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Mike Westerdal Bio > Articles by Mike Westerdal
Mike Westerdal is the owner of CriticalBench.com. He earned his BS from Central CT State University where he played four years of D-IAA football. After college Mike went on to play and coach football in Europe before he acquired his certification as a personal trainer with the American Council on Exercise.
Westerdal is a contributing muscle writer for various iron magazines including REPS! and Monster Muscle. In addition his articles are published throughout the Internet.
Westerdal is an amatuer powerlifter competing in the APF and APA federations. He resides in sunny Clearwater, FL and trains at Tampa Barbell. He is married to his wonderful wife Courtney.
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Growing DANGERS of Pain Killers
Written by: Mike Westerdal Nearly everyone who has lifted weights with any intensity has experienced exercise-induced muscle soreness and pain. The Three Types of Pain Related to Weigh Lifting or Strenuous Exercise Include: 1) pain experienced during... read more
Tiny Meeker Interview – 1st Man to Bench Press Over 1,100 LBS
Interview with World Record Holder Tiny Meeker (First man to bench press over 1,100lbs.) Interviewed by CB reporter Ben Tatar Tiny Meeker is the first and only man to bench press 1,100lbs. Tiny benched an astounding 11,02lbs and he gave 1,135lbs... read more
The Big Cholesterol Myth Finally Exposed
Written by: Mike Westerdal You rarely hear or read anything good about cholesterol. For more than two decades now it has been blamed for causing heart disease, heart attacks, diabetes, obesity and more. Most people associate trans fats and saturated... read more
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My "Kettlebell" Rude Awakening
by Coach Chris Wilson of Team Critical Bench The weekend before my big debut with Team Critical Bench started with a 3 Day Workshop in Tallahassee Florida and about 30 hours of kettlebell exercise.A few months prior to this amazing weekend the Founder... read more
Muscle Saving, Waist REDUCING Holiday Tips
By Chris Wilson The Health and Fitness community really benefits during this special time of year. It is this particular 2 month stretch where normally healthy people end up making very unhealthy decisions. And you know what….good for them! I'm... read more
Feast Your Fat Away Interview With Nate Miyaki
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Jeannette Jarnes WBFF Fitness Pro Interview
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Interview With WBFF Pro Sharon Polsky
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Interview with Vic Richards By Critical Bench Reporter Ben Tatar Today Ben Tatar goes one on one with one of the biggest, smartest and most honest bodybuilders of all time, Vic Richards. In this exclusive interview, Vic Richards tells us what it really... read more
2013 Olympia Interview Featuring Ben Tatar
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THE EX-BOYFRIEND: Scissors hatred of avenger.
TWISTED Jane Andrews could change from demure charmer to hate-filled vixen in a single moment, friends said last night.
She attacked former lover Dimitri Horne with a pair of scissors, trashed his flat and stole his possessions.
She stalked another ex-boyfriend, and lied about being pregnant to a third to blackmail him into staying with her.
A friend of Dimitri's told The Mirror: "From being very prim and and proper she could turn into a monster.
"Her behaviour was out of a Hollywood horror movie. It was a nightmare."
Another friend added: "Everything was a drama. She could be delightful, but she had a mad side and could fly off the handle at the slightest thing."
Andrews met Horne, the stepson of millionaire Greek shipping magnate Panagiotis Lemos, in May 1995, at a function in aid of the Duchess of York's Children in Crisis charity.
For an eager social climber like Andrews, he was the perfect catch.
Six months after meeting, she moved into his plush flat near London's Hyde Park. But, after a year, the rot set in.
In 1996 Dimitri, who is in his 30s, decided to dump Andrews. He told her he was going out and wanted her out of his apartment when he got back.
When he returned, he found the place wrecked and a treasured oil painting and a pounds 2,000 Bulgari watch gone.
But that was not the end.
Andrews visited the flat at all hours, screaming at Dimitri to have her back.
Finally, she managed to confront him.
The friend said: "She was in floods of tears. Suddenly, she flipped. She grabbed a pair of scissors and hurled them at him. Then she started raining blows on him, like a woman possessed."
Soon after this, Dimitri's Jaguar XJ6 was severely scratched, causing hundreds of pounds worth of damage.
About a year later, Andrews started dating insurance broker Mike Siviter, but he swiftly became disenchanted.
As she felt herself being distanced, Andrews began stalking him in her car.
A friend said: "Janie was devastated. We had to keep on telling her she shouldn't become so obsessed."
Another boyfriend was driven to despair by her bizarre behaviour.
Andrews dressed up in a basque and suspenders for nights of kinky sex, but when he ended the affair, she physically attacked him and wrecked his flat.
Finally, she rang him from a hospital, falsely claiming she was miscarrying their baby.
An insight to Andrews' temper came in a foul-mouthed answerphone message, which ran: "It's 1am and you're not f****** in. You don't give a f****** toss whether I'm walking the streets."
TURBULENT SPLIT: Jane and Dimitri
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Review: Vintage Trouble, Fibbers, York
Vintage Trouble blend blues, rock and soul into a heady brew that delivers a real kick. The effects of this potent mixture were evident on Friday.
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GRETCHEN Peters surveyed the ornately decorative Royal Hall, the re-polished jewel in Harrogate's crown. "Pretty fancy," she said. "First thing I thought, 'S**t, I can't cuss in here'!"
THE Ukulele Orchestra of Great Britain will celebrate 30 Plucking Years on tour at the Grand Opera House, York, on June 17 at 7.30pm.
Twins Catherine and Lizzy Ward Thomas are the toast of the country world at the age of 20. CHARLES HUTCHINSON reports.
AFTER a brief break, jazz at The Pavilion Hotel on Fulford Road begins again tonight at 7pm.
This choir is a lynchpin of York's musical scene. Under director Nicholas Carter, the luxurious beauty of their sound belies their non-professional status.
OYSTERBAND, the veteran British folk band, are to play Pocklington Arts Centre on Wednesday night at 8pm.
POCKTOBERFEST is dead, long live the Platform Music & Comedy Festival in Pocklington.
YORK'S biggest soul and gospel event of the year, the Andraé Crouch tribute concert, will celebrate the songs of the father of modern gospel music at 43 Monkgate on Saturday night.
THE Ebor Singers begin their 20th year of concerts in York tomorrow night with an ambitious musical journey, based around Joby Talbot's Path Of Miracles, in the Chapter House of York Minster.
It's much riskier for women than men to write about ageing and mortality. Nashville singer-songwriter Gretchen Peters opens up to CHARLES HUTCHINSON on time slipping away.
PAUL Weller's 7.30pm concert at York Barbican tomorrow night has sold out.
SCOUTING For Girls will be the Saturday act during York Racecourse's Music Showcase Weekend this summer.
THE NCEM's medieval church provided an enchanting setting for this mystical, magical and fairytale-themed charity gig, organised and hosted by York photographer Marc McGarraghy of Yellow Mustang Photography.
The late Sir Colin Davis summed Mozart up eloquently: 'He's not to be put under a glass case, he's not to be looked up in books, he's actually to be lived.'
SHED Seven are looking into holding a special concert in York next summer.
SELBY Town Hall will welcome Dennis Greaves and Mark Feltham, founding members of the cult 1970s blues quartet Nine Below Zero, on March 28 as the pair embark on their first acoustic duo tour.
WELSH singer-songwriter Judith Owen will have a band with history backing her at the Fulford Arms, York, on Saturday night.
ARTHUR Brown, the God Of Hellfire, will at last tell the story of his crazy world in An Evening With Arthur Brown, on tour at The Basement, City Screen, York, tomorrow night.
VAN Morrison's idea to make an album of duets has been around for years but only now has it all come together.
"SOMETIMES noisy, Indie pop". These are the only words Flowers' use to describe their shoegazey sound on their Facebook page, but on a cool Wednesday night at York's quirk-filled Basement venue, the London trio performed with much more emotional depth and tonal clarity than that short caption would suggest.
ONE of the world's best-loved boy bands, Boyzone, will be returning to Scarborough Open Air Theatre on Saturday, June13, following a sell-out performance at the venue last summer.
ONE of the world's most prominent tenors, Russell Watson was back in York with his Up Close And Personal tour.
PIANIST Ian Pace will give the first concert of the 2015 York Late Music series tonight at St Saviourgate Unitarian Chapel, York.
BRENDAN Cole was joined by a flawless cast of dancers and musicians as he stepped back on to the York Barbican stage on Thursday for his new show A Night To Remember. It truly was an evening of thrills, frills and incredible skill.
There was a time when John Ireland's Piano Concerto popped up regularly at the Proms. But when the modernist moguls, led by William Glock, took over at Radio 3, English music was dismissed as unfashionable. John Ireland more or less vanished off the musical map.
Clarinettist Emma Johnson tells CHARLES HUTCHINSON why she has always been happy to play in Yorkshire ever since her debut here in 1984 after she won the BBC Young Musician of the Year.
HOPE & Social are the latest addition to the Lord Mayor of York's Charity Gala Concert at York Barbican on Sunday, after a little encouragement from the Lord Mayor himself, Councillor Ian Gillies.
IN 1741, George Frederick Handel wrote two masterpieces. One was Messiah; the other, Samson.
HOW many encores is one man worth? Paul Weller did two, but had a packed York Barbican had its way, we'd still be listening to the Modfather right now.
IT TAKES a daring, committed choir to present a concert combining Renaissance and contemporary sacred music, let alone a programme of only four works, including substantial compositions from each period.
THE Fabbest Four tribute act, The Bootleg Beatles, return to York Barbican for the fourth year in a row on Thursday.
THE Band Room is expanding beyond Low Mill, Farndale, in its 20th anniversary year to stage an Otis Gibbs gig in Reeth Memorial Hall on July 17.
IN a coup for North Yorkshire music lovers, the organisers of a village festival in Upper Poppleton, near York, have persuaded folk luminary Ralph McTell to perform in their community centre on May 9 as part of his 70th birthday tour.
PERFORMANCE poet, comedian and songwriter John Hegley and York ceilidh and folk band Blackbeard's Tea Party will share the 2.30pm bill but not the Grand Opera House stage in a York Literature Festival show on Sunday afternoon.
SARAH Cracknell, one third of peerless British electronic pop artists Saint Etienne, will play Leeds City Varieties Music Hall on Sunday, June 21, the closing night of her five-date tour.
LIVERPOOL chanteuse Rebecca Ferguson will sing the blues at York Barbican on February 6 next year as part of a 20-date tour.
JAZZ and punk couldn't be further away from each other in musical terms. However, they do share some common ground. Generally the practitioners of both styles sit on the left side of the political fence and create music in a way that does not pander to the mainstream.
FAIRIES, elves and trolls are not obvious bedfellows for Beethoven. Even if they were, you would probably expect to hear from the great man first, before flitting off into the land of make-believe.
THE University of York pushed the boat out for its annual Lenten oratorio by importing the Royal Northern Sinfonia to accompany Bach's St Matthew Passion on Wednesday evening.
COLIN Gold fronts Fury's Tornados in Halfway To Paradise, a tribute to the British pop icon Billy Fury.
YORKSHIRE Bach Choir presents Mozart's Requiem and Haydn's Maria Theresa Mass at St Michael le Belfrey, York, on Saturday night at 7.30pm.
LUCY Rose reckoned her second album was ready for release but her record label disagreed and now she concedes that judgement was spot on.
TEXAN trio Purple bring sunflower power to Fibbers in York tonight on their return to British shores for a run of March shows.
SAXOPHONIST Jon Taylor, not to be confused with the pianist of the same name, will be performing a set of blues and jazz classics at The Red Lion Hotel in Poppleton tonight at 8.30pm with his band, the Blues Dudes. Jon is a charismatic performer and has a great band including the Harrogate based guitarist, Rich Jevons.
BROADCASTER Angela Rippon introduced this fundraising evening for the Alzheimer's Society on screen, leading into The Y Street Band rousing the crowd with their rich harmonies on Paul Simon's You Can Call Me Al.
Celebrations marking the fiftieth anniversary of the university's music department got into top gear on Saturday, with some 400 singers and instrumentalists under John Stringer in a moving account of Mahler's Second Symphony, nicknamed The Resurrection.
THE opening recital from this year's Late Music Concert Series, including two world premières, amply validated Ian Pace's reputation as an eminent interpreter and supporter of new music.
LANDLORDS and housing workers will gather in York next week to talk about how to tackle tenancy fraud.
Little could John Stanley have imagined that his oratorio Jephtha would have to wait 264 years for its premiere.
THOUGHTFUL children at at York primary school have taken part in a community litter pick.


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Homes for the holidays
Junior Auxiliary raises funds for community projects with its annual Tour of Homes. (December 9, 2011, Page 1B)
An open letter to my future daughter
Ole Miss graduate Kierra Ransey writes a letter to the daughter she might have one day. (December 9, 2011, Page 2B)
Explaining differences, finding common ground
Helene Shepsky was raised in an Orthodox Jewish family in Chicago and is now preparing to celebrate Hanukkah as part of Oxford's tiny Jewish community. Senior staff writer Lucy Schultze sat down to talk with Shepsky about the challenges and misconceptions she's encountered in this week's "A Conversation With…". (December 8, 2011, Page 3)
Letters home from the men of Mississippi 11th
Historian and columnist Jack Lamar Mayfield uses the letter from Pvt. Richard C. Bridges of the University Greys that he wrote home during the Civil War to show us a glimpse into the life of Confederate soldiers. (December 2, 2011, Page 2B)
Teacher returns home to open Plein Air Montessori School
Karyn Jankowski and her assistant Adrienne Brown hope to create an atmosphere where children enjoy learning and their pace at the Plein Air Monterssori School in Taylor that serves children from Oxford and Lafayette County, ages 2 and a half to 6 years old. (December 2, 2011, Page 1B)
Being thankful even when times are tough
Columnist Steve Stricker remembers a Christmas when money was tight that turned out to be the best Christmas he and his family had together. Read why he is thankful in today's Oxford Living. (December 2, 2011, Page 1B)
Living out leadership values
The value of leadership was important to Lafayette High School grad Joey Griggs even before he entered the U.S. Military Academy at West Point. Senior staff writer Lucy Schultze sat down to talk with Griggs about how his relationships of looking up to others — and of being looked up to — are setting his course, in this week's "A Conversation With…" (December 1, 2011, Page 3)
Adoption makes family life richer
The Williams family of Water Valley get around town in a 27-seat bus. A year ago, Robin and Craig Williams added four to their family when they adopted a set of siblings from the Jackson area. They now have four biological children, five adopted children and every year, they sponsor two exchange students. (November 24, 2011, Page 1B)
Celebrating an American tradition on foreign soil
Columnist Joanne Wilkinson shares her experience of celebrating an American holiday overseas. (November 24, 2011, Page 1B)
Mississippi 11th and the Battle of Ball's Bluff
Historian and columnist Jack Lamar Mayfield brings us back to the Lamar Rifles and the Battle of Leesburg in 1861. (November 24, 2011, Page 3B)


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"We can confirm what you are seeing in the press, that regime jets and helicopters did fire rockets into northern Lebanon," State Department spokeswoman Victoria Nuland told reporters at her daily briefing. "This constitutes a significant escalation in the violations of Lebanese sovereignty that the Syrian regime has been guilty of. These kinds of violations of sovereignty are absolutely unacceptable."
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Talk football: UNC Charlotte University City Chapter luncheon talks about the school's new football team for 2013. 11:30-1 p.m. at the Hilton Charlotte University Place. Guest speaker: Brad Lambert, new 49ers football coach. 8629 J.M. Keynes Drive.
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See "The Seagull:" Watch a performance of Anton Chekhov's "The Seagull" at 7:30 p.m. Nov. 4-11, Robinson Hall for the Performing Arts, Black Box Theater. Tickets cost $6 for students, $9 for faculty and staff and $14 for the general public. For more information contact the Box Office at 704-687-1849 or email@example.com.
Not just a TV show: See award-winning entertainer and mentalist Craig Karges 7-11 p.m. Nov. 10. He combines magic, psychology and intuition to wow audiences. Free. Cone Center, McKnight Hall. Details: James Contratto, 704-687-7130 or firstname.lastname@example.com.
Comedy night: Brian Moote to perform a comedy act 7-11:45 p.m. Nov. 9. He has been a part of Comedy Central's "Open Mic Fight" and the Maxim/Bud Light Real Men of Comedy Tour. Cone Center; free.
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I want to plant more of these since they seem to thrive in my yard but I have no idea what it is? My real estate agent told me she thought it was supposed to be more of a bush but the previous owners never trimmed it so they're the size of a tree now. The leaves turn red where there's new growth in the spring and the leaves stay on year rough- the leaves are waxy and there are several trunks. I live in Raleigh, NC.
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True love requires more than lip service
Why is it that when we are in love we are more prone to suffer pain and do crazy things?
I started thinking about this last week as my wife and I were preparing to celebrate Valentine's Day.
In the course of human history, strange and irrational actions were reportedly committed by people who were in love.
Roman general Mark Antony committed suicide when he was fed false reports that his beloved Cleopatra was dead. Grieving emperor Shah Jahan built one of the greatest wonders of the world, the Taj Mahal, in memory of his late wife Mumtaz Mahal. Queen Victoria mourned her husband Prince Albert for 40 years.
We might wonder today what is the secret that made these couples' love for one another last beyond the grave. In this day and age when an increasing number of people are opting out of relationships, these love stories are a novelty.
All relationships have their highs and lows and keeping love alive requires time and attention. It is like raising a plant: you have to nurture it.
With four in 10 first marriages ending in divorce today, he has a valid point. After the initial excitement of being together is over, many fall into a routine and begin taking one another for granted. That is why we have to have the willingness to keep things fresh and learn how to constantly reconnect.
Nowadays, as the Internet continues to take over our lives — including helping us find the perfect mate — it reminds me about the story of a young lady who used a computer dating service.
She said she was looking for a spouse and needed help finding a suitable one.
The matchmaker asked, "What exactly are you looking for?"
"Well, let me see. He needs to be good looking, polite, humorous, sporty, knowledgeable, good at singing and dancing. Willing to accompany me the whole day at home during my leisure hour if I don't go out; be able to tell me interesting stories when I need a companion for conversation; and be silent when I want to rest."
The matchmaker entered the information into the computer and, in a matter of moments, handed the results to the woman.
The results read, "Buy a television."
What I am trying to say is that one must see beyond the positive side of the person. I don't mean that we have to be blind to their faults, but we must be able to see the good through the bad.
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Rich Hill's infant son has died
Rich Hill's infant son has died
Updated: March 6, 2014, 1:38 PM ET
Red Sox reliever Rich Hill, who arrived at spring training Wednesday night after staying in Boston due to medical issues with his infant son, Brooks, told reporters Thursday the boy has died.
"We had a son on Dec. 26, and he was born with multiple issues that we confronted and had to deal with as we were moving through the last couple of months at Mass General," Hill said. "Unfortunately he succumbed and he has passed. He taught us a lot of things, and unfortunately things didn't work out.
"My wife has been extremely strong. Our son, who is 2½, is with us here down in Florida, so we are going to enjoy our time here and obviously make the most of the opportunity that's here to present itself to play baseball."
Hill, a Milton, Mass., native who pitched for Boston from 2010 to 2012 and made 63 appearances with the Cleveland Indians in 2013, signed a minor league contract with the Red Sox during the offseason so he could remain close to his family.
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Sad news. Although I'm no Red Sox fan, I feel for the guy and my heart goes out to him and his family. Sorry for your loss.
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man....that is horrible. i cant even imagine what they are going through
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Tons of sympathy going their way. How difficult it must be to lose a child. May God bless and hold the family close.
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Recent answers to Where are typed URLs stored and for how long?https://support.mozilla.org/en-US/questions/9396462013-02-04T11:05:37-08:00General Reply I have tried to reproduce this problem without success. I have tried several different2013-02-04T11:05:37-08:00John99https://support.mozilla.org/en-US/questions/939646#answer-404711
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I have tried to reproduce this problem without success. I have tried several different versions of Firefox on Windows and on Ubuntu.

At one stage I thought I had seen the problem, and started to narrow down which versions it was on, only to come back to the original and not be able to reproduce the problem. (I guess I just did not clear history correctly)

There have been changes to places.sqlite, and how the location bar is used, so it did seem possible there could have been a regression.

My guess is that advanced users with large numbers of tabs and extensive use of firefox may well also have many extensions, especially ones relating to bookmark management possibly that is the problem.

If anyone has a continuing problem (and so needs to use SQL editors) I have some suggestions i could give about trying to demonstrate the problem to others.

The simplest is try in safe-mode and see if the problem still occurs then.

I suspect use of SQL editors is normally employed to salvage data from an otherwise unusable file. I do not see it should be recommended for routine use of clearing History !
I had the same problem: addressbar autocompletes old URLs even after cleaning history. Thanks Dsmith2013-01-26T07:50:48-08:00gondomedhttps://support.mozilla.org/en-US/questions/939646#answer-402017
I had the same problem: addressbar autocompletes old URLs even after cleaning history.

Thanks Dsmith for the solution!

Step by Step:

 Backup the file "places.sqlite" from your Mozilla Profiles Directory

 Install SQLite Manager Add-on

 Open SQLite Manager and open the "places.sqlite"

 Hit the Execute SQL tab and enter:

 DELETE FROM moz_hosts

5. Execute SQL. Done!

Firefox will add newly entered websites to the moz_hosts table by itself.

I have the same question as Dsmith for Mozilla Support:

 Why running "clear recent history" doesn't do this? Is this a bug?

Or is this because through various profile migrations? I'm using Firefox since Version 1.0.0.
DSmith and others: thanks for your replies. I was not able to get back to this thread, until tonight2013-01-12T00:22:43-08:00lm108https://support.mozilla.org/en-US/questions/939646#answer-396496
DSmith and others: thanks for your replies. I was not able to get back to this thread, until tonight. I will try various solutions and come back to let you all know what worked and how. I have SQLite Manager installed already and will take a look at SQManager (if that is not a typo) to see which one has a (for me) more user-friendly interface. As of today I still experience the same issue -- leftover years-old history of visited websites after clearing _all_ recent history.
I think I have a solution. First, download the add-on SQManager. This should be included with FireFo2013-01-11T18:53:19-08:00Dsmith01https://support.mozilla.org/en-US/questions/939646#answer-396379
I think I have a solution. First, download the add-on SQManager. This should be included with FireFox, it is really good. Look for the file moz_hosts in the folder places.sqlite. Don't delete the file, just delete the information in the file. My file has over 3600 websites, which go back years!! I did not know they were there, but I was frustrated about not being able to get rid of them. They popped up every time I used the address bar. Clearing my history would not get rid of them. This is where they are stored!! I found that by deleting the pesky web site from moz_hosts, it does not appear in my address bar anymore!!! I think that if I just delete all the websites in moz_hosts.... Wa-la...History Gone!!! As long as you don't delete the file, just empty it, FireFox won't know the difference. It will just keep adding websites to it until you empty it again. Why running "clear recent history" doesn't do this, I don't know. You are doing manually what "clear recent history" is not doing. Please tell me if you see any flaw in this. I think it's the solution we've all been looking for!
You can check for problems with the places.sqlite database file in the Firefox Profile Folder. http2012-10-16T17:44:12-07:00cor-elhttps://support.mozilla.org/en-US/questions/939646#answer-375133
You can check for problems with the places.sqlite database file in the Firefox Profile Folder.

http://kb.mozillazine.org/Bookmarks_history_and_toolbar_buttons_not_working_-_Firefox

https://support.mozilla.org/kb/Bookmarks+not+saved#w_fix-the-bookmarks-file

You can use the SQLite Manager to inspect entries that have a typed=1 attribute.

 SQLite Manager: https://addons.mozilla.org/firefox/addon/sqlite-manager/

 Open Profile Directory -> places.sqlite -> Go

 Hit the Execute SQL tab

 Use a Select like this:

SELECT datetime(visit_date/1000000,'unixepoch') AS visit_date, url, title, visit_count, frecency, typed FROM moz_places, moz_historyvisits WHERE moz_places.id = moz_historyvisits.place_id AND typed LIKE '1' ORDER BY frecency DESC
I am not aware that Firefox stores the data anywhere else. (Other than the backups of bookmarks, and2012-10-16T10:20:08-07:00John99https://support.mozilla.org/en-US/questions/939646#answer-375002
I am not aware that Firefox stores the data anywhere else. (Other than the backups of bookmarks, and of course as the relatively temporary cache files. )

My reason for menitoning the awesomebar and the fltering option was merely to point out an easy method of you acessing and displaying some such data.

I can't say that every last "Typed URL" has a corresponding bookmark since I checked only a few addresses I knew I would have bookmarked to make sure they weren't dleted from bookmarks. Because the spotchecking found some sites still in Bookmarks I concluded that those sites BoostSpeed classified ase "Typed URLs" was not simply their pulling old bookmarks to delete.

That is why I pointed out the filtering option. You may type in an address and NOT bookmark it. The entry will be in places.sqlite, but will not show as a bookmark, only as a history item.
I'm aware that history and bookmarks are now stored together in places.sqlite, whereas they were sep2012-10-16T08:15:23-07:00lm108https://support.mozilla.org/en-US/questions/939646#answer-374974
I'm aware that history and bookmarks are now stored together in places.sqlite, whereas they were separate in the past. i made reference to history and bookmarks storage in my original question because those are my only points of reference with regard to Firefox and where those old visited sites could have been pulled from..

BoostSpeed refered to the items it was deleting as "History Tracks" but i tried to convey through my description (second paragraph) that the deletions were not simply browser history but "user" and use history. Based on the age and selectivity of the internet addresses (not simply bookmarks) that the "Detailed Report" showed as having been deleted by BoostSpeed, it was not simply browser history. First, these addresses were not in my history, which I am able to look at anytime I choose, and do so frequently; second, I would expect much more of my actual history would have been deleted, not sites pulled out of the ether that I haven't visited in literally four or five years.

There is no "if you have awesomebar working". I wrote that I turned it off as soon as it was pushed out three (?) years ago and have never used it short of the couple of days it took me to get around to deactivating it. I don't like auocomplete and turn it off in Yahoo, Google and wherever else it appears.

I also have never used Private Browsing. I'm not asking how to keep browsing info from being saved. I'm trying to find out how deep and far back my previous browsing info has been saved and where it could be located in my profile besides the most obvious places. Seeimg as I have the option to supposedly delete history, cookies, etc, and I do so manually at least once a month, I'm trying to understand what Firefox classifies these pulled up old addresses as if not "history" and where they were stored in my profile all these years. If as a user we are give options to delete privacy details manually, I would think Private Browsing is an alternative to having to later delete the info from various file locations, not the option that assures FF has not kept a hidden backup of what it lets you think is deleted.

I know about the Bookmarks Library, have a shortcut for it on my navigation bar and use it as an alternate view for history and bookmarks. However, it's not relevant to this discussion as those BoostSpeed "Typed URLs" addresses were not sitting in the history in the Bookmarks Library either. They were not visible anywhere, except as bookmarks I may have created in the past after initially accessing the given website.

I can't say that every last "Typed URL" has a corresponding bookmark since I checked only a few addresses I knew I would have bookmarked to make sure they weren't dleted from bookmarks. Because the spotchecking found some sites still in Bookmarks I concluded that those sites BoostSpeed classified ase "Typed URLs" was not simply their pulling old bookmarks to delete.

Right now the History in Bookmarks Library goes back only seven days. There was more going back further (I have not manually deleted history via Firefox in at least six weeks) but older entries must have gotten cleaned in all the browser and system cleaning I've been doing. However, when I scroll all the way to the bottom of the sidebar (note: my history displays in the sidebar as a function of the All-in-One Sidebar add-on), the sites I mentioned (in my original post) that are obviously old (totally different from the old sites BoostLogic cleared as "Typed URLs" ) are still not deleted. These particular links have also never shown up in the History section of the Bookmarks Library window and are not showing there now.

I've had Places Maintenance installed for a few years and have run it periodically. I suppose it would have repaired any corruption by now, either that or the untouched history entries are not technically corrupted. I'm not experiencing any of the problems in that Mozillazine page link that defines places.sqlite file corruption.

[As a final note, my bookmarks file is many years old, migrated from Netscape and through Firefox when the Bookmarks was still an html file. I back it up as an html flle which is about 12M large. There are about 20K plus bookmakrs, fully categorized in folders and subfolders, so many because I use it for reference and research as well as personal use.]

If this extra info ("typed URLs") is being stored (and for so long) is it in places.sqlite? If not where else? BoostSpeed could not just parse out four- and five-year-old typed-in addresses out of the Firefox profile files to the exclusion of all else so obviously this info is being stored somewhere and I'd like to keep it from being stored going forward.I don't even think all of them were actually typed -- some are long enough that obviously I linked from somewhere else or copy-pasted them into the address bar.

I welcome input or other suggestions. I can't be the only privacy conscious FF user who would like to be assured that sites I visited four and five years ago are not still stored in my profile somewhere (notwithstanding those saved as bookmarks, of course).
History has for a long while been saved in the same database as the bookmarks. The file is places.s2012-10-16T01:50:34-07:00John99https://support.mozilla.org/en-US/questions/939646#answer-374928
History has for a long while been saved in the same database as the bookmarks. The file is places.sqlite

The awesomebar display options may be changed but that is different from not saving information or clearing information. How long history items are kept for depends partly on the database size and the number of bookmarks as bookmarks are sometimes given priority where necessary.

If you do have the awesomebar working and displaying a dropdown list typing in an asterisk along with the term displays bookmarks, typing a ~ filters for typed items

 see Awesome Bar - Find your bookmarks, history and tabs when you type in the address bar_changing-results-on-the-fly

Using the Private Browsing feature either temporarily or permanently prevents data being saved. There are several options for customising saving and clearing the various history items.

Private Browsing - Control what information Firefox saves

 Control whether Firefox automatically fills in forms

 http://kb.mozillazine.org/Changing_autocomplete_behavior_-_Firefox

You mention the history sidebar, <s>not</s> note you will have more information available if you use the bookmarks Library. Use display all bookmarks. That includes History and tags, and options to sort and to display additional columns.

 see http://kb.mozillazine.org/Viewing_the_browsing_history_-_Firefox

I suppose your places file may be somewhat corrupt.
 If you are going to experiment with the places.sqlite file I would recommend backing it up first, and then again as you make changes. There is an add on that does some repairwork on the places.sqlite you could try using that.

 https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/places-maintenance/

 and read this for important background information and links
 http://kb.mozillazine.org/Bookmarks_history_and_toolbar_buttons_not_working_-_Firefox

You may also examine the file with a sqlite editor, but I have only dabbled in that and can not offer proper advice on editing and repairing the file manually.


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i just bought a miniature fantasy purple with pink splotches. i'v never had a mini how do i not drownd him? i water from the top. i havent watered him yet. also i found a leaf that might be from him and might not so i planted it.its pointed, so i hope its something different. please help.
I just am a beginner also. I just got my first 2 orders in and I sat them in a bowl of lukewarm water (with VF-11 added) for about 20 minutes. I figured that way they would draw up what they needed water wise. So far so good but its only been a day. haha. Leaves were a bit limp on one from the trip to get to me and they have stiffened as they should be now.
Someone will tell us I'm sure if how I did it was correct. Ok folks put me against the brick wall and aim good or tell me I did ok. hahaha.,,,,Debbie :-P
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U.S. should take aim at all political jailings in Egypt
This week, American Secretary of State John Kerry rightly criticized an Egyptian court's conviction of three international journalists with Al Jazeera English on blatantly fake charges cooked up for political reasons.
But Kerry failed to mention the equally grim case of an idealistic young American held without trial for nearly a year in Cairo's horrendous jails. Mohamed Soltan was arrested in August for trying to document the Egyptian military's undemocratic crackdown on dissent after last summer's coup.
He has been on a hunger strike since Jan. 26 and is now refusing water.
Early this month, the 26-year-old Ohio State grad appealed to U.S. President Barack Obama for help in a moving video smuggled out of prison that is now on YouTube. Obama and Kerry should watch it. If they don't intervene quickly, this patriotic American could die.
The young man's story mirrors the tragedy that has befallen Egypt since the failed Arab Spring. After the fall of Hosni Mubarak in 2011, Soltan's father, an Islamic scholar and Muslim Brotherhood member, returned to Egypt to teach.
Soltan, who was never a Brotherhood member, travelled to Cairo a year later to help his mother through cancer treatment, and he found a job there.
But after the military deposed an elected government led by the Brotherhood's Mohamed Morsi, Soltan volunteered to speak to members of the international media at a huge anti-coup protest encampment.
In emotional interviews with ABC News and Voice of America, he insisted one didn't have to like Morsi to oppose the ouster of an elected president. "We are pro-democracy," he said. To get rid of Morsi, "you wait until his term is done" and then vote for someone else.
Egypt's security services thought otherwise. They broke up the protest, killing hundreds of demonstrators and arresting thousands. Soltan was shot in the arm, jailed, and falsely accused of belonging to a "banned organization" -- meaning the Muslim Brotherhood.
In truth, he was strongly critical of the Brotherhood (and the group wasn't even banned until long after he was in prison).
Soltan was also charged with "misinforming the media," a charge used by the security services to arrest journalists or commentators whose reports don't toe the government line.
Since his arrest, Soltan has been stripped, beaten and denied proper medical attention. When his shoulder wound began oozing, a cellmate "operated" on it without anesthesia, using pliers and a straight razor.
Soltan is now in a prison hospital's intensive-care unit. His sister, Hanaa Soltan, a clinical social worker in Washington, told me, "His condition is critical."
So far, the State Department has treated the case as a normal judicial affair, which typically requires U.S. consular officials to visit periodically and monitor an imprisoned American's status and health.
The problem is, in today's Egypt, the once-proud judiciary has become a political tool.
The case of Al Jazeera journalists is a perfect example. The three -- all of whom have excellent international reputations -- were sentenced to at least seven years in prison for "conspiring with the Muslim Brotherhood to broadcast false reports." Yet one of them, Australian Peter Greste, had spent only a few days in the Arab world before being arrested; another, Mohamed Fahmy, an Egyptian-Canadian, is a self-styled liberal who drinks. To claim they were linked to the Muslim Brotherhood is absurd.
When asked to show the false news reports supposedly taken from the men's laptop computers, the prosecution showed a film of Greste's family vacation and a news conference in Kenya. In other words, the whole case was a farce -- part of a government effort to intimidate critics.
Equally farcical have been the trials of the bloggers and young liberals who led the original Tahrir Square rebellion, as well as the mass death sentences meted out, hundreds at a time, to members of the Muslim Brotherhood.
So it's understandable that in his poignant video, Soltan wonders aloud why American officials aren't trying harder to free him.
"Before getting arrested," he says, "I was documenting crimes against justice... against democracy in Egypt -- trying to share my American principles with young Egyptians." As a student, he campaigned for Obama in the belief his candidacy "meant every American irrespective of skin colour... was equal." Now, he added, "I ask my government... has the life of an American become worthless, or is it because my name is Mohamed?"
Has Soltan's dual U.S. and Egyptian citizenship coloured Washington's efforts to help him?
One has to wonder. Unlike the U.S. government, top Australian, Canadian, British and Dutch officials have been vocal in recent cases where their citizens are falsely accused or convicted in Egypt.
Yet Kerry, having visited Cairo before the Al-Jazeera verdicts and having agreed to restore frozen U.S. military aid, was clearly upset by the outcome. "Injustices like these simply cannot stand," he insisted. He urged the Egyptian government to review "all the political sentences" of the last few years. So why not use Washington's leverage to seek the release of a seriously ill American whose crime was to believe in American values? Before it's too late.
Trudy Rubin is a columnist and editorial-board member for the Philadelphia Inquirer.
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Republished from the Winnipeg Free Press print edition June 30, 2014 A13
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