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SSIT has been assisting people with spinal cord injury since 2006, enabling greater independence and quality of life. Our catchment area covers the South and South West of England. View Map
Here is small sample of some of the awards we have made. In 2018 we gave 49 awards, purchasing equipment costing £97,000. Since we started in 2006, SSIT has helped many dozens of people and their families.
James Price
TriRide
Jame's Triride has enable him & faithful St Bernard to have freedom and independence to get out and about plus going for walks and to the beaches in Devon.
James says "I am now able to get out into the fields with my dog this is not something I have been able to do before, so thanks again for providing the equipment it really has been life changing".
Jame's Triride has enable him & faithful St Bernard to have freedom and independence to get out and about plus going for walks and to the beaches in Devon. James says "I am now able to get out into the fields with my dog this is not something I have been able to do before, so thanks again for providing the equipment it really has been life changing".
A Triride is a motorised attachment for wheelchairs perfect for interior spaces, matchless in outdoor spaces, allowing a unique freedom of movement, unapproachable by other devices. Versatile, lightweight, speed, it ensures high performance, suitable for all the different situations.
Joanna Birley
Basketball sport chair
Joanna Birley was keen to resume the sport she loves, but without a suitable wheelchair could not hope to play at a senior level. SSIT's grant changed all that, and Joanna has been able to compete in the national Women's League this year.
Taking part in major tournaments for the first time in many years, Joanna is thrilled with her...
Taking part in major tournaments for the first time in many years, Joanna is thrilled with her sport specification wheelchair and is training and playing as often as she can. Based in the New Forest, basketball has taken Joanna up and down the country. Watch SSIT's Facebook page for Joanna's competition updates!
Laura Collinson
I've been using the Team Hybrid Cougar for 4 years now after receiving a grant from SSIT. Having retired due to health issues around my SCI, I am so grateful that on a dry, sunny day I can head off out for some fresh air and exercise.
Living alone can be difficult but through my travels around the city on my bike, I've made a whole new bunch of friends. Some are other disabled people also using handcycles and others with no disabilty but interested in the bike and what I'm up to.
I've also taken the bike abroad and loved exploring the Philippines on it, obviously attracting lots of attention from the locals.
Since 2016, I've clocked up over 2,000 miles. Both my physical and mental have significantly improved with the exercise and meeting new people.
Thank you SSIT for making this possible for me.
Steve Hodges
A grant towards the cost of an off-road handbike was awarded to Steve Hodges. Steve is looking forward to the freedom of new cycling challenges, and is pictured on the slopes of Cadair Idris in mid Wales.
Stuart Wright from Taunton was awarded a grant to purchase a rifle and shooting jacket. Talent spotted for shooting at a Paralympic Sports Fest in 2013, Stuart goes to Stoke Mandeville Sports Stadium once a month for coaching and development as part of their Talent Development Programme. Having his own equipment will enable him to practice locally at club level, in addition to taking part in Disability Target Shooting events...
Stuart Wright from Taunton was awarded a grant to purchase a rifle and shooting jacket. Talent spotted for shooting at a Paralympic Sports Fest in 2013, Stuart goes to Stoke Mandeville Sports Stadium once a month for coaching and development as part of their Talent Development Programme. Having his own equipment will enable him to practice locally at club level, in addition to taking part in Disability Target Shooting events at Stoke Mandeville Sports Stadium. The ultimate aim is to represent Team GB at the Rio Paralympics in 2016.
"The grant from SSIT will make a huge difference to my life. My long term aim is to be part of the Paralympic squad & now, with my own equipment I can practice more regularly and really set my sights high."
Bruno Hansen
Bruno Hansen was awarded a grant to fund a Freewheel wheelchair attachment which, he says, has "revolutionised his life". A former charter yacht captain, who suffered a T12 spinal cord injury, Bruno continues to lead an active life in Cornwall but this wheelchair attachment means getting out and about is so much easier.
"Rough terrains are no longer a barrier and I am so much more independent.
Badg Champion
Standing wheelchair
Badg Champion, suffered a C6/7 incomplete spinal cord injury when he fell off the steps while hedge trimming in the early 1990s. In 2010 SSIT assisted with the funding of a standing wheelchair.
"The chair is wonderful. I take it to any social event where people are standing around chatting and it also means that in the house if anything is out of reach...
"The chair is wonderful. I take it to any social event where people are standing around chatting and it also means that in the house if anything is out of reach from my previous seated position I can now stand to get it down. We spent a week on a canal boat in Scotland in June and the chair was put to good use to allow me to see over the roof to drive the boat safely. More importantly when my daughter got married recently, I was able to surprise the gathered guests by standing up to give my speech. It was a very proud moment."
Mark Rothery
Powered Wheelchair
SSIT provided a grant for a powered wheelchair to Mark Rothery in the new year of 2008. Nine months later, he contacted us to say that he'd already travelled 700km in it!
"Life can be very difficult to cope with when you are affected by a severe paralysis and those things that make life easier are often beyond your means. My new powered wheelchair is going to make such a fantastic difference...
"Life can be very difficult to cope with when you are affected by a severe paralysis and those things that make life easier are often beyond your means. My new powered wheelchair is going to make such a fantastic difference to the quality of my life, and that of my dog Spook who is going to get the most fantastic walks! It is going to make a hugely beneficial impact on my life."
Leck Krawczyk
Powered hand cycle
Leck Krawczyk was left with a T6 spinal cord injury after a motorbike accident in November 2006. SSIT provided funding for a powered hand cycle turning his manual wheelchair into an all-terrain vehicle which can go almost anywhere off-road. Leck commented:
"I love to get out to the Eden Project and to visit the beach where I live in Cornwall. Without the powered hand cycle...
"I love to get out to the Eden Project and to visit the beach where I live in Cornwall. Without the powered hand cycle I would have to rely on someone pushing me around, but now I can be totally independent. It really has changed my life."
E-motion wheels
An active and independent tetraplegic, Jon Harris broke his neck aged 26 when he was thrown over the handlebars of his bike while motocross racing near Tidworth. He spent a year in the spinal centre. Jon was awarded a grant to fund e-motion wheels.
"I use my e-motion wheels every day and they allow me to get out and about independently. I have...
"I use my e-motion wheels every day and they allow me to get out and about independently. I have an adapted car which I can drive from my wheelchair and the power-assisted wheels allow me to access the car on my own. I could not manage without them and am hugely grateful to SSIT for their help in funding them."
Sallyanne Haigh
In October 2015 my life as I knew it changed forever. I was at a rally with my local riding club on my horse Oubles. She is a character and a handful at times. This particular day she was in character!! In the afternoon we were doing cross country training when she reared up and fell over backwards with me still in the saddle.
I was lucky enough to be attended to by the Great Western Air Ambulance who air lifted me to Southmead hospital in Bristol. I had broken my vertrabra...
I was lucky enough to be attended to by the Great Western Air Ambulance who air lifted me to Southmead hospital in Bristol. I had broken my vertrabra from T11-L2 and sustained a spinal cord injury at L1. I was paralysed from the waist down, with bladder and bowel complications and was going to be in a wheelchair for the rest of my life.
I then went to The Duke of Cornwall Spinal Treatment Centre (DOCSTC) in Salisbury where I met a wonderful lady called Marie, a volunteer from SSIT. She was so positive that it gave me encouragement to realise that things were going to be OK. Whilst at DOCSTC I was picked to represent them at the inter spinal games at Stoke Mandeville. Our kit was sponsored by SSIT.
Having a Spinal injury is a life changing condition and has a huge ripple effect on all involved. I am a Nurse by profession and have worked in the NHS for 25 years so being a patient was not comfortable for me.
Right from the beginning I knew I wanted to get back in the saddle, to some peoples horror! Helped by my friend and instructor Beth Hobbs, her horse Flynn and Carl Hester MBE I started the process and approached SSIT for a grant towards a hoist which was generously funded. I mentioned that as I progressed I would need a bespoke saddle and SSIT agreed to fund this as well. I was blown away with the generosity of the charity. I now have a grade 2 British Para-Equestrian Dressage classification!
I wanted to help give something back to SSIT so my sister and 4 of my nursing colleagues and friends did the charity Skydive in September 2018 to raise funds for the charity and we did a Christmas tombola at work with all proceeds going to SSIT.
Being back on the horse makes me feel happy, out of the confines of my wheelchair I feel amazing and free. I am now building a relationship and confidence with Flynn and hope to attend some local competitions in 2019.
None of this would have been possible without the support from SSIT my trainer Beth Hobbs and the huge network of friends and helpers that I need to achieve my dream of Para dressage.
Follow my journey by reading my blog at https://myparajourney.blogspot.com
Sean Kelly
Sean was given a grant for this wearable tech device called a Glassouse. It's like a pair of glasses which provides someone with no or weak hand/arm function to use a hands free mouse.
In Sean's words "I have found it so beneficial and useful as a tool both for work and play, it's made a huge difference. Please pass on my gratitude to all trustees and staff at SSIT for supporting me it's much appreciated".
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Tragically Hip fans want band to play Parliament Hill on Canada Day
By Chris Jancelewicz	Global News
Posted June 15, 2016 12:56 pm
Gord Downie performs during Day 3 of the Coachella Valley Music & Arts Festival 2011 held at the Empire Polo Club on April 17, 2011 in Indio, California.	 Frazer Harrison/Getty Images
To say that fans of The Tragically Hip are practically begging the rock band to play at any possible venue, time or event is an understatement.
After the recent ticket fiasco — many Hip fans were unable to secure tickets to the band's final tour — petitions began popping up all over the place, including one requesting lead singer Gord Downie be bestowed with the Order of Canada, and another asking for Canadian TV networks to broadcast the band's final show in Kingston, Ont.
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The latest petition seeks to have The Hip play Parliament Hill in Ottawa on Canada Day; the Facebook group is called "Let's get The Hip on the Hill," and as of this writing, it has approximately 1,000 "interested" people.
In late May, Downie, 52, revealed that he'd been diagnosed with terminal brain cancer, and the band would be going on one last tour this summer.
READ MORE: Gord Downie and brain cancer: What you need to know about The Tragically Hip singer's terminal disease
The band has already added multiple new days and shows to the Man Machine Poem tour, but because so many people were unable to get tickets, there is a ravenous demand for more, more, more.
"All these petitions are done with good intentions, but we have to remember that Gord's health comes first," says Alan Cross, host of Ongoing History of New Music on Toronto radio station 102.1 The Edge, to Global News. "But who knows? Maybe they're up to it. Or maybe they're embarrassed by all this extra adulation. They've been silent on the subject so far."
"There's going to be an interesting push and pull between the fans and the group over these next few months," Cross continues. "Both sides will have to try to delicately balance everything."
READ MORE: The Tragically Hip summer 2016 tour: Band announces Man Machine Poem dates
The Man Machine Poem Tour starts on July 22 in Victoria, B.C., and runs through to Aug. 20, where the band will play its final show in their hometown of Kingston.
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Microsoft has released the source code for the original, 1990s-era File Manager that is so familiar to all of us who were dragging and dropping on Windows 3.0. The code, which is available on Github under the MIT OSS license, will compile under Windows 10.
File Manager uses the multiple-document interface or MDI to display multiple folders inside one window. This interface style, which changed drastically with later versions of Windows, was the standard for almost a decade of Windows releases.
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Golden Salamander (1950)
You defeat evil not by ignoring it but by going to meet it. English archaeologist David Redfern (Trevor Howard) is sent to Tunisia to recover artifacts from a shipwreck. He arrives during a storm and encounters a landslide which stops his hire car in its tracks, witnessing a transaction involving gunrunners that include Rankl (Herbert Lom). While romancing the lovely Anna (Anouk Aimée) whom he meets in the hotel where he's staying he runs afoul of what amounts to a criminal conspiracy led by Serafis (Walter Rilla) and Rankl knows he saw what happened in the landslide. Torn between minding his own business and completing his job, and the opportunity to overthrow the criminals who are terrorising the locals, Redfern takes on the near-impossible task of bringing the gun runners to justice when young Max (Jacques Sernas) is murdered … Victor Canning's novel gets a poorly paced adaptation but still manages to work because of the plot and the performances – Aimée is impossibly young to be Howard's love interest and she's ridiculously striking compared with his relative ordinariness. The action in unexpectedly florid African settings and on treacherous cliff faces compensates for shortcomings in the structure and there's Wilfrid Hyde-White trying to do Hoagy Carmichael in the Casablanca-knock off bar scenes. Rilla makes a great impression as the villain – in real life he wrote a very good manual on screenwriting. What a shame this rare British film shot on African locations wasn't made in colour! Directed by Ronald Neame who co-wrote the screenplay with Canning and Leslie Storm.
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Affordable Care Act, Medicare / Medicaid, Methadone/Safe Injection Clinics, Opioid Crisis
Do You Trust Your State? GOP Health Bill Drops Medicaid Addiction Treatment Mandate
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The American Health Care Act (AHCA), proposed by House Republicans and endorsed by the Trump administration, includes key provisions that eliminate federal mandates for what services must be covered under Medicaid. Among these changes is one that could affect an estimated 1.3 million people in need of addiction treatment in the 31 states and the District of Columbia that chose to implement Medicaid expansion under the Affordable Care Act (ACA).
There is concern about ending the coverage mandate at the same time a national opioid epidemic is spreading across the country. The Washington Post reports:
A record number of people—33,000—died of opiate overdoses in 2015, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. Opioids now kill more people than car accidents, and in 2015 the number of heroin deaths nationwide surpassed the number of deaths from gun-related homicides. Authorities are also grappling with an influx of powerful synthetic narcotics responsible for a sharp increase in overdoses and deaths over the past year.
Opioid overdose death rates are highest in Kentucky and West Virginia, both states that expanded Medicaid under the ACA. Medicaid currently pays for about 44 percent of medication-assisted addiction treatment for covered individuals in those states.
If the AHCA were to become law in its present form, the federal mandate under Medicaid expansion would disappear. However, whether addiction treatment coverage would also disappear in those states is a more difficult question to answer, owing to economics, politics, and existing state laws.
Federal Medicaid funding would shift from a percentage of covered expenses (reimbursements for services provided and paid for) to a percentage of covered individuals (a fixed dollar amount per eligible Medicaid recipient). The bill's proponents believe that the change is a win-win; the federal government will save money and states will have more latitude to implement Medicaid coverage based on state-identified needs.
Critics note that a person's Medicaid eligibility and enrollment varies from month to month, especially for nondisabled enrollees younger than retirement age. Addiction is a "chronic relapse disease," meaning that someone receiving treatment under Medicaid expansion might be successful in returning to work and no longer qualify for addiction treatment services under Medicaid expansion. If they were to subsequently relapse into addiction, under the proposed AHCA they would not be able to requalify for the same benefits.
According to the nonpartisan National Council of State Legislatures (NCSL), all states have at least some form of mental health parity mandate or regulation. The ParityTrack website provides additional state-by-state information on the details of legislation, regulation, and litigation related to mental health insurance coverage parity. Each state's approach and extent of parity is different, making it all but impossible to know what would happen in the absence of federal mandates.
Further complicating the ability to predict is the very freedom guaranteed to state Medicaid administration under the AHCA. Would states elect to continue addiction treatment coverage under the same terms as before? Would state-level mental health parity laws apply to Medicaid plans? Could state governments afford to maintain coverage if Medicaid funding is reduced and other treatment priorities—and other providers—are demanding support?
Advocates for addiction treatment would be wise to watch events at both the federal and state levels. Although it's possible that the AHCA will be defeated or amended, it's likely that President Trump and HHS Secretary Tom Price, with or without Congressional support, will direct changes in federal Medicaid regulations in such a way as to make state-level mental health parity laws and state Medicaid policies crucial to continued coverage for addiction services.—Michael Wyland
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UCT must catch the scholarly engagement wave
Engaging academics: Assoc Prof David Cooper presented a talk on engaged scholarship, based on his recent case study in the US.
UCT is driven by academic conservatism; meaning there is a focus on basic research, but an absence of appreciation of a new global academic revolution with a "third mission" (alongside teaching and basic research) of university engagement in societal development.
One implication is that current academic promotion and merit award criteria pay scant attention to scholarly engagement.
This was the argument of Fulbright scholar Associate Professor David Cooper of UCT's Department of Sociology, at a presentation on 22 November titled The Concept of Engaged Scholarship.
A member of UCT's University Social Responsiveness Committee, Cooper spoke on his case study of engaged scholarship at Michigan State University in the US as part of his Fulbright work this year, where - along with 30 similar international researchers - he focused on the theme, The University as Knowledge Centre and Innovation Driver.
"Where the third mission is pursued, a focus is around the 'triple helix' of industry, government and university relations," said Cooper. "Universities need to open themselves up to a 'fourth helix' of civil society, with social science in particular becoming involved in the wide range of social research fields available, such as transport, low-cost housing and many more."
During his stay in the US, Cooper saw a growing debate on engaged research and its aspects, including public sociology, service learning (earning academic credit by serving the community) and translational research, in which the National Institutes of Health is stressing the translation of research findings from the laboratory to the clinic, then back to the lab for further development.
But Cooper points out that the difference between civic involvement and engaged scholarship is crucial in understanding university-based social responsiveness.
"Not all outreach activity necessarily falls under the definition of engaged scholarship," he explains. "As well as serving the community, engaged scholarship must fall within the scholar's field of study and contain some form of innovation, or new knowledge."
UCT's dual mission of positioning itself as a research powerhouse as well as an Afropolitan university needs consolidation through engaged scholarship, says Cooper.
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There are the Cinque Terre Tourist Offices on all railway stations. So it is possible to buy the Cinque Terre CARD and get a list of trains. Trains run about every 20-30 minutes and reach the next town through tunnels in 1-2 minutes. For further information please consult the Trenitalia web-site.
Advice: for ease of movement in Cinque Terre you can buy Cinque Terre CARD that cost of 16 euro (2019). It includes trains between Levanto and La Spezia (all of Cinque Terre) for the whole day, walking trails of the Blue Path and much more.
Even in the case of a transport strike 90% of trains are running.
In spring and summer there are daily connections by boat from La Spezia, Portovenere, Portofino and Lerici, with last stop in Monterosso (generally from April 1st until the first week of November).
The boat timetable is on the image on the left. The prices range is according to the route you choose, from 6 euro to 35 euro for an unlimited one-day pass.
Usage of the Bus service is included in the Cinque Terre CARD (but it doesn't cost much if you don't have the card). It may help you to save your time in each town and to get to interested places easier.
Riomaggiore: offers a connection from the centre of the town up to the graveyard at the top of the village. Some routes also offer a link with Colle del Telegrafo and Biassa.
Manarola: offers a connection from the centre of the town to the car parking persisting to the village of Volastra.
Corniglia: offers a connection from the centre of the village to the railway station.
Vernazza: connect the nearby areas of the Sanctuary "Madonna Nostra Signora di Reggio" and the village of San Bernardino.
Monterosso: operates inside the village as well as offering a connection to the Sanctuary "Nostra Signora di Soviore".
A huge part of the Cinque Terre's success with tourists is due to the trails and walks which curve round the shore or reach the sanctuaries near each village. The view is breath-taking and enjoyable by all. Someone can return from these hikes by bus, motor ship or train. You only need basic equipment: shoes with anti-slippery sole (if you have), long trousers to defend oneself from the thorn scrubs, some water and, according to the season, a large straw hat or a sports jacket.
Here is map of the paths: official site page, landscape map, one more map.
The Blue Path - connects the five villages, is the most legendary and evocative path in the Cinque Terre. Important!!! The part between Manarola and Corniglia is closed for reconstruction work (upd. April 2019).
The High Path - it`s a difficult path, so if you are a serious hiker and you want a lot of fun and experience then you have to go at the High Path. This trail essentially stretches beyond the National Park of Cinque Terre and links the towns of Levanto in the north with Portovenere in the south.
The Sanctuaries Ways - This path was created after the last war and it got its title to the fact that it links all the sanctuaries of the National Park in the Cinque Terre. Each village has its own Sanctuary to which the residents are treated by a deep devotion.


MJ12 as an organization exists only within the United States, but the US has used it's relationships with other countries to extend it's reach. Of course, such a matter as the alien presence being real, and the approach of the coming cataclysms, makes friends of enemies. Details were shared, without ever leaving any proof in foreign hands, so that allies and enemies alike were stunned and shaken, and thereafter cooperative with any plan. It has long been suspected that Russia and the US almost pretended to be enemies, so as to push an agenda that would save the earth from alien invasion. This is true, but is more easily accomplished than would be imagined. It is not difficult, where a conflict exists, to continue it, as those in charge of continuing the conflict are kept ignorant. These are pawns, to be manipulated by those very high up, who know the larger truth.
Thus moneys were spent on military matters, which were a good cover for the work of saving the planet from a supposed alien invasion. This invasion of course could not occur, as anyone reading the Rules section of ZetaTalk would understand, but this has only recently been understood by those at the highest levels of the major powers in the world. Of course, in most countries so included in the inner circle of such knowledge, an organization similar to MJ12 would spring up, to handle and manage the programs. However, they do not have the alien contacts that MJ12 does, as they were not deemed as important in world influence as the US.


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Have turbos killed the fun in the 2016 Porsche 911?
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[MUSIC] Look here's a Porsche 911. A cynic would say that it looks like every other 911 ever made. But it's engine is in the wrong place. That same cynic would also look lovely at their preferred hand and steel themselves for another night in. And no [MUSIC] And then people like me will insist that it is a new 911. While it's the second generation 9 9 1, 911. It's got new era, new entertainment and all of the new bits here and there and just as that [INAUDIBLE] is walking away in a huff. We'll drop the bombshell that actually this has a smaller 3.0 liter engine compared to the old Carrera S and it's got two turbos But it's not a 911 Turbo, even though it is, but it isn't. [MUSIC] [SOUND] It's the first time in an age that a 911 has had an engine this small and the very first time a 911 without turbo or GT something on it's **** has come with a turbo. Porsche's reason for turbo charging was pretty simple. 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It still feels good. It goes, man. It goes so fast. It does sound Porsche-ish. [SOUND] [LAUGH] [INAUDIBLE] There's torque everywhere, and it's so exploitable. Yeah, that's fine, two and a half thousand RPM. Look, turbos have woken up. Woah. [LAUGH] Off into the distance we go. And you know what's happened here? Yeah, compromises have to be made but Porsche's had a hell of a choice to make because it could try and keep going with naturally aspirated cars. But we've reached the limit Missing the technology, [UNKNOWN] stuff, you can deal with that kind of thing. Emissions rates need to be met and you know what? With a 3.8-litre 6-cylinder engine with no turbo assistance, you just can't do that anymore and so now, they Have to look to turbo charge and we have to look at hybridization. They have to try anything to make sure they can still create powerful, fast, noisy, enjoyable sports cars. The cars that may use the business. Good god it's fast. [LAUGH] So it's all lovely to drive and very 911ish but what about that new engine? From the outside it sounds like a proper 911 all sorts of angry and 911ish. In here though even with the noise block press it sounds a bit muted. There's a hint of that howl that It's not really there. And then the whole care doesn't really fear as ferocious, as angry as the old car used to. It feels a little bit common, a little bit smoother definitely, even though it's actually significantly quicker than the car it replaces. But while its motor doesn't feel quite as perky as before, it's still fantastic fun, especially with that torque. It's so musical. I like it. It's a fantastic motor because the 911 doesn't experience the feel that's still deep within it. [SOUND] [INAUDIBLE] And the new turbo charged engine. Well, that complements the car's GT like qualities even more now. It's smoother, it's [UNKNOWN]. And you can still have a bit of fun with it. 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Court battle over Jeremy Corbyn's place in Labour leadership fight will not be over until THURSDAY after donor complains party rules were 'misapplied'
Owen Smith said Jeremy Corbyn had a 'metropolitan' view of the world
And he claimed the Labour leader made the party look weak on security
Smith is trying to oust Corbyn as Labour leader in a summer contest
The High Court is being asked to block Corbyn's automatic place in battle
By Tim Sculthorpe, Mailonline Deputy Political Editor
A judge hearing claims Jeremy Corbyn should not have been handed an automatic place in the Labour leadership contest will not rule before Thursday, it emerged today.
The High Court battle over the Labour contest heard claims today party rules had been 'misapplied' when the National Executive Committee (NEC) allowed Mr Corbyn into the race as the incumbent.
Party donor Michael Foster has challenged Mr Corbyn should have been required to get 51 nominations - the same as his rival Owen Smith and a bar he would have struggled to pass.
The NEC ruled on a secret ballot after a marathon meeting that because Mr Corbyn was the leader being challenged by MPs, he did not need nominations.
Mr Justice Foskett today said he planned to hand down a written judgement on the case on Thursday after considering the submissions heard by all sides today.
The continuing chaos over the Labour leadership in the wake of the EU referendum has left the party far adrift in the polls, with a new survey showing the Tories on 43 per cent and 16 points clear.
Jeremy Corbyn, seen leaving home this morning, was due to have his interests defended at the High Court today as a party donor challenged his place in the leadership contest
The High Court heard today the Labour Party's rules were 'misapplied' when its national executive committee (NEC) voted to guarantee Mr Corbyn a place on the leadership ballot.
Lawyers for Labour donor Michael Foster said on Tuesday that, by bringing his case against the party's general secretary, Iain McNicol - who is being sued in a representative capacity - and Mr Corbyn, Mr Foster was not seeking anything other than a proper application of the rules.
Gavin Millar QC told Mr Justice Foskett it was clear that the meaning given to the rules by the majority on the NEC on July 12 was wrong. It was not a 'reasonable' interpretation.
If the judge decided in his favour and granted a declaration that Mr Corbyn must obtain the requisite level of support before his name could go forward, the party would be required to return to the nomination stage and go through it again.
'The claimant has no wish to deny the second defendant (Mr Corbyn) a fair opportunity, which can be achieved in this way, of obtaining the requisite number of nominations.'
The NEC took legal advice before voting by a majority of 18 to 14 that Mr Corbyn should automatically go on the ballot paper without needing to obtain the backing of 20% of Labour MPs and MEPs - 51 nominations.
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Mark Henderson, counsel for Mr McNicol, said the rules were not ambiguous or open to serious doubt.
Potential challengers must attain a 20 per cent threshold of support to enable them to stand against the incumbent leader but there was no basis for interpreting this provision as requiring the incumbent to also attain this threshold.
Martin Westgate QC, for Mr Corbyn, argued that the NEC's conclusion was 'plainly right'.
He said the court should follow its conclusion as long as it was a reasonable approach to the rule.
'In any case, the conclusion reached by the NEC is entitled to great respect and the court should not interfere with it.'
He said Mr Corbyn was elected as leader with the 'overwhelming support' of the general membership and of registered and affiliated supporters, gaining 59.5 per cent of the total votes in the first round.
The Tories hold a 16 point lead over Labour in the latest opinion poll, figures that could hand Theresa May a 100-plus majority were she to call a general election
Mr Foster's case was that the party could in effect block Mr Corbyn from being considered as a candidate in any future election for leader, even if he continued to enjoy similar support, and less than a year after he was duly nominated and elected.
'If Mr Foster is right then there will be no election and the present challenger (Mr Smith) will be entitled to be elected as leader unopposed.'
Mr Foster's position that the process would have to be re-run failed to recognise the disruption that this would cause, said counsel.
Iain McNicol, the Labour Party General Secretary, will resist the court challenge of Mr Corbyn's place in the contest today
Last night, in a BBC Newsnight interview, Mr Smith issued stern criticism of Mr Corbyn's appeal to the public
He said: 'One of the weaknesses we have had recently is that people worry that Labour isn't serious about security, that it is a lesser issue for Jeremy.
'I'm not sure that's right, but he has certainly got a different perspective on some of those things - on patriotism if you like; and on security, on defence I think I have got a more traditional Labour perspective on that - an old-fashioned Labour perspective, if you like.'
Mr Corbyn's patriotism has been questioned before - including after he refused to sing the national anthem at a Battle of Britain memorial service in St Paul's Cathedral.
Mr Smith has insisted he would protect defence spending a 2 per cent of GDP, supports Trident and confirmed he would be prepared to launch a nuclear strike if necessary.
He added: 'I think Jeremy, to be honest, doesn't really understand sometimes the way in which people have a very strong, perhaps socially conservative ... sense of place, sense of where they are from.
'I am not sure I've heard him talking much about Scotland and identity or about Wales and identity or indeed about England and identity.
'I suspect that Jeremy has got a rather more metropolitan sense of that and that's not one I think is central to the Labour tradition.'
Asked if he was calling Mr Corbyn unpatriotic, Mr Smith said: 'I am saying that I think it is something that is not core to his set of beliefs.
'He has got a set of liberal perspectives and left perspectives on things and nationhood and nationalism and patriotism aren't really part of his make-up.'
Owen Smith, left, is trying to oust Jeremy Corbyn, right, as Labour leader and has questioned his patriotism - insisting it was not part of his 'make up'
Mr Corbyn is fighting a legal battle over his place in the contest, after he was automatically named on the ballot paper without having to secure nominations from the party's MPs.
Last week Mr Corbyn won the right to have his own legal representation at today's hearing amid fears the party would not put up a sufficient fight in defence of his position.
It was reported today Mr Corbyn will call for the leadership election to be suspended if his right to be in the the contest automatically is over turned.
LABOUR'S CIVIL WAR REACHES THE HIGH COURT
Labour is defending itself in court today against claims Jeremy Corbyn should not have been automatically on the ballot for leader.
After Angela Eagle forced a new contest by collecting 51 nominations, there was a dispute over whether party rules said Mr Corbyn needed to get the same number to qualify.
Mr Corbyn's team insisted as he was the incumbent and the challenge was forced upon him, he should get to defend his post automatically.
After a marathon meeting and secret ballot, Labour's ruling National Executive Committee agreed and said only challenging candidates needed nominations.
Owen Smith duly secured the nominations, prompting Angela Eagle to drop out.
But donor Michael Foster insisted this was the wrong conclusion and today launched a legal challenge to overturn the NEC decision.
If successful, Mr Smith would technically be the only candidate and could be crowned leader - but it would be hotly disputed by Mr Corbyn.
He would demand the contest be suspended or at least nominations be re-opened.
Mr Corbyn is going head to head with Mr Smith in a summer long contest after Labour MPs revolted over their leader's performance in the EU referendum.
More than 60 MPs quit the front bench and overwhelmingly passed a vote of no confidence in the leader.
Mr Smith, who has faced criticism from Mr Corbyn and his allies over his previous work for pharmaceutical giant Pfizer, last night insisted he was committed to a '100 per cent publicly owned' NHS - which would mean rolling back the involvement of the private sector in areas such as commissioning.
'It allows profit and cost to become the principal driver of services, not clinical decisions or need,' he warned.
'Introducing the profit motive into the NHS - as into other areas of public service - both dilutes the sense of public connection to it and undermines the essence of what Labour is all about.'
He said Labour had to be 'much bolder about what the role of the state is.'
Mr Smith also insisted that talks on Brexit should not be a binary decision between keeping free movement and remaining in the single market or putting in border controls and leaving the trading bloc.
'That is a false choice,' he said, and insisted Labour should be represented at talks with European Union states about the UK's future links to Brussels.
The challenger, who faces a stiff task to overturn Mr Corbyn's support among the party's grassroots activists, warned Labour could be 'destroyed' if it did not change course.
'We have been the greatest force for social good for 116 years in this country and it would be a tragedy if we were wiped out,' he warned.
'And parties can be wiped out - it takes a long time for parties to rise but they can be snuffed out just like that.'
Party donor Michael Foster is challenging at the High Court today the decision to let Mr Corbyn into the Labour leadership election by right and without getting nominations


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by Stewart Hirsch on May 1, 2012 1 Comment
Greed, Love, and a Portrait for Sale
The news is much about greed. Greed dominates the headlines, not to mention the content, of what we read in all media. Are we perhaps at the point where the truly sensational stories are ones of generosity and relationship-building?
You be the judge.
Phil and Sue met in 1969 – on Valentine's Day. They were near-instant soul mates, marrying 4 years later. They hired a photographer to shoot a photo of Sue for the newspaper wedding section.
It was a good photo. The photographer enlarged it and hung it as an example in his studio. But being young and broke, Phil and Sue couldn't buy a portrait-sized version for themselves.
Life ensued. Phil and Sue moved away, and lived a full life around the world. Sadly, after 38 years of marriage, Sue succumbed to cancer.
A few months later, in 2012 – on Valentines Day – Phil returned to their old town, and to that studio, hoping to find the wedding portrait of Sue, and to buy it.
The portrait was still on the wall. Next to it was a portrait of man who was the Bishop at the time Phil and Sue married. The shop had a new owner, whom Phil recognized from high school as the original photographer's daughter. She was willing to sell the portrait to Phil –but only with her 95 year-old father's permission. She agreed to ask him.
A Signpost?
While Phil waited to hear the decision, he went for lunch at one of his and Sue's old haunts. As he ate, he wondered whether the Bishop was still alive. And as he wondered – the Bishop himself walked into the luncheonette.
Phil was moved. After all these years, it was wonderful to see the bishop. At the same time, it reminded him of the loss of his wife.
A coincidence? A sign? Whatever, it gave Phil hope that he'd be able to get the portrait.
The Portrait and the Loss
When Phil returned to the store, the old photographer had given his permission. The photographers – both generations – knew Phil's story. She could have charged him anything for the portrait and he would have paid it. Instead, she charged him almost nothing.
There was no greed in this story, only generosity. There were relationships that transcended years. There was the empathy – that of the store owner, and the others in his life – and now me.
I first met Phil about 25 years when we worked together at Hills Department Stores. He was the risk manager, I was a staff lawyer. We haven't seen each other in over 15 years, though we reconnected on LinkedIn, and now stay in touch a couple of times a year. Yet he shared his story with me without hesitation.
There are lots of Phils in our lives. They each have stories. They can be colleagues, friends, clients, even family. Taking the time to listen can strengthen the relationship and bring people closer. And yes, it can also lead to deeper friendships and business opportunities. Because often people like to help those they feel close to.
I am touched that Phil shared his story with me, and that he allowed me to share it even further. Among other things, we are also enhancing our business relationship. Phil is now a senior executive at a large company and has been a valuable resource for my own clients and friends.
Funny how that works. When there's no greed about it.
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Aimee Symington says
Excellent story! I completely agree that it's essential to give people the respect they deserve and truly listen to them. Ask questions and listen to what they have to say. This will strengthen your relationship, and as you said, people do like to work with people they like, and help those they feel close to.
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Over the past thirty years, Pipilotti Rist (b.1962) has achieved international acclaim as one of the pioneers of video art and multimedia installation. Incorporating video and sculpture, her dazzling environments immerse viewers in imaginary landscapes of kaleidoscopic colour, light and music. The exhibition Pipilotti Rist: Sip my Ocean presents the spectrum of Rist's groundbreaking practice, from her early single-channel videos of the 1980s to her large-scale audio-visual installations and recent immersive environments. Her work is inspired by the natural world, the home and the body and draws from the living, mythological elements that surround us - earth, air, fire and water. Rist is one of the first generation of artists to grow up with televisions in their living rooms. Her work references the history of video and television, with her early videos presented on monitors and her later works projected across ceilings, floors and walls. From the beginning Rist has been an innovator, readily engaging with advances in technology and new ways of making art. Her work reflects the symbiotic relationship between technology and biology, presenting both as an intrinsic part of human experience. This book is published to accompany the most comprehensive exhibition of Rist's work in Australia to date.


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Educational composing sometimes receives a terrible rap. It's the 'formal organized and sometimes uninteresting task'. The writings gathered from school students, investigators, professors, scientist 'professors'. You know the sort. And with this well-researched and of good use in many instances, many folks find it difficult to complete; an occupation. But? Its news?
Nicely to help you understand academic composing (and it has got the standing that it will) it's very best to look at exactly what it's tries to do.
What's the objective of instructional writing?
Additionally, find out that the more special roles can also be needed dependent around the paper that's getting composed. For example, by having the argumentative essay to get the best way to keep arms, the general-purpose is to convince whether the particular purpose is to persuade audience which we have to have the best to keep arms.
Similarly, as well as this also particular, academic composing can be also utilized as a primary instrument in assessing student operation. Teachers often request assignments being a way of assessing abilities. More than a few of these comprise analytical, interpretive, writing, study and critical thinking abilities to list a couple.
Thus considering that the major function that educational Papers play with, no question they are able to come around as bucolic, rigid, and even dull on occasion. It's not any room for all matches.
Today that you know the aim of educational composing permits go through the aim along with also way of article marketing and also the way both disagree.
Article marketing in lots of cases might be assembled using similar intentions at heart; for example, as for example for instance to educate, convince and make clear. Although an essential purpose of essay marketing would be to amuse. You may possibly have found that posts these like functions in testimonies or even publications possess a double intention of notifying as well as entertaining. As well as tell and additional how to or enlightening articles also may want to spell out.
Apart from the gaps in composing targets, still yet another identifying variable, is the way a writer anticipates that the information – that is also, writing voice, diction, tone, etc.
Educational composing for its part poses an official tone with vocabulary or jargon, special into this subject which has been coated. This is effective since those who seek works to get a certain field out usually are those which can be already knowledgeable about themes being discussed niche or kind. Other matters additionally distinct educational composing; some are given beneath.
Although a number of those attributes absolutely resonate along with different kinds of producing, the current clear presence of three or more even three usually suggest an instructional newspaper. A consider the capabilities of essay composing will be furnished to evaluate.
Today not like the features of educational writing essay marketing includes more variables-all which might possibly perhaps well not be seen in a single article. The variety of content posts utilized in books including journals and books differ to interior reports and labels, attributes, from articles and instructions. Therefore, whereas structure and the format of the academic essay is systematic and more much far a lot more predictable, content creation may alter as this issue changes, and might go from using every one the essay marketing traits into even not or three.
So after all conversation over the gaps between instructional writing and essay composing, a fantastic question is, 'How about educational content posts?' Academic content posts would be the posts utilized in peer reviewed and technical books. While they have been known content posts, educational content posts usually comply with precisely exactly the exact identical arrangement within an instructional newspaper (however are also called content posts due to the fact that they come in periodicals (journals) and hence will need to get categorized therefore).
The matter of 'bridging the difference' frequently pops up if those who normally are familiar with composing academic content elect to 'dab ' the area of essay composing. Most likely if a person is incredibly proficient about an issue, or even only entailed at a thick literature field-they can state for them, why not decide to take to at an attribute composition or an exhibition? Particularly together using the prosperity of essay marketing online; using a site is now predominant for professors and overall individuals alike.
Therefore, how can you really move out of uninteresting academic composing into interesting essay composing!?
Properly the change is not as simple as a few folks consider. But with attention to creating model, and just a bit of work, the expectation is the fact that you just could find it possible offer an article as you'd a person at a brief length of time and to modify gears period.


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Bring family and friends together and have the time of your life with MAMMA MIA! HERE WE GO AGAIN Sing-Along Edition, the all-new smash-hit romantic comedy based on the songs of ABBA, for a one-of-a-kind at home experience. MAMMA MIA! HERE WE GO AGAIN is out now on the digital movie app MOVIES ANYWHERE as well as on 4K Ultra HD, Blu-rayTM, DVD and On Demand from Universal Pictures Home Entertainment. Ten years after MAMMA MIA! The Movie, MAMMA MIA! HERE WE GO AGAIN invites you to return to the magical Greek island of Kalokairi to continue the story's emotional journey of family and friendship whilst discovering just how those life-changing relationships were formed and includes hit songs such as When I Kissed The Teacher, Fernando and Dancing Queen.
MAMMA MIA! Here We Go Again, a Littlestar/Playtone production, is produced by Judy Craymer and Gary Goetzman, producers of the original film. Craymer is also the creator and producer of the worldwide smash hit stage musical. Ol Parker, writer of The Best Exotic Marigold Hotel, writes and directs the sequel from a story by Catherine Johnson, Richard Curtis and Ol Parker. Benny Andersson and Björn Ulvaeus return to provide music and lyrics and serve as executive producers. The original cast members multi-award winner Meryl Streep (Florence Foster Jenkins, Into The Woods), Pierce Brosnan (The World is Not Enough), Oscar® winner Colin Firth (The King's Speech), Stellan Skarsgård (Good Will Hunting), Julie Walters (Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows), Dominic Cooper (Avengers: Infinity Wars), Amanda Seyfried (Les Miserables) and Christine Baranski (The Good Wife) return alongside new additions Lily James (Cinderella, Baby Driver), Oscar® winner Cher (Moonstruck, Burlesque) and Andy Garcia (Ocean's Eleven, The Godfather: Part III).
Both a prequel and a sequel, the film tells two stories: present day as Sophie Sheridan (Seyfried) prepares for the grand reopening of her mother Donna's (Streep) hotel and 1979 when young Donna (James) first arrives on the island. Sophie learns about her mother's exciting, fun-filled adventures with the young Dynamos, Tanya (Jessica Keenan-Wynn) and Rosie (Alexa Davies), and how young Donna first met her three possible dads Harry (Hugh Skinner), Bill (Josh Dylan) and Sam (Jeremy Irvine) all those years ago. Deemed as "a relentlessly sunny musical romp" by Leah Greenblatt, Entertainment Weekly,MAMMA MIA! HERE WE GO AGAIN is filled with summer fun, joy and romance that allows audiences to tap into their inner dancing queens in their own living rooms! Get ready to sing and dance all over again with the entire cast and go behind the scenes with MAMMA MIA! HERE WE GO AGAIN on Digital, 4K Ultra HD, Blu-rayTM and DVD – with over an hour of bonus features including one- of-a-kind lyric videos and a never-before-seen performance of "I Wonder."
Oh my goodness...if you loved the first Mamma Mia, you are going to love the second one! The cast from the first movie is back at it again with some amazing ABBA hits like "The Name of the Game", "Fernando", "One of us", "When I kissed the teacher" and more! Most sequels are not as good as the first movie, but that is not true with this one. Lily James was the perfect actress to play a young Donna. She was so believable as a young Donna, she even had the same body language and movements and Meryl. He voice is amazing and made the ABBA songs come alive. Actually all the "young" versions of the ast were amazing and it was great to get their backstory.
If you have not seen this yet, it is the perfect movie to curl up on the couch with a blanket and your daughter.
Deleted/Extended Songs and Scenes with Commentary by Director/Screenplay Writer Ol Parker
Extended Song Performance - The Name Of The Game
Extended Song Performance - Knowing Me, Knowing You
Enhanced Sing-Alongs
Why Did It Have To Be Me?
Kisses Of Fire
Angel Eyes My Love, My Life
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And the answer comes slow.
There seems to be no answer.
I shall ask the next banana peddler the who and the why of it.
Or—the iceman with his iron tongs gripping a clear cube in summer sunlight—maybe he will know.


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HOMELAND SECURITY SEC: If People Knew Truth About Terror Threat THEY'D NEVER LEAVE THE HOUSE
The looming threat of terrorism in the United States is apparently much worse than most of the American people know. Department of Homeland Security Secretary John Kelly recently made some remarks on the subject which should concern everyone.
The Hill reports:
DHS chief: If you knew what I knew about terror, you'd 'never leave the house'
Homeland Security Secretary John Kelly on Friday said the terror threat is worse than most realize, saying some people would "never leave the house" if they knew the truth.
"I was telling [Fox host] Steve [Doocy] on the way in here, if he knew what I knew about terrorism, he'd never leave the house in the morning," Kelly said on "Fox & Friends."
He noted there were four major terror attacks in the last week — in England, Egypt, the Philippines and Indonesia — "by generally the same groups."
"It's everywhere. It's constant. It's nonstop. The good news for us in America is we have amazing people protecting us every day. But it can happen here almost anytime."
Masked gunmen opened fire on a group of Coptic Christians driving to a monastery in southern Egypt on Friday, killing 26 and injuring 25 more.
In some ways, we've become complacent as a nation. It's easy to forget that we are still dealing with a major terrorism problem. These words from Kelly are a harsh reminder but we need it.


Good evening! I bought this rather striking piece of pottery a few years ago in a charity shop as it really caught my eye. But identifying the mark has so far eluded me. It measures approx. 26cm high x 13cm wide. Help please? I'm dearly hoping someone will be able to recognise it.
what's the description in the listing title ?
Thank you so much for that Rochellewillow. Managed to track it down on that unnamed selling site! It's described as 'Studio Art Pottery Vase in Cubist Form - Signed'. Sadly as you said no id of mark!


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Combining over 30 years of experience, our dedicated staff have been involved in servicing a variety of engine types, throughout a wide range of industries.
From agriculture, locomotive transportation, mining, industrial, to the automotive sector; we understand the various nuances involved when dealing with different kinds of engines. It's this passion and dedication that drives us to deliver on every single project, regardless of the task.
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Gray, Anne, 1947-. Tom Roberts . Canberra : National Gallery of Australia, [2015].
Gray, Anne, 1947-, Tom Roberts , [2015]
Gray, Anne, 1947- author.
Tom Roberts / [Anne Gray ; with essays by Roger Butler, Deborah Hart, Humphrey McQueen, Gael Newton, Daniel Thomas, Michael Varcoe-Cocks, Gerard Vaughan, David Wise].
Canberra : National Gallery of Australia, [2015]
352 pages : illustrations (chiefly color) ; 30 cm
NJ18.R5443 G73 2015 (LC) Oversize
This publication accompanies the exhibition Tom Roberts at the National Gallery of Australia, Canberra and discusses Tom Roberts's life and work and provides details on individual iconic works by Roberts from around Australia. The essays explore among other things Roberts relations with other artists, in particular McCubbin and Streeton who had very different places in his life and art. They also look at the seminal influence of Whistler, Manet and Velasquez on his work -- as well as artists such as Bastien Lepage and Courbet. They also look at his preference for pink tones in his early work and pastel blue and green in his later work. Importantly, this publication includes Roberts's highly popular national narratives such as Shearing the rams 1888-90, A break away! 1891, The golden fleece 1894 and Bailed up 1895. It includes eight of Roberts's panel portraits, 'Familiar faces and figures' from the late 1890s. And shows Roberts's mastery of the art of pastel portraiture with a group of his pastels from this period.
Art, Australian.
Painters -- Australia.
Painters.
Painting, Australian.
Roberts, Tom, 1856-1931.
Butler, Roger, 1948-
Hart, Deborah, 1959-
McQueen, Humphrey, 1942-
Newton, Gael.
Thomas, Daniel, 1931-
Varcoe-Cocks, Michael.
Vaughan, Gerard, 1953-
Wise, David, 1958-
National Gallery of Australia, issuing body.


Chris prepares a ski for summer storage.
Although some of us are currently still enjoying exceptional skiing (it's us!), we will all be putting away our skis for summer. I spoke with several techs here at the shop, all with years if not decades of experience, about the best way to keep your skis protected and ready for next fall. Needless to say, I didn't exactly get all of the same answers. A few, I won't name names, just put their own skis in the garage…that's it. But, in order to cover all "bases" (see what I did there?) and keep your own skis safe, here is a quick primer on the best way to store your skis for the summer. Look below for photos of the process.
It is, of course, best practice to protect your skis while they are being stored. Basically, you will just be putting on a layer of cover wax. At a minimum, the wax will protect your bases from dust and grit, but you may also be able to save them from oxidation and damage from drying out.
Just a note, this should be a quick process. Don't spend more than 4-5 minutes max per ski!
For your Skate Skis, start off by cleaning your bases. The wax you will be putting on now will remove dirt when it is scraped in the spring, but if your skis are exceptionally dirty, use a wax remover and Fiberlene or a rag. Don't be afraid to use a wax remover to clean your bases if you have to; it shouldn't dry them out if you are using the product sparingly, and if you hot wax immediately after cleaning.
In the past, bases used to be hot scraped, which would entail scraping the bases while the wax is still liquid and also hot. This was a very somewhat effective cleaning method, but grind structure can be flattened by this process so it is no longer recommended.
There are plenty of waxes you can use for summer storage-you probably have a few already in your wax box.
After your bases are clean, choose a wax to drip onto the bases with an iron and go over once again to melt and flatten out the wax. Any soft, warm weather glider or base prep will work, Toko Yellow or Swix CH10 are good choices. For budget reasons, most people choose to use a non-fluorinated wax.
For your Classic Skis, you need to add a couple more steps. Of course, remove your kick wax, then lightly press painter's tape onto the kick zone. Then you can cover wax the tips and tails. Use tape for Skin Skis as well, making sure to be gentle adhering the tape – you don't want to pluck hairs out of the skins.
It is true that most waxless skis don't get any love over summer break, but their kick zone can also be covered with tape for protection and the tips and tails cover waxed like the waxable classics.
When everything is dry, loosely bind skis together. Do not squeeze the camber together. And store the skis near room temperature. The hottest part of your attic probably isn't the best choice.
In the fall, you'll only need to scrape, brush, and you'll be ready to add the wax of the day. Step up your storage game by protecting your skis this summer. Your skis will be glad you did!
Could you re-post this in June- when those of us in West Yellowstone might stop skiing? Thanks.