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This story appears in the February 2001 issue of Entrepreneur. Subscribe »
NASDAQ paints a picture that, at times, is grim; at others, uplifting. But there's no doubt: Tech companies that were riding a huge wave of prosperity just one year ago are now trying to plan for the erratic ebb and flow of a slightly less confident economy. Does that mean potential dotcoms have decided to wait for the next big wave? Hardly. Internet start-ups are still popping up in large numbers, and fueling those businesses are investors wanting to get in on the game. One of the fastest-growing areas of investment is the incubator.
As the name implies, start-up companies still in the "egg" come to incubators to get hatched. Armed with nothing but their experience and an idea, entrepreneurs can be in business overnight if selected by an incubator company. Entrepreneurs who would have started out in the garage can now start their companies in fully furnished offices with phone lines and servers, some cash if needed and high-level mentors just down the hall.
Today's incubators are a different breed than their predecessors. Whereas incubators were once the purview of universities and small-business organizations that typically charged entrepreneurs fees for their services, most new incubators are for-profit entities that help you in exchange for a piece of your company.
Choosing incubation over angel or venture capital financing means choosing different risks and rewards. Angels and VCs don't help as much on a day-to-day basis; the incubator, however, is always there. The incubator staff fills needed functions, freeing you up to focus on your com-pany's larger goals and strategies.
But you give up substantial equity with for-profit incubators. Tyler Orion, executive director of the Pacific Incubation Network, a San Jose, California, incubation organization that serves all Pacific Rim incubators, emphasizes the need to investigate for-profit incubators. "In for-profits, you'll give up 50 to 75 percent of equity," Orion says. "You have to carefully evaluate what you get and what it's worth. You cannot presume you're going to get what is promised. And you should talk to one of the companies they're working with."
Steve Sanford, CEO and co-founder of Icebox.com, and Peter Gumbel, editor in chief of Business.com, say their incubator experiences were invaluable in moving their companies forward in the competitive world of the Internet.
Why One Company Chose This Route
Icebox creates original online animation. The four founders of Icebox started in November 1999 with an idea for a Web site that would be fresh and cool and different for their 15- to 34-year-old audience. They wanted to attract the top creative talent in Hollywood as contributors, but they knew they had to do it quickly, for their competition had already organized. Pop.com, the partnership that included Steven Spielberg, David Geffen, Ron Howard and Paul Allen, had announced its intent to deliver digital content just one month before. (That venture never materialized, and the site is now owned by another company.)
All four founders of Icebox had quite impressive resumes. Sanford, 35, had founded and managed the new technology division at International Creative Management. The other three-Jonathan Collier, 39; Howard Gordon, 39; and Rob LaZebnik, 37-had built Hollywood reputations for their work on King of the Hill, The X-Files and The Simpsons.
The financial terms would have been substantially better with an angel in-vestment, but the Icebox team felt an incubator would accelerate the start-up phase. "We went to the incubator because we needed speed to market and we needed to scale the business quickly," says Sanford.
They chose a major incubator in the Los Angeles area: eCompanies, started by Jake Winebaum and Sky Dayton in mid-1999. The two are experienced entre-preneurs: Dayton, whom Sanford had known for several years, is the founder and chair of Earthlink, and Winebaum is a Disney graduate who worked on most of the Mouse's internal Internet projects. "We came here because Sky Dayton understood what we wanted to do and was passionate about it," says Sanford. "And we knew that Jake [Winebaum] had to think about content models before at Disney."
Icebox fit the eCompanies profile: It was a start-up with the potential to become No. 1 in its category, it used a concept that was fundamentally better online, and it met similar eCompanies criteria. Like most incubators, eCompanies is looking for entrepreneurs with track records who, while knowing what it takes to build a company, need help.
Starting with Sanford and a computer (the other founders kept their day jobs and contributed creative content), Icebox grew along the same path all incubatees at eCompanies follow. Sanford met with experienced teams headed by second-generation Internet executives in each of seven areas: business strategy, finance, recruiting, creative, technology, business development and marketing. The teams help founders build their companies until a permanent staff is hired-but, even then, they still work together in a symbiotic relationship. It saves time. For instance, the eCom-panies' recruiting department hires staff for all the start-ups. That frees up the entrepreneur's time for building the company fast.
Icebox went from idea to incubatee in only two months and launched its Web site five months later. The founders graduated soon after, sporting a strong man-agement team and a couple million in revenue. In addition, Icebox has continued to expand its offerings and has more than 23 programs, including its animated series "Starship Regulars," which is licensed to appear on Showtime.
Ideas Hatched Internally
Business.com serves as a combination directory and business library. The site allows users to search for businesses on the Internet by company name or industry. The information on Business. com is selected and organized by a team of 50 industry experts and library scientists-your own "librarians," if you will.
Business.com is new kind of incubatee, one where the idea is hatched inside the incubator and then handed over to a professional executive to develop as his or her own. Gumbel came on board with a founder's stake and the charge to oversee the development of content on the site, bringing his 16 years of experience as an award-winning reporter and senior editor at The Wall Street Journal.
Although Business.com had only incorporated in November 1999, the site "graduated" to its own space and self-sufficiency by May 2000 and launched in June. "The real challenge was to build the company quickly and efficiently, and that's where the incubator was a tremendous help," says Gumbel, 42. "We could focus on building a really strong product and didn't have to worry about being bogged down by details."
Christian Gunning of eCompanies says that 80 percent of the ideas incubated there are generated internally. In its first year, eCompanies reviewed 4,713 ideas, built business plans for 42 and chose 11. Companies are rejected for a variety of reasons, primarily unworkable revenue models, weak audience demand, lack of addressable markets or low expectation for VC funding down the road.
Companies that choose the incubator route still need to seek outside funding to grow. But when the incubated start-up seeks additional capital, the valuations are typically higher because the company has a launched site and a strong management team.
Is It Right For You?
Given that eCompanies created the very backbone of Business.com, Gumbel feels that the cost of the incubator was well worth it: "The most important thing that happened was when eCompanies bought the URL of Business.com for $7.5 million. That received a lot of publicity and was really the founding moment of the company."
Another graduate of eCompanies, however, thinks his venture's worthiness is only conditional. Because he gave such a large portion of equity to eCompanies, Brett Morrison, 31, co-founder and chief information officer of ememories.com, believes it will have been worth it only if his business becomes a billion-dollar company. Ememories offers film processing, online photo albums and free digital uploads. Morrison, along with partner Carlos Blanco, founded the company in 1998. They joined eCompanies in November 1999 after a cool reception from other investors. The incubator staff went to work in its usual, ex-pedient way; and according to research company PCData Online, by March 2000, ememories' site was No. 1 among sites that offer photo processing or photo sharing. The company recently signed a deal with Kodak that brought investment capital and affiliated contacts. Despite the early advantages an incubator delivers, Morrison cautions entrepreneurs to evaluate carefully the loss of equity. "If we execute the plan, we'll reach a billion, but we're not there yet," he says. "If it's not a billion-dollar company, it wasn't worth it."
Incubation seems right for many companies. The speed to market is a big advantage for Internet start-ups. With many of the functions handled by someone else, and with the help of mentors, the entrepreneur gets a jumpstart on the competition. But each founder has to decide whether the equity they give up to the new for-profit incubators is balanced by what they get in return.
Cynthia Harrington, a freelance writer in Austin, Texas, writes about business for a variety of publications, including Bloomberg Wealth Manager and Senior magazines.


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Tinie Tempah, CeeLo Green and Pixie Lott are among the latest names to be added to the bill for this year's V Festival.
Organisers of the festival, which takes place in two locations across one weekend, has added 14 more acts to the line-up for this summer, with Sophie Ellis-Bextor, John Martin and Icona Pop also joining the list of performers.
Rounding out the fresh list of acts for the event are Childish Gambino, Vance Joy, Chloe Howl, Josh Record, Jess Glynne, Howling Bells, Becky Hill and To Kill A King.
It had already been announced that the headline acts this year would be Justin Timberlake and The Killers, with Lily Allen, Ed Sheeran, Rudimental, Chase & Status, Kaiser Chiefs and Elbow also due to perform.
V Festival is held at Hylands Park in Chelmsford and Weston Park in Staffordshire, with acts swapping over between the locations for the two days.
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Something i've been dying to blog about for a while is that we'll be running Pecha Kucha Nights in Cape Town, and the date for the first event is set at 17 June 2008. this is super exciting – sharing ideas, passion and inspiration is something we try to do as much as we can, and something we started doing with IG Assembly, which we held 2 months ago. we're going to let that go gently and take over custodianship of an internationally successful platform – Pecha Kucha is growing all the time in cities all over the world.
we've got a few things to knuckle down, mainly the venue, as we need somewhere that's not too big but not too small either, since we'll need to have space to project the talks. for those of you who'd like to get involved, i've started a group on facebook which you can join to be kept updated. otherwise go to the the official site and drop us a mail. we're still establishing speakers so you're welcome to submit yourself if you want to show your work. just be sure to stick to the 20 slides at 20 seconds each guideline.
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A span of eight years is covered, in reverse, and many chestnuts are rolled out, freed of former contexts with sparse arrangements. "(I Was Drunk at the) Pulpit" feels, ten years from inception, more vividly worn; "Death to Everyone" is loosed from its frame, the bones decoupled and spread out, giving the song a reflective air (as opposed the biting declamation of the original); "Arise, Therefore" adapts its metronomic base, the evangelic twist of its roots made palpable. With the centre of the performance in stark relief, the gnomic qualities of two "Get On Jolly" pieces are intensified. Further accenting the devoted spirit of this collection is the inclusion of Bonnie's take on Prince's "The Cross", as well as the previously-unreleased original "Beezle."
Bonnie's lone shadow casts over this lot, accompanied on the first four tracks by David Heumann, but otherwise playing solo through a set of original songs (and two covers) representing a decade of progress in the almost unbearably intimate-yet-unknowable manner that was so often the vibe of those strange and wondrous days.
Layers peel to reveal the subtle artistry and refinement contained within these sessions, so begin to dig deep into the vault on January 22nd, 2016! But wait, there's more! You can download a new arrangement of "Rich Wife Full of Happiness", (which is similar in tone, but not found on Pond Scum!)!
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Bank meeting's minutes appear to contradict Icard Merrill attorney Robert Messick and a bank officer; defense notes that the minutes are not signed
In an apparent contradiction of previous testimony in a federal trial pitting the FDIC against the Icard Merrill law firm and one of its top attorneys, minutes of a First Priority Bank loan committee meeting contain no mention of an option contract that secured $5.3 million in debt.
That failure could be significant because former First Priority loan officer Steve Putnam said in sworn testimony earlier this week that the committee was told specifically the option contract did not exist.
Moreover, at least some bank documents seem to indicate the option contract on 25 acres -- a key to a proposed 97-home development in Manatee County known as River Meadows -- was part of the deliberation in making the loan to clients of Icard Merrill attorney Robert Messick, who represented the bank in preparing the loan documents, and also represented the borrower and a second lender that stood to benefit from the First Priority loan.
The loan committee minutes, entered into evidence Thursday, could swing momentum in the trial toward the Federal Deposit Insurance Corp., which is suing Messick and his firm for $4.6 million, alleging professional malpractice and breach of fiduciary duty.
They are also significant because the loan committee meeting represented the only time terms could have been changed between when a credit approval request was compiled and when Messick drafted a commitment letter on behalf of the bank.
The FDIC, the court-appointed receiver for the failed Bradenton bank, maintains that Messick failed to advise First Priority that an option contract that would have increased the project's value and lessened the bank's risk did not exist.
Like Putnam, Messick testified this week that he informed bank officials that documents showing the 25 acres as an option were in error.
Both said that knowledge should have been part of the loan committee's discussion. So it should have been noted in the minutes of their meeting.
Instead, there is no mention of the option contract at all in an unsigned draft that appears to be the only record of the meeting, according to the FDIC.
FDIC officials noted that the lack of proper minutes violates federal banking regulations.
"Banks are required by law to retain meeting minutes, and every committee or board decision made should be documented in them," said Michael Duncan, an FDIC investigator. "Protection of those documents is hyper critical. It's the only way we know how the bank was run."
The FDIC, and an expert witness hired to testify on its behalf, say that Messick did not tell First Priority about the lack of an option on the 25 acres to avoid delays in closing the loan. A speedy closing would mean Messick clients Mark Brivik, the borrower, and U.S. Funding, the second lender, would receive First Priority money in a timely fashion.
The agency maintains that those ties made it impossible for Messick to provide good counsel to the bank and violated his duty to First Priority.
It also contends that without the 25-acre option as collateral, First Priority would never have loaned $5.3 million to Brivik, whose company defaulted on the note just 18 months later. The losses from the foreclosure were among $96 million absorbed by taxpayers when the embattled $240 million bank was ordered to close in August 2008, less than five years after it opened, records show.
"We had a pretty massive car wreck here," Duncan said.
But Dennis Waggoner, a Tampa attorney representing Messick and Icard Merrill, countered that the bank executives with the most knowledge of the Brivik loan have testified under oath that they verbally discussed the lack of the option and issued the loan anyway.
Waggoner also attempted to block the meeting's minutes from being entered into evidence, arguing they could not be trusted because they are unsigned.
"The paper does not speak," Waggoner said. "These aren't signed, and (the FDIC) has never seen a signed copy of these documents and has no real knowledge of what was actually said at that meeting. They have no personal knowledge because they were not there."
The unsigned minutes were the only record included in the official loan file. And while the bank's policy stated that minutes had to be signed, the FDIC presented evidence of a pattern of unsigned minutes.
"It was a frequent occurrence," Duncan said.


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With over 20 years of coaching in Waco ISD, Ed Love to serve as new Athletic Director.
WACO, Texas – Waco ISD Superintendent Susan Kincannon announced today that she will recommend Ed Love as the district's next athletic director. In this role, Love will direct and manage the overall program of extracurricular athletics for the district. He will also work to provide each student with opportunities to participate in extracurricular athletic activities and ensure compliance with all state, University Interscholastic League (UIL), and local requirements.
"The Waco ISD Athletic Director is a dream job for me," Love said. "I have thoroughly enjoyed my time as the executive director of school leadership at Transformation Waco, but the opportunity to lead and support our active athletic program is one my family and I decided couldn't be passed up. The relationships I've built with teachers, students, administrators and athletes have meant so much to me, and I'm ready to continue strengthening those bonds."
Most recently, Love served as the executive director of school leadership at Transformation Waco. Prior to that role, he was the principal of Waco High School, led G.W. Carver Middle School and the G.L. Wiley Opportunity Center. He was also an assistant principal and an associate principal at Waco High School. Many former students and their families know Love as a long-time coach of over two decades.
"Coach Love is not only a true team leader, he's also a strong team builder in Waco ISD," Dr. Susan Kincannon, superintendent, said. "I'm confident his successes on the field, in the classroom, and as an administrator will continue as he leads our athletic program going forward."
Love received a master's degree in education from Tarleton State University and a bachelor's degree in science, secondary education from Paul Quinn College. In addition to his 14 years in administration as a principal, assistant principal and associate principal, Love also taught social studies in Waco ISD for 20 years.
During his coaching tenure, the Waco High School varsity football defensive team was consecutively ranked in the top two spots in district 14-5A under Love's leadership as defensive coordinator from 2002 to 2006. Additionally, he was also named the Defensive Coordinator of the Year for 5A football. He also served as an assistant coach of varsity football at Waco High from 1988 to 2002, head varsity baseball coach at Waco High from 1988 to 1997, head coach/coordinator of the Waco High freshman football team from 1986 to 1988, secondary varsity football coach and head baseball coach at Jefferson Moore High from 1984 to 1986, and head seventh-grade coach at Tennyson Middle School from 1982 to 1984.


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Mark Chaves specializes in the sociology of religion and teaches at both the undergraduate and graduate levels. His research focuses on the social organization of religion in the United States. He has written Ordaining Women: Culture and Conflict in Religious Organizations (Harvard 1997), Congregations in America (Harvard, 2004), and American Religion: Contemporary Trends (Princeton, 2011).
Chaves holds a joint appointment in the Divinity School, the Sociology Department, and the Religious Studies Department. He teaches a course designed specifically for Divinity School students on the social organization of American religion.
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Join us for Hearts Of Palm no. 6: House Music Lounge Edition with Pablo Lopez and Tom Trudgeon at PRBizzle. Both will read, one will sing, and we can hang for the love of heaven, knives (Tom's passion), and all things dead and undead. Again there will be real food like cake and hearts of palm. Not again will there be another major UFO siting like a few months ago. Again and not again, we hope to see you!
Pablo Lopez lives in Los Angeles, and coedits an online journal (comma, poetry) that features innovative work in English and translation. He is the author of NUMBERS (called back books).
Tom Trudgeon is a writer, artist, editor and curator from the San Fernando Valley in Los Angeles County. His work has been presented in multiple platforms and venues. He is co-editor w/ Gil Gentile of Basic Editions Press. http://tomtrudgeon.com/
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What is a reverse mortgage loan?
- It's a home loan that enables you to convert a portion of your home equity into potentially tax-free funds.
- Unlike traditional mortgage, you do not need to repay the loan as long as you or one of the borrowers continues to live in the home, keep the taxes and insurance on the property current, maintain the property to FHA standards and all other program requirements are met.
Why get a reverse mortgage loan?
- A reverse mortgage loan can give you access to your home equity without the burden of monthly mortgage payments as a traditional mortgage.
- Again, unlike traditional mortgage, you do not need to repay the loan as long as you or one of the borrowers continues to live in the home, keep the taxes and insurance on the property current, maintain the property to FHA standards and all other program requirements are met.
- Reverse mortgage loan proceeds may be used for any purpose, including:
- Meeting daily or monthly expenses
- Covering healthcare costs
- Remodeling or home repairs
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- Refinance your existing mortgage to a reverse mortgage loan, without making the monthly mortgage payments of a traditional mortgage. ?With the reverse mortgage loan for purchase feature, the loan proceeds may be used to help you buy a new primary residence better suited to your needs.
- With the reverse mortgage loan for purchase feature, the loan proceeds may be used to help you buy a new primary residence better suited to your needs.
How are the reverse mortgage loan proceeds disbursed?
- Lump sum?- a specific amount is made immediately available (required and only available with a fixed-rate reverse mortgage loan).
- Term?- funds are released in fixed monthly amounts for a set period requested by the customer with a variable-rate reverse mortgage line of credit.
- Tenure - funds are distributed in equal monthly advances for as long as at least one borrower continues to occupy the home as a principal residence with a variable-rate reverse mortgage line of credit.
- Line of credit?- funds remain available for the borrower to draw on as needed or in automatic monthly disbursements.
- Combination?- with a variable-rate reverse mortgage, choose any combination of lump sum, monthly advances or line of credit disbursements; even receive an initial lump sum and leave the rest in a line of credit. ?Change the way proceeds are received as often as you wish, provided sufficient loan proceeds are available.
How much can I borrow?
- The age of the youngest borrower
- The appraised value of the home
- The current interest rate
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What are the interest rate options?
Family First provides both fixed-rate and variable-rate reverse mortgage loans.
- With a fixed-rate reverse mortgage loan, your interest rate will remain the same throughout the life of the loan.
- You would receive a lump sum of distribution.
- With a variable-rate reverse mortgage loan, the interest rate may adjust monthly or annually.
- The frequency at which your interest rate adjusts will not affect the number of loan advances you receive, but will affect how fast or slow your loan balance grows.
- You can change your distribution options as often as you'd like.
How does a reverse mortgage loan differ from a traditional mortgage?
With a traditional mortgage or home equity loan:
- Borrowers qualify based on their income, employment and credit score. ?These loans require the borrower to repay the amount borrowed by making monthly mortgage payments over a specified term to the loan servicer.
With a reverse mortgage loan:
- There are no income, employment or credit score qualifying restrictions.1
What types of properties are eligible for a Reverse Mortgage?
Family Homes:?Single-family homes are eligible for reverse mortgages. Multifamily homes can also qualify if they have no more than four units and the borrower is using one of the units as his primary residence. A primary residence is defined by the Department of Housing and Urban Development, or HUD, the federal agency which oversees the FHA, as being the place where the borrower lives for the majority of the year.
Community Properties:?Someone who owns a condominium or townhouse can receive a reverse mortgage, but for condominiums, the development has to be approved by HUD. A home in a planned unit development, known as a PUD, is also eligible. PUDs are communities built by developers with common areas that all residents share, such as a park or recreational center. These housing communities are legally similar to townhouses, but can be different in structure and carry different levels of owner responsibility. PUDs are usually single family homes or a mix of both single and multiunit homes, while townhouses can share common walls. Typically, major repairs to townhouses are the obligation of the homeowner's association, but in a PUD, the homeowner is responsible for repairs.
Manufactured Homes:?Manufactured homes, where the pieces of the home were built in a factory and later assembled on site, are eligible for reverse mortgages as long as the residence meets FHA requirements. The home must have been built after June 1976, be attached to permanent framework, have a floor area of at least 400 square feet, and meet the FHA safety and flood standards. A manufactured home must also be classified and taxed as real estate in the area where the home is located.
Cooperative Housing:?These property types are currently not eligible for reverse mortgage financing.


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Americans are terrorists if they own a bible, a pocket Constitution or guns, and still believe in Life, Liberty and Freedom
Obama and ACORN GPS Marking EVERY Front Door in America?
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By JB Williams Wednesday, April 29, 2009
Republican Senator Judd Gregg was Obama's first choice for the
Secretary of Commerce post, and Gregg was actually considering joining
the Obama team, until he found out that control of the US Census was
being stripped from the Commerce Department and placed under the direct
control of White House Chief of Staff, Rahm Emanuel.
Then, the same week that Americans learned that they were "domestic
terrorists"—at least according to Obama's new DHS (Department of
Homeland Security),—if they own a bible, a pocket Constitution or guns,
and still believe in Life, Liberty and Freedom, – they also learned
that Obama's Census Bureau had hired thousands of new temporary
employees, equipped each with a handheld GPS computer and sent them out
to mark GPS coordinates for every residential front door in America.
Oddly, it was this same period that news was breaking of an
international flu pandemic, suspected of being a weaponized strain of
the virus never before seen, – and that Obama's team still sees no need
to close the US-Mexican border, despite the cross continental spread of
a deadly illness now claiming American lives.
Now, if any one of these events happened alone, one might not get
too excited. But when a string of such events happen all at once, one
begins to question the string of freedom and life threatening
I can't resist the urge to question the authority and purpose behind
such a BIG BROTHER initiative, when the official Census itself is not
due to be taken until 2010…
No imagination is required to think up a whole laundry list of evil
that could be done with a nationwide GPS grid of coordinate's markers
painted on every private home across the country. But I was having
trouble thinking up one good reason for it, even one legitimate use
that would justify what must be a very expensive undertaking.
According to one of the Census workers, who spoke with me on
condition of anonymity, they must GPS mark the coordinates "within 40
ft of every front door" in America and they are supposed to complete
that mission nation wide, within 90 days, by the end of July 2009.
The workers were not told why they were GPS marking every front
door. But a supervisor is sent out to follow them door-to-door, to make
certain that no door is left unmarked. Every door will be marked by one
employee, and then checked by a follow-up supervisor.
So, I had to ask, why?
Why does the Obama administration need or want the latitude and
longitude coordinates for every home in America? Why the rush to GPS
paint every home in the next 90 days? Why must the marker be within 40
ft of every front door? For what possible purpose does the Fed need GPS
coordinates for every home, and under what authority do they have the
right? Census workers, whom I asked, had the same holy-crap look on
their faces that I had by then…
signed on as a national partner with the U.S. Census Bureau in February
2009 to assist with the recruitment of the 1.4 million temporary
workers needed to go door-to-door to count every person in the United
States — currently believed to be more than 306 million people. But the
count doesn't take place until 2010… This is April 2009.
Obama's interest in an ACORN controlled 2010 Census, for the purpose
of redistricting to the advantage of Democrats before the 2010 mid-term
elections, comes as NO shock from a regime known for their heavy handed
Rules for Radicals political strategies. But what does this have to do with GPS marking every home in the country?
The 2% of Americans, who have served military duty at some point in
life, are very familiar with the most common use of GPS target
painting. The other 98% of Americans might want to pick up a book on
the subject, such as The Precision Revolution: GPS and the Future of Aerial Warfare …
Their Authority?
RightSoup.com has just about the only online report available on the
matter, and they report, "Why does the government (and ACORN) need to
have the GPS coordinates of your FRONT DOOR? Your house is probably on
Google Maps already. But the front door? Sounds like a jackboot
convenience to me. This is a developing story, and several reports of
those who have already been visited by the GPS squad can be found in this forum thread."
If you challenge Census Bureau employees about the GPS marking of your
private residence, you will be handed a preprinted explanation
referring you to Sec. 223, Title 13, U.S. Code, Chapter 7, Subtitle 2,
which explains the penalties for refusing to provide names and
statistics of occupants when asked for by a census taker. This only
applies when they are taking a census, (which will not be taken until
next year), and the penalty for refusing to answer questions for a
census is up to a $500 fine.
However, since the actual Census is not due to be taken until 2010,
nobody is asking for any information today. They are only GPS marking
your front door today, and Sec. 223, Title 13, U.S. Code, Chapter 7, Subtitle 2 provides the Fed NO authority to GPS paint your front door.
Best I can tell, the Fed has NO authority whatsoever, to paint the
front door of every private residence in America. Still, that is
exactly what they are doing. Now, the trillion dollar question is, why?
A State of Emergency
From Wikipedia – The Posse Comitatus Act is a United States federal law (18 U.S.C. § 1385)
passed on June 16, 1878 after the end of Reconstruction, with the
intention of substantially limiting the powers of the federal
government to use the military for law enforcement. The Act prohibits
most members of the federal uniformed services from exercising
nominally state law enforcement, police, or peace officer powers that
maintain "law and order" on non-federal property (such as states and
their counties and municipal divisions) within the United States.
In short, the statute generally prohibits federal military personnel
and units of the National Guard operating under federal authority, from
acting in a law enforcement capacity within the United States.
As members of the military are sworn to protect and defend the
Constitution and the American people against all enemies, both foreign
and domestic, a federal order to do the exact opposite, and take aim at
American citizens, would be a clear violation of the US Constitution
and the Posse Comitatus Act of 1878, unless…
US Military personnel are trained to follow orders. But they are
also obligated to refuse any order deemed "unlawful." In order to make
such an order appear "lawful," the federal government would first have
to declare a national "state of emergency," such as in the case of an
international pandemic, which can be demonstrated to threaten the
health and well-being of American citizens.
Following a state of emergency declaration, a federal order for
Martial Law would be expected, to allegedly provide law enforcement and
security for citizens. This type of scenario can be followed by a
presidential order to quarantine, disarm and contain American citizens
in the name of national security, all of it, having the appearance of
being "lawful."
Is this what is happening?
Connecting the Dots
Alone, individual events look concerning, but not conspiratorial.
What about when you place the pieces of the puzzle together and take a
look at the entire picture developing?
Under this "theory," how does the GPS marking of every private residence in the nation fit into the picture?
I wish I knew… but I don't!
What I do know is this… Coincidences of this number and magnitude
don't happen. They certainly do not happen all at the same time, within
hours or days of each other, out of the wild blue tin-foil hat heaven…
I also know that people had better start asking the right people the
right questions and demanding answers fast. Begin with asking the
mainstream press why there has been no public notification of the
federal governments GPS marking your front door?
Then, I suggest contacting your local Census Bureau office
immediately, and demanding an explanation as well as advice as to what
law gives them the right to GPS paint every front door in America?
I'd also recommend sending a copy of this column to your state and
federal representative, demanding that they put a stop to it or explain
why it's necessary, and what law gives them the right?
Unfortunately, we live in a moment of history when real events are
much stranger than nutty conspiracy theories. The people have every
right to know what is happening. But unless you demand to know,
nobody's talking!
Bill Clinton sold US nuclear technology to Red China for a mere
$300,000 in campaign contributions. The event landed Chinese bagman
Johnny Chung in prison, but put Hillary Clinton in the US Senate, and
now at the helm of the US State Department.
Highly secured government servers are hacked daily. Soon, hackers
will be able to grab a nation wide GPS grid map, marking the front door
of every home in America.
How much is a GPS grid of every American household worth to the enemies
of America, both foreign and domestic? I'd estimate, PRICELESS!
There is a foul odor resonating from the current regime in
Washington DC and most Americans can smell it. Can most Americans
gather the strength to do something about it?
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Alpha-1 is a relatively common (but fairly unknown) genetic liver disease affecting an estimated 100,000 people in the United States although to date only about 10,000 people are officially diagnosed with Alpha-1. I will explain more about the details of the disease as I tell you my story.
Mr. Three at 6 months
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Almost 3 years ago, the Hubby and I learned that we were expecting our 4th child - a boy. My pregnancy was normal and the delivery was fairly easy. Shortly after delivery, however, things changed.
Just before the hospital was going to release us to bring little Mr. Three home, the pediatrician-on-call came into our room. He informed us that Mr. Three had jaundice. Jaundice in and of itself isn't necessarily scary, so I wasn't particularly worried at the news. He then proceeded to explain to us that there are two kinds of bilirubin (the cause of jaundice). The first is indirect bilirubin. It is the common cause of infant jaundice and isn't usually something to be overly concerned about if kept in check. The second is called direct bilirubin. Whenever there is an elevation in direct bilirubin, it is an indication that something more is wrong. The cause of Mr. Three's jaundice was an elevation in his direct bilirubin, so our doctors were concerned.
And the testing began. Test after test for what seemed like an eternity. Poor Mr. Three didn't have anywhere on his little heels that didn't have a tiny scab from a heel prick for bilirubin level testing. He wasn't gaining weight even though he ate constantly, and we went to the pediatrician daily for weigh-ins.
And still the testing continued. What I considered to be the scariest of the tests was one they performed for a condition called Biliary Atresia which would have required almost immediate surgery. They strapped my poor, tiny, yellow baby to a huge table and gave him something (it's been two years and I'm fairly good at suppressing painful memories, so I don't remember what it was) through an IV, then put him in what I think was an MRI machine (suppression again) to watch and see if it passed from his liver into his intestines. After two hours, barely any of it had passed through. But "barely any" was enough. And one of our amazing GI Docs called as soon as he heard the news to relieve us. He was relieved too.
"WHAT? What's that?" We'd never heard of it, and I bet most of you haven't either.
Alpha-1 is a genetic liver disease that must be inherited from both parents. Alpha One Antitrypsin is a protein that is produced by the liver. It's function is to protect the lungs from the body's own enzymes. So the disease can actually effect both the liver and the lungs. If there is not enough Alpha-1, the body can't adequately protect the lungs and they suffer from increased problems with COPD, emphysema and other related illnesses. There are two reasons why Alpha-1 can be deficient in the body. Either the liver doesn't produce enough of the protein, or it produces a deformed version of the protein that gets trapped in the liver causing liver damage.
Many times, the disease isn't caught during childhood because the person doesn't have difficulties with their liver per se. The fact that we discovered this diagnosis in Mr. Three during infancy gives him an increased chance for cirrhosis and possible liver transplant because obviously his liver isn't working as well as it could.
As scary as this was, it got even scarier when our GI docs urged us to have our other three children tested. Prior to Mr. Three's diagnosis, my husband and I were not even aware that we carried the gene for Alpha-1. So at this point, we weren't sure what to expect. Of course, statistically speaking, the likelihood of our other children being anything but carriers of the disease was low since neither my husband nor I showed any signs of the disease, and we already had one child with a confirmed diagnosis.
But, then the results came back and we learned that our family is an anomally. BOTH of our other sons also have Alpha-1 - with a ZZ allele. We were devastated. We learned that my husband and I are each only carriers of the gene, however, because although there is no known gender link, our three boys all suffer from this disease while somehow our daughter escaped without even being a carrier of the gene.
Mr. One at 18 months
Right now, all three of my boys are fairly healthy. Our wonderful docs have told us to simply treat them like any other children. But, sometimes I worry. Okay, I worry a lot. I look at their beautiful angel faces and wonder what this disease will mean for their futures. I worry that their impending liver biopsies will indicate cirrhosis. I worry that although they are healthy today, liver transplants may loom in their futures. I worry that even if they make it to adulthood without much liver difficulty, they still have the possibility of lung problems. I just worry.
Right now, Alpha-1 has no cure, but research continues. Here is a link to the Alpha One website. Please take a minute to go to the site and learn what you can do to help.
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OEF Summary, Dec. 8, 2009: Forces in Afghanistan Kill Militants, Detain Suspects
Dispatches from the Front:
WASHINGTON, Dec. 8, 2009 -- Combined Afghan and international forces killed seven militants and detained several suspected insurgents in operations today in Afghanistan.
A combined force killed seven militants and detained four others in Laghman province while pursuing a Taliban bomb maker responsible for several suicide attacks in the region.
"We are aware of civilian casualty allegations, however there are no operational reports to substantiate those claims of harming civilians, including women and children, during this operation," said Navy Capt. Jane Campbell, International Security Assistance Force Joint Command spokeswoman.
The force targeted a compound near Armul village in the Mehtar Lam district after intelligence sources reported militant activity. During the operation, the joint force received hostile fire from multiple positions and returned fire. The force searched the compound without further incident and recovered multiple assault rifles.
In another operation today, an Afghan and international security force detained several suspected militants in Kandahar province while pursuing a Taliban commander responsible for several small-arms and homemade-bomb attacks in the area.
The suspects were detained without incident when the force searched compounds near Senjaray in Arghandab district where intelligence sources reported militant activity.
In other operations, international forces provided medical treatment to several civilians who were injured during two insurgent attacks against Afghan and international forces in Paktia province Dec. 5.
Insurgents aimed a mortar at an international-force installation that hit a bazaar in Chamkani, wounding many civilians. Among the wounded was the son of a local religious leader who was shopping for fruits and vegetables with his father when the mortar exploded near them.
The wounded man was taken to a military medical facility for treatment, where he died of his injuries.
Arrangements were made for the family to return to Chamkani. A hotline and reward have been set up for information leading to the militants responsible for the attack.
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In an exclusive Q&A with Government Technology, Rep. Jason Murphey, R-Guthrie, talks candidly about legislative efforts to use technology to improve open government and maintain high IT security standards.
Since taking office in January 2008, Oklahoma Rep. Jason Murphey, R-Guthrie, has been waist-deep in most of the complex technology policy issues facing the Sooner State. From spearheading computer system consolidation efforts to emphasizing the importance of open government, Murphey takes pride in applying his knowledge as a software developer to his role as a public servant.
In an interview with Government Technology, Murphey discussed how his background has helped him as a legislator and how he'd like technology to empower citizens to keep tabs on the data government collects on them.
The following has been edited and condensed for clarity.
Government Technology: How has your background as a software developer prepared you for the challenges of a state lawmaker, and do you find yourself being "too technical" at times when explaining an IT concept?
Jason Murphey: I think it's very helpful, when speaking about anything IT-related, to have a concept of what is involved. But it's a personal goal of mine to explain IT concepts in a way that doesn't automatically bore the listener or turn them off. I [can't] always answer how successful I am at it, but it's always a goal to strike a balance between technical and understandable to everyone. If I don't strike that balance, it's a failure on my part.
GT: One idea that is gaining traction in some state legislatures is enabling the public to draft legislation on a topic through crowdsourcing. What are your thoughts on it?
JM: I think that you'll see more and more of that going forward. The challenge will be adoption – how heavily it is used and if it justifies … the effort. One of the barriers that we face is that those in the constituency who are involved enough to want to impact legislation, will probably do it using email and direct contact as opposed to happening on a crowdsource [platform]. But I think it will eventually be social media that drives its adoption. Right now it's at that awkward stage where public awareness just isn't there yet.
GT: What are a couple of the technology issues you tackled legislatively this past session, and why do you feel they are important for the state?
JM: Almost every action of a government agency can be classified as a shared process which multiple agencies endeavor in, but which are siloed to the point that they do not realize the efficiencies of shared service with that process. This year we advanced legislation -- [House Bill 2809] -- that would start to allow our central services officials to define what a shared process is, to use technology to both provide transparency and efficiency in the way those processes are carried out and shared amongst agencies.
It's really the opportunity to take technology-based transparency concepts that can really measure the output of a service and the quality of a deliverable. Once measured, find those agencies that are doing the best job of doing that, and the agencies that could benefit most from working with other agencies to do a better job. Quantify it and make it transparent through a public dashboard so the public can see.
We've been building the framework for this. And if the intent of our legislation is carried out, it should forever change Oklahoma state government from a government of many siloes called agencies and inefficiencies, to processes that are shared amongst agencies, which provide a deliverable that can be measured by objective, quantifiable metrics established in an open, transparent way that anyone can see.
GT: You're the chair of the state's Government Modernization Committee. Talk about the committee's work and what it has been able to accomplish for Oklahoma.
JM: It was created in 2009 with the goal of having a specific venue in which we talked about the application of technology for the purposes of both transparency and efficiency. It came out of an interim study where we looked at the state's purchasing process and found that there were a number of inefficiencies … and in some cases, a failure to use technology as a whole.
Since 2009, that committee has repeatedly advanced efficiency and transparency proposals. Every year there are a new series of them. Then in the legislative interim, the committee has served as a forum by which the ongoing implementation of those proposals are revisited to see if they are having the intended effect.
GT: There's a lot of talk nationally about data privacy, health IT and drone use. Of those mainstream topics, what are the ones you think Oklahoma is going to have to address over the next couple of years?
JM: Data privacy has been a huge concern. As we talk about transparency, one of our focuses has been on transparency of collected data. So each dataset that's collected and each component of that set, should be available to the taxpayer with maybe a few public safety exceptions for security reasons.
In 2013, we approved House Bill 1989, which created the Student Data Accessibility and Accountability Act. The idea being that we should start moving forward to the day when a taxpayer can see every dataset collected by a government entity and what other government entities that data is shared with. That way, we can start to have policy discussions about both the collection and sharing of data, security of data once it's collected, and everything that goes with it.
This year we started working on, but we didn't win approval for, the concept for that same idea, which we applied to student data, to apply to all government data. Basically there should be a one-stop library where the taxpayer can go and just see what's there. Not obviously see the underlying data itself, but see what is collected.
As we look at technology and where it's taking government, one of the major concerns is the big brother idea that government collects a lot of data and it's going to do a lot of horrible things with new technology. Our [idea] has been one in which we talk about how is the government going to use technology to empower the taxpayer to make sure the government isn't using technology to harm the taxpayer.
Because if you think about the era in which policy-making is taking place, never before has policymaking needed to catch up with such rapidly evolving technologies. And in that way, we're setting what will be the ethics of the future. One of those important concepts and ethics that must go forward is the taxpayer's right to use technology to know what the government is using technology to do, collect, or analyze. And if we can advance that concept, then we've put a real check on the government's ability to use technology to be the obtrusive big brother.
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What does it mean when the Indiana Supreme Court grants a petition to transfer?
The Indiana Supreme Court must hear every case in which the defendant receives a sentence of death or the trial court declares a state or federal statute unconstitutional. In addition, the Court must hear sentences of life in prison without parole imposed under Indiana Code 35-50-2-9. But it does not have to hear a case that is effectively a "life sentence" because of multiple crimes or additional prison time imposed by the state's Habitual Offender law.
However, in virtually every other case, the five-members of the Court have the discretion to decide if they wish to hear a case. Typically, one of the parties, or sides, involved in a Court of Appeals case will petition the Supreme Court to "grant transfer." Granting a petition to transfer is a preliminary indication that the Court intends to hear the case and issue a written opinion. The immediate effect is that the Court of Appeals case is "vacated" or dissolved and the controlling decision of the case is the original trial court decision, until the Supreme Court issues its opinion.
What does it mean when the Indiana Supreme Court denies a request to grant a petition to transfer?
If a party to a Court of Appeals case files a petition to transfer, the Supreme Court may grant the petition and accept the case or it may deny the petition. If the petition to transfer is denied, the Court of Appeals decision remains the last word on that case. A denial of a petition to transfer means that particular case is over. It does not necessarily mean the Supreme Court has "affirmed" the underlying Court of Appeals decision. The most accurate description of the impact of a denial of a petition to transfer is that the Supreme Court "let stand" or "left unchanged" the decision of the Court of Appeals. The decision remains as a precedent of the Court of Appeals, not of the Supreme Court.
Can a party appeal a decision to grant or deny transfer to the U.S. Supreme Court?
The U.S. Supreme Court has almost total discretion to choose the cases it wishes to decide. A party generally has the right to request the U.S. Supreme Court to consider an Indiana Supreme Court decision, whether it is a published opinion or a decision on transfer, only if a right under the U.S. Constitution is involved in the appeal. For example, a defendant might argue that his or her lawyer did not provide effective assistance at the trial. If that were true, it would be a violation of the right to have an attorney that is guaranteed by the Sixth Amendment to the U.S. Constitution. A defendant could make that kind of claim to a federal court, like the U.S. District Court or the Circuit Court of Appeals, or the U.S. Supreme Court. Alternatively, a defendant could make that kind of claim in a habeas corpus action filed in a U.S. District (trial) Court. (The federal system has 13 Circuit Courts. Federal appeals from Indiana are heard by the Seventh Circuit Court of Appeals, which is based in Chicago.) A decision of that court could be appealed to a U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals. A party may then request the U.S. Supreme Court to consider the Court of Appeals decision.
If the Court of Appeals orders a new trial in a criminal case and the defendant is in prison, is the defendant immediately released?
Typically, the defendant will remain in prison at least until the Indiana Attorney General, after consulting with the local county prosecutor who tried the case, makes a decision about whether to file a petition to transfer the case to the Indiana Supreme Court or to retry the defendant.
If the Court of Appeals has ordered a new trial in a criminal case and the Indiana Supreme Court denies a petition to transfer, is the defendant immediately released from prison?
Typically, the defendant will remain in prison until the local county prosecutor who tried the case makes a decision about whether to retry the defendant.
If the Supreme Court reverses a conviction and orders a new trial in a criminal case and the defendant is in prison, is the defendant immediately released?
Typically, the defendant will remain in prison, or be transferred to the local jail,until the local county prosecutor who tried the case makes a decision about whether to retry the defendant.
If the Indiana Supreme Court or the Court of Appeals reverses a criminal conviction, can the defendant be tried again?
In most cases, the local county prosecutor can retry the defendant. However, if the reason for the reversal of the conviction was because of a lack of evidence, the defendant cannot be tried again.
If the prosecutor loses at the trial court, can the prosecutor make an appeal to the Court of Appeals or the Supreme Court?
The right of the State to appeal in a criminal case is limited. By statute, the State may appeal in a criminal case only: 1) from an order granting a motion to dismiss an indictment or information; 2) from an order or judgment for the defendant, upon his motion for discharge because of delay of his trial, or upon his plea of former jeopardy 3) from an order granting a motion to correct errors; 4) upon a question reserved by the State, if the defendant is acquitted; 5) from an order granting a motion to suppress evidence, if the ultimate effect of the order is to preclude further prosecution; and 6) from any interlocutory order if the trial court certifies and appellate court grants the State permission to do so.
Can I check the status of an appellate case on-line?
Yes, the Clerk of the Court's office and the Supreme Court maintain an online docket that allows you to look up the what has occurred in a given case by reviewing the events in what is known as the Chronological Case Summary (CCS). To look up cases, visit the Clerk's Online Appellate Docket. You can search by the litigant's name, the attorney's name, the lower court's case number, or the appellate courts case number.
Are opinions of the Supreme Court, the Court of Appeals and the Indiana Tax Court available online?
Yes. Current and archived opinions are available online for all three Indiana appellate courts:
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These links are for opinions that have been released or "handed down" within the previous six days and are moved to an archive webpage after six days. You can reach the archives for all three courts at: http://www.in.gov/judiciary/opinions/. The archives are split into two sections: opinions released before 6/6/2005 and those released after that date. This is due to an upgrade to the technical system for publishing opinions.
When viewing an archive page, you can often find a particular case by typing in CTRL+F (Find), and then by typing in the party's name in the search field. You can also search for opinions by the litigant's name, case number, or even by keyword by using the search box in the upper right corner of this website. Change the search collection from "Indiana Courts" to "Appellate Opinions," type your search terms into the box and click "Go." Please note, the online listing of cases until goes back to early 1999.
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Second of two stories, which are part of an ongoing series on obesity in America. The first part begins in August as students start their weight-loss journey at Wellspring Academy, a boarding school in Brevard, N.C. The second checks in with students in late October. NPR's Karen Grigsby Bates expected change to occur — but what she saw was way more than she ever imagined would take place in two short months.
Students who had trailed behind their parents to check in at Wellspring back in August — some with glum resignation, some with a little trepidation — now own the campus. They rip across the lawns, shout up their dorm staircases and thunder down to the lake shore to take part in team sports.
Kids who had watched from the sidelines while others exercised have themselves turned into exercisers. Justin Moore, 15, from Tampa Bay, Fla., says he feels not only thinner but also healthier.
He remembers that when he first got to Wellspring, "I had shortness of breath running for short distances, and activity was really difficult." But daily exercise eventually sculpted his body and strengthened his endurance. After six weeks at a Wellspring fitness camp and two months at school, Justin is closing in on a 100-pound loss. "Now I'm one of the most athletic people here," he says with quiet pride, "and I always try my hardest and things just seem to come a lot easier."
Sydney Applebaum, 16, says it took a moment to get used to her new profile. "Everyday, I get a little more confident," she says. "Things like having pants that are too big on me, I'll feel a lot more confident all of a sudden. Being able to run longer distances. I'm running a 5K coming up soon that I definitely wouldn't have been able to do before."
Wellspring trainer Nicole Kaysing says watching students like Sydney and Justin bloom is the best part of her job. "Over time, when they realize they can do things they didn't think they can do," she says, "they're willing to give harder things a try." So slow walkers become speed walkers — or runners — and kids who hated team sports become an integral part of their team.
Peaks — And Plateaus
Bethany Grace Gomez, 16, came to Wellspring for a few months last spring and continued during the summer camp. She returned for a full semester, hoping she would continue the dramatic weight loss she had achieved so far. She lost about 85 pounds in eight months. But she ran into the same wall that many dieters hit after a while: She admits that reaching a plateau she couldn't seem to move on from put a big dent in her ego.
"It was a challenge to accept at first," she sighs. "But it gets easier to accept that not every week is gonna be 10 pounds, 10 pounds, 10 pounds [lost]. Some weeks it's going to be half a pound, and some weeks when I'm just going to maintain. So I have to be happy with what I get, I guess."
Visibly slimmer, with defined cheekbones, Bethany seems a lot taller than she was when we first met. "Everyone keeps telling me, 'You look like you just skyrocketed like 10 inches!' " she says with a chuckle. "But I'm the same height."
Transformations like this are the norm at Wellspring, but the school's goal is to make sure its students return to their families equipped to carry the success they've achieved here into the future. That's part of what families get for the $62,500 annual tuition here. (See Part 1 for how many have met that financial challenge.)
For six months after they leave, students stay in touch with their counselors and trainers via computer and phone, and they check in with decreasing frequency as time goes on to make sure they remain on track, even as they settle back into their home routines. They pick up diet and nutrition tips, receive encouragement and get checked to make sure they're still keeping to the Wellspring formula: 10,000 steps a day minimum, 20 grams of fat maximum and journaling everything they eat.
The Wellspring Way
There's no magic involved here. The secret to Wellspring is that it works, but only if you work at it.
Is it a pain? Sure. To get an idea of what the Wellspring kids were going through, I tried to live as they do for about a week. I could get in the 10,000 steps if I structured my day to include a trip to the walking track or the gym at some point. And I was pretty good about the fat grams. The hardest part for me was the journaling.
Here's a breakfast entry: 1 cup nonfat plain yogurt, 1/2 cup fresh blueberries, 1 teaspoon Splenda, 1 cup decaf, 1/8 cup nonfat milk, 2 teaspoons Splenda. It's frustrating. If I ate a piece of chocolate from the bowl on my bookcase, I had to write it down. That cracker with the soup? Yep, into the journal. I did lose a couple of pounds, but work distraction and a general laziness about meal planning made me drop out sooner rather than later — and gave me a deeper appreciation for the work that goes into getting the pounds off.
The super-low-fat diet and the journaling make for substantial work, admits Dr. Daniel Kirschenbaum, a clinical psychologist and professor of psychiatry and behavioral sciences at Northwestern University Medical School. Kirschenbaum designed the Wellspring eating plan. He believes staying a healthy weight is a lifelong job — one that too many of us put off because we're choosing to ignore the physical, emotional and economic costs of being overweight.
"You know if your foot is broken, and you didn't feel like wearing some kind of boot on it, the doctor would say, 'Well, inconvenient or not, this is what's going to help you,' " he says. "You'd wear the boot so your foot heals properly." It's the same with weight loss: You stick to the diet, the journaling, the exercise plan, so you lose weight safely and, you hope, develop habits that will maintain the loss.
Which means the challenge doesn't stop for these kids once they leave Wellspring.
Of course, it's one thing to lose weight; it's another to keep it off.
The Right Mindset
Alfonse Missry, 17, has returned to Wellspring for a refresher semester. He was here two years ago and did well, but he says he needed more structure to stay on track. "I was starting not to like the way I looked. I knew I could do better," the redheaded New Yorker says. "So I asked my parents if I could come back, and they said yes."
Alfonse has applied himself to the regimen with alacrity. The adults here cite him as one of the school's shining examples of someone with a great attitude toward the work it takes to lose weight. He grins when I ask him if there's anything he'd like to change about being here. I was surprised to see he didn't immediately bash that daily 7 a.m. walk, something most students view as a maybe necessary evil.
"The walk really helps you," he says. "It puts a jump-start in your metabolism and really gets your day started." On the other hand, he confesses, "Making that walk a little later in the day wouldn't be too bad. And also the hill."
Ah, yes. Five miles in the chilly dawn and part of it steeply vertical? What's not to hate?
Still, Alfonse and his Wellspring classmates are committed to making sure the effort they've put into getting to a healthy weight will be long term, despite the temptations of the normal teen diet.
"Don't get me wrong," he cautions. "There will be mix-ups and lapses and relapses, but you just have to have the right mindset to make sure that that doesn't happen, and that you continue on your path to healthy living and weight loss — because it is the rest of your life we're speaking about."
Then he excused himself to get ready for some exercise down by the lake.
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As part of our series on obesity and how it's changing life in America, NPR's Karen Grigsby Bates visited students at the Wellspring Academy of the Carolinas. Wellspring's two campuses - the other is in California - are the country's only boarding schools for obese students. We heard from Karen yesterday about her visit at the start of the school year. She recently returned to see how some of the students are faring, and all are grappling with a key question: How will they keep their weight off once they return home?
KAREN GRIGSBY BATES, BYLINE: It's been two months since the fall semester began at Wellspring, and many of the students today look radically changed from the way they did when the semester began. Bethany Gomez is still friendly and bubbly, but she is noticeably slimmer. She even looks taller, something she says a lot of people have told her.
BETHANY GOMEZ: Everyone keeps telling me, like, you look like - seriously, you look like you've skyrocketed, like, 10 inches.
BATES: Shy kids who checked in back in August have become briskly confident. Self-described couch potatoes are the first to hop up for a hike.
UNIDENTIFIED WOMAN: Come on, (unintelligible) out there.
UNIDENTIFIED WOMAN: Thank you.
BATES: And not only do these kids look different, they say they feel different.
JUSTIN MOORE: Like, I notice when I first went to camp, I would, like, have shortness of breath, like, running for really short distances and, like, activity was really difficult.
BATES: Fifteen-year-old Justin Moore started at a Wellspring camp this summer before transferring to school. He's lost almost 100 pounds since the summer and says, for him, feeling better is the most important part of his Wellspring experience. Justin says becoming physically active was hard at first.
MOORE: But now, I can - I'm, like, one of the most athletic people here, and I always try my hardest, and things just seem to come a lot easier.
BATES: This year's youngest student agrees.
AMENNIAH SMITH: My name is Amenniah Smith, and I'm 12 years old, and I'm from Baltimore, Maryland.
BATES: Amenniah, too, has lost a significant amount of weight. She comes from a family that enjoys traditional, big Southern meals. But Amenniah's folks are so impressed with her progress, they've instituted some changes at home to ensure her continued success.
SMITH: My family, they changed the house, the food for me. But, like, when I go over sleepovers and stuff, I'm going to start bringing my own food. But some of my friends' parents, they understand, and they're going to help me too. They've started to go on the plan with me.
BATES: Wellspring's tuition? More than $62,000 for the full year. The hope is that will get amortized as students inspire their families and others to adopt the school's very low-fat diet.
HALEY HUMPHREY: My dad's lost about 40-something pounds doing the same program.
BATES: When Haley Humphrey arrived in August, the 15-year-old was substantially larger than she is now. She's just returned from a weekend with her family in Athens, Alabama, where her father has been eating on program. They exchange weight loss tips during their weekly phone calls. Haley says her success has affected more than just her.
HUMPHREY: And it just inspires my whole family and my church. They're ready for me to come home and teach them things.
BATES: Clinical psychologist Daniel Kirschenbaum is a professor of psychiatry and behavioral sciences at Northwestern University Medical School. Dr. Kirschenbaum developed the Wellspring eating plan and agrees that an extremely low-fat diet can be hard on teens to adjust to when they come here initially.
DR. DANIEL KIRSCHENBAUM: It's challenging for them, but they're also in a good deal of pain from a psychological standpoint about living the life of an obese person.
BATES: Dr. Kirschenbaum believes too many Americans see fixing their excess weight problem as something that's optional and, he says, the physical, psychological and economic consequences can be dire if that hard work keeps getting put off.
KIRSCHENBAUM: You know, if your foot is broken and you didn't feel like wearing some kind of boot around it just because it's inconvenient, the doctor would say to you: Well, inconvenient or not, this is what's going to help you.
BATES: Because they have faster metabolisms than adults, when teens eat very low cal and maintain a high level of physical activity, the results can become astonishing in very short order. Sixteen-year-old Bethany Gomez has enjoyed the heights of considerable weight loss, but she's also suffered the disappointment of hitting a plateau. She was upset about stalling out at first, but now sees her weight loss journey as a marathon, not a sprint.
GOMEZ: It's great to say: Yeah, like, I lost 100 pounds in, you know, eight months. But it's also even better to say: I lost 100 pounds in eight months, and I kept it off for the rest of my life.
BATES: Physical activity is key. There's a minimum 10,000 steps a day, starting with a five-mile walk at 7 a.m.
ALFONSE MISSRY: The walk really helps you. The walk puts a jump-start to your metabolism and gets your body in the swing of things.
BATES: Seventeen-year-old Alfonse Missry doesn't mind the daily walk, but admits he'd tailor it a little if he could.
MISSRY: Making that walk a little later in the day wouldn't be too bad and also the hill.
BATES: Yup. Part of that walk gets steeply vertical. Out on the lawn, trainer Nicole Kaysing says her students are pushing themselves to take on new physical tasks.
NICOLE KAYSING: Over time, when they realize they can do little things they didn't think they could do, then they're a little more willing to give harder things a try.
BATES: This afternoon is a good case in point. Coach Andy Hayes has students doing a relay around the lake. With a little surprise, he's given each of them a 10-pound pumpkin to carry as they run to scramble over walls and shimmy under benches.
ANDY HAYES: This one right here, it's pumpkin push-ups.
BATES: It looks arduous, but the students are laughing, whooping and encouraging each other at every relay station.
HAYES: Go, Justin, Les.
BATES: Bethany Gomez is one of the first to cross the finish line.
GOMEZ: That was so cool. You can see it.
BATES: And after she puts down her pumpkin, the former anti-exercise girl sprints off toward the relay course again because as she points out, it's going to feel so much easier without that extra 10 pounds. Karen Grigsby Bates, NPR News. Transcript provided by NPR, Copyright NPR.


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I decided to take it one step further and make a lovely, creamy cocoa body butter with it. You could substitute mango butter instead of cocoa butter and it would be equally as delicious. But, since I already had some cocoa butter on hand, I used that. I actually really loved the final outcome because the cocoa butter gives the body butter a hint of cocoa smell…so it smells like chocolate oranges…and you can't go wrong with that.
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3. Add in the Vitamin E oil and your essential oils and stir together to fully incorporate.
4. Store in an airtight container.
5. Only scoop the body butter out of the container with clean hands to prevent bacteria from growing in the body butter.
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ST. AUGUSTINE, Fla. – A 5th grader at Otis Mason Elementary School in St. Johns County is trouble for bringing in "snaps" or "poppers" into school and handing them out to other students.
Popularly called "snaps," the small, fireless firework explodes or snaps when it is thrown onto the ground.
"I popped mine in art class," said Eviyana Harris. "The other kids did it everywhere else, in the hallway, cafeteria, other classrooms."
The 5th grader admits that she threw the snaps in school. Harris said she enjoys the sound they create and the fun of playing with poppers, but she agrees it was in the wrong place, at the wrong time.
Harris and six other students were given referrals or notices regarding their punishment for using the "snaps" during school hours.
Harris said she learned her lesson.
"What's the lesson," asked Channel 4's Kent Justice.
"Not to take stuff from people unless you know it's appropriate for school," said Harris.
"C'mon, they're poppers. I'm pretty sure they played with poppers when they were young," said Amanda McBride, Harris' mother. "If they didn't, then they missed out on something and they need to try it. Not at school. Do it at home."
Harris' mom said she fully supports the school principal and the discipline given to her daughter, which means that Harris can't go to the end of the year field trip to Sea World.
McBride said she is worried that the discipline referral from the school will unfairly follow her daughter.
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A St. Johns County Schools spokesperson told Channel 4 that all the students involved in the incident received referrals and that some did receive harsher punishments than others.
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When evening came, his disciples went down to the sea, and they entered into the boat, and were going over the sea to Capernaum. It was now dark, and Jesus had not come to them. The sea was tossed by a great wind blowing. When therefore they had rowed about twenty-five or thirty stadia, they saw Jesus walking on the sea, and drawing near to the boat; and they were afraid. But he said to them, "I AM. Don't be afraid." They were willing therefore to receive him into the boat. Immediately the boat was at the land where they were going.
On the next day, the multitude that stood on the other side of the sea saw that there was no other boat there, except the one in which his disciples had embarked, and that Jesus hadn't entered with his disciples into the boat, but his disciples had gone away alone. However boats from Tiberias came near to the place where they ate the bread after the Lord had given thanks. When the multitude therefore saw that Jesus wasn't there, nor his disciples, they themselves got into the boats, and came to Capernaum, seeking Jesus.
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Formantin, Femundus (17th century)
Femundus Formantin (Formantijn), a Catholic priest, professor at the University of Paris, received the commission from Louis XIV of France to gather information on the Anabaptists in his newly conquered lands. Peter Valkenier, a Dutch resident of Frankfurt, Germany, gives a detailed report in his book, Das verwirrte Europa.
Formantin first went to England to investigate the life and doctrine of the Quakers. On the basis of his report they were forbidden on penalty of death and confiscation of their goods, to remain in France on account of "their unreasonable doctrine and offensive living." On 16 July 1672 he came to Emmerich, where he inquired of the book-dealer Cornelius van Beughem whether there were Mennonites living in Emmerich, and asked him to arrange a conversation with them. On the next day he met with Hendrik van Voorst, the Mennonite preacher, and after Formantin had expressed his astonishment at the simple dress of the Mennonite preacher, they discussed original sin, baptism, grace, the Trinity, the Incarnation, communion, power of government, marriage and divorce, punishment of heretics, prayer to the saints, the oath, etc. The professor was amazed to find an ordinary citizen who looked after his business daily, and had yet acquired so thorough a knowledge of Scripture that he could answer the learned professor on every point, citing chapter and verse. He assured van Voorst that he would give the king so favorable a report that the Mennonites would everywhere receive complete freedom of worship, and would publish his report to all the world in print; he added that he had found the life and doctrine of the Mennonites more edifying than the Catholic, and called all who had defamed them with the king slanderers.
Formantin of course did not keep this promise. Upon the bookdealer's question what the non-Catholics could expect of the king, he replied that the king would grant freedom of religion to Lutherans and Reformed, but that in less than two years the Mennonites would be subjected like all other heretics to special fees, then perhaps persecuted and their possessions confiscated unless they adopted Catholicism. Louis' reign here was too brief to carry out this plan.
Doopsgezinde Bijdragen (1868): 32; (1873): 58 ff.
Hege, Christian and Christian Neff. Mennonitisches Lexikon, 4 vols. Frankfurt & Weierhof: Hege; Karlsruhe: Schneider, 1913-1967: v. I, 662.
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COLUMBIA, Md. (AP) — Howard County police say all eight people who were injured in a five-car crash in Columbia are now in stable condition.
That includes a 7-year-old boy who was critically injured in the crash shortly before noon Saturday at Route 175 and Route 108. Police say the boy was in critical but stable condition Sunday. His name has not been released. All the others injured in the crash were adults.
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