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One of my non-theme park related jobs over the years was working for a home theater and satellite installation company out of Hampstead, NH called Tkachuk Associates. In modern retail terms, Tkachuk (ka-chuk) is what you might call a 'boutique' operation. It's run by the husband and wife team of Dave (pictured) and Nancy Tkachuk and when I was there, I was one of 3 employees. As bosses, I would describe Dave and Nancy as beyond generous, but I'll explain more about that in a future post. I know right now you just want to hear about the spoons!
Dave had a very subtle way of getting his point across, and for teaching us things about the business. He was adamant about us using the right tool for the right job so we wouldn't waste time or make things look sloppy. The most profound (in my memory) example of one of his teachings had to do with snipping the excess material off of wire ties.
In the home theater installation game, there is a lot of wire. "Wire is cheap", Dave used to say, meaning it's better to have extra than to run out! Because very few people like looking at the "clutter" and "mess" all those wires make, we use wire ties to bundle them together.
Rightfully so, Dave was concerned not only with the fact that the wires were bundled, but that they looked neat and tidy and didn't pose a safety hazard.
The example on the right shows wire ties that are cut properly – straight across and as close to the main housing as possible. The right tool for this job would be wire cutters. Even with wire cutters, and unskilled (or hurried) technician could haphazardly cut the plastic, leaving the nub jagged and sharp. Dave referred to this as "spoons", because it looked like someone had tried to cut the wire ties with a couple of spoons. Unacceptable.
I think of the "spoons" often, especially when cutting wire ties or doing anything that requires patience and precision.
Use the right tool for the job, take your time, and do the job right the first time. That… is the lesson of the spoons.


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Are you embarrassed about stained teeth?
Date28 Jun 2019
Do you have stained teeth that make you feel self-conscious about smiling? Teeth whitening can be a good solution for certain types of tooth staining. Coffee, tea, smoking and wine – these are just a few of life's little pleasures that can, over time, stain your teeth and leave you feeling less attractive.

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Wow!!! Regional Champs!! Love those Cards! That game was amazing and down to the wire!!! Congrats to our football players over that awesome victory over St. Ignatius! So now we continue on to the Semi-finals!
The next football game has us traveling south to play Olentangy Liberty High School in Mansfield Arlin Stadium on Friday, November 24th at 7:30 pm. Tickets for the game will be on sale at the school Tuesday & Wednesday from 8 am – 3 pm and Friday, 8 am – 12 noon. They are $9 presale and $10 at the gate. Parking passes will also be on sale for $3.
Call time will be 3 pm on Friday, November 24th. Please have your marcher bring some snacks and money for concessions. Also, please make sure they eat before they get to the school! Make sure they dress in layers and have hand and feet warmers as well.
Lastly, I'd just like to take this opportunity to wish everyone a safe and Happy Thanksgiving holiday on behalf of Music Mentors and the FCMB staff!


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Jealous Potter and the Ancient Rock
"Help Sutekh save his business by destroying his evil rival's pottery, so Sutekh will once again reign supreme in the bazaar."
A little block breaker from a team of adorable n00bs.
P.S. You may have to enable music in the options first!
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My Dog Is Suffering from Seizures. What Should I Do?
Epileptic seizures can be scary for both pet owners and their pets. If your dog is experiencing seizures, the first and important step is to take the animal to your primary care vet or emergency service to be evaluated. Once diagnosed, there may be any number of treatment options available, including prescription medication and even changes in diet. The latter method is less well researched or understood, but still represents a worthwhile tool owners should be aware of to help make sure their pets are receiving the most well-rounded treatment possible. The ketogenic diet is one regimen vets recommend for reducing seizure potential in dogs.
What Is the Ketogenic Diet?
The ketogenic (or keto) diet is similar to Atkins and other low-carb diets in that it necessitates a dramatic reduction in a person or animal's carbohydrate intake. The reduction in carbohydrates shifts energy metabolism from the breakdown of fat to the production of ketones, which can be readily used as an energy source by the brain. For dogs, particularly those who suffer from epilepsy, the keto diet can be a useful tool in improving overall health, and can even help prevent seizures and the injuries that result from them.
Is the Keto Diet Right for My Dog?
The keto diet is not guaranteed to prevent your dog from having an epileptic episode. Rather, it is a supplemental strategy to be explored in conjunction with prescribed medications to help combat the seizures. Adapting to the ketogenic diet can be difficult for some families however, as it demands a lifestyle change both for the animal and for the owner. Store-bought ketogenic dog foods can be difficult to find in some parts of the country, and making your own ketogenic dog food can take significantly longer to prepare than normal meals.
Where Can I Find Ketogenic Dog Food?
A few brands now sell ready-made ketogenic dog food. We recommend Valiant Pet Nutrition, which offers a variety of ketogenic foods including keto sliders and patties. If you plan to personalize your pet's keto diet, the ketopet calculator on the Ketopet Sanctuary website is a great place to start. For more information and to access the calculator, visit the website.
As a category of diets we do not recommend raw food. For a subset of patients who suffer from seizures, the risk posed by raw foods may outweigh the benefit to control their seizure disorder. If you are considering a ketogenic diet for your pet, we would recommend you discuss it with your veterinarian first.
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"I do think the big problem in a way…is how you deal with ordinary life—that is not extraordinary, that does not involve heroism, that does not involve crises, really. But the way in we live is meaningful, and it does have a certain radiance." – John Updike
Los Angeles-based artist Karen Woods based her new series of paintings on the quote above, showcasing an unpopular part of life we know all too well: driving in the rain. The imagery combines all the things our society hates: the color gray, working, mindless monotony. In popular culture it normally has a negative connotation, combined with a sobbing protagonist behind the wheel or a pensive antagonist as a passenger. But of course, there's beauty in the things we hate, and Woods' realistic paintings of rain-beaded windshields and slick roads highlight the allurement of rainy days in that romantically sad way–the kind that provokes sad book reading and coffee shop moping (our favorite type of moping). You can browse the full series via George Billis Gallery.
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Houston-based artist Kevin Peterson is a hyperrealist painter who loves playing with the juxtaposition of destruction and innocence. His work features children thrust into surreal situations, like dilapidated urban landscapes, surrounded by graffiti and wild animals. The realistic portrayals of his subjects contradict the fantastical elements of their surroundings. Peterson is an artist obsessed with contradictions, and the way he shows conflicting themes is the most intriguing thing about him. He captures that elusive nature between reality and dreams, and what happens when the two intersect.
In the gallery are pieces from his recent solo exhibition at Thinkspace Gallery, Remnants. The series shows off his trademark style while also touching on themes like survivalism, isolation, and weirdly enough, hope.
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Bed and breakfast in Helmsley
|The Feathers, Market Place, Helmsley, YO62 5BH
|The Feathers is in the centre of Helmsley in the North York Moors National Park. It has 3 bars, and en suite rooms, some of which have views of Helmsley's Castle. In the bars there is local produce and a selection of cask ales. The Feathers Hotel has the largest function venue in Helmsley, with seating for up to 200 people. About 5 miles away is Nunnington Hall manor house, and Castle Howard is about 13 miles away.
|The Black Swan Hotel, Market Place, Helmsley, YO62 5BJ
|Situated in what is undoubtedly one of Yorkshire's prettiest market towns, perched on the edge of the North York moors. Overlooking Helmsley's market place, this country hotel of great character was originally a coaching inn. Some sections of the building date back to the Georgian, Tudor and Elizabethan periods. The Black Swan Hotel is renowned for its excellent food and friendly service. An interesting composition of Tudor rectory, Elizabethan coaching inn and Georgain house, there is a veritable maze of lounges for guests to enjoy. Situated in what is undoubtedly one of Yorkshire's prettiest market towns, perched on the edge of the North York moors, the hotel is within easy reach of Rievaulx Abbey and Castle Howard.
|The Feversham Arms Hotel & Verbena Spa, 1-8 Highstreet, Helmsley, YO62 5AG
|In a beautiful setting on the edge of the stunning North Yorkshire Moors, in the pretty market town of Helmsley, this elegant 4-star hotel is a haven of laid-back luxury. The Feversham Arms has a long tradition of hospitality, stretching back over 150 years. It mixes the best aspects of a traditional country house hotel with boutique designer accommodation. The Feversham Arms open their new luxury spa, the Verbena Spa, on 13 October 2008. In addition to 33 bedrooms and suites, the hotel has spacious and welcoming lounges, a snug restaurant, pool garden and heated outdoor pool (open all year). The beautiful setting and impressive facilities provide a unique experience, run by a welcoming and helpful team of staff.
|Plumpton Court, High Street, Helmsley, YO62 7TT
|About 3 miles from Helmsley. Dating back to the 17th century, Plumpton Court is a small, homely B&B with hotel-style services. The building has been lovingly restored, and the en suite rooms have a traditional country style. Each room has a hospitality tray, radio, TV with Freeview and a hairdryer. Relax with a glass of wine in the cosy bar, and enjoy a leisurely breakfast made with locally sourced ingredients and homemade marmalade.
|Mount Pleasant Rudland Fadmoor Kirkbymoorside North Yorkshire YO62 7JJ (approx 5 miles from Helmsley)
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Shallowdale House
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|Thirklewood House Bank Top Oswaldkirk York Yorkshire YO62 5YL (approx 4 miles from Helmsley)
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Video Premiere – Jake Morley – Ghostess (Sofar Sounds Session)
Jake Morley The lovely people at Sofar Sounds always have some prettty amazing acts come to perform at people's homes and at unusual locations. They've been pretty damn ace and offered us up and exclusive preview of one of our fave tracks to share with you. Ghostess by Jake Morley is the session in question … Continue reading
Video Premiere: Bird To Beast – Catacombs (Sofar Sound Session)
Bird To Beast – Sofar Sound Session Popped Music is delighted to be able to exclusively premiere the video for Bird To Beast's Sofar Session recorded recently in Winchester. The video is being aired via the official Sofar Sounds Youtube later on today but Popped was offered it as an exclusive preview beforehand, and we're … Continue reading


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In the land of 2018, people talk of "The right not to be offended," as Cathy Newman did in her interview with Jordan Peterson. It was presented as if this right was universally accepted. The fact that this would be considered superior to the right to freedom of speech shows us how much our society has changed. Not being offended as a "right" and the right to freedom of speech are mutually exclusive.
Feeling offended is entirely natural and expected. Egoic and prideful creatures as we are, it would be surprising if anyone in the whole world had not felt the sting of offense at one point in their life or another. We all have our sensitive subjects, chips on our shoulders and insecurities that serve as trigger points for us. Even the most emotionally balanced person has their sore points.
That said, it is a mistake to take that fact, that people will always be offended, as proof that being offended confers on us any special sort of right. JBP responded perfectly to Newman's invocation of "rights": "In order to be able to speak, you have to risk being offensive," thereby turning the tables on her. The only way you could successfully avoid being offensive to anyone would be to stop talking forever (which as a journalist would be quite a pickle). Still, someone might be offended by your actions or your mere existence. There's no getting around it – someone at one point or another will not like what you have to say.
The proper response to this is not to minimize our offense to others. Offensive is always subjective and occurs on a whim. It's based on the emotional state of the beholder, which changes with the wind. It's impossible to keep track of it. Moreover, why should we? Perhaps there are more important values we want to preserve when it comes to our speech, e.g. the truth. If the truth happens to be offensive to some people, it isn't obvious that we should lie or censor ourselves.
No, the "right not to be offended" is unsustainable, and at worst, an abomination. This is because being offended is not a good thing. In fact, we should be trying our hardest in our daily lives not to be offended by anything. Ideally, the worst insults to our name and character would bounce off us. We should epitomize resilience in the face of nasty words.
Fundamentally, being offended is a form of pride – our egos are so precious that mere words can hurt us. Being hurt by what people say is actually a useful signal that there is something in our psyche that needs to be worked out. There is some insecurity or sensitivity there that is neurotic and fragile.
If a man bursts into a fit of rage after being called a sissy, we would rightly call him out as an idiot. Why then do we mollycoddle every 19-year-old that ever heard a mean word? They're both forms of egoism that can be dispensed with to benefit all.
The wise of ancient times almost always taught stoicism in the face of emotional adversity. Pride is one of the seven sins. Jesus told us to turn the other cheek if someone strikes us. The Hindus see yoga as a method for transcending, amongst other things, our fickle and illusory instinctive emotions. Buddha would tell us that "offense" is relative. You'll never see seeking out safe spaces cited as timeless wisdom.
St John of the Cross told us:
Disquietude is always vanity, because it serves no good. Yes, even if the whole world were thrown into confusion, and all things in it, disquietude on that account would be vanity.
We should be solid in the face of any kind of adversity, which includes the barbs thrown at us by others in their speech. There is nothing so self-serving as claiming special personhood on the basis that you may or may not have had your feelings ruffled by what someone said. It is an attempt to elevate yourself above others and therefore a form of soft tyranny.
This is not to say that we should go out of our way to be offensive to others, or even not keep it in mind when we speak. It is important specifically in personal conversation to know how much to trigger someone, if you go there at all. On the public stage, you must speak the truth no matter what, but the point is not to be deliberately offensive (unless they really deserve it). The point is that truth is more important than you, the offendee, being free from having your emotions tickled.
If anything, you should be grateful that you'd been gifted the opportunity of insight into your physiology. Yes, it hurts, but it is possible to look at it objectively. Take in the data and learn from it – ah, that's interesting that I was offended by that, I wonder why that is. Maybe there's something in my past that I haven't been addressing. Maybe I have unconscious negative beliefs about myself that I need to bring into the light. See it as an introspective process, and be happy that you've been given the information.
Admitting to being offended should not, contrary to Twitter opinion, give you the right to sympathy and groveling. We should be embarrassed to be offended. We should apologize to those who have offended us by their speech. Either what they have said is true, and therefore there's nothing to object to, or it is false, and the offender is incorrect and must retract the statement. The emotional reaction to either isn't important. We go through youth so as to learn to deal with our emotions.
This all becomes more serious when the law gets involved – concerning this aforementioned dichotomy between the right not to be offended, and the right to freedom of speech.
Being offended is not a form of being victimized. There is no subjective element to victimhood. A victim requires a criminal and a crime. The crime has to be objective, universal and precisely defined. Being offended is subjective, wishy-washy and poorly defined. In many cases of "offense", there is no actual evidence that someone was actually offended by it – it is simply someone calling offense on behalf of other people. This is akin to someone accusing another of assault because someone else "may have been assaulted" by it. Where's the claimant?
What's offensive to one is the height of insight and hilarity to another. If such a Tweet, or video, or book, or article is censored on behalf of the offendee, where is the compensation for the others deprived of humor?
Above all, all this talk forgets that the law is for one thing only: to protect and restore personal rights and property rights. Assault is against the law because it is an infringement on somebody's body – we own our bodies and have the right not to have it molested in any way. Theft is against the law because it is the forceful appropriation of someone's property. We have the right to the fruits of our labor or trade, and stealing is in violation of that. Whose property rights, exactly, are infringed by an ill-mannered comment?
When you invoke the concept of "rights", you're necessarily bringing the law into the equation. You can't build a system of law on such loose foundations. To introduce any legislation on anything related to the concept of subjective offense is dumb and wrong. Really we should be denouncing these offense junkies as prideful wastrels who really ought to become monks.
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|WINTER BIRCHES, Kit Lang
As a child in Northern Ontario, it seemed the winters were a sea of white. Deep snow, ice, our white stucco house surrounded by birches - even the evergreens were covered by snow. The only colour to be found was in the creatures who lived in the woods: like this hare poised to leap away.
So many thanks to Kit for sending her contribution of this beautiful piece of fibre art for the SAQA 25th Anniversary Trunk Show Exhibition in Washington, D.C. in May. Kit's work is another beautiful example of the Central Canada talent that will be represented at the SAQA Conference and as the SAQA 2014 Trunk Shows are assembled and ready for sharing with the world.
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Well, I'm heading home and I don't think I'll come into the office tomorrow. In fact, I'm pretty sure I won't do anything tomorrow but read a book or two and relax. Oh yeah, and sleep late. Maybe post a couple things to the old weblog, take a walk along the beach in the afternoon. Decompress.
I might even make a move or two on It's Your Turn. I was a bit overwhelmed for a while; I joined too many tournaments at once and suddenly I was faced with over a hundred moves a day. It went from being a pleasant past time to an onerous death march through an unending litany of games every day. I broke down and started forfeiting games, something I am usually loathe to do.
Right now however, I am smarting after my brother laid down 'havior' on a triple word (and double letter) score, leaving me in his dust – again. At least I can take solace in the fact that more famous men than he have strained credulity with their Scrabble words. Havior – a perfectly cromulent word if there ever was one.


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Concert Review: Sleigh Bells
(Photos: DPC)
This scene has happened so many times: I'm at a show, the band's about to take the stage, I've successfully jockeyed for a good position on the floor and… awww shit. I left my earplugs in the car. There's probably a dozen of 'em in the glove compartment, but that ain't helpin' me now. So on the night of the Sleigh Bells show, I knew there was no margin for error; those spongy little nubs made it to my pocket hours ahead of time. Because if we know one thing about Sleigh Bells, it's that they will CRACK YOU IN THE SKULL with maxed-out, squeally distortions amped up to a merciless volume. And if there was any doubt, the formidable wall of Marshall stacks that lined almost the entire width of the stage presented a strong suggestion that we might literally be blown back a few feet once this thing got going.
It was with a menacing sort of drama that the duo took the stage. Guitarist Derek Miller cranked out the doomsday riff of Black Sabbath's "Iron Man" as frontwoman Alexis Krauss prowled through a haze of dry ice in a badass black leather jacket. Just before transitioning into show opener "Crown on the Ground," Krauss shed the jacket, revealing what I thought to be a Chicago Bulls jersey except… on the front was "Bells" and on the back was "Slay," so clearly this was no homage to NBA MVP Derrick Rose. (Note to merch people: I would totally buy this.) Paint-splattered leggings of shiny spandex, a studded leather glove, a pair of dinner plate-sized hoop earrings and, improbably, a clean white pair of Keds rounded out this hardcore ensemble. Krauss started out by riling up the audience ("I wanna fucking HEAR YOU!") but few and far between were those moments of engagement; though perhaps it better suits the Bells' style to just rip through their songs uninterrupted, no time for chit-chat when a wave is sweeping you into the undertow.
Sleigh Bells whipped through all of the Treats tracks save "Run the Heart," roughly in the order they appear on the record. Replacing "Heart" with superior B-side "Holly," Miller took his only spin on main vocals, a necessary respite for Krauss who was charged with the task of replicating all of the ear-splitting shrieks, screams and chatterbox vocalizations that, on the album, are stapled into the songs as samples. At times Krauss leaned her mic into the crowd to enlist our participation but you try singing along with the syncopated triplet-stutters of "Riot Rhythm": "Uh/ Uh-uh-uh/ Uh uh-uh/ Uh-uh uh/ Uh-uh-uh… You gotta march!" Easier just to yell out the word parts and stomp one foot on the downbeats. If a quiet moment was to be had, it was during would-be ballad "Rill Rill," the hammered chimes and high-octave melody inviting Krauss to slink instead of shatter. Her fluid, tattooed arms undulated, a dreamy confusion invoked by lyrics such as, "Click click/ Saddle up/ See you on the moon, friend."
Miller and Krauss seemed to be leaving the stage at the conclusion of "Rill Rill" but I thought for sure they were just slugging some water off-stage. It had only been half an hour! But really, that's all they got. Touring behind a debut LP that lasts only 32 minutes, it doesn't take long to exhaust the catalog. My hopes for hearing some adventuresome covers dwindled, but a kick-ass encore was sure to come, as Sleigh Bells would never just leave those A machines on the table. Ending with a breathy "Rachel," thrash-punk screamer "Straight A's" and finally, the non-sequitir-meets-roman-candle mantra of "A/B Machines," Sleigh Bells closed out the show leaving sweat, melted make-up and the beginnings of tinnitus in their wake. Filing out of a venue shouting, worn out and ugly? Not much feels more gratifying than that.


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Private View 6 June, Thursday, 6-8:30 pm
'The music of Shostakovich is humanity in sound.'
Aubrey Williams, 1986
Aubrey Williams's Shostakovich series was created in response to close listening, over a long period, to the symphonies and string quartets, of one of the greatest composers of the mid-twentieth century. Williams was in his mid-teens, an agricultural apprentice at a government college in Georgetown, Guyana, when he first heard the music of Shostakovich, a recording of Symphony No 1: '… he used a piano as just another instrument in the orchestra … and this music hit me really hard - I was hearing for the first time a sort of total sound … it had profound visual connotations - I could feel colour.' Something of the intensely kinaesthetic reaction of the young man to the music was carried into the ambition of the mature artist when, nearly forty years later, in 1980-1, in an astonishing burst of prolific creativity, he made the series of thirty Shostakovich paintings.
Williams was an erudite painter, deeply knowledgeable of European art and the theories of modernism: he was well aware of Kandinsky's ideas concerning colour and 'the spiritual in art', and of Baudelaire's idea that 'correspondences' can be discovered between the arts of music, poetry and painting. Williams had experimented for some time with the idea of using colour as the basis of formal equivalents but had not been happy with the results. Now, immersed daily in the sound world of the Russian composer, he set to work with a complete freedom from programme or premeditation.
For Williams, Shostakovich was universal in his creativity; his music had drawn so much from beyond the European tradition, from early Chinese, Indian, African music, from American jazz. It was a stupendous effort to bring into painting his passionate feeling for the music, and to convey in concrete terms something of its variety, its elemental power and its emotional structures. The outcome was a profoundly coherent body of work: - in response to Shostakovich's fifteen symphonies and fifteen string quartets, executed in less than two years - characterised by the most extraordinary variety and complexity of formal device, colour and spectacle. It was an astounding accomplishment, its scale and power matching anything in painterly abstraction made in the late twentieth century. Asked what he expected from his audience when they look at his work, Williams said, emphatically: 'To feel!' Confronted by these extraordinary paintings it is impossible not to feel an excitement that is both emotional and intellectual.
Text by Mel Gooding
Aubrey Williams (1926‐1990) was born in Guyana, where he spent his early years before studying at St. Martin's School of Art, London in mid-1950s. Following this Williams spent substantial periods of time working in studios in Jamaica and Florida, US. Williams' work has been exhibited both during his life and posthumously. Selected exhibitions include Walker Art Gallery, (2010, UK), Tate Britain (2007, UK), Whitechapel Art Gallery (1998, UK), Hayward Gallery (1990, UK), Guyana Museum (1990, 1970, Guyana) and others. His work is represented in a number of important international collections, including that of the Arts Council of England, British Broadcasting Corporation (UK), Tate Gallery (UK), Victoria & Albert Museum (UK), Contemporary Art Centre, (Kingston, Jamaica), Guyana House of Assembly (Georgetown, Guyana), National Collection of Guyana, Castellani House (Georgetown, Guyana), National Gallery of Jamaica (Kingston, Jamaica), Tuesday Magazine Boardroom (Chicago, USA).
Shostakovich: Symphonies and Quartets is organized in association with October Gallery, London.


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Tim Ream has won his first Man of the Match award in some style, claiming 42.3 per cent of the votes against Brentford.
The defender has been a rock in recent weeks and has come close to winning in a number of votes, but his performance in our 1-1 draw has now earned him the accolade for the first time this season.
His ball playing nature has seen him become an important part of Slaviša Jokanović's fluid side, and his 92 per cent pass accuracy against the Bees is around about his average for the season.
Sometimes pass success rates can be misleading, if a player only attempts a small amount, but Ream in fact delivered a staggering 89 accurate passes throughout the West London derby.
Ream was Fulham's second busiest player on Saturday with 108 touches of the ball, a number eclipsed only by Scott Malone's 116. In contrast, Brentford's most involved player was Yoann Barbet with just 62 touches, while their goalkeeper Daniel Bentley had 60.
There was very little between second and third in the voting, with Malone and Tom Cairney claiming 9.1 and 9 per cent of the vote respectively, ahead of fourth place Marcus Bettinelli who took 8.2 per cent.


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Unique Duplex Apartment benefiting from magnificent terrace and views.
Luxurious modern design - Fully furnished and equipped. Parkings.
- Exceptional apartment arranged on 2 floors with beautiful sea views
- Benefits from the finest quality materials and finishes
- Bright living room with American kitchen fully equipped, perfect exposure
- Magical south facing terrace with stunning sea view
- 2 bedrooms and 2 bathrooms
- Air conditioning, alarm, video system
- Parkings
Rental conditions :
- Security deposit : 2 months rent
- Rent payment 6 months in advance
- Agency fees : 10% of the annual rent (+VAT)
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This document does not form part of any offer or contract. All measurements, areas and distances are approximate. The information and plans contained herein are believed to be correct, however, their accuracy is not guaranteed. Pictures only show certain parts of the property at the time they were taken. This offer is available subject to any sale, removal of sale, change of price or any other conditions, without prior notice.


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As guest contributor for Ethical Hedonist – eco couturier Lucy Tammam sets off on a 6 week sourcing mission to find new, luxurious fabrics, meet potential producers and try to fit in a little R&R. Follow her Indian adventure on Ethical Hedonist to discover the life of London's top sustainable fashion couturier and how she works away from the atelier.
Glorious Goa
Well, after a whirlwind week and a bit so far in India, it was time for a break. I said goodbye to Mumbai and headed for one of my favourite R&R resorts, the wonderful Yab Yum on Ashwem beach, Mandrem, in Goa.
This glorious resort, owned and run by a couple of Brits, stands apart from every other beach side hut hotel in Goa. My accommodation was this fabulous "honey pod" over looking the sea and perfectly kitted out to accommodate even the fussiest of tourists (ie moi).
There is no nonsense here, no little bottles of shampoo and shower gel and there are polite requests to re-use your towels. Gladly! I love the little details inside the pods, designed especially for the resort – blue sheets (so much nicer than stained white ones usually found in such places), a torch to use in the evenings, and fabulous bathrooms which we'd usually find a few frogs loitering in! They also offer to refill your bottle with filtered water, to help reduce plastic waste!
What a wonderful time we had, doing very little but sitting on the beach, and eating fabulous home cooked food, which was made mostly using veggies from their very own gardens. We drank signature cocktails (who doesn't love a pina colada made with fresh pineapple juice?) and watched the most fabulous sunsets from the near enough private beach just in front of the resort.
Yours, basking in the sun,
Ms Tammam
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Adenomatous polyps are known precursor lesions for colorectal cancer and some hyperplastic polyps also have malignant potential. The use of aspirin and nonsteroidal anti-inflammatory drugs (NSAID) is associated with a reduced risk of adenomatous polyps; however, less evidence exists with regard to NSAID use and hyperplastic polyp risk. We conducted a colonoscopy-based case–control study including 2,028 polyp cases (1,529 adenomatous and 499 hyperplastic) and 3,431 polyp-free controls. Multivariate logistic regression models were constructed to derived adjusted ORs and 95% CIs as the measure of the association between NSAID use and polyp risk. Use of baby aspirin, regular aspirin, and nonaspirin NSAIDs, were associated with a reduced risk of adenomatous polyps (OR = 0.79, 95% CI: 0.66–0.93, OR = 0.73, 95% CI: 0.58–0.90, and OR = 0.67, 95% CI: 0.53–0.86, respectively). Baby aspirin was also associated with a reduced risk of hyperplastic polyps (OR = 0.74, 0.56–0.97). Although a dose response was seen with adenoma risk and regular use of any NSAIDs (less than 7 doses per week, 7 doses per week, and greater than 7 doses per week), a dose response was not seen with hyperplastic polyps. We found no evidence of interaction between NSAID dose and duration and polyp risk. The use of any NSAID regardless of type was associated with a reduced risk of adenomatous polyps; however, regular aspirin and COX-2 inhibitors use was not associated with hyperplastic polyp risk. Cancer Prev Res; 4(11); 1799–807. ©2011 AACR.
Colorectal cancer is the second leading cause of cancer-related mortality within the United States (1), and adenomatous polyps are established precursors for colorectal cancer (2). Although colorectal cancer screening tests are effective at reducing cancer-related mortality through the removal of cancer precursor lesions, the uptake rates for these procedures are low (3–5). Therefore, there is considerable interest in potential chemopreventive strategies for reducing colorectal tumors. To date, the most rigorously studied agents have been the nonsteroidal anti-inflammatory drugs (NSAID; refs. 6–8).
In randomized clinical trials, NSAIDs and selective COX-2 inhibitors reduced the risk of recurrent adenomas by as much as 45% (9–14). Emerging evidence suggests that some colorectal cancers may arise from certain hyperplastic polyps along the serrated neoplastic pathway. This pathway has several key differences to the classical adenoma–carcinoma pathway, including early mutations in BRAF and CpG island methylation (15). As such, it is important to determine whether NSAIDs may also reduce the risk of hyperplastic polyps. Only a few studies have evaluated this hypothesis, and the sample sizes for these studies were small (16, 17).
In the general population, it is estimated that approximately 5% to 27% of regular aspirin users concomitantly use nonaspirin NSAIDS (18–20). These numbers could be significantly greater as both aspirin and nonaspirin NSAIDs are available over-the-counter without requiring a prescription. Limited data exists examining the influence of both agents simultaneously on colorectal neoplasms. Although one might assume a synergistic effect, an earlier cohort study found that the addition of nonaspirin NSAIDs to regular aspirin use in women did not offer additional protection from proximal colorectal cancers (21). Herein, we report results from a large colonoscopy-based study involving 5,459 patients that evaluated the association of regular use of aspirin, nonaspirin NSAID, or a combination of the two on adenomatous and hyperplastic polyp risk.
Materials and Methods
Study participants
Participants were part of the Tennessee Colorectal Polyp Study (TCPS), an on-going colonoscopy-based case–control study conducted in Nashville, Tennessee. Study methods have been published elsewhere (22). Briefly, eligible participants, aged between 40 and 75 years, were identified from patients scheduled for either screening or diagnostic colonoscopies at the Vanderbilt Gastroenterology Clinic between February 1, 2003 and May 31, 2008 and the Veterans' Affairs Tennessee Valley Health System, Nashville campus between August 21, 2003 and May 30, 2007. Excluded from the study were patients with genetic colorectal cancer syndromes (such as hereditary nonpolyposis colorectal cancer or familial adenomatous polyposis) or a prior history of inflammatory bowel disease, adenomatous polyps, or any cancer other than nonmelanoma skin cancers. We excluded individuals with prior histories of colorectal adenomas or cancer to ensure that colonoscopy examinations would not be surveillance endoscopies. A total of 10,467 eligible individuals were contacted with regard to study participation. Ninety-three percent (n = 9,745) were approached prior to colonoscopy examination and the remaining (n = 722) were contacted after colonoscopy. Sixty-four percent of eligible individuals agreed to participant in the study and provided written informed consent. The Vanderbilt University and the Tennessee Valley Healthcare System Institutional Review Boards approved the study.
Exposure assessment
Trained interviewers conducted a standardized telephone interview following colonoscopy to obtain information on medication use, demographics, medical history, family history, reproductive history, anthropometry, dietary, and other lifestyle factors. Interviewers were blinded to the results of the colonoscopy examination. Participants were asked to report whether they had ever used aspirin (regular or baby aspirin) in the past 15 years or nonaspirin NSAIDs for at least 3 days a week over a duration of at least 2 months. Individuals responding "yes" to these questions were asked to report NSAID brands, duration of use, and frequency. Participants were asked to report on both prescription and over-the-counter NSAID use. For this analysis, we defined regular users as individuals taking aspirin or NSAIDS 3 or more times a week for a minimum duration of 1 year. We categorized NSAIDs users into specific subtypes on the basis of reported use patterns. These categories included users of regular aspirin only, users of baby aspirin only, users of nonaspirin NSAIDs (such as ibuprofen, naproxen, or indomethacin), users of selective COX-2 inhibitors only, and users reporting the use of 2 or more categories of NSAID, for example, aspirin along with ibuprofen. Each NSAID subtype was then categorized into dosing groups (fewer than 7 doses a week, 7 doses a week, and greater than 7 doses a week) and duration groups (fewer than 5 years of continuous use and 5 or more years continuous use).
Among 6,702 participants, 5,785 (86%) completed the telephone interview. We excluded 326 participants with incomplete data about prior use of NSAIDs. Our final study included 5,459 participants categorized as 3,431 polyp-free controls and 2,028 polyp cases including 1,146 cases with adenomatous polyps, 499 cases with hyperplastic polyps, and 383 cases with synchronous adenomatous and hyperplastic polyps. Because individual effect sizes for each NSAID category stratum were similar between combined adenoma only and synchronous adenoma and hyperplastic polyp cases, we combined these 2 groups together for these analyses.
Statistical methods
We compared age-adjusted differences between cases and controls using ANOVA for continuous variables or the Cochran–Mantel–Haenszel χ2 test for categorical variables. Unconditional logistic regression models were used to estimate the risk of colorectal polyps associated with NSAID use. All models were adjusted for age (continuous), sex (male, female), race (white, nonwhite), family history of colorectal cancer or adenomatous polyp in a first-degree relative (yes, no), educational attainment (high school or less, some college, college graduate, graduate, or professional education), body mass index (BMI, continuous), total energy intake (continuous), cigarette use (current use, former use, never use), regular alcohol use (current use, former use, never use), regular physical activity in the last 10 years (yes, no), use of hormone replacement therapy-for women only (ever, never), indication for colonoscopy (screening, diagnostic), study site (VUMC, VA), and year of colonoscopy. We calculated tests for trend by rank ordering the exposure categories and including this variable within the model as a continuous term. We stratified each NSAID category by dose and duration and adjusted these models using the same covariates used for our main effects model. Dose analyses were not adjusted for duration of use and duration analyses were not adjusted for dose used. We then constructed logistic regression models for each polyp location and polyp size (<1 cm, ≥1 cm). Polyps located from the cecum to just proximal of the splenic flexure were considered proximal, polyps located from the splenic flexure to the rectum were considered distal, and polyps found within the rectum were considered rectal polyps. For our analyses stratified by polyp location, we excluded 239 cases that had synchronous proximal and distal polyps and 89 cases with both rectal and nonrectal polyps. For hyperplastic polyps, we excluded 47 cases with polyps in multiple locations. To tests for possible interactions between aspirin use and nonaspirin NSAID use, we included the cross product of aspirin dose in pills per day (0, ≤ 7, and > 7) and nonaspirin NSAID dose in pills per day (0, ≤ 7, and > 7) as a continuous variables within our models and used the likelihood ratio test to evaluate potential multiplicative interactions of the two variables by comparing the models with and without the cross product term of these variables. We used a similar procedure to test for interaction between medication dose and duration (0, <5 years, and ≥5 years) for aspirin use and nonaspirin NSAID use. All statistical calculations were done using SAS version 9.2 (SAS Institute).
Age-adjusted characteristics of the study group are presented in Table 1. Participants with adenomatous or hyperplastic polyps were more likely to be male, currently smoking, using alcohol, less educated, less physically active, and have higher BMIs when compared with polyp-free controls. There was no difference between the groups with respect to family history of colorectal cancer or use of hormone replacement therapy. Cases were more likely to have undergone colonoscopy for diagnostic purposes.
For adenomatous polyps, there was a reduction in the OR seen for all NSAID categories (Table 2). Compared with individuals who were not using NSAIDs, effect sizes ranged from 0.79 (95% CI: 0.66–0.93) for baby aspirin users to 0.60 (95% CI: 0.47–0.76) for NSAID combination users. Baby aspirin use was associated with a statistically significant reduced OR for hyperplastic polyps (0.74, 95% CI: 0.56–0.97) compared with nonusers (Table 2). A significant dose–response relationship was seen for all aspirin and nonaspirin NSAID categories and risk of adenomatous polyps. No clear dose response was seen with NSAID use and hyperplastic polyp risk. Longer duration of use of either aspirin or nonaspirin NSAID did not result in any additional reduction of polyp risk (Table 2 and 4).
There was no clear evidence of a joint effect between dose of aspirin and dose of nonaspirin NSAIDs and adenomatous polyp risk (Table 3). We found no evidence of an interaction between NSAID dose and duration of use with adenomatous polyp risk (Table 4).
When stratified by polyp location, aspirin and nonaspirin NSAID use was associated with reduced risks of both proximal and distal adenomatous polyp, although the effect sizes were slightly larger for adenomatous polyps located in the distal bowel (Table 5). Aspirin and nonaspirin NSAID use was associated with a reduction in both large (≥1 cm) and small (<1 cm) adenomatous polyp risks (Table 6). For large adenomas, regular use of aspirin and nonaspirin NSAID use was associated with an OR of 0.64 (0.43–0.95) and 0.27 (0.15–0.48), respectively.
Consistent with prior studies, we found a reduced risk for colon adenomas in regular users of aspirin or nonaspirin NSAIDs (23–25). Although we found slightly larger effect sizes in individuals reporting regular use of both aspirin and nonaspirin NSAIDs, our test for interaction did not reach statistical significance. In addition, we found no evidence of a statistical interaction between the dose and duration of use for aspirin or nonaspirin NSAIDs. Both baby aspirin and nonaspirin NSAIDs seemed protective for hyperplastic polyps, which is consistent with previous studies of hyperplastic polyps (26–29). We found no association between use of COX-2 inhibitors and hyperplastic polyp risk; however, we had few cases and limited power to detect a true effect. The association of aspirin or nonaspirin NSAIDs with adenomatous polyp risk seems to be more prominent for distal than proximal polyps, although the difference was modest. Similar with prior studies, we found greater effect sizes associated with regular NSAID use for larger adenomas (23, 30).
Overall, we found a more pronounced effect of NSAIDS on adenomatous polyp risk as opposed to hyperplastic polyp risk. One possible mechanism for this difference in NSAID effects is likely related to the differential overexpression of COX-2 seen in adenomatous polyps as opposed to hyperplastic polyps. Although overexpression of COX-2 has been described in hyperplastic polyp specimens (31), the strength of COX-2 overexpression is less in hyperplastic polyps compared with adenomatous polyps (32, 33). Kawasaki and colleagues found that 28% of nonserrated adenomas had strong overexpression of COX-2 compared with only 4.2% of hyperplastic polyps (33). In addition, COX-2 overexpression in serrated adenomas seemed to vary on the basis of tumor location and polyp histopathology. For hyperplastic and sessile serrated polyps, distally located polyps tended to have stronger COX-2 overexpression although these sample sizes were small and this difference was not statistically significant. Other studies have also found that serrated adenomas have higher levels of COX-2 overexpression compared with hyperplastic polyps (32, 34). When stratified by location, we found stronger effects for most NSAID categories on hyperplastic polyps located distally or in the rectum, but these findings should be interpreted with caution as our numbers were very small and our estimates unstable.
In our primary analysis, we found a protective effect of nonaspirin NSAIDs on hyperplastic polyp risk. Two prior studies have found a significant reduction in OR for hyperplastic polyps in NSAID users compared with non-NSAID users (16, 17). In a large cross-sectional study including 391 cases, Lieberman found that daily NSAID use was associated with an adjusted OR of 0.75 (0.56–0.99) for hyperplastic polyp risk compared with nonusers (16). In a small case–control study of 81 subjects with hyperplastic polyps and 480 controls, Martinez found an adjusted OR of 0.34 (0.14–0.83) in daily nonaspirin NSAID users (17). In both of these studies, aspirin and nonaspirin NSAID users were combined into a single regular NSAID user category. In a third case–control study which included 219 hyperplastic polyp cases and 708 controls and evaluated aspirin and nonaspirin NSAIDs separately found a nonsignificant effect in nonaspirin NSAID users (OR = 0.60; 0.3–1.11) and no effect of aspirin use (OR = 1.0; 0.6–1.6) on hyperplastic polyp risk (35); however, it was not reported whether the aspirin being used was baby aspirin versus regular aspirin. Wallace and colleagues pooled 3 large chemoprevention trials together with a total of 237 left-sided and 90 right-sided serrated polyps and found a protective effect of aspirin (both 81 mg and 325 mg) for right-sided serrated polyps that was not seen for left-sided lesions (36). It is not entirely clear why we found stronger effects with baby aspirin use than regular aspirin use in our study. Wallace and colleagues found a slight increased effect size for 81 mg of aspirin as opposed to 325 mg aspirin on serrated polyp risk which was more pronounced in distal polyps (36). Of note, when the analysis included only advanced serrated adenomas, 325 mg of aspirin had larger effect sizes than 81 mg of aspirin. This might suggest that in less advanced serrated adenomas, and presumably those with lower COX-2 overexpression, baby aspirin may have a more pronounced effect than regular aspirin; however, this is speculative and there is no clear mechanism to explain these findings.
We found a possible suggestion of a weak joint effect between the simultaneous use of aspirin and nonaspirin NSAIDs, although our interaction term was not statistically significant. In the Iowa Women's Health Study, participants who occasionally used aspirin and regularly used nonaspirin NSAIDs seem to have the most benefit, however, women who were regular users of both medications did not seem to derive additional benefit (21). Intriguingly, this is a similar pattern that we found in our study. Our data would suggest that the addition of aspirin to regular nonaspirin NSAID usage is unlikely to result in a synergistic reduction of adenoma risk.
Only a limited number of studies have evaluated subsite-specific NSAID effects with respect to colorectal adenomas. A randomized controlled trial by Baron and colleagues on adenoma recurrence noted no difference in effect by adenoma site; however, this was a trial of aspirin use and did not include nonaspirin NSAIDs (9). In observational studies, Chan and colleagues noted no association of aspirin use and the risk of adenoma by location; however, the effect size for distal adenomas (RR = 0.75, 0.66–0.84) was slightly lower than those for proximal adenomas (RR = 0.81, 0.65–1.01; ref. 28). We found stronger evidence of subsite differences with nonaspirin NSAIDs as opposed to aspirin use, but these differences were not statistically significant and would be of little clinical importance.
Our study has several strengths. The TCPS is one of the largest colonoscopy-based case–control studies of colorectal polyps conducted, providing adequate power even for some analyses that were not possible in previous studies. Only patients with complete colonoscopies were included within the study ensuring an uncontaminated control groups. There are several weaknesses to the study. First, the TCPS is a case–control study and may be subject to recall bias. This bias, however, might be mitigated using an intermediate outcome such as adenomatous polyps. A second limitation is our ascertainment of nonaspirin NSAID use was based on retrospective recall of the participants of drug use patterns and thus might result in misclassification bias. This could result in an attenuation of our effect sizes. Finally, as part of the initial pathologic review, all polyps of the serrated pathway were classified as hyperplastic polyps. Thus, this category could represent a diverse group of clinically and pathologically distinct lesions with varying degrees of neoplastic potential.
In summary, baby aspirin, regular aspirin, nonaspirin NSAIDs, and COX-2 inhibitor use is associated with a reduced risk of adenomatous polyps, whereas baby aspirin and nonaspirin NSAIDs use is associated with a reduced risk for hyperplastic polyp. Concomitant use of both aspirin and nonaspirin NSAIDs may offer a slight reduction in polyp risk compared with either agent by itself; however, this effect is modest and not likely to offset any possible increase in NSAID-related adverse effects. We found no clear evidence of subsite-specific effects of NSAIDs for either adenomatous or hyperplastic polyps.
Disclosure of Potential Conflicts of Interest
No potential conflicts of interest were disclosed.
Grant Support
This study was supported through the National Cancer Institute grant P50CA 95103 and R01CA97386. H.J. Murff was supported by K07CA114029 and R01CA143288. The survey was conducted by the Survey and Biospecimen Shared Resource supported in part by the Vanderbilt-Ingram Cancer Center (P30 CA 68485).
The costs of publication of this article were defrayed in part by the payment of page charges. This article must therefore be hereby marked advertisement in accordance with 18 U.S.C. Section 1734 solely to indicate this fact.
- Received March 1, 2011.
- Revision received June 28, 2011.
- Accepted July 4, 2011.
- ©2011 American Association for Cancer Research.


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Liam Kinsella right at home in Walsall defence
Liam Kinsella admits he is thoroughly enjoying his new role as Walsall's right-back.
The 21-year-old, who joined the Saddlers when he was seven, played the majority of his football in central midfield or in the number 10 role before the start of this season.
But following a chat with boss Jon Whitney over the summer, it was agreed the youngster would look to cement his place in the team on the right side of defence.
Kinsella initially started the campaign behind Nicky Devlin.
But he was restored to the side for the draw at MK Dons last month.
And he has gone on to keep his place in the side since with a string of impressive displays against Doncaster, Southend, Newport and Shrewsbury.
"I feel this season I have progressed a lot in the right-back role," Kinsella said.
"It's helped nailing down that one position.
"It means the gaffer can look at you as someone who plays there.
"I have played in central midfield and as a number 10 but I feel comfortable at right-back.
"I enjoy the defensive side of the game. And I think defending is one of my strong points.
"It's been good playing in lots of different positions.
"But I felt this season it was important to nail down one and after speaking with the gaffer we agreed right-back was the best position for me."
Kinsella was initially a striker when he first joined the youth set-up at the Banks's Stadium.
But while he has spent the majority of his career further forward, he believes the primary role of a right-back is to defend.
"I joined Walsall when I was seven or eight," he continued.
"I was a striker back then and loved scoring goals. I've changed positions a lot over the years.
"But I think it's important to be flexible. I've met quite a few lads who had really good ability but their attitude wasn't there.
"As a right-back I put defence first.
"I want to keep a clean sheet, defend first and get forward after that.
"The attacking side is something I am looking to add to my game.
"I want to get forward as a right-back and try to get some assists as well as some goals."
A Republic of Ireland under-21 international, Kinsella was an unused substitute as his national side secured a 4-0 win over Israel last week.
He was also part of the squad that faced Norway yesterday.
And he believes his time away with the Boys in Green is also crucial for his development.
"It's a good experience travelling all around the world and going to places like Azerbaijan, Germany and Norway," he said.
"I haven't got as much game time as I would have liked.
"But it's always a good experience. Things I learn with Ireland I can bring back to Walsall.
"And the stuff I learn with Walsall I can take to Ireland. That can only help me on the pitch."


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Inter Milan and Jiangsu remove Walter Sabatini from sporting director duty
Walter Sabatini has been relieved of his duties as technical director of the Suning Group, the owners of Inter Milan, less than a year after he was hired.
The former Roma sporting director took on his role overseeing the transfer activities of Suning's two clubs Jiangsu and Inter last May, but a statement from the Chinese group on Wednesday confirmed the departure.
"Suning Sports and Sabatini have reached an agreement for the premature termination of our contract," read the statement published by La Gazzetta dello Sport. "Sabatini will no longer fulfil his role as technical director of Suning Sports. The club wishes him every success in his future employment."
On Tuesday, Sabatini had hinted that his spell with Suning was drawing to a conclusion.
"We're talking in a climate of total mutual comprehension, but Inter are Inter and it would have been nice to build something a little better," he said in an interview published on Inter's website. "I expect Inter to be Inter, as they have shown they can be, and fight to win to the very last game, which would be a consolation for an experience which has not been all that outstanding."
Disagreements over the Serie A club's transfer targets and Suning's apparent reluctance to invest large sums in new players are thought to be behind the separation, with Sabatini's hands largely tied by Financial Fair Play restrictions.
Inter coach Luciano Spalletti had given Sabatini and Suning a list of targets, including Paris Saint-Germain's Javier Pastore, but saw far less activity than he may have expected in both last summer's an the winter's transfer windows.
The Nerazzurri have won the race to sign highly-rated Argentinian forward Lautaro Martinez from the coming summer, though, with the player confirming the move earlier this week, while they look set to complete the free transfer signings of Stefan De Vrij from Lazio and Kwadwo Asamoah from Juventus.
Ben Gladwell reports on Serie A, the Italian national team and the Bundesliga for ESPN FC, UEFA and the Press Association. @UEFAcomBenG.
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text: I posted this on MT: Insider Training on fitTV While trying to locate an episode of Deadly Arts on fitTV I came across Insider Training, which appears to be a series on athletic training by athletes in various sports. This episode is about Jean Jacques Machado and explains the history and methods of BJJ competition, then focuses on his weight training, cardiovascular work, etc., routine, including interviewing at length his personal trainer Flavio DeOliverira about how he trains him. The first 15 minutes on an overview of BJJ was interesting; the rest on his intensive physical training to support his BJJ efforts was also of interest in that everyone knows it's going on but you rarely see such a detailed piece on the particulars of his weight training, cardiovascular work (beyond what he gets from actually grappling), etc. They did return to discussing actual BJJ competition later in the show. Gabrielle Reece was the host. Worth checking out!


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It's all coming down to this now. I have less than a month before AMW is released. Tasks are being completed and things are being finalized as the release date rapidly approaches. For that matter, this post will be the final monthly update on the progress of the novel.
All major edits to the manuscript are officially complete. While there are some tweaks that may need to be made here and there, for the most part, there aren't really any other changes that I really need to make. I devoted six months to editing the manuscript, and with that- along with the help from my editor- it looks a lot better than it did when I originally completed the writing. Now it's just all in the matter of getting it in the correct format in preparation for the release.
As I continue to be constantly reminded of from life itself again and again, sometimes you just got to do things yourself; and aside from editing, I've done more than that for my book. My brother wound up not designing the book cover after all; I did. It was more so out of the desire to step in because I got the idea for the cover more than anything else. But at the same time though, my actions were ever so convenient on my behalf, for my brother is never around- let alone has time of his own- anyway. I've always been a very visual person, and when I took the picture that is now the cover of my book, everything else fell into place, idea-wise. In my not-so humble opinion, I love how it looks, and I hope other people find it appealing enough to be drawn to.
Lo and behold; AMW has a theme song! It's definitely more than I asked for, for it's a song that I have loved and admired from the moment I first heard it over a year ago. The artist behind the making of this piece offered it up as the theme song, after hearing as to how I like it so much. I'm not going to say which song it is or the name of the artist just yet, but within the next month or so, I will announce it.
Friends and family are getting excited for it; so much as to where some of my classmates talked about it briefly prior to the commencement ceremony last week. For me, the feeling hasn't sunken in just yet, seeing to the tasks that still need to be done. However, now that a date has been decided, I know that more thoughts will be thought and more feelings will be felt once the date is on the horizon. I haven't as much assistance as I normally would have liked, but for those who did contribute at all in helping in any way, I thank you from the bottom of my heart.
AMW is almost here. My lifelong goal of writing a book is soon to be a reality (at a far earlier time in life than I otherwise would have expected). It's with that in mind that I'd like to announce that tomorrow, I will finally be revealing what AMW stands for and the book's release date.


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MissMolly wrote:Mike:
Glad to hear that the worst of the SBO is behind you and that you are back at home. Home is where true healing begins.
I have had a few open surgeries . . . And a few SBOs . . . One requiring surgical lysis of adhesions and several that decompressed with an NG tube and bowel rest.
My own opinion is that fate and chance play a large role in the incidence of SBOs. From my surgeon: Most SBOs occur within the first 12-16 months following abdominal surgery. The incidence reduces markedly after 12-16 months as scar tissue/adhesions mature and soften.
Following an acute SBO, as you have had, be cognizant that the segment of intestine above the "kink" or narrowing will remain inflamed and dilated and swollen for a few weeks (10 days-2 weeks). There can also be associated infra-abdominal inflammation (called stranding) due to the release of inflammatory markers and endocrine effects to mediate the stress response. Focus on hydration. Eat small portion sizes, graze. Soft, easy to digest foods (creamed soups, chicken pot pie, steamed carrot medallions).
Hot showers can relax abdominal and back tightened muscles and ease intestinal distress. Relax with a buckwheat microwave warm pack.
Here, too, is an importune time to use a titrated dose of an osmotic laxative (Miralax, Milk of Magnesia) or magnesium supplement (500 mg capsule or powder of magnesium citrate).
The key is to somewhat liquify the consistency of digested food material so that it can pass through swollen or restricted areas with greater ease as you heal from the after effects of the SBO.
People can develop acute constipation with retained food proximal to the area of SBO and this can mimic symptoms of the original SBO - this due to irregular motility, stop and start contractability of the traumatized small intestine coupled with swelling/effusion of the intestinal lumen. All to say . . . Your small intestine has been traumatized and will be in a state of flux and healing for 7-10 days. Keep to soft/easy to digest foods and small portion sizes, focus on hydration more than solid food intake, consider use of an osmotic laxative, move about and walk as you are comfortable to encourage the intestines to move and hum along in synch.
Welcome to the Adhesion's Club. The first "attack" is always frightening simply because it's onset is abrupt, intense, and unexpected. The pain is truly enough to bring you to your knees.
Fingers crossed, you may never experience another SBO. But if you do, you'll have this experience to draw upon to recognize symptoms and to guide you through to the other side.
NHMike wrote:I went without a BM for about 3 1/2 days and then it started slowly and then a day like today where it's about 15 hours of clustering. I must say that it's nice not to have to deal with bathroom stuff but not going for over two days gives me anxiety over a blockage. Water and gas were getting passed and that provides some reassurance but there is some relief when it happens. So I'm taking it easy this week, both with food and impact-type exercises.
I think that left-side sleeping does help a lot too.
Rikimaroo wrote:Wouldn't a blockage mean pain, not going for 3 days doesn't necessarily mean there is blockage? I mean there have been times where I don't go for the entire day, but that is because if I see any diarrhea I take two Imodiums right away. Overall things are getting better. Can't stand the unpredictability of going though
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The real Santa?
While investigating images and ideas for this series of articles I did a search for ethnic Santas. One caught my eye on a site titled: Rasta Livewire. Here you will find an interesting article telling the story of a man named Nicholas who the writer states is the person who inspired the idea of Saint Nicholas or Santa Claus.. The website states that the story was fashioned after a real person named Nicholas who was a member of the dominate class of Muurs and lived in Turkey. I am not a historian so I have no idea as to the true history of this person but I thought it was very interesting. You might enjoy checking out the article and perhaps expanding your idea of the origin of this popular cultural icon.
Thank you for spending time at Studio 24-7.
I love the idea of Santa no matter what
the origin. He is magic.


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Sport Integrity Framework: Player Welfare
11 June 2019
Ensuring the welfare of players both on and off the field, and at all levels of sport, is a critical element in the provision of sport.
For sport to enrich the lives of New Zealanders, player welfare should be front of mind for all those who deliver sport from grass roots through to high performance. Management, officials, coaches, medical personnel and many others have a role to play in supporting the health, safety and well-being of all those involved both on and off the field.
On the field this means focusing on things like minimising risk and appropriately managing injuries. Off the field this includes providing support and advice around issues that are both sport specific, and some that impact wider society. These might include drugs, prescription medication, relationships, gambling and social media use.
Sport NZ role
Sport NZ provides some support and high-level advice both to its partners and the wider sport system on many areas of player welfare. Sport NZ also supports the Sports Tribunal of New Zealand which provides dispute resolution services for athletes and the wider sector. High Performance Sport NZ (HPSNZ) provides an extensive range of support services to targeted high performance athletes, including medical, physiotherapy, sports psychology and nutrition and supplements advice. It also runs the Athlete Friendly Network which connects athletes with businesses providing quality services, resources and expertise of use in and out of the sport environment. HPSNZ also has a comprehensive Code of Conduct in place for staff working with high performance athletes.


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ELLWOOD CITY �Members of the Woman�s Club of Ellwood City held a closing dinner June 13 at Calvin Presbyterian Church.
Sandy Myers, president, opened the meeting and conducted a brief business meeting.
Reports were given by Jean LeViere, secretary, and Mary Lou Eonta, treasurer.
Thank-you cards were received from Holy Redeemer and the Ellwood City Area Public Library for contributions from the club.
Mary Ferrante reported on the next community blood drive, which is planned from noon to 6 p.m. Aug. 21 at Trinity Lutheran Church on Spring Avenue.
Eonta and Phyllis Moyer will provide cookies.
A card was signed for Louise Dobi.
Opal McConahy and Peg Tritt worked at the Ellwood City Hospital snack shop.
The social committee gave everyone in attendance a potted plant.
Installation of new officers was performed by Helen Bowers.
New officers are Myers, president; Norma McClintock, first vice president; Ruth Guy, second vice president; Donna Nagel, third vice president; Donna Baird and Barb Matthews, fourth vice presidents; Joan Evans and Sally Harley, recording secretaries; Edna Funari, corresponding secretary; Jean LeViere and Mary Lou Eonta, treasurers; and Mary Jean Schlemmer, Joan Poholsky and Kay Thompson, directors.
The program was for each member to share a treasured item or fond memory for their past.


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Come along with the Valley Spinners as we check out Pura Vida and the colors of Costa Rica from thespinningbox.com. Next month is Holi – Festival of Color. If you would like your own spinning box go to thespinningbox.com to get yours!
Come along with the Valley Spinners as we check out Pura Vida and the colors of Costa Rica from thespinningbox.com. Next month is Holi – Festival of Color. If you would like your own spinning box go to thespinningbox.com to get yours!
Come along with me as I go to the movies with the November Spinning Box from spinningbox.com. Complete with a side of buttered popcorn.
Come on a journey "Around the World" with the October Spinning Box from thespinningbox.com. Amazing fibers from some of the best fiber artist's around! Try a sampling of various fiber preparations as well as a fiber study sample of Lincoln Longwool.
Next month's box "At the Movies" is coming in November. September Spinning Box
…..enjoy the pig roast!
Come along to the "Luau" from thespinningbox.com! Get your beautiful lei and enjoy the pig roast. Fiber everywhere!
Next month we're going "Around the World" – get on board and get your box at thespinningbox.com
Come along for the party! Join me as I open my April spinning box from thespinningbox.com.
"Unique" roving created by spinners for spinners.
My wonderful spinning group "Spinning in the Shenandoah Valley Virginia" graciously agreed to help design their dream spinning fiber. Each one had an idea of the colors and blend that they wanted to create and we had a blast looking at fiber and imagining what the final product would look like. I so look forward to designing more roving with these wonderful spinners.
I loved their inspiration. Carlene, Day Dream, had a vision of the sky and clouds moving; Kay, Jungle Frog had a picture and created her fiber using those colors; Linda, Damselfly, had a picture in her head too and then found the Damselfly that was the perfect name for her fiber and Nancy , Apple Blossom, had a vision in her head of the colors of the apple trees in the area when they bud out in the spring.
I too have been designing fiber for projects and am excited to be offering these in our shop. Most of my creations have been created for the The Spinning Box, a monthly box of fiber put together by Mary Egbert. You can get yours at
I want to be able to create "Unique" and one of a kind projects and this is really a fun way to experiment with colors and textures, fibers and blends, and different spinning methods to get the perfect yarn for a project. Au Natural was designed to get my feet wet in spinning flax. The roving is Black Welsh, Natural Flax and Tussah Silk. The roving is a gray/black and the yarn translates to a brown/black/gray which would make a gorgeous sweater. The flax will offer some structure, the wool a little spring and the silk some softness.
All of the Designer Roving will be available in our shop and larger quantities can be special ordered.
My plans for 2018 include spinning and knitting hemp, ramie and bamboo then knitting up swatches and I have a ton of ideas and patterns for those.
I've been filming the opening of my spinning box from spinningbox.com for a while now and I've had multiple challenges over the years. First one was what do you use? Tried my computer and my camera…..okay results. Then bought a nice little video recorder and that created a very nice video but the lighting was off…..so I tried various ways to create adequate lighting….and final decided that outside in natural light was the best. That decision led to another problem!
I live next to a trucking company and on a busy highway. On to sound. I tried two different microphones but they only intermittently worked and as anyone who has seen any of the latest videos knows…..I've not had sound. Since you can only have ONE box opening there has been no going back for a redo so I kept on looking for a solution. This video I used an "interview" microphone. I have it hung in front of me (hoping to drown out the lawnmowers that seem to be out whenever I want to film).
Let me know how it sound!


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I'm bored.
Bored bored bored bored bored!
For no exciting reason, I'm away from home for a couple of days at short notice. Other than essential clothes and washbag, I have nothing with me save for my phone.
There's bugger all to do here.
I'm bored.
Mind numbingly bored.
And as usual, when I'm bored, all I can think of is sex.
I'm bored and horny.
All I have for entertainment is my smartphone and the internet.
Bored. Horny. And a world of erotica at my finger tips.
So where do I end up?
It's a web directory for escorts and I've browsed through the lists innumerable times before.
But for a twist of fate, I could so easily be away from home, bored and horny, perusing the virtual calling cards of local sex workers and, more importantly, on my own.
I recently chatted with someone who knows the state of my sexless marriage as well as you, Dear Reader, and I had the impression that, whilst she is devoutly dissolute, she somehow thought there was value in the fact that I haven't tried to unload my frustrated ejaculate into a cunt less unwelcoming than my Wife's. Since we have been together, I have never strayed.
Today, however, is somehow different.
Today, were it not for the aforementioned twist of fate that seems me not alone (and the lack of £120), I could easily see myself logging into Adultwork and sending a message to LittleRachel, or DarkGinger or SweetPartyGirl. DarkGinger is just a couple of years younger than me, claims to be a competitive triathlete so has the sort of physique that definitely catches my eye, is wearing rubber in one of her photos, and is only 20min drive from here.
There is one difference today.
Not the notion of fidelity.
Nor any doubt of dis-satisfying fuck.
And no concern of guilt.
Today, it is only the presence of my disinterested companion. And the absence of funds.
Were it not for two simple inconveniences, I believe I would† actually pay to fuck someone today.
[† Obviously, it's very easy to say you would do something, when you there is something actually stopping you.]


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Eileen F. DeBoer, 93 of Duluth, died Saturday, August 25, 2018 at Viewcrest Health Center, Duluth with her family by her side. Eileen was born October 17, 1924 to Edward and Mary Henrichs. She graduated from Duluth Denfeld High School. She met and married Richard DeBoer on January 18, 1950 in Duluth. She retired from the ticket office at the DECC. Eileen was a former member of St. Margaret Mary Church in Morgan Park. She enjoyed cooking, baking, dancing, traveling abroad, playing Bridge; spending time at the cabin on Big Pequaywan Lake, but most of all, Eileen enjoyed spending time with her family.
She was preceded in death by her parents, Edward and Mary; her husband Richard in 2009; her daughter in law, Cindy DeBoer and her son in law, Larry Bartsias.
Eileen is survived by her children, James (Margaret) DeBoer, Janet DeBoer, Brian DeBoer, Debbie (Jeff) Maida and Kelly "Colleen" Bartsais;
Brothers, Dick Henrichs and Jack (Joan) Bernt; grandchildren, Carrie (Jeromy), Pat (Bonnie) and Katie Natalie) DeBoer, Matt (Jamie), Michelle (Tyler) and Becca DeBoer and Josh (Danyelle), Jake (Kelli) and Joey Maida and 13 ½ great grandchildren.
Eileen's family would like to thank the staff at Viewcrest Health center for their loving care, especially her favorite, Mark.
Visitation will be Tuesday August 28, from 5-7pm in the Dougherty Funeral Home. Mass of Christian Burial will be 11am Wednesday, August 29, at St. Lawrence Church, 2410 Morris Thomas Rd. Duluth, MN. Interment at Oneota Cemetery. Arrangements by Dougherty Funeral home, 600 E 2nd St. Duluth, MN, (218) 727-3555.
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IT SEEMS that the defeats caused by legitimate forces in Yemen, populace resistance and Arab coalition to rebels in Yemen have made ousted Yemeni president Ali Abdullah Saleh suffer from bipolar political behavior.
In his recent speech, he said he wants to fight the coalition for a decade as he launches rhetoric and intimidations on one hand, and on the other hand, he speaks about conducting dialogue with the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia.
Saleh speaks with the tone of a beggar, wondering how he managed to establish this equation that has no answer.
He is making himself forget every major political crime he committed in his country when he opened the gates of Sanaa for the Houthis; allowing them to desecrate provinces, cities and towns after transforming the military which surrounded him for 30 years to become a family establishment that only moves through his son's orders.
How could he push the military to become affiliated with militias whom he fought against in seven wars? When he was moved by the lust of returning to power, he turned against himself and colluded with the militias.
Since the start of the crisis, the GCC nationals and majority of the Yemenis have been asking themselves: Didn't you know — Oh ousted president — that this group of militias is just a tool in the hands of Iran when you surrendered your country to them?
Indeed, you are not the direct agent of Mullah regime, but with your choice, you made yourself the face of their expansionism scheme when you allowed their gangs to occupy your country despite realizing that Yemen is not their only target as it will be the Revolutionary Guards' gate into Bahrain, Saudi Arabia, Kuwait and the UAE.
Once that happens, you will not have any authority even in your palace … By turning against the GCC initiative, isn't that considered public relinquishment in favor of those gangs and surrendering the keys of your country to the leaders of Tehran?
Undoubtedly, you know the geographical significance of Yemen in relation to Iran in its expansionism scheme to hurt the 'GCC' countries, in fact, all the Arab nations. Even if you claim that you did not know, we will never call you a fool because you are not telling the truth.
Throughout your reign, Yemenis intentionally forgot your lust for rule and transformation of the country's institutions into family farms, because, together with every GCC national, they exalted your unification of Yemen and your struggle to end the border dispute with the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia as a goodwill initiative. Even Kuwait forgave your mistake of supporting Saddam Hussein, when you apologized and said you didn't know his plans.
In spite of all these, many of us engaged in a battle for Yemen to join the GCC community. As you were rushing for that to happen, you upheld the principle, "Everything that is good happens at the right time." However, behind the curtains, you were mocking it because it got delayed for so long. Perhaps, it was a wise delay.
Throughout the three decades of your rule and since you were a sergeant until you became the president of Yemen Republic, we believed that your life experiences will led you to become a statesman. Unfortunately, you did not benefit from the experience in the world of politics. This was affirmed when you threw your country into the savage's mouth immediately after you saw the mirage of your return to power.
Didn't you see thousands of deaths, injuries and destruction caused by Houthi gangs in the past two years? Wasn't your conscience moved towards that throughout the past months, or was your conscience under renovation?
Hence, what are you betting on to have a dialogue with Saudi Arabia while you are in your position to protect the aggressors?
My advice is go back to the initial demeanor by expiating all the sins you have committed in the past and wash your hand from following the Houthis. Return to your senses so that you do not remain in the captivity of the criminal court in Hague, along with the leaders of that gang, because by that time, regret will be futile.
In my opinion, it is not too late to rectify your course. Perhaps, there will be something to dialogue about, but today, from the position you are in, dialogue will be a joke which will not amuse anyone.
By Ahmed Al-Jarallah
Editor-in-Chief, the Arab Times


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Are you stressed? The answer I'm guessing is yes... along with almost everyone else I can think of. How many of you feel like you're just juggling way too much but don't know to manage it?
I'm going to give an analogy of a bucket. Not any kind of bucket though, this one is called a threat bucket. In this analogy, you place all your stressors into the bucket (financial problems, family, weather, training, nutrition, sleep, etc.) and when the bucket overflows it means you have tried to take on too many stressors and it means the end of you! Luckily, this bucket has a coping mechanism, picture a valve or a hole in the side of the bucket. The hole prevents your bucket from overflowing, but the trade-off is that anything that comes out of the valve is a negative output (usually in the form of pain or disease). The concept is that your brain and body cannot keep taking in a bunch of stressors and just expected to vanish, they have to go somewhere! So if you feel pain and there is nothing structurally wrong, you're probably stressed and the pain you feel is your brain's way of telling you that you need to change something.
The result of this turns into some kind of pain telling your body to slow down and reduce how many stressors are in your bucket. The kind of pain you may feel can show in many different forms: headaches, low back pain, that achy knee you thought was healed, problems sleeping, rashes, anxiety, depression, etc.
So what do we do about this? Well, being a Personal Fitness Trainer for 6 years has its advantages. I have seen a specific pattern that I see not only in my clients' lives but in my friends and family, too. This pattern is that most tend to not slow down and decrease their threat bucket levels until the symptoms of it pouring out start to show. Giving myself as an example, I have been diagnosed with depression about 3 years ago. While still balancing training, work, and life my depression was not getting any better - in fact it was getting much worse. Trying all the obvious remedies: anxiety and antidepressant pills, talk therapy, journaling, forcing myself outside my bedroom more... I thought I ate relatively healthy, eating salads, vegetables, fruit, pasta, bread, olive oils, etc. Little did I know at the time depression starts in the gut (not the brain) and my nutrition (or lack thereof) was relatively filling a huge chunk of my threat bucket. I sampled with different foods and took my pulse and temperature before and after eating (this is a great way to find if your metabolism is slowing down or speeding up by eating certain foods) and found what worked and what didn't. After a month of eating foods that supported MY metabolism my depressive and anxiety ridden periods decreased significantly. This is a fine example of how pain and the threat bucket analogy works.
This is especially important with the majority of my readers here being triathletes to re-evaluate the stressors in your lives. A large portion of our threat bucket is filled with the hours upon hours of training we do each week. Your increase in threat bucket levels may or may not be food - like it was me, it may or may not be money, or family/friends, or headaches, etc. but in the end you did answer yes to the very first question I asked you at the start of this post didn't you? The point is, the pattern I have seen over the years is that people don't reduce their threat bucket levels unless it starts to overflow, unless it starts to show debilitating symptoms where it forces us to finally take that sick day off of work and/or training. By lowering our overall stressors we will not only have happier lives, we can also live healthier and perhaps have enough energy to get in that extra training session. My question I will leave you with is why do we constantly risk that level getting so high so often?


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As a child, Jason Walker would beg family members and friends to allow him to cut their hair. Sometimes he would pay them $5 for the privilege.Those days are now well behind Walker, a 27-year-old …
As a child, Jason Walker would beg family members and friends to allow him to cut their hair. Sometimes he would pay them $5 for the privilege.
Those days are now well behind Walker, a 27-year-old Jasper native who recently got his big break as a barber on the set of "My Brother's Keeper." The film, set to be released next year, stars T.C. Stallings ("War Room," "Courageous") as a veteran struggling with PTSD and his faith. Co-stars include Joey Lawrence, Keshia Knight Pulliam and Robert Ri'chard.
Now that he has found success, Walker can joke about how he got his start in barbering at age 10.
"I started on myself. These were horrible haircuts, horrible. My friends were like 'I will take you and pay for your haircut. Just stop cutting your hair,'" Walker said, laughing at the irony that some of these friends now pay him to cut their hair.
At 16, Walker started work at Eric's Beauty and Barber Salon in downtown Jasper.
He harbored dreams of playing in the NBA but accepted the responsibility of helping with household bills at age 17 when his mother lost her job and her health.
"It locked me into responsibility at a young age. That made me who I am today because I know the difference between what's important and what's not, the value of having long-term goals and getting there by doing it the right away. Getting there overnight is not even a reality," Walker said.
Walker graduated from Walker High School in 2010 and moved to Smiths Station two years later.
Determined to advance in his chosen field, he obtained his barber's license and then worked his way through the Rivertown School of Beauty's master's level program in nearby Columbus, Georgia, so that he would be qualified to teach.
Walker also continued to travel to barbering competitions, where he put his design skills to the test against contestants from around the nation.
He attended his first barber battle in Atlanta while still in high school and came in third place among student participants.
Out of the many competition categories, Walker preferred the freestyle competition, wowing the crowd with the lifelike portraits that he could create on the back of a person's head.
His Richard Pryor design is a personal favorite. He has also turned other historical figures such as Jackie Robinson, Ray Charles and Nelson Mandela into hair art.
The Mandela design caught the eye of a celebrity barber at a competition in Dallas in 2014.
"He pulled me on stage, cut the music off and gave me a humungous shout-out. He said, 'He came all the way from Alabama. This is what I call dedication to your craft.' I was on a high after that," Walker said.
Walker practiced his design skills on a barber shop customer who usually couldn't afford to pay for a haircut. He believes that barber schools are doing students a disservice by only teaching traditional techniques and not design.
"In the real world, people want that and will pay good money for that. One of my goals is to implement a design course in barber schools," he said.
When barber battles didn't offer him the big break that he wanted, Walker began visiting recording studios in the Atlanta area and offering his services. He was soon offered a job at Soul Asylum Studios.
The opportunity to work on "My Brother's Keeper" came through a former client who now works as a celebrity stylist.
His stint on the film, which lasted for 15 days in June, got off to a rocky start when there was miscommunication among the crew about the hair style of Ri'chard's character. Ri'chard, whose credits include "Coach Carter" and the TV series "One on One," got upset when he realized that he wasn't getting the high haircut that he expected.
Walker stood his ground, surprising Ri'chard with his boldness, and fixed the mistake to the star's liking.
"He said, 'I've had three barbers in my life and you cut better than all of them. Do you want to take a picture together?' He was treating me like a celebrity then," Walker said.
Walker was also given a small role in the film during a barbershop scene, and he secured a spot for his mother as an extra in a different scene.
Walker hopes to get more work on films in the future so that he can accumulate the hours required to be in a barber's union, which would bump his starting pay on productions to $56 per hour.
In the meantime, he continues to work at a barber shop in Smiths Station on a limited basis and as needed at Soul Asylum Studios.
He mostly keeps busy traveling from state to state to meet longtime clients.
He is also working on a barber's clothing line, B.O.B. (Best of Barber) Clothing, set to launch soon, and hosts barber arts seminars. The first seminar was held in Georgia last year, and the next will be in his hometown of Jasper.
"My goal is to change the mind of barbers believing in their own mediocrity and to be the leader of the new generation of barbers," Walker said.