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Monday, May 20, 2013
My first Zumba class was over 2 weeks ago now. I'll be heading off to my third class tomorrow and I cannot wait!
The first lesson was great fun although I had to walk past a load of women playing netball outside which reminded me so strongly of miserable PE lessons, netball skirts and gym shorts that I almost turned around on the spot and headed home.
Fortunately, I put my head down and ignored the gaggle of women sitting around the bench (just like school!) and headed into the PE hall for the lesson instead. Our instructor is a lovely Portuguese woman who is not too shouty and has a wonderful habit (at least for people like me who occasionally have to stop and think about which is their left and which is their right) of signalling right and left with hand movements.
As for the class itself, I was concerned that I wouldn't last but actually by the time the instructor said, 'Last 2 songs and then the cool-down' I found myself feeling disappointed and thinking that the time had flown by! I don't think I've ever enjoyed exercise so much in my life!
The second week I was able to push a little bit harder and consequently 'felt' it a bit the next few days but it was still unbelievably good fun. I love the moves and learning the routines. I used to borrow my Mum's Rosemary Conley videos when I was younger (child of the 80s!) and I love the way zumba combines aerobics with dance but without ever getting too formal.
Anyway, I am very much looking forward to my third week tomorrow and having renewed my exercise efforts I am turning to the healthy eating area in order to try and get below 180lbs before the end of the month. Various things have crept up on me over the past few months and have derailed me somewhat. Having now got back down to my lowest weight (181.5lbs) I am determined to see the back of the 180s before the end of the month. I know it's doable because it's not actually magic, it's a relatively simple formula to follow. (This reminds me of a saying I hear a lot in another context - it's a simple programme for complicated people. How right they are.)
I have the added incentive of starting to feel my trousers loosening again. Not quite enough to move down a size, but definitely heading that way again which would make me a UK size 16. I haven't been a size 16 in almost a decade! Allegedly Summer is around the corner although it doesn't much look like it today but I have had to start buying some new clothes as the ones from last year are too loose and baggy. Hurrah! Even if my bank balance my disagree with me on that one.
Still, onwards and downwards!
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So glad you found an exercise you really enjoy! I've never taken zumba before but it seems like it would be a lot of fun. Keep up the great work!
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I remember horrid PE lessons too, good job there are better ways to exercise now.
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Everybody has been asking why I'm not on Instagram this past month.
Just kidding.
NO one has asked.
Literally no one.
Not even my husband.
Not even the next-door neighbors, who happen to be some of our best friends, have noticed I haven't been on Instagram. And why should they? Why should anyone? We're all too busy worrying about our own stories, images, lives to notice someone we love isn't posting on social media, right? Right.
I'm one of those rare birds who remembers adult life without social media, before social media. So I'm constantly trying to riddle my way around it and what it has done to my psyche, my creativity, my relationships, and name the pull it has on me.
In an effort to continue the exploration, as well as write to the five of you who still show up here to read my posts (hi mom, and four friends), I thought I'd share the reasons I haven't been on "the gram" lately, in no particular order:
- I'm trying to write a book.
Not just any book. I'm trying to write a good book, the best book I can, a memoir. Scrolling mindlessly on Instagram was bad for business. Turns out, it's hard as all get out to write a book, even harder than if all of the all did get out. I didn't understand it until I tried it. It's like marriage or parenting or roller skating; you can watch others do it and think you might be pretty good at it. Then you lace up your skates and head out on the rink to the vintage beats of Boys to Men's, "I'll make love to you" and fall flat on your ass, most likely hairline fracturing something.
Want to know what it's like to write a book? Take the most difficult writing task you've ever been given in any course or class, the one that you just knew would suck all the marrow out of your bones and take more time and brain power than you thought you could afford to give any one project. Got it? Now imagine that Project in a small room with you. The room has one door and one way, mirrored glass. You sit across from each other, you and The Project, at a metal table in metal chairs in that small room. Between you both sits a vial of green liquid, upright on the table, that appears to be bubbling. The Project grabs the vial before you can, guzzles and gulps it down in one swift motion. Before you know it, The Project begins to grow and grow and grow. It elongates and strengthens as it fills out its new form of muscle and masses of fat. It goes from wall to wall, crushing the furniture and slowly pinning your body down underneath it; turns out the project has some horrific body odor, you lucky girl you. You will stay pinned in this odor-sniffing posture, unable to draw a full breath or find your way out until you either 1) quit or 2) muster courage you didn't know you had and wrestle this Project Monster into submission. Number one is easy. Number two takes cunning and the willingness to befriend your darkness and the things that scare you the most.
- I spend a lot of time in bed.
It started with chronic migraines a year and a half ago, lasting hours and evenings, coming back with stubborn regularity like my period, but way more persistent. Then I got diagnosed with a heart condition that wears my heart out so damn much sometimes I feel like an eighty year old woman. Blah Blah Blah, somebody call the WAAHHHMBULANCE. All these silly health issues lead me to spend more time in bed than most people I know. Rest is the magic potion my body needs to heal itself, so I do my best to not push too hard or too far, and to respond to distress calls from my brain or heart when they ask me to lie the fuck down, already!
Know what's not great? Laying in bed feeling geriatric and sad and alone and in pain, then scrolling through the highlight reels of other humans who are mostly out doing healthy people things. These people are showered, they travel, they smile a lot, they play with their kids in the sunset. Watching them live while I lie here? Well, that's not fun at all. Or maybe it's fun for three minutes. For three minutes, I can get so wrapped up in someone else's best version of their reality that it's sweet on my tongue, pretty, glinty, and maybe even hopeful. Then I snap back to my reality of needing to take more pain meds or heart meds or a nap, my reality of not being able to make it to the dinner table in the next room to eat with my family, my reality of losing muscle and gaining blubber as I lay here and atrophy just a tiny bit more each day, and then those three minutes don't seem all that worth it. Which brings me to the next point:
- I was starting to feel bad for myself.
I think I might be an envious person, a jealous person, a person who wants to be most special. Maybe I just want to share in the good others have. But I was getting creative at torturing myself on Instagram finding people who have what I desire – a published NYT bestseller, a remodeled bathroom, passive income from mentioning a product I wouldn't mind owning, the ability to travel anytime, a good body or excess of followers – and I was starting to feel bad for myself.
Here's a huge gift writing a book has given me so far: I have discovered I am a pretty incredible person who has lived a rich and meaningful life. I've revisited enough and put enough down on paper to know that my life is remarkable, it's special, it's interesting and sparkly, it's dark and cave-like, it's filled with contrast. Not just that, I've lived it through and through. I haven't run from my pain and I've allowed myself to enjoy the ecstasy of being here when it hits. Unfortunately, none of this means I will ever look attractive or svelte in a hipster jumpsuit.
When I started to feel like my little life over here wasn't as special as so-and-so's big, shiny, important life with perfect eyebrows and a spray tan, that's when I knew it was probably time to take a step back.
- I don't like being out of control.
Something about social media apps, and carrying a world of possible connection and envy and dopamine right inside my back pocket is scary and delicious. It's a powerful force I know I can't fully control as long as it's on my person. Something about the knowledge that it's there, beckoning me, always changing and repopulating, that I could miss out or be forgotten if I don't jump on the fast-moving train, is so bewitching to me. It turns me into this guy.. remember? from Robin Hood?
I wish I wasn't this way, truly. I have friends who have incredible self-control and – at least according to them – never feel that pull that I regularly do, to check, to scroll, to evaluate, to fret over social media. I fret, check, scroll, evaluate myself into a frenzy, then I know the only way to tame the beast is to kill it, or at least put it down for awhile (my record is 2 years), so I hold my thumb over the place where the app hovers, I watch all of my apps start to wobble and dance, a small X revealed in the top left corner, and I hit it, clicking the red "Delete" button that follows, granting myself my own liberation.
- There's a big world out here.
A couple weeks ago, one of my teenage boys brought up the idea of Snapchat. He has a smartphone but is not allowed to download or use social media apps. He told me that "everyone" in his school uses social media – mainly Instagram and Snapchat – and that he would like to get those apps as soon as we let him, so he can be in on it, because that is how "everyone" communicates.
We were driving down the road and it was a sunny summer day. I pointed out at the people in cars around us, at the nature we all inhabit, and I said, "You see all of this? This is the world. And it's real. It's really real; every person you see and every tree and living thing are real. They are there for you to experience and explore, and what happens in those apps can't come close to touching what happens out here in the world. I want you to figure out the real world first before you dive into a virtual one. I want you to figure out how to talk to girls and ask them out, and how to have a fight with your brother. I want you to figure out how to do real life in the real world with real people, because there's a lot going on out here you don't want to miss, and there's a lot going on in those apps that just isn't human." He said he understood. He said "that's true."
Then he told me he still was excited to get the apps… someday. I couldn't blame him. I know the feeling.
- I don't like being bored.
When I have those digital virtual worlds within worlds in my pocket or at my side, I don't have to be bored. I can numb or entertain the bored away at the exact millisecond it creeps up. I can ignore the lessons that slowness and silence and spiritual rhythms would teach and, instead, I can see a picture of someone's dog or vacation or favorite brunch spot. Sometimes the trade is almost worth it. Sometimes I come across someone's story or words they've spent good time crafting, sharing from the depths of their real souls to sit vulnerably on a digital platform. But even then, there's always an almost-ness about the interaction. It was almost human, almost life-changing, almost rememberable. I sit here weeks later and can't tell you more than two interactions that ended up sticking with me.
You know what has stuck with me this month? The wrens that worked overtime to build a nest in our garage so they could lay eggs and have a family. They were diligent and flew faster than any bird I'd ever seen besides a hummingbird. They had to work double fast because we didn't always leave the garage door open, so each time it would open, they knew this was their chance to fly in with twigs, to fly out for food, to return home for the night. We ended up as accidental caretakers of the wren family. One of them would wake us up in the morning, standing atop a lawn chair or shelving unit inside the closed garage, peeping insistently until we opened the garage door. "I can't believe we're actually 'wren sitting' at this point," Jeremy said after responding to and gatekeeping for the small birds, and I laughed and agreed. We grew so attached to those two parent wrens and their eggs. The eggs hatched, but only one of the baby birds survived. The last time I ever saw the wrens, they had flown out of the garage into a bramble of bushes next to our driveway, and were calling out for their baby bird – the only one who survived – and I watched as it fluttered for the first time and hop, hop, hopped out of the garage and into the big wide world.
That's what I've learned this month, this fleeting season of time, in this room with the monster while I write this book: There really is a big wide world out there.
There's also a big wide world right here, in me, in my home, in the sacred hearts of those I love and live with. If I'm bored enough, I just might notice them.


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4 January 1952 23 '.. ."ill CLUB NEWS T^ITH the object of furthering the cause of private flying ••by closer co-operation between interested parties in both the United Kingdom and France, the A.B.A.C. has now be come affiliated with the Federation Nationale Aeronautique de France et d'Outre-Mer. Three of the main points from the Protocol will serve to illustrate the working of this interesting arrangement; they are (i) that the Federation and the Association shall make available to each other all information regarding their current activities and the measures effected in the interests of their member clubs by sending to each other copies of all notices, circulars and publications which are circulated; (ii) that both parties shall afford to each other any information or advice of a general or technical nature which may be considered helpful in the solution of current problems or otherwise affecting the flying club and air centre movement, and (iii) that the Federation and the Association shall request and encourage all their member clubs to extend honorary reciprocal membership to individual members of each others' clubs and shall each maintain and circulate a register of clubs which do this. The protocol was signed in London on November 22nd, 1951. THE Royal Aero Club has recently announced the introduction of a new 13-inch rule specially designed to be of greater assistance to the private pilot. Made of clear Perspex, this new instrument is marked in both four miles to the inch and 1:500,000 divisions, so that it may be used in conjunction with the flying maps most commonly in use. It also bears a kilometres/ statute miles conversion scale. Costing 8s (plus 3d postage) it may be obtained from the Air Touring Department of the Royal Aero Club. REPRESENTING a challenge to the high totals of flying hours recorded by various British flying clubs last year is an achievement by members of a more remote centre of aviation enthusiasm—the Royal Singapore Flying Club—where, during the first ten months of 1951, members logged nearly 2,000 hours. NO AUSTERITY: This handsomely equipped Auster J 5D is owned by a keen private pilot, Mr. A. Mackenzie-Low of Hastings. With a view to all-weather usage and occasional "after sundown" sorties its owner has had it equipped with a considerably augmented instrument panel, cross-wind landing gear, a Plessey six-channel V.H.F. radio and a Harley landing lamp. , The average number of hours flown each month was 193, a figure which compared favourably with those of many of our own clubs. During September four days were set aside for the pro fitable divertissement of joy-riding, which incidentally helped to boost the number of hours flown during that particular month to 380 hr 45 min. The R.S.F.C.'s fleet at present consists of three Tiger Moths, one Auster V and one Cessna 120, with the hope that another Auster V and Cessna 120 will be available in the not too distant future. Preliminary steps are being taken with a view to holding an inter-club rally at Kuala Lumpur; the tentative date is the week-end January i9th-2oth, 1952. FORTY-EIGHT YEARS BACK Some Notable Aviation Anniversaries : Recollections of the Early Certificate-holders SOME notable aviation anniversaries have taken place during the past few weeks. For example, ten days ago—on Decem ber 17th—there occurred the forty-eighth anniversary of the world's first controlled, power-propelled, heavier-than-air flight— by the Wright brothers, Wilbur and Orville; and, no doubt, the golden jubilee of aviation will be suitably celebrated on a world wide basis on December 17th, 1953. The first Aviators' Certificates recognized by the F.A.I, were issued by the A610 Club de France on December 4th, 1909. The Aero Club of the United Kingdom did not begin to issue such certificates until March 8th, 1910, when the first were issued to J. T. C. Moore-Brabazon and the Hon. C. S. Rolls, who were the first to apply. They made the applications simultaneously, so the certificates were issued in alphabetical order. "Brab" and Charlie Rolls were close friends and did many things together. Moore-Brabazon—now Lord Brabazon of Tara —has long been famed as the holder of No. 1 Aviator's Certificate of the R.Ae.C, as proclaimed to the world by the registration number of his car —FLY 1. Charlie Rolls, however, was actually the first Briton to be awarded an Aviator's Certificate, for he was given No. 23 in the list of the A610 Club de France. Moore-Brabazon was awarded No. 40. Among the first hundred of the A6ro Club de France are seven Britons, all of them very well-known in those early days. Following Rolls came Mortimer Singer (a member of the famous family who made fortunes from sewing machines, cycles, and motor cars) with No. 24. Claude Grahame-White qualified for No. 30, followed by Moore-Brabazon with No. 40. Then came Capt. Bertram Dickson, a British Army officer (No. 71) who was killed at a flying meeting at Milan in 1910 when he was piloting a Farman. (This was the first fatal air collision; the other aircraft involved was an Antoinette flown by M. Thomas of France.) Certificate No. 72 was awarded to W. E. McArdle who, with an American, J. Armstrong Drexel (holder of R.Ae.C. No. 14), founded the New Forest School of Flying at Beaulieu, where the R.A.F. airfield is to-day. No. 75 went to Douglas Graham Gil- mour, an enthusiastic young Scot who was an embarrassment to the committee of the R.Ae.C. by reason of his spectacular flying; eventually they suspended his certificate, so he was unable to compete in the 1911 Circuit of Britain Race. The first 15 certificates of the Aero Club de France were all issued on December 4th, 1909, and were consequently in alpha betical order, with Louis Bteriot as No. 1 and Wilbur Wright No. 15. The Aero Club de France said they were uncertain who were Nos. 1, 2, and 3 so they "hedged" and issued them in alphabetical order. There can be little doubt that Orville Wright should have received No. I, Wilbur No. 2, and Santos Dumont No. 3. But for a long time the French were unwilling to recognise the priority of the Wrights; and still they claim, with no justification, that Clement Ader flew in 1897—though a committee of French army officers, whom Ader had invited to witness his attempts to fly, publicly stated that Ader had not flown but had only been jolted off the ground with little help from his wings. The records show that Ader never made any appreciable hop and had no real control of his avion, even before take-off; the attempt ended with a wreck. After Bleriot's No. 1 came the American, Gien Curtiss with No. 2; Leon Delagrange, No. 3; Robert Esnault-Pelterie, who claimed the invention of the single-stick control-column, No. 4; Henri Farman, No. 5; Capitaine Ferber, No. 5 bis. That addi tional No. 5 was awarded posthumously, for Ferber, flying under the name of de la Rue because he was a serving officer, was killed in 1909 while giving a demonstration. Maurice Farman had No. 6; Jean Gobron, No. 7; Comte de Lambert, a pupil of the Wrights, No. 8; Hubert Latham, who failed because of engine failure to cross the Channel a week before Bleriot succeeded, was No. 9; Louis Paulhan, who won the London to Manchester prize, was No. 10; Henri Rougier, a famous Voisin pilot, was No. 11; Santos Dumont, No. 12; Paul Tissandier was given No. 10 bis so as to avoid having the "unlucky" 13, though the Hon. Alan Boyle (who survived till 1949) held No. 13 of the Aero Club of the U.K.; he was very proud of it, and not at all superstitious. Orville Wright had No. 14 and Wilbur No. 15. Every one of these 15 were true pioneers of flight and their names are thus enshrined in the roll of fame, though not in the correct order of precedence. G.D.
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Voters in Puget Sound counties appeared Tuesday to have approved a $22.8 billion transit expansion package, the biggest in several decades. And state voters were saying that highway car pool and bus lanes should remain open only to car pools and transit, rejecting the latest Tim Eyman transportation initiative.
Sound Transit's Proposition 1 was its second attempt in two years to expand its rail and bus system beyond what it already operates or is building. The package is to be financed by a 0.5 percent increase in the sales tax in the urban areas of King, Pierce and Snohomish counties. In early returns, the measure was passing in Snohomish and King counties.
Backers said the package was needed to relieve congestion, to provide commuters with alternatives to single-occupant cars and to reduce air pollution. Led chiefly by Seattle Mayor Greg Nickels, they said gasoline prices are likely to continue to rise, despite recent declines in oil prices, and the expansion will provide a needed alternative for travelers.
Voters rejected an even larger package a year ago that included a highway-improvement levy. Backers decided to try again this year, hoping higher gas prices and higher transit ridership and the presidential race would bring out more favorable voters.
"There's a sense of the new reality ... that the age when we can get around exclusively by car is over, and we need to catch up," said Mike O'Brien of the Sierra Club, which backed this year's measure.
Opponents, as they had last year, said the measure would cost taxpayers far too much for what it offered and that higher taxes were a bad idea in a tough economy.
If the measure ultimately passes, it will expand Sound Transit bus and commuter rail service and add 34 more miles of light rail line, extending the system under construction to Northgate, Bellevue and Highline Community College by 2020, to the Overlake area of Redmond by 2021 and to Lynnwood and the Federal Way area by 2023.
Initial work on the expansion will include ordering of new buses and a bus-expansion plan out for public comment in January. If the measure gets approval, its plans also include finishing environmental studies early next year for the light rail connection to the Eastside, choosing a precise route and starting engineering. It may also begin designing the rail route between the University of Washington and Northgate and start buying more Sounder rail cars.
The car pool lane measure, the Eyman-backed Initiative 985, would have opened car pool lanes to all traffic in nonpeak hours and required local governments to synchronize traffic lights on arterials. It would have set up a statewide traffic-congestion account for projects, financed by money collected by cities and counties in fines from red-light cameras and by 15 percent of the state sales tax revenue from auto sales.
It also would have required tolls charged on specific bridges or highway segments to be used only for projects on those highways. Eyman said one intent was to remove what he called a profit motive for the cameras, which he said have been installed to raise revenue for local governments. Some liked the idea of opening up the car pool lanes
But opponents said cities and counties already synchronize signals, and opening the car pool lanes to all traffic for part of the day could fill those lanes with more traffic. Others said shifting money to build roads would hurt schools, health care and law enforcement and could hurt the sale of bonds to finance a new Evergreen Point Bridge.


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DescriptionRare Ball (Hamilton) 18 Size Open Face Pocket Watch
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Movement: 17 jewels, nickel, full plate, gold lettering and jewel settings, adjusted, circular damaskeened, serial number 14414
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'Gone are the days': Gympie cricket veteran to declare
AS GYMPIE'S cricket season gears up and welcomes two new sides, a veteran of the local game is flagging his final season.
Gympie Gold veteran Troy Ashton said Kingaroy and Murgon's inclusion in the Gympie Regional Cricket Association will add spice to the mix in what will be his final season.
The South Burnett sides will join existing clubs Colts, Harlequins, Valleys and Wests to take the A-Grade league to six sides.
"They're a strong cricketing fraternity out there and two new teams spices things up a little and it makes it exciting," Ashton said.
The Gympie Gold XI, Gympie's premier representative team, will be able to draw from players from the South Burnett.
The region has been a fertile ground for talent, including the likes of Matthew Hayden, Carl Rackerman and Holly Ferling.
Ashton, 39, has been with the Gold since 1997, their debut year in the Sunshine Coast First Grade.
A burgeoning family with three kids and an aging body have convinced Ashton this time it is time to declare.
"This will be the last season for me, it's getting too hard to commit to a whole day each weekend," he said.
"Fitness-wise I'm not that fit, gone are the days of bowling 25, 30 overs a day and each year it gets worse.
"I'll get through the first game I suppose."
The experienced all-rounder has a career best bowling record of 6/34 and a handy 89 runs with the bat and hopes to end his Gold career on a high.
Ashton said there has been off-season movement in the side, which has gained Andrew Batten and coach Paul Mitchell, but lost captain Josh Brady and young-gun Jarrod Sippel, with the latter poached by the Scorchers.
"If I get 20 wickets and exactly 200 runs, I've done my job for the season, anything above that and it's a bonus," Ashton said.
"As long as there's beer at the end of the day, I'm good.
"We've been there or thereabouts, we need the young blokes to step up."


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I didn't write this post, but I sure needed to read what Robin Jones Gunn published today.
Where did your dream come from? If it was a whim of your flesh it will not sprout or bear fruit. It was merely pardonable whimsy. But if it was a dream born of ancient truth and planted by the Father, it will arise in due season.
God is at work even though you cannot see His miracle working power beneath the covering of icy disappointment you now wear as a cloak. He will give you beauty for your ashes. He will give you a garment of praise instead of a spirit of despair. (read the rest on Robin's blog)
Thank You, God, that You have called us back to You. Thank You that you offer healing for our broken hearts. Thank You for setting us free from the prisons of darkness and despair. You have shown us Your favor, God, and You continue to bless us. Thank You for comforting us in our grief. You promise to replace the ashes of death with Your beauty, to pour out joy over us like anointing oil, to dress us in praises when we have lost all hope (Isaiah 61:1-3). When life looks like it's in a downward spiral, God, help me to remember Your promises and to watch for Your glory to appear, just as You have promised.


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Walk Rate (BB%)
Walk rate represents the frequency with which a pitcher walks hitters, as determined by total walks divided by total batters faced. It's an important tool for assessing a pitcher's capabilities and perhaps the most important in judging a pitcher's tendency to walk batters.
Walk rate is often preferred over BB/9 as an evaluative metric because it shows us precisely how frequently a given pitcher allows walks.
Obviously, one of a pitcher's primary goals is to avoid putting hitters on base, and by walking hitters, he's doing just that. Unlike batted balls -- where the outcome is largely a result of team defense and luck -- walks are a surefire way to allow baserunners.
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Microdisplay market is expected to grow US$ 8942.3 million by 2025 from US$ 845.3 million in 2016.
The sales of microdisplays is largely influenced by numerous economic and non-economic factors. The sales pattern for microdisplays have faced similar ups and downs as the global economy. Therefore, the global economy plays a key role in the development of microdisplay market. Amongst the non-economic factors, application markets influence their sales. Healthcare, military & defense, automobile and consumer electronics sectors are the application markets for microdisplay. The automobile and industrial sectors are expected to have a large impact on the growth of microdisplays market. Also for the consumer electronics industry, entertainment vertical is expected to witness high usage of AR VR devices and other HMDs where microdisplays are required.
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MYF WORKSHOP Preview: Rock Star Yoga – Terry creates routines that draw from a variety of yoga schools as well as his previous career as a professional dancer. Sometimes the sequencing will be muscle-quivering difficult, sometimes slow and repetitive. "Think of it as a meditative obstacle course of yoga set to contemporary music."
A couple questions with Terry for Fun Fact Friday:
Who inspires you? All of my non-bendy students - the ones who can't touch their toes, can't straighten their legs and always go left when I say right - but who keep coming and coming and coming...and get better and better and better (or, if they don't GET better, they seem to feel better and, no matter what, they come back for more the next week).
Favorite Sanskrit word? Titibasana. Oh c'mon - who doesn't giggle when they say it?
What makes a good teacher? A good teacher knows they never have ALL of the answers...but they do know that they have SOME really good ones.
Stay tuned for some more Teacher Profiles to get insight to all the wonderful talent we have teaching at this years first Maine YogaFest! Namaste.


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Hello Fellow Bloggers and Stampers!
Sorry I have been missing in action. Sadly, my brother passed away recently. Not much mojo going on for me. I am posting a couple cards made in December and earlier in January.
I made this first CAS card for the Society of Stampaholics December 2015 Card Chain Challenge. My card used the color scheme and holiday theme suggested. I used paper piecing for the scarf and the stamp is from Memory Box. I think Fredward Bear is so cute. The star is a punch from Martha Stewart Crafts. I don't know who made the sentiment, so if anyone recognizes it, please let me know. A really clean and simple card, don't you know.
My second card is for the January CCC and was received by Nathalie in Canada. I used three shades of gray, the colors suggested, as well as a winter theme. The card has a lot of sparkle in real life, some of what shows in the photo. I think I am getting better at photography with my little old digital camera. lol The cardstock is all Stampin' Up! as are the snowflakes and the sentiment too. I heat embossed with Zing silver embossing powder and tied a simple bow with string from my stash on the side. I am quite happy with this card. It was also posted on Splitcoaststampers where I am Rebali.
Too late for Christmas cards? Here's a few I made in December. All of mine were made last minute! Next year (this year) I need to join one of the challenges.
That's it for now. Blogging today is therapeutic for me. Thanks for stopping by.


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Posted by Mark Purney, RPT on April 09, 2014
Tired of all that pesky music going on in your home? Follow these simple steps to put a stop to it!
Use the piano as a shelf - plants and picture frames are especially helpful. Plus most movies with pianos in homes have candles, flower arrangements, and picture frames on them creating a wonderful rattling when played. The plants are even better as the water seeps through warping the wood and – if you're lucky – eventually getting into the innards of the piano, rusting strings and ruining other working parts.
Move the instrument to a spot in direct sunlight. The regular cycles of heating and cooling damages several parts of the piano and the ultraviolet rays ruin the finish. In a pinch, being beside a fireplace or under a heating/cooling duct can also provide much of the same results.
Another handy spot for a piano would be near an open window, as the changes in humidity and temperatures will cause wooden parts to contract and expand.
Don't tune your piano on a regular basis. Technicians will not only tune your piano, but also do other maintenance. Along with affecting tone, what these tuners do affects touch, dynamics, damper performance, and all sorts of things that will keep your piano playing smoothly for years. Who needs that?! Besides the piano goes out of tune gradually so you may not even notice how badly it's off-key.
If you really must have a piano technician work on your piano, make sure that the environment is as noisy as possible. Turn on the TV, get the kids and the dogs riled up, and have a loud phone conversation in the next room. Believe it or not, ceiling fans also make tuning difficult. Your technician must be able to hear subtle tones at very high frequencies in order to tune, regardless of whether or not the tuning is done completely by ear or with the aid of an electronic tuning device. Any noise will make it more difficult to tune and take more time, leaving less time for other maintenance. The piano has thousands of working parts – it's delightfully easy for any of these to not work properly when not maintained.
If you own a grand piano, leave the lid up at all times. Dust and other airborne particles throughout the house will wreak havoc on the strings.
Keep water bottles and glasses on the instrument as often as possible. Besides the possibility of water rings, you may even be fortunate enough to have someone tip the glass, spilling drinks on the finish and into the delicate workings of the piano. Wood warps, metal rusts, and anything warped or not working well makes for all sorts of adventures!
If someone has been silly enough to install a humidifying system on your piano, be sure to unplug it, wrap the cord around the heating element, or just don't add water when the indicator light says to.
Although a regularly maintained humidity system will keep that bothersome technician away a bit longer, it will help the piano hold its tune better and keep the moving parts working more smoothly.
That is no way to ruin a piano!
Aside from killing the piano itself, there are plenty of ways to ruin the experience for the player:


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Metalogic(redirected from Meta-logic)
Also found in: Dictionary.
the part of logic that deals with the meta-theoretical study of the structure and properties of different logical theories.
Metalogic arose at the end of the 19th and beginning of the 20th century as a result of investigations into the foundations of the deductive sciences (primarily mathematics). As these investigations became more specialized, metalogic divided into two separate branches: syntactics and semantics. The syntactic branch, which deals with the examination of purely structural properties of calculi, includes primarily the theory of (formal) proofs (or metamathematics) and the theory of the definability of concepts. The second branch of metalogic, which divides into a theory of sense and a theory of reference (theory of meaning), constitutes logical semantics. The emergence of an independent theory of algebraic content—the model theory—was a result of A. Tarski's basic work in logical semantics dealing with the notion of truth in formalized languages.
Metalogic also includes the interesting problem of the relation between extensional and intensional languages, which served as the starting point for the new discipline of pragmatics.
REFERENCESTarski, A. Vvedenie v logiku i metodologiiu deduktivnykh nauk. Moscow, 1948. (Translated from English.)
Camap, R. Znachenie i neobkhodimost'. Moscow, 1959. (Translated from English.)
Church, A. Vvedenie v matematicheskuiu logiku, vol. 1. Moscow, 1960. (Translated from English.)
Carnap, R. The Logical Syntax of Language. New York-London, 1937.
Tarski, A. Logic, Semantics, Metamathematics. Oxford, 1956.
Martin, R. Towards a Systematic Pragmatics. Amsterdam, 1959.
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Am I having a midlife crisis?
We've all heard the jokes about having a 'midlife crisis' – middle-aged men buying sports cars or motorbikes and dating younger women, middle-aged women who appear to suddenly leave their spouses, travel to far-flung places to "find themselves" or spring for cosmetic surgery.
Definition of a midlife crisis
Psychologist Elliott Jacques, coined the term 'midlife crisis' in the 1960s to denote a critical period at midlife when adults take stock of their lives and re-evaluate their choices – often finding them wanting.
Despite widespread acceptance of the term, research has failed to find compelling evidence that this is a universal or actual phenomenon, let alone a clinical diagnosis.
Far from being a 'crisis' the halfway point where we are cresting the hill, as opposed to being over it, is a natural contemplation point. So for most of us, a 'midlife crisis' is probably more accurately described as a 'midlife transition'. This also makes sense because it's suggested that the 'crisis' can last 3-10 years in men and 2-5 years in women – which seems quite a long time to be in crisis!
The 'crisis' may happen if, as Joseph Campbell suggests, "you climb to the top of the ladder and discover it's against the wrong wall".
What prompts a midlife crisis?
Midlife is often the busiest time of our lives. Most of us have significant responsibilities at work and at home (for both children and ageing parents) and often financial obligations to match. Not surprisingly this is also the time of life when the majority of us report being least satisfied with our lives.
We can no longer deny that our bodies are ageing and may not be as strong or as reliable as they once were. In addition, the death of parents or friends can be a stark reminder of our mortality.
Add to this the natural tendency to review our goals and priorities as we approach our second half and you have a recipe for feeling a bit underwhelmed with our selves and our circumstances.
While the timing of the midlife transition is unique to everyone, the general consensus is that it is most likely to occur between the ages of 37 and our late fifties.
It's often triggered by a life event: the physical changes of menopause or andropause, a health crisis, a change in work status, the kids leaving home or the death of someone close. For others, it results from the looming, or passing, of a significant milestone like a birthday with a '0' in it.
What are the signs of a midlife crisis?
Signs of a midlife crisis vary hugely but can be marked by an increase in:
- dissatisfaction with the status quo – be it in our appearance, our work, our relationships, our achievements or lack thereof
- awareness of how short life is and a sense of urgency to get on with things
- intolerance of both our own and others shortcomings
- focus on realising long held dreams or goals
- concern with questions of purpose and meaning
- fears for our health, our savings for the future, our ability to cope with what life is throwing at us now, and is likely to land us with, in the future
- mindfulness of the changes in our physical appearance, strength and vitality
- a desire to act impulsively or impractically in significant decisions
While both men and women can experience a 'midlife crisis', the emphasis seems to be different. For men it's more often focused on achievements and proving something to themselves and others whether that's through job performance, physical feats, financial or social status.
For women it's more likely to be about re-evaluating our performance in relationships – whether we're satisfied with how we're showing up, both in the roles we play in life but also how much of ourselves we've given to these roles thus far. This can lead to a sense of dissatisfaction and increased asserting of the desire to focus on realising our own goals, for our own sake.
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Have you thought about how to start a business on maternity leave? today I present to you the etsy edition of starting a side business or what the cool kids are calling a "side hustle" these days. I'm not going to teach you how to do it, but rather prime your mindset and show you why it is totally doable. You can have a thriving Etsy store with kids.
I am often asked if it is easy (or even possible) to run an Etsy store with kids and my answer is… absolutely, because YOU are in control of your schedule, and how much you want to do, and how much you want to make. Etsy has been my creative hobby for a while now and I've been experimenting extensively with SEO, Marmalead, Pinterest and other methods to create a side income.
Why is Etsy a really good option for side income?
-You can run your store ENTIRELY on your iPhone, and you can do it in big chunks of time, or little chunks in time. There's two approaches you can take to your work on Etsy:
The first approach is what I call the "Start to Finish" and this is great when you have 2-3 hour chunks of time (perhaps the kids are in daycare, or you are working with naptime.) You can see in this example that you flow through your work, from creation of an item, to fulfillment of orders/customer service.
The second approach is what I find most effective with 3 small children and that is the "By Category" approach to work. What I do is one day a week, I go on a creating binge. I'll time naps or have my husband or mother in law cover the kids, all I need is 1-2 hours to make 7-8 pieces. That is the one thing I do prefer to have little people out of the room for, because it takes incredible patience when your kids are picking up gemstone beads and dropping them all over the floor!!
Then I strategically break up listing items during the week. After tons of research and experimenting, I've found that if I list on certain days at certain times, a few new listings will generate some orders, as Etsy's search bot prefers new listings. I've found lunchtimes during the week, and evenings during the weekend work really well. As you gain experience on Etsy you'll be able to look at your traffic to see when it spikes in your store.
I made the conscious decision to scale my Etsy store down with little kiddos, because of the stage of life I am in with 3 under 5 – so shipping for me is a random trip down to the post office here and there. However, if you are dealing with multiple orders a week, it is great to set aside a shipping day and your little helps will LOVE going to the post office with you.
For social media strategy my advice is to make it a total habit. With a listing you should automatically PIN + POST. Get into the practice of listing an item, then making a pinterest graphic using the free program http://www.canva.com (they have a free pinterest layout) and pinnning it. Also, create an Instagram graphic in the same moment. Again, both can be done with your iphone. The apps I use most frequently are:
Photoshop for iPhone – Editing images before listing on Etsy
Typorama – Great for Instagram (can add text)
Canva – Great for Pinterest Graphics
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Hacker group Anonymous have released a video and a statement via Twitter condemning the attacks on Charlie Hebdo, in which 12 people, including eight journalists, were murdered.
The video description says that it is "a message for al-Qaeda, the Islamic State and other terrorists", and was uploaded to the group's Belgian account.
In the clip, a figure wearing the group's symbolic Guy Fawkes mask is seated in front of a desk with the hashtag #OpCharlieHebdo - which stands for Operation Charlie Hebdo - featured on screen.
The figure, whose voice is obscured says: "We are declaring war against you, the terrorists."
They add that the group will track down and close all accounts on social networks related to terrorists in order to avenge those who have been killed.
This is backed up with a statement entitled "a message to the enemies of freedom of expression" posted to Pastebin, the hacker collective offered their condolences to "the families of the victims of this cowardly and despicable act".
They write "freedom of expression has suffered inhuman assault ... and it is our duty to react".
Anonymous are a group comprised of activists and hackers who claim to defend and protect democracy.
In the past the group have carried out cyber attacks on government, religious, and corporate websites by distributed denial-of-service (DDoS) attacks which attempt to overwhelm an online service with traffic from numerous sources so that users can no longer access it.


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Water rates in the city of San Diego may go up and a city councilman and a local consumer group are fighting to stop the city council from voting to approve the increase.
The San Diego City Council is holding a public hearing on Jan. 24, 2011 at 2:00 p.m. to consider whether or not they will charge residents for a cost of water increase, placed on the city by the San Diego County Water Authority.
City Councilman Carl DeMaio is urging city residents to complete the protest forms delivered with their recent water bills to stop the increase. According to DeMaio, the city's water bills have increased by 65 percent by 2007.
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Musicals Tonight presents I'D RATHER BE RIGHT, 2/8-2/20
George S. Kaufman and Moss Hart have set their first musical collaboration with Richard Rodgers and Lorenz Hart in New York's Central Park on July 4th (1937). Peggy (Laurie Hymes) and Phil (Brent Di Roma) are afraid to marry before he gets a raise which his boss says "won't happen until Roosevelt balances The Budget!" In an extended dream sequence, FDR (Steve Brady) assures them, and the Depression-weary audience, that they can have hope in the future. This despite the political machinations of his Cabinet - Frances Perkins (Donna Coney Island), James A. Farley (Peter Cormican), Cordell Hull (John Alban Coughlan), and Henry Morgenthau (Rob Lorey) and the legal obstacles presented by the Chief Justice of the Supreme Court (Roger Rifkin). Eleanor Roosevelt (Lydia Gladstone) is supportive as are the other members of the cast - Matthew Bauman, Sara Jayne Blackmore, Matthew Conti, Merissa Czyz, Emily Glick, Jeff Horst, Michael Mott, and Kari Ringer.Songs: (We'll Take) Manhattan; Have You Met Miss Jones?, We're Going to Balance the Budget, Sweet Sixty-Five, Spring in Vienna Director: Thomas Sabella-Mills Music Director: James StenborgI'd Rather Be Right Performance Schedule
February 8-20, 2011
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Applying for a Federal Job is About to Get Easier
Over a year ago, President Obama initiated an overhaul of the federal hiring process that will culminate in critical changes for all current federal employees, anyone who is looking at federal employment, and those who might want to transition from military service into federal employment.
The federal employment maze
"For many years federal applicants needed to develop, write and deliver essays called the KSA -- which stands for Knowledge, Skills and Abilities. Along with the federal résumé, these time-consuming essays were part the federal hiring process. After the essays were completed, applicants would apply normally through USA Jobs and wait many days and even months to hear back about positions," said John M. O'Connor, president of Career Pro Inc. in North Carolina. "Without guidance, these applicants did not know or could not get much feedback about their status and their federal resumes, KSAs or other application processes. In fact, every federal agency seemed to have some of their own spin on what was required."
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The Presidential directive
Just last week in the latest major announcement since the hiring directive by President Obama, Office of Personnel Management (OPM) Director John Berry and U.S. Chief Performance Officer Jeffrey Zients unveiled the major overhaul.
In the announcement, Berry said:
"Federal workers fill crucial roles that defend Americans from terrorism, infectious diseases, food-borne pathogens, forest fires and countless other threats. We can't afford delays in filling these jobs, nor can we rely on a system that causes qualified candidates to give up in frustration. President Obama and I believe that we must cut the red tape clogging the Federal hiring process in order to bring aboard outstanding applicants quickly."
He went on to say that these reforms would save the American taxpayer money and free up scarce resources that will allow federal agencies to better serve our nation.
Added Zients: "The best talent doesn't wait around for 140 days -- they find another job. We need to streamline our hiring process to make it more competitive and candidate-friendly. Across 20 years in the private sector, I've seen that the best performing organizations focus on people as their most important tool for improving performance. It is time for the federal government to start doing the same."
The reform
The new federal hiring procedures will:
- Dramatically reduce the time between when a job is announced and is filled.
- Eliminate essays as an initial application requirement. Essays may still be used later in the process. Under the previous system, if an individual applied for five separate federal jobs, he or she often needed to complete five separate sets of lengthy essays.
- Use shorter, plain-language job announcements.
- Accept resumes from applicants, instead of requiring them to submit complex applications through outdated systems.
- Allow hiring managers to choose from among a group of best-qualified candidates, rather than limiting their choice to just three names, through expanded use of "category ratings."
- Notify applicants in a timely manner (and at four points during the process) – eliminating the "black hole" that applicants often feel they enter when they get no response to their application.
Additional initiatives
The President also directed OPM to:
- Design a government-wide plan for recruiting and hiring qualified, diverse talent.
- Review the Federal Career Intern Program and, within 90 days, offer a recommendation to the president on its future and on providing effective pathways into the federal service for college students and graduates.
- Work with agencies to ensure that best practices are being developed and used throughout government.
OPM is also launching a website intended to guide federal agencies and hiring managers through this change at: www.opm.gov/hiringreform.
For complete details on hiring reform, including additional measures taken by President Obama and OPM, visit the OPM web site. The webcast of the press conference is below.
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Guns N Roses Tour "Coming Soon"
Guns N Roses tour dates are looking likely, according to their guitarist. Blabbermouth reports that guitarist Richard Fortus, speaking to St Louis radio station KDHX 88.1 FM, said that rehearsals were underway and that a world tour was looking possible. "I've been in rehearsals with GUNS for the last little […read more…]


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Nepal offers the world's best trekking trips, mountain river rafting, adventure mountain biking, extreme mountaineering, wildlife safari and adventure sports like bungee and paragliding. The land is full of exciting activities.
From the natural beauty to the cultural rich environment, Nepal is an amazingly diverse country that offers something for everyone. One journey through this land is rarely enough. The first thing many people do after a visit is start planning the next one.
Trekking in Nepal
Nepal is trekker's paradise. The land is considered as the best trekking destination on the Earth. Nepal trek involves walking on an average of 5 to 7 hours per day covering about 9 to 14 kilometers.
Rafting in Nepal
Nepal is reach in natural resources and beauties. It is known as the second richest in the world and First richest in Asia. It is also known as the county of mountainous and Himalayas. We had eight out of the fourteen highest peaks in the world .From these breathtaking heights, rivers crash down through the foothills, fed by monsoon rains and melting snow.
Jungle Safari in Nepal
Jungle Safari in Nepal
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Around Kathmandu valleyhikingis possible throughout the year. There are several small hill station towns which have beautiful location, sun rise view and many more can be observed from here. Chisapani, Nagarkot, Dhulikhel


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Is This Move Rational?
1) You don't know how long it will be before foul five, so you run a high risk of benching a player for too long. For instance, perhaps he would have gone ten minutes before getting foul five, but the coach holds him out until only five minutes are left in the game: five minutes were "wasted" playing without the fellow.
2) The usual response to this would be, I think, "But we need to make sure he is on the floor at the end of the game"
Why? Baskets in the first minute of a game count for exactly the same number of points as those in the last minute. Let's say the star who was held out brings his team from ten down to win by one in the last five minutes. The coach will claim vindication: "See, he saved the game for us at the end!"
But, if the star did that, why shouldn't we think that, if he had been in the game earlier, his time would have built up a twelve-point lead, which would be reduced to one after the star got his fifth foul?
I suspect there is an irrational illusion at work here: Because it is the score when the buzzer sounds that matters, somehow the last few minutes seem more important than any others.


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Chun Li & X-Men Origin:Wolverine!Growing up with 3 boys in the family,including my dad,of course I've played the game Street Fighter when I was a kid and sometimes during my high school years too.ahakzz.As I was poring over the new movie trailers on iTunes,I saw this trailer & was immediately excited!
I was more excited when Chun Li is played by Kristin Kreuk!yeayyy!!I love her in Smallville & that made for tv movie that she played with that Ice dude in X-Men(I totally forgot the name of the made for tv movie cos' it was a long time ago!).I hope that it'll be a good one!!
And can't wait for May 1st for X-Men Origin:Wolverine..The trailer is awesome!!!I can't believe that Daniel Henney is in it!He went from My Lovely Kim Sam Soon & Finding Mr.Perfect to Wolverine??That's freaking awesome!!!And Taylor Kitsch(from Friday Night Lights) is playing Gambit..Sweet!!!!
Oh,have you watched the latest episode of Gossip Girl season 2??Thankfully Chuck's uncle is chucked(pun intended!) back to where he belong!How I wish things will work out between Blair and Chuck but he totally blew it by taking drugs & all those chicks during the brunch & that 'stop playing wife' thing was waaaay harsh!But Serena & Dan's situation is just too icky!!They're sharing a step brother for god's sack..How incestuous can you get??
I'm sad over the fact that Lipstick Jungle is over..Partly because I love the relationship between Joe Bennet & Victory..He's just so charming & sarcastic at the same time..huhu.Hopefully there'll be a 3rd season?In the mean time I'm keeping myself occupied with new episodes of the 4th season of How I Met Your Mother..It's so sad that Barney is in love with Robin & she has no idea about it!
I'm trying hard to download Privileged cos' I'm dying to watch it..I'm soo not gonna watch 90210 because it's generic & totally bombed in the states,not to mention the flak the girls of 90210 been getting for being too skinny(even Dan of Gossip Girl asked them to eat some cheeseburgers in an interview!).
On the movie front,can't wait to watch Shopaholic,Bride Wars,He's just not that into you,Up,X-Men Origins:Wolverine,Friday the 13th(Jared's in it!!!),Harry Potter & the half blood prince(the trailer looked so cool!).
Song wise,I can't stop listening to Adele's 'Melt my heart to stone'..It's just so beautiful & I listen to it everyday & the song title is an oxymoron,don't you think?I love Afghan's 'Yang ku tahu cinta itu indah',although I try to mentally block the voice of the girl that's singing with him,cos' she sounds like a 2nd rate Gita Gutawa.The Fray just came up with a new single 'You found me',while Kelly Clarkson's 'My life would suck without you' is a mouthful!


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Rand weakens on Zuma's win
Published: Wednesday 09 August 2017
Rand weakens on Zuma's win
Poor Chinese inflation data worries the commodity markets
RBNZ likely on hold but their rate forecast is key
By David Johnson
South African president Jacob Zuma survived a no-confidence vote yesterday but it is clear that some of his own party MPs voted against him. I suspect there will be ramifications, but the Rand lost about 30 cents against the Pound as the result came through.
The war of words between the West and North Korea is gaining momentum. The North Koreans say they have perfected a missile sized nuclear warhead and might be considering targeting the American State of Guam. The Americans are understandably angry and President Trump threatened "fire and fury like the world has never seen," if Kim Jong Un tries to flex his muscles. Someone somewhere must be doing a roaring trade in nuclear bunkers and canned goods.
The market reaction to what is still thankfully rhetoric has been muted, but the USD has lost some of the ground it gained last week. This afternoon's US productivity and labour costs data is forecast to be rather mixed, so there is scope for the USD to lose a little more ground.
China announced poor inflation data overnight; a match to the poor trade numbers released the night before. Consumer inflation rose just 1.4% on the year, well below forecasts. Producer price inflation (PPI) was up 5.5%, though; in line with forecasts and PPI does tend to feed into consumer inflation a few months down the line. This fall in consumer inflation has a minor impact on the currencies of the countries that supply China.
Today's data diary is duller than a wet morning in January. Nothing is planned that will move the markets, but that doesn't legislate for the unexpected – and we are getting plenty of that of late.
Overnight tonight, the Reserve Bank of New Zealand will most likely leave the NZ base rate on hold, but we expect concerns to be raised once again by Governor Graeme Wheeler over the strength of the NZ Dollar and many suspect he will extend the time frame for any kind of rate hike. The Kiwi Dollar has already weakened on the expectations, so if that doesn't happen, the NZD could well strengthen a fair bit overnight. Worth noting if you need to buy NZD in the short term.
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At 5:45 a.m., Sunday morning, March 20th I woke to a call from ARC dispatch announcing a fire on the North East side of Columbus. I distinctly remember because it was my birthday. When we arrived, the resident of the damaged apartment was outside wrapped in a blanket, visibly cold and upset. He had come…… Continue reading Smoke Alarm Saves Local Resident's Life…Are Yours Working?
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Enjoyed my day out . Bought a lot of stuff at discounted prices. Worth booking !
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The bus was comfortable and travelled per schedule.
Nice trip but found if it difficult to know where to pick up the coach. There do not appear to be bus stops 7 - 9. We waited just outside Burger King at the Frankfurt Maine station. The coach arrived but gave no indication at all as to where it was going. I would have expected a destination on the front of the bus. Enjoyable trip.
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Odysseus had his sirens, the children of Hamelin, the Pied Piper, and DJs, the Macarena. Some songs are simply irresistible.
But perhaps the strongest pull of all comes from the joyful jingle of the ice cream truck. As the boxy vehicles slowly roll down the street, children and adults alike eagerly line up. From King Cones to Fudgesicles and Strawberry Shortcake bars, everyone has their favorite.
A recent conversation in the office sparked a heated debate about the best frozen treat. Curious to know what our community enjoys, we asked which popsicles, cones, or ice cream sandwich reigns supreme.
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Which classic ice cream truck treat is your absolute FAVORITE? (Poll 3/4)
The ever-dependable ice cream sandwich was the crowd favorite, with more than 13 percent of the vote! Close behind were Choco Tacos, Chipwiches, and the luxurious Magnum bar.
Instead of waiting for the temptation of a cheery song, we have 14 frozen treats that are just as good as the ice cream truck.
For more ice cream recipes, tips, and saves for when things go awry, check out Ice Cream & Friends, our cookbook dedicated to ice cream and all its pals: pops, gelato, milkshakes—sprinkles, cones, and so much more.
What is your favorite ice cream truck treat? Any local frozen desserts you can't resist in the summer?
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Ramboll's capabilities in energy strategy and planning span the entire energy chain from production to end-use.
We assist public as well as private sector clients, including municipalities, utilities, central agencies, IFIs, developers and industries to prepare energy strategies and action plans.
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In line with political and legislative initiatives, and the increasing focus on and awareness of our climate, it has for many municipalities become a focus area to prepare energy strategies to ensure that every step necessary is taken to reduce the energy consumption and the total CO2 emission in the most cost-effective way.
These strategies are designed in close co-operation with energy suppliers and large energy consumers.
These strategies include all relevant activities in the municipality and a forecast of the energy balance on the territory of the municipality, including use of resources and CO2 emissions.
Our aim is to serve our clients' demands in the best way by anchoring our planning services in the relevant service areas. This ensures that our planners will develop realistic and applicable plans in close contact with the designers who implement the plans.
Ramboll has, in association with Aalborg University, submitted an updated 2010 version of the strategic study Heat Plan Denmark. The study was presented for the Danish Minister for Energy and Climate.
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The design of an urban environment largely determines the possibilities for energy and resource efficiency. Ramboll offers a strong approach to inform the urban planning process about cost-effective and sustainable energy opportunities. Download our Urban energy planning & design capability statement (PDF, 600 KB)
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It is the vision of Carlsberg Properties to create a new sustainable district in Copenhagen with housing, shops and office buildings in harmony with the historical old buildings and the neighbouring districts.
The making of a strategy for the production and use of energy is a starting point for efficient energy management. Ramboll energy specialists and management consultants work with a number of cities and municipalities on the development of climate action plans to reduce CO2 emissions.
Ramboll took part in a World Bank financed study for Beijing Environmental Protection Bureau. The aim was to analyze how Beijing could optimize the environmental benefit for all sectors: waste, water, waste water and air pollution from traffic and heating. Ramboll was sub-consultant for ES California for the component air pollution from heating.
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Below is a statistical snapshot of breakfast cereals in Australia.
- Australians are the fourth highest consumers of breakfast cereals in the world (behind the UK, Ireland and New Zealand), buying nearly 120 million kg of breakfast cereal products a year – or 5.1kg a person.1
- The Australian breakfast cereal industry is worth $1.1b per annum2 and actively supports our economy by employing thousands of Australians and exporting to more than 17 countries.
- Breakfast cereals are a popular way to start the day. The Australian Health Survey data showed 41% of adults and nearly half of all children ate cereal for breakfast.3
- Among those cereal eaters, most (62%) ate breakfast cereals that contained less than 15g of total sugars per 100g, including sugars from fruit in the cereal. 3
- Breakfast cereal eaters are spoilt for choice with more than 468 breakfast cereals readily available on supermarket shelves.4
- Half of Australian breakfast cereals carry the Health Star Rating and of those 84% were rated 4-5 stars. 4
- Australian's love to share their breakfast with a million posting images of their brekkie bowl to social media every day.5
- The nation is divided on whether to keep it simple or add topping to breakfast cereal. Fifty nine per cent of Australians love their cereal plain with milk, while 41 per cent of Australian breakfast cereal eaters like a bowl of cereal with added extras.5
- Our favourite breakfast cereal toppings are fruit and nuts with the more adventurous adding vegetables, herbs and spices, and added spreads like peanut butter. 5
- Some times our eating habits can be a little eccentric. A million Australian eat breakfast cereal straight from the box, 1.1 million have special cereal spoon they always use while 300,000 eat cereal with a fork. 5
- When it comes to breakfast, cereal fans are looking for combinations that help them stay fuller for longer (39%), improve regularity and gut health (38%) and boost nutrition (36%).5