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---- — GLOUCESTER — A new after-school program run by the Cape Ann YMCA is set to be launched at West Parish school this Thursday, according to Superintendent of Schools Richard Safier — nearly two weeks after a program that had served 82 students and 60 families was abruptly shut down over a still-undefined scenario that sparked an investigation by city police, the Essex County District Attorney's Office and the state's Department of Children and Families.
YMCA officials have confirmed that they would be staffing the new program with four supervisors, and West Parish Principal Telena Imel is notifying parents that those looking to have their children participate in the new program are invited to complete applications and meet and speak with the YMCA's new program staffers Tuesday at 5:30 at the school.
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One doesn't associate Samuel Johnson, whose death 228 years ago today ended his lengthy domination of the literary world, with the history of aviation. But ballooning was a national obsession in Johnson's last year, and he was caught up in the craze despite himself. Several early experiments ended badly (one prototype was pitchforked to shreds as it landed by terrified peasants), but the first manned flights took place successfully in Paris in autumn 1783. Soon the London Chronicle was reporting that "Montgolfier mania" was "endemial both in France and England," and plans were under way to repeat the exercise in Britain. Johnson researched the enabling technology as reports flowed in from Paris, and a year later he was in Oxford when James Sadler—the doughty Richard Branson of his day—made his celebrated ascent from the University Botanical Garden on 17 November 1784, flying 20 gut-wrenching miles to Aylesbury. Johnson was now severely ill, and the best he could do was witness the event by proxy: "I sent Francis [his beloved Jamaican manservant and heir] to see the Ballon fly, but could not go myself."
The likelihood is that by this stage he didn't much mind. Initially, Johnson saw huge potential in balloons for advancing human knowledge, and subscribed to a scientifically motivated scheme for high-altitude flight, which, he wrote, would "bring down the state of regions yet unexplored." He was fascinated by thoughts of the view from above, though he couldn't imagine seeing "the earth a mile below me, without a stronger impression on my brain than I should like to feel." But in time Johnson grew more sceptical about the value of balloons—fragile, combustible, impossible to direct—for either transportation or science, and disease preoccupied him instead: "I had rather now find a medicine that can ease an asthma." He never makes the analogy explicit, but it's clear from his last letters that, consciously or otherwise, he came to associate his bloated, dropsical body with a sinking balloon, and his difficulty in breathing with an aeronaut's struggle to stay inflated. In a gloomy, earthbound message just weeks before death, he seems to glimpse the void in Montgolfier shape. "You see some ballons succeed and some miscarry, and a thousand strange and a thousand foolish things," he tells the enviably youthful, mobile Francesco Sastres: "But I see nothing; I must make my letter from what I feel, and what I feel with so little delight, that I cannot love to talk of it."
Yet there's also a sense in which Johnson had been talking of balloons for decades. It's with a fantasy of aerial spectatorship—"Let observation with extensive view / Survey mankind, from China to Peru"—that his poem The Vanity of Human Wishes (1749) begins, as though generalizing about the human condition meant taking, almost literally, a bird's eye view. His philosophical tale Rasselas (1759) uses human flight to address large questions about ambition and power. The hapless inventor of a flying mechanism enthuses to Rasselas about the philosophical pleasure with which he now, "furnished with wings, and hovering in the sky, would see the earth, and all its inhabitants, rolling beneath him." Inevitably, the wings then fail to keep him aloft, though when he plunges into a lake—with neat Johnsonian irony—they keep him afloat. This is not only a warning about individual overreach, however. It also lets Johnson consider the implications of flight for global power. Before his embarrassing swim, the inventor assures Rasselas that he will never explain aviation to others, "for what would be the security of the good, if the bad could at pleasure invade them from the sky? … A flight of northern savages [the phrase implies not only ancient Goths but also the powers of modern Europe, then waging war for empire] might hover in the wind, and light at once with irresistible violence upon the capital of a fruitful region that was rolling under them."
When editing Rasselas a few years ago, I was fascinated to see how often Johnson's signature effect of timeless truth seemed to spring from odd contingencies. Scholars often situate Johnson's failed aeronaut in mythical and literary traditions, and in this context it was refreshing to find Pat Rogers's reading of the episode with reference to a historical stuntman and self-styled "flyer" named Robert Cadman. Cadman was a minor celebrity in the midlands of Johnson's youth, a tightrope-walker whose trick was to slide down cords from steeple-tops, which he did to acclamation until dying from a fall in 1739. There was also a delightful related source for Johnson's hovering armies. This was a satirical elegy on Cadman in a magazine for which Johnson was working at the time, which imagines airborne invasion of a rival power by squadrons of flying Cadmans: "An army of such wights to cross the main, / Sooner than Haddock's fleet, shou'd humble Spain." (Yes, there really was an Admiral Haddock.)
James Boswell tells a story from 1781 in which, claiming never to have re-read Rasselas since publication, Johnson snatches a copy he sees and turns avidly to a related passage that was now more telling than ever. Again it concerns war and empire, specifically the geopolitical consequences of technological advance in "the northern and western nations of Europe; the nations which are now in possession of all power and all knowledge; whose armies are irresistible, and whose fleets command the remotest parts of the globe." That technology brings power is not, in itself, an unfamiliar insight. Theoreticians of war from Clausewitz to Virilio have explored its implications, and the basic point would not have been news to the tribesmen crushed by Hittite chariots four millennia ago. Yet Johnson gives it an eloquence all his own, and perhaps he still had Rasselas in mind when he saw—or almost saw—Sadler's balloon in Oxford three years later, harbinger of airborne blitzkrieg and surgical strikes.
Thomas Keymer is Chancellor Jackman Professor of English at the University of Toronto, where he is also affiliated with University College and with the Collaborative Program in Book History and Print Culture at Massey College. He is the editor of the Oxford World's Classics edition of The History of Rasselas, Prince of Abissinia by Samuel Johnson. Rasselas is an established classic, often compared to Voltaire's Candide, Rasselas is perhaps its author's most creative work.
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This is great. It makes me think that Johnson might also have Paradise Regained in mind, where Satan gives Jesus the more-than-bird's-eye-view of the four corners of the Earth that Johnson also would be wanting in order to see China and Peru simultaneously. And it brings the wonderful balloons in Philip Pullman's His Dark Materials trilogy to mind as well. (And of course there's Jules Verne and Mark Twain.)
This is a fascinating article, Tom. Johnson died just ten years before the prophecy in Rasselas came true: 'the pendent spectator' surveying 'the fields of battle'. In France a company of Revolutionary Aeronauts (Compagnie des Aerostiers) was formed in Year 2 of the Revolutionary Calendar (1794) and saw service at the Battle of Fleurus, where a balloon kept overhead observation for nine hours. The Compagnie were also deployed for reconnaissance and defence at Maubeuge and before Charleroi. The exercise was so successful after Fleurus that balloons were used for a short while on a regular military basis. The service was continued for several years (until Year 7). Eventually there were two Compagnies des Aerostiers (attached to the Armee de Sambre-et-Meuse and the Armee du Rhin). (A reference for this snippet of information is John Paxton, Companion to the French Revolution, 1988).


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HANOVER, VA – Today, Congressman Eric Cantor (VA-07) participated in the Hanover Memorial Day Program honoring those who sacrificed their lives defending our country and those who are currently serving to ensure our freedom. The following remarks are as prepared for delivery:
Thank you to the County of Hanover Parks and Recreation for putting this event together. It is a real privilege to be able to speak on this important occasion.
Today, our nation honors the more than 1 million Americans who gave their lives to the cause of freedom. It is a day to look back with pride, but also a day to look forward. We recognize and pay respect to the enormous human sacrifice that has sustained our nation. And we commit ourselves to doing everything in our power to live a life worthy of that sacrifice.
Throughout our history, the men and women of our armed forces have known long deployments, personal hardship, and separation from friends and family. Many have experienced life-threatening conditions and endured horrible wounds. Some have paid the ultimate price. We honor them today.
We take tremendous pride in the unbroken chain of Americans who have answered their nation's call. It is a rich legacy that began at Bunker Hill in 1775 and continues to this day in the deserts of Iraq and the rugged terrain of Afghanistan.
This noble tradition is what inspired our courageous Navy SEALs in a perilous mission to destroy Osama Bin Laden. And we can take particular pride that it was a unit from Virginia that reinvigorated our allies and demoralized our enemies.
Memorial Day unofficially traces its roots back to Columbus, Mississippi in 1863. Out of the unspeakable misery of a terrible civil war, emerged a day of compassion.
Anguished mothers, daughters, wives and sisters were placing flowers on the graves of their loved ones. Suddenly, they noticed that nearby union graves had grown untidy and overrun with weeds.
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Navy Petty Officer 3rd Class Kenneth Clodfelter was a Boy Scout, a member of the Order of the Arrow, and played on his high school football team. He was a volunteer firefighter and he enlisted in the Navy after graduating from Lee-Davis High School. He was among 17 sailors killed when the USS Cole was bombed by terrorists at a port in Yemen on October 12, 2000 in the opening salvo in the war on terror. He was 21 years old.
Army Capt. John Robert Teal, of Mechanicsville, always had a strong passion for our country. In high school, it bothered him how the school would just "throw the flag" up the pole in the morning and pull it right back down at night. So Teal, a national honors society student, he convinced the school to institute a military flag ceremony.
Teal went on to graduate from VMI. In October 2003, Teal was traveling in a convoy about 30 miles northeast of Baghdad when a homemade bomb exploded. Teal was 31 years old.
Army Capt. Shane Timothy Adcock, also of Mechanicsville, was a 1997 graduate of Atlee High and a 2003 graduate of Longwood University. At Atlee, he wrestled and received the Atlee Ruritan Social Development Committee Scholarship.
Capt. Adcock loved the outdoors and had a passion for surfing and rock-climbing. He was very well-liked and was devoted to his wife Jennifer, a Duke University student he married a month before deploying.
On October 11, 2006, he died from injuries suffered from enemy grenade fire in Hawijah, Iraq. He was 27 years old.
Marine Lance Cpl. Jeremy Lee Tinnel, of Mechanicsville, was described by his peers as a deep thinker who was also very active at his church, New Bridge Baptist in eastern Henrico, where he also volunteered for several summers.
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On July 1, 2007, Tinnel was killed while conducting combat operations in the Euphrates River off the shore of Anbar province. He was 20 years old.
Today, we honor these American heroes and all those who have given their lives in the service of our nation. They answered the call to duty and joined the ranks of Virginians who have made the ultimate sacrifice fighting for the freedom we enjoy today. They represent the very best of America and may God bless them and their families. They will never be forgotten.
The very existence of these heroes inspires all of us to make more courageous decisions in our lives. It teaches us about love of country. And it motivates us to do everything in our power to continue to build an America worthy of their sacrifice.


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Since this is probably the first time many of us are meeting, please allow me to introduce myself. I'm Jon Shumake, and I will be covering sports for The Baker County Press beginning in July.
I was born and raised on Jacksonville's Westside and I have called Whitehouse my home for my entire life. I attended Baldwin Middle-Senior High School for most my middle and high school career, and graduated in 2008.
Hanks is T-U Player of Year
Hunter Hanks proved to be one of the most versatile players in Coach Fred Matricardi's arsenal this season. The pitcher and infielder was one of the team leaders and helped lead the Cat baseball team to a 21-6 record.
Wildcat baseball fans aren't the only ones who appreciated what Hanks did on the mound, on the field and with a bat in his hands. He was named the Florida Times-Union's Player of the Year.
Catcher Holton named All State
Baker County Wildcat softball standout Kylie Holton won double awards this week.
The senior catcher was named All State by the Florida Athletic Coaches Association (FACA) and was also the first team Florida Times-Union's All Area catcher.
Holton has tremendous potential and was a force to be reckoned with both on offense and defense.


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Kiplinger included USAO in its top 100 "Best Values in Public Colleges" in America list. The accolade is granted using a formula that stresses academic quality and level of cost.
"Our mission reflects the wisdom of the people of Oklahoma who understand the social and economic value that this kind of personal empowerment brings," Feaver said.
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Dex Marble, vice president for academic affairs said he was not surprised to see the university's academic reputation continue an upward trend.
"Our mission, set out by the State Regents, mandates that we provide the public with a distinctive and accessible liberal arts and sciences education," said Marble. "We, along with our sister schools in COPLAC (Council of Public Liberal Arts Colleges), confront a special set of challenges in being excellent stewards of the people's money while maintaining the rigor of our curriculum."
In late August, Washington Monthly gave high marks to the university for its economic accessibility, and for fostering upward social mobility among its graduates.
USAO was ranked fourth among 255 liberal arts institutions nationally – a rank based on comparing a school's graduation rates of lower income federal PELL grant recipients to net price.
USAO's net price was the second lowest on the list, behind Berea College, Ky.
"In 2012, 87 percent of our student body received some kind of financial aid," Nancy Moats, director of financial aid said. "This number, which has risen consistently over the past five years, is a reflection of the kind of student who excels at USAO – often first generation college attendees with modest family means but who are high academic achievers."
A study done at Georgetown University shows as few as 14 percent of lower income students attend the nation's top universities, which leaves USAO in a place to benefit those in financial need.


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Banks has been chief investigator for Parker County since January 2011, according to the Tarrant County Medical Examiner's 2011 Annual Report. Prior to that time, she served as an investigator for the Denton County Medical Examiner's Office. Banks has also worked as an investigator for the State of Texas Department of Family and Protective Services.
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It's an exciting time for D&D Insider. Last month, Bill revealed that we were releasing the revenant -- a new PC race -- in June's issue of Dragon. This was our first, true D&D Insider exclusive. The thing is, we didn't really explain what "exclusive" means. In terms of our content release plan, "exclusive" means it won't be appearing anywhere else.
But what does "anywhere else" mean exactly? Sometimes, we get so excited about an announcement that we just make the assumption you're right there with us. Allow me to clear up any confusion.
Question #1: Does "exclusive" mean the revenant will not appear in a future print product?
Answer: Yes, that's correct. The revenant will only appear as part of D&D Insider. We're not planning to pick up the mechanical elements of the race for any print product. The revenant article (and the compiled issue containing that article) will be the only places you'll find this content. However, that does not mean a print adventure might not feature a revenant villain or that a novel won't feature a revenant character down the line, hypothetically speaking.
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Answer: Yes, and support articles will likewise be exclusive to D&D Insider. You won't see revenant feats or paragon paths, for example, appear down the road in a print product. We already have plans in the works for an article this fall that features new revenant racial feats, and we'll treat the revenant like any other race in the game. As an article warrants, we'll provide revenants with new character options.
So we've covered our approach for support for the revenant and, I hope, allayed fears about the plans for exclusive content as a whole. But what about the assassin? For starters, everything I said about the revenant above is also true of new classes exclusive to D&D Insider. Plus, we have an ambitious support plan for the assassin. Since we know there won't be new assassin powers appearing in a power source supplement or Player's Handbook, we're already planning to support September's two complete builds with more support just a few months after. Plus, early next year, we plan to introduce a third assassin build. Once the assassin is out and about, we'll also be accepting new submissions for the class -- new class-focused articles, new Class Acts, and so on.
Finally, we've noticed a number of conversations about the necessity or value of the assassin class to a game that already features a strong rogue option. I've now seen the assassin first hand, and let me tell you: this is no rogue. The assassin plays, looks, and just fundamentally feels different from any other class in the game. We try to avoid introducing a class that steps on the toes of another or, worse, makes a party experience untenable (assassins don't need to be evil). The shadow power source opens up new play options for future design, and you'll soon see for yourself how the assassin taps into these concepts. The class is inextricably linked to shadow magic. I'm so stoked about the new class that I actually started plotting my character's demise, just so I could roll up my next character: a revenant assassin.
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According to the following tweets made by Glee cast members this week, they are in the process of filming their second prom episode:
I just have two questions for you guys:
- Are you excited to see what's happening in the above mentioned scenes?
- Where the heck is Quinn Fabray??
Sorry, Mr. T. You can stop grooming your mohawk now, because the role of Puck's father on Glee has finally been cast, and you didn't get it. Who did?
TVLine is happy to exclusively report that Melrose Place vet Thomas Calabro will play the estranged father of Mark Salling's underachiever in this season's 18th episode, which is slated to air in April.
Puck's mom, as played by Gina Hecht, was introduced in the Season 1 episode "Mash-Up."
Source: TVLine
I don't usually put these on the main page, but new (and awesome) Puck and Quinn spoilers have been given to us by the lovely @KristenDSantos from E!Online. I figured that we all needed a good pick-me-up after last season, so here they are!
xSalgronQuick: Will Glee be revisiting the Puck/Quinn storyline as Shelby is returning?
Based on this bit of casting info, I'd say definitely! Glee is looking for twin blonde baby girls to be "very, very featured extras." Who thinks baby Beth will finally be seen again? Um, we do! And if the love child of Puck (Mark Salling) and Quinn (Dianna Agron) is coming around, it's pretty safe to say that that the couple formerly known as Quick might be having a "remember when we had a kid?" conversation.
She's going to be at a panel for Glee tonight, so hopefully we'll get some more Puck/Quinn spoilers! If we do, you know where to find them! Tweet
Though it's Wednesday today, how about a little news on "Friday"? The hot rumor of the hour is that Glee's prom episode will include a cover of Rebecca Black's infamous YouTube hit "Friday," and Vulture can confirm that andreveal an opposite-sex twist: The ode to fun, sitting in the backseat, fun, and fun will be sung by Kevin McHale, Chord Overstreet, and Mark Salling. (Though another rumor had returning guest star Jonathan Groff taking part, we hear he isn't involved.) Who knows: Maybe if this attempt in covering viral-video ditties turns out well, Ryan Murphy could talk Gwyneth Paltrow into a rendition of "I'm Zack"?
Source: NYMag
I don't normally post spoilers on the front page of the site, but I figured that after almost a year of Puck and Quinn not being mentioned really at all, you'd all want to see the below information! I want to thank all of our site's Tumblr friends for getting us these twitter screen captures!
The following is a tweet from @karawarner, a reporter for MTV News who was sitting in the audience at Paley Festival tonight (March 16, 2011). She said that the following was spoken of Puck and Quinn when the producers were asked what would be done with them this season.
After that, I tweeted her from my Glee podcast site asking her if that was just for this season or for good, just to be sure, and she answered with the following:
Later, another question was asked in reference to what was going to be happening with Puck and Quinn, and she said that the following was said in regards to that:
I'm going to assume that the above answer means that Puck and Quinn will happen again at some point, so keep that faith Quick fans!
Also, the below was said by Mark about all of Puck's relationships on the show.
And when asked about Beth, Glee producer Brad Falchuk said that Beth is happy in "NYC" with Shelby. You can find the link to the person who was there and posted that HERE on Tumblr. This individual has given out many completely accurate spoilers for the show multiple times, so she is a good source.
My theory? Since it has been said multiple times that the finale of season 2 is going to be filmed in New York City, I assume that they will run into Shelby there at Nationals, who will obviously have Beth. This may start a build-up situation towards Puck and Quinn for the next season, making the "not a reunion" this season statement very accurate as well as the "we'll be getting to that" statement.
What are your theories on it?Tweet
Dianna Agron interview about 'I Am Number Four.' Beware that it is spoilery! Enjoy if you don't mind being spoiled, though!
I don't usually post spoilers on the main page, but I do feel like you guys will want to read this! Enjoy!
Glee star Dianna Agron has hinted that Quinn and Sam will face obstacles in their relationship.
Speaking to TV Line, Agron confirmed reports that Sam (Chord Overstreet) will sing Quinn a Justin Bieber track to impress her.
She teased: "But does it? That's the question… The episode stirs up some problems with them."
Agron also joked that she likes Sam's attempts to win Quinn over, saying: "I liken him to a golden retriever puppy. He is sweet, he can be a little dopey – in a lovable way – and sometimes his thoughts aren't fully cooked."Source
Her description of Sam is kind of exactly how you can describe Finn…………. and we all know that they didn't last. Hopefully we'll see some Puck & Quinn in the not-so-distant future!Tweet
I don't normally like to post spoilers on the main page, but people were literally freaking out over the Bieber tribute news yesterday.
Contrary to false reports that have been floating online, our beloved Glee is not doing a Justin Bieber- themed episode.
The show's creator and executive producer, Ryan Murphy, exclusively tells PerezHilton.com, "Glee is NOT doing a Justin Bieber tribute episode. We are not doing any more of those this season. Those are reserved for artists with a big catalogue, ala Madonna and Britney, etc."
Sorry to be the bearer of bad news, Beliebers!
BUT, there is some good news!
Justin's music WILL be featured in an upcoming episode!
Explains Murphy, "We are doing an episode where Sam sings a JB song to win Quinn back…and copies his hairstyle, etc. But it's a small part of a big episode that has a LOT of other things going on."
And there you have it, folks!Source: Perez Hilton
There is still speculation that the Glee writers changed their minds after seeing how upset the fans were about it yesterday. What do you guys think?


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Question by Shari Bambino 22848 · Jul 04, 2011 at 09:30 PM · stephan-guyenetfood-rewardinsanity
I've decided to try this for 30 days and see what happens. My proposed foods are:
I'm not planning to include the starch he proposes. No seasonings or added flavors. I plan to continue to drink coffee although only black (kill me now please.)
My questions are first do these food choices look to be in line with his proposal? Second, is my lack of carb intake going to nullify or skew any findings? Would this be more valid if I added a sweet potato? I hope to continue with daily water kefir to drink. Do you think that's too flavorful? It's mostly tangy with a tiny hint of sweet. I hardly feel rewarded by it but who knows? I calculate about 5g carbs in what I ingest daily. I can give it up but would prefer not to.
My other uncertainly is what things I should take note of each day. Obviously weight but I was thinking I would keep a journal regarding hunger and cravings as well as general mood each day. I'll record food volume and corresponding macros as well as times eaten. Anything else I should take note of?
I'm open to any and all suggestions on how best to do this. I hope to NEVER repeat this little experiment as I'm already feeling supremely bitchy just thinking about it. I need to get it as right as possible for this one shot deal.
Edit: I just emailed Stephan to see if he had any input. Not sure if he'll respond but I'd love to hear any thoughts he may have.)
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Answer by Eric S 5662 · Jul 04, 2011 at 10:26 PM
This is interesting. One bit of advice: instead of just recording how you feel each day, report it on a quantitative scale, e.g., a 7-point scale ranging from extremely lethargic to extremely energetic, and so on. You could report on a dozen scales like this in about a minute. Doing it this way will make it easier to distinguish one day from the next, and, more importantly, it will make it possible to graph your data, which will allow you to see possible trends. Good luck!
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Answer by Atkins-witha-loincloth 5815 · Jul 04, 2011 at 10:36 PM
OK. Here are the pertinent instructions from section for doing the Stage 5 reducing reward experiement.
This level reduces variety, which is another reward factor (4). This is something that you attempt at your own risk, as there may be downsides to eating the same foods every day. I think the risk is small if you choose your three foods carefully. I wouldn't recommend doing this indefinitely, but rather as a short-term strategy to lose fat, followed by a more relaxed maintenance phase.
Pick three foods, and eat nothing else. Try to pick foods that will provide a relatively balanced diet. A starch, a meat and a green vegetable is one possibility. For example: potatoes, broccoli and beef. Again, cook everything gently and add no seasonings to your food whatsoever, including salt. Macronutrients
Some people have lost fat simply by avoiding carbohydrate or fat. I've heard people say that a low-carbohydrate diet in particular curbs their cravings and allow them to have a healthy relationship with food again (although others have developed strong cravings on low-carbohydrate diets). I believe this is mostly, if not exclusively, driven by the fact that carbohydrate and fat are major reward factors.
I believe that all things being equal, it's best not to restrict any macronutrient to an extreme degree (there may be some exceptions, such as diabetes). That being said, as carbohydrate and fat are major reward factors, they are additional tools in the toolbox that you can use to further reduce reward if you choose.
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Ultimately, for any diet to work, it needs to be sustainable. It's probably a good idea to allow yourself a meal or two a week that you really enjoy. Just don't indulge in the worst offenders-- foods that will stay on your mind, and reinforce your cravings for days or weeks. You know what your own trigger foods are. Don't even put yourself in the vicinity of those foods if you can avoid it. If your diet is balanced and nutritious, your cravings should subside over time, and you will become more satisfied by simple food.>
Now, he says he believes it is best not to restrict macronutrient groups, but from my reading of it, this is not an absolute.
"That being said, as carbohydrate and fat are major reward factors, they are additional tools in the toolbox that you can use to further reduce reward if you choose."
I think each individual with be obviously a bit different. In your case, you have written about the need to greatly restrict calories and to not be able to eat to satiety - to have to endure hunger to some degree on an ongoing basis.
I believe that you could specifically target these two issues with this experiment.
The other thing is, he writes re: avoiding trigger foods. Much like you, for me to do a potato of any kind is a major treat event and occurs, maybe twice to three times in a typical year. A potato, as I want to eat potatoes is a major trigger food and if I were counting calories, a caloric nightmare.And of course, it is a starchy carb and I don't do them with any regularity. However, a potato with NO salt, NO butter, NO sour-cream, NO bacon bits...NO NOTHING...I can say without skpping a beat that that naked potato would in reality, most likely, be hard for me to even finish. (Trigger GONE - detriggered potato!) If I did the experiment, I'd go with the white potato as it has rock bottom palatability for me.
I think I would do better with a sweet potato, (as in gagging it down!) but it would still really have negligible reward value for me.
I also want to suggest that you consider doing it for maybe multiple, but shorter periods of time. I think 2 weeks, for instance, solid, could get you alot of noticeable bang. I am actually betting that a solid seven days could yield real results.
I have been considering doing it for 5 days to a week at a time as one of my change-it-up rotations...ongoing...
Given your response to black coffee, I think there is no reward value, there, lol! So, I think it fits fine. If you began to want to throw down an escalating number of cups for a caffeine blast...you'd experience and know this.
Lastly, Stephan is really very accessible via his blog. He responds to comments and questions regularly.
I really admire you. ALOT. No, not for contemplating just this specific experiment, but for the amazing journey you've taken and are on and the degree to which you share your experience, and not in a "yes - woman" way. You put your truth out there. You smack people in the face with the reality of your experiece, but in the most articulate, graceful and often compassionate way. And I believe that is worth far more than you will ever know to so many, especially women, who read your posts.
Thank you. (Write your blog!)
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Answer by Katie 2283 · Jul 05, 2011 at 01:51 AM
If I were to do this, I would definitely go for a better o3/6 ratio meat like lamb or beef. Living only on chicken and eggs... Even if they're pastured, seems like a bit too much o6 - too little o3, imo. Actually, it seems like it would be more productive overall to do a lean protein, like lean ground beef, a veg/starch, and a pure fat, either butter or coconut oil. That way you're getting plenty of good fats in.
As far as the starch goes, I would think adding potato would be more in line with his theory. Plain potatoes are about as bland as you can get. I personally love plain broccoli, and I've gone through over a pound of it on its own without feeling sated, but you might feel differently about it :P
So... Since the object is for bland food that would provide adequate nutrition and support weight loss, I would personally go for a fat, a lean meat/fish, and a starch. But then again, I think even if this method provides some miraculous appetite suppressant quality I wouldn't follow it quite so strictly, if only for the lack of nutrient variety. Perhaps you could try experimenting with single ingredient meals but a including wider variety of nutrient dense foods? It might be just as effective and slightly less torturous, which might make it a bit more sustainable.
(Side note: I got to that series of posts this weekend, after just having bought a weeks worth of delicious lamb sausages, herbed butters, berries, and full fat yogurts. I just had to sigh and say, "control week I guess..." Because I've been interested in trying this theory out to help out with my neo-binge-prone-edness.)
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Answer by luckybastard 12633 · Jul 04, 2011 at 09:48 PM
i think doing it low-carb is kind of doing a basic protein sparing modified fast- which definitely works for almost anyone for weight loss. i believe the core of what stephan was getting at was that the food reward- the food being bland and not sweetened, salted or seasoned to make more palatable- by itself, regardless of macronutrient ratios, is a powerful tool for weight loss. it sounds about right but from my experiences, you don't have to go as far as some of his suggestions recommend(i'm talking about the 4th and 5th level of recommendations) when eating a generic paleo diet in and of itself reduces food reward, reverses inflammation of the hypothalamus and clears up problems with leptin signalling for all but the most hormonally damaged. the way he has his recommendations set up, maybe that i what he's saying also...
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Answer by Simibee 6448 · Jul 04, 2011 at 09:50 PM
First of all, I just wanted to tell you that I've been following your story via the comments, and really admire your courage in facing up to things (this challenge included!). So good on you for taking the plunge!
I hate to say it, but I wonder if drinking black coffee might hinder you. As well as a strong/exciting flavour (with a strong aromatic component), it's sort of the opposite of what Seth Roberts advocates to decrease the set point e.g. flavourful and calorie free, as opposed to flavourless and calorie dense. I wonder if timing is important here. Maybe someone more into Roberts' ideas could tell you if drinking coffee away/with from mealtimes might be better. Perhaps if you really can't do without it, a caffeine pill might be a safer temporary replacement.
Have you run your planned foods through nutrition analysis software? This could highlight any potential deficiencies, although I would advise that you take a good quality multi-vitamin anyway. At the same time I wonder of starting a new supplement might compromise the experiment if you want to be really strict. Are you taking any other supplements?
Finally, the one thing that occurred to me was that if poultry (albeit skinless I presume) and eggs are your main calorie sources, it might be pretty easy to rack up an undesirable level of O6s.
Good luck, and please keep us all posted.
PS If you stop posting updates after the first week, we'll assume that you're AWOL/up a clock tower somewhere. ;)
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Answer by sherpamelissa 18912 · Jul 05, 2011 at 01:59 PM
I've basically been doing this as a PSMF with a couple extra foods, but not much. I've been eating boneless skinless chicken breasts, green beans, hard boiled egg whites and black coffee. I managed two weeks and lost 5lbs. I did have tilapia one night with my husband and ground turkey another. I was doing it for fat loss, not to reset anything with food and/or cravings so choosing the really lean meats was important. Chicken is just easiest.
I actually found it makes me think about food way too much. I managed, because I have done low calorie, bland food diets before and I can handle it. It's not super easy though.
I took a break for the holiday because we had a party. I'm fasting today, then back on the protocol tomorrow for another two weeks.
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Answer by sarah-ann 4965 · Jul 04, 2011 at 11:04 PM
I think to make this a truly n=1 experiment you need to eliminate as many other confounders as possible.
With that in mind you should do two things:
Do not restrict macronutrients - if you do it low carb then how do you know that wasn't the determining factor?
Try your best to eat maintenance calories. If the theory is true you will be unable to do this. Otherwise you might just not make yourself enough food.
Definitely keep a record of everything and best of luck, if I'm honest it sounds brutal!
I thank my lucky stars I can lose weight eating food I enjoy eating. That's one of the main reasons I came to Paleo.
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Answer by mari 7555 · Jul 04, 2011 at 10:48 PM
I might try sweet potato for one of the 3. You'd save yourself some of the stress of gluconeogenesis and gain a good source of potassium. Besides that, it looks fine for what it is. Not pleasant, but I think it'll be very effective for weight loss.
You might try doing it for a week and going from there. But if you think you can make a month, go for it. Good luck and make sure to update!
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Answer by mallory 2403 · Jul 04, 2011 at 11:51 PM
self control and determination come from the brain and dopamine signaling. that is his essential argument.
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Answer by John Naruwan 815 · Jul 05, 2011 at 01:09 AM
So what is Guyenet's thesis? From the comments and questions I gather it has something to do with the food reward system. Does it dull the appetite on a bland diet or something? How about some background for the paleo-noobs like me? Thanks!
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From a local perspective, there's no better drama than Sharon versus Farrell with the prestigious Steel Bowl trophy on the line.
So, short of a season-ending showdown in a snow-covered setting — as was the case back in the day — there's no better kickoff to the start of a new scholastic football season than the Tigers tusseling with the Steelers on Labor Day weekend.
A year ago in Jarrett Samuels' return to the sideline, the Steelers staggered to a second straight 6-win season that culminated in a District 10 Class A semifinals shutout.
Similarly, Sharon has struggled since securing the 2010 D-10 AA championship, suffering through consecutive 2-8 and 1-9 seasons.
Tonight's 7 p.m. tilt at Tiger Stadium also will serve as the return of Mercer County Hall-of-Famer Jim Wildman as Tigers' taskmaster following his 11-year hiatus. During his previous Sharon stint Wildman was the architect of 208 triumphs in a quarter-century, including 103 wins and a pair of PIAA title-tilt appearances during the 1990's.
Tonight's game also will serve as head-coaching debuts for newcomers in Reynolds' Josh Mull and West Middlesex's Ed Roberson, while former West Middlesex mentor Jason McElhaney begins new duties as Hickory's offensive coordinator.
Hickory and Sharpsville are the reigning AA and A District 10 champions.
The Steel Bowl will be broadcast on NewsTalk 790 (WPIC AM), with Mark Slezak and Bob Greenburg calling the action, beginning with a 6:30 p.m. pre-game show.
Tonight's Games
(All games begin 7 p.m.)
North East at Greenville
This has become one of opening night's best long-distance rivalries.
With 4 consecutive wins from 2006-09 (27-24, OT; 22-18; 12-10, 14-7) Greenville gained a 4-3 purchase on the series. But the 'Pickers have posted 17-7 (2010), 48-21 (2011) and 33-14 (2012) victories the last 3 years.
Last season North East notched a 7-4 slate, but bowed to Grove City (56-14) in the D-10 Class AA opening round.
Twenty-year head coach Matt Shesman (105-90-1) will have to rebuild his backfield, having lost a pair of 1,000-yard rushers to graduation. Jordan Bryan, who saw limited duty last year, looks to fill a void, while QB Mike Macaulay (319 yards passing, 2 TDs) will look to make his mark.
The game will be broadcast on WGRP (940 AM), with Stever Folmer and Karl Rupert calling the action.
Hickory vs. Strong Vincent
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A trio of 2012 season-opening setbacks cost the Colonels, who, despite a 3-game mid-season win streak, ended 3-7 under Scott White (15-16, 3 seasons).
But Vincent could vault back into playoff contention this season, led by quarterback Chris Starocci (905 yards passing, 7 TDs) and running back Jared Carlson (78 carries, 443 yards, 4 TDs). Carlson (9 for 197, 1 TD) also could be utilized as a pass-catching threat. But defensively, Vincent was victimized last year, surrendering 72 combined points in losses to region rivals Cathedral Prep and Gen. McLane. And this year's Colonels return only Mark Akerly among their top 9 on the 2012 tackle chart.
The Hornets humbled Vincent, 44-22, a year ago in Hermitage.
Wilmington at West Middlesex
These were two of Mercer County's crown jewels in 2012, but both suffered the same fate: Falling to county counterparts in D-10 championship games. For Middlesex, it was a 2nd straight setback to Sharpsville in the Class A title tilt, while Wilmington was hammered by Hickory in AA.
Wilmington won last year's lidlifter, 13-10, in New Wilmington.
Terry Verrelli (271-113-3), entering his 35th season at the Greyhounds' helm, continues to pad his area career coaching wins record.
The game will be broadcast on SportsRadio 96.7 (WLLF FM), with Ryan Briggs and Chris Burtch calling the action.
Eisenhower at Mercer
Eisenhower erupted from contender to region titlist last year, before losing to Lakeview (36-6) in the D-10 AA quarterfinals. The Knights notched an 8-3 mark under Jim Penley (42-50, 10th season at the helm).
Having lost some record-setting skill-position performers to graduation, Ike may have to rely on its defense early in the season, led by 1st-Team All-Region linebacker Alex Johnson, defensive back Rob Wilston, and lineman Jake Spetz.
Wilston will be Eisenhower's answer on offense, too, whether at quarterback, carrying (641 yards rushing, 6 TDs) or catching (13 for 145 yards, 3 TDs) the ball as he did last year. Also, Carter Farrell finished with 250 yards rushing and a score in limited action.
Maplewood at Reynolds
A year ago Maplewood was manhandled by the Raiders, 44-0, in the lidlifter, and the Tigers tumbled to a 2-8 record.
The Tigers' tale this season could be based on its line play, as no less than a half-dozen regulars return on both sides of the ball. Austin Binkert, Ron Baldwin and Marcus Hays are expected to be two-way starters for 2nd-year Maplewood mentor Bryan Borkovich.
However graduation losses claimed a 1,000-yard running back, an 800-yard passer, and Maplewood may have no more experienced returning receiver than 5 catches and no running back with more than 25 yards rushing a year ago.
Sharpsville at Moniteau
A year ago Moniteau mustered only 1 win, losing 9, but returns several skill-position players, including versatile Dustin Geagan (973 yards rushing, 11 TDs; 144 yards passing, 1 TD) and Taylor Shaffer (335 yards rushing, 1 TD).
Coming off an 11-2 ledger and another District 10 Class A title, Sharpsville skipper Paul Piccirilli reportedly had to suspend 4 regulars for this game.
In last year's opener, the Blue Devils drilled Moniteau, 35-0.
Carrick at Grove City
Carrick has collected only 3 wins in the last 3 seasons (none a year ago), but 1st-year head coach Craig Aguglia (a 10-year assistant at Brashear) has returning Pittsburgh All-City League defensive tackle Jessie Reed, 2-time leading rusher Joe Kalsek, and 6-foot, 200-pound running back/linebacker Hakeim McKenzie III, a transfer from Pasadena, Calif., according to The (Pittsburgh) Post-Gazette.
Quarterback Davon Cruse, academically ineligible a year ago according to The (Pittsburgh) Tribune-Review, will return under center, protected by Reid and another 4-year starter, tackle Keith Davis.
Springfield Local at Brookfield
Coach Randy Clark's Warriors are coming off the program's best season in a generation — 12-1 and a berth in the OHSAA Division IV regional finals. The 2013 Warriors will compete in Division VI as part of the Buckeye State's realignment.
Sophomore signal-caller Augustus Necastro will orchestrate the spread offense, that will include "pistol" principles. Joey Clark (60 carries, 351 yards, 5.8 yards/carry, 9 TDs) is the leading returning rusher.
Springfield was sporadic in 2012, essentially trading wins and ending 4-6 overall, 3-4 in the Tri-County League Tier I. However Tigers' taskmaster Sean Guerriero gets back 17 lettermen, including quarterback Hunter Snyder and running back Ryan Kohler. Gabe Crowe, a 6-foot-1, 315-pound left tackle, will afford Snyder passing protection while providing paths for Kohler and Chris Wells in Springfield's spread offense. Defensively, 7 Springfield starters return.
Lakeview at Union City
According to The (Erie) Times-News, Union City actually had to forfeit a 2012 tilt owing to sparse numbers and injuries. However, 15th-year head coach Randy Gunther guided Union City to a 3-7 ledger.
The Bears boast a backfield that includes quarterback Brody Mangel (538 yards, 8 TDs passing; 479 rushing yards, 5 TDs), fullback Shane Russell (345 yards rushing), and running back Brett Reynolds.
Ultimately, however, who from the Bears can begin to bring down a bigger Blake Reddick of Lakeview?
Saturday's Game
Bradford at Kennedy Catholic, 1 p.m.
Bradford's Owls only ended 4-6 a year ago, but advanced to the D-9 title tilt before being clocked by Clearfield (49-0).
As preseason camp commenced, 5th-year head coach Jeff Puglio (21-19) had not promoted 2012 backup Zach Bartlebaugh as this season's starting signal-caller. If Bartlebaugh is throwing the ball, he probably will look to wide-out John Siffrinn (9 catches, 157 yards) and tight end John Pantuso (7-61, 1 TD). Both of them also start defensively — Siffrinn as a linebacker (48 tackles) and Pantuso as an end, joining returning 'backer Ryan McCammon (2 quarterback sacks, 1 interception last year). Another talented athlete bolstering Bradford is Justin Fishkin, who notched 3 sacks as a linebacker and also rushed for 291 yards and a trio of TDs.
A trio of top performers transferred from Kennedy, including Jake Leipheimer (Reynolds) and Brennan and Ethan Wassil (Hubbard).
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STILLWATER, Okla. —
It would be easy for the Oklahoma State women's basketball team to overlook Weber State. The Wildcats (0-2) won just two games last season under first-year coach Bethann Ord and are still in the rebuilding process with four starting freshmen.
It may seem like a trap game, but after barely missing out on the NCAA tournament last season, Oklahoma State coach Jim Littell knows the importance of getting a big win early in the season.
"Every game counts now," Littell said. "I told our players at the end of the year (the NCAA selection committee is) going to look at where you're quality wins are or if you have bad losses. It's going to come down to conference play. You have to win a certain number of games in conference play, but you don't want to lose a game to a mid-major program either because that would hurt your chances in March."
The Cowgirls (2-0) certainly didn't hurt their chances for an NCAA berth with Tuesday's 74-71 win at Missouri State. But the key will be carrying that momentum through the next month before the conference season starts.
"That game showed us some things that we needed to work on," Littell said. "We're going to look back at the end of the year and realize that the win at Missouri State was a quality win. They're going to be a team that has a very good RPI and has a strong possibility of winning the Missouri Valley tournament and going to the NCAA tournament.
"It also showed that we really need to get a lot better in all phases of defense. Right now we've kind of had an offensive mentality and we've work the last couple of days trying to change that around. We still want to be successful offensively, but we want to get a lot better on the defensive end of the floor."
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