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Priti Vyas, daughter of FHT Vice-president, Bharti Vyas, talks about her experience of appearing in a new three-part BBC One health series, Doctor in the House (beginning 19 November, 9pm, BBC1)
Who would have thought that the invitation to take part in a health documentary would be so life changing and pivotal in helping to find the new improved me? At 48, I was going to be given the chance to get the help of a doctor to lose weight, rid me of insomnia, reduce my stress levels and renew my whole well-being – how could I turn down such an offer?
Read more about Priti's experience…
The last 20 years of my life has been a roller coaster ride; a journey that in my wildest dreams, I never would have imagined taking. Along with the regret of an 18-year marriage, full of mental and physical abuse, I had the emotional pain of watching its repercussions on my children, who were both in their early teens. All this was mixed in with the stress of running a business and keeping up a public profile in my work in radio and the press as a beauty and well-being writer. It was all one big mess.
My top priority was to protect my children and help them deal with their stresses. I needed to be present for them, as they too were on their own traumatic journeys. In all of this I did not have the time to focus on me or my own overall well-being. I noticed that as I got older my body was giving me clear signs that it was calling out for help. My eczema flared, I had put on weight, was finding it harder to sleep and I couldn't remember a time when I didn't have a tension headache.
In 2008, I decided it was time to leave my past behind me and got divorced. The final straw came in December 2012, when the doctors found a benign tumor in my sinuses. I felt it was my body's way of communicating with me; letting me know that I needed to spend some more time on me and getting my health back to what it should be.
I consider myself to be an educated person. I have also been surrounded by holistic beauty and ayurveda my whole life, and my work meant I had a lot of knowledge on the health front. Over the years, I have picked up lots of nuggets about all sorts of things, including diet, vitamins, acupuncture, massage, ayurvedic remedies, yoga, hypnotherapy, homeothathy and exercise. To be honest, I tried a bit of everything. Yet my weight went up, my sleep patterns were still disrupted and I still comfort ate. Yet on some level, it was all helping me to keep going and I did feel better for it, yet I also felt something was missing. I had all the pieces of a jigsaw puzzle, but these just needed to be put together to make a complete, whole picture.
I guess the universe heard my plea and sent Dr Rangan Chaterjee and the BBC team to my door. It was with his guidance my jigsaw puzzle started to finally take shape. Not only was he going to help me, but he was also going to help those I hold closest and dearest to me: my daughter, Serena, and my partner Sandeep, an old school friend I had reconnected with after 30 years.
Dr Chaterjee quite literally came to live alongside us – observing our daily routines, eating with us, and watching how we relaxed and slept in the evenings. All three of us also received a full health MOT.
We underwent various medical tests but surprisingly – for them and me – was that all my blood tests came back clear (apart from my overactive thyroid, which I already knew about). Dr Chaterjee was slightly baffled, so dug a little deeper to understand why my body was not shifting weight. This had become a focal point, as it was a reflection of my inner body, and Dr Chaterjee knew that losing weight would trigger the internal changes that would help to kick start my body.
He came to the conclusion that stress, my pre-menopausal age and lack of sleep were all likely to be playing vital roles in my inability to shift weight. At the time, I was a hefty 15 stone and I was shocked at how heavy I had become. They got me to do a (not so attractive) cortisol test, which involved spitting. This confirmed that my stress levels were indeed high – probably linked to years of having to cope with a stressful personal life.
Dr Chaterjee was definitely up for the challenge to help me achieve my goals, and so gave us all a very strict, tailor-made diet and lifestyle plan. So, here's what he set out for me, the process of which was filmed and monitored for eight weeks…
Diet: We were allowed to eat as much as we wanted, whenever we wanted, as long as it was within a fixed 10-hour window. We chose between 10am and 8pm, so it would fit in with our work schedule. Food and drink ruled out were dairy, carbohydrates, caffeine, sugar, alcohol, vegetable oil and caffeine.
Foods that were in included nuts, avocados, meat, fish, fruit and vegetables. We had to eat at least five different vegetables every day. Dr Chaterjee even took us out to our favorite restaurant and showed us the amount of food we could eat. My mindset started to change to what I could have, opposed to what I could not have. As the only fluid we could have was water, we automatically upped our water intake.
I was given three sessions of medical acupuncture, to help ease my hot flushes brought on by hormonal changes in my body. The acupuncture also helped to destress my body.
I made sure I had the BVM (Bharti Vyas Method) Top to Toe Harmonizing treatments once a week. These are tailor-made, using appropriate ayurvedic oils to help relax the whole body.
Mindfulness meditation and yoga
Dr Chaterjee took me to a mindfulness meditation session in North London, which basically taught me how to use mindfulness every day. He set a challenge for me to practice meditating for 15 minutes a day, which I felt I would easily be able to do. I already attended a great yoga class that I carried on attending.
As I sit at my desk for most of the day, the doctor worked out that I was not getting enough exercise. They bought me a special watch to monitor my steps, heart beat and sleep. At the start of the process I was walking between one to two thousand steps, and I had to up this to at least 10,000 steps a day. The aim was also to make sure I would walk rather than drive.
I was given acidophilus to help balance my digestive system, a multivitamin blend to help balance my hormones, liquid magnesium to help my cramps and aid sleep, plus a vitamin to help boost my thyroid function.
By the end of the process, I had lost two stone in weight, four inches off my waist and five inches off my hips. My hot flushes had greatly subsided and I felt great.
Prior to the show, I was sleeping up to six hours a night of broken sleep and now I sleep an average of eight hours. My cortisol levels dropped from 50 to 26, just above normal, and all in all I feel much healthier and more complete.
For someone who had tried every diet in the book, I found that this process became part of my lifestyle. I also recognized that losing weight was more about my mindset than perhaps the diet itself.
At first the weight loss was very slow but as I started to sleep longer, I found the weight started to fall off. Who would have thought that sleeping would have helped me to lose weight? Mind you, in the first week I often thought about giving up, as the withdrawal symptoms from the sugar were awful; the headaches were often unbearable. However by about day seven, I did not have any symptoms. I just felt better and better.
So all in all, I would say this whole process definitely came at the right time. I look forward to being super fit at fifty!
- Watch Priti in Doctor in the House, 19 November, 9pm on BBC1. For more information, visit www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b06q6y95
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Northern highway reopens after chemical spill
CTV Northern Ontario Published Friday, August 14, 2020 10:37PM EDT
Ontario Provincial Police officers are seen in this file image.
SUDBURY -- A stretch of Highway 17 was shut down for much of Thursday due to a chemical spill.
According to the Ontario Provincial Police (OPP), officers responded to what turned out to be spilled pesticide on the road near Rabbit Blanket Lake at approximately 4:40 in the afternoon.
The OPP said it happened after a commercial motor vehicle had to swerve to avoid a collision, which led to the spill.
The Ministry of the Environment was advised. The highway was eventually reopened at 9 p.m.

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Outlooks and insights
GLC's Susan Spence shares insights into responsible investing for asset allocation funds
February 9, 2018
GLC's Susan Spence talks the importance of responsible investing and updates how asset allocation funds performed at the end of 2017.
Christine: Hello, I'm Christine Wellenreiter, Vice-President of Marketing and Communications at GLC Asset Management Group and you are listening to a regular podcast series that I host featuring quarterly updates from PSG about the asset allocation funds they manage.
For those of you who don't already know, PSG is short for Portfolio Solutions Group – a division of GLC Asset Management Group that is solely focused on the portfolio management of asset allocation funds…primarily target date and target risk asset allocation funds.
On today's podcast, we're going to be covering two main topics – an update on how the asset allocation funds performed in the fourth quarter of 2017, and then for the second half of today's podcast, we'll be covering a topic I haven't heard much about from asset allocation managers ..but think we should…and that is how they incorporate ESG factors and responsible investing practices into the management of these fund of funds. Part 2 starts around the 10 minute mark* for those who want to
jump to it.
To discuss these two topics, I've got Susan Spence here with me today. Susan is the Vice-President, Portfolio Solutions and head of GLC's Portfolio Solutions Group division.
Welcome Susan
Susan: Thank you, Christine.
Christine: Susan, let's talk about the markets at the end of last year. We've talked a lot about 2017 having been a go-go risk-on market, and of course, listeners can find GLC's 2017 Market Review on our website…so I'm not so interested in rehashing the markets, rather I'm interested in hearing from you how this affected the different types of funds you hold in your AAFs….how did this affect the different components of your portfolio?
Susan: As you know, our asset allocation funds are generally a combination of equities and fixed income. Both asset classes achieved positive returns in Q4 and for 2017 as a whole, but equities clearly dominated with very strong returns. As a result, asset allocation funds with the highest equity content, our more aggressive or longer-dated funds, did best from an absolute perspective.
Christine: So that's broad asset classes….but what about regions? These funds are, at a high level, divided by region…there must have been some distinction there.
Susan: Right…from a regional perspective, within equities the clear winner was emerging markets. Many of our funds have some exposure to emerging markets through global equity fund holdings, but in the more aggressive and longer-dated funds we also have some additional dedicated exposure to pure emerging market mandates. Looking at developed markets, foreign equities outperformed domestic equities. Almost all of our funds have exposure to both foreign and domestic equities.
Christine: Do you diversify by region within fixed income?
Susan: Yes, within fixed income there are also regional influences, as some funds do have exposure to international bonds. The impact of these allocations on our portfolios are of course a function of both the foreign fixed income markets as a whole and the management of the specific fund, however isolating just the returns for foreign bonds translated into Canadian dollars shows foreign bond allocations being a modest drag on absolute performance.
In keeping with the trends from an asset class perspective, all of these regional influences were also common to both the fourth quarter and the full calendar year.
Christine: Susan, should we break it down further? So…within equity, for example, were there style biases?
Susan: Generally speaking, growth has been outperforming value as a style within equity markets – this is a trend that has been in place for some time – however there are some exceptions, for example here at home in Canada in the fourth quarter as well as for the year value did outperform growth. We also saw a bit of reversal in the U.S. market at the very end of the year. As you know, our asset allocation funds are carefully constructed to achieve diversification across many measures, style being one of them – so although a certain style can sometimes have a disproportionate impact on our funds in any given quarter, over time there are puts and takes and having the style diversification ensures a smoother ride for investors along the way.
Another way we look at equity market performance is by market cap…so larger cap performance versus smaller cap. On this measure too, results were not consistent across regions. In the U.S., for example, large caps outperformed, but looking on a broader global basis small caps had a stronger showing. Our asset allocation funds have greater exposure to smaller cap stocks at the more aggressive or longer-dated end of the spectrum. Similar to my comment about the international bond exposure in our funds the management of a specific underlying fund comes into play, but from a purely market cap allocation perspective, higher allocations to global smaller cap stocks enhanced the performance of our funds.
Christine: And for fixed income, what about that?
Susan: For fixed income, one way to look at things is how bonds of different duration performed. Throughout 2017 we have seen a flattening of the yield curve in conjunction with longer-term bonds outperforming shorter term bonds. Another observation is that credit has generally outperformed, although corporate and high yield bonds did lose a bit of momentum and lag the broad domestic bond market in the fourth quarter.
Christine: So now let's hone in on the fourth quarter and expand a bit more on performance trends in the context of the AAFs you manage, linking some of these market moves in with the positioning of the funds you manage and their performance relative to their benchmarks. The two primary types of AAFs you manage are TD funds and TR funds. Correct?
Susan: Yes.
Christine: So how did you see these broad trends in performance impact PSG's positioning within the asset allocation funds?
> "Just before we hear Susan's answer, here's what you need to know: the target risk funds that PSG manages run from Conservative, to Moderate, Balanced, Advanced and Aggressive…As you might have guessed, the conservative end of the spectrum holds more fixed income (up to 75%), and therefore will be much more influenced by how fixed income markets and bond funds performed. As you move up the risk spectrum toward the Aggressive target risk fund, you increase the equity portion – all the way to 100%. The same principle is true for Target date funds, only its date specific. So, the closer the Target date is to today, like a 2020 Profile fund, the more conservative it will be with a high allocation to fixed income (60% in this case), whereas when you hear Susan refer to longer dated funds, think a target date of 2050 – 30 years out - for example, and they will be heavier weighted in equities and therefore more affected by the performance of stocks markets and equity funds. …now back to Susan's response about how the PSG funds performed."
Susan: So for Q4, within our fixed income allocations being positioned with a shorter duration than the FTSE TMX Canada Universe Bond Index, the fixed income benchmark component, hurt performance, as did our overweight to credit and our international bond allocation. The result was that our fixed income allocations as a whole detracted value on a relative basis, across all funds that have an allocation to this asset class.
Christine: That's disappointing…
SUSAN: Yes, it is on one hand, but on the other hand I would remind you of the third quarter, where we had the opposite experience. Fixed income had a negative return, and in that environment, we were able to add value on a relative basis and protect on the downside.
On the equity side, there were both positives and negatives as a result of our positioning, however the impact on different funds varied – overall, the more aggressive and longer-dated funds were beneficiaries of our positioning, while the more conservative or shorter-dated funds were penalized. Remember, we tailor the composition of our funds to best suit the profile of each one's investor base over the long term, so they don't always perform in lockstep over short timeframes. In Q4, the more
aggressive and longer dated funds got a boost from more exposure to emerging markets and global smaller cap stocks as well as dedicated exposure to a pure
resource mandate. On the other end of the spectrum, the conservative and shorter-dated funds were hurt by their exposure to an equity infrastructure mandate.
The final piece to address is the real estate allocation. As you know, for our funds the relevant benchmark component is the S&P/TSX Composite Index. Given the strength in equity markets this quarter, it is no surprise that the real estate allocation lagged. Real estate did achieve a positive return in the quarter, so helped absolute performance, but hurt relative performance.
So if you include RE in with the Canadian equity allocations - our domestic equity lagged during the quarter, but stripping out the RE, the true domestic equity funds added value as a whole. Foreign equity allocations also added value overall.
Christine: So those are the broad sweeps, what about some specifics…each underlying fund in the PSG portfolio serves its own distinct purpose within the fund, either to drive return and/or mitigate volatility – were there any standouts we should hear about?
Susan: Of course there are always standouts, but this quarter I would say most of the funds with the biggest impact, either positive or negative, were exactly what you would expect given what transpired in the capital markets. For example, short duration bond holdings like the Portico short term and government bond funds, as well at the mortgage funds, were detractors. So was the corporate bond fund. On the flip side, the long-term bond fund added value where it was held.
On the equity side the Mackenzie emerging markets fund (sub-advised by JPMorgan), some more value-oriented Canadian equity funds, some more growth-oriented global equity funds and the Mackenzie Canadian resource fund added value, while the London Capital equity infrastructure funds and some Mackenzie mandates managed by the Ivy team that is positioned quite defensively right now with high cash level were a drag in the fourth quarter. And of course, as I mentioned, the GWL real estate funds were also detractors.
Christine: Wait a second…I want to hear more about the real estate fund and maybe mortgage fund too. . … you called them out as negatives…but I want to understand more about the purpose they serve within the portfolio. These aren't proxy investments like the London Capital equity infrastructure fund that invests in the stocks of companies that have infrastructure related business, or like REITs…these are the real assets being held in these funds.
Susan: That's right. The proprietary mortgage and real estate funds we have access to for our seg fund products directly invest in mortgages and real property.
Christine: So then we are talking about real alternative investments …not really bonds…and not really stock portfolios. Correct?
Susan: Yes, that's correct. Despite the mortgage and real estate funds being slotted into the fixed income and Canadian equity allocations of our funds and benchmarked against the FTSE TMX Canada Universe Bond Index and S&P/TSX Composite Index, respectively, they are truly alternative investments.
Christine: Is that the norm to hold alternative assets like mortgage and real estate in asset allocation funds?
Susan: It is the norm for us, with the segregated funds, but not necessarily for competitors. We see the access we have to these proprietary products as a real
competitive advantage.
Christine: So why hold them? Why choose to be different
than the norm in this regard? What do they do for the overall portfolio?
Susan: We hold them because of the low volatility nature of the assets and the downside protection they deliver on a standalone basis, but also, importantly, because of how they fit as building blocks within our funds. Mortgages and real estate have low correlations with the traditional asset classes we invest in, and including them as components enhances the risk / return profile of our asset allocation funds.
Christine: But they are one of the reasons not all of the portfolios kept up with the broad benchmarks this past quarter.
Susan: Right. And the reality is our asset allocation funds won't outperform all the time. Because of the robust nature of our portfolio construction and the offsets and diversification we build in, we know we will underperform in certain environments. And one of those environments is strong equity markets, like we experienced in Q4, when real estate will lag and be a drag on performance both on an absolute basis and relative to benchmark. And this is also the case when you look back over the full year period of 2017.
Christine: …but you are still happy with how the funds
performed, and you think investors should be as well…why?
Susan: It's a good reminder that the performance of our asset allocations funds really should be measured over a longer time frame and also looked at in conjunction with the risk being taken. These mortgage and real estate allocations help provide steadier returns for our funds, downside protection and a smoother ride (which helps to keep clients invested in the markets and means they are more apt to stick with their financial plans). So despite most of our funds failing to keep up with their benchmarks in Q4, especially at the conservative or short-dated end of the spectrum, they did still achieve solidly positive absolute returns and they did what they are
designed to do in the environment we were in. That gives me confidence that our approach to portfolio construction and the management of the asset allocation funds is a formula that works for the long term and will help investors achieve their financial goals.
Christine: Last question on this…how are you positioning the portfolios today?
Susan: Christine, our positioning really has not changed since we last spoke a quarter ago, and it is consistent with the views you would have heard Brent Joyce, GLC's Chief Investment Strategist, express in his outlook podcast. We remain short duration and overweight credit with exposure to international bonds within fixed income. Looking out over the next few years we believe this positioning will benefit the funds as rates rise. Corporations remain quite healthy and although spreads are not as attractive as they were say a year ago, we do still like the yield pick-up from having exposure to corporate bonds. International bonds remain appealing for diversification benefits. On the equity side we have pulled back somewhat on our preference for the U.S. as a region as we get further in the economic cycle. Generally speaking, we are neutrally positioned from both a fixed income/equity perspective and on a regional basis within equities. We think this balanced approach is prudent, given the direction we think interest rates are going, the elevated valuations we see in most equity markets and the risks that are out there – geopolitical, policy (particularly in the U.S.), trade disruptions and potential for central bank missteps most notably – despite the fact that for now the global economy remains robust.
>Before we start the second half of the podcast – the part where we discuss PSG's Responsible investing approach, I want to put something in perspective. As a division of GLC Asset Management Group, the Portfolio Solutions Group manages $28 Billion dollars in asset allocation funds…and for even more context…a little less than half of that $28 billion is from the individual segregated fund business – about $12Billion or put another way, they are responsible for about 10% of the entire individual seg fund market in Canada!
….let me throw out some more numbers about PSG. PSG monitors 24 firms that have mandates in the asset allocation funds and a dozen or so more that are potential candidates for future consideration. And these managers want to be a part of PSG's AAFs… even a small allocation within the asset allocation funds can equal many hundreds of million dollars. So make no mistake, PSG is a big player in the Canadian asset allocation fund market, and an important client with a fair amount of influence for any manager looking to manage an underlying fund for them. That's going to matter when you hear more about PSG's commitment to responsible investing.
Christine: Susan, I want to start by asking you about GLC becoming a signatory to the United Nations-supported Principles of Responsible Investing (UN PRI)…that was back almost two years ago in February 2016. What did that mean to you?
Susan: PSG joined GLC around that time. So as a division of GLC it meant that we to would need to uphold the commitment that GLC had formally made, which is stated clearly and plainly in GLC's Responsible Investing policy…that being: "As a signatory to the UN PRI, GLC aims to contribute to the development of a more sustainable global financial system."
Christine: Okay, as an on-the-ground portfolio manager, that must sound pretty aspirational…but what are the tangibles…what did that mean you needed to do?
Susan: It meant we as a team needed to ensure we consider environmental, social and governance (known as "ESG") factors on an ongoing basis and in a defined manner as part of our decision making in managing the asset allocation funds, as the purpose of the GLC RI policy is essentially to formalize the inclusion of ESG factors into all of GLC's investment management processes in order to uphold that commitment we made as a firm.
Christine: As an asset allocation fund manager, you're not doing the individual stock or bond selections? You're a manager of
Susan: That's right, so it's a bit of a different proposition than for the other divisions of GLC that are investing directly in the equity and bond markets. For us it factors into the decisions we make about what funds to hold within our asset allocation funds. We decide on all the underlying funds that are included as components of the asset allocation products, and a huge part of our job and a key part of our investment process is the monitoring and rigorous oversight of those managers to ensure they are doing what they are supposed to in order to fulfill the role they are meant to play within our funds.
Christine: How much time do you spend on the monitoring and oversight?
Susan: That's hard to quantify exactly, because realistically some aspect of monitoring or oversight comes into play on a daily basis. With focused, deep review of underlying funds on a monthly and quarterly basis. Each of those meetings lasts several hours. We also meet in person or have a direct conversation over the phone with all our managers at least once a year through our participation in the broader company's investment manager review process, in meetings we set up as a team or at events that the managers themselves put on (earlier this week, for example, I attended a one-day seminar that Fidelity hosted in Toronto).
Christine: What if you spot an issue or an event occurs?
SUSAN: In that case we can just pick up the phone. If it warrants immediate attention, it gets it.
In all, we estimate that we spend the equivalent of approximately 40-50 business days a year meeting directly with underlying fund managers (a combination of those we currently use and those that essentially form our broader universe of funds offered as a standalone basis on Great-West Life's investment fund platforms). As it relates to responsible investing specifically, ESG considerations by third party managers are drawn out in a couple of ways.
Christine: Okay, so how do you do that?
Susan: First, we work with the Investment Funds area of GWL on questionnaires. On a semi-annual basis, some high level responsible investing questions are asked of
all managers in that broad universe of funds, and then once a year a more in-depth questionnaire goes out to third party managers we currently include in the asset allocation fund products.
Christine: So, some annual reporting.
These questionnaires provide a good overview of the ESG landscape at each of the third party managers we
invest in, and a high level picture of other standalone third party managers on the shelf.
That leads to the second way we explore ESG considerations…in our due diligence meetings with managers. During these meetings, we can draw out more responsible
investing-related information through discussions about investment process and performance of mandates and resolve any questions we may have regarding previous responses in the questionnaires.
Christine: How do you find that working?
Susan: Through these initiatives, we are able to build a picture of if and how ESG considerations factor into each manager's process for every mandate. This knowledge base then becomes another input for our team in terms of assessing the strengths of mandates that we currently hold or may consider for use in our funds in the future.
Christine: Re: questionnaire? What have you learned from those questionnaires?
Susan: First of all, all the third party managers do give consideration to ESG factors…but there is a wide range of levels of integration and/or engagement as well as
differences in reporting practices with respect to responsible investing. To throw some numbers at you, 74% are UNPRI signatories as of the end of September of last year, and 43% of them even have dedicated ESG teams.
Christine: Do you expect that number to grow?
Susan: I do expect the numbers to grow, because already we have observed increased emphasis on responsible investing over just the last few years since we have been formally tracking ESG-related information on third party managers. For a lot of managers ESG considerations have always been a part of their investment processes, but
like GLC they are putting more effort over time into developing their approach to responsible investing and formalizing their documentation and reporting of it. There does seem to be momentum building in terms of managers recognizing the value of becoming a UN PRI signatory and also the benefits that ESG considerations bring to an investment process.
Christine: I would imagine that seeing inquiries from stakeholders like PSG helps managers to realize that it is in their interest to take ESG considerations into account…
Susan: I agree – they must think, if we are engaging them on these issues, then maybe they should be doing the same…
Christine: Give me an example of a question you might ask one of those managers at these regular meetings?
Susan: ESG considerations often come out in discussions about fund holdings that are controversial for some reason. One
example that readily springs to mind is from a couple of years ago when Valeant Pharmaceuticals was in the news a lot – questions were emerging about the lack of clarity around the company's accounting practices and overall governance. At the time it was also a style issue in our minds, as while the stock became a bigger and bigger part of the S&P/TSX Composite Index it caused a lot of benchmark risk for Canadian managers, particularly those with value-oriented mandates – style drift is something we are always watching out for. So we had a lot of discussions around managers' views on Valeant, including around governance issues, and why or why not it made sense for them to hold the stock in their portfolios. These discussions helped us as asset allocation fund managers to assess whether fund managers were
incorporating ESG considerations into their investment decisions in a thoughtful and appropriate manner.
Christine: Our fiduciary duty is to maximize total return within the prescribed guidelines of the investment mandates. Perhaps some don't think considering ESG factors contributes to that. What do you think?
Susan: I think it comes down to having a disciplined investment process and a holistic investment philosophy. Formally considering ESG factors is another means of assessing risks and opportunities within a portfolio. And that is just as important for a fund of fund portfolio as it is for a standalone mandate. We believe that being aware of and understanding all types of risks and opportunities allows us to best deliver on our fiduciary duty.
Christine: One final question for you Susan…do you think people care? Do they care that the managers of their asset allocation funds are pursuing responsible investing practices by considering ESG factors in their investment decisions?
Susan: I think people do care. Responsible investing is becoming more and more topical within the investment community, especially as the mindset is shifting from not just thinking of the benefits of considering ESG factors from a risk management perspective but of the opportunities it can also provide in terms of helping to drive superior investment returns.
Christine: Thank you Susan, it was great hearing from you today.
If listeners want to learn more about GLC's approach to responsible investing, or read our policy on responsible investing, just go to our website and search 'responsible investing' it will take you right there.
Copyright 2017 GLC. You may not reproduce, distribute, or otherwise use any of this article without the prior written consent of GLC Asset Management Group Ltd. (GLC).
This commentary represents GLC's views at the date of publication, which are subject to change without notice. Furthermore, there can be no assurance that any trends described in this material will continue or that forecasts will occur; economic and market conditions change frequently. This commentary is intended as a general source of information and is not intended to be a solicitation to buy or sell specific investments, nor tax or legal advice. Before making any investment decision, prospective investors should carefully review the relevant offering documents and seek input from their advisor.


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Avan Jogia (Roman Mercer) is Danny in THE ARTISTS' WIFE, the story of Claire (Lena Olin), whose husband, an acclaimed abstract painter (played by Bruce Dern) is diagnosed with dementia and might not be able to finish the paintings for his final show. Claire keeps her husband's illness a secret from the art community, and tries to help him reconnect with his estranged daughter (Juliet Rylance) and her son. (Jogia is the grandson's nanny.) As her husband's illness progresses, Claire, once a promising painter in her own right, must decide whether to remain in the shadows. The film is now in post-production, and should be ready for release this summer.
Jogia is also bad boy musician Berkeley in the horror comedy ZOMBIELAND: DOUBLE TAP, a sequel to ZOMBIELAND (2009). Jesse Eisenberg, Woody Harrelson, and Emma Stone are back as Columbus, Tallahassee, and Wichita, respectively. Berkeley (reportedly) will be romantically involved with Abigail Breslin's character Little Rock. (Characters are mostly named after cities. Zoey Deutch will be Madison.) Bill Murray, who died in the original film will somehow return for the sequel, as the gang moves to the American heartland to battle "evolved zombies". ZOMBIELAND: DOUBLE TAP will be released in the US on 11 October. Continue reading →


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This week has been a fun feature of local loves. We love shopping and working with local businesses to bring you fresh ideas but also inspire you to do the same wherever you live. We collaborated with Flower Girl Design Studio, here in Appleton to come up with a floral arrangement of breathtaking blooms to celebrate the first day of spring! And since Easter is right around the corner we decided to set our table a little early for some Easter inspiration. Flowers make such a statement on your tablescape and are also a thoughtful sentiment to bring to your Easter gathering (hint, hint!).
Owner and artist, Michelle Northey, has the most adorable studio filled with amazing blooms, fresh greens and more vases and vessels than you could imagine. Not only is the vibe fun and artsy but it's an open space studio where creativity flows freely, yet is warm and welcoming. She loves working with people to create the perfect way to set the scene and say something special. She can cater to events large or small but also has that special knack for the everyday customer looking for a gift or something for their home. She also does fun things like a monthly floral service, where a seasonal bouquet can be delivered to your house. Regardless of your budget, she will come up with something spectacular – sign me up!
The gorgeous centerpiece you see below is available to order starting at $50 and can be customized to your budget. Just ask for the Drape + Dapper spring bouquet (*bonus, she can deliver to the Fox Valley, Green Bay, Oshkosh and surrounding area). Or call 920.284.7292 or stop in, she has a new location at N282 Stoneybrook Rd, Appleton. If you're looking for something quick and easy, she always has fresh tulip bunches on hand this time of year for $15 (and not your standard store bought variety) check out the cream colored beauties below.
Drape + Dapper spring bouquet c/o Flower Girl Design Studio – order yours today!!
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white + gold tea lights // swan tea lights vintage // burlap table runners – easy DIY but similar here // napkins -target old similar here
tulips and greens Flower Girl Design Studio // preserved boxwood balls 6″ + 10″ // tree candle stick // white bowl // gold candle stick // all other items vintage // DIY natural ombre Easter eggs post here
tulips, greens and moss Flower Girl Design Studio // gold vase // DIY natural dye ombre easter eggs post here
Charger // blue plate // white dishes vintage – from this cute shop in Madison // moss – flower girl design studio
cherry blossom branches make an easy spring arrangement
Get to know Michelle from Flower Girl Design Studio a bit more:
I'm not a florist. I'm an artist. It's all I've ever wanted to be. I studied studio-art at Lawrence University, and discovered the artistry of flowers after graduation. Flower Girl Design Studio is my own personal gallery, where I pursue my passion for blending the spirit and sentiment of people, with the colors, shapes, and scents of nature's most beautiful creations.
Being picky about my flowers means Flower Girl offers beauty and quality no-one else can. Because what other shops have to special-order, I order all the time. What other shops call exotic, I call everyday. And what other shops consider good-enough, I don't even consider. On any given day, my studio is filled with rows and rows of beautiful blooms, all fresh, all premium, most you won't find anywhere but Flower Girl.
Happy spring,


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How to Get an Interior Door to Swing Both Ways
Double-action, spring-loaded hinges allow doors to swing both directions. You've probably seen them in restaurants doors, or commercial buildings where traffic flows in both directions. If you've got an interior door in your home that fits the requirement, the double-action door might be just what you're looking for. The door will not be functional as a locking door after installation of the hinges because the doorstop and doorknob is removed. Install a dummy knob for aesthetics if desired.
Remove the door from the opening by removing the screws in the hinges with a drill/driver. Remove the hinges from the door. Remove the doorknob and striker plate from the side of the door.
Insert the tip of a prybar behind the doorstop and pry it off. The doorstop is the thin piece of wood centered on the doorjamb at the top and sides. It serves to stop and seal the door. Apply paint or stain to the jamb as needed to cover the bare spots where the stop was removed.
Cut 1/2-inch off the width of the door using a table saw. Cut off the side with the doorknob. This is to allow more room to allow the door to swing in and out of the frame without binding. Sand the edge and add paint or stain and a clear finish as needed.
Measure down from the top, back corner, and up from the bottom corner. Make marks at 7 inches on the side of the door opposite the knob. Open the hinge leaves. Screw the door leaf -- it is marked as such -- to the side of the door with the top edge even with the marks. Use a drill/driver and 1 1/2-inch screws. Screw the second hinge to the bottom, with the bottom edge of the hinge even with the marks. Close the hinge.
Stand the door in place as if it were opened at 90-degrees. Place scrap blocks underneath to brace it. Swing the jamb leaf out on the top and bottom hinges. The jamb leaf is the other plate with holes in it -- the cylinder on one side will pivot out with the leaf. Flush the leaf flat on the doorjamb on both hinges. Screw the leaf to the side of the jamb using 1 1/2-inch screws. Do both hinges.
Remove the blocks and allow the door to swing in the opposite direction. If the door swings too easily, insert a hex wrench into the holes on the bottom of both hinges. Use the hex wrench to turn the end of the cylinder clockwise, tightening the spring. Do both hinges the same way. When the door operates to your satisfaction, insert locking pins provided with the hinges into the hole nearest the cylinder.
Things Needed
- Drill/driver
- Prybar
- Paint or stain
- Clear finish
- 2, double-action spring hinges, 6-inch
- 1 1/2-inch screws
- Hex wrench
- Locking pins
- Doors more than 75 pounds require three hinges. Most interior doors weigh much less.
- There are different sizes of double-action hinges, but the best size is the 6-inch hinge for multipurpose use.
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By: Ron Wolforth
When I was in junior high school and lasting all the way through high school, I had a teammate that was pure cancer. He was nasty, petty and vitriolic. The problem was, he was also very bright, articulate and charming when he wanted to be. For those who remember the reference, he was a living, breathing personification of Eddie Haskell of "Leave It to Beaver" fame.
He was a 'pot stirrer' and a 'muckraker'. He was constantly attempting to play one individual or circumstance against another for personal gain, influence or advantage. He was a classic… "the enemy of my enemy is my friend" sort of guy. I really struggled with how to deal with him, and it caused me many good night's sleep.
I haven't seen him in years… thank goodness… but if he is alive today, I cringe just thinking about what the speed of social media allows him to disrupt and damage.
We all know these types of individuals. They are on our teams, in our organizations, in our businesses and even in our families. They are thin-skinned. They are vindictive. They are arrogant and self-important. Many get away with their nastiness because often they are bright, insightful and sometimes even brilliant.
These people LOVE to be against something or someone. They love to tear others down. They see it as their appointed duty to point out the flaws and shortcomings of others. They are schemers and manipulators. And if, and when, they get their sights set on you, watch out, they won't stop until you are mortally wounded. They are clever at mixing in just enough fact with balderdash that an outsider might surmise that the criticism or condemnation must have merit.
Regardless of your political stripe, can you imagine what Bush, Obama or now Trump has to endure on a daily basis? 30% of the population cursing the very ground you walk on. Your political enemies will place blame on you for EVERYTHING and give you credit for NOTHING.
This phenomenon is not new. For example, many mistakenly believe the Founding Fathers were more-or-less monolithic in their beliefs, and had great affection for each other.
Consider this piece detailing the rocky relationship between Washington and Jefferson by historian, George Muse:
Another type of enemy, more-or-less the result of this differing with Jefferson, Madison, Monroe, and Randolph, was sundry editors and writers who gathered under their patronage and received aids of money or of secret information. One who prospered for a time by abusing Washington was Philip Freneau. He was a college friend of Madison's, and was induced to undertake the task by his and Jefferson's urging, though the latter denied this later. As aid to the undertaking, Jefferson, then Secretary of State, gave Freneau an office, and thus produced the curious condition of a clerk in the government writing and printing savage attacks on the President. Washington was much irritated at the abuse, and Jefferson in his "Anas" said that he "was evidently sore & warm and I took his intention to be that I should interpose in some way with Freneau, perhaps withdraw his appointment of translating clerk to my office. But I will not do it." According to the French minister, some of the worst of these articles were written by Jefferson himself, and Freneau is reported to have said, late in life, that many of them were written by the Secretary of State.
Few young people today know that Washington & Jefferson had little love or affection for each other.
More recent history is the nasty feud between Steve Jobs and Bill Gates as detailed by Matt Weinberger:
A furious Jobs accused Gates and Microsoft of ripping off the Macintosh. But Gates didn't care — he knew that graphical interfaces would be big and didn't think Apple had the exclusive rights to the idea. Besides, Gates knew full well that Apple took the idea for the graphical interface from the Xerox PARC labs, a research institution they both admired. When Jobs accused Gates of stealing the idea, he famously answered: "Well, Steve, I think there's more than one way of looking at it. I think it's more like we both had this rich neighbor named Xerox and I broke into his house to steal the TV set and found out that you had already stolen it."
Going further back in history, on the day the Christian Church was started by the Sermon on the Mount, it was reported that in the audience that day… some mocked and laughed, some were confused and others…. believed.
My contention is that if Washington and Jefferson sincerely disliked each other, that Jobs and Gates had a very nasty and public feud, and the greatest teacher in the history of man had serious distractors regarding his divine message… then you and I will certainly not be immune from that same dynamic.
No matter how hard we work at building relationships and our professional competence, we are going to have people tell us we can't do something… that we are substandard, insufficient and lacking… even wicked or deleterious.
I suggest you follow a prescription like the one forwarded by Don Miguel Ruiz on a daily basis, and simply relax on worrying about the enemies and naysayers all around us. We all have them… it's universal to all of us. Stay true to yourself and your beliefs. Doing well is the best revenge.
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Physical fitness is a general state of health and well-being and, more specifically, the ability to perform aspects of sports or occupations. Physical fitness is generally achieved through correct nutrition, moderate-vigorous physical activity, exercise and rest. It is a set of attributes or characteristics seen in people and which relate to the ability to perform a given set of physical activities.
We know that most jobs require a measure of physical and/or mental labor to execute them properly. And we should have a good idea of how much labor is required ahead of time. But there are a good number of jobs that also require something called emotional labor.
Put simply, emotional labor consists of managing feelings and expressions to fulfill the emotional requirements of a job. For instance, a cashier or server having to put on a constant smile to keep customers happy — even though the worker may not be happy themselves.
Many people may not realize how much they expend emotional labor every day because practicing habits that help us put forth a pleasant attitude for strangers in public is part of our social norms.
But while you may not be able to totally avoid emotional labor in our day-to-day — especially working in the service industry — it shouldn't cost your emotional and mental wellbeing. There are ways to manage it while avoiding burnout.
Though the term emotional labor has become more widely known in recent years, it's also commonly misused.
It was originally introduced by sociologist Arlie Hochschild in 1983, as a term presented in her book The Managed Heart: Commercialization of Human Feeling. By her own original definition, emotional labor is when your paid work centrally involves trying to feel the right feeling for the job.
She identifies the following as jobs that require emotional labor:
It can also be required of those working in the food service industry, retail, and the healthcare industry.
On the flipside (and contrary to popular assumption) emotional labor shouldn't be confused with feelings attached to the following:
So, to be clear, emotional labor isn't about how you feel about the work itself. Rather, it's the front-facing emotions that you need to have in order to execute the full requirements of the work.
In an interview with The Atlantic, Hochschild says that emotional labor ultimately involves evoking and suppressing feelings.
"The point is that while you may also be doing physical labor and mental labor, you are crucially being hired and monitored for your capacity to manage and produce a feeling."
Some jobs that contain a great deal of emotional labor in the job requirements include:
Since emotional labor is seen as the invisible work of managing other people's emotions, it isn't just confined to your daily occupation. It can easily creep into home life, interfering with personal relationships, too.
If someone feels the need to give less than genuine emotions in a relationship, or if someone often has to succumb to emotional demands in order to maintain a friendship, those are also examples of emotional labor.
Emotional labor differs from mental labor, physical labor, and emotional exhaustion because it primarily deals with the management of others' feelings as opposed to your own.
|Emotional labor
|Mental labor
|Politely apologizing for the 10th time after another customer scolds you for a small mistake on their food order that you didn't make
|Going over data for the 10th time so you can prepare for a big presentation the following morning
|Emotional labor
|Physical labor
|Smiling to welcome guests at an amusement park even though you're still reeling from the bad news you received
|Cleaning the food court for the third time that day as an employee of the amusement park
|Emotional labor
|Emotional exhaustion
|Making the kids in your class laugh to keep them engaged even though you just found out that you can't pay for your parent's assisted living
|Your friend just shared some great news with you, but after a chaotic week, you're too emotionally numb to react as expected
Emotional labor can cause burnout, which stems from prolonged exposure to a stressful work environment. It's a state of exhaustion that is dysfunctional and can actually lead to reduced job performance.
According to a 2018 research review, data from a 2007 study surveying 2,055 service and sales workers found that emotional labor is associated with an increased risk for depressive mood in female workers and in men who have lower-paying jobs.
It can even cause serious physical health conditions. Another study found that emotional labor has been linked to the loss of memory, depersonalization, hypertension, heart disease, and has even been shown to exacerbate cancer.
Despite the serious effects emotional labor can have on our health, we tend to think it's just part of the package that comes with the job.
Anxiety can stem directly from emotional labor due to the toll it can take if unmanaged.
Stress and anxiety go hand in hand, and can be triggered by something happening that makes you feel frustrated or nervous, which can then trigger anxiety.
Having to be in these situations commonly in the workplace can fuel distressing anxiety cycles, which worsen as each situation is repeated, as you associate politeness and professionalism with those feelings of anxiety.
It's important that you draw boundaries so that emotional labor doesn't have a negative effect on other parts of your life.
You may be dealing with emotional labor if you ask yourself any of the following questions:
It can be difficult to draw boundaries, especially in a work environment. But there are ways to address or manage your emotional labor without being rude or aggressive.
When a customer has scolded you for not providing their proper shoe size.
Response: "I am sorry that we do not have your size, but I have checked, and I am certain it's not in stock. However, I can recommend a shop that supplies similar clothing, as I have other things to do now."
Your partner goes back on their promise to do something, and you're annoyed because you know it won't get done unless you do it.
Response: "I'm feeling tired. We agreed you would do this. I have done what I needed to do, and now you need to do the same."
"Thank you for your text message, but for my own personal boundaries, I hope we can continue our professional conversation via email."
"That is something I am not comfortable doing and I hope that you can respect that."
"I feel that I am being asked for more than the position stated. It would be great if we could arrange a meeting to discuss my duties and what is expected of me."
It is important to be assertive, to get your point across, but in a way that doesn't cause confrontation.
It can be helpful to examine your thoughts and feelings to find out if your stress or anxiety stems from emotional labor. It can also be helpful to pinpoint when your stress or anxiety feels like it's at its peak.
Talking to a therapist could help, not only with releasing built-up emotions, but also with providing specific boundaries and talking points helpful for navigating emotional labor.
It's important to understand the prevalence of emotional labor while not ignoring the potential impact on your mental and emotional health. It takes practice to identify it, but with self-awareness and honest communication, you can learn how to manage it like a pro.
I'm at a loss for words as to how to describe the 2020 election cycle — or 2020 in general, for that matter. So I will direct you to this video of "two lynx having an intense conversation." Or you can consider it actual footage of the first presidential debate. It's your call.
The 2020 election has been intense. And that's not a surprise, because so much is at stake. But it has also been absurd. (Kanye was on my MF-ing ballot, y'all.)
Obviously, we don't know how the election will turn out, or if we'll even have a bona fide decision on November 3… or the next day… or the next… The magic eight ball says, "Reply hazy, try again."
What we do know is that Election Day and that evening will be a wild ride. So buckle up! But don't worry — we've put together this survival guide to help you get through it.
No one can really answer this question for you — except you. You have to decide what's best for your well-being.
Keep in mind that by the time Election Day has rolled around and you've cast your vote, you can't do anything else to change the course of the election. No amount of refreshing your news or social feed will alter the end result. So give yourself permission to relax.
Remember that you've performed your civic duty with your ballot and done your part. And every vote matters! Maybe you've even donated cash — every dollar counts — to a campaign you feel strongly about or sent postcards or called others to encourage them to vote for a particular candidate. The point is that the work is done.
Also, you can't do Election Day wrong, whether you watch the news or bury your face in your dog's fur at 5 p.m. But it can be helpful to decide your Election Day personality ahead of time. Take your middle name, the first street you lived on, and divide it by the square root of a litter of kittens. Kidding! This is more about how you plan to tackle election night information.
However you choose to dive in to the Election Day news cycle, remember to take breaks early and often. Check in on your Animal Crossing pals. Scratch and sniff your "I voted" sticker. "Home Edit" your pantry by eating snacks in rainbow order.
Just be sure to step away from the screens for a bit. And if you must stay glued, remember that "The Daily Show" on Comedy Central will have its own live election coverage, called "Votegasm 2020: What Could Go Wrong? (Again)."
You might be tempted to doomscroll. Or root out posts that have fake news. Or comment on other people's posts to set them straight. But like you, others have already cast their votes and made up their minds by Election Day. So chances are any energy spent trying to change someone's mind is wasted energy — and shaming someone for their actions or beliefs won't lead to change anyway.
That doesn't mean you can't engage with social media. Just keep it in check. Like your friends' "I voted" selfies, post your own, and engage in online convos that encourage you to be the change you wish to see in the world. If you have to, you can always sit on your thumbs.
Let's be real: You can eat whatever suits your fancy on election night — or any night, obviously. I'll probably superstitiously consume all the marshmallows in a box of Lucky Charms. #AddsToGroceryOrder
Election night, though, likely calls for some good old-fashioned comfort food to keep you sated, carbed-up, and calm while you watch what happens with the fraught electoral college.
What is comfort food? It can be anything, really. What's your go-to when you don't feel so great? I'm a sucker for grilled cheese and tomato soup. What's a food you always asked your parents to make when you were little? My dad used to melt my ice cream in the microwave. We called it Sloopy-Sloppy. But you can call 2020 that if you want to. Need some ideas? We've got you!
Obviously, not everyone drinks, so please skip this section if it's not appropriate for your election night plan.
Personally, I admit I will have red wine lips while I cheer or holler at the map of battleground states on my TV, though I might switch to a cocktail if the mood strikes.
I've curated some old favorites for you and given them election-y names just for the absurdity of it all. As always, remember to drink in moderation, and absolutely do not drink and drive.
The election is almost over. Just hang in there. I know that in the months leading up to it — and even before that — you've probably asked yourself what David asked himself after that fateful dentist trip: "Is this real life?" It is indeed real life. And we will get through it. And we will tackle whatever comes afterward.
Obviously, I've made jokes throughout this piece to bring some levity to the situation. But the truth of the matter is that we do have a lot at stake.
If you're feeling a ton of anxiety over the election — who isn't? — try to remember that the Oval Office isn't the only one to keep your eye on. Every candidate elected has the power to effect change. So celebrate the victories at the state level, too, folks! Because there will be victories. And we will take them as they come.
Jennifer Chesak is a Nashville-based freelance book editor and writing instructor. She's also an adventure travel, fitness, and health writer for several national publications. She earned her Master of Science in journalism from Northwestern's Medill and is working on her first fiction novel, set in her native state of North Dakota.
A lot of us are sizing down our Thanksgiving festivities this year. Whether you're missing family or relieved about there being fewer dishes, there's one definite upside to a gathering of two: way less competition for pie leftovers.
Though the recipes may be smaller when you're prepping and cooking a Thanksgiving for two, the meal can still be full of all the good, traditional stuff you love: turkey, dressing, sides, sweets — and all the joy.
Here, we've rounded up the best recipes for a smaller — yet mighty! — Thanksgiving dinner for two people, plus how to make it a cozy experience for you and your loved one.
Let's be honest: A Thanksgiving dinner with all the bells and whistles creates a ton of dirty dishes. Rather than spend time scrubbing and cleaning, you can sit back and relax with this super-easy two-sheet-pan Thanksgiving dinner. It takes less time but still packs plenty of flavor with sweet potatoes, brussels sprouts, stuffing, and yep, turkey!
Butternut squash, brussels sprouts with pomegranate seeds, stuffing, and turkey all come together to create this delicious sheet-pan Thanksgiving dinner for two.
You don't have to skip any of your favorite go-to Thanksgiving dishes with this sheet pan recipe. It covers the classics — from turkey to sweet potatoes with marshmallows. Win, win, and yum!
If you want to take the traditional route and bake up a full turkey, just look for a smaller bird when you're at the grocery store. Then, have fun with flavors, like the ones found in this recipe, including orange and rosemary.
A big ol' turkey for all your aunts, uncles, cousins, and siblings makes total sense. But there's only so much leftover turkey you can gobble down. Instead, consider taking a different approach with these garlic and spinach turkey meatballs.
Instead of roasting a full turkey, scale down and focus on the breasts. This yummy recipe is simple to follow and requires a fraction of the prep time. The end product is a fall-off-your-fork, make-your-mouth-water tender dinner.
If you aren't committed to Team Turkey — or don't want to spend all day tending to a bird in the oven — roasting parts of a chicken is a low stress, high reward alternative. You can throw together these buttery rosemary-lemon drumsticks in less than 40 minutes. Praise be.
It's your Thanksgiving — you can eat tenderloin if you want to! Honestly, though, there really aren't any rules, and the sweet and savory marinade for this pork dish will have you saying, "Turkey? Never heard of her."
Baked salmon may seem like an odd choice for Turkey Day, but salmon, loaded with flavor and nutrients, is a special occasion type of food. Plus, many of the classic side dishes — like carrots, potatoes, and brussels sprouts — pair perfectly with salmon.
This rainbow of sweetly roasted carrots is the perfect veggie side dish to round out a spread for two. Herb-speckled and tossed with fresh lemon, it looks and tastes fancy and is still easy to pull off.
There's a reason brussels sprouts are a mainstay on the Thanksgiving table — no matter if it's set for two, three, or a dozen. They're a versatile member of the cabbage family and can be dressed up or down with oils, spices, and even bacon. Consider this recipe a starting point and add your own touches.
A must in Southern homes, this gooey, warming dish will soothe you from the inside. Plus, it's a piece of cake to throw together. If you're hesitant about the amount of dairy, you can substitute almond milk and lactose-free cheese.
You can't have Thanksgiving without some sort of sweet potato recipe. We like this one for the sweet additions of maple syrup and brown sugar, which pair nicely with the tartness of cranberry sauce and the crisp taste of green beans or brussels sprouts.
This cranberry relish gets a lovely sweet tang from the addition of orange. It's perfect for slathering on your turkey or chicken slices or just enjoying all by itself.
Last — but definitely not least — don't forget the gravy! This simple recipe doesn't take much effort but will add even more goodness to your turkey, mashed potatoes, and stuffing.
Note: You'll need turkey or chicken drippings to make this gravy.
A personalized apple crisp is the perfect cap to your dinner. But if you and your Thanksgiving partner want to skip dinner altogether and just have these crisps, that's fine by us.
These rich, pumpkin-y puppies are to die for. The graham cracker crust adds a crumbly texture to the thick, creamy filling. Try not to get drool on your keyboard.
Rather than have a dessert that lasts only one night, make these cookies to enjoy for a few days. These adorable pecan pie thumbprints are sweetened with coconut sugar and maple syrup, which give them an extra-rich flavor.
By prepping your ingredients the night before — chopping veggies, making the marinade for the turkey, making pies and desserts — you can save time and headache. Just remember: Fresh vegetables like beans or carrots should be placed in cold water in the fridge so they don't lose their crispness.
When deciding what to cook on Thanksgiving, consider what you want to eat on National Pie for Breakfast Day, National Pie for Breakfast Day Two, and so on. After all, this holiday revolves around food, and even if you make smaller portions, you'll likely have leftovers for days.
Plan ahead by baking (or buying) bread for turkey sandwiches! Get creative with your turkey leftovers. And experiment with new post-Thanksgiving recipes.
And don't feel guilty about it! The most complicated part of Thanksgiving dinner is the turkey. If you don't want to worry about checking on it every few hours… don't. There are literally countless alternatives, pretty much all of which require less elbow grease.
During a difficult lap around the sun, finding silver linings can be a challenge. You may be missing your extended family on Thanksgiving, which can make it tough to find joy. Even so, take time to discuss what you're thankful for as you enjoy your meal for two.
New Year's Eve may be all about excesses. But come New Year's Day, there's a fresh perspective. The first day of the year is a time to regroup with friends to reflect on the year past, look forward to better things ahead, and — hopefully — eat some delicious food.
So, assemble your inner circle for a celebratory brunch — we've got 33 recipes for everything from hearty pancakes to breakfast nachos to unique twists on favorite a.m. cocktails.
We're all antsy to get on with normal life. But unfortunately, the threat of COVID-19 is still very real. So, we highly recommend checking the CDC's most recent guidelines for gatherings this holiday season before you make any plans.
You can, of course, mix and match any of the recipes below. But for a spread that covers all the brunchy bases, here's our star lineup:
Ratatouille has a reputation for being a pain to make. (So. Much. Slicing.) This frittata includes all the Mediterranean flavors with less of the slicing and dicing.
Fun foodie fact: In recipes, "Florentine" is code for spinach. Here, the iron-rich greens nestle beneath a poached egg and a traditional hollandaise sauce drizzle.
Jarred roasted red peppers make these distinctive deviled eggs a snap to prepare.
The classic Denver omelet, compacted into muffin form!
Salad for breakfast? Yep, totally a thing. Lighten up your New Year's spread with this superfood mélange of eggs, smoked salmon, and arugula.
Prep this egg dish ahead! Quiche can be served at room temperature or even cold. (Just don't let it sit out longer than 2 hours.)
These juicy bites won't derail your low carb pals' eating agenda.
If you've made resolutions to eat more veggies in the new year, this casserole fits the bill with sweet potatoes, spinach, red onion, and bell pepper.
On a hectic morning of last-minute table setting and dining room vacuuming, an overnight baked French toast means one less thing to worry about. Prep this the night before, then pull it out of the fridge and pop it in the oven on New Year's Day.
Praise be for the blender! These oat-based blender pancakes are a total breeze. Plus, they're gluten-free for your GF guests.
For a perfectly seasonal New Year's brunch option, grab some grapefruit. This twist on the usual lemon poppy seed mixture uses fresh grapefruit juice for an even tangier taste.
Vegans can get in on the creamy goodness of stuffed French toast with this animal product-free version.
Amp up the nutrition — and the color — in whole-wheat pancakes by grating in some zucchini.
Can't decide between French toast or pancakes? Now, you don't have to. This fun recipe dips pancakes in an egg mixture and griddles them like French toast.
Earthy cinnamon and hearty whole wheat combine forces in these stick-to-your-ribs waffles. If you're serving multiple items at your brunch buffet, cut the waffles into quarters so everyone can sample a little of everything.
Haul out the muffin tin for these bite-sized, veggie-filled hash brown cups.
A fennel-citrus slaw adds a touch of fancy to humble latkes in this unique recipe.
Savory herbs are a no-fail complement to roasted potatoes at any meal, including brunch.
Use the air fryer to get the crispy texture of homestyle taters with less of the oil. Just 1 tablespoon of extra-virgin olive oil is all you need here.
Even novice chefs should have no trouble with these simple sweet potato hash browns, made even easier with the help of a spiralizer.
Move over, avocado toast. In this twist on toast, thin slabs of roasted sweet potato serve as the base for a scrambled egg and chive topping.
There's more to this hash than its simple name might lead you to believe. With green and red bell peppers, onions, and garlic, this one may be the hit of the party.
Ooh, pretty! A garnish of neon pink watermelon radishes brings a pop of the unexpected to these saucy morning nachos.
The smaller size of street taco tortillas makes the mini breakfast-themed Mexican delights perfect for buffet grazing.
The classic Mexican breakfast, updated! Huevos rancheros get a makeover with a fresh pico de gallo-style salsa atop tortillas, beans, and eggs.
An easy casserole never fails to save your bacon (or, in this case, your sausage) on brunch day.
You may end up making this nutrient-dense hash for breakfast, even on non-holiday mornings. It's black beans, spinach, and sweet potatoes — a very good way to start the day indeed.
With three ingredients, these mimosas don't actually take a lot of work, but their striking red hue is sure to impress.
Those who stayed up 'til dawn ringing in the new year may need something to get them perked up the next morning. A jolt of almond milk cold brew just might do the trick.
New Year's Day is all about starting fresh. With five different veggies and three fruits, this green juice is full of the best edible intentions.
Tweak the traditional screwdriver in this recipe that subs grapefruit juice for OJ.
For a virgin drink that's still oh-so-special (and lovely to look at), try lavender-infused lemonade.
You provide the basic mix (tomato juice, vodka, Tabasco) then let guests go to town with creative mix-ins like olives, celery, fresh herbs, bacon, and more.
You're out for a nice fall run, but 5 minutes into it, you're coughing and can't catch your breath. Is this just what it feels like to be out of shape? Is it allergies? Maybe and maybe. But it could also be exercise-induced bronchoconstriction (EIB), aka exercise-induced asthma.
Does EIB mean you have to throw in the towel and park yourself on the couch? Heck no! In fact, with the right treatment, people with EIB can be as active as they want. Lots of elite athletes have asthma or EIB.
The biggest clue is EIB symptoms tend to start 5 to 10 minutes into your workout and continue after you've stopped exercising.
Coughing is the most common symptom of EIB, and sometimes it's the only symptom. You may also experience:
Symptoms usually start several minutes into a workout and are most severe 3 to 15 minutes after stopping. Breathing usually returns to normal about 20 to 30 minutes after that. It's possible to have a second wave of symptoms over the next 4 to 12 hours.
Talk to a doctor if any of these symptoms interferes with your ability to exercise. There are medications and ways to modify your workout so airflow isn't an issue.
Breathlessness from exercise isn't a mystery: your body works hard, it needs more oxygen, you breathe harder to get that O2. EIB is different because your airway actually starts to constrict, making it harder for the air to get into your lungs. Weird, right?
If you have EIB, rapid breathing through your mouth introduces more cold, dry air into your airway, triggering the constriction.
That's why you may find symptoms are worse on cold days or in dry conditions. Other triggers like pollution, pollen, smoke, fumes, or a recent respiratory infection or asthma attack may also make an episode of EIB more likely.
Researchers estimate that 40 to 90 percent of people with chronic asthma also experience EIB. Between 8 and 20 percent of people without asthma have symptoms of EIB.
Elite athletes are at increased risk of EIB because their participation in sports requires a lot of time inhaling cold, dry air and pollutants. Children also seem to be at higher risk of EIB than adults.
Episodes of EIB can cause temporary inflammation and damage to lungs, but it's reversible with proper treatment. The biggest complication associated with exercise-induced breathing difficulty is… GIVING UP ON EXERCISE!
Some people with EIB feel anxiety, fear, and embarrassment about exercising. Rightfully so! What's not scary about feeling like you can't breathe?
The truth is avoiding exercise is counterproductive. It's totally possible to have an active life while managing EIB. (Remember those elite athletes? They don't get to the Olympics by giving up.) In fact, exercise improves quality of life.
The most common way to diagnose EIB is by measuring lung function before, during, and after exercise.
A person is diagnosed with EIB if their forced exhale volume in 1 second is reduced 10 to 5 percent after exercise. Forced exhale volume is measured with a spirometer, a device that you breathe into.
Your doctor may use spirometry (that tube you breathe into) to measure how much air you can exhale forcefully and quickly. If you're not experiencing symptoms or haven't been exercising before the test, results will likely be normal.
To get a full picture of the impact of exercise on your breathing function, the doctor will do a bronchoprovocation test. Sound provocative? It just means they'll measure the volume of air you exhale at rest, during exercise, and after exercise.
For this test you may use a treadmill, a stationary bicycle, or recreate the exercise that caused your symptoms before.
You may be tested again after using a bronchodilator like an albuterol inhaler. If the inhaler doesn't improve symptoms, you might have exercise-induced vocal cord dysfunction instead of EIB. Vocal cord dysfunction symptoms will also stop as soon as exercise is stopped.
Bronchial hyperresponsiveness can also mimic EIB when the airways "overreact" to inhaling allergens or airborne irritants, causing cough and phlegm production.
There are a number of prescription medications that can help control exercise-induced asthma. Here's your cheat sheet for medication options.
Try these recommendations to reduce your risk of EIB while exercising:
You don't want to mess around when it comes to breathing. Follow your doctor's recommended treatment for EIB, but you may find some of these alternative therapies are helpful too.
Like we said, even if you have EIB, you can totally get your exercise on. However, some forms of exercise are better than others for people with exercise-induced asthma.
You might have worse symptoms exercising in the cold (think ice hockey, skiing, snowboarding, snowshoeing). EIB symptoms are also more likely with sports that require sustained activity like long distance running and soccer.
Choose exercise that's leisurely or requires short bursts of activity like:
When you experience symptoms that may be exercise-induced asthma, make a note of the temperature, where you were, what kind of activity you were doing. Also record your symptoms and approximately when they started and stopped.
All that information will give the doctor clues about whether it's EIB. Also let them know if you've ever been diagnosed with asthma or have recently had any illness that could be related to your symptoms. Since your doctor may conduct an exercise challenge, dress for breaking a sweat.
While you might expect to be a little (or a lot) breathless during your workout, exercise-induced bronchoconstriction (EIB) can put a real cramp in your exercise plans.
Watch for coughing or wheezing that starts a few minutes into your workout and gets worse after you stop. A doctor can use lung function tests to confirm whether it's EIB and prescribe inhalers or daily medications for prevention and treatment.
The most important thing to remember with EIB is for your physical and mental health, keep exercising!


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I love Easter. I saw someone describe it as the day to remember and celebrate love, forgiveness, and grace, and I honestly couldn't have agreed more with them. For me, Easter has always been the holiday that I've taken to really reflect on and appreciate my family, and this past week we had a blast celebrating the holiday with Emery and teaching her about all of the different aspects of it. Towards the end of our week Em's two year molars started cutting through making for a rough few days and a little bit more relaxed of a schedule for our tot school specific activities, but overall I think she had a lot of fun, and Kyle and I of course just had a blast celebrating with her! A lot of these activities are more Easter themed (think eggs, bunnies, etc) but a lot of them can be slightly altered to turn into more of a general "spring" theme as well to make it work for you and your kiddos!
Tot School Week 4: Easter
Theme: EASTER
Snacks: SKIPPED. I was having a hard time coming up with Easter themed treats that weren't straight candy (which unfortunately Em still got plenty of 😆) and teething was making it hard to get Emery to really eat much of anything outside of her favorite foods, so this week we decided to keep it simple and just forgo any special themed snacks.
Books (We read one book a day):
Monday - "What Can Bunnies Do?" coloring/create a book activity and phonics/vocabulary flash cards. This book is really similar to the weekly color books that we've been doing in past weeks, but instead of focusing on a color focused on bunnies and the different activities that they can do. The free download for the book also includes phonics cards that can be printed and cut out, and makes for a great speech development activity to either teach your kiddos new words, or to help them annunciate different letter sounds that they may be struggling with.
Tuesday- Egg Stamp Counting Activity and an "Egg Scoop" activity. I've been trying to work with Emery on counting on the side of our regular tot school activities, and both of these activities helped with that focus. For the egg stamp worksheet, simply have your child use stamps, paint, stickers, etc. to fill in the correct number of dot spaces on each egg. Em LOVES painting, so I found her some cute circle sponge brushes to fill in the eggs with. The egg scoop activity was SO simple to put on and completely free assuming you have some old Easter eggs lying around - I just put 10 of Em's Easter eggs into a basket, then gave her another empty basket and her ladle from her mini kitchen utensil set (a large spoon would work as well) and had her practice moving the eggs from one basket to the other, counting them with her as she worked. This activity actually kept Em entertained for a lot longer than I thought it would, and is a bonus for developing not only counting skills but also hand-eye coordination as well.
Wednesday- Bunny Color Hop and "Egg"-cercises. This day we tied in Em's favorite Easter book from this year and made a themed day of it. "The Great Easter Race!" shares a story all about the classic Sesame Street characters having a big race for Easter, and I thought it'd be fun to add in our own elements of exercise that could be done inside and with an Easter theme. For the "egg"-cercises, I just wrote down different kid friendly activities on strips of paper and put them in the eggs. Em then opened up the eggs and we'd do the movements together. Feel free to make up your own exercises to put in the eggs, but the ones we did were:
Thursday- Bunny Tail Color Sort. This was probably the worst day for Em's teething, and my poor girl spent the majority of the day wanting to do nothing but cuddle and watch shows. During a short period of molar relief though do to some Copaiba oil on her gums, we were able to play this fun little color matching activity. Putting it together is as easy and printing out the bunnies (and cutting them out if you choose to), and then having your kiddo use pom-poms, colored buttons, etc to match the proper colored tail to it's respective bunny. Emery has really come to enjoy these little color sorting activities, and I love that they give us a way to keep her memory fresh of all the colors we've been practicing up to this point.
Friday- Coloring Wooden Easter Eggs and making Easter sugar cookies. These are obviously the most Easter themed/least educational activities of the week, but we had a full weekend planned out for Em with Easter Egg hunts, baskets, and parties with friends coming up, so I figured why not start early with the celebrations? 😉 Before Friday I'd never actually died Easter eggs before and honestly don't even know how to hard boil an egg, but I found some cute small wooden eggs in Target's dollar section and thought that I'd give it a go. We mixed up six plastic cups with 1/2 water, 1/2 apple cider vinegar (white vinegar works fine too), and liquid food coloring into each cup, then let the eggs sit in the cups while stirring them around for about 30 minutes in the mixture. Emery loved helping to squirt the colors into the cups and would say the color as we were mixing it, and has been playing with the wooden eggs ever since! Next year we might even try dying regular eggs, but I'd love to do it with natural food dyes derived from different foods/spices.
To make things easier for anyone wanting to try out any of these activities, here's a list of all of the printables that we've used/created (to download/print just click on the link that you want. Also, for the Bunny Hop, Color Sorting Activity, and the Egg Counting Activity I've decided to include a black & white copy as well as a color copy - just in case there's anyone out there like me who doesn't have a color printer and wants to color in the worksheets themselves!
This week of tot school we're going back to finish up our color wheel and will be focusing on the color GREEN! Feel free to follow along on Instagram for the activities as we do them, or check in next week for the full blog post! Have a great week!
We hope that everyone had a wonderful Easter weekend spent with those you love most!
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How the Galvanometer Mirror Works. Once Used for Scientific Instruments, Now Vital to Laser Scanners
Nutfield Technology the leader in galvanometer laser scanner manufacturing thinks everyone should know about the galvanometer mirror and what it does.
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)-- Nutfield Technology (http://www.nutfieldtech.com) the leader in galvanometer laser scanner manufacturing thinks everyone should know about the galvanometer mirror and what it does. The first galvanometer (galvo without a mirror) was developed in 1826. While this was much more than a century before the laser was invented, these first galvo devices were used in various scientific instruments until reliable electronic amplifiers were developed. In 1856, the galvanometer mirror was further advanced by William Thompson when he adapted a galvo to detect faint signals transmitted through transatlantic cables. He was knighted as Lord Kelvin for his work.
Today the high-speed galvanometer mirror is used to control the x and y directions of scanning lasers. These devices are used in many applications from laser light shows and laser marking, to laser machining, wafer dicing, barcode readers, and laser ablation. The mirrors are attached to high-speed, limited rotation dc motors and the motion is governed by an internal position detector to allow feedback control of the motor. This is done through a signal that provides position information that is proportional to the rotation of the motor.
Nutfield has recently introduced a new laser scan head with a galvanometer mirror that controls the laser in a three-axis configuration. Called the Contour, it allows for intricate engraving of contoured surfaces.
For more information about the galvanometer mirror or the Contour laser scan head, or any of Nutfield Technology's line of highly precise laser scan heads, please visit http://www.nutfieldtech.com.
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Nutfield Technology has been designing and manufacturing advanced galvanometer based optical scanners, scan heads, laser scan kits, and scan control software and hardware since 1997. As the one-stop solution for laser scanning, Nutfield Technology has a full product line ideally suited for most laser scanning applications. Nutfield Technology is located in Hudson, New Hampshire, 30 miles north of Boston with representation in the U.S., Europe and Asia. For more details visit us at: http://www.nutfieldtech.com
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