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The job saved by using the Overspray Control kit
The painting and decorating company Masco Schilders Ltd had the task of painting the assembly hall of a school in Maastricht white. Initially, the job consisted of having 2 people paint 400m² of untreated brick wall white within a week. However, a week before the commencement of the work, the job description changed: not one colour, but three colours were required: white, blue and grey. As a result, a simple job became much more time-consuming: more colours, much more masking work and a base that required different coats of paint. It would be impossible for two people to do this in such a short time.
While the job was being carried out, Pascal Houben, co-owner of Masco Schilders, attended a demonstration of the Overspray Control kit at Felix van der Putten Paints. He immediately saw the solution to his problem. They would use their airless paint sprayer together with this kit.
His colleague, with more than 40 years' experience, was suspicious about using an airless paint sprayer for this job. A roller and brush should be sufficient. Once the job was done, however, he was totally convinced. With the Overspray Control kit, they managed to have 2 people apply all 3 colours within 4.5 days, including back rolling! Without the airless unit, this would not have been possible. The advantage of this system compared to the traditional roller and brush method is that you not only work faster, but also achieve a higher coverage (even after one coat). Using only a roller and brush, the coat of paint would not have been as good.
How did they go about it?
They connected the kit to their Ultra Max II 695 Platinum. One of them applied the paint with the airless machine and the other then rolled over it. It only took 1.5 hours to apply the paint to the first "test wall" of 20m x 3.5m. This included the time it took to set-up the machine. They used a .519 tip, which is a little slower than the .521 tip but has a more manageable speed.
Pascal Houben: "It is important that you know how to use a paint sprayer. You must keep the gun upright and keep a distance of approximately 10cm from the surface. This ensures that any mist is kept to a minimum. Without the machine we could never have done this, certainly not with three colours. No mist and a fantastic and a superb result."
Pascal Houben, co-owner, always wants to keep abreast of the latest developments. It is important to him to look for better and faster ways of working. Attending training courses and demo days enables him to learn about new applications and possibilities.
"When you use a paint sprayer, it is important that you operate and clean the equipment properly. Once you have finished the job, you must "pamper" the machine so that you can continue to the next task immediately and effortlessly", says Pascal.
In total, seven people are employed by the company.
Two of them are responsible for the equipment. They have followed a course at the Graco training centre in Maasmechelen, Belgium.
The range of equipment consists of:
- FinishPro 395 for paint work
- EasyMax WP for retouching
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NEW YORK — Trying to pick 10 games out of a haystack of 323 is like asking a parent to decide on their favorite child. They all seem so promising, then you start whittling down the list and former shoo-ins and favorites fall to the cutting-room floor without a second thought. It's no time to get sentimental, I guess.
In the end, you can only choose 10. And while it's hard to settle on the final group, you know you've done what was required. These are the games I'd watch above all others – for now, at least – even if plenty of the others have potential for greatness.
There will be disagreement, of course, but the back-and-forth is half the fun, so let us know what your 10 must-see MLS matches of 2013 are in the comment section below.
Without further ado, here are 10 dates we've already got blocked off.
March 2: Houston Dynamo vs. D.C. United — Presumably, this time both sides will be fully fit – unlike during 2012's rough-and-tumble Eastern Conference Championship series – as Houston and D.C. provide the nightcap on the opening night of MLS action. NBC Sports Network's cameras will be at BBVA Compass stadium to distribute the match on a national scale as two of the league's most talented sides clash for early bragging rights.
March 3: Portland Timbers vs. New York Red Bulls — The Timbers Army is bound to provide the requisite spectacle on ESPN2 during opening weekend, but this one makes the list based solely on the unknown. Who will be at the helm of the Red Bulls? How will Caleb Porter shape his first professional side? How many new faces will be wearing green or white following a busy transfer window and dog-eat-dog preseason? It's safe to say there will be plenty of intrigue to be had at JELD-WEN Field.
March 16: Montreal Impact vs. Toronto FC — Speaking of unknowns, what is going on in Quebec and Ontario? We know two new coaches – the Impact's Marco Schällibaum and Toronto FC's Ryan Nelsen – are in the MLS fold, but that's about it right now. Nelsen may not even be around for this one, but these cities don't particularly like each other and the teams predictably feed into that acrimony on the field.
May 5: LA Galaxy vs. Houston Dynamo — There's no MLS Cup on the line this time, but you know Dominic Kinnear and his team will be itching to leave the Home Depot Center with their heads held high after two straight years of playoff disappointment. Even without Beckham around to draw the spotlights, these are two of MLS' best teams, if not the best, and ESPN2 should have an absolute cracker in store, especially since both sides are bound to keep improving this offseason.
May 8: Sporting Kansas City vs. Seattle Sounders — Just three days after MLS Cup 2012's participants clash, Sporting KC and Seattle will replay the US Open Cup final at Livestrong Sporting Park. And it may actually be a positive thing that no cup is up for grabs this time around. Last season's USOC triumph was huge for Sporting – and earned the Game of the Year tag from the fans – but the game itself was generally cagey and offered far less than what these two burgeoning rivals have put together in regular-season matchups. Here's hoping for more drama.
August 31: New York Red Bulls vs. D.C. United — Fortunately for both sides, the forecast surely won't be calling for massive snowfall this time around. D.C. will have already traveled to Red Bull Arena for a rematch of the wild playoff game that defined one of the most-memorable postseason series in MLS history on March 16, but both sides should be in mid-season form by late August. You know United will cart up plenty of fan support, while New York fans will determined to exert dominance – on the field and in the stands – in the house that Red Bull built. As Bart Scott would say, I can't wait.
September 29: Portland Timbers vs. LA Galaxy — Think back to July 14, 2012. LA 5, Portland 3 ... all in all, one of the year's most compelling games. Well, here's the rematch on NBC proper. By now, Caleb Porter should have his guys on the same page, whether that equates to success remains to be seen. Meanwhile, you'd expect Bruce Arena to have the Galaxy firing on all cylinders ahead of the playoffs. Must-see MLS TV? There's absolutely no doubt.
October 13: Portland Timbers vs. Seattle Sounders — Portland's defense of the Cascadia Cup could very well come down to this match, the final meeting of the 2013 season between the competition's three participants. And what an occasion it promises to be, regardless of table position, Cascadia standings or recent form. The Timbers Army will be out and force, with Seattle providing a significant counterweight in the stands, as Caleb Porter leads his men against the club's archrivals for the first time at JELD-WEN Field on ESPN.
October 20: LA Galaxy vs. San Jose Earthquakes — The Galaxy may share a hallway with Chivas USA, but San Jose are quickly taking on the role of the plucky Republic bent on challenging the Empire's hegemony. The Earthquakes handled LA in the regular season during 2012, winning the Supporters' Shield and handing their southern neighbors two losses and a draw in three games, but the Galaxy came up trumps when it really mattered. Here's another prime opportunity – on ESPN, no less – for Frank Yallop's men to take their in-state rivals down a peg. Who knows, maybe Wondo will be chasing another goal record, too.
October 27: Seattle Sounders vs. LA Galaxy — On the final day of the season, we get a rematch of last season's deciding game in the Western Conference Championship series on ESPN. Of course, the Galaxy and Robbie Keane broke the Sounders' hearts in that match, but this one is sure to carry real significance as well. Playoff seeding will almost certainly be on the line, and the ECS and the rest of Seattle's dedicated fanbase won't be treating this one as just another regular season game. Not a bad way to transition to postseason soccer.

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The race for the top spot in the MLS standings is heading for the home stretch, and as the teams round the final bend, the San Jose Earthquakes are leading the chase by the slimmest of margins. Heading into the weekend, the Quakes have already qualified for the postseason, but looming large is the opportunity to further their credentials for the No. 1 overall seed in the MLS Cup Playoffs.
What was once just an oddity of a trophy, born from a dedicated group of fans that wanted to see the team with the best regular season record rewarded with some token marking their excellence, is now a significant piece of hardware that teams are aiming to make a part of their trophy case collections. And while the monetary gains from winning the Supporters' Shield have yet to come to fruition, the award does carry with it a place in CONCACAF Champions League and the potential to host MLS Cup.
So what do the Earthquakes need to do over the next month and a half to keep their competitors at bay? What teams stand between San Jose and the club's second ever Supporters' Shield?
A look at the standings, aggregated into a single table from their normal conference breakdown, shows the Quakes with a three point lead and seven games remaining on the schedule. Going into the weekend, only two of San Jose's next six opponents (they play Portland twice in that span) currently sit above the postseason cutoff line — Seattle Sounders and Los Angeles Galaxy. The Earthquakes other five games are against teams in the bottom eight of the single-table standings.
Looking at home and away games, the Earthquakes have three games remaining at Fortress Buck Shaw — including a California Clasico showdown on October 21 — and four on the road. Earning points on their home field has not been an issue this season, and the Quakes have five victories in their last six games at The Buck. Conservatively, San Jose should earn seven points in those three games and cap off an unbeaten season in Santa Clara. Added to their current 53 points, those seven points elevate the team's total to 60.
Forecasting the Earthquakes four remaining road games gets a bit more complicated. Sure, the team appears to have overcome their slight dip in form back in July, but their recent road record is not encouraging. In fact, since Chris Wondolowski's late goal against Real Salt Lake on June 23 secured three points for the visitors, the Quakes have earned only one point in their last four away contests. A similar run of form in their next four road matches will add just one point to their season total, taking their projected count to 61 points.
Prognosticating results is fraught with uncertainty, especially in a league where parity reigns, but it is hard to argue with the team's current run of form. A more optimistic outlook emerges when looking at the Earthquakes season-long points per game home and road averages. Playing in the Bay Area, the Quakes have collected 33 points from 14 games for a PPG measure of 2.36. Outside of Northern California, the team has amassed 20 points from 13 games for a PPG of 1.54. Using those averages and San Jose's remaining schedule, the projected points total jumps to 66 points.
Now, 66 points from 34 games — a 1.94 PPG average for the season — is an impressive haul. However, add two more points to the total and the Earthquakes reach a pleasingly round 2.00 PPG number. Considering the strength of schedule over the last seven games of the season faced by the Earthquakes, and that number does not seem out of the realm of possibility. The implication on the race for the Supporters' Shield if a 2.00 PPG average is achieved is clear when viewed through the lens of MLS history — only three teams have ever finished at or above that lofty number and all three won the Shield.
The Earthquakes, to be sure, control their own destiny when it comes to capturing the Supporters' Shield, but what teams realistically remain in the hunt?
In the Western Conference, Seattle Sounders FC looks like a potential foil. In addition to their game against the Earthquakes — a six-pointer in the race for the top spot — they play host to four matches at CenturyLink Field, including struggling Portland. However, their three away matches are at the Timbers, Whitecaps FC, and Galaxy — two against Cascadia Cup rivals and one against the defending MLS Cup champions. Currently six points behind the Earthquakes, Seattle will need to defeat San Jose later this month and then hope they can steal points on the road.
In the Eastern Conference, no less than three teams could ride a late season surge to a chart-topping points total. Each of Sporting Kansas City, the Chicago Fire, and the New York Red Bulls has the horses to make a grandstand run at the Earthquakes. After drawing with Houston on Friday, Sporting are two points back of San Jose, but they have four difficult road matches in their last seven games — twice at New York, and once each at Montreal and Columbus — and could be five points back pending the Quakes' result vs. Chivas USA. SKC will be hard pressed to continue their season long 1.81 PPG average.
Meanwhile, Chicago has road games at New York and Sporting KC to deal with, plus visits from Montreal and Columbus on the calendar, not an enviable schedule to say the least.
That leaves the New York Red Bulls riding high in the saddle back East. RBNY has a forgiving five of their remaining seven games at Red Bull Arena, where, so far this season, they feature an unbeaten record of 9-0-3. With the aforementioned two games against Sporting and one against the Fire to play at RBA, the regular season Eastern Conference title will be determined in Harrison, N.J. Add in that their two road matches are at woebegone New England and Philadelphia, and the Red Bulls could amass a maximum of 65 points on the season. A potential seven-game winning streak to close out 2012 seems improbable, but it is not unlikely to believe that New York could finish above 60 points.
Should the Earthquakes take a peak over their shoulders at the oncoming competition in the standings or should they take whip in hand and continue their sprint to the finish line? Clearly, pulling up on the reins is not the way to go, rather, just keep doing what they've been doing all season and the Shield will be on its way to San Jose.
Robert Jonas is a writer for CenterLineSoccer.com and SJEarthquakes.com. Send him feedback on Twitter: @RobertJonas


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Earlier, we drew your attention to a minor hubbub over Roger Federer's interview with Pam Shriver, during which his audio cut out for several highly suspicious seconds. What could he have said, we wondered? Well, now we have an answer.
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Each week, we will look at a widely used #hashtag and examine which people, media outlets or pundits are driving the social media debate on the issue.
In previous installments we took a closer look at#immigration, #guncontrol, #KeystoneXL , #NASA , #obamacare, the #NRA, the #IRS, #Benghazi, and #EricHolder.
This week, we spy on the supersecret NSA and who dares to use the hashtag #NSA. There's a big difference between the tweeter with the most followers who is tweeting on the subject (a CNN host) and the most-engaged users (think anti-government conservatives).
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From back (office) to the future
September 19, 2018
September 19, 2018
Modernization doesn't have to be daunting. Ongoing technological change has been a constant for decades now, but the reality is that many companies are still catching up. In fact, new research from Accenture Strategy found that 54 percent of companies were either struggling or waywardly pessimistic about digital technologies making them unprepared for modernization.1 But again, this doesn't have to be daunting. Enablement can more easily start in the back-office where companies are often less risk averse. CFOs and CIOs are uniquely positioned to champion change across the enterprise versus siloed investments. The idea is to not only improve enterprise leverage and profitability but also increase customer centricity in functions which were historically transaction focused.
Beyond just cost, however, the added insights and effectiveness derived from a digitally enabled organization is where the real value lies. In order to be successful in their digital journey, companies must take a zero-based approach and focus on the five rights to ensure digital investments are tied to the company's strategic objectives and holistic in nature.2 A clean-sheet approach not only improves profitability but also fuels growth and increases enterprise agility by prioritizing forward-looking investments.
In a zero-based approach, by first emphasizing the right work which is specifically customer facing, revenue generating or differentiated, companies are then able to automate, consolidate or eliminate activities which are non-value-add. This could mean refocusing on product development or investing in capabilities which were previously neglected including adopting applied intelligence in strategic areas of the back office.3
Let's start with Finance, where the order to cash process (OTC), for example, directly touches the customer. Applied Intelligence like self-service customer portals can improve the collections experience and cognitive agents can reduce dispute resolution cycle time. Take for instance a leading consumer goods company with a global footprint. Through connected OTC, the company reduced their operating costs by 20 percent over two years and decreased customer overdue debt by 10+ percent. Furthermore, the company went from poor customer service ratings to now being recognized for service.4
In Human Resources, employee experience is everything. In a world of hyper-connected employees, digital is a key enabler to that experience. Accenture Strategy research shows that many companies already use a range of technologies, including internal collaboration tools, predictive employee services and self-service apps that create consumer-like experiences.5 And when companies get employee experience right, they outperform their peers on several important dimensions including customer loyalty (+17 percent) and revenue (+11 percent).6
In procurement, artificial intelligence, like machine learning, can be a powerful tool to improve buy decisions or monitor supplier compliance ultimately yielding increased savings as a percent of spend. For example, an Accenture Strategy client decreased manual average handling time by 67 percent through digital which improved invoice processing time as well as data accuracy.7 Moreover, digital could free-up an estimated 40-60 percent of procurement's time to focus on activities which drive efficiency and savings for the enterprise.8
Lastly, in IT, the shift to agile development and cloud enables IT to partner with the business to co-create new service-based products. A common cloud infrastructure reduces cycle times across the enterprise. Cloud is so important that Gartner deemed it as the foundation of most "next big thing" technologies including AI, blockchain and IoT.9
Getting the case for change right
To create a compelling case, companies must include a value targeting exercise as part of their digital journey. In fact, zero-based thinking recognizes that digital technologies fundamentally shift cost curves and empower organizations to far surpass even their best past performance and first quartile benchmarks to achieve a new "zero quartile" performance.10 Concepts like zero-quartile and should-be modeling based on workload drivers are a better alternative than retrospective comparisons for predicting what good should look like for an organization11. Take, for instance, a $20 billion median company. Today they are spending 5.5 percent of revenue, or $1.1 billion on running Finance, HR, procurement and IT functions.12 Zero quartile shows us that deploying the right digital strategy could free-up more than 30 percent of costs before account for revenue uplift. That number grows to nearly 50 percent when excluding IT!13
In short, by leveraging a zero-based mindset as part of a digital journey, companies can more easily thrive in any environment. Investments should focus on distinct capabilities. In many instances that includes strategic investments to bring the back office into the future.
1 Accenture Strategy research, Revenue Growth: Perception or Reality?, 2017
2 Accenture Strategy, Zeroing Out the Past, 2018
3 Ibid
4 Accenture, Connected Order to Cash for Agility and Growth
5 Accenture Strategy, HR/Employee Experience study, 2017
6 Accenture and Forrester, Expectation vs. Experience, 2016
7 Accenture Strategy, When Bots Do the Buying, 2017
8 Accenture AS Operations insights and Future of procurement Study, 2016
9 Gartner, What does cloud bring us next 2017
10 Accenture Strategy research, Beyond the ZBB Buzz, 2018
11 Accenture Strategy, Zeroing Out the Past, 2018
12 Accenture Enterprise Value Targeting Database
13 Ibid


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When I initiate the bootloader, then power the MCU the bootloader doesn't come out of the idle state.
the usb pins and they are 1.0V, 0.07V, and 4.76V. Pins were read from the center pin to the outside pin, ignoring the ground pins. While testing these pins I noticed that the CP210x USB to UART Bridge is very hot.
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Lamar Odom -- He Can't Keep Up the Khloe Kardashian Lie Anymore
Lamar Odom He Can't Keep Up the Khloe Lie Anymore
Lamar Odom seems to be waiving the white flag over his marriage -- at least that's the way it appeared when he was asked about Khloe Kardashian on his way out of lunch to celebrate his 34th birthday.
Lamar went to Casa Vega in the San Fernando Valley -- a place Kim, Khloe and the rest of the klan often go for good Mexican food.
Watch the video and see the look on Lamar's face when he tries to deal with the Khloe question.
TMZ broke the story ... Khloe plans to divorce Lamar, but she's made a decision NOT to prepare or file any legal docs, because she thinks it could be the last straw in his fragile life. On top of that, there's no pressing reason to pull the trigger on the marriage ... yet.
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Chris Knox, the pioneering New Zealand musician of influential Kiwi bands The Enemy, Toy Love, and the Tall Dwarfs, is reportedly in an Auckland hospital today after suffering a stroke two days ago. The talented New Zealander, who also co-founded the country's legendary indie Flying Nun record label in the early 80's, is a major figure in the development of the kiwipop story.
A living legend in his native New Zealand, the 56 year-old Knox's rich & respected career dates back to late 70s NZ punk era bands The Enemy and Toy Love, followed by being one-half (along with The Enemy guitarist Alec Bathgate) of the quirky oddball 4-track pioneering duo the Tall Dwarfs, whose music I highly recommend you seek out at Amoeba if you don't already have it in your collection. (For a prime example of their sound, check the video down below of the brilliant Tall Dwarfs song "The Brain That Wouldn't Die.")
Knox, who has an uncanny knack for creating the perfect infectious pop song, has also released a number of solo, self-produced albums. His 1990 song "Not Given Lightly" (a love song to his wife -- see video above) was named "New Zealand's ninth best song of all time" at the 2001 New Zealand Music Awards.
The multi-talented Knox is also a writer, a TV arts show presenter, and a cartoonist. He has pennned the weekly Max Media strip in the New Zealand Herald newspaper for two decades. The Amoeblog wishes Chris Knox a speedy recovery.
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Each week the teams will win a gift certificate $30 for first place $20 for second and even if your not winning do not fret the team second to last will receive a $10 gift certificate too, just to keep it fun for everyone.
Teams can be made up of 6 people. Trivia last just under 2 hours.
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One thing I've noticed lately is that my tolerance for flaws in a musical depends on the overall feeling that I'm developing as I'm watching a performance. When a musical, overall, is well-crafted, I'm willing to make allowances for flaws here and there. But when a show isn't taking me along for the ride, I'm more likely to wince at things like slant rhyme, insufficiently developed characters, poor scansion, forced comedy, and the like.
So, for instance, the same flaws that I found forgivable in Bloody Bloody Andrew Jackson I found increasingly irksome in Love's Labour's Lost, the new musical by the same creative team: composer/lyricist Michael Friedman and librettist/director Alex Timbers. Whereas Bloody Bloody reflected a unity of vision, and a ripe sense of college-boy snark, Love's Labour's Lost, while occasionally diverting, overall feels laboured and just a bit lost.
Of course, Love's Labour's Lost is based on the original Shakespeare play of the same name. The plot is essentially this: The King of Navarre and three college friends make an oath to devote the next three years of their lives to their studies. Enter a local princess and her three ladies in attendance to cock the whole thing up. There's also a subplot involving a random Spaniard, Don Armado, and his amorous attentions towards the local bar wench, and a bunch of subsidiary characters who come in and out to keep the action moving. Or not, as the case is with Timbers' adaptation. There's too much going on, and not enough development of any one particular element.
Timbers' adaptation includes almost all of the original Shakespeare characters, which creates significant problems in character development. To make room for songs, Timbers would have been wise to excise a subplot or two. Indeed, the only character who felt even close to fully fledged was Lord Berowne, played here by the always engaging Colin Donnell. It's really a shame, because the cast of Love's Labour's Lost represents a who's who of current and future Broadway stars, including Daniel Breaker as the King, and Lucas Near-Verbrugge and Bryce Pinkham as his other two Lords. In the female cast we have Rebecca Naomi Jones and Patti Murin, among many other fine performers. It's a shame to see all this talent underused in thinly developed roles. Even worse, we also have the wonderfully gifted Rachel Dratch and Jeff Hiller somewhat wasted here as two supposedly comic academics.
As for the score, I must confess that I've never been a fan of Mr. Friedman's work, despite my admiration for Bloody Bloody Andrew Jackson as a whole. His songs for Bloody Bloody were poorly wrought but for the most part dramatically effective. His score for Saved was unmemorable at best, clumsy at worst. Here, Friedman's songs are intermittently engaging, but not exactly indelible. (I have friends well-versed in musical theater, however, who disagree with me on this point.)
There are some fairly decent solos and chorus numbers, including "Are You a Man" for Berowne and "Not a Good Idea" for the female cast. There's a somewhat effective song about subtext, in which one character speaks out loud the internal thoughts of two other characters, although How to Succeed in Business Without Really Trying handles this device far more adroitly. Too many of the numbers feel thrown in without context or purpose, including a rather quizzical song about a guy who loves cats.
My biggest peeve with Friedman is that he seems incapable of writing, or unwilling to write, a song in which he doesn't force extra syllables into every other line. He seems downright contemptuous of metric convention. One of the most enjoyable moments of the show was when the four central men perform the boy-band number "To Be With You," interpolated here for comic effect. As enjoyable as this number was, it emphasized what many of the other songs in the show were missing: appealing tunes and regular structure.
[SPOILER ALERT: I reveal the end of the show as well as a significant staging surprise in the paragraphs below.]
As director, Timbers does provide some moments of comedic inspiration in between Friedman's often cloddish songs. However, much of the fun feels grafted on through anachronistic quips and asides rather than crafted through sharp characterization or deft wordplay. One number ends with a kick line in the style of "One" from A Chorus Line, a knowing nod to the Public Theater's venerable cash cow. Cute, but hardly organic.
Late in the show, apropos of nothing I could discern, a high-school marching band descends upon the stage. I would imagine it's supposed to be this delightful surprise, but it only served to remind me that the production team didn't have many staging ideas that actually connected to what was going on in the show. At another point, one of the supporting cast members comes out dressed in a costume from Cats, possibly as a callback to the random number earlier in the show about a feline fetish. But it felt tossed in as an ineffective attempt at zany, madcap unpredictability.
By the end of the show, everything appears to be working out happily among the various pairs of lovers, until a messenger arrives to inform the princess that her father has passed away and that she must return to her kingdom at once to assume the throne. The princess and her ladies ask the boys to wait one year and come calling upon them again. It's a rather glum ending, staged rather solemnly, and it brings the momentum of the production to a grinding halt.
Yes, I'm aware that that's how the Shakespeare play ends. But My Fair Lady changes the end of Pygmalion. West Side Story has Juliet alive at the end. In musicals, faithfulness is neither necessary nor desirable. Indeed, slavish fidelity is the refuge of the artistically bereft.


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When teenagers have spots, it's not long before someone tells them they should eat less chocolate. Whether there's any truth in this involves asking two questions: first, is there any evidence that people who eat chocolate are more likely to have acne; and second, is there a process by which ingesting chocolate could cause spots?
I'll begin with the second question. Spots occur when skin pores become blocked with sebum, the oily substance produced by tiny glands that lie within the skin. If the pore is partially blocked you get a blackhead. If it's fully blocked you get a whitehead. All of us have millions of harmless bacteria living on our skin, and these can infect a blocked pore, causing a red lump to form – in other words a spot. If you get a lot of spots it is known as acne.
If both your parents had acne when they were teenagers then you are more likely to have it too. The reason that adolescents are particularly prone to spots is that sebum-producing glands are highly sensitive to hormones. Acne usually reduces by the time you become an adult, but a small percentage of people find it persists. Even in adults, fluctuations in hormone levels continue to have an impact, for instance, some women find they get more spots in the run-up to their period or when they're pregnant.
But back to the question, is there a process by which chocolate could exacerbate acne? There are several theories. One is that since chocolate is fatty it could increase the level of soluble fat in the bloodstream, which could in theory lead to the production of more sebum, and therefore more blocked pores. There is also a suggestion that large quantities of chocolate could raise insulin levels in the bloodstream, altering the levels of some hormones, again leading to an increase in sebum production.
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The theories sound plausible, but what happens in practice? A systematic review from 2005 found just three studies looking at chocolate, all conducted several decades ago. One study found that the quantity of chocolate, milk and roasted nuts university students ate made no difference to the severity of acne. But the sample was small and there was no control group, making it hard to draw many conclusions from this study.
In 1969, a placebo-controlled study conducted in patients visiting an acne clinic and men in prison also found chocolate made no difference to acne. Now you might be wondering what a chocolate placebo looks like, and where you can get one. The participants were given chocolate bars with the same fat and sugar content as ordinary chocolate, but with lower levels of cocoa. So this study only tells us that cocoa makes no difference to acne, it tells us little if not nothing about fat and sugar. What's more, the prisoners and patients only ate chocolate for four weeks. Medication for acne usually takes two or months before an improvement is seen, so this might not have been long enough to show chocolate's effect on the skin.
The third study doesn't reveal much more information. Eight students ate a bar of chocolate on two consecutive days, and four of them developed as many as five spots. With a sample this tiny, it's impossible to know whether those five spots would have appeared anyway, regardless of what the students had eaten.
So we can't yet pin the blame on chocolate, but how about diet in general? A study from back in 1956 on more than two thousand British soldiers suggested a possible link with diet – it found that 20-to-40-year-old soldiers with acne were likely to weigh more than teenage soldiers without.
But for many years inconclusive studies meant that any link between food and acne was at best unproven, and at worse a myth. Then in 2002 came the intriguing finding that no one in non-westernised populations in New Guinea and Paraguay had acne. Suddenly diet was back on the agenda. Of course there is the possibility it is genetics that is protecting these populations from acne, but if diet does make a difference, then we need to know which kinds of foods in industrialised countries are having the biggest impact on acne. Is it the amount of fat consumed that matters, or sugar, or as some have suggested, the speed at which the sugar breaks down (high versus low glycaemic diets)?
Again, reviews can't help us – they conclude that there's not enough evidence to know what is happening. A review in 2009 looked at 21 observational studies and six clinical trials and concluded that dairy products made a difference, but not chocolate in particular. However, before you think about cutting out dairy products, bear in mind that this review included some trials with very few participants and no control groups. As the authors of a review published last year point out, some of these studies simply asked people what they believe exacerbates their acne, rather than what is clinically proven to do so. This is not a reliable method because we all have a tendency to look for links if we have heard they might be true.
The fact is that regardless of what people eat, their acne usually gets better when they leave their teens. So if we are ever to discover the answer, what we need are well-designed prospective studies. And that means tracking people across many months or even years while assessing their chocolate consumption and the severity of their acne. Ideally they need to be randomised either to eat lots of chocolate or none at all. The trouble is that when volunteers get no say as to which group they end up in, this might not be a study that people rush to join.
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VANCOUVER -- When Vancouver's Matt Buie arrived home from a Mexican vacation with his family to find he had incurred $22,000 in data roaming charges, he also soon discovered his cell-phone horror story is only one of many being told by Canadians across the country.
Buie's story - in which his 11-year-old son unknowingly ran up the charges watching YouTube videos - is echoed in a report released today by Vancouver's OpenMedia.ca, which documents consumer complaints of bad service, restrictive contracts, high prices and unexpected bill shocks.
"Canada's cellphone market is dysfunctional and in desperate need of an overhaul. Government policy has allowed three incumbent service providers - Bell, Telus, and Rogers - to control almost 94 per cent of the cellphone market," the report says.
" ... As a result of this lack of choice, Canadians experience excessively high telecom costs, restrictive contracts, and disrespectful customer service, particularly as compared to users in other countries."
OpenMedia.ca, which ran an online and social media campaign starting last October to collect Canadians' "cellphone horror stories," said it received more than 2,500 responses.
"They were all complaints," OpenMedia.ca spokeswoman Lindsey Pinto said. "They were telling us their cell-phone horror stories. It was mostly Bell and Rogers."
On Wednesday, Fido -a subsidiary of Rogers - agreed to drop Buie's bill to $200.
"I'm happy to be the Ralph Nader of roaming charges," said Buie. "My understanding is that 90 per cent of Canadians want a $50 to $200 roaming cap."
Rogers, Canada's largest wireless carrier with 9.4 million wireless customers, accounted for 38 per cent of the OpenMedia.ca report's complaints, with subsidiaries Fido and Chatr accounting for 9 per cent and 0.1 per cent respectively.
Bell, which has close to 7.5 million wireless customers, was second at 26 per cent of the complaints, according to Pinto, with Virgin and Solo - both Bell services - accounting for five per cent. Telus, which has 7.7 million wireless customers, accounted for 17 per cent of the complaints, with its subsidiary Koodo Mobile at 1.5 per cent.
"Canadians seem to be very upset about how they are being treated overall," said Pinto. "Service made up the vast majority of the complaints."
More than 60 per cent of the people who shared their cellphone horror stories complained about service; transparency was an issue identified by close to 47 per cent and 36 per cent had issues with contracts. Many of the complaints cited more than one factor, including being locked into contracts and high roaming charges.
The report calls for more choice in the cellphone marketplace, fair contracts, better service and transparency.
"One respondent reported that when he called his service provider to find out why his bills were suddenly so much higher, 'They told me that my three year plan had expired, and they reverted me to the highest possible charge they had. There was no attempt to inform me that the original contract had expired and that my rates were about to change,'" the report said.
Pinto said OpenMedia.ca simply asked people for their experiences, without limitations. One person's complaint was 14 pages long, while another referred to a 2002 experience with Telus.
"For the most part, I got the impression they were recent experiences, although I don't have the data one way or the other," she said.
Telus spokesman Shawn Hall said his company has made a number of changes in recent years to answer consumers' concerns, including a shift to what it calls "clear and simple" pricing plans, allowing customers to unlock phones for a $35 fee after three months, data roaming plans and alerts, and a $200 cap on roaming, which lets customers know they have reached that cap and prevents further data roaming charges unless the customer sends a text message approving it.
For Buie, a $200 cap would have prevented his 11-year-old son from using 758 megabytes of data at $30 per megabyte over three days during the family's Mexico vacation.
"If that had been in effect, my son would have been shut down and I - as the guy who pays the phone bill- would have been forced to reply back, saying 'Yes, I approve that,'" he said.
Rogers spokeswoman Jennifer Kett said Buie didn't actually receive a bill for $22,000 but had his service halted when his account had incurred that much in data roaming fees.
"Fido immediately offered to reduce Mr. Buie's bill to $2,200 (the cost of what his bill would have been with a data roaming package). His bill was then reduced again to $500. Upon further consideration we have now agreed to lower Mr. Buie's bill to $200 for the roaming charges incurred in Mexico," Kett said in an email.
Kett said her company offers roaming packages that significantly reduce the cost of using voice, text and data services while customers are out of the country.
"Customers who buy a package are sent text message alerts when they reach 50 per cent, 80 per cent and 100 per cent of data usage. In order to ensure customers never spend more than they expect, their usage will be suspended once their MBs are fully used," she wrote in the email response.


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Black Hawaiian salt or Hiwa Kai is a blend of sea salt and volcanic charcoal. The salt is harvested naturally in ocean pools that have formed from past volcanic eruptions. The salt's striking obsidian hue is matched only by its flavor on your palate- slightly nutty and smoky-the perfect combination with burnt caramel and dark chocolate.
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Oxford Study Finds Games Can Benefit Child Development In Moderation
BBC News is reporting that an Oxford University study has found that playing video games for a short time each day may positively impact child development, while playing for extended periods every day may lead to lower life satisfaction.
Published in the journal Pediatrics, the study involved 5,000 children between the ages of 10 and 15, 75 percent of whom stated that they played video games, either on a console or computer, every day. The subjects were asked how much time they spend gaming on an average school day, and then asked to rate themselves on a variety of factors, including satisfaction with their lives, social interactions, how likely they were to help someone in trouble and concentration.
When compared to other groups, including those who played no games, children who play games for less than an hour a day were the most well-adjusted, displaying the highest level of life satisfaction and positive social interactions. This group also demonstrated lower levels of hyperactivity and fewer emotional issues than the other groups.
Conversely, subjects who played video games for over three hours a day were the least well-adjusted.
It's an interesting study, and one that better reflects the significant, but not overriding influence games have on child development than many studies that either demonize games or portray them as a vital part of development.
Unfortunately, the study says nothing about how staying up until 4:00 AM playing Minecraft affects 38 year-old freelance writers, but I've got my own study going on that subject. Early results: not super-great. [That certainly explains a lot. - Ed.]


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If news stories about school kids bullying their peers on Facebook are leading you to lose faith in American children, you need to watch this video. It'll show you that kids are capable of being kind and thoughtful.
In this grainy and shaky home video, a determined and amazing boy named Matt W. of Worthington, Ohio, runs the 400 meter race at his school's field day. Matt has spastic cerebral palsy, which makes running difficult, and he could have sat on the sidelines. But he decides to participate and runs an awesome race. His dedicated coach encourages him throughout the race and at the end his classmates cheer him on with enthusiasm. Prepare to cry. This video is touching.
The video started going viral this week when the Huffington Post and Jezebel picked it up. It has been viewed more than 35,000 times.


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The parking lot at 564 St. John's between Franklin and classon to be developed into an 8-story high, 172 unit apartment building, buzzbuzz reports: http://news.buzzbuzzhome.com/2013/12/564-st-johns-place-rabsky.html
Before photos anyone?
This now makes 9(!) big new developments in crown heights. We'll be discussing them all here: http://www.brooklynian.com/forums/topic/the-big-6-developments-in-western-ch-in-2013#post-775084
But where will I get my Zipcars?!?
We are actually up to 16 big developments in western Crown Heights http://www.brooklynian.com/discussion/44634/links-to-the-big-16-developments-in-western-crown-heights/p1
Here's what the garage looked like before they painted it white:
Here's what the entrance looks like, once it became white:
The google streetview feature gives readers an idea of the size of this site (It's huge!)
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Karl Fischer? Not again. How that architect continues to work is beyond me.
...it has shown that it can consistently create building designs which keep costs low, and attract renters and buyers whom are willing and able to pay top dollar.
Buildings are not created based on what people living in the neighborhood want, or what they think "looks good"; Buildings are created on the basis of what is believed to bring investors and other stakeholders the greatest ROI.
His firm delivers.
Boo! No more ridiculously convenient Zipcars!
Ugggh. I have a monthly spot in this garage, which is super convenient to my apartment on Sterling between Washington and Classon. The price is reasonable as well, and the guys that work there are classic characters (especially Floyd). Any sense of when they will begin demolition? Are there other garages in the neighborhood?
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As of Dec 19th, the DOB has not yet issued a demolition permit.
That's ENORMOUS.
Yes, and it will likely cause the residents of Lincoln Place to be upset because it will obstruct light and views that they presently have.
Meanwhile, the owners of Franklin Park and The Classon are likely psych'd.
I expect it will even obstruct some of my light here on Sterling. But it's worth it.
Eastbloc, why is it worth it?
It will bring at least 172 new earners into the neighborhood to spend money on commodities and spur more retail development. And it will substantially improve what is a pretty shitty block.
If the city's economy stays on its present track, I suspect the residents of this new building will be pretty typical of the area in terms of income.
The surrounding buildings and amenities are already being upgraded.
...I don't foresee this future building as being an "Island of Wealth"
Nor do I, but there's no one living there now.
172 new families are a good thing for the nabe.
For the heck of it, lets ignore all of the jobs created by the actual construction and the impact of the residents spending.
That said, I expect the completed new building will employ more people that the present garage.
I think it is reasonable to expect this building to be ready for occupancy in the Spring of 2016.
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As of Dec 19th, the DOB has not yet issued a demolition permit.
Can't wait until this is complete.
Between this and the court officers training building, my block is a construction nightmare right now.
Oh, interesting. Thanks, Whynot_31.whynot_31 said:The zoning code allows for some lots to have first floor commercial, but not others. In some instances the type of commercial is specified. For example, some buildings can only have a "professional space": Such as a doctor's office, or a daycare.


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The former tennis star was honored during a recent speaking engagement in Stark County.
Former tennis star honored with ATHENA award
Billie Jean King was honored with the 2013 Global ATHENA Leadership Award during a recent speaking engagement in Stark County.
In collaboration with ATHENA International, an organization that honors, develops and supports women leaders through inspiring women to reach full leadership potential to create a balance of power, Women's Impact Inc. presented King with the award that recognized her significant contributions and trailblazing on behalf of women worldwide, a statement from Women's Impact Inc. said.
King was a Kent State University at Stark Featured Speaker this week.
This year, King celebrated three significant moments in her career, including 40 years since she founded the Women's Tennis Association, fought for equal prize money for both men and women at the U.S. Open of tennis and defeated Bobby Riggs in the "Battle of the Sexes" match.


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Peter Jackson has just released the first images of squabbling dwarf brothers Dori, Nori and Ori from his Hobbit movie. Check out the delightful braided beard detail and adorable (but deadly) weapons!
Straight from Peter Jackson's Facebook page comes this amazing Hobbit update:
These three brothers, all sons of the same mother, could not be more different from each other. Dori, the oldest, spends much of his time watching out for Ori, the youngest; making sure he's not caught a chill or got himself killed by Wargs or Goblins. Nobody quite knows what Nori gets up to most of the time, except that it's guaranteed to be dodgy and quite probably, illegal. Dori, Nori and Ori are intensely loyal to each other – and whilst they are perfectly happy fighting amongst themselves, woe-betide anyone who means harm to one of these brothers. (Photo by James Fisher)
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Preparing for the SAT when done correctly and most effectively is a task that can only be accomplished by a parent, educational system, and child working in tandem for the same distant goal over the course of about 17 years. This educational triumvirate is the key to the intellectual development of the child and is the key to true achievement on the SAT and its ilk (PSAT, SAT Subject Tests, ACT, GMAT, GRE, LSAT, etc). This tripod of invested individuals sets the foundation for the ways the child interacts in educational settings and manages the challenges presented by testing. This foundation will do more to determine whether the child scores a 300 or an 800 than any prep course or high-priced tutor.
Test preparation is fundamentally the icing on the educational cake. It's designed to tweak, polish, and refine skills that the child possesses rather than to reteach years of schooling. Most children don't struggle because of the cosmetic elements of the SAT (pacing, format, scoring, etc), instead they struggle to master the change of thinking that the SAT requires. They struggle to fight the ingrained habits that they've developed in school and at home. They struggle to understand that the "tricks" played by standardized tests are simply a matter of the test presenting familiar information in unfamiliar ways.
Let's check out a few questions:
The above questions are your typical Algebra 1 questions, which are designed to test a student's ability to manipulate equations and use distribution. This will never show up on the SAT. In order to evaluate reasoning ability the SAT will instead give the following:
Now these questions tests the ability to "reason" and "strategize." For the algebra questions, the intent is to solve for the variables. Students are used to the format, the task, the terminology, instructions, presentation, … well everything. They are known quantities and known tasks. The SAT versions remove many of those familiar comforts. The second problem also adds the additional "trick" of not asking the most expected question (what is x?) and instead it asks for something unexpected. The question here actually makes the work involved in the problem easier but only if a test-taker is flexible enough not to treat all four of the above problems as if they are the same.
With an understanding of the skills that standardized tests test, a parent can take lots of steps to prepare their child for success on the SAT and in college. Three things a parent can do to help their child are:
- Encourage students to accomplish a particular objective WITHOUT defining the way to achieve it.
If your son is told to "make sure the kitchen is clean" and he chooses to con his younger brother into doing it, shouldn't his problem solving skills be rewarded? Especially if you did not expressly forbid him from using "hired help."
- Teach students to evaluate the efficiency of all possible approaches and make a decision without undue waffling.
Most standardized tests require test-takers to recognize that the "alternative" method of solving a problem might be more efficient or easier. A refined ability to evaluate options and make a confident decision is integral to test-taking success.
- Develop adaptability
The best test-takers I've encountered are adaptable in thinking and approach, and they are ready to answer questions that are posed both directly (How old are you?) and questions that are posed indirectly (How many days have passed since the day of your birth?).
Developing these skills in children will make the test preparation industry largely irrelevant because no matter how tests are structured, the content they use will rarely vary and will be familiar to most students. The real challenge comes from the reasoning skills that underlie most tests.
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Ribfest FAQ: Answers to Your Ribfest 2014 Questions
Kalamazoo Ribfest 2014 is officially underway! Many who have attended or are planning to attend have questions about the festival, so we've put together this handy guide. Keep checking back as we keep you up to date on everything that's going down at Ribfest this year.
How do we get beverages?
Alcoholic beverages are available in designated areas throughout the festival grounds and must be paid for using drink tickets, which are available at convenient kiosks for the price of $1 per ticket. The amount of tickets per beverage depends on your drink choice. Check your program on the way into the festival for updated drink prices.
What about non-alcoholic drinks?
We have water and soda available for two tickets a piece.
I bought Ribfest tickets in advance. Where should I go?
You made the right call! Ticket holders looking to gain entry into the festival should head to the west entrance near Eleanor Street.
I didn't buy advance tickets and need to purchase them on-site. What about me?
Not a problem, either. In this instance you should head to the main entrance at the bridge on Water Street.
What about VIP tickets?
If you're looking to enjoy Ribfest in style, a VIP ticket is where it's at! VIP ticket holders should enter through the Eleanor Street entrance on the west side of the festival grounds. If you're interested in purchasing a VIP ticket, you can also head to the Eleanor Street gate.
Are pets allowed?
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- CenturyLink Sports Complex: a famous sports complex home to Hammond Stadium, five additional playing fields as well as the new Twins Player Development Academy.
- McGregor Boulevard: a famous 9-km boulevard steeped in history, filled with restored buildings, charming eateries and beach shops.
- Florida Repertory Theatre: a high quality, entertaining live theatre, in the heart of Fort Myers.
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There are over 17 bus routes that run through Fort Myers, so you'll be able to move around the city easily with public transport. For night times and weekends, however, you may need to take a taxi. If you like driving, hiring a car for the duration of your trip can also be a great option.
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CHICAGO - Subtle differences in brain anatomy among older individuals with normal cognitive skills may be able to predict both the risk of developing Alzheimer's disease in the following decade and how quickly symptoms of dementia would develop. In their analysis of magnetic resonance (MR) images from two separate study groups, researchers from Rush University Medical Center and Massachusetts General Hospital (MGH) found that, among individuals in whom specific brain structures were thinnest, the risk of developing Alzheimer's was three times greater than in those with above-average thickness. The study appears in April 13 issue of Neurology.
"We know, primarily from postmortem studies, that changes characteristic of Alzheimer's disease can be present in the brains of cognitively normal people," says Dr. Brad Dickerson, of the MGH department of neurology, lead author of the paper. "But since it takes a long time to follow people through initial symptom development to eventual diagnosis, how that process occurs has received very little study. We used what we know about the signature brain changes seen in patients with Alzheimer's dementia, measured those areas in individuals with no symptoms and eventually determined that those who ultimately developed dementia showed subtle shrinking long before they had any symptoms."
"The MR measurements could be very important indicators to help identify who may be at risk of developing Alzheimer's dementia. If a drug therapy or treatment is developed in the future, those who are still without symptoms but at great risk would benefit the most from treatment," said Leyla deToledo-Morrell, PhD, senior author of the paper and professor in the department of neurological sciences at Rush University Medical Center.
Participants in this study, men and women in their 70s with similar levels of education, were enrolled in two long-term research investigations of brain changes in older individuals, one based at Rush and the other at MGH. Upon entering the studies, participants had a comprehensive clinical examination, neuropsychological evaluation including memory testing, and brain MR imaging. At annual follow-up visits, each was reassessed to determine whether they were cognitively normal or if they had mild cognitive impairment or probable Alzheimer's dementia.
The Neurology study analyzed data from participants who were cognitively normal at the outset and had at least four follow-up visits - a group that totaled 50 participants who remained cognitively normal at the end of the study period, and 15 who had developed Alzheimer's over an average time span of about nine years. In both study groups, the baseline MR images revealed that areas of the cerebral cortex associated with Alzheimer's in previous studies tended to be thinner in participants who went on to develop dementia.
Among those in whom these signature brain areas were the thinnest, 55 percent developed dementia during the study period, compared with 20 percent of those with average cortical thickness and none of those in whom cortical thickness was above average. Participants with the thinnest cortical areas also developed Alzheimer's significantly faster than those with average thickness.
"Comparing the data from the Chicago and Boston sites showed very similar results," said deToledo-Morrell. "Pulling together the data from both sites makes the findings that much stronger."
Adds Dickerson, who is an associate professor of Neurology at Harvard Medical School, "We believe these MR measurements can be powerful markers of the pattern of brain atrophy in Alzheimer's disease and are investigating their use in several ways, including assessing dementia risk in asymptomatic individuals. Our current results are preliminary and are not ready to be applied outside of research studies, but we are optimistic that this marker will be useful in guiding clinical care in the future."
Additional co-authors of the Neurology study - which was supported by grants from the National Institute on Aging and the Alzheimer's Association - are Travis Stoub, PhD, and Dr. Raj Shah, Rush University Medical Center; Dr. Bradley Hyman and Dr. Deborah Blacker, MGH; Dr. Reisa Sperling, Brigham and Women's Hospital; Ronald Killiany, PhD, Boston University School of Medicine; and Marilyn Albert, PhD, Johns Hopkins School of Medicine.
About Rush University Medical Center
Rush University Medical Center, Chicago, is an academic medical center that includes a 676-bed hospital serving adults and children. Rush University includes Rush Medical College, the College of Nursing, College of Health Sciences and the Graduate College. Rush is a thriving center for basic and clinical research, with physicians and scientists involved in hundreds of research projects developing and testing the effectiveness and safety of new therapies and medical devices.
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Massachusetts General Hospital conducts the largest hospital-based research program in the United States, with an annual research budget of nearly $700 million and major research centers in AIDS, cardiovascular research, cancer, computational and integrative biology, cutaneous biology, human genetics, medical imaging, neurodegenerative disorders, reproductive biology, regenerative medicine, reproductive biology, systems biology, transplantation biology and photomedicine.


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copper, metallic chemical element; symbol Cu [Lat. cuprum=copper]; at. no. 29; at. wt. 63.546; m.p. 1,083.4°C; b.p. 2,567°C; sp. gr. 8.96 at 20°C; valence +1 or +2. Copper and some of its alloys have been used by humanity since the Bronze Age. One of the first metals known to humans, copper was smelted as long ago as c. 5000 BC Cyprus, from which the metal's name originally comes, was a major source of copper in the ancient world.
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"Doing more exercise with less intensity,"
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This is one of 93 photos of Andy McCutcheon that are used in The New High-Intensity Training to illustrate the recommended exercises.
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Andy McCutcheon
HIT Scores at Home
Discover how these unique HIT routinesmuscularized the body of aninfomercial athlete.
By Andy McCutcheon
Ive always been a person who would rather train at home than go to a commercial fitness center. I grew up in Cambridge, England, and I got my first barbell set in 1984 when I was 18. Shortly thereafter, I started lifting in my parents garage.
At that time in my life I was into the martial arts and Id heard that weight training would make you into a better fighter. It certainly helped me. I trained consistently for several years and got hooked on bodybuilding. Basically, my goal was to get as strong as I could in all the basic barbell exercises. I even placed high in a couple of regional bodybuilding contests.
Mr. Olympia, Dorian Yates, was a judge for one of those contests and he invited me to workout a couple of times in his gym. What a treat it was to experience Dorians intensity up close. He was big, strong, and lean to an extent that was almost beyond belief. It was through Dorian that I first learned about the writings of Arthur Jones and Ellington Darden. HIT soon became an important aspect of my bodybuilding.
I moved to Portland, Oregon, in 1992, and took a job for Novellus Systems. I am an engineering project manager and I often work at the office 50 hours a week. But even so, I still find time to continue with my training at home. And it shows. Some of my friends, in fact, encouraged me ten years ago to put together a portfolio and get involved in commercial modeling.
I was thrilled when I was chosen over numerous auditioning men for a Bowflex shoot in 1994. A subsequent commercial, with me holding a bow, then pulling the string and arrow into a drawn position, as the curve of the bow then transitions into a bending Power Rod of a Bowflex machine, was a tremendous success. Ive done infomercials for Bowflex ever since.
Through Bowflex, I met Ellington Darden. I was photographed for many of the exercises for his book, The Bowflex Body Plan (Rodale 2003). More recently, I demonstrated most of the exercises for The New High-Intensity Training (Rodale 2004).
Ellington has hammered me with the importance of harder, briefer exercise combined with superhydration and carbohydrate-rich foods to build and sustain my muscle mass and overall leanness. When we took the photographs for The New HIT, I was in my all-time best condition. At 38 years of age, I weighed 184 pounds at a height of 6 feet even. Ellington measured my body fat at 3.4 percent, which is as low as Ive ever been. And my muscle mass was 5 pounds more than any time previously.
I continue to train at my home gym in Portland. I have a Bowflex Ultimate machine, a couple of bars, 400 pounds of free-weight plates, and a large punching bag attached to the ceiling. Below are the routines I followed for six months prior to the HIT photo shoot.
HIT Routine A
Leg extension on Bowflex
Leg press on Bowflex
Lateral raise on Bowflex
Overhead press with barbell
Lying biceps curl on Bowflex
Seated triceps extension on Bowflex
Stiff-legged deadlift with barbell
Wrist curl with barbel
HIT Routine B
Leg curl on Bowflex
Squat with barbell
Straight-arm pullover with one dumbbell
Reverse grip pulldown on Bowflex
Chest fly on Bowflex
Bench press with barbell
Pushup on floor
Reverse trunk curl on floor
Trunk curl on Bowflex or on floor
Each routine was done for one set of 8 to 12 repetitions until muscular failure. Sometimes Id work up to 20 repetitions on the leg press and squat. I always moved quickly between exercises, especially the ones involving pre-exhaustion, such as the chest fly, bench press, and pushup in Routine B.
Pushups were and are still a specialty of mine. In England, I once held the British record by doing 107 pushups in a minute. So Ive got to pre-exhaust thoroughly my chest to make those pushups meaningful.
I alternated between Routine A and Routine B. Routine A was done usually on Monday nights and Routine B on Thursday nights. On my off-days, Id punch the heavy bag and do my martial arts training. One night per week Id play soccer.
As you can probably imagine, Im pretty much a hyperactive individual. I feel most productive doing some type of exercise almost every day or night at least, thats the way I felt until I got to know Ellington. Ellington taught me the value of taking off several afternoons and nights a week. Now, I eliminate all strenuous activity on the day after my HIT workouts.
Taking off two days a week has helped me get into the best shape of my life.
Am I satisfied? Not quite. Id like to add another 5 pounds of muscle, while keeping my same degree of leanness. And I figure I can accomplish my goals by applying the HIT philosophy to the equipment in my home gym.
"The HIT philosophy helps me to focus clearly," Andy McCutcheon says, "on the basic factors related to building muscle." Andys muscular physique is pictured throughout the pages of The New High-Intensity Training.
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