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Electric vs gas mill
I think the electric mill will be cheaper to run than the gas. Electric is $70 a 1000. With electric, I won't need to do all the extra work like I would with gas.
The electric company says they will put 3 phase in if I will do the wiring. I told them I would. Question is, what am I getting myself into on the wiring of the sawmill?
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First place I'd call is Baker. If they offered the model mill you have in 3ph electric, they would know what would have to change and may have a "turn key" conversion kit, wiring diagrams, specs for fusing, starter switches, etc. If not, or you want to scrounge up parts yourself, they may have brackets and parts of a kit that would be more cost-effective to buy from them than to try to devise on your own.
We've been running a Wood-Mizer LT40HDE25 with a roto phase converter for over a year now. Our power company was not so nice - they wanted $40,000 or $360/mo minimum electric bill until the $40,000 was paid off to up our line 1/2 mile to three phase.
I think I checked our electric cost for the 25hp mill, 10hp edger, small dust collector, refrigerator, window fan, etc. and it came to about $3.60/2500 bf. No maintenance cost at all and nothing has failed to need replacing in our first 14 months of use.
Love that 3ph mill. Would have loved having 3ph to the building rather than going to the expense and trouble of the roto phase converter. Even with the added cost of the roto phase, the 3ph mill is less expensive than the diesel engine mill.
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I called Baker and they have a setup where all you have to do is run your wires to the mill and it is ready to run.
37 1/2 HP on the mill, 15 HP on the edger.
From contributor B:
I thought you were thinking of converting your existing mill to 3ph.
For sure, the easiest and most cost-effective way would be to sell your mill and buy a 3ph mill. That's the way we did it. But not everyone thinks that way.
You'd probably still need a main disconnect switch and fusing coming off your power service.
37-1/2 hp - that's a honkin' big motor for a bandmill.
As far as wiring, we lucked out and had a customer that was a certified 3ph electrician come out and wire ours on trade. Only the roto phase conversion wiring was complicated.
The mill was straightforward except to make sure it was wired for the right voltage.
Make sure your cord to the mill is the right type that is flexible and has the right shielding, etc. Have to figure some way for the cord to move back and forth with the sawhead without getting in the way or binding.
Picture notes: Ronk phase converter on left side upper corner of the building with disconnect boxes with fuses, and converter starter motor. (Most of this you would not need.) Power cable cord coming down from the peak of the roof to the motor starter box on the Wood-Mizer mill. There is a nylon rope running from the middle of the power cord to a pulley to the right side and then down to a jug of oil for weight. It pulls the cord to the right to keep it from drooping and from getting tangled in the sawhead. (This is a picture of some of our first cuts and the dust collector is not hooked up.)
If you are going to keep your mill in one place, electric is the only way to go. There is no fooling around with an engine that is cranky - you hit the switch and you are in business. What regulations exist determines what your costs will be. Here in Oregon, for 3 phase you have to have the meter base and a manual fuse panel. The electric supplier will hook up to this and don't care what is downstream from this. (You have to have a permit for building wiring). All that is required for a 3 phase motor is a thermo overload starter and low voltage controls, plus a fuse box. It will cost you about 3-4k for new equipment to use a 30 hp 440volt motor, less if you can find used.
Electric is the way to go if you are stationary. Your math is all wrong, though. 6 gallons per 8 hours would be 1560 gallons per year working 5 days a week. That is still about $2500 a year in gasoline and electricity would probably be cheaper and more dependable. My electric coop wanted $40,000 to run 2 miles of 3 phase. I got the converter (that was in 1984).
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I didn't bother to do a lot of math to figure this out, but I have been using a Clark mill for 10 years and the 18 horsepower B&S engine, although having been overhauled, was still having valve problems, starting difficulty in winter, oil changes, filters, noise, fumes, and performance issues.
Fuel going up in price, downtime for repairs and maintenance, and operator fatigue from listening to that engine revving all day just got to be too much.
I put in a rotary phase generator and there is no looking back. I was using 25-30 dollars of fuel per day alone and now have a bill with all the extras that Ontario Power Generation adds on, of only $60-80 dollars.
And, that includes my dust collectors, moulder, planer. 20 HP 240V 3ph is all the power I need. There is no bogging down, the torque curve is far better, and if it were not for the sound of the blades on the guides, this thing is super quiet. If your mill is stationary, bite the bullet and do the changeover.
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Well, we are now almost a fourth of the way through 2015, so I guess it's about time one of the most famous driving personalities in the U.S. announced his schedule for the year. Apparently rally will not be a priority for Mr. Hoonigan himself in 2015, with only 4 rally events in total on the calendar and only 2 of those will be stateside at Rally America New England Forest Rally and Lake Superior Performance Rally. If you want to see one of the most exciting drivers in the world ripping it up on gravel roads, hopefully you live in the East half of the country or New Zealand. More…
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So by now it has become pretty well known that long-time TV favorite Jeremy "Jezza" Clarkson, has gotten himself into a splash of hot water. "So what?" you say, continuing to respond to written text verbally like some kind of reverse stenographer. "Jeremy is always in trouble, why not just tell me the sky is blue??"
Well you have a good point, though I'd appreciate you not throwing your sandwich at the monitor like that. Clarkson certainly has a way about him, but the question is really if it's as big of a deal as it seems. I've been discussing this with a smattering of friends over the last week or so and it's kind of difficult to see what all the fuss is about. I mean sure, he punched some guy in the face over something as ridiculous as a meal being cooked, but this is Jeremy "actually-only-2-years-older-than-Tom-Cruise" Clarkson. I won't go as far as to make comparisons to a certain C. Montgomery Burns, but there are slightly more intimidating people to have throw a ham-fist towards the middle of your face, if i'm honest. It could be argued that, had he not already caused so many other rabbles in the past, this issue might have been of lesser consequence. But to be honest, even coming from the perspective of someone in the U.S., a place where Ray Rice is a thing, trying to get on the level with suspensions, hearings, lawyers, and show postponements for what has already far outgrown its original (and very fitting) Fracas-labeled jeans, seems like too much.
When you think about the Rally in the 100 Acre Wood, immediately visions of fast sweeping gravel roads pop into your head. It's no wonder that it's one of the most popular Rally America events of the year. This year was set to be no exception with 65 entries, but Mother Nature had her own plan. With snow and ice already on the ground, bitterly cold temps moved in for Friday morning. Shakedown started at 8 AM and the temp on my BMW 128i's dash read 3 degrees Fahrenheit. Why had I got up at 5:30 AM for this, I thought to myself as I pulled on my Columbia snow pants over top of my jeans to try to stay warm. Then as I wandered down the ice covered gravel road towards a tight corner at the top of the hill I remembered just how beautiful the forest was at this time in the morning. It was quiet and peaceful and soon to be filled with the glorious sound of rally cars tearing through it. More…
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I haven't been a Formula 1 fan for very long. I believe my first season of interest was when Jenson Button took Brawn GP to the championship in front of Vettel in 2009. In the short time that I've been a fan, however, I have done my best to be a proper one; learning about all the glory that was Senna and his rivalry with Prost, watching the "Killer Years" documentary just shy of a thousand times, and most importantly, picking favorites. In the world of sports, F1 is a very interesting animal in this regard compared to others. Like the rest, you can pick a favorite team, but each team only has 2 players. You have a real opportunity to be a fan of individual drivers and to understand their specific racing styles. Whether it's Alonso's adaptability, Perez's all-or-nothing aggression, or Maldonado's seemingly impossible feat of crashing more times in an hour and half than a pirated copy of Windows Vista, you really have the privilege of minimal selection. More…
The 2015 version of the autocross index you love to hate is now out. The PAX/RTP index is used to compare SCCA event results across classes. This year all street tire and stock classes now require a minimum tread wear rating of 200 on all tires. Also gone are the race tire 'stock' classes. More…
Throwback Thursday to 2012 Rally America Rally in the 100 Acre Wood held in the forests of Missouri. Ken Block and Alex Gelsomino took another victory in their Monster World Rally Team Hoonigan Racing Ford Fiesta. They have dominated this event for the past 8 years.
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We have been appointed by Newcastle College to design their new Gateway Building. The college's aspiration is to create a landmark building which will be located off St James Boulevard opposite the Discovery Museum, a fantastic city centre opportunity for Ryder Architecture.
The selection process has been protracted and was based upon a fee and written submission followed by a short design competition.
The building will include student services, a library and learning resource centre, a senior management suite, a refectory and central administration functions.
The first project briefing took place on 16 April 2013 and the college design brief has now focused on delivering an exchange hub for ideas and innovation which will bring new challenges to the project.
The programme is extremely ambitious with site clearance starting next month and the construction commencing in September 2013 with a completion date proposed for August 2014.


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Poppy/Little Brown
236 pages (Hardcover)
"Who would have guessed that four minutes could change everything?"
Today should be one of the worst days of seventeen-year-old Hadley Sullivan's life. Having missed her flight, she's stuck at JFK airport and late to her father's second wedding, which is taking place in London and involves a soon-to-be stepmother Hadley's never even met.
Then she meets the perfect boy in the airport's cramped waiting area. His name is Oliver, he's British, and he's sitting in her row.
A long night on the plane passes in the blink of an eye, and Hadley and Oliver lose track of each other in the airport chaos upon arrival. Can fate intervene to bring them together once more?
Quirks of timing play out in this romantic and cinematic novel about family connections, second chances, and first loves. Set over a twenty-four-hour-period, Hadley and Oliver's story will make you believe that true love finds you when you're least expecting it. (From Goodreads)This book has been on my TBR for ages! Well, I finally got a copy!
Firstly, I love the cover.
Secondly, this book played out like a movie perfectly, in my head.
Thirdly, it's just a great read!
It's one of those books that gives you hope that, one day, you will find that someone. As someone who has never been in an actual relationship (yes, that is embarrassing for me to admit), it's easy to lose hope. But after you read something like this? It kinda gave me butterflies.
It is also great on it's own. I am the type of person that gets attached to characters, and loves a good trilogy or series. This book is a great stand-alone. I was completely and utterly content with the ending, and not desperate for a sequel.
Therefore, I fully recommend this book. It's quick read that will just give you hope for a better tomorrow.
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March 21, 2008 -- G4S, the FTSE 100 firm once known as Group 4 Security, targeted troubled rival ArmorGroup yesterday with a £43.6m cash bid for the company.
ArmorGroup, which provides security guards to a dozen British and American embassies across the world and has teams in Iraq and Afghanistan, ran into problems after an incident in September, involving the US firm, Blackwater, in which 17 Iraqi civilians were killed. The killings prompted the Iraqi government and Congress to draw up laws designed to bring private security companies under control. The Afghan government has also become much stricter on private security firms.
The drop-off in lucrative contracts led ArmorGroup, which has 8,500 employees and 38 offices in 27 countries, to warn dramatically on profits last year. Its share price plunged and David Seaton, chief executive, who had been in the post for only 18 months, stepped down. It is chaired by former Conservative foreign secretary Sir Malcolm Rifkind.
Last month, ArmorGroup admitted that its weak share price had flushed out a number of bidders, rumoured to have included British rival Control Risks and New York-based risk consulting company Kroll. Baird Capital, the private equity group that backed the company's buyout in 2003, was also understood to be interested in bidding.
But yesterday Baird said it would use the 32% of the company it still owns to vote in favour of G4S's 80p-a-share offer. The company's board and two further major shareholders - Industrial & Financial Investments Company and Landsdowne Partners - are also supporting the bid, giving G4S acceptance from shareholders with more than 53% of ArmorGroup.
Describing the offer as "full and fair", Rifkind added that the offer "gives ArmorGroup shareholders the prospect of a cash exit at an attractive price when considered against the potential of ArmorGroup as a standalone business".
But while the price marks a 127% premium to the company's share price the day before it admitted it had received a number of approaches, it is still below the 100p at which the stock was trading a year ago and well under the more than 270p at which they traded just a few months after the firm's flotation in December 2004.
G4S employs 530,000 people in more than 110 countries including Iraq where it has about 800 people on a firefighting contract with the US military. Buying ArmorGroup will cement its position and add operations in four new countries: Sudan, Afghanistan, Algeria and Rwanda. ArmorGroup has also developed expertise in mine clearance and has teams dealing with kidnappings, both areas in which G4S has no experience.
Nick Buckles, chief executive of G4S, described the deal as an important and logical step. "ArmorGroup's experience in providing protective security, its international presence and strong customer relationships mean that it is a natural fit with our existing business," he said.
G4S is no stranger to controversy. The company, the world's second largest security firm, has been accused of driving down wages in countries where it operates and denying workers their basic rights. A US union, representing 1.8 million mainly low-paid workers across the US, spearheaded a long-running campaign against the company which it argued cut healthcare and other benefits to its staff.


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The Best Meditation for Busy People
While fitting a workout into our busy schedules can seem tough, adding meditation can seem downright impossible. Who has the time?
But what if there was a way to harness the benefits of a daily meditation practice in only a few short minutes? What if I told you that meditation was something you could do in the shower, or in line at Starbucks, or in seat 49A, row 20 en route to a business trip? And what if, meditation was something that could enhance your physical workouts, not only your mental stamina?
The truth is, meditation is all of these things. Even busy people can find ways to incorporate it into their schedules and reap the benefits.
What is meditation?
It is the practice of focusing your attention on a single point in order to bring yourself into the present moment. This can mean sitting in a quiet room focusing on your breathing. It can mean latching your mind onto a single phrase or word (a mantra) or even paying close attention to your bodily sensations. Meditation can be still or with movement.
From a scientific standpoint, the act of meditating engages a part of the brain called the pre-frontal cortex, which controls executive functions like attention span, learning, memory and emotional regulation.
Why is it helpful?
Meditation's benefits are numerous. To name just a few:
- Decreases anxiety and depression.
- Helps us deal more effectively with stress.
- Boosts our bodies' immune systems.
- Helps us focus better, longer.
- Eases inflammation in the body.
- Improves memory.
- Allows creativity to flow.
- Makes us better multi-taskers.
- Improves levels of happiness.
- Can boost our physical workouts (which we will look at more in-depth in future blogs).
Ideas for meditation on-the-go.
Studies show that even short periods of meditation, if done regularly, can be more beneficial than if done for extended periods of time but only occasionally. This is good news for those of us with only a few minutes a day to spare.
The first thing you want to do is fully commit yourself to a regular, daily meditation practice. In order to experience the full range of benefits, give yourself a timeframe (say, 30 days) to make it a habit. Next, pick a time of day to engage your mind fully. Sync up your mindfulness practice with something that you do consistently anyway. For example:
Beditate – Upon the first five minutes of waking, without even getting out of bed, set your phone timer and focus quietly on your breathing. Boom, done for the day.
Cardio – If you have a regular cardio routine in place, commit to taking five minutes during your workout to zero in on your bodily sensations by using all five senses.
Lunchtime – Eating can even become meditation when done mindfully. Focus on the feel, taste, smell of your food. You can do this at your desk, even.
Coffee break – Long lines at a certain well-known coffee chain can surprisingly provide a timeframe for meditation. Tune in to the way your body feels as you stand in line. What thoughts go through your mind? Take note of the rich coffee smells and loud whirring of the machines.
Flight – Re-frame your travel experience. Instead of seeing your air time as a stressful situation, try the perspective of it becoming an invitation for quiet reflection. Strap on your headphones, even if only to block noise, close your eyes and breathe deeply for a few minutes. Or, download a meditation app to your phone and listen to a guided meditation. One of our favorites is the Headspace app.
It is possible to improve your mental/emotional health even with a busy schedule. If you'd like some ideas for fitting in efficient workouts as well, we can help.


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I made this bracelet earlier today, based on the ritual that I wrote about in my last post. I had been feeling a bit of an itch to swing by my local bead store and possibly put something together for several days now, but I didn't really know what until I got there. I rememmbered the green oval-shaped beads which sorta remind me of leaves, and several different pink beads which had flowery designs to them. Roses are an item that I frequently offer to Apollo, and I thought it would be a great idea if I could make a bracelet based on the bay leaf devotional- seven leaf beads with rose beads spacing them.
Well, the simple fourteen-bead bracelet that I had in mind didn't work out. The green beads are rather large, and to string only seven of those together would create a bracelet far too large for my wrist, nevermind the flower beads to space them. Also, to buy fourteen beads of the sort I wanted- seven of the green beads, seven of the flower beads like the large one pictured above would have been extremely expensive. so I had to look at other options. There were n other green beads to my linking for this project, they had to be the one pictured. There were smaller rose-like beads. So I decided on one large rose bead and two leaf beads, and for the actual counter beads, seven smaller rose beads. There are twenty-eight smaller spacer beads, their arrangement is merely my aesthetic preference.
(Apologies for the low picture quality- the only digital camera I have at the moment is the sorry VGA camera on my cell phone.)


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In her own words, Anna Burke is as artistic as a dead chook.
So it's just as well the former House of Representatives Speaker enlisted Sydney artist Jude Rae to paint her official portrait for Parliament House.
It's the first in the official collection of a female subject by a female artist.
Ms Burke, who was a Deputy Speaker and Speaker during the tumultuous hung parliament from 2010 to 2013, made the journey back to Canberra on Thursday for the official unveiling, but for only one reason.
"Let's just be brutally honest about this: I wouldn't be here unveiling it if it wasn't for my mother because she really wanted it to happen," she said.
Ms Burke shunned the traditional robes for her sitting and revealed how hard it was to stay in one spot for so long just looking out a window.
"My children think I look too severe in it but I think (Jude) was trying to give me gravitas," she said.
Ms Burke, who won five elections for Labor in the Victorian seat of Chisholm before stepping down at the 2016 poll, described herself as the accidental MP.
"I did think I'd be a one-termer. I never thought I'd last long enough to actually end up with a portrait in the place."
She credits her family and her children - who were born during her time in parliament - for making her career possible, which resulted in her becoming the second female Speaker of the lower house.
"I get the portrait but they did all the hard work, as did Jude because I'm as artistic as a dead chook so if it have been me painting the portrait it would have looked terrible."
Her friend deputy Labor leader Tanya Plibersek said the pair saw each other through some tough times, especially raising children from afar.
"I can tell you kids that when she wasn't there she was thinking about you all the time," she said to Ms Burke's children, tearing up.
Ms Plibersek talked up her colleague's achievements including on the Do Not Call Register and her role in the stem cell debate, revealing she did it all with a reading difficulty.
Ms Rae, who won the Portia Geach Memorial Award for Portraiture in 2005 and 2008, said it was a privilege to paint Ms Burke.


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Restoring Communities
— from episode #197
Over the years, we've covered many stories about helping communities in need. From natural disasters to low-income housing, here's another that shines the light on some worthy projects going on in your neighborhood and around the world.
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Air date: June 29, 2018


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David Gibson, acclaimed cellist, will present a free recital of Suites 1 and 6 for Unaccompanied cello by J.S. Bach in the santuary on Sunday, September 30 at 4 pm.
Mr. Gibson currently teaches cello at Mount Holyoke College and runs the theory and instrumental music program at Rennselaer Polytechnic Institute. He has been on the performance and chamber music faculties of the University at Albany, Georgetown University, Mannes College of Music, and Meadowmont School of Music.
As a performer, David Gibson has been a pioneer in the field of electronic music. His repertoire includes music from the 14th century to the present, and he feels as much at home with Brahms as he does with David Behrman. He has performed throughout this country as well as Canada and Europe.
Mr. Gibson holds degrees from the Juilliard School of Music '67 and Yale University '72. His primary field was cello performance, and his most influential teachers were Luigi Silva, Claus Adam, and Dorthy DeLay. He studied conducting with Jorge Mester at Juilliard, composition with Jacob Druckman at Yale and had a close association with Morton Feldman while a member of the Center for the Creative and Performing Arts in Buffalo, NY '72-'74.
As a cello teacher, Mr. Gibson has specialized in producing virtuoso performers. He has placed students in virtually every major conservatory in the country. His students have won major national and international competitions and many have significant musical careers.
Don't miss this chance to hear Mr. Gibson's compelling interpretations of these solo masterpieces!
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My girlfriend just got an Iphone 4 and she pretty much convinced me to get one precisely because of the chat thing. She told me if i got one, that she would stream bits of the Glass Candy show this Friday from NYC.
My girlfriend just got an Iphone 4 and she pretty much convinced me to get one precisely because of the chat thing. She told me if i got one, that she would stream bits of the Glass Candy show this Friday from NYC.
FaceTime only works over wi-fi, though. So unless there's wi-fi at the show, I doubt it'll happen.
So there's a ton of problems with iPhone 4. Color me unimpressed.
The first and most noticeable problem is with the new external antenna band that surrounds the phone. Many users have reported that if you cover the black rubber seams on the side of the phone, the signal disappears and calls drop/data quits. Some have not been able to replicate the problem, but it's way more widespread than Apple claims. I went to the AT&T store today and all three of their display models had this problem. Just gripping the phone in my hand like I naturally would during a call, it went from full bars to no bars, and then a "No Service" message.
The second big issue is with the proximity sensor. They are much more sensitive than iPhone 3GS... if you barely move the phone while it's up to your ear, the sensor turns the screen on and causes users to press the on-screen buttons with their cheek. People have reported muting calls, activating speakerphone, ending calls, and attempting to start the FaceTime feature. I also tested this at the AT&T store. I laid iPhone 4 and my iPhone 3GS on the table, activated a call on both phones, then put my finger over the sensors on both phones. When I lifted my fingers, the iPhone 4 screen came back on when my finger was only about 1/4" above the phone. My 3GS didn't come on until my finger was 1 - 1 1/2" away.
The proximity sensor may be a calibration issue that can be fixed with a software update, but I have a feeling that the antenna issue is here to stay on the affected handsets. Apple has been completely silent on the sensor problem and gave some BS excuse about the antenna.
Soooo... I think I'll pass on iPhone 4.
Antenna issue is present on the 3gs, most HTC phones and a lot of nokia and blackberry phones in some form or another. Apple has also finally admitted somethign researchers have been complaining about for years, in that Apple exxagerates the signal strength by using a nonstandard algorithm, hence the drop from full to no bars in the iphone 4, its not a dramatic drop, its a drop yes, but an innacurate one exagerated by an incorrect algorithm.
fixedFaceTime only works over wi-fi on unjailbroken iphones, though. So unless there's wi-fi at the show, I doubt it'll happen.
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If you're willing to carry two devices, it's possible to get a cheaper plan with a Windows Mobile or Android phone, and use it to unofficially create a wireless hot-spot for the iPod touch. Best of both worlds, if you're willing to lug them both around. Also, signs of the upcoming iPhone4-like version of the touch:
The week after iPhone 4 went on sale, Apple was posting job listings for antenna experts. It tells me that they are aware of an issue and need help resolving it for upcoming versions of the iPhone.
I'm waiting to see what happens when the iPhone 4 is finally released here, which is hopefully later this month, and I'm now out of contract with O2 so I can shop around and try and get a good deal on either an iPhone 4 or a cheaper 3GS depending on how much they come down by.
If I were Apple, I would hire antenna engineers regardless of whether there is a fault or not, simply to make sure that there is without a shadow of a doubt no problems in future, or for new products.
Deducing that its an admission of fault from Apple is merely speculation.
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Admission or non-admission of fault is irrelevant to actual fault though.
1. Apple's algorithm exaggerates signal strength by one or two bars (that's not minor, that's significant).
2. Most cell phones do lose some signal strength when handled, due to our skin essentially acting as a "conductor," thus slightly weakening the signal. However, most smart phones (and previous Apple iPhones) have internal antennae, which means the casing of the phone acts as a buffer to reduce this problem.
3. The iPhone 4 has an external antennae, so there is no buffer between it and the skin, which is why they suggest putting a rubber band around the phone.
4. The combination of misleading signal strength and external antennae construction leads to iPhone users going from what appears to be near-full reception (but may actually be weak reception) to no reception simply by picking up the phone.
ETA: Found the article. Here it is!
I'm wanting to get a new phone--the one I have is dying--and I have a gift certificate to the Apple Store. I really wanted to get the new iPhone, but all of these bad reviews have kept me away. Are they planning on fixing any of these problems?
According to Apple's press conference last Friday, you should get the rubber bumper for free. I use a Colors case by Switch Easy and they now make them for iPhone 4.
I am considering biting the bullet and just getting the new one myself ... my current phone is ancient. It's a Samsung I've probably had for, like, 5 years. No internet. No apps. No frills. I don't think I've even taken a photograph with it.
It's definitely done its job, but it's starting to act completely nuts ... turning off constantly, giving me weird messages. I'm worried that it'll die and I'll totally lose my address book, etc. I'm not sure it will survive another month.
Newer production models of the iphone 4 have snook in a high impedance coating on the antenna band according to ifixits latest tear downs. Theyre not going to fix it because they already have fixed it, it was just done on the sly.
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Vilnius – Baltic Tour Kickoff
We have started our Baltic tour today (the 31st of January 2014) and people are questioning our judgement "In winter?". Perpetual travelers can follow warm weather forecasts or they do some extreme sightseeing in -10C.
We thought that to enjoy some crisp white city images in Lithuania isn't so bad. And truthfully, it was making the best of a business trip to Vilnius.
Vilnius is our first stop and will be followed by more capitals, namely Riga, Tallinn and Helsinki, before disembarking for Cologne. We haven't been back home (to Germany where my parents live) for two years now. Dad has passed on his dentist's practice last year and mum has only retired as a paediatrician of civil service in Cologne in autumn – perfect timing.
We have been in Vilnius in December 2012 when the city was covered in a thick layer of snow. Today, the view from Air Lituanica resembled that soft cotton snow. It was that thick in 2012.
Landing was shaky and strong winds rattling the airplane made me freak out (a wee bit). The more we fly, the more I am actually not looking forward to the next flight.
No. Wait. If I get a window seat, I think I will reconsider.
We will be couch surfing in Riga but we decided to rent in Vilnius. The apartment we got this time, is vast. And 'lot's of space' is the only way to define it. The converted office is lacking charm, not at all like the one we rented in 2012 – overloaded in proper 90s style.
We rented both times through airbnb, which will get you a 25$ bonus on anything/anywhere you might rent, if you use our link.
This time, we pay about 15 Euros per person, which is about 45 Euros per night (we are travelling with our friend) but I wouldn't call it a great deal. One neat thing was that (for 10 Euros) our host picked us up from Vilnius' tiny but beautiful airport, which looks like an old train station or noblemen's ballroom.
The location of the apartment is very close to old town, within walking distance to all sights. We are not planning to use buses or taxis at all (because they cheat) and save (on money but mainly typical taxi scam situations).
How to avoid rip off taxis and our crocodile-skin wallpaper apartment from 2012 – right here.
Our big living-office room. The lights are… well… bright. Our friend Monika is our PT Baltic Tour travel companion.
This looked a lot better in the pictures. Office romance in the bedroom.
Lithuanian interior decoration on a budget.
Our first impressions of Vilnius. Yes, it is cold but lively with many artistic and shabby vintage looking shops, bars and clubs to keep us cosy and warm.
Architecture is a clash of old neglected houses and newly renovated buildings.
Vilnius is tiny with about half a million inhabitants and has a pretty old town. After day two we felt like we had walked past most sights and shops numerous times.
Passing the creepy doll. Again.
There are some nice examples of art nouveau in Vilnius. This is one of them.
Shabby streets and houses make an interesting ambience. The graffiti is not as bad as in Athens and in many cases more controlled. Some are very funny and nice, in contrast to the smears below.
Walking around town was basically a quick hike to a restaurant to warm up. This is how we stumbled upon Submarine. It looked inviting with many people and candlelights, as we peeped through the big glass windows from outside.
The food was OK. In general Lithuania's cuisine is rather on the greasy, heavy side. I hear it is not the food that brings people to Lithuania.
Location: Submarine Restaurant, Vilniaus 37, Vilnius.
For starters we had salad with avocado and blue cheese.
Macaroni with mussels and shrimp for Tomek (I ate all the mussels) and spaghetti with vegetables for me.
Meat lovers are easy to please in Vilnius (Monika raved about her serving) but there are always solid veggie choices on the menu.
Hot apple pie with strawberry sauce was the perfect winter dessert.
This was wasn't great at all. A lot of dough stuffed with a bit of berry marmalade and vanilla ice cream.
I sveikata /ee svey kah tah/ is cheers in Lithuanian (and literally means to health)!
We had fun testing a few bars and beers. There are some good dark beers in Vilnius.
At the popular and ever filled up bar Būsi trečias we met promo pirates and won a wooden bracelet which was fun but did not convince us buy their booze. Maybe they should have done a tasting instead.
Location: Būsi trečias, Totorių gatvė 18, Vilnius.
Captain Morgan.
Tomek on board.
I felt adventurous and tried a hot apple orange rum drink. Would I order it again? If I had to.
Saw a posh girls' night out in the city when walking back.
BTW this is my new snow, water, rain, storm, wind, cold -proof outfit. I am proud to say that it only took me two days of complete indecisiveness to complete my winter-resist white-sausage look. The coat (which was sold out in black), is filled with down – coming out and giving little nasty jabs to my skin, apart from sticking to every other garment I wear.
Hello. I am not used to travel below freezing zero, so this is my outfit.
Tomek was dressed as usual. A real man, he never complains of the cold. Monika decided to wear what I have named a 'tent' and she has not complained of freezing temperatures much. 'Tent' has developed its own life shortly afterwards – documented on gazillion 'Tent pictures'.
Some are more bold when it's cold.
You probably didn't expect this post to end at the loo! But before I forget, at Būsi trečias the man's toilet was a squat and there are bins to dump used paper. Old pipes in old houses clog easily. Just thought to let you know.
Promise a conventional ending in my next post!
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Pop Up Thinglab 27 was a mixed reality staff development workshop for Redbridge Institute of Adult Education.
InspireNshare Thinglabs introduces new technologies and the type of tech we call "Citizen Tech" ... tech that is simple, friendly accessible and cost effective .... tech that encourages participation, play and production.
I think of mixed reality as augmented reality with immersion - using a viewer like Google Glass, Microsoft Hololens or Magic Leap ... but all of these are typical high tech, complex, costly and rare - only accessible by the lucky few. However, in the same way that Google Cardboard made virtual reality accessible to the many there are companies seeking to make mixed reality accessible to the many by using smartphones and cardboard viewers - Aryzon, Holokit and Zapbox for example. Where Hololens costs several thousand pounds cardboard mixed reality costs just tens of pounds ... Aryzon, Holokit and Zapbox are excellent examples of "Citizen Tech" and just the stuff for inspireNshare Thinglabs.
InspireNshare with CCS libraries backed Zapbox on Kickstarter back in December 2016 and we received our Zapbox kits just before Pop Up Thinglab 27 and decided to dive in and mix them into this staff development workshop.
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Zapbox is still in beta test but rather than wait until we had a stable and well tested system with no risk we decided to make risk taking and uncertainty part of the workshop.
Teaching a class can be nerve racking ... its nice to have structure and lesson plans are a useful aid but have over the years have become a tool of educational determinism and performance management ... "the learner will understand X". The word 'Education' is derived from Latin words educare (to nourish) educere (to draw out) and educatum (training) - but the balance between giving information and drawing out learning has shifted towards giving information ... teacher as expert delivering content for testing .. the teacher cannot be seen as not knowing. The opportunities for discovery and co-created learning in education are diminishing ... the joy of learning is being smothered by determinism.
Much of education today wants to eliminate risk and learning through failure ... education management is hooked on the graph lines and certainties of predictive analytics and data driven managed learning environments. Failure is not an option ... feed students just the right type, rate and level of content at the right time to ensure everyone's continued success. This was the message from IBM's Cailean Hargrave in his 2011 Future of Technology In Education presentation Student Analytics for Success ... well received by educational management but heavily criticised by educationalists.
"There are no secrets to success. It is the result of preparation, hard work, and learning from failure." ~ Colin Powell
Drip fed experience at the right type, rate, level and time is just not the way real life works and it concerns me that education is moving further and further from the real world. Education concerns itself with intelligence yet one of the true signs of intelligence is the ability to learn from mistakes but by depriving students from making mistakes we deprive them of the ability to learn and express intelligence.
"You'll always miss 100% of the shots you don't take."
– Wayne Gretzky
Real life is full of ups and downs, success and failure ... it concerns me that education is not helping our young people deal with mistakes and failure ... it's an essential skill in life.
"Only those who will risk going too far can possibly find out how far it is possible to go." — T.S. Eliot
"I have not failed once. I've just found 10,000 ways that didn't work." -- Thomas Edison
Science is probably our greatest invention ... it embraces uncertainty and is built on experiment and failure ... an unsuccessful experiment is as valuable as a successful experiment and provides information and ideas for further experiments. It concerns me that education is not providing greater opportunities for students to learn through exploration and experiment.
"Failure is nature's plan to prepare you for great responsibilities." – Napoleon Hill
CV's are all about success but questions like "tell me about something that didn't work out as planned and how you dealt with it" are a mainstay of job interviews ... they keep people honest and reveal character. I can remember hearing about some companies in the 1990s who preferred senior managers who had experience of overcoming failure ... the wise employee will recognise the importance of people who can cope with not just the good times but the bad times as well.
For the workshop I wanted to set the Zapbox up from scratch and show the staff everything that was involved - laying out the pointcodes (triggers) and building the map ... conjuring up a scene like magic out of nothing but some bits of cardboard.
I had managed to get the Zapbox mini golf demonstration running a couple of times in my kitchen and twenty minutes before the workshop tested the set up ... this was a risk and there was a problem ... we couldn't get the Zapbox app to "lock on" to the pointcodes. The Zapbox wasn't working ... It was time to think, experiment and learn. There was strong sunlight coming onto the pointcodes from the window and from the smartphone view it seemed to wash out the view of some of the pointcodes ... we adjusted the lighting ... closing the blinds and putting on the room lights - this helped a little and provided the clue we needed to solve the problem and get Zapbox working. Zapbox uses optics to locate and map the pointcodes - poor optics will affect its ability to locate the pointcodes properly. Zapbox still wasn't locking on to all the point codes ... we experimented with a theory that there wasn't enough contrast between the pointcodes and the floor which was a dark grey so we found a length of blue material to help provide better contrast - this seemed to do the trick and we were able to build the map and get the golf demonstration running. However, there was still a problem, the augmented golf course just wasn't stable - so we experimented with another theory ... the lenses were dirty or misted so we cleaned the camera lens and the Zapbox wide angle lens and finally got a stable golf course in the classroom 10 minutes before the workshop began.
Failure to get the Zapbox running in a different environment was an excellent learning experience to understand how the Zapbox works and about its limitations and gives a story and example to share with others when using it.
The blue material placed under the pointcodes gave me an idea of how to introduce mixed reality in the workshop ... like a magic show. The blue material used under the pointcodes was to be a "magic carpet", the Zapbox kit was a "magic box" and the Zapbox controller was a magic wand :)
Magic is a good description for augmented reality (AR) and mixed reality (MR) ... using a bit of technology we can conjure up something out of nothing ... using a "magic carpet" and some bits of cardboard we can "materialise" a golf course in the middle of the classroom! But it doesn't stop at golf ... using AR and MR we can bring all sorts of things into our classrooms and bring within our learners reach many things that just wouldn't be practical or possible otherwise. One of the teachers commented that with VR, AR and MR we can take students on field trips without the cost and paperwork involved in real field trips and that we can go as many times as we like.
VR, AR and MR can let our learners explore and experiment in safety ... we can go into deep space, the deep ocean, back and forward in time, immerse ourselves in different cultures - there is amazing potential here for education.
VR, AR and MR bring new dimensions to educational technology - we haven't got our Princess Leia hologram yet but mixed reality gets us a step closer.
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* Same-store sales rise 4.9 pct in the United States
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TORONTO, Aug 9 (Reuters) - Tim Hortons Inc reported a slight decline in transactions and disappointing quarterly sales at established Canadian stores, sending its shares down on Thursday even as the restaurant chain posted impressive growth in the United States.
Canadian transaction count and same-store sales are closely watched metrics for Tim Hortons, as analysts try to gauge whether Canada's dominant coffee chain has any more room to grow in its home market.
The concern over its Canadian prospects overshadowed a 6 percent rise in overall sales, thanks in part to the chain's still-robust expansion program, and a solid overall profit gain during its second quarter ended July 1.
Same-store sales rose 1.8 percent in Canada in the three months ended July 1, as customers spent more during each visit.
Edward Jones analyst Brian Yarbrough said the gain was disappointing. Combined with a decline in same-store transactions, it was likely weighing on the stock, he said.
"Restaurant and retail stocks are driven by same-store sales," he said. "It sells at a lofty premium compared to the group, and you need to continue to produce those positive same-store sales."
In July, Goldman Sachs analyst Michael Kelter downgraded Tim Hortons to "sell" in part over declining traffic, which he said could be a sign of market saturation or competitive pressure in Canada. But Yarbrough said slight traffic declines did not concern him too much, given the company's track record raising prices and introducing higher-priced products.
In its earnings release, Tim Hortons said global economic uncertainty seems to be hurting consumer confidence.
"This theme was echoed by many in the restaurant sector last quarter and into July, and likely had a moderating effect on rates of same-store sales growth in the industry," it said.
"We noticed some of that impact of moderating sales in the second quarter which carried through into July."
McDonald's Corp reported flat global same-store sales in July, its worst performance in more than nine years, a possible sign that economic uncertainty is hurting discretionary spending.
In the United States, where Tim Hortons sees an big opportunity to grow, same-store sales rose 4.9 percent, helping overall earnings.
Shares fell 2.9 percent to C$50.77 on the Toronto Stock Exchange on Thursday.
Tim Hortons said average check rose even as it held prices steady, with customers sampling new espresso drinks and the chain rolling out new hot drink sizes, including a 24-ounce cup. Strong breakfast business also helped average check.
The company has been trying new products and, increasingly, butting heads with U.S. heavyweight McDonald's in Canada.
Tims, as the chain is known across Canada, claims 8 of every ten cups of coffee sold in the country, but McDonald's has been remodeling stores and heavily promoting its coffee, while Tims expands its food menu.
"It's a more competitive market. We're not hiding from that fact. Everybody is trying to get into the coffee business, and the coffee business as a whole is flat," said Chief Executive Paul House on a conference call.
"But we're growing overall transactions, and we've got a huge market share in the marketplace, and so we feel comfortable where we're at."
Tim Hortons said new restaurant development boosted system-wide sales, which rose 6.0 percent on a constant currency basis. As of July 1, it had 3,326 Canadian stores, an increase of 137 from a year earlier. Tim Hortons said a lower effective tax rate also helped results.
Net income rose to C$108.1 million ($108.7 million), or 69 Canadian cents per share, from C$95.5 million, or 58 Canadian cents, a year earlier. A share repurchase program boosted earnings per share. Total revenue rose 11.8 percent to C$785.6 million.
Analysts, on average, had been expecting earnings of 69 Canadian cents a share, according to Thomson Reuters I/B/E/S.
Separately on Thursday, Tim Hortons announced a deal with Kraft Foods Inc to sell its coffee in the form of "T discs," pods used in Kraft's Tassimo single-cup coffee makers.
Tim Hortons pods and brewers will be sold online and at Tim Hortons restaurants in the United States and Canada.
In the United States, the expanding market for single-cup brewing systems is dominated by Green Mountain Coffee Roasters Inc's Keurig machines.
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Ethiopias Jews adapt to a new life in Israel
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The 27-year-old Ukrainian outplayed Federer on Centre Court, serving and volleying his way to a 6-7 (5), 7-6 (5), 7-5, 7-6 (5) victory that stands out as one of the biggest upsets in Grand Slam history.
''Magic,'' Stakhovsky said. ''I couldn't play any better today.''
The result capped a chaotic day at Wimbledon when seven players were forced out by injuries, and former champion Maria Sharapova fell in the second round to a qualifier.
Federer's loss ended his record streak of reaching at least the quarterfinals at 36 consecutive Grand Slam tournaments, a run that began at Wimbledon in 2004, shortly after a third-round exit at that year's French Open.
The owner of a record 17 major championships, Federer hadn't been beaten in the second round or earlier since a first-round defeat at the 2003 French Open.
Federer's shocking defeat was his earliest at the All England Club since a first-round loss in 2002 to No. 154-ranked Mario Ancic. Stakhovsky is the lowest-ranked player to beat Federer at any event since then.
Wednesday's defeat came on the same grass court Federer has made his own for nearly a decade.
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Stakhovsky fell onto his back in celebration. He later bowed to the crowd as Federer walked off the court with a quick wave.
Federer managed only one break of serve against Stakhovsky, who broke the Swiss star twice. The Ukrainian piled up 72 winners against 17 unforced errors, while Federer had 56 winners and 13 errors.
''I'm still in disbelief,'' Stakhovsky said. ''When you play Roger Federer at Wimbledon it's like you are playing two persons. First you play Roger Federer, then you play his ego, and on the Centre Court of Wimbledon, where he is historical. So that's like playing two against one.''
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Once quite common from this particular location (now a nature reserve) especially as these days you would be hard pushed to find such an exposure anywhere else in the UK
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On the last day of the year 2010, when the clock stroke midnight, Sicilians would have consumed lasagna as it brings luck … Italians would have prepared a dish with lentils as they are shaped like coins and symbolize a wealthy new beginning…Greeks would have baked bread with a buried coin in the dough…Chinese would have adorned every front door with a fresh coat of red paint, as the red color denotes luck and happiness…In Spain they would have eaten twelve grapes as each grape would bring luck for each month of the year…And, You would have been greeting and jumping, Wishing this year, you would hold on your New resolutions…
The tradition of making new year resolutions dates back to 4000 years where Babylonians originated a very common resolution of returning something they had borrowed from someone during the previous year. Today, the most popular new year resolutions are: to lose weight, to quit smoking and to start a better relationship. Unfortunately and sadly, most people fail at these attempts.
Why most resolutions fail ?
In a recent study led by the psychologist Richard Wiseman,700 people had been surveyed and asked to describe their strategies to achieve their new year resolutions. The results showed that, only 22% succeeded in following a good strategy and the remaining 78% had failed in reaching their goals because they simply focused on the negative aspect of not achieving them. An in-depth examination of the successful strategies revealed five essential steps to achieve any resolution:
1-Dividing each goal into smaller realistic achievable tasks
2-Rewarding oneself each time a task is successfully achieved
3-Sharing your goals with your friends and hanging out more with those whore share similar goals
4-Focusing on the benefits that each resolution has
5-Keeping a diary of your daily progress
If you take for instance, the goal of losing weight and divide it into smaller tasks of cutting down your caloric intake to 1200 calories per day, exercising 4 times per week, rewarding yourself once every two weeks with a day where you can eat as much as you want, hanging out with people who are also following a diet plan, listing the health benefits of losing weight (decreased risk of developing cardiovascular diseases, cancer, diabetes, etc.) and finally writing down every day your food intake on each meal you'll be successfully managing to achieve your goal!
My suggested healthy resolutions for the year 2011:
1-Remain Positive throughout the 365 days
"Optimistic people live longer, get fewer infections and suffer from less pain". A recent research shows that men and women who disposed from enough optimism were less sensitive to pain. Also, for you to score high in every aspect of your life, only positive thoughts and vibes will help you reach the mountain's top!
2-De-stress and laugh till your hearts content
Whenever you stress out, your body directly releases, the stress hormone Cortisol that increases the fat deposits on the abdomen as well as the lipid and glucose levels in the bloodstream leading to weight gain.
The laughter therapy has long been known for its highly praised health benefits. Not only does it put you in a positive mood throughout the day but also, strengthens your immune system, sends more oxygen to your tissues improving breathing and facilitates your digestion, leaving your muscles relaxed. Laugh out loud as soon as you wake-up, it is contagious, doesn't cost a penny and is a hundred percent effective!
3-Be Active
Find the type of exercise that makes you feel at ease and practice it at least 3 times a week.If you hate going to the gym, you can benefit from outdoors walking and jogging or simply exercise at home by following a yoga/tae bo dvd or by playing and exercising at the same time on your video game (Playstation move).Regular exercise improves your blood pressure, blood glucose levels, increases your HDL levels, decreases the chances of developing cardiovascular diseases, relieves stress, puts you in a good mood and most importantly helps you lose weight!
4-Have breakfast everyday
One of the most common misconceptions among the Lebanese population is to skip breakfast in order to reduce the daily caloric intake when in fact studies have shown that a healthy breakfast decreases your appetite throughout the day and helps you manage your weight problems.Also, it provides you with enough energy to boost your attention span and heightens your sense of well-being
5-Drink Milk everyday
Another misconception among the Lebanese population is the way drinking milk is suddenly stopped after the age of 18 due to the ignorance of the fact that, our daily calcium requirements increase with age.And that, several studies have found that milk and yogurt assist weight loss and maintain bone mass since a glass of milk or yogurt in the morning helps increase satiety and thus decreases the caloric intake by 9% at the next meal.In addition to that, dieters who took 3 to 4 servings of milk or yogurt while dieting have burnt more fat compared to their counterparts who didn't.
6-Eat five meals per day
In order to increase your metabolism and burn more calories you should eat three main meals (Breakfast, lunch , dinner) and include two snacks in between.
7-Become a Flexitarian
A flexitarian is a flexible vegetarian that consumes red meat once every week or two weeks and eats more vegetables, grains, cereals, fruits and nuts. By becoming a flexitarian one could weigh less than meat eaters, have fewer diseases (cancer, diabetes, heart disease) and live on average 3 .6 years longer! The American Institute for Cancer Research recommends to limit the meat consumption to 18 0z per week or less than 500g and to avoid processed meats!
8-Focus on healthy sweet and salty snacks
And who said that snacking on 30g of dark chocolate or 12 pieces of nuts with a glass of tomato juice doesn't take part of a healthy balanced diet? On the contrary, in order to increase one's metabolism and reduce one's appetite at lunch and dinner snacking in moderation is more than crucial!
9-Increase your antioxidants intake
As a plant grows it produces a wide variety of natural chemicals to fight against the rain, the wind and the sun.Those chemicals hold the name of PHYTOchemicals(Phyto means plant).The happy fact is, when we eat those plants the phytochemicals get active in our bodies and protect us against all diseases!Thus, ensuring 2 to 3 servings of fruits per day and up to 5 servings of vegetables is mandatory!
10-Organize your eating hours and portion your plate properly
"One of the very nicest things about life is the way we must regularly stop whatever it is we are doing and devote our attention to eating."Luciano Pavarotti wasn't wrong at all when he stated this quote that each and everyone of us must cherish and apply.We should never skip meals or postpone our lunch breaks.Another key to a healthy eating habit is to portion the plate properly: 50% salad, 25% proteins and 25% carbohydrates!
11-Take your time while eating
Your brain takes around 20 minutes to send a message to your stomach and to tell you to stop eating.Therefore, if you're eating in a fast way, you will eventually end up eating twice the quantity in order to feel full.Also, studies have shown that if you take enough time to eat you will be saving around 70 calories at each meal which makes at the end of the day 210 calories; the amount that you could be willing to burn during your 20 minutes walk!
12-Apply the Hara Hachi Bu
The Hara Hachi Bu is a Japanese eating habit derived from the island Okinawa which holds the highest rate of longevity in the world. The habit consists of always eating 80% of your dish or eating till you're 80% full. By applying this habit one will be definitely saving calories, feeling more energetic after a meal and decreasing the chances of developing cardiovascular diseases and others.
13-Control your drinks
Thinking about all the drinks as low calorie ones isn't the best way of thinking! The only calorie free drink is water and many replace it with fruit juices or carbonated beverages when thirsty.Therefore, drinking everyday at least 8 cups of water is mandatory and counting the calories in your drinks is a must. A cup of café latte holds alone 190 calories, a glass of fruit juice holds between 110 calories and 150 calories, alcoholic beverages caloric amounts vary according to the type of alcohol but they're all in general highly caloric except for the glass of wine that varies between 72 and 86 calories depending on the color!
14-Eat less outside and cook at home
The hidden amounts of fat and calories inside the dishes you order at different restaurants ranging from fast food to high end ones, would always remain unknown to you and thus decreasing your outings and focusing more on home made food would help you control your food intake. Moreover, the act of diving into the world of cooking doesn't only help you portion your serving sizes but also discover the aromas and ingredients of each and every dish you'd be eating.
15-Get seven hours of sleep
When was the last time that you barely slept at night? Can't you remember how much you ate the next day? And, how many sweet cravings you had? Sleeping enough is a basic thing that will help you lose weight and manage your appetite.
A recent study has shown that by the simple fact of sleeping an extra hour per night one could lose around 4.5kgs per year
Another study at Harvard University showed that women who sleep less than 5 hours per night are more likely to be overweight than those who sleep 7 hours and tend to eat twice the portions the next day.
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Ahhhhh July, the halfway mark between the year being almost over. What can I say other than July was a good month and summer flowed by nicely. This was a month of planning, decision making and learning. The most exciting part was seeing my travel plans fall into place.
Seeing something I had written come to life makes me aware of the power of not just saying things but actually writing them down.
So thankful for the progress I've made this year towards doing the things I said I would do at the start of the year. I have learned to just do the best I can and put in the effort. And the rest? Not beating myself down when things don't go my way is just a waste of time.
Alright, time to take stock of July.
Finally getting a new phone! I just ordered my phone online through my wireless carrier. All I can say is: It's about time that I replaced my relic of an iPhone.
Traveling solo very very soon and making good on my promise to myself to try new things. I am super excited to go somewhere new. My goal for the future is to travel more. It looks like I'll be taking that step very soon this year.
Realizing that sometimes people from my past are meant to be in my life for just a season. Sometimes we try to maintain friendships that we have outgrown and this is why it's can be so hard to keep these types of friendships going.
Investing more in myself is very important now more that ever. The older I get the more I realize that how I spend my time really matters. The way my life turns out from here on out is because of the decisions I make. I accept that.
Taking full advantage of this whole back to school fiasco. If you want a new phone, stationery, etc. this is the time to get it at a good price. I get so excited whenever I buy new stationery it's kind of embarrassing to be honest.
Having a vision for my life is very important to me. I am always asking myself questions and writing down what I want. Never underestimate the power of writing things down. Whenever I write something down I am more purposeful and will actually follow through with doing whatever it is that i wrote down.
Taking a minimalist approach when packing for an overseas trip is something I will be doing. I am so done with over-packing and taking things that I do not even need (or end up using). All I am taking is a carry on and a tote. I will not be checking in any other luggage. Challenge accepted!
Finding the time to read all the books I wanted to read at the beginning of this year has been a real challenge. I have a big list of books I want to desperately get through. Finding the time has definitely been a challenge.
Accepting that delayed gratification and discipline is the way to get ahead in life. I am soooooo glad that I learned this when I was around 19 years old and had maxed out my first credit card. What a hot mess I was!
Being happy with the simple things in life such as going to the Farmer's Market on a Saturday is something I really enjoy. The sun is shining, good food and vendors, the people are happy and life is good.
Living for myself nowadays and not really caring what others think is so freeing. It took me such a long time to really appreciate myself and get the confidence I have now. Not feeling like I need anyone's approval to live my life the way I see fit is such an amazing thing for real.
Feeling nostalgic as I listened (ok, eavesdropped) to a couple of college kids at my local coffee shop. They were talking about going back to school in September. I never thought I would say this out loud but, I kind of miss the whole 'back to school' debacle, being in college, the start of a semester, meeting new people etc.
It feels like yesterday that me and my sister were moving into our campus residence as new college freshmen. Oh how time flies.
Appreciating the simple things in life and especially the summers (albeit short). I walk by a beautiful little park everyday during the week. Instead of just walking past it, I have taken it to myself these days to pause, sit down and take it all in. Fall is coming then shortly after that winter. So why not make the most of this gorgeous weather.
Organizing my at home work space is something that needs to happen. There are no more excuses. My desk seriously looks like an office supplies store threw up all over it. It is not a good look. Clutter is something that just throws me off balance.
Starting to see sweaters and jackets at the stores and online is driving the point home for me that fall is almost here! Then the looooooong winter brrrrr. For the time being I will just live in the moment (in denial) and enjoy summer.


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Why today adds up to the happiest day of the year
FEELING good today? That'll be because it's the happiest day of the year, according to a psychologist.
And an England football win tonight would just be the icing on top.
Dr Cliff Arnall has used a mathematical formula to calculate that things which make us feel good such as sunny evenings, blooming flowers, holiday anticipation and fond memories of childhood summers are at their peak today.
The former Cardiff University lecturer, 45, attached numbers to the factors and created a happiness formula: O + (N x S) + Cpm/T + He.
When a value for being outdoors (O) is added to nature (N) multiplied by social interaction (S), added to childhood summer memories (Cpm) divided by temperature (T), and added to holiday excitement (He) then the third Friday in June comes out as the optimal day for peak happiness.
Dr Arnall, who runs happiness coaching clinics for health professionals and businesses from Brecon, Powys, said: "Around 20 million people will watch England v Algeria on TV, and a win would mean millions being on a high even higher than is seen among most people at this time of year.
"The third Friday in June came out with the highest rating due to peaking happiness factors such as warm summer evenings outdoors, seeing friends more frequently, and excitement about holidays." Dr Arnall advised people to focus on happiness rather than material gain.
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Last week I cooked from the Babbo cookbook for the first time. I've never been to Babbo, I'm kind of scared of Mario Batali, and I only have the book because I got it for free a few years back. But something made me pick it from the pile, and I got excited about making braised shortribs with pumpkin orzo. Though the dinner was nothing spectacular (cook's fault, I'm sure), the next morning I adapted his recipe for pumpkin cake to make these butternut squash muffins with rosemary, which were so tender and fragrant I ate one after another in a futile attempt to locate the exact source of their irresistible appeal. (Andrew, who was not as enthralled as I was, says I liked them so much because they occupy some weird middle ground between sweet and savory.) Since I had neither cake flour nor canned pumpkin puree, couldn't include the pine nuts, and didn't want to include the raisins, there's a good chance my muffins bore little resemblance to the pumpkin cake. I can't imagine liking them more, though, and they are deliciously autumnal.
-Preheat oven to 325. Prepare a standard 12 muffin tin.
-Stir together 1 cup of flour, 1/4 tsp salt, and 1 tsp baking soda.
-Beat two eggs with 3/4 cup light brown sugar until very light. Since I didn't feel like dealing with appliances, even small ones, on Saturday morning, I did this with a fork, and it was fine.
-To egg and sugar mixture add 1 tablespoon of finely chopped fresh rosemary leaves. Beat in 3/4 cup olive oil. Stir in the dry ingredients.
-Now you stir in 1 cup of mashed roasted butternut squash. I had this left over from roasting squash with olive oil, salt, and pepper the night before. Consistency need not be perfectly smooth, though it should not be chunky; mine was a little watery, too.
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Choi, S (2007) A Study on the Fire Resistance Capacity of Slimfloor Beam with Asymmetric H Beam. Journal of Korean Society of Steel Construction, 19 (4). pp. 357-366. [Journal article]
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