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If you saw Becky Kriger and Tiffany Becker together at dinner or strolling along the West Columbia Riverwalk, you'd probably guess they're best friends. They call each other breast friends. That's because Becky and Tiffany met while getting chemotherapy together. Both were diagnosed and began treatment for breast cancer before their 30th birthdays.
Although breast cancer is the most common cancer diagnosis, it's still rare in young women. Most cases — 93% — are diagnosed in women over age 40. Becky, a chemical engineer, was 25 when she found the lump in her breast. Tiffany, a surgical technician at Lexington Medical Center, shared her symptoms with a co-worker who urged her to see a surgeon. The same day, Tiffany contacted Lexington Surgical Associates, a Lexington Medical Center physician practice, where her tumor was diagnosed. Within days, a biopsy confirmed it was cancer. Neither Tiffany nor Becky had genetic markers or a strong family history of breast cancer.
Hear what they say about their experience with breast cancer in this video.
Although breast cancer is common, each case is as unique as the woman. When Tiffany told her friends about her diagnosis, one of the first to offer help was Todd S. Lefkowitz, MD, FACS, a surgeon at Lexington Plastic Surgery, a Lexington Medical Center physician practice. Tiffany knew Dr. Lefkowitz from working together at the hospital.
"He texted me right away and asked me what I needed," Tiffany said. "I told him, 'I want you to fix me!'" After doing her own research, Becky also chose Dr. Lefkowitz for her breast reconstruction."A common myth women bring to the first consultation is that their situation is like their mother's or their friend's," Dr. Lefkowitz said. "What they may not realize is that the options we have for breast reconstruction are fairly diverse. What may work really well for one person isn't a good option for another."
For some time, surgeons have started breast reconstruction during the mastectomy by placing a device to expand breast tissue under the pectoral muscle. After several in-office procedures to expand the tissue over time, the expander is later surgically replaced with a permanent implant.
A more recent advancement is to perform implant-based reconstruction above the pectoral muscle — a much less painful and prolonged process.
"This technique eliminates a potential source for infection and complication. We're trying to replace like with like; the mastectomy surgeon took out tissue above the muscle, so let's put the implant in the same place," he said.
Dr. Lefkowitz said the movement to go direct-to-implant and skip the expander is another possibility. "We can often put in an implant at the time of mastectomy, instead of a tissue expander. Being able to wake up from surgery and already having a breast that is rebuilt can be very emotionally uplifting for women," he said.
There are aesthetic advancements as well, such as using the natural crease beneath the breast for an incision to reduce scar visibility, and keeping the natural nipple when the tissue is cancer-free. "The overall techniques of reconstruction are becoming better and better," he said.
Breast cancer reconstruction works best when it's integrated with the cancer treatment process. "We try to get patients in to see us before a full treatment plan is finalized, so they can understand the entire process," Dr. Lefkowitz said. That's because cancer treatment itself can complicate reconstruction. Radiation can cause changes in the breast tissue that must be addressed after treatment is complete. But chemotherapy can take place before and after mastectomy, and it may continue during and after reconstruction."If there's a way to streamline the process — to save everyone time, pain and effort — in a safe and effective manner, that's the way we want to go," he said.
Streamlining the reconstruction process requires careful attention to the individual. For example, Becky was able to have over-the-muscle implants. Both women have temporary, air-filled breast implants until they complete radiation treatments. After recovery, Dr. Lefkowitz will exchange them for permanent, silicone-filled implants. "That's really new," Tiffany said.
Tiffany says her knowledge of doctors and procedures at work left no doubt in her mind about seeking local cancer treatment and reconstructive surgery. Dr. Lefkowitz welcomes informed patients who are advocates for their own health and lifelong well-being. Becky, who moved to the Columbia area just three years ago from Wisconsin, did her research before selecting her surgeons. "I shopped around, and it seems like he did all the modern techniques. And I liked him — he's funny."
For his part, Dr. Lefkowitz welcomes knowledgeable patients who come through his door. "We encourage patients to educate themselves about the process and understand they're a vital part of it," he said. "It's patient-driven. People who find their way to my office are emotionally invested in the way they look and feel. Reconstruction is a large part of the healing process — whether they're women in their 20s or all the way up to their 70s and 80s."
Join Lexington Medical Center on October 17 for "Women's Night Out," a silent auction, dinner and fashion show honoring breast cancer survivors and their families. Visit LMCFoundation.com to purchase tickets.


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Steven M. Greer, MD has been known around the world since 1990 when he originally founded The Center for the Study of Extraterrestrial Intelligence (CSETI) - a diplomatic and research based initiative to contact extraterrestrial civilizations. Hailed by his peers for his courage to open up a serious, yet controversial dialogue on the subject matter, he found himself gaining public attention ... not only by television media such as the Larry King Show, but by various Military and Government Officials from around the world as well. Some conversations were about trying to stop his work from moving forward, but others (many, many, many others), had information and stories they wanted to tell. BIG stories.
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By this time, Dr. Greer had become known in the public eye as the "Father of the Disclosure Movement", and he presided over the groundbreaking National Press Club Disclosure Event in May, 2001 where Project Starlight took center stage with over 20 military, government, intelligence and corporate witnesses presenting compelling testimony regarding the existence of extraterrestrial life forms visiting the planet, and the reverse engineering of the energy and propulsion systems of the craft they traveled in to get to planet Earth.
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A lifetime member of Alpha Omega Alpha, the nation's most prestigious medical honor society, Dr. Greer has now retired as an emergency physician to work with CSETI, The Disclosure Project and The Orion Project. During part of his career, he was chairman of the Department of Emergency Medicine at Caldwell Memorial Hospital in North Carolina.
He is the author of four insightful books and multiple DVDs on the UFO/ET subject. He teaches groups throughout the world how to make peaceful contact with extraterrestrial civilizations, and continues to research true alternative energy sources ... with plans to bring them out into the public sector as soon as there is a tested and verified working prototype.
Dr. Greer's life work is the subject of the historic film, "Sirius" which premiered on April 22, 2013. He is currently creating the film, "Unacknowledged : An Expose of the Greatest Secret in Human History" with a companion book which will be released in conjunction with the film, edited and published by New York Times Bestselling Author Steve Alten.
Expected release will be in late 2016/early 2017 ... and will include The Disclosure Concert, which is being created to raise awareness and funding for the New Earth Energy Incubator ~ an open-source research project to develop ZPE / Free energy systems to heal the environment and begin a new, sustainable civilization on Earth.

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Well, it's finished. 19 pieces and 3 days later, it's all assembled and ready for the big reveal. I tell BB about it and he is excited; I explain that we can carry it with us when we go hiking and he can use it to collect interesting things he finds. "Oh!" he says. "Like leaves and rocks and…shiny rocks!" At this point I'm excited too because guess who usually gets to carry all the rocks he finds on our hikes? I'll give you a hint: it's not him. Sadly, that was as far as the enthusiasm went. He willingly tried it on, and it's a great size (I was a little worried since the strap is not adjustable), but he didn't want any part of it. I was a little crushed because I worked really hard on it and thought he might be a little more excited, but then I should know better by now. That's why I like doing clothes; they don't even notice them, they just wear them and I get to enjoy seeing them use something I made. Handmade toys? Forget it. I think I'll tuck this away until it's warm enough to use it, then maybe it will be received enthusiastically again. The tutorial was great, and I thank Steffanie at Sew grown for providing it. The fruit of my labors:
It started out as half a pair of jeans (the other half having gone into baby pants) and scraps of linen from a sling (plus some Alexander Henry 2D Zoo that I have been looking for an excuse to use). I skipped the piping, which looks great, but I am sticking faithfully to my no-buy.
The bonus is that the inside has pockets too, from the jeans, as well as one that I cut out and stitched onto the back of the bag. Then I used the button from the jeans to make a closure for the bag. Of course, that means BB will have to learn to open and close a button, but that's a useful life skill anyway.
I can't wait for warmer weather so we can get outside and try it out! (Can you tell I am sick of winter?) I read about letterboxing the other day and I was so excited to try it out that I almost dragged the kids on a winter hike (which we do occasionally), but then I realized that even if we could follow the clues to the right location, the box would be well and truly buried in the snow. Then comes the season of unending mud, but by May we should be good to go so… 3 more months? I hope we survive; we are all getting some serious cabin fever!


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Wouter Hamel: Nobody's Tune
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"March, April, May will make you sing and sway," is a fine example of a song delivering its text; Hamel switching between swaying, somewhere in the middle of the song, and ultimately back to Bacharach-ian harmonies.
"See You Once Again," combines an upbeat, ska-like tempo and rhythm line, and Hamel's voice as a soothing antidote, with Benjamin Herman's sax solo bringing the track back to jazz world. Herman builds the saxophone's presence throughout the song, making sure Nobody's Tune's jazz roots are not forgotten.
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One More Time On The Merry-Go-Round; Big Blue Sea; When Morning Comes; In Between; Nobody's Tune; Sir Henry; March, April, May; Quite the Disguise; Once in a Lifetime; Tiny Town; See You Once Again; Amsterdam.
Wouter Hamel: vocals, acoustic guitar, philicorda, autoharp, japanese bowls, crotales, mellotron, zither, backing vocals; Pieter de Graaf: glockenspiel, mettalophone, clavinet, wurlitzer, upright piano, hagstrom wind organ; Sven Happel: double-bass; Jasper Van Hulten: drums; Gijs Anders Van Straalen: percussion; Benny Sings: samples; Rogier Voorvelt: tambourine; Shirma Rouse: backing vocals; Folker Tettero: acoustic guitar; Morris Kliphuis: horn; Voice Enterprise: choir; Roos Jonker, Susan Zeegers: backing vocals; Leine: backing vocals; Henry Ronde: vocals, steel drums; Benjamin Herman: saxophone; Kyteman: trumpet; Kobi Arditi: trombone.
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Title: Nobody's Tune | Year Released: 2009 | Record Label: Dox Records


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VICTORIA - British Columbia's government is once again trying to correct some historical wrongs committed against the province's Chinese community.
An all-party apology over the Chinese head tax fell apart last March when news broke about a controversial ethnic outreach strategy.
The strategy suggested formal apologies in the legislature to ethnic communities for historic wrongs could result in quick wins at the ballot box.
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Canada started charging a head tax in the late 1800s to discourage Chinese immigration, the B.C. government supported it and even accepted federal payments.
VICTORIA - The dates and locations of community forums to discuss the wording, delivery and legacy efforts for a formal apology to B.C.'s Chinese community for historical wrongs were confirmed today by Minister of International Trade and Minister Responsible for the Asia Pacific Strategy and Multiculturalism, Teresa Wat.
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If anyone needed a holiday last Sunday, it was the College's baseball team.
En route to a 4-2 week, the College played extra-inning-games on Thursday and Friday, followed by a doubleheader Saturday. The Lions played 41 innings of baseball in those three days.
The No. 3-ranked College split the double header with Montclair State University, dropping the first game 6-2 but rallying to thump the Red Hawks 17-5 in the nightcap.
In the second game, the Lions offense awoke and scored in each of the last six innings, pounding out 19 hits with eight doubles and a home run.
Junior Blake Bullis had a career day, going 3-for-5 at the plate with five RBI, two doubles and a home run. Senior Rich Kropp wasn't to be outdone as he went a perfect 5-for-5 at the dish with three doubles and two RBI.
"I was glad we came back in the second game and swung the bats a little bit, and (Bob) Buskett pitched an outstanding game," head coach Rick Dell said. "It was a tough four days because we had an 11-inning and a 12-inning game back-to-back."
The College was up 7-0 after three innings, thanks to a six-run third inning. After an RBI-double by junior Gerard Haran, Bullis belted his three-run shot. Kropp kept the inning going with one of his three two-baggers.
Sophomore pitcher Buskett got his third win on the year with seven strong innings of work, allowing four runs on nine hits.
"It was a good performance at a time we needed it, but it didn't surprise me, he's very capable," Dell said of Buskett. "He's progressing and still developing, but he's right on track to have a successful season."
The College chased Montclair senior starter Jay Cook after just 3 1/3 innings. Cook allowed eight runs on 10 hits.
In the first contest, the Red Hawks used three long balls to do most of their damage at the plate. Sophomore Ryan Clark led off the game with a home run. After two more hits, sophomore Lou Politan went deep for a three-run bomb. Junior Andrew Vicaro added a dinger later in the game to cap off Montclair's power surge.
Senior Charlie Iacono went 2-for-3 with a double, and Kropp added a home run for the Lions.
"In the first inning, we had bases loaded and we didn't capitalize on that," Dell said. "They got a few balls up in the air that carried out of the ballpark."
Montclair sophomore Nick Recchia worked eight innings, allowing two runs on five hits. Junior Brian Kraus, 3-2, took the loss, going 3 2/3 with six runs on eight hits.
The game of the week came Friday as the College defeated rival Rowan University, who are ranked No. 6, 5-4 in 11 innings. The win was the Lions' second against the Profs in a week. They defeated Rowan 5-4 on April 10 in Glassboro.
"This is a big game to win and there was a lot of excitement going into it," Bullis said. "It's our biggest rival school and it feels amazing."
After surrendering a 4-2 lead in the bottom of the ninth inning, the College scratched out a run in the bottom of the 11th to sweep the season series.
In the final frame, Haran reached second base on a throwing error by Rowan sophomore third baseman Bruce Reibis. Bullis then moved Haran to third with a ground ball to the right side.
Senior right fielder Chris Wilson then delivered the game-winning RBI with a sacrifice fly to left field.
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"To come across that issue where we let another team come back, we know everything we need to do and how to stay focused because that's something we talk about all the time," Bullis said.
Senior Sean Finnegan earned the win in relief. Rowan junior Tyler Dempsey took the hard-luck loss, not allowing an earned run in three innings of relief. Sophomore Brad Kittle pitched well for the College in the no-decision, allowing two unearned runs in six innings of work with nine strikeouts.
The College was on the wrong end of another extra-inning game the day before when it fell to Rutgers-Camden 5-4 in 12 innings on the road.
Junior Mike Morris threw Bullis out at home in the top of the 12th, and then doubled home the winning run in the bottom of the inning.
"We have been playing real well, but there's still room for improvement," Iacono said. "We just need to continue to play the way we have been and peak at the right time."
The College returns to action with a pair of home games tomorrow against Richard Stockton College and a rematch with Rutgers-Camden on Friday.


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1840 – Born on March 27th in Troy, New York. Baker was an American financier, bank president, and philanthropist, who endowed the graduate school of business administration at Harvard University.
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The 14-track album recorded in 1982, Tatts: Live in Brunswick was released to rock fans across Europe in late November, with positive reviews blasting in from such publications as Classic Rock and Rolling Stones.
CLASSIC ROCK: "Tatts are the undisputed kings of raw heavy blues." 8/10
ROLLING STONE: "I would like to be there!" 4.5
With a stack of dates coming up in Australia commencing 31 March through until the end of April, the Tatts will then head overseas for a run of dates including Sweden Rock Festival, Rockavaria Munich and Matapaloz Leipzig, with the line-up comprising of legendary bass player Mark Evans (of AC/DC fame), iconic guitarist Bob Spencer (The Angels and Skyhooks), John 'Watto' Watson (Australian Crawl), Pete Wells endorsed Dai Pritchard on slide and indomitable frontman, Angry Anderson.
Thursday, 7 June | Sweden Rock Festival
Sunday, 10 June | Rockavaria Munich Germany
Saturday, 23 June | Matapaloz Leipzig Germany
* More dates to be announced
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On Nov. 12, 2015, the City of Portland took the national lead on climate policy by passing a strong resolution to oppose the expansion of fossil fuel infrastructure. This landmark resolution will direct city staff to develop rules that lead Portland away from new fossil fuel projects like coal, oil, and propane terminals, and toward a clean energy future. By passing a strong fossil fuel policy, Portland is the first City on the Columbia River to address all fossil fuel projects head-on in a meaningful, binding way!
Portland passed a second resolution specifically opposing oil trains rolling through our region on November 4, 2015.
The city council meeting were packed with hundreds of folks in support of these resolutions, and of course were preceded by years of action against fossil fuel projects in the North West. The fight for a clean energy future is not over, but this is a step in the right direction!
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November 2015 | The Health Foundation
Infection control has been high on the political agenda and on the agenda of the NHS in England in recent years. There have been many successes, not least the reduction in MRSA bloodstream infections and cases of Clostridium difficile infection. However, other health care associated infections that have not been monitored as rigorously are growing in incidence. New infections, including the growing number of more resistant strains of bacteria, are in danger of spreading. As a result, infection control needs to remain central to the work of the NHS.
This learning report is based on the findings of a large research study that identified and consolidated published evidence about infection prevention and control initiatives. The researchers synthesised this with findings from qualitative case studies in two large NHS hospitals, including the perspectives of service users.
via Infection prevention and control: lessons from acute care in England | The Health Foundation.


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I appreciate it's a verbose title, but "Curried Soup" didn't do it justice. I can't even begin to tell you how good this smells, let alone tastes. Each stage of the process creates a new fragrant layer and the end bowl smells truly sensational. It is a gloriously golden and extremely inviting bowl of soup.
For the soup I used:
- 1 x white onion
- 3 x garlic cloves
- 1/2 teaspoon fenugreek seeds
- 1/2 teaspoon ground coriander
- 1 – 2 teaspoons curry powder (mine was a hot powder and I used a generous teaspoon, for medium powder use 2)
- 250g carrot
- 700g butternut squash
- 700 – 800 ml vegetable stock
- 3 teaspoons oil
- Seasoning
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- 4 – 5 teaspoons cumin
- 3 teaspoons oil
- Seasoning
The process is simple:
- Chop the vegetables and fry the onion and garlic for 2 minutes till covered in the oil.
- Add the spices and dry fry them for 3 minutes before adding the vegetables and stock (just enough stock to cover – no more or it will be too thin).
- Cover and simmer for around 20 – 25 minutes till the vegetables are soft enough to blitz.
- Whilst cooking, pop the chickpeas, cumin and oil into a pre-heated oven for 20 minutes until they brown slightly (I had the fan oven on 150 degrees Celsius).
- Blitz the soup and top your bowl with the crispy cumin and chickpea mix.
This makes around 1500 ml, giving 5 servings each with approximately 175 calories per serving.
The chickpeas pre and post cooking (yes minus a few I tasted along the way):
Check your spices
Have a quick check on your spice dates and/or how long they've roughly been open. Just because they have long dates, spices still fade and deteriorate once opened. There are also differing intensities to spices depending on where sourced. I have a spice tray that we bought from a lady called Prett Tejura. I sent Alex on an indian cookery course last year as a Christmas present. He came back armed with a tummy filled with curry, loads of new tips and techniques, a cookery book and an amazing spice pot. They are the best spices we've ever had.
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One tip when cooking Indian food is be careful on the oil you pick. Don't automatically pick up the olive oil. Olive oil is derived from olives – not at all relevant to Indian cuisine. Try safflower oil, sunflower oil or failing that vegetable oil.
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I used up the last of the giant butternut squash from the weekend for this soup. Further to the original salad, it made an appearance in a sticky salmon bake, some chicken stock and today's fragrant soup.
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Fed Reconciliation Tour and Reflections on Canada 150
As the Canada Day long weekend has come and gone, many across the country are thinking more about Canada 150: what this milestone represents, what it is that we want to celebrate about our history, and what somber realities we must face as Canadians thinking about past and present injustices.
We feel that it is a vital part of our work to engage in conversations about the treatment of Indigenous Canadians and the ongoing discrimination that Indigenous Canadians face today. We recognize how previous practices and approaches have created inter-generational trauma that often fuels stigma and has led to the overrepresentation of children and youth of Aboriginal Ancestry in care. Approximately 60% of children and youth in care have Aboriginal Ancestry.
There is a time for celebration but there must also be time for healing and reconciliation, time to listen to the voices of community members and hear what is urgently needed before we can truly celebrate together.
This is why the Federation of Youth In Care Networks applied for a grant to use funds from the Government of Canada to conduct a Truth and Reconciliation Tour to speak with young people in and from care across the province about what reconciliation really means, and to find out how young people can help to guide a part of this process. In partnership with Elders, Grand Chiefs, and other experts and knowledge keepers, we plan to speak to youth in urban and rural communities, from Indigenous and non-Indigenous backgrounds and the findings of these conversations will be used to create a report that will allow us to amplify the voices of youth participants to be heard by the wider community.
Nothing can be solved through conversations alone, but we believe that there is more to be done to ensure that our country is listening to the wisdom of young people in and from care as we work to make real change.
Stay tuned for more information about the tour as we finalize the details in the next few months.


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November 25, 2014
In the days leading up to GivingTuesday on December 2, 2014, we are sharing stories from artists in the ArtStarts community. We asked them, "Where did art start for you?" It's a question that asks us to reflect on our own lives in order to see where along our journey our passion for the arts was sparked.
What is GivingTuesday?
GivingTuesday is a movement for giving and volunteering that takes place this year on December 2, 2014. Taking place each year right after Black Friday and Cyber Monday, GivingTuesday is proof that the holiday season can be about both giving and giving back. GivingTuesday is the perfect time for the world to come together and show how powerful humanity can be when we unite to give on one day.
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Read visual artist Phyllis Schwartz's story below and share your own story at artstarts.com/you
Where did art start for you?
Art found me when I was in grade three: a ceramics artist came to our class with an art cart full of clay and clay tools. I remember also that this same artist returned with our bisque ware and a cart full of paint and brushes. I gifted that yellow pot with brown spots to my mother, and always had that pot somewhere in her home, perhaps a message.
A few years later, my father signed me up for drawing lessons, and it seems another art fire sparked. Soon, I found myself in art stores trying out pencils that I would buy with my allowance. I came to fill countless notebooks with drawings, a habit that continues to follow me.
Cameras were always part of our family activities, and I took cameras to camp, where I made portraits of my camp friends. Cameras also came to go everywhere I went.
And then clay found me again, consuming me until I found my way back to school to study fine arts like I probably wanted to all along.
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EW rates the Super Bowl XXXIX commercials -- Here are the six most memorable (if not annoying) ads from Super Bowl Sunday
Heineken Things seem to be going from bad to worse for Brad Pitt. First Troy stumbles, then his marriage crumbles, and now he's slumming for a beer company?!? The spot's whole avoiding-the-paparazzi concept is clever enough, but c'mon, Brad — a beer ad? Is life without Jen that bad? C+
Quiznos Memo to advertisers: Talking babies are creepy. They have always been creepy. They will always be creepy. We thought Baby Bob had finally vanished alongside his ill-conceived CBS sitcom, but here he is being hit on by an adult and talking up the finer points of turkey subs. Turkey, indeed. F
FedEx The courier pokes fun at clichéd Super Bowl commercials by showcasing a talking bear, a cute kid, a dance routine, hot licks (courtesy of Journey), hot chicks, and an old-time celeb. Plus, who doesn't want to watch Burt Reynolds get kicked in the family jewels? Anyone? Bueller? Anyone? A
Verizon With a spot featuring Kid Rock, Billy Bush, Melissa Rivers, and Deion Sanders, Verizon easily shatters the modern-day record for cramming the largest collection of annoying celebrities into one ad. On the plus side, at least the company's "Can you hear me now?" guy didn't make the cut. D
Lays There's just something about seeing M.C. Hammer get tossed over a fence that makes you wanna . . . eat potato chips! Well, maybe not, but watching the performer (whose last hit involved rapping about Uncle Fester) bust out some old-school dance moves in his trademark baggy pants is truly too legit to quit. B
Diet Pepsi P. Diddy arrives at an awards show in a Diet Pepsi delivery truck, and suddenly everyone (including Xzibit and Eva Longoria) wants to swipe the hype with their own pimped-out Pepsi ride. Bonus points for Carson Daly mocking himself. Makes our job that much easier. B+
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Austin Texas is known to produce some of the best athletes in different sports, but recently basketball has been the sport that is getting the most attention. Westlake High School is home to not only one of the best post players in all of Texas, but also all of the country. Class of 2019 F/C Will Baker is becoming a household name for his dominance on the court, and the scary part about his upside is that he is only beginning to scratch the surface.
Baker's game can be summed up in one word, dominate. The minute that he steps on the court he causes matchup problems because of his unique skill set. He stands 6'10 and weighs in at 220 pounds and is every bit as elite that you will find at the high school level. He can catch in the post and finish with ease around the basket. He has a very high IQ offensively and seems to always make the right plays when he catches it. He understands how to keep the ball high away from smaller defenders poking at the ball, or he has the ability to spin baseline to avoid double teams. Once he catches the ball in the paint he is almost automatic in terms of finishing. He has worked hard at adding range to his jump shot, as well as putting the ball on the floor on the perimeter pulling up for the midrange jump shot. The fact that he is lefthanded adds another dimension to his game as defenses constantly struggle to figure out just how to slow him down.
The defensive end of the floor is where he may excel the most. He is the ultimate competitor who plays just as hard of defense as he does on offense. He is the first to dive on the ground for loose balls, or to step in the paint and take a charge for his team. On the glass, he is fundamentally sound in terms of boxing out and securing rebounds, or staying in position to get blocks and help his team get out into transition. While he will have to add some bulk to his frame, he has all the tools to play at the next level at any university that he so chooses. His dominance on the court this season has put his Westlake team in position to compete for the state title this weekend in Texas. This should only add to already impressive list of schools that trying to land this top recruit.
Baker currently holds offers from Kansas, North Carolina, Texas, Texas A&M, Auburn, Baylor, Georgia Tech, Oklahoma, Stanford, TCU, and UCLA. He has recently picked up offers from Oklahoma State and Tulsa as well and gaining heavy interest from Arizona and Gonzaga. This list should only continue to grow after the state tournament as well as an impressive showing in the spring and summer travel circuits.


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It's an interesting statement about the benefits of age in the CFL that the men with the most and second-most passing yardage this season are also the league's oldest quarterbacks. Pro football career passing leader Anthony Calvillo of Montreal, who turns 40 Thursday, is again leading the league with 2,328 yards so far this season, while Hamilton's Henry Burris (a relative spring chicken at 37) is in second with 2,175, has been even more efficient and is leading the league's top offence in terms of points scored. It seems quite likely that Calvillo and Burris will continue to remain on top of the stats column after Week Nine's action, too, as their high-flying offences will go head-to-head Thursday night in Montreal (7:30 p.m. Eastern, TSN/ESPN3), and both the Alouettes' and Tiger-Cats' defences have looked exceptionally vulnerable so far. That could make for a shootout, with a couple of irresistible forces meeting a pair of very movable objects, and the key to determining a victor may rely on which defence is slightly less movable.
What Calvillo and Burris have done so far this year is rather remarkable. Yes, the Alouettes haven't been as dominant as in previous campaigns, but a lot of that's thanks to conceding 213 points thus far, third-worst in the league. Calvillo has generally been his traditionally-exceptional self, throwing for 2,328 yards with a 63.2 per cent completion rate, 17 touchdowns and six interceptions and overcoming the loss of key teammates. His main shortcoming has been his tackling, and that's not a bad fault for a quarterback to have. Excellence is expected from Calvillo, though, so it's been Burris' emergence that's been even more stunning. After Calgary cast him off in favour of Drew Tate, there were significant questions about if acquiring him was really all that beneficial for Hamilton. So far, though, it's paid off in spades; Burris has thrown for 2,175 yards and has been incredibly efficient along the way, posting a 66.7 per cent completion mark and an 18-to-four touchdown to interception ratio. He's been critical to the Tiger-Cats' offensive production, and although that's only led to three wins so far, that's still impressive in its own right considering just how bad their defence has been.
It's those defensive issues that are the real worries for these teams. Pick any category on defence, and you're likely to find either the Tiger-Cats or the Alouettes at the bottom. Points allowed? That would be Hamilton, with 230: yes, although they're scoring a league-high 29.6 points per game, they're giving up 32.9. Passing first downs conceded? Montreal, with 104. Rushing first downs conceded? Hamilton, with 64 (17 more than second-worst Edmonton). Percentage of passes completed by opponents? Montreal, with 69.3 per cent, which is worse than the completion percentage of any current starter (barring Winnipeg's Joey Elliott, who completed 72.1 per cent of his attempts in his lone game thus far, which came against the Tiger-Cats). Offensive yards allowed? That would be Hamilton, with 2995 (427.8). Really, these defences are enough of a horror story that Sweeney Todd looks like the barber in The Lumberjack Song by comparison.
Which team has the edge Thursday night? Well, that's tough to say. Montreal's home-field advantage should help, but they've got the league's worst pass defence going up against its most effective quarterback at the moment (and his talented receivers). Meanwhile, Hamilton's slightly better against the pass, but stopping Calvillo is always tough, and he might turn in a birthday performance to remember. The Tiger-Cats' defence has also been shredded by running backs, and Montreal should have 2011 league rushing leader Brandon Whitaker back this week; if for some reason he can't go, Victor Anderson was incredibly effective last week, picking up 102 yards in his first CFL start. If either team's defence is slightly effective, that might be enough to tip the balance Thursday, but data to date doesn't suggest we'll be in for a defensive game (which could be a good thing for neutral fans, considering that defence has often meant blowouts.) Calvillo and Burris may be getting older, but like fine wine, they're improving with age; their defences, on the other hand, might be better off left in a cellar for a few years.


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CEO of Fort Soft Systems and Head, NIIT Lagos, Mr. Adedokun Oduyemi, spoke to Hi-Tech in an exclusive interview, about the Nigerian IT sector and what he feels the government needs to do to fully maximize the benefits of ICT.
WHY is NIIT committed to helping youths build and grow their career?
Simply put, the young ones of today are not just the leaders of tomorrow, they are the future itself. They are the determinants of what this nation's tomorrow will look like, and are the ones that will bring that future to life. The repair of our nation and the drive towards Nigeria achieving its full potential and taking its true position among the league of nations starts with the youth.
Therefore, we need to focus on building a productive and vibrant future, by empowering the youths to take us there. We also need to ensure that they are equipped to hold their own wherever they go, especially as the world becomes a global village.
They are going to compete with youths from all over the world and we need to prepare them for that day. As they say, when opportunity meets with preparedness, success is guaranteed. These are some of the goals NIIT seeks to help Nigeria's youth achieve.
Do you feel empowerment programmes for you are enough?
It's difficult to simply generalize what all Nigerian companies have been doing. I know there are those dedicated to youth empowerment. There are some who place a premium on Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR), and focus on education. I also know certain states have created a platform for companies to do this. An example is Lagos State and its Adopt a School programme.
On the flip side though, I think clearly defined lines need to be adopted in these programmes. We need to define what is needed, what standards we want to achieve through these programmes; before we invite companies to partner or contribute. It's not necessarily their specialties, and these companies are focused on their many different stakeholders and seek a balance of many and sometimes conflicting interests. I believe that the government, through its education and youth ministries and parastatals, is uniquely positioned to define the parameters for development.
Considering the high percentage of youths involved in cyber crime, what is NIIT's antidote?
Our focus in recent years has been on helping re-channel the capabilities of our youths. Cybercrime has become a major issue for a multitude of reasons, including inadequate opportunities for work and advancement. You find so many unemployed graduates, and under-employed ones. These are the prevailing conditions. Therefore our response and focus has been on showing the youths the opportunities open to them to succeed, by channelling their capabilities towards positive development online and offline. We now have Nigerian youths developing apps on android and apple platforms that earn them a lot more money than from cybercrime. We have also partnered with different organizations at different times to retrain our youths.
A recent exercise was done with Amuwo Local Government to train 200 youths and develop their ICT skills positively, and we believe these trained youth are in a position to retrain others, thus significantly amplifying the reach of this programme.
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Our annual scholarship programme, which provides course to youths at massive discounts to enable those who would normally be unable to afford the cost of these programs, is another avenue we are using to retrain our youths and harness their capabilities for the good of all – themselves, families, communities, companies and ultimately the nation.
In your opinion, do you think the education sector is taking adequate advantage of the benefits in IT?
This is somewhat controversial. I believe we are a long way from taking adequate advantage of ICT, as a nation. I also believe that the root of this issue is our educational system. We have a curriculum for our schools that leaves huge room for improvements. We have not defined what to cover for some levels in our schools system, notably secondary school level. Most government schools are inadequately equipped to even try. Taking it further, some of the syllabuses still being covered in our universities leave a lot out for our students. And I don't mean just the ICT related courses. We have a long way to go in general, and need to start brainstorming on concrete ways to fix it.
Do you think Nigeria's IT sector is viable enough to tackle IT challenges?
The major ingredient needed for a viable ICT industry is capacity – the mental ability to adequately utilize technology, and even develop new ones. I believe we have capacity for growth in a general sense. We are a nation of some of the smartest people in the world, and are capable of creating and utilizing technology well. We are also adaptable, and embrace change. However we do need to invest heavily in capacity building for our youths, to enable them embrace ICT, and prevent brain drain. Importantly, this must start from the schools.
What do you think deters youths from ICT professions?
First is the impression of difficulty and expense. Developing apps can easily be achieved by owning a laptop, yet the impression is that achieving this is too expensive. Also the glamour of other industries like entertainment and sports do not exist in ICT.
However they need to look at recent list of the world's richest men to understand the potential in ICT. Beyond wealth, youth need to realize that both advancements globally have been forged on the back of ICT. From health breakthroughs, to new technology in varied fields such as transportation, nutrition, genetics, even the creation of new life; ICT has been critical to achieving all these.
We also need to invest in Science Technology Engineering & Mathematics (STEM) as a nation. We need to focus on developing STEM capacity as a nation starting in schools. If we look at the examples of new countries breaking into ICT prominence, you will find that they all made concerted efforts to develop their STEM capacities decades back, investing in STEM subjects and thus creating generations of capable youths who are taking their ICT industries to whole new levels. Look at South Africa, India and China for example.
15 or 20 years before they broke into the ICT world as a main power, they made deliberate investments in STEM at the primary and secondary schools level. They are reaping the rewards today.
Culled from The Global Views http://www.theglobalviews.com


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Hold onto your hats….I found a LOT of GF baking mix "recipes" to please everyone and anyone.
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Here is a simple overview of the gluten-free (GF) diet. Not all areas of the diet are as clear-cut as portrayed by this guide. This is intended to be used as a safe and temporary survival tool until additional information can be obtained. Understanding these dietary requirements will enable the newly diagnosed to read labels of food products and determine if a product is gluten free. Celiac disease (CD) is a life-long genetic disorder affecting children and adults. When people with CD eat foods that contain gluten, it creates an immune-mediated toxic reaction that causes damage to the small intestine. This does not allow food to be properly absorbed. Even small amounts of gluten in foods may affect those with celiac disease and cause health problems. Damage can occur to the small bowel even in the absence of symptoms. Gluten is the generic name for certain types of proteins contained in the common cereal grains wheat, barley, rye and their derivatives. Research indicates that pure, uncontaminated oats consumed in moderation (up to 1/2 cup dry oats daily) are tolerated by most celiacs. Gluten-free oats are currently available in the United States. Consult your physician or dietitian before including oats in your diet and for regular monitoring. Read more….
The Gluten Free Homemaker web site has some more mixes 🙂You have to ask yourself a few other questions.
• Do I want the convenience of buying a flour mix for all or part of my baking?
• Do I want to save money and make my own?
• Are there other types of flour I need to avoid?
• Is the nutritional content of a mix important to me?
• Do I want to avoid certain tastes, textures, and smells?
• Do you want to achieve certain tastes, textures, and smells?
Read More…
Mary's GF blend Living Without's Gluten Free mag. (yeast breads) – LIGHT
2 C brown rice flour
2 C white rice flour
1 1/3 C potato starch flour
2/3 C tapioca starch
High-Fiber GF blend (master pizza dough – Loose)
Works for breads, pancakes, snack bars and cookies that contain chocolate, warm spices, raisins or other fruits. NOT suited for delicately flavored recipes.
1 C brown rice flour or sorghum
½ C teff flour (preferably LIGHT)
½ C millet or Montina flour
2/3 C tapioca starch
1/3 C cornstarch or potato starch flour
High-Protein GF blend (best for wraps & pie crusts)
1 ¼ C bean flour (can use soy)
1 C arrowroot starch, cornstarch or potato starch
1 C tapioca starch
1 C brown or white rice flour
Jeanne's GF All-Purpose Flour Mix (Cooking Gluten Free! by Karen Robertson)
1 ¼ C brown rice flour
1 ¼ C white rice flour
1 C tapioca flour
1 C sweet rice flour (also known as glutinous rice flour or Mochiko)
2 scant tsp. xanthan gum
Mary's Self-Rising Flour Blend (for muffins, cakes + using leavening)
There are lots more baking mixes at this link 🙂
1 ¼ C white sorghum flour
1 ¼ C white rice flour
½ C tapioca starch
2 T xanthan or guar gum
4 t baking powder
½ t salt
Alicia's GF blend – PCCnaturalmarkets.com
¾ C sorghum flour
¾ C brown rice flour
½ C tapioca flour
½ t xanthan gum
½ t baking soda
1 t baking powder
The following links for Bette's mixes are all different web addresses. Check out all the information presented at these web sites 🙂
Bette Hagman's Feather-Lite Mix
1 C rice flour
1 C tapioca flour
1 C cornstarch
3 t potato flour (1t per cup)
Bette Hagman's Light Bean flour
I cannot remember which book I got her flour blends from 😦
1 C Garfava bean flour (avail from authentic foods)
1 C tapioca flour
1 C cornstarch
Bette Hagman's Four Bean Flour Mix
2/3 part Garfava bean flour
1/3 part sorghum flour
1 part Tapioca flour
1 part cornstarch
Bette Hagman's Bean Flour Mix
1 C Garfava flour
1 C brown rice flour
2/3 C potato starch flour
1/3 C tapioca starch
GF VARIABLE flour blend #1
This basic blend works for most breads, muffins, cookies, cakes and cupcakes.
NOTE: that if you use tapioca starch as your starch, blend it with a softer starch such as cornstarch or potato starch for the best results.
1 C sorghum flour (or oat flour, brown rice flour)
1 C potato starch, corn starch or tapioca starch
(if using tapioca blend it with another starch)
½ C almond flour, GF millet or GF buckwheat flour
1 t xanthan gum
GF VARIABLE flour blend #2
A slightly heartier blend for breakfast muffins, cookie bars and bread.
1 C sorghum flour (or oat flour, brown rice flour
¾ C potato starch, tapioca starch or corn starch
(if using tapioca blend it with another starch)
½ C millet flour
½ C buckwheat flour or cornmeal
¼ C quinoa flour or almond flour
1 ½ t xanthan gum
YOU CAN also add ¼ C flax meal to your flour blend for added fiber.
GF BREAD Flour Mix (store in fridge)
1 ½ C millet flour
1 ½ C sorghum flour
2 C tapioca starch
1 C potato starch
Carol's GF Flour Blend ALSO PCCNaturalmarket.com Mix (store in dark dry place)
1 ½ C sorghum or brown rice flour
1 ½ C potato starch
1 C tapioca flour
All Purpose GF Baking Mix (PCCNaturalmarkets.com)
1 C teff flour
1 C sorghum flour
1 C brown rice flour
1 C almond meal
1 C tapioca flour
1 t sea salt
2 ½ t baking powder
1 t baking soda
ADD 2 t xanthan gum to make baked goods hold together better
There they all are. If I find any more, I will certainly include them.
OR if you have any you love, please let me know:) Jan
Check out this web site I came across. If you love Cinnabon buns, maybe this copycat recipe is for you. NOTE: I have NOT made these so I cannot attest to their tastiness. Neither have I ever had a Cinnabon, so couldn't compare even if I made this recipe 🙂


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How the 1869 Cincinnati Red Stockings turned baseball into a national sensationBreaking News
tags: baseball, Sports History, Cincinnati
Robert Wyss is a Professor of Journalism at the University of Connecticut.
A drawing from Harper's Weekly depicts a game between the Red Stockings and the Brooklyn Atlantics. New York Public Library
Robert Wyss, University of Connecticut
This Major League Baseball season, fans may notice a patch on the players' uniforms that reads "MLB 150."
The logo commemorates the Cincinnati Red Stockings, who, in 1869, became the first professional baseball team – and went on to win an unprecedented 81 straight games.
As the league's first openly salaried club, the Red Stockings made professionalism – which had been previously frowned upon – acceptable to the American public.
But the winning streak was just as pivotal.
"This did not just make the city famous," John Thorn, Major League Baseball's official historian, said in an interview for this article. "It made baseball famous."
Pay to play?
In the years after the Civil War, baseball's popularity exploded, and thousands of American communities fielded teams. Initially most players were gentry – lawyers, bankers and merchants whose wealth allowed them to train and play as a hobby. The National Association of Base Ball Players banned the practice of paying players.
At the time, the concept of amateurism was especially popular among fans. Inspired by classical ideas of sportsmanship, its proponents argued that playing sport for a reason other than for the love of the game was immoral, even corrupt.
Nonetheless, some of the major clubs in the East and Midwest began disregarding the rule prohibiting professionalism and secretly hired talented young working-class players to get an edge.
After the 1868 season, the national association reversed its position and sanctified the practice of paying players. The move recognized the reality that some players were already getting paid, and that was unlikely to change because professionals clearly helped teams win.
Yet the taint of professionalism restrained virtually every club from paying an entire roster of players.
The Cincinnati Red Stockings, however, became the exception.
The Cincinnati experiment
In the years after the Civil War, Cincinnati was a young, growing, grimy city.
The city had experienced an influx of German and Irish immigrants who toiled in the multiplying slaughterhouses. The stench of hog flesh wafted through the streets, while the black fumes of steamboats, locomotives and factories lingered over the skyline.
Nonetheless, money was pouring into the coffers of the city's gentry. And with prosperity, the city sought respectability; it wanted to be as significant as the big cities that ran along the Atlantic seaboard – New York, Philadelphia and Baltimore.
Men slaughter hogs on an assembly line in a Cincinnati meat packing plant. Library of Congress
Cincinnati's main club, the Red Stockings, was run by an ambitious young lawyer named Aaron Champion. Prior to the 1869 season, he budgeted US$10,000 for his payroll and hired Harry Wright to captain and manage the squad. Wright was lauded later in his career as a "baseball Edison" for his ability to find talent. But the best player on the team was his 22-year-old brother, George, who played shortstop. George Wright would end up finishing the 1869 season with a .633 batting average and 49 home runs.
Only one player hailed from Cincinnati; the rest had been recruited from other teams around the nation. Wright had hoped to attract the top player in the country for each position. He didn't quite get the best of the best, but the team was loaded with stars.
As the season began, the Red Stockings and their new salaries attracted little press attention.
"The benefits of professionalism were not immediately recognized," Greg Rhodes, a co-author of "Baseball Revolutionaries: How the 1869 Red Stockings Rocked the Country and Made Baseball Famous," told me. "So the Cincinnati experiment wasn't seen as all that radical."
The Red Stockings opened the season by winning 45 to 9. They kept winning and winning and winning – huge blowouts.
At first only the Cincinnati sports writers had caught on that something special was going on. Then, in June, the team took its first road trip east. Playing in hostile territory against what were considered the best teams in baseball, they were also performing before the most influential sports writers.
The pivotal victory was a tight 4-to-2 win against what had been considered by many the best team in baseball, the powerful New York Mutuals, in a game played with Tammany Hall "boss" William Tweed watching from the stands.
Now the national press was paying attention. The Red Stockings continued to win, and, by the conclusion of the road trip in Washington, they were puffing stogies at the White House with their host, President Ulysses Grant.
The players chugged home in a boozy, satisfied revel and were met by 4,000 joyous fans at Cincinnati's Union Station.
American idols
The Red Stockings had become a sensation. They were profiled in magazines and serenaded in sheet music. Ticket prices doubled to 50 cents. They drew such huge crowds that during a game played outside of Chicago, an overloaded bleacher collapsed.
Aaron Chapman's squad averaged 42 runs a game in the 1869 season. From the collection of Greg Rhodes, Author provided
Most scores were ridiculously lopsided; during the 1869 season the team averaged 42 runs a game. Once they even scored 103. The most controversial contest was in August against the Haymakers of Troy, New York. The game was rife with rumors of $17,000 bets, and bookmakers bribing umpires and players. The game ended suspiciously at 17 to 17, when the Haymakers left the field in the sixth inning, incensed by an umpire's call. The Red Stockings were declared the winners.
The season climaxed with a road trip west on the new transcontinental railroad, which had just opened in May. The players, armed with rifles, shot out windows at bison, antelope and even prairie dogs and slept in wooden Coleman cars lighted with whale oil. More than 2,000 excited baseball fans greeted the team in San Francisco, where admission to games was one dollar in gold.
Cincinnati ended its season with an undefeated record: 57 wins, 0 losses. The nation's most prominent sports writer of the day, Henry Chadwick, declared them "champion club of the United States."
Despite fears that others clubs would outbid Cincinnati for their players, every Red Stockings player demonstrated his loyalty by signing contracts to return for the 1870 season.
The demise begins
The winning streak continued into the next season – up until a June 14, 1870, game against the Brooklyn Atlantics.
An error by second baseman Charles Sweasy ended the Red Sockings' historic streak. From the collection of John Thorn, Author provided
After nine innings, the teams were tied at 5. Under the era's rules, the game could have been declared a draw, leaving the streak intact. Instead Harry Wright opted to continue, and the Red Stockings ended up losing in extra innings after an error by the second baseman, Charlie Sweasy.
The 81-game win streak had ended.
The Red Stockings did not return in 1871. Ticket sales had fallen after their first loss, and other teams began to outbid the Red Stockings for their star players. Ultimately the cost of retaining all of its players was more than the Cincinnati club could afford.
Yet the team had made its mark.
"It made baseball from something of a provincial fare to a national game," Thorn explained.
A few years later, in 1876, the National League was founded and still exists today. The Cincinnati Reds were a charter member. And not surprisingly, some of the biggest 150-year celebrations of the first professional baseball team are occurring in the town they once called Porkopolis.
Robert Wyss, Professor of Journalism, University of Connecticut
This article is republished from The Conversation under a Creative Commons license. Read the original article.
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What is my credit score?
A credit score signifies your trustworthiness as a borrower, based on your credit history. Your credit score is based on your credit history and debt - using details from your credit file.
Each credit reporting bureau has its own method for assigning credit scores. For example, Equifax, a popular consumer credit reporting agency in the United States that acquired VEDA in Australia, assigns a score between 0 and 1200. This is known as the Equifax Score and is calculated after considering your credit history and related details.
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Banks and creditors use your credit score when deciding whether to lend you money or approve your loan application. A good credit score establishes your reliability as a borrower.
Understand credit files and credit scores
Credit file
Your credit file is a synopsis of your credit history, including:
- your credit details
- credit taken in the last five years
- delayed or default payments
- repayment history
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- your personal details
Credit score
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Range of Equifax credit scores
According to Equifax Credit Score System, your credit score can be between 0 and 1200 depending on multiple factors, outlined in the following credit score bands and ranges:
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You are a reliable borrower and among the top 20 percent of the credit-active population of Australia. Your odds of keeping a clean file are five times better than the average Equifax credit-active population.
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Big Bass Bash Winner Bobby Curnutt's Touching Story is Spreading [VIDEO]
Bobby Curnutt wasn't even planning on fishing at the second annual Big Bass Bash at Lake Palestine last weekend.
Curnutt experienced an injury at work a few days before the tournament, but after talking with his son, Kyle, he decided to give it a go.
Kyle, 24, has cancer and has been fighting it for the past year. Going to Lake Palestine to fish in the tournament wasn't a personal one -- Kyle told his father he needed to go, so Bobby did.
A few days later he was holding a check for $10,000.
Bobby's brought in an 8.46-pound bass to the weigh station two hours into the tournament on Saturday morning. And when the final weigh-ins came and went Sunday afternoon, he was still on top of the leaderboard.
Bobby could barely hold back the tears when he was presented the check on the deck at Lake Palestine Resort. He returned home soon after, and Kyle was the first person he went to see.
"I told him I won the tournament for you, I won that (check) for you, and he smiled," Curnutt told KETK NBC 56 on the evening news this week.
We want to extend all our love and prayers to Bobby, his family and most of all, to Kyle. It was a blessing getting to know this wonderful family over the weekend, and we are so grateful for things like the Big Bass Bash that can help us meet each other and share our stories.
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