2017 was so …interesting that I’m actually looking forward to 2018. The number, of course is not prime, obviously divisible by 2, but 1009 IS a prime number.
This coming February 9th through 25th, the Winter Olympics are scheduled to be held in Pyeongchang, South Korea. This will be very interesting for a couple reasons: the ongoing belligerence between the United States and North Korea which we HOPE doesn’t lead to all-out war; and Russia being banned from the Games because of a doping scandal, though some of their athletes may compete under the Olympic flag.
On April 4–15, the Commonwealth Games are scheduled to be held on the Gold Coast, Queensland, Australia. Seventy countries will compete in athletics, badminton, boxing, hockey, lawn bowls, netball (for women), rugby sevens, squash, swimming, weightlifting and more. Sounds exciting, and less controversial.
The FIFA World Cup is scheduled to be held in Russia, mostly west of the Urals, June 14 – July 15. Unfortunately, the US did not make the cut.
On June 24, Saudi Arabia will allow women to drive. RADICAL!
Mars will make its closest approach to Earth since 2003 on July 27.
In the United States, about a third of the 100 US Senators (upper house) and all 435 members are up for reelection in November. There’s no secret that incumbents do quite well generally. Still, the changing political terrain has CNN dubbing 2018 the year of women; I’ve heard that before, but next year, it MAY actually come true.
Ericsson has identified 10 Hot Consumer Trends for the upcoming year, among them, Your body is the user interface and Augmented hearing.
Pinterest has also weighed in with The top trends to try in 2018. For instance, Food: Healthy meets tasty. Good to know.
Inc has sought 22 Predictions for 2018. Some of them seem to contradict each other. “The artificial intelligence (AI) hype bubble will burst.” “Artificial intelligence (AI) will drive smart video meetings.”
Hope your 2018 is grand.
For ABC Wednesday
I’m looking forward to watching the Olympics on TV as usual. When the winter games were held in Vancouver we hoped to attend some of the events, but we entered the lottery for tickets and didn’t “win” the right to buy any of them. The resales were so expensive we didn’t even try to buy any of them. This post about someone on the Sunshine Coast expressing our feelings tells it all. http://powellriverbooks.blogspot.com/2009/04/abc-wednesday-o-is-for-olympics.html – Margy
Looking forward to winter Olympics.
Happy ABCW!
Happy New Year!
A wonderful ready reckoner, Roger:) Thank you!
Happy New Year!
Interesting info! Happy New year to you and your family!
I am always hopeful, especially at the beginning of a new year
Wishing you all the best in 2018!
So many interesting things coming up in 2018. I did hear of this rumor of war. Here’s hoping it doesn’t come to that. Will check out Pinterest trends and AI. Happy holidays!
Excellent, informative and fascinating post for Y ~
Happy New Year to you ~ ^_^
Happy New Year!!!!
Lots of good information here – here’s to 2018 and happiness for all.
Many thinks to look forward to… for some more and for others less
whatever will happen or not, we’ll just have to wait and see but I do wish with all of my heart that you and your loved ones will have the most beautiful and happy healthy blessed year ever !
Have a ♥-warming ABC-Wednes-day / -week
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I hope there is a big change in Congress. I almost want Paul Ryan to run just to see him get defeated in a landslide.