed arrays
In lesson 6.8 -- Pointers and arrays, you learned that a fixed array holds the memory address of the first array element. You also learned that a fixed array can decay into a pointer that points to the first element of the array. In this decayed form, the length of the fixed array is not available (and therefore neither is the size of the array via sizeof()), but otherwise there is little difference.
A dynamic array starts its life as a pointer that points to the first element of the array. Consequently, it has the same limitations in that it doesn't know its length or size. A dynamic array functions identically to a decayed fixed array, with the exception that the programmer is responsible for deallocating the dynamic array via the delete[] keyword.
Initializing dynamically allocated arrays
If you want to initialize a dynamically allocated array to 0, the syntax is quite simple:
int *array{ new int[length]{} };
Prior to C++11, there was no easy way to initialize a dynamic array to a non-zero value (initializer lists only worked for fixed arrays). This means you had to loop through the array and assign element values explicitly.
int *array = new int[5];
array[0] = 9;
array[1] = 7;
array[2] = 5;
array[3] = 3;
array[4] = 1;
Super annoying!
However, starting with C++11, it's now possible to initialize dynamic arrays using initializer lists!
int fixedArray[5] = { 9, 7, 5, 3, 1 }; // initialize a fixed array in C++03
int *array{ new int[5]{ 9, 7, 5, 3, 1 } }; // initialize a dynamic array in C++11
Note that this syntax has no operator= between the array length and the initializer list.
For consistency, in C++11, fixed arrays can also be initialized using uniform initialization:
int fixedArray[]{ 9, 7, 5, 3, 1 }; // initialize a fixed array in C++11
char fixedArray[]{ "Hello, world!" }; // initialize a fixed array in C++11
Explicitly stating the size of the array is optional. Doing so can help catching errors early, because the compiler will warn you when the specified length is less than the actual length.
As of the time of writing, the GCC still has a bug where initializing a dynamically allocated array of chars using a C-style string literal causes a compiler error:
char *array = new char[14] { "Hello, world!" }; // doesn't work in GCC, though it should
If you have a need to do this on GCC, dynamically allocate a std::string instead (or allocate your char array and then copy the string in).
Resizing arrays
Dynamically allocating an array allows you to set the array length at the time of allocation. However, C++ does not provide a built-in way to resize an array that has already been allocated. It is possible to work around this limitation by dynamically allocating a new array, copying the elements over, and deleting the old array. However, this is error prone, especially when the element type is a class (which have special rules governing how they are created).
Consequently, we recommend avoiding doing this yourself.
Fortunately, if you need this capability, C++ provides a resizable array as part of the standard library called std::vector. We'll introduce std::vector shortly.
Question #1
Write a program that:
* Asks the user how many names they wish to enter.
* Dynamically allocates a
std::string array.
* Asks the user to enter each name.
* Calls
std::sort to sort the names (See 6.4 -- Sorting an array using selection sort and 6.8a -- Pointer arithmetic and array indexing)
* Prints the sorted list of names.
std::string supports comparing strings via the comparison operators < and >. You don't need to implement string comparison by hand.
Your output should match this:
How many names would you like to enter? 5 Enter name #1: Jason Enter name #2: Mark Enter name #3: Alex Enter name #4: Chris Enter name #5: John Here is your sorted list: Name #1: Alex Name #2: Chris Name #3: Jason Name #4: John Name #5: Mark
Quiz solutions
|6.10 -- Pointers and const
|6.9 -- Dynamic memory allocation with new and delete


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As many of you will have seen I recently took part in both the Vitality North London & Reading Half Marathons. I thought I would just write a quick blog to summarise how these events went and let you know how I found them.
The North London Half was what I would consider my first big event of 2015. I have run a few 10ks and did the Richmond Old Deer Park Half in February but the number of runners in these events was relatively small. In total 4,713 people finished the North London Half. In comparison to Reading which had over 13,000 runners it was still pretty small but that's due to it being the first year of the event.
Due to running the Old Deer Park Half in 1:21:21 I knew I was in good shape going into this event. I had a good feeling that I would get close to sub 80 mins but hadn't done any real research on the route so was a little surprised when there were a few ups and downs. I went out at a pace that would comfortably get me sub 80 (a pace I'm not used to running at!!) and then just tried to hold onto it in the last few miles. It was strange running at this pace as the majority of the miles I do are closer to 7 min/mile+ but I felt ok as I had a good couple rest days and a nice short run at the Ashmei Ambassadors day in the lead up.
Here you can see my splits from the race. I'm happy with how it went considering the undulating course and squeezed in sub 80 mins finishing with a PB time of 79:27 in 29th position.
Another reason I think this race went well is because I was relaxed. On the morning of the event I met up with a former colleague Amy @AmyJayneHughes to travel to the start. We were busy chatting about running and things so I think I basically forgot to get nervous about the race. She also had a great run, well done Amy! and is now gearing up for the London Marathon. Good luck sure you will smash it!
The event was really well run (pun intended!) and I will probably be back next year as long as my growing race calendar allows it. Here you can see my somewhat lacklustre sprint finish!!
Right, onto Reading! The week between North London and Reading I ran a fair bit through work and just because I wanted to. I did rest up on Friday and Saturday though just running a couple miles Friday and working, helping out with the Adidas Boost Bootcamp, on the Saturday. I also got in some carb loading in the form of #adidas26rs biscuits!
I was a little more nervous about Reading due to the fact I knew I was capable of another sub 80 mins Half and it is flatter than North London so expected to PB again. It was great to bump into a friend of mine Chris (@InvisibleTrail) on the tube so again by chatting I became less nervous about the race. I had arranged to meet up with @the_fitadvisor aswell who I met at the Ashmei Ambassador day so we headed to the race village together.
I had chosen to do Reading because I had really enjoyed it in 2014 and it was the home of my PB. The huge medal enticed me back aswell.
I wasn't quite sure how to pace the race and therefore just set out in the same way I took to North London. This worked well as I got into my stride and due to Reading being flatter I could hold onto a quicker pace for longer. I managed a time of 77:01. Bit annoying that 01 but overall happy with the run. I finished 199th and it means I am 172nd in the Run Britain Grand Prix rankings currently which is pretty cool. See below a pic of me and @the_fitadvisor with the awesome medals! She ran a great race and got a huge PB, well done! I'm sure sub 2 isn't very far away. Chris also did really well achieving just over 1:26 which is awesome as he's recovering from an injury. I also saw Michelle (former colleague at Sweatshop/London Marathon Store) and she PBd by almost 5 mins!! Awesome work and look forward to seeing you at Brighton!
Overall a great Reading Half, special thanks has to go to Nick Pearson @NickPearsonRuns and the organisers for such a great race and again I will be back if it fits with the Race calendar in 2016. So far I have enjoyed the Vitality race series and am looking forward to Run Hackney half in May but first up I have Kingston half this Sunday to do at marathon pace (need to decide what that is!) and then Brighton Marathon in two and a bit weeks!
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I don't really like to refer to specific number days that much. That tends to be a spiritual thing. But I will mention today's date: 2-22. I know that the Power of the Twos has not been discussed the right way. There may be some ancient descriptions somewhere. In the negative world the spirits do not want the Power of the Twos to be well-known. I do know what this means though. I will post about it here today in honor of this date.
The Power of the Twos means the power of the human being in a natural state, without any spiritual involvement. Human beings are at the top as we know. We have the supreme intellect. We walk erect. We have two eyes, ears, hands, and feet. But, the real power is when two Universe beings unite together as mates. I mean a man and a woman who are both Universe connected.
This is where we are going with Universe Family Healing. First, the Universe families must heal. Then we can find our Universe mates. That is how it is happening right now. It never works otherwise. I have tried it and it does not work. I was the only one with a Universe connection. All that happens is a constant break up.
Only when both man and woman are really Universe connected can this bonding be real. I look forward to this time when we are all together with our mates. There is no marriage ceremony. That is all spiritual and unnecessary. In fact marriage is a very low-level bonding which fails all of the time! Ceremonies are highly negative events and not a Universe function.
I want the Power of the Twos to be understood the right way. I posted about it today so that is real and easy to understand in our healing world. There is no life alone forever. But there is a short time alone to purge out completely the nasty negative spirits that have clung to us for a very long time. Once those negative parts are eliminated, a natural bonding occurs which can never be broken again.


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If you're a frequent traveler to Indonesia, or even if you've only been once, you'd know to stick to bottled or filtered water to avoid getting struck down with a case of 'Bali belly.'
Indonesia is one of the world's largest plastic polluters, with 3.22 million metric tons discarded every year.
Over 5 million travelers visit Bali every year, with each of them consuming around 4 plastic water bottles a day, this plastic problem is exacerbated by tourism. It's no wonder the Balinese government declared a plastic emergency on the island.
Bali sits right in the middle of the Indonesian Throughflow, a current that travels through the Indonesian Straits, from the Pacific Ocean to the Indian Ocean. The plastic waste converging on Bali isn't just coming from local pollution. But finding a way to tackle the problem at the local level is a good start.
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Hotels, shops, warungs, and retreats have teamed up to offer travelers refills of clean water, and the project has expanded to include over 360 refilling stations across Bali, the Gilis, and in Yogyakarta too!
RefillMyBottle have a handy google map of all the locations where you can stop in to fill up. But, they're aiming to do even more.
The team has launched a crowdfunding campaign, to help them roll out an app that will make finding and accessing refill stations easier, as well as raising awareness amongst community conscious travelers about ways they can reduce the amount of plastic waste caused by tourism.
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COLUMBUS, Ohio – Today, the Portman for Senate campaign released new online display ads highlighting Rob's Ohio newspaper endorsements on the home pages of over 20 Ohio newspapers. The display ads use quotes from each newspaper's endorsement of Rob, highlighting why Ohio cannot afford a return to Ted Strickland. For those keeping track, Rob has been endorsed by 21 newspapers while Strickland has only been endorsed by two - including one student newspaper.
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Yesterday, the Portman for Senate campaign released its latest TV ads, "Endorsed," highlighting Rob's 19 endorsements from all major newspapers in Ohio that have endorsed in this race, including several that previously endorsed Ted Strickland. Separate ads are airing in the Columbus and Cleveland markets highlighting the Cleveland Plain Dealer and Columbus Dispatch endorsements. Of the 23 newspapers that have endorsed in Ohio's race for United States Senate, 21 have endorsed Rob.
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Leotard recommendations for DD going through puberty
HopelessMummy posted a topic in Doing DanceMy DD is starting to develop and the leotards she has are fairly unforgiving. Can anyone please recommend leotards that are sufficiently lined in the chest area to prevent embarrassment?
For sale: Capezio/Mirella leotards age 8-10 years
margarite posted a topic in For Sale / WantedI have two leotards for sale: Black Capezio leotard size Child Medium. Style CC101 https://www.capezioeurope.com/princess-camisole-leotard Pale pink Mirella leotard size 8-10 years. Style M652C https://uk.blochworld.com/products/girls-mirella-lace-waist-tank-pink Both in good used condition and ideal for spring/summer school. £5 for both or £3 each plus postage.
Cecchetti style leotards
Confuddled posted a topic in Doing DanceDD needs a leotard for a Cecchetti competition - I know from another mum that there are strict rules about leotards but last time she was in a group so I just put her in what everyone else was wearing and didn't have to worry. Is there a list of the rules, or the right type of leotards? From memory it was tank style, quite high necked, with a belt - is that what I need to look for? Do they have rules on colours? I'd be really grateful if anyone can point me to a list of the rules or of the allowed leotards, googling has not been much help.
Leotards, Shoes & Dancewear for sale
ArucariaBallerina posted a topic in For Sale / WantedBloch limited edition black cap-sleeved skirted leotard (It has a starry pattern on the front ruching) Age 9-10 £5 Brand new Dansez navy tank leotard (style 1403) (high cut leg and front gather, it is also the Moorland Associate leotard) Age 9-10 £8 Brand new Mirella sky blue camisole leotard with side pleats (style M242C) Age 14 £8 Tappers & Pointers black jazz crop top and leggings set size 2 £5 Bloch 'zenith' flat ballet shoes (worn for one class only) Pink, width C, size 3 £5 Brand new Bloch 'pump' flat ballet shoes Pink, width B, size 3.5 £7 Brand new Paperchase 'ballet dancer' double pocket pencil case £2 Pictures are available on request x
FOR SALE- Central School of Ballet leotards!
Dancer2017 posted a topic in For Sale / WantedCentral School of Ballet first and second year leotards for sale in good condition. Please message me for further details! 😊
So Danca sizing
Aurora3 posted a topic in Doing DanceHas anybody of you experience in how So Danca leotards run in comparison to the brands Ballet Rosa, Wearmoi, Repetto, Capezio or Grishko? According to the size charts, I´d need size 2A for children in width, but size PA in length. However, that is not always true, in Ballet Rosa, for example, size 12 years fits perfect although it should be too short as well...
Leotard for Larger Dancer
DeveloppeD posted a topic in Doing DanceHello, i wonder if anyone has any recommendations for leotards more flattering for larger dancers? I'm an overweight student with an exam soon. I'm just looking for something to cover me up a bit more than the RAD Faith leotard that is the standard for my school - it just sits too low for my personal preference. Thank you xx
Help - leotard advice for bigger bust and tiny body!
Clairepap posted a topic in Doing DanceMy 16 years old daughter is tiny.. she's a size 4 but has an F cup bust. She does vocational ballet, ballet, tap, modern, contemporary and national. She really struggles to find supportive Dancewear and cannot wear a bra that can be seen. Her teachers also prefer high leg leotards. She could wear a S or Xs leotard but her chest does not fit in I am having to buy an M and gave it taken in and even that does not support her bust . Can anyone suggest a leotard that isn't low leg that would support her? She can wear black for some lessons but is required to wear pink/raspberry / fuschia for vocational work
Audition leotards/What to wear
Balletbabe posted a topic in Doing DanceHi, looking for some advice. My dd is a JA with RBS she has an audition with elmhurst coming up for full time training. Just wondering what she should wear should she wear her JA uniform or not? Thanks 😄
Capezio Leotatds For Sale
anondancer_15 posted a topic in For Sale / WantedI have 2 brand new (one with tags) capezio leotards size M for sale as I don't wear them and have no need for them! £15 each or £25 if you want both it wont let me upload the photos so if you private message me I'll attempt to send them that way! One is dark red camisole with Criss cross back the other is long sleeve black mesh with floral pattern
Leotard advice
HowMuch! posted a topic in Doing DanceWould any of you lovely people be able to recommend leotard brands and sizes for me? I'm expecting this to be a bit of a 'how long is a piece of string' question but ideally i'd like to buy online rather than traipsing into the city to try loads on. My daughter is 8 (almost 9) but small for her age (usually age below in clothes). She's petite but leotards are often too short in the body so we either end up with a baggy bum and straps, or looking lovely in the body but constantly going up her bum! 😬 She's starting an associates class in September (there's no fixed uniform) and i'd like her to have a second leotard as her RAD one is pale blue and prone to grubbiness! The one she's got now is second hand and without a label so i'm at a loss which brand it is. Thanks in advance! Xxx
Audition leotards and colours
Dizzyballetmum posted a topic in Doing DanceDoes anyone have any ideas what sort of leotard styles and colours would be preferable for a girl auditioning for a year 7 place at both WL and Elmhurst ? I had chosen a burgandy inter mezzo leotard but her JA teachers isn't too keen . I now have the choice of sky blue or raspberry .
Leotard advice (degas)
shygirlsmum posted a topic in Doing DanceI have read lots of posts about buying and selling on of degas leotards and wondered what is it that makes them so special. DD wears lots of different brands, some nicer/more flattering than others, DD particularly likes high legged designs. DD starts senior associates in September and kit list just says black leotard (I haven't actually read properly, just skimmed it so I might have this wrong) but assuming haven't misunderstood I was considering trying a degas, so I would be interested to hear thoughts on what sets Degas apart from other brands.
Leotard sizing advice
Clarkd3 posted a topic in Doing DanceHi I'd like to buy my 12yr old DD a non regulation leotard for her upcoming 13th birthday as a surprise but she is petite (wears age 11 clothes or sz 4 in primark) and I'm not sure what size to buy her? There is less choice in the age 12 -14 sizes and I'm a little wary of buying too small with no growing room however I'm not sure if adult petite/ XS will be too big. Any advice would be much appreciated!
3 new child's size 2A leotards for sale
JanJas posted a topic in For Sale / WantedI have 3 new leotards for sale. My daughter excitedly received them this Christmas as presents, took the labels off 2 of them to try on in the house and to her disappointment realised that they were too small. We couldn't return them as they had been posted by well-meaning relatives from abroad. So Danca cap sleeved lace leotard midnight blue (more like a deep blackberry purple) label (still attached) size 12-14 2A So Danca cap sleeved lace leotard back label size 12-14 2A Claudia Dean (Australia) Juliet leotard midnight black child XL (same size as leotards above) They do seem like quite figure hugging, petite leotards. My daughter is a very slight 13 year old and she literally squeezed into them, so I reckon the 12-14 size is a bit misleading. I would like to sell them together if possible - brand new they would cost £70 before P&P - so asking £45 for the 3 (P&P included). I can send photos if required.
Leotards for teenagers
HollyLou posted a topic in Doing DanceCan anyone recommend any nice leotards suitable for auditions? My eldest DD has a few workshops coming up and is after some new dancewear. She's a ladies small and has a gorgeous hourglass figure with quite a large bust (she's incredibly self concious). She doesn't feel comfortable in two piece sets so we're looking for leotards to suit her figure. She can't really do without a bra so the strappy back ones aren't ideal either. Are there any bras that can be recommended too? She's a 32dd so we struggle to find supportive ones for under dancewear.
Long sleeved leotards
balletmum13 posted a topic in Doing DanceHello everyone, I was wondering if anyone knew where I could purchase some pretty long sleeved leotards for my 14 year old dd. They need to be full arm length ,not 3/4. This is due to certain issues that we are faced with. I have found some some but they all tend to be very plain and not flattering which is not the quite the look my dd is going for. Thanks for any help anyone could give. BM13 xx
Tons of dance wear, shoes and exercise things for sale
Светлана posted a topic in For Sale / WantedDance wear: Black jazz top with pink sequins and crossed back, child 12 £3 Brand new black sonata trash bag shorts, adult small £6 Bloch black cropped long sleeved warm up with "dance" embroidery, child 12-14 £5 Tappers and Pointers black cropped knitted warm-up top, adult small £2 Bloch black camisole onesie warm-up, adult petite £5 Black stirrup ankle/leg warmers £3 Bloch mulberry cross over, child medium £3 Energetiks burgundy cross over, child medium £3 Freed navy blue camisole RAD leotard (writing has worn off), size 3 £2 Navy 1st position camisole leotard (no lining), adult petite £3 Navy 1st position cap-sleeved leotard (lining is slightly laddered), adult small £3 Roch Valley cornflower-blue wrap skirt, adult small £4 Plume dark navy camisole leotard, adult small £4 Brand new Capezio lilac pinch front tank leotard, child x-large £5 Brand new Bloch black harem pants with heart details, child 12-14 £9 Brand new black wrap around skirt, adult petite £3 Black wrap around skirt, adult petite £2 Brand new white wrap around skirt, child small-medium £3 Brand new Capezio tan foot undies, size small £5 Pale pink thigh high leg warmers, size child small-medium £3 Katz pinch front teal tank leotard, size 3 £3 Red long-sleeved leotard, child medium £3 Black jazz shorts with multi coloured polka dots, adult small £4 Character skirt with three blue ribbons, child medium £10 Shoes: Capezio tan new yorker heels, 8M £8 Brand new Capezio canvas split-sole ballet shoes, 8M £7 Brand new Wear Moi reinforced X-Hard pointe shoes, size 6XXX £15 Bloch aspiration pointe shoes wth ribbons and elastics (worn for less than 3 minutes), size 5 1/2 E £10 Brand New Gaynor Minden pointe shoes 9.5 Medium width sculpted fit, X-Flex, yellow bag (have been calamined to take the shine off, but never worn) £50 Gaynor Minden pointe shoes 9.5 Medium width classic fit, hard, green bag (calamined, with ribbons and elastics, worn for 5 minutes, but are as new), £40 Exercise equipment: Purple foam roller (excellent condition, but has name written on it) £3 Blue ballet is fun turn board, £20 Purple balance/wobble board £5 Black loop stretch band (thinner version of the Gaynor Minden flexibility band) £5 2 metre long pink light-medium weight resistance band/theraband (similar to Gaynor Minden resistance band) £4 Pink and grey (one side is pink and the other side is light grey with a wave detail) yoga/pilates/exercise mat £5 Other: Small tambourine (perfect for Esmeralda variation), £5 Medium tambourine, £5 Please PM or comment if you are interested, and if you would like to see photos, please let me know. I'm happy to post anything (postage price not included), or you can pick up from Leicestershire/Birmingham area
Degas leotards
Balletallday posted a topic in Doing DanceHi, where is the best place in the U.K. to buy these leotards?
Bloch leotards, help with sizing needed..
Tatasmum posted a topic in Doing DanceMy daughter needs a Bloch cotton Lycra leotard, she's currently in a Roch Valley 9-10 shiny leotard. Do the cotton Lycra ones have as much give? My daughter will be 11 in 3 months but is very petite, she wears 9-10 clothes. Are Bloch leotards true to size? In Bloch size 1B is 8-10, the next size up is 11-12 The leotard we need to order is this one http://www.dancinginthestreet.com/Catalogue/Regulation-Uniform/Bloch-Female-RAD-Uniform/Bloch-BU102-Tank-Leotard Thanks in advance
Photographs - what leotard for younger age
tropicmama posted a topic in Doing DanceHello, it's me again with my endless queries. I did have a go at searching for an answer for my relatively simple (perhaps a bit mundane) question. I found a few threads with lots of good tips but mine is actually just quite simpler, that at the end of the day it probably wouldn't matter but as a mum I cannot help thinking about it, especially since my DD is leotard mad and has quite a lot of "favourites" that she might insist wearing each one in turn. She is in the process of applying for a couple of holiday courses that require photographs. She's never had these done before. She is only 7 so I was wondering, for those more experienced that we are, what would be the best colour/style of leotard to wear for her young age? Dark or light colour? Camisole type, sleeveless or capped sleeves? She normally wears convertible tights to her class these days but should she wear socks for her photos? Apologies in advance if my query might seem quite "shallow" but want to get it right first time around as I managed to ask her teacher to help with the photos after her lesson (mainly because I didn't even know half the terminology on the photo requirement list).
Spectacular Dancewear, that you can wear a bra under
Katymac posted a topic in Doing DanceDD (19) is struggling with audition wear which she can wear a bra under. She is 2nd year and college say no visible bras - but it can be street wear she just needs to be able to dance in it She loves this https://www.prettylittlething.com/carlita-green-lace-choker-plunge-thong-bodysuit.html but it has a low back Any recommendations?
Intermezzo leotard sizing help
sarahw posted a topic in Doing DanceHow does the sizing actually come up? Is it similar to capezio etc in adult sizes? Thanks
Appearance at Auditions
ArucariaBallerina posted a topic in Doing DanceHello, I'm completely new to the forum! I have applied for the Royal Ballet School (the school of my deepest dreams!) for Senior Associates and White Lodge (I thought there was nothing to lose by ticking that box!). Apart from the anxieties I have about me not being good enough (I only started dancing at 12 and went en Pointe literally a few weeks ago- I'm now on the late side of 13- but I do work as hard as possible and practise everyday) I am currently stressed about what to wear. On the confirmation audition email, it just states a leotard. Could anyone advise a leotard that would suit certain physiques? I am very small and slim for my age, so anything that would make my lines longer would be great. I currently have 2 (standard strap) leotards. I really don't know whether to pick the classical in black choice or the dark magenta-pink one (which also comes with a waistband). I do want to draw attention of course, but for the right reasons! Secondly are the topic of shoes. I have three pairs: my usual class shoes (full sole and leather, but quite old now). My problem with these shoes is they make my arches seem flatter and the sole is in a really weird place that makes me look like I'm rolling in! My second pair is a satin split sole, very pretty in terms of foot definition, but a wee bit big for me. My third pair is my favourite pair which I use in festivals - my satin full soles with ribbons. I have a very narrow foot and ankle, so the ribbons fit the nicest. However, when I attended the Audition Insight Day (which was the best day of my life! I definitely recommend signing up!) only one dancer had ribbons. I wouldn't want them to fall out and look messy! What a stress! But it's all worth it on the way to becoming a dancer! With love, thanks and an arabesque P.S is anyone else going to be at the Manchester auditions 17/01/17 ?
Leotard sizing questions
taxi4ballet posted a topic in Doing DanceDoes anyone else have this trouble? My dd is currently wearing leotards in sizes 3a, 3, 4, petite, small adult, & medium adult, depending on the style and/or brand. Our local dancewear shop only stocks a limited range, and we don't go to London all that often, so we often have to buy stuff online, and it usually doesn't fit, even when following size charts to the letter. Any dancewear manufacturers out there? Get your act together, please!