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While I was sporty from a young age, I didn't properly get into weight training until I went to university. I was slim and fit, but I suffered a serious case of the underactive pancake butt. Fortunately my knees were young and nimble enough that I got away with no major side effects bar unsightly saggy jeans. Now over a decade of fitness industry experience later (and a fair few personal and client knee and back niggles or strength plateaus since corrected with frequent targeted glute work), I can wax lyrical about the many reasons to train glutes. I think each of these six are far more pertinent than the #belfie.
Pre-hab your knees
The link between weak glutes and dodgy knees is irrefutable. Most people make their first foray into fitness in a pair of running shoes, vowing to break up their long days at a desk and evening sofa habits with a few sprightly runs. I praise any effort to increase your activity levels, but I've lost count of how many cardio fiends have come to me for help getting fit after their knees took a knocking, and nine times out of 10 it comes down to weak glutes. I mean, when you're sat on them for 90% of the day, what do you expect?
The glutes – specifically the gluteus medius that runs diagonally across the hip – help to draw the knee out over the ankle for a nice straight stride. Undertrain your glute meds and the knees have a nasty habit of pronating inwards, which can inflame the tendons around the knee, tighten the IT band and set off a series of muscular imbalances that take careful, frequent strength training to set straight.
What's better than rehab? Prehab gets my vote every time. With results including improved mobility, a faster and more powerful stride and more enjoyable endurance training, targeting the glutes from the outset means you're less likely to kneed (see what I did there?) serious intervention down the line.
Support your lower back
If the glutes are important in supporting your knees, they're even more essential when it comes to the pretty minimalist musculature that sits directly above them: the lumbar spine. Aside from the quadratus lumborum (QL), which is technically a deep abdominal muscle, the lower spine relies on the interaction of the glutes and the core to remain comfortably agile. If the glutes become weak, the natural curve of the lower back becomes exaggerated and lordosis commonly occurs, which can cause you to lean back excessively and put undue strain on an already sensitive part of your spine.
Lordosis is most common in overweight and pregnant people, and as I'm currently 18 weeks into my own pregnancy, you can bet I'm training a lot of glutes. This is my go-to warm-up sequence ahead of any serious squatting or deadlifting, but if you're just starting out it's a great workout all on it's own. Aim for 15 reps of each exercise, working through one side of the body at a time before repeating from the top on the other side (I've done just 5 to fit it into one short video).
Squat & lunge more effectively
Speaking of squatting, deadlifting, lunging etc, once you start weightlifting you'll naturally want to see your lifts get stronger and your weights get heavier. There's nothing more satisfying than achieving a new PB on the squat rack, and nothing as effective at supercharging your metabolism and transforming your body shape. But without firing your glutes effectively, you can take too much of the work into your quads, and this limits how much load you can safely lift. If you have a case of lazy glutes, proper warm-ups and dedicated glute workouts are the best way to start reconnecting with your best asset. Ice Cube must have been hitting the gym a lot in the late 90s because You Can Do It makes the perfect theme tune to any good weights session.
Improve your plank
I've briefly touched on the connection between the core and the glutes, but something I see too often is a lower half that refuses to pull its weight during plank. As I like to say in classes, a plank is just as much about strong legs as it is about a strong core and upper body. If you're not properly lifting your quads and squeezing your butt, your lower back is most likely hollowing towards the floor and your plank could be doing more damage than it is good. It's also amazing how often a plank that seems to be on its last legs suddenly gets stronger and longer when you remind someone to squeeze their butt. I love to incorporate bird dogs (especially with a band) to warm up ahead of planks as it reinforces this precious interaction – if either navel or butt fail to engage, you're going to wobble in that two-point extension.
Sprint faster
Even if weightlifting doesn't become your bread and butter and you remain a cardio fiend, there is still plenty of reason to match the reps you put in with the miles you clock up. Aside from revisiting my first point of knee injury prehab, stronger glutes will give you more force up hills and encourage your hamstrings to support your quads, keeping your muscles fresher for longer and dramatically extending your point of fatigue (or 'hitting the wall'). Swap just one endurance session for some serious strength training and you'll feel the benefits almost instantly.
Create curves your momma didn't give you
Aesthetic, yes. But if filling out your clothes better means you feel like a rockstar in your favourite jeans, then you could say a beautiful butt paves the way for confidence that's more than skin deep. Especially when you can appreciate the hard (but satisfying) work that goes into all that swagger!
Has one or more of these reasons to train glutes inspired you? You can learn how to perform the major lifts and increase your repertoire of glute exercises by joining one of my Thursday night weightlifting classes or Saturday Bootcamps at the Windmill. Fit Brit Collective classes will run until October before I take a break to focus my attention on private clients ahead of taking maternity leave.


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My Canada... The Campbells of Bradford
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An article about the history of the Campbell family in Bradford, written by Luanne Campbell Edwards.
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An article about the history of the Campbell family in Bradford, written by Luanne Campbell Edwards.
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Image of a receipt issued by William Campbell Coal Co. on June 3, 1919. At this time the business was being run by William's daughter Elizabeth Florence "Libby" Campbell as William died in 1914.
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An article about a highly destructive fire that swept through Holland Street, destroying multiple buildings, businesses and homes. The original article appeared in the May 22nd, 1871 edition of the Toronto Daily Telegraph and was reprinted in 1901...
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A page of Bradford business ads from 1933. Includes: Willson's Men's Wear Store, Nolan Motor Sales, Wm. Semenuk Electrical - Plumbing, Douglas Hardware, Bradford Flour Mills, L. J. McConkey & Son Supplies, Sutton's Hardware, Colly's Smoke Shop, Ca...
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Bradford Witness newspaper article from 1974 about the closing of Ritchie's Patent Medicines. The business before being Ritchie's was W. L. Campbell's Drugstore. "During the 57 years it was in the Campbell name, the pharmacy also shared its quarte...
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A photograph depicting part of Holland Street in Bradford, taken by Lewis (Lew) Campbell in 1938. Hammell's Grocery Store, Gardner's Hardware and Queen's Hotel are visible in the photo.
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A photograph of the window at W. L. Campbell Drug Store, taken by Lewis (Lew) Campbell in 1938. Buildings that burned down in a fire during the 1950s can be seen in the window's reflection.
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An ad for car mechanic service by Denis Nolan in Bradford, c. 1926.
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Thomas A. Kuehhas | The Time Traveler
A museum director with a Master of Arts degree in American History and over 20 years of educational experience teaching history to students at all levels, Tom has published articles, been featured on A & E Network documentaries, and curated museum exhibitions, all on the American Revolutionary War.
(Play the video below to see Tom on A&E circa 1996 providing background on the American Revolutionary War.)
Tom developed the Time Traveler 1776 program to be enjoyed by audiences of all ages — and it has been an immense success.
Tom says it wasn't just the facts and dates that attracted him to the study of history. "It was the stories behind those dry facts and dates that appealed to me, and made me want to learn more." Tom's skill and enthusiasm make history exciting even for those who think that it has no bearing on the present.
He tailors his approach to the individual group, but the goal is the same for all — make history come alive, while having fun and being entertained! Tom is the near-magic teacher/raconteur who entices his audience to participate as they travel back through time together!
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Remix Your Weekend: War Horse will win Best Picture
The Smithsonian Hirshhorn Museum's new exhibition, Suprasensorial: Experiments in Light, Color and Space, opened yesterday. The exhibit highlights the Latin American pioneers of the Light and Space movement. If you're unfamiliar with this art movement, its artists have a fascination with optical illusions, and as you know, everybody loves optical illusions.
Georgetown Program Board is screening Academy Award Best Picture nominee Moneyball at 7:30 p.m. and 10 p.m in the ICC Auditorium. I've heard rumors that Brad Pitt will be in attendance to campaign for the film, but like I said, it's just a rumor.
The 25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee kicks off its second week with an 8 p.m. showing in Poulton Hall. Critics lauded the acting but did not appreciate the infantile words the contestants were challenged to spell. Apparently, our reliance on spell check has taken the edge off the spelling bee.
Watch the Yale School of Music perform works by Debussy, Mendelsohn, and Bartók at the Kennedy Center Millennium Stage. The 6 p.m. performance is free, because honestly, who would pay to see the Yale School of Music?
Check out the Black Movements Dance Theatre, a combination of student and professional guest performers, as they take viewers through a night of contemporary dance in their new production, Conversations. The event is on Friday and Saturday at 8 p.m. in Gonda Theatre (Davis Performing Arts Center).
Loosen up with some dubstep at the 9:30 Club. Starting at 10 p.m., Dub Nation is a forum for all of D.C.'s worst dubstep musicians. But this is a good thing, because the best dubstep is the worst dubstep, and worst dubstep is the best dubstep.
Do not miss the opportunity to see Disney's Phineas and Ferb: The Best LIVE Tour Ever! Relive your favorite childhood show in the George Mason University Patriot Center at 7 p.m. Actually, this show probably started when you were 17, so you have no business attending.
The Oscars kick off at 7 p.m., hosted by Billy Crystal, who was cryogenically frozen after his last time hosting, so his delivery should be in tip-top shape.
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Count the ways
"What do you call a climate-change campaigner sitting on an airplane?" asks Bill McKibben in a recent Times of London essay. "Sheepish," he answers. Yet McKibben, a leading global climate change activist seen this summer on the Colbert Report and ubiquitous in the science press, plans to spend only 10 days this year at his upstate New York home. The rest of the time he's in the air and on the ground tirelessly working to promote 350 Day, slated for Oct. 24, and his 350.org nonprofit.
According to climate-change scientists reporting on Arctic melt in 2007, any carbon in the atmosphere above 350 parts per million exceeds sustainability for "the planet on which civilization developed." At 350 ppm, in other words, there is some chance that the earth as we know it can continue to support human activity with natural phenomena to which we are accustomed (i.e., rain in the winter, not September).McKibben has recently signed on as a fellow with Sebastopol's Post-Carbon Institute. His alignment makes Sonoma County the only municipality in the United States invited to attend the Dec. 7 climate-change conference in Copenhagen. McKibben comes to Santa Rosa on Friday, Oct. 2, to explain the concepts behind 350 Day (which the Bohemian will be lauding Oct. 21 with a special issue devoted to the subject). Bill McKibben appears at the Sonoma Country Day School on Friday, Oct. 2, at 7pm. 4400 Day School Place, Santa Rosa. $10–$15. 707.284.3200.
Frank talk
Massachusetts democrat Barney Frank, chair of the U.S. Financial Services Committee, has been called a radical so many times that the word slides wearily off him. The second member of Congress to be openly gay, Frank's surname suits him, as he is not one to mince words. On the record advocating for gay rights, civil liberties, environmental protections and fair housing, among other things, he is one of the more powerful leaders in Washington, even more so now that Democrats hold the majority. "If I had the power to block things when I was in the minority," Frank told a regional Massachusetts newspaper last year, "I wouldn't have started with Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac. I would have blocked the Iraq war, the Patriot Act, hundreds of billions of dollars in tax cuts to rich people, bills to weaken the Environmental Protection Agency and a very flawed prescription-drug program."Frank is very much in the majority when he appears on Saturday, Oct. 10, from 10am to noon at a fundraiser just in time for the release of a new biography, Barney Frank: The Story of America's Only Left-handed, Gay, Jewish Congressman, written by Stuart Weisberg. He appears at the Flamingo Hotel, 2777 Fourth St., Santa Rosa. $50. 617.268.2221.


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Wonderful things are happening at Amoeba San Francisco, especially if you love books, collectables, soundtracks, vinyl, bargains of all kinds, or just like to chill out in a groovy environment. You must fall into one of those categories, right? I thought so! Then come on down and experience our newly doubled Books & Magazines section. We have more than doubled the space dedicated for music, film, and pop culture publications and are filling it with new stock daily! We now feature back issues of your favorite music and film zines, and are breaking out our backlog of used books.
You'll also enjoy our new reading lounge, made possible by Amoeba SF's heritage as a bowling alley! Yes, we have repurposed a few of the benches from back in the day when this building housed a bowling alley. Sit, relax, and flip through some of our fascinating used books in style.
Additionally, we've added a collectables case for rare and out-of-print books, toys, and other memorabilia such as lunch boxes, cookie jars, and other surprises.
In other news, all Music DVDs (except classical) have been moved from the Main Floor to the DVD Room for easy browsing. You'll also find a greatly expanded Bargain DVD section full of amazingly priced finds. By popular demand, the Soundtrack section has been moved to the Main Floor by Spoken Word and features an expanded Soundtrack Vinyl selection. Additionally, a brand new Audiophile CD section has been added to the main floor too!
Last but not least, we have big plans for the very near future as we will expand our Poster section right next to the Amoeba stage in the next couple of weeks.
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By Gary Murphy
After nearly 25 years performing on stages around the world, Susan Graham still finds the thrill of new challenges. Her opera repertoire spans four centuries and includes the premieres of several roles in contemporary operas, including Jordan Baker in John Harbison's The Great Gatsby, Sondra Finchley in Tobias Picker's An American Tragedy and Sister Helen Prejean—a role written for her—in Jake Heggie's Dead Man Walking. This summer she took on another iconic role at Opera Theater of St. Louis performing Regina Giddens in Marc Blitzstein's mid-century opera Regina, based on Lillian Hellman's play The Little Foxes. The St. Louis Post-Dispatch stated it clearly when it cheered that Susan Graham is simply "an imperious force of nature."
So it's terrific news for LA Opera audiences that this November she'll tackle another role debut as the Witch in LAO's revival of Hansel and Gretel, directed by Doug Fitch and conducted by James Conlon.
Offstage, Susan begins year number two as Artistic Advisor for LA Opera's Domingo-Colburn-Stein Young Artists where she provides direct mentorship to the young artists in the skills, methodologies and philosophies she has mastered over her many years of working in the international world of opera.
Just before conducting a master class at Santa Fe Opera this summer, Susan sat down with BRAVO to chat about the new roles she's recently taken on.
BRAVO: First, congratulations on another role premiere, the title role of Regina at Opera Theater of St. Louis. It seems that in many ways, your embrace of new challenges defines your career. Certainly onstage, as Regina is a character with many challenges. Last season you also embraced an offstage role as Artistic Advisor at LA Opera.
Susan Graham: Plus, the offstage roles of wife and stepmother which also happened in the last two years!
BRAVO: Can you tell us a bit about the portraying Regina Giddens in Marc Blitztein's 1945 opera based on Lillian Helman's play The Little Foxes?
SG: When I started to do what I called my "big girl parts" in my early 40s, I started to sing Iphegénie and Didon, having graduated from Cherubino, Sesto and Dorabella. Fast-forward 15 years and now Regina appears, and it's a chance to really flesh out a character with vocal colors, not to mention crackling dialogue in English which was a great describer of who she was. I also played Regina with some lightness and a distinct sense of humor, but I was also able to turn on a dime and rip you to shreds if Regina needed to.
The moment I picked up the score, I knew exactly who she was, a strong-willed and determined woman who didn't have as many tools in her toolbox as her brothers did. She had to resort to other skills. Manipulation for sure—sweet when she needs to be sweet, and a viper when she needs to be, and a viper even when she doesn't need to be. For me, it was so much fun to go outside the box.
Let's just say, she ain't Cherubino!
Many audience members told me afterwards, "You know, it's really weird, and I don't feel too good about myself with this, but I was really rooting for you by the end." I think it's because people saw Regina's desperation, the clever scheming and the lengths she was willing to go to best her brothers who were rather unctuous and unlikable, so they liked me by default.
As the title character in L'incoronazione di Poppea
BRAVO: Which leads to your next role, the Witch in Hansel and Gretel, another not so likable character who kidnaps children, bakes them and turns them into gingerbread cookies. I'm not quite sure how you can play that sympathetically, or is that even something you would want to do?
SG: Well, you know, honestly, as we rehearsed Regina, I was thinking, "Is Regina even likable?" And I thought, "No." And I don't care. It's okay to play a character who's not likable.
So is the Witch a likable character? I've never seen a production of Hansel and Gretel where you hated the Witch all the way through because she must have some sort of attraction for children—other than her delicious candy house.
Doug Fitch told me his version for the Witch is a bit like the film What Ever Happened to Baby Jane?. She is not an inherently evil Witch who wants to eat children but rather a sort of a psychotic woman who wants to capture and preserve their childhood forever. Does she want to eat the gingerbread, or does she turn them into cookies so they become like museum pieces? She's slightly creepier rather than evil. And with Doug's costumes that include a big pink dress and blonde pigtails, she herself is like an overgrown little girl. And with my height, she'll be really overgrown.
BRAVO: The Witch is a role debut, but had you performed Hansel and Gretel elsewhere?
SG: Actually, the very first role I sang for any kind of paycheck was Hansel. It was while I was at Manhattan School of Music and my friend James Toland was running the Eugene Opera in Oregon at that time. He also worked at Texas Tech University where I had done Hansel as an undergrad. He invited me and my friend who sang Gretel to come to Eugene and do two performances during Christmas time. And I never did it again.
And now here we are with the Witch. I call this my take-no-prisoners phase of my career. I think—a lot of people asked me about Regina, and I think it applies to the Witch too—I feel that I've spent thirty years proving myself and proving that I could sing all those beautiful Mozartian and French lines, and all that gorgeous Strauss. There was a lot of Regina that wasn't pretty and there's a lot of the Witch that isn't pretty.
The men who sing the Witch usually do the whole thing in a character voice. I've not decided if that will be for me, but it all will become clear as we get into rehearsals. I love Humperdinck's score. The Witch is written in a female range, so I think I'll be me for some of it and choose to get a little crazy at other parts.
BRAVO: Hansel and Gretel runs during the holiday season, so most likely the audiences will be filled with families and children.
SG: Well, one of my stepchildren will be in the chorus. She just turned 12 and has been a part of the LA Children's Chorus for several years. She'll be one of the children there at the end. Talk about your stepmother being a witch…
As Marguerite in Damnation of Faust
BRAVO: This season you begin your second year as Artistic Advisor for LA Opera's Domingo-Thornton-Stein Young Artists. Is this your first administrative role?
SG: It is, and it certainly was a leap of faith for me. Initially, I thought I'm not ready—I'm not a teacher. But as I talked to my LA Opera colleagues, it became clear that my years of hands-on experience has brought me a lot more knowledge than I realized.
Our profession is tricky, and you can find yourself in some sticky-wickets from time to time. I want not only to be a musical mentor but a professional mentor as well. I've had to cross many barriers and deal with situations these young artists have yet to experience.
Young singers are so often bombarded by right and wrong. "Don't do that, do this, or that was a wrong choice, try it like this." While there is a validity stripping away what's not useful and going forward with what is useful, it can make them think that it's all just about being correct, or whatever this coach, or Susan Graham's version of correct is. It's all about pleasing other people rather than tapping into their real artistic centers.
I worked with one of our young mezzos on a Handel aria from an opera that I had performed but had not thought about in years. As she was singing, I was transported back to that moment in the opera performing onstage and remembered everything I thought and felt as that character. I could offer some of those thoughts, possibilities and ideas to a young singer who is working on an aria in an opera they may not have performed yet and might not know exactly where the character is at that precise moment in the opera. Within an hour of working on this aria, the young mezzo was physically invested and psychologically more invested, more emotionally invested, and it showed in what she was doing, it showed in her performance of the piece, and it was so exciting to see her imagination fire on all cylinders. And it happens with every single one of the young artists.
BRAVO: That is the joy of a mentors in many ways, to have an impact on young students and to witness that change I would imagine to be incredibly rewarding.
SG: It's what every teacher throughout history has said: When the lightbulb goes off, it makes everything worthwhile. That's absolutely true. It's just something I didn't think I'd experience in such a visceral way and with great satisfaction.
BRAVO: Did you have mentors that impacted your own career?
SG: Christa Ludwig, Frederica von Stade. Early on I was lucky to be in a Falstaff production with Marilyn Horne, so just to go through an entire rehearsal process with her when I was young was a kind of master class. When I was in Merola, I won a grant to work on Octavian with Christa Ludwig so that was an experience. She remained in touch throughout my career. In fact, when she received the Opera News Award several years ago, I got to present it to her. She's always been an inspiration and an idol of mine.
BRAVO: Do you have any concrete plans for the next group of Young Artists?
SG: Nothing particular. It's a getting to know you. I am in Santa Fe this summer, and next week I will do a mezzo master class at Santa Fe Opera. As I look at the roster I can see some students who will be joining us, and others we heard in auditions but weren't able to take. What I've noticed recently is the network of young singers in America which is something that, as I became an older artist, I was not that connected to. But now, in this role, I am super connected to this next generation.
BRAVO: You seem to have developed a certain take-no-prisoners attitude to your career right now. Is that a correct perception?
SG: I feel lucky that I'm at a point where I don't have anything else to prove. I had very lovely success in my career. And I've been very lucky and worked with the most amazing people in the world. I've had great fun finding my way through many types of roles, and I want to continue doing that. Whether that leads me into music theatre, straight plays, cabaret, who knows? But I'm open to it.
BRAVO: You made your LA debut in a concert with LACO in 1994, but your LAO debut was in 2005.
SG: I made my LA Opera stage debut in L'incoronazione di Poppea, singing the title role. I love that production, and it had such a great cast: Frederica von Stade, Kurt Streit, David Daniels, Jill Grove, Nicholas Phan…The production was so spare, abstract and awesome. I loved working opposite Kurt Streit as Nero. I did Poppea several times and always insisted that Nero had to be a male because I felt like I had done so many pants roles myself that no woman could be more butch than me. I had to have a man.
BRAVO: So how's life in Burbank?
SG: I love it! I am now from LA. This new chapter is about the other new role in my life, my family. The reason I live in LA is my family. That's what happens when you marry a Californian—you gotta be from LA because they aren't going anywhere. I've got a husband and two stepchildren and a house. As a matter of fact, we just put in a new swimming pool so I've earned my California stripes. What's not to love about Southern California?
As Didon in Les Troyens
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ShareAll but one of my smoothies were sweet, with at least one type of fruit and a quarter- to a half-cup of greens. I used a variety of fruits, and found that many required a banana for optimum flavor and texture — pears and blueberries alone weren't enough. But a banana wasn't necessary for the pineapple smoothies I made. Another ingredient that gave my smoothies a great finish was fresh ginger. Adding a quarter-size slice made these drinks sing.The drinks are loaded with phytonutrients, and they're filling. They are definitely meals in a glass. When I was testing the recipes I enjoyed every sip and felt very energetic for hours afterward. So, no more rolling my eyes: I'm a green smoothie convert. (Read more.)
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Technical troubles
In loud background noise, I was frantically cycling through my ha programs trying to find the background noise reduction setting on my hearing aids, but I couldn't hear the program beeps because the background noise was too loud. I lost my place and ended up with one hearing aid on the music setting and the other on T-coil at maximum volume. The only way to sort it was to take them out in public, switch them off and turn them back on again. Why can't they make the beeps louder…am I the only person to find this annoying?
By a strange coincidence, this happened to me yesterday in front of a group of new students, causing me to fall from my pedagogical pedestal before I'd even had a chance to cock up on curricular matters. Although I fear that the terrible sight of my exposed domes is now forever imprinted on those impressionable young minds, I have belatedly come up with a solution to prevent further incidents of the same nature:
Before attempting to fiddle with your settings in a noisy environment, tap a wineglass with a knife and shout 'SPEECH!' to temporarily create enough hush to hear the beeps. If you still can't hear them, and you get lost in the settings, break wind noisily to create a diversion while you do the necessary with the battery drawers. Everyone will now be staring at the ground and concentrating on hiding their sniggers, instead of watching you tussle with your hearing instruments. Believe me, this approach is far more dignified than troubleshooting your aids in full view of an expectant audience.
Turning the tables
My other half took the hump the other day because he was asking me if I had my hearing aids in and I couldn't hear him because I didn't have my hearing aids in. How can I get him to frame his questions about my hearing aid status more sensibly?
Forget this 'sensible' nonsense, and have some fun with a bit of empathy training instead. Hide his reading glasses, and when he goes looking for them, insist on communicating their location via microscopically written instructions on tiny slips of paper. Roll your eyes and sigh heavily when he begs you to read them out to him, then angrily rewrite the words in giant capital letters to reinforce the message.
Telephone torture
My hearing aid clinic will only allow you to make an appointment by telephone, and then they get annoyed when you turn up at the wrong time. They also do hearing aid fitting follow-ups for new users by phone. How ridiculous is that. Why won't they let you communicate by email?
I don't know what the official reasoning is but, since email is a textual medium, it may be that it's too expensive for the NHS to supply the blindfolds necessary to reproduce the stressful experience of being deaf on a telephone. Seriously though, I think it's because email can be a bit ambiguous; tone of voice is very important whenever a receptionist feels the need to be condescending.
Tweaking twerps
When I go to the hearing aid clinic, why do they always wait till they've got my hearing aids in their hands before they start asking important questions like "Do you need any more batteries?" and saying things like "I'll just cut the retention tails off these new tubes, shall I?" How am I supposed to respond to a question I can't hear? God knows what they're saying during the bits where they're talking with their back to me, they could be offering me an upgrade, or telling me I've won a lifetime supply of 8mm domes and a rare printout of my audiogram for all I know. Is this a sneaky NHS cost-cutting tactic?
Forget the conspiracy theory, they're just being totally thoughtless.
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NEW ROCHELLE, NY — While most college students are strictly thinking about acing their finals this week, Monroe College culinary student Denise Aguayo must also stay focused on a test of her knowledge and skills to come next February. Denise, who won a full scholarship to Monroe College to study culinary arts on the New Rochelle campus, was just selected to compete that month at the American Culinary Federation's prestigious NE Regional Student Chef of the Year competition.
It's quite a feather in her cap, as well as that of Monroe's culinary program. Only four culinary students from the entire region are invited to compete. It's worth noting that Monroe College's Rossella Cangialosi, under whom Denise apprenticed, was chosen to participate as a national finalist last year. Considering the number and caliber of the culinary schools in the New York area, it certainly says something about the strength of Monroe College's program to have two students selected to compete in these competitions two years in a row.
Denise's invitation to compete followed a rigorous application process, which required endorsements on her culinary knowledge, skills, and artistry from her instructors at Monroe. Those recommendations came easily, including one from Frank Costantino, the dean of Monroe College's School of Hospitality Management and the Culinary Arts. Indeed, he was the one that first put the bug in her ear to compete, telling her on the return flight from last year's national competition that she was ready. His confidence so early in her training gave her the boost she needed to apply.
Worth noting: Back in Glendale, AZ where she's from, Denise was part of the first class of students to attend a culinary arts vocational C-CAP program at Glendale HS. C-CAP stands for Careers through Culinary Arts Program. They are a national non-profit that works with public schools to prepare underserved high school students for college and career opportunities in the restaurant and hospitality sectors. It was through a statewide competition in Arizona sponsored by a C-CAP that she won the scholarship to Monroe.
Although many in Denise's family work in professional kitchens, none had had the opportunity to formally study the culinary arts and, had it not been for C-CAP and the scholarship she won through it to Monroe College, she wouldn't have either. She gives great credit to the program for helping her find her professional passion.
"When I was in high school, I enjoyed cooking but didn't think I would have the opportunity to study it properly at college," she said. "But Glendale High's C-CAP program and, of course, Monroe College changed my future. Once I got into a real, professional kitchen, all possibilities opened up to me. It is a great honor to be selected to compete in the NE Regional Student Chef of the Year competition and I look forward to doing what I love best before the judges in February."
Should Denise win the American Culinary Foundation's NE Regional Student Chef of the Year competition, she will advance to the prestigious national competition next summer as one of only five student competitors.


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Seattle-based Presage Biosciences has a big dream for a biotech startup—and now it has seed capital to put that dream to the test.
Presage, a spinoff from the Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center, is announcing today it has raised $3.1 million from angel investors to get the company off the ground at a $5 million pre-money valuation. Presage isn't saying who invested, but they are all individuals, mainly from the Seattle area, with IT and biotech backgrounds. The board is composed of founder Jim Olson, a cancer researcher at the Hutch; CEO Thane Kreiner, a former senior vice president at Santa Clara, CA-based Affymetrix (NASDAQ: AFFX); James Towne, an early president of Microsoft; and biotech entrepreneur George Todaro.
The idea at Presage is to radically improve the odds that cancer drug candidates will successfully navigate through clinical trials. Only about one out of every 10 cancer drugs that enters clinical trials ever makes it through the hoops necessary to become an FDA approved product. That means Big Pharma and biotech companies waste a huge amount of time and money on duds. Cancer treatment is a huge business, with a global market worth $66 billion a year, and is predicted to grow to $84 billion by 2012, according to Cowen & Company. With a market that big, more than 860 cancer drugs are in development, according to a survey last year by the Pharmaceutical Research and Manufacturers Association.
"We can help halt inefficient programs at the early stages before Big Pharma companies put millions of dollars into programs that are going to fail," Olson says. "We can help weed out the winners from the losers early on."
Presage has already struck a deal with a pharmaceutical company that wishes to remain anonymous, and it is generating revenue, Kreiner says. The startup has six employees, and is looking for lab space in Seattle. It's possible that with a couple more pharmaceutical customers, Presage could turn profitable by the end of 2011, Kreiner says.
The way Presage hopes to pick cancer drug winners is unorthodox. It has developed a device with five needles that have holes along the sides. These needles can deliver five different kinds of chemotherapy drugs—or combinations of an experimental biotech treatment—to different localized regions of the tumor. The drugs are made to seep out within a small radius of the needle, so doctors can see how different regions of the same tumor respond to different drugs in their native environment.
The company's original plan, described in this feature story in May, was to perform those tests on tumors from individual patients to give physicians a better idea of which drug to prescribe. But since this meant the device would be classified as a diagnostic, it would be subject to FDA review. And the FDA hasn't seen a device quite like this for cancer, so the regulatory pathway was too uncertain for investors, Kreiner says. So, partly in order to avoid dealing with regulatory uncertainty at the FDA, Presage decided to revamp its business plan to strike partnerships with cancer drug developers looking to improve their success rate in development.
The way this works, a drug company sends candidates to Presage, which then injects the drugs into human tumors that have been banked in a way that keeps their natural microenvironment intact (things like molecules and blood vessels that feed a tumor and allow it to spread). Presage injects the tumors with the drug candidates in question, comparing different combinations, and different doses.
This Presage model is thought to be more predictive than traditional models. One typical technique for early drug discovery involves a using preserved piece of tumor that's queried against a drug on a microscope slide. Another common technique uses tissue culture in a petri dish, in which cancer cells are grown in an artificial environment and the cells develop genetic and genomic changes that aren't seen in the native tumor microenvironment, Kreiner says.
Olson's lab has shown some of this predictive advantage over standard mouse models in studies of a malignant brain tumor known as medulloblastoma. After the Presage technology demonstrated a drug had anti-tumor activity and an impact on the microenvironment, researchers followed up, and saw that all of the mice who got the drug lived, while all who didn't died.
While that's a clear result from the lab bench, I wondered if pharmaceutical companies will need to see overwhelming proof from clinical trials before they'll start buying this as a new predictive tool. After all, cancer has been cured many times in mice, but not in people. So, like many things in biology, the usefulness of this technology will be proven out over time.
A lot of sweat equity has already gone into the company. Since Presage got going in the fall of 2008, everyone who worked on it received equity, and no salary, Olson says. Olson is personally keeping his day job as a Hutch researcher, and clinician at Seattle Children's Hospital, while squeezing in work at the company on nights and weekends. The Hutch itself is retaining some equity in the company, so it stands to gain if Presage is successful.
"I was impressed by how quickly Jim Olson assembled a qualified management team that had expertise in the various disciplines required to get the company off the ground," says Ulrich Mueller, the vice president of tech transfer at the Hutch.
It's still too early to project how much potential Presage has as a business. Each deal with each pharma customer is going to be structured differently, so Kreiner didn't want to reveal specifics about whether Presage will get milestone or royalty payments on drugs developed with its system. But Kreiner said these deals won't be simple cash fee-for-service arrangements, and that the deals will reflect the value that Presage is providing to Big Pharma customers, which could use that information to develop products with multi-billion dollar potential.
"Our goal is really to change the success rate in clinical trials from about 10 percent now, to about 50 percent," Kreiner says. "If we can help get five times more drugs through clinical trials, establishing their profiles for safety and efficacy, then we will have benefitted patients."
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Thursday, November 29, 2012
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Circle Circle dot dot describes itself as community based theater. It kicks off its second season tonight by focusing on a community of artists often relegated to the fringes. Go behind the scenes for the evolution of "Street Art Prophets" (running November 29 through December 15 at 10th Avenue Theater).
Circle Circle dot dot describes itself as community based theater. It kicks off its second season tonight by focusing on a community of artists often relegated to the fringes. Go behind the scenes for the evolution of "Street Art Prophets" (running November 29 through December 15 at 10th Avenue Theater).
Imagine if every time you drove by a building or a massive wall on the freeway you saw a blank canvas that you were dying to paint but forbidden to touch. Graffiti art has its roots on the streets.
"Back in the day I would have to go out and paint illegally but nowadays there are places where you can paint under supervision or areas that are safe for kids to go to paint," says graffiti artist Sake (also known as Saratoga Sake).
Sake is a self-taught artist who's been using a spray can -- and brushes -- to express himself for 3 decades. He says the biggest misconception people have about his art is that it's gang related.
"People treat graffiti art as vandalism but they are forgetting the art part because there's graffiti and then there's graffiti art. Two separate categories."
Even Katherine Harroff, artistic director of Circle Circle dot dot had that stereotype in the back of her mind as she began work on "Street Art Prophets."
"I think that maybe we were thinking this was going to be a little bit dangerous, that there was going to be a lot of elements of gang relation and hostility with the police and that sort of thing."
But as Harroff researched the street art community -- by interviewing artists like Sake -- she quickly saw that it had much more in common with her theater company than gangs. Both have to work quickly to create art that is transitory in nature.
"Circle was created because... I was hungry to be able to do all of the things I felt passionate about and I couldn't live day to day wondering when that was going to happen. And I feel like graffiti art is very similar in that way. That they paint where they are going to paint because they can't wait until they have a space to do it in."
It's all about being heard and finding your voice as an artist says Michael Mahaffey. He's another one of the artists serving as inspiration for Circle's "Street Art Prophets," a collection of 5 short theater pieces.
"I felt like I had ideas and thoughts I wanted to share with people and images I wanted to show people and if they weren't going to let me do it in a traditional fashion then I was going to have my show one way or another... even if there is somebody chasing after you with a flashlight and a gun it's just this extreme passion... to get your message out there come what may."
Over the years street art has moved more into the mainstream where it has gained respect and appreciation. Mahaffey says people need to change how they look at art.
"If it's on a sidewalk instead of hanging on a wall somewhere, it's automatically bad so I would love for people to just be able to hold their judgment for just a minute, appreciate what's there in front of them and think maybe somebody thought I was having a bad day and they just wanted to give me something to smile at for a minute," says Mahaffey.
Harroff wants to make people look at street art as well as theater differently. She has great respect for Shakespeare and the classics but says a modern teenager may not readily connect with either
"There's something about community based theater that brings them in so you get the opportunity to come to the theater and see a reflection of today and people that you know," states Harroff.
Sake is grateful to see his style of graffiti art highlighted in "Street Art Prophets."
"I think it will definitely reach to maybe a different crowd of people that normally wouldn't think twice about graffiti."
Again artist Michael Mahaffey.: "It feels very gratifying and there's a sweetness to it too. It just sort of gives images and voices to people who have had frustrations trying get their own ideas out there."
And bottom line, that's all any artist has ever wanted -- to create something and to share his or her particular artistic vision with an audience.
"Street Art Prophets" opens tonight and runs through December 15th at the 10th Avenue Theater. Be watching for my video feature tomorrow night on Evening Edition.
Check out the videos of Sake putting up the mural at the San Diego Museum of Art and of him painting 20 years ago for a Fox promotional video.
And also see a video of Circle Circle dot dot's previous production, "Deconstruction of a Drag Queen."
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1. Re: Mid Tier to Smart ITrodrigo barcat Jul 18, 2019 8:41 AM (in response to ilhan KURT)
I understood the question, but the answer is difficult.
I believe you will not be able to stop using the midtier for now. The administration layer still has many features that are not in SmartIT / DWP.
However, if you have objects that run in Inc, Wo, Req, Pbm, Chg, you can achieve the goals of those customizations with a little effort.
Let's wait for other answers.
2. Re: Mid Tier to Smart ITilhan KURT Jul 18, 2019 9:06 AM (in response to rodrigo barcat)
As an admin I accept to use mid tier
I want other people to use smart it .
if bmc has published this kind of transformation guide. it would be great
3. Re: Mid Tier to Smart ITCarl Wilson Jul 19, 2019 2:59 AM (in response to ilhan KURT)1 of 1 people found this helpful
I do not know of a transformation guide, it is usually more of a case by case evaluation based on the customisations that the customer has done.
SmartIT does not presently fully replicate the functionality of Active Links, however with the latest versions the gap has closed and you can use the new features to implement the functionality e.g. Making fields required, actions based on another field, etc.
You would need to evaluate your customisations to see if you can replicate this with the provided features.
4. Re: Mid Tier to Smart ITCarl Wilson Jul 19, 2019 3:00 AM (in response to ilhan KURT)1 of 1 people found this helpful
Discussion successfully moved from Remedy AR System to Remedy ITSM for better visibility with respect to SmartIT.
5. Re: Mid Tier to Smart ITilhan KURT Jul 19, 2019 6:09 AM (in response to Carl Wilson)
Thank you so much Carl,
I have no experience to implement functions in smart it. Are there any doc for it.
I have already analyzed the customizations on remedy but at first I need know capability of smart it.
You mentioned I cannt fully replicate the AL, What kind of AL I can implement I dont know.
If there is a transformation guide or some hints for it. It could be great.
6. Re: Mid Tier to Smart ITrodrigo barcat Jul 19, 2019 6:24 AM (in response to ilhan KURT)2 of 2 people found this helpful
Hi, ilhan KURT
To add custom fields you can follow this link Adding custom fields to your views using Smart IT - Documentation for Remedy IT Service Management Suite 8.1 - BMC Docum…
the next link is a webinar about it Connect with Remedy - Smart IT 2.0: Configurability and Customization Webinar
Migration Config & custom Migrating Smart IT customization and configuration - Documentation for Remedy with Smart IT 2.0 - BMC Documentation
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Hi there,
As I am no longer currently affiliated with an institution I am using CWYW and EN Web to edit a paper to submit to a journal. However none of the styles available match the journal (Cambridge Core Global Mental Health). It requires Harvard in the following format:
Smith JS (2014). A review of resources for mental health in Africa. Global Mental Health 1, e17.
The closest I can get after trying all of the Harvards available is TF-X Harvard which still has a number of differences: Commas in citations, periods in author initials, won't allow me to change authors to bold.
Can anyone advise one that is closer? If I could find one that is slightly closer then I could disable field codes at the end and do some of it manually eg put author names in bold.
As far as I'm aware it's not possible to modify endnote styles with EN web.
Please help!
Due to the great variety of style variations (why don't they all settle on 4 or 5!) it is extremely hard to identify the closest variation to your requirements in the basic web version.
There is a set of styles in this thread: https://community.endnote.com/t5/EndNote-Styles-Filters-and/Style-templates-collection/m-p/137470#M1...
which can help. I looked thru them, and found Plant Physiology was a close match to the journal requirements in the link below. didn't inspect every single character, and still some punctuation differences. I have been known to submit and the publishers usually have an in house tool to alter the minor flaws.
One trick (but it will only work once per upgrade cycle) is to download the newest version of EndnoteX9 for the free month trial, and continue to edit your output style as required.
https://www.cambridge.org/core/journals/global-mental-health/information/instructions-contributors provides the criteria and make no note of similar journal styles.
Thanks very much Leanne - I will look at these.
Unfortunately I have already used up my free trial a couple of years ago!
Looks like plant physiology should work - is it possible to download these styles using only CWYW? Or should it already be on there? It seems like it is only possible to download them when you have the desktop version.
Having some difficulty with CWYM so can't check.
I think that one was visible to me in the online version, but not sure how that list is created. I was only looking at the ones I thought appeared in my endnote basic version.


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Hi again, everyone. Thanks for the comments and emails in response to my last post on menopause and hot flashes [1]. I'm working on getting through your questions and hope to do several posts throughout the summer that speak specifically to issues that matter to women. Now that summer is here for most of the country, it seems like a good time to share a frequent reader issue this time of year.
Dear Carrie,
I'm 35 and have been Primal for almost two years now. I've always been fairly thin, but going Primal in my eating and exercise has helped me get in better shape and build muscle. Unfortunately, I'm still plagued with some cellulite on the backs of thighs and hips. (Can I mention that I hate swimsuit season?) Why is cellulite so stubborn? Every "miracle cure" I've ever tried did next to nothing. Tell it to me straight – will this ever go away? Is there anything I can do? Thanks to you and Mark for everything you do with the Primal community.
Janet, you're in good company – including in the Primal community. Cellulite is as stubborn as it is common. As you say, all kinds of products and procedures promise the moon but rarely deliver. The actual physiology of cellulite makes it hard to actually eliminate. Nonetheless, there are some Primal style approaches for both minimizing the look and addressing the causes of it.
As Mark likes to say, let's first break it down. Cellulite describes the sometimes pitted appearance of fat deposits in the body. It's most often seen on the thighs and derrière, but it can show up the hips, stomach, and upper arms as well. In milder cases, the tell-tale texture only shows up if you pinch the area or if the area is compressed (like when you bend down or cross your legs). In other cases, it's visible regardless of your posture.
It's probably of little surprise to say that women are more prone to it. (Aren't we lucky, ladies?). Estimates vary but suggest that at least 80% of women have cellulite to some degree. (As I said, you're in good company at least.) Women – even lean, healthy women – naturally have more body fat than men. Furthermore, our fat cells arrange themselves in more bulge-prone vertical columns as opposed to the more restrictive, reinforced net-like design men have.
The infamous pattern of cellulite forms from a simultaneous push and pull on fat cells in these columns. As our individual fat cells grow, they push outward through these columns. The "pull" comes from the fibrous connective bands that run between these columns to link the skin and muscle. The result of this "at odds" process is a bubbling effect – the bumpiness many of us see.
While the connective cords are flexible when we're young, they tend to stiffen with age. The more fat you have to contain in these areas, the more strain there is on the connective tissue. Nonetheless, the thinnest, most athletic woman can have cellulite. On the flip side, there are women who carry a fair amount of extra weight and still have the smoothest thighs imaginable. Many experts believe there's a genetic component to cellulite propensity, and some research [2] has targeted genetically based factors.
Beyond the basic physiology of cellulite, different experts point to varying "contributing" factors. Hormonal changes, like the midlife decrease in estrogen, can contribute to a loss of elasticity in the fat restraining connective bands. During each pregnancy and for some months postpartum, our ligaments and other connective tissue are loosened by a natural release of Relaxin, which helps allow for the expanding uterus and aids in labor. Skin also expands and can remain slack post-pregnancy, which can contribute to the appearance of cellulite. If you've done a lot of crash or yo-yo dieting in your life, the back and forth changes can further slacken the connective cords. The hormonal effects of stress [3] can influence fat production [4]. Finally, a lack of activity and perhaps toxin buildup can impair the circulation and lymphatic drainage in cellulite-prone areas.
So, we have the million dollar question: can cellulite actually be "cured"? I know too many women who have tried too many methods and treatments to promise a miracle remedy. But I believe most women can see a decrease in the appearance of cellulite – and simultaneously improve the underlying physiological processes like circulation and lymphatic drainage that help prevent cellulite – through various lifestyle behaviors.
Although fat itself isn't the cause of cellulite, reducing your overall body fat can take pressure off of the connective bands. Exercise is your best bet, and I'd recommend mixing it up. Use interval training to lose body fat and vigorous resistance training to build up and tone your muscles in areas where you have cellulite. The added muscle mass will help fill in where skin is loose from fat loss.
Yoga and Tai Chi both use whole body movement to enhance lymphatic drainage and detoxification. Dr. Howard Murad, author of The Cellulite Solution [5], says circulation and drainage – of both water and toxins – are key to fixing the actual physiological conditions behind cellulite. The more frequent movement, the better. Although there's not much on record about our hunter-gatherer foremothers and the appearance of their thighs, some observations suggest the regular activity and clean diets of hunter gatherer groups meant cellulite was unheard of – at least in one Peruvian group [6].
You can enhance the health of your connective tissue and skin's collagen through regular exercise, whole body movement like yoga and Tai Chi, avoiding sugar [7], and by incorporating relevant nutrients into your diet like EFAs (especially omega-3s [8]), clean saturated fats [9], and glucosamine. (Sounds suspiciously Primal, doesn't it?) Consider it a good excuse to make some healthy homemade broth [10] on a regular basis. I'd recommend checking out the Cellulite Investigation website [11] for more Primally-compatible tips.
Some women I know with cellulite look to Traditional Chinese Medicine, which treats cellulite as a deficiency in Qi/Chi. I know a few women who have had luck with acupuncture, which does genuinely improve circulation to the targeted channels and locations, can improve lymphatic flow, and purportedly nurtures the connective tissue. The effects on cellulite weren't dramatic, but there was a discernible difference over the course of a few weeks. Moreover, the improvement appeared to be long-term, but these women were also doing yoga and other exercise as a regular routine.
Cellulite focused massage can temporarily improve the appearance of cellulite. A good massage can enhance drainage in the area, but the majority of its effect is probably mild swelling (like some of those cellulite creams induce). It might be a good option if you're getting ready for a beach vacation, but don't expect long-lasting results. Some friends have had luck with collagen-boosting creams like Retin-A and Renova.
As for myself, I know I'm lucky when I say it hasn't been an issue I've had to deal with much. After having the kids, I did notice some changes in my thighs. When I bumped up my exercise routine and delved more into yoga practice, I noticed those changes gradually disappear. Some years later I adopted a more Primal Blueprint eating strategy and added extra weight training to my routine. Having rounded the corner into menopause, I believe these choices and my regular yoga practice have probably helped in this regard.
Finally, there's the issue of perspective. Cellulite in and of itself isn't unhealthy. If you're lean, strong, and fit, these are far more important factors – for both the impact of your health and your physical appearance. Who's with me on that one?
Thanks for reading, and share your own comments or suggestions on the cellulite issue. Enjoy summer, everyone!


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Enliven your neutral room with bold polka dot pattern on accent wall. Yellow is my favourite, but of course you can choose any combination you fancy. This happy tone of yellow energizes the space, but not overwhelming it because of plenty of white.
Another lovely idea, from the same house. More muted polka dot pattern in the white kitchen with bright pink accents. Beautiful!


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The Dewalt DW744XRS Table Saw is Dewalt's dedicated 10-inch job-site table saw. Aimed squarely at professionals and contractors who want a highly portable, large capacity table saw it has a number of excellent features, including Dewalt's exclusive rack and pinion telescoping fence rails which extend the table top giving you that critical 24-1/2-inch rip capacity for complete control of a full sheet of plywood.
Dewalt DW745 Table Saw Review
The Dewalt DW745 Table Saw is Dewalt's new 10-inch compact job-site saw with the new three-part Site-Pro Modular Guarding System. At only 45lbs it has a compact, portable design but is also very sturdy with a metal roll cage base to stand up to heavy site use. It has a powerful 15 amp motor, a large16-inch rip capacity and maximum depth of cut of 3-1/8 inch. Best table saw in its class.
Bosch 4100-09 Table Saw Review
The Bosch 4100-09 Table Saw with Gravity-Rise stand gives you the best of both worlds – portability plus a crucial 25-inch ripping capacity. Cleverly designed and well engineered gravity-rise stand makes it easy to single-handedly move, set up and store. Plus the 25-inch ripping capacity lets you handle a full sheet of ply and rip in half in one go. Perfect for small workshops and contractors alike.
Bosch GTS1031 Table Saw Review
The Bosch GTS1031 Table Saw is Bosch's 10-inch portable job-site table saw and has a no-frills, bare bones design aimed squarely at contractors (or anyone else) who want a table saw that's easy to carry around and set up but tough enough to withstand whatever treatment you give it when you get there – the all steel roll-bar cage body design makes this possible, and it's a huge improvement over any other portable saw.
Makita 2705X1 Table Saw Review
The Makita 2705X1 Table Saw is Makita's dedicated 10-inch contractor table saw – it's a benchtop table saw aimed at contractors, not a contractor saw – with more power than any of the competitors, plus an electric brake and a 100% totally adjustable stand which the others don't have. It's the only job-site saw that has the capacity and power to cut 4x material in one pass, and it's got the critical 25-inch rip capacity.


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America's favorite "Creepy porn lawyer" is having a rough few weeks.
Last month, a judge ordered Los Angeles attorney Michael Avenatti to pay a former employee nearly $5 million in unpaid wages. The next day, the Daily Beast pasted Avenatti, detailing his irresponsible spending habits that included rides on private jets and stays in five-star hotels. But perhaps worst of all, Avenatti was arrested earlier this week on a felony domestic violence charge following an alleged altercation with an unknown woman.
The woman, initially identified as Avenatti's wife, though that was later determined not to be true, has yet to be identified. But Avenatti, who says he's still considering a run for the Democratic nomination in 2020, has vehemently denied the charges. Meanwhile, porn actress Stormy Daniels, Avenatti's star client, has said she would "seek new representation" if Avenatti is proven guilty.
And to that list of woes, we can now add one more: According to the Los Angeles Times, Avenatti lost an appeal on Friday to stop his former law firm from being evicted from its Newport Beach offices. Avenatti's (soon-to-be former) landlord sued for eviction after his firm, Eagan Avenatti, missed $213,254 in rent payments over four months. The firm now has until 6 am on Nov. 1 to vacate the building. However, Avenatti skipped the hearing, just like he had skipped an October hearing where the eviction order was initially handed down.
When approached by the media, Avenatti tried to spin the eviction as a "non event", even as he argued in court that he had an oral agreement with his landlord to retain the space for his new firm, Avenatti & Associates.
Asked about the eviction order in an email, Avenatti responded, "It does not matter as Eagan Avenatti, my former firm, was already in the process of moving. A non-event."
On Oct. 31, Avenatti asked the court to stop the eviction, saying Avenatti & Associates, another entity that he owns, had an "oral rental agreement with the landlord" that must be honored.
The landlord denied there was any such agreement.
Avenatti says the two businesses are distinct firms, but they function as the same law practice with the same lawyers and support staff in the same Newport Beach office suite.
Avenatti's former firm petitioned for federal bankruptcy protection last year. More recently, Avenatti has claimed in court documents that his new firm, Avenatti & Associates, owns 75% of Eagan Avenatti, and that the two firms share resources like offices and staff.
But while the eviction is just the latest blow to Avenatti's reputation, we imagine the lawyer will quickly occupy himself by bigger concerns - like suing TMZ.
Whomever wrote and approved that TMZ article better get their checkbook ready because it was purposely malicious and false. It was designed to harm Lisa, me and my family and we are going expose TMZ for what they did. No journalist should rely on or defend garbage like that.— Michael Avenatti (@MichaelAvenatti) November 16, 2018


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Sara Seager's current research interests are focused upon exoplanet atmospheres and interiors. Over 450 exoplanets are known to orbit nearby stars. Now that their existence is firmly established, a new era of exoplanet characterization has begun. A subset of exoplanets, called transiting planets, pass in front of and behind their stars, as seen from Earth. Transiting planets have immeasurably changed the field of exoplanets because their physical properties, including average density and atmospheric thermal emission, can be now be routinely measured. Seager's group aims to understand the atmospheric composition and the interior structure of exoplanets, with a focus on the new and growing data set of transiting exoplanets.
Biographical Sketch
Sara Seager received her B.Sc. in mathematics and physics from the University of Toronto in 1994. She earned a Ph.D. in astronomy from Harvard University in 1999, where she investigated recombination in the early Universe before moving to the then brand-new field of exoplanets. Seager was a long-term member at the Institute for Advanced Study in Princeton, NJ, and a senior research staff member at the Carnegie Institution of Washington in Washington, D.C., before joining the MIT faculty in 2007. Seager was awarded the American Astronomical Society's Helen B. Warner prize in 2007 for her work on exoplanet atmospheres.
Selected Publications
Prof. Seager's publication list as of March 2010.
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3 tsp salt
1/2 tsp white pepper
1/4 tsp cayenne pepper
1/2 tsp black pepper
1/2 tsp dried thyme
1/2 tsp dried oregano
2 bay leaves
1/3 cup vegetable oil
3 tbsp flour
1 tbsp tomato paste
1 large brown onion, finely chopped
1 clove garlic, crushed
4 large tomatoes, chopped (I use one large can)
6 cups stock or water
1 cup rice, uncooked
750g green prawns, deveined, tails on
Prep time: 25 mins
Cooking time: 40 mins
large pan, sharp knife, small bowl, wooden spoon
Put first 7 ingredients in to a bowl and mix
Heat oil in large pan over high heat and stir in flour.
Return pan to heat and brown flour without burning
Add tomato paste, tomatoes, onions, seasoning mix and garlic and cook for 2 mins, stirring frequently.
Turn heat down, gradually pour in stock, bring to the boil and keep boiling for 2 mins.
Add rice, reduce to a simmer for 20 mins, stirring occasionally.
Add prawns and cook for another 4-5 mins.
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Knutsford Express adds car rental and shuttle subsidiary
KINGSTON, Jamaica — Knutsford Express Services Ltd, a transport and courier company, disclosed today that it is now operating a new subsidiary — KE Connect Limited — which provides shuttle service and corporate car rentals.
For the third quarter ended February 29, 2016, Knutsford saw revenue grow by 21 per cent from $126.5 million the year before to $153.1 million.
Profit after tax increased 44.8 per cent to $27.6 million up from 19.1 million for the comparative period in 2015.
The company said new state-of-the-art buses have also been added to its north coast routes.
Investment cost for the buses and KE Connect was not disclosed, but new spend on property plant and equipment was said to be $88 million.
Total assets increased 54 per cent to $398 million, the company stated, also attributing this to new investments in vehicles.
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The Adventures of Petrol Man, The Worlds's Most Flamable Hero?
Is it action game?
Maybe Nocturne?
hmmm...It kind of reminds me of Resident evil 4...but I'm not sure
But what happened to the merchant's legs?...
This is 'middle' stage of the poor merchant dying painfully (hence no legs). I killed him for the sole purpose of taking this screenshot, only to make it a little difficult for everyone to guess.
LOL! Is that really a game?
You... you sadist! Who would have thought that the innocent "name the game" thread could be exploited for such cruelty and barbarism?!?!?!?
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One Direction's Louis Tomlinson Recalls Embarrassing Fan Moment With Harry Styles
11 October 2012, 13:35 | Updated: 11 October 2012, 14:01
The 'One Thing' singer says he and Harry once embarrassingly confused two tourists for excited fans.
One Direction star Louis Tomlinson has recalled an embarrassing moment with two presumed fans earlier this year while holidaying with bandmate Harry Styles.
The 'Live While We're Young' singer says he and Harry were once skiing when they were approached by two fellow holiday goers they assumed were fans of the band and wanted a picture of the pop stars.
"One time Harry and I were skiing together when a girl and a guy came up to us with a camera," Louis told Seventeen magazine, in the publication's November issue. "We assumed they were going to ask us for a photo, so we stood there with our arms around each other posing.
"They said, 'No, we want you to take a photo of us!' It was embarrassing!"
The 'What Makes You Beautiful' singer went on to name Harry as the bandmate he can "talk to about anything", while admitting he enjoys having heart-to-heart conversations with Zayn Malik and doing "something crazy" with Liam Payne.
View a picture of One Direction's Louis Tomlinson with his girlfriend Eleanor Calder earlier this year below (Credit: Goff):
One Direction recently scored a number one on the Vodafone Big Top 40 with their latest single 'Live While We're Young' and release new album 'Take Me Home' on 12th November.


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Karan Brar didn't have Disney Channel in the years before he joined the cast of "Jessie," so he just assumed the network featured characters that looked like him - a kid of Indian descent. He soon learned Disney had Indian guest actors appear, but his character Ravi would be the first series regular for the channel.
Brar compared his groundbreaking role to discovering a new indie band before everyone knows about their great sound.
"I discovered them. I was the first one to get into their music. It was that same proud feeling," the 16-year-old actor tells Headlines & Global News. "Disney is expanding culturally and it's really cool to be a part of that process."
Brar's parents emigrated from Punjab, India, to Washington state where Karan and his sister Sabreena were born. His father Harry had taken acting classes in college and encouraged his son to do the same, albeit at a younger age, when they both realized Karan would never thrive at sports.
"I spent so much money on sports equipment, it was ridiculous. I'm not good at sports," Brar says with a laugh. "But after that first acting class, I fell in love with it. It was amazing. My dad was my inspiration and has been so supportive throughout the year."
"Jessie" has given Brar the opportunity to strengthen his comedic skills and introduce his Indian culture to a broad audience. The young actor realizes his character sometimes draws criticism for an ill portrayal of Indian Americans, but he's most proud when he meets Indian families who say they love Ravi because he's "expanding the culture."
Brar has traveled to India three or four times to visit family and shared those experiences with the writers to possibly incorporate into the character of Ravi. His father also provides his own insights on Indian culture and helps out on set sometimes with accuracy and translating.
"It's really cool to see the roots of where my family came from," Brar says about visiting India. "It's a huge culture shock. Every time I'm in India, it's very humbling because everyone is very respectful and humble regardless of who you are."
Growing up in America, Brar had to learn an Indian accent when he got his first role as Chirag Gupta in "Diary of a Wimpy Kid." His first stab at the accent was so terrible that producers almost eliminated it from the character. Professional dialogue coach Tony O'Dell had confidence he could teach Brar the accent and convinced the producers to let him have a week to work on it with him. O'Dell succeeded, and now the Disney star receives compliments from fans when they meet him and hear his real accent.
"They say, 'We genuinely thought you were form India.' That's really sweet that they think my accent is real. It's more of a complement to me," Brar says.
What Brar appreciates most about his time on "Jessie" is the relationships that he and his co-stars have cultivated. He considers the cast family and a great support system for a bunch of teenagers trying to navigate Hollywood and adolescence together.
"Being a teenager that works and goes to a school is a lot on its own because your hormones are all over the place. Your mind is berserk," Brar says. "What's cool when you're a teenager is you find yourself. You discover things about yourself and to be able to share that experience with my best friends has really brought us together. You have someone by your side and we've all been helping each other through tough times."
He also credits his older co-stars Debbie Ryan, 21, and Kevin Chamberlain, 51, for guiding the younger kids through difficult situations that they have faced in their own lives. "They're constantly there with us and great for asking for advice or helping us out when times are tough."
They all waited with bated breath as Disney decided to renew the show for a fourth season. Another season has allowed the writers to further explore the characters and maybe give fans what they've been asking to see.
"I know there are fans that constantly tweet, 'We want to see this storyline. It would be so cool if you had this,'" Brar says. "I know the writers are going into stories that haven't been explored and that we've been waiting for. This is going to be like the cherry on top."
One of those storylines may be Ravi finally getting a girlfriend. He and adopted brother Luke (Cameron) have a "really cool arc" where they'll meet some girls they like. That episode will also see British pop band The Vamps stopping by the show.
Even though "Jessie" keeps him busy, Brar volunteers as much of his time as he can to The Thirst Project. The Los Angeles-based organization is working to solve the global water crisis, and the actor lends his voice to help spread the word.
"It's a little bit hard for me to fly out to other countries to go build wells, so I try to help on the homefront because the more people involved, the sooner we can end this global water crisis," he says. "It's a big problem throughout the world that I don't think many people pay attention to."
Moving forward in his career, Brar wants to expand into more dramatic and serious parts, but he credits his time on the Disney channel for teaching him so much about comedy. He just wants to keep having fun and learning along the way.


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It was with interest that I watched one of the articles on Countryfile in the early hours of the morning the other week. They were reporting on the Ullapool Book Festival and, in particular, a woman called Essie Stewart, who was a tradition bearer (her words), i.e. one who keeps the oral tradition for their area.
Ms Stewart was a member of a travelling community in the Highlands, referred to as The Summer Walkers, (or tradition bearers), of which there is a book of the same name by Timothy Neat. These were native, Gaelic speaking people that travelled the countryside in summer, taking goods to sell to those that had not access to suppliers. They also had a tradition of oral storytelling; a tradition that told the tales of the areas which they traversed.
This reminded me of the traditions of indigenous Australians, wherein certain individuals remember all the stories of the landscape in their area, thus you can traverse the continent and hear all the tales associated with almost every speck of the country you can see. I am wondering if this is the case with Summer Walkers. It would be fantastic to find such a tradition in the British Isles.
There was a short snippet of Essie telling one of those tales at the Ullapool Book Festival, and I was disappointed that there wasn't more. I have tried searching for information about these people on the internet, but have not had much success. So, if anyone out there in cyberland know of any events where Essie, or anyone else of her ilk, is performing, please get in touch with me, via this website, as I am keen to hear these stories in person.
I am curious, too, if there are any young folk who are interested in learning these stories and passing them on as an oral tradition.


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BF chats about other podcasts before playing some "Mystery Lane" music…. huh?
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Arthur (AmeriNZ) wrote on March 30th, 2008 at 11:05 pm:
You know, you're right, BF: New listeners should start with this episode because it's definitely you! Loved your needling of Archerr and Anthony. And "Flipper"! You know, I think I actually saw it in early re-runs, not first run, so at the time my age would have been somewhere between "Bud" and "Sandy". I remember I had a crush on Sandy and loved that he was shirtless all the time–even though I didn't yet know WHY I was so fascinated by him. Ah, youth!
Auntie Vera Charles wrote on March 31st, 2008 at 11:54 am:
Thank you, my most sweet and wonderful lovie.
Adore you kisses,
Michael in Stuttgart wrote on March 31st, 2008 at 4:14 pm:
Hey, at least Archerr and Anthony had a rough idea what the BFO is all about. Who cares about details?
Basically, BigTurdsOnline is a whole lot of MEHs and farts and usually always ending in complete ruination done and presented by that old geezer who is too short for his weight and who has this monstrous sea snake called Flipper under his leather skirt and who has this weird infatuation for pre-war telecommunication devices. Big Daddy or something and he is in Texas or Montana, no Idaho, yes Idaho.
Lol – don't be mad BigFatty, one of them has CRS and calls himself "Snowballs" and the other is geeky and challenged in so many ways; cute and strangely intelligent, but heavily transformed. That's probably why we all love them so much.
I think compared to their usual standards, they were even pretty close 🙂
Archerr wrote on March 31st, 2008 at 5:16 pm:
Oh my gosh! I was laughing so hard during the episode! I can't believe how many things Anthony and I got wrong about your show! I'm so sorry!
I don't watch Make Me A Super Model but that's wild that my music was on there!
I didn't watch Flipper but I knew the music and remember the show.
March went out like a lion here…cloudy and rainy all day.
Michael in Stuttgart wrote on April 1st, 2008 at 3:23 am:
Don't be sorry – I loved it, Archerr – that was the best :)))


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I feel like I'm finally growing up. I'm 29 years old and, after my first pregnancy ended in a miscarriage last year, I'm pregnant again, seven months along to be exact. I mean, I am almost 30, it's about time I grow up, right? But for real, pregnancy has left me amazed by what the human body is capable of and it has also made me humble, count my blessings, and think a little more deeply about my life, including where running fits in it.
I haven't always had a healthy, balanced relationship with running. Going into my first pregnancy, before my miscarriage, I told my husband all about how I wanted to be super-fit and not gain any unnecessary weight. I wanted to be like super-woman, pregnant style. But I think the realities of pregnancy have taught me that running is about much more than keeping me fit-looking or as fast as I can be.
I think my unrealistic expectations about running and pregnancy were shaped years ago, when I began to see running as something I did for the purpose of achieving a goal, rather than something to do just because. When I went to college, I loved running, but collegiate running was on another level than what I had ever experienced.
You're probably thinking, well, duh. Maybe I even knew this, but in reality, the intensity of collegiate running shocked me. By my senior year, I felt burned out from always thinking about what I was eating, if I was getting enough sleep, whether my grades were good enough, and constantly sacrificing my social life for running.
And then some other runners around me took that intensity to a whole other level, like restricting their caloric intake to get faster or running more than our coach wanted us to. This added more pressure to me and I started to question myself more. I was pretty over it after graduation.
Unlike a lot of collegiate runners, I did not plan to run after I graduated, especially not competitively. Four days after graduation, I moved from Minnesota to Indiana and began nursing school. It was a very stressful accelerated program, packing a bachelor's in nursing into 15 months.
Running was the last thing on my mind. I tended to drink way too much coffee and soda, stayed up late eating junk food to keep myself awake, and drank away my stresses on the weekends when I had a hot second to get away from studies.
I remember one summer day, a few months after I had moved there, I found myself on the couch in the basement, with an open bag of Doritos, watching television in the middle of a beautiful sunny day. What had I turned into? This wasn't bringing me joy or any satisfaction. This was, well, depressing!
I went for a run that afternoon. It was so painful. My body was filled with junk food, sloshing around in my stomach. Things were rubbing against each other that never used to. I vowed to never let myself go like that again.
I started running again, to feel fit again. I wanted to lose the excess weight and I wanted to feel healthy and strong. Over the years, that morphed into wanting to train for and race for PRs again. When I got back into running after my break during nursing school, the thing that stayed the same was that running was still about achieving some goal whether it was looking, feeling, or racing a certain way.
I recently listened to Lindsey Hein's "I'll Have Another" podcast with Alysia Montaño, where Alysia shared her philosophy about running, fitness, and pregnancy, which was basically to maintain optimal health. During her pregnancy, she stayed fit enough to stay mentally and physically healthy, but didn't "train" for anything.
As she said, no pregnant woman ever broke a world record and your pregnant body will not allow you to go harder than it should. Pregnancy is not a time to run to train for a PR or to look hot in a bikini. Pregnancy is a time to run to enjoy running for its own sake.
Today, I went for a seven mile run at a much slower pace than I used to. I took multiple short breaks and a pee break. But I'm ok with that, even though the old me would never have been ok with that. Pregnancy has forever changed how I view running in my life.
Running is a tool I have to building a healthy life. I don't need to be running 80 mile weeks, or faster than the person next to me. Running matters not because it makes me look a certain way or even race a certain way. Running matters to the extent it brings me joy.
Do you view running as a tool to reach a goal or do you enjoy running for its own sake? Did pregnancy change your view of running?