The lock busters

Article Abstract:

An annual Dutch Open lock-picking competition is described where 50 or so men and women wield burglar tools and represent the international steel bolt-hacker diaspora. The rules comprise of each person getting a different lock with eight minutes to open their lock, then switching locks across table and beginning again for another eight minutes, and at the end of each round, whoever has a shorter combined time is the winner.

Netherlands, Competitions, Burglary, Locks and keys, Locks (Security devices)

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Big city knights: a Jedi order establishes a new temple - in lower Manhattan

Article Abstract:

A group of Star Wars fanatics live out their passion by participating in lightsaber training in a dance studio in lower Manhattan every Tuesday. They use improvised lightsabers and practice choreographed swordplay.

New York, Usage, Portrayals, Homes and haunts, Fans (Persons), Swords, Star Wars films, Star Wars movies

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Go, skid racer, go!

Article Abstract:

'Drifting,' a fishtailing auto-racing technique initiated by oversteering, began in Japan and is now taking hold in America.

United States, Japan, Innovations, Stock car racing, Automobile racing

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