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Jerome G. Miller, who inspired a revolution in America's juvenile justice system by virtually emptying Massachusetts's reformatories in the early 1970s, died on Aug. 7 at his home in Woodstock, Va. He was 83.
His death was confirmed by his wife, the former Charlene Coleman, his only immediate survivor.
"Single-handedly," Robert D. Behn, a senior lecturer at Harvard's Kennedy School of Government, wrote in 1976, Dr. Miller "changed the political question from 'What do we do with these bad kids' to 'What do we do with these bad institutions?' By focusing public attention on evils of the institutions, he elicited from the public the only logical conclusion: The institutions must be closed."
In an interview on Thursday, Dr. Behn reaffirmed those sentiments. "He basically changed the nature of the conversation," he said.
By unconventional, innovative, unproven, and sometimes impractical and politically volatile means, Dr. Miller, as Massachusetts's youth services commissioner, dispersed virtually all of the state's delinquents from prisonlike custody. They were sent to community drug treatment and job training programs, therapeutic group homes, military schools, the care of college student volunteers and full-time paid local residents, foster parents, and the Outward Bound program. He even had some of them paroled back to their parents.
"Despite the lack of careful planning, the absence of evidence to guide the reforms and the dearth of data about the needs and circumstances of the youth in custody," a study by the Annie E. Casey Foundation concluded in 2013, "Massachusetts reformers still realized impressive outcome improvements, reducing criminality, saving taxpayers money and minimizing harm and disruption to young people's lives."
Dr. Miller pursued his agenda as a state commissioner for children in Pennsylvania and Illinois, as a court-appointed receiver for the child-welfare system in the District of Columbia and as a judicial monitor for prisons in Florida.
In 1977, with Herbert J. Hoelter, he founded the National Center on Institutions and Alternatives in Baltimore, which provides services for people with developmental disabilities and seeks alternatives to incarceration and institutionalization. He worked there full time until a few months ago. Through the center, he also opened the Augustus Institute in Alexandria, Va., which treats sex offenders.
Nearly a half-century after Dr. Miller imposed his changes, no consensus has emerged on how to cope with adolescent criminals. But his legacy in government, coupled with his continued public advocacy, federal financial incentives to states, the rising costs of incarceration compared with alternatives, subsiding public fears about teenage superpredators and new research about the mutability of adolescent brains, has prompted other states to follow the precedent of deinstitutionalization he set decades ago.
"Massachusetts was successful in serving as a beacon to reformers elsewhere in the states and overseas," Andrew Rutherford, emeritus professor of law and criminal policy at the University of Southampton in England, said in an email. "It gave huge confidence to proponents of deinstitutionalization."
In 1992, Dr. Miller sounded an early warning that black men were disproportionally enmeshed in the criminal justice system. He found that 42 percent of black men ages 18 to 35 in Washington were in prison, on probation, on parole, being sought by the police or free on bond awaiting trial.
"In effect," he said at the time, "the social safety net has been replaced by a dragnet."
Jerome Gilbert Miller was born in Wahpeton, N.D., just south of Fargo, on Dec. 8, 1931, to George Miller, a high school music teacher, and the former Beatrice Butts.
After receiving a bachelor's degree in philosophy in 1954 from Maryknoll College, a Roman Catholic seminary in Glen Ellyn, Ill., he spent a year as a novitiate in Massachusetts. Deciding not to become a missionary, he went on to receive a master's in social work at Loyola University in Chicago.
He enlisted in the Air Force's medical service corps, where he established a clinic to determine whether Strategic Air Command personnel handling nuclear weapons were emotionally stable. He took a three-year hiatus to earn a doctorate in social work at the Catholic University of America and later taught at Ohio State University.
In 1969, on the recommendation of a state panel, Gov. Francis W. Sargent of Massachusetts, a Republican, appointed Dr. Miller state commissioner of youth services.
At first, Dr. Miller figured the system could be reformed, but he gave up that idea in the summer of 1970. That was when he arrived unannounced at the Institute for Juvenile Guidance in Bridgewater with the governor's wife, just as two inmates trying to escape were "dragged down, thrown to the ground, handcuffed and beaten," he recalled in his 1991 memoir, "Last One Over the Wall."
Within two weeks, he emptied Bridgewater. Not long afterward, he was informed that two boys at the Lyman School, which dated to the 19th century, had been caged in a basement by a supervisor who drove off with the keys. Dr. Miller decided then and there that the entire system was not worth saving.
Recidivism was running as high as 80 percent. Brutality was notorious, with troublesome youths forced to drink from toilet bowls or beaten on their soles with wooden paddles. Costs were escalating — already $10,000 annually for every inmate, or "enough to send a child to Harvard with a $100-a-week allowance, a summer vacation in Europe and once-a-week psychotherapy," Dr. Miller said in 1972.
"As I looked around the department at the superintendents, directors of education, chaplains, planners and others in leadership roles, I saw that most would be there long after I left," he recalled in the memoir. "They could outwait and outlast me. I'd made a mistake in concentrating on making the institutions more humane. The idea of closing them seemed less risky."
Three months after he emptied Bridgewater, Dr. Miller transferred Lyman's inmates to what was described as a "conference" at the University of Massachusetts, where student volunteers steered them to group homes and foster care.
From 1968 to 1972, the year before he left as commissioner, the number of young people in state custody remained about the same, around 2,400. But the number confined in correctional institutions plunged to 132, or fewer than 6 percent, from 833, or 34 percent.
To sidestep a backlash from public employee unions and local politicians, Dr. Miller told the guards at Lyman: "You can have the institutions; we are taking the kids."
Termination notices were not sent to workers whose jobs had been rendered superfluous until the end of 1974 — two years after the last reform school was emptied.


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Liverpool under Klopp are too one-dimensional, says Hamann
Dietmar Hamann believes Jurgen Klopp's inability to come up with a Plan B is costing Liverpool in the race for Champions League qualification.
Liverpool target Leipzig's Keita
Liverpool appeared to be Chelsea's main rival in the race for the Premier League title earlier this season, but one win in 2017 has seen them drop to fifth place in the table.
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They were comprehensively beaten 3-1 by Leicester City on Monday and Hamann feels Liverpool are too one-dimensional under their German coach.
"At this moment in time, Liverpool under Klopp are one-dimensional, that is why they find it hard to win when things are not going their way," Hamann told Paddy Power.
"What has happened in the last seven or eight weeks - with only a single victory for the Reds in both January and February - has been pretty disastrous. Something has got to change, because if they carry on like this things will get a lot worse.
"The physicality and intensity is much higher in England than anywhere Klopp has been before. You cannot outrun teams in the Premier League, full stop. That is something the players and the manager have to learn, because they can only play one way.
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Watford captain Troy Deeney says there is more to come from Stefano Okaka after his double in the 3-2 victory over Everton on Saturday.
Okaka marked his second Premier League start under Walter Mazzarri with a pair of goals, the first a brilliant flick with his trailing leg after Romelu Lukaku had put Everton ahead.
The Italy international added to a header from Sebastian Prodl in the 64th minute, with Watford holding on for the three points after Lukaku halved the deficit late on.
Deeney suggests it is a sign of big things to come from Okaka over the course of the season.
"The big man [Okaka] did fantastic today and that's his second start so he will build on it," the Watford captain told 'Sky Sports'.
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Okaka admitted he has found a lack of playing time tough since his arrival from Anderlecht, but is confident he can continue to contribute positively.
"It was a little bit difficult in the beginning because for a long time I didn't play, but it was a fantastic game and to win is so important," he said.
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Idaho loves its nonprofits. Proof positive was this year's edition of Idaho Gives, which saw donations to 589 charitable organizations. And in the Treasure Valley, we have a particular space in our hearts for the Women's and Children's Alliance which, for more than a century, has provided safety, healing and freedom from domestic abuse and sexual assault. The WCA offers shelter, transitional housing, care management, court advocacy, safety planning, financial literacy and two 24-hour hotlines—one for domestic abuse and another for rape crisis—to our most vulnerable neighbors. wcaboise.org
2nd Place: Idaho Humane Society, idahohumanesociety.org
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The British Museum has a very nice presentation on the art, culture and …. warfare! … of ancient Mesopotamia.
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The Internet Modern History Sourcebook is an amazing resource for all students of history — which includes, I'd guess, most historical wargamers. I'm constantly amazed at what is available on the internet today. Materials like this would take up many, many square feet of shelfspace in my little study.
Eyewitness To History
The Eyewitness To History site has hundreds of first-hand accounts of major events in history. There is a lot here for games creating wargames scenarios. For example, here is an eyewitness account of the Battle Of Antietam, from David Thompson, a member of the 9th NY Volunteers.
Oliver Cromwell Portal
The Oliver Cromwell Society has a website with basic information on the English Civil War. In light of the growing popularity of Warhammer Historicals' English Civil War miniature wargaming rules set, this could be useful in filling in some gaps players' knowledge.


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LG Electronics to supply its ADAS cameras to a premium German automaker
According to some reports, LG Electronics will supply its advanced driver-assistance system cameras to a premium German carmaker. However, the name of the partner has not been announced now.
According to the deal, the company will supply camera modules and software to its German counterpart. Cameras are increasingly being used in the self-driving cars and in features like ADAS.
LG claims that its ADAS camera has got many advanced features and will help the users to detect various objects present in the environment of the car. It also helps the car to maintain a safe distance with other automobiles.
The company is a big name in the field of smartphones and home appliances and it is applying its know-how accumulated from this into its automotive businesses.


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Unfortunately for Tharoor, having stepped on so many toes and ruffled the wrong feathers, the controversies never seem to end. One reason is that he has been parachuted to a ministerial berth even though he is a first-time MP. The second is, of course, his posh accent and five-star lifestyle, and then there is the fact that the NRI and author managed to get the Congress nomination from Thiruvananthapuram in Kerala, causing much heartburn among local Congress leaders. He was brought in as a junior minister straight from a corporate job, as the chairman of a Dubai-based Afras, after his stint in the UN, which included a failed bid as India's candidate for the post of the UN secretary-general in 2007. When he first arrived at the South Block, he brought a breath of fresh air with talk of a progressive agenda and innovative ideas. There were hopes that the suave diplomat would be a major asset given the impeccable CV he had, but instead his continued outbursts have outweighed any contribution he may have made to the departments under his charge. Even his boss, External Affairs Minister S.M. Krishna, has been forced to rebuke him over his undiplomatic twittering. Krishna told India Today: "I have made it quite clear that the Government business is too serious to be conducted through any tweet or any social networking site. Foreign policy is too complex and complicated a matter to be handled like this."
Trouble all the Way
|On the Government's austerity drive, he tweeted, I'll travel "absolutely in cattle class out of solidarity with all our holy cows". His other tweets on the issue of his stay in a five-star hotel and visa norms also attracted criticism.
He handles the Haj portfolio along with Gulf, Latin America and Africa, but Krishna took away the allocation of Haj seats after many complaints. Tharoor, however, says all changes were made in consultation with him.
There have been allegations that he speaks on subjects that do not come under his jurisdiction, including on relations with Pakistan. Tharoor, however, says he does so only after thorough briefings by responsible officers.
In the six months that he has been a minister, Tharoor has made himself more enemies than friends. Indeed, already the knives are being sharpened for another round of Tharoor-bashing, involving a slew of fresh charges against him. Among them is that the MEA's funds were used to buy books written by him, including one which has some criticism of the Gandhi family. There are also a string of complaints regarding Haj quota allocation, complaints that led to Tharoor having this responsibility divested from his portfolio. As minister of state, Tharoor oversees the Gulf, Latin America and Africa. The Haj quota has been in the past handled by ministers who held a similar charge. Tharoor maintains, "There has been no reallocation of duties. The external affairs minister is the overall charge of the ministry and files on all matters are often routed through his office. Final decisions on the Haj were, therefore, made by him but appropriate consultations took place when we were both in Delhi." Krishna, however, sees it differently. "We had received a lot of complaints about the manner in which Haj seat selection was made, I wanted to make the system more transparent and so I thought we will put the entire weight of the ministry behind the Haj selection process," he says. Krishna now oversees the Haj quota issues.
For all that, much of the controversy is to do with a clash of styles. In the South Block, junior ministers keep their silence if they want to keep their jobs. Tharoor is cut from a different cloth and comes from a different culture and that is the crux of the problem. "Having come from the rarified atmosphere of the UN he needed a little time to adjust to functioning in a political set-up, but his frequent infractions and serial offending indicates a deeper character flaw," says former secretary in the MEA K.C. Singh.
He is accused of plugging a controversial book
A major fallout of the controversies surrounding Tharoor has been that there has been a needless distraction from pressing issues like managing a robust policy on Africa, Latin America and the Gulf, that are under his charge. Even though there is a clear demarcation of duties in a protocol-driven ministry, Tharoor has continued to speak out on subjects which do not come under his jurisdiction, including on relations with Pakistan. Tharoor, however, defends himself forcefully. "Any comment I have ever made on foreign policy has been based on thorough briefings by the responsible officers, often conducted specifically to prepare ministers for such questions. While the MoS have specific allocations of duties, it would be absurd for them to be ignorant of major developments in the country's external relations. I answered six questions in the Lok Sabha on Afghanistan even though it is not among my officially allocated countries. Should that also be considered 'overstepping' or 'unprofessionalism'?" he asked.
Tharoor's stint as a minister seems a classic case of a rookie getting too big for his boots too early. Tharoor blended well with the Page 3 chatterati in Delhi, but his style created adjustment problems within India's grand old party and the government set-up, where he is still considered a newcomer. He comes across a man in a hurry to do too much too soon and trips up too often for comfort. Former foreign secretary Lalit Mansingh says, "He is an articulate person and is an asset the Government must use properly. There are clear lines of demarcation between a cabinet minister and a minister of state. He must be clearly told on what he can comment and what are the areas he should avoid."
Tharoor must now tread with caution for the next tweet may well be his last-as minister of state.
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Although a number of the study participants had regained their weight, there was also an important clue as to why they'd had this so-called 'yo-yo effect'. These people presented with a particular physiological signature. It wasn't simply the food they ate. It mostly had to do with hormones.
Although these participants' 'fat thermostats' were turned on full blast, they were malfunctioning, no longer offering the brain the right information about food (J Clin Endocrinol Metab, 2010; 95: 5037-44).
What the Spanish researchers discovered in those who'd gained back their weight was higher levels of a hormone called 'leptin' and lower levels of another hormone called 'ghrelin', causing the researchers to conclude that these 'appetite-related' hormones may play an important role in weight regain after dieting.
New-found hormones
Both hormones, discovered only in the 1990s, are agents that regulate appetite and fat levels. Leptin-which is made in our stored fat cells, or 'adi-pose tissue' stores-is, in fact, a protein hormone that circulates through the blood-stream as a signal to the brain as to your body's level of fuel and whether it's providing an adequate amount of energy.
Whenever you finish a meal, leptin is released from your fat stores and enters your blood-stream, eventually making its way to your brain to deliver the message that you are full, and that you have a certain amount of energy available.
In effect, rather than a thermostat, leptin could more properly be called an 'adipostat'-a fat regulator. It keeps your brain clued in as to whether you are hungry and how much fat is currently in your body, much as the gauge in your car lets you know how much petrol you have left in the tank.
As Robert H. Lustig-professor of pediatics at the University of California at San Francisco and an expert in obesity-puts it, leptin isn't a fat hormone, it's a 'starvation hormone', made to signal the brain when we need to eat more.
When leptin levels rise, your appetite tails off and you feel full. Your metabolic rate also increases. Your brain thinks you have enough food and fat to go about your normal bodily business. This, in turn, returns leptin levels back to normal. At that point, food loses its appeal and doesn't taste as good to help signal that you've had enough.
This process also sets your body's metabolism to normal, allowing you to eat normal amounts of food, and clearing the path for the body to under-go complex and energy-hungry processes such as puberty and pregnancy.
When you go on a diet and lose fat, you naturally produce less circulating leptin. Consequently, when your levels of leptin fall below a certain amount, your brain thinks you are starving and launches a number of initiatives to bring about a return to energy homeostasis (balance). One of the most basic of these actions is stimulation of the vagus nerve-the nerve that runs from the brain to the abdomen and governs energy storage-which will cause your appetite to increase.
During dieting, we are often in a leptin-deficient state. In one small-scale study, researchers using functional magnetic resonance imaging (fMRI) scanners demonstrated that obese volunteers who'd lost 10 per cent of their body weight also showed changes in neural activity all over the brain in response to visual food cues, indicating a state of leptin deficiency (J Clin Invest, 2008; 118: 2583-91).
Leptin also regulates the rate at which fat is broken down. As leptin levels rise, your fat metabolic rate increases. When you diet and your leptin levels fall, so does the metabolic rate. This is often why dieters reach a plateau in their weight loss: the body believes that it's starving and so is put on a kind of emergency alert, slowing down all physiological processes to maximize what energy it has.
Besides leptin, another important hormone for fat regulation is an agent that goes by the strange name of 'ghrelin'. This gastric amino-acid peptide stimulates the secretion of growth hormone and increases the amount of fat in the body, hence its name; 'ghre' is an Indo-European prefix for the word 'grow', and was presumably chosen by its Japanese discoverers in reference to its role as a growth-hormone-releasing peptide.
Leptin's opposite number
Produced in the cells lining the stomach, ghrelin is leptin's opposite number: levels of this hormone increase before meals and decrease after meals. Ghrelin affects a receptor in the pituitary gland-the so-called master gland of the body located at the base of the brain near the hypothalamus-that indicates the secretion of growth hormone from the anterior lobe of the pituitary to stimulate growth.
Ghrelin thus stimulates the release of growth hormone by acting directly on the pituitary, but it also affects various parts of the nervous system within the hypothalamus that are involved in appetite control.
As such, it appears to be centrally involved in the regulation of energy in the body. Indeed, the higher our levels of ghrelin, the hungrier we feel. Ghrelin levels peak before meals and plummet afterwards.
Although scientists have been using growth hormone for 25 years now, ghrelin was only discovered in the late 1990s, and its physiological role is still not clearly understood. In one animal study, ghrelin injected into rats rapidly stimulated their feeding behaviour and increased weight gain (Nature, 2001; 409: 194-8).
Consequently, although we know that ghrelin plays a major part in growth regulation by stimulation of feeding and growth-hormone release, the precise nature of the role is still elusive.
In one small-scale clinical study, the researchers used a crossover design. In this case, they first gave intravenous infusions of ghrelin to nine healthy volunteers and asked them to select food from a buffet.
Then, the experiment was repeated but, this time, they administered an intravenous infusion of saline, or salt water. The results showed that the volunteers clearly consumed more food when given ghrelin than when given the salt water, and also scored higher on appetite tests (J Clin Endocrinol Metab, 2001; 86: 5992).
Scientists have also observed that chronically obese people have far lower levels of ghrelin than do those who are of normal weight. Further-more, levels of ghrelin appear to be linked to circadian rhythms-and these are faulty in obese individuals (Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A, 2004; 101: 10434-9). Indeed, chronic sleep depriva-tion increases the production of ghrelin and, thus, also stimu-lates the appetite (see box, page 13).
However, there appears to be a subtle and possibly even competitive interplay between ghrelin and leptin in the regulation of appetite that, as yet, we do not understand. For example, in the rat experiment mentioned above, the injected ghrelin also blocked the reduction of feeding behaviour induced by leptin (Nature, 2001; 409: 194-8).
Leptin resistance
Overweight people such as those in the Spanish study who'd regained their weight loss have a problem that's referred to as 'leptin resistance'. Similar to 'insulin resistance' in type 2 diabetics, where the pancreas produces large amounts of insulin that the body can no longer deal with properly, leptin resistance occurs when increased levels of circulating leptin are no longer recognized by the brain.
In this scenario, there are loads of leptin and stored fat, but the brain believes that leptin levels are low. This leads the brain to think that the body is starving and, so, it stimulates processes to create a feeling of hunger, regardless of how much stored fat there is. Moreover, food tastes even better than it ordinarily does, which means that even more of it is eaten.
In the Spanish study, the group that regained more than 10 per cent of their weight had circulating leptin levels that remained higher than those of the other participants. Interestingly, however, those who'd regained the weight did not have higher levels of insulin, suggesting that it's leptin resistance, rather than insulin resistance, that most con-tributes to weight gain.
Recently, scientists at Harvard Medical School have found that leptin resistance is caused by scrambling of the endoplasmic reticulum (ER)- the protein-making part of the brain cells that produces them, folds them and returns them to the cells.
According to Umut Ozcan, a researcher at Children's Hospital Boston, when this protein production becomes faulty-a condition known as 'ER stress'-the brain grows 'deaf' to leptin signalling, resulting in a slowing down of protein production.
In earlier researches, Ozcan found that ER stress was linked to type 2 diabetes and insulin resistance. In animal studies, mice fed a high-fat diet developed signs of ER stress in the hypothalamus, the primary region of the brain that receives signalling from leptin (Science, 2004; 306: 457-61).
In yet another study by Ozcan and his team, a protein was removed from the hypo-thalamus of normal mice. ER function then went awry and the mice began to suffer from ER stress, becoming severely leptin-resistant and obese when fed a high-fat diet (Cell Metab-olism, 2009; 9: 35-51) .
As Ozcan puts it, "Most humans who are obese have leptin resistance. Leptin goes to the brain and knocks on the door, but inside, the person is deaf."
According to Tamas Horvath, a neuroscientist at Yale University who is studying the role of leptin in the brain, as the ER is the primary site of construction in the cell, the increased leptin signalling is akin to having architectural instructions to 'overbuild' to the point that the ER is eventually overwhelmed by having too many jobs to do at once.
Leptin also has an important role in maintaining adequate levels of fat in the female body and, consequently, this may indicate that women are more prone to leptin resistance. In fact, in the Spanish study, more women than men who'd regained their weight had high levels of leptin. Medicine now believes that women need adequate levels of leptin to maintain fertility.
Leptin also plays a vital role in initiating puberty (Pediatrics, 2008; 121: S208-17), and having abnormal levels may be related to type 1 diabetes (J Clin Endo-crinol Metab, 2001; 86: 1188-93).
Faulty leptin signalling also causes chronic inflammation in the body, which can eventually lead to cardiovascular disease and a host of other problems. It may also play a role in the development of melanomas or skin cancer, and is also thought to be, together with obesity, the most predictive marker of insulin resistance in children (Int J Obes Relat Metab Disord, 2000; 24: 1265-71).
Low levels of ghrelin
As with leptin, levels of ghrelin are abnormal in the obese. One study found that circulating levels of ghrelin were lower in the chronically obese in two culturally different populations compared with normal-weight individuals, suggesting that ghrelin is down-regulated in obesity, possibly due to the accompanying higher-than-normal levels of insulin and leptin. For this reason, the researchers proposed that these lower levels might represent some sort of physiological 'adaptation' to the body's constant oversupply of energy through excess food consumption (Diabetes, 2001; 50: 707-9).
While dieting, the body often produces more ghrelin than normal, as if the body, sensing that it's starving, is attempting to gain back the weight lost. In this study, the dieters were also compared with individuals who had undergone gastric bypass (bariatric) surgery; the results showed that the latter patients had markedly suppressed ghre-lin levels, which most likely contributed to any subsequent weight loss in the recipients of such a procedure (N Engl J Med, 2002; 346: 1623-30).
Nevertheless, the chronically obese may have a chronic deficiency of ghrelin-resulting in a feeling of never being full. Again, in the Spanish study, although those who initially lost weight showed no evidence of any changes in ghrelin, the ones who regained their weight were found to have lower levels of ghrelin than the others.
Furthermore, men had the biggest changes in ghrelin levels, suggesting that this hormone plays a bigger role in appetite control in men than in women.
Although leptin supple-ments are sold on the Internet as miracle weight-loss pills, leptin itself cannot be taken by mouth as a supplement because it's a protein and, as such, it would simply be broken down by the body as if you were eating a piece of chicken. In fact, most 'leptin' supplements are composed of a grab-bag of other supplements known to boost thyroid or leptin pro-duction, or to generate a feeling of fullness, such as soluble fibre.
Recently, conventional medicine-with its 'pill for every ill' mentality-considered leptin regulation as just a matter of taking a new pill (see box, page 11). However, the latest evidence suggests that both leptin and leptin resistance are controlled by lifestyle-in other words, what you eat, how much you exercise, how well you sleep and whether you are able to keep everyday stress in check (see box above and box on page 13). Even more important is the fact that leptin resistance is triggered by inflammation of the immune system-which, again, may be caused by an unhealthy lifestyle and chronic deficiency of omega-3 fatty acids.
In the end, the interrelation-ship between leptin, ghrelin, insulin manufacture and other hormone regulation in the body is highly complex and inter-twined, suggesting that weight gain and loss are far more complicated than simply a matter of counting calories or energy ingested, or taking a 'fat pill' to lose weight. The best approach, as always, is the holistic one: to treat the body as a single interrelated whole, and to provide it with the best fuel, the best workout and the best rest (see box, page 13). Under these conditions, weight normalizes naturally.
Lynne McTaggart
Factfile: In search of the artificial fat regulator
After leptin was discovered in 1994, the medical industry and academic centres were convinced that they had found a solution to obesity: simply administer extra leptin to the obese. Nevertheless, these hopes were soon dashed after it was discovered that the overweight tend to suffer from leptin resistance. Those who took hormones lost weight only temporarily and soon yo-yoed back to their normal state of overweight, as the brain became accustomed to the extra levels of hormone and again ignored it.
Currently, researchers are working on a method of chemically overcoming leptin resistance. Scientists at Harvard Medical School have shown that two agents-buphenyl or 4-phenyl butyric acid (4-PBA) and taurousodeoxycholic acid (TUDCA)-can prevent the brain from ignoring leptin. Both are ordinarily given as treatments for cystic fibrosis and liver disease.
In the study, when Dr Umut Ozcan and his team gave mice 4-PBA or TUDCA, leptin sensitivity was boosted 10-fold, and the mice lost significant weight even when eating a high-fat diet (Cell Metabolism, 2009; 9: 35-51).
As Ozcan noted, this study was the first to show that leptin could be turned on in mice, despite being fed a high-fat diet.
The 4-PBA and TUDCA molecules are considered 'chemical chaperones', which help to increase the capacity of the cells' endoplasmic reticulum (ER) to fold proteins. However, in addition to the fact that this research is only in animals and, so, may not apply to humans, the real problem is that we don't yet understand the precise mechanism behind ER stress in overweight people who consume a high-fat diet.
At this time, Ozcan's team is still attempting to understand leptin sensitivity more precisely in order to develop drugs that can turn on brain signalling more efficiently than can these two drugs.
Meanwhile, research scientists at the Scripps Research Institute in La Jolla, CA, have developed an anti-obesity vaccine, which targets ghrelin by making use of immune-system antibodies to bind to selected targets, thus stimulating an immune response against them. In theory at least, this is supposed to prevent ghrelin from reaching the central nervous system, thereby tricking the brain (and so the body) into feeling 'full'. So far, the vaccine has been successfully tested in rats, but not in humans (Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A, 2006, 103: 13226-31).
Using another prong of attack, San Diego-based Amylin Pharmaceuticals is carrying out clinical trials of leptin supplementation with a drug to increase leptin sensitivity.
Nevertheless, Tamas Horvath, a neuroscientist at Yale University, believes this kind of artificial engineering could be a recipe for disaster, as it might simply encourage the cells to keep on growing. It's also not necessary, he says, considering that there are many other proven ways to restore leptin function (see box, page 14).
Factfile: Burn fat in your sleep
As a society, we're not only fatter than ever-the incidence of obesity has doubled in the US from 1960 to 2002, and increased fourfold in the UK from 1980 to 2002-but we're also getting a good deal less sleep. Indeed, the percentage of young adults who get 8-8.9 hours of sleep per night has
been cut nearly in half-from 40.9 per cent in 1960 to 23.5 per cent in 2002 in the US.
Furthermore, other evidence has shown that not getting enough sleep affects blood levels of both leptin and ghrelin, as well as hunger and appetite levels (Ann Intern Med, 2004; 141: 846-50).
These two pairs of factors are now thought to be related, according to recent Canadian research. A six-year study from Quebec of 323 men and 417 women, aged 21 to 64 years, showed that the less sleep obtained every night, the higher the fat indices and the lower the levels of leptin. Those who reported getting seven to eight hours of sleep had significantly higher levels of leptin and lower fat indices than those who'd only managed to get five to six hours of sleep every night.
The researchers concluded that short sleep durations result in an increased risk of an individual being overweight because of lower leptin levels than would be predicted by fat mass alone. Also, there may even be an optimal number of sleeping hours at which body weight is regulated and maintained (Obesity [Silver Spring], 2007; 15: 253-61). This suggests that getting an optimal amount of sleep (seven to eight hours-no more, no less) does more than keep you alert; it also helps you to regulate your weight.
Factfile: Powering up the Fat Burners
Although leptin supplements have been shown not to work, you can regulate your fat-burning hormones by following a number of important lifestyle choices.
u Eat a highly varied, fresh, organic diet, with the bulk composed of highly nutritious, colourful fruits and vegetables, and herbs
u Strive to eat nine or 10 fruits and vegetables every day, rather than just the recommended five, says Dr Leo Galland, author of The Fat Resistance Diet (Broadway Books, 2005)
u Vegetable choices that help fat regulators include cruciferous vegetables such as broccoli and cabbage, carrots, leeks, onions, spring onions, garlic, asparagus, bell peppers, arugula and romaine lettuce, spinach and tomatoes
u The best fruits for stoking fat-burning hormones include bananas, apples, blueberries, cherries, oranges, grapefruit
and pomegranates
u Some of the best herbs for fat-burning include ginger, ginseng, cinnamon, bilberry, chamomile, chasteberry,
green tea, peppermint oil, turmeric, dandelion, aloe vera
and Echinacea
u Use spices liberally in your food
u Pepper your diet with fresh, uncooked and unsalted nuts, such as walnuts, linseeds (flaxseeds), sesame seeds and almonds
u Ensure that you have an adequate intake of omega-3 essential fatty acids, the best animal sources of which include cold-water fatty fish such as salmon and tuna, but which are also found in plant sources such as walnuts, linseed and pulses (such as soy, kidney and navy beans)
u Take regular sweat-producing exercise, as regular aerobic exercise helps to increase leptin production, although following the right diet will cause leptin levels to regularize naturally
u Look to grains with a lower glycaemic index (GI), such as pasta, brown rice, quinoa, millet, oats and barley
u Cut out or cut down on refined sugar-in all its forms
u Watch your carbohydrate intake, and stay off the white
stuff by avoiding all processed foods, such as white bread, potatoes, white rice, pastries, cakes and the like, and
high GI foods such as beer
u Take high-quality supplements that are rich in B vitamins, particularly B12, plus omega-3 fatty acids, magnesium, zinc and coenzyme Q10, which counteracts inflammation
u Avoid fake low-calorie foods, especially artificial sweeteners and diet soft drinks, now found to slow weight loss (JAMA, 2009, 302: 2477-8)
u Eat three good meals a day and don't snack
u Don't eat late at night
u Include protein in your breakfast meal
u Get 7 to 8 hours of sleep a night-no more, no less
u Drink plenty of water, green and black teas, and blueberry, cherry, pomegranate and vegetable juices.


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Observing Orbis's new flying eye hospital
Prem Goyal, CEO of Global Markets Consultants (GMC), and Aaron D'Souza, Business Manager of GMC, were invited to observe the UK unveiling of Orbis's new flying eye hospital at Stansted Airport on 17 March.
Prem and Aaron were personally invited to the event by RAF Club Vice-Chairman Rick Peacock Edwards, following their attendance at a supporters events for Orbis UK at the RAF Club last year.
The event included a guided tour of the flying eye hospital, which contained the state of the art technology used to train and treat people.
The flying eye hospital is part of Operation Sight, a campaign by Orbis to train over 100,000 eye care professionals worldwide and improve eye-care practices at 30 hospitals in countries in Asia and Africa.
The end-goal for Operation sight is to provide treatment to 11 million people by 2018, including 4 million school children and 6 million people at risk of blindness in trachoma endemic areas.
Following the event, Prem Goyal said: "I was blown away by the state of the art technology in the flying eye hospital and the progress of Orbis in battling vision ailments worldwide in equal measure.
"I will continue to meet Orbis executives and provide my support to them."
Thank you to Allan Thompson, Director of External Relations at Orbis UK, for organising this event.


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In the spring of 1997, a young bulldog named Thor came to live with us. A few weeks later we heard about a dog training facility called Paws-Abilities, not too far from where we lived. At that point in our lives we still made the foolish assumption that the training actually was given to the dogs.
Then we came to the facility and met Larry and Dana Babb. First came Puppy Kindergarten with Dana. "What is the first thing your dog needs to learn?", she asked. Like most there, we thought a sit, or stay, or no bites, or something like that was the correct answer. "Their NAME!", she said. Thus began what has turned out to be a wonderfully loving 18 year relationship with an astonishingly talented group of people. And an amazing collection of dogs over the years.
Dana's Puppy Kindergarten gave us the first set of truths about dogs: They are already programmed to do whatever we want them to do. Simply because their number one priority is to please us. With that simple task of pleasing us comes their food, shelter, love, medical care, and all the benefits of being a member of the family.
Then came lesson after lesson and in a very short time we realized that the obedience being taught was not for the dogs, but for us humans. Be obedient to consistency. Be obedient to understanding that the dogs will learn much faster than the humans. Be obedient to the realization that everything you thought you knew about dogs…….was going to change. Continually.
By the time Thor finished Dana's Puppy Kindergarten, he was already a gentle and loving bulldog. With a lot of new friends from class, and an invigorated pair of handlers who were eager to continue training……..themselves.
Enter Larry Babb. The voice of leadership. The voice of authority. The voice of knowledge. The voice that every dog perked up to listen to, and most of all, the voice of true and unconditional love for all dogs.
When Thor was about a year old, a new member of the family came to live with us. Rudy, a Cavalier King Charles Spaniel puppy. Boom. Right into Dana's Puppy Kindergarten. Then into Basic Obedience with Larry. This has been our pattern over the years. When Thor passed away at age 11, a new bulldog named TeeJay came to us. He also went through the cycles of Puppy Kindergarten and Basic Obedience.
We now have a new Cavalier (Mick) who came to live with us after Rudy passed away at age 14. And now we have the newest member of the family, Russell. He is two, but has already become a superstar in his own right. After completing Puppy Kindergarten, Russell then completed the AKC Star Puppy program. That then led to Basic Obedience and Beyond Basic Obedience. And Mick has gone with him all the way. Most recently, both completed the AKC Canine Good Citizen certification. Thanks to the expertise of Trainer Sher Yeuroukis
However, Russell wasn't done with expanding his skills. After a friend suggested we audition him to play the part of Rufus in Legally Blonde the Musical, performed in August of 2015 by the Auburn Community Players, we found that Russell is a natural when it comes to performing. He was a hit with the cast and audiences and loved the experience.
A couple of months after the stage production, Russell auditioned for a commercial to be filmed by Lenz|Skerritt Media, for Amazon Prime Air. That video can be seen on YouTube at https://youtu.be/MXo_d6tNWuY and in the first week alone, it had more than 5 million views.
We don't know how far Russell's "acting career" will take him, but one thing is true for all of the dogs we've had in our home. They were all very loving and loved members of our family, because we learned from the best that all dogs have paws-abilities. And through the education they provide to the humans, the dogs receive the benefit of having better, more proficient handlers, who bring out the best in their pets by bringing out the best in themselves. All humans have paws-abilities, too. If they don't, they should think about taking lessons from the pros.
When we first walked into Paws-Abilities in Tukwila, back in 1997, we had no idea that we would have such a long and rewarding relationship with them. Larry and Dana have been incredible tutors and mentors. And although Larry's passing has left a huge hole in our hearts, his legacy has always been equally shared by Dana, and now that legacy continues to grow in their new facility in Fife. Although Jennifer Babb-Dotson was just a little kid during Thor's life, she has now grown up to be a terrific facility manager and helps Dana in carrying on the Babb family legacy of bringing love and compassion to all of their four-legged and two-legged friends.
When you come to Paws-Abilities, you aren't just a human and a dog, you are friends and family. Just ask Russell. Or Mick. Or any of the thousands upon thousands of happy and grateful customers.
Respectfully and lovingly,
Norm & Tia Bailey


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I recently had a really great exchange with a young individual who is striving to become a "thought leader" or "public intellectual" in the fitness community. They want to "break into" the industry, have their work recognized and begin making a difference. This is an admirable, but difficult goal.
Many individuals in their late teens or early twenties, at the beginning of a road that leads to a fitness career, feel time pressure and like they are trying to enter a crowded space where it's hard to stand out. On top of this sense of urgency and fear of obscurity, many up and comers also feel pressure from time and energy constraints, as they try to balance study, work, and the time and energy required to create an online presence.
Your Instagram feed moves fast. YouTube channels pump out videos daily. Facebook debates can reach epic levels of conflict and controversy and get resolved so fast they can be completely missed by taking a weekend off line. Hell, these days with journals publishing online, and research reviews and science communicators becoming more and more common, it even seems like science is moving faster! This all creates a sense of urgency. This makes you think you need to be known, and known yesterday. You need to learn how to market yourself, you need to learn exercise science, you need to learn nutrition, you need to get a great physique, you need to have successful clients, you need to have letters after your name, you need to be unique, you need to have a brand, and you need to have all of this yesterday.
I get it, I understand that pressure. I understand how that can lead to stealing content, to creating echo chambers of the same material, to manufacturing cringe worthy fake personas, to 1000's of eBooks with the same content, and to an army of guys "not flexing" with their shirt off and gals wearing yoga pants looking back over their shoulder who behind the scenes, are struggling with an eating disorder.
That last paragraph wasn't meant to shame anyone, although it could be seen that way. In reality, it truly is me saying I get it.
However, if you are an up and comer, the most important thing you need to understand is that the sense of urgency, and your actions that stem from it, are a self-fulfilling prophesy that can doom you to mediocrity. You don't actually know how to market yourself. You don't actually know nutrition or exercise science. You don't actually have successful clients or even know what is needed to reliably help people succeed. You haven't finished your degree. Hell, you are still figuring out who you are and how you are unique, so how could you stand out or have a "brand"?
You don't actually have value to add…yet.
Also, the "lucky" ones, who have the genetic gifts of a great physique and a low body fat, end up only having that, because they got a following too early. They got a following before they had anything deeper to provide than the cuts in their abs. You'll notice most of these folks fade into obscurity. To last as one of these one-trick ponies, you have to constantly pivot and hustle; creating new flash-in-the-pan mediocre programs, eBooks, or products, or rely on sponsorships from companies that are always looking for someone who looks better. Over time, these people get a less engaged audience as they continually go against their own image, making constant micro-betrayals to their brand by changing their beliefs, practices, or personas to fit the next sponsorship or gimmick. Imagine how exhausting that is! No wonder every 3-5 years it's a new set of faces doing the same thing, before they too burn out and a new generation of attractive but largely unhelpful "influencers" emerge.
Again, I don't say this to denigrate these people, hell…I'm glad I didn't have an incredible physique in 2005 a year into lifting and that Instagram didn't exist at that time. I didn't yet know at that point that I had a knack for learning, coaching, or communicating. I didn't really even have a strong sense of self, or an awareness of how I could contribute. I didn't have value to add. Maybe if I'd had that early false opportunity and mass social reward in 2005, today I'd be a washed up Insta-model selling Fit-tea to a surprisingly low percentage of my large number of followers. It's a scary thought, because I can easily see a young-me going down that path in my insecure early twenties in some dark alternate reality.
I've also seen another version of this happen in the "evidence-based community". I've watched smart, well-read individuals, who are way ahead of their peers intellectually, get a decent following, but never quite reach a larger audience. Again, their intellect is rewarded early, and then they lean too much on their intellect too early, without yet having the emotional intelligence or experience to make their content relevant to a broader audience. Then, they don't emphasize strengthening these weak points. They continue doing what was initially rewarded, still lacking the experience, still lacking the ability to communicate outside of their echo chamber of people who think like them, and still lacking the self-awareness to recognize the problem is with them, not the rest of the world.
In both cases, whether you have natural brains or brawn, a big part of the problem is the sense of urgency. Don't listen to that voice.
To give you some personal perspective, I'll reflect on my career. Before I do so, I have a disclaimer. Let me be clear, I know I'm not a huge influencer making a massive difference. I'm not delusional. But I'm aware that I've had a largely linear career. Meaning, I've maintained the same personal mission statement for a decade. I've reached or surpassed every goal I've set for myself for a decade. Most importantly, I've tangibly seen our positive influence on our tiny little corner of the fitness community. Finally, my career gets more enjoyable, more rewarding, and I make a larger positive impact with time. So, no, I'm not a shining example of mainstream fitness success. Yet by my own standards, the standards of my loved ones, my partners, and the standard of making the positives changes I set out to make, (which are the only standards that matter), I've succeeded.
So, with that disclaimer stated, I hope it and what follows doesn't come off as self-serving. I understand how it might, but I write this article to use my experiences to help others who want to do something similar. I want to pay it forward, not stroke my ego. Ok, disclaimer over.
Now let me share a bit of my own story that may be relevant if you are operating out of a sense of urgency.
I started working for minimum wage as a member of the gym staff and then as a personal trainer at the local YMCA after I got out of the Air Force in 2005. Like many new trainers, I had a high school diploma, a certification, a year of lifting under my belt, and a moderate amount of the Dunning-Kruger effect going for me. I worked as a part- or full-time trainer as I could, while building my knowledge base and CV. I knew it would be a while before I got my degree, so I focused on certifications. I counted once; I got nine certifications while I was still doing in person training.
I started studying in 2007, and I finished my BS in early 2011. In this time, I competed in 7 shows, did slightly more than that many powerlifting meets, maintained 20-30 personal training sessions a week, and started 3DMJ with my colleagues in 2009. We started doing online coaching, blog posts, YouTube videos, articles and from 2009-2012 I went with the 3DMJ team to every "local" (relative term, as sometimes we travelled to neighbouring states) powerlifting meet and natural bodybuilding show, coaching at every single one. We handed out business cards (back when that still made sense), interviewed athletes, covered shows in our blog, and helped out backstage or refereed at meets. We hosted meets at Brad's old gym that I MC'ed and put on local seminars where we struggled to get double-digit attendees (and yes, my mom came to some of them to get the number to double digits).
The end of this time period was a busy one. At the end of 2010 I left the local training studio and going into 2011 I only maintained a few in-home personal training clients. I started doing a lot more online coaching and I also got the opportunity to teach at a local private college that had a degree program for personal trainers. I finished my BS in early 2011, started my Masters, and started a prep that included two more shows, another powerlifting meet, and culminated in my first overall win and pro qualification in the INBA. By mid 2012, I had a master's degree, a pro qualification, I'd coached close to 100 physique and strength athletes, twice that many non-competitors, I'd written 1-2 articles a month for three years either for our blog or any and every site who'd take me, answered thousands of emails, DMs, and public questions on fitness forums, designed and taught courses, and figured out how to teach exercise science, training, and coaching to a mixed group of students consisting of: 1) teenagers just out of high school, and 2) middle aged, blue collar fitness-hobbyists trying to make their passion their work, after losing their jobs during the recession (by the way, what an awesome group of students they both were and I was privileged to teach them).
I didn't truly become the "public fitness intellectual" you are more familiar with until 2012 (and this was just the start). After 8 years of immersion in my craft as a lifter, athlete, student, teacher, and trainer, I actually had a few things worth saying. I finally had value to add. I'd learned to do public speaking and how to turn complex topics into digestible content from teaching. I'd learned through trial and error and repetition how to coach people. Lastly, through my education and self-study, I learned the theory of nutrition and training. Also, I finally got the opportunity to provide that value to a reasonably large audience (via Matt Ogus on his YouTube channel).
Honestly, I'm so glad I didn't get the opportunity to be put in front of a large audience as "an expert" even just a few years earlier. Trust me, while I might not have realized it at the time, and I might have wanted an earlier "break", that would have been the worst thing in the world for me. Why? Because I would have blown it. Before this point I didn't have the same value to add. Getting to that point took time. More importantly, it took commitment to a goal, and constant immersion in my craft. It also took a village, and the support, love and collaboration from a lot of amazing people who encouraged me and built with me.
The moral of the story if you haven't yet guessed it, is you shouldn't want to be hugely successful early in your career. To contribute something of true value that can make lasting changes to any community you care about, you have to take the time to develop it. Don't get me wrong, you have something to contribute now! But at the same time, you must respect the point of your career that you are at. A fast track is not a fast track, it's a distraction. It's not an opportunity if it doesn't align with your values and your goals. Any "opportunity" that fast tracks you to having a platform you aren't ready for, or that doesn't align with your mission, will only take you a different direction that you may very well wish you hadn't gone. So, contribute the value you have, to the people who can benefit from it now. But don't buy into the sense of urgency, don't act out of fear, don't try to be something you aren't yet. Take the time to become someone worth listening to.


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WASHINGTON TWP. — The sound of baseball was in the air, but football was on the minds of about 100 autograph seekers Saturday at the Washington Township Sports Complex in Sewell.
While Eagles quarterback Michael Vick signed helmets, photos and jerseys for an hour upstairs, in an appearance arranged by Sports Integrity, kids were hitting baseballs downstairs inside the half-dozen batting cages.
And why did Luca Ensman, who will be 8 Monday, wait in line for Vick's signature? "Because I like the Eagles," he said, "and he always gets some points."
Tom Ensman, 31, Luca's stepfather, wore a red Phillies cap to the signing, which cost $80 per ticket.
"It is his birthday — that is all he wanted for his birthday present," Ensman said in explaining why he drove Luca from Mantua for the autograph session.
Jerome Cohen and his 15-year-old son, Dimitri, drove from Lakewood to get Vick's signature.
"I like how talented he is and how cool he is and how he bounced back," Dimitri said. "He showed he could change."
Vick, who chose not to talk to the media, served almost two years in jail for his involvement in a dog-fighting ring.
"He was at the top of his game, and he was knocked down, and he has a second opportunity that he is making the most of," said Jerome Cohen, 47, a police officer in Lakewood who serves as a school resource officer.
"I thank God I live in a society where second chances are still given."
Outside the complex, which is off Delsea Drive, there were about two dozen protestors, many holding anti-Vick signs.
"I'm here to raise awareness of Michael Vick," said Maureen Koplow, 68, of Deptford. "This is where Michael Vick is, and he is signing autographs for $80 — that is a shame."
Karen Quigley held her white pit-bull, Mack, on a leash. Mack is a rescue dog from Camden.
"What is most upsetting is he is charging $80 and he is making millions," said Quigley, who lives in Washington Township. "People say he is a changed man, but it is business as usual."
Sabrina Hay, 35, didn't have to ride far to see Vick because she lives in Washington Township. She was inside getting an autograph.
"I would still go to see him, even if he wasn't in town," said Hay, a season-ticket holder. "I just love him. When he gets that football and when he leans back to throw it ... I freak out."
HI Mr. Davis,
I read your recent article in the Gloucester County Times today regarding the protest held in Sewell, NJ at the Vick autograph event. I was unable to attend due to my work schedule but many of my friends did attend. I read your article and thought it was good until I read near the end..."Vick has stepped up his efforts as an animal rights activist". At that point I wanted to scream. Now please before you roll your eyes and mutter the words "Oh great another animal nut", I want you to hear me out first. I believe in peaceful protests against Vick, not to yell at his fans but to let him know that we are still out there and will be to remind him of what he did to the dogs. The general public have forgiven him but true animal rights activist such as myself have not. Vick has done nothing to redeem himself in our eyes because his so called lectures are PR stunts and totally scripted. His handful of lectures are to young children who only care that he is a "football star". He has never reached out to the animal groups to talk with them and apologize. He doesn't care to do that and never will. He doesn't allow questions and answers at his lectures and his audience is too young to truly ask him any important questions such as "what have you done to care for your surviving dogs?" Vick has never donated a dime to any rescue organization. Twenty two of his surviving dogs went to Best Friends Animal Sanctuary in Kanab, Utah. They were labeled the Vicktory Dogs and have made great progress, many of them now adopted and loving life. Vick has never made an effort to help with their care. Why not Mr. Davis? Why do my donations pay for his dogs? If he was a true animal activist and is so sorry for what he did, shouldn't he step up to help pay for their day to day expenses? I could go on and on about what he should do but the reality is, he won't. It comes down to the fact he is only sorry he was caught and now that he is making his giant salary, he does not care.
I am a true animal activist along with many others. I run a rescue for special needs animals, I help people spay/neuter their pets, I go to classrooms and speak to children about kindness to animals, I peacefully protest against puppy mills, I help other rescues and shelters raise money, I am the voice of animals that need help. I have traveled to Best Friends in Utah for the past 13 years along with friends to volunteer to work for 12 days as my vacation. I am insulted that you put him in the same category as myself and other true animal activists. I do all this for no pay, no praise, no glory, no pat on the back, I strictly do it for the animals. Now do you really think he is my equal in the eyes of the animals? I don't think so.
Joyce Moyer (of Joa's Arc)
Maureen wrote: "Vick, who has a $100 million contract with the Eagles ($40 million guaranteed) charged children $80 for his autograph. Not one dime of his money has gone to help animals. The Eagles team has donated a small pittance, but nothing came out of Vick's pockets. The short time he spent in jail was not for animals abuse, but for racketeering and gambling. He has never apologized for what he did to the dogs at his Bad Newz Kennel. He has never provided information about other dog fighters, people involved in a "sport" that involves illegal gambling, drugs, and racketeering in addition to the attrocities perpetrated on the dogs. In spite of his "second chance" to be a multi-millionaire, neither he nor the Eagles have worked to provide second chances to other ex convicts. He blamed his behavior on his upbringing, as though being a black child in the South made criminal activity inevitable. What an incredible insult to all the children from similar backgrounds who grew up to be compassionate and caring adults. Vick admitted taking pleasure in slamming his losing dogs to the ground, hanging them by the neck, drowning them and electrocuting them. He participated in these activities until he was caught, and has not received psychological counseling or treatment to address these barbaric acts. Yes, we were out there protesting while he sat inside raking in money for his signature. Yes, we hold a grudge. How sad that this man whose only redeeming trait is his ability to throw a ball is placed on a pedestal and given adulation. Shame on Vick and shame on the media who refuse to tell the truth about Vick."


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What to Expect From a Session
Sessions typically last around 50 minutes. They include:
Tea Talk
This allows the practitioner to check-in with the client and to assess their needs and goals. The client will normally vocalize their intentions for the session as they enjoy a warm cup of tea! Tea Talk lasts approximately 10-15 minutes.
Laying of Hands
During this part of the session, the practitioner will utilize chakra balancing techniques to help cleanse the client as they work towards their goals for the session. This may include the practitioner applying their hands to different parts of the client's body. This part of the session lasts approximately 30-35 minutes.
*Consent is very important and is established at the beginning of each session. The client can decide at any point whether they want hands on adjustments*
During this part of the session, the client shares their thoughts and feedback on their session. The practitioner also provides follow-up info and supplemental materials for the client to incorporate into their everyday life. This ending session lasts 5 to 10 minutes.


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Yes, there are wedding vendors that appear to be a good deal, just like $6 haircuts. Many wedding vendors claim to do the exact same thing as the more expensive service, just like the $6 haircut chain. With a haircut, when you realize it's bad, you can spend a little more money and go across the street and get it fixed. In the case of a wedding reception there are no do-overs. By the time you realize the DJ isn't very good, it's too late. By the time you get your pictures back the event is over. The same can be said for your video. When selecting vendors for your wedding just realize if the price is too good to be true it probably is.
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The Knot Best Of Weddings 2011
I'm very excited to share with you that we (Hey! Mr. DJ , Entertainment LLC) recently received word that we are the proud recipients of The Knot Best of Weddings 2011 Award! We are honored. We're so thankful for our clients who loved our work so much that they took the time to vote and leave feedback. So THANK YOU to everyone that inspired The Knot to bestow this award upon us. The announcements AND the magazine listing all the winners will be out in January so be sure to pick up your copy.
Oops I Did It Again
No, I'm not talking about that Brittney Spears song.
Last month I completed the Professional Process Disc Jockey and Master of Ceremonies training for the second time. The first time I took the course was two years ago and I had to fly out to LA for a few days to do so. This time I was able to attend in Louisville.
I'm committed to being the best I can be and seeking out real training for the benefit of my clients. So many DJs just go buy equipment and copy what they saw at a wedding. Most DJs are hobbiest. This is my full time profession.
Would you want an attorney who watched a few episodes of 'Law and Order' or one who actually went to Law school?
How about an ER doctor who had just been to the ER a whole lot and thought "that looks easy enough give me a stethascope?" It's not life or death but it is the biggest day of your life. So why leave it in the hands of a computer programmer or salesman who DJs on the weekends? I'm here and I'm a great investment in your day.
Cincinnati Wedding DJ: Places We've Played: Royal Oak Country Club
If you are looking for a Country Club wedding on the east side of town, check out Royal Oak. You can get married outside beside a lake, have beautiful golf course photos, have a classy dinner in a room with a view and dance the night away with Hey! Mr. DJ Entertainment.
Roayl Oak is just a few minutes off of 275 on Route 125 near between Anderson and Amelia. My experiances there have been fantastic. Just recently I was there for Crista and Eric's reception. An alcohol free wedding with a packed dance floor and tons of fun. I was also there for Tara and Brian's wedding. A tropical themed wedding featuring Leilani A luau dancer who also sings, who perofrmed for part of dinner. The place looked AMAZING!
Here are some photos from those events.
Photo's by Mike Bressnan http://www.mikebresnenphotography.com/
Photo by Mark Garber Photography
So check out Royal Oak and tell them Hey! Mr. DJ sent ya!
High School Sweethearts Matt & Jenn
Last night Matt & Jenn got married. They first met in Jr. High Band. They Began dating as juniors in high school and even dated long distance for 5 years. We were thrilled to provide the entertainment. From a customized entrance to a great centerpiece giveaway to a packed dance floor to a surprise emotional last dance it was one amazing night. The Heritage Club staff was on top of everything. Brian from Images by Daniel Michael is always great to work with. It all came together last night. Here are some of my iPhone pictures.
Rob and Laura's Wedding Wonderland
There are not too many places in Cincinnati for a wedding reception with the character of 20th Century Theatre. It made the perfect setting for Rob and Laura's reception which took place December 20th 2008. A big thanks to Brian at 20th Century. Also a big thanks to the ladies at Your Dream Day for helping makes things run so smoothly.
Laura wanted a princess theme and we made sure she was treated like a princess as well. Rob a former college DJ wanted the dance floor packed and for Laura to have the day she had always dreamed of. You see Rob had started the princess theme many months before when he asked Laura to Marry him. They had taken a trip to Disney World for her birthday. Rob set dinner reservations for Cinderella's Castle that evening. As dinner wound down the fireworks over the castle began lighting up the sky. Just then the waiter delivered a glass slipper to their table, inside was the engagement ring. Rob was so nervous he forgot to get on one knee. Laura didn't even notice. She was shaking as he explained he wanted to spend the rest of his life with her. She of course said yes and the plans for this big day began to unfold.
Here are the results!
Reception Tip #3 – Prioritize
Chances are your wedding reception is the biggest most expensive party you will ever throw. By definition you will be entertaining all of the most important people in your life. Decide what is most important to you about this party. Is it the decorations? Is it the food? Is it the fun? Once you have decided what your priorities are, focus your attention and money on that one thing first. Then if you have to cut your budget in other areas at least you are not cutting what is most important to you.
Our services at Hey! Mr. DJ Entertainment are not cheap but we are a great value. If your priority is food and you want your reception to revolve around your guests enjoying different foods and flavors then maybe we are not in your budget. If you need a 40 foot stretch hummer to ride from the church to the reception and would prefer to spend more on that and save on your entertainment then maybe we are not right for you.
However, If you want your guests to say things like "Best reception ever", "Other receptions have paled in comparison", "We had so much fun" then maybe we are for you. It's important to understand that like all limos are not the same and all chef's are not the same all DJs and MCs are not the same either. Choose wisely if entertainment is a priority for you.
Here is the prefect example.
The above video was shot in September of 2007 at one of the nicer venues in Cincinnati. Both parties started at 8:00. I remember being a little jealous of the DJ who was hired for the other party because the room was decorated so wonderfully. It was just gorgeous. At 11:30 I went to take a look at how their party was going. Sadly it was not going. What if they had spent less on centerpieces and a little more on entertainment? There are no second chances in this business.


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(1) In the Russian Army of the 18th and first half of the 19th century, a noncommissioned officer and member of the nobility who had the right to a reduced (two years or less) term of service before being promoted to the lowest officer's rank in cavalry, chasseur, and carabineer regiments (in infantry and grenadier regiments they served as subensigns). The iunkera received their training in special schools.
(2) After 1864, the term iunker was applied to cadets in military and special iunker schools in Russia.


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It only took about a month after Fox ordered a Sleepy Hollow pilot from Star Trek producers Alex Kurtzman and Roberto Orci for the show to start casting.
The Hollywood Reporter has learned that Orlando Jones and Katia Winter have taken parts in the modern-day take on "The Legend of Sleepy Hollow." Jones will reportedly play Lieutenant Frank Williams, a present-day detective sent to Sleepy Hollow to investigate a double homicide. Winter, a Dexter alum, will portray Ichabod Crane's wife in the 18th century. Crane has not been cast yet.
In addition to the casting news, it's been revealed that Sleepy Hollow will feature time travel. THR writes, "In the script, Ichabod is described as a captain in the Revolutionary War who has been to hell and back. The former history professor finds himself catapulted to present day Sleepy Hollow, where he's indicted for the murder of a police officer and forced to prove not only his innocence but make a wary detective believe he's a traveler from the 18th century."
Washington Irving's 1820 short story "The Legend of Sleepy Hollow" has had many incarnations, but it most memorably was adapted by Disney in 1949 as an animated feature (part of The Adventures of Ichabod and Mr. Toad), and then by Tim Burton in 1999 as a live-action film. Len Wiseman will direct and executive produce the pilot.


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HBO Nordic has greenlit its first Norwegian original, Beforeigners, a satirical near-future sci-fi series from Lilyhammer creators Anne Bjørnstad and Eilif Skodvin.
Nicolai Cleve Broch (Acquitted) and Krista Kosonen (Blade Runner 2049) will star in the series, which chronicles a phenomenon that begins happening all over the world - powerful flashes of light occur in the ocean and people from three eras of the past begin to appear: the Stone Age, the Viking era, and the late 19th century.
Broch will play Lars Haaland, a burned -out police officer who is teamed up with Kosonen's Alfhildr Enginnsdottir, a man from the Viking age. While investigating a murder, they begin to unravel a larger conspiracy behind the origin of the mysterious mass arrivals.
The project is the second original production from HBO Nordic, a division of HBO Europe, following Lukas Moodysson's comedy series Gösta, which recently finished filming in Sweden.
Jens Lien is directing the series. His feature debut Jonny Vang premiered at the Berlin International Film Festival in 2003 and his feature The Bothersome Man played at Cannes in 2006. Executive producers for HBO are Hanne Palmquist, Steve Matthews and Antony Root.
"Beforeigners represents exactly the kind of series we want to commission: bold, smart, author-driven, and with a distinctiveness that makes it a perfect fit for HBO," said Antony Root, EVP original programming and production, HBO Europe.
Norwegian outfit Rubicon TV is producing the 6x45 minutes series. The company previously produced Lilyhammer which was a Norway-US co-production and was cancelled after its third sesaon on Netflix.
Beforeigners will premiere exclusively on HBO Nordic and across HBO Europe territories, and on HBO GO and Now in the US.


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The State of Delaware has posted information on Senate Bill 75 signed June 24 by the governor and effective August 1 to amend the General Corporation Law (GCL) . The bill allows forum selection provisions in charter documents or bylaws as to internal corporate claims including derivative actions and prohibits stock corporations from including in charter documents or bylaws fee-shifting provisions that would require a stockholder to pay attorneys' fees or costs in connection with an internal corporate claim.
Delaware – Changes to General Corporation Law Enacted


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UN Aid Chief: Millions More Syrian Need Assistance
TEHRAN (Tasnim) - UN humanitarian chief Valerie Amos said about 40% of Syria's population now needs outside assistance due to the country's ongoing civil conflict and as diplomatic push for peace talks continues.
Valerie Amos, the UN humanitarian chief, told the 15-member Security Council on Monday that 9.3 million people now need outside help to survive, up from 6.8 million in September, and 6.5 million are now homeless inside the country, up from 4.25 million.
The population of Syria is about 23 million.
"The humanitarian situation inside Syria continues to deteriorate rapidly and inexorably," she said during a closed-doors meeting, according to her spokeswoman Amanda Pitt.
She said: "Amos continues to press the council for their help and influence over those parties who can ensure the protection of civilians and civilian facilities; the safe passage of medical personnel and supplies; the safe and unhindered delivery of humanitarian assistance; and can facilitate progress in expanding critical, life-saving relief operations."
Amos' plea to the Security Council follows the Syrian government's promise on Monday to ensure delivery of vaccinations and humanitarian aid across the country, after an outbreak of polio in the northeast and warnings of malnutrition in areas under military siege, Al Jazeera reported.
Twenty-two children in Deir Ez-zor province bordering Iraq were left paralysed last month.
The polio virus has been confirmed so far in 10 of them, and experts say it could spread quickly across the region.
Last month Amos demanded stronger action by the Security Council to get desperately needed aid into Syria, where millions of people in need have not received any help for almost a year.
In a separate development, Damascus announced a nationwide vaccination campaign to immunise every Syrian child against polio, measles, mumps and rubella, even in rebel-held territories.
This comes weeks after cases of polio were confirmed in the country for the first time in 14 years.
Against this backdrop of a worsening humanitarian crisis, the UN-Arab League envoy to Syria will meet senior diplomats in Geneva on Tuesday in a new bid to prepare a long-delayed peace conference.
Lakhdar Brahimi will first hold talks with Gennady Gatilov and Mikhail Bogdanov, Russian deputy foreign ministers, and Wendy Sherman, US under secretary of state for political affairs, early on Tuesday.
Later in the day, the meeting will be broadened to include representatives of the three other permanent members of the Security Council - China, France and Britain.
The talks in the Swiss city aim to pave the way for a new international conference focused on ending the 31-month conflict in Syria, which has killed more than 120,000 people and forced millions more to flee their homes.
The UN estimates that more than 2m people have fled Syria since the unrest began in March 2011 resulting in a humanitarian crisis.
Most have sought refuge in Lebanon, Jordan, Turkey, Iraq and Egypt.


text: The purpose of this work was to prepare, polylactic acid (PLA) based nanocomposites with cellulose nanocrystals (CNCs) as reinforcement and triethyl citrate (TEC) as an additive using compounding extrusion. The final nanocomposites thermal- and mechanical properties, as well as the crystallinity, the transparency and the morphology were characterized. Prior the extrusion process, CNC suspensions were prepared by dispersing the CNCs in TEC and water:ethanol or TEC:ethanol mixtures to facilitate their dispersion and distribution in the final composite. The prepared suspensions were then liquid fed into the extruder. After the compounding process, the obtained nanocomposites were compression molded to sheets, from which test samples were cut. The feeding of the liquid suspensions resulted in nanocomposites with CNCs content 1 and 5 wt% and the TEC content varied between 4 and 17 wt%. The study showed that is possible to prepare nanocomposites using liquid feeding of CNCs, although it was found that the high liquid phase content in the suspensions together with a high feeding rate affected the final composition of the materials. It was also demonstrated that the presence of water in the feeding suspensions improves the CNCs dispersion in the nanocomposite matrix. OM and SEM microscopy showed the presence of CNCs agglomerations in the obtained nanocomposites although the materials produced with low content of CNCs resulted in better CNC dispersion and higher transparency. The nanocomposite containing 5 wt% CNCs and prepared by CNCs aqueous suspension presented increased tensile strength and E-modulus values respect to the reference material. The elongation was completely affected by the amount of plasticizer since values up to 295% for 17 wt% TEC content were detected. Finally, X-ray diffraction study revealed low crystallinity in almost all the obtained nanocomposites; only one material exhibited a crystalline structure since, in this case, CNCs were expected to act as nucleating agents, facilitating the crystallization of the PLA matrix.


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14 Best Education Podcasts for KidsSeptember 6, 2018 in Uncategorized
Best Podcasts for Kids in Elementary School
Subject: science; Length: 15 minutes
Hosted by a journalist and a teacher, Tumble explores stories of scientific discovery with the help of actual scientists. Investigating topics ranging from invisibility cloaks to black holes, it's a podcast created to be enjoyed by the entire family.
The Show About Science
Subject: science; Length: 15 minutes
The Show About Science is a delve into the awesome world of science for curious kids. Second grader Nate Butkus interviews scientists and educators from around the world about all sorts of topics; from genetics, to food, to "gross" science. Did we mention it's painfully adorable?
Wow in the World
Subject: science; Length: 25 minutes
NPR's first podcast for kids, Wow in the World takes us on an imaginative trip to examine the coolest new stories in science and technology. Hosts Mindy Thomas and Guy Raz offer kids and grown-ups alike a fun and cheerful way to explore the amazing kid-friendly science headlines of the week.
Short & Curly
Subject: ethics; Length: about 25 minutes
Hailing all the way from Australia, Short & Curly is a fun-filled ethics podcast investigating dilemmas relevant to kids, such as "Is it ever OK to lie?", or "Who should decide when you can get your ears pierced?" Breezy and entertaining, the podcast treats serious issues lightly enough for kids to not be turned off, suggesting questions to think about and a family discussion time.
But Why
Subject: general; Length: 20-30 minutes
Kids ask the questions and But Why finds the answers, tackling topics large and small about nature, words, even the end of the world. Listeners are invited to send in their own questions and experts are invited to share their knowledge on the topic in simple language kids can understand.
The Radio Adventures of Dr. Floyd
Subject: history; Length: 5-10 minutes
It probably comes as no surprise that battling an evil mastermind might involve a little time travel. Fortunately for us, that gives Dr. Floyd ample opportunity to meet with famous historical figures as he chases his nemesis Dr. Steve throughout history. If the short run-time makes you worry about quickly blowing through all of this podcast's episodes, don't fret: they made over 400 of them!
Best Podcasts for Tweens in Middle School
Freakonomics Radio
Subject: socioeconomics; Length: 45 minutes
Do you want to discover the hidden side of everything? Each week, hear surprising conversations that explore the riddles of everyday life and the weird wrinkles of human nature. Freakonomics Radio tells you things you always thought you knew (but didn't) and things you never thought you wanted to know (but do) — from the economics of sleep to how to become an expert at just about anything.
StarTalk Radio
Subject: space & science; Length: 45-60 min
Celebrity astrophysicist Neil deGrasse Tyson and various comic and celebrity co-hosts talk about all things space: astronomy, physics, and everything else about life in the universe. They also interview a lot of amazing people, from Buzz Aldrin to George Takei, and answer listeners' "Cosmic Queries."
The Allusionist
Subject: language; Length: 15-20 minutes
Explore the English language, with all its oddities! Filled with good humor and levity, this podcast will help you explore the roots of words and phrases that we use every day. Parents might want to screen some episodes for younger listeners, as its wordy topics range from etymology to profanity.
Stuff You Missed in History Class
Subject: history; Length: 30 minutes
There's a lot of history to teach, so it's no great surprise that some of it falls through the cracks. Stuff You Missed in History Class shines a light on the people and events that are often overlooked in a typical history class, from the Zoot Suit Riots to how Hedy Lamarr invented wi-fi.
Best Podcasts for Teens in High School
Subject: science; Length: 30-minutes to an hour
Radiolab is a show about curiosity. Here, sound illuminates ideas and the boundaries blur between science, philosophy, and human experience. Treating big topics in an accessible and light-hearted manner and with a distinctive audio production style, these music-enriched documentaries are sure capture the attention of even the most jaded teen listener.
Subject: science; Length: 30 minutes
If you think science podcast needs to be boring, you need to check out ShaBAM! With sound effects, music, and a zombie apocalypse, listeners discover the awesomeness of the science in the world all around them. Interviews with cool scientists and a sense of humor make this a podcast that entertains the whole family.
Revisionist History
Subject: history; Length: 30-45 minutes
Revisionist History looks back through the overlooked and misunderstood in history, re-examining the past and asking whether we got it right the first time. With intriguing topics, superior production values and host Malcolm Gladwell's natural charisma, it draws in the listener while it draws its unexpected conclusions.
Math Mutation
Subject: math; Length: 5 minutes
Fun, easy to listen to, and short – Math Mutation is all these things (not to mention a tongue twister!) This podcast explores the weird corners of the math world that aren't taught in school. If you find David Bowie and M.C. Escher more interesting than long division, this might just be the show for you.
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