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SC, I retired 3 years ago (almost) and I cant remember a decent run of weather in all these 3 years. And further back I can remember good hot spells but not for more than fortnight. What part of Scotland are you in? Sounds like you are north of Dundee. Are you within reach of Lossiemouth or Hopeman? They must be lovely with this weather.

Wear wet clothes "The most obvious suggestion to me is that you dampen your clothes," says Cambridge University physicist Lisa Jardine-Wright. In order for the water to evaporate - changing its state from a liquid to a gas - there needs an input of heat energy, she explains. This energy will come from the heat of your body which produces a cooling effect to your skin, lowering your temperature. If you use a fan as well, the air blowing over your skin speeds up the process of evaporation, helping you to feel even cooler. "When I was cycling in France it was more than 40C and I soaked my T-shirt in water before I went out. But that's a bit extreme," Jardine-Wright adds. "Anything that involves evaporation is going to take the heat away from you." Stick your hands in cold water Plunging your hands into a bucket or a basin full of cold water will help you cool down, says Mike Tipton, professor of human physiology at the University of Portsmouth. When your deep body temperature rises, blood is sent to the surface of the skin. "Your hands have a high surface area - it's like you have five radiators sticking out of your palm," says Tipton. "As soon as the deep body temperature returns to normal, it slows the blood flow to your hands and you'll feel cool." Fans next to windows A fan placed in the middle of a closed room will circulate the air, which helps speed up the evaporation of your sweat. But it will be much more effective if the device is placed next to an open window, says Jardine-Wright, as this will draw air from outdoors, which should be colder. "You're taking the cooler air from the outside and propelling it inside," she says. "If there are no windows or doors open you're just circulating the hot air." Eat a curry Tucking into a hot vindaloo or madras may seem a counter-intuitive way to lower your temperature. But eating spicy food helps cool you down, says Tipton. Curry contains capsaicin, a heat compound in chilli peppers that stimulates sweat production. "Anything you can do to make sure you are sweating means you will enhance evaporative heat loss," Tipton adds. "As the water evaporates you will feel cooler." Bedouin robes It's widely assumed that wearing lighter-coloured clothing is the best way to stay cool. This isn't necessarily the case, however. A 1980 study of Bedouin tribes found the colour of their garment made little difference to their body temperature. "White clothing will reflect more light, but black clothes are better radiators of heat," says Jardine-Wright. However, she says there is a option that has very clear benefit - wearing looser clothes, like the robes favoured by the Bedouin. "If you have air circulating next to your skin, it will help to evaporate the perspiration, and this will make you feel cooler." Lukewarm showers Standing under a freezing shower might sound like the quickest way to bring your temperature down. But your body will react to a dramatic change like this by trying to preserve heat. "If I'm hot and I go under a cold shower, I'll shut down the blood flow to the skin and trap the heat inside me rather than let it escape," says Tipton. As a result, he says, it's better to use water that is in the 20s Celsius than water that is in the 10s. "It's better to have a warmer shower that is cool enough to lower the deep body temperature but is warm enough to allow the blood to the surface of the skin." Sash windowsContinue reading the main story More from the Magazine Try the heatwave quiz from earlier this week Tom de Castella investigates how to sleep in hot weather (August 2012) and whether it's possible to make weather talk interesting(June 2012) Can you advertise British weather to tourists?Vanessa Barford asked in February 2012 People with sash windows don't always remember this, but opening both the top and bottom windows by equal amounts is a very efficient way of cooling down a room. This lets rising warm air out of the top while drawing cooler air through the bottom. The same principle applies in two-storey homes, says Jardine-Wright. "It's good if you can get the circulation going throughout the house," she adds. "If you open both the upstairs and downstairs windows, you will improve the circulation through the house as the hot air rises and cold air enters through the ground floor windows." Fan your face If you use a fan, make sure you direct the flow of air to your face, says Tipton. "It's more effective because the face has so many receptors on it," he says. "Even though you're not cooling down your whole body, fanning your face has a disproportionate effect on your comfort." However, he warns, it's important not to make a common mistake - using a manual fan too vigorously, and warming yourself up by doing so.

Deb it's not just the people you would think who are idiots where pets and hot cars are concerned. A tragic case for dogs and handler. "A police sergeant who locked two helpless dogs inside his vehicle, on the hottest day in London since July 2006, has slashed his wrists and jumped from a colleagues car while travelling at 30mph - in an futile attempt to commit suicide. The two dogs, one a Belgian Malinois Shepherd bitch and a German Shepherd puppy were found baking inside Sergeant Ian Craven's car. He had gone to attend a meeting several miles away and had locked the doors and fully closed the windows on Sunday - a day where temperatures soared to 30c (86f). He only realised his oversight more than an hour later and tried frantically to call fellow officers. Kennel workers from the Metropolitan Police force's Dog Training Establishment, of which Sergeant Craven heads, cut through the steel cage which the dogs were inside and applied mouth-to-mouth resuscitation and cool water. But it was all in vain as both dogs died moments later." Well done on your prompt action by the way. Also if anyone does travel with their dog, even if you leave the windows open, make sure to carry a flask with iced water and a bowl with you to offer him regular drinks. I also use some of the water to wet the top of my dog's head.

We are enduring some very high temperatures over here in the UK, especially London and the south East which is at warning level 3 which means precautions have to be taken for the sick, elderly and anyone with a medical condition....30+degrees and no sign of it falling. We of course don't have air conditioning over here apart from some department stores, top restaurants, bars and the better equiped private flats and houses ...........it's just not worth it most of the time, so we suffer at times like these, especially those living inland. It is also difficult for workers trying to get a decent night's sleep. As I type this, my 10 year old Schnauzer is lying on the carpet with a towel I soaked in cold water laid over him. I put ice cubes in his water to try and cool him down. Remember your pets.

Outstanding! Way to Marion................judging by what goes on over here in the UK, I think the average IQ of our soccer players is about 20 on a good day. At the end of the day we should all remember the only thing that matters is a "good heart"

I hope she wins Wimbledon for the next 5 years just to piss them off. The BBC were no better (as hv88 says) when John Inverdale was also detrimental about her looks. But JI is one of the most despised commentators on TV. Even Pat Cash the well known Aussie loudmouth deemed it appropriate to say this in an interview in 2009 Pat Cash has launched an astonishing attack on Scottish Wimbledon hopeful Andy Murray who he described as being "ugly" and "boring", according to a report in The Star. "The 44-year-old, who won the men's singles title at Wimbledon in 1987, said that Murray was "never going to be eye-candy" and claimed he had a "monotonous" voice. Speaking ahead of Murray's second-round match, Cash said: "He has the most boring, monotone voice in the history of the planet."

Hv88 I think that has since been denied although I am not positive. more » @_PaulHayward: Just bumped into Andy Murray and asked him whether it's correct he's donating his entire prize-money to Royal Marsden. Not correct. 13 hours I think you will find it was the prize money he won at the Queen's Tournament a fortnight ago was what he donated. That twitter post was someone getting confused.

40 degrees of heat. Jeez if our Football team had known how to handle that kind of heat we might have won the World Cup 35 years ago.

I have my 8 feet x 6 feet (the one that went to Wembley in '78) Saltire hanging from my window. Scotland and the rest of the UK is in meltdown. Canucks for the Stanley now.............come on!

YES ANDY! YA BEAUTEEEEE!..........I'M GETTING PISSED TO-NIGHT A word for Novak ........A real gentleman, gracious in defeat as he is in victory. Looking forward to many more Battles Royale between these two great players. I am a proud Scot to-night.

At least that's 2 things we have in common.......... As for "crying on the court" to me that just shows she has passion, unlike some hard faced, fist pumpers, we have had in the ladies lately. Good luck to Andy to-day. If you are going to be the best you have to beat the best. At present there is no one better than Novak imo. A nice guy as well. Should be a great final.

"Inspired by the Tortorella’s love of animals in need .............." Ok that's Booth on the bench.

With Tortorella in control.........at the very least Sestito better learn to "fight his weight" and win or he will be in Utica for the duration.

"Gillis has made some moves that haven't worked out, but he's also made some that have. More particularly I think he's made ones that will work out as the core built by Burke and Nonis moves on and it'll be on Gillis to find a way to get top end talent to fill in despite being a top team in the NHL year after year." How simplistic and shallow that statement is. Making moves that "worked out" have been few but more to the point these moves were not strengthening or upgrading the 2011 roster and in some cases, they weakened it. The whole point with Gillis and the reason we are in this mess is that he never addressed the team's needs. He just made moves. He landed us with a goalie fiasco when any focussed clear minded GM would have moved Schneider and admitted he still had one of the top goalies in the league. He would have identified a replacement for Manny and signed him BEFORE he humiliated him and then spent the rest of the season looking desperate. He would have calculated BEFORE parting with Hodgson which player would have helped us NOW, not 3 years down the line. None of this is rocket science ............he is just rank bad at prioritising, focussing and thinking ahead to where the team needed to be. He is weak on player trading, signing and it will not improve now that he has been rumbled by the other GMs.

Excellent post oldnews.

Deb I have always been a fan of Bieksa (hence the sig ) but recently he has been his own worst enemy and playing as if he had a burr in his skate. I want him to get back to the Bieksa I remember where he was the epitome of focus and leadership. If he can't he is of little use to the Canucks. We eventually have to be realists as well as fans and if something doesn't work we either fix it or get someone who can. Unlike you I don't really put anyone above the team. I support players who are unfairly criticised and I have supported AV. I even appreciate a lot of the off ice stuff Gillis has done. However we are all fans of the team............not the players. A team should be constantly evolving and ideally getting better. To do that weaknesses need to be addressed. Players getting old, or injured or just not doing the job like they used to need to be moved on. Players need to demonstrate hunger to be valuable in a market like Vancouver. So what I'm saying is just because you make a plea for improvement, or even for a GM who you have faith in to make the improvements doesn't mean you love the Club any less. I always say support the players in the jerseys and I do but that doesn't mean you can't ask for improvement.

Bieksa is in danger of turning his swagger into an unhealthy arrogance. He has an annoying habit of trying to look too casual and then loses the head when an opposition player rushes him into mistakes. If that is not bad enough he then loses focus and set out to punish the guy even when it takes him out of position or gives up a penalty. This has only become a problem in the last 2 seasons.

You keep equating regular season with the playoffs. You imply the statistics proved we had a SC winning team, well the Boston game implied we didn't and it was near as damn it re-confirmed against LA. You keep making excuses for Gillis's inability to strengthen the Finals team. You know there is a skill in upgrading. It doesn't mean you keep everyone you have and suddenly bring in someone else. You deal. Of course we all know "dealing" is Gillis's achilles heel. He can't get himself to the other side of the table. And that won't change. I'm MAKING A POINT that he came up short with the PLAYERS he was given when he should have had better. The point is we were lucky to have a coach who even reached the playoffs this year after the injuries and the shambles made of getting what we needed. Of course he not only didn't get what the Canucks needed ..........he downgraded and forced AV to play duds (Sestito, Pinizzotto, Joslin, Ebbett) rehabs (Barker) and youngsters who were not ready. (Schroeder, Sweatt, Jensen, Kassian, Corrado.) What a fiasco.

Are you intentionally missing the point? The team that played in the Finals was NOT the one which won the PT the following year and that team was NOT the one that played in the year after that. The PT is a far cry from the SC Playoffs as you well know. Our team that reached the finals should have BEEN STRENGTHENED not weakened. We were not good enough to score more than 8 goals against Boston............does that look like a team that needs weakening to you or does it need strengthening and in more places than the supporting cast as you put it. You can dress it up any way you like but Gillis let AV down.

Except if you're a coach

No that's not how it works...........so don't damn well insult our intelligence. It works the same way other GM's work........YOU TRADE WHAT YOU HAVE TO GET BETTER. That is all about JUDGEMENT and BARGAINING ABILITY. These players are not your sons or your best friends. They are players belonging to the Club. You don't throw NTC's at them to guarantee they will be at the Christmas Party for the next 5 years, you keep the situation as fluid and flexible as you can so that when you need to upgrade you have the pieces to do it. Gillis backed himself into a corner till he was only able to sign rehabs and duds for this team. He performed as an Agent and NOT as a GM. He has neither the mindset or the experience to get us out of this clusterf-ck he has created and ironically got rid of the only guy who was keeping us in the game despite Gillis continued brain farts and loss of focus.

Absolute nonsense. This team was weakened almost from the day the Finals ended. Gradually Gillis chipped away at the pieces that made the difference (the supporting cast as you put it.) To say otherwise puts you in denial. And then you say this in your post after that, to prove you were talking nonsense. "The pieces are there, they just need a strong supporting cast. And a new coach with new ideas and enthusiasm could be just what these guys need to get motivated again." You don't win a cup without the strong supporting cast...........so what the hell has Gillis been doing and why is it AV's fault that Gillis wouldn't know how to trade for a valuable player if his life depended on it. And by the way our core may be elite but they are only second tier elite in the playoffs. Reason? because Gillis needed to upgrade with at least two impact forwards and a big impact D. How you make any of that AV's fault is frankly incomprehensible.

Firstly "getting it done" Are you serious? You invite him in with his agent, put a contract and an obscene amount of money on the table and IT'S DONE. You or I could have done it. As for my last comment. Can you tell me when we traded for a player in KNOWN COMPETITION and was successful? All I can remember are players who walked in the opposite direction. And if you say Sestito, I'll get the next flight over there and hunt you down Goodnight, its 12.20 am here and an old guy needs his beauty sleep.

They were beaten by the damned cup winners. A team that was specifically bolstered and designed to win the Cup...........Something which is totally foreign to MG. It wasn't some hick team that fell out in the next round. They steam rollered everyone and the only way we stood a chance that year was if Gillis had learned lessons in 2011 and acted on them. It was his fault..........The Canucks won a PT that year (how many other coaches of the Canucks had done that 2 years running? But never the less the regular season is not the Playoffs and Gillis should have known that.

Well go find his "Smithers interviews" where I'm sure he said he wanted to come here. Let's not split hairs..........Unless Gillis had offered him peanuts (and that wouldn't be the MG we all know now would it?) he was signing on the bottom line. He has never grafted to make a trade happen since he got here.............fact!