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Frank McAvennie
|Personal information
|Full name
|Francis McAvennie
|Date of birth
|22 November 1959
|Place of birth
|Glasgow, Scotland
|Playing position
|Youth career
|Johnstone Burgh
|Senior career*
|St Mirren
|West Ham United
|West Ham United
|Aston Villa
|South China
|→ Swindon Town (loan)
|St Mirren
|National team
|Scotland U21
|Scotland B
|* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only
Francis McAvennie (born 22 November 1959) is a Scottish former footballer, who played as a striker for St Mirren, West Ham United and Celtic, having had two spells with each of these clubs. With Celtic he won the Scottish Premier Division in 1987–88 and the Scottish Cup in 1988. He was capped five times at senior level for Scotland during the 1980s, scoring one goal.
Early life[edit]
Born in Glasgow, Scotland, McAvennie grew up in Milton and attended St. Augustine's School also in Milton.[1][2][3]
Club career[edit]
Early career[edit]
McAvennie started his playing career in Scottish Junior League football. In 1979 during an amateur game with a local side, the 200 Club, in Kirkintilloch, McAvennie, playing well, came to the attention of local scouts. He was recommended to local junior side Johnstone Burgh signing for them for a £500 fee.[3] He completed a trial for Partick Thistle playing in a single game where he was sent on as a substitute only to be substituted off in the same game and be told by manager Bertie Auld that he would never make a career in the game of football.[3] Before turning professional, he had joined the Territorial Army and later had trials with the British Army but was not accepted for a role with them due to his inability to hit the target during shooting practices.[4] He also had a spell working as a road sweeper.[1] He did not move into professional football until he joined St Mirren in 1980, at the age of 20. His league debut came in the 1981-82 season in a 4-3 defeat of Airdrieonians. Playing as a Midfielder, McAvennie scored two goals.[5] In 1982, he was named Scottish PFA Young Player of the Year.[6] He would make 135 league appearances for them over the next five years, scoring 48 goals.
West Ham United[edit]
His strong form in Scotland attracted attention from south of the border and McAvennie had talks with Luton Town and their manager, David Pleat, in the summer of 1985. With talks progressing well McAvennie decided not to sign for Luton due to the attitude of their chairman, David Evans.[7] With St Mirren then agreeing a fee with West Ham United, McAvennie met with their manager John Lyall and his staff and he signed for them in June 1985 for £340,000. He made his West Ham debut on 17 August 1985, the opening game of the season, in a 1-0 away defeat to Birmingham City with his first two goals coming in his second game, a 3-1 home defeat of Queens Park Rangers.[8] Originally signed as an attacking midfielder he was played as an out-and-out striker after an injury to Paul Goddard in the opening game of the season. He would go on to keep Goddard out of the team and spark his transfer from the club the following season.[9] [10][11] He formed a formidable partnership with young English striker Tony Cottee with McAvennie scoring 26 league goals and Cottee 20.[12][13] One additional goal both the League Cup and the FA Cup saw his tally rise to 28 goals in 51 appearances in all competitions.[11] In his first season, he helped West Ham to their highest ever final position in English football when they came third.[12] His 26 goals in the league was only bettered by Gary Lineker, who found the net 30 times for second-placed Everton.[14][15]
At this time McAvennie's success on the pitch came to the attention of TV producers. He appeared on the BBC's Wogan show, hosted by Terry Wogan, an event which McAvennie claims changed his life and introduced him to a celebrity lifestyle. He is quoted as saying "Then I signed for West Ham and money and girls were thrown at me and, hey, who was I to say no? Then I went on Wogan and it really took off. I was never under any illusions why it was happening. It wisnae because of my looks, it was because I was a footballer."[15]
West Ham were denied UEFA Cup action for the following season due to the ban on English clubs in European competitions, which had started a year earlier due to the Heysel disaster.[16] The following season was less successful as they finished 15th as McAvennie scored just seven league goals from 36 games and eleven from 47 games in all competitions. He began the 1987-88 season still at West Ham.[11][17]
McAvennie played eight games for the Hammers at the start of 1987–88, failing to score, before he moved to Celtic for a then club record fee of £750,000 on 2 October 1987.[18] He made his debut for Celtic the following day in a 1–1 draw at home against Hibernian.
McAvennie made a slow start at Celtic and his progress was not helped when he got involved in an on-field fracas with Chris Woods, Terry Butcher and Graham Roberts in an Old Firm game in November 1987.[18][13] McAvennie and Woods were sent off in the initial incident, whilst Butcher was sent off later in the game. All four were later reported to the Procurator Fiscal and appeared in court on disorder charges relating to their conduct in that game. McAvennie was found not guilty, Roberts not proven, whilst Butcher and Woods were both convicted of Breach of the Peace.[19]
McAvennie eventually found his form at Parkhead, and his 15 goals in 1987–88 helped Celtic to a Scottish Premier Division and Scottish Cup double. That season (the clubs's Centenary Season), he was part of a formidable front trio for Celtic comprising himself, Andy Walker and Joe Miller.[18][20] One of the high-points during the season for McAvennie were his two goals in Celtic's 2–0 win over Rangers in January 1988.[21] The Cup Final in May was particularly memorable for McAvennie as he scored two late goals to beat Dundee United 2–1, the winning goal coming in the final minute.[22]
The following season, 1988–89, was not a happy one for Celtic and the team finished in third place in the league behind winners Rangers and second-placed Aberdeen. McAvennie, however, was one of Celtic's few form players that season and he'd scored 11 goals by Christmas time. However, a broken arm sustained in the New Year game at Ibrox against Rangers curtailed his goalscoring. McAvennie also wished to return to London to enable him to spend more time with then girlfriend, glamour model Jenny Blyth.[18] After a public row with manager Billy McNeill over being dropped for a league match at Tynecastle in March 1989 against Hearts,[23] Celtic relented to McAvennie's repeated requests for a transfer[24] and sold him back to West Ham.[25]
Back to West Ham[edit]
McAvennie returned to West Ham United in March 1989 in a £1.25 million deal, making him their record signing. His weekly wages were £2,200, his highest ever weekly wage as a footballer.[26] According to Celtic manager Billy McNeill's autobiography, McAvennie wanted to return to London and his model girlfriend Jenny Blyth. McAvennie claims in his autobiography that Celtic were refusing to pay him a signing-on fee. Just before his return to Boleyn Ground, Celtic had accepted an offer from title chasing Arsenal, whose manager George Graham was looking for a proven goalscorer to partner Alan Smith. However, McAvennie turned down the chance to join Arsenal and accepted John Lyall's offer shortly afterwards. While Arsenal went on to dramatically win the First Division title on the last day of the season, West Ham were relegated to the Second Division and McAvennie failed to score a single goal in the remaining nine games of the season.[11] He has since admitted that his decision to join West Ham and not Arsenal was based on his love of the club and not on the likelihood of footballing success.[27]
His second spell in London was not as successful as his previous one. Now playing in the Second Division, things got worse for both McAvennie and West Ham when the striker suffered a broken leg on the opening game of the season on 19 August 1989, following a challenge by Stoke City's Chris Kamara, which put him out until March 1990.[11] He made his return on 31 March 1990 against Port Vale. By this time West Ham were 10th in the league and ultimately finished in 7th place missing out on the playoffs.[28]
In the aftermath of his injury, it was alleged in the tabloid press that McAvennie had threatened legal action against Kamara. This did not materialise and McAvennie has stated he had no intention of litigation.[29] Kamara's view was that his challenge was innocuous and perfectly good and that McAvennie has created "many lies and false recollections" concerning the tackle. McAvennie recalls in his autobiography, Scoring, An Expert's Guide, that Kamara had "come straight through him, crumpling him to the ground" and had then stood over him saying "Get up you Scottish bastard, this is a man's game". The tackle resulted in a broken leg, shattered ankle and torn ligaments for McAvennie who had two plates and a bolt inserted in his ankle and another plate in his leg. Incensed by the tackle some supporters of West Ham sent death threats to Kamara.[30][31][32] Out injured, on pain-killers and with spare-time on his hands McAvennie visited London's nightclubs to take his mind off his injuries and the boredom of not playing football. At these venues he was introduced to cocaine to which he became addicted.[33]
McAvennie recovered from injury for the 1990–91 season. His first goal in his second spell for West Ham and his first since April 1987 game on 29 August 1990 in a 1-1 home game against Portsmouth; the second game of the season.[11] West Ham won promotion from the Second Division and reached the 1990-91 FA Cup semi-finals.[11] He played 34 league games and scored 10 goals, now partnering Trevor Morley up front (his previous West Ham strike partner Tony Cottee had departed to Everton in August 1988).
The 1991-92 season was a poor one for both West Ham and McAvennie. He scored only three league goals in the first half of the season with West Ham never out of the bottom three after December 1991. He also faced competition for a regular place from new signing Mike Small.[11] On 2 May 1992, he signed off in style at West Ham, scoring a hat-trick in his final match against Nottingham Forest having come on as a substitute for Mitchell Thomas.[34] West Ham had already been relegated in 22nd and bottom place. His tally in a frustrating season for both the player and the club was just six goals from 20 league games.[35][36]
Aston Villa[edit]
McAvennie then accepted an offer from Ron Atkinson to sign for Aston Villa on a free transfer, but played just three games in the new Premier League, as the partnership of Dalian Atkinson and early season signing Dean Saunders saw Villa emerge as title challengers. Villa finally finished runners-up to Manchester United.[37] McAvennie did not score for Villa. He left in January 1993 to rejoin Celtic.[38]
Cliftonville and South China[edit]
McAvennie played one game for Irish League club Cliftonville in 1992, scoring in a County Antrim Shield semi-final.[39] McAvennie was then offered a contract with Hong-Kong side South China. Despite being well received by the local fans and management, he found the standard of football to be unchallenging and he returned to the United Kingdom.[40]
Back to Celtic[edit]
On hearing of his exit from Hong Kong, John Lambie agreed terms with McAvennie to sign for Partick Thistle. Although a press conference to announce the signing was arranged at Firhill Stadium, Celtic manager, Liam Brady, hearing he was available, persuaded him to sign for his former club which he did in January 1993.[41][42] He scored nine goals in 19 league games that season,[38] though Celtic could only manage a third-place finish as Rangers secured their fifth successive title.
In 1993–94, McAvennie managed just 11 league appearances, scoring once, as he lost his place in the team following Liam Brady's departure and the appointment of Lou Macari as manager. In February 1994, Macari loaned McAvennie to English Premier League strugglers Swindon Town, and he made just seven league appearances and failed to score as the Robins were relegated in bottom place at the end the 1993-94 season in which they managed only five wins and conceded 100 goals. A highlight of his spell at the County Ground came on 19 March 1994 when he helped the Robins hold league leaders (and eventual double winners) Manchester United to a 2–2 draw.[43]
Falkirk and St Mirren[edit]
He then left Celtic for a second time and signed for Falkirk, newly promoted to the Scottish Premier Division for 1994–95, and scoring twice in three games before dropping down a division and returning to St Mirren on a free transfer on 14 October 1994.[44] He played seven games for St Mirren that season, failing to score, before retiring as a player at the age of 35. In a professional career which had stretched for 15 years, he managed a total of 136 goals in the English and Scottish leagues, combined with many more in the cups and also in Europe for Celtic.
International career[edit]
McAvennie was called into the Scotland national team late 1985 for the World Cup qualifying play-off with Australia at Hampden Park on 20 November. Following a 58th-minute goal by Davie Cooper, McAvennie scored in the 60th minute on what was his international debut. The game finished 2–0 to Scotland.[45][46][13] In the return leg in Melbourne on 4 December 1985, which was McAvennie's 2nd international appearance, the game finished 0-0 resulting in Scotland qualifying for the 1986 FIFA World Cup.[47][48] Having travelled with Scotland to Australia he returned to the UK and only three days later scored the only goal for West Ham in a 1-0 win at Loftus Road against Queens Park Rangers.[49]
He was subsequently called up to the Scotland national team for the 1986 World Cup, under interim national coach Alex Ferguson. He made two appearances in the World Cup in Mexico, both as a substitute and both defeats, to Denmark and to West Germany.[50][51] In total he won five caps for Scotland, the last against Saudi Arabia in February 1988 in a 2–2 draw in Riyadh.[52]
International goals[edit]
|20 November 1985
|Hampden Park, Glasgow, Scotland
|2–0 Win
|1986 World Cup qualifying play-off
During his playing career he reputedly enjoyed a playboy lifestyle involving drink, drugs and womanising.[15][13][53] His lifestyle was the inspiration for a parody character played by Jonathan Watson in the Scottish comedy TV programme, Only an Excuse?[13][54]
In 2000, having been cleared in court of an incident involving the supply of controlled drugs,[13][55] McAvennie found himself in severe financial difficulties and resorted to selling his medals to Celtic-supporting businessman Willie Haughey for a small sum; these were later returned to him in 2017.[55]
On 12 January 2009, McAvennie received a four-month suspended sentence for affray following an incident in July 2008 in which he head-butted a man in Douglas on the Isle of Man.[56]
- Celtic
- Scottish Premier Division 1987–88 - Champions
- Scottish Cup 1988 - Winners
- West Ham United
- English Second Division 1990-91 - Runners-up
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- 1959 births
- Aston Villa F.C. players
- Celtic F.C. players
- 1986 FIFA World Cup players
- Falkirk F.C. players
- Living people
- Premier League players
- Scotland international footballers
- Scottish expatriate sportspeople in Hong Kong
- Scotland B international footballers
- Scottish Football League players
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- St Mirren F.C. players
- Swindon Town F.C. players
- Expatriate footballers in Hong Kong
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- West Ham United F.C. players
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This naturally leads to the question: Who's better?
In terms of shooting efficiency, Okur takes it with a .591 TS% to Turkoglu's .538; in terms of rebound percentage it's Okur again 13.8 to 8.2; Turkoglu's got a higher assist ratio (22.3 to 8.1) but also a higher turnover ratio (14.8 to 11.3). I think you'd be hard-pressed to argue that Turkoglu's worse shooting efficiency stems from some amazing shot-creation responsibilities he's shouldering — he takes 13.4 field goal attempts per game which is only slightly higher than Okur's 12.4 FGA/game.
Long story short, I'd take Okur. Hedo just happens to play on a better team. If you swapped 'em, Orlando would be even better.


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Developing and maintaining memory café membership can be much more difficult than one would imagine. Once people come to a café, they are usually hooked, but getting new members out for the first time can be the biggest challenge faced by organizers. And when members move on because of changing care needs, the outreach and marketing cycle must begin again.
As we expand our memory café groups here in the San Francisco Bay Area, we are making new discoveries about how to do outreach. I will share them here, and I hope that you will do the same by leaving a comment or writing a community blog post.
Today my focus is on getting the word out online. We are trying to make a trusted connection with vulnerable older adults in need, and often that requires that they hear about our organization from several different sources. Online outreach is an important part of that connection.
The website
Does your café have a website? There are many ways to create a simple website, and some are free (e.g. Wordpress and Wix).
Since most communities do not have access to a comprehensive calendar of activities available for people living at home with memory loss, one of the best ways for people to find out about your café is through an online search.
Have you done a few searches of keywords, to see whether your café program information or website comes up? An example might be: "activities" + "Alzheimer's" + your city name. It turns out that it is important to use a "private window" or "incognito window" to test those search results because otherwise the searches are skewed by the topics and websites that we frequently search and visit. Using one of these private window options (found under "file" on your search engine menu bar) will allow you to see what others find when they search those same keywords.
If you're not happy with where your website is coming up in that search, you may need to work on your SEO (search engine optimization). There are consultants who can help you fix these issues quickly (e.g EffectiveWebsites.com), but here are some basic DIY tips if you are operating on a tight budget:
There are a lot of helpful summary articles about improving SEO, which go way beyond the scope of this post. If you're interested, one that I can suggest is the Moz Beginners Guide to SEO.
Many cafés are independent, which means their meeting information is not listed on the local Alzheimer's Association chapter website or other regional elder care nonprofit websites. These days, it seems that each organization lists only the events they sponsor directly. It's probably due to time constraints and liability issues, but this practice makes it difficult for potential members to find independent memory cafés, and for memory cafés to get the word out in an affordable and efficient way.
There are now a few national directories that are trying to help connect consumers to services. For example, two databases that are powering searches through local and national Alzheimer's Association websites are CareMavens.com and CareLike.com, and both will allow you to post your listing at no charge. It's worth adding your café information to both of these databases, although CareLike.com just informed me that since they do not currently have a category that fits memory/Alzheimer's cafés, our listing will not be searchable until they have enough interest to create a category to 'house' us. The same is true for Caring.com, although they are accommodating us in their Adult Day Care category for now, and were very receptive to the idea of adding a category that would better suit Memory/Alzheimer's cafés. Please consider talking to these organizations about the need—together we can make some noise and get memory/Alzheimer's cafés recognized as an important category of services!
Have you heard of the National 211 Collaborative? They provide free information and referral for a broad range of help services including health care and counseling. You can now list your café free of charge with 211.org. Once you search your zip code and figure out if calling 2-1-1 is available in your area, you can check the information for agencies to find out how to submit your listing. In my area, 211 is supported by our local United Way.
If you are not already listed on the two national lists of Memory and Alzheimer's Cafés, I would highly recommend that as well. Please see: Alzheimer'sCafé.com, and the Alzheimer's Speaks Resource Directory.
Make sure to follow up and check back on all of your listings. Submission does not guarantee the listing will get posted or that it will be done with accuracy. And if your information changes, remember to go back and make those updates. It takes some time, but the potential to reach a broad audience at low/no cost is worth the effort.
Free classifieds
Other options for online outreach include Craigslist and your local newspaper's online classified ads. Craigslist ads are free and often times your local newspaper will allow nonprofit organizations/community events to advertise for free on their online classified page.
There is a movement now to create online community-specific news, information and engagement by several 'hyperlocal' organizations. If available in your area, consider contributing content or posting a café event on their bulletin boards. Two examples are Patch.com (national sites) and Baristanet (New Jersey)—check here to see if there is one covering your area. Also, many cities have neighborhood newspapers that have online content and classifieds, and they are looking for local news and events to write about!
Networking organizations
Another possibility is to join local professional elder services networks, which often list their members' organizations on their website. Examples might be 'Senior Roundtable' organizations, a local 'Section on Aging' group or Meetup groups.
Please chime in with additional suggestions. Many of us struggle with attendance issues at one time or another and sharing tips and information will help us continue to provide these much needed café programs!
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In case it somehow slipped off your calendar…today is Endangered Species Day! Last year we celebrated by launching a blog series called "Can't Live Without 'Em" to highlight critters small and large that contribute to keeping our planet healthy. This year, we'd like to take a quick trip down memory lane to look at five incredible victories that YOU–our members and supporters–helped us achieve over the last year to protect America's endangered species.
Last summer, anti-environmentalists in Congress made a sneak attack on more than 260 imperiled plants and animals. A provision was initially included in the FY2012 House Interior Appropriations Bill that would have prevented species awaiting listing from being protected under the Endangered Species Act. Fortunately, the so-called "Extinction Rider" was eventually stripped from the bill thanks to an amendment led by environmental stalwart Rep. Norm Dicks (D-Wash.) along with cosponsors Rep. Mike Thompson (D-Calif.), Mike Fitzpatrick (R-Penn.) and Colleen Hanabusa (D-Hawaii). The Dicks amendment received solid bipartisan support, demonstrating that Americans from both political parties continue to support strong protections for all our nation's endangered species.
Each year, tens of millions of sharks are killed for their fins and tossed back into the ocean. Shark-finning has exacerbated the global decline of shark populations, decimating some species by as much as 90%. Luckily, the state of California passed new legislation last fall to ban the sale, possession, and trade of shark fins. The ban will help raise awareness of the plight of sharks in the United States and help put a stop to the gruesome practice of shark-finning worldwide.
Speaking of California…if you had told us last year that a wolf would soon be living in California, we would have thought you were crazy. But reality is often stranger than fiction. OR-7, the now infamous lone male wolf from Oregon, began his long journey away from home last fall and before the end of year had made it into California. It's been more than 80 years since wolves were eradicated in California, so the return of OR-7 is a testament to the successful restoration of wolves over the last two decades made possible by the Endangered Species Act.
4. Florida panthers get a brake
Scientists estimate that only 100 to 160 Florida panthers survive in the wild, and each year a dozen or more are killed in vehicle collisions. That's why Defenders has been working hard to protect the big cats in key corridors where roads criss-cross panther habitat. This spring we scored major victories when Hendry County adopted a lower nighttime speed limit through a state forest to reduce the chance of harming panthers, and a high-tech Roadside Animal Detection System was installed on a dangerous segment of US 41 in the Big Cypress National Preserve to increase panther and motorist safety.
The struggling Mexican wolf population in the Southwest increased for the second year in a row, taking recovery another step in the right direction. Mexican gray wolves are some of the most endangered animals on the planet with only 58 surviving in the wild in New Mexico and Arizona. But that's an improvement from just 50 wolves the year before and only 42 at the end of 2009. With a science-based recovery plan in the works and ever-increasing tolerance from local community members, we're hoping the population is finally on a path toward long-term sustainability.
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Better Than Botox: 5 Ways To Naturally Restore Your Skin (Without Injections!)
Botox has become so popular that even twentysomethings are holding Botox parties and lining up for injections. Listen, I get it ... all of us want soft, smooth, wrinkle-free skin. But here's the problem: Botox can be downright dangerous.
In case you aren't aware, Botox is derived from a strain of botulinum, one of the most potent neurotoxins on the planet. The bacteria used to be almost exclusively associated with improperly canned food, where it can cause botulism, a condition that damages nerves and ultimately leads to paralysis and death if not treated immediately.
Now people are using the paralyzing power of botulinum to get the smooth, wrinkle-free skin they desire. The toxin works by inhibiting the release of acetylcholine at the neuromuscular junction, thereby paralyzing the surrounding muscles. When you inject the toxin into specific muscle groups they "relax" (aka become paralyzed), smoothing out the skin over the muscle and reducing the appearance of wrinkles.
(Of course, this is also why botched treatments lead to telltale signs like drooping eyelids, lopsided smiles, and other facial muscles not working properly.)
Proponents claim Botox is safe, and I admit some initial short-term studies seem to corroborate this. But there's still reason for concern. First off, no long-term trials have been conducted on the safety of the injections. Additionally, this is just one of those treatments that doesn't pass the common sense test. Is injecting a neurotoxin into your muscles really the best, safest way to tone your skin?
Here's the real irony: There are natural interventions that are better than Botox. Here are my top five all-natural strategies that'll keep your skin looking young, healthy, and wrinkle-free for years to come:
1. Wear sunscreen.
I can't stress this enough. If you want to avoid lines and wrinkles on your face, do everything in your power to protect your skin from what causes them in the first place: oxidative damage from the sun. Choose a nontoxic sunscreen and use it religiously.
2. Drink water.
Hydrating your skin cells fills them with water, tightens them and gives your skin a smooth, clean appearance. Remember that juice, sodas and other sugary beverages aren't going to cut it. Water is the source of life — and the source of great, ageless skin — so stick with pure H20.
3. Avoid age accelerators.
To take care of your skin, you need to take care of your body. When you drink alcohol and eat sugary foods, your blood sugar spikes. This leads to excess blood glucose that can bind to collagen and elastin, damaging skin. This process is called glycation and its end products, called advanced glycation end products (AGEs), cause our skin to become rigid and less elastic, resulting in wrinkles.
Get regular exercise to improve circulation and keep your hormones balanced. Focus on foods that are rich in vitamins and nutrients (check out the list below). And if you're still smoking, quit: It's one of the biggest triggers for oxidative damage and therefore age-enhancing effects.
4. Power up on age-reversing nutrients.
Your skin cells need to have enough of the essential raw materials that allow them to repair damage, function optimally, and keep you healthy (and beautiful!). Feed your skin the nutrients it needs. Here are my top recommendations:
- Alpha hydroxy acid (AHA) are fruit acids like glycolic, citric, lactic, magic, and tartaric acids. You get them from the foods you eat; berries are especially rich in them, so make sure to include plenty in your diet. You can also try making your own fruit mask as an great way to benefit topically from AHAs.
- Apples are packed with vitamin C and bioflavonoids like quercetin, which helps protect your skin's natural antioxidant properties. Oxidation is one of the primary mechanisms by which your skin ages. Antioxidants help reverse the damage.
- Papaya is a natural alternative to chemical exfoliants since the AHAs in papaya break down proteins and dissolve dead skin cells.
- Leafy greens like spinach, kale, and others are rich in chlorophyll, enzymes, vitamins, minerals, and phytonutrients that will leave your skin glowing.
5. Choose age-defying natural skin care ingredients.
Want to take your skin care regimen to the next level? Here are three natural ingredients your skin will love way more than Botox:
- Cranberry seed oil: Use directly on your skin as a moisturizer. It has the perfect ratio of omega-3 to omega-6 fatty acids, which means it'll absorb beautifully and hydrate your skin more effectively than many commercial products. You'll also benefit from the massive quantities of antioxidants, especially vitamin E.
- Raspberry seed oil: Yet another all-natural oil packed with skin-loving goodies. It's one of nature's natural SPF, is rich in antioxidants, and has extraordinary anti-inflammatory properties.
- Virgin sea buckthorn oil: This increases collagen levels and encourages cell turnover, while also containing very high levels of the relatively "rare" omega-7 fatty acid, a sort of a super-moisturizer that's been shown to improve and prevent fine lines and wrinkles.
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PGC Business and Finance Networking Dinner
Last Friday, I attended the Business and Finance Networking Dinner hosted by the PGC. I wasn't actually meant to be there – as one can imagine, networking dinners are incredibly popular, so I was placed on the waiting list for a seat. However, as I was walking along the corridor about to head back home after club, Mrs Mooney approached me and informed me that a space had just become available - I was thrilled.
The dinner began with drinks, where Guild members and current students gathered in the hallway, mingled and chatted over a few drinks. Everyone was dressed up and looking lovely, while, there I was donning the school uniform, having had no time to go back home and change.
During the drinks session, I met a business consultant and engaged in an insightful conversation with him. Consultancy was a career I had heard of many times, but had never quite known what this entailed. Listening to him describe his career helped shed some life onto this path, as I learnt about the various specialities of being a business consultant, how to get started, and what is most enjoyable about it. I was especially intrigued to hear that this career can allow you to work in several countries, as I myself adore the prospect of working abroad in different continents.
When the dinner began, each table had a mix of students and Guild members and guests, who rotated between the tables for each course. This allowed us the chance to meet a diverse range of people spanning different careers over the course of dinner. Conversing with them was an incredibly eye-opening experience, over some scrumptious food - the chocolate mousse for dessert was to die for!
I discovered various careers previously unknown to me, received advice and wisdom from those who had been through it all before, and gained insights into what working in the City is really like. Contacts were shared for future work experience opportunities and, after the dinner, we were free to roam about and chat with anyone else whom we had not had the chance to speak to.
I met an exciting mix of people during the dinner. During starters, I sat next to a former Head Girl, who told to me how she had no idea what career she wanted to embark on as she left for university, and so chose a course purely out of intellectual curiosity – Arabic studies. After graduation, she worked in journalism for a few years, before eventually deciding to dabble in business.
Stressing how she had never undergone any business training or education, she explained how she painstakingly set up her own fashion business in Berlin, how she had overcome various struggles, finally resulting in a successful business. It was really inspiring as she ingrained in me the importance of being fearless, despite the many risks and poor odds associated with setting up one's own business. However, she made it clear that businesses can be volatile. With Brexit ongoing, she expressed her uncertainty as her business has close links to businesses in the UK. Nonetheless, she emphasised the need to remain optimistic despite such doubts.
This dinner left me with many valuable pieces of advice and exposed me to the world of business and finance, an opportunity I would have otherwise found harder to come across. Speaking to many wonderful and perspicacious people, all of whom were incredibly inspiring, knowledgeable, and full of wisdom.
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John Holland passed away April 11, 2011, after a somewhat long illness. He attended Bronxville, N.Y., public schools and was vice president of his high school junior class and secretary of his senior class. He played football and acted in the class play. At Amherst, he majored in English, played on the football team that beat Williams senior year and was a member of Chi Psi fraternity.
John served with the 7th Army Troops of occupation in Germany and later earned an M.B.A. from New York University. He met his wife, Sally Anne, in New York and began a long career in selling and merchandising paper. The Hollands raised their family in Darien, Conn. John working for many years with Fraser Paper LTD in Stamford. While In Darien, John earned a number of tennis trophies and helped coach little league teams.
On retirement, the Hollands moved to Ponte Vedra Beach, Fla., and joined the Ponte Vedra Inn and Club. For many years, they volunteered at the Mayo Clinic. They traveled a number of times to Europe and took a Baltic cruise to St. Petersburg followed by a side trip to the D-Day beaches in Normandy. At the time of John's death, they lived in Jacksonville, Fla. He is survived by Sally Anne, two sons, a daughter and several grandchildren. A memorial service was held April 13, 2011, at Cypress Village.
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In Time Magazine, Girish Gupta gets a rare chance to expose Distortioland in all its contradictory glory.
Venezuela [is] simultaneously one of the most expensive and one of the cheapest countries in the world: take-out noodles can cost $30 or $3 depending on whether you have access to the local currency or US dollars; a night at a five-star Marriott hotel costs $700 or $70. It is the same principle that [allow those who have] access to US dollars, to fly so cheaply…
Some business visitors here are paid expenses in US dollars at the official rate even though they obtain their local currency on the black market. One young European business consultant, who asked not to be named, was able to pay off his entire student loan after a month's work in Venezuela. Those with foreign health insurance plans that pay out in foreign currency are able to make a more than ten-fold profit on claims. For example, a visit to the doctor can turn a profit of $115. This is because an appointment costs around 800 Bolívares, which is noted on the claim form. The insurance company then converts this at the official rate and pays out $127. But, if the patient had initially converted US dollars on the black market to pay for the appointment, the actual cost of the vist would have been around $13. Similarly, with such arbitrage, an MRI scan can net a profit of around $500. A week-long stay in the hospital can be even more lucrative, bringing in more than $10,000. This has turned a few foreigners here into hypochondriacs.
I know how hard it can be to get an editor to go for one of these exchange control stories. It's abstract, it's confusing, it's hard to fit into a cookie cutter narrative. So hats off to GG for getting this into print. Not easy. Not easy at all.Caracas Chronicles is 100% reader-supported. Support independent Venezuelan journalism by making a donation.


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Just over a week before the climactic release of Sony Picture's "The Interview" starring Seth Rogan and James Franco, the studio has decided to pull out.
Sony has received a serious pounding after hackers gained access to the back door of the movie studio's network.
With releases of salaries, social security numbers, and AIM exchanges, Sony's stock is experiencing shrinkage as hackers are expected to tear further into the private sections of Sony's database.
"The Interview" was going to continue with its scheduled December 25th release, until the hackers known as "The Guardians of Peace" threatened a 9-11 style attack on any movie theater that shows the film.
A spokesperson had this to say, "We all want to stand hard and firm against terrorism, but sometimes it's better to retreat back inside.
No one wants to be responsible for another person's life just for the sake of entertainment, and because of this, it is always a good philosophy to just pull out."


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The Centre for Unintelligent Design
In case you didn't know, there now exists something called The Centre for Unintelligent Design.
Apparently, some 88 seconds ago, or several thousands of seconds ago, or millions or billions of seconds ago, the Centre for Unintelligent Design did not exist. And then, on the 89th second (or other such temporal numerical value), some aspect of time, space, and matter burped, and Lo & Behold, into being came the Centre for Unintelligent Design.
This contingent universe being what it is (or is not), you had better read all about this newish (or is it oldish, or do the words "new" or "old" -- without or without "ish" -- have meaning in a contingent universe?) website as soon as possible.
With each click of the tick-tock the Centre for Unintelligent Design may well uncreate itself back into the meaningless self-caused (or non-self-caused) nonexistence from which it emerged, lived, breathed, and for a while expressed its arbitrary being in a universe that couldn't care less.
One last thing: Did the website for The Centre of Unintelligent Design have a website designer? Just wondering.
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More than a drop in the ocean? Can social media really enhance dissemination in the clinical pain sciences?
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Pain modulates the perceived location of the pain-relieving switch.
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Working memory and chronic pain, is there evidence for dysfunction? A systematic review & meta-analysis.
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Moving in an environment of induced sensory-motor incongruence does not influence pain sensitivity in healthy volunteers: a randomised within-subject cross-over experiment.
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Is pain downregulated if you expect a painful stimulus immediately nearby?
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After years working in public relations for hockey teams in Seattle and Chicago, Erica Oakley-Courage was looking for a change of pace. Now 35, she took a chance and moved to Denver in 2006. Soon after, she met her future husband, moved to the Springs and started working for the American Heart Association in 2011. The Denver-born Washingtonian is now corporate marketing director for the AHA's Colorado Springs division, where she oversees fundraising and development operations. Oakley-Courage discussed her work in the nonprofit sector, living in Colorado and how both became reality.
Can you tell me a bit about your background?
I grew up in Seattle — my family moved there when I was in the first grade — and then I went to college about an hour and a half north of Seattle in a town called Bellingham. I went to Western Washington University and lived in Seattle for about a year after that. My goal was to run the HR department of an NHL team, so after college I did game-day PR for the Seattle Seahawks and for the Seattle Sounders, but my full-time job was as an office manager, helping with PR and game days for the Seattle Thunderbirds, a junior hockey team.
How did you end up in Colorado Springs?
After college, I lived in Chicago for six years and worked for the Chicago Wolves, a professional hockey team. Then I decided that wasn't what I wanted my life to look like. My entire life revolved around hockey, which was fun, but … I grew out of it. I missed weddings, graduations and funerals because of the hockey games.
So I stayed in Chicago another year and a half, working as a marketing assistant and trying to figure out what was next. … I wanted a good-sized city with good job prospects, and I also love the outdoors, but I didn't want to move back to Seattle — so Denver it was. … And then I met my now-husband online, and he was living in Colorado Springs at the time. We saw a future together and said, "whoever figures it out first will dictate where we live." I had always wanted to end up in Boulder and then one day he called and said, "I want to go back to school and I'm going to become an engineer." So I moved here because of a boy.
Tell me what you do at the American Heart Association.
My title is corporate marketing director, which essentially means that I work in development. I oversee two of our three fundraising events: our Go Red for Women Education Day and Luncheon and our Heart and Stroke Walk.
As a part of that role, I am responsible for overseeing the revenue, the sponsorship, the logistics, the silent auction and everything else that falls under that. We rely heavily on volunteers and we have a great group that helps us do those things. We also do a lot of side events that aren't as much about fundraising as they are about raising awareness.
Would you say that your values align with those of the AHA?
Yes. When I was looking at getting involved with working for a nonprofit, the Heart Association was always at the top of my list because they are just so well-known, and I thought, "what a great place to work." Some of the core values that we talk about are integrity, excellence and dedication, and those are the ones that really stick out to me.
How has this community been for you as a young professional?
Networking has been great, and I think there are a lot of people — especially women — who are happy to help pave the way for somebody new. … There are so many amazing women who have done really tremendous things in this community. There are a lot of people to look up to and to help guide me in becoming a part of this community and in being successful.
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Cute, unusual design. Seamless compatibility with Windows Media Player.
Average call quality. Lacks a 3.5mm headset jack.
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The Samsung Juke fuses a cute fashion phone with a WMA-compatible music player. But if you're looking for a lot of additional features, you won't find them here.
You can't escape the television and print ads: Allegedly, Verizon's new Samsung Juke is the essence of cool. It's certainly a cute, unusual-looking phonea narrow, swiveling little chunk of plastic that looks more like a large flash-based MP3 player than a phone. And that's the point. If the LG Voyager is Verizon's version of the iPhone, the Samsung Juke is Verizon's iPod shuffle equivalentin that it's short on features.
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At 0.8 inches thick, the Juke isn't slim by any measure, but it makes up for that by being 1.2 inches narrow and a bit shiny. Folded closed, you can use it as a 2GB flash-based music player by pressing the center of its silvery scroll wheel and scrolling through your songs on the 128-by-220-pixel display. Press lightly on the edge of the phone to flip it open, revealing a keypad of small, shiny, square keys with helpful little ridges between them. My Juke, alas, didn't swing sharply; after its initial flip, the screen would list slightly to the left.
The Juke is sold as an MP3 player with a phone built in, and it's a capable, Windows Mediacompatible flash music (not video) player. It syncs with Windows Media Player 11 on either XP or Vista, supporting MP3s and unprotected, purchased, and subscription WMA files. I tried syncing files from Napster, PureTracks, and Verizon's own V Cast service, and they worked finethough there's no way to download music directly to the phone without a PC. The phone also syncs playlist information from Windows Media Player, unusual for a music phone. The Juke has an eight-band equalizer and various "skins," but they all look similar: They're information-packed little displays that you navigate with the scroll wheel. A lock switch on the side prevents you from jostling the scroll wheel in your pocket. Sound quality is very good, as is the 16 hours of playback time.
The Juke supposedly lets you drag and drop music and unprotected AAC files, but I couldn't get my Juke to transfer music reliably from a Mac hooked up through USB. In addition, there's no Bluetooth file-transfer capability at all. That's not terribly worrying, though, as this is a player made for a Microsoft/MP3 ecosystem, not an Apple-based one.
The Juke does have one annoying flaw: a phone-style 2.5mm headset jack that prevents you from using most standard headphones. You'll have to get an adapter, or use a Bluetooth stereo headset, or seek out one of the few non-awful-sounding 2.5mm headsets if you want to get beyond the thin, tinny sound of the included earbuds. Through a Plantronics Pulsar 590 stereo headset, I got decent-sounding music out to roughly 20 feet away from the phone.
Now about the phone part: The Juke isn't an excellent voice phone, but it will do. The earpiece is loud enough but a bit muddy, and the speakerphone is adequate at best. Transmissions are a touch muddy, too, but the Juke did well at muting background noise. There's lots of pleasing in-ear feedback when you're talking. Reception is good if not excellent. The Juke worked well with our Bluetooth and wired headsets, as well as when using Verizon's standard, high-quality Nuance VoiceSignal voice-dialing system. Battery life, at almost 5 hours of talk time, is good.
Beyond the music player, there's relatively little here. The VGA camera on the back of the phone takes pictures for novelty value only; there's no video mode, nor is there any way to get the pictures off the phone other than via picture messaging. There's no WAP browser, though you can download games and (quite incredibly) download both an e-mail program and Verizon's VZ Navigator GPS driving directions program. Reading maps on the Juke's tiny screen is a bit of a challenge, though.
Think of the Juke as an inexpensive fashion phone with a cheap WMA music player built in and you won't be disappointed: It does a good job of integrating those two functions while ignoring most others. Folks who want more features on their music phone should get the LG Chocolate instead.
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Continuous talk time: 4 hours 47 minutes
Music battery life: 15 hours 54 minutes
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More often than not we will find that our discontent with outer reality is a reflection of the neglected and unresolved yearnings of our soul. Our displeasure with some aspect of our career often points to a conflict or unresolved dilemma of our life's purpose; a pattern of problems with particular types of people mirrors a hidden and ugly quality we would rather not face in ourselves; or a preoccupation with trivial fears and phobias may be set off by failing to surrender to a greater internal battle. A failure to engage in deep psychological work to find the origin of such external distress that really arises from within tends to lead us in an illusory path of seeking relief. We may habitually change jobs, partners, places of residence, religions, friends, etc- all at an attempt to be released from the debilitating internal struggle of psychological conflicts that most times erroneously reflect external circumstances, people, and events. These attempts prove to be futile in the long run as the person may seek release through extreme escape behaviors of severe isolation and compulsive habits. When we perceive there is no where to turn to, when life gets incredibly uncomfortable to bear, the result is the beginning of addictive behavior. Addiction is a desperate attempt to find release from external and internal conflict when resolution cannot be found- it is the mind's most resourceful way of getting free from a build up of psychological madness that threatens to obliterate the little comfort that is left.
Addiction personifies a universal problem. Society is on the go and yet so stagnant, so fast paced and yet ridden with a melancholic disposition. We are going no where fast, tending to problems erroneously or superficially, fatally ignoring the cries of our psychological lives. The end result always being a series of temporary departures from reality where our lives and structure remain unchanged. Perhaps its time to reckon that we have missed the mark, that we've been looking for answers in all the wrong places and as long as we continue in the same direction, we won't find peace but a disruption, or even worse, an obliteration of life.
Healing begins when we are tired, when we stop to say there is something wrong here, and perhaps it's within me. Facing oneself honestly is painful-the mirror doesn't change to our opposing responses or sensibilities. However, it is only through the undertaking of swallowing hard truth about ourselves and deciding to take action is when the possibility of a better life is made apparent.