 will have every opportunity to push for Rio.
Cycling New Zealand has named an 18-strong team to contest the UCI Track World Championships that begin in the London Olympic velodrome in just over two weeks' time.
Selectors have opted for in-form riders while also taking the opportunity to blood some younger riders, but have left the door widely open for all riders looking ahead to the Rio Olympics.
Cycling New Zealand High Performance Director Mark Elliott said their ultimate goal was to have the fastest riders selected to compete in Rio in August.
"It is the same philosophy for these world championships. We have selected on form for the world championships," Elliott said.
"We can't do this in Rio, so London is also a testing ground at the highest level as well."
The tightest selection has been for the men's endurance squad where the world champion quartet of Piet Bulling, Alex Frame, Dylan Kennett and Marc Ryan has earned selection along with 2009 world omnium champion Aaron Gate.
Two young riders have been selected for the first time. Southland's Nick Kergozou has been picked as an option for the omnium while former junior world Madison champion, Luke Mudgway has impressed throughout the season.
Missing out were Hawkes Bay's Regan Gough on health grounds and double 2008 Olympic medallist Roulston.
The next phase through to Rio would create opportunities for Roulston to build on the gains Roulston had made through early 2016, Elliott said, and he expected Gough to be back to full health and a real contender for Rio, after being a key part of their world championship-winning squad last year.
Southland's Matt Archibald, last year's world championship kilo medallist, has won the back-up role to the team sprint behind Ethan Mitchell, Sam Webster and Eddie Dawkins, after a close battle with Simon van Velthooven at the championships.
"The competition within the sprint team is immense and Matt has earned that right for our needs at present. Again Simon has shown real improvement and will have every opportunity to push for a place in the Rio team to defend his keirin medal," Elliott said.
Sheath will join the women's team pursuit with the experienced Lauren Ellis earning the nod to compete in the omnium.
Junior world championship medallist Olivia Podmore has gained selection to join the in-form Natasha Hansen in the women's sprint.
"The firm focus for Natasha at the world championships will be the individual sprint and keirin, which gives us the opportunity look forward with our team sprint combination and give Olivia her chance at the highest level," Elliott said.
Cycling New Zealand was in the rare position to be on target to qualify a full team on the track for Rio, which had also figured in their selection plans, Elliott said.
Women, endurance: Rushlee Buchanan, Lauren Ellis, Jaime Nielsen, Racquel Sheath, Georgia Williams.
Hmmm, this post does kinda feel a bit shame-y though. I’m sure it’s not your intent (I always love seeing your analyses of the show and the actors and love seeing your posts about Yaz too), and I do completely get where you’re coming from - Kit is probably my favorite from the cast (along with Joe) so you’re right, I am guilty of this myself and do tend to engage in posts about him the most. So maybe this seems like I’m being defensive about it by even responding but I promise I’m really not trying to be because honestly, I do get it, but posts like this never really help encourage people to post or engage *more* about the other cast members either. It just makes people feel guilty for who they like and choose to spend their free time giving their attention to. 

Now, I do agree about the gym posts completely. I feel like the OP’s should have done an actual search in the sub first to see that there were already like 50 posts on the same subject already lol, so as not to clog up the timeline with the same pictures/posts over and over again.Central Valley farmers say they need two things to be successful: Water and honey bees. But both are in short supply this year.
A local beekeeper says he’s having trouble finding enough bees for area farms and ranches. So, where did they all go?
“It’s been stated that every third bite of food you take is thanks directly or indirectly to a honey bee,” said beekeeper Orin Johnson.
Johnson is counting. His client is willing to pay a higher price for strong bees and there’s only one way to tell if the colony is strong.
“We open them up and count the number of frames of bees. Not bees, the frames — the number of bees covering a honeycomb,” said Johnson.
California almond orchards need billions of bees, which the state doesn’t have.
“Our November, December this year, what were they, 65, 75 degrees? The bees are flying and there’s nothing out there for them to eat,” he said.
Across the country, bee colonies have collapsed for unknown reasons. It’s a big problem for California which increased its almond orchards.
“The amount of acreage that requires bees will out strip the supply,” said Johnson.
So, these bees are shipped in from the Dakotas and Idaho and that’s also a problem.
Beehive rentals jumped 25 percent last year and prices continue to climb. And the final insult is this year, Johnson lost bees to thieves.
“You put the bees out in the orchard. As you’re leaving, a truck pulls in behind you and loads them up and rents them out,” said Johnson.
He says the lack of bees can cost everyone this summer. Nuts, fruit, and vegetable prices may go up if the honey bee populations stay down.
Keeping the remaining bees alive is another challenge. Bees will need a new food source after the almonds are done.
Beekeepers say they end up moving the bees several times throughout the year.ARCHIVE: Anyone remember WHERE they fell?
All I know is I was wrapped in a blue flame and I remember a second or two about 200 ft from the ground. It was grassy and there were a few trees but it was a mountanous area. I remember hitting the ground but not even one second after that. There was no pain but I was stunned motionless. Anyone else?
Heh. A spirit guide prompted me on that one, by asking me to "remember him in Mexico." The joke now is that I landed on his head. I've watched the memory, and even drew a picture of it before I knew I'm angelic, but it's not very pleasant. Sounds like I landed a lot harder than you. My flame changed from violet to red.
What an interesting question. I suppose I am greedy, as I have had 2 official 'Falls' and another attempted one!!
The first one is something I can remember little about. I wasn't a physical being then, I wasn't even Grigori, but because I didn't agree with the rules and opinions set down by those who wielded power (what a surprise), I was 'demoted' to the rank of Grigori. So this didn't take place in a specific physical location or world. It wasn't anything like my second Fall....... that was the painful one, which I have written about in My Story on the website.
The process is a painful one to remember and its something I try not to touch upon often. It wasn't just the physical torture they afflicted upon us... and they did make sure we had become fully phsycal BEFORE they started. I think I could have coped better with that agony and pain had I not had to watch my brothers being slaughtered before my eyes, and then been forced to watch Dani'el go through such a slow and painful death.
Then, as the physical body died they started on the spirit/soul/energy and unlike the others, they didn't expel me beyond this world but bound me to it. So I could feel and sense and be aware of the passing of every second, every moment, and all the pain and damage done to the planet and the life that exists here.
The flame or fire of my soul has never changed, but then again I don't think they would do anything to it, as essentially only a being of higher energy can change that within a being.... and they were of the same 'rank' as I once was. They may have changed my abilites, but they could never change my essence. As for where it was, all I can say is that it was in the City, the central home of all Shadow here on Earth, at Kharsag.
i don't think i was physical when i fell, so it may have been hard for anyone to see me. but if i had to guess.... somewhere in the mediterranean area, likely italy. if i had flames during the descent at all, which i kind of doubt, i bet they probably would have been white or green. *shrugs* who knows?
I didn't fall but I watched, I had to, was made to. Yes there was fire, lots of it... red yellow blue... like shooting stars except that I knew every one of them was someone I loved being drawn towards ultimate destruction. It's not a memory I have wanted to face but it is so vivid when I let it come.
Also, i had a sense of adrenaline and chaos, not only from the fall but whatever was before that, what little i remember falling (all half of a second of it). Then it was like a