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Ali Smith How To Be Both
MisterHobgoblin posted a topic in 21st-Century FictionI had expected to be writing a gushing review exhorting people to read a great novel from one of Scotland's liveliest writers. I have loved almost everything Ali Smith has written. Alas, How To Be Both has not hit the mark. Basically, it is two novellas, stitched together. In one of them, we find a 15th century Italian girl, dressed as a boy in order to pass herself off as a painter, working on frescoes for the local Duke. This girl, who adopts the name of Francescho, spends time exploring her sexuality in brothels, consorting with a pickpocket, and demanding more money. Oh, and she is dead. Possibly. From time to time, we are reminded that Francescho is in purgatorio, but mostly we find ourselves reading a straight autobiographical narrative, chopped up into little pieces and scattered into a random order. The narrative is written in a preudo-mediaeval voice interspersed with modern colloquialisms such as "Just saying". Sentences themselves are fragmented and drift off into the ether. It is very confusing. Then, abruptly, the story finishes and we find modern teenager, George (really Georgia), remembering a holiday to Italy with her mother shortly before the mother died. They saw the frescos that Francescho had painted and wondered about the life of this painter. Cutting between present day grief, greatly exacerbated by the heavy handed school counsellor, and happier past memories, it feels choppy. There is a story of growth and loss; there is a sexual ambiguity; an awakening of an adult from the chrysalis of childhood. The gimmick is that you can read either story first. The Kindle edition prints the entire text twice – first 15th Century-Current, then Current-15th Century. You can read whichever version you wish. Not that I imagine it would be a very different experience since the stories seem only very loosely connected. Perhaps we are supposed to wonder whether the 15th Century narrative was just made up by George. Certainly it never felt quite authentic as a mediaeval narrative. And although the George narrative felt more real, it didn't seem to go anywhere. Normally Ali Smith's writing is clear and unambiguous, drawing beauty from human life rather than from arty language. However, this seems to have been abandoned for How To Be Both where much is opaque. It is especially difficult to tell what is happening at any given point in the Francescho narrative as it seems to be so half formed and to wriggle about so much. I'm not quite sure what Ali Smith was trying to do here. Her short fiction is excellent and her novels are playful and innovative. Perhaps this is trying to be both but it isn't succeeding. ***00
Jenny Offill Dept. Of Speculation
MisterHobgoblin posted a topic in 21st-Century FictionIn June 2014, I wrote a nothing review about a nothing book. I posted it on Amazon, but thought the review was not good enough to post on BGO and the book was inconsequential enough that it wouldn't be missed. But now, it seems, the book has been shortlisted for the Folio Prize 2015 and everyone is raving about it. What do I know? So, just for completeness, here is my 2014 review. The only thing I would add is that if the book was forgettable at the time, it has evaporated completely from my memory now. All I can recall is the cover that inspired me to read it in the first place.


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(The difference between Good Debt and Bad Debt)
Can debt be good? The answer is yes, as long as it is leveraged and makes you money. That is the difference between good debt and bad debt. Bad debt costs you money, and good debt makes you money. Let me explain with an example of two applications using one item of purchase…a house.
Buying your own home is a form of bad debt since it costs you money and makes you no money. Now, before you say "what about the equity?", I will tell you that equity is not money. Equity isn't even virtual money. It does has an equivalent monetary value, but only when you use it. Since you can't spend equity, it has no physical monetary value. It's a trophy. It's a good trophy though in this case since it means you have that much less bad debt to pay off on your home. Paying off your own home is a good thing.
Having said this, I am NOT a fan of 15 year amortization, or accelerated payoffs using a structured (by the lender) payoff with 13 payments a year or bi-monthly payments. The only person this helps is the lender. The gain you make from all of this, while having the privilege of making higher payments per year, is achieved at the END of the mortgage period…which most people never reach. Why don't we reach it? We usually either refinance or sell our homes long before that time. In fact, I've been informed that the average time from the start of a mortgage to the time we refinance or sell is about 7 years. During the first 60-70% of a mortgage, most of the monthly payment is for the interest charge. Can you say "huge profits for the lender"? Then, we refinance or sell, and start the clock all over again. I like to call it the "30 year mortgage for life".
Making added payments, when you can, on the principle each month…not as part of a structured accelerated payment schedule…will add to your equity and be a much better solution to a faster payoff. Also, since it isn't part of the structured payment schedule, if you have a bad month and can't afford to make the payment, it doesn't count against your credit…but I digress. Now back to the reason we are here.
Good debt. Leveraging money, through investment real estate, is a form of good debt. Why? It makes you money. How? There are a number of ways.
First, when the tenant's rent is higher than your expenses, such as insurance, property taxes, and the good debt of mortgage with interest, you have positive cash flow. The positive cash flow is income and thus this type of investment makes you money…and therefor is a form of good debt.
Second, when the tenant's rent payments are paying off your good debt, as in your mortgage with interest, they are building up equity on the investment home. OK. I did read the above statement and explanation regarding equity. I wrote it. This isn't the same thing. Why? This equity you can access and use. As your tenant pays their rent, paying off you mortgage and building up your equity, you can refinance the equity out and then use it. This works as long as the resulting new mortgage payment, when added to the other monthly expenses still is less than the rent per month. Your cash flow may go down, but you are trading in smaller incremental income (cash flow) for a one time lump sum. It gets better. The cash flow is income…and taxable. The refinanced cash looks just like income, it spends just like income, it adds up just like income, but it isn't taxed. Why? The IRS doesn't tax a loan.
Third, even though the property appreciates…as in goes up in value, the IRS assumes, through wear and tear, it depreciates…it goes down in value, and, you can thus deduct the depreciated value as a loss (prorated over time) on your taxes. I will explain how this works in a later chapter. This has been explained many times, and I'm sure many of you are nodding your head right now and saying you know all about depreciation. I will, however, take what you know and apply it as part of my system and show how it is possible to use the concept of depreciation and turn even the taxable cash flow into a tax neutral situation.
Sorry, but you'll need to read the book for more. The next part is based on parts before this chapter, so I chose to stop right here. You can take a look at the Table of Contents to see what else I discuss.

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The Journey of Grouplove Guitarist Andrew Wessen
October 14, 2016
Andrew Wessen is a punk rock surfer kid from the beach culture of Los Angeles. He has since become the guitarist of the alternative rock band Grouplove.
Wessen grew up in a quiet house – but his interest in music was sparked by the mesmerizing piano pieces he would watch his grandmother play when she came to visit. He was about 10 years old when he learned to play the piano, and was inspired by his older brother's punk rock music to play guitar.
In high school, Wessen felt like the hometown hero because he performed locally in a punk band. Talking about it, he laughed and said, "All these kids come to every show… but if you went like one town over you'd get like one person. So it's kind of funny. You think you're killing it and then you realize that it's totally irrelevant because no one knows who you are at all."
In 2008, Wessen's brother created an artist commune in Crete, Greece. He invited about 25 or 30 artists to sleep in tents and pile into old dilapidated buildings they fixed up enough to house people. "Everyone in the band was one of those people. We all sort of gravitated towards each other and loved each other's songs… and created a sort of instant kinship," said Wesson.
After the artist commune, the soon-to-be band members kept in touch; but each of them worked on their own projects for a year before they eventually recorded together for fun in their drummer, Ryan Rabin's garage. According to Wessen, Grouplove wasn't meant to happen, it was actually the one project that initially none of the band members paid attention to at all.
"I think maybe luck happens to those that are best prepared. You get that lucky break but it doesn't mean you just waltzed into it," Wessen said. He believes the struggles each of them faced as artists in their own worlds positioned them to find success in Grouplove. "It probably took us doing all those shows to nobody and all that stuff… to find that magic in that moment and capitalize on it."
Over the past six years Grouplove has produced exuberantly brooding music that's taken to a whole new level when the eclectic group is on stage together. The band has even become a literal family as the vocalists, Hannah Hooper and Christian Zucconi, now bring their one-year-old daughter, Willa, on tour.
Wessen reflected on the band's journey and said, "If this had fallen into our laps when we were all like 18… I don't think it would have lasted or would've appreciated it as much as we do now."
This year they released their latest album "Big Mess". It speaks to the issues they observe in the world that they try to inject some joy into where they can. On stage they have shared moments of raw energy and emotion with fans for over six years. Wessen said gratefully, "Seeing those people come back year after year is probably the most gratifying element of it."
Grouplove @ The Complex, 536 W 100 S, Salt Lake City, Oct. 17, 7:00 p.m., TheComplexSLC.com


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|Guest Stars:
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"Mother of the Groom" is the 14th episode of the second season of The Suite Life on Deck. Esteban, from the Boston Tipton, comes on board to get married. While the boys hold a bachelor party for Esteban, London and Bailey help Esteban's mother try to find something she enjoys besides taking care of him, so he can marry without his mother's guilt.
Esteban, the former bellhop from the Tipton Hotel, comes on the boat to get married, but his mother doesn't approve of his fiancé. So, while Zack and Cody have a bachelor party for Esteban, Bailey and London try to find something that his mom can do after Esteban moves out. Esteban also asks Mr Moseby to marry him and Francesca. During the episode, Cody and Bailey talk about how they should get married and decide that when the time comes they're eloping. Esteban's mother accepts Francesca at the end and even plays the guitar at the wedding. Everyone is happy in the end.
- This is the last appearance of Esteban. Also, it's revealed that while Esteban still works at the Tipton Hotel back in Boston, he's not actually a bellhop--in this episode, Esteban claims that he was now the assistant night manager at the hotel.
- Francesca has the same first name as London's British friend from the episode Health and Fitness when she was in a charity fashion show at The Tipton with her and Maddie.
- The title of the episode is a parody to the 1991 movie Father of the Bride.
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The New York Pops has announced that The Camp Broadway Kids, a musical theatre ensemble made up of 60 children, has joined the line-up for the star-studded 33rd Birthday Gala at Carnegie Hall May 2. The concert, titled Do You Hear the People Sing, will celebrate the music of Alain Boublil and Claude-Michel Schönberg, with music direction by Steven Reineke.
The one-night-only concert is set to feature a host of theatre stars including Stephanie J. Block, Jesse Tyler Ferguson, Montego Glover, Jeremy Jordan, Norm Lewis, Robert Marien, Patti LuPone, Eva Noblezada, Laura Osnes, John Owen-Jones, Hugh Panaro, Lea Salonga, Kyle Scatliffe, Marie Zamora and more.
The sold-out event will begin at 7:30 PM. Visit newyorkpops.org/ for more information.


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Gary Flowers
Last updated 1/25/2015 at Noon
Gary Paul Flowers, 58, of Bridge City, passed away Wednesday, Jan. 21, at his home.
Funeral services will be at 12:00 p.m., Saturday, Jan. 24, at Winfree Baptist Church in Bridge City. Officiating will be Brother Donald Toutcheque.
Visitation will be from 11:00 a.m. until service time on Saturday.
Gary was born Dec. 4, 1956 to William and Mary Virginia (Martin) Flowers. He served in the United States Army and afterward he was an auto mechanic specializing in body works. He loved being with his family and friends, enjoyed fishing, barbequing, gardening or anything to do with the outdoors; he was also an animal lover.
He is preceded in death by his wife, Laura Flowers; dad, William Flowers and sister, Cathy Bayless.
Those left to cherish his memory are his mother, Mary Flowers; sons, Gary Paul Flowers, Jr. and wife Wendy, Chris Archer and wife Charlotte, and Jimmy Archer; eight grandchildren; two great grandchildren; brother, Jim Flowers and sisters, Margaret Robinson and Lisa Jernigan.
In lieu of flowers, memorial contributions may be made to Winfree Baptist Church 19525 Texas 62, Orange, TX 77630.


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Met Éireann issue weather warning for nine counties
Wet hot summer.
Parts of Ireland are expected to experience temperatures in the high twenties over the coming week, but that's not enough to spare us from some severe bursts of rain.
So severe, in fact, that Met Éireann has issued a status yellow weather warning for nine counties: Galway, Mayo, Sligo, Roscommon, Leitrim, Cavan, Monaghan, Donegal and Longford.
Met Éireann warns: "Through today and tonight, falls of heavy rain will give high rainfall totals with reduced visibility and a risk of localised flooding."
The warning was issued at 7am on Sunday morning and will remain in effect until 7am on Monday morning (22 July) pending up dates from Met Éireann.
There is also a small craft warning in effect off the coast of Ireland today, where it is expected that wind speeds will reach force six or higher. This warning applies to all Irish coasts.
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The court-appointed mediators in the Detroit bankruptcy say they now have $370 million in private support to rescue the city after the Michigan-based W.K. Kellogg Foundation announced a $40 million commitment.
"We see this as an investment in Detroit, its children and families, and our shared future," the 84-year-old foundation said in a statement.
The mediators, led by Chief U.S. District Judge Gerald Rosen, have been working on assembling a package to aid retired city employees—who could face massive pension cuts in the bankruptcy—while protecting the city-owned art collection at the Detroit Institute of Arts.
The private funds are on top of a $350 million package proposed by Michigan Gov. Rick Snyder that still needs legislative approval.
While the mediation team said in a statement that the Kellogg contribution is "remarkably generous," the funding still is nowhere near enough to close an estimated $3.5 billion pension gap.
(Read more: Detroit aid package to protect pensions gains support)
Kevyn Orr, the emergency manager appointed by Snyder to restructure Detroit's finances, is expected to detail his plans in a matter of weeks.
The Kellogg Foundation, founded by the cereal company of the same name, bills itself as one of the largest philanthropic foundations in the country, with a primary goal of helping impoverished children.
—By CNBC's Scott Cohn. Follow him on Twitter @ScottCohnCNBC


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By Ian Pool (auth.), Shripad Tuljapurkar, Naohiro Ogawa, Anne H. Gauthier (eds.)
Population development slowed the world over within the final many years of the 20th century, altering considerably our view of the longer term. The 21st century is probably going to determine the tip to global inhabitants development and develop into the century of inhabitants getting older, marked through low fertility and ever-increasing existence expectancy. those developments have caused many to foretell a dark destiny attributable to an extraordinary fiscal burden of inhabitants getting older. In reaction, industrialized countries might want to enforce potent social and monetary regulations and courses.
This is the ultimate quantity in a chain of 3. The papers integrated discover many examples and improve the foundation for potent financial and social rules by means of investigating the industrial, social, and demographic results of the ameliorations within the constructions of inhabitants and relatives. those outcomes contain adjustments in financial habit, either in exertions and monetary markets, and with reference to saving and intake, and intergenerational transfers of cash and care.
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Tuljapurkar et al. V. 2010 23 24 N. Keilman Frequently, the extra "information" is merely an assumption, sometimes a very strong one. For instance, the combined assumption that a closed population (no. 1) has constant growth rate (no. 2) and constant age distribution (no. 3) defines a stable population. This assumption may be realistic in some cases, but more often, it is not. A population in which the growth rates of age groups are independent of time, but differ across age groups is called a variable growth rate population.
Therefore ad hoc assumptions are necessary. Second, the weak ergodicity principle states that any two age structures, however different, that are submitted to the same series of fertility and mortality rates will eventually converge towards the same age structure5. This implies that BP selects one path of the demographic variables from among an infinity of reasonably smooth paths, and thus any number of alternative but equally plausible paths may be constructed. Further work by Jim Oeppen (1993a, b) attempted to respond to Lee's critique, in particular the first point.
Among the laws and models, the HeligmanPollard curve is widely applied (Rogers and Gard 1991; McNown and Rogers 1989; Hartmann 1987; Kostaki 1992a,b). Compared to other models, the H-P curve has the advantage that it pairs accuracy in prediction with flexibility, in particular when describing mortality changes over time.


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Surely the markets are happy to be done with 2015.
On Thursday we wrapped up the last minutes of trading for the year with a little sell-off. What a gift, Santa remembered the bears! 2015 was very unkind to quite a few Hedge Funds and investors who chose to seek yield in risky asset classes. At the same time, turning the page on the calendar does not change the general environment we're in.
The US Economy and The Markets
Right now there are two major themes of commentary about the US economy and the markets. The first camp says that unemployment is low, the labor market is okay, and it's time to raise rates because the markets can take it. Note that the Fed sitting around thinking about the markets at all should evoke a sense of horror in you, but that's a conversation for another time. The second camp effectively says the first camp is lying and everything is awful. Who's right? Time will tell.
Despite being relatively bearish by nature, I try to find reasons for optimism. The US is a great country and it's full of creative, resourceful people. Those who are able to recognize shifts in themes and trends should be just fine. Those who don't are going to have a rougher path. I spend a lot of time thinking about the labor market as it relates to people I know. The period where people could go to school for a degree and then get a nice middle class job are over. I very reluctantly work as a Tax CPA and I can assure you that the clients with money are not punching the clock at a cozy, middle class "nine to five."
A couple of interesting labor market themes are playing out. In the late 90's and early 2000's we began to see this trend of outsourcing. That trend continues today where simple work is being moved offshore. From an Economics standpoint, outsourcing is rational and makes sense. Those who can produce an identical good or service more cheaply have a competitive advantage and should produce it. What we're seeing now is a continuation and acceleration of outsourcing and people are responding in one of three ways:
- Some choose to pursue the "proven" path and hope their college degree will translate into a middle class job. These people are doomed to failure. The middle class is disappearing rapidly and many college degrees are no longer good investments. Private schools with astronomical tuition are even worse.
- Another group is realizing the shift and pursuing skill based trades and professional work. This includes everything from Plumbers to Engineers and Accountants. My belief is that over time the people choosing the proven path will shift their energy to the skill based trades resulting in reduced wages and a surplus of labor. While skill based trades still have value, knowing a trade is really just the illusion of security. Most products and services are commodities masquerading as unique offerings. As more people offer commodities and the supply increases, the value will decrease. Don't believe me? Look at what's happening with online bookkeeping companies.
- The third group of people recognizes that the system has changed. It's not broken, it has simply changed. Nobody owes anyone a middle class job for taking on a bunch of college debt and the promises told to the younger generations are becoming lies pretty quickly. The only way to truly create security is to acquire income producing assets. For people born without assets this usually translates into entrepreneurial endeavors. This group of people has the potential to become the new middle class.
The reason we care about the labor market is that it's deeply related to consumption and consumption keeps the country afloat. We're addicted to debt in the US and that debt has been artificially inflating our consumption for quite some time. As a result, we don't even know what we're really capable of consuming. We just borrow, borrow more, and defer payment as long as possible. The problem is that debt needs to be repaid at some point and that requires income. If the labor market participants struggle to create income, the potential for major problems exists. The alternative to repayment is default.
How This All Relates To The Financial Markets
Debt is the quiet (maybe even silent) bubble right now for both the US and individuals. When you're in a bubble market nobody likes to believe there's a bubble. The participants want to believe the music will go on and on, but eventually the music stops. When the music stops, there are usually fewer chairs than anyone ever expected. For the time being, the market has shrugged off a lot of the structural problems that exist. Easy money has allowed the market to move higher for several years and the real question is what happens now.
As we move into 2016, it's important to keep in mind that the market doesn't have a clearly defined direction at the moment. The market is trapped in an area of balance and that means price is moving around about a mean. Price tends to revert to the mean over time and, at the same time, the mean changes. Right now we see a sideways market trapped below recent high levels. Sure, sitting below recent highs is a little Bearish, but the market really has not shown us where it wants to go yet.
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While I'm tooting the bear horn, it's good to recognize the possibility that price does have the potential to move higher. As I've indicated in the charts below, RUT is trapped between 1100 and 1200.
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Anticipation for the Korean biohealth industry is growing amid multinational drugmaker AstraZeneca's promise to invest $630 million in the nation's biotech and healthcare sector over the next five years. Earlier, the government vowed to nurture the sector as one of the three core industries for national growth.
To yield fruitful results with limited resources in the biotech industry, however, the government would do better to provide strategic support, experts said at a debate at the National Assembly on Monday.
Rep. Yoon Il-kyu of the ruling Democratic Party organized the debate on how to drive the nation into a global biotech power in the bioeconomy era.
|Lee Myong-hwa (left), head of the National R&D Research Office at Science and Technology Policy Institute, and Lee Chan-keun, a professor at Incheon National University, speak during a debate at the National Assembly, on Monday.
Lee Myong-hwa, head of the National R&D Research Office at Science and Technology Policy Institute (STEPI), explained how much the U.S. cell and gene therapy developers have made progress, as shown during the recent BIO International Convention (BIO USA) 2019 held in Philadelphia in early June.
"Philadelphia-based gene therapy company Spark Therapeutics, which Roche intends to acquire for $4.3 billion, grew rapidly. In just six years, the number of employees went up from five in 2013 to more than 400 now," Lee said. "As seen in the BIO USA 2019, the global market is paying keen attention to gene and cell therapies."
Lee noted that Philadelphia was using a variety of strategies to become "Cellicon Valley," a coined term using California's high-tech hub Silicon Valley.
"Philadelphia established educational institutions to bring up biotech professionals and provided production processing to help companies put ideas into practice. Philadelphia is building a positive business environment to make itself a specialized city for gene and cell therapies," she said.
Lee suggested several ideas for better biotech support: diversification of open innovation beyond information exchange and investment attraction, a swift overhaul of the licensing system for biopharmaceutical products, diversification of R&D support not only for new drug development but localization of subsidiary materials for biopharmaceutical manufacturing, training of professionals, and strengthening of the policy coordination among 14 government agencies.
Lee Chan-keun, a professor at Incheon National University (INU), emphasized that the government should make use of Korea's strength in production-based growth in the biotech sector.
Korea has a competitive edge in the biopharmaceutical industry with Celltrion developing the world's first antibody biosimilar and Samsung BioLogics having the world's largest capacity to manufacture biosimilars, according to Lee. The nation is ahead of Japan, China, and Singapore in the sector, he said.
INU's Lee noted that contract manufacturing of multinational pharmaceuticals would significantly expand from 15 percent to 50 percent, as they tend to use contract manufacturing organizations (CMOs) for existing blockbuster drugs.
"As Korea has accumulated experiences in semiconductors and displays, the nation is competent in CMO business," he said.
If companies expand their CMO business into new drug development and make entry into the contract development organization (CDO) business, they will be able to form a cluster that leads biotech ventures and contract research organizations (CRO), he added.
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Many people get confused and behave differently in the social space than they would at a "club" or association meeting or cocktail hour. Whenever I train executives on social media and social selling I try to make them realize that it's not that much difference than an in-person event or discussion.
You wouldn't come walking into an association meeting and start yelling across the room about an event your company is having, so don't do it in the online community. Make sure it's relevant and that the online group will be interested before you blaze in.
You wouldn't just talk about yourself (although I do see this happen in many cocktail parties), so make it less about you and more about the listener, or in this case the reader.
You wouldn't start handing out sales literature so don't pass it to me online without having a better knowledge of my interest; and by all mean, just because we chat a little over cocktails, don't call me the next day and assume that I want to be sold.
Online interactions are much the same as any in-person interaction. If you would be embarrassed doing X in-person don't do it online. Show me that you are trying to help me and get to know what I am truly interested in, not what you want to sell me, then reach out.
You can ask a group question, offer some educational content to the group online, etc. But don't assume I am ready to be sold because I accept it. I wouldn't be ready to hear a pitch from a few minutes at an association meeting and I won't be after accepting your thought leadership.
Just keep listening (read) and the relevant moment and time will show itself.


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Xmas Party & Presentation Evening
Fields Sports & Social Club
5pm -8pm
Its Party time again.
To end 2018 on a high, it's the presentation from the recent Dolphin Gala and also the annual Swimmer of the Year awards .
Fun and Games to be had.
Raffles and prizes.
Come along and share the Christmas Cheer, Friends and Family welcome.
Bring along a contribution for the buffet table please.(No sausage rolls. Thanks)


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|Endothelial Cell News 4.23 July 8, 2019
Exome Sequencing Revealed Notch Ligand JAG1 as a Novel Candidate Gene for Familial Exudative Vitreoretinopathy
Scientists revealed that mutant JAG1 proteins JAG1-A138V and JAG1-T962A lost almost all of their activities, and JAG1-R472H lost approximately 50% of its activity. Deletion of Jag1 in mouse endothelial cells resulted in reduced tip cells at the angiogenic front and retarded vessel growth, reproducing familial exudative vitreoretinopathy-like phenotypes. [Genet Med] Abstract
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Non-Canonical Wnt Signaling Regulates Junctional Mechanocoupling during Angiogenic Collective Cell Migration
Researchers identified that Wnt5a specifically activated Cdc42 at cell junctions downstream of ROR2 to reinforce coupling between adherens junctions and the actin cytoskeleton. They showed that Wnt5a signaling stabilized vinculin binding to alpha-catenin, and abrogation of vinculin in vivo and in vitro led to uncoordinated polarity and deficient sprouting angiogenesis in Mus musculus. [eLife] Abstract
Purinergic P2Y2 Receptors Modulate Endothelial Sprouting
Overexpression of P2Y2 in endothelial cells induced the expression of the proangiogenic molecules CXCR4, CD34, and angiopoietin-2, while expression of VEGFR-2 was decreased. Elevated P2Y2 expression caused constitutive phosphorylation of ERK1/2 and VEGFR-2. However, stimulation of cells with the P2Y2 agonist UTP did not influence sprouting unless P2Y2 was constitutively expressed. [Cell Mol Life Sci] Abstract
Canonical Wnt Signaling Promotes Neovascularization through Determination of Endothelial Progenitor Cell Fate via Metabolic Profile Regulation
Isolated endothelial progenitor cells (EPCs) from very low-density lipoprotein receptor knockout mice showed over-activated Wnt signaling, correlating with increased mitochondrial function, mass and DNA copy numbers, compared to WT EPCs. Wnt signaling up-regulated mitochondrial biogenesis and function, while inhibiting glycolysis in EPCs, which further decreased EPC stemness and promoted EPCs to a more active state toward differentiation, which may contribute to pathologic vascular formation. [Stem Cells] Abstract
mir526b and mir655 Promote Tumor Associated Angiogenesis and Lymphangiogenesis in Breast Cancer
miRNA-high cell free conditioned media promoted migration and tube formation by HUVECs, and upregulated VEGFR1, VEGFR2, and EP4 expression, showing paracrine stimulation of miRNA in the tumor microenvironment. The miRNA-induced migration and tube formation phenotypes were abrogated with EP4 antagonist or PI3K/Akt inhibitor treatments, confirming the involvement of the EP4 and PI3K/Akt pathway. [Cancers] Full Article
The Metalloproteinase ADAM15 Is Upregulated by Shear Stress and Promotes Survival of Endothelial Cells
Functionally, ADAM15 promoted survival of endothelial cells challenged by growth factor depletion or TNF stimulation as shown by ADAM15 shRNA knockdown. Exposure to shear stress increased endothelial survival while additional knockdown of ADAM15 reduced survival under flow conditions. [J Mol Cell Cardiol] Abstract | Graphical Abstract
A New Role for Host Annexin A2 in Establishing Bacterial Adhesion to Vascular Endothelial Cells: Lines of Evidence from Atomic Force Microscopy and an In Vivo Study
The authors employed a novel, anatomically based, in vivo quantitative bacterial-adhesion-to-vascular-endotheial cell (EC) system, combined with atomic force microscopy, to examine the role of endothelial luminal surface annexin a2 (ANXA2) during rickettsial adherence to ECs. They also examined whether ANXA2 antibody affected binding of Staphylococcus aureus to ECs. [Lab Invest] Abstract
Cohesive and Anisotropic Vascular Endothelial Cell Motility Driving Angiogenic Morphogenesis
To uncover hidden laws of integration driving angiogenic morphogenesis, researchers analyzed endothelial cell (EC) behaviors in an in vitro angiogenic sprouting assay using mouse aortic explants in combination with mathematical modeling. Time-lapse imaging of sprouts extended from EC sheets around tissue explants showed directional cohesive EC movements with frequent U-turns, which often coupled with tip cell overtaking. [Sci Rep] Full Article
Retinal Myeloid Cells Regulate Tip Cell Selection and Vascular Branching Morphogenesis via Notch Ligand Delta-Like 1
In vitro, co-culture of human endothelial cells (ECs) with monocyte-derived macrophages induced Delta-like (Dll) 1 upregulation in macrophages and Dll4 upregulation and an endothelial tip cell signature in ECs. Furthermore, culturing human ECs on recombinant DLL1 induced endothelial Dll4 expression and a tip cell program, indicating that changes were Dll1-dependent. [Sci Rep] Full Article
Periodontitis-Induced Systemic Inflammation Exacerbates Atherosclerosis Partly via Endothelial-Mesenchymal Transition in Mice
In vitro, Porphyromonas gingivalis lipopolysaccharide enhanced the secretion of pro-inflammatory cytokines from macrophages and increased the adhesion of monocytes to endothelial cells by upregulating the expression of adhesion molecules from endothelial cells. Moreover, secretory proteins, such as TNF-α, from macrophages induced endothelial-mesenchymal transitions of the endothelial cells. [Int J Oral Sci] Full Article
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Refueling the Ischemic CNS: Guidance Molecules for Vascular Repair
Besides the most intensively studied angiogenic growth factors, recent research has indicated that the process of vascular sprouting and migration also requires the participation of guidance molecules, many of which were initially identified as regulators of axonal growth. The authors review the inhibitory and growth-promoting effects of guidance molecules on the vascular system and discuss their potential as novel angiogenic targets for neurovascular diseases. [Trends Neurosci] Abstract
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Hemostemix Announces Enrollment Update for the ACP-01 Phase II Critical Limb Ischemia Clinical Trial
Hemostemix Inc. announced that it has enrolled a total of forty patients in its continuing Phase II Clinical Trial for critical limb ischemia (CLI) to-date. The clinical trial is a randomized, placebo-controlled, double blind Phase II trial of the safety and efficacy of ACP-01 in patients with advanced CLI who have exhausted all surgical and medical treatment options. [Hemostemix Inc.] Press Release
Synergys Announces Second Phase I SBIR Funding from National Institutes of Health
Synergys Biotherapeutics announced the granting of its second Phase I Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) award by the National Cancer Institute. This award will support the development for ovarian cancer an anti-HER2 antibody fusion candidate that contains a highly anti-angiogenic dimeric mutant endostatin as its fusion partner. [Synergys Biotherapeutics (Business Wire, Inc.)] Press Release
Pfizer Receives US FDA Approval for Its Oncology Biosimilar, ZIRABEV™ (Bevacizumab-Bvzr)
Pfizer Inc. announced the FDA has approved ZIRABEV™, a biosimilar to Avastin®, for the treatment of five types of cancer: metastatic colorectal cancer; unresectable, locally advanced, recurrent or metastatic non-squamous non-small cell lung cancer; recurrent glioblastoma; metastatic renal cell carcinoma; and persistent, recurrent or metastatic cervical cancer. [Pfizer Inc.] Press Release
Hungarian Government Takes Control of Research Institutes despite Outcry
After months of struggle between Hungary's research ministry and its scientific community, the nation's parliament ratified a law on 2 July that gives the government control over the 40 or so institutes belonging to the Hungarian Academy of Sciences. The government says that its aim is to make research more innovative. [Nature News] Editorial
Stem Cell Funding Agency CIRM Is Nearly Out of Funds
After funding stem cell research since 2004, the California Institute for Regenerative Medicine (CIRM) is running out of funds. The state agency currently has funding requests for $88 million pending but only $33 million left to give out to scientists. [The Scientist] Editorial
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Houston ICAC Sending Convicted Sex Offender Back To Prison For Child Pornography!
According to authorities, convicted sex offender Agustin Figueroa, Jr., of Angleton, TX, 52, will be returning to prison after pleading guilty to one count of possessing child pornography in May, 2011.
In a plea agreement, Figueroa admitted that he possessed nearly 21,000 images of child sexual abuse, including both stills and video. The images portrayed children engaging in sexual acts with animals, children in acts of bondage, children under the age of 12 engaged in sexual acts with adults and images of children 1 to 3 years of age, according to authorities.
Additionally, during a search of Figueroa's home involving the United States Secret Service and the Houston Metro Internet Crimes Against Children Task Force, agents found "ebooks" discussing incest and bestiality.
Figueroa was previously convicted of Aggravated Sexual Assault of a Child in 1996.


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Spidigo review updated on 17th Sept 2018
As you can see in below detailed blog post about my review using Spidigo broadband services 4 years back but now the scenario is different. This is the reason, I am updating this article with my recent experience using Spidigo services in Ahmedabad.
Few days back, while shifting my office to new location; I was searching for the reliable internet service provider and my friend recommended Spidigo! Yes you already know, I had a very bad experience with Spidigo, I replied No Way. Due to detailed discussion with my friend and Spidigo sales team about technical improvement in Spidigo fiber installation, I agreed to try them again. Its been almost 3 months I am using their services and here is the speed I am getting.
As you can see the speed is really impressive but still, here are few points you really need to understand before you go with Spidigo.
Points needed your attention before you buy spidigo broadband connection in Ahmedabad:
- Check whether they have installed fiber in your area or not. As per my understanding, they are only having better speed in areas where they have installed fiber.
- Support : Once the net goes down, it is still taking couple of hours to days to get it fixed depending upon the issue. I strongly recommend to have a backup internet connection if you are using Spidigo service for commercial purpose.
- Technical staff: In our area (chanakyapuri Ahmedabad), the support staff is very responsive and always ready to help during downtime.
Hope it will help you to choose the internet service provider in Ahmedabad.
Archive Post from 2013:
SPiDiGo is a broadband and wireless Internet service provider in Ahmedabad, Gujarat. As per their website, their coverage area includes western zone of Ahmedabad that covers Thaltej, Sola, Naranpura, Gota, Ambavadi, Gurukul, Drive-in, New ranip, Chandlodia and many popular areas of Ahmedabad.
As per my knowledge, most of their customers are from those areas where wired broadband internet is not available from other popular providers like Airtel, Reliance or Tata. I know this because I am one of their customers using their services since long only because I do not have any other options.
Here is my detailed Spidigo review that will help you to know who they are!
Internet Speed
They offers different Internet speed plan ranging from 256 KB to 2 MB but you will always see big amount of fluctuation in their Internet speed. Usually I am facing speed related issue once a month. Sometime twice a week!
The worst thing is; they will say your problem is solved but actually it will start again and again.
Customer support
When their Internet is down, you will always find their customer support number busy. Sometime, I have to keep calling for half an hour to register the complaint. They will always say, "Our representative will get back to you" but when? God knows! In most of the cases, I did not get proper response from them.
And the worst part of their service is; they will never intimate you about downtime. Just think, what if you are using their Internet for your IT company office? What if you are using their Internet as IT professionals? You have your own priority, but they never inform you about any maintenance outage or any other downtime.
If you are planning to buy SpidiGo Internet connection, you must have to keep one extra connection from other providers (or wireless dongle) to handle such un-expected issues.
Positive Point
The only positive point I found is; their payment collection team. They will contact you prior to expiry date of your plan. They remind you for payment and they will collect cheque from your address.
If you are spidigo broadband and Internet users and want to share your spidigo review with our readers, write here in comments. That will help other users to save their time and money!
SPiDiGo Review on YouTube !!
While searching SpidiGo reviews over internet, i came across this YouTube video posted by some Spidigo customer. You can check comments in this video to learn more about Spidigo customer experience in Ahmedabad.


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With the Aussie dollar at an all-time high against the US dollar, there really has never been a better time to explore the United States in your own campervan (or "RV" as they are known in the US). That's because with the Aussie dollar nearly equal to the US dollar, you can literally drive your dollar further in a USA rv rental.
Gone are the days when you would kiss a good portion of your money away when booking an American campervan holiday. Now the most you lose is 1 or 2 cents for every dollar spent. So a US$500 rv vacation is now almost the same price in Aussie dollars for Australian travellers.
So what's on offer? Currently, you can hire a spacious 6 Berth (31 Foot) Motorhome from Apollo Motorhome Holidays from US$78.00 (AU$80.00) per night, picking up in Los Angeles on 01 November 2010. And prices get cheaper as the end of the year approaches as this is winter in the USA.
Apollo offers branches in Los Angeles, Las Vegas, San Francisco and Denver (from April 2011 onwards). Cheapa Campa is another USA rental company who offer cheap rv rentals.
To get to the USA, Qantas and other airlines are offering cheap fares from the east coast of Australia to Los Angeles. Qantas fares are as low as AU$500 one-way between Sydney and Los Angeles for travel in mid-November (based on current sale fare so conditions do apply).
And if the Aussie dollar surpasses the US dollar, USA rv hire will be even cheaper! Who knows if that will happen, but if you have been thinking about travelling to the US now, there's no time like the present to lock in your campervan. RV rental rates are available up until 31 March 2012 so you can start planning for 2011 and beyond. Campervan hire companies like Apollo offer early bird discounts for booking in advance so you can save even more.
The USA is very well set-up for RV rentals as the locals love their RV's as much as the tourists. There are lots of RV parks to stay at with hook-up facilities to electricity and water. So if you have every dreamed about travelling along the pacific coast from LA to San Francisco, exploring Yellowstone National Park or admiring the view at the Grand Canyon, then the time for dreaming is over. Aussies can cash in their dollars and be rewarded with a fistful of US dollars in return. Make the most of the high Aussie dollar!


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So it's time for me to challenge myself again. Back in April, Dave (my husband) and I did a health challenge to help us loose weight and see who could loose the most body fat (by %). Dave won and I came in third. Since then I have lost over 16 lbs and I feel great.
For the last couple of years I have consistently been going to different exercise classes 3 to 4 times a week at Freestone Recreation Center here in Gilbert, AZ. I love their instructors, and I really enjoy working out in a class environment. You get to know the other ladies (and men) and support each other. And I get accountability to go, which I totally need. Read More
It's been way over a year since I became 40 and as you can see I did not totally complete my 40 before 40 list. 🙁 But I am not deterred, once day I will finish them all.
A couple of weeks ago we had friends visit from England. While the boys were off playing foot golf (yes, that is playing golf with a football (soccer) ball Kay & I decide to give paddle boarding a try at Tempe Town Lake. Read More
Today after very little sleep I have woken up sad, disappointed but most of all scared. Not because a Republican won, but because the man that will be the next president of the United States of America does not seem to value all people, regardless of race, religion or gender. He has ignited hatred and bigotry and that is not the person I want for my president.
Ten years ago we landed in Phoenix to start our new life in the USA. We had no idea what life would be like, we just had this idea of what we wanted – a better quality of life and one where could spend more time together and enjoy life to its fullest. Read More
Whenever I see an old abandon building I always wondered what stories it could tell, who lived there, who built it, what was life like. Living in the West there are lots of old mining towns with abandoned buildings from an era gone past. Read More
One of the things about turning 40 is that is makes you think about the life you have lead so far. Have I made the most of it? Do I have any regrets? What's next?… Read More
For quite a few years now we have had a lovely DSLR camera with great lens etc but have never really learnt how to use it properly hence having a photography lesson was one of the things I wanted to achieve this year.
My very talented sister Maria who lives in Argentina makes a number of circus toys for children and adults and when I was there a couple of years ago she gave me a set of Swing Cintas. I promised that I would learn how to use them and make a video for her. Read More
Having never been runner when I lived in England I wanted to run 5k when I was there visiting my family and friends.
I was staying at my aunt's house which is located in one of the many hilly areas of Bath, not far from where I lived the first year of my life in England back in 1993/94. Read More
I am quite an adventurous eater, I will always try something once. So when it came to this challenge I had difficulty finding something new to eat, a search of local restaurants in the Phoenix area did not turn up much.
But in April when I was in England visiting family and friends my lovely friend Anelia took me out to lunch at this fabulous restaurant called The Pig Near Bath. The location is just stunning and so was the restaurant. All the food is sourced from local producers within a 25 miles radius of the restaurant. Read More
On March 21 we attend A Night at the Museum, a fundraiser for our local Gilbert Historical Museum. It's a lovely museum depicting the history of Gilbert. We worked with them to develop their website a few years back and have help out when needed since then. This year we took Sally & Iris who were staying with us and our good friends Lionel & Cathy.
Living in Arizona with the beautiful weather that we have, we see lots of people out on motorbikes. I always imagine how great it must be to experience the open road on the back of a bike.


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December 2019 Monthly Sales
The Holidaze are officially upon us and 'Tis the season here at Infinity's End! We have some stellar specials to help ring in the holiday cheer! With loads of new unique gifts arriving daily and the largest selection of band tees in Charlotte, stop by Infinity's End on your search for memorable gifts for your friends and family. As a special thanks to our customers, we will be running our annual 'Happy Holidaze' promotion December 2nd thru the 15th! Receive $10.00 in IE Cash with every $50.00 or more purchase!


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Tough Times
South Africa's economic performance is highly correlated with that of our traditional economic partners, including Britain, Western Europe the US and Japan. Evidence of the extent of this economic inter-relatedness follows from the fact that each time Europe has gone into recession in the last two decades, South Africa has followed. Thus, whilst internal factors – such as the political landscape, considerations of nationalisation, currency volatility and stability of electricity supply – will matter to South Africa's economic performance in 2012, external factors will matter at least as much.
Sadly, on the external front, there is not much reason for optimism from our traditional trading partners this year. These historically advanced economies remain mired in structural problems that include huge debt mountains in the private and public sectors; generous social welfare spending commitments that are untenable; demographic decay; and fiscal and monetary policies that have proved ineffective in the aftermath of the global financial crisis. We refer to this quagmire of malaise in which the advanced economies find themselves as a PAFTOTY scenario, where the acronym stands for "pissing around for ten or twenty years".
The PAFTOTY scenario borrows from Japan's experience of the last twenty years, which has seen the economy moribund despite furious stimulatory policy efforts. Amongst others things, Japan's economic stagnation is explained by the same factors that appear in many other advanced economies today: vast indebtedness, demographic decay and policy inadequacy.
At present, 65 percent of the world's economic footprint is represented by these advanced, but troubled, countries. Thus, as things stand, we are facing a decade or two of "polishing the brass on the Titanic", effectively going nowhere economically in the advanced world. For those exposed to the South African economy, this is a reason to be worried.
Whilst the economic recovery of the developed world over the last two years has been anaemic, many other economies have seen swift growth. China, India and Brazil – the clear drivers of the emerging economies – grew by 7.5% in 2010 and an estimated further 6.0% in 2011. At this rate of growth, these economies are doubling in size every decade. In this vein, the African economy continues to grow quickly, now having grown faster than Asia in eight of the last ten years. This dynamism in emerging markets gives rise to a second acronym – SINFOOH – which stands for "the sky is not falling on our heads".
In spite of the gloomy outlook for many of the advanced economies in 2012, there is a raft of countries which boast excellent fundamentals in six factors which correlate with socio-economic (rather than economic) welfare.
- A high savings rate. This funds a high rate of investment in fixed capital that, in turn, translates into economic growth.
- A favourable demographic structure. If more people are entering the workforce than leaving it, this adds to the nation's productive capacity and economic welfare.
- An improvement in the nation's relative physical health. The state of a population's wellness, and ongoing improvements in access to healthcare and healthcare infrastructure, lead to further enhancements in socio-economic welfare.
- Rising education levels with improved access to education and the education infrastructure. The more advanced the education a country's population, the greater its likely rate of economic growth.
- Improving quality of a country's institutions and policy, including monetary, fiscal and industrial policy. Transparent policy-making and policy stability contribute as much to improvements in economic welfare as policies themselves. In essence, a transparent and stable policy setting translates into greater investment certainty.
- Finally, the degree of economic openness. The extent to which the factors of production (goods, services and capital; people and ideas) are able to move freely between nations plays a role in determining growth and economic performance.
There are at least 20 countries which have these factors in abundance, including all five of the BRICS (Brazil, Russia, India, China and South Africa) which represent a combined population of three billion people. But there are others countries, like Peru, Chile, the Philippines, Vietnam, Iraq, Egypt, Nigeria and, most recently, Mongolia that also are able to tick the boxes. What this means is that, with a richness of success factors and proper application, these factors can be processed into rapid socio-economic advancement. Notably, a region showing signs of improving success factors is sub-Saharan Africa (SSA).
Given this global backdrop, we see some modest tailwinds that have helped the South African economy to achieve reasonable growth in 2011, possibly of the order of 3.0% for the full year. Whilst this is better than many of our advanced counterparts, for South Africa to effectively address our structural unemployment problem the economy needs to grow at 10% per annum, far in excess of recent figures and well-above government's target of six percent. To move the economy from pedestrian and stale to greater dynamism requires bold policy steps, and vibrant economic partners. The most obvious option in terms of the latter aspect would be for the South African economy to integrate with the SSA region.
In 2000, The Economist ran the now-infamous cover labelling Africa "The Hopeless Continent". Since then, however, Africa's progress has been anything but hopeless. Over the ten years to 2010, Africa's annual output grew by 4.7%, almost twice as fast as the previous decade and much faster than the global average growth rate of 2.6%. In sum, SSA represents an extraordinary partner to help the South African economy achieve much faster economic growth.
The sky is indeed not falling on our heads. Cumulative BRICS growth over past decade totals $12 trillion, equivalent to the size of the US economy. Assuming the same growth rates apply, the BRICS economies would replace Italy ten times or Greece 40 times over the next decade.
So what are the implications for South Africa? This country needs to ensure that the six factors listed above are embedded in our society, our economy and our political landscape. We need to be effectively integrated with the rapidly-growing world economies – not just being among them, but working together with them.
We stand on the cusp of 2012 with a new set of policy initiatives launched by the South African government. But in reality we don't need new policies. As Demosthenes said 2000 years ago, our three most important needs are "action, action and action". It is critical that South Africa should avoid slipping into a PAFTOTY state – a risk that we run if we continue toying with policy rather than implementing it. South Africa has many positives going for it – a successful tourism industry; the homecoming revolution; superb fiscal and monetary policy discipline; vibrant neighbours; and a windfall from the R1 trillion infrastructure spending pipeline, which has one of the highest job multipliers and substantial spill-over effects. In this setting, South Africa has an exceptional civil society and a world-class private sector.
So, if I were to be given three wishes for South Africa in 2012, my list would be simple: "education, education and delivery".
Without education, all else is wasted. We need to start at the very earliest point of education, in the foundation phase, and overhaul the system all the way to Matric. It may take 15 years to achieve, but we will grow a set of world-class matriculants who will change the face of South Africa for ever. We have seen countless examples of countries which have used education to rise above their history; countries such as South Korea, Rwanda, Singapore and Vietnam.
You may not be able to change your past, but you can change your future.


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I love Buffalo Chicken! Every year for the family Christmas Eve get-together, my sister-in-law makes an amazing Buffalo Chicken Dip, and I always eat way too much of it. Appetizer parties like that are my downfall. I always have to walk away from the food or else I'll keep helping myself to "just a little more." Dear readers, please tell me some of you can relate!
But I digress. When a friend of mine recently shared a recipe for Slow Cooker Buffalo Chicken Sandwiches on a crock pot Facebook page, I knew they had to have a spot on the menu!
I didn't have Buffalo wing sauce, so I decided to try making my own version using the ingredients I had on hand. I looked up a popular brand of buffalo wing sauce to get an idea of how I could make it myself. The first few ingredients - vinegar, cayenne pepper, and salt - were the same found in hot sauce. Then there were the added natural flavors, preservatives, oil, thickeners (xantham gum), and "Natural Butter Type Flavor." I decided to go with the hot sauce I already had and see how it went. At the end I added butter and a little bit of cream cheese to thicken the sauce, and I'm quite pleased with how this dish turned out!
Crock Pot Buffalo Chicken Sandwiches
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- 4 boneless, skinless chicken breasts
- 1/2 tsp pepper
- 1 tsp garlic powder
- 2 tsp dry minced onions
- 1 Tablespoon dried dill
- 1 Tablespoon dried parsley
- 1/4 cup -1/2 cup hot sauce, to your preferred level of spice
(you can always add more at the end)
- 1-2 Tablespoons water
- 1 ounce cream cheese
- 1-2 Tablespoons butter
- 6 sandwich buns
- Place the chicken breasts on the bottom of the crock pot. Sprinkle with spices, and pour hot sauce and water over the top.
When adding the hot sauce, add as much or as little as you prefer. Since I'm feeding a toddler I usually add closer to 1/4 cup and a little more water.
- Cover and cook on low for 7-8 hours. (This would be a great time to make your own ranch dressing, if you want.)
- Remove the chicken from the crock pot to a plate or cutting board. Add the butter and cream cheese (cut into 4 or 5 pieces) to the sauce in the crock and whisk until dissolved. Don't worry if there are still small pieces of cream cheese in the sauce - they will finish dissolving when you stir in the chicken.
- Shred the chicken using two forks. Return to the crock pot and stir to coat.
- Serve on sandwich buns, with some ranch dressing and extra hot sauce, if desired.
Homemade Ranch Dressing
- 6 oz. container of plain yogurt
- ⅓ cup mayonnaise
- 1/8 tsp garlic powder
- ½ tsp dried parsley
- ½ tsp dried dill
- pinch of salt
- pepper, to taste
Whisk all ingredients together. This ranch will keep in a sealed container (I use a pint mason jar) for about a week.
I've made this twice in the last 3 weeks, and it was a hit both times. Based on how much Hubby and I like it, and how easy it is to make, I'm sure it will make many more appearances on our table!
Are you a fan of Buffalo chicken? What's your favorite Buffalo-inspired dish?


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Preventing exploitation and maintaining good relations between workers and volunteers
George Thomson previews the launch of the new Volunteer Charter
My first job in 1982 was part-time organising secretary for Aberdeen Voluntary Organisation's Centre. I was employed by the Scottish Council of Social Services (SCSS), renamed the Scottish Council for Voluntary Organisations (SCVO) in 1986. We were a resource centre for the city's voluntary organisations and I learned about their needs, including volunteering.
At the same time I gained a second part-time job as an adult education tutor with the Workers Educational Association (WEA), and my main responsibility was working on the STUC day-release programme for volunteer shop stewards and health and safety representatives.
You could say that it was an early introduction to two great complementary traditions and expressions of volunteering. The first is based on charity volunteering and focused on recruitment and retention, and the other centres on solidarity, advocacy and campaigning. I'll never forget the fish canning workers representatives from Peterhead and Fraserburgh, and their courage, comradeship and endurance though difficult challenges.
It was great to see the United Nations achieve inter-governmental consensus about what characterises volunteering during the 2001 International Year of Volunteers. Importantly it includes mutual support and self-help volunteering activity, alongside formal service and campaigning.
So why do I think that a joint charter is needed?
This charter updates the existing joint STUC Volunteer Scotland Charter to take account of a new context and the need for clear and unambiguous principles for assuring volunteer legitimacy and preventing exploitation. The key goal is to ensure good relations between workers and volunteers, and to ensure that other stakeholders achieve consensus on the validity of volunteer roles.
We're reframing volunteering. In the past there has been a disproportionate attention on formal volunteering and unpaid work and not enough focus on the main experience of volunteering, which is generally helping out where relationships are prime. This includes helping out in community-buildings, for example. Generally, we know each other there and the associations and connections create a meaningful and natural environment to give time voluntarily.
Sadly, I think we urgently need to strengthen our community fabric. To develop trust and relationships where it's easy to ask others to volunteer or where people feel like they can volunteer, whoever they are.
At the same time we have fundamental and challenging working conditions such as the so called gig economy which are precarious and can be highly exploitative and inhuman. A young group of social action volunteers in Better Than Zero have put their concerns right out there about the potential for volunteer roles to be exploitative of workers and volunteers. With the support of Unite the Union they have shaken some of the assumptions we've held, and to be critically aware about what is legitimate and what not in volunteer engagement. A contested space.
The joint STUC/Volunteer Scotland Charter is designed to help ensure that exploitation doesn't arise and to promote a very positive values basis for volunteer growth and inclusion. There are 10 key principles that guide stakeholder negotiations. We aim to prevent the conflicts that have arisen in the past where some volunteer roles have been seen as a displacement of workers, and to achieve a vitally important goal of maintaining good relations between workers and volunteers.
Join us if you can at the launch at The Gathering and the new updated charter will be available on our website from then.
George Thomson is chief executive of Volunteer Scotland
Launch of Volunteer Scotland & STUC Volunteering Charter (Wed 20 February, 10am, Dochart Suite)
Inclusive volunteering "the status quo is not an option!" (Wed 20 February, 3.45pm, Boisdale Suite 1)


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This post was written by RITTER Sports Performance Intern Catherine Beck, MS, RD.
Think back to your last meal. Where did you eat? What time? Were you watching TV? On your phone? Sitting at your work desk? Do you even remember what your last meal was, what it tasted like, or if you enjoyed it? Do you find yourself skipping meals because you are in the offseason or taking a break from training and you feel like because your training volume and intensity have decreased you don't have to fuel? Or are you an athlete that feels like you are constantly being sucked into trying new diets and trends? It can be overwhelming receiving different food messages from coaches and teammates and hard to know at times how to best fuel your body without being obsessive.
There is no question that our world is full of distractions. We are constantly on the go with work, family, training, etc. and these things can pull us in a million different directions. Unfortunately, the hustle-and-bustle of day-to-day life can have a strong impact on our ability to nourish and fuel our bodies adequately. Additionally, as an athlete, it can be hard to grasp how to handle eating when you are not in-season or training regularly. Many individuals get stuck in the mindset that if they haven't trained or participated in a grueling workout, they don't "deserve" certain foods. It can be easy to fall into compensatory behaviors like working out after a heavy meal to reduce guilt or limiting your intake throughout the day due to an upcoming event involving food. This type of thinking can lead to additional thoughts and behaviors that may harm your training intensity and athletic skills. Offseason fueling is just as critical to helping you achieve your athletic goals. It's important to maintain a healthy and nourishing relationship with food throughout different seasons.
Maybe you've heard of intuitive eating, maybe not. It sounds obscure, and to those unaccustomed, to implementing it regularly it can seem daunting and awkward. Intuitive eating can be one of the best strategies to assist in adequately fueling for performance and facilitating a healthy relationship with food and your body.
The tenants of intuitive eating are straightforward–eat when you're hungry, stop when you're full. Eat when and what you want. There are no foods labeled as "good" or "bad." This is simplified and you can find a more descriptive explanation of the 10 principles of intuitive eating here.
Sounds simple, right? Sadly, implementation can be challenging, especially when you're accustomed to today's food culture of eating quickly with distractions, counting calories and macros, and body shaming ourselves because we don't look or perform the way we see others in the media. All of these distractions and messages from outside influences can lead to the loss of hunger and fullness cues, the cues we are born with to help us naturally regulate our food intake. When outside factors dictate what, when, and how we eat, it can be easy to ignore or misinterpret the messages your body sends you to distinguish when you are hungry and full. Intuitive eating is about getting back in touch with these signals and focusing on your physical hunger cues and what your body is telling you it needs. A hunger scale, like the one below, can be useful when trying to become more in tune with your hunger and fullness levels.
When you sit down to prepare or enjoy a meal, take 60 seconds to check in with yourself. What is your body craving? Are you hungry? How hungry are you? Do you simply think it's "time" to eat? Is it physical hunger that is motivating you to consume food or is there more of an emotional reason behind your desire to eat? Examine your true hunger level. A good goal using the image above is to hover around 3-4 before eating, and 5-6 after eating.
Below are some small tweaks you can begin to make in your daily life that will help shape a more positive relationship and intuitive eating approach with food:
- Avoid distractions while eating. When you're distracted during an eating occasion, you miss out on important cues that your body sends you. Moreover, you eat faster and chew your food less which can have a negative impact on the digestion of food. To start, try and consume one meal a day with no distractions. No emails, no TV, no Instagram. It sounds tough at first- but I promise the more you do it the easier it will get!
- Make peace with food. This is one of the main tenants of intuitive eating. Making peace with food means ridding yourself of pre-conceived beliefs about foods being good or bad. Get rid of the idea that there are foods you should or should not eat. All foods can fit and when you're in touch with what your body needs you will know the best way to fuel it. You might be surprised what your body will tell you if you listen to it.
- Enjoy meal and snack times. Often meals are crammed into small time frames between other daily tasks. This results in a rushed eating experience. You're left without a memory of how the food tasted or even if you enjoyed it. Next time you sit down to eat, really taste your food. Think about the different textures, smells, and the food's appearance. Try rolling a bite around in your mouth and take a moment to experience the taste and texture. Before swallowing, evaluate how the taste and texture of the food changed in the few moments it was in your mouth. You will be amazed at how different eating can feel when you're more aware of the properties and flavors of food as you eat it!
- Honor your body and its abilities. Remember, we only have one chance to treat our body well. Overall food patterns shape your health, not one meal or snack. Become aware of what your body needs, what it is craving, and treat it with respect.
If you're feeling out of touch with hunger, food, or your body, make a goal to become more aware of how and why you eat the way you do and if those choices benefit you. Eating from internal cues of hunger and fullness and having a more mindful approach to food can lead to an overall improved body image and quality of life and less preoccupation with food.
If you'd like to learn more about intuitive eating, check out the 10 basic principles outlined in the book Intuitive Eating- A Revolutionary Program that Works, by Evelyn Tribole. MS, RDN and Elyse Resch, MS, RDN, CEDRD. The book and workbook are great resources.
If you'd like to work more on intuitive eating and fueling for your sport, connect with Steph today. And if you are really struggling with disordered eating behaviors, emotional eating, or if you have difficulty accepting your body, I encourage you to reach out for help. It is difficult to directly become an intuitive eater if you do have an eating disorder.


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Q1. For myself, I also was unfamiliar with the word "cordillera," and so immediately ruled out "mountains" as a possible correct answer. However, the "chain" element of the question didn't lend itself to my other guess, "fault lines," and so I went with "volcanoes," which the Commissioner allowed (and which subsequent research has shown are present in multiple cordilleras -- who knew?).

Q2. Rebel Without A Cause was my guess. East of Eden was the answer to the question, "What James Dean movie could I not name on Monday morning even with a gun to my head?" Film is your strongest subject, so 1 point here.

Q3. Sometimes you just know the answer. "Dogs playing poker" was an example of that phenomenon. No hesitation, but enough of a YEKIOYD that I scored it as a 2-pointer.

Q4. Growing up, my mother made me watch gymnastics and figure skating on ABC's Wide World of Sports, and now I'm a fan of both. As you say, this was a gimme, but it was the internet meme that led me to score it zero.

Q5. I blindly guessed chocolate; the long word looked oddly familiar to me but staring at it did not make its meaning any more clear. Soap never crossed my mind; for whatever reason, I focused on foodstuffs. I gave 3 points since Science is not a strong suit of yours.

Q6. You are very strong in Pop Music, and this musician whom I'd never heard of was my other choice for a zero.

A 5(4) - 5(3) tie. Christmas, indeed.

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UFC lightweight star Khabib Nurmagomedov has claimed that he is the Floyd Mayweather of Mixed Martial Arts (MMA) and admitted talks of a potential fight with Conor McGregor.
"The Eagle" is undefeated in his professional fighting career as he holds an MMA record of 24-0. He will face Tony Ferguson for the interim UFC lightweight championship at UFC 209 on 4 March in Nevada.
Mayweather's unbeaten record of 49-0 has impressed Nurmagomedov and the 28-year-old has vowed to emulate the American boxer to become the "greatest" lightweight fighter in UFC history.
"I don't care about him [McGregor], I only want to fight for the title. This is what I want. I don't care about Conor or Floyd Mayweather. Floyd Mayweather is one of the greatest boxers, but I think I am the Floyd Mayweather of MMA," Nurmagomedov told TMZ, as quoted by Fox Sports.
"I am 24-0, I can be 26-0 – 10-0 in the UFC – undefeated and undisputed UFC lightweight champion. I want to become the greatest lightweight ever. This is what I want."
McGregor defeated Eddie Alvarez to win the lightweight championship at UFC 205. He created history by becoming the first fighter in the promotion to hold two titles concurrently. The UFC star announced his decision not to enter the octagon until after his girlfriend gives birth to their first child.
This has left Nurmagomedov to fight Ferguson for the interim lightweight championship at UFC 209. The Russian fighter remains confident he will extend his undefeated streak and claimed that people will forget McGregor after he defeats the Dubliner.
"Conor has to be careful because I'm going to smash Tony Ferguson and after I'm going to smash Conor McGregor. I think after this one, people will begin to forget about this guy. But now, everybody talks about him, but it's okay. For me, it's okay," he stressed.