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The local food movement went national in one respect 16 years ago with the first National Farmer's Market week. Today is the final day of this year's week (August 2-8, 2015) which once again shines a spotlight on the importance of fresh, local produce to all healthy communities.
Farmer's markets have grown immensely in abundance and popularity in recent years, with an estimated 8,200 markets across the country now—a 76-percent increase since 2008.
We'll give you five good reasons we're celebrating farmers markets today and every week!
Support Local Farmers and Rural Economic Growth
U.S. Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack has identified farmers markets and strengthening local food systems as one of the four pillars of USDA's commitment to rural economic development and job creation. A 2014 study looked at how community-oriented farms contributed to agricultural and regional economic growth. It found that for every one dollar increase in the sales average of CFA (community focused agriculture), personal income rose by 22 cents over the course of five years.
Access to Healthy Food for Lower Income Families
In May the USDA announced grants to allow more farmers markets to support lower-income families. This will allow more than 6,400 farmer's markets and direct marketing farms to accept Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) benefits as payment for fresh produce and other locally sourced wholesome food.
According to an article in Farmers Market Coalition,
The Farmers Market SNAP Support Grants will range from $15,000 to $250,000 and must be designed to increase SNAP client accessibility and participation at farmers markets, and support the establishment, expansion, and promotion of SNAP EBT services at farmers markets."
Protect the Environment
If the food you eat is not locally sourced or from a farmers market, then chances are it has traveled a great distance (an average of 1,500 miles) to get to your dinner table. This type of long-distance shipping uses up great quantities of natural resources including fossil fuels, which contributes to air pollution and global warming. Likewise, preparing the food for long-distance travel requires extra packaging which in turn becomes trash in our landfills.
An Article in CUESA.org explains,
Conventional agriculture also uses many more resources than sustainable agriculture and pollutes water, land, and air with toxic agricultural by-products. Food at the farmers market is transported shorter distances and is generally grown using methods that minimize the impact on the earth."
Support Humane Treatment of Livestock
Unlike the mysterious origins surrounding so many of the products found at grocery store chains, the farmers market offers up meat, cheese, and eggs from animals that have (very likely) been treated with more respect. These markets cut out the middleman so to speak, allowing a relationship between the farmer and the consumer. If you have a question about whether or not your meat was raised without hormones or antibiotics, or if it was allowed to graze on green pastures, you can look your local cattle farmer in the eye and ask him or her yourself! In general you will find that these smaller farms provide much better living conditions for their animals without unnecessary abuse and unnatural interference.
Connect with Your community
Farmers markets have the rare ability to bring urban and rural communities together by creating an arena where the public is able to purchase directly from the vendors themselves. In a world where we are all stuck behind our smart phones and computers, Michael Pollan has referred to farmers markets as "the new public square." In fact, studies have suggested that people are as much as 10 times more likely to speak to one another at markets rather than grocery stores. They provide the rare opportunity for people to understand where their food comes from while connecting with their neighbors and the people who grow it.
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10 Reasons to Support Farmers Markets via cuesa.org
USDA Announces Grants to Enable More Farmers Markets to Serve Low-Income Families via Farmers Market Coalition
Perspectives: Farmers Markets via Nourish


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I have Lyme. I'd like to not have it anymore. I also just want cake.
Close your eyes with me for a second. Your pretend eyes because keep reading. Imagine you're on a stunningly beautiful remote island that would cost you a lot of money in plane tickets to get to. Probably a lot of hours too… ugh you are probably so stiff from that plane ride. And jet-lagged, oh my gosh the jet lag. Wait no put yourself back on the beach I am terrible at this I am so sorry. You are standing at the waters edge of this stunningly beautiful and remote beach. This beach of finely ground sand bleached by hundreds of years of sun radiates warmth into every cell of your being. The wind is blowing gently through lush tropical foliage… just enough to make that ambient noise people filled with stress buy CD's of back in the real world. And the water, oh the warm salty water of emerald and blue laps lovingly against your toes, swirling and catching around your ankles as the ocean pulls each wave back into itself. A bird squawks from deep in the forest and you've completely forgotten all about desk jobs and telephone calls and emails and checking your Facebook on your phone (but not this blog, of course). You are with the love of your life, maybe that person is your spouse or significant other, maybe that person is the one that got away, and now here they are. With you. Their hair all perfectly imperfect from sea salt and gentle breezes and your faces glow because you are both in a world where sun doesn't cause cancer. Nothing could be more perfect as you exhale and think to yourself that you've actually achieved true zen-omgwhatishappening your heart starts randomly pounding and racing in your chest! A flash of severe heat courses through your body and stays, not leaving, begging you to collapse and drag yourself to shade. The paradise begins spinning around you as you try to focus again but your eyes aren't working. Nausea hits you with a tidal wave and you begin to panic as you scour your surroundings for a socially appropriate place to throw up (does one ever exist though, really?). You just can't seem to catch your breath as you struggle to absorb oxygen from the air. Your heart rate continues to skyrocket and you can no longer hide your symptoms or play it cool. Your vision greys. You fight it. But you can't. Your vision blacks. And just like that, you are slumped on the sand and out colder than when Mayweather delivered the final blow to poor Manny. But this isn't Mayweather vs. Pacquiao. This is you vs. Dysautonomia. And for many of us, this is normal life. Minus the breathtaking island. I just wanted to do that part for fun.
So now you're like dysauto-what? It sounds terrible and what does it have to do with Lyme? It's ok. I didn't know these things either until it SLAPPED ME IN THE FACE WITH THE FORCE OF A THOUSAND… REALLY FORCEFUL THINGS (I am getting really tired of this word recall deficiency problem). But to sum it up, Dysautonomia is hard to say, hard to have, hard to get diagnosed correctly, and frequently comes with Lyme. All things I love to talk about. Let's dive in.
Dysautonomia is the umbrella term for the symptoms that arise when your Autonomic (think automatic) Nervous System goes on the fritz. People are either mildly affected or completely disabled. Do I want to get all physiological on you first or do I want throw symptoms at you….. ummm….. let's do the first. Put your smarty pants hats on peeps. We are diving in to the human body. The Autonomic Nervous System (ANS) is a complex, fragile and crucial part of your Peripheral (think outside brain and spinal chord) Nervous System. It is the network of nerves that carries information from your brain and spinal chord to your heart, bladder, intestines, sweat glands, pupils, and blood vessels, among others, and controls all of the automatic things that keep you alive. The Peripheral Nervous System has two parts: your Parasympathetic (rest and digest) Nervous System (PNS) and your Sympathetic (fight or flight) Nervous System (SNS). That is a lot of nervous systems and acronyms. I know. We're complicated. Lucky you if you don't find yourself becoming Doogie Howser, M.D. from researching all this stuff because you are too disabled to take a shower anymore and you don't know why. /endsarcasm. Symptoms of Dysautonomia arise from malfunctioning of either of these two branches (PNS or SNS).
Causes of this horrible thing are many but all center around damage or neuropathy or disease to the network of nerves in the previously mentioned systems and acronyms. Brain tries to send a message to let's say your heart, but the message becomes all whack from trying to travel through the affected nerve(s), and heart does not do what heart should do. It's like a bad game of telephone where your life is in the balance. There are many causes. I'll name a few. LYME (typically late-stage Lyme). But also autoimmune disorders like Lupus and MS, HIV and AIDS, chronic alcohol misuse, spinal chord or brain injury, Parkinson's, congenital defects or inherited disorders, and other viral or bacterial infections including Tuberculosis and the bacteria that produces Botulism. Botulism?! Yes botulism.
I have been watching this gif for entirely too long…
Symptoms? Oh you want symptoms? As listed on the Dysautonomia Youth Network of America's website:
Orthostatic Intolerance – (inability to remain upright)
|Shortness of Breath
Mood Swings
Noise/light sensitivity
Frequent Urination
Temperature Regulation Problems
Brain fog/forgetfulness
Inability to concentrate
Difficulty with recall
Appetite Disturbance
Hypersensitivity to sensory stimulation
Did you notice something? DID YOU?
Did you notice many of these are ALSO SYMPTOMS OF LYME AND CO-INFECTIONS?
I did. In fact, many believe that those diagnosed with idiopathic Dysautonomia are actually suffering from underlying infection. After my experience, I tend to agree. Remember, reliable Lyme testing is a coin toss so it is highly plausible that many of these patients have been tested for Lyme and received a false-negative. At which point they likely received their label of "idiopathic Dysautonomia" and accepted it. There is no real treatment for this condition. Because it isn't really a condition. It's just a label for a group of symptoms. People who faint a lot are told to up their salt and water intake. Some are put on blood pressure meds. Some on antidepressants. Essentially… all bandaids or "coping" meds. It's sad. I feel sad for these people. I could have so easily become one of them. I too, suffer from Dysautonomia, and I too, initially tested negative several times for Lyme disease. Oh, that's a great segway into sharing my experience. So I will.
Many of you may know by now that one of my first symptoms stemmed around my heart. "The beginning" began when I was woken suddenly in the middle of the night with my heart racing and climbing like a jet trying to achieve altitude. I couldn't catch my breath. I felt dizzy and faint. My brain was buzzing. Not with thoughts. But a literal buzzing feeling. I felt that fainting or losing consciousness was eminent. So… ER visit. An unproductive ER visit where I was given IV Ativan and sent home. Repeat this twice in one week, and by the second time, I had descended into full-blown illness. Roller-coaster heart rates, struggles with breathing patterns and frequently, cessation of breathing if I fell asleep. Severe and sporadic fatigue that would hit suddenly forcing me to lay down immediately or fall. Body temperature gone cray cray. Insomnia and panic attacks vicious enough to send anyone out in front of a bus. One-hundred more symptoms I could list. Annnnd the Lyme chapter of my life was ushered in.
For months and years afterwards I would struggle with these symptoms. My heart would randomly race and it would especially begin to pound when I stood up. This is commonly referred to as Postural Orthostatic Tachycardia Syndrome, or POTS (most common symptom of Dysautonomia). Normally when you sit or stand up, your brain immediately sends signals to your heart to increase your blood pressure just enough to keep blood pumping to your head against the greater force of gravity introduced when sitting/standing (when it can't, the heart will race to try to compensate for lack of pressure). It also sends signals to many of your vessels to constrict enough so that blood does not pool in your legs and feet (which also happens to me on the regular). This all keeps you from blacking out whenever you want to do anything other than like, lie horizontal on a bed all day. Some people with severe POTS/Dysautonomia can't even do this. Imagine a life like that. Just imagine it. I bet you never though twice about the work your brain and heart and vessels do just so you can sit up and get up and walk around without losing consciousness. Those of us with POTS-like symptoms have to think about it every time we want to even move. My heart would race if I sat up, stood up, stood for more than 5 minutes in one spot (I frequently have to start moving and, if in public, covertly jumping from one leg to the next to try to urge my brain to send those signals to my heart and vessels even harder). If I rolled over in bed in the middle of the night or got up to pee, my SNS (remember, Sympathetic Nervous System) would dramatically overshoot the message and my heart and blood pressure would explode and would take a good 15-20 minutes to settle down to my new "normal" resting heart rate again (still uncomfortably high in the 90s – prior to my latent Lyme infection surfacing I had a resting heart rate in the 60s). Just making a quick run to the grocery store (if I felt well enough that day) with D required I have a shopping cart to lean on due to feeling so faint when I stood (yet roll me over in the middle of the night and I'm ready to run a marathon, go figure). Living with a heart that just won't calm the heck down or pep the heck up has been one of my biggest discomforts. It has gotten SO much better after a year of treatment. About 80%. I don't have the courage to try and push it yet with exercise… but soon guys. Soon.
Another way in which Lyme-induced Dysautonomia ruined my comfort of being is through dramatic temperature dysregulation. I'm talking more intense hot flashes than a woman entering "her time". I'm talking the house is 79 degrees and I am in three shirts (two of them sweatshirts), two pairs of my winter pajama pants, and I am huddled under three blankets on the couch and still convinced I am not going to come out of this with my fingers and toes. And the swinging. From one extreme to the other within minutes. On repeat. All evening long. From Hypothermia to "D I am literally on fire inside my body, I literally could not be MORE on fire… help me". Throw the blankets on D, take the blankets from D, throw the blankets on D, take the blankets… You see? This also applied to introductions of outside temperatures. I could not tolerate the heat the first summer I was sick prior to diagnosis and treatment. If it was July or August or September or any of the months it is hot here, and I if go outside…
time to faint. And winter months? Shivering so violent it would occasionally trigger a seizure. My brain just could not get the signals out to cope with temperature change. Not one bit. See… it's the little things us patients learn to fear. It's the little things everyone else never even thinks about that becomes major issues for us. Life begins to revolve around how long my heart will let me stand up that day or if it's even 5 degrees hotter outside today than it is in the house. If I can withstand a shower or can be trusted to drive. Or if I am going to wake up again if I fall asleep because I have had to breathe manually all day long and I'm worried when I fall asleep I will stop. It's not a fun way of being.
There are plenty more symptoms I've experienced that I could delve in to, but you don't want to hear about how many times I run to the bathroom at night. It's more than your grandfather with an enlarged prostate. Just let me tell you that.
Lyme and Dysautonomia shouldn't seem too far-fetched. We know Lyme causes neuropathy. (source)
We know Lyme loves brain, joint, and nerve tissues. (source)
We know Lyme can cause brain lesions. (source)
We know that the toxins they produce damage nerves.
(This complicated chart shows how Lyme bacteria become major jerks by producing toxins that break up our body's way of communicating – if in the ANS, usually through the neurotransmitter Acetylcholine – through synapse junctions. Or, in layman's terms… how our nerve cells communicate with each other, aka your brain sends a message to your heart, for example, by relying on a long line of nerve cells between the brain and heart to be able to properly pass the neurotransmitter from one nerve cell to the next.)
We've even caught Lyme spirochetes inside nerve cells.
Atypical and cystic Borrelia forms following 1 week exposure of primary neuronal and astrocytic cultures to Borrelia burgdorferi. C: Borrelia spirochetes closely surrounding neurons. D: Atypical filamentous and ring-shaped cystic, apparently intra-cellular spirochetes in a neuron. (Click on colored words you are like "huh" to for definitions… see, I helpful)
So yes, Lyme and Dysautonomia is quite an easy thing to connect. Bottom line, you let Lyme live in you long enough it's going to find some pretty important nerves to take up residence in. You are going to experience symptoms from that. They can be life threatening. They can cause this Dysauto-thing-I'm-sick-of-typing. Your Autonomic Nervous System literally keeps you alive… keeps your heart doing it's thang, keeps your digestion going, your vessels working properly and your respiration functioning. You know… just those little things. My one little plea to all of you out there in internet land, if you know anyone suffering from Dysautonomia with unknown causes, find a Lyme specialist and pursue! Lyme-induced Dysautonomia can be cured or greatly reduced. Unless ya'll like suffering.
Dis is de end of my Dysautonomia post. I'm so happy to be done typing that word.
Thanks for sharing. My doctor finally made the connection of Lyme/ co- infections and POTS. I have had almost all of those crazy symptoms. My primary doctor released me from his care saying he didn't know what was wrong with me or how to help me. I traveled over 500 miles to another state to see my sister's neurologist. He connected the dots , ordered Lyme testing which was positive and got me connected to a Lyme literate doctor in my state. IVIG treatment helps, was well as prayer and support from family and friends!
It has been a very crazy ride and many a day, I am so ready to go home where there is no more suffering. Hang in there! That is a note to self as well!
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Im laying in bed typing this desperate for any answer I can possibly get. Today was another doctor visit, wasted. Let me start from the beginning. Two years ago I was a healthy, 19 year old nursing student. One day in clinicals, while waiting for an assignment, my chest started feeling really weird. I remember saying I don't feel well, can someone check my pulse? And before I could finish I was in a rolly chair with a pulse-ox on my finger with the machine showing a heart rate of 192. I was taken downstairs to the e.r. Sent home with a diagnosis of dehydration. The next morning I went to my primary doctor, and this is when the fun began. I was about to leave when my heart went awal again. I hit the floor and my arm muscles and back muscles began contracting, almost like I was having a seizure? I couldn't breathe on my own so I was given oxygen. Ambulance was called. I couldn't respond to anything or anyone, but I was conscious the entire time. I was sent to the er again and admitted to the hospital since this was the second time I had fainted, I guess you could call it. Every time I would sit up in bed I would almost immediately go back out. I was sent to Saint Thomas in Nashville where the er doctor diagnosed me with extreme anxiety and stress disorder. I was given an IV of Valium and Xanax mixed, but when it didn't stop the symptoms the doctor came back and let me know it wasn't anxiety and that I would be admitted for further testing. The next day was Thanksgiving and I guess all the decent doctors were off work that day. I was sent home and told to rest and eat a good meal. Seriously, they sent home a 19 year old girl who could not stop shaking and could not walk on her own home with no diagnosis. A few days later I was contacted by their neurology department asking if I could come in for an appointment. I couldn't return to school because I still couldn't walk on my own and words on a page looked like jumbled up Chinese. I went to see the neurologist and had an MRI, blood testing, and an eeg all come back normal. I was diagnosed with pseudo seizures and told to see a psychologist. I went to another neurologist closer to home who treated me for pseudoseizures by giving me enough Klonopin, Celexa, and Wellbutrin to kill a small pony. A few months go by and I tell him I'm starting to have pain and my symptoms are not improving that much. But, I could now walk on my own and I could go to the grocery store alone which felt like a huge accomplishment. He tries to prescribe me more medication and I say no, no more medication, and walk out of there like a 19 year old lady boss would. I weaned myself off all medications and my symptoms gradually improve. I get a local job at a doctors office. By now my major debilitating symptoms are gone but neck pain is something that never left. I suffered with neck pain every day but kept going because I was just glad in could drive myself to work. That ended a few months later when I fell asleep driving on my way home and did some donuts through a median because of my terrible fatigue. I began having heart rate problems again. I had been moved to the office closer to my home and put on restriction to sitting only. I was putting in charts one day and I felt my heart doing its thing. Before I could get to a room my heart rate was in the 170s. They did everything they could to get it down but ended up calling an ambulance because she was afraid I was going into SVTs (Supraventricular Tachycardia.) By the way, I had already seen a cardiologist who said my heart was great. Anyway, that was my last day at that job. I was sent to a new neurologist who gave me a tilt table test. It made me feel AWFUL, but I never completely passed out so the test came back fine and was once again told to see a psychologist. I gave up, went home, and swore I would never go back to a doctor again. About a year goes by and I'm doing great. I have a new job waitressing at a steakhouse about a mile from my new home. I get accepted at UNA and begin my nursing career again. I began having migraines that were terribly unbearable so I begin seeing a local doctor. She treats my migraines with Norco and daily Mobic. About a month ago my symptoms began to come back. Terrible fatigue, nausea, mild heart rate problems, muscle contractions, a hot feeling around my brain (does that make sense?…), difficulty breathing because I feel like my body isn't doing it on my own so I have to make my self do it which is really irritating, a flu like feeling?, and some I'm sure I'm leaving out. Today I was in algebra taking notes, and I get this terrible nausea feeling. The kind that hits you so fast you think you're going to projectile vomit. I got the feeling in my chest and my breath felt like it was sucked out of me. The room starts spinning and the numbers on the board look like ancient Chinese symbols. I start to get up and leave but I'm afraid to stand so I just sit there and quietly suffer through it. When the symptoms kind of calmed down I gathered my things and forced myself to walk to my car. I went to my doctor and told her everything I had been feeling and told her I couldn't live like this anymore, and that I didn't understand how a twenty one year old girl could feel this way. I tell her I've been reading about dysautonomia and ask her if that's a possibility. She told me I needed to stop reading and to stop being a hypochondriac. I was making myself feel this way and I was too young and pretty to be making up medical issues. I've had a clean MRI, blood work, etc so there's nothing that could be causing my symptoms except myself. I sit there, trying not to lose it. She begins to tell me how exhausted I look and that I need to go home and rest. She also told me I seemed depressed, so she wrote me an antidepressant and told me I needed to stop being negative and focus on being positive. There's nothing wrong with me. Its in my head. I leave the doctors office bauling my eyes out wondering how I'm supposed to live like this and why no one can help me. If I could just get a diagnosis or some reassurance or something, but that's what I get, every time. Sorry for the long post but like I said, I am desperate. I've left some symptoms and stories out because I know this is getting long, but any feedback or opinions would be greatly appreciated. I will answer any questions you have. Thank you!
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Wow, I kid you not this is my exact story, minus the fact that I am just looking into the Lyme possibility right now… Severe dysautonomia, took ssri's, it mostly went away on meds, went off of them, now dysautonomia is back. The amount of research I've done between when this happened to me 6 years ago and now with it happening again I could have been through Med School lol. I'd also be curious of hearing what treatment protocol they used for you. Thanks! So informative
Hi Tara,
Do you mind to share what your treatment plan was?…for lymes and for dysautonomia.
Hi There,
Nice article. I have dysautonomia also and recall having 2 insect bites (not sure if a tick but either a tick or spider) just prior to the dysautonomia starting. My lymes blood test always comes negative though (2 tests, one 2 weeks post bite and other 9 weeks post bites). Any advice? Also, I did take 3 weeks of doxycycline and it didn't prevent the dysautonomia. What treatment did you have for lymes?
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So recently the balance has shifted. It's only taken 19 months but I finally feel like I've got a handle on having two kids. Well not all the time but pretty close. I feel like we have a good thing B and G. We have an understanding. We only have 'moments' when the other child is polishing their halo. We can go places and do things and sometimes nobody cries. We can laugh and sing our way around the supermarket, the littlest Little rocket propelling soft produce into the trolly like her life depended on it. We can eat and drink outside the house with minimal hosing down needed afterwards. We can get from morning when Daddy leaves until bedtime and feel pretty good about all we've achieved that day, even if it's only picking out new books at the library (takes a while).
Of course some days the electronic babysitter is called upon more than is good for us, sometimes I make a nutritious meal nobody eats, sometimes someone has to go and play by themselves for a while and cool down. But none of this seems overwhelming anymore, it feels normal and restorative and challenging and good.
Are you concerned it's taken us this long to find this balance? It's not like we weren't happy before or that things were always chaotic or unpleasant – they definitely were not. But I feel now like I'm captain of this ship, and we can enjoy all the plain sailing and stormy seas which come our way.
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I've been working on a web app using sql server 2008 on a development machine.... I was previously told the production system was sql server 2005, but now I'm told it is actually sql server 2000... does linq to sql support sql server 2000? I'm using linqdatasource controls to bind to gridviews utilizing it's builtin paging and sorting features..
Hi all,
I have a question about Entity Framework. Please answer if you know answer on this. I have such query :
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"p.ProductName AS ProductName " +
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Am creating a C# Windows Application. Am using SQL Server 2000 as my database. I have created a setup for my application. I have to install the application in some computers connected through WORKGROUP. Now am installing my application in a client machine
which doesn't have any SQL Server or Visual Studio. After installing i need to configure the App.Config to set the ConnectionString. How can i do this?
This is my connection string after installing. How can i modify this to access remote sql server?
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The US economy remains strong after data from the labor department showed the economy added 227,000 jobs in January. More than 157,000 jobs created in December. But the average hourly earnings drop to 2.5 percent from 2.9 percent year-on year, suggesting that the inflation rate may not be advancing as previously thought. Therefore, the Fed won't be in rush to hike rates, at least not this March. This is one of the reasons the US dollar lost momentum against most of its counterparts except the British Pound last week.
Accordingly, the productivity level cooled in the fourth quarter to 1.3 percent from 3.5 percent recorded in the third quarter. This further affirm that businesses have relied on more hiring rather than investing in technology to increase efficiency. Still, the services sector expanded (56.5) in January at about the same pace as in the previous month.
However, the uncertainty surrounding the new government policies – fiscal spending, immigration, tax, etc. continued to weigh on the business outlook and dollar strength as businesses and foreign investors are yet to ascertain market direction.
In the U.K, the services sector contracted in January to 54.5 from 56.2 recorded in December as the costs of running a business surged to a 6-year high. The main concern now is the extent to which costs are rising and if it's temporary or part of the issues raised by Governor Mark Carney on Thursday that there were risks to the economic outlook as the country start its Brexit journey.
Although the U.K. Monetary policy Committee upgraded its economic growth rate for 2017 from 1.4 percent to 2 percent, the governor reiterated that there are risks ahead and that the positive outlook does not negate Brexit consequences.
"The Brexit journey is really just beginning — while the direction of travel is clear, there will be twists and turns along the way," the BOE governor Mark Carney told a press conference in London on Thursday. He said that with inflation accelerating and risks to growth on the horizon, "we can see scenarios in either direction" for policy.
With uncertainty growing from the US to the Europe, it is clear that commodities like gold and safe haven assets in general remain attractive as investors look to reduce risk exposure while looking for clues as to what the US and Theresa May led Brexit team plan to achieve going forward.
This week USDJPY and GBPJPY top my last for the reason stated above.
I first mentioned this pair sell potential three weeks ago, but rebounded with 78 pips to our first target to hit a mid-term high of 115.60. Ever since it has lost about 332 pips in the last three weeks.
However, with rising uncertainty in the US, investors are likely to continue to jump on safe haven assets like the yen to avoid the US dollar volatility. Hence, this pair is likely to continue its downward trend this week.
A break of 111.81 support would possibly increase the attractiveness of this pair and open up 109.56 support levels first established in April 2016, which is below 20-day moving average. Below is my previous quote on this pair.
This pair called the top after gaining about 1,384 pips since the emergence of Trump as the president of the U.S. But the pair lost about 250 pips following Trump's first public conference last week to close at 114.43 support level. This, I will be treating as a risk concern ahead of the new administration's inauguration. Therefore, I will be expecting the demand for the yen as a safe haven asset to increase while investors await a series of change the president-elect will be passing on to the senate and the ones likely to be approved.
Three weeks ago, I mentioned here the uncertainty surrounding the British pound and why this pair offer unique sell opportunity. But with the pound sterling uncertainty confirmed by BOE unclear as the UK commence its Brexit journey, the embattled currency remains less attractive and it is likely to get worse by March, 2017 when the Brexit will be officially triggered.
While on the other hand, the yen remained attractive as investors scramble for the haven asset to reduce risk exposure and avoid volatility.
Again, the weekly candlestick closed as a bearish engulfed pattern, which was below 142.42 support levels –now resistance. With the present yen attractiveness, I will be looking to sell the pair below 142.42 resistance levels this week for 134.90 targets. A break of that level should open up 129.85 as the second target.
This week, I remain bearish on this pair for two reasons. One, the surge in risk level in the Euro-area will continue to weigh on euro-single currency. While Canadian dollar will likely remain attractive as commodities like crude oil gain and increase in investments in the country boost its manufacturing sector amid Trump likely favoured trade policy.
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DMR applications are also enabling improvements to safety standards and response times with applications such as 'Man Down' helping to alert control rooms when drivers or field workers are faced with potential dangers. If a driver's radio is tilted beyond a 90 degree angle for a pre-defined period of time, an alarm is activated and a signal is sent back to the control room, with the radio's GPS tracking system helping to pinpoint where the user is located
Using the same GPS function, another app can automatically detect whether a truck is speeding and send an alert back to the control room so a colleague can ask the driver to slow down.
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The two-way radio will continue to be the most secure and user-friendly device for workers in many heavy industries including truck drivers, but businesses also have the option to extend the reach of their radio communications networks with smart applications including WAVE.
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The rise in new smart applications not only extends the value and capability provided by radio networks, but enables businesses to save on the costs of augmenting their communications networks in a way that returns immediate benefits to boost efficiency, productivity while enhancing customer service levels.
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Love to celebrate!? Are you always looking for reasons to plan celebrations for family and friends? Then you'll be excited to hear about these little-known, bizarre or random holidays.
My name's Cheryl. I run a mom & baby group in my local city and write about mom & baby activity ideas, moms night out event ideas and family fun activities in my Moms & Munchkins blog. These little-known, random holidays provide me with even more reasons to plan fun activities for family and friends.
Here I will share with you some of my favourite bizarre holidays throughout the year along with some fun celebration ideas.
JANUARY Random Holidays
National Buffet Day (January 2nd): I know what you're thinking, "You're telling me that after all of that holiday eating, I'm invited to indulge in another holiday?" That's right! Don't put away those stretchy sweatpants just yet! You can celebrate this holiday with your family and friends by making one last big table full of your favourite foods.
Pop Music Chart Day (January 4th): On January 4, 1936, Billboard magazine published its first music hit parade. Why not celebrate this day with some karaoke, dancing, air bands, or other music-themed activity? On a side note, dancing would be a great way to burn off some of those extra National Buffet Day calories!
Trivia Day (January 4th): Do your two left feet get in the way of those fancy dance moves? No problem! Try celebrating Trivia Day instead. If your mind is full of interesting (or even useless) pieces of trivia then today is your day to shine! This is a great day to have a family game night!
Popcorn Day (January 19th): What's your favourite popcorn topping? Butter? Flavoured popcorn salt? Chocolate coated candy? Perhaps you prefer caramel or marshmallow popcorn balls (my favourite – mix in a few jujube candies – yum!) Try popping up some popcorn and enjoying a family movie night.
FEBRUARY Random Holidays and a few Bizarre Ones Too!
Give Kids a Smile Day (first Friday in February): We all love to see our children smile. It's a guaranteed way to brighten any day! Try planning some fun events for your kids today. Perhaps some outdoor winter sports, a movie night or a game night at home. There are plenty of options for planning a fun day for your kids.
Dump Your Significant Jerk Week (always the week before Valentine's Day): We've all been there – hanging on to the wrong relationship for longer than we should. Don't spend one more Valentine's Day in an unhappy relationship – dump that significant jerk! Have you recently ended a relationship? Have some of your friends? This is a great reason to celebrate with some drinks and some laughs and a reminder of how happy you can be while you're single and surrounded by great friends.
Wave All Your Fingers at Your Neighbours Day (February 7th): Have you lived in your home for years but still can't name any of your neighbours? Try planning a neighbourhood party as a fun way to formally introduce yourself. You could make super simple yet cute handprint invitations letting them know about this holiday and inviting them over for a fun dinner party or a meet and greet with appetizers.
Satisfied Staying Single Day (February 11th): You can plan a fun ladies' night in with some spa treatments, food, a little wine and some great company!
National Margarita Day (February 22nd): You can grab a bottle of tequila, a bartender's recipe book (special margarita edition) and start celebrating!
MARCH Little-Known, Random Holidays
Barbie Day (March 9th): Barbie made her first appearance on March 9th, 1959 (I hope I look that great when I'm her age!). This would be a great day to plan a pink party to celebrate the Barbie beauty in each of us!
As Young As You Feel Day (March 22nd): Try to gather up your friends and play party games that you used to play as a kid, eat candy that was popular when you were young, listen to music from your teenage years and reminisce about old memories.
Make Up Your Own Holiday Day (March 26th): Is there a certain activity you love? A certain food you can't live without? Have your own little party to celebrate something important (and silly) to you!
Quirky Country Music Song Titles Day (March 27th): A few fun ideas for celebrating this special day include a Name That Tune Country Music Edition or a quirky country music song trivia game. Be sure to tell your party guests to dress in their best western gear!
Radom Holidays for APRIL
National Beer Day (April 7th): Did you know that the sale of beer in the US became legal on April 7th, 1933? Can't wait until April 7th to start the celebration? Don't worry, there's still New Beer's Eve on April 6th.
National Pet Day (April 11th): We can't forget about our furry 4-legged friends on April 11th. Kids would have fun planning a special day just for their pets.
Babe Ruth Day (April 27th): Celebrate one of the greatest baseball players of all time with a baseball game in the park. You could even barbeque hot dogs – a favourite game day snack!
MAY Little-Known, Random Holidays
National Paranormal Day (May 3rd): Gather up your buddies for a paranormal movie marathon!
Star Wars Day (May 4th): Try a Star Wars costume themed movie marathon. You could even throw in a bit of trivia to award the ultimate fan.
National Chocolate Chip Day (May 15th): A potluck dessert night with a chocolate chip theme could be a fun way to celebrate this day.
National Pizza Party Day (May 15th): Try making a big batch of pizza dough (or pitas work great as well) and stock up on pizza toppings and have a Create Your Own Pizza night.
Nerd Pride Day (May 25th): Whether or not you want to admit it, we all have a bit of nerd in us. Celebrate your nerdy side with a costumed party and trivia games.
Random Holidays to Celebrate for JUNE
Drive-In Movie Day (June 6th): This holiday celebrates the anniversary of the first drive-in movie theatre opening. If you don't have a drive-in movie theatre in your city, set up your own mini drive-in theatre in your home with lots of pillows on the floor and a concession stand.
Corn on the Cob Day (June 11th): This sounds like a great reason to have a barbeque!
Flag Day (June 14th): This is a US holiday commemorating the United States flag's adoption. On the same day, the United States Army celebrates its birthday.
Nature Photography Day (June 15th): Celebrate this day with a little outdoor adventure and don't forget your camera!
JULY Radom Holidays
Chocolate Day (July 7th): Not that we need a day to remind us of the greatness of chocolate, but it doesn't hurt to have an extra reason to indulge in chocolate. A chocolate fondue party would be a fun way to celebrate this day.
National Hot Dog Day (3rd Saturday in July): A great reason to plan a summer barbeque! Try setting out a buffet of hot dog toppings such as mustard, ketchup, relish, onions, chili, cheese sauce, etc.
Lasagne Day (July 29th): Host a potluck supper party with a lasagne cook off contest. It's a great way to try the many variations of this popular dish.
S'Mores Day (August 10th): Invite your friends over for a late night barbeque of s'mores.
National Relaxation Day (August 15th): What are your favourite relaxation activities? A trip to the spa? Lounging in the yard? Going for a walk in nature? Gather your friends for a day full of relaxing activities.
SEPTEMBER Lesser-Known Holidays
National Grandparents Day (first Sunday after Labour Day): What a great reason to surprise your grandparents (or your child's grandparents) with a special day all about them!
Video Games Day (September 12th): Invite your friends over for a video game challenge or have a video game challenge with your kids (although be prepared to be embarrassed when you lose to someone who is a fraction of your age).
Wife Appreciation Day (third Sunday): Circle this date on the calendar for your significant other. Planning a romantic dinner for your wife would be a thoughtful gesture on this special day.
National One-Hit Wonder Day (September 25th): Throw a music-themed party complete with a costume contest, karaoke and a name that tune game for one-hit wonders.
Little-Known Holidays for OCTOBER
World Vegetarian Day (October 1st): Host a potluck of only vegetarian foods and learn some new and healthy recipes for your family.
World Card Making Day (first Saturday): Celebrate with your friends or children by making cards for upcoming holidays. You could even get a head start on your Christmas cards.
National Grouch Day (October 15th): Have a grouch in your life? Then this day is just for them! Let the grouches in your life be as grouchy as they want today – it's their special day! You could celebrate with grouch cupcakes or cake pops. Just try not to be too cheerful about it!
Bizarre and Random Holidays for NOVEMBER
National Men Make Dinner Day (during the first week of November): Have a few of your friends over and let the men take over the kitchen while the women relax. You could even let the men choose the menu. My husband's specialty - hot dogs with macaroni and cheese.
Sesame Street Day (November 10th): A great day to plan Sesame Street activities and snacks for your children.
Celebrate Your Unique Talent Day (November 24th): A fun way to gather friends for a few laughs while showcasing our special talents. Don't forget to hand out awards as unique as the talents!
Lesser-Known Holidays for DECEMBER
National Cookie Day (December 4th): Host a cookie baking exchange with your friends and stock up on goodies before the holidays.
National Dice Day (December 4th): Host a game night but every game you play must use dice.I hope you are inspired to plan some celebrations of your own. Have a fun day!
Cheryl is a married mother of one sweet little boy. She's a certified Project Management Professional with a passion for event planning. She has created a blog called Moms & Munchkins where she provides activity ideas for mom & baby groups, family fun and moms night out events.
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Jurisdiction to search and prosecute defendants on vessel without nationality authorized
In U.S. v. Lopez Hernandez, the defendants appeal their convictions under the Maritime Drug Law Enforcement Act (MDLEA) which criminalizes individuals for possessing with intent to distribute a controlled substance while on board a vessel subject to the jurisdiction of the United States. In this case the defendants' vessel fell under U.S. jurisdiction as a vessel without nationality. The U.S. Coast Guard officers stopped the four defendants in this appeal on board a go-fast boat without a flag in international waters about 120 nautical miles southwest of the El Salvador/Guatemala border in the Pacific Ocean. When the Coast Guard approached the boat, the crewmen began dumping packages overboard that were later found to contain 290 kilograms of cocaine. The four crew members were ultimately arrested. One defendant who identified himself as the captain claimed the boat was registered in Guatemala. The Coast Guard contacted the Guatemalan government which could neither confirm nor deny. With a certification that the ship was without nationality, the Coast Guard determined it had the authority and jurisdiction under the statute to search the boat.
The defendants filed a motion to dismiss the indictment on the grounds that the Coast Guard had information in their possession indicating the boat was not a vessel without nationality within the meaning of the plain text of the MDLEA.
While the Coast Guard stated that no registration documentation was provided to them prior to contacting the Guatemalan government, they claim they later found registration documents on the ship. The defendants on the other hand claim that the Coast Guard officers had the registration documents before it asked Guatemala about the boat's registry.


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As many cities and communities across the United States have made the move to provide safer Halloween activities for their youth, Polk County is no exception. Local communities have long provided the safety net of daylight trick or treat options, bringing light to the dark activity, and giving parents a sigh of relief to know where their children's candy comes from and is safe to eat. Here are three of the county's premier events for the season.
This year marks the 31st anniversary of the Downtown Mena Merchants Daylight Trick-or-Treat. In 1986 Steve Blair, owner of Cash Saver, located on South Mena Street, where Sear's Hometown Store is currently, started the event with help from Wyonna Abbot, owner of Coast to Coast, and other south side Mena merchants.
The event as we know it today has over 1,000 children participating.
This year the Downtown Mena Merchants Daylight Trick or Treat will be held on Halloween, Tuesday, October 31st, from 4 p.m. – 5 p.m. on Mena Street and Sherwood Avenue.
The town of Hatfield will host their Daylight Trick or Treat on Tuesday, October 31st, from 4 p.m. – 5 p.m. as well. Participating Hatfield merchants will hand out candy. An event will also be held in Hatfield City Park and is hosted by Hatfield businesses and churches.
Vandervoort Picnic Association will host their annual Trunk or Treat event at the Vandervoort Picnic Grounds on Tuesday, October 31st, at 6 p.m. They invite local businesses and individuals to set up with them and hand out candy. There will be a costume contest as well.