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On the Pacers: Indy Cornrows / 8 points, 9 seconds
The streaking Pacers look to make it seven wins in eight games when they visit Milwaukee against the slumping Bucks, who will be hoping to win their seventh straight against Indiana and make up ground in the Eastern playoff picture.
The Pacers' last trip to Milwaukee ended in a buzzer-beating tip-in from Andrew Bogut.
En Vogel. The Pacers have won six of seven since Frank Vogel took over for Jim O'Brien a couple weeks ago, their only loss coming by five in Miami on Tuesday. Most of those wins came against the league's lesser lights (Toronto, Charlotte, Cleveland, New Jersey, and Minnesota), but that's more than the Bucks can claim. Statistically the Pacer defense has been their meal ticket most of the season, but the big difference since Vogel took over has been on the offensive end, where the Pacers have cracked 100 points in all seven games since the change at the helm.
Basketball Jones. Dahntay Jones and A.J. Price were the unlikely fourth quarter heroes against the Timberwolves last night, as Jones scored all 19 of his points in the decisive quarter and Price adding eight points in a 10-3 run to start the period. With Brandon Rush on the shelf with a sprained ankle, Jones has seen a bump in minutes and cracked double figures in three of the last four games after failing to do so in the Pacers' first 41 games.
Schedule. The Wolves were without Michael Beasley, Luke Ridnour and Darko last night, but the important thing was that Indiana got it done and moved 2.5 games ahead of the Bobs and 3.5 games ahead of the Bucks for the 8th spot in the East. We've talked a lot about schedules of late, so it's worth noting that Indiana has 15 of their final 31 at home, Charlotte has 14 of their final 29 games at home, and the Bucks have 18 of their final 30 at the Bradley Center.
McBobs. Josh McRoberts doesn't like to smile, but the former McDonald's All-American has finally found a niche in the NBA. McBobs does a bit of everything for the Pacers; solid defender, good passer for his size, and has posted an excellent 58.0% true shooting mark so far this season. Foul trouble made him a non-factor in the teams' first meeting in Indiana, but he posted a tidy 8/7/5 line when the Pacers last visited in December.
Ersan. His counterpart Ersan Ilyasova has come back down to earth a bit after a good month of January (.521/.333/.903 shooting and 11.8 ppg/6.9 rpg in 27.5 mpg), having made just 11/31 fg over the past four games (6.0 ppg). Key to Ilyasova's resurgence has been his mid-range jumper, which he's hitting at a career-high 49% clip (vs. 41.0% last year). But for whatever reason that silky touch from outside hasn't extended beyond 23'9"--he's still hitting just 29.5% from three.
Brandon's trajectory. We've had some debate in the comments of late about the value of Brandon Jennings, and to me the main concern is his lack of clear development since his breakout rookie season. Clearly Brandon isn't close to elite status at this point, but at just 21 years old there's room for improvement--we just haven't seen any of it yet. For better or worse, Jennings' numbers are nearly identical to his freshman campaign, with his improvements around the rim (50.8% vs. 42.7% last year) being offset by lower efficiency from three and on long twos (30% vs. 34%). He's surprisingly excellent at taking care of the ball (among starters only D.J. Augustin, Derek Fisher, and Mike Bibby have a lower turnover rate), but he also creates few easy scores for teammates.
So do the Bucks struggle to score because Jennings doesn't know how to run an offense, or are Jennings' numbers hurt by the lack of support he's gotten from teammates? The answer is probably somewhere in between. Bogut and Salmons have suffered major dropoffs from where they were a year ago, and I don't think Jennings can be blamed for that. But Jennings also continues to show an inflated opinion of his own scoring ability while creating relatively few easy points for everyone else. So long as the Bucks are near the bottom of the league in scoring efficiency, the team's point guard is going to deserve some of the blame.

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Somehow, Old Spice Included a Full-Size Branded Blazer in Its Latest Print Ad
If you're a fan of magazine-inserted scent strips, then we've got something that's gonna blow your mind. If you're one of those people that has to tear them out of magazines immediately due to impending nausea, read on if you're a fan of kitschy promotions. If you're neutral, well, everyone's gotta take a stand on something someday, and magazine inserts are a relatively harmless place to start. With that longwinded intro out of the way, let's take a deep dive into Old Spice's latest high jinx.
Old Spice has come up with a brand new approach to scent strip technology in its new print ad for GQ. Actually it's not a scent strip at all. Instead, Old Spice partnered with Wieden + Kennedy to create an insert that holds within a disposable, wearable, red paper blazer that also happens to be generously infused with one of the brand's Red Collection "signature scents." Whatever that means…
A statement given by a W+K rep sums up the campaign pretty well, even doing prospective blazer-wearers a solid by providing a warning.
"This disposable paper blazer will be seen on the backs of influencers and fashionistas alike, but let's not forget our regular guy who will be receiving it in this month's subscription of GQ," the rep reported to Adweek. "With this paper blazer, everyone gets to live the luxurious life of Old Spice Captain. Smell the smells, live the life, don't go out in the rain because you will likely get paper machéd."
For anyone familiar with Old Spice's advertising, it's no secret that antics abound. For further evidence, we need only look to the world famous Sweat Mop Boys used at college basketball games this year. Fans of mildly uninteresting trivia will be pleased to learn that the sweat mop promo was also done in collaboration with Wieden + Kennedy. Needless to say, this is a match made in promo heaven.
Here they are. Those exact same Sweat Mop Boys are back to mop sweat at another college basketball game. pic.twitter.com/UgdbTiNLWo
— Old Spice (@OldSpice) January 19, 2018
If anyone's lucky enough to get their hands on one of these paper blazers, let us know what you think. Are they durable? Do they rip at the slightest movement? Does the application of deodorant lead to anything but disintegration? We need to know. The world needs to know. Be a hero. We'll be waiting.
Image Credits (Wieden + Kennedy via The Drum)
Client: Old Spice
Agency: Wieden+Kennedy
Creative Director: Ashley Davis-Marshall, Matt Sorrell
Copywriter: Andy Laugenour
Art Director: Robbie Rane
Media: Cherish Lee, Melissa Meier
Account: Ghada Soufan, Katie Schaller
Fabrication: Ellen Osborn
Studio: Ken Berg, Patrick Cahalan
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Customers can bring their bikes for their off-train adventures for only $20
Washington, D.C. – Amtrak has expanded its Carry-on bike program for most Northeast Regional departures, beginning Tuesday, Sept. 8, allowing customers to store their bike inside of the passenger coach in a designated space. In addition, Amtrak has worked with its various Northeast state partners to offer the program on its State-Supported trains. This includes working with the Pennsylvania Department of Transportation (PennDOT) for Keystone Service, the Northern New England Passenger Rail Authority (NNEPRA) for Downeaster trains and the Connecticut Department of Transportation (CTDOT) for Amtrak Hartford Line trains beginning Tuesday, Sept. 15.
"Bringing your bicycle onboard a train is part of the journey, as it allows our customers to explore the cities they are visiting," said Amtrak Executive Vice President, Chief Marketing and Commercial Officer Roger Harris. "To coincide with the increased popularity of biking in this country, we also wanted to provide our customers with the option of bringing their bike on more trains."
Utilizing newly installed luggage racks that convert to bike racks, the expanded bike program will allow Amtrak to provide storage space for up to two bikes per departure, with additional spaces being added as the rest of the fleet receives these modifications. Standard full-size bicycles may be carried on, as long as the front wheel is removed, and stored onboard in bicycle racks and specific reservations are required.
For Carry-On bicycle service, customers are encouraged to arrive at the station at least 30 minutes prior to departure. All panniers and bags attached to your bicycle need to be removed and consolidated before boarding. After entering the origin and destination when booking a ticket on Amtrak.com or via the Amtrak app, an icon with a number of spaces available will display if bike service is available. Customers should proceed 'Add Ons' step to add bikes to a reservation. Customers can also call 1-800-USA-RAIL to add a bike reservation to an existing reservation.
Amtrak continues its enhanced cleaning protocols at stations and on trains and has implemented new measures to deliver a New Standard of Travel, including:
- Requiring face coverings: For your well-being and ours, Amtrak requires that all customers and employees wear a face mask or covering that fully covers the entire mouth and nose while onboard and in stations.
- Limiting bookings: We are limiting bookings on most trains to allow for more physical distancing in seating areas. Individuals traveling alone may use the seat next to them for personal belongings, while friends and family members will easily find seats together.
- Air Quality: All of our trains are equipped with onboard filtration systems with a fresh air exchange rate every 4-5 minutes.
- Physical distancing: Signage has been displayed at our busiest stations to indicate safe distances in high traffic areas. In addition, protective plastic barriers have been installed at customer counters at our busiest stations.
More than 232,953 bikes have traveled around the country since the program launched in October 2015. The program has also generated more than $1 million in revenue since its inception. For more information about Amtrak's Bike policy, visit Amtrak.com.
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Amtrak is setting a new standard for travel. To simplify and safeguard the travel experience, new cleaning and convenience measures are part of every customer's contactless journey – from booking to arrival. Leveraging a full-time medical director and public health and safety team, we are committed to operating a safe, environmentally efficient and fiscally responsible business. Book travel, check train status, access your eTicket and more through the Amtrak app. Learn more at Amtrak.com.
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Rules for the offense
The following are rules regarding the offensive side of the ball.
Only five offensive players besides the quarterback may be eligible to catch a forward pass. If teams have seven a side, the center is automatically ineligible. If more than seven a side, the center and one lineman is ineligible, etc.
- Ineligible players can receive a backwards pass or a "backwards moving" handoff.
- Ineligible players can also receive a forward pass or a forward-moving handoff if behind the offensive line of scrimmage, but only after the defense crosses the neutral zone (i.e. after "four mississippi", a blitz, a muffed snap or a fumble). Linemen on the team with an extra player may never receive a forward pass or forward-moving handoff.
- Ineligible players must line up on the offensive line of scrimmage adjacent to each other, no more than an arm's distance apart. The ball and the center's hands can be in the netural zone.
- Ineligible players must raise their hand as they approach the line so the defense can identify them before the ball is snapped.
There are no rules regarding number of players in motion; number of players on the line vs offset, etc.
Note: Offenses cannot re-huddle. Once the huddle has been broken there can be no re-huddle.
Last updated: Dec.16.2017
Blocking is allowed.
Downfield blocking on any forward pass is not allowed before the ball is touched downfield by receiver (or defender). For a forward pass which does not cross the neutral zone (e.g. screen pass or shovel pass) downfield blocking is not allowed before the ball leaves the QB's hand.
Downfield blocking beyond the neutral zone immediately negates the four mississippi count, as does a muffed snap or a fumble, and the defense is free to immediately cross the neutral zone.
Offensive players can make contact with defenders in the neutral zone with hands, but cannot move past the neutral zone on a forward pass, before another player has touched the ball. Ineligibles cannot move past the neutral zone on a forward pass until the ball (or punt) has crossed over the neutral zone.
Last updated: Dec.16.2017
Any number of forward passes are allowed from behind the offensive line of scrimmage however a team with an extra player may only throw one forward pass per play. A player cannot pass to himself, unless the ball is first touched by another player.
A player must have his torso behind the line the scrimmage to throw a legal forward pass.
Once past the offensive line of scrimmage, only backward passes are allowed.
Backward passes are allowed from any player to any player at any time including to otherwise ineligible linemen.
An incomplete forward pass behind the offensive line of scrimmage is considered a dead ball, an incomplete backwards pass, including a muffed snap, is a live ball.
A drop-kick from scrimmage is equivalent to a forward pass. (No one has actually ever attempted this. Standard forward pass rules apply..)
Last updated: Jan.06.2018
Grounding the ball
A quarterback cannot intentionally throw the ball to the ground to avoid a sack unless the thrown ball lands clearly over the line of scrimmage, or, in the event the ball does not cross the line of scrimmage, a legal receiver is in the area. There are no rules regarding being 'outside the tackles'.
Last updated: Sep.10.2021
Rushing plays are legal and any player may run with the ball. The defense is free to cross the neutral zone the moment an offensive player is blocking with feet in or past the neutral zone, and/or the moment the ball leaves the quarterback's hand.
Note: There is no 'forward progress' given on any advance. The ball carrier is down at the spot of the ball at the moment of the tag, regardless of the route they take.
Last updated: Dec.16.2017
The snap
The ball must be snapped from the ground (not from a standing position). The center must touch the ball to ground before snapping, even in bad weather.
If the quarterback is directly under center (for a direct snap), defenders cannot reach through the netural zone for a tag, even on a blitz.
Offensive players, if offsides on a play—moving into or beyond the neutral zone before the snap—can and must retreat back to their line of scrimmage and re-set while the play continues without penalty. If an offsides offensive player does not re-set, an offsides penalty will be called (8 paces; replay the down).
Last updated: Feb.11.2018
Play clock
Offenses are allowed 40 seconds, from the time the ball is spotted back at the LOS, to restart play. Each quarterback must use a countdown timer watch to keep track of the play clock. The defense is responsible for spotting the ball and alerting the QB to start the play clock.
A 4-pace delay of game penalty will be enforced if the play clock expires before the ball is put back in play.
Last updated: May.27.2018


text: Vendor & Supplier News On The Move -- July 2005 July 1, 2005 These industry pros are making headlines. Flowserve announced that Chairman, President and CEO C. Scott Greer did not have his contract renewed when it expired June 30. Greer joined Flowserve as president and COO in 1999. Kevin Sheehan, chairman of the board's Corporate Governance and Nominating Committee, will assume Greer's leadership responsibilities on an interim basis. Jack Vresics has been named president and CEO of Technical Concepts LLC, a designer and manufacturer of touch-free, automated hygiene and odor control systems for washrooms. He had been serving as group president of the Colson Group, an international producer of casters and wheels. The company also announced the appointments of Mike Dunlap as product category manager for the Midwest region; Wayne Radt as northern Ohio-western Pennsylvania territory manager; Bianca Schmucker as New York Metro territory manager; and Ken Sensel as part of the marketing team responsible for the plumbing and surface cleaning category. Perfection Corp. named Roy Sutterfield as its president. He has more than 20 years of experience with leading manufacturers and distributors in the utility sector. Frank Carroll is the new president for Bosch Power Tools North America, a division of Robert Bosch Tool Corp. Prior to Bosch Power Tools, he led the company's Rotary Tool brand business as president and general manager. Tool manufacturer Lenox promoted Bob Heisner to president. Heisner, who was the company's former vice president of marketing, replaces Bill Burke, who was promoted to group vice president of Newell Rubbermaid's North American Tool Group. The company also promoted Rich Wuerthele from vice president of sales to president of sales. Scott Martin was named executive vice president and COO of Rheem Manufacturing Co., replacing Stewart Farwell, who announced his retirement effective June 30. Martin had been serving as president of Rheem's Water Heater Division since 2000. A search is underway for his successor. Milwaukee Valve promoted John Labellarte to chief operating officer. Previously, he was general manager. Briggs Plumbing Products appointed Don Tracy as chief financial officer and vice president of finance. He has had a number of financial management positions, most recently as director of financial projects and CFO for Tenaris Canada. The company also hired Stephen Glaser as vice president - supply chain. He most recently worked for Sony Electronics as director of planning and procurement for the Projection TV of America Division. And Jeff Jensen was named vice president - marketing and retail sales. He has had several management positions, including with Masco Corp. Vasken Altounian, president of Delta Faucet Canada, left that post June 1 to become Delta Faucet's executive vice president - sales and marketing, based in Indianapolis. Rod Pullen will assume Altounian's role, in addition to serving as president of BrassCraft Canada. Also, Aaron Jarosz has been promoted to key account manager at Delta Faucet Canada, responsible for The Home Depot Canada account. Controlled Energy Corp. announced that Kent Nichols joined the company as its new national wholesale director. He formerly worked for Cuno Inc. Brian Coyne was promoted from East Coast regional sales manager to national sales manager for Roth Industries. Mansfield Plumbing Products named Frank Chamberlain as national specification and market development manager; Steve Baker as national fittings sales manager; Bill Kelley as vice president of retail sales; and Adriana Bedoya as sales manager of manufactured housing. Share This Story


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More than 15 teams started the journey to turn their ideas into reality
Pre-incubation programme had a successful kick-off. The first workshop "Ideation and team building" brought together 50 enthusiastic people from different schools.
As a result of the workshop number of fantastic ideas, such as thermo fabric, anti-icicle, fine-memory and animal detector were presented. Everybody had a chance to share interests and skills as well as form teams.
The 2nd workshop "Business model canvas" was on March 3 and just formed teams started to make their first steps towards understanding their value proposition and potential customers. Pärnu IdeaLab leaders shared tips on how teams can reach their customers and test their hypothesis.
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participants' feedback this type of workshop enables to analyze an idea from different perspectives and create thorough business models. During the following weeks customer needs and hypothesis must be tested and adjustments made to business models. At the end of the month teams present their ideas to Idea Lab experts to get feedback and mentor's guidance. In order to sound clear and structured pitching skills are practiced on March 17.
Pre-incubation programme is financed by the European Social Fund.


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The Syracuse City Youth Court is now accepting youth and adult volunteer applications for the upcoming school year. See details below on how to apply today!
Syracuse City Youth Court
The Syracuse City Youth Court provides an alternative approach to juvenile justice in which youth referred for minor offenses are sentenced and mentored by their peers. Referred youth must voluntarily agree to attend the program. Syracuse City Youth Court is a court diversion program certified by the Utah Youth Court Association under the Utah Youth Court Diversion Act. The Syracuse City Youth Court is under the direction of Syracuse City Police Department.
Restorative Justice
Using a restorative justice-based approach, The Court provides early intervention for a variety of offenses, such as truancy, fighting, tobacco/alcohol, theft, bullying, trespassing, assault and disorderly conduct. Restorative Justice holds the referred youth accountable for their actions; provides educational experiences to assist them in building the skills necessary to change their problem behaviors; and helps them strengthen their ties to school, community, and positive peer role models. Youth offenders are also required to repair or restore harm caused by their offence. By attending and successfully completing all requirements of The Youth Court, a juvenile offender does not appear in Juvenile Court Youth does not receive a criminal record for the offense, giving youth a second chance.
Youth Court Hearings
The youth volunteer members of the court are ages 14 to 18 in grades 9-12. They hold the positions of mentor, clerk, bailiffs, judges and teacher. These youth volunteers conduct court hearings each Thursday evening in the Syracuse City Building Council Chambers. The youth volunteers who adjudicate and mentor the youth offenders, receive training in conflict resolution, mediation, bias awareness, communication skills, peer mentoring, state statutes, team building skills, and courtroom procedures. The adult advisors receive similar training and provide support and guidance when needed.
In a typical court hearing, a panel of three to seven youth volunteers question the youth offender and parent(s)/guardians(s) to gain an understanding of the youth and the offense. The panel members deliberate and assign a disposition (sentence) which provides educational and/or community service opportunities. The disposition contract can include community service for the youth, educational opportunities, vocational training, social activities, individual/family counseling, and/or other conditions as the panel sees fit. During deliberation, one youth volunteer is selected to be the personal mentor for the offender who follows-up with them by phone or in person between court hearings. In a separate component of the program, youth volunteers teach classes in choices and life skills.
Return hearings are also conducted by the youth volunteer panel with the offender to report on disposition contract progress and make changes if needed. Referred youth who are successful in Youth Court graduate from the program. Those who are unsuccessful are closed non-compliant and the referral is sent back to the source (usually the police department) for further processing.
All court hearings are held in strict confidence and are not discussed outside the Youth Court proceedings.
Youth Volunteers
Youth volunteers conduct court hearings and develop dispositions (sentences) for referred youth. Youth volunteers base dispositions on the three principles of restorative justice: accountability, skill development, and community connection. Rather than punish referred youth, Youth Court's youth volunteers support them by encouraging them to reach their full academic, social, and creative potential.
Outside of the courtroom, youth volunteers mentor referred youth every week by meeting at the court in person or communicating over the phone. By providing weekly support and guidance, youth volunteers harness the positive aspects of peer pressure to encourage responsibility, personal growth through pro-social skill development, and community connection.
- Commitment: One academic school year; up to 3 hours per week; 2.5 hours on Thursday evenings and 0.5 hour during the week by phone. Volunteers attend court at the Syracuse City Hall on Thursday evenings during the Davis School District's academic school year. Court is not held on holidays nor school breaks.
- Qualifications:
- Students who will be in the 9th 10th, 11th, or 12th grade for the upcoming school year.
- Strong interpersonal skills
- Commitment to confidentiality, honesty, and ethics
- Minimum GPA of 3.0
- No "U"/Unsatisfactory Citizenship scores
Adult Advisor Volunteers
Adult volunteers are an integral component of the program. Their role is strictly advisory, as the title implies. They offer guidance, when needed, and debrief panel members after the hearings. They also monitor the mentoring process with the mentors and the referred youth's parents.
The goal of this position is to foster an environment that empowers the students to take ownership of processing the issues that come before them and assist in the ongoing learning process.
- Commitment: Thursday evenings and as willing during the week. Volunteers attend court at the Syracuse City Hall on Thursday evenings during the Davis School District's academic school year. Adult Advisors are also required to attend various planning, training, and other meetings throughout the year.
- Qualifications:
- Must pass background check
- Enjoy working with youth
- Strong interpersonal skills
- Commitment to confidentiality, honesty, and ethics
- Demonstrated ability to work in a team environment, to work with diverse groups of people, and to collaborate with other community organizations
- No court experience is necessary. Advisors will be provided with all necessary training.
Apply to Volunteer
If you'd like to join, please complete the application on the right hand side of this page. Applications should be submitted to email@example.com.


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We are looking forward to Re-Opening Rucksack Cellars for the 2021 season. Our days of operation will be Thursday through Sunday, noon to 5pm. We are busily planning our Community Nights, Flower Classes, and Dinner Events. We look forward to seeing you then! Join our mailing list to keep up on the latest!
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Oh, Baby! A Prescription: Romance! Book by Jill Blake is a contemporary romance that follows Lena Shapiro, a very skilled surgeon who sacrificed her personal life to build her career. Now at thirty-nine, she is still single while her friends are building their families. When Adam Sterling turns up in her life, it is only supposed to be all professional. She is expected to mentor him, but her attraction to this young and arrogant guy gets the better of her. Logically, he is the wrong guy. Lena has very little time to decide whether to try her chance with Adam or to see him slip through her fingers forever. Does she have the courage to step into the unknown, following a man who is about to leave for L.A.?
Jill Blake has crafted an interesting romance with a strong protagonist. Lena is an accomplished professional and a good daughter, but one important piece is missing from her life: romance. I love the fact that Lena and Adam don't look compatible. The author captures their first encounter brilliantly and gives a strong image of Adam: 'Lena sucked in a breath. He was big. A good ten inches taller than her own five foot five. And it wasn't just his height—it was everything. Neck, shoulders, biceps that strained the sleeves of his button-down shirt. And those hands! Did hemostats even come with holes large enough to fit his fingers?" The plot is simple and somewhat straightforward, but this simplicity in plot is complemented by the realism infused in the writing and the depth of character handling. Oh, Baby! A Prescription: Romance! Book is deftly written, emotionally strong and filled with the romance and drama that readers will be thrilled to read in this genre.


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Paris Fashion Week: Nanushka, Nehera, Sadaels to feature on presentation calendar
It is official: Nehera, Nanushka and Sadaels are among next season's new entries on the Paris Fashion Week calendar. The three labels will stage presentations during the week dedicated to the Spring/Summer 2020 collections, scheduled from September 23 to October 1 2019 in the French capital.
Nanushka was founded in Hungary in 2006 by designer Sandra Sandor. The label's main market is the USA, and it plans to open a store in Los Angeles in the coming months. In early 2019, Nanushka presented its first menswear collection to fashion buyers, and for the last six months it has been operating a concession at Parisian department store Le Bon Marché Rive Gauche. Since February 2018, the label has also been active with a boutique-café in its home town of Budapest.
For womenswear label Nehera, which was relaunched in Slovakia in 2014, this is a return to the Parisian scene, since it already featured on the presentation calendar for the Spring/Summer 2018 Fashion Week. The label made its debut in Prague under the aegis of Jan Nehera in the 1920s. It fell dormant from World War II until 1998, when it was bought by advertising entrepreneur Ladislav Zdut, and in the last five years it has been trying to find a second wind.
Sadaels caught the fashion world's eye last February, when it premièred at the Designers Apartment showroom in Paris. A Sadaels store has been active in Buenos Aires, Argentina, since 2015. However, the label and its Belgian-Argentinian designer Juan Hernandez Daels settled in Paris two years ago.
Alongside these three rookies, another five fashion labels were previously included by the Fashion and Haute Couture Federation in the next Parisian presentation calendar: Coperni, Joseph, Nicolas Lecourt Mansion, Calvin Luo and Patou. Labels Kimhekim, Mame Kurogouchi and Kwaidan Editions will instead be staging a fully fledged, official calendar show at the next Paris Fashion Week.
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Leave it to Startup Cuba's Cynthia Carris Alonso to score the recipes for BOTH Bodeguita del Medio's Mojito and El Floridita's daiquiris.
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Cynthia Carris Alonso is the author of two books about Cuba and has been photographing the island since 1992. She is a photographer, photo editor, and researcher and has worked for internationally-renowned magazines, books, and websites such as Time.com, ABCnews.com, Newsweek, BusinessWeek, The New York Times, Rhythm Music Magazine, People en Español, Scholastic and Vanity Fair. In 2016, Cynthia Carris Alonso covered President Obama's historic visit to Cuba, as the two countries continued working toward normalizing relations. With rare access to Cuba, Alonso has photographed Cuba's most famous musicians, covered news events and daily life of the Cuban people on assignment, and documented their unique and mysterious culture, people, passions and spirit of survival. Cynthia's first photography book, Passage to Cuba, was published by Skyhorse Publishing in 2015. Her latest book, A Taste of Cuba (Apollo Publishers, 2018), celebrates the wonderful taste of Cuban cuisine, as well as the sites, colors, and energy of the Cuban culture. Alonso has given speeches about photography, journalism and Cuba. She has appeared on television and in the press, as a Cuba consultant giving interviews in both English and Spanish. Cynthia is married to Cuban writer José Luis Alonso, and they live in New York City with their daughter.
The Syringes for Cuba campaign is working to close Cuba's 30 million syringe deficit. (By Cynthia Carris Alonso and Rita McNiff, in Havana.)
Many Cubans have learned the various medicinal powers of the herbs and foods that grow in Cuba to naturally treat their aches and pains.
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Finca Agroecológica El Paraíso shares the recipe for their famous flan with Cynthia Carris Alonso, the author of the cookbook A Taste of Cuba.
Author Cynthia Carris Alonso shares two simple yet elegant seafood recipes from Trinidad's award winning paladar.
Author Cynthia Carris Alonso shares her top 5 reasons to visit this UNESCO World Heritage site in the province of Sancti Spíritus.
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When someone thinks of chiropractic care, they often think of spinal adjustments. However, there is so much more involved than that. Chiropractic care is about providing total health for a patient. That is why working with a nutritionist is such a vital part of care. Nutrition plays a major role in helping a patient recover and remain healthy during and after treatment. Here are some tips that will help you get the most out of chiropractic care.
Mind the Calories
You may know that you need to limit calories to reduce weight, but it is not just about obesity. If you are being treated for back problems or other injuries, extra weight can put a strain on those injured body parts that will make it hard to recover. A nutritionist can provide nutritional counseling to help you with your diet, but there are some general guidelines. For one, go with lean cuts of meat, and eat a lot of fruits and vegetables. Portion control is really important as well to make sure that you aren't eating too much at each sitting. Watching calories will help you lose weight and heal faster.
Calcium helps to strengthen your bones. The best foods to consume to increase your calcium are yogurt, milk, cheese, and greens. Along with strengthening your bones, calcium can help with issues with your nerves, which is a big part of chiropractic care.
One of the more common injury types that a chiropractor sees is muscle injuries. Protein is known for healing muscle tissue, which will help with your recovery after treatment. Not only that, but it helps muscles recover after weight training. If you are looking at getting back your strength, the protein provides a great boost. If you are not consuming enough protein, you will heal slower and you won't get the best results. If you are having trouble getting enough of it, nutritional counseling can help you make the right dietary choices to maximize protein. While protein usually comes in meat, there are vegetarian options as well. These include tofu, nuts, eggs, and soybeans.
While most might not consider it a part of a "diet," the fact is that water is crucial for health and recovery. Make sure that you are getting enough water every day to help transport nutrients around your body. It also helps flush toxins out of the body. A general guideline a nutritionist would give is to drink eight glasses every day. Make sure to spread them out, however.
Usually, it is best to consume your nutrients through the foods and drinks, but sometimes it can be difficult to do that. Supplements are a good way to fill in those nutritional gaps. Nutritional counseling can help you figure out what you are missing and what supplements will help you.
Another easy way to make sure you are getting what you need is through technology. There are many smartphone apps that help you track what you are eating. They will provide you with your nutrient intake as well, so you can track what deficits you might have on a certain day.
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Anaheim Ducks goaltender Ilya Bryzgalov discussed Chris Pronger's return to Edmonton with Score a few weeks back. When Ilya was asked why Pronger may have left Edmonton to go to Southern California this offseason, he answered:
He may be tired to live here, because in the November months it is -32. Can you imagine? Eight months in a year snow. (Yes, its a tough place to live) Hold on, I'm not finished. Here is like North Pole. (You have a whole Canadian country mad now) (What's it like in Russia right now?) In my home town, +7.Take that Canada, +7. Running ESL smack against a whole country is great. When is the NHL going to give Bryz his own commercial? Oh, and for the record. Tomorrow in Anaheim, sunny and +80.
[Update] A local California hockey mag used one of my photos of Anaheim rookie Dustin Penner. You can read the article here and here.
[Update2] Canada apologies to America. Apology accepted.


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With the support of the Molokai community, Makani Kai Air now offers five daily roundtrip flights between Oahu and Molokai. Before that, it was just two daily flights and one round trip on Sundays.
This is great news for the isolated island of Molokai, which has an airport too small for large planes. Makani Kai specializes in smaller turbine and twin-engine planes (nine passengers per flight). The carrier also operates Makani Kai Helicopters.
Visitors will also benefit from this increase in daily flights, as a more affordable way to island hop. Flying on a smaller charter plane is much simpler, too. Passengers can bypass TSA security and hop right on to the plane.
The airlines recommends people arrive just 15 minutes prior to departure; yes, 15 minutes. That's because Makani Kai terminal is located on the other side of Honolulu International Airport and away from the congestion. Plus, parking is literally right at the terminal.
As a bit of a warning for you passengers who get nauseous easily, riding a turboprop can get a little bumpy. They're so small that even the slightest gust of wind will rock you, so hang on and take your Dramamine!


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By Steph Machado
At least two heartbreaking deaths of toddlers occurred in Vermont recently and the state's Department for Children and Families may have been able to prevent them.
In one case, police said 2-year-old Dezirae Sheldon was murdered by her stepfather, just weeks after DCF and a judge allowed the child to return home. DCF originally took custody of the child after her mother broke both of the child's legs. In the second case, 14-month-old Peighton Geraw died. Police charged his mother with second-degree murder and, according to court documents, a DCF caseworker visited the child's home just one hour before his death.
While several state internal and external investigations are ongoing, I wanted to know if DCF caseworkers are being more diligent about reporting possible child abuse to police, or more frequently asking police to accompany them on home visits. These two questions are important because caseworkers can't remove a child from a home without a court order or a police officer, and calls coming into DCF have increased — DCF received 15,760 calls two years ago, but this year the numbers are on track to hit 18,000.
I submitted requests under Vermont's public records law to both DCF and Vermont State police, asking for the number of times DCF reported child abuse to police. To me, this seemed like a simple request.
DCF responded, however, that it "does not track the data you requested for analysis." DCF's commissioner, Dave Yacovone, said the department's I.T. system just isn't set up to do so. State Police said the same thing, blaming their records management system and insisting they would need to hand-count the reports, estimating it would take 20 full work days to conduct that count. The 20-day estimate is significant because Vermont's public records law allows the requestor to be charged for the time necessary to complete his or her request.
While DCF was willing to talk on camera about this lack of reporting capability, the state police department refused, declining the opportunity to defend itself even after I explained that the New York State Police records management system, in comparison, could easily provide the equivalent data.
State Sen. Dick Sears, who chairs a legislative panel that is re-evaluating Vermont child abuse laws in response to the deaths of Sheldon and Geraw, called this lack of data shocking. "That is something the committee will have to look into, I assure you," Sears said.
Another member of the panel, State Rep. Ann Pugh, said she is less surprised. Pugh previously worked in the field as a social worker and said she knows the pitfalls of DCF's I.T. systems. "Our records don't talk to each other," she said. "Our I.T. system for family services is from the dark ages."
While the I.T. and data collection problems may be just a part of the much larger issue of children's safety, these deficiencies certainly make the job of those protecting the state's children more difficult. Indeed, according to Vermont's attorney general, they contributed to Dezirae Sheldon's death.
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In the midst of great confusion, brokenness and isolation among the young in our nation, God is awakening an army of children, youth and young adults who will make disciples of all nations. Therefore we are committed to training up a generation to love the Lord God with all, to know who they are in Christ, to have the faith and courage to do whatever He says, and to be relentless in fulfilling His plan for their lives.
We believe that children will recognize the word of God and find comfort when they first hear it, in the form of a prayer or declaration. It is during these early years that a child's foundation is being laid for the rest of his or her life. We endeavor to partner with families to teach them the importance of declaring God's word over their children and we teach them to speak the word of God through repetition.
It is our goal for the children of this age group to begin to understand who they are in Christ. This begins by teaching them about who God is and what He says about them. Children in this age group will learn how to hear from God and will hear from Him.
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Raising up a "David Generation" means more than just knowing who God is. It also involves teaching beyond the basics. Children need more than the elementary principles if they are going to continue walking with the Lord. We encourage children to pray, read their Bibles and actively journal every day. They will establish disciplines that will strengthen them throughout their lives
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Our focus in J12 is reaching a generation before they need to be rescued. Through our L7 (Live the Seven Words) Discipleship program, fun and exciting weekend services, and meaningful events, kids are able to connect with a real God that has an amazing plan for their lives. We desire for every child that comes through J12 to echo the words of Jesus at Twelve, "I must be about My Father's business."
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Our Middle School ministry is all about engaging the youth of our church with the presence of God. We believe that as we come together to have fun and hear God, receive discipleship and take what we've learned into our communities, we fulfill God's intended purpose for our lives.
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It is a powerful thing when mature believers come together to fellowship, share and impart their wisdom and make a difference both inside and outside of the church. Prime Time Senior Ministry is no less vibrant and dynamic than any other ministry at The Rock. Throughout the year there are events & projects planned as well as multiple ministry opportunities specifically for our seniors. God is powerfully using the seniors of The Rock to play an active role in the life of our church family.
When men come together in an environment of worship and true humility to seek the heart of God and take their God-given place of righteousness & authority, they become giant-slayers for the kingdom of God. No matter the age or cultural background, we believe that building spiritually solid men create men that make a huge impact in their families, marriages, workplaces, ministries, communities… and in every area of their lives.
Imagine a place where women put aside all pretenses and limitations to wholeheartedly pursue God & walk in love and unity. The need for a relevant and dynamic women's ministry, and to unify your heart with other like-minded women of God and find authentic relationships is more crucial than ever before. That is what you'll find when the women of The Rock come together to pursue God & love one another in true agape love.


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Daddy is close to deploying or leaving on, what seems like, his thousandth TDY, and the kids are struggling. Our sweet little dandelions, our military kids, are so resilient and strong. But that doesn't mean that they always understand or don't struggle. I've asked fellow military mamas what their favorite military kid books were and they helped me compile this list!
Best Books for Military Kids
"My First Counting Book: Marines"
Sarah from Servant Mama recommends this book! And I recommend it too! And it's NOT just for Marine Families – they have ones for other services! We have the Air Force version and love it. In the Air Force version we count lots of fun things like Airplanes flying in formation, pilot's hemlets, and ribbons!
This is the perfect gift to bring to a new mom and dad at the hospital or when you bring them a dinner!
"Don't Forget, God Bless Our Troops"
Lizann from The Seasoned Spouse says that they love to read this book at bedtime during deployments. This book was actually written by former 2nd Lady Jilly Biden! Jill tells the story through the eyes of a little girl, what it's like to have a parent serving overseas at war.
"Night Catch"
This is a sweet bedtime story for your military babies. Each night this deployed dad would play catch with the North Star!
"A Paper Hug"
Send Mommy or Daddy a Paper hug! We did this on my husband's last deployment. We all sent him paper hugs in one of his care packages.
"My Daddy is in the Air Force"
This one might be my favorite military books for kids. This one is very specific to the Air Force Pilot (or other fliers) life. It talks about the types of missions that daddy flies (child appropriate, of course), how long he'll be gone, phone calls and more. It's a must-have for any Air Force kid home. It was actually written by a C-130 pilot! This is our go-to book to gift at toddler birthday parties.
"Goodnight Marines"
Here's a great book for your little Marine according to Lizann from The Seasoned Spouse. They'll love the pictures of airplanes and helicopters!
"Lily Hates Goodbyes"
My Army wife friend, Emilie, recommends this book. Lily Hates Goodbyes takes on the hard job of teaching kids how to cope with their mixed feelings about deployment.
My Very Exciting, Sorta Scary, Big Move
This book is not written specifically for military children but it's very appropriate for the military child life – I thought that it should still make the best books for military kids list. Our kids move an average of 6-9 times during their school-age years. That's absolutely insane. This workbook helps your child walk through emotions and stages of another big move.
What are you favorite military child books? What would you add to the list?


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Let's take a moment to evaluate what changes in offensive football philosophy will mean to our current QB's, and then those that Scot Loeffler, our offensive coordinator, will try to recruit to Auburn. After three years of the HUNH, or Hurry Up No Huddle style offense, the Tigers will incorporate new schemes and terminology into their scoring efforts.
The HUNH is a spread style offense. That simply means that the offense lines up spread out all over the field, in an effort to spread the defense out, so there are potentially less defenders to respond to the actual play. The Achilles heel to this style of offense is defensive speed. Something most SEC defenses have in spades is speed. Therefore the challenge now is to be as flexible in your offense as possible.
Hence the change in Gene Chizik's offensive strategy, is to not be married to one style of offense. Being able to line up in a 2 TE(Tight End) set, on one play, and then a 4 WR(Wide Receiver) set the next play, without having to change personnel would be a huge advantage for any offense. In effect, what you would see is Auburn lining up in the spread on one play, and then the power pro set the next, and doing so without having to interchange players between the plays.
To do this would require two things. First, you need to have smart, talented players. Secondly, you need a coach that can create a playbook based on that talent, and use that as effectively as possible. I can confidently assure you that Auburn has recruited smart, talented players since Gene Chizik arrived at Auburn. Now the onus is on Scot Loeffler to produce the playbook.
The basics of quarterback play change very little when we talk about run first play action vs. run first spread in the HUNH. The QB will make sure everyone is lined up correctly, will make his reads of key defensive players, hand the ball off or pass it, and direct his team down the field. Basic QB play.
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Auburn has two QB's that can hand a ball off, and throw, and read defenses. Clint Moseley and Kiehl Frazier each have playing experience. Only Moseley has started, on the road in SEC play. The success rate each has had is minimal at best. Outside of talent, the experience factor is the most important aspect in developing a successful QB. Frazier, and Moseley have a huge advantage over the newcomers in that respect.
Frazier and Moseley were playing in somewhat unique circumstances last season, that through no fault of their own, created some statistical numbers that are somewhat skewed. An ongoing difference in defensive philosophy which in turn strained the offensive production, led to the parting of the Defensive Coordinator. Add to that the abnormal amount of injuries, and it's easy to see why the offense wasn't playing effectively.
I look for both Kiehl Frazier, and Clint Moseley to have a heated battle for the starting QB position. Of the two, I believe that Moseley has the upper hand in the passing department, but the difference is minimal. Either QB could lead this team to victory.
Of the new recruits playing the QB position, incoming Freshman Zeke Pike will be the only one to go through the Spring practice period. His numbers are listed on Rivals.com as 6' 5" 220 lbs and 4.7 speed in the 40. Pike was invited to the Trent Dilfer QB camp where he made the Elite 11.
Talent is not a question with Zeke. There have been some questions raised however about his brash mouth style of communication via social media outlets, but I can tell you that he has calmed down tremendously in the last year. I'll chalk his "uber" enthusiasm up as youth, and his subsequent settling down as maturity.
To be honest, I prefer a little flair in my gunslingers. We used to call it cockiness, I think now the term is swagger, nonetheless, if a QB isn't confident he can take on any challenge, he is in the wrong league. Meek, mild, and conformists need not apply to any SEC team as leaders in the QB position. If Coach Loeffler is the QB guru that I hope he is, then Zeke Pike could have a tremendous career at Auburn.
At this Spring's Junior Day event AU invited one QB from Los Angeles, California to attend, which he accepted. Hayden Rettig of Cathedral High had a great time while in Auburn, and was among at least 6 top QB's in Auburn that weekend.
As to what Coach Loeffler is looking for in future prospects, we can safely assume he will want to have the most intelligent, and talented players at the QB position in the country. Auburn will be going after strong armed, fleet footed QB's that can read defenses, make plays when things break down, and that want to play at the next level.
Think of players along the lines of Pat Sullivan, Andrew Luck, Andy Dalton, Jason Campbell, and of course we could always use another Cam Newton.
Running Back University may just become a Quarterback school too.
Comment of the week....
This week we were treated to some memorable moments of Auburn's past with that great post by Acid Reign. In the comments of that post, even more insight into an Auburn grad, and his past, which left me wishing for him, what he wished for himself.
Also painful for being Jim Fyffe's last game in Jordan-Hare Stadium.
I was directing parking lot traffic with ROTC when he and his wife drove in to park in the media lot. Still kick myself today for not going up to him and talking to him for a brief second.
Thanks AUTigerGSUEagle and WAR EAGLE!
My take....
All of the good recruiting news, and the promise of the next season of Auburn basketball has been given a black eye. Auburn was never expected to really compete in the SEC this year, but the foundation has been laid to move forward with anticipation unlike any season in many years. Then yesterday, we learned of the FBI investigation of an apparent point shaving scandal involving Varez Ward, one of Auburn's basketball players.
The first thing I want all of you to remember is that, no one has been convicted of a crime, yet. We would be serving a terrible injustice by commenting as if Ward was guilty of anything. Let the investigation play out, and let us see where it goes.
It appears as if Auburn University, Coach Barbee and his assistant coaches, acted as swiftly and professionally as we would hope they would. The authorities, the NCAA and the SEC office were all notified immediately. From my perspective, it appears as though,at this point in time, this might be a Varez Ward problem, and that Auburn's basketball program should come through this relatively unscathed.
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As night descended on Lummus Park this past Sunday, the smell of pot along the sidewalk was thicker than the salty ocean air. Perched on a coquina rock barrier, 20-year-old Bianca Plummer rolled a blunt with a few thimblefuls of pot.
But before the young woman dressed in shorts and a black swimsuit could light up, five cops on bikes surrounded her. Within minutes, she was handcuffed.
Miami Beach Police arrested 40 people, many of them African-American like Plummer, this past weekend for misdemeanor drug charges — primarily for small amounts of marijuana. There were a total of 130 arrests for all crimes. That number far exceeded the 27 people whom City of Miami Police took into custody in three days during Ultra 2018. (The city didn't say how many of the Ultra arrests were related to small amounts of pot.)
In addition, MBPD arrested only 14 people for pot during Miami Music Week this year.
"Minorities are the favorite target when it comes to drug enforcement," says Karen Goldstein, the deputy director of Florida's National Organization for the Reform of Marijuana Laws (NORML). "That's no question."
Beach cops made all of those pot arrests during Urban Beach Week despite a 2015 ordinance that gave officers the option of issuing citations in lieu of arresting anyone caught with less than 20 grams of marijuana, a misdemeanor amount. After the order passed 5-0, it was touted by activists and politicians, including former Miami Beach Mayor Philip Levine, as a step toward legalization.
For years, advocates and visitors have complained about an overwhelming police presence and anti-African-American bias during Memorial Day weekend. Though Beach authorities have strongly denied the allegation, the number of arrests for pot clearly send the opposite message.
When the ordinance was approved, however, Miami Beach Police Chief Dan Oates warned visitors it wasn't a license to smoke in public.
"If you're using or smoking marijuana, if you're smoking marijuana in public, we're going to charge you," he said. "If you have marijuana in your possession, if you're driving an automobile, we're still going to charge you."
In a just world, the ordinance would result in about 400 fewer arrests a year, Oates said at the time.
But activists say the option to issue citations isn't being exercised enough. And cops use it selectively: No citations for pot were issued during Urban Beach Week. (It's possible some of those 40 misdemeanor arrests were for drug paraphernalia or other charges, but likely most were for small amounts of weed.)
amnesty boxes... no questions asked," according to a New Times article published before the event. The only things that could have been considered amnesty boxes during Urban Beach Week were trash cans.
Plummer wasn't even in town to attend Urban Beach Week. She and her boyfriend had recently returned from a cruise to Jamaica and were awaiting a connecting flight to Virginia when cops cuffed her. The officers kept her boyfriend, Raoul Rodriguez, 15 feet away while they surrounded her, so he had to raise his voice to communicate with her about bail. "We'll get you out, 'cause we're not broke!" he yelled. Three of the cops then approached him; one said they were "gonna give him one more opportunity to keep [his] voice down."
A white van arrived. Rodriguez stood in disbelief as Plummer was taken to jail. The cops biked away.
"The only answer is legalization," NORML's Goldstein says. "That's the only way minorities and people of color are going to be safe from law enforcement regarding marijuana use. Sooner rather than later, I hope, because this will save a lot of people's futures."


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Here is the Bittorrent link and direct MP3 download for the EGC clambake for March 30, 2005. Two days from recording to posting, AGAIN, yikes!
I play my goofass iPodderX promo and announce a contest in association with it; I talk more about Michelle Shocked and Make Believe and play a song by Make Believe; I discuss the "badness" of bringing money into podcasting; I rock out to a tune by the Siderunners; I discuss Cameron Reilly and his upcoming show on Podcast Network about depression; I play a song by the Arts and Sciences; I make the first entry in my discussion about the care package of cool stuff I received from Griffin Technologies; later dudes.
This episode is sponsored in part by the fine folks at iPodderX! Don't forget, you can fly your EGC flag by buying the stuff package.
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The world is full of contradictions, inconsistencies and inequities. On the one hand, it has been reported by the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO, 2015) that 805million people are estimated to be chronically undernourished. Yet, it has been estimated that the volume of food produced is more than one and a half times what is needed to provide everybody on the planet with a nutritious diet (Weis, 2007). It is not about lack, it is about inequity. While 805 million starve, we also know that 1460 million are overweight or obese, and that number is increasing.
There is also water scarcity with 1.2 billion people lacking access to clean drinking water and 2.5 billion people having no access to a toilet, less than the number of people with a mobile phone (United Nations, 2015). As the world population increases from 7.3 billion today to around 9.6 billion in 2050 (+31.5%), the supply of fresh drinking water available will remain about the same. Yet, around 70 per cent of the world's water is used in agriculture. Annual grain crops are planted on about 70 per cent of the world's cropland and provide 80per cent of the world's food (Pimentel et al., 2012), 70 per cent of which is stock feed for farm animals, which in turn produce dairy and meat.
Over the next 25 years, a lot more food will be needed for the extra 31.5 per cent and the only way it can be produced is through agriculture, creating a vicious circle. The FAO (2015) predicts that the global demand for livestock products will increase by 70 per cent by 2050 with an estimated 1 billion poor depending on livestock for food and income. The livestock sector contributes to human-induced Greenhouse Gas emissions for 14.5 per cent and is a large user of natural resources, especially water.
As Father Time waves his sickle over the remaining decades of this century, there will be a worsening water scarcity. Thanks in part to a ready supply of beef burgers, fried chicken, milk, eggs and cola. Many recent editorials in medical and scientific journals have addressed issues relating to food, diets and dieting (e.g. Drewnowski, 2014; Edmonds and Templeton, 2013; Fitzgerald, 2014; Gold and Graham, 2011; Ndisang et al., 2014; Pagadala and McCullough, 2012; Potenza, 2014; Sniehotta et al., 2014; Stuckler and Basu, 2013; The PLoS Medicine Editors, 2012; Yanovski, 2011).
Special Issue
The Special Issue on 'Food, Diets and Dieting' provides a state-of-the-art overview of psychological studies by international researchers on this topic area. The Call for Papers for a Special Issue on 'Food, Diets and Dieting' was timely; we received unprecedented interest with many high-quality submissions. Following peer review, the number of accepted papers finally reached the total of 42. The contributions have been divided into two sets for publication in the May and June 2015 issues of Special Issue: Food, diets and dieting. These publications in Journal of Health Psychology are complemented in our companion, open access journal, Health Psychology Open, by a theoretical review paper and a series of commentary papers (Marks, 2015).
According to the McKinsey Global Institute (2014) obesity is responsible for around 5 per cent of global deaths and the global economic impact is US$2.0trillion, or 2.8per cent of global gross domestic product (GDP), roughly equivalent to the impact from smoking or armed violence, war and terrorism. In the United States, in 2004, direct and indirect health costs associated with obesity were US$98 billion. That figure probably has doubled by now.
Depending on the source, it is reported that the direct medical cost of overweight and obesity combined has been estimated to be 5–10per cent of the US health care spend. 42million children under the age of 5 were overweight or obese in 2013. Prevalence of overweight or obesity in adults doubled from 6 per cent in 1980 to 12 per cent in 2008. By 2050, it is predicted that obesity will affect 60 per cent of adult men, 50 per cent of adult women and 25per cent of children making the United States, Britain and much of Europe a mainly obese society.
Globalization is Driver
The main driver of the obesity epidemic and increased prevalence of other non-communicable diseases is unregulated corporate globalization (Swinburn et al., 2011). From the point of view of human health, globalization flies a banner of progress and freedom yet brings illness and an early death to millions of people with non-communicable 'diseases of affluence'. Transnational corporations are scaling up their promotion of tobacco, alcohol, cola and other sugary beverages, ultra-processed food and unhealthy commodities generally throughout low- and middle-income countries. Moodie et al. (2013) have observed that sales of unhealthy commodities across 80 low- and middle-income countries are strongly interrelated. They argue that wherever there are high rates of tobacco and alcohol consumption, there are also a high intake of snacks, soft drinks, processed foods and other unhealthy food commodities. Moodie et al. (2013) argued that the alcohol and ultra-processed food and drink industries are using similar strategies to the tobacco industry to undermine effective public health policies and programmes. Furthermore, it is suggested that unhealthy commodity industries should have no role in the formation of national or international policy for non-communicable disease policy. Therefore, it follows that the only evidence-based mechanisms that can prevent harm caused by unhealthy commodity industries are public regulation and market intervention.
Food Affordability
The work of Drewnowski and others has demonstrated a strong relationship between affordability of food and beverages and their energy density measured in terms of fat and sugar (Drewnowski, 2014; Drewnowski and Specter, 2004). A systematic review of 27 studies across 10 countries showed that a healthful diet costs around US$550 per year more than an unhealthy one (Rao et al., 2013). In England, another study suggested that the healthiest dietary pattern costs double the price of the least healthy, costing £6.63/day and £3.29/day, respectively (Morris et al., 2014). That is a difference of £1219 per annum.
The inverse relationship between income and prevalence of overweight and obesity follows from two related facts: (a) cheaper foods and drinks are energy-dense and (b) a healthful diet is unaffordable for the majority of people. In 2008, an estimated 1.46 billion adults worldwide had a body mass index (BMI) of 25kg/m2 or greater, and of these, 205million men and 297million women were obese. Taking into account, the rate of increase in obesity, this half-billion figure is projected to increase at least 30 per cent by 2050. The World Health Organization (WHO) (2014) estimates that around 3.4million adults die each year as a result of overweight or obesity. The WHO (2013) published a plan to halt the rise in diabetes and obesity as a part of a vision: 'A world free of the avoidable burden of noncommunicable diseases'. WHO interventions revolve around 'mobilizing sustained resources Marks 471 … in coordination with the relevant organizations and ministries' which consists of high-level meetings between governmental representatives and publishing position statements.
Evidence and logic suggest that economic prosperity is the enabler for obesity and, furthermore, leading authorities have concluded that Obesity is the result of people responding normally to the obesogenic environments they find themselves in. Support for individuals to counteract obesogenic environments will continue to be important, but the priority should be for policies to reverse the obesogenic nature of these environments. (Swinburn et al., 2011) Policy reversals to reduce obesogenicity by regulation face robust resistance from the food and drinks industry. Yet without regulation to change the price imbalance between unhealthful and healthful foods, the obesity epidemic is unlikely to go away. In the meantime, hundreds of millions of individuals continue inexorably along the path of overweight and obesity, with the associated unpleasant illnesses and an early death. It follows that health care systems must be competent to offer effective interventions to prevent, treat and ameliorate the impact of overweight or obesity. Authorities decree that a 'balanced diet' with regular physical activity is of crucial importance to a healthy body. Yet, in spite of thousands of studies, hundreds of campaigns and scores of dedicated institutes and journals based on this creed, there are currently no validated public health interventions able to achieve sustained long-term weight loss. Today, the muchtouted idea of the 'balanced diet' seems little more than worn out myth. Some basic questions require answers: What is causing the obesity epidemic? What can be done about it? and What is the role of health psychologists (if any)? (Marks et al., 2015; Marks, in press). The obesity epidemic is comparable in importance to the smoking epidemic. Arguably, it will prove to be even more significant in human history than smoking. It took 50 years of consolidated pressure to reduce the prevalence of smoking related diseases. Progress has been frustratingly slow. Still, in 2015, only one industrialized country in the world has plain or standard packaging of cigarettes (Australia) with a second one planning to follow next year (England). With no significant interventions on the horizon for obesity prevention, for example, unhealthful food taxation, the obesity epidemic can continue unabated to run its course, until food and water shortages have their ultimate impact on human society.
Enough Knowledge Now to Tackle Obesity
There is enough knowledge now to tackle the obesity epidemic. Unfortunately our political leaders lack the spine to do what is necessary. Our market-led governance is in the pocket of the paymasters who influence the election of our presidents and prime ministers. If the food chain could be rationally developed, the food and water crises could be curbed within two decades from now. This Special Issue contains a collection of in-depth psychological studies on food, diets and dieting. These studies are relevant to the issue of why certain foods are eaten or avoided by individual consumers and how the choices of consumers are influenced by family, social and economic conditions. Diets and dietary changes involve complex systems of variables which operate on a mass scale. Improved understanding of psychological functioning around food, diets and dieting holds one key to improving nutritional health. A better understanding of behaviour alone is not enough; changes to the food environment are also necessary. Our governmental leaders need to wake up, loosen their ties to their industrial paymasters and take effective action.
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Drewnowski A and Specter SE (2004) Poverty and obesity: The role of energy density and energy costs. The American Journal of Clinical Nutrition 79(1): 6–16.
Edmonds EW and Templeton KJ (2013) Childhood obesity and musculoskeletal problems: Editorial Clinical Orthopaedics and Related Research 471(4): 1191–1192.
Fitzgerald DA (2014) Mini-symposium: Childhood obesity and its impact on respiratory wellbeing: Editorial title: Childhood obesity is the global warming of healthcare. Paediatric Respiratory Reviews 15(3): 209–284.
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First published in the Journal of Health Psychology 2015