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There was a pretty lively discussion on one of the mailing lists I'm on and I got a bit carried away with one of my responses. So of course, after I did all that writing I didn't want to see it go to waste, and here it is!
This post is in response to a reference to http://www.nytimes.com/2014/03/16/opinion/sunday/the-rise-of-anti-capitalism.html (Paywalled NYT link, limited free access)
Here's the issue I have with the article. It's all about torturing the facts until they support your own arguments or just over simplifying things until you can't recognize the arguments any more. The whole concept of "Zero Incremental Cost" is just right enough to seem interesting but once you look at it, it's a completely different concept than he's basing his argument on. Let me explain.
What he's talking about is that automated manufacturing processes means that once you have the plans for something, it's basically machine time, energy, and materials to make another one. This is the big lightbulb going off moment that happens when I give people something off my 3D printer – first people tell me "I don't want to take your <item>." My response "Oh, I'll just print another" allows them to see – I just go in and push the button and another appears! So Zero Incremental Cost – things just appear now in the economy and we all move to a commune and grow our collective garden with our printed shovels and spades, right? Not so fast.
It turns out that each item done with a 3D Printer or a CNC Mill or an Automated Router will cost MORE than one created by traditional methods. That's right – it's more expensive to 3D print an item than to make one in the way that all that stuff on the retail shelves today are made. (Talking same to same – remember, current personal automated manufacturing is limited in materials and complexity as well.)
So what's the big deal then? If it's always more expensive to make one yourself than to get one-off the production line, doesn't that mean that mean that this whole Maker/3D Printer/etc movement is doomed to failure as it'll always be undercut by traditional manufacturing? Nope – the differentiator is that my item is higher cost (maybe twice the price) but all I have to pay for is that one item. That production line item is so cheap because all the design and setup costs were amortized over a production run of 10's of thousands, or more! So in order to get that individual cost down to half the cost of one-off my personal 3D Printer, I'd have to buy 10K. (There's a scene in Batman Begins where Alfred mentions they have to order 10K Batman helmets – the joys of being a multi-billionaire.) With my Personal 3D printer each item is more expensive, but I only pay for the ones I need.
And this is where the whole Anti-Capitalism happens. And why it's not Communism. And why it's another layer rather than killing Capitalism.
If you have a market for 10-100K of an item, you're going to use traditional manufacturing processes – the cost savings means you'll end up paying maybe half what you would with more "cottage" production processes, and that's going to be a big chuck of change. Unfortunately you must have a LOT of money to save that much money – you have to buy that production run of 10-100K up front – which means you need capital to cover your inventory. So Mr Banker loans it to you and takes his cut say 5% as interest. You're happy with that, you're still saving 45% after paying the interest. So you know you have at least a 45% margin over my personal production system, time to head down to the Ferrari dealership and see what the latest model is!
Except what happens if your market is 5K and your minimum run is 10K? Well, you can expect there will be a "Long Tail" need and warehouse the other 5K – but now you're running at a loss short-term (remember your Banker takes his 5%, so you're not breaking even at this point) and now you have to warehouse that second half while you find buyers for them. So not only are you holding inventory, that inventory is costing you money the longer it sits. Then there's insurance, shrinkage (things falling off the back of trucks), samples…. The list goes on, the longer you hold that inventory the more costs happen and generally the less you'll take for them just to get rid of them. This is the fun of automotive parts and why there's such a big industry for them (and why a gas cap for your K-Car costs $100 when the car itself may not be worth that.)
But if you start from the ground up – you pick up your $1-3K 3D printer and you need an item, you make it. It costs you twice what it would be to get it made in a production line, but you don't have to do that. You've filled your need with that one (or two, or a dozen) items. Which means even though you're paying more per item, you're only paying for those items as you need them and you're also able to customize each of those items for your task, so you may actually be able to get better value from them. And thus the anti-Capitalism part – you don't need that loan on the 10-100K product run. You may need a loan on that $1-3K printer (or maybe more if your business expands and others want you to make stuff for them) but that 5% is going to be MUCH smaller.
So now you see that the personal manufacturing revolution is simply about taking "just in time" to the next logical level. And the lowered infrastructure and skills costs that have been happening are actually helping drive down the need for Big Capital, just like Cloud is driving down the cost of doing a software startup. You just don't need to build a production line or Data Center until you're pretty sure you have the market to support it. And if you have a market to support your business, then those deals you do make with Big Capital are going to be much less like the Silicon Valley VC world and more like a traditional business loan or investment.


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Ace, have you considered the 535 piston that nfield sells? Has anyone used it with success?
A little more info comes to light.The ECU cuts off the fuel pump at 5500rpm.This means that if we plan to keep costs down, we can keep the rpms under that point, so we don't have to buy a new ECU or Power Commander. Nor do we have to fiddle with the hydraulic lifters.For a cost sensitive build, that would be the redline.For higher rpms than that, we'd have to spend hundreds for an ECU change and new maps, or go to a carburetor. And we'd also have to do the lifters and the valve springs, and it would be more stress on the bottom end, and we might probably have to do cams to explot that rpm range.If the aim is to stay under $1k budget, then I think it's best to work within the 5500rpm existing redline.And, Welcome Back, Nigel! .
Hey Ace,That's good news...With all the proposed power upgrades I think handling issues will have to be looked at concurrently. The UCE is a much more compact engine than its predecessors mounted much the same way on a marginally modified frame and that I believe has changed the weight distribution too much to the front... my layman 2 cents...http://youtu.be/X7ABWmHDZh8watch at about :20 secs into the videoHMRMumbai
Hi HMR,Yes, the C5 has been known to exhibit some of that squirrelly behavior, but some of the guys seemed to have solved most of that with some shock bolt adjustments(or something like that), from what I remember. Also, I think that the factory has dialed in some extra trail with the new front ends.Anyway, it doesn't happen with the G5, and I think the C5 issue has been solved. But, I'll pay attention to that.And we'll be in touch with those guys at RD in Bangalore.
AceI have 4 REs, all older generation, carburetted. I have ridden the UCE 500 extensively since 2007 but have not been totally convinced about the bike. The newer models are much better with the remapped ECU and front end tweaks but its yet to win me over. Hopefully, the ACE Classic hot rod will help me change my mind Let me know if you need any help from India on this project...RegardsHMRMumbai
I'll be following this project for sure. Although a freer flowing exhaust will help, I'm not to keen on an increase in noise over the stock torpedo. It just seems that most exchange mufflers/silencers increase the noise and backfarts far too much for my liking.Increase in torque and over all power at the same sound output? Can it be done?
I did find out that there is no outer race on the big end roller. So, that's not so good.
I'm having trouble visualizing this. Is it just inner race around the crank and then ball bearings riding on the raw aluminum of the case?Scott
IMO, it is indeed too bad that the lower connecting rod design didn't utilize a roller bearing that had a hardened outer sleeve which could have been pressed into place.That would have provided a very hard (HRC 63-65) smooth, durable surface for the rollers to ride on and when all is said and done would have cost less than the existing design.Speaking of this roller bearing design with the rollers running directly in the connecting rods bore it would be a good idea to check the surface hardness there.I assume they case hardened the surface by carburizing or nitriding? If they left the surface at a hardness below HRC 60 that could be a weak link in the design.As a side note to Ace, I think you forgot a zero? I think the clearance should have been .00085-.0010?Getting to Scotty's thought, because the CPU limits the engine speed to 5500 rpm, the lower bearings will probably not need beefing up.While this is fine for the "low cost" version that will probably increase the torque a bit it will be an issue if much of an increase in horsepower is desired.Increasing horse power usually requires increasing the max speed of the engine.
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A Summerfield man was charged Wednesday with two counts of sexual battery and one count of lewd and lascivious molestation. The arrest came as result of two separate reports of alleged abuse of different juveniles.
In the first case, officials received a report that Michael Todd Cain had sex with a 14-year-old girl in 2005 and forced her to perform a sex act on him around the same time. In the second case, a 12-year-old alleged that Cain fondled her breast in November 2012.
Cain, 42, was taken to the Marion County Sheriff's Office, where he was interviewed by Detective Rhonda Stroup. Cain denied the allegations.
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Chairman Akaka, Ranking Member Burr, and Members of the Committee –
On behalf of the National Alliance on Mental Illness (NAMI), please accept NAMI's collective thanks for this opportunity to provide testimony at today's oversight hearing to assess the Department of Veterans Affairs' (VA) mental health programs.
I am privileged to serve on the national Board of Directors of NAMI, the nation's largest grassroots consumer organization dedicated to improving the lives of individuals and families affected by mental illness. Through NAMI's 1,100 chapters and affiliates in all 50 states NAMI supports education, outreach, advocacy and research on behalf of persons with schizophrenia, bipolar disorder, major depression, severe anxiety disorders, post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD), and other chronic mental illnesses that affect both adults and children. In my opinion what NAMI does best as an organization is to advocate for, train and educate family members of persons living with mental illness. In recent years NAMI began to realize that the lives of our newest veterans and the experiences that they've had while serving our country in combat necessitate not only that they receive post-deployment services essential to get well afterward, but also that their families have needs that must be addressed to ensure that a family recovers from the experience.
NAMI is very proud that the VA has recognized that NAMI can play an important role within VA mental health in helping families of veterans cope with, and recover from, mental illness, whether acute or chronic. One NAMI signature program in particular, Family-to-Family, is designed to meet the needs of family members who have questions relative to what their loved one—the veteran home from deployment in war—is experiencing, not only from the standpoint of what the illness is, but the treatment protocol, the various medications and prognosis, and what they can expect in supporting and caring for their loved one in gaining the ultimate goal of recovery.
As a case in point, I am a 15-year veteran of U.S. Navy aviation. I know how combat situations, as well as other more basic tenets of military life, put unique stressors on those of us who have served, as well as on our families. In my case, while the signs of a problem were there, and more than one person tried to point them out to me, I completely denied the problem at that time. With the clarity of hindsight now, I can say that I struggled for years with mental illness when I was on active duty in the United States Navy. I know now that I was not alone.
My struggle with mental illness ultimately led me to leave military service, and for nearly a decade afterward I bounced from one job to another and from city to city. In 1998 I finally had to face the fact that I had a problem. At the time, I was using alcohol and other drugs to keep me from dealing with the realities of my life, and that approach ultimately led me to trouble with the law. I owe a debt of gratitude to a judge who gave me a choice of going to jail or going into mental health treatment. It was the push I needed to start turning things around. In my case I went to a local community mental health center in Nashville, Tennessee, and met with several doctors who evaluated my condition. I ultimately was diagnosed with major depression.
I stayed in treatment at that health center for 12 months to work through the issues I was experiencing. I believe I have achieved recovery to enable me to live a better life. I believe I am living proof that a mental illness does not mean that one cannot live a happy, productive life. Since leaving that initial treatment, I have not only held responsible jobs but I've become actively involved in NAMI, where I now train others and do advocacy work to help those with these problems achieve their potential.
It's important for people, veterans and non-veterans, to realize that there are different types and levels of mental illness and that the most important thing they can do if they think they have a problem is to step forward and talk to a mental health professional to find out.
When I served in the Navy, I personally had no base of experience or knowledge about mental illness that would have led me to believe I had a problem. Furthermore, my personal "image" of someone with a mental illness when I was in the Navy was definitely not me. I knew next-to-nothing about the VA and its mental health programs. I believe I share this experience with thousands of military service members and veterans who could benefit from VA services but may not be getting them.
I believe that the VA must do a better job of reaching out and making its services known to a larger share of the veteran population (both those recently discharged-demobilized and older generations), and work more cooperatively with the military service branches, other federal agencies, state governments, and private mental health providers. Today, we have over 23 million living veterans, yet VA sees only a quarter of them in its health care programs, and even a smaller fraction in its mental health services. Given our experience to date in the wars in Afghanistan and Iraq, plus the overlay of combat experiences of prior generations of veterans, it is obvious that more veterans need readjustment and mental health counseling and other mental health services than those who are appearing at VA facilities to seek these services.
No one to my knowledge is studying what happens to veterans after combat if they do not enroll in VA health care. VA participates in the national suicide hotline program, 273-TALK, and recently reported that over 60,000 veterans had contacted that resource since it was established. I believe much insight about veterans who do not use VA health care could be gleaned from surveying those veterans who have called 273-TALK, and would urge this Committee to consider requiring such a study by VA or the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA) to determine how much VA is aiding these callers. Make no mistake: NAMI deeply appreciates the existence of 273-TALK. We have commended VA's Office of Mental Health Services for having established this vital link to VA counselors who have saved the lives of thousands of veterans, but we believe a larger group of veterans still is in need and is not being reached.
Despite our concerns about the need for broader outreach, not only to prevent suicides but to ensure that more veterans can become aware of VA services, NAMI has enjoyed a long-term interest and involvement in mental health programs within the VA. For 30 years NAMI has served as an advocate for veterans under care in VA programs, because VA is caring for our family members. NAMI and its veteran members formally established a Veterans Council in 2004 to assure close attention is paid to mental health issues and policies in the VA, especially within each Veterans Integrated Services Network (VISN) and programs at individual VA facilities. Council membership includes veterans who live with serious mental illness, family members of these veterans, and other NAMI supporters with an involvement and interest in the issues that affect veterans living with and recovering from mental illness. The Council members serve as NAMI liaisons with their VISNs; provide outreach to veterans through local and regional veterans service organization chapters and posts; increase Congressional awareness of the special circumstances and challenges of serious mental illness in the veteran population; and work closely with NAMI's State and affiliate offices on issues affecting veterans and their families.
Our members are directly involved in consumer councils at more than one-third of VA medical centers and we advocate for even more councils to be established throughout the VA system. Also, VA and NAMI executed an important memorandum of understanding in 2007 formally promoting our signature "Family to Family" education program within VA facilities. As I mentioned above, Family to Family is a formal twelve-week NAMI educational program that enables families living with mental illness to learn how to cope with and better understand it. The program provides current information about schizophrenia, major depression, bipolar disorder (manic depressive illness), post traumatic stress disorder (PTSD), panic disorder, obsessive-compulsive disorder, borderline personality disorder, co-occurring brain disorders and addictive disorders, to family members of veterans suffering from these challenges. Family to Family supplies up-to-date information about medications, side effects, and strategies for medication adherence. During these sessions participants learn about current research related to the biology of brain disorders and the evidence-based, and most effective, treatments to promote recovery from them.
Family members of veterans living with mental illness gain empathy by understanding the subjective, lived experience of a person with mental illness. Our Family to Family volunteer teachers provide learning in special workshops for problem solving, listening, and communication techniques. They provide proven methods of acquiring strategies for handling crises and relapse. Also, Family to Family focuses on care for the caregiver, and how caregivers can cope with worry, stress, and the emotional overload that attends mental illness in families. We at NAMI are very proud of Family to Family, and we were especially pleased that former VA Under Secretary Michael Kussman and VA's Office of Mental Health Services saw the wisdom of formally bringing NAMI resources like Family to Family into VA mental health programs at the local level.
I believe I can fairly report that this effort has been a great success to date, functioning in about 100 VA medical centers. We at NAMI are hoping to continue building on that success, including renewing the existing Family to Family memorandum of understanding with VA, and to introduce more of NAMI's signature programs, such as our Peer to Peer and NAMI Connections programs, into VA mental health care.
Mr. Chairman, in March of last year NAMI issued its biennial Grade the States report, an effort to survey state mental health program directors on the types and scope of mental health programs available within their states for all residents. I hope the Committee's professional staff will take the opportunity to review the results. NAMI found that while 14 States had improved their grades since NAMI's 2006 survey, 12 fell backwards, and that the national average grade for state-sponsored public mental health programs still remained unchanged, a grade of "D." You can see the full Grade the States report at www.nami.org/grades09.
For the first time ever, the Grade the States report last year asked a series of questions about whether states offered any readjustment or other mental health programs for service members and family members of the state National Guard units returning from deployments in Afghanistan and Iraq. Very few states responded in the affirmative, but we have learned that the states of Massachusetts and Vermont are two good models of programs that effectively provide peer-outreach and direct delivery of coordinated services to their returning Guardsmen. These appear to be state-funded efforts, but in the case of Vermont they are subsidized by a VA cooperative funding agreement. This is good information that might encourage some States to look to Massachusetts and Vermont for ideas. We call your attention also to similar efforts in California, Connecticut, Maine, Maryland, New Hampshire, New Jersey, New Mexico, New York, North Carolina and South Carolina. Of special note, the State of Montana launched an ambitious program of post-deployment screening and referrals for Montana National Guard members home from Afghanistan and Iraq. NAMI commends Congress for including Senator Tester's bill, modeled on the Montana program and based on advocacy by NAMI Montana, in last year's National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA). That new law requires the Department of Defense (DOD) to conduct three face-to-face mental health screenings of every servicemember returning from a contingency operation. NAMI is also pleased that Congress included Senator Shaheen's legislation based on a New Hampshire NAMI suicide prevention training initiative, the "Yellow Ribbon Reintegration Program," also called "Yellow Ribbon Plus," in the NDAA. Unfortunately, while Congress authorized these two new programs, it did not provide designated funding for them. We hope directed funding to support these efforts will be provided in the next DOD appropriations act, in Fiscal Year 2011.
Mr. Chairman, as you can see from some of these examples, NAMI is deeply concerned about the newest generation of repatriated war veterans, whether they remain on active duty, serve in the Guard or Reserves, or return to civilian life following service. We want to see the Department of Veterans Affairs take a more leading posture in coordinating both inter-governmental and public-private arrangements that would do a better job at outreach, screening, education, counseling and care of the veterans who fought and are still fighting these wars, and to help their families recover from these experiences. NAMI is committed to recovery, whether from transitional readjustment problems coming to a family that welcomes an Army or Marine infantryman back from war, or one dealing with chronic schizophrenia in a young adult who never served in the military. In the case of our professional military services, we want to ensure that those serving in the regular force are well cared for by DOD when they return to their duty stations after combat deployments; by both DOD and VA for those in the National Guard or Reserve components when they return to garrison in their armories; and, by VA for those who become veterans on completion of their military service obligations and return to their families – whether in urban or rural areas.
NAMI believes many tailored approaches will need to be made for these new veterans, but that all of the civilian efforts should be led by VA, in coordination with other agencies (including DOD, SAMHSA, the Public Health Service and the Indian Health Service), the National Guard Bureau, State Guard leaderships, and the leaders of State public mental health agencies, as appropriate to the need. In some cases, private mental health providers should be enlisted and coordinated by VA to ensure they can provide the quality of care veterans may need, and are trained to do so in the case of post traumatic stress disorder and other disorders consequent to combat exposure and military trauma, including military sexual trauma. We realize that finding qualified private mental health providers in highly rural areas is an extreme challenge and will require VA and other public agencies to be creative. Nevertheless, we believe these unmet needs can be dealt with if VA establishes a firm will to do so.
NAMI also urges this Committee and other relevant groups in Washington and in state capitals, to expand the establishment of diversionary courts for veterans. I mentioned my personal experience with a judge who gave me an opportunity to turn my life around, and I believe that my military experience was part of that judge's consideration in diverting me to treatment rather than sending me to jail. In the few instances where veterans courts exist, they have become effective tools to get veterans who are struggling with mental illnesses the help that they need. NAMI urges the Committee to support the development of diversionary courts for veterans, and especially combat veterans, and to make sure that VA reaches out and coordinates with the existing courts systems in cities and States to ensure post-deployment veterans receive the most timely and effective care possible, rather than allowing sick and disabled veterans suffering with mental illnesses consequent to their war service to be convicted and sent to jail or prison.
Mr. Chairman, the National Alliance on Mental Illness is committed to supporting VA efforts to improve and expand mental health care programs and services for veterans living with serious mental illness. Until recently, forward motion had been stalled on VA's "National Mental Health Strategic Plan," to reform its mental health programs – a plan that NAMI helped develop and fully endorses. NAMI wants to see VA stay on track to provide improved access to mental health services to veterans returning from Iraq and Afghanistan today, as well as to other veterans diagnosed with serious mental illness – all important initiatives within the VA strategic plan. In 2008 VA announced its establishment of a "Uniform Mental Health Service" benefits package, one that NAMI supports as beneficial to ensuring VA progress toward full implementation, and will provide help to the newest war veteran generation and all veterans who live with mental illness.
Finally, NAMI is an endorser organization of the Independent Budget for Fiscal Year 2011. In that budget and policy statement, AMVETS, Disabled American Veterans, Paralyzed Veterans of America and Veterans of Foreign Wars of the United States recommend a series of good ideas that, if implemented would further improve VA's mental health programs. I ask the Committee to closely consider these recommendations and to ensure, either with oversight or legislation that VA (and the Department of Defense in some instances) carries out the intent and spirit of these recommendations. For the benefit of the Committee, I am attaching these Independent Budget recommendations to this testimony.
This concludes my testimony on behalf of NAMI, and I thank you for the opportunity.


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Bay County Tourism officials say the Country Music Fest was a huge success.
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The Tourist Development Council used $1.3 million in BP marketing grant to pay for the "Fun Never Sets" Country Music Fest.
There were three noise complaints over the weekend, but the concert was exempt from the noise ordinance because the event had a special permit.
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ATLANTA -- Officials with The Georgia Dome say at 6:40 p.m. Sunday an altercation occurred in the Silver Parking Lot after Sunday's NFC Championship Game between the 49'ers and Falcons.
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Montgomery, Ala. Three candidates for governor are running on state lottery platforms.
Both Democratic candidates for governor, former U.S. Rep. Parker Griffith of Huntsville and Fayette businessman Kevin Bass, are proposing a lottery to pay for college scholarships. One of the Republican candidates, former Morgan County Commissioner Stacy George, is advocating a lottery to pay for scholarships and several other programs.
To create a lottery, the Legislature must pass a constitutional amendment. Then voters must approve the amendment in a referendum
Republican incumbent Robert Bentley says he has no problem with the Legislature doing that, but that he would vote against the referendum. Bentley says he believes gambling is not a good way to fund education.
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This is my first post here, but I'm a guest visitor many times before I register. I also must confess I had tried to follow some of your tutorials but my result were far (very far) from what I intended to do. Then I thought if some of the real carthographers here at the forum could make on for me.
I'm building a fantasy setting (for a D&D multiple campaign) with a big empire and so. I had a sketch (made with some tool I don't recall at all) and filled it with some info:
(The yellow marking is intended to be a desert and the grey markings to be mountains - I give you total liberty in terms of rivers and stuff).
So, I'm asking if some of you could please enter this project. As for the info:
I'm looking for something in the style of this one or this one, in a semi-pro quality or, if possible, a pro . As for the size, I was thinking in something like the size of a desktop wallpaper (1024x600 px) and for the copyrights I was thinking of a mixed option: I would have the copyrights but the artist could use it for his portfolio or even for commercial purposes (without any indications of place names and stuff, just the art part) but this is debatable if the artist insists in not giving away his rights, of course
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He's making $12mil/yr for 4 years, is 28.
Might be had for expiring contracts. Not much on D but is a great rebounder, elite on the O-boards, is decent at getting to the line (shoots well when he's there), is a good finisher around the rim, and is a scorer (20.4 PPG per/36min). He would fill a need at C. Minny wants to be rid of his contract to make room for Georgi Dieng.
Productive player at the 5 (20+ PER last 3 seasons) and that type of player is worth the contract.
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MOUNDSVILLE - Friday night was classic Magnolia.
And that was bad news for Wheeling Central.
The Blue Eagles used an 11-3 second-quarter run as a springboard to a convincing 74-50 victory in a West Virginia Class A Region One, Section One final at a jam-packed John Marshall Field House.
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Wheeling Central's Chase Harler (14) sets up a play in the zone while Magnolia's Kyle Elliott (4) looks to defend.
The triumph sets up a rubber match against Clay-Battelle at 7 p.m. Thursday in New Martinsville. The winner heads to the state tournament, while the loser goes home.
The same scenario will play out in St. Marys where the Blue Devils will welcome the Maroon Knights. Tip there will also be at 7 p.m.
St. Marys topped Clay-Battelle, 64-51, in the Section Two final.
''Stephen (Rogalski) is playing awfully good right now and Mark (Winters) played his best all-around game of the year,'' Magnolia coach Dave Tallman said as his players cut down the nets in celebration.
''And I can't say enough about Kyle Elliott and his defense. He did a great job on (Wheeling Central's Chase) Harler.''
Rogalski and Winters both poured in 22 points as the Blue Eagles (20-4) won their 11th straight and third in three tries against Wheeling Central this season.
Winters surpassed the 2,000-point mark and trails Ted Talkington on the all-time list.
''There's a good chance we may see them again,'' Tallman said of the Maroon Knights. ''There is no doubt in my mind they are a great basketball team. We just played really well.''
An Elliott jumper gave Magnolia a 14-10 lead to end the first quarter. But the Blue Eagles went on the game-changing spurt to start the second and led 36-19 at halftime.
Magnolia shot a blistering 56 percent (14 of 25) from the field during the first half, compared to 22.5 (7 of 31) for Central.
Shooting was certainly a problem for the Maroon Knights (12-12). But Coach Mel Stephens said his team's trouble went beyond that.
''I thought they really outhustled us,'' he said. ''They got the loose balls and the rebounds. If we get some of those it might had been a different game.
Rogalski canned a 3-pointer then dropped in a layup off the glass to give Magnolia its largest lead at 44-19 early in the third.
''He's just a great athlete ... he's so fast,'' Tallman said of Rogalski who, along with Winters, made four treys on the night.
''When you give him space he's hard to guard.''
Harler scored eight of his team-high 18 points during the third quarter, but Magnolia maintained its margin thanks to its suffocating defense.
''They might be the best team in the state, really,'' Stephens said. ''We've played them three times now and they've gotten better every time.''
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WASHINGTON (WUSA9) -- Rep. Frank Wolf of Virginia is among the 116 members of Congress asking President Obama to seek Congressional authorization before using military force in Syria.
According to Wolf's office, the letter was originated Rep. Scott Rigell (R-VA) and signed by 98 Republicans and 18 Democrats. In the letter, they ask the president to "consult and receive congressional authorization is prescribed in the Constitution and the War Powers Resolution of 1973," according to Wolf's office in a press release.
In a statement released on Thursday, Wolf said, "Much is at stake in Syria, not the least of which is U.S. credibility given the president's threat of action against the Assad regime once the 'red line' of chemical weapons was crossed ... Yet to date, the president has failed to make the case to the Congress or the American people to use military force against Syria. It is important to present relevant intelligence to the Congress so that we can make an informed decision about weighty matters involving the U.S. national interests and the fate of American servicemen and women."
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Dear Mr. President,
We strongly urge you to consult and receive authorization from Congress before ordering the use of U.S. military force in Syria. Your responsibility to do so is prescribed in the Constitution and the War Powers Resolution of 1973.
While the Founders wisely gave the Office of the President the authority to act in emergencies, they foresaw the need to ensure public debate - and the active engagement of Congress - prior to committing U.S. military assets. Engaging our military in Syria when no direct threat to the United States exists and without prior congressional authorization would violate the separation of powers that is clearly delineated in the Constitution.
Mr. President, in the case of military operations in Libya you stated that authorization from Congress was not required because our military was not engaged in "hostilities." In addition, an April 1, 2011, memorandum to you from your Office of Legal Counsel concluded:
"... President Obama could rely on his constitutional power to safeguard the national interest by directing the anticipated military operations in Libya -which were limited in their nature, scope, and duration - without prior congressional authorization."
We view the precedent this opinion sets, where "national interest" is enough to engage in hostilities without congressional authorization, as unconstitutional.
If the use of 221 Tomahawk cruise missiles, 704 Joint Direct Attack Munitions, and 42 Predator Hellfire missiles expended in Libya does not constitute "hostilities," what does?
If you deem that military action in Syria is necessary, Congress can reconvene at your request. We stand ready to come back into session, consider the facts before us, and share the burden of decisions made regarding U.S. involvement in the quickly escalating Syrian conflict.
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Really got a pretty good look at the GRS wake. Seemed pretty fragmented across the north and soft south. Still getting that two toned GRS appearance. Again, not sure there is any detail seen in the GRS itself, suspect a contrast illusion. Oval BA is apparent, the smaller oval near it is seen only at the best moments.
Could not make out much in the NEB, but suspect a darker southern edge with some darker, indistinct variations along it's length. The two festoons preceding the GRS are noticeably further ahead than a few nights ago. Another festoon was near the trailing edge, almost in what looked like a notch in the NEB southern edge.
The NTB appeared a very weak two tone, nothing really distinct.
150 Mak, 150 to 300x with best being closer to 200x using 12 and 18mm UO HD Orthos and shorty barlow. Oh, maybe it's convention to post observations with the south pole up.
Anyway, thanks for taking the time.


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ISU Women Capture Fourth Straight Regional Title
AMES, Iowa - The Iowa State women's cross country team captured their fourth-consecutive regional title today at the 2013 NCAA Division I Midwest Regional. The Cyclones placed five runners in the top-15 en route to scoring just 39 team points.
The women became the first team in Midwest Regional Championship history (since 1997) to win four-consecutive titles.
The Cyclones were led again by sophomore Crystal Nelson. Nelson notched her fourth-straight top-10 finish, winning the 6-kilometer race in 20 minutes and 12 seconds.
Freshman Bethanie Brown was the second Cyclone to cross the line, placing third in 20:24. Perez Rotich (10th), Katy Moen (12th) and Samantha Bluske (13th) also scored for Iowa State, finishing in 20:40, 20:46 and 20:48, respectively.
Bluske continued her road back with an impressive performance today in just her second race of the season. The team co-captain was sidelined for the majority of the season with a stress fracture.
All five scoring runners for the Cyclones earned All-Region accolades.
Iowa State women's cross country head coach Andrea Grove-McDonough was glad her team came in with the right attitude, despite being favored coming into the race.
"I knew Minnesota would run well. They are nationally a top-20 team and did well in their Big Ten meet, which you can't take too lightly," Grove-McDonough said. "I was happy with how our girls handled themselves in the race today."
Grove-McDonough also noted that the women felt a little more adrenaline than usual, running in front of their home crowd.
"I think some the girls got a little excited because they were at home." Grove-McDonough said. "They really wanted to show everyone what they've got in front of their fans."
Team Results
1. Iowa State - 39 pts
2. Minnesota - 59 pts
3. Oklahoma State - 192 pts
4. Southern Illinois - 217 pts
5. Kansas - 218 pts
Individual Results
1. Crystal Nelson, IOWA STATE - 20:12; 3. Bethanie Brown, IOWA STATE - 20:24; 10. Perez Rotich, IOWA STATE - 20:40; 12. Katy Moen, IOWA STATE - 20:46; 13. Samantha Bluske, IOWA STATE - 20:48; 54. Ejiro Okoro, IOWA STATE - 21:43; 76. Margaret Gannon, IOWA STATE - 21:52
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Five charged in Carrizozo burglary
Jan 17, 2013 (Ruidoso News - McClatchy-Tribune Information Services via COMTEX) -- Five people have been arrested as a result of a burglary investigation in Carrizozo recently.
Carrizozo Patrol Officer Mike Briseno responded to the reported burglary on Dec. 29 in the 700 block of F Avenue. The victim, who said she was in the process of moving out of the house, initially reported an "Ox-pulled plow" and a laptop computer stolen and some porcelain dolls broken. She later reported the items stolen included a second laptop, a desk top computer with monitor, a wedding ring, two Barbie motorized Jeeps, a motorized Corvette children's car, a gold necklace with cross pendant and 15 Play Station games.
Briseno's search for the stolen items began with a man the victim had hired to clean up the back yard of the burglarized home, James Verdugo, 31. He was to be paid in scrap metal recovered from the yard, according to the victim and the victim said this man's brother, Vince Verdugo, 29, allegedly had the stolen toy cars.
On Jan. 6, Vince Verdugo told Briseno the toy cars were located at a home in the 500 block of B Avenue.
Briseno reported the missing toy cars were in the back yard of the residence and the toy Corvette had been recently painted blue.
Briseno knocked on the door and asked Christina Swift, 31, for permission to search the property for the stolen items. She said "no." Briseno asked the five adults and "several" small children to leave the house and Patrol Office Mike Yaw secured the residence while Briseno obtained a search warrant for the residence.
At 4:48 p.m. Briseno executed the search warrant. He found one of the missing laptop computers in a laundry basket covered with dirty clothes in a bedroom shared by Swift and Justin Weihbrecht, 27. Briseno also found 16 Play Station games in a plastic grocery bag under the bed in the bedroom.
In the middle of this bedroom Briseno found a green backpack. The main compartment of the backpack was locked with a padlock. Darnell Batts, 29, claimed ownership of the backpack but said he did not have the key with him. Briseno told Batts he was taking the backpack as evidence and gave Batts until the following morning to bring the key to the Carrizozo Police Department. Batts did not bring the key to the PD.
Briseno also reported finding in the bedroom a black eyeglass case containing two pipes commonly used to smoke methamphetamine.
In the middle bedroom, which Briseno reported appeared to be a child's room, he found a metal container containing a marijuana smoking pipe and marijuana residue.
During the search, Swift reportedly told Briseno that Vince Verdugo brought the laptop to the house to be repaired and that she thought he also brought the Play Station games also.
On Jan. 3 the victim was at the police department and reported that Vince and James Verdugo's mother had given her a video camera that was stolen, but not reported on the list of items she had given Briseno.
Briseno went to Verdugo's house and reported Vince Verdugo handed him the other stolen laptop computer in a grocery bag.
Briseno arrested Vince Verdugo on two counts of burglary, conspiracy and receiving or disposing of stolen property. Briseno reportedly admitted taking the toy cars but that his brother, James Verdugo had given him permission to take them. According to Vince Verdugo, one of the laptop computers and the Play Station games were on an old mattress in the back yard of the burglarized home and James Verdugo told him he could take them. Vince Verdugo told Briseno the other laptop just appeared on the back porch of his home in the 300 block of Birch Street.
Briseno charged James Verdugo with two counts of burglary, two counts of larceny of more than $500 and receiving stolen property.
On Jan. 3 Briseno and Carrizozo Police Chief Steven Barnett inventoried the contents of the backpack recovered during the search of Swift and Weihbrecht's home the previous day.
Inside, the officers reportedly found numerous documents belonging to Swift and Weihbrecht. It also contained numerous small zip lock baggies, three portable digital scales, a large baggie containing an amount of white powder, which tested positive for methamphetamine, and glass smoking pipes which had burnt residue that also tested positive for methamphetamines.
There was a video surveillance camera, numerous coins and a locked bank bag inside the backpack. Briseno reported he could tell the bag contained a handgun and magazines.
Briseno obtained a search warrant for the bank bag and found a .45 caliber pistol, a magazine loaded with eight live rounds and a black nylon holster. The gun had not been reported stolen.
On Jan. 5, Briseno attempted to locate Batts, since he had claimed ownership of the backpack when it was found during the search. Brineso spoke with Batts on the phone and asked if he still claimed ownership and he said he did. Briseno told Batts the backpack contained a loaded firearm and Batts corrected him stating "the gun was not loaded." Batts also said the backpack contained electronics equipment and coins.
Because the backpack was located in the bedroom shared by Swift and Weihbrecht and claimed by Batts, Briseno sought to charge all three with possession of methamphetamine with intent to distribute. He also charged Batts with being a felon in possession of a firearm because Batts had a felony conviction for vehicle theft in 2004, according to Briseno.
Briseno also charged Swift with child abuse because her two children and four of her sister's children reside in the house in the house where the marijuana was discovered in a child's room.
Batts turned himself in to the Carrizozo Police Department on Jan. 7 and Weihbrecht and Swift turned themselves in to a New Mexico State Police officer Jan. 8.
Swift and Weihbrecht posted bond and were released.
Magistrate Judge Martha Proctor ordered Batts held on a $21,000 cash only bond.
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|Assessor: Improvements of $2,500 or more require reporting
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By Russ Pankonin
The Imperial Republican
Chase County Assessor Dotty Bartels wants to remind property owners that any improvement of $2,500 or more to a property must be reported to her office.
Bartels said it doesn't take a lot for an improvement to add up to $2,500 anymore. She noted both materials and labor for a project count towards the $2,500 threshold.
For instance, if someone replaces the windows in their home, and the total cost is $2,500 or more, the property owner is required to report that improvement.
The assessor said there's a misconception that if a project is not completed, it doesn't need to be reported to the assessor's office.
She said that even if a project remains unfinished, and $2,500 or more was spent towards improvements, the completed portion must be reported.
Zoning, building permits
Permits for improvements are required by the county, the City of Imperial and the Village of Wauneta.
Bartels said they use these permits as a way to track improvements. However, the property owner is responsible for reporting improvements not requiring a permit to her office.
Chase County zoning regulations require rural property owners to obtain a zoning permit before any improvement construction begins.
A zoning permit is needed for any new structure being built, Zoning Administrator Billie Muehlenkamp said.
She added that if an existing structure is moved, altered or square footage added, a zoning permit is required.
The regulations apply to both residential, farm or commercial improvements.
The City of Imperial and the Village of Wauneta require building permits for any kind of project that alters the structure of a home or business, along with additions of garages, buildings and fences.
City Administrator Jo Leyland said remodeling projects do not require building permits as long as the structure is not added to or altered. The same is true in Wauneta.
For instance, someone gutting and replacing their kitchen would not need a permit as long as no structural changes are made.
While no permit is needed in those instances, Leyland reminded property owners it's their responsibility to report the improvements to the county assessor.
One mile jurisdiction
The zoning regulations in Imperial and Wauneta extend one mile outside the city limits.
As a result, rural property owners whose property falls within that one-mile boundary are required to obtain city permits as if they resided within the city limits.
Bartels said this causes some confusion for rural property owners within the one-mile circle of jurisdiction.
They still need permits for required projects. However, she said sometimes they don't realize a permit is needed and in the end, nothing gets reported to her office.
Nebraska statutes also require property owners to report improvements. If a permit is issued for the project, that serves as sufficient notice to the assessor.
In instances when a permit is not needed, such as with remodeling, the property owner is required to report by Dec. 31 of the year of the project.
State statute also provides penalties for not reporting improvements to the assessor.
The penalty prior to March 19 of each tax year is 12 percent of the tax due on the improvements.
After March 19, that penalty increases to 20 percent, along with interest penalties that accrue due to non-payment. The penalty can run up to $1,000 for each year the improvements go unreported.
Bartels said it's a matter of fairness. If improvements go unreported, other taxpayers unfairly pick up that share of the tax burden.


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I've been searching for the book שלחן המערכת by Rav Yishak Yosef Shelit"a, but can't seem to find it. I hope you can help me find it (with a link). Thank you.
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I would talk to the owner of a local seforim store (if applicable) as they usually know how to find things like this. I found this link online, but I don't know much about the vendor and can only tell you that they look legit from the site alone. Also, not sure how they handle overseas shipping if you're not in Israel.
I'm not an expert -- if you mean R. Yitzchak Yosef the son of Rav Ovadia Yosef, I was only able to find record of his Yalkut Yosef, She'arit Yosef and the "Kol Torah".
This site has a pdf of a sefer by that name, but the author, though named Yitzchak, is not alive.
Here is another text by that name.
On this page, Rabbi Mansour quotes a Chacham Yishak Yosef and a sefer, Sefer hamaarachot, but I haven't tracked down the text. If you are interested, listen to the audio file and, if possible, send an email to Rabbi Mansour and see if you can get the publisher info and call the publishing house.
edit -- I defer to the sefer found by Shin Tav. the cover lists "Yalkut Yosef" possibly as a publishing imprint, but the 2 volumes available on that site seem to be what you are looking for.
Almost every large Jewish Book store sells it! If you live in Lakewood you can go to Torah Treasures, they have it. In Brooklyn, Tehilat Yitzcak has it, probably Eichlers as well.
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Another article on meabolism. Feel free to post on other forums as well.
Dieting To Get Fat !
More on Metabolic Damage:
How your diet/contest‐diet makes you fat. Finally some Truth!
One of the things that really bother me in this new modern era of internet murketing is how the unscrupulous types use a little dash of whats real and sprinkle it on their own agendas for making money. Metabolic damage is one of these examples. I started researching and writing about the reality of it in order to help people. Not even a year later, the internet hucksters started using the term as a buzzword to attract attention; having no interest really in understanding the reality of the concept or in helping people over come it. But this seems to be the nature of the modern digital environment: The old marketing adage of not telling people the truth, but marketing to these people, their own self‐interests. That is after all how you make lots of money. With that rant out of the way, I want to explain to you all how your diet or specifically for competitors, your contest diet can make you fat; ok, really, really fat! The problem in the Fitness Industry is one of selective bias: For the interest of short‐term transformations or competing, the immediate element of diet‐focus is emphasized at the expense of the residual (rebounding) and the cumulative (getting fatter forever). Please take the time to read and understand below what the competitive industry or your diet Guru does not want you to know or embrace. Metabolic damage is a very real consequence of inappropriate and ill‐advised dieting. And before you think your coach knows better; read the proof the below.
My research into metabolic damage from dieting and competing has led me (once again) to look at diet outside of the way the industry tends to. The research has taken me back to addressing how and why human physiology and metabolism evolved the way it has. The answers, scientifically explain why many of you who are dieting, will more than likely become fatter forever as a result. So you must ask yourself if its worth the price. Metabolic damage has no warning signs. It happens when it happens. You may diet successfully two or three or even five times, before the body thinks you are actually trying to reprogram it to be bigger and fatter. And because the body is such a wonderful machine in terms of adaptation, it will accommodate this programming.
The Evolution of Human Metabolism: Why this is so important!
The history of human evolution in terms of physiology and metabolism is indeed an interesting one. Unfortunately its not one that suits the modern dilemma of food abundance combined with easy living. The human physiology we have inherited from our ancestors is one of survival. We refer to it as feast or famine. The truth is human metabolism has evolved in a way that is designed around scarcity of food, not its abundance. You would think this to be a bonus for the modern dieter, but unfortunately this is just not true. We need to start understanding the true long term metabolic reactions to calories scarcity, what we call in this modern day, dieting. And we need to understand this within the metabolic context of a physiology designed to preserve itself in scarcity, with no real regards to abundance. I better include some reference material in the rest of this article, or Ill be getting attacked left and right from those trying to protect their own agendas.
So, Randy Seeley, a neuroscientist at the University of Cincinnati put it this way: Your body wants to be fat.
Getting fat is what it is supposed to do. And trying to persuade your body not to be fat is going against everything the body is designed to do.
This is how we have evolved in the reality of feast or famine of our ancestors. Insisting on short term
equations for fat loss, or even to get ripped, without a corresponding consideration of short term response
to the diet, and the long term consequences of the diet is a recipe for disaster in the modern culture that
prizes short term cosmetic solutions, that go against the long term biological design of human metabolism.
Or as I have been screaming for decades, for every absolute caloric deprivation diet, there is an equal and
opposite binge. The body will always strive against starvation and toward energy storage. If the body has
to up‐regulate metabolic set point to do so, it will do so as a survival response to a diet, once the diet has
stopped for whatever reason. (Figure girls, are you listening?) In other words that rebound of weight you
experience after a diet or contest diet, may be cueing your body to re‐establish what it considers normal, to
be a higher weight, with a greater fat percentage. This is no accident. Your diet has actually programmed
your body to respond this way. Now that Ive set a context in terms of anthropological background; lets
examine this now then from a biochemical perspective.
The Big Three of Calories, Intake, and Energy Balance
The diet equation is one of constant checks and balances to insure survival. We see the greatest influences
from three chemical messengers: ghrelin, (which cues hunger in the brain), CCK, cholecystokinin, (which cues satiety in the brain) and of course leptin hormone. The problem with CCK is one of amplitude. Dieting, and especially exhaustive dieting leaves, little amplitude for the message of satiety from CCK to be acknowledged by the brain. In fact what I have seen and what many of you have also experienced is that in the post‐diet period, this satiety mechanism has been decidedly disrupted. You binge eat well beyond being full and well beyond being hungry. You are indeed conscious that you are full and that you are binging but you cant seem to help it. This is that equal and opposite binge response I mentioned above. Attaching emotion to this induces a sense of shame and depression. And this emotional attachment is a modern cultural additive. The shame and depression lead to; you guessed it, more food indulgence, without a mature rationale for why you are doing it. But the answer goes back to this survival mechanism kicking in. The post‐diet or post‐contest‐diet period of rebound is in actuality, your bodys response to poststarvation. And since food is readily available your body will eat till its established set points are met or reestablished or even surpassed.
For lack of a better term, lets call this satiety disruption, The Kirsty Alley effect. (for reference Kirsty Alley maintained her weigh in her hunger/younger years by food deprivation and drug use. 114 lbs, climbed to 125 lbs, where the tabloids were already calling her fat. After pronounced satiety disruption, she went on a popular pop‐culture‐diet‐system and lost a lot of weight. (By the way, have YOU called Jenny yet?) The inevitable rebound happened and that rebound then turned into one newly established set point after another; till her weight finally peaked at 230 lbs)Many Figure competitors you no longer read about have contacted me with the same fate, well over 200 lbs. But I digress. Back to the science.
The interplay between ghrelin, CCK, leptin and other participants in the hunger/satiety loop only explains the meal to meal job of energy intake and balance. Most people in the fitness and diet industry stop here. But as we see above the scenario only starts here. It doesnt end here. Our ancestors ate not only in short term cycles of meals and calories intake but also worked to secure and procure calories intake. Their bodies were not only burning fuel as fast as they were getting it (if they were getting it at all), but our ancestors bodies were also trying to maintain a long term reserve of energy for survival purposes, precisely because of their feast or famine reality. Their bodies long‐term answer to long term famine or calories deprivation was to develop reserve energy in the form of fat storage. This was its primary survival mechanism. And it may be the reason we are all here today, instead of some other larger mammal who ate us for their own survival.
Leptin and Individuality: The Good, the Bad, the Ugly
The truth is each of us has an optimum level of fat storage. This is tailored specifically and genetically to our
body size and metabolism. It also may be influenced be your environment especially in your early years of
development. This is what we call metabolic set point. The diet and supplement and Guru Industry do not
want you to know or understand the realities of metabolic set point. But I am going to lay this out for you.
Your metabolism has a consistent and complex feedback and backup system of detecting when your fat stores are at or below optimum levels. Your metabolism adjusts hunger accordingly. This is why so many of you get hungrier and hungrier as you get leaner and leaner. Your body is meant to be that way. So the comment of getting used to a diet, only goes so far. You know when not dieting; and when fat stores are normal for you, that you seldom think about food; and you tend to correspondingly, eat less as well. This is the self‐correcting nature of leptin hormone in action. But you also know when dieting or sever dieting, and/or when your leanness gets passed a certain point; all you can think about is food. It even keeps you up at night. This is also the self‐correcting nature of leptin in action.
Recently wannabe experts have been mis‐representing a very kindergarten level of understanding of leptin in order to gather converts to their diet systems. Many have you convinced of automatic cheat meals and cheat days which do not begin to address the complexities of leptin influence and its many back up systems. As simply stated above, many of you have lived the realities of the leptin‐satiety reflex system. So when someone tries to market to you, a quick start or rapid fat loss diet or diet system, you should be suspicious; not because I say so, but because your own diet experience should tell you the truth!
Moreover, contest‐Gurus who just constantly cut your carbs or calories just because the contest date is closer and for no other reason, are not reading your biofeedback; and they may be taking you down a road to long term fatness. (In fact it only takes one time, of wrongly cutting calories instead of spiking them, during what we call critical periods that will result in unwanted consequences.)
Lets look at another element of leptin then. Leptin affects appetite and affects hunger by being tied into your bodyfat levels and levels of storage. This means in a post‐diet situation you will indeed keep a heightened and artificial level of hunger and appetite. You will eat more and larger meals until your leptin levels rise back to previous, non‐diet, non‐starvation mode. But leptin also affects metabolism as well. If you diet in a way that merely keeps cutting calories, or carbs, leptin levels will fall. As leptin levels fall, so does metabolic rate. (the rate which you convert and use energy) This is not good for the dieter, because now the lack of food is being met by a slower metabolism, and also by more pronounced physiological message to store fat, and not burn it or use it. This is what we call the down regulation of metabolism. The usual expert response to this when the body slows down to meet lack of incoming cals, is to cut calories or carbs even more simply because scale‐weight has plateaued. I call this expertise by panic. Leptin can in fact turn down metabolic rate by as much as 20% or even more. No wonder when combined with the appetite effects mentioned above, post‐diet and post‐contest‐diet rebounds can take your body to new found fat levels. How? Because you have slowed down metabolism by 20% or more. The rate you used to burn calories is no longer present. So YOU may be eating normally for post‐diet consumption but your body cant burn fuel as well, so stores these calories; and stores them as fat. You have programmed your metabolism to do so from your diet undertaking.
In fact the leptin equation is so precise that if we look at calories intake over a decade instead of over these short term diet periods; we will see a precision that no amount of calories control and food weighing could ever match. Dr. Friedman, a molecular biologist, whom I have quoted in my other works, mentioned above, shows that energy intake and energy expenditure over a decade is within .17% percent perfectly balanced. In his words, this exceeds by several orders of magnitude the ability of nutritionists to count calories! (His words, not mine. But I do indeed echo the statement) In other words your body is doing naturally and biologically what you think you are controlling it to do when you diet. And its the diet equation that messes with this delicate and natural balance. Choose your Gurus wisely folks! Now everyone talks about leptin, and the reality that when fat levels drop, and therefore leptin levels drop, appetite and hunger increase proportionately. But no one talks about these elements of diet‐rebound and the disruption of hunger satiety which keeps you over‐eating. AND, no one discusses in real terms elements of leptin sensitivity and resistance. (which is a lot like insulin sensitivity and resistance) The truth is, once diet induces this leptin response in both appetite and metabolism satiety signals will remain disrupted, even when adequate leptin levels have been re‐established. In other words, most of you will continue eating more heavily, and you know it; you just cant control it! Sound familiar? So, if body fat drops to too low a level for your own genetic comfort, and stays there, the response will be an appetite and hunger cue you cannot control. And this type of diet‐induced hunger is different. It has no upper limit to it. And this is because we evolved to be able to feast in order to survive another famine. The reason there is no upper limit to the appetite in this situation is to insure survival. These kinds of diets are the same to our bodies as food scarcity was to our ancestors. We have to be able to put back on weight fast when food becomes plentiful so that man could survive the next time food was not so plentiful.
The ugly side of this for you, the modern dieter is this: Not only is there no upper limit on diet‐induced hunger, but once the weight is gained, your bodys natural response will be to do everything to try to keep this weight on. So that rebound weight you think is just water; may indeed be becoming something else. This is why dropping weight again on your next diet or contest‐diet becomes an even more difficult proposition. Many Figure competitors have come to me, and before they ever competed, they weighed in the low to mid‐120 lbs area. Now, a few contests later their off‐season weight is in the high 130s or 140sand climbing. The message is that they have programmed their own bodies to do this. And the body is very efficient at obliging. You see the body remembers and it gets smart. When you try to diet again, your metabolism responds quicker and faster than before because your previous diet taught it to. This means the second or third diet, even if your body just drops a little weight in the beginning, leptin levels are now so sensitive that it drops as well; and sends appetite soaring again. So in essence the uncontrollable senseyou have to eat everything, now comes after only a few weeks or a few pounds instead of after say a few months or 20‐30 lbs like on previous diets. And this makes perfect sense. Its like your body saying, Hey, theres food around. Im not going to wait till my fat stores are depleted again. Ill start re‐feeding now.
From the survival sense, this of course makes perfect sense. Its the equivalent of not waiting till the gas
indicator on the car says empty, before stopping to refuel. Same thing here. And the problem is, the response is a disproportionate one; which leads you to a new disproportionate body weight and fat gain. (This is also why Kirsty Alley will not succeed in shedding her weight again, or at least not be able to keep it off.) As James Hill, director of Colorado Clinical Nutrition Research Unit put it, humans have only a very weak physiological mechanism to defend against weight gain when food is abundant and yet very many safe guards to defend the body against weight loss. So the best researchers; true researchers and not industry people with something to sell you; are telling you what Im telling you. Your diet, contest‐diet is a risky proposition and a likely contributor to you getting fat, and staying fat, down the road. Because the truth no one wants to deal with in this industry is that almost every system and back up system dealing with metabolism and energy regulation, has a bias toward weight gain, or a bias against weight loss. Now I cant get into to all the ramifications here. But I will say this. This paper only deals with the physiological process involved in knowing and understanding diet process. It doesnt even begin to address the exercise side of the equation. The truth here is that if your contest Guru has you doing more and more cardio as you cut more and more calories, the above risks will pretty much become a nightmarish guarantee for you. Its time people started moving away from buzzwords Bro‐science and Sistasupport. Very few diet Gurus in this industry look at diet from the long term cumulative effects or even
understand diet, beyond the calories content of food: Doesnt take much brain power for that.
Diet application requires precision. It requires a deep understanding of application and individualization. It requires being able to read biofeedback of an individual and knowing how to respond. Any idiot can just keep subtracting calories because the scale isnt moving. Well, hows that workin for ya? (long term, that
is?) True expertise my friends, comes not only in knowing this following sentence, but in knowing what it means to be able to properly apply it. As I always say, force the body and it reacts; coax the body and it responds. In terms of some of you dieting to get fat, all I can say regarding this paper is that....
Some of you will get and some of you will not!
By Scott Abel


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