Sentences with phrase «about leap years»

re my 140 — the power is actually for ~ 999.3 years as I forgot about leap years in that calculation (because I just used the same spreadsheet cell that I used for 2005 — 2007 conversion quad Btu to TW).

Not exact matches

[01:10] Introduction [02:45] James welcomes Tony to the podcast [03:35] Tony's leap year birthday [04:15] Unshakeable delivers the specific facts you need to know [04:45] What James learned from Unshakeable [05:25] Most people panic when the stock market drops [05:45] Getting rid of your fear of investing [06:15] Last January was the worst opening, but it was a correction [06:45] You are losing money when you sell on corrections [06:55] Bear markets come every 5 years on average [07:10] The greatest opportunity for a millennial [07:40] Waiting for corrections to invest [08:05] Warren Buffet's advice for investors [08:55] If you miss the top 10 trading days a year... [09:25] Three different investor scenarios over a 20 year period [10:40] The best trading days come after the worst [11:45] Investing in the current world [12:05] What Clinton and Bush think of the current situation [12:45] The office is far bigger than the occupant [13:35] Information helps reduce fear [14:25] James's story of the billionaire upset over another's wealth [14:45] What money really is [15:05] The story of Adolphe Merkle [16:05] The story of Chuck Feeney [16:55] The importance of the right mindset [17:15] What fuels Tony [19:15] Find something you care about more than yourself [20:25] Make your mission to surround yourself with the right people [21:25] Suffering made Tony hungry for more [23:25] By feeding his mind, Tony found strength [24:15] Great ideas don't interrupt you, you have to pursue them [25:05] Never - ending hunger is what matters [25:25] Richard Branson is the epitome of hunger and drive [25:40] Hunger is the common denominator [26:30] What you can do starting right now [26:55] Success leaves clues [28:10] What it means to take massive action [28:30] Taking action commits you to following through [29:40] If you do nothing you'll learn nothing [30:20] There must be an emotional purpose behind what you're doing [30:40] How does Tony ignite creativity in his own life [32:00] «How is not as important as «why» [32:40] What and why unleash the psyche [33:25] Breaking the habit of focusing on «how» [35:50] Deep Practice [35:10] Your desired outcome will determine your action [36:00] The difference between «what» and «why» [37:00] Learning how to chunk and group [37:40] Don't mistake movement for achievement [38:30] Tony doesn't negotiate with his mind [39:30] Change your thoughts and change your biochemistry [40:00] The bad habit of being stressed [40:40] Beautiful and suffering states [41:50] The most important decision is to live in a beautiful state no matter what [42:40] Consciously decide to take yourself out of suffering [43:40] Focus on appreciation, joy and love [44:30] Step out of suffering and find the solution [45:00] Dealing with mercury poisoning [45:40] Tony's process for stepping out of suffering [46:10] Stop identifying with thoughts — they aren't yours [47:40] Trade your expectations for appreciation [50:00] The key to life — gratitude [51:40] What is freedom for you?

It's a big leap to go from, «something must have caused the Big Bang,» to, «Thus, the god some guys wrote about in a book thousands of years ago is that thing that caused the Big Bang.»

It's a big leap to go from, «something must have caused the Big Bang,» to, «Thus, the god some guys wrote about in a book thousands of years ago is that something that caused the Big Bang.»

When questioned in the September interview about whether his rhetoric has incited anti-LGBT violence over the years, Lively called such suppositions «a leap.»

In April I took a huge leap of faith by dropping out of grad school with the single focus of finally, after years of dreaming about it, turning my blog into a business.

After you've been through a few years of canning the season's tomatoes, their aroma is permanently ingrained in your nose brain, and from there it's not a far leap to daydream about recipes and flavor profiles.

There's still a long way to go, Spurs are only 1 point ahead and let's hope United loose at West Ham tomorrow, remember Spurs are away at Liverpool Tuesday so we could easily leap frog them again which will be all the more sweeter seeing as we lost to them today and their fans are gobbling off yet again about how they will apparently finish above us this time when they haven't even managed to do that in the last 20 years or whatever it is.

Wilson went on an epic rant about the 49 - year - old, slamming Morgan as not a «proper» fan of the club, and leaping to the defence of the under - fire Gunners boss following Wednesday night's Champions League defeat to Monaco.

(You can read all about the developmental leaps that cause cranky phases and sleep regressions through the first year + in The Wonder Weeks.)

Once she's heard about the «special way» grownups cuddle and kiss and make babies, it's not much of a leap for an inquisitive 5 - year - old to want to see a real - life demonstration.

Your 2 - year - old is about to hit a huge leap in social, language and gross motor milestones.

There's plenty of time to adjust your calendars: «If the excess length of day continues to be about 1.2 milliseconds, another leap second won't be needed for about three years,» Gross wrote in an e-mail.

«In about 50 years we will be putting in leap seconds at the rate of a couple a year,» he says.

Their analysis concluded that whale body length had varied randomly for about 30 million years before making a leap to more than 10 meters between 4.5 million and hundreds of thousands of years ago — a stretch of time that straddles the Pliocene and Pleistocene epochs, commonly referred to as the Plio - Pleistocene — which was more recent than previous research suggested.

In some respects, the scene - changing advent of optical combs is similar to the leap forward that resulted from the invention of the oscilloscope about 100 years ago.

My dreams have become a reality because I took that leap of faith and I'm here to share a bit about my journey thus far and some important lessons that I've learned over the past two years.

As a 23 - year - old it makes me think about how i can try to focus on when I am doing things because they're safe vs. what I really want... it is scary sometimes to take a leap!

A leap year occurs every four years to help synchronize the calendar year with the solar year, or the length of time it takes the earth to complete its orbit about the sun, which is about 365 1/4 days.

It makes for a great series swansong on PS3 (or, at least, I assume F1 will make the generational leap next year), and is just about the pinnacle of visual presentation for a racer on these tired old gaming boxes we're still keeping around.

So when we were thinking about the year's major breakouts in terms of direction, we tried to strike a balance between those who we can see moving on to $ 200m budget spectaculars and those whose next modestly - priced, heartfelt piece of personal expression we can't wait to see — essentially, we've tried to mix in industry breakthroughs with neophyte arthouse filmmakers and even a few better known names who have seen a quantum level leap in terms of their profile in 2014.

He devised the story — about a Niagara Falls couple (Ryan Reynolds and Mireille Enos) whose young daughter is abducted and held prisoner for eight years by a foppish psychopath (Kevin Durand)-- and his screenplay, co-written with TV - movie vet David Fraser, employs his usual structural gamesmanship, leaping to and fro in time and withholding crucial details.

It's already been picked up by specialty distributor A24, purveyors of Moonlight and Lady Bird, so we anticipate major things for this intimate - sounding drama about 13 - year - old Kayla (Elsie Fisher), addicted to her phone but suddenly forced to make the leap to real people.

Studies have shown that only about 25 percent of today's teachers produce enough progress — well over a year's worth of learning growth in a year's time — to help students close achievement gaps and leap ahead.

After fewer than two years of the lab, our learners have made great leaps — and we have learned a lot about intervention.

It doesn't leap to top of mind as other such Canadian icons as the maple leaf, hockey, maple syrup, Mounties or the inukshuk, but Honda's seemingly omnipresent Civic — over the years in sedan, hatchback and wagon guises — comes closer to achieving cultural status than just about any other automobile out there.

When talking about such a low - volume niche model, we'd argue it doesn't really matter whether it returns 11, 22, or 33 mpg, or if it runs on a Jägermeister - like elixir made once every leap year by German alchemists.

One of my biggest concerns about taking the leap from traditional publishing to self - publishing is my writing speed, which is currently a book a year.

The fall last year could be explained by February being nearly half a week shorter than January (28 days against 31 days — over 9 % less) although as 2016 is a leap year the difference will be only 2 days this year — about 6 % less.

If you've made the leap into home ownership in the past year, you'll probably be learning a lot about your tax situation when you file this spring.

Anyone curious about why Stephen Harper's Conservatives seem so eager to please older voters need only consider the following data from Statistics Canada: In 2011, the voter turnout rate was about 50 per cent among people aged 18 to 24, a few percentage points higher among 25 - to 34 - year - olds, but leapt to 70 per cent for 45 - to 54 - year - olds, and crested at a remarkable 82 per cent among potential voters between 65 and 74.

I started an emergency fund about 2 years before I took the leap, and it was only $ 100 when I started.

If you plan to leap into retirement early, you must be careful about how much money you withdraw from your nest egg every year.

Leaps & Bounds Rabbit Rescue, Inc. was recently contacted by a well meaning individual who has rescued two rabbits about a year ago.

But about a year ago, spurred by an office «biggest loser» competition and the possibility of a substantial cash prize, I finally made the leap and started a walking regime, and walking the dog was the natural way to get going.

(Just this evening watched the now 9 yo foxhound engage the 11 month - old Weim puppy for a good 10 minutes of leaping about play — that foxhound would grump bitterly if prior puppy came within twenty feet, three years ago.)

Rebekah Voss did what many of us dream about; she took the leap into long term travel and has been exploring SE Asia for the past year.

Taking the plunge shortly after high school graduation was a big leap of faith, it was something I'd talked about for years but then you reach the point where you ACTUALLY have to choose to do it or not.

After years of technical writing (aka consulting), I'm about to leap into travel blogging and am sure it will be like freefalling....

I started my blog Something In Her Ramblings about a year and a half ago, not only to document my travels around Europe while teaching English in Madrid, but also with the hope of inspiring other women to take a bold leap and travel, even if it means going it alone.

As we ran it for it's first time out that year, it went BANG, literally leaping off the rollers and doing about # 15,000 worth of damage — very scary!

It was only about a year ago that we took the leap to 3D, starting with the rotating item views in the inventory screen, before we switched to 3D animation to enhance character animations.

A native New Yorker, Gary credits the city with fueling his desire to become knowledgeable about art, many years before he would make the leap from art enthusiast to art collector and gallery owner.

Long said she was hired a year ago with funding from a National Endowment for the Arts grant, and membership at the ACAC has jumped by about 40 percent in the past fiscal year, a leap which is especially impressive in this economy.

Rather than «leaping to the conclusion'that any climate science he doesn't understand must be deceptive, «Mr. Know It All» appeared on RC about a year ago with that conviction already firm in his mind.

Liz rode her bike often while living in Arizona but hadn't made the leap to becoming a bike commuter since moving to Portland a few years ago (concerns about city cycling being a primary factor).

It's a leap to go from global warming to taxes but the Left has been getting away with your money using that kind of logic for years and whether they're sporting a fraudulent «hockey stick» or worrying about the demise of polar bears or Rhode Island - sized glacier named Aunt Bee calving off Antarctica, Western academia just winks and counts the cash.

Data over 140 years is insufficient to make over broad claims about natural variability and it would require a leap of imagination to use this data in and of itself to draw conclusions about cause and effect.

The study said sea level rise, caused by factors including a thaw of glaciers, averaged about 1.2 millimeters (0.05 inch) a year from 1901 - 90 — less than past estimates — and leapt to 3 mm a year in the past two decades, apparently linked to a quickening thaw of ice.

Two days out of 729 (2016 was a leap year) cost Ontario ratepayers about $ 18.1 million for power not delivered (curtailed wind) or needed (net exports).