New Fangled Trainers
Over this past 20 years there has been leaps and bounds in the realm of implementing scientific advancements in shoes, and more specifically, in trainers.
Undoubtedly, one of the many advancements has been that the rubber composite stuff that they make many of them from has been able to stand up much better to continuous wear, meaning that the trainers simply last longer.
There has also been so called 'advancements' in the technological aspect of new trainers. There have been running shoes filled with gel, running shoes filled with air pockets, different layouts of those air pockets, trainers with a little pump to enable inflation and deflation of the soles of the shoe, the list goes on and on, and on!
There have also been new designs in the realm of 'breathability' - different ways of helping your feet to breathe while doing whatever you are doing, running, jumping, walking.
The real question is 'do they really do your feet much or any good in the long term?'. Well, the first thing worth mentioning is that these shoes, in fact any major product for the general public will often have gone through extensive testing and research prior to being released on the open market.
These tests will be for both the reason of protecting the customer, but also for the purpose of protecting the company themselves from any big claims arising from foot damage. That said, a lot of the things mentioned here are titled by some as gimmicks, that make little significant difference to the wearer. I would withhold judgement on that as I believe that there must be at least some minor benefit to avoid being 'laughed out' by the media.
I think one of the main benefits from new fangled trainers is likely to be the reduced impact upon the knees. We do not appear to be designed to run on hard surfaces for prolonged lengths of time, and therefore doing so can have an adverse effect on the knees. Some new trainers seem to help cushion the impact.
Whether there is a marked difference between a 30 pound pair and a 300 pound pair? That remains to be seen.
Favourites:
Blogs, sites and forums
Here are some things that have caught my eye for one reason or another. I am not recommending them in any way, just drawing attention to them. Could be favourite in a bit of a mocking way!
FemiPower
There has been an upsurge over the last few years in services, which were open to all before, now having areas focused mainly on women, for example, probably the most famous of them being Sheilas Wheels insurance. Another rising popular example is the 'women only' driving schools such as Girlpower driving school, which boasts being the largest womens only driving schools in Birmingham.
Female Driving Instructors
Although we are all up for being treated equally, but there are still many benefits with a lady having a lady driving instructor. Equal or not equal, I do not want to risk (even if it is just a tiny risk) being leered at by a dodgy instructor, or potentially be in a car, miles away from home with a man who I do not know in the slightest!
Design of the Web Variety
Mansfield is the largest Town in Nottinghamshire, with Nottingham itself obviously being the administrative centre for the county. Mansfield has a population approaching 70,000. In recent years, Mansfield has suffered high rates of unemployment which has been due to the pit closures of the 1980s. Many areas of Nottinghamshire had been largely dependent on coal mining for local employment with many generations having gone to work underground.
In order to recover from this economic problem, it is necessary for an area to find ways to move forward, which normally means diversifying the jobs created and the industries attracted to the region. Nottinghamshire has done this by trying to move away from its more traditional reliance on manufacturing, towards a more service based economy. For example, if you were to type website design Mansfield into Google you would see many results of local companies offering website design services. 10 years ago, there would have been just a handful. This one area highlights that trend in the change of the economy.
To demonstrate the same shift, try typing website SEO mansfield into Google. There are fewer companies than the previous example, but there are a number of results there nonetheless. How many people had even heard of SEO a few years ago? And those that had were faced with finding a large, national sized company to undertake their project, whereas now, people can find a company offering this service on their doorstep.
Web design and SEO are just two good examples of how Nottinghamshire has tried to reinvent itself following economic decline. Unfortunately, the number of jobs on offer in the service industry will never match those provided by the traditional manufacturing.
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