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var should = require('chai').should();

// test specific includes
var crypto = require('crypto');
var request = require('supertest');
var sinon = require('sinon');
var rewire = require('rewire');
var SplunkLogger = require('splunk-logging').Logger;

describe('app server', function() {
  var server;

  before(function() {
    delete process.env['HMAC_SECRET'];
    delete process.env['SPLUNK_TOKEN'];
    delete process.env['SPLUNK_URL'];
    delete process.env['HTTP_MODE'];
    delete process.env['KEY_FILE'];
    delete process.env['CERT_FILE'];
    body = '{"a": "b"}';
  });

  afterEach(function(done) {
    delete process.env['HMAC_SECRET'];
    delete process.env['SPLUNK_TOKEN'];
    delete process.env['SPLUNK_URL'];
    delete process.env['HTTP_MODE'];
    delete process.env['KEY_FILE'];
    delete process.env['CERT_FILE'];
    server.close(done);
  });

  describe('ping', function() {
    beforeEach(function() {
      server = rewire('../app');
    });

    it('responds with 200 for a call to /index.html', function(done) {
      request(server).get('/index.html').expect(200, done);
    });

    it('responds with 200 for a call to /ping', function(done) {
      request(server).get('/ping/').expect(200, done);
    });
  });

  describe('without HMAC (no HMAC_SECRET)', function() {
    beforeEach(function() {
      server = rewire('../app');
      server.__set__('console', {
        log: sinon.spy()
      });
      server.__set__('Logger', {
        log: sinon.spy()
      });
    });

    it('responds with 204 with valid event', function(done) {
      request(server)
        .post('/')
        .set('x-github-event', 'issue_comment')
        .set('content-type', 'application/json')
        .send(body)
        .expect(204, done);
    });

    it('responds with 500 with invalid event', function(done) {
      request(server)
        .post('/')
        .set('x-github-event', 'foo')
        .set('content-type', 'application/json')
        .send(body)
        .expect(500, done);
    });

    it('responds with 500 with missing event', function(done) {
      request(server)
        .post('/')
        .set('content-type', 'application/json')
        .send(body)
        .expect(500, done);
    });
  });

  describe('with HMAC (HMAC_SECRET)', function() {
    beforeEach(function() {
      process.env['HMAC_SECRET'] = 'test_secret';
      server = rewire('../app');
      server.__set__('console', {
        log: sinon.spy()
      });
      server.__set__('Logger', {
        log: sinon.spy()
      });
    });

    it('responds with 204', function(done) {
      request(server)
        .post('/')
        .set('x-github-event', 'issue_comment')
        .set('x-hub-signature', 'sha1=' + crypto.createHmac('sha1', 'test_secret').update(body).digest('hex'))
        .set('content-type', 'application/json')
        .send(body)
        .expect(204, done);
    });

    it('responds with 401 with invalid sig', function(done) {
      request(server)
        .post('/')
        .set('x-github-event', 'issue_comment')
        .set('x-hub-signature', 'sha1=wrong_digest')
        .set('content-type', 'application/json')
        .send(body)
        .expect(401, done);
    });

    it('responds with 401 with missing sig', function(done) {
      request(server)
        .post('/')
        .set('x-github-event', 'issue_comment')
        .set('content-type', 'application/json')
        .send(body)
        .expect(401, done);
    });

    it('responds with 500 with invalid event', function(done) {
      request(server)
        .post('/')
        .set('x-github-event', 'none')
        .set('x-hub-signature', 'sha1=' + crypto.createHmac('sha1', 'test_secret').update(body).digest('hex'))
        .set('content-type', 'application/json')
        .send(body)
        .expect(500, done);
    });

    it('responds with 500 with missing event', function(done) {
      request(server)
        .post('/')
        .set('x-hub-signature', 'sha1=' + crypto.createHmac('sha1', 'test_secret').update(body).digest('hex'))
        .set('content-type', 'application/json')
        .send(body)
        .expect(500, done);
    });
  });

  describe('without Splunk config (SPLUNK_TOKEN, SPLUNK_URL', function() {
    beforeEach(function() {
      server = rewire('../app');
      server.__set__('console', {
        log: sinon.spy()
      });
    });

    it('uses console.log', function() {
      server.__get__('Logger').should.eq(console);
    });
  });

  describe('with Splunk config (SPLUNK_TOKEN, SPLUNK_URL', function() {
    beforeEach(function() {
      process.env['SPLUNK_TOKEN'] = 'test_token';
      process.env['SPLUNK_URL'] = 'test_url';
      server = rewire('../app');
      server.__set__('console', {
        log: sinon.spy()
      });
    });

    it('uses splunk logger', function() {
      server.__get__('Logger').should.be.an.instanceOf(SplunkLogger);
    });
  });

  describe('server mode', function() {
    describe('with cert file and key file', function() {
      beforeEach(function() {
        process.env['KEY_FILE'] = 'test/fixtures/key.pem';
        process.env['CERT_FILE'] = 'test/fixtures/cert.pem';
        server = rewire('../app');
        server.__set__('console', {
          log: sinon.spy()
        });
      });

      it('creates https server', function() {
        server.__get__('startHttps').should.be.true;
      });
    });

    describe('with cert file and key file and HTTP_MODE set', function() {
      beforeEach(function() {
        process.env['KEY_FILE'] = 'test/fixtures/key.pem';
        process.env['CERT_FILE'] = 'test/fixtures/cert.pem';
        process.env['HTTP_MODE'] = 1;
        server = rewire('../app');
        server.__set__('console', {
          log: sinon.spy()
        });
      });

      it('creates http server', function() {
        server.__get__('startHttps').should.be.false;
      });
    });

    describe('with cert file and no key file', function() {
      beforeEach(function() {
        process.env['CERT_FILE'] = 'test/fixtures/cert.pem';
        server = rewire('../app');
        server.__set__('console', {
          log: sinon.spy()
        });
      });

      it('creates https server', function() {
        server.__get__('startHttps').should.be.false;
      });
    });

    describe('with key file and no cert file', function() {
      beforeEach(function() {
        process.env['KEY_FILE'] = 'test/fixtures/key.pem';
        server = rewire('../app');
        server.__set__('console', {
          log: sinon.spy()
        });
      });

      it('creates https server', function() {
        server.__get__('startHttps').should.be.false;
      });
    });

    describe('without cert file and key file', function() {
      beforeEach(function() {
        server = rewire('../app');
        server.__set__('console', {
          log: sinon.spy()
        });
      });

      it('creates https server', function() {
        server.__get__('startHttps').should.be.false;
      });
    });
  });
});


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By Danica Harvey – Edited by Secil Bilgic
Cybersecurity Reports Flash Digest
Court Easily Dismisses Patent Troll in Cloudflare Lawsuit
Order Granting Motion for Judgment on the Pleadings and Granting Motion to Dismiss, Blackbird Tech LLC v. Cloudfare Inc., No. 17-cv-06883-VC (N.D. Cal. Feb. 12, 2018)
Internet infrastructure firm Cloudflare emerged victorious on Monday, February 12 in a patent infringement suit brought by Blackbird Technologies. "Patent troll" Blackbird has collected dozens of patents in recent years, and filed over 100 lawsuits against companies like Netflix, Reebok, and Fitbit. When they brought this case in May of last year, however, TechDirt commented that they had picked the wrong target. While most companies faced with a patent infringement suit simply pay a nuisance settlement, Cloudflare vowed to fight back. In an extensive blog post, the company attacked Blackbird's operating model, called out their attorneys by name, and announced crowdfunding efforts to invalidate all of Blackbird's patents.
Many were therefore pleased to see the lawsuit thrown out so quickly, viewing it as a victory over patent trolling operations generally. The dispute involved US Patent No. 6,453,335, an invention which claims to conveniently incorporate third-party data into an existing Internet connection. Cloudflare filed a preliminary motion for judgment on the pleadings, arguing Blackbird's patent should not have been granted in the first place. Judge Chhabria of the US District Court for the Northern District of California agreed, stating that "abstract ideas are not patentable." In the opinion, Judge Chhabria reasoned that the processing device meant to be protected by the patent "can be nearly anything and can be placed nearly anywhere." Rather than protecting a discrete invention, he held, the patent "monopolize[s] the abstract idea of monitoring a preexisting data stream between a server and a client" and is invalid as a matter of law.
In the wake of the decision, Cloudflare celebrated the ruling as supportive of their position, and admonished the behavior of patent trolls. General counsel Doug Kramer called Blackbird's patent "absurdly broad," and accused Blackbird of using it to "harass" multiple innovative companies contributing to the economy. While Blackbird still has a right to appeal the court's order, Cloudflare stated that it will "be ready to respond."
Google Announces Access to Their AI Chips Through Cloud Computing
In 2016, Google announced it had designed a custom chip (called a Tensor Processing Unit, or TPU) to power its artificial intelligence systems. The chips boasted the ability to handle extremely complex processes, and were accessible only to a select group of researchers––until now. The New York Times reported on Monday that Google will allow other companies to purchase access to the hardware via the cloud. For $6.50 per TPU per hour, businesses can see the potential benefits advanced AI could have for their businesses.
Public trial of TPUs will allow Google to speed up its AI work, attract more business to its cloud services, and reduce reliance on "middleman" suppliers from whom it previously purchased chips. In addition to TPU chips, Google has an AI chip for its smartphones, and has designed its own servers and network hardware. This structure signifies major changes in technology operations, with companies like Google emerging not merely as internet companies, but major hardware producers. In fact, the same day as Google's announcement, a report from The Information indicated that Amazon is working to develop its own AI chips as well. Amazon's primary goal is the improvement of Alexa's response time for the Echo, but the report also suggests they may be working on chips for Amazon Web Services geared toward machine learning.
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Recent Cryptomining Incidents Reveal a Changing Threat Landscape
The frenzy over cryptocurrencies in late 2017 took a sharp downturn when the cryptocurrency market lost over $370 billion in January of this year. Market commentators have raised a number of theories to explain the sell-off, pointing to regulatory crackdowns in Asia, the increasing number of lawsuits involving cryptocurrency scams, and Facebook's recent ban on cryptocurrency advertisements.
A more behind-the-scenes problem in the cryptocurrency market is that of cryptocurrency mining. Currency-mining code, first introduced by a company called Coinhive, leverages computing power to generate digital coin directly within the web browsers of unsuspecting users. While use of Coinhive's services is not inherently illegal, and their Terms of Service prohibit users from using Coinhive "for illegal purposes," the technology is increasingly abused. For instance, the technology has been incorporated surreptitiously into websites, using up to 100% of users' CPU resources without warning or permission. Security provider Malwarebytes has come to call the phenomenon "drive-by mining."
Ars Tecnica reports that the practice shows no signs of abating, with two significant incidents detected last weekend. The first breach, on February 11, changed the JavaScript code of Browsealoud, a free text-to-speech translation service. The incident affected 4,275 sites that offer Browsealoud, including those operated by US federal courts. The illicit mining ended only when the company announced a two-day suspension of their services. The second incident targeted millions of Android devices, as part of a campaign that appears to have started as early as November 2017. So far there are five known sites affected, which collectively receive around 800,000 visits daily.
The legal implications of drive-by mining remain unclear. Energy usage is a major concern–according to the Washington Post, electricity costs for servers mining cryptocurrency in Iceland now exceed private energy consumption in the country. Perhaps most concerning, however, is that it is impossible for end users to know whether they are mining for a website owner or for a malicious attacker that has hacked the site. If last weekend's incidents are any indication, miners have the ability to alter code that the US court system and thousands of other organizations use on their websites. This raises questions surrounding the risks of stolen log-in credentials, mobile device malware, and who can be held liable when browser flaws are exploited.
Danica Harvey is a 1L student at Harvard Law School.
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Extensive archaeological testing will soon be undertaken to pinpoint the location of several grave sites at the Huskisson Church site.  It is believed there are at least seven grave sites, both European and Indigenous, on the land as indicated by a ground penetrating X-rays undertaken in 2015 by Shoalhaven City Council.  Developer Steven Bartlett plans to build a hotel and conference centre on site, however said there had been no decision made on the removal of the four European graves known to exist in 'Lot 3'.  "The matter will be the subject of extensive archaeological studies," he said.  "The indigenous graves on Lot 9 have no bearing on the development except with regard to respectful curtilage, which we would obverse."  Mr Bartlett said during the course of the archaeological work, further X-rays of the site would be undertaken to confirm there were no "unknown artefacts".  "The site has been highly disturbed over the last 100-plus years and church records do not refer to any other graves on the site apart from the seven graves known to exist and as indicated by the ground X-ray," he said.  "[The] seven grave sites, are all located in the same area of the church yard. There are four graves located behind the church on Lot 3."  READ MORE: Plans to double hydro power at Shoalhaven Mr Bartlett's plans have been met by fierce community criticism over recent months. A community campaign has started to stop the development of the site, due its historic significance to Huskisson.  The news an Aboriginal man, known as King Budd Billy II of Jervis Bay, may be buried on the site has also sparked controversy about whether the site would be developed.  Mr Bartlett said two of the Indigenous grave sites were located on Jerrinja land while the third grave spanned the boundary.  "The general view in the Church committee is that the three graves on Jerrinja land (Lot 9) are Aboriginal burial remains," he said.  "Lot 9 was transferred to the Jerrinja Land Council in 2016. I am waiting for the records to be recovered.  "But it is quite conceivable that a primary reason that Lot 9 was transferred to the Jerrinja Land Council is the location of the three grave sites." Mr Bartlett said at no point would any Indigenous graves be moved from the site.  READ MORE: Hot days, very high fire danger on the way
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Archaeological testing to pinpoint location of Huskisson church grave sites
Madeline Crittenden
Huskisson Holy Trinity Church, located at 17 Hawke Street.
Extensive archaeological testing will soon be undertaken to pinpoint the location of several grave sites at the Huskisson Church site.
It is believed there are at least seven grave sites, both European and Indigenous, on the land as indicated by a ground penetrating X-rays undertaken in 2015 by Shoalhaven City Council.
Developer Steven Bartlett plans to build a hotel and conference centre on site, however said there had been no decision made on the removal of the four European graves known to exist in 'Lot 3'.
"The matter will be the subject of extensive archaeological studies," he said.
"The indigenous graves on Lot 9 have no bearing on the development except with regard to respectful curtilage, which we would obverse."
The location of the known gave sites, as discovered by ground penetrating radar in 2015.
Mr Bartlett said during the course of the archaeological work, further X-rays of the site would be undertaken to confirm there were no "unknown artefacts".
"The site has been highly disturbed over the last 100-plus years and church records do not refer to any other graves on the site apart from the seven graves known to exist and as indicated by the ground X-ray," he said.
"[The] seven grave sites, are all located in the same area of the church yard. There are four graves located behind the church on Lot 3."
READ MORE: Plans to double hydro power at Shoalhaven
Mr Bartlett's plans have been met by fierce community criticism over recent months. A community campaign has started to stop the development of the site, due its historic significance to Huskisson.
The news an Aboriginal man, known as King Budd Billy II of Jervis Bay, may be buried on the site has also sparked controversy about whether the site would be developed.
Mr Bartlett said two of the Indigenous grave sites were located on Jerrinja land while the third grave spanned the boundary.
"The general view in the Church committee is that the three graves on Jerrinja land (Lot 9) are Aboriginal burial remains," he said.
"Lot 9 was transferred to the Jerrinja Land Council in 2016. I am waiting for the records to be recovered.
"But it is quite conceivable that a primary reason that Lot 9 was transferred to the Jerrinja Land Council is the location of the three grave sites."
Mr Bartlett said at no point would any Indigenous graves be moved from the site.
READ MORE: Hot days, very high fire danger on the way
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Sola Spotlight: Carla Gray
Erica Bail
Carla Gray, owner of Carla Gray Brow Studio in Sola Salons Centennial, CO, is a mom and an eyebrow specialist, in that order. When she talks about her career, her kids are a big part of the discussion. You see, Carla didn't grow up dreaming about being a beauty professional. In fact, she went to college for sports and fitness. It was when she was pregnant with her first child that she decided to go back to school and study to be an esthetician. Carla was looking for a rewarding career with flexible hours, and she found one.
"I went to esthetician school when I was pregnant with my son, and I quickly learned that I [was interested in] waxing more than facials," Carla said. Her ultimate goal was to generate the most revenue in the least amount of time without investing in a lot of expensive equipment or products. Her instructor advised her to consider a career in waxing because the overhead is low and the client turnover is high.
"My instructor was right," said Carla. "I do four eyebrow appointments in an hour, and I sell products, which is another revenue stream." Carla started out as an Anastasia Beverly Hills eyebrow specialist at Nordstrom. She was the first Anastasia eyebrow specialist in Colorado, and at the time, one of only about 25 specialists in the country. Eleven years later, Carla still references the training she received early in her career. "What I learned was not to just follow brow trends. Instead, opt for classic shapes that complement your face. I think a fuller brow just looks better on everyone. It's more youthful, and it lifts your face," Carla explained. "What's changed about brows in the past 10 years is not necessarily what shape looks best, but how we're filling them in. The trend now is a really defined, filled-in eyebrow using pomade and concealers to clean up the lines."
After two years at Nordstrom, Carla's client, Kim Bennett Horvath (owner of Kim Bennett Studios), encouraged her to take the plunge and join her at Sola. Carla worked with Kim for 3 or 4 months, and then moved into her own space when a studio opened up. Carla's goal when she left Nordstrom was to increase her income while working part-time hours. "I wanted to be full-time mom and a part-time worker, and Sola has allowed me to do that," Carla explained. "On my first day working with Kim at Sola, I booked myself solid from 9:00 A.M. to 9:00 P.M. I was afraid to say no to anyone. I made more money on that single day than any two-week paycheck at Nordstrom. And I knew right then that I didn't have anything to worry about. This was going to work out."
For the past 9 years, Sola has been Carla's home, and she has no intention of leaving. "The management at Sola is just incredible. They're warm, kind, and helpful," she said. "The reason that I stayed here this whole time is because they're just great. They let you run your business the way you choose to run it, and if you need help, they're there. I feel like they want you to be successful and flourish and be as great as you can." "Sola allowed me to do exactly what I had mapped out in my mind. Be flexible for my kids," Carla said. "It's probably not everyone's goal, but for me it was truly a blessing."


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Saying goodbye to the best job in journalism
When I was offered the job as editor of The Sydney Morning Herald almost five years ago, I swore with incredulity. Not my finest moment, but thankfully my then-bosses laughed as I did. I simply couldn't believe it. The chance to lead this great masthead was – and remains – an extraordinary honour.
This week I announced it was time to move on. Five years in an all-consuming 24/7 role, plus the years before in other senior positions, has taken its toll. It is time for me to take a break and pursue new challenges.
Earlier this year as we celebrated 190 years of the Herald, we reflected on what the masthead had achieved in almost two centuries. But as I said in my note to the newsroom on Tuesday, the past couple of years have challenged us in ways we could never have imagined.
First the Black Summer bushfires of two years ago, which stretched us to breaking point as the state burned. Chief photographer Nick Moir's personal experience during that period, and the images he and so many others captured during those weeks, will stay with me a long time. I'm proud that we were the first to call out the inextricable link with climate change through this piece by former fire chief Greg Mullins, and then-environment minister Matt Kean's bold statement of the same fact, "this is not normal".
Just as we recovered from those relentlessly hazy weeks, the rains and floods came – followed quickly by COVID-19, which arrived on our shores almost immediately afterwards. Since then, it has felt like nothing else mattered. The pandemic has consumed us all, forcing unprecedented disruption across the world and to our own local communities. Separately, but interconnected, there have been seismic geopolitical shifts, led by Donald Trump and his exit from the White House, regional disruptions and federal political turmoil. The greatest Australian success story of the pandemic was the Berejiklian government's response here in NSW; meaning our readers have felt her personal revelations and alleged professional failings acutely.
My five years at the helm has gone by in a flash; the speed with which the news cycle moves these days has certainly helped that along. But as a newsroom, we've grown in confidence and I feel incredibly proud to be leaving at a time of such strength. Even as I write this, we are preparing to publish shocking new details in a long-running crime investigation. There are plenty more news breaks like it in the pipeline.
The journalists, columnists, photographers, designers and senior editors at the Herald are the best at what they do. Above and beyond their skill, what sets them apart is that they put you – our readers – at the centre of everything. The Herald's legacy infuses in us all an element of service – a commitment to shining light in dark places, to holding the powerful to account, and improving society for the benefit of all readers. Long may that continue because without our millions of diverse, loyal, passionate and highly engaged readers, the Herald would not be thriving the way it is today.
As I told the newsroom, I believe my job really is the best in journalism. I feel so privileged to have sat in this chair, daunting as it has been at times, and following the footsteps of the two trailblazing female editors before me.
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DCU Connected, Digital Learning, Events, Online Learning, Scholarships
University of Sanctuary Online Scholars join us for the Launch of DCU's "Refugee Week"
On Monday 29th January the Open Education team in the National Institute for Digital Learning (NIDL) was delighted to host our 10 "University of Sanctuary" scholarship recipients studying online through DCU Connected. The students who travelled from different locations around Ireland were invited to Dublin to participate in the University's launch of "Refugee Week".
A range of activities taking place over the week will help raise awareness of the issues and challenges facing people who are currently living in Direct Provision centres in Ireland. The Student's Union, for example, is leading the #€21.60 campaign with a number of students accepting the challenge of living on €21.60 per week and documenting their experiences on social media. The launch also coincided with the release of the DCU University of Sanctuary Annual Report which provides an update on a number of strategic initiatives DCU has adopted over the past 12 months, and beyond, to support asylum seekers and refugees.
During the launch our University of Sanctuary Online Scholars were pleased to meet Professor Brian MacCraith, DCU's President, and share some of their personal stories of the joys and challenges of learning online with the wider DCU community.
The opportunity to come together as DCU's inaugural group of University of Sanctuary Online Scholars also provided a good chance to reflect on their learning experiences, celebrate their individual and collective successes, and share ideas and suggestions for the next semester. By the end of the day our team was both humbled and inspired by the drive, passion and strong commitment shown by our Online Scholars as they strive to improve their lives and in their own words, "become valued citizens who make a significant contribution to Ireland".
Finally, we would like to acknowledge the support our University of Sanctuary Scholars have received from eBay, Vodafone and the DCU Educational Trust which has contributed to their successful learning experiences over the first Semester. We look forward to hearing more success stories as the students continue their study and news of further scholarships for online study for asylum seekers and refugees.
January 30, 2018 January 30, 2018 Refugee Week, Refugees, Student Union, University of Sancturary
Digital Learning, Online Learning, Scholarships
University of Sanctuary Scholarships for Online Study for Refugees
As Ireland's first formally designated University of Sanctuary, DCU is pleased to annouced 10 Scholarships for Irish-based refugees and asylum seekers to support online study through DCU Connected. The DCU Connected University of Sanctuary Scholarships cover the costs for an online undergraduate or postgraduate programme of study (up to 60 European Credit Transfer System (ECTS) credit points) which can be shown to clearly benefit recipients in advancing their personal and professional goals. In this respect the DCU Connected University of Sanctuary Scholarships are intended to be truly transformative, says Professor Mark Brown, Director, National Institute for Digital Learning.
What Can You Study?
Applicants can apply for a Scholarship for online study to:
– complete 60 ECTS credit points (or less) for a full qualification (e.g., Certificate in Information Technology; Certificate in Software Systems & Entrepreneurship); or
– complete 60 ECTS credit points towards an undergraduate or postgraduate qualification (e.g., Diploma, Degree, Masters).
The DCU Connected website contains the list of online courses and programmes available to select from under this category of University of Sanctuary Scholarships.
There are three steps to the application process:
Step 1 – Expression of Interest Form (Click on this link)
The first step involves submitting the initial Expression of Interest Form to establish your eligibility to apply for the scholarship. As part of this process all applicants will be required to provide evidence of their ability to meet the English language requirements for studying at DCU. The deadline for submitting this form is Monday 14th August, 2017.
Step 2 – Full Scholarship Application Form (Click on this link)
If your initial expression of interest meets the elibility criteria, then the next step is to prepare and submit the Full Scholarship Application Form. The deadline for submitting this form is Monday 21st August, 2017.
Step 3 – Formal Registration
All applicants will receive feedback on their applications and if you are successful in being awarded a DCU Connected Scholarship, then the next step is to formally register for your chosen programme of study. Once all the relevant documentation has been processed you are ready to embark on what we hope will be a transformative and life changing experience as you study through DCU Connected.
If you require further information about the DCU Connected University of Sanctuary Scholarships, then please email our Scholarships Co-ordinator, Colum Foley, <colum.foley@dcu.ie>.
Also when thinking about applying to study online we encourage prospective applicants to complete the "Am I Ready for Study?" online quiz and the "Do I Have Enough Time?" calculator. These tools, and others on the same website, may be useful in helping you to reflect on your decision to undertake further study.
June 30, 2017 August 6, 2017 Refugees, University of Sancturary


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The historic landscape of the Mendip Hills
Jamieson, E. (2015) The historic landscape of the Mendip Hills. Historic England Publishing, Swindon, pp304. ISBN 9781848020429
When travelling north-east across the Somerset Levels and Moors the eye is drawn to the dark mass of the Mendip Hills, a Carboniferous Limestone ridge which rises abruptly from the flatness of its surroundings. The Historic Landscape of the Mendip Hills explores the archaeology and architecture of this remarkable corner of England, beginning with evidence for the first hunting groups who passed through the region over half a million years ago. Succeeding generations have left their mark on the Hills, from the enigmatic ceremonial structures of the Neolithic and Early Bronze Age, to the ancient farming landscapes and brooding hillforts of the Later Prehistoric period. Field archaeology, combined with architectural and historical enquiry, has also allowed a complex narrative to be constructed for more recent periods of history. This is a story dominated by adaptation and change, evidenced by the developing architecture of manorial centres and the shadowy remains of earlier structures fossilized within village houses. This volume presents a synthesis of the results of recent fieldwork undertaken by English Heritage and traces this region's remarkable past, revealing ways in which it has shaped the landscape we see and value today.
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Salted Caramel Cocoa Pancakes by The Coconut Goddess – Damn, Sugar!
An absolute favourite dessert created by one of our favourite babes The Coconut Goddess from New Zealand! Had to add these to the archives and share the recipe with everyone.
First, place the oats in the bowl of a food processor and whizz until a fine flour is formed (this will take around 2-3 minutes). Whilst the blender is still running, add the Damn Sugar Salted Caramel Hot Chocolate, followed by the raw cacao, baking powder, banana, then finally the plant milk. This should leave you with a relatively runny batter, which you can then pour into a jug for easy pouring, or persevere with the bulky processor bowl.
Heat a small non-stick pan (or a regular pan glazed with coconut oil) over a low heat, and begin frying the pancake batter into discs. Which size you make them depends on your own personal preference, but mine are usually around 6-8cm wide. It takes great skill to get them all the same size, but who needs another excuse to practice the art of pancake making? You'll know when to flip them when the top becomes bubbly and the edges a solid chocolate brown.
Proceed to make the sauce by heating the plant milk and sea salt in a small saucepan over a low heat until just warm, then adding the healthy nutella and stirring until well combined and lovely and rich. You'll know the right consistency when you see it - still thick, but able to hold together when it creeps down the spoon. You may need to adjust the nutella to milk ratio if you find it a little too claggy, or alternatively, eager to slip away.
Once all pancakes are cooked and cooled, stack with the biggest side facing downwards, and the smaller pancakes on top. Scoop the hazelnut and cacao sauce onto the centre of the top pancake, then swirl around and outwards to the edges. It should begin naturally dripping by course of gravity, but if not, feel free to give it a friendly nudge in the right direction. Top with chocolate of your choice, cacao nibs, and cacao dust, and enjoy!


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Nora posted a great challenge on her blog and in the Scraptivity forum, to create an ATC (Artist Trading Card) around the theme of the Olympics. I've never made an ATC so this was a fun challenge to take on.
ATC size 2.5" X 3.5 "


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Sainz: Volkswagen WRC entry is a win-win situation
Two-time World Rally Champion Carlos Sainz argues that VW's return is excellent news for all concerned - as he pledges to do his utmost to help turn the new Polo R WRC into a winner.
Carlos Sainz has welcomed Volkswagen's forthcoming entry into the World Rally Championship, describing it as 'great news' all-round and revealing that he hopes his wealth of experience over the years will help to ensure that the German marque is as competitive and prepared as it can be when it makes its bow in 2013.
VW will return to the series in an official capacity for the first time in more than two decades when the new Polo R WRC joins the fray for the 2013 curtain-raiser [see separate story - click here], and at the car's Olbia launch on the eve of last weekend's Rally Italia Sardinia, it was confirmed that two-time World Rally Champion Sainz will be an integral part of the project as a special advisor.
Having formed close ties with VW since joining the manufacturer five years ago to take on the mighty Dakar Rally - a gruelling marathon that he conquered in 2010 - the Spaniard will play a key role in the development of the aggressive new Polo, and even if he insists that the disciplines of WRC and rally-raid are so different and 'day-and-night' as to be incomparable, Sainz acknowledges that the sport in general is 'a natural fit' for the Wolfsburg-based manufacturer.
"It's great that Volkswagen has decided to come into the WRC," enthused the 49-year-old, who is set to test the car - although he is eager to stress that he will not be its designated test-driver. "I'm sure VW will try to be very competitive right from the beginning - but winning is a different story.
"Time is already counting down, and although 2013 looks far away right now, it's going to come around very quickly. We need to go step-by-step and work very hard if we want to be competitive from the start. The team has to work to the maximum - and I'm sure they will.
"I have a lot of experience in the WRC, and I'm ready to help the team as much as possible in all areas. I've been in rallying all my life, in so many different teams and I know many people. I've won with most of them and with most of the cars I've driven. I think I know a little bit and have a good picture of what is required. I'm not the team manager, but I will be close to Kris [Nissen - Volkswagen Motorsport Director] and I hope we can do a good job.
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"It's going to be good fun to test the car to help the team - but I'm not going to be the test-driver. From time-to-time I can drive the car to give my opinion and my impressions, but it will be very important from the beginning to have the right drivers in the car. You can very easily lose direction if the indications from the driver are not good.
"We need to have a clear project, a clear structure, good engineers [and] good drivers - and we have to be very realistic. We will be facing two very strong manufacturers with a lot of experience in rallying and we are a newcomer, so it will take some time, for sure - but we have to look to be as competitive as possible."
In that quest, Sainz's indisputable knowledge and expertise will assuredly be a significant boon, and having competed in the WRC during its glory days and witnessed its sad but steady decline since the dawn of the new Millennium, 'El Matador' is convinced that VW's impending arrival on the scene - allied to MINI's works debut last weekend - is another positive indication that the championship is slowly regaining strength and returning to form under its new regulations.
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"It's still a bit too early to say, but we are on the way," he acknowledged. "This is one of the steps required, and I really feel happy for the whole rallying family. VW is one of the major players, and this is a great boost for the WRC - what the championship really needs is for people to come in and compete.
"VW has been growing for a long time and has become one of the strongest companies in the world. The fact that one of the strongest companies in the world has decided to enter the World Rally Championship is great news. I'm sure we are looking towards an upward period in the WRC."
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This is just a quick note to let you know what we added to the Worldwide Brands Directory of Certified Wholesalers for the month of August 2018 for our members!
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We will of course continue to ADD new suppliers during this time as well. We keep our promises!
This is just a quick note to let you know what we added to the Worldwide Brands Directory of Certified Wholesalers for the month of January 2018 for our members!
We added suppliers, that together, offer a total SKU count of over 20,000 SKUS!
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Media Matters boot camp readies liberal policy wonks for the camera's close-up
March 23, 2011 by myblessedhope
Deception, deception, deception…
What can we believe anymore?
Christ warned us that during the last days we needed to be watchful and pray for wisdom so we are not misled. This blanket of deception is so think and so large that many are completely oblivious to the truth.
Oh, who helps fund Media Matters? George Soros…
"I'm here to be intensely trained," Lee Brenner announced as he came through the door of a discreet building near Dupont Circle.
The brick carriage house is usually the headquarters of the Mathematical Association of America, but for a few days in the middle of March, the left-wing organization Media Matters for America converted it into a partisan boot camp where rebel forces were trained for combat on Fox News. Over four grueling days, Harvard-honed instructors drilled a dozen softie policy wonks, molding them into an elite unit of smiling, succinct and well-coiffed talking heads.
Since its inception in August 2009, the Progressive Talent Initiative, or PTI, has trained nearly 100 pundits who have appeared 800 times on television and radio. Media Matters uses that metric to pitch donors for more contributions, but its leadership believes that the surge of camera-ready liberals has recaptured lost ground in the media wars against conservatives.
"There was a chronic imbalance," said David Brock, the founder of Media Matters, which picks up the entire cost of the course. "We didn't just want to accept that this is the way it is." Brock is a former conservative writer at the American Spectator who was instrumental in efforts to discredit Anita Hill and to oust Bill Clinton, and who made a sharp left turn a decade ago.
The primary mission of Media Matters, he said, is to obsessively monitor Fox News and call attention to its distortions. But now it's moving into the operational phase, transforming from observers to shock troops. The organization, he said, had to "professionalize the training and booking" of a left-leaning counterpoise.
Media Matters selected the coterie of attractive, articulate participants from 100 applicants, the largest pool so far. All in mid-career, the class included liberal think tank directors, former Capitol Hill staffers and presidential campaign aides, a pollster, a university professor, a combat veteran and contestants from both "American Idol" and "The Apprentice."
Brenner, a former producer of CNN's "Late Edition With Wolf Blitzer" and political director at MySpace, had recently founded a digital communications firm called FastFWD Group and an online magazine called HyperVocal.com.
To observe the training, The Post agreed to withhold the names of participants who asked not to be identified, which many of them did when instructors warned that a public alliance with Media Matters could jeopardize their chances of getting booked on Fox. Since Brenner said he had already criticized Fox on the record, he for one was willing to risk alienating "On the Record With Greta Van Susteren."
Camera practice
On Wednesday morning, Brenner, who has black coiled hair, a pleasant demeanor and a taste for the blazer-and-jeans look, climbed the stairs to perform his "baseline video" hit with instructor John Neffinger.
Neffinger, 39, is one of the three partners in KNP Communications, a D.C.-based firm that Media Matters contracts to conduct the training. An attorney with a boyish, Tom Cruise charm (equal parts "The Firm" and "Magnolia"), Neffinger had a promising career teaching public speaking to executives, including those who "sold cigarettes to kids," he said. He abandoned all that for the Belfer Center for Science and International Affairs at Harvard.
There, he met Matthew Kohut, 45, a reserved former jazz bassist working as a speechwriter for the renowned professor Joseph Nye. Kohut, the son of a famous pollster, introduced Neffinger to his pal, Seth Pendleton, 47, who earned a master's degree from Harvard's Kennedy School of Government and is a member of the Screen Actors Guild. (In 1994, Pendleton appeared as a stand-in on the Albert Einstein-themed romance "I.Q." during a scene crawling with rhesus monkeys.)
After John Kerry's 2004 presidential campaign, the three Democrats decided to use their gifts for communication to rescue their ailing party.
"I'm not going to play gotcha with you," Neffinger said to Brenner as he directed him to a seat in front of a video camera. "What's your issue area?"
Brenner explained that his firm dealt with new-media journalism.
"Joining us now to talk new media is Democratic strategist Lee Brenner," Neffinger boomed in character.
"Thanks for having me," Brenner said. And suddenly, the interview didn't go so well. The corners of Brenner's mouth tended to twitch on the way to a smile. But Neffinger accentuated the positive, especially the sign-off, when Brenner looked most at ease. "As we like to say," he said, "you stuck the landing."
Brenner joined the other participants in a wood-paneled room on the carriage house's ground floor. A camcorder stood on a tripod in the middle of desks arranged in a horseshoe formation. Black and white boards hung on the walls. Brock, with graying hair and blue tie, offered some words of wisdom to the class. Their conservative antagonists had all gone through rigorous media training at the Leadership Institute, he warned, but now they, too, would be armed with the ammunition to compete.
Pendleton took the floor.
"You are going to be challenged. You are going to be exhausted. You are going to be frustrated," he said, before surveying the group about how they felt when they went on television.
"I tend to get dry, so I need to hydrate," Brenner said to the class. "Hydrate. Pee. Call my mom."
'Liberal' associations
The problem for the soldiers of the left, according to Media Matters instructors, is that they are just too smart for their own good. The traditional dependence on facts and figures, on being right, is no longer germane. Too often these wonks disappear into the policy weeds or fall through the cracks of nuance.
Eager to offer a conversion parable, the instructors showed a Fox News appearance by PTI graduate Taylor West, now a communications director for National Journal, in which her good-natured teasing bested a conservative expert on Web security. She knew virtually nothing about the issue and crammed for the interview in the makeup chair.
The morning was dominated by a PowerPoint presentation by Drew Westen, the Democratic message guru and author of "The Political Brain." Westen, wearing a boxy jacket, glasses and suspenders, showed examples of the right's genius for branding (from "government takeover" to "death taxes") and the left's relative ineptitude. Westen said that the tea party's "populist message, tinged with racism" was effective and offered a quote from Al Gore as "the absolute worst in progressive communication."
As Brenner sipped tea, Westen pontificated about the similarities between human and sheep brains and then conducted some psychological experiments on the class to demonstrate "a heightened state of latent activation in your brain." To emphasize the point, he played a Fox News clip, showing anchor Shepard Smith accidentally referencing a sex act in a segment about Jennifer Lopez. As the class chirped, Westen observed that while "it couldn't have happened to a nicer guy," the clip revealed that certain words and images triggered powerful, and usually unspoken, thoughts in the viewer's mind.
The word "Liberal" then appeared on the screen, surrounded by "elite," "big government," "sushi-eating" and "latte-drinking." Westen explained that the "right has spent 40 years and tens of billions of dollars" tarnishing the once-proud label. "In this room, it's like: Feminism and lesbianism? Yeah!" he observed approvingly. But TV watchers elsewhere don't feel the same. In short, anything "liberal" fires the wrong synapses.
"For the average person," Westen said, "this is not a good network to be activating."
After a lunch of Cajun chicken and shrimp, the participants returned to a classroom bursting with the energy of Kohut, Neffinger and Pendleton, the "KNP Boys" as Westen called them. The class leaders tossed markers and exclaimed, "Let's diagram this!" They projected an image of a middle-aged woman — one of the instructor's aunts, grinning in a kitchen — and then explained that the entire point of the course was to win over swing-voting aunts nationwide.
The key, they explained, was to ooze likability and reasonableness, and make their opponents seem otherwise. A talk-show host acts as a proxy for the viewer, they counseled, so it was critical to maintain a good rapport.
"Even if you are failing on a number of levels," Pendleton said, all is not lost "if you have forward energy."
Neffinger cautioned the class that Fox hosts would treat them as predictable liberals. "And so, as they say in the theater," he said, "you are playing against type."
Brenner volunteered to take the hot seat.
"Twitter, tweeter, what does it all mean?" Pendleton asked condescendingly.
"When I started working at MySpace," said Brenner, trying to draw a connection with the woman in the kitchen, "I didn't even have a MySpace page."
The instructors explained that referencing MySpace might be a bit esoteric.
"Should I start with how Murdoch owned MySpace?" Brenner asked.
The participants spent the rest of the afternoon being grilled by instructors who, with pitch-perfect Bill O'Reilly bombast, called them callous for refusing to intervene in Libya, cowards for cutting-and-running in Afghanistan, profligate for defending government spending and out of touch for putting religious tolerance above the war on terror. In response, the participants practiced their media martial arts.
Brenner nodded in knowing agreement as the class learned that journalists were conflict-seeking showmen, easily disarmed by the use of their first names or compliments on the cleverness of their questions. The participants became adept in the craft of the pivot and setting up far-left straw men to make their own left-leaning positions seem more moderate. They jotted their talking points on Media Matters envelopes and heard about the supremacy of storytelling.
"A good story is a Trojan horse," said Pendleton, to "deploy your ideas."
Once the horse is inside the walls, "gut everyone," Neffinger said, stabbing the air.
'Be the bad guy'
Roger Ailes, the president of Fox News, has said he watches television with the sound off to better judge talent. Media Matters, too, is embracing the notion of television debate as performance art. The PTI program is in part conceived by Joel Silberman, a Democratic media trainer and former cabaret singer, who says things like "actors speak louder than words," "heart, persona, presence" and "feeling wins." The instructors at the carriage house spend an entire day emphasizing "nonverbals."
The participants studied "strength and warmth inventory" handouts ("furrowed brow" for strength, "brow up" for warmth). They learned to avoid licking lips, tilting heads and rubbing one hand against the other. Even a benign tic can read sinister on-screen. "Paper covers rock" is the safest hands-at-rest position.
A day after his first go-round, Brenner switched his subject to foreign aid and again underwent questioning by Neffinger, who was adopting the persona of an NPR interlocutor. Before they began, Brenner put one leg in front of the other in a seated runner's stance and puffed his chest forward. He exuded greater confidence and offered more concise answers. Then, suddenly, the talking-points envelope on his lap slipped through his legs and onto the floor. His shoulders grew tight, his concentration faltered.
"This stance was starting to get uncomfortable," Brenner explained to Neffinger after the interview. He said he had needed to move his left leg forward "another three inches."
"You got, like, a cramp?" Neffinger asked.
"I was holding it, and I was like, 'Okay, am I shaking here?' It was like I was in gym class."
Neffinger handed Brenner his digital chip, which kept track of all his interviews. He walked into the hallway and inserted it into one of several laptops on which participants studied their own faces.
"The posture wasn't great," Brenner self-assessed. "And I need a haircut."
Brenner descended the stairs to his next station on the ground floor, where Pendleton conducted panel discussions. "This is going to be Fox-esque," Pendleton said. "This is going to be that silly game they play of two-on-one."
After a few turns, the participants demonstrated more ease and effectiveness playing the conservative role. "Any actor will tell you," Pendleton explained, "it's more fun to be the bad guy."
At day's end, the instructors imparted the dark art of using kindness to trap an opponent. Trapping is "something you just don't trot out your first time on TV," Kohut said. It's an advanced maneuver, Neffinger said, "that will get you on the front of HuffPo." After another hour of practice, the class recessed into the drizzle. Some stuck around to "brainstorm on structural racism."
Projecting the persona
On the last day, trainees donned their best clothes to appear at IMG studios, south of Dupont Circle. Pendleton complimented the color of dresses and the sharpness of suits. Brenner wore a powder-blue power tie. His hair was freshly trimmed. As Matthew White, the program assistant, helped him and a handful of other participants mold their very own puttylike "interruptible feedback" earpieces, former MSNBC anchor David Shuster was revealed as the special guest who would now put the participants through a real-world simulation.
After a breakfast of muffins in the studio kitchen, Brenner received a dusting of foundation in the makeup chair. He then posed for head shots down the hall and returned to the kitchen to work on his talking-points envelope.
In the upper left-hand corner, he scribbled "David" for the host's name and in the middle drew a smiley face to remind him to grin. Among his talking points, he listed "penny on the dollar" and then some stats.
Pendleton took him aside for a last-minute pep talk.
Brenner said he was working on cranking up his warmth and that he was most at ease projecting a "reasonable" persona. He reminisced about his early days in Washington, when he would tell his father about all the politicians and media celebrities he had met. "Do you get how cool it is?" he recalled his father asking him.
"You talking about that right now? The warmth!" cheered Pendleton. "Remember the words of your dad. Cool. This is fun."
Brenner and his comrades gathered in the control room, where Kelly Ronan, the Media Matters chief of staff, took notes on each performance. The group, too, conducted a running commentary on the interviews. "Book him, Kelly!" one participant yelled after the combat veteran in the group delivered a personal account of why the United States needed to withdraw from Afghanistan. "Book him!"
"Lee, you're on deck," said Ronan to Brenner.
He stepped out into the hall, where another participant hopped and waved his arms under the blinking "Studio in Use" light. Pendleton took Brenner aside and whispered, "Remember what your dad told you."
Shuster asked how Brenner could advocate foreign aid during a budget crisis.
"Well, David," he replied evenly, "I understand everyone is hurting" and went on to calmly explain that foreign aid pays for medicines for children and early warning systems for tsunamis. In a second round, Shuster hammed it up as an aggressive Fox host and asked Brenner, "Why do you love the children of Africa more than the children of Alabama?"
"I want it to say 'Made in America' on medicines rather than bombs," Brenner replied coolly.
"Ooooh," the participants in the control room hummed approvingly. "Did he have that in the can?" one asked.
"He did," nodded Kohut.
The course completed, the group gathered back in the kitchen where Shuster imparted some professional words of wisdom: Smile no matter what; there are groups on the other side working just as hard as you; you're "on" the moment you get into the studio. The anchor, who was most recently on MSNBC, thanked them all, because, he explained, better-trained guests made for better television.
Media Matters staff handed out feedback forms and told the group about a listserv where policy pointers, last-minute on-screen tutorials and moral support were at their fingertips. The organization was even in the process of hiring its own booking agent to more strategically deploy their talent.
"We're really working to get you guys booked," said White, the program assistant. "Because America needs you."
horowitzj@washpost.com
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London on a Budget
Lovely London isn't the cheapest city you could choose for a city break (in fact it was recently found to be one of the most expensive) – but it's London. Like New York and Paris it's just one of those cities where you just need to accept that it'll be a pricey one, but worth every penny. That said, there are some amazing free and cheap things that you can do, see and eat there. Here are ten particularly good things to do in London on a budget.
Cereal Killer Café
Cereally good breakfast. Images: Facebook
When I was a child I was only allowed Cornflakes or Rice Krispies, with the 'good' cereal banned except for special occasions. Maybe that's why the Cereal Killer Café appeals to me so much; it's quite literally like all my Christmases have come at once. It's a bit daft and it's very nostalgic, and you can get a big bowl of cereal with flavoured milk and toppings from £4-£6. This might seem like a lot to pay for a bowl of cereal, but really – where/when else are you going to do it? Get a cereal cocktail if you're feeling adventurous, and always go the whole hog with a stacked hot chocolate too; they're frankly ludicrous (in the best possible way). Enjoy your sugar rush.
Free Walking Tour of London
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Always a perfect way to get your bearings in a new place and best of all, totally free, walking city tours have taken over cities all over the world and London is no exception. Free Tours By Foot do some really nice tours, and they have a brilliant choice of different kinds of London walking tour you can take, from the classic city tour to my own personal favourite, the street art and graffiti tour. As with all 'free' tours, the idea is that you pay what you can afford and what you thought it was worth. Be nice.
It's a serious affair. Don't let the hats fool you.
The Changing of the Guard ceremony is a weird and wonderful spectacle that's about as traditionally British a thing as you could possibly experience. For visitors looking for cheap entertainment, it's one of the must do things in London a budget. You know the one, big black hats, bright red coats and absolutely no smiles whatsoever? The Buckingham Palace Guard Mounting lasts for about 45 minutes and happens at 11:30, but it doesn't happen every day all year round. If you're not visiting in summer, you can check the schedule here. Don't forget your camera for this one.
Bustling Borough Market. Images: Facebook
Borough Market is London's food heaven. It's not just about the food there though, it's a proper little slice of London life. The people, the atmosphere, the buskers – all of it makes Borough Market a thoroughly lovely place to wander around. If you're the sort of person who likes to get chatting to new people you'll be in your element. If you get peckish, follow your nose (and the sweet smell of freshly baked things) to the Bread Ahead stall for a doughnut; they're only £2.50 each, and my word are they good. The caramel with salted honeycomb is top class. Enjoy another sugar rush.
The British Museum is big. You could easily spend a whole day here wandering around (oh, wear comfortable shoes by the way) so if you don't have that time to spend, my advice is to do a bit of research first, and plan to visit the bits that really interest you the most. If you visit the website there's good information for seeing the best stuff within a three hour visit. The ancient Egyptian pieces are very, very cool – but they're also really popular, so prepare for crowds. Totally worth it, though.
Twinings Tea Shop and Museum
The UK is the 5th biggest tea drinking nation in the world, and Twinings is one of the UK's most famous tea brands. Their tea shop, '216 Strand', has been selling tea for over 300 years, and you can go there and sample their gorgeous teas while learning a little more about the history of tea in Britain. There's no obligation to buy anything, but why wouldn't you want a delicious, comforting little souvenir to take home with you – you'll get plenty for a tenner. Their Earl Grey is tough to beat.
London's park game is very strong indeed, with loads of big green spaces around the place where you can go to lie about in the sun, relax, do a little boating, hire a bike, play football, and/or escape from London's madding crowds. St. James Park and Hyde Park are two obvious and great choices, but if you want to go a little wilder, head out to Bushy Park or Richmond Park, and go hang out with the bellowing deer, the herons and the kingfisher. Careful in mating/rutting season though, the deer can get a little rambunctious.
The Royal Air Force Museum
Yet another free museum in London, the RAF Museum has a great collection of over 100 aircraft on display, as well as loads of information about the history and heroes of the Royal Air Force over the years. You can see Spitfires, Tiger Moths, a Vulcan bomber, and an F-35 Joint Strike Fighter jet among other things, and don't miss the new 'WWi in the Air' exhibition. There are two very cool flight simulators that cost £3 to try, and a 4D cinema that costs £4. Have a go on all three for your tenner.
Have a Beigel Bake
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There's a place on Brick Lane called Beigel Bake. Beigel Bake has been making beautiful bagels since 1977, and it's become a bona fide London institution. It's open 24 hours a day, 7 days a week, and it serves up some seven thousand bagels every day. It's every bit as popular with the business lunch crowd as it is with the 4am booze-hunger crowd because, quite simply, it makes amazing salt-beef sandwiches. The beef is cooked as perfectly as the bread is baked, and put together with a smear of mustard and a pickle it's pretty much sandwich nirvana. And it's yours for between £3.70-4.20. I'd usually say 'get two' but these are really filling. If you're in London on a budget, you can't do better.
London's Natural History Museum houses a superb collection with hundreds of excellently curated and interactive exhibitions… and it's totally free to visit. If you're a fan of dinosaurs, or if you're the parent of one (a fan, not a dinosaur), then you genuinely couldn't pick a better place to go – the Dinosaur Gallery is brilliant, with a roaring T Rex, a Triceratops skull, and loads of information about ow the dinosaurs lived, and died, here on earth. Don't miss the blue whale model in the mammal room either!
And that's how you can visit the English capital without spending a fortune, just follow our guide of great things to do in London on a budget.
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