How to cut the cost of train travel by half

students in particular can save money on train tickets, but there are ways we can all reduce costs. Follow the six key steps

students across the country to go to college in the next few weeks, and many will have to pay through the nose for expensive tickets train. However, it only takes a few simple steps to reduce expenses by almost half - despite railways rarely say how

We take the example of a student who lives in Gloucester from the University of Newcastle, where the cooler weeks after September 23. Leave it at the last minute (see below) and you have to pay 108 pounds sterling. However, a single ticket purchased for the trip this week on September 21 cost ? 58.50, depending on National Rail Enquiries.

But our students can beat that. We have reduced the cost of ? 28.50 in four steps (boring, could not give a practical example of a return ticket at the end of December that the railways do not usually allow buyers to return books more 12 weeks in advance).

step: Divide your ticket

This applies to almost all medium-haul flights and long distance. In the example from Gloucester to Newcastle, the route requires a change of train from Birmingham New Street. If the traveler only buy two one-way tickets from Gloucester to Birmingham New Street (? 11 Sept. 21) and Birmingham New Street to Newcastle (the cheapest ticket 37 €), he or she could save € 10.50 immediately . Tickets can be purchased from the beginning of the journey, so that the traveler does not have to rush around the interchange station to buy another ticket.

Split-ticketing is a must for all travelers and not similar to what you have to change trains, but sometimes in trains. For example, it may be advantageous to buy from London Liverpool Street to Stansted Airport to split the ticket on trains that stop at Stansted (it clips ? 4 ? 23.40 on a single purchase to advance).

Step Two: Get a 16-25 Train

The Train 16-25, also adult students in full-time training, registration of third owners of the rail fares. It costs ? 30 per year or € 70 for three years.

Note that there is a minimum of ? 12 travel before 10am Monday to Friday, except July and August and holidays.

students who choose to open their main bank account to Santander will this year receive a free railcard, making it one of the best offers from different banks offers.

application of our travel railcard Gloucester to Newcastle takes a lead single standard price ? 58.50 to ? 38.60. However, if you split your ticket and use your Railcard, the price drops to ? 31.70.

Third step: Get an additional discount with NUS extra card

trains between countries gives students a 10% discount on the price if they have an NUS card. This rule applies even after the 33% discount on your Railcard, and can be used on any skiing and Central tickets early. See crosscountrytrains.co.uk.

In our example Gloucester Newcastle, where two matches of the day are the trains cross country, discount brings the price of conventional ticket € 34.75 and split reduces the input price only € 28 , 50. So with these three simple steps, a bill of ? 58.50 is now 28.50 EUR.

NUS extra cards cost ? 12, but they also offer discounts on a wide variety of shops and services, such as 5% off Amazon - if the position of the company in the tax would not too many ethical concerns. It is available in NUS.org.uk.



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NSA surveillance critics to testify before Congress

Rep. Alan Grayson said he heard help stop "misleading information" constant intelligence chiefs

testimony before Congress criticism of supervisory practices of the NSA for the first time since the termination leaks Edward Snowden explosives made public.

Rep. Alan Grayson, who is leading a bipartisan group in the organization of the Congress of the hearing, told the Guardian that serve to counter the constant intelligence community "misleading".

The hearing will take place on Wednesday, comes as signs of rebellion growth NSA data collection methods of the Congress.

Wednesday, a vote in the House of Representatives tried to curb the practice of mass collecting the phone records of millions of Americans of the NSA was defeated.

However, it exposes the broader concern than expected among members of Congress about surveillance tactics of the United States. A majority of Democratic members voted for the amendment.

Grayson, who was instrumental in building support among Democrats of the amendment, said Wednesday's hearing will mark the first time critical methods NSA monitoring have testified before Congress Snowden leaks published by The Guardian and The Washington Post.

"I am concerned that we have always heard in recent weeks by General Keith Alexander [NSA Director] and James Clapper [Director of National Intelligence] side of your story" he says. "We just do not hear anything in Congress critics of the program.

"We set up an ad hoc bipartisan hearing on the plan on Capitol detractors domestic surveillance program should come and give their views - .. From left to right and right "

Grayson told the audience had the support of both parties and has been endorsed by Republican Congressman Justin Amash, a draft amendment was narrowly defeated.

• "Mr. Amash has declared an interest in the public, there are several others who have a libertarian bent - .. Similarly to represent the minority of Republicans who have decided to vote in favor of Amendment Amash "

The hearing will take place during a Senate hearing on the activities of the NSA. This may Gen Alexander and his assistant, Chris Inglis and senior officials of the Ministry of Justice and the FBI will.

The simultaneous hearings will result in a remarkable juxtaposition between opponents and supporters of government surveillance activities.

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Pulp fiction: bringing pop-up paper theatre to life

magical and beautifully designed

, Kristin and miniature model of the universe Davy McGuire is full of visual wonders, the last of which is presented in London Barbican season beyond

Davy McGuire grew up as an only child. He lived in his imagination, keeps loneliness by building small houses with small imaginary characters. A few decades later, it still is - but now with his wife, Kristin. Overall, the McGuires build worlds entirely of paper, which then gives them life with projections, optical illusions and the involvement of stakeholders.

"We never had to work with paper," says Kristin. "I just came out of curiosity. Modelers were not. I do not even know how to cut the paper. Ended up having to acquire the skills they have been good. "

The McGuires, including the latest installment, the role of the architect, opened in Leytonstone, East London, as part of the Barbican season beyond, are just two of a wave of modest but interesting to explore the creative possibilities of paper artists. Include book, creating exquisite Films DIY cuts cornflake-packet and a projector, and visual artist Yuken Teruya, including paper bags purchase can currently be seen in an exhibition titled - what else? - Document Saatchi Gallery in London. Even the advertising is having his Blue Peter moment: a city announcement on national television has a role emerge

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McGuires "in Bristol, where they work with her dog - cat named, but of course - and enter a world that feels like a last bastion of 19th century kingdom illusion and magic. lit paper butterflies dance in jam jars, a row of Edwardian houses complete with iron railings richly detailed and washing lines reminiscent of a doll house, and a rural scene with pool and trees cry until come to life.'s all done by hand entirely of paper. A smaller than the little finger represents hours of hard work for the couple, who met at university in the Netherlands exquisite cage, where Kristin, who was trained as a dancer, Dartington Davy Graduate threw in one of his pieces.

"I kept asking, we have developed a working relationship, we can have a private well?" Smiles.

two were interested in exploring the limits of performance (Kristin is a former national rhythmic gymnast), but neither imagined their lives would be so closely linked to the dough. One day in 2009, Kristin was shining a light behind a pop-up book, and began to wonder if it would be possible to turn a book into a play. Even Maguire are not quite sure what you need to describe what they do, which covers installation, dioramas, music videos, animations and performance.

• "Maybe I would not call a lot of what we do as a theater, but it was always strong theatrical elements," says Kristin. His first theatrical adventure pop-up, Icebook, was certainly different - an animated fairy tale mixed paper tricky and cunning in this respect that the experience was like falling head first into a pop history of childhood Everything was so fragile that it felt like. a dream.

The McGuires Icebook seen as a miniature map, and were surprised when it became an international success. "We think it is an opportunity to get out of a big show," said Davy, "but people appreciated the privacy." Kristin agrees: "When you start playing with the scale, makes people look in a new way his approach is different start to see all the little details and moments in history in a digital world, there is something attractive in something ... which is done by hand. With CGI, you can not discuss something as quick and easy, but when done by hand, you can see the beauty in imperfections. "

Davy
nods. "People always ask me how, but do not want to tell them. This is not just for business reasons, but because they want to keep the element of magic and surprise."

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Adam Buxton: 'I was called a smarmy, greased-up dwarf'

solo Adam Buxton Bug mocks the casual brutality of expression online

"is a sharp turn in the era of network," says comedian Adam Buxton, "learn to cope with a new kind of sport, brutal criticism from people that you have ever met. " Remember, with a slight smile, someone once described as "a smarmy little dwarf oiled-up." But the 43-year-old, is better able to handle more Internet obnoxiousness. Past several years, been on a live comedy show called

Bug makes great horrible things they say to each other online. "Children, especially, pressing buttons each "as Buxton think" say the unsayable, kiss How Social interaction works. "

It is the most expensive, no doubt, the teen comedy created with his friend Joe Cornish under the banner of his double act, Adam & Joe. But Bug

was successful sustainable solo Buxton, held regularly since 2007 at the BFI in London and on tour in the UK this summer. I met him in a sunny spot in London, right next to the station from his home in Norfolk, and a couple of hours before he was due on stage in West London.

Bug

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is nominally extravagant showcase, taken from YouTube and enthusiasm associated with Buxton, which is something like an amateur. (Once, I ran a promo Radiohead.) The real fun, however, comes after each clip when Buxton read some of the comments that have been published on the film. Blunt ads, surprising confessions, mean little Snipes ... Logical errors and mocked misspellings subtly highlighted, the exchanges become small surrealist works. "I think the Internet has created an environment where people are not forced to consider the consequences of what they say," said Buxton. "It may be unlocked some of the people in the past have learned to hide, but you know, even saying something like that now seems reactionary snob course, everyone has the right to speak - .. And people for it. "When Bug started, remember, do not imagine that this would be the last Once those expected to beat and overwhelming comment Internet "failure." N

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• . Does the radio gone forever? "I hope not," said Buxton. "It is understood that we are on a gap year, while Joe conquer the film world ... I would be very sad if we do nothing more. Fingers crossed that everything goes wrong for Joe."
If that last comment posted online may need an emoticon Winky or more exclamation points, clarify sarcasm. Thus, Buxton leans forward and clear in my dictaphone. "It was a joke"

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Rebels attack sprawling air base in northern Syria

US ponders Syria options but urges caution over chemical weapons claims

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could join the Allied armed rebels, but members of Congress say there is little appetite for a major intervention in Syria

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considering a range of military responses to the alleged evidence of chemical weapons use by Syria, but it is still cautious about meaningful intervention.

informed Congress by Secretary of State John Kerry on Friday in Washington say the most likely option described Kerry would join other countries to specific groups of armed rebels.

The imposition of a no-fly zone is also considered, but is considered unattractive by the administration due to chemical weapons do not require aircraft to use - and because of the large quality of Syrian air defenses U.S. lives would be in danger.

discussion also focused on the use of forces and special instruments designed specifically designed to safely incinerate chemical weapons facilities, but there was skepticism that we can tackle the problem, which is supposed to be very scattered.

Kerry briefly took questions from politicians in the House of Representatives, but there was a marked down the rhetoric on Capitol Hill stage, even among members of Congress hardest.

"There was almost as much appetite for involvement in space like me when I go to an all-you-can-eat restaurant," said Brad Sherman of California, who has sponsored Obama proposed a bill to arm the rebels with anti-aircraft weapons.

other members of Congress who discussed later briefing with journalists, said they had more confidence now that the evidence indicates the use of chemical weapons was strong, but not conclusive.

"There is sufficient evidence to go to trial in a civilian court, but I can not say it has proven beyond a reasonable doubt," said Sherman.

It is unclear whether the United States independently developed a "chain of custody" for light soil samples and other evidence showing the use of chemicals that may have been transmitted by rebel groups.

White House Jay Carney said the spokesman there was still work to be done before evaluating American options. "We need to assess the credibility of the evidence before making decisions about what to do."

Thursday, the White House and other administration officials said Obama senior U.S. intelligence concluded with "varying degrees of confidence" that the Syrian government used chemical weapons twice in the civil war. Two Syrian officials denied Friday that government forces had used chemical weapons against the rebels.

• In the Syrian capital, a military government official said President Bashar al-Assad "has not and will not use chemical weapons, though they have." He accused the opposition forces instead of using them on a March attack in the town of Khan al-Assad outside the northern city of Aleppo. Both sides accused each other of deadly assault.
• British Prime Minister David Cameron described the testing of chemical weapons used as "small but growing" and downplayed any suggestion of British troops could be deployed in Syria, therefore, would only say that
• is a red line for the international community to "do more".

Speaking to the BBC, the Prime Minister echoed the caution of the White House on the evidence so far, saying that the British government not to make the mistake of "rush into print "and will seek to verify the evidence with its allies. "It is very worrying that we see s'. A limited test, but no evidence of growth we have seen in the use of chemical weapons, probably by the regime, "said Cameron." It is extremely serious. This is a war crime and that we must take very seriously. "

also left well short of suggesting that the confirmation of the use of chemical weapons would necessarily be a trigger for military action. "I think that President Obama said was absolutely right -. That the international community should be a red line for us to do more," It has been speculated that Western special forces could be sent to ensure stockpile Chemicals in Syria, but Cameron said he could not predict the British troops on the ground.

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Italian carpenter caught on spy clock trying to poison wife

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set the camera clock after suspicious when her husband gave her a glass of water containing hydrochloric acid

is, in the words of the prosecutor, a story that "could have come straight from the pen of a writer of novels." A carpenter retired Italian was arrested after his wife detective suspected he was trying to poison him and began trying to prove with the help of a spy clock purchased online.

The drama began in February in northern Italy Dalmine, where the couple have lived for nearly 40 years. The 61 year old woman became suspicious when the water brought to her by her husband created a burning sensation in the mouth.

The woman, who was not identified, was expelled by the tests in a laboratory, which, when lit, revealed the presence of hydrochloric acid.

• Disturbed, she became even more worried when he found a bottle between things of her husband who had no label on it and was filled with a clear liquid. He sent it to be tested, too, and told me that she too was hydrochloric acid.

police confirmed that then followed the advice of family and I bought a miniature video camera-cum-clock, and began to shoot her husband in the kitchen.

When, at the end of March, she felt she had enough evidence, he went to the police. Her husband was arrested on Easter Saturday and is in jail on suspicion of attempted murder.

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Mystery meat: it's what's for dinner | GrrlScientist

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mystery hidden in a hamburger horse meat so obvious (and none of it is tasty)

When I was a university student, my colleagues and I joked about the food served in the cafeteria of the residence, which contains "mystery meat." At that time, I was fresh out of the track, and I saw the identity of minced meat - "hamburger" in the United States - with skepticism. Shortly after, I stopped eating meat altogether.

While I love horses and I am now vegan (except for one or two days a week when I give my desire sheep cheese), I have no problem with people eating horse meat - no more than I have a problem with people not eat meat other issue nationally. However, the current points of scandal horsemeat important questions that should concern everyone, not just for those who want to eat horse meat knowingly, given the opportunity.

A question was asked by my friend and colleague, blog, Henry Gee. They just published this essay on the public perception of specific risks apply to the possible presence of phenylbutazone - "butts" - in their horseburgers.

Bute is an anti-inflammatory commonly used in horses to alleviate pain or fever. Bute is not approved for use in humans, whether in the U.S. or UK, possibly because they can suppress the production of white blood cells or cause aplastic anemia in susceptible individuals.

But the amount of horse meat stumble today - if it is still there - is infinitely small and therefore unlikely to cause adverse effects on human consumers. Or as Bob O'Hara commentator noted in the test comments this thread: "homeopaths only have to worry."

done.

But this feeling only applies to the "stumble problem."

In fact, scandal horse meat is a scandal because it highlights the lack of control over what ends exactly in the human food chain.

"The contamination of beef with horse meat raises false labeling, food quality and traceability in the food chain in the EU," said a statement from the European food safety.

• The fact that horse meat is sold as "beef", says a lot about the general lack of ethics, transparency and respect
• consumers

. The scandal also shows how budget cuts are dangerous to human and financial resources necessary for adequate food inspection and sampling. In fact, these are the main questions I hear people talk about most often - not stumble

People have the right to know what they eat. If the meat is labeled as "beef", then that's what it should be, not pigs, dogs, horses. The fact is that people do not want to eat certain types of meat (Jewish law, for example, prohibits the consumption of horse meat) and wish to be respected regardless of the underlying reasons. Sale of "meat" that contains horse meat is unethical and raises the specter that other meats can be hidden in your own burger or lasagna. And is conducted today, tomorrow may be dog? Dare I mention Soylent Green?

This meat has obviously come from unscrupulous sources, a number of issues that we do not know the answers to such questions as - where these horses come from and how he dealt with in the days and weeks leading up to their slaughter. Some of these concerns are addressed in this video:


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Egypt court bans YouTube over Innocence of Muslims trailer

one-month suspension through anti-Muslim film site a "step backwards" for freedom of expression, says Human Rights Group

YouTube was temporarily banned in Egypt for Lead Anti-Islamic documentary that sparked riots across North Africa and the Middle East in September.

As human rights activists have called a setback for Internet freedom, the judge ordered the government to block Hassouna Tawfiq access to video sharing site for 30 days after the trailer of innocence sparked outrage among Muslims.

The ban was enacted on Sunday afternoon, and a spokesman for Google said the company, which owns YouTube, had not yet been served with any order. However, five years after a request for a similar ban was rejected by an Egyptian court, the alleged prohibition of YouTube this week was seen as a step backwards.

• In 2007, an Egyptian judge attempted to block 49 sites of human rights, but their efforts were rejected by the tribunal. "Definitely a step backwards compared to what the court ruled [in 2007]," said Amr Gharbeia, civil liberties director of the Egyptian Institute for Personal Rights.
• Gharbeia, the site was one of the people at risk in 2007, said the case showed a lack of understanding of the basic principles of the Internet. "People will find ways to circumvent the ban," he added. "The courts are not aware of how the Internet works. They use the same measures used against newspapers and broadcasters. "
noted that such a law could Egyptians "lose respect for the rule of law."

The case is one of many recent initiatives against freedom of expression in Egypt. A report released last month said there were more journalists have been prosecuted for insulting the president under President Mohamed Morsi seven months in any 30-year rule of ousted dictator Hosni Mubarak.

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South Korean animation: is the underdog finally having its day?

long overshadowed by Japanese anime, animation industry Hermit agonizing national is no longer pulling his punches - as new film The King of Pigs graphically shows

is sad that the largest exhibition of Korean entertainment courtesy of Banksy came in 2010, when its opening titles of The Simpsons wept blood for the poor oppressed Asian artists who work in the maquiladoras attract the TV for cheap Fox Banksy operated in its usual sloganeeringly simplified moral universe - animation first for The Simpsons has been partially realized in the study of Seoul AKOM since 1989: just a workshop - but to highlight the fact that Korean entertainment is known for what he has done on behalf of others.

Overseas

stomping grounds, the giant laser eye uncle is Japanese (worth nearly a quarter dollars in worldwide sales in 2005), the Korean industry seems to have opted for second-class status: a key outsourcing destination for hard ground in the United States shows like Family Guy and Justice League Unlimited. (South Korea has even begun outsourcing outsourcing in North Korea -. Touch? something in an excellent graphic novel by Guy Delisle Pyongyang)

But there have been signs over the past two years, Korean animation could wake up from sleep. In 2011, Leafie a hen into the wild - on a chicken farm and escape adopts a duckling - has managed to do what seems normal in the rest of the world: the tap water in the home movie dollar inexhaustible, and process has become the biggest hits of Korean animation ever. The previous record holder was the first country in the animated feature, Hong Gil-dong, launched in 1967. Leafie also obtained slots release crucial foreign film in China, the first animated film Korean to play in the country. Meanwhile, also in 2011, Green Days: Dinosaur and I, a coming of age story of a girl athlete insecurity, has been attracting attention on the global festival circuit

You may notice a theme developing here: the bottom is obviously a cause dear to the Korean leader. But the inferiority complex is represented in striking shades in King of Pigs, published this week in the United Kingdom. A howl of a nihilist cartoon made by up-and-coming Yeon Sang-ho, who suffers shock secondary characters, piss-dousings, sexual abuse and generally irreversible demolition of his self-esteem, the Korean education system - supervised by ruthless headboy "dogs" of wealthy families at the expense of "pigs" - appears as a training run for the adult world and ruthless Darwinian impregnable. It is very powerful animation elementary - produced with a tiny budget $ 130,000 - tightening of emotions in facial expressions contorted indelible

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