Simply the best indie music of the week from the Middle East coming to you on the best Talk Radio station in the Middle East.
And this week we have a treat as Saffron Collins rocked by to share her latest single that has been released by Universal Music, really good and we had a chat with Saffron.
James, Saffron and Adam talking music.
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The Playlist.
Jay Wud ft. Anthony Touma - Evil In Me
Palayan - White
Hana Malhas_Nasi
Saffron FEAT Hoops - Chewed Up
Saffron_How's That
Adonis - Awwal W Jdeed (S. Gainsbourg cover)
The Bunny Tylers_It Seems It All Disappears
Friday, February 23, 2018
DIYRadio February 21, 2018
It is always a good night when Colin and Dan from WeWillFixIt.com join us in the studio to talk about home repair and maintenance.
Maybe you have no desire to fix stuff around the home BUT it sure is nice to know what is involved so when the repair guy comes in you can talk with authority and not get over billed or worse.
This is simply some of the best radio on the planet, the tool shed on radio.
This week it was all about he questions.
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The show notes.
Maybe you have no desire to fix stuff around the home BUT it sure is nice to know what is involved so when the repair guy comes in you can talk with authority and not get over billed or worse.
This is simply some of the best radio on the planet, the tool shed on radio.
This week it was all about he questions.
Click here for the podcast.
The show notes.
Lots of Questions Have Come In.
Why screws are better than nails?- Dubai cement wall construction, ‘blast holes’, little chance of whatever you hang falling, easy of filling on removal. No need for major repairs & repainting.
‘I did it...i put my finger in a neked wire to c if it has a current’- ARE YOU CRAZY! You could have killed yourself!! (AC Tech on roof etc.) Electrical tester pens are 5dhs!
‘The screws removing tools are called extractors, some people call them easy out’- Thanks- had a mind drain. Available in a set on Souq.com for 49dhs & delivery
‘Can’t find crystal clear shrink tube anywhere in Dubai 1 inch diameter. Any suggestions on where I can find it? Thanks John’- Shrink tube used to cover an electrical wire join usually after soldering. Put the shrink tube over one of the wires BEFORE soldering, solder the 2 wires together (either place them parallel or a tidy twisted join), slide over shrink tube & use the soldering iron to shrink the tube so its tight over the joint. Clear shrink tube- no surprise its difficult as the shrinking process can leave small burn marks. Hence usually coloured. Souq- multipack for 15dhs PE Heat Shrink Tubing 2mm Dia-KT-1502
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‘Do toilets have a 1 way valve or something to stop sewage odour from entering the villa? We are getting smell in our WC and wonder if there is a valve issue?’ U-bend is designed to keep water in the toilet forming a seal for air. Can ‘blowout’ if an air surge happens within the room pushing the water out. Same with sinks & showers. Flush toilets not regularly used every few days & run taps to make sure there is always water in the u-bends & bottle traps.
Our front door latch doesn’t line up to the fame, building happening in the area maybe the villa shifted, how do I fix this is there an easy way? Often caused by basis ‘settlement’ of a property often 2-5 years after construction. Easy way is a bit of a bodge- remove striker plate & using a chisel extend latch hole (usually downwards). Try closing the latch again to check you have no impediment & then re-mount the striker plate in the new position.
-Can we talk about AC issues, service- Next week! Big topic with lots to discuss.
‘we have ceiling fan outlets on the ceiling but no fans are they easy to install?’ Yes but… no but! If they are designed as ceiling fan outlets, it should be as easy as attaching a light fixture however often much more complex especially if there is a separate wall-mounted multi-speed controller which may require electrical rewiring. Flush-mounting a ceiling fan also not easy due to wiring etc.
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TechTalk February 20, 2018
We are all drawn to technology whether we want to be or not, that phone you are using is jammed full of tech.
Every week Andrew Thomas drops in on Nightline to talk about what is going on in the world of technology and help us make sense of what we are being confronted by.
Those are 2 faces you can trust!
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Every week Andrew Thomas drops in on Nightline to talk about what is going on in the world of technology and help us make sense of what we are being confronted by.
Those are 2 faces you can trust!
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And here are the notes with the links!
Little bits
Facial rec
Token ring
Hot wheels
Facebook speakers - alexa killer
Winter olympics
Check this out!
Another must have!
We need these!
Their $130 footwear contraption is called Turbo Jetts (with two T's). On one foot is an 80-watt, gear-driven motor with a battery capable of propelling you up to 10 miles per hour for 30 minutes. Its max weight limit is 176 pounds.
Turbo Jetts, unlike Heelys, fit over your sneakers. This is a big plus because — let's be real — Heelys were ugly AF. They were big and heavy and just made you look like a total dork (it's still debatable which was worse: Skechers or Heelys).
LG has a great idea, high light low energy screen!
Just because LG is shying away from typical smartphone release cyclesdoesn't mean it will have nothing big to show in 2018. Well-known leaker Evan Blass has heard that LG is planning to unveil a new flagship phone, nicknamed Judy. The star attraction, as with the G6, would be the display -- though not for the usual reasons like size or resolution. Judy would have a 6.1-inch, 18:9 ratio screen whose MLCD+ technology (which includes white sub-pixels) promises a high 800-nit brightness while consuming 35 percent less power than a typical IPS LCD panel. You could use the phone outside on a sunny day without killing your battery as quickly as usual.
This Cayola pen is cool it writes with melted crayons on anything
-I want this
Dart aircraft will ship in February, and is running a pre-order campaign for barebones (just the propeller module and two templates) and standard (wheels and Japanese aerobatic papers) kits that start at $29 and $37 respectively. Higher-priced packs offer additional modules and stands for your aeronautics-minded friends.
Most of the kits will arrive later in the month, although a few (including the standard Solo kit) might not ship until May.
Accelerated Mobile Pages AMP, this seems cool!
Google kicked its Accelerated Mobile Pages initiative up a notch and took its seat at the Stories table with today’s announcement of the launch of AMP Stories.
In the same vein as Snapchat Stories and Instagram Stories, the new AMP Stories combine text, images, videos and graphics.
AMP stories were also developed with load speed in mind, much like mobile sites that already incorporate the Google AMP framework, as well as Facebook’s Instant Articles.
-mobile 1st
-tappable interactions
-immersive
-works across devices
We will see…
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CarClinic February 20, 2018
There is no question that one of the few things that we all own or strive to own is a car.
Once we own a car we are part of the club that invests, sometimes, huge amounts of money to keep those cars running.
Well, Glenn Power joins the show from GT Auto Centre to offer no nonsense advice on car repair and maintenance.
If we could drive a car into the studio we would!
This week we had some great questions about brakes and turbos.
And of course we had all those great questions about things you are not sure about in the middle.
As always a great show to learn about auto maintenance.
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Once we own a car we are part of the club that invests, sometimes, huge amounts of money to keep those cars running.
Well, Glenn Power joins the show from GT Auto Centre to offer no nonsense advice on car repair and maintenance.
If we could drive a car into the studio we would!
This week we had some great questions about brakes and turbos.
And of course we had all those great questions about things you are not sure about in the middle.
As always a great show to learn about auto maintenance.
Click for the podcast.
And here are the notes to follow along!
@glennthatcarguy
-brakes Q from last night
-turbo Q from last night
-when they talk about engine displacement what are they, the auto shops talking about
-can a regular garage work on a hybrid engine?
-is it possible to install self dimming mirrors on any car they seem to be the new thing on cars
-how do I know if a master cylinder is failing
-get a low growling sound when turning the steering wheel what might be the issue
-how might air get in the brake master cylinder
-how do we know where to place the jack of a car?
-easy way to loosen tight lugs?
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GetFitRadio February 19, 2018
On a weekly basis Nightline becomes your fitness connection for an hour.
Marcus Smith joins us on the show to help you unpack those things that are on your mind about the fitness universe, that is frankly over complicated.
Information, entertainment and motivation is what Marcus brings to the table and a healthy dose of inspiration.
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What makes this show worth a listen is the fact that we dive into your questions but we also take a good hard look at what others are saying online.
The notes.
Marcus Smith joins us on the show to help you unpack those things that are on your mind about the fitness universe, that is frankly over complicated.
Information, entertainment and motivation is what Marcus brings to the table and a healthy dose of inspiration.
Click for the podcast.
What makes this show worth a listen is the fact that we dive into your questions but we also take a good hard look at what others are saying online.
The notes.
-1st show since the Marathon that we do together
-you are back from the epic bike v truck incident, remarkable the speed of getting going but not surprising. Appreciate the heads up and that you are back on the show. We don’t need to talk about the accident. But maybe without context we can talk about being hyper aware on the roads as everyone is trying to kill you.
Little tweaks to the website looks nice.
-Are you surprised by the amount of non-clean food in our health care facilities?
-how to prep for 1st crossfit comp
Q.Summer swimsuit ready what kind of all body workouts are you recommending?
Q. Marcus/James I am taking longer to recover from runs and I am feeling more and more hip issues any ideas people are telling me to stretch more.
Q. Team, blood circulation and faster recover is there any truth to the relationship?
Actually!!!!
Q. how long should we stay at max heart rate while training?
Q. What are the fitness benefits of handstands?
Q. Worst advice you have heard a fitness professional giving?
Marcus this is cool!
92 Bodyweight Workouts that Will leave you feeling awesome
- 10 rounds of 10 second “L” sits off the floor
- “Susan” – 5 rounds for time: Run 200m, then 10 squats, 10 push ups
- Run 1 mile and at every 1 minute complete 10 air squats, 10 push-ups, 10 sit-ups
- 10 Rounds for time: 10 burpees, 100 m sprint
- 10 handstand jackknife to vertical jump, 10 handstand jackknife to tuck jump, 10 handstand jackknife to straddle jump.
- 3 Rounds for time: 10 Handstand push-ups, 200 m run
- 6 Rounds for time: 10 push ups, 10 air squats, and 10 sit-ups
- 10 rounds for time: 10 push-ups, 10 squats, 10 sit-ups
- 10 rounds for time: 10 push-ups, 100m dash
- 5 rounds for time: 10 push-ups, 10 hollow rocks, run 200 meters
- 10 rounds: 10 push-ups, 10 squats
- 10 rounds for time: 10 hand-release push-ups, 10 v-sits, then 10 squats
- 10 rounds for time: 10 sit-ups, 10 burpees
- 4 Rounds for time: 10 vertical jumps, 10 push-ups, 10 sit-ups
- 5 Rounds for time: 10 vertical jumps, run 400 meters
- 10 rounds for time: 10 walking lunges, 10 push-ups
- 10 sets of 100 m dash (rest is length of time it took you to complete the last 100 m sprint)
- 100 air squats, rest 3 minutes, 100 air squats, rest 3 minutes, 100 air squats
- For time complete 100 air squats
- For time complete 100 burpees
- For time: 100 jumping jacks, 75 air squats, 50 push ups, 25 burpees
- For time: 100 push ups
- 10 to 1 ladder: Burpees and Sit-ups
- 10 to 1 ladder: sit-ups/pushups and a 100 meter sprint between each set.
- 10 sets of: 30 second handstand hold followed by holding for 30 seconds at bottom of squat
- 10 x 50 meter sprint (rest is 2 minutes between sprints)
- 3 Rounds for time: 20 jumping jacks, 20 burpees, 20 air squats
- 4 Rounds for time: 20 ab mat sit-ups, 20 push-ups, 400 meter run
- For time complete 200 air squats
- For time complete 250 jumping jacks
- 3 Rounds for time: Run 1/2 mile, then 50 air squats
- 5 Rounds: 3 vertical jumps, 3 squats, 3 long jumps (rest as needed)
- 3 Rounds: 30 push-ups, 30 second handstand
- 5 Rounds: 30 second handstand against a wall, followed by a 30 second static hold at the bottom of the squat
- 5 rounds: 30 second handstand, 60 second squat hold ( at the bottom of the squat)
- 3 x 20 tuck jumps, followed by 3 x 30 second handstand holds
- 3 rounds for time: 400m run/sprint followed by 30 air squats
- 4 sets x 25 jumping squats
- 3 rounds for form/technique: 5 handstand to jackknife to high jump, 5 handstand to jackknife to tuck jump, 5 handstand to jackknife to split jump
- 20 rounds: 5 push-ups, 5 squats, 5 sit-ups
- 10 Rounds: 5 push ups with a 30 second plebs plank (a hold at the top of the push up, arms extended and body tight like a plank!).
- 5 Rounds: 200 m dash (rest is the length of time it took you to complete the previous 200m dash)
- 50 air squats x 5. Rest equal amounts as it took to do each 50.
- 50 air squats, 4 rounds. rest for 2 minutes between rounds.
- 50 sit-ups, 400 meter run or sprint or walk. 3 rounds.
- 5 x 400M sprints (rest is the same time it took you to complete the last 400m sprint)
- 7 rounds for time: 7 squats, 7 burpees
- air squat x 10 push up x 10 sit up x 10 3 rounds for time
- Air squatsx20, Burpiesx20, Push-Upsx20 – 3 rounds…for time
- bottom to bottom ( rest at the bottom of the squat instead of standing….without support on your hands or butt and make the bottom good, straight back, butt back)…..Tabata squats.
- Burpee to the push-up position, do 10 push ups, burpee out. 5 rounds.
- Do one air squat and take one breath, (you can breathe all you want while you do the squat or squats) do 2 and take 2 breaths etc…up to 10, and then come back down to one.
- Do Tabata Squats with eyes closed.
- Handstand 1 minute, hold the bottom of the squat for 1 minute, 5 rounds.
- Handstand 10 seconds jack-knife to vertical jump. 25 reps…
- Handstand 30 seconds and 10 squats, 8 rounds.
- handstand 30 seconds and 20 air squats, 5 rounds.
- handstand 30 seconds, to squat hold 30 seconds. 10 rounds.
- Handstand 5x 30 seconds. Run: 2x 800 meters for time. Do the handstands first. Rest and recover and do the runs with a rest in between that is as long as it took you to run your first 800.
- handstand hold, 30 seconds, squat hold 30 seconds…10 rounds.
- Handstand practice, 25 tries at free handstands, then a 1 mile run at 80%.
- Handstand to Jack-Knife to vertical jump. 30 Reps.
- Handstands, 30-second hold, 30-second static squat, 30-second rest, 8 rounds.
- If you cannot do “man's style” do your pushups from the knees. After that do 100 air squats for time.
- Invisible Fran…21-15-9 of air squats and push ups for time.
- Mime 4x 25 sumo deadlift high pulls, make them perfect. Be sure the hips extend before the arms bend!
- Plebs plank, the bottom of squat, hollow rock hold, 30 seconds each for 10 rounds. Use the transition times as your rest periods…they should be as brief as possible.
- Run 1 mile and do 10 push-ups every 1 minute.
- Run 1 mile for time.
- Run 1 mile with 100 air squats at midpoint, for time.
- Run 1 mile, lunging 30 steps every 1 minute.
- Run 1 mile, plus 50 squats-for time.
- Run 1 mile, stopping every minute to do 20 air squats.
- Run 1 minute, squat 1 minute 5 rounds.
- run 200 meters, 50 squats, 3 rounds
- run 400 meters, 50 air squats. 4rounds.
- run 400m air squat 30 handstand 30 seconds 3 rounds for time
- Run with high knees for 15 seconds and drop into a pushup, get back up and run with high knees again for 15 seconds…….repeat 5x. Each pushup counts as 1 rep. Rest. Do 3 more rounds.
- spend a total of 3 minutes in a handstand.
- Spend a total of 5 minutes in a handstand or headstand. If you are using the headstand do not stay over a minute at a time.
- Sprint 100 meters, Walk 100 meters, 10 rounds.
- sprint 100m 30 squats…8 rounds.
- Sprint 200m and do 25 push ups, 3 rounds.
- sprint 50 meters, 10 push-ups. 10 rounds.
- Tabata Squats: 20 seconds on 10 seconds rest, 8 rounds. Count your lowest score.
- Tabata Push-ups.
- Tabata squats and Tabata pushups.
- Ten vertical jumps ( jump as high as you can, land and do it again), 10 push-ups 5 rounds.
- Test yourself on a max set of push ups…tight body chest to the floor…full extension!
- Walk 100 meters on your hands, even if it is 2 meters at a time.
- 10 Rounds for time: Run 100 meters, then 20 air squats
- 4 Rounds: Hold a handstand for 30 seconds or do 5 handstand push ups, then run 400 meters
Just love this.
Perspective is everything in life… choose a Great Day!
Like these suggestions for breathing life into the routine
-supersets,add a move,reverse direction, move your feet, add variety (change coach or class)
Strength training and running, useful thinking here
Another cool cardio workout
Dean’s Indoor Cardio Workout
Repeat this quick 15- to 20-minute workout five to six times a day (twice if you’re just starting out). As you get used to the sequence, you can swap in exercise variations as desired. For example, burpees can take the place of lunges and crunches can be swapped out for planks. Here’s an overview, followed by exercise instructions:
Begin With:
Traditional push-ups: 20 reps
Close-grip push-ups: 10 reps
Wide-grip push-ups: 10 reps
Standing push-ups: 10 reps
Transition To:
Pull-ups: 15
Transition To:
Chair dips: 50
Transition To:
Hanging leg-ups: 20 reps
Transition To:
Jumping lunges: 50 reps
Transition To:
Chin-ups: 15 reps
Transition To:
V-ups: 60 reps
Crunches 30 reps
Stationary leg crunches: 30 reps
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