Singapore Passport Ranked 5th Best in the World for Ease of Travel
According to the 2014 report by Henley & Partners on the visa restrictions of passports, Singapore was ranked as the 5th best in the world in terms of visa-free travel. With the Singapore passport, citizens can enjoy visa-free access to 170 countries. Last year, Singapore was ranked 6th, tying with ...
Weak euro zone lending data underscores need for ECB stimulus
(Reuters) - Lending to euro zone households and companies contracted for the 28th month in a row in August, though at a slower pace, putting a keener spotlight on European Central Bank efforts to get credit flowing again. Euro zone banks, particularly in the crisis-stricken countries, have tightened ...
tiny owl update ´w `
i got couple new things in the mail this past few weeks, so i decided to post 'em up here as one of the gets was... kind of a grail of mine (a silly one but i'm so happy i actually got it). here, have a teeny preview ´w´ okay so that preview is bit weird ? like, where's the owls ?? well let me tell ...
More reliable cardiorespiratory fitness data can be obtained using lean mass proportional measures
A recent study by the University of Eastern Finland shows that scaling maximal oxygen uptake and maximal workload by body weight confounds measures of cardiorespiratory fitness. It has been a common practice in exercise testing to scale the results by body weight and, according to researchers, this ...
A. Le Coq Premium Export
Mi esposa y mi suegra went to Germany, Sweden, Finland, Denmark, Norway and Estonia, and all I got was this lousy T-Shirt! Actually, I didn't even get a t-shirt, but they did bring me back one can of A. Le Coq Premium Export brewed in Tartu, Estonia. I really do appreciate the gesture but went into ...
Finding the Sea
Hey :) I'm in Finland! The last months have been filled with emotions, answers to prayer, confusion and rejoicing from one end of the spectrum to the other... I will post an entry about insights from general life soon, but here is something I wrote the other day (17.09 to be exact) when I found out ...
Nieminen beats Mayer to advance at Malaysia Open
KUALA LUMPUR, Malaysia (AP) — Jarkko Nieminen of Finland upset third-seeded Leonardo Mayer of Argentina 7-6 (5), 6-4 to advance to the quarterfinals of the Malaysian Open on Thursday. The 33-year-old Nieminen won without facing a break point and will ...
Cardiorespiratory Fitness is Often Misdiagnosed: Research
A recent study by the University of Eastern Finland has shown that scaling maximal oxygen uptake and maximal workload by body weight confounds measures of cardiorespiratory fitness. It has been a common practice in exercise testing to scale the results by ...
