Out of our three-day franchisee training, we spend half of one day doing nothing but social media.
Such was the heady feeling of success that HMV would get together all of their store managers and head office staff for a three day "conference" every year, which was two and half days of fun and partying and a half day of presentations by the board.
In the second half of the day, some upbeat data from the U.S. propelled stocks.
Imagine that your high-school junior spends half of every day at the brick-and-mortar school up the street.
The SPY was up 3.3% in decent volume, which accelerated in the second half of the day when stocks moved higher in brisk trade.
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The eneGoon is supposed to store enough electricity to power the typical stable of household electronics and appliances ranging from refrigerators to laptop computers for about half of a day.
Australia had dominated the second half of the day - a commendable achievement given their toils in the first three Tests - and still believe they have time to win the match and square the series.
Put as simply as possible, it advocated eating from all food groups every day -- two cups of fruit and two and a half cups of vegetables a day, including veggies both dark green (kale, broccoli) and orange (carrots, squash), starches (potatoes, corn), and "other" (artichokes, green beans).
Meanwhile, Sinn Fein's Mitchel McLaughlin and Bairbre de Brun will lead a delegation to lobby MPs in London on Thursday ahead of a half-day Westminster debate on the reform of the Royal Ulster Constabulary.
If I own a widget factory and half of my widget makers are only operating one shift a day and half of them are idle, I am not going to take out a loan to expand no matter how low the interest rates are.
One New York plant alone supplies 70 megawatts of electricity, about half that of a modern day nuclear plant.
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When it comes online at the end of 2014, Gorgon will be on track to produce the equivalent of 450, 000 barrels of oil per day, half of which goes to Chevron, the project operator.
The Nikkei index soon climbed 3.6%, capturing nearly half of the previous day's losses.
In the same year 1.4% of half-day sessions were missed through unauthorised absence - a slight improvement on the previous year.
Even though we have just a half day of trading Monday, followed by the Christmas holiday, there are several notable economic reports.
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Along with their volunteering duties, each volunteer will be get at least a half-day of viewing time on course during each day of the competition.
At the top, as well as basic information about the school, there are ABSENCE figures showing the percentage of half-day sessions lost due to authorised and unauthorised absence.
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Then peers move onto their final scheduled half day of report stage debate on the much-mangled Enterprise and Regulatory Reform Bill - ministers lost three votes on detailed amendments this week.
In keeping with its island resort style, it offers a wide variety of half-day excursions that are best in class, with its private boats available for charters to explore other islands such as Isola di San Giorgio Maggiore, Burano and Murano, in a style and freedom much better than the commercial tours.
Ironically, while U.S. exports of high-sulfur diesel have risen from roughly 1% to nearly 12% of the total domestic diesel supply, U.S. imports of low-sulfur diesel have jumped from less than 1, 000 barrels per day in the first half of 2006 to well over 100, 000 barrels per day.
"Their relative position versus Nvidia has improved compared to six months ago, " says Dean McCarron, president of chip tracker Mercury Research. amd is also building ati's graphics capabilities into a new CPU that may see the light of day in the second half of 2009.
In consequence, says Ms Wilkerson, who uses the words coloured, Negro and black in line with the practice of the day, by 1980 half of America's blacks lived outside the southern states.
If, on day one, a lake is half full of lily pads, on day two, it will be completely covered.
Volume is at its highest in the first and last half hours of the trading day, he says.
We were half a day out of Jakarta, and our holds were supposed to be filled with rubber.
BBC, arguably Britain's most trusted brand, which communicates with around half of the population every day, has joined the fight.
Psychology professor Seth Roberts eats a half stick of butter every day because, he says, it speeds up his ability to do simple math problems by 5%.
Pettitte's five scoreless innings laid the foundation for a 4-2 win in the first half of Wednesday's day-night doubleheader with Toronto, while Ichiro played the hero in the nighttime edition.
Having served half of a 14-day sentence for violating probation from a previous drink-driving conviction, he was then fined for possessing 28 grams of marijuana, speeding and driving with no licence or proof of insurance.
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Digging a bit deeper it is hard to escape the feeling that of the eight nations listed few have less of a plan to approach the powerplays and the second half of a one-day innings in general.
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