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Have you been sleeping badly in the past few nights, or worse, not able to sleep a wink on some nights? Don't you dread those sleepless nights? You flop heavily into bed after an awfully exhausted day. But your active mind refuses to rest. You keep rewinding today's events. You're worried about tomorrow's work. You cannot stop new ideas racing through your mind.
You lie there staring at the ceiling in the dark for what seems like a long time, unable to sleep.
Just when you finally drift off to slumberland (or worse, you didn't catch a wink at all), your alarm clock goes off and... it's time to reluctantly drag yourself off the bed. How tiring!
You are not alone. Experiencing hateful sleepless nights now and then is pretty common. But if you suffer from having trouble falling asleep consistently for 3 or more nights in a week, you're in for a severe sleep disorder – insomnia.
Imagine you manage to sack out but you tend to wake up frequently during the night with difficulty falling back to sleep. And you feel tired, listless, irritable and sluggish the next day. That also signifies insomnia.
What cause insomnia?
Insomnia doesn't come uninvited – there must be a cause for it to turn up at your bed step. Scan through the below points and see if any fits your cause.
- Short-period stressful event such as preparing for examinations, slogging on home work from school, rushing out business projects, interviews, or trying to land a dream job etc.
- Consistent mental or emotional conditions such as depression, anxiety, stress, panic attack or hyperactive mind due to worrying unduly about your future, dwelling too much into past experiences and feeling remorseful about what you've done in the past, or constantly in fear of death (particularly for elderly).
- Worrying about having acne on face and skin or massive hair loss.
- Pain or discomfort due to some temporary but severe illnesses or injuries such as irritable bowel syndrome (IBS), heart burn due to acid reflux, headache, migraine, back pain, elbow pain, and shoulder pain etc.
- Jet lag or working in late shift that in turn disrupts your normal sleep pattern.
- Disturbances in the sleep environment such as noise, light or extreme high or low temperature due to sudden climate change.
- Your child keep coming in and out of your bed throughout the night disrupting your sleep.
- Sleeping in a different environment or bed.
- Poor sleep habits, such as watching TV in bed or going to bed at irregular hours.
- Excessive daily intake of alcohol or stimulants like coffee or cigarettes.
- Hungry stomach right before sleep.
- Lack of regular exercise.
- High-intensity workouts or other hyper-activities 1-2 hours before bedtime.
- Existing medical health problems such as breathing or heart problems, hormonal or digestive disorder, or chronic pain (from migraine or arthritis etc).
- Side effects from certain drugs.
- Sleep apnea.
- or others...
As you age, your sleep may also get more deprived when your biological clock changes. For example, less melatonin is produced to regulate your body's circadian rhythm (an internal clock which governs sleep).
Which of the above trigger(s) your insomnia or bad sleep nights?
Besides the cause, duration of insomnia also determines whether you belong to the Acute or Chronic group.
Acute means that your insomnia gets initiated by some short-term stressful events or pain due to some temporary injuries, etc. As soon as that event or pain ends, your insomnia stops. Your insomnia symptoms can last for a few days to a few weeks, depending on the duration of event.
However, acute insomnia may develop into chronic insomnia that can plague you for few months to years if the symptoms persist after the event or you didn't deal with your sleep disorder properly... especially when you believe taking drugs can quickly treat your insomnia.
True, sleep medication may bring short-term relief for insomnia, but they'll lose their effectiveness after a few weeks.
Worse, you may get addicted to the drugs. If addiction takes place, you'll experience withdrawal symptoms once you stop the medication. Symptoms include depression, dizziness, memory lapses, nausea, and hallucinations or even aggravating your sleep disorder.
On top of that, sleep drugs may not really get you down to deep sleep.
They merely make you drowsy and "unconscious" and you thought you're getting sufficient quality sleep, but which in fact most of the time, you're not. That's why many insomnia sufferers appear dull and sluggish the following day after a "medicated" sleep.
I'm sure you're no stranger to that "zombie" trance if you were on sleep medication before.
Understanding your sleep cycle
What do I mean by deep sleep?
Have you ever wondered why some people sleep 8 to 10 or even 16 hours a day and they feel groggier and clumsier than ever, while some catch only 5 hours or so but they feel as bouncy and spirited as a monkey for the rest of the day?
Or are you one of those who likes to sleep in during weekends because you feel you haven't got enough wink over the work days although you took an average of 8 hours a day? A friend I know of practically sleeps through Saturdays and Sundays each and every week.
Perhaps 10 hours of sleep a day still appears insufficient for you to catch up on the "lost" sleep you're being deprived of.
How about 12, 16 or even 20 hours of sleep a day?
Biologically, a longer sleep may not do you any good. You know what, some sleepers only need 5 hours per night to keep their energy boosted for the whole day.
What is their secret?
Simple. The secret lies in the quality of sleep, not just quantity.
In other words, you can sleep less (but not less than 5 hours) and feel more energized than when you sleep more.
A good night's sleep can replenish your energy, enhance your memory and concentration power, regulate your mood, strengthen your immune system, sustain your work efficiency and effectiveness, extend your lifespan and help you recover from your illnesses (if any) faster. For overweight people, quality sleep can boost your metabolism to help you lose weight.
If your body doesn't receive ample quality sleep, you'll never get to perform at your best the following day.
Although each individual has somewhat different "inner sleep mechanisms", the mechanisms should work more or less around the typical sleep cycle.
Understand the typical sleep cycle?
Nope? Look. I don't want to get into too much technical details explaining the figure for fear you might fall asleep.
I'll just cover the essential points to help you get some sense on what quality sleep actually means (based on the sleep cycle above) so that you know exactly what you need to do in order to obtain quality sleep. Of course, with the help of natural sleep remedies to effectively cure your insomnia which I'll show you later.
Let's begin.
During your sleep, your body will cycle between 2 states: non-rapid eye movement (NREM) and rapid eye movement (REM). You need 3-5 cycles per night to make up a normal sleep.
NREM comprises 3 stages:
- Stage N1 – You feel drowsy, but you can easily wake up once aroused (even slightly) and you'll feel as if you have not slept a wink. You may at times notice the feeling of sudden falling that may result in an immediate muscle contraction in your legs. This stage typically lasts from 5 to 10 minutes.
- Stage N2 – You're in light sleep mode now. Your heart rate slows and your body temperature drops. Your body is now preparing to enter the deep sleep phase (the vital period in the sleep).
- Stage N3 – You're in deep sleep at this stage and it's difficult to wake you up, even when lion dance performs 'live' by your bed, so to speak. But if someone shakes you vigorously to wake you up, you'll feel groggy and disoriented (panic attack may strike you at this instant) as your body is not able to adjust itself immediately.
During deep sleep, your body performs its healing process – repairs and regenerates tissue, builds bone and muscle, restores energy and strengthens your immune system. For that reason, people need to dive into this crucial level in order to feel rejuvenated the next morning.
But that's only part of the sleep puzzle.
After about 70-90 minutes of falling asleep, your body then steps into the REM state where your mind begins to process and consolidate memories, regulates emotions and stress.
If you don't get adequate REM sleep, you might become moody and irritable during the day. Depression can get the better of you very easily when something upsets you.
Therefore, REM, though not as vital as stage N3 (deep sleep), still proves essential in regulating your emotions and helps keep them in check.
Sufficient REM sleep might even lift up your spirit.
You'll probably experience 3-5 REM periods per night, with each one lasting longer than the previous. For instance, the first REM may typically last for 10 minutes whereas the final REM can stretch up to 1 hour.
REM occupies a total of about 90-120 minutes (20-25%) of a normal night's sleep. NREM dominates the rest.
That's all about what you need to know about the normal sleep cycle.
If you do catch some winks at times but you don't seem to get up feeling full-powered, then most likely you may have entered an abnormally short duration of stage N3 (deep sleep), or worse, not even getting close to it. That means you could be pacing back and forth stages N1 and N2 (light sleep) and dreaming throughout the entire night. That's probably the reason why you can wake up a few times in the middle of the night upon some slight disturbances.
That also explains why some people still feel lethargic after more than 10 hours of sleep per night – they never get a chance to penetrate the deep sleep stage.
You should at least go through the first 2 deep sleep stages and 3 REM periods before you're guaranteed to get fully charged when awaken. But sadly, insomnia sufferers barely get these "bonuses".
Natural insomnia remedies without medication
Whether you suffer from acute or chronic insomnia, I reckon you don't need a doctor at this point.
Don't get me wrong. I'm not against the idea of seeking help from doctors. It doesn't cure the root of your insomnia if sleep drugs is what you'll get from them.
Pardon me for being harsh but most GPs (general practitioners) are none the wiser.
In fact, some doctors can't even cure their own insomnia for popping their self-prescribed sleep drugs (they have a lot in store though). If you go to them, they'll probably feed you the same type of drugs they're using for treating their insomnia.
Remember I mentioned earlier that the ineffectiveness of sleep medication and the undesirable side effects they bring about. You're paying for something that doesn't work forever. And you're only making those doctors and the drug companies richer while failing to eradicate the root cause of your insomnia.
As mentioned earlier, insomnia stems from several causes. So, to address your sleep disorder, we need to identify what makes you unable to sleep soundly or even lose your sleep totally.
If snoring causes your insomnia, then get a snoring treatment solution for yourself or for your spouse or roommate. If it's headache or migraine that makes you difficult to fall asleep, then relieve it. If panic attack is the cause, stop it. If you lose sleep over massive hair loss and are dying to grow back your hair, then fix it. If it's acne on your face and skin that freaks you out, treat it.
Simple as that. (But make sure to look for only natural remedies without medication because drugs may affect your sleep.)
Once you eliminate the cause of your insomnia, you'll be able to sleep like a baby without sleep medication.
However, if your sleep disorder is triggered by other reasons or unhealthy long-term habits that are preventing you from catching a good night's sleep, then follow these tips which aim to change your behaviors or lifestyle to treat insomnia.
These tips work best for you if your insomnia is not sparked by the side effects from any drugs you're using for special health conditions like diabetes, rheumatoid arthritis or high blood pressure etc.
- Reserve your bedroom for TWO things only – sleep and sex. In other words, avoid eating, working, computers, TV, video or loud music in the bedroom.
- Take your cell phone away from your bedroom because its radiation can disturb your body cells' activity and upset your normal sleep pattern.
- Is the clock next to your bed a mechanical one that ticks particularly loud in the quiet night? If so, you may want to put it farther away from your bed so you won't hear the attention-grabbing ticking sound by your bedside and induce you to turn around often to check for the time. This may unwittingly raise your anxiety level and could jolly well make you lose sleep totally. Get a digital clock instead and put it a distance away from your bed so you won't feel like checking the time frequently.
- Taking a relaxing warm bath before bedtime can lower your body temperature thereby helps to induce sleep. Soaking your feet in a tub of warm water before bedtime can achieve similar effect. Certain aromatherapy oil can enhance calming effect, provided you like the smell.
- Avoid caffeinated drinks such as coffee, tea, soft drinks or chocolate drink and/or cigarettes after lunch. It can take several or up to 16 hours for the effect of caffeine to wear off depending on your body's response to caffeine (i.e. the more sensitive you are to caffeine, the longer it takes for the caffeine to wear off). I suggest that you limit your caffeinated drinks to morning only. Best, quit them completely if you can.
- Avoid snacking just before bedtime so that your body can fully focus on making you sleep instead of having to partially work on the food you send to your stomach. One way to get around this is to eat a fiber-rich dinner before 8 P.M. Also, keep your stomach's satiety level at 70% only. This should stop your cravings for late night snacking and last you till the following morning.
- If you do really feel very hungry right before going to bed, take a very light snack such as a slice of wholegrain bread or a cup of oatmeal. Then wait at least 30 mins before you go back to bed. A rumbling stomach evoked by true hunger can seriously interrupt your sleep and cause you to toss and turn until you throw in the towel. This normally occurs to those who skip dinner or take a low-cal dinner for fear of gaining weight. Don't sacrifice your sleep quality for weight loss. You'll gain more weight instead when you starve and get a bad night's sleep.
- Avoid eating high-sugar food as a snack before bedtime if you really need to take a bite. Your metabolism gears down towards the night to prepare for sleep, so is your digestive system. So, good amount of sugar entering your stomach during this period may ferment easily due to slow digestive activity. This can in turn, cause intestinal gas in your stomach, resulting in abdominal bloating. Discomfort in your stomach will either create a bad quality sleep coupled with a nightmare or cause sleeplessness totally.
- Sleep inducers such as soy milk, calming herbal tea, whole grain, certain seeds like pumpkin seeds, sunflower seeds, flaxseeds, and nuts like walnuts, cashews, almonds, pecans, peanuts, help your brain to relax. I suggest that you add these sleep-inducing foods into your dinner so as to give enough time for your body to prepare for a good night's sleep.
- Improve your diet by reducing meat intake and eating more fruits and vegetables such as berries, cherries, green leafy vegetables, whole grains and muesli. These natural goodies revitalize your body and keep your sleep mechanism function properly with less "glitches".
- Reduce the amount of spices such as garlic, onion or cayenne pepper used in your meals (particularly dinner) as too spicy can create a burning sensation in your stomach and result in poor digestion (sometimes, even acid reflux) which will cause discomfort and disturb your sleep quality.
- Drink enough water for the day. A well-hydrated body allows the body to cool at night and encourages production of more melatonin for a good night's sleep.
- Pee right before you sleep so that you won't have to drag yourself out of that cozy bed in the mid of your sweet dream just to do that small, little business. (I hate that!)
- Sleep when you feel like sleeping. Do not procrastinate because once you miss that period, you'll feel wide awake.
- If you cannot conk out in bed after half an hour, get up and listen to some soothing music, or pick up a book you don't normally like to read such as dictionary or textbook. This type of book can bore you to sleep. Joke book is good too as it makes you relax. But no stimulating or exciting content such as horrors and thrillers. Use warm tungsten reading lamp instead of fluorescent lamp. Avoid watching TV or DVD as the light from these devices are bright and will interfere with your body's biological clock, worsening your sleepless condition. Return to bed as soon as you feel sleepy.
- Regular exercise relieves tension, thereby helping you to sleep more easily. But try not to work out before sleeptime as it may make you even more alert throughout the night. Best time for exercising is morning. Morning exercise jump-starts your day and can help you deal with knotty problems more easily, which in turn free you of worries by the time you reach home from work. But if you can't make it in the morning, make sure you leave a 4-hour gap between exercise and your sleep time.
- Train your body to sleep and wake up at the same time every day regardless of whether it's a work day or rest day. Setting a regular sleep routine helps your body and brain get used to falling asleep naturally at a fixed time each day. The ideal time to hit the hay is between 9 and 11 P.M. if you want to get quality sleep.
- If you need to snooze during the day, try to keep it within 20 minutes that is sufficient to charge you up. If you nap longer than that, you may enter the deep sleep stage which upon wakeup, can result in dizzy mind and adversely affect your productivity as well as your nocturnal sleep. So, keep within the recommended time frame for siesta. (Note: A temporary deterioration in your performance due to grogginess may ensue following a mid-afternoon nap of 20 minutes. However, your mood, energy, and subjective alertness will improve beyond baseline once sleep inertia dissipates in 5-20 minutes.)
- If you're working at home, stop work at least two hours before turning in to allow your mind to unwind and relax.
- Stop worrying about your unfinished work and what's gonna happen tomorrow. Tomorrow will have enough worries of its own. So, empty your mind and... relax.
- If you fear you might forget the list of work you need to carry out the following morning, jot down the list on a notebook or pad and then go to sleep.
- Keep your feet warm by wearing socks in bed. This can help improve your sleep quality especially in cold weather.
- Create a clean and comfy environment for slumbering – soft lighting, good ventilation, appropriate room temperature, good support pillows, and sufficient comforters. What's the color of the walls in your bedroom? You may need to re-paint the walls to softer color to enhance a sleepy ambience.
- Your mattress does have a bearing on your sleep quality too. So, you might want to consider changing your metal coil mattress to foam mattress because metal coil mattress can create pressure points and provide uneven support for your body. When you can't seem to find a comfortable position, you won't be able to sleep well. And waking up with an aching back is no surprise. To get better support for your body, use therapeutic memory foam mattress. You'll save a lot on your medical fees in the long run.
Usually, your mild insomnia (where you become sleepless occasionally) will improve after applying some of the above sleep-inducing tips.
If your insomnia is so serious that it consistently occurs 3 or more times per week for several weeks or months or even years, you would need to make more significant changes to your habits and lifestyle by literally applying all of the above sleep-inducing tips, which means it'll take you as long as few months to improve your sleep quality.
But if you can't wait to cure your insomnia and you want to nip it in the bud in matter of days totally without medication, then this natural insomnia program is what I would recommend to you, strongly.


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Research Project AZUR
We have successfully completed a research project as part of the joint research project AZUR for the development of an end effector for the automatic application of lightning strike protection material to carbon fiber aircraft fuselage shells.
Our project partners were the DLR (German Aerospace Center) and Premium Aerotec.
The end effector was presented during the opening ceremony of the new DLR research center in Augsburg.
Automated Lightning Protection Applicator (AZUR, RoCk)
The Task
The scope of work of the RoCK project (Robust CFRP - Entire Process Chain) includes the development of an automated deposit of lightning protection prepregs.
The requirements include:
● Precise application on the fuselage shell carried out by an industrial robot
● Crease-free draping on double-curved surface
● Status monitoring and controlling
The concept
In order to fulfill the requirements, the following features have been developed:
● A compact end effector on a KUKA KR210 robot
● Three drives for material transport (force controlled)
● Two ultrasonic cutters on linear slide for the sheet cut
● The drives are controlled as additional axis of the robot in order to ensure the synchronicity with the robot movement
● More than ten sensors for status monitoring
The end effector moves to the application / deposit position on the fuselage shell and starts with the application / deposit. During this process, the three layers of the material (consisting of the lightning protection prepreg, the protective foil and the release paper) are separated, the prepreg cut to a position-dependent sheet and then draped over the protective foil on the surface.
Robot Connection
The connection of the end effector to the robot control is effected in several steps:
● Installation of the sensor system and the EtherCAT fieldbus
● Testing and configuration of the sensor system on the end effector via TwinCAT
● Connection of the end effector to the XM Control outside the robot cell. In this process, the robot axes are simulated and only the end effector drives are activated.
● Control transfer (software and hardware) to the robot cell. The extended motion controller assumes the control of the end effector drives, which is synchronous to the robot motion.
Subsequent validation is effected on original shell of section 16/18 of the A350XWB. As there is no turning station available at the experimental rig, the end effector has to be moved around the mounted fuselage shell. It is aimed to apply accurately fitting, parallel sheets. The following points are essential for the validation:
● The design of the fuselage shell was examined with regard to optimum accessibility.
● The motion of the end effector drives and the robot have to be synchronized in real time.
● With the aid of the Robot Sensor Interface (RSI) the sensor data is transmitted to the drive and used for sheet control.

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Dr Belén Vázquez Navajas
Dr Belén Vázquez-Navajas is a member of the Sisifo Research Group of the University of Cordoba, where she received her BA in History of Art and her PhD in Heritage and Archaeology.
She specializes in Islamic Archaeology. Her academic interests mainly include cities of al-Andalus, hydraulic structures, Roman and Islamic baths, Umayyad Cordoba and the dissemination of historical heritage.
She has taken part in several excavations, both Roman and Medieval sites, and also published various papers and journals articles on her fields of specialization. In the last few years, she enjoyed different research stays at institutions such as the University of Paris-Sorbonne (Paris IV), the University of Cambridge and the Institute for the Study of Muslim Civilization of the Aga Khan University in London.


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I read the previous blog, saying how Sara Kroos looks similar to Marianne Vaatstra. So when I saw the picture of Wolfgang Hebben in the newspaper, I could only see Thom Hoffman. The casting for Marianne Vaatstra, the movie is so easy. Unbelievable.
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Efteling; the largest theme park in the Netherlands and one of the oldest in the world. In 2016 it was the third most visited theme park in Europe; Disneyland and Europa-park beating it. Nathan and I had a weekend away to Efteling without Oliver a little while ago and we absolutely loved it – ignoring having a bit of mum guilt. Let me start off by saying this post isn't an ad or sponsored by Efteling (although I secretly wish it was!), we just loved the park that much. It's more or less a land full of fairy tales, folklore, mythology and more, which is right up our street.
Whilst we were away I was sharing lots of photos over on instagram and twitter, and I had so many messages saying they were thinking of looking at booking a week away to Efteling. I originally had planned to write just a 'round-up' type of post of what we got up to with some photos, but instead I've decided to write a guide to Efteling, in hoping it may help anyone who is looking into visiting.
I'll start with the the rides. We didn't get a chance to go on every single ride, but here are the rides we did get to go on and the ones I'd recommend.
The rides
Now if the first question you're thinking is 'Will this theme park suit both my younger and older children?', the answer is yes! I cannot stress how perfect this theme park is for families. There are a lot of theme parks out there that focus on the rollercoasters and rides for the bigger children, but this park has so much for younger children to do. If anything, it's probably got more for children! Saying this though, it's still great for adults. They have a nice bunch of rollercoasters which are perfect for the bigger kids and adults.
Perfect For The Younger Children –
This is the newest ride to Efteling. This ride is inside/under the big castle photographed above. You get to choose your magical route and ride the Fantasyfloats (Fantasievaarders) around into different secret corridors, to then eventually join the king himself. Trust me when I say you'll want to ride this more than once.
Extra Info; Children <1m need supervision. Transfer from a wheelchair is necessary. Not suitable for babies but baby switch is available.
Droomvlucht (Dreamflight):
I really loved this ride. You get to slowly fly around elves, trolls, fairies and more in their enchanting world where they come to life. This ride is truly beautiful. There is not one room that isn't magical.
Extra Info; Children <1m need supervision but is suitable for the whole family.
The entrance to Droomvlucht
Fata Morgana
A boat ride that takes you through the middle east into the forbidden city. This ride, although mostly fine, has a few scary scenes so although it's suitable for the whole family, it could be frightening to really young children.
Extra Info; Children <1.2m need supervision but is suitable for the whole family. Transfer from a wheelchair is necessary. Includes some frightening effects.
Carnaval Festival
Imagine the ride 'It's a small world' in the Disney parks; they're just like Carnaval Festival. You travel through all of the different continents with jolly music and colours everywhere.
Extra Info; Children <1m need supervision but is suitable for the whole family. Transfer from a wheelchair is necessary. Includes some frightening effects.
Volk Van Laaf Incl: The Monorail
Volk Van Laaf is a small village with a monorail running through and around it. This ride is perfect for the little ones, but make sure they sit in-between 2 adults as the sides are quite open.
Extra Info; Children <1.2m need supervision but is suitable for the whole family.
The great thing about Efteling is it's situated on a nature park so there is a lot of trees, lakes and grassland. Gondoletta is a boat ride that travels on a huge lake travelling through and past rides. It's the perfect ride to go on after having a bit of lunch or if you need to relax.
Extra Info; Children <1.2m need supervision but is suitable for the whole family. Transfer from a wheelchair is necessary.
There are a lot more rides perfect for younger children that we didn't get the chance to go on like; Stoomcarrousel (an indoor steam carousel), De Oude Tuffers (the chance to drive in an old T-Ford), Monsieur Cannibale (Imagine the spinning teacups but cauldrons instead), Kinderspoor (riding miniature trains through dutch landscapes, and many more. If I was to list them all I'd be here for a very long time!
As I've mentioned there are a lot of rides for younger children. The ones I've mentioned previously are definitely my favourites and the ones I'd recommend the most.
Perfect for the older children/adults –
Joris En De Draak (George And The Dragon)
A battle between 2 carriages. You race the other carriage to then win the roller coaster – I assume that one carriage is George and the other is the dragon. The fun thing about this wooden roller coaster is you really don't know who will win; We were losing pretty much the whole way round up until the last second where we beat the other carriage!
Extra Info; Transfer from a wheelchair is necessary. Minimum height is 1.1m but children under 1.2m must be supervised by an adult. Not suitable for babies but baby switch is available. Not suitable for pregnant women.
Halve Maen
You're typical swinging boat ride. I wasn't sure whether to include this in the younger or older children section but it's a pretty big boat that swings really high, so I thought it may it a bit too big for the little ones.
Extra Info; Transfer from a wheelchair is necessary. Children <1.2m must be supervised. Not suitable for babies but baby switch is available. Not suitable for pregnant women.
Baron 1898
The effects, decor and the general build up to this ride was amazing! It had a strong 'working miners' feel to it and it really get's you excited for the ride. If you've ever been to Alton Towers, Baron 1898 is very similar to Oblivion, just a little better and longer.
Extra Info; Minimum height 1.4m. Transfer from a wheelchair is necessary. Not suitable for pregnant women or babies, however baby switch is available.
Vogel Rok
Probably my favourite roller coaster at Efteling. Vogel Rok is an indoor roller coaster in the dark, and it is fast. The entrance to this ride is pretty impressive; it's a huge mythological bird of prey!
Extra Info; Minimum height is 1.2m. Transfer from wheelchair is necessary. Not suitable for pregnant women or babies, however baby switch is available.
There were a few rides we weren't able to ride as they were either closed for maintenance or because there was a lot of snow and ice, and these rides were De Vliegende Hollander 'The Flying Dutchman' (A water coaster – this one we were so gutted we didn't get to ride as it looks SO GOOD, but the lake was too icey!), Piraña (the river rapids, again closed due to the ice), Python (A roller coaster which was having a lot of maintenance done to it) and Bob (A bobsleigh run which looks quite fun, but closed due to maintenance).
If you're looking for a birds eye view of the park and surrounding areas you can take a trip up Pagode, which takes you high up into the sky for an aeriel view (photographed in the first photo next to the castle). This is suitable for the whole family.
Not only are there rides but there is so much more to keep your little ones entertained. There is a maze, regular live shows, playgrounds, a 3D cinema, a steam train, a miniature world and a museum.
The Fairytale Forest
In 1952 the fairytale forest was opened, where you can walk between lots of your favourite fairytales; Sleeping Beauty, Hansel and Gretel, Tom Thumb, Rapunzel, Snow White and so many more. This was one of my favourite parts of the park as it's so peaceful and beautiful. It's definitely worth taking some time out of your day to visit. I went a bit photo mad at this point, but I won't spoil the magic for you by sharing too many photos, so I'll show you some of my favourites.
You really can get lost in the magic in the fairytale forest – Quite literally as we did get a bit lost at one point! It really was quite magical seeing all of your favourite fairytales come to life in front of you.
'Holle Bolle Gijs' – The Paper Gobblers
Whilst walking around the park you'd sometimes here the words 'Papier hier' (Paper Here). It took us a while to discover what the hell was going on, but it was actually paper waste bins talking to you! These Paper Gobblers encourage you to put paper waste into their mouths to reduce the amount of rubbish in the park. I absolutely loved these. I think it's a great way to encourage children to put their rubbish in bins. I'm so gutted I didn't take a photo of one these Paper Gobblers, but you can find tons of photos on Eftelings website.
One of the main things I was excited about was the food. After looking on Eftelings website I noticed there was a lot of places for delicious food. I really wish we had tried more of the restaurants but we were limited to time. Here are the restaurants I would recommend.
't Poffertje (a mini pancake house): One of our first stops was to the mini pancake house, where they served freshly made small pancakes. I had the Nutella and banana pancakes which were DELICIOUS! Please do forgive me for my rubbish photography here, but I couldn't manage to make them look as good as they were!
Toko Pagode Take Away: If you're looking for a quick tasty bit to eat I'd recommend Toko Pagode. It's situated right next to Pagode and they have quite a nice selection.
Steenbok: You can either sit down for a meal or buy some snacks in their vending machine style walls, which I think is so clever if you don't want to take too much time out of your day.
Octopus Restaurant: This restaurant looks amazing inside! It's decorated like you're at the bottom of the sea. The selection is huge and is very child friendly.
I am so gutted we didn't get a chance to dine in Polles Keuken Pancake Restaurant. The day we had planned to go for lunch the restaurant was being redecorated! The selection of pancakes is huge ranging from both savoury to sweet, and also children specials. You may have seen I bought this restaurants pancake recipe book, so I'll be able to recreate the dishes at home.
Efteling Hotel
We stayed in Eftelings hotel for 2 nights in one of their comfort rooms. The hotel is quite literally right next door to the park and you have your own special entrance so you don't get stuck in the crowd at the main entrance. The hotel was magical and it still kept in the fairytale theme. For an extra cost you can even stay in one of their themed rooms based off of the fairytales. I can tell if we come back with Oliver (why am I saying if, of course we're going back one day), I'll definitely want to stay in a themed room. There is also a family friendly restaurant in the hotel which I'd highly recommend.
There we have it! That's my ultimate guide to Efteling. I've included everything that I can think of, but if you have any questions feel free to drop me a comment below and I'll get back to you as soon as possible. We really did love Efteling, and I cannot wait to go back again with Oliver. Now we've had a chance to experience the park without him I now know just how much there is for him to do. Have you been to Efteling before, or are you thinking of booking a visit? Let me know!


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According to a Brookings Institute report, Uruguay's legal cannabis program has been hindered by supply problems and curtailed access to financial services but the market is maturing and officials are planning to widen the legal points of sale from pharmacies to retail dispensaries.
Report: Uruguayan Legal Cannabis Model 'Pioneering' but Not Perfect
Cannabis Wire look at it from the Tourism angle
Will Uruguay open the door to cannabis tourism?
Uruguay is attracting cannabis tourists, even though it's illegal for non-residents to purchase cannabis. A new Brookings report on Uruguay, the first country in the world to legalize and regulate recreational ("non-medical") use cannabis, found that tourists are traveling for access (a concern that officials had during conversations about legalization).
While sales to tourists aren't allowed, the market exists, and tempts citizens to grow cannabis and make it available. Uruguayan citizens are stretching a loophole to offer a supply through "cannabis tours." While these are messaged as educational, paid trips, tourists sample cannabis during the course of the tour — similar to cannabis tourism options that have cropped up in the United States thanks to loopholes. The less creative option is that Uruguayan residents just sell cannabis to visitors, creating a "gray market quietly operating via word of mouth." Law enforcement is serious about halting this kind of activity, though. Last February, according to Brookings, cops seized about 800 cannabis plants from a club that handed out samples to tourists staying in a hostel; the club's license was subsequently stripped by the government.
There aren't any good estimates for how many tourists are packing up and heading for Uruguay primarily for access to cannabis, but as anyone who has traveled to Amsterdam knows, cannabis tourism is popular. "During an October 2017 research trip, this report's authors witnessed this dynamic firsthand, observing illicit sales at a Montevideo paraphernalia shop that itself catered to tourists," the Brookings report noted.
Still, data reflects that after legalization, the country experienced a roughly 20% spike in tourism to Uruguay during November 2017-February 2018, which is the height of Uruguay's typical tourist season. So what are officials going to do? Brookings suggests that law enforcement efforts are unlikely to be successful in stopping the flow of curious travelers to the country in search of cannabis, so the government might consider amending regulations to allow tourists to access the legal market. Sebastian Sabini, a lawmaker and co-sponsor of the legalization legislation, said "Many come to Uruguay to get to know the legal [cannabis] system. However, they end up buying in illicit drug markets because pharmacies still can't sell to tourists. In the medium term we are evaluating the possibility of changing this situation."
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Betting odds – basic, which each player needs in mind
Before we start practicing a certain type of game, it is really essential to understand the basic conditions of the game. This is a feature that is used to the fullest extent of betting. Before this participant makes a bet, he needs to understand the bases associated with this process, so the basis is to have a complete and accurate database ofbetting odds. Not having the necessary knowledge forbetting odds, the players will not be able to understand what the possible results of the match in question can be and what their potential incomes will be – invariably ideas that can make it more effective and progressive.
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Turning American betting odds into an implicit probability, each participant needs to understand that the other ways are for negative and negative betting odds.
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For example, three players will bet on the same event at the same bookmaker – Chelsea vs. Manchester United. He has the following betting odds – Chelsea – 2.33 or 42.92% to win Manchester United – 3.67 or a probability of 27.25%, and for a draw – 3 or 33.33%. In this context, each player will act to have a gross profit of £ 200.
Betting value has a major role for any player who represents betting as an investment instead of gambling.
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Fractional betting odds are definitely popular in the UK and indicate the net amount the winner will win, provided there is a winning bet. For example, if a participant is willing to bet £ 50 for fractional stakes of 10 to 1, therefore in case of a win, he will realize his exact financial amount of £ 500. Similar betting odds have a chance to be met in a variant, such as the chances of Hong Kong. It also shows the participant's net return, but the representation is decimal rather than partial.
Betting odds – what are they?
For the definition of betting odds to be clear, it is always important to know the basic idea of probability. The most widely known example of probability is the mobile dice. You have 6 sides and the probability of "five" is 1 / 6th. Or, 100% of all countries are divided into 6 for each country of the dice – your probability is 16.66%.
Another example is possible to do by throwing coins – where "go" or "go" options are 50%. Betting odds are pretty much the same – they present the players with the expected probability of the outcome of an event. Becoming a specialized player requires a lot of qualities, and the main thing is to have good competencies for individual betting odds.
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The City of Santa Rosa is soliciting public input for the possible inclusion of a pump track and skills-building area in Kawana Springs Park.
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You should spend some time each day playing with your toddler. Learn how to do this so its fun and a educational experience at the same time.
Playtime for a two or three year old is a valuable parent-child fun time. Your main goal when doing just about any activity with your child is to have fun. Be silly when you're changing a diaper or even when eating. You need to be fun and keep her attention. You should be less concerned with how much your child is learning. Don't worry. Your child will learn with every activity whether you think she will or not.
Children learn during a bath play time that water is wet and that soap makes people clean. Children learn during eating that you use a spoon to eat food. Your job should be to make the experience as fun as possible--and you should enjoy the experience.
When you're playing with your child--having fun and joking around is also the best thing you can do. Let her climb on you, ride you horsey-back or play peek-a-boo with you. Not every playtime activity needs to be a learning experience.
When you're playing with your child, it's important that you remember to let your child's curiosity lead the way. If your child is trying to figure out how a toy works, just go ahead and let her figure it out on her own. Even if it takes her 10 minutes for a simple function, let her work on it. If you would take the toy from her and show her the proper way to do it, she won't learn as much.
It's important during play time that you act as a playmate not so much of a parent. You're still your child's favorite play partner when your child is two or three years old. Your job is crucial during these play times. You act as a cheerleader when she figures something out and does a good job, you act as an expert whenever your child has a question, and talk out any problems that your child is having with playing or with other things, offering comfort and support as needed.


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Trump on meeting the queen Friday: She has 'a great and beautiful grace about her'
There's a lot of rules to remember when you meet Her Majesty and many celebrities and even presidents have forgotten the proper royal protocol. USA TODAY
LONDON — Even amid his bomb-throwing comments about British politics in a tabloid newspaper interview, there was one subject President Donald Trump treated with exemplary graciousness: the queen.
Trump described Queen Elizabeth II as "a tremendous woman" in an interview with The Sun, ahead of his teatime meeting with the monarch at Windsor Castle on Friday.
"I really look forward to meeting her. I think she represents her country so well," Trump said. "If you think of it, for so many years she has represented her country, she has really never made a mistake. You don't see, like, anything embarrassing. She is just an incredible woman."
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He said first lady Melania Trump shares his admiration: "My wife is a tremendous fan of hers. She has got a great and beautiful grace about her."
Want to woo the president? Treat him to a military parade. That's what Queen Elizabeth II will do, when President Trump and the First Lady visit her at Windsor Castle. Veuer's Nathan Rousseau Smith has the story.
Trump said his respect for the queen is hereditary. His Scottish-born mother, Mary Anne MacLeod Trump, "loved the queen," he said. "Any time the queen was on television, my mother wanted to watch it."
Trump's visit to Windsor castle will be filled with all the pomp ceremony of a royal visit, with the two heads of state reviewing troops before retiring to the castle for a spot of tea.
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It was just last week that I decided to give myself a break from Blogging. If you've been an avid reader of this Blog you would have known that I have been going strong since 2011 and never took a break.
This year I challenged myself to put out 2 Blog posts daily that are of good quality and I have been doing that --until last week. It's not that I had nothing to Blog about, but I realized that I was just so physically and mentally tired. No, I'm not a crazy person hence the mental part, but this Blog requires me to use my "smarts" aka my brain a lot, to be a problem solver, critical thinker and be the over-all Olivia Pope of the brand.
I was just plain old tired! Last week, after putting in my daily work, the computer was off until the next day, no YouTube or last-minute emails .. the computer was just off and it felt good. Another thing I did was to go on "Airplane" mode at 8 pm each night. By turning off WI-FI I'm not tempted to respond to messages and emails or waste time on Social Media scrolling people's feeds and having F.O.M.O (Fear of Missing Out)
Clearly, your work schedule might not be as flexible as mine is, but you need to find some way to take a break to recharge whether it's a vacation or just a break from your devices and social media. If you are in an industry like this one, you are constantly pouring your time, energy and efforts into everyone else and at the end of the day you are so burned out that all you can do is slump into bed like a huge log and wake up feeling even more tired. I find that taking a break leaves you feeling refreshed, rested and ready to take on new challenges with a new perspective and winning spirit.
I am officially on "vacation" and will take just one day to sleep in and visit some of my favorite stores then to work I go as I need money for Christmas. #forrealforreal
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Oh my, this book turned out beyond great, and I am so glad I gave it a try, despite it being set in a different universe. Initially, I thought Ricochet would be a nice bit of fluff, seeing as it is set in a so-called BDSM universe where everything is nearly the same as we know it, with the exception that all people are either born as doms or subs. However, the novel turned out to be so much more, a story that is not only well plotted but also has an equal intensive focus on the D/s dynamics of the two heroes.
Lately, I have come upon a lot of novels that have too much plot and too little focus on the D/s aspects. Frankly, when I buy these genre books I do expect both, and I am over the top happy when I get a story that is not only solidly and uniquely plotted but also explores the relationship part and how the characters grow through the sex they experience together.
Ricochet is not overly kinky, but there are extensive scenes where we get to know the top- and subspace of both characters and how they fall for each other. I found out this author has written about a million fanfic pieces, but no other books featuring the other characters in this book. Merde! I want more! Ricochet is a feel good novel without it being sappy, a book that takes me on a rollercoaster ride and makes me fall in love with the romance genre all over again. A
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Michael Hodgson Ends Last Season with Shetlands on a High
Abbey England sponsored driver, Michael Hodgson, had an excellent run at the National Championships, taking Reserve National Champion Pony Team Driver. Michael was competing with his team of Shetlands for the last time as he now prepares his new team of Welsh ponies from Templedruid Stud.
Michael made the difficult decision to purchase a larger team of ponies, as under FEI rulings, his Shetlands are too small to compete at the Pony World Championships; one of Michael's future goals.
On the run up to the Nationals, Michael worked really hard on his dressage and a lesson with Emily Bennett the week before really made him focus on every point. This really paid off; Michael achieved his best dressage result of the year (58.03), putting him in 4th place.
Said Michael: "The rain didn't stop on Friday and again Saturday morning so the marathon was deep mud in a lot of places. The ponies worked so hard for me but a couple of driving errors meant we came 3rd but maintained our overall 4th position going into to the cones on the last day.
"With only four penalties between 2nd, 3rd and 4th I desperately needed a double clear to pile on the pressure, which I managed to do coming in 16 seconds faster than the time allowed. Both Gary Power (3rd) and Susan Skeggs (2nd) went clear through the cones but both picked up time penalties; it was a nail biting finish!
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Careers In The Growing Area Of Information Know-how Companies
Machine Studying is a department of computer science, a subject of Synthetic Intelligence. Theories of technology usually attempt to predict the future of expertise based mostly on the high technology and science of the time. Within the following sub-sections, we now have collected among the potentially influential papers in academic know-how, cell studying and design science research.
Even so, the placement of an innovation often determines who uses the brand new technology first and most. Lately I visited a fintech (financial expertise) firm in China, which had developed a phone app for borrowing cash on the fly while buying.
This can discourage academics from making use of know-how as often as they might need to. It's compounded by the fact that, if these lecturers are working in schools, they are faced with courses of learners who may, on the surface a minimum of, seem like extra digitally competent than their teachers are.
Kinshuk at el. (2013) explored the extremely cited articles published within the Journal of Instructional Expertise & Society in the paper Traits in Instructional Know-how by the Lens of the Hihgly Cited Articles Published in the Journal of Academic Technology & Society.
By the top of the 20th century, private computer systems had entered our homes, the Internet was a global phenomenon, and almost an identical worries had been extensively broadcast via chilling headlines: CNN reported that " E-mail 'hurts IQ more than pot' ," the Telegraph that " Twitter and Fb might harm ethical values " and the " Fb and MySpace generation 'can not form relationships' ," and the Each day Mail ran a chunk on " How using Facebook might increase your threat of most cancers" Not a single shred of proof underlies these tales, however they make headlines internationally because they echo our recurrent fears about new technology.


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Languid. Summer, in effect, even if it is early May. An afternoon that seems mindless, even if it isn't. Jane and I doing nothing much of anything. Lunch seeming like a major effort. And the livin' is easy.
Bit of news, of course. I see it going something like this, the first email:
Save the date: 28 July 2013 (in San Francisco)
Save the whales, while you're at it.
Save yourself the trouble, if you live in the UK, because we're there for three weeks in August.
All for love and love for all.
Jane & Paul
What do you think? I mean, when you come right down to it, the thing smacks of egalitarian intent. There's a Paul & Jane in the first instance, and a Jane & Paul in the second. Isn't that good? Doesn't that bode well for the future? As for the future, boding and foreboding…well, it isn't worth going there. Wives die. Husbands do too. A realization that must be at the heart of many a major life decision. Particularly this one. Seize the moment, catch the joy as it flies, and by the way, prepare to do some flying yourself. What the hell.
As for the tone of this announcement…. What is going on here? I mean, why not be straightforward? Sober, even. Why joke about? Because I am hoping for something that reflects the relationship. Jane takes life seriously, but doesn't take herself seriously, at least not in a burdensome way. I aspire to something similar. And the livin' is easy.
Fish are jumpin', and 70,000 members of the National Rifle Association are higher than ever this week in Houston. What is going on here? Who are these people?
The strange truth is that I may know one or two of them. Whoever they are, the week has been a rousing one. NRA members were told that they have done everything imaginable to keep guns out of the wrong hands. The defeat of federal legislation to strengthen background checks of people purchasing firearms only confirms their rightness. Yes, there is more work to do, but the work done so far is admirable. Cause for celebration. And so on.
I have come to much the same conclusion. There is work to be done. Marriage, the languor of summer days, all of it drifts around my brain quite happily…until I remember what's out there. Nuts with guns. Organized nuts with guns. The very thought is enough to wake one up. Stay tuned.


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With the many rivers, creeks, ponds and canals in Kyoto, guests who visit the ancient capital around the beginning until the middle of June can enjoy some evenings with the shining fireflies.
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The team of Guest House hachi has put up a top 6 list to see the mysterious creatures in the dark. Btw, it is really hard to find good pictures of fireflies…
1. Philosopher's Path
A popular spot in Kyoto, close to Ginkaku-ji and easy to access from downtown the green environment and 2kms of canal along the Philosopher's path is a wonderful point to see the fireflies.
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2. Sosuibunsen (Shimogamo Canal)
Along the the canal you will definitely see many fireflies.
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3. Town of Shinto Priests Family, Kamigamo Jinja
This spot might be a bit more difficult to find using google as the name where the canal flows is known as Myojingawa (明神川). Either search "town of shinto priests family" or the Kanji characters and this will lead you to the spot where you will see the insects.
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4. Takaragaike
The big pond at the end of the Karasuma Subway Line is a well known spot for watching fireflies. What many people won't tell you though is that there is a spot just north of the pond called "Tsubaki no Michi" where you can see a few more along the Iwakura River.
5. Kiyotaki
This is definitely not an easy spot to reach at night, but definitely worth it if you have some time and courage !
6. Daikaku-ji
One of our favorite spots is the pond Osawaike and Arisu River near the Daikaku-ji. You will definitely enjoy the fireflies here.


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Afzal Khan made the comment during the Israeli military action in Gaza two years ago, it has emerged. He tweeted in August 2014: "The Israeli government are acting like Nazi's in Gaza".read more
Labour said yesterday that Mr Khan had been "reminded of his responsibilities as a Labour representative", but that he would face no disciplinary action.
Conservative MPs Andrew Percy and Sir Eric Pickles had urged Labour to suspend Mr Khan, who was appointed a CBE for his community and interfaith work and is co-founder of The Muslim Jewish Forum of Greater Manchester. They described his comments as "deeply offensive".
Joan Ryan MP, chair of Labour Friends of Israel, told the Telegraph: "As the European Forum on Antisemitism has made clear, drawing comparisons between contemporary Israeli policy to that of the Nazis is totally unacceptable."


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Day one of retirement may bring about some new and unsettling feelings.
What becomes top of mind is the transition from focusing on accumulation and growth of your assets to income, cash flow and capital preservation. You also may become more aware or concerned with heightened investment risk, your unknown longevity, spending shocks, inflation or even declining cognitive abilities.
If you retire at 65, you could possibly have 30 years of retirement. This graph provides some interesting insights into your possible longevity:
Based on life expectancy alone, this usually leads to the question of "How much can I spend in retirement and still meet my goals?" The first step in finding a viable solution is identifying and accepting the risk to our expenses in retirement. These can be defined as:
Longevity risk – an unknown planning horizon
Macro/Market risk – investment volatility, interest rate volatility, public policy and taxation, sequence of returns
Inflation – rising costs of living
Personal spending – health and long-term care, the needs of other family members
You cannot accurately figure each possibility into your planning, so you need a starting point. One that allows you the flexibility over the years to modify your distributions and meet your needs. You want to feel as though you can accept the various risks listed above and not deplete your assets too quickly. There are many different retirement income distribution strategies that provide this flexibility and give you a great starting point. I will briefly describe five of them.
Flexible Capital Preservation – If your total assets are sufficient, this is a very sensible strategy for early retirement where there are still decades of uncertainty ahead. You live on the interest, dividends and some of the growth, all with an eye to preserving assets.
Flexible Withdrawals – Also known as the bucket system, where you keep less volatile assets like cash and bonds on hand for near-term living expenses that cannot be met by selling down volatile equity assets when they are growing. You are saving your safe "buckets" for the tough times.
Annuity Payments – You can purchase an annuity from an insurance company to guarantee a base of income for your life or the joint lives of married couples. This provides the base level of income for life and you can use your remaining principal to determine how to meet unexpected expenses.
Variable Withdrawals – Similar to the Required Minimum Distribution rules for IRA accounts. You begin by basing your withdrawal on your life expectancy. In simple form, you would withdraw an amount per year equal to your beginning asset value times the fraction of 1 over your life expectancy number. You may never run out of money, but you will likely wind up with smaller withdrawals in early retirement and possibly large withdrawals late in life.
The 4% Rule – Probably the most widely used, this method has statistical evidence of working well over long periods of time. Variations exist but it entails taking 4% of your total investment assets per year as you start retirement. It works well when some flexibility can be included to buffer variations for inflation or extreme market fluctuations.
With a great starting point such as the 4% distribution method, you can prepare for the somewhat random and unpredictable world of managing sequence risk. This is the risk of both the markets and of life. Your preparation begins with spending conservatively as retirement starts. Next, remain flexible in your spending and do not let
"lifestyle creep" continue and erode your assets quicker than planned. Reduce volatility by rebalancing your portfolios each year. Finally, buffer your assets and avoid selling at losses. Allocation is paramount in your retirement years. Each year, review your plan and see how well these sequence risks are managed.
For couples, there are two eras in retirement to plan for. When both are living and when either one is the survivor. This can affect long-range budgeting. But for everyone, retirement is also a great time to revisit your wills, power of attorney, directives and your other estate planning documents to ensure they are up to date. Plan to enjoy this next phase of life — a retirement of new purpose and fulfillment.
Tom Williams, CFP®
Vice President, Trust Officer


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CAS Team of Skagerak
Jonas Garberg
Sandefjordsløpet 2015 / 10 km
My name is Jonas Garberg, currently I am studying at Skagerak International school in Sandefjord, Norway. This is my second year as a part of the Skagerak CAS team that is going to run the Sandefjordsløpet as a charity run for Bátor Tábor.
Bátor Tábor is a camp for children diagnosed with serious illnesses, offering complex therapeutic recreation programs to help them overcome their problems, building them up to live happier lives. Children struggeling with cancer, diabetes, JRA or haemophilia get to experience an accepting and loving enviroment, filled with others like them. An adventure like Bátor Tábor is extremely valuable for these children, as fear and anxiety often makes normal life difficult.
I have always been a very active person and I enjoy running, so this is and has been an amazing way for me to combine two things I am passionate about. It is an amazing cause and I really hope you can help us make a difference for these kids. Please stand by me, by sponsoring my run!
Thank you!