It’s 10 years today since Ipswich Docks became Ipswich Waterfront. To celebrate they held a fun day and market. Along with a live band. Thankfully the weather also played ball.
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Week One
07
Aug
It has been a week now since I made a pledge to myself to eat healthily and get fit. Well I can report that I have last 1 Kg and I’m feeling good!
I’m eating under 2000 calories a day and I’m going to the gym every morning.
Each week day morning on my way to work I go to the gym and on one day I’ll do 20mins jogging on the treadmill and the next day I’ll do 20mins in the pool. This seems to be working nicely.
This time I’m determined to make it work and get the body I want.
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Location:Davey Close,Ipswich,United Kingdom
Healthy Living Starts here!
04
Aug
Yes Yesterday I started a pledge to live healthy and get Fit!
Here are three tips to start me off :-
1. You are what you eat, and it is never too late to start eating healthy. Every day, try your very best to put healthy foods and plenty of water into your body. When you have a choice between something healthy and something not healthy, go with the healthy choice. But, don’t be too hard on yourself on the days you fall back into old habits. There is no rule that says, to be healthy you have to be perfect. Even if you are eating healthy 50% of the time, that is still better than none of the time.
2. Give yourself some “me” time each and every day, even if you think you don’t need it. This is so often overlooked because we are all so busy with our lives. But, we each have to find time to be one with ourselves, even if it is just a short amount of time. A bath, a silent meditation, an hour to read a book or write in a journal, something that takes us away with ourselves.
If you are thinking that you don’t need to do that, you most likely just don’t know how to do that. Even though taking time to yourself sounds simple, it’s quite difficult and almost scary if you have never been one to do it. So take it slow, sit quietly with yourself (without the t.v. or the radio) for just five minutes. Think about what quiet activity you could do on your own for just a short period of time each day, and then start doing it.
3. Exercising your body and mind. I’m not advocating rigorous exercise, or increasing your exercise quickly or dramatically. I just want to point out the obvious…Being a couch potato is counter productive for the general health and wellness of your body. Increasing your physical activity (even in a small way) is very beneficial.
If you normally don’t get any exercise, try taking a walk around the block, or parking a bit further away from the grocery store, or taking the step instead of the elevator. Just take baby steps, see what your body can handle, and then gradually do a bit more. Don’t put too much pressure on yourself, be kind to yourself, and know that every little bit helps.
Location:Davey Close,Ipswich,United Kingdom
Woodbridge Walk
12
Jul
Yesterday, Katrina and I went for a great walk in Woodbridge along by the river. On this beautiful sunny Sunday the walk was great, if not a little hot!
We had some great views along the River and saw some great parts of Woodbridge Town, including the Tide Mill :
Hot weather prompts Met Office heatwave health alert
09
Jul
The first weather health alert of the summer has been issued as temperatures are set to soar in parts of the UK.
Peaks of 31C (87.8F) across East Anglia and south-east England are expected on Friday and Saturday.
The Met Office said the main risk to health would come from stifling night-time temperatures of at least 20C (68F) in some places.
“It is the night-time values which are of real concern,” said head of health forecasting Wayne Elliott.
“High humidity and the lack of any breeze could make matters worse for people with underlying health problems.”
‘Feel uncomfortable’
The Met Office’s heat warning is set at level two out of four on its scale of how likely temperatures are to cause health problems.
Those at most risk from the hot weather are the elderly and babies and young children.
To keep cool, the NHS advises wearing loose cotton clothes, spraying or splashing faces and the backs of necks with cold water several times a day and staying in the coolest rooms of the house as much as possible.
Windows should be kept closed when the room is cooler than it is outside.
BBC weather forecaster Carol Kirkwood said: “We’re not just talking about the temperatures by day, we’re also talking about the minimum temperatures because for some of us they’re not going to dip lower than 18C – and that will feel uncomfortable.”
Hosepipe ban
Temperatures will be more bearable in north-west England, west Wales, Scotland and Northern Ireland, reaching the high teens and low 20s centigrade over the weekend.
The highest temperature of the year so far was 30.9C (87.6F) at Gravesend in Kent on 27 June.
Pet charity the Blue Cross has issued advice for owners about keeping their animals safe in the hot weather, warning that they can suffer fatal heatstroke within minutes.
The organisation said pets should never be left alone in a car, even with the windows open, and exercising during the heat of the day should be avoided.
Meanwhile, a hosepipe ban started at 0600 BST on Friday affecting millions of householders in parts of Cumbria, Greater Manchester, Lancashire and Merseyside.
Water company United Utilities said the region had had the driest start to a year since records began in 1929.
Over 5 billion mobile phone connections worldwide
09
Jul
More than a billion mobile phone connections have been added to the global tally in just 18 months, according to 
Wireless Intelligence.
There are now more than five billion connections worldwide.
In many regions, penetration exceeds 100%, where there is more than one connection per person in the country.
Ben Wood, mobile phone analyst at CCS Insight said the mobile phone may be “the most prolific consumer device on the planet”.
“If you just take the UK in 1987, when the first mobile companies launched, an industry insider predicted a maximum of 10,000 phones.
“Now almost every adult, child and domestic pet seems to have one, given that 30 million phones are sold every year in the UK,” he said.
Rapid growth
The four billion connections mark was surpassed at the end of 2008, and analysts at Wireless Intelligence predict six billion connections worldwide by the middle of 2012.
Only 3 more sleeps!
14
Jun
Yes on Thursday we’ll be jetting of to Lanzarote for two weeks in the Sun! Can’t Wait.
ITV HD viewers miss England’s first World Cup goal
13
Jun
ITV has apologised to its HD channel viewers after a “transmission problem” caused them to miss England’s first World Cup goal.
Viewers did not see Steven Gerrard’s early strike against the USA in the 1-1 match. Some reported seeing an advert.
ITV said coverage had encountered an “interruption” and presenter Adrian Chiles apologised on air at half-time.
Last year, ITV viewers missed the winning goal in a Liverpool-Everton FA Cup tie when coverage cut to an advert.
ITV1 unaffected
One viewer writing in the ITV.com forum said: “I’m watching the game on Freesat HD and ITV cut to adverts just before England scored the first goal.”
Another wrote: “That was a disgrace, I miss the first England goal of the World Cup as ITV cut us to an advert break on ITV1 HD!!!”
Those watching ITV1 were unaffected by the error. The match was seen by an average audience of 13.2m, which equated to 56% of the total number of people watching television at that time.
An ITV spokeswoman said: “A transmission problem temporarily affected ITV1′s HD service during the England/USA match.
“ITV standard definition service continued uninterrupted. We apologise for the interruption in transmission.”
Last year’s FA Cup glitch led to 1,000 complaints.
ITV boss at that time, Michael Grade, described it as “inexcusable”.
Apple shows off redesigned iPhone
08
Jun
Steve Jobs encounters technical difficulties at the iPhone 4 launch
Apple has unveiled a redesign of its popular iPhone handset.
The revamped gadget has a stainless steel case, two cameras, improved display and is 24% thinner than the most recent version.
Apple boss Steve Jobs said the redesign was the “biggest leap” it had taken since the launch of the first iPhone.
But analysts said the phone’s popularity could be dented by Apple’s strict control over what owners can do with their gadget.
The gadget was revealed during the keynote speech at Apple’s Worldwide Developers Conference in San Francisco.
The device will go on sale on 24 June. The US price for the 32GB model is $299 (£206) and $199 (£137) for the 16GB model. Apple said prices might be affected by contract conditions.
Market shares
Some of the impact of the announcement was lessened because technology blog Gizmodo had published details of a prototype of the phone after one was left in a bar by an Apple employee.
The new handset has two cameras and allows users to video-chat
Acknowledging the leak, Mr Jobs said: “Some of you have already seen this.”
The new handset includes many features that critics had said were lacking from previous versions.
It now includes two cameras – one on the front and one on the back – and allows people to video-chat, although only when it is connected to wi-fi. It also supports high-definition video.
Other extras added to the phone include a gyroscope which, when coupled with the existing accelerometer and compass, gives it six-axis motion sensing. This allows people to control games and apps by waving the handset.
“These phones are getting more and more intelligent about the world around them,” said Mr Jobs.
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iPad now in the UK
28
May
iPad Now Available in the UK
28 May 2010
Starting today, you can buy the magical and revolutionary iPad at your favourite Apple Retail Store, the Apple Online Store or from selected Apple Authorised resellers. Starting at just £429, iPad allows users to connect with their apps and content in a more intimate, intuitive and fun way than ever before. Users can browse the web, read and send email, enjoy and share photos, watch HD videos, listen to music, play games, read ebooks and much more, all using iPad’s revolutionary Multi-Touch user interface. Read more: apple.com/uk/ipad
