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The Importance of Sleep and Why We Still Aren't Getting Enough
Updated: Mar 29, 2021
Sleep deprivation is becoming more important than exercise and eating right, because without sleep, our entire system fails.
Exercise and eating healthy fall closely in second place, as these two strongly support quality sleep. But sleep remains the most important factor in our life for optimal functioning and for developing healthy habits. Without sleep, our brain and organs quickly fail as a result.
So why are we not getting enough?
We've all heard the recent and not so recent science on the importance of getting quality sleep every night. Most research assumes the average person needs 7-9 hours of sleep per night. Although
some people like to think of themselves as not belonging to this average and feel they do well on five. However, in the long run it will likely take a toll on their life – physically and mentally.
In her book, The Sleep Revolution: Transforming Your Life, One Night at a Time, Arianna Huffington writes that if we want to take back control of our life – health, wellbeing, personal relationships and career – we need to renew our relationship with sleep.
The odd thing is, however, no matter how much information we have access to on the replenishing benefits of sleep (better decision making capabilities, sex life, weight control, plus less prone to dementia, generally healthier, happier and higher job satisfaction), when it comes to sleep, for one reason or another, we simply don't make the cut on what's required.
In 2016, the Centre for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) found that 1 out of 3 Americans get less than 7 hours of sleep in a 24-hour period. In the United Kingdom the numbers appear to be as low as 6 hours per night.
Why do we continue on this vicious path of self-destruction? Plainly put, poor habits.
When my kids were born, my goal was to, of course be the best possible mom, but also to get my kids sleeping well. My son is now four and my daughter is two and a half. Neither sleeps well, waking anywhere between 2 and 8 times per night. For a long time, 50% was my optimal level of functioning (and there are some days when this is still the case).
However, knowing this, you'd think I would have prepared better by developing proper sleep habits like no television one hour before bed or going to bed early to give myself at least 8 hours of actual in bed time (minus all the waking moments putting the kids back to their beds). Yet, for a long time, I didn't. I tried, but with little success.
My brain was, and actually still is, so sleep deprived it made it difficult to develop a new habit. Not to mention the pure enjoyment of relaxing on the couch without having to get up.
After doing a little research into sleep habits and how to develop good ones when kids don't sleep, I came across an abundance of information about why people struggle to get enough of good quality zzz's .
The first, mentioned above, is sleep deprivation makes it twice has hard to implement self-control and develop proper habits. It becomes a cycle of wanting to do something, but you're simply too tired to do it.
Another key influencer preventing us from getting enough sleep is blue light. Our electronics are blocking our melatonin – the sleep inducing hormone – making it harder for us to fall asleep.
The third culprit that has long been known for its negative effects on sleep is stress. Stress can cause us to ruminate about past events or upcoming events, keeping us awake longer, but also affecting the quality of our sleep when/if we do get some shut-eye.
So what can you do about it? Here are 4 tips to help you get more sleep.
1. Go to bed at the same time every night. If you can somehow manage to implement a fixed bedtime every night (including the weekends), it will allow you to at least get 8 hours of rest. Our brain loves habits. Creating a new one is initially difficult, but once you do it a few times, and your brain likes the result, in this case sleep, it will get easier.
2. Set a bedtime alarm. We set an alarm to wake up in the morning. Why not try setting an alarm to go to bed. If you stick with it, you'll be like Pavlov's salivating dog when he heard the bell. Your alarm will go off and your brain will eventually respond with sleepiness.
3. Turn off electronics and dim the lights. Researchers recommend switching off our devices (yes, for me, television included) at least 1 hour before bed. You can also start by lowering the brightness on your screens. When possible, we should dim our lights and use red tinted lights in the evening. This includes the summer months when our days are longer. Try leaving your lights off or closing the curtains during these months.
4. Meditate. Meditation has numerous benefits, such as reducing negative emotions, increasing self-awareness, stress management and, most importantly, for the purpose of developing positive bedtime habits, as a tool to help you fall asleep.
You can start with just 5 minutes a day (or 5 minutes several times a day) and gradually build up to longer periods of meditation. To help manage your sleep, try a guided meditation specifically for sleeping.
Changing our existing sleep habits and developing new ones may initially seem difficult. Plenty of factors can disrupt the quality and length of time you sleep. Exercise and eating healthy can significantly improve the quality of your sleep, but it's sleep that also helps us form these positive habits in the first place. If you give yourself the gift of a bedtime routine, dim lighting and quiet guided moments of meditation, you might find that the hours of sleep you do get are much more rested. With each positive sign of sleep, developing your healthy habits further will become much easier until you can reap the replenishing benefits of sleep, exercise and a healthy diet.


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The Houston Texans are 1-6 and figure to be sellers at the trade deadline, regardless of the trade situation with quarterback Deshaun Watson, which is its own fiasco.
Coach David Culley told reporters Monday that the key to keeping his team singular in focus and not worried about who may be dealt at the Nov. 2 trade deadline is to tune out the noise from beyond the walls of NRG Stadium.
"You just said a word that we use all the time: 'block out the outside, what's happening and what's being said,'" Culley said. "Basically, the most important thing is what's inside this locker room. We don't ever talk about it. We basically just try to do the things that I just mentioned that we have to get better on."
The Texans take on the 6-1 Los Angeles Rams on Oct. 31 at NRG Stadium. Houston is trying to snap a six-game losing streak, and Culley knows the secret to doing so.
Said Culley: "Eliminate the penalties, eliminate the big plays and tackling and we do that. That's all our discussion is and that's all we ever hear about in our dressing room."

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In the first episode of 2019, Matt Steinberg welcomes reporter Genevieve Douglas, who covers Paid Family Leave, among other employment law and HR topics, for Bloomberg Law, to discuss the proliferation of state/local paid family leave laws, and the potential for a politically-viable federal paid leave law (as highlighted during the President's State of the Union address and subsequent media buzz). Matt and Genevieve also discuss the specific federal paid leave legislation being separately proposed by Democrats and Republicans, the likely heated political debate around how to, and who should, pay for paid family leave, the private sector's role in moving and shaping this debate and the overarching question of "work-life" balance.
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Whether the investment pencils out for you depends as much on your priorities as dollars and cents. For some folks, going solar is a good financial investment. Others are most excited about helping the environment with cleaner energy.
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German Chancellor Konrad Adenauer was 87 years old, French President Charles de Gaulle 72. And yet it was up to these two older men, with memories of two catastrophic wars fresh in their minds, to usher in a new beginning in the relations between Germany and France.
On January 22, 1963, at the Elysee Palace in Paris, the official residence of the French president, the two men shook hands, exchanged a brotherly kiss and signed a treaty declaring that the age-old foes were now friends.
It hadn't even been 18 years since the end of World War II and millions of veterans on both sides had many memories overflowing; even before the rise of Adolf Hitler, German propaganda had instilled in schoolchildren that France was Germany's oldest enemy.
But precisely because Adenauer and de Gaulle brought this experience with them, they gave the case "all the more credibility," said Frank Baasner, director of the Franco-German Institute.
Yet the friendship treaty would not have been possible, says Baasner, without ordinary French and Germans. Long before the signing, "after all, there was a really beautiful, amazing, courageous rapprochement between people in society," he told UKTN. "[The treaty] was the culmination of a process of rapprochement that came from within society. We must not forget that."
Strategic interests diverged
But this reset was not just about gestures from humanity. Both Adenauer and De Gaulle had strategic goals to pursue and to some extent these conflicted.
"On Adenauer's side, the priority was very clear, in fact, it was his credo: we want to anchor ourselves in the West," said Baasner. "And that meant partnership with the United States, and it meant reconciliation with France."
De Gaulle, on the other hand, wanted to tie the new West Germany to France to prevent it from allying with the US and Britain against France. Just a week earlier, de Gaulle had vetoed Britain's entry into the European Economic Community, the predecessor of the EU. For his part, US President John F. Kennedy even tried to prevent the Elysee Treaty.
He failed, but he managed to get the Germans to insert a preamble shortly before the treaty was ratified in the Bundestag, making it clear that cooperation in NATO and the partnership with the US would not be compromised. Outwardly, Paris agreed to this, but behind the scenes De Gaulle would have raged, according to his confidant Alain Peyrefitte: "The Americans are undermining our treaty. And why? Only because German politicians are afraid that they will not bow." low enough for the Anglo-Saxons."
Youth exchanges and town twinning
Despite these early frictions, the Elysee Treaty is now considered a great success. The aim was to hold regular intergovernmental consultations in order to reach as much agreement as possible on foreign and security policy. "I think a lot has come about in the course of the collaboration," says Baasner. He says the French side noticed "that the Germans, despite their strong ties to the US, did not give up on the treaty, but actually fulfilled it."
And it wasn't just politicians and high officials who would meet in the Elysee era. In July 1963, the Franco-German Youth Office was founded, which to date has brought about ten million young Germans and French people closer to their neighbors through its exchange program. In the past 60 years, numerous twinning initiatives have been established. The Franco-German military brigade was founded in 1989. Three years later, the Franco-German TV channel Arte went on the air.
On the 40th anniversary of the Elysee Treaty in 2003, both sides agreed to hold regular joint ministerial councils. In 2017, President Emmanuel Macron, in his now-famous Sorbonne speech on the future of the EU, also called for the Elysee Treaty to be re-forged. This resulted in the 2019 Treaty of Aachen, which includes a Franco-German parliamentary assembly and a citizens' fund to bring people closer together.
Cozy Merkozy, but Schacron – not so much
Some couples at the head of respective governments have gelled better than others. Hands-on Social Democratic Chancellor Helmut Schmid and aristocratic liberal Valery Giscard d'Estaing in the 1970s shared a deep friendship and together laid the foundations for a common European currency. Christian Democrat Helmut Kohl and Socialist François Mitterand were separated by political convictions as well as mentality, but in 1984 they created an iconic image of reconciliation when they held hands at the Verdun military cemetery in memory of the dead of the two world wars.
Later, the thoughtful Angela Merkel and the hyperactive Nicolas Sarkozy also worked very closely together in the euro crisis that started in 2008, leading the media to conflate their names with Merkozy. The term Merkron (for Merkel and Macron), on the other hand, never took off, as the two did not harmonize very well, and a neologism combining the names of Emmanuel Macron and Olaf Scholz had not even been attempted.
At joint appearances, Macron and Scholz like to ritually reaffirm their nations' close ties, but so far there hasn't been much evidence of personal closeness. There is also some political friction at the moment, especially about how to deal with the war in Ukraine. It took a long time for Macron and Scholz to travel to Kiev together. Scholz has shown more restraint than Macron in supplying arms to Ukraine. On the issue of a gas price cap, Macron even publicly warned that Germany was "isolating" itself in Europe – an insult to Berlin. The two sides are also making very slow progress on joint armament projects, such as the development of a fighter jet.
But Frank Baasner of the Franco-German Institute says these problems should not be overstated. "The ability to engage in dialogue even in crisis situations has not disappeared," he said. "It's true that the differences of interest are there, and the strategic orientations are there
maybe also different. Germany has always had a hard time adopting something like a geostrategic view of the world, which France has always had. Now Germany may be about to have to do the same." In that respect, he sees a good chance that both partners will get closer again.
The language problem
In any case, French and German societies agree on the importance of Franco-German cooperation for the European Union. In an IPSOS study conducted this year on the occasion of the Élysée anniversary, eight out of ten French people and the same number of Germans believe that the Franco-German engine is important for the future of the EU, although only 67% of young people (18-24 year old) French people think so.
And what about the language problem? The number of German-speaking students in France has been falling sharply for years, while France is struggling with a shortage of German teachers. The situation is similar on the German side of the border.
Valéry Giscard d'Estaing was probably the only French president since the signing of the Élysée Treaty who spoke reasonably good German, and none of the German chancellors spoke enough French for conversation. "On s'arrange avec l'anglais," Giscard d'Estaing once sighed in an interview when asked about the language barrier. They help themselves with English.
This article was originally written in German.
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DNV-GL as a service supplier.
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We are able to customize the training courses, according to on-board installations (subject to on-site assessment).
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The goal of our training is to implement systems knowledge,
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Carpentry (in AISI 316 and not)
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PII can check all issues in your Jira instance for sensitive data.
Of course, it also checks incoming Service Requests written by your customers
PII findings are displayed for admins only in a concise overview, so that you take the appropriate actions
More than a dozen checks are already included with many more to come soon!
As developers, we have all heard of Little Bobby Tables and hence we check every user input. But malicious code is not the only thing to worry about, especially from a privacy or security perspective. A lot of valid user input can still be sensitive and should not be stored in your Jira instance. Whether it's the carelessly uploaded password to a production system in a bug report or a customer asking for support and sending along their credit card: Sensitive data can get into Jira a lot quicker than admins want it to or can prevent.
As an admin (or SecOps or Privacy Advocate or Compliance Manager), you simply cannot read every comment, every incoming Service Request. But our app, PII Protection, can!
Before we developed PII Protection, we had been looking for a long time for an app that manages the control of sensitive data in Jira. Finally we had to build it ourselves. Thanks to Forge, we could finally do so in a secure manner!
What it does
PII Protection checks every change to string fields (like summary and description) and comments in Jira for sensitive data and alerts admins to any findings. What it checks for is customizable and it currently supports more than a dozen checks, helping admins to find credit card numbers, password or banking information with many more checks coming soon.
The app's findings are only available to admins and can be seen in a table. Admins can remove findings or click a link to be taken directly to the issue in question.
How we built it
As stated before, we wanted to make sure that we touch sensitive data as little as possible, Forge made this possible.
Whenever an issue or comment is created or updated, a Forge function is triggered. PII then checks whether the change introduces sensitive data into the instance. In case it find's anything, our App notes the time, date, type of finding as well as the issue in question and add it to the findings list.
Given the constraints inherent in Forge (ex. no more than 10s of runtime), our goal was to keep everything running fast without any calls to outside systems.
Challenges we ran into
Although we enjoyed building this app, there were a few challenges:
Forge Storage
We needed a way to store some settings data as well as all the findings of potentially sensitive data. Forge Storage was the natural choice and it does work great. However, it is quite limited when it comes to querying abilities, at least coming from a full-featured database. When you run your own database, you get to use all kinds of queries, with Forge Storage you are (currently) limited to a key-value store where the only way to search for documents is by how their key starts.
It's not that bad though, if you're aware of this constraint, have a use-case that fits well and plan your data model accordingly.
Redacting Data
Originally, we wanted to give admins the option to have the app automatically redact all of our findings. While this is easily done, we opted against it for now, as it would not increase the security of PII data. Any data we would redact would still be available in the issue history, as there currently is no way to suppress the issue history or mark an entry as private. Of course, we did file a Suggestion – FRGE-335 – for this.
App Permissions
Sometimes we did not receive notifications for events in certain projects. Given that our app has all the right permission scopes, this was puzzling at first – until we found out about FRGE-212. Apparently, due to the way that Forge and permissions work, in some cases our app would simply not receive all required permissions for all projects and hence would not receive events. The workarounds list in FRGE-212 worked perfectly, but it was quite a journey to actually find the problem – simply not receiving some events hardly felt like a permissions issue at first and we did quite some chasing around until we found and solved the problem.
Accomplishments that we're proud of
Before we had Forge, an app like this simply wasn't possible. Sure, you can subscribe to events with Connect and perform the same checks we do in an Atlassian Connect app. But that app would be external to a customer's Jira instance, which basically means that, in order to find out whether some data is sensitive and should not even be in Jira, you would have to export it to a 3rd party first. Forge lets us avoid this problem by keeping everything running within Altassian systems. Also, PII Protection available on the Marketplace today! That's pretty neat, too 😃
What we learned
- Working with Forge is quite different from Connect, with its own advantages and challenges.
- Since there's no automatic live logging in production, we need to make extra sure that our app recovers well from errors
- Despite Forge's current limitations, there's already a lot possible if you think creatively.
What's next for PII Protection
We are very excited about our new app and have many ideas to develop it further:
- More checks
- Different ways to automatically handle PII data in your instance
- Direct notifications for admins
- Listen to customer feedback … we are available on the Marketplace after all
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Throughout human history there is there was an element of untouchability that we applied to our fellow human beings, the belief that certain people were beneath others the fact their mere touch would be polluting. Such a system existed in India through caste, in japan as Burakumin, and often was culturally socially and religiously enforced. While this system was wrong, that is not to say untouchables do not exist. The true untouchable is not born as such, nor made to be. The true untouchable pollutes not with his body but with his mind his surroundings, he who chooses to divide our beautiful humanity, defiles the ideologies of unity to ones of division. The true untouchable is a product of choice, for he who is the one who chooses to hate.
Strangeness should be greeted with curiosity and attempts at understanding, not instant hatred and condemnation, this is what separates fools from scholars, societies that will progress and societies that will become relegated to history books.
The saddest thing of this life, is that for many its real meaning, its true purpose is only understood in the end. Perhaps that is the curse of being human, to finally be able appreciate life when there is not much left to live.
The issue in the states of regarding the hatred towards the trans gendered, is not about the leftist versus rightist. Its an issue about common human decency. To say that its a new concept in of itself would be wrong and unjust for they have existed throughout history, but it is a new concept to me, to my understanding that it is and I do not know much about it, let alone understand in the same way who is trans-gendered would. It's fine that I don't understand, I may never will. What is not right is to expect an another human being who as much a right to exist and desire to exist as I, to conform, to conform only to bring comfort to my own ignorance. That is something I do understand.


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Glasgow City's Rachel Corsie excited about Champions League
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Scotland international Rachel Corsie believes she is playing with the best ever Glasgow City side as their Champions League campaign begins.
City are in Holland to face Croation champions WFC Osijek, FC Birkirkara of Malta and Dutch and Belgian champions FC Twente in the group stage.
"It's possibly the best squad we've ever had," Corsie told BBC Scotland.
"We've got a lot depth and added some internationals. We're looking strong and there's competition for positions."
In last season's compeition, Glasgow progressed from the group stage to enter the round of 32 teams, but were knocked out 2-1 on aggregate by Danish side Fortuna Hjørring.
However, in 2011-12, City managed to get through to the last 16, where German outfit Turbine Potsdam won 17-0 on aggregate.
Defender Corsie, 23, would love to get to the latter stages again.
"We've reached the last 16 before and that's where we want to be - even further if possible," she said.
"But it's a tough draw. It's going to be tough to get out the group stages this time, but we have to believe we can do it.
"We're amateur and we don't often get opportunities to be on the big stage. We go out there as top seeds and really believing that we want to be in the last 32 draw for the next stage."
Only the group winners guaranteed progression to the knock out stages.
First up for City, coached by Eddie Wolecki Black, is WFC Osijek on Thursday, then FC Birkirkara on Saturday and FC Twente on Tuesday.


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German Scholz will unveil his Ukrainian tank plan in parliament
Scholz had insisted that any move to supply Ukraine with powerful Leopard 2 tanks would have to be closely coordinated with Germany's allies, primarily the United States. By forcing Washington to commit some of its own tanks, Berlin hopes to avert the risk of a violent reaction from Russia.
Members of Scholz's three-party coalition government welcomed the news ahead of the official announcement, expected in a speech to parliament earlier this afternoon.
"Leopard is released!" said German MP Katrin Goering-Eckardt, a Green Party MP.
Marie-Agnes Strack-Zimmermann, a member of the Liberal Democratic Party who chairs the parliamentary defense committee, said the news was "a relief for an abused and courageous Ukraine".
"The decision to approve (requests from other countries) and supply the Leopard 2 was difficult, but inevitable," she said.
Strack-Zimmermann had been one of the loudest voices calling for a quick decision on arms deliveries to Ukraine.
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The far-right Alternative for Germany called the decision "irresponsible and dangerous".
"Germany risks being drawn directly into the war," said its co-leader, Tino Chrupalla. The party, known by its acronym AfD, has friendly ties with Russia.
The Left Party, which also has historic ties to Moscow, has warned of a possible escalation of the conflict.
"The supply of Leopard battle tanks, which breaks another taboo, potentially brings us closer to a third world war rather than to peace in Europe," the party's parliamentary leader, Dietmar Bartsch, told the agency. German press dpa.
Recent opinion polls show that German voters are divided on this idea.
Pressure on Scholz mounted this week after Poland formally asked Germany to approve the shipment of Leopard 2 tanks from Polish stockpiles to Ukraine. Other European nations have also indicated their willingness to part ways with their own battle tanks as part of a larger coalition.
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Most people who know me know of my desire to take part in an ironman triathlon. I'm getting closer to setting an official date for this – likely to be June 2016. So after a couple of years of doing some shorter distance triathlons, I decided this summer would be the time to make the step up to the half-ironman distance. This involves a 1.2 mile swim (72 lengths of your local 25m pool), a 56 mile bike ride and finished off with a 13.1 mile half marathon run.
I managed to coax my good friend Paul Brown (of Challenge Weymouth fame thanks to this blog) into taking part with me in what would be his first ever triathlon. Keen on having the company, I decided not to tell him what a terrible decision this was, or that it would be a day filled with suffering. We'd had a browse of potential events and settled on the Outlaw Half, based at the national watersports centre in Nottingham. I'd heard all the Outlaw events were meant to be brilliant and really well organised so was hoping not to be disappointed.
Katie and I travelled up in the car on Saturday morning, deciding to take in Buckingham parkrun on the way. I'd never heard of Buckingham before, but we found it to be a lovely little village with a very well organised run on a picturesque route following the River Ouse. I was taking it easy with the following day in mind, and Katie was feeling a bit rusty due to a forced absence from running to concentrate on her university exams, so we ran round together – although she did beat me over the line with a cheeky sprint finish at the end.
Post run, we carried on the journey to Nottingham where we'd arranged to meet Brownie for one of the mandatory pre-race briefings. Leaving Katie outside to watch the Nottingham Triathlon (a shorter race that was taking place the day before), I had a great time in the briefing as rule after rule had Paul's plans for the following day falling apart. He found out he wasn't allowed to use his headphones during the event ('How am I going to listen to Britney to keep me going'), wasn't able to get completely naked in transition ('I haven't got one of these fancy all in one tri-suits') and realised he'd have to leave his house in Leicester at around 4am to rack his bike in transition before the start of the race ('Katie (his girlfriend) is going to murder me'.)
Luckily I was able to help him out with this last problem as my uncle had very kindly let me borrow his caravan on the Saturday night so Katie and I could stay on the campsite just minutes away from the watersports centre. He took up my offer of a rather small sofa for a few hours' kip pre-race and headed back to Leicester to grab all his gear. The rest of the day was spent eating and relaxing while I got my bike and various bits of kit ready for the following morning.
The alarm was set for 4am but we were subjected to a rather rude awakening around midnight when it appeared our caravan was under attack by an overseas army. After a few seconds of confusion, we realised that someone had decided an impromptu fireworks display was a great idea. Happy to be alive, I drifted back off to sleep before being awoken what seemed like 5 minutes later at 4. The forecasted heavy rain had arrived. And it wasn't going anywhere.
Paul and I sat in darkness eating our porridge while the girls slept, both quietly thinking about the size of the task facing us. The race was due to get underway at 6.30am, but the transition area was open from 5 to enable you to go down and set up your little allocated space with your bike and other bits of kit. We wandered down in the pouring rain and dropped everything off after making sure it was all in the correct place to ensure as quick (unless your name is Paul) a transition from swim to bike and then bike to run as possible.
It was back to the caravan with just enough time to pull on the wetsuits and say our goodbyes to the Katie's before we were walking back to transition ready for the swim start. Nerves were well and truly kicking in now as we arrived and jumped straight into the cold rowing lake. There were 2 sections you were able to start in; under or over 40 minutes – and we opted to start near the back of the under 40 section. Since the London marathon I'd been working hard on my swim, but that had only given me around 4 weeks of swimming, so I knew I wouldn't be that sharp. After a quick good luck hug in the water, we waited for the starting hooter to go.
The Swim
Triathlon swim starts are usually carnage and this one was no exception. It's usually just a case of getting your head down, accepting you're going to get bashed around a bit in the first few minutes, and concentrate on trying to find a bit of clear water. I took a couple of whacks to the side of the head, but apart from that came through relatively unscathed. I saw Brownie shoot past me in the first 50m and tried to just settle into my stroke.
The swim course was as simple as it gets – swim 950m up the lake, turn round the two marker buoys, and swim back. I found a lot of people struggling to swim in a straight line, swimming in front of me almost at right angles as they zig-zagged their way down the lake. I think I swam a relatively straight path up the lake and made a tight turn at both of the buoys at half-way, before making my way back down to the end of the lake and the first transition.
I started to kick my legs a bit harder as I approached the exit ramp to get the blood flowing into them (which apparently helps to avoid cramps), and kept running through the order in which I'd do things in transition so I could try and get in and out as quickly as possible. I stood up once I could feel the ramp underneath me, and was pulled up by one of the many volunteers helping people out of the water. Running into transition, I had no idea of my swim time as I don't have a waterproof watch – I was planning to put it on as I headed out onto the bike.
Swim time: 39.29
Position: 493 out of 1123 starters overall and 43/51 in my age group.
Transition 1
I gave Paul (who'd exited the water a couple of minutes before me) a slap on the back as I ran past him towards my bike. My wetsuit came off pretty easily, and I'd made the decision beforehand to just cycle in my tri-suit without any further layers, so it was just a case of putting my helmet and watch on before grabbing my shoes and heading towards the dismount line (you're not allowed to get onto your bike and start riding until you reach this line).
I ran with my bike back past Paul (who eventually left transition after a full 7 minutes – the average man could probably get dressed and undressed about 5 times in the same time period) and reached the dismount line. Some of the more skilled guys already have their bike shoes attached to their bikes so they can just hop on and go – however, not wanting to embarrass myself, I'd decided to pop them on just before I started riding.
T1 time: 3.05
Position: I exited transition in 351st place overall out of 1123 and 31st place in my age group. I'd made up 142 places just getting changed!
The Bike
The best way to describe my bike training would be 'minimal'. Before London 5 weeks ago, I hadn't ridden a bike since last summer, so I wasn't expecting to be especially strong on 2 wheels. I'd managed to cram in a couple of long weekend rides to give me some confidence that I could at least cover the distance, but planned to take it relatively easy knowing I'd still have a half marathon to run at the end of the 56 mile cycle. I spotted the girls as soon as I got on my bike and gave them a quick wave. Fair play to them for;
- Getting up so early to come out and watch
- Sticking it out on a horribly wet and windy day – you were awesome.
The bike route started with a complete lap of the lake we'd just swam in before heading out into the surrounding villages of Nottinghamshire.
The lap of the lake gave you a chance to get yourself settled and sorted as it was a long, straight path. However, disaster struck as I decided I'd take the opportunity to have a quick drink from the only bottle I was carrying on my bike. Muggins here proceeded to drop the bottle and watch it scuttle away across the path behind me. With the first feed station not until the 21 mile point, I made the quick decision to stop completely and run back down the track to retrieve it, watching as cyclist after cyclist flew past in the other direction.
With my drink back on my bike I continued on my way around the lake, watching as some of the swimmers in the water had to be pulled out by the safety boats. Thankfully everyone was ok, but I was glad my time in the water was over and I could concentrate on the road ahead. We exited the watersports centre complex and joined onto one of the main roads heading away from Nottingham.
There were 4 different starts to the race, with mine being the first at 6.30 and another wave starting every 10 minutes after that (Everyone gets an accurate time as you're required to wear an electronic timing 'chip'). This meant that some of the good triathletes in the waves behind were still currently behind me, and for the first ten or so miles I was just being passed by cyclist after cyclist. I didn't mind this too much, I was just trying to concentrate on my own race and make sure I didn't start off too fast and pay for it later on in the run.
The first aid station was at about 21 miles, and at this point I was definitely riding well within myself. Just before the aid station was the only proper climb of the entire route, and although it did take a while to get up it, it's nothing to lose any sleep over. I grabbed a bottle of energy drink and a bottle of water and pushed on towards the village of Southwell, where I was hoping to see uncle. He lives there, so didn't really have much of an excuse to not come out and say hello!
Sure enough there he was, and he gave me a good shout whilst telling me to go easy (apparently some chap had gone straight into the metal railings just before I'd shown up). We'd reached halfway now and I was still feeling really good, and for the first time I was starting to go past people who'd gone off a bit too hard. The rain was still lashing down and there were some strong headwinds to contend with.
There weren't many people out watching on the bike course (which with the weather, was probably a wise move), but those that were out were brilliant, offering support to everyone going by. There were also a large number of marshals and volunteers managing traffic at the road junctions so the bikes could pass through without having to stop, who were all in great spirits despite the conditions. I tried to say hello and thanks to as many as I could – without them, there'd be no race.
At about 35 miles in I saw the leaders coming past me in the other direction – they were absolutely flying. It was at this point I also realised I really needed a wee. I'd been told that all the proper triathletes just go whilst they're riding along, so I thought if this was good enough for them, it'd be good enough for me. However, I found out this is actually much harder than it sounds, and despite giving it a good go, it just wasn't happening. Reluctantly, I found a good place to stop at the side of the road and went as quickly as I could, but could hear bike after bike whistling past. I'll have to practice on the indoor bike in the gym.
Back on the bike, I tried to make back a few of the positions that I'd lost, and was actually feeling really strong in the closing miles. I'd been swapping places with the same riders for a while and got chatting to a couple, joking about the 'short' run we'd got ahead of us. Before long we were pulling back into the watersports centre, and the dismount line was fast approaching. I slipped my feet out of my shoes and jumped off just before the line.
Looking back on the bike leg I think I might have actually taken it slightly too easily. Not knowing how to approach it, I was constantly cycling well within myself, and as a result felt super fresh for the run. Next time I think I'll go for it a bit more and see what happens on the run. More than 3 weeks cycle training would probably help as well!
Bike time: 3.05.52
Position after the bike: 389/1123 overall and 33rd in my age group.
Transition 2
As I ran towards my racking position with my bike, I heard the girls shouting and gave them a nod and a wave. Some of the other competitors seemed to be taking their time in front of me so I tried to squeeze past them. Unfortunately, the route was quite narrow and before I knew it, my bike had smashed against the metal railings and started to wobble uncontrollably. I got it under control eventually and thought all was well until I realised that when it got tangled with the barriers I had lost one of my shoes which until then had been clipped onto my pedals!
Rather embarrassingly, I had to rest my bike up against the railings and run back through transition the wrong way to retrieve the shoe. The girls managed to get an amusing photo of me running against the tide of bikes.
Once the shoe was safely back in my possession I racked my bike and took the helmet off. I then attempted to try and put on my socks. In normal circumstances this probably wouldn't have caused many problems. However, after 3 hours cycling in the rain, my feet and hands were wet and cold and it was a real struggle to pull them on. Once they were eventually on my feet, I quickly pulled on my running shoes, picked up a couple of energy gels I had in my bag and made my way out onto the run.
T2 time: 2.15
Position after T2: 375/1123 overall and 32nd in my age group.
The Run
This is the part I'd been looking forward to most all day and I knew it was where my real strength lay. The run course was two laps, with each lap being split up into two parts – the first, an 'out and back' section down the canal towards the centre of Nottingham, before returning to the watersports centre for the second part – a lap of the lake.
I was into the unknown at this point as although I'd done plenty of half marathons, I'd never done one after about 4 hours of constant exercise. It was difficult to know how fast I'd be able to run so I just decided to set out a pace that seemed reasonable and try to stick to that for as long as I could.
Making my way along the River Trent, there was already a few 'Serpies' on the run. Serpentine is the club that I run for back in London, and there were over 30 of them taking part at the Outlaw Half. This was great, as on this out and back section along the river we could say hello and offer out support to each other. The highest placed Serpie came in 18th position – not bad going at all.
I was feeling awesome on the run and constantly going past people (probably one of the only advantages of biking so slowly!). I kept myself topped up with an energy gel every 2 or 3 miles and the first lap seemed to go by really quickly. The volunteers out on the aid stations were brilliant, offering loads of support and generally being really loud, while letting you know where everything was positioned so you didn't miss out on water or anything else you might need.
As I reached the end of the first lap of the lake, you go past the red carpet and the finishing chute, where I watched enviously as a few of the faster boys were already finishing. From here it was back past transition and onto the last lap.
Turning out onto the river towpath, the Katie's were there again to offer some great support and snap a couple of photos. I asked where Brownie was, and they told me he was a bit further ahead up the river. I spotted him heading towards me in the other direction before I reached the turnaround point, and shouted so he'd spot me. I gave him a high 5 and I told him to keep pushing on – I think he was struggling without his Atomic Kitten.
I got to the turn point and was now heading towards the lake to complete one more lap before I could finish. Just before I got there I went past Brownie, this time the both of us going in the same direction. I gave him a pat on the back and slowed for a second to see how he was. Happy he wasn't about to collapse and die, we said our goodbyes and I headed for home.
Things started to get tough on the last lap of lake, but I knew I was nearly home and concentrated on each person ahead of me and picked them off before moving onto the next one. I'd made a subconscious decision at some point during the run that I wasn't going to absolutely bury myself. I'd got plenty more events on the horizon, and I really wanted to enjoy my first one and take in the atmosphere at the finish (unlike London).
I turned at the top of the lake and ran straight through the last aid station and lobbed my last gel in the bin – I wouldn't be needing that anymore. There was a fierce headwind running back down towards the finish line, but I had a massive smile on my face knowing that the end was in sight.
I came into the finishing chute and noticed that it was completely clear ahead of me, so I had the finish to myself. I spotted Katie and Katie on the left hand side and exchanged a couple of high fives, before crossing the line to finish my very first half-ironman.
I'd managed to run a 1.33 half marathon, which to me, suggests two things.
- I'm in great run shape at the moment.
- I didn't go hard enough on the bike!
Run time: 1.33.47
Finish time: 5.24.28
Finishing position: 190/1123 overall. 22nd in my age group. I'd made up 199 position during the run and overtaken 11 people in my age group.
After the run I was handed my medal and t-shirt before (rather cruelly) being made to trudge up a rather large flight of stairs to get to the food tent. However, this was more than worth the effort, as there was an assortment of hot food as well as tons of cakes and biscuits to get stuck into, as well as a celebratory pint at the end.
By complete chance I bumped into the girls as I was leaving the food tent and we popped back to the caravan to get me some layers to keep warm, before heading back to the finish to wait for Paul to come home. It was great to have the chance to see him finish, and it's safe to say it was the most emotional I've ever seen him! When we hugged after he'd got his medal he was on the verge of tears. What a man.
In all seriousness though, it was a fantastic effort by someone, who I'm sure won't mind me saying, did little to no training up until 4 weeks before, and then panicked and did too much, injuring his knee in the process. The best thing to come out of this is that he's caught the triathlon bug and I think I'll be seeing him at races in near future.
The real heroes of the weekend though were Katie and Katie, who put up with an early start, awful conditions and hours without food just to watch us swim/bike and run round a lake. Luckily Paul and I are probably two of the most handsome men going, so I guess they're just lucky to have us. Post-race consisted of a lovely pub lunch with the four of us being joined by my uncle and auntie, a perfect end to a great weekend.
As always I'll end a post by telling you that I won't be easing up any time soon. It's a 90 mile cycle round the Brecon Beacons in 2 weeks' time, followed by another half-ironman 14 days after that. Living the dream.


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Monday, October 18, 2021
Startup Crawl 2021: Instagram Takeovers with Edmonton's Emerging Startups!
An Edmonton Startup Week favourite! Now in a fresh, virtual format - if you're all about the 'gram we got you covered.
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Have you ever wondered what goes on behind closed doors at Edmonton's most dynamic startups? Check out the links above to Startup Edmonton's Instagram for Takeovers from some of Edmonton's most exciting startups: Spontivly, Jobber & Drugbank!
TikTok was a clock's sound. Unlocking social media for your startup/brand/or passion without followers with Startup Edmonton
The conversations around your brand/product/passion are happening right now, live, around the world. In this session, we're diving into social media and how you (or your team/brand) can cut through the noise and create real value without a massive following.
📲No prior social media experience is required.
👉We'll discuss strategies, tactics and tools you can use right now to harness the powerful conversations and insights on social.
💫 If you're wondering "would anyone want to buy my idea/solution/product…" here's how to find those conversations.
7 Misconceptions when marketing a startup and how to avoid them with Harvest Academy
Join Kailey Belsher, Head of Marketing at Harvest Builders, as she shares the seven most common misconceptions startups have when marketing their business, and learn the steps you can take to ensure you don't make the same mistakes.
Tuesday, October 19, 2021
Growing by Finding and Reaching Your Go-to Community with Lift Interactive
You've probably heard of a "go-to-market strategy", but more and more, marketing experts are talking about the importance of understanding your "go-to Community" to succeed. We're bombarded by unprecedented numbers of channels competing for our attention—finding and reaching communities that share values, interests, and ideals could be the key to your growth.
Good but Now Great! Startup Founders Panel with Startup Edmonton
Allan WaineStartup Edmonton, Program Facilitator
Tristan HamStartup Edmonton, Program Facilitator
Allie KnullResumeFree™, Founder & CEO
Kate PopielWhat's the Deal?, CEO
Jeffrey FrancStat59, CEO
Talking to Startup founders who are bringing innovation to industries that have seen little to no change. How can we make __________ "way" better? Lessons learned on the journey that will apply to every industry.
Featuring innovation in recruitment, research and hospitality.
Panelists include:
- Jeffrey Franc, CEO & Founder of Stat59
- Allie Knull, CEO & Founder of ResumeFree
- Kate Popiel, CEO & Co-President of What's the Deal?
Thank you to DrugBank for sponsoring the Entrepreneurship track as part of Edmonton Startup Week.
What's Your Big Idea? Getting it out of your head and onto paper with The Idea Napkin with Prospect Human Services
What's your Big Idea? Have a great idea? Not sure it's a good one?
- Get your idea out of your head and onto paper
- Draft your idea visually
- Critique it
- See if it's feasible
Thank you to DrugBank for sponsoring the Entrepreneurship track as part of Edmonton Startup Week.
Wednesday, October 20, 2021
100 No's and 1 Yes: Closing Your First Sale with Innovate Edmonton
Every start up needs that first sale, but how do you get that first sale? How do you close the deal? All the marketing efforts, all the pitches, you need to be able to close the deal. What does it take to get that first sale? After a 100 No's how do you get that first Yes.
Thank you to DrugBank for sponsoring the Entrepreneurship track as part of Edmonton Startup Week.
Job Mixer + Company Meet and Greet Sponsored by Jobber
Log on and check out the local startup scene! Edmonton startups are growing and need great teams to help build innovative products that solve problems worldwide. Learn more about job opportunities available now and get to know what kind of skills they will be looking for in the future.
This job mixer is open to anyone curious about opportunities at growing tech-enabled companies - students from all programs of study and schools, recent grads, people on the job search and more.
Join at any time during the two-hour event, and stay as long or short as you'd like.
Companies include:
- Neo Financial
- Jobber
- Edmonton Screen Industries Office (ESIO)
- Harvest Builders
- Alberta Machine Intelligence Institute (Amii)
- Bitcoin Well Inc.
- Drugbank
- AltaML
- PainWorth
- samdesk
- Betable
- QuoteToMe
- DevFacto Technologies
- Parlee McLaws LLP
- Jobs Alberta
- Drivewyze
- Intuit
- Fly & Fetch
The Job Mixer is made possible thanks to the generous support of Jobber.
Lessons Learned as First-Time Founders with FLIK
Michelle & Ravina, Co-Founders of FLIK, sit down to reminisce over their journey together as co-founders and first-time founders. We'll talk about all the lessons we've learned in building this community of 10,000+ women from 70+ countries worldwide, the ups and downs, and how we got through it all together.
Thank you to DrugBank for sponsoring the Entrepreneurship track as part of Edmonton Startup Week.
Thursday, October 21, 2021
Recruiting 101 - Attracting Top Talent with Jobs Alberta
Win the war on talent. Insider tips on how to attract and retain great people.
Fireside Chats: Startup F**k-ups and How to Avoid Them with Goodlawyer
Brett ColvinGoodlawyer, CEO & Co-founder
Josh WeinbergerGoodlawyer, Chief Legal Officer
It's Small Business Week throughout Canada, and we can't think of a better way of celebrating than getting cozy with Brett & Josh as they share some fun anecdotes about their times as lawyers and entrepreneurs.
Join the conversation as they share the startup lessons we've learned along the way that can help you prevent legal decisions from coming back to haunt you.
Thank you to DrugBank for sponsoring the Entrepreneurship track as part of Edmonton Startup Week.
Avoid needless failure in entrepreneurship with Hubble Incubator
Cameron SmithersHubble Incubator, Founder
Colin ChristensenFuse42 SDG Accelerator, pot stirrer
In entrepreneurship, there are a few big ideas that if you get right, will massively increase your ability to succeed. They are not easy, but when understood they will save you a ton of time, energy, and resources. You will walk away with three tools you can immediately implement in your life and business that will make a difference. While designed for the early-stage entrepreneurs, it's surprising how they are not well defined in established businesses.
This session kicks off Hubble's 4 part series on Hiring, Cash-flow & Budgeting, and Product-market fit. Colin has been in and around business for decades and had his share of big wins and big losses. Navigating the minefield was a disaster at first but it got easier over time. He serves as MacEwan University's Entrepreneur In Residence, has ownership roles in 6 companies in Renewable energy, Building materials, Apps, Social enterprise, and Acceleration. He spends most of his time helping entrepreneurs avoid needless failure.
Join us for fun and a ton of energy around entrepreneurship.
Thank you to DrugBank for sponsoring the Entrepreneurship track as part of Edmonton Startup Week.
Strategies to Support Mental Health in the Workplace with Startup Edmonton
Tiana Field-RidleyMental Health Commission of Canada, Implementation Specialist, Workplace Mental Health
Become a wellness ninja! Learn about strategies that can support mental health in your workplace and how you can build a culture of wellness in your startup or organization.
Topics include:
- What is Mental Health?
- Difference between Mental Health and Mental Illness
- Building Mental Health into Daily Operations
- Why being proactive is necessary
- How to maintain teams as your company expands
- Tools and Resources available for individuals and organizations
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Online Fundraising Resources Center
CLICK2SCAM? What is the nonprofit sector doing about charity scams on the Internet?
(Thanks to the contributors to CYBERGIFTS for this lead)
February 7, 2000
While doing a talk on internet fundraising at the Smithsonian yesterday, I was asked what I knew about internet-based fundraising scams. I honestly had to say that I hadn't given the matter much thought.
But it turns out I had saved a Philadelphia Inquirer article with a sidebar offering some links on tips for donating wisely. The links are appended at the end of this note.
I'm sure this has been a troublesome issue on the minds of many in the nonprofit sector, and that there's been a good bit already written on it. With a substantial new online audience, much of it wary of online financial transactions in general, we clearly need to be aware of online charity scams and of ways to reassure our potential donors that, as online charities, we are indeed reputable entities.
As an additional service to the users of this web site, I am willing to post useful links on this troubling issue. It may be that there are some sites tracking it in great detail already.
One possible way for us as fundraisers to reassure our potential donors is to make sure we're listed (and listed properly) among the reputable sites. I checked my Richard III Society listing on Guidestar (see link below)and was appalled at the hash they'd made of our Form 990 -- now I'm able to get our story out more effectively by having registered.
Links from the Philadelphia Inquirer, December 30, 1999
Send comments or additional useful links to firstname.lastname@example.com
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EA have released the opening cinematic for the FIFA 21 Next-gen, and it's all about emotions. EA SPORTS have managed to perfectly capture the atmosphere of a football match, and now we can't wait to try it out on December 4.
The new trailer for the FIFA 21 Next-gen is here. Specifically, the opening cinematic for the PlayStation 5 and Xbox Series X and Xbox Series S consoles, in which Liverpool are preparing for a clash against PSG in the Champions League match at their Anfield.
The arrival of players and fans at the stadium, the players exiting the tunnel while holding boys and girls by the hands, fans holding club scarves in euphoria, pyrotechnics, Klopp hyping up the squad, while the cult song 'You'll never walk alone' is sung from the stands - it's all there. Emotions are taking over.
Literally, goosebumps!
A glimmer of hope, that the next-gen upgrade will bring us closer to the atmosphere from the football stadiums, flashed in our hearts and a slight smile erupted on our faces, just like on Mbappe's in the cinematic above. As before, Kylian Mbappe and Alexander-Arnold are the main focus of this FIFA 21 trailer too.
We can't wait to play the Next-gen version of FIFA 21 on our Next-gen consoles, now even more so. We hope that EA Sports will not disappoint, and that in addition to graphics, DualSense features, etc., gameplay will also benefit from this upgrade, and that we will really witness the real football spectacle every time we take the controller in our hands.
The FIFA 21 Next-gen is coming to the PlayStation 5 and Xbox Series X|S (the PC version remains the same as the PlayStation 4 and Xbox One) as a free upgrade (Dual Entitlement, if you will) for all FIFA 21 owners next Friday, December 4.


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It doesn't happen often but LEGO have extended the promotional period for their latest GWP!
The LEGO Ideas Cosmic Cardboard Adventures (40533) set is currently available in LEGO stores and online at LEGO.com and is suppose to end 31st May, today LEGO have announced that the promotion period will be extended to 14th June, or whilst stocks last of course, whichever comes first.
This is great news for fans that are planning on purchasing new June releases when the 1st comes around this Wednesday, such as LEGO Transformers Optimus Prime (10302)!
Are you planning on picking up this GWP with June releases? Let us know via the comments section which ones you're after.
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