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Every so often a defense lawyer comes along who has a season like Babe Ruth. Suddenly he is on the side of every famous accused felon, every wounded politician, every raw social issue. In this, his season, Barry Slotnick is about to plunge into the high voltage defense of Bernhard Goetz, New York's infamous subway gunman who has admitted shooting four black youths and whose claim of self-defense seems, on the face of it, a difficult brief.
Slotnick sits in his office in lower Manhattan holding a filter-tip cigarette, ready to demonstrate that in all human affairs the gap between appearance and reality may be the difference between guilt and innocence.
"How long have you smoked?" he is asked.
He taps away an ash, then says rather casually, "I don't smoke."
Slotnick, 47, inhales again from what is indisputably a lighted cigarette.
"How long haven't you smoked?" persists a visitor.
"Look," he says with a cold Bronx twang that cuts off the discussion, "I do not smoke."
He takes another puff. "Are you going to believe your eyes or what I tell you?"
This, then, is the working strategy of a masterful persuader. Slotnick is a criminal lawyer. A litigator. It is his job to make juries doubt what they see, to blow smoke in their eyes.
Earlier this year Slotnick engineered the defense of John Gotti, who authorities say is the leader of one of the nation's most powerful organized crime families, and six of his associates. All were acquitted after a seven-month trial in Brooklyn's Federal District Court.
Slotnick's clients don't have to be facing long years behind bars to benefit from the full range of his ingenious talents. Take the defense he mounted for the owner of a dog accused of biting a woman's leg. He demanded a lineup and the victim couldn't pick out the guilty canine.
Or the case of a teenager who claimed he was beaten up by two Hasidic Jews—members of an Orthodox sect who all wear beards and dress in long black coats and large black hats. Slotnick bussed in 52 Hasidic Jews from their New York City neighborhood and slipped his clients among them. The witnesses all were baffled.
Is Slotnick really functioning, as he claims, on some higher, idealistic plane, or is he sabotaging the ends of justice? "I try to make the jurors see things in another way," he says. "Things are not always what they appear to be."
Barry Slotnick is the child of middle-class parents who emigrated from Russia. His father, Meyer, was a Roosevelt supporter, a captain in the Bronx Democratic machine. Slotnick has vivid memories of sitting down to dinner while job seekers and supplicants lined up outside the house. His heroes were liberal Supreme Court Justices Felix Frankfurter and Hugo Black. Today Slotnick is a Republican and a conservative, and he is not completely certain whether the world has tilted away from him or he from it. He claims that his cause is still human rights.
"We criminal lawyers are the last defense against tyranny," he says in his own defense. "I protect unpopular people against the abuses of the state."
Indeed, although Slotnick has his detractors—critics claim that his practice is weighted in favor of members of organized crime—there are others who disagree with the "mob lawyer" slur. "I respect him," says the U.S. Attorney for New York's Southern District, Rudolph Giuliani. "He is a good lawyer and an honorable person. I have always seen him keep his word."
Among his current clients is Congressman Mario Biaggi (D-Bronx), who is facing corruption charges. Last February Slotnick's appeal won back U.S. citizenship for Rabbi Meir Kahane, founder of the militant Jewish Defense League, who had been stripped of citizenship when he became a member of the Israeli parliament.
But it will be the defense of Bern-hard Goetz that will decide Slotnick's place in the defenders' pantheon. Goetz, now 39, an electrical engineer, was riding a New York subway train at about 1:30 p.m. on Dec. 22, 1984, when he was confronted by four black youths, who may or may not have been out to rob him. Pulling an unlicensed pistol from his shoulder bag, Goetz gunned down James Ramseur, then 18, Troy Canty, 19, Barry Allen, 18, and Darrell Cabey, 19.
The case has become emblematic, a symbol of vengeance for embattled subway riders as well as a symbol of white oppression for angry urban blacks. "My client was defending himself," insists Slotnick, who has learned to speak in crisp sound bites for the benefit of reporters' microphones. "He could have spit, but that wouldn't have stopped the robbery."
"No, it wouldn't..." begins Goetz, but Slotnick holds up his hand—a traffic cop stopping his client from crossing this particular intersection. The lawyer is unwilling to risk any further indiscretions by Goetz, who has a tendency to shoot off his mouth.
Does Slotnick think about the four young men Goetz shot with such efficiency? "No."
What about Darrell Cabey, the most seriously wounded of the youths, who was permanently paralyzed? Cabey was lying on the floor when Goetz came over to him and reportedly said, "You don't look so bad, here's another," then fired a bullet into his back. That follow-up attack is expected to present serious difficulties for the defense. Does Slotnick think of Cabey?
"I have to think of him as the thug I contend he is, a mugger who got what he deserves," says Slotnick. "When it's over, I'll reflect on him as a human being."
Most members of the prospective jury enter the case with understanding for Goetz's vigilante behavior. Half the panel had been victims of crime. Slotnick spent three weeks helping to pick the jury. Jury selection, he insists, is the most important phase of the trial, and in this process, he was at his best. For example, Slotnick spent a lot of time questioning one particular prospective juror, Robert Lorenzo, 34. Not because he thought Lorenzo might sit in judgment on Goetz—there was no doubt he would be dismissed for cause—but because he wanted the other jurors to hear Lorenzo's story.
Robert Lorenzo, who works in advertising, had come to court as a gun control advocate. He had difficulty imagining a violent reaction to an attack. However, under Slotnick's questioning, he said that one night, in the midst of jury selection, he and his fiancée were assaulted by a gang of thugs. Lorenzo, the gun-control advocate, said that if he had had a weapon, he would have used it.
If Slotnick was quick-tempered with his adversary, assistant district attorney Gregory Waples, he was poetic and humble before the jury. "There will come a time when we will rise when you enter the courtroom," he told the 12 jurors. "When the case is completed and goes to you, you become the judges of fact, and we will stand." All visibly stiffened with pride.
"It's all preparation," says Slotnick, deflecting praise to his two assistants. "I sing the songs that others write."
After the jury was picked there was a three-week adjournment of the trial. Deeply fatigued, Slotnick suffers a psychological letdown. Behind the closed door of his office, the strain showing in the extra baggage under his eyes, Slotnick begins to ruminate about his pressured life. "I work very hard," he says. "I can't slow down, I can't change directions. What else can I do? I can't cook, I'm not a great artist. How can I modify my life?" He has little real inclination to do so and appears to enjoy the trappings of his success. He wears $2,500 suits and costly shirts with monogrammed cuffs. On his wrist is a gold Piaget watch, a gift from a grateful client. Outside wait a driver and a limousine.
In the austere anteroom of Slot-nick's office, you can find the human contradictions that seem to characterize his practice. A woman leaving the office is stopped by a very tough-looking character in expensive clothing. She looks a little startled. "You forgot your purse," he says. The woman is grateful and she begins calling him "the last honest man." Then suddenly, from a conference room, steps John Gotti, reputed godfather of the Gambino crime family. The character steps protectively between everyone else and Gotti. The last honest man turns out to be John Gotti's bodyguard.
Slotnick, who says that his acquittal rate is 95 percent and who boasts that he once went 12 years without losing a case, earns a seven-figure income. Wall Street firms make tempting offers. He can fly away on expensive vacations with his wife of 19 years, Donna, and their children, Stuart, 17, Melissa, 15, Shoshanna, 13, and Chani, 5. "They think I can do anything," he says, not without pride. "They even ask me for Billy Joel tickets!"
Yet Barry Ivan Slotnick says something curious. "Sometimes I go to funerals to pay respects and I think maybe there should be more time to reflect. Sometimes I'm lonely."
This comes at a gleaming moment in Barry Slotnick's career, but, as he would be the first to admit, not everything in life is as it appears.
Subway Shooter Bernhard Goetz Is the Latest Defendant to Hire the Hottest Legal Gun in Town—barry Slotnick
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•originally published 05/04/1987 AT 01:00 AM EDT


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I am a good Black man. I grew up in Mt. Olive Missionary Baptist Church in South Central, Los Angeles. I have always maintained at least a 3.5GPA, and, after graduating from Crenshaw Senior High School's Teachers Training Magnet Program with honors, I earned a B.A. and M.A. in Communication Studies from the California State University, Los Angeles, and a Ph.D. in Performance Studies (with certificates in Gender Studies and African-American Studies) from Northwestern University. I earned numerous awards at each stage of my collegiate career, been a part of more honors societies than I can remember, and earned four national titles in intercollegiate speech and debate, All-American honors, and one year was awarded the Brovero-Tabor for being the top ranked competitor at the end of the academic year. I now hold a Postdoctoral Fellowship at the University of Southern California where I teach courses on race, gender, sexuality, class, and pop culture in the Department of American Studies and Ethnicity. I have written blogs as well as newspaper and academic articles on critical issues facing Black people. In addition, I am the Curator and Program Manager of History at the California African American Museum, and I co-founded Say Word, a non-profit in Los Angeles that mentors inner-city teenagers and teaches them self expression and how to use their own voices through spoken word poetry. I am a spoken word poet who has won two national slam poetry titles and, among other things, appeared on HBO's Def Poetry Jam, BET's Lyric Café, and most recently TVOne's Verses & Flow. I stay abreast on most political issues, especially those that pertain directly to Black people. I am generally respectful and I usually address my elders with sir, ma'am, Mr., Mrs., or Ms. By most accounts I am a good Black man. Hell, I even tip a little extra to help offset the stereotypes of the penny pinching Black diner.
While I both worked hard for and enjoy my success, I, for so many reasons, must denounce the title of "good Black man."
When comedian Chris Rock quipped in his 1996 hit HBO special Bring the Pain, "I love Black people, but I hate niggas," he effectively fanned the flames of the "civil war" he claimed was "going on with Black people." Mostly concerned with whether Rock was right or wrong, much has been written about this controversial piece in his otherwise brilliant stand-up routine. Certainly Rock is able to exercise his First Amendment rights, but given that the single most defining characteristic of his "niggas" are those criminals and criminally minded dark bodied human beings in this country, and that Black men are both unhealthily and unfairly caught up in what activist-academic Angeles Davis calls the "prison industrial complex," Rock essentially "niggafied" most Black men in the U.S. and declared war on those "niggas" on behalf of all of us "good" Black people.
Rock went well beyond what Evelyn Higginbotham calls "the politics of respectability," or the demand "that every individual in the black community assume responsibility for behavioral, self-regulation and self-improvement along moral, educational, and economic lines." Rock's decontextualized joke misses the deep and complex histories of the ways in which Black men in the U.S. have been and still are criminalized, or simply labeled "bad," as exhibited in Douglas A. Blackmon's Slavery by Another Name and Michelle Alexander's The New Jim Crow. Even worse, Rock testifies for the "need" of the state sanctioned violence enacted on Black men, good or bad, on every day basis. And, he is not alone on this position.
"The goal…to distance oneself as far as possible from images perpetuated by racist stereotypes," writes Higginbotham, sets up situations where some Black people are not only disregarding startling studies and statistics that show how Black men are treated as criminals before we are treated as citizens but discarding, not unlike the morning garbage, entire groups of "other" Black people. Despite the fact that Black males face harsher punishments than their White counterparts in the "justice" system and in school, that one in every three Black males can expect to go to prison in their lifetimes, that the war on drugs is essentially a war on people of color, that most Black men will have negative engagements with the law, and that those disempowered Black men with little to no options prior to prison exit disenfranchised, many of us "good Black folks" have at best distanced ourselves from the "bad" and at worst called for harsher punishment (see the Black Congressional Caucus signing the crack sentencing bill), because after all, as Rock said, "niggas have got to go."
But more than rejecting the label "good Black man" because I am not happy with some of the things us "good" folks do, it is my larger contention that writing someone off as bad is not only decontextual but it does not allow for the redemptive qualities that opened the door for Jay-Z, as he said in the song "Shiny Suit Theory," to go from "warring to Warren." Jay-Z, the same rapper Rock champions, went from criminal (or nigga) activities to doing and talking business with magnate Warren Buffett, that is – before he was sponsored by Coke (Coca Cola), he was sponsored by coke (cocaine). More, constructing a group of Blacks as good in order to cast off the bad acts as a pressure release, insuring that a system of inequality (inadequate education, unequal job access, unfair justice system) goes unchecked because it troublingly justifies the myth that EVERYONE can make it in the U.S. so long as they work hard enough and, dare I say, be "good" enough. Even more, my "good" rests squarely on the ability to label someone else "bad," and unlike Rock, the Black Congressional Caucus, or other "good Black folks," I am neither ready nor willing to write off, shoot, or incarcerate a bunch of "niggas". I love Black people too much for that. And simply put, before I ever call for their death, I would rather for my own.
Good Black Man.

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Breakfast can be a messy business. You're barely dressed, possibly unshowered, and if you've remembered to brush your hair, it's a good day.
That sort of demeanor goes well with the typical grub served at breakfast joints: giant sloppy omelettes oozing cheese, stacks of toast dripping with butter and jam, and plate-sized pancakes floating in a sticky mess of syrup.
But two cafes along Division Street's eastside food row offer casual breakfasts worth getting cleaned up for--even if you don't actually need to do it.
First, there's Genies: a new, friendly place, decorated with cheerful Jetsons-y colors and eclectic local art. If you need to wait for a table--and you almost certainly will on weekends--you're welcome to grab a mug and help yourself to some Stumptown coffee.
The breakfast and brunch menus offer a variety of omelets and scrambles ($7-$7.50), several versions of eggs Benedict ($7-$7.50), and two hash options ($7 and $8.25).
If you've wondered whether organic ingredients offer a difference in taste, Genies' eggs offer an answer. The tender texture seems different, and the flavor is fuller as well. Portions are reasonably sized, and you can taste the individual mushrooms in the three-mushroom omelette with shallots and chives ($7) because the eggs aren't overwhelmed by cheese. There's a great scramble with smoked tomato, spinach, onion, feta and artichoke heart ($7.50), each part adding to the distinct flavor yet coming together beautifully.
Genies has a full bar (except for espresso) and a lengthy cocktail list, so you can order a spicy Bloody Maria ($5) or a mimosa ($4.50) with your eggs--or if you're in extreme need of an eye-opener, try the Montana Breakfast: Bud and tomato juice ($4).
Owner Philip Ragaway says he has been surprised since the place opened last December by the number of customers who order drinks in the morning, some of whom are workers just finishing graveyard shifts. Another surprise, he says, has been the number of vision-impaired customers--so many, in fact, that the cafe now offers menus printed in Braille.
For lunch, you'll find an array of sandwiches on Grand Central bread ($5-$8.50) and a daily soup ($3.50) and salad ($5.25). A recent salad featured nut-crusted goat cheese and sweet baked beets. Genies also offers a terrific meaty burger ($6) with a grainy mustard sauce, served with thin fries or a salad.
Travel about 20 blocks east on Division and it's hard to miss Detour, thanks to the cafe's lime-green exterior. Inside, where the colors are crisp white and soothing robin's-egg blue, you'll find a few tables partitioned off for privacy, but the overall space is open enough that you might feel inclined to talk to strangers at a neighboring table.
The breakfast offerings may seem slim but aren't, actually; they just require your creativity. Two selections--potato skillets and frittatas ($5.50-$6.75)--are made to your order from a list of 18 ingredients. The eggs (the menu claims the hormone-free eggs come from uncaged chickens) make a fine foil for goat cheese, portabellas and spinach or for smoked salmon and cream cheese. With the creamy yellow organic potatoes as a base for the skillet, selected ingredients are artfully blended--I ordered a tasty mix of bacon, cheddar, onions and red pepper--and served in a pretty earthenware bowl.
Detour's house-made cardamom bread, slightly sweet and densely textured, is well worth its carbs. It's delicious plain and decadent as French toast, dipped in creamy custard, baked and topped with fruit and syrup ($5.75).
There are also breakfast sandwiches--the original involves two scrambled eggs with tomato and basil plus your choice of pepper bacon, salmon or avocado ($6.50)--served on potato focaccia bread, which is chewy but dry, so you'll want to ask for extra cream cheese.
For lunch, the menu offers a variety of salads ($6.50-$8) and sandwiches ($5.25-$6.75), and made-to-order individual pizzas baked on thin, crisp crusts, with 20 toppings to choose from ($6.50-$8.50). If you're feeling low on sodium, choose the Greek salad with feta and wonderfully salty olives, served with a light lemon dressing ($5.75).
Consider claiming one of the wooden tables on the tree-shaded front patio, since Detour's service can dawdle a bit, but pleasantly so. You can eat breakfast, sip excellent espresso and watch the traffic fly by on Division. If you don't leave feeling better than you did when you arrived, you might want to just head back to bed.
1101 SE Division St., 445-9777. 8 am-4 pm daily. Credit cards accepted. $ Inexpensive.
Detour Cafe3035 SE Division St., 234-7499. 8 am-4 pm Wednesday-Monday. Credit cards accepted. $ Inexpensive.
Philip Ragaway, the owner of Genies Cafe, also owns the Shanghai Tunnel, Bar of the Gods and Tiny's Coffee.Ragaway is negotiating changes to Genies' liquor license to expand the cafe's hours through dinner. The change could happen as early as next month.
Detour celebrated its third anniversary in February and is owned by two couples: Marcus and Lisa Cicconetti and Scott Krombein and Becky Doggett.


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Canyon coach Bill Patterson was all of 15 minutes removed from the Eagles emotional 14-6 win over Hereford last week.
His team had just held off The Herd before a packed house at Whiteface Stadium, winning the battle of unbeatens, improving to 5-0.
Standing outside the Canyon locker room, amid handshakes from well wishers, Patterson quickly put perspective on the win.
"This is a great feeling, but it won't mean a thing if we lose next week," Patterson said.
Welcome to what coaches like to call "The New Season."
It's district time.
This weekend all seven Amarillo-metro football teams begin their vision quest: bring home a district championship.
Palo Duro (0-5) opened District 3-4A play Thursday night against Borger (4-1); Highland Park (4-1) plays host to Quanah (4-1) in a District 6-2A showdown tonight; River Road (2-3), fresh off a momentum-boosting 9-7 win over Friona, entertains Dimmitt (2-3) in a District 1-3A opener; Caprock (1-4) meets perennial playoff contender Pampa (3-2) in 3-4A action Saturday at Dick Bivins Stadium; Randall (2-3) and Canyon (5-0) open District 4-4A play tonight, while Tascosa (1-4) and Amarillo High (5-0) begin the trek through District 3-5A tonight.
Since district play is here, will you see a change in your favorite team? Have coaches held back trick plays just for district? Does the game change since this is The New Season?
Don't look for drastic changes say coaches, but look for more playoff-like emotions on the field.
Patterson, his Eagles making a bid to remain unbeaten after week six of a season for the first time since 1978, said when district games roll around, the change arrives in the players, not in the game plan.
"We do some different things throughout the first five games," said Patterson, his Eagles doing damage on the ground averaging 312 rushing yards per game. "There are some things in the first five games we look at, then we decide if we like them or not. We will throw them out, or keep doing them.
"Now you do a see a change in the kids during district. We probably had our best practice (on Tuesday) in a long time. I think our kids know there is a sense of urgency. With five district games, you lose one, and you are behind the eight ball."
Amarillo High coach Larry Dippel opens his 25th district season tonight in Dick Bivins against Monterey. Dippel has his Sandies off to a 5-0 start for the second time since 1994.
Dippel said don't look for the Sandies to suddenly start running triple wide-receiver reverses. But do look for some things to change.
"We really don't change our philosophy when district arrives," Dippel said. "Practices do become more intense. That happens. But our philosophy is always consistency. We have to learn to play every week, understanding that this first week in district is more important than any game we have played.
"What you hope is that your team responds and rises to another emotional level, a level that will make you play better physically in big games."
Tascosa coach Doug McCutchen, his team 1-4 and visiting pre-district favorite Lubbock Coronado tonight, agreed with Dippel.
"You don't want to work on something for five weeks and all the sudden change things," McCutchen said. "You do put a few little wrinkles just for change to see if other teams can adjust. The thing that changes is the players attitude. Because it's a new season. Now everything counts. It's very critical that we have good practices and stay focused and do things correctly. Because now every mistake counts big time."
Caprock, 1-4 under second-year coach Ron Rogers, has put together one of the top passing games in the state during non-district. Longhorns quarterback Tanner has thrown for 1,055 yards.
Rogers joked the Longhorns have "already gone through our playbook," so don't look for Caprock to pull out new stuff Saturday.
"Our approach to district games aren't any different than non-district games," Rogers said. "The thing that changes, when district arrives, is you get that playoff intensity.
"If you aren't a machine and rolling, you tell your kids it's a new season and that everybody is even. And I believe that. If you are kind of rolling, you just say let's not lose the momentum."
Rogers said during the district season he prefers shorter practices.
"We just try to be consistent now that district starts," Rogers said. "In fact, you cutback a little bit on workouts because you don't have to worry about the conditioning as much when the weather cools off. You work on execution more than going out and doing the Lombardi drills."
Metro coaches echoed two thoughts on opening district: 1) You can't deny the fact winning the district opener is a humongous boost to team moral; 2) Non-district records don't mean a thing.
"Every game at this point of the season becomes important," McCutchen said. "The opening district ball game, simply because everybody wants to win the first one. Plus, with us playing Coronado, one of the top teams in the district, it becomes even bigger."
"In a six-team district with five district games played, that first district game is very important," Patterson said. "If you don't win the first one, you are playing behind from the start.
"Our kids have been around enough to know 5-0 has been great, but even if you are 0-5, it doesn't matter. You have to go either 4-1 or 5-0 over the next five games to insure yourself of a playoff and not have to depend on anybody else."
Added Dippel: "All we are is 5-0 and we haven't done anything, yet. The goal is to win district. These first five games have simply been to prepare us for what we call our second season."
And that's district, or The New Season.
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Police: Man uses candy to try to lure kids at West York park
Suspect arrested in attempted child luring
UPDATED 12:53 PM EDT Apr 08, 2013
Julio Flores Jr. is in York County Prison with bail set at $100,000. A description of the van he was driving led police to him.
Click here to watch Ed Weinstock's report.
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Birmingham News columnist John Archibald followed the sentencing of former Birmingham city councilman and Jefferson County commissioner John Katopodis on Friday at the Hugo Black U.S. Courthouse in Birmingham. Katopodis, 62, was sentenced to three years and 10 months in prison after being convicted on 97 counts of mail and wire fraud in 2009.
Cast of characters in court:
Kat - John Katopodis
Rita Briles - Defense lawyer
George Martin - Prosecutor
Judge Karon Bowdre
Joshua Wood - Birmingham Police Officer, defense witness
msmith - Mary Smitherman, daughter of Birmingham City Councilwoman Carole Smitherman
csmith - Carole Smitherman, Birmingham City Councilwoman, then president of council who had been subpoenaed to testify by prosecution
Rev. John Killian - character witness for Katopodis
Frank Stewart - character witness for Katopodis
Here, in chronological order, are Archibald's tweets from the proceedings:
1. Will try to tweet from courtroom in Katopodis sentencing at 2:30. If judge allows. I'll keep you posted.
2. Katopodis sentencing nearing.
3. Prosecutor George Martin and Co. In place for Kat sentencing.
4. Courtoom filling up. 24 spectators so far.
5. Defense lawyer Rita Briles waiting for Katopodis. Not here yet.
6. Kat in the house, in orange jail jumper.
7. Katopodis jumper reads "Shelby County Jail." He nods to his friends.
8. Judge Karon Bowdre has yet to arrive.
9. Dum-dee-dum-dum.
10. Judge coming in. Court in session.
11. A first for Bowdre: objections to pre-sentence report by both sides.
12. Martin says Kat should get extra time for "sophisticated means" of crime. They are arguing over guidelines.
13. Martin: Kat used Council of Cooperating Govts account to hide transactions. He repeatedly created false documents.
14. Bowdre: How is repeadedly lying and creating false documents lying?
15. Martin says taken in mass, Kat's schemes were sophisticated. Bowdre says no, not especially.
16. Martin says law, not he, defines sophisticated means. Bowdre apparently not buying it in this case.
17. Bowdre overrules Martin. Sides with Kat on "sophisticated means."
18. Defense atty Briles arguing defense objections filed by her, and by Kat's previous lawyers
19. Briles says Kat denies refusing access to Computer Help for Kids (chk) books. Bowdre says testimony showed otherwise.
20. Briles has major objections about 2-point sentence "enhancements" for obstruction of justice. Has witness.
21. Briles says probation officer added points for goint to witnesses house (it was Smitherman's). Briles said he went, but was not threatening.
22. Witness coming to talk about Smitherman visit.
23. Joshua Wood of Gardendale is a south precinct cop. Witness.
24. Wood worked the case. Arrived at Smitherman home, Kat was not there. Young man who worked for Kat's lawyer was there. Kat got there later.
25. Kat arrived, was loud and obnoxious, not disorderly requiring arrest.
26. Wood didn't file report. "we get calls like this all the time."
27. Wood: Carole Smitherman's daughter was there with a guy. Kat approached her. Wood doesn't know what he said.
28. Wood spoke to councillor Carole Smitherman on daughter Mary Smitherman's phone. Kat was not boistrous.
29. Wood: later, another officer was called to the scene.
30. Wood can't recall Kat calling Mary an "ignorant Smitherman."
31. Wood: after incident, he thinks Kat left. This incident, you recall, occurred during trial and is the reason Kat was hauled off to jail.
32. Wood: Kat shouldn't have been there, but was not disorderly.
33. Prosector Scarlett Singleton up now.
34. Wood said he didn't know Kat was on trial at the time. "i don't follow politics."
35. Complaint was filed by Smitherman because Wood failed to notify supervisor. Wood was given a disciplinary letter.
36. Wood looks at report filed by other officer. It was filed more than an hour after he left. Seems to make his presence irrellevant.
37. Woods steps down.
38. Government will bring witnesses on this issue. First is Mary Smitherman.
39. Mary Smitherman (msmith)works as a nurse for board of ed and princeton hospital.
40. Msmith says she was home alone with 5-yo daughter when somebody started banging on door. A young WM. She called mom.
41. Daughter was upset, dogs barking. Msmith called cops and her fiance, who came.
42. Cops came, young man and Kat appeared. I walked outside. Man tried to serve Carole Smitherman with subpoena. She says her mom not there.
43. Kat said she was lying, his eyes bugged out and he invaded her personal space, made her uncomfortable, called her "ignorant Smitherman.."
44. Msmith: "this man was out of control."
45. Msmith. Cops left first. Msmith watched the Kat and Co. Pull down street and wait.
46. Msmith says mom later came home with another cop. Says first cop didn't control situation.
47. Briles cross-X. Asks where fiance parked vehicle. Msmith doesn't recall.
48. This is gonna last a while.
49. Briles: Is it possible you didn't see Kat ring doorbell, that it was the other guy. Msmith: It's possible.
50. Msmith says Kat was yelling and beligerant while cop was there.
51. Msmith: Kat was sweating profusely.
52. Msmith: Her mom talked to her on the phone, used another phone to call cops again. They came later.
53. Smith said she told her mother not to come home because she was afraid for her.
54. Msmith says Kat was snapping pictures of yard, cars, was aggressive and scary.
55. Carole Smitherman takes the stand.
56. Carole Smitherman (Csmith) was president of Bham City Council at time. Had been subpoenaed by feds to testify about Kat trip to Egypt.
57. Csmith had left house to get chicken. Was trapped in line when daughter called. Told her to call cops.
58. Csmith went to south precinct and talked to police officers. Stayed on the phone and heard Kat cal her daughter ignorant.
59. Csmith says Kat was loud and obnoxious.
60. Cross X. Csmith can't remember talking to officer Woods. Now she does. "i surely did."
61. Csmith says daughter told her not to come home, was fearful for her daughter. "i'm trying to find out about my children."
62. Briles wants to know why she didn't go home to check on daughter. Judge doesnt seem to like it. Points out Csmith had 15 year old with her.
63. Csmith was in a 97 "paid for" Benz.
64. Carole Smitherman steps down, Wood is recalled.
65. Woods can't recall Msmith saying she was afraid for her life. Doesn't dispute it, though.
66. Judge points out that Wood doesn't know what happened after he left.
67. Wood steps down. Briles said the incident didn't happen the way it was portrayed in pre-sentence report.
68. Briles: Who are we going to believe, police officer or Smitherman?
69. Briles: Kat shouldn't have gone, but doesn't warrant obstruction of justice.
70. Prosecutor Singleton says new officer had no background, couldn't remember specifics. Smithermans knew background. Have better memory.
71. Bowdre: Plenty of evidence to support obstruction. Woods testimony supports fact that event took place.
72. Briles now objecting to sentencing upgrade because of mirepresentation of charity.
73. Judge: i think the govt can explain that to you. Martin says yes. If you misrepresent yourself as charity you get sentence enhanceement.
74. Judge sides with feds. Objection overruled.
75. Briles also objects to enhancement for abusing position of trust. "we do not believe he abused his position."
76. Judge disagrees. Overrules objection. Enhancement stays.
77. That's all the objections. All are overruled. Range is 46-57 months.
78. Judge has read the letters supporting Kat. Briles will call a few witnesses. And apparently talk a lot more.
79. Briles preaches about how great it is that judge can depart from the guidelines.
80. Briles says court needs to consider Kat's age -- 62.
81. Briles: his whole life has been committed to public service. She says she is here to speak of kat's "good."
82. Briles: "I didn't have the time, or the sentencing memorandum would be substantially longer." Yep. That's right.
83. Briles calls Rev. John Killian, who has known Kat for 30 years. Says Kat played Santa for poor kids.
84. Killian says Kat has kind heart.
85. Second witness, can't catch name. Says Kat has been a friend of family and Miss Nina Miglionico.
86. Lady says Kat is a man with heart and a soft spot for children.
87. Kat just sits there. In chains.
88. Lady: Kat has talked to fellow inmates about everything from budgets to the Bible.
89. Frank Stewart now testifying. Talks about Kat's love of his community. Asks judge to consider his good works.
90. I think he's reading Kip Gordon's story.
91. Talks about how Kat went to west coast to save a dog, how he gave rides to the destitute and helped kids.
92. Briles is going to talk some more. Now she says computer help for kids has "served a great mission."
93. Yep. Briles will talk some more. Kat's intent was to provide laptops for needy kids. Repeating herself about "the good."
94. Briles: Kat's reputation is destroyed, his age is a mitigating factor.
95. Kat has been in jail for eight months.
96. Briles: asks court "to remember tht we have already given B'ham a notice." that message is already out there. Asks for downward departure.
97. Briles: "John has been punished severely already." Katopodis declines to speak. Ten minute break.
98. They say i haven't been using the #katopodis hash tag, so you may have missed some of my feed. Go to al.com to see the whole string.
99. Katopodis looks quite a bit older. Court is back in session.
100. Martin says katopodis has larceny in his heart. "how ma(n)y children did without" while he went to casinos on the charity's dime.
101. Martin wonders if katopodis went to west coast to save that dog on charity money.
102. Martin: deterrence is not in getting caught, but message is in going to jail. Asks for sentence on high end of guideline.
103. Bowdre about to sentence katopodis.
104. Bowdre: imposing a sentence one of the most important things a judge does. There are different degrees of hardness.
105. Bowdre: to whom much is given, much is required. katopodis should have known better.
106. Bowdre says this is a crime of greed worthy of significant sentence.
107. Bowdre: will also look at the good he did. They reflect a different side of katopodis.
108. Bowdre says katopodis not going to jail for helping others. Going to jail for helping himself to others' money.
109. Bowdre: moved by a letter from an inmate who said katopodis has been a mentor. "he will have an opportunity to mentor many more.
110. Bowdre weighs katopodis history against ongoing scheme.
111. Bowdre: must avoid "unwanted sentence disparity."
112. Bowdre sentences katopodis to 46 months, three years 10 months.
113. Now talking restitution. Defense wants $162k. Martin wants to add $7k for antique car bought for larry langford.
114. Car was actually $4k. Prosecution wants $166k.
115. Bowdre orders katopodis to pay $166k.
116. Bowdre will urge that katopodis is placed in minimum security camp and gets time served.
117. Bowdre speaks to katopodis. Says God is able to work good even in bad circumstances.
118. Bowdre says katopodis should take heart from Peter, Paul and Chuck Colson.
119. We are adjourned.
120. katopodis saying goodbye to friends.


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Rogue IT: Gaining Control - CIO/IDG Research
Being innovative is a must for organizations hoping to compete in today's global business environment. After all, it's often the innovation-driven ability to better serve the customer and enhance revenue that fuels competitive advantage. Oftentimes, technology serves as the primary route to innovative results. However, the pace of technology can exceed the ability of IT to keep up with demands. As a result, IT organizations often find themselves falling victim to rogue IT equations.
While often more prevalent than IT leaders wish to acknowledge, the commonality of rogue IT environments only continues to grow within today's highly competitive, tech-driven business atmosphere. For instance, in Gartner's 2012 Annual IT Outlook, analysts predicted that in less than three years, 35 percent of enterprise IT expenditures will happen outside of the corporate IT budget. Fortunately, there are a few telltale signs that lines of business are venturing out on their own to pursue IT-based solutions to their current needs. And, recognizing rogue IT paves the way to better control and more centralized IT spending from new workflows and governance that fosters quicker spin-ups for business units.
"Businesses need to be able to transform IT from a group that says no to business to one that empowers the business to move fast and accelerate toward strategic goals." — Gerardo Dada, Director of Product Marketing Rackspace Hosting
FIRST SIGN: PHANTOM PRODUCT ROLLOUTS. One of the most prevalent signs of a rogue environment is the rolling out of new products and services without IT involvement. When competing in today's fast-paced environment, the company that is first to market with new, creative offerings tends to grab the lion's share. Innovation without oversight can positively transform an organization when all goes well. However, on the flip side, a reckless maneuver can spell disaster, since IT is still responsible for managing and supporting that innovation. Marketing is usually a top culprit of rogue IT activity. As such, an array of microsites and URLs not on the organization's domain inventory is an indicator of rogue activity.
SECOND SIGN: REDUCED REQUESTS. Another obvious sign is fewer innovation-related requests from business. When lines of business (LOBs) are pursuing their own innovations, the need for IT to deliver iterations to existing products often dissipates. While this may free IT to handle day-to-day functional tasks, it is in direct conflict with IT's strategic role. For most companies, the smart thing to do is assume that a rogue environment already exists.
THIRD SIGN: UNBALANCED BUDGET. Increases in technology budgets within lines of business can signal trouble. This trend is starting to receive more attention as LOBs outside of IT are begin- ning to spend more on technology—usually around managing and leveraging big data to better understand customer preferences and ultimately seize new market opportunities. In fact, in the 100 companies PwC ranks as "top performers," IT controls less than 50 percent of corporate technology expenditures.
This is becoming a reality as LOBs often have their own technology budgets to fuel innovative offerings. Rogue environments are further facilitated by the range of feature-rich tools available through channels such as the cloud, where collaboration, social media and other tools (e.g., VoIP, SaaS applications) are all easily available, and can be procured and integrated into current business practices without IT's involvement.
Capitalizing on time-to-market innovation opportunities is often the catalyst behind rogue projects, but there is a general perception that IT lacks the resources to deliver in a timely manner. For instance, a line of business may have a two-week deadline for a collaboration portal or a microsite to support a product launch. Or a business leader may need a Hadoop cluster for business intelligence (BI) analysis in order to properly structure a geographic-based service rollout. This becomes an issue when IT cannot instantly address a request because of tedious, required maintenance tasks and tapped out resources.
Regardless of the driving force behind an organization's rogue IT environment, the potential reverberations can be quite painful. The consequences include shouldering higher costs to manage rogue deployments, maintaining adequate security, suffering compliance inconsistencies as well as risking potential data breaches. While sometimes sophisticated in nature, as LOBs pursue rogue avenues, they often fail to consider data protection, business resiliency needs, intellectual property risks or even the appropriate legal and compliance issues. As such, traditional IT leaders have a bleak view of organizational risks.
For example, if marketing deploys an array of microsites, there are numerous risks, including no centralized system for domain management, public release of old and inaccurate information and expenses for creating and maintaining multiple sites. More severe risks, like not following privacy laws that can result in fines or jail time, could even shut you down. Even inadvertently exposing the company or client data can irreparably damage the organization's future.
Costly and sometimes crippling data leaks represent one of the biggest concerns for IT, especially since it's impossible to secure the unknown. But, there is also the issue of improper licensing, which can open the organization up to a number of compliance issues. The other concern is patching. IT cannot patch applications it does not know about. Again, this can lead to serious vulnerabilities.
Likewise, when the business circumvents traditional IT avenues, it fails to leverage the inherent skills, strengths and core competencies of the organization's in-house talent. For instance, when IT is involved, the end product is often of higher quality with built-in redundancy and security. This is a crucial point for IT to stress to peers pursuing rogue environments, since innovation-driven decisions are often future driven and may lack attention to details that could seriously damage the organization.
In addition to risks, rogue environments can wreak havoc on organizational economics. If an organization has 100 business units contracting with vendors/providers, the likelihood of getting the best deal is pretty slim. In addition, this approach often results in duplicate efforts. For example, if five different lines of business are building websites or collaboration platforms they are probably using five different tools and paying separately for each tool. This also means going through the pains of learning and implementing new technologies in each instance.
The best way for IT to rein in rogue environments is to enable business units, while making the dangers of "shadow IT" practices clear to the entire organization. IT must clarify that business units need to analyze whether or not their siloed decision introduces a risk to the whole company rather than simply impacting one business unit. Of course, when focused on revenue generation or growing market share, it can be difficult to see the big picture.
IT's assistance can open the door to establishing a solid understanding of the big picture. The challenge, however, is always speed and whether IT can move fast enough to meet the needs of the business—a key driver for rogue IT groups in the first place. Demonstrating that IT can be an enabler—as opposed to an obstacle—helps reduce the emergence of rogue IT, as will IT's ability to help provide support, and ultimately manage cost and risk within the organization.
By being a proactive, engaged member of the organization, it's possible to prevent or mitigate business units from finding a need to create shadow environments from the get-go. IT must strive to develop an inclusive enterprise process, with the input of key business stakeholders, to capture the needs and objectives of the business while making them aware of enterprise concerns such as security, data privacy, business resilience and compliance, among other risks. This process must also enable swift decision making, particularly when the business needs relate to quickly procuring or building certain services, or standing up platforms for development and testing.
IT needs to further leverage these business relationships to thoroughly understand what is on the horizon. Understanding upcoming needs for collaboration, BI, microsite creation or testing environments for custom application development empowers IT to properly deliver or steer LOB technology strategy.
Through establishing, maintaining and nurturing relationships with those currently utilizing rogue IT solutions, IT puts itself in a power position to achieve crucial alignment with organizational and often strategic needs. According to the IDG State of the Enterprise study, IT leaders understand the importance of finding alignment, with 89 percent of respondents reporting that they are taking steps to facilitate better IT/business alignment.
"When IT is able to embrace a service provider mentality with the ability to empower lines of business to make smart decisions around quickly deploying technology, there is less incentive to go outside," says Gerardo Dada.
While the primary purpose of engagement is to understand exactly what the line of business needs that IT is not currently offering, the overarching goal should be to offer empowering solutions capable of fulfilling growing needs. This is often where scalable, flexible and secure access to dedicated, hybrid or open cloud environments can significantly help IT bridge the gap.
The value, for instance, of an open cloud is very powerful, with an array of vendor choices, architectural flexibility and deployment options that can help lines of business meet time-to-market demands, yet still provide IT with needed oversight and security measures.
In terms of flexibility and agility, a properly sourced environment can provide configuration options to design and deploy infrastructure where it's needed—with freedom from a proprietary technology roadmap, pricing structure or business strategy. Businesses can save money by using a public cloud for variable workloads while custom designing private clouds for best price-performance with stable workloads.
Once IT knows what the lines of business need, its focus can shift to building a stable cloud infrastructure with templates in place to enable business leaders to initiate projects and run them in a way that is easier and more cost effective than going outside the business. "IT needs to determine what it wants to push into the cloud and what services are best handled internally. This means determining for each situation what's required: awareness, management or actual control," Dada says. "IT needs to understand where it truly adds value to the business, and what tasks are best outsourced. These are the decisions that allow you to build a provisioning chart and cloud infrastructure that makes sense for the organization."
Seeking out a trusted provider with experience and a proven track record can give IT the peace of mind that with the right architecture, projects will work and pilots will run as intended. This kind of partnership can reduce risk without hampering the LOB's desire to innovate.
An experienced partner can also provide strategy guidance, map a journey to the cloud and deliver onboarding services without tying up in-house IT resources.
A strategic partner can even help the organization by leveraging virtualized and dedicated environments that can be combined into hybrid deployments to cost-effectively provide the right mix of security, control and agility. Ultimately, this relationship should enable IT to offer LOBs a sense of controlled empowerment that leverages virtualized environments as well as public, private and hybrid cloud configurations—and take time and resource issues off the table.
"Businesses need to be able to transform IT from a group that says no to business to one that empowers the business to move fast and accelerate toward strategic goals," Dada says. "Cloud serves as a catalyst by enabling and empowering IT in its goal of becoming strategic and transformational."
The goal should be to find the happy medium by embracing a model capable of meeting IT's security, compliance and governance requirements, while also providing business with the agility needed to keep moving.
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The Effects of Emissions Standards on Industry in the Short Run and Long Run
Y. Hossein Farzin
University of California, Davis - Department of Agricultural and Resource Economics; Oxford Centre for the Analysis of Resource Rich Economies (OxCarre)
January 2000
FEEM Working Paper No. 15.2000
Industrialists often claim that, by rendering firms unprofitable and hence forcing them out of business, stricter emissions standards reduce the industry output and competition. This paper considers situations where firms' pollution reduction increases the industry demand, but because of inability to co-ordinate their emissions reductions, and thus free riding problem, they are unable to act in their own collective interest. For such situations, the paper studies the effects of emissions standards on the equilibrium in an oligopoly market both at the firm and industry level and in the long run as well as short run. It shows conditions under which a stricter standard leads to a larger number of firms in the industry, a greater industry output, and a lower total pollution in the long run; and to higher levels of firms' profits and output in the short run. It also shows that for the industry to survive, a minimum pollution standard may be necessary.
Number of Pages in PDF File: 26
Keywords: environmental standard, abatement cost, demand effect, industry output
JEL Classification: H23, D62, D43, Q28
Date posted: October 15, 2000
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WVDOT to pay $30,000 in EPA lawsuit to resolve violations
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The West Virginia Department of Transportation will pay a $30,000 penalty to settle alleged violations of underground storage tank regulations, according to a press release issued Thursday by the U.S....
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Picking up a board for the wife
I'm looking to grab a board for the spousal unit. She has learned over the past two years on crappy rental gear, and to my surprise, never found a dominate foot and rides switch frequently. I was thinking of grabbing her a twin board that is fairly flexy and forgiving. She doesn't like speed, and tends to just cruise around.
I had my eye on the NS pandora, but I don't know if that's the best board for her. Any other suggestions?
Also, she's 5'3, 115, size 7 shoe. Since we're on the east coast and don't ever get to ride pow, would there be any problem with shortening up and going with a 143-145cm board?
Thanks in advance.
the yes basic is a good playful board with a true twin shape.
The Roxy Ollie Pop is so fun (rocker/camber hybrid with magnetraction...really nice for the east coast.) The Niche Minx is fun, lightweight and has lots of pop (flat camber). Arbor's Cadence is another great all around board (parabolic rocker also with grip tech which is Arbor's version of magnetraction.) That size range should be perfectly fine given her size and these are all true twins. Whatever you get for her will be worlds better than the rental stuff she is riding!
Gnu B-Nice is another one with magnetraction.
I'm your wife's height and weight with a size 4 boot and I'm on a 146cm NS Pandora. It's my first season so I don't really know what to look for in a board but it's very forgiving and easier to turn than the smaller rentals I was on. It's also more stable than I would have thought a freestyle board would be (though I'm not exactly tearing down the mountain).
Can also check out the Rossignol Diva Magetk. I got one for my wife for ice coast riding (md/pa). Bites in really well on hardback since it has Magnetraction and hybrid rocker/camber/rock shape. Not true twin though.
I would also second the Arbor Cadence. It's a great board and it's rather light weight. Grip Tech for Arbor is kind of a milder Magnetraction I suppose.
I have an NS Infinity, not a Pandora, but I can say that NS boards are pretty awesome as well. NS boards are a bit on the heavy side, but if your wife is ok with that, it rides awesome, is damp and really durable.
My main complaint about GNU/Roxy/Mervin boards are that the metal edges don't cover the tips, so the tips can get scuffed up over time. But otherwise, the Roxy Ollie-Pop, and GNU's women's twin boards are probably good for the east coast.
Smokin licenses magnetraction from Mervin, and they make what seems like great snowboards, but I've never ridden any.
The idea behind not wrapping the tip and tail is if you blow one out you can repair it, whereas if you have a wrapped edge, you're looking at replacing the whole edge which is not a small job. It also supposedly saves weight...not sure how relevant all of that is, but I don't think not having the tip and tail wrapped should be a deterrent.
Smokin is interesting...they make great boards in theory, and a lot of people like them...the tech is all there. But I rode a Vixen last year and thought I was going to kill myself on it. It was squirrely and grabby and washed out...it was basically a disaster, could not get it back fast enough. Could have been a really bad detuning job on the one I rode, but if you look toward the Vixen, check their weight charts...you might want to go a little bigger than you were thinking to get the stability your wife would probably want.
Kayeby mentioned the B-Nice. It's a great beginner board...rocker with mag. I know 90% rider, 10% equip. But if you want something that is just going to feel good and feel like you could confidently do whatever you want on it, you might want a little more board and a little less rocker than the B-Nice.
143-145 is around the right size for 115 pounds, it also depends on the weight specs. I rode a 141cm twin tipped snowboard at 115 pounds. Park boards are meant to be ridden at short lengths.
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Shameless plug, but this one seems perfect for her. Right size, softer forgiving flex, and catchfree TBT shape to continue building up her speed/confidence: http://www.snowboardingforum.com/buy...46-womens.html
Go with Ollie Pop rather than Diva or B-Pro if you want a softer more forgiving board. Pandora is a complete noodle you can literally fold it in half, not good for cruising. Unless you want to get her a strict park board don't get anything shorter than 145. She should do well with 145-146.
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Trademark Use and the Problem of Source
Mark P. McKenna
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January 18, 2008
University of Illinois Law Review, Vol. 2009, No. 3, p. 773, 2009
This paper mediates a scholarly debate regarding the existence and desirability of a trademark use doctrine. It argues that trademark use is a predicate of liability under the Lanham Act, but those who advocate treating trademark use as a threshold question put much more weight on that concept than it can bear. Courts cannot consistently apply trademark use as a distinct element of the plaintiff's prima facie case because trademark use is not separable from the question of likelihood of confusion. Under modern trademark law, courts can determine whether a defendant has made trademark use of a plaintiff's mark only by asking whether consumers are likely to view the defendant's use as one that indicates the source of the defendant's products or services. Because such an inquiry is, by its nature, highly context-sensitive, trademark use is not a concept capable serving the limiting function advocates hope. The trademark use debate, however, reveals a fundamental problem in modern trademark law and theory. Consumer understanding, and particularly consumer understanding of source, defines virtually all of modern trademark law's boundaries. But as trademark law's dramatic expansion aptly demonstrates, these boundaries are never fixed because consumer understanding is inherently unstable, particularly with respect to an ill-defined term like source.
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Off to check it out thanks. Oh wait, i can't take wine to the vineyard, except in a bottle that is theirs.
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"Life isn't about waiting for the storm to pass. It is about learning to dance in the rain."
My journal: http://www.marksdailyapple.com/forum/thread36279.html
My "Program": doing my version of a 4:3 - 3 day fast diet with real food every day, with a little twist of anti-inflammatory mixed in.
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What am I doing? Depends on the day.
yum, that is on my list.
So apparently the reason I stopped making chile rellenos is because they are a huge PITA! Good but not worth the work, unlikely I will do it again, unless I forget how much of a pain they are.
I am in a dilemma. 2 non-fasting days in a row means I have a pretty high increase on the scale after the second day. It is, on average, about 3 pounds. It is out of the realm of reasonable given what I eat on that day, but it pulls the graph up and slows the downward progression. Problem is, I don't do 2 down days in a row well, it doesn't feel good physically or mentally. I also don't do ADF well because I lose my flexibility, it is too rigid, I have tried it.
The thing is, it isn't about the scale really, the thing is why is there a 3 pound increase when I have 2 days in a row that are generally very close to my TDEE. What is the deal here?
So today is a fast day, as will be Tuesday and Thursday, then I will have to figure out what to do from there. Monday, Wednesday, and Friday are always non-fasting days, Tuesday and Thursday always fasting. So the thing is about Saturday and Sunday. One of those is fasting, (usually Sunday) and then what happens is that no matter what there will be 2 non-fasting days in a row.
The thing that I think happens as well is when the calories are ingested later, i.e.. I go to bed 'full', that the scale is not so kind in the morning. This makes no sense, but it is what it is.
I gain, or if lucky, maintain, with BMR (no exercise, just enough to live). I can't figure it out...
Chris -- it seems as though on a weekly basis you are doing well? You're hitting new lost weights?
yep, weight wise going pretty well (.8 lbs a week since I started April 1). I was actually thinking more in terms of health, really more about the reason I guess. I will not be changing anything unless and until a week contains an even number of days But it is just baffling that the scale fluctuates the way it does, and I was just sort of lamenting out loud I guess.
I do think I am going to focus on "spending my calories" in my 3 to 5pm window and just do something very light later. I really do the later to be sociable but given we eat in front of the tv there really isn't anything social about it, so I need to just follow my body cues.
So far so good today, and I will do a smoothie during my witching hour. Only issue today is that I have to cook for tomorrow's picnic without taste testing. Won't be too hard since I essentially bought pre-made food, except for the pumpkin cheesecake dessert.
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Today was crazy. We decided to start a maintenance service for our house, it includes a once a year plumbing inspection, once a year electrical inspection, and twice a year HVAC (AC in spring, heat in fall) and today was the day. So I got up at 7, they got here at 8, they were here until 10:30, serious inspection. Much more than I expected, which is a good thing, except I had not expected it to take that long. DH's assistants met at our house at 11 to go to the vineyard for the celebration picnic, and we just got home (5:20 our time). We had a great time.
Neither yesterday nor today ended up being a fast day. No worries, I still did 2 this week (my minimum goal), and tomorrow is another one. I didn't get a chance to get on the scale this morning, so I am sure tomorrow will be an unhappy shock when I do get on it. My fingers are already puffy!
weight this morning 258, I deserve it, so I am not complaining, actually pleasantly surprised it didn't creap up into the 260's. As it turns out after my 4 day eating fest through Asheville I really only had 1 fast day last week (Thursday) and then I jumped right back into non-fasting mode and did another 4 day free for all. Today's fast has felt really good though so I am back on it.
So even though my weight is high it wasn't as high as I thought it was so I was in a good mood this morning. Then I got to work and was reminded that the 3 stooges of plastering are working on my office STILL. The place is a mess, and my desktop was just moved over to sit on top of a low file cabinet. PITA and dust and chunks of plaster are everywhere, and they won't be finished till mid week next week. They are also working on my bosses office so he is in a bad mood (for good reason), but since he can't be comfortable in his office he is roaming the building a lot. And since my monitor now faces the hallway, I can't do any net surfing.
Bad mood creeping in.
Then I have to sit with the bookkeeper and help her understand my time sheets, she finally gets it and now I "have" to start 3 day weeks this week, to make the budget work, so no she doesn't understand what my DH is talking about when he says that the error she made in my paycheck that cheated me out of 26 hours pay could instead just be given to me now and I wouldn't have to take the time off (not that I don't want the time off, but I want is the money). DH is gonna be pissed.
Headache building.
Then the boss sends out an email that my work days next year are Tuesday, Wednesday, and FRIDAY. Shit. So not a 4 day weekend. So yes, I am going on salaried instead of hourly, and my salary is staying the same, even though I am cutting a half day a week out of my schedule, but shit.
Day is finally over, walk out side it is damp and gloomy, perfectly completing the mood I am in.
So I cleaned the kitchen I didn't have time for this morning because I woke up late, made myself a lovely smoothie, and sat down here to gripe it out.
thanks for "listening".
Its amazing how the gloomy weather affects our emotions. Feel good the weight was not higher, you are back on track and yeah for salary..boo for the lost weekend extra.
I can imagine the dust around your office makes work a pain. Hang in there.
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supplement is considered a
relatively safe and effective therapy
for mild to moderate congestive
heart failure in some
European countries. In congestive heart failure, the heart has a reduced ability
to pump blood effectively, often due to a previous heart attack.
Hawthorn has a long history of use in the traditional medicines of Asian, European, and Native American cultures. It has been used for thousands of years as an aid in heart health, and in the early 1800s doctors in America used it in treatment of circulatory and respiratory disorders. In modern times, scientific researchers have found that hawthorn may indeed be very valuable in helping our hearts stay healthy!
Hawthorn Berries, 510 mg, 180 VCaps
Nature's Way
Hawthorn (Crataegus oxyacantha) berries of this European species have been used since ancient times for well-being and as a cardiovascular tonic.
Supplement Facts:
Serving Size: 3 Capsules
Servings Per Container: 60
Amount per Serving
Hawthorn (berry) 1,530 mg
Recommendation: Take 1 or 2 hawthorn capsules 1 or 2 times daily or as recommended by your doctor.
Benefit and review
Today, hawthorn is used primarily for various cardiovascular conditions. The heart and blood vessel effects are believed to be the result of positive inotropic activity, ability to increase the integrity of the blood vessel wall and improve coronary blood flow, and positive effects on oxygen utilization. Flavonoids are thought to account for these effects. Hawthorn has shown promise in the treatment of New York Heart Association functional class II congestive heart failure (CHF) in both uncontrolled and controlled clinical trials. There are also suggestions of a beneficial effect on blood lipids.
What's in the plant?
Hawthorn contains flavonoids, procyanidins, and other active compounds.
How does Hawthorn supplement work?
Hawthorn acts as a vasodilator, increasing blood supply to the heart and improving circulation to the extremities by decreasing arterial resistance. Hawthorn also has positive inotropic and beta-blocking effects, along with antioxidant and anti-inflammatory benefits. CoQ10 is a supplement that helps cardiac function.
Hawthorn can support a well-functioning heart in many ways! It encourages blood flow in the heart and circulation to organs and extremities. This herb has shown promise in increasing the heart's working capacity. It may also provide support for the central nervous system and help maintain normal blood pressure.
Hawthorn extract useful in heart failure
An extract from the leaves of hawthorn tree, available in Europe, extended the lives of patients with congestive heart failure, who were already receiving medical treatment, by an average of 4 months. Results of the 2,681-patient clinical trial that tested the extract known as WS 1442 against a placebo, were done by Dr. Christian Holubarsh, lead investigator of the study that was sponsored by the Germany-based Dr. Willmar Schwabe Group. The extract from the hawthorn tree, which has its origins in Europe and Ireland and grows throughout North America, is a natural antioxidant that has been used in parts of Europe to treat heart failure, a condition in which the heart is no longer able to pump enough blood to the body's other organs. Patients in the trial had severely impaired left ventricular function, indicating advanced congestive heart failure. The primary goal of the study was time to first cardiac event, defined as sudden cardiac death, death due to progressive heart failure, fatal and nonfatal heart attacks or hospitalization due to heart failure. Researchers found that patients who received the extract had a 20 percent reduction in cardiac-related deaths, which translated into four months of added survival time during the first 18 months of the study. They said the lower number of deaths in the WS 1442 group compared with those who received placebo on top of their regular medicines was an indication of the safety of the hawthorn extract.
A randomised double blind placebo controlled clinical
trial of a standardized extract of fresh hawthorn bush
berries in the treatment of patients with congestive heart failure NYHA II.
A study shows the efficacy and safety of a standardised extract of fresh berries of hawthorn in patients with cardiac failure. A total of 143 patients (72 men, 71 women, mean age of 64.8) were recruited and treated with 3 times 30 drops of the hawthorn extract or placebo for 8 weeks. The primary variable for the evaluation of efficacy was the change in exercise tolerance determined with bicycle exercise testing, secondary variables included the blood pressure-heart rate product (BHP). In the hawthorn population there was a significant increase in exercise tolerance in both groups between visit 1 and visit 3. The difference between the treatment groups was 8.3 watts in favour of the standardised extract of fresh hawthorn. Changes in BHP at 50 watts and at comparable maximum load were in favor of hawthorn extract but the results are not statistically significant. The subjective assessment of cardiac symptoms at rest and at higher levels of exertion did not change significantly and the patient and investigator overall assessment of efficacy were similar for the two groups. Hawthorn was well tolerated and had a high level of patient acceptability. The significant improvement, due to the fact that dyspnoea and fatigue do not occur until a significantly higher wattage has been reached in the bicycle exercise testing allows the conclusion that the recruited NYHA II patients may expect an improvement in their heart failure condition under long term therapy with the standardised extract of fresh hawthorn berries. Phytomedicine. 2003.
I am a graduate nursing student. Your web site is
excellent. I am preparing a poster presentation on the benefits of hawthorn
berries in heart disease, especially congestive heart failure and hypertension.
Will you send references or related research studies ?
You can find the latest studies on Medline.
I thought to send along my anecdotal information related to my
'teenager' dog Chester. About 2 years ago Chester's health took a nose dive. For
about 5 years he seemed to experience a collapsing trachea cough. This began
about the time he was treated for Valley Fever also. Well during a coughing fit
two years ago his health took a decided turn for the worse. Within a day or so I
had taken him to the emergency clinic. His heart was enlarged and was told he
had a leaky valve complication. Chester is half poodle and I was told valve
issues are common with poodles. He was also found to have a low thyroid.
For the last two years Chester has been faithfully on Lasix, enalapril and
thyroid medication. I also have given him COQ10 and hawthorn berry (either
liquid or capsule form). I recall 2 summers ago upon having a follow-up xray of
his heart being told by his vet that it did not appear as if his heart was
enlarged at all. Recently a new vet told me his leaky valve problem is about at
a 2-3 stage (that hasn't gotten worse either). Chester still coughs with his
collapsing trachea issue. I haven't found an effective herbal remedy for that
problem. But he still manages to take a brisk 15 minutes walk around the
neighborhood w/o coughing and is doing well for being a 13 year old teenager
Thank you for sharing this hawthorn supplement experience. It would be difficult to claim the hawthorn berry extract had a role to play since your dog was also on several medications.
Hypotensive effects of hawthorn berries for patients with diabetes taking prescription drugs: a randomised controlled trial.
To investigate the effects of hawthorn berries for hypertension in patients with type 2 diabetes taking prescribed drugs. Patients with type 2 diabetes (n = 79) were randomised to daily 1200 mg hawthorn extract (n = 39) or placebo (n = 40) for 16 weeks. Hypotensive drugs were used by 71% of the study population with a mean intake of 4.4 hypoglycaemic and/or hypotensive drugs. This is the first randomised controlled trial to demonstrate a hypotensive effect of hawthorn in patients with diabetes taking medication.
What form of Hawthorn extract is best?
The methanol or alcohol extract of hawthorn seems to be more effective.
What is the dosage?
The recommended daily dose of hawthorn is 160 to 900 mg of a native water-ethanol extract of the leaves or flowers (equivalent to 30-169 mg of epicatechin or 3.5-19.8 mg of flavonoids) administered in two or three doses.
What about Hawthorn side effects?
At therapeutic dosages, hawthorn may cause a mild rash, headache, sweating, dizziness, palpitations, sleepiness, agitation, and gastrointestinal symptoms.
Interactions with drugs
Hawthorn may interact with vasodilating medications and may potentiate or inhibit the actions of drugs used for heart failure, hypertension, angina, and arrhythmias.
Nature's Way Hawthorn Berries, 510 mg
Hawthorn (Crataegus oxyacantha) berries of this European species have been used since ancient times for well-being and as a cardiovascular tonic. Recommendation: Take 1 or 2 capsules 1 or 3 times daily, preferably with food, and as recommended by your doctor.
Hawthorn Research
published trial
Investigation of the pharmaceutical and pharmacological equivalence of different Hawthorn extracts.
Phytomedicine 2003
Seven Hawthorn extracts were tested in isolated guinea pig aorta rings. The effect on noradrenaline- (10 microM) induced contraction was investigated. The extracts were prepared using ethanol (40 to 70% v/v), methanol (40 to 70% v/v), and water as the extraction solvents. The aqueous-alcoholic extracts displayed similar spectra of constituents. They were characterised by similar procyanidin, flavonoid, total vitexin and total phenols content and by similar TLC fingerprint chromatograms. The aqueous extract, however, showed a different fingerprint and a noticeably lower concentration of procyanidins, flavonoids and total phenols but a similar total vitexin content. All 7 extracts had a relaxant effect on the aorta precontracted by noradrenaline and led to relaxations to 44 until 29% of the initial values. The EC50 values of the aqueous-alcoholic extracts varied between 4.16 and 9.8 mg/l. The results show that Hawthorn extracts with comparable quality profiles were obtained by using aqueous-alcoholic extraction solvents (40 to 70% ethanol or methanol). The hawthorn extracts exerted comparable pharmacological effects. When using water as the extraction solvent, both, the spectrum of constituents and the pharmacological effect, deviated remarkably. It is thus possible to obtain bioequivalent extracts with comparable effect profiles by using 40 to 70% ethanol or methanol as the extraction solvent.
Thyroid problems
Q. Could you please, tell me if a hawthorn supplement has side effects for Grave's disease remission person?
A. We searched Medline could not find any studies regarding the influence of hawthorn berries on Grave's disease.
I am a 48 yr old obese woman with gall bladder issues. I am taking
supplements. I am writing because I have had PSVT since I was 18 and have been
on first Toprol XL 50 mg then Cardizem and now Toprol again for the past 2 years
because now that I'm over 40 it won't quit on its own and my pulse goes up to
200 bets per minute. Does this medication have any negative affect on the
digestion or gall bladder? I'm already the four F's forty, fat, fertile. I
really want to get off the medication. My husband takes hawthorn for his atrial
fibrillation which he still gets now and then but doesn't have to race to the
hospital for a 6 or 12 mg bout of Adenocard. What else can I do? How can I try
switching over to Hawthorn (assuming it works) without going into PSVT.
We can't give individual advice, but you may find information here at heart palpitations that may be helpful.
I am working with a naturopathic doc but wondered if
you can tell me if there is a vitamin k content in hawthorne berry? Do you know
of any concerns for taking it along with Coumadin (only for a few more weeks)
which I have been on for 4 months.
We are not aware of vitamin K being present in hawthorn berry supplements and we have not seen any studies combining this herb with warfarin to know what kind of interactions there would be, if any.
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City leaders presented Reta L. Hayes, principal at Fultondale Elementary School, with a check for $20,330 and gave Dr. Stephanie Robins, principal at Fultondale High School, a check for $16,050. The council also awarded $11,500 to Fultondale High School athletics.
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