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Update as of 2:47 p.m: TMZ has updated its story saying that The Sun "strongly denies any suggestion it solicited or knowingly published a false story regarding Kerry Campbell and her daughter…."
"U.K. newspaper The Sun is ADAMANTLY denying it scripted a fake Botox Mom story for Sheena Upton aka Kerry Campbell — and claims they only published the story after a reporter WATCHED the woman inject her daughter…"
"But The Sun says it didn't even break the story — claiming they received it from a 'reputable UK news agency' — and the reporter from the agency 'watched Ms. Campbell administering what appeared to be Botox to her daughter and provided compelling photographs.' "
The British paper is considering legal action.
Original report from this morning:
TMZ is reporting this morning that the Botox mom now says she made the whole story up for the money and never gave her daughter Botox, nor waxed her and is actually not in pageants either. Although apparently the girl in the story is really her daughter.
"TMZ has obtained a sworn declaration written by Sheena Upton, who claims she was recently approached by the British tabloid, The Sun, and asked "to play the role of Kerry Campbell" for a story called "I Give My 8-Year-Old Daughter Botox."
"Upton now confesses The Sun paid her $200 adding, "I was provided with the story, instructions and a script to follow for a recorded interview."
After the story ran in The Sun, Upton says she was approached by "Good Morning America" and "Inside Edition" and claims she was offered "a large fee" to appear on camera. She went on both shows and re-told her story."
According to TMZ, Upton (aka Campbell) took her daughter to the UCLA Medical Center and had her examined. She says the exam proves she never injected her daughter with Botox. She says the report was then sent to San Francisco officials who gave her back her daughter with the provision that a cousin stay with them for the time being.
TMZ updated the story at 8:20 to say that an ABC News spokesperson said: "We have just seen the sworn declaration on TMZ written by Sheena Upton, a.k.a. Kerry Campbell , and are vigorously investigating her most recent statement and rapidly shifting story."
There is much more on the website about the financial side. Hmm. We'll see what shakes out. What do you think?
– Theresa Walsh Giarrusso, ajc.com Momania. I have increased my Twitter activity. I am sending out great stories for moms each day focusing on health, fitness, sex, entertainment, food, travel and obviously parenting! So follow me on Twitter at @AJCMOMania!)
May 19th, 2011
12:10 pm
What a shame. Pimping her kid for $200. Honestly? Now she really needs to have that child taken away from her. Apparently its all about the money.
May 19th, 2011
12:24 pm
that woman is such an unfit mother.. please dont give that child back to her.. .
May 19th, 2011
12:35 pm
I think it's sad that TMZ is providing better journalism than ABC.
May 19th, 2011
12:48 pm
So this mom just taught her daughter that it's OK to lie on national television for a few bucks… And we wonder what's wrong with kids now days?
I'm still guessing that even though this is made-up that there are pageant moms out there who do Botox and other bizarre procedures to their daughters.
May 19th, 2011
12:50 pm
Tha Sun "punked" everyone in traditional media, including this outlet.
It proves the high level, NOT… of fact checking that takes place before a sensational story is rushed to the readers. Then, there is the "I read it on the internet, so it must be true", crowd.
Hell, The Sun got me this time too, and I am pretty skeptical of anything resembling a sensational story. I was just on the other thread arguing with a moron that was comparing botox mom and circumcision as being the same thing.
May 19th, 2011
12:52 pm
waste of everyones time
May 19th, 2011
12:57 pm
Wait a minute. You moms are sounding like you are "betrayed" because you can't be mad at botox mom for botoxing, so youi will find another reason feel betrayed.
Why don't you feel "betrayed" by the media outlet that suckered you in?
May 19th, 2011
12:58 pm
How can you get punked if you would verify with identification? That is the first thing I would do when someone presents such a ludacris story- show me proof of who you say you are,and the child's birth certificata also, to prove this is your child.
All of America has been duped.
May 19th, 2011
1:05 pm
@HB, TMZ like it or hate it (I hate it) is doing the best investigative reporting in the country at this point. They seem to be first every time and accurate every time.
May 19th, 2011
1:07 pm
She's probably just saying this now to avoid the consequences of CPS. Who knows what is really the truth. I interview a lot of kids (for DFCS). This child appeared to be telling the truth. I think the mom really did it and is now backtracking.
May 19th, 2011
1:12 pm
See what I mean.
Homeschooler, is so bent at getting punked, she is going to believe it anyway. WOW!
May 19th, 2011
1:41 pm
There are NO winners in this scandal, least of all, the poor 8-yr-old.
May 19th, 2011
1:42 pm
Okay, so maybe she didn't give her child botox (although I'm still debating between whether I really believe that or if I think she was just trying to get out of the original mess), but acting like she did and having her child act like and going on national tv and lying about still qualifies her for the worst mom of the year award. Either way the woman is an idiot and should not have children.
May 19th, 2011
1:46 pm
Uhhhh, Tami,
There was no "scandal" only sensationalistic reporting that skipped the fact checking as inconvenient. Apparently, the "poor 8 year old" has a mom that didn't botox her, and made $200.00. The kid will probably get offered roles in hollywood trash films and you same moms will say how much you adore her "acting". I give them that part; she is a good little actress.
If the media had done its job, there never would have been a story.
May 19th, 2011
1:51 pm
No, just not a bit surprised that a mom would do this. Guess I've seen more bad parents than you have. If she's not doing it, there are people out there who are. It's good that this was brought to the attention of the public. Maybe more people will refrain from entering their children in pageants so as not to align themselves with people like her.
I do agree that ABC should be ashamed for not getting their facts straight before reporting.
May 19th, 2011
2:04 pm
What facts were ABC supposed to check?
The fact is…the woman *said* she was botoxing her child and was on camera *appearing* to do so. Are we to now give lie detectors to people before their stories are aired? (Although….in some cases, that may not be a bad idea.
May 19th, 2011
2:05 pm
I think that the line between "news" and "crap" just got a lot more blurry. Journalism has sunk to a new low . . . and for many of its denizens, it was already scraping bottom!
May 19th, 2011
2:17 pm
We agree this time.
Question: Why is it there are already posts here that either still want to believe it or are finding something else to be mad at, besides the media that rolled it out, without checking facts?
I'll bet the folks at The Sun had a HUGE laugh about punking the stupid Americans. I know that I would have, and I bought it too.
May 19th, 2011
2:18 pm
Don't I feel foolish? I was actually considering botox for my own daughter after this story. Glad to hear it was all made up. That would have been quite embarassing!
May 19th, 2011
2:27 pm
"What facts were ABC supposed to check?"
I am sure that you won't get this, but I'll try. If someone is found to have used a fake name and address…..well, you might just want to dig a little further, or the newshounds just might want to withold the story, broadcast, etc… UNTIL you check to see what other lies are there.
Heck, the media just ran the trash, didn't check the name, address, nothing and it had to be trashy TMZ to expose them.
May 19th, 2011
2:35 pm
This whole thing read like an Onion article to begin with, so yeah, I would think they would do a little digging before putting her on national TV just for the sake of having something outrageous to air in the morning.
May 19th, 2011
2:38 pm
TMZ is now reporting that the Sun is standing by their story, saying they did not ask her to lie or provide her with scripted answers and photos. They say they are contemplating a lawsuit because she's lying. There's more to come on this "story". They say one of their journalists witnessed the mother injecting the daughter with the botox and she's now lying since child service got involved.
May 19th, 2011
2:43 pm
shaggy – You make quite an assumption about my ability to read and comprehend Just that same, I appreciate that you took the time to try to make me understand. I can assure that I was able to understand your post with no problems. As such, your effort was not wasted.
Again, I question where this is taking the world of journalism. Has it now come to making individuals present photo identification to appear on camera? Is passing a lie detector necessary for a person's story/interview to be aired? (If that's the case, newscasts are going to be a lot shorter, 24hours news channels are going to have a dearth of available individuals capable of appearing on camera and millions of dollars in advertising revenue is going to go up in smoke.)
May 19th, 2011
2:43 pm
"This child appeared to be telling the truth. I think the mom really did it and is now backtracking."
"No, just not a bit surprised that a mom would do this."
Again, which is it, or is it some pride thing, where you just can't believe you were punked?
May 19th, 2011
2:46 pm
Yes, The Sun, the tabloid, has an awesome reputation of journalism integrity. They are right up there with "News of the World", who broke the story of "Elvis is alive and spotted at The Varsity eating hot dogs with Jimmy Hoffa",
May 19th, 2011
2:47 pm
The daughter really did not look the part of a pageant contestant. Really. She didn't.
May 19th, 2011
2:47 pm
And yes, I do see my typo. There should have been a punctuation mark, specifically, a period behind the word "comprehend."
May 19th, 2011
2:48 pm
I am a journalist, and I just spotted Big Foot. Will you run the story for me…based on my word as a journalist alone?
I also have a big bridge for sale in New York. You interested?
May 19th, 2011
2:50 pm
Can you provide video of Mr. Foot? And unfortunately, unless your New York bridge is lined with solid gold sidewalks, I'll pass. However, should you have anything in London, I'd be willing to pay top dollar for that.
May 19th, 2011
2:52 pm
The Sun is equal in journalistic integrity to News of the World, who broke the Elvis at the Varsity with Jimmy Hoffa story.
May 19th, 2011
2:56 pm
Years ago, my picture was in the paper, with an article about what I do. Some of the information in the article was not true. Simply false information on the reporter's part…not really a problem.
I showed it to my children, who were then under 12, and asked them to read it.
They finished and said, "why did they say _________,it is not true."
A good lesson for our family to learn…everything you read, hear and see is not ALWAYS true.
May 19th, 2011
3:12 pm
A person would risk having their daughter put into foster care/state custody for 200.00 (or any amount?) That's potentially as or more dangerous that botox – abuse is not uncommon in foster care. That parent has no true concern for their child's welfare.
May 19th, 2011
3:13 pm
Well there's two options here:
Option 1: she really did inject her kid and is now crying foul because instead of the $$$ in endorsements she was expected, they took away her meal ticket. In which case she's a conniving moron intent on pimping her kid for money.
Option 2: she really didn't inject her kid. So she pimped out her kid for $200. In which case she's a conniving LYING moron intent on pimping her kid for money.
May 19th, 2011
3:56 pm
@momtoalexandmax…either way, people out there can be real KOOKS!
May 19th, 2011
4:14 pm
getting this hook out of my mouth!
now I know how it feels to be a bass
May 19th, 2011
4:50 pm
Here's a story for the Sun. "Blogger Shaggy Actually Makes a Relevent Point!!!"
Shaggy is a guy (on a blog for busy moms) who has waaaaay too much time on his hands.
May 19th, 2011
5:27 pm
Glad you are a fan, and yes, today I do have too much time on my hands, so I am happy to entertain you. Tomorrow, probably not, so your recognition comes timely.
((((shaggy bows to Sylvania))))
May 19th, 2011
8:11 pm
[...] "Botox Mom" Sheena Upton claiming she made up the story about injecting her daughter Britney with BoBotox Mom – US celebrity news and gossip site TMZ says it has obtained a sworn declaration written by [...]
May 19th, 2011
8:13 pm
Really, pic of her laying down with a needle in the moms hand, kid had blood spots on her face and you call this fake… yea right.. Now who is stupid


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People | Faculty
Lisa S. Parker, PhD
Associate Professor, Department of Human Genetics
Graduate School of Public Health
University of Pittsburgh
Director, Master of Arts Program in Bioethics
Center for Bioethics and Health Law
Barco Law Building, Room 519
3900 Forbes Ave.
Pittsburgh, PA 15260
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Lisa Parker, a philosopher, is Associate Professor of Human Genetics and Behavioral and Community Health Sciences in the Graduate School of Public Health. She is also a member of the Steering Committee of the Women's Studies Program and a fellow of the Center for Philosophy of Science. She serves as Director of Graduate Education for the Center for Bioethics and Health Law, where she is Director of the interdisciplinary Master of Arts in Bioethics program in The Dietrich School of Arts and Sciences, and co-director of the Area of Concentration in Medical Humanities in the School of Medicine. Dr. Parker has published extensively on ethical concerns related to the design and conduct of research, particularly genetic research and mental health research, as well as on aesthetic surgery, confidentiality, and informed consent. With a national working group of the Association of Schools of Public Health, Dr. Parker edited Ethics andPublic Health: Model Curriculum (Association of Schools of Public Health, 2003). She is co-author of the second edition of Informed Consent: Legal Theory and Clinical Practice (Oxford, 2001) and is co-editor of Mutating Concepts, Evolving Disciplines: Genetics, Medicine, and Society in the Philosophy and Medicine Series published by Kluwer Academic Publishers in 2002.
Dr. Parker's recent research has focused on the ethical management of incidental findings and return of research results, privacy protection, pharmacogenomic research and genetic enhancement. She has sustained interest in employing feminist approaches to bioethical issues and in the critical analysis of bioethics as a social practice and field of inquiry. She has provided research ethics training in Kolkata and New Delhi, India through two training programs of the Fogarty International Center of the NIH. In 2012, she was appointed to the Genomics and Society Working Group of the National Advisory Council for Human Genome Research for the NHGRI, where she has served on the study section of the ELSI Program (the Ethical, Legal, and Social Implications Program) and on two national working groups examining the management of incidental findings and research results, as well as on the Expert Scientific Panel of the Electronic Medical Records and Genomics (eMERGE) Network.
Dr. Parker collaborates with investigators across the University and the country on both empirical studies and theoretical analyses. With colleagues in the Department of Psychiatry, Dr. Parker was involved in a community-based project to develop research infrastructure to investigate the care of elderly living with depression and other severe mood disorders. With Carnegie Mellon colleagues, she offered guidance regarding discovery and management of incidental findings in the use of DNA to identify human remains following natural disasters and armed conflict. She serves as a co-investigator and ethics consultant on studies employing whole exome and whole genome sequencing in different patient populations. With local and national colleagues, she is analyzing changes in young women's sense of self and social identity following receipt of positive breast cancer genetic test results, exploring the clinical and cultural meaning of 'reproductive significance', and assessing the long-term challenges of developments in regenerative medicine and in fertility preservation. With colleagues in India, she is investigating differing conceptions of privacy and analyzing the appropriateness of privacy protection requirements utilized in the US and by the NIH when applied in Indian research and patient care contexts.
BA – Philosophy, Hillsdale College (1984)
MA – Philosophy, University of Pittsburgh (1986)
PhD – Philosophy, University of Pittsburgh (1990)
Awards, Honors, and Fellowships
Nellie Westerman Prize in Ethics, American Federation for Clinical Research (1990)
Andrew Mellon Fellowship in the Humanities, Woodrow Wilson Foundation (1984-1990)
Research and Professional Interests
Research ethics, particularly genetic and psychiatric research
Informed consent, privacy, and confidentiality
Feminist approaches in bioethics
Bioethics as a social practice
Teaching Activities
Gender, Ethics, and the Body
Ethical Issues in Clinical Genetics (with Robin Grubs)
Ethical and Philosophical Issues in Genetics
Ethical and Legal Issues in Human Genetics (with Alan Meisel)
Seminar in Thesis Research
Session instructor, Ethical Issues in Clinical Practice, MS-4 elective
Selected Publications
Parker LS, Satkoske V. Ethical dimensions of disparities in depression research and treatment in the pharmacogenomic era. Journal of Law, Medicine and Ethics 2012; 40(4): 886–903.
Parker LS. Returning individual research results: what role should people's preferences play? Minnesota Journal of Law, Science & Technology 2012; 13(2): 449-484. http://mjlst.umn.edu/prod/groups/ahc/@pub/@ahc/@mjlst/documents/content/ahc_
Wolf SM, et al. Managing incidental findings and research results in genomic research involving biobanks and archived data sets. Genetics in Medicine 2012; 14(4): 361-384. http://www.nature.com/gim/journal/v14/n4/pdf/gim201223a.pdf
Parker LS. In sport and social justice, is genetic enhancement a game changer? Health Care Analysis 2012; 20(4): 328-46 DOI: 10.1007/s10728-012-0226-z http://www.springerlink.com/content/k077u2723h34m1k0/fulltext.pdf
Parker LS, London AJ, Aronson JD. Incidental findings in the use of DNA to identify human remains: an ethical assessment. Forensic Science International: Genetics 2012, Oct 29. pii: S1872-4973(12)00226-8. doi: 10.1016/j.fsigen.2012.10.002. [Epub ahead of print]
Mishra NN, Parker LS, Nimgaonkar VL, Deshpande SN. India's Disability Certificate: a challenge to health privacy. Indian Journal of Medical Ethics 2012; 9(1):.43-45. http://ijme.in/pdfs/201co45.html.pdf
Parker LS, Brody H. Comparative effectiveness research: a threat to patient autonomy? Health Progress 2011; 92(5): 64-71.
Parker LS. The future of incidental findings: should they be viewed as benefits? Journal of Law, Medicine & Ethics 2008; 36(2): 341-351. http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/j.1748-720X.2008.00278.x/pdf
Shirts BH, Parker LS. Changing interpretations, stable genes: responsibilities of patients, professionals, and policymakers in the clinical interpretation of complex genetic information. Genetics in Medicine 2008; 10(11): 778–783.
Wolf SM, et al. Managing incidental findings in human subjects research: analysis and recommendations. Journal of Law, Medicine & Ethics 2008; 36(2): 219-248. http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/j.1748-720X.2008.00266.x/pdf
Parker LS. Information(al) matters: bioethics' agenda and the boundaries of the public and the private. Social Philosophy and Public Policy 2002; 19(2): 83-112.
Parker LS, Arnold RM. Confidentiality: revealing trends in bioethics. Bioethics Forum 1999; 14(3/4): 32-42.
Parker LS. Beauty and breast implantation: how candidate selection affects autonomy and informed consent. Hypatia 1995; 10: 183-201.
Parker LS: Breast cancer genetic screening and bioethics' critical gaze. Journal of Medicine and Philosophy 1995; 20: 313-337.
Parker LS. Social justice, federal paternalism, and feminism: breast implantation in the cultural context of female beauty. Kennedy Institute of Ethics Journal 1993; 3: 57-76.
Selected Presentations
Navigating the High C's of Community Research, American College of Epidemiology. Chicago, IL, September 9, 2012.
Genetics of Sports Performance: Frameworks for Considering Clinical and Societal Ethics, American College of Medical Genetics. Charlotte, NC, March 27-31, 2012.
Ethics of Psychiatric Genetic Research. International Symposium on Ethics, Culture and Population Genetics, Indian Society of Human Genetics. New Delhi, India: March 18, 2009.
Reconceptualizing and Managing Incidental Findings of Research. Bioethics Grand Rounds. Cleveland Clinic. Cleveland, OH: January 6, 2009; Translating ELSI: Ethical, Legal and Social Implications of Genomics, Case Western Reserve University and NHGRI. Cleveland, OH: May 1-3, 2008.
Ethics and Genetic Testing of Children: Indications, Interests, and Implications. Nationwide Children's Hospital, Ohio State University. Columbus, OH: May 8, 2008.
Conducting Ethical Research across Cultures, Communities, and Contexts. Cultural Competency in Genetics Research, South Texas Psychiatric Genetics Center at the University of Texas Health Science Center. San Antonio, TX: September 27, 2007.
Informed Consent, Commercialization, and Conflict of Interest (ICCI). American College of Dentists Annual Meeting. Las Vegas, NV: October 16, 2006.
Bioethics' Evolution: Confidentiality, Privacy, and Why Information Matters. Nancy K. Rhoden Memorial Lecture Series, Oberlin College. Oberlin, OH: March 11, 1999.


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American International Group Inc. (NYSE: AIG) has completed its third round of shares being sold by the government (ergo, the taxpayer). This third share sale went off far better than others. We even noted that the Treasury could have (and maybe should have) sold more stock than the $5.75 billion sold on Monday.
Here is the biggest news: It is almost hard to fathom but the United States Treasury is nearly becoming a minority shareholder.
This week's share sale reduced Uncle Sam's remaining investment in AIG down to about 871.1 million shares of common stock. In turn, that is now a percentage of ownership that went from about 61% down to about 53%. After this offering, Uncle Sam has sold roughly 784 million common shares in AIG and it has received back some $23.3 billion since May of 2011.
CEO Robert Benmosche has been a very capable and effective leader of AIG. He has managed to do well for the taxpayers, and it is during a time when he has cancer. The next share sale will make the Treasury (that is the taxpayer's money) a minority AIG shareholder.


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Friday, December 17, 2004
Why do I do this?
Dave, I think that I can appreciate your opinion that the piece is a "load of crap". It takes quite an effort, it requires a huge stretch of the imagination, but it is possible.
The other side of the debate (at least on my part) is not, as you have implied, a return to the stone age. To get a better idea of the true point of this, perhaps you might consider –
How many times have you (do you) or your wife tell your children to stop doing something "because it is dirty"?
How much adverse impact might that "dirt" really have on the health of your child?
How much disinfectant do you use in your toilet?
How much disinfectant would you use if you followed the ads on tv?
How many times do you think your "standard" of disinfectant use or more is repeated around the US? BTW this is not picking on the US here, from the attitude of my son and his partner I suspect that the same applies in NZ…
This leads to the crux of what this article is saying. To put it in my own words…
Every organism on this little space rock evolves to ensure its own survival.
If one considers a bacteria or similar simple organism, it adapts and evolves over time in response to environmental threats. That is not a "conscious" response. It is at its most fundamental a chemical change, nothing more. It is enough to ensure the survival. If the change is not made, or if the change is wrong, the "branch" dies out.
In that way, over time, we are now experiencing the result of the Tuberculum bacteria evolving to the extent that the Salk type vaccines are less effective; we now have mutated forms of Staphlococcus that are unaffected by penicillin, and in some cases even the more powerful man-made chemical antibacterial agents are ineffective giving the MRSA infections; the ultimate is, of course, the HIV virus which - if the reports I see are correct - is mutating at a rate of hundreds of "new strains" every day. Many of those strains are "duplicates" or arrive at the same "end", but the problem lies in the fact that this is such a simple organism most mutations survive.
The very big difficulty is that all higher animal species are (obviously) many millions of times more complex that single cell beasties. That is not a DNA measure that I am using – it is a matter of thinking about all of the different cell types in our body and how they must change in response to a threat and at the same time maintain the "cooperation" needed for a body to function.
So that is the physical aspect of survival – not just for the human species but for every form of life. The greater the complexity of the organism, the greater it has difficulty in responding to environmental changes. That, BTW, does not automatically imply global warming or the like. The progression of animal life from sea to land might have been the consequence of a series of adaptations across a wide range of species in response to quite different threats; those might include climate change, predation patterns, food source adaptation or evolution…
The other part, one which I flicked to in my haste, is the mental aspects of survival. It is well documented that if you take an animal from its "natural" environment and place it in a different surrounding, the level of stress that is created is directly related (in the mathematical sense) to the degree of change. Given the opportunity to adapt, the time to adapt, the stress can be completely overcome. But this adaptation is not genetic, it is more immediate than that.
This reflects a good part of what the linked article is speaking of… If you change the immediate environment of living thing – plant or animal – the change creates stresses that can affect the physical viability of the organism. Think of transplanting a flower, compared with a tree. Think of taking an animal from a zoo to be released into the wild, or vice versa.
I do not question that ADHD or anorexia existed 100 or 1,000 or even 10,000 years ago. The difference from then to now is not that we are able to "diagnose" it. (My honest feeling on ADHD is that it is "manufactured" in part - there are some individuals that might have such a syndrome). The difference is that having recognized it we are now aware of where and when it can occur.
I suspect (and I say that because this is entirely speculative) that if one were to research the incidence of ADHD in the Masai peoples (the example from the article) one would find that there was a much lower, probably unmeasurable, level in that community.
I have another example, this is not on the mental adaptations required, but on the physical. There are a series now of well documented research studies into the incidence of Type 2 Diabetes (adult onset, non-pancreatic) in the Polynesian peoples. This is a major on-going problem for NZ's health services, hence the detailed studies that are continuing.
What these studies are finding is that the problem is being caused not by "bad diet" as such. The problem is far more fundamental than that. The Polynesian / Micronesian peoples have adapted over some 10,000 years to specific diet and lifestyle parameters. Those adaptations involve (if I understand this correctly) the ability to store energy foods for long periods, and to then metabolise that very rapidly when required. The source of the adaptation has been the low fat, medium sugar, high protein and high fibre diets that these people lived on over that period combined with the physical stresses created by long sea voyages (from days to weeks and perhaps even months) on very low diets…
Their diet has changed, overnight when you compare 100 years to 10,000. It has now become high fat, high sugar, low fibre high protein. That change, so the research indicates, has brought about stresses which which the Polynesian metabolism has been (statistically) unable to cope. The comparatively very high availability of diet sugars in particular has created stresses evidenced by high blood sugar levels and the obvious consequence of Type 2 diabetes.
So, if I use this example to illustrate the conclusion that the article reaches by a different route –
There is an artificially created (that means "man-made") environmental change that has made drastic changes to the diet of the Polynesian peoples. That change has been traced as the probable cause of the high rates of Type 2 Diabetes.
The article's conclusions if applied to this situation DO NOT predicate that we "send" the Polynesian peoples "back to where or when" they came from". That, I think, is the implication of your comment regarding the stone age.
The article says (as I read it) that we should be using science to find better ways of easing the adaptations required to overcome the problem.
3 comments:
- Jonathan said...
Apparently we can get AIDS or HIV from people's tears now. George Bush says so.
- Dave Justus said...
I believe I agreed that science is the key to better health. Yes, we are learning new things all the time and some of the things we used to do we now think were foolish. One of those things was over-prescribing anti-biotics.
It is worth remembering though that a penicillin resistant strain of a bacteria is no worse than a non-resistant strain without penicillin.
My main objection to the article was the romanticism of primitivism.
The joy of living as a Masai was lauded in that article. Lets take a look at what that really means:
"Yet the same lifestyle that nurtures a culture also isolates the Masai from other Kenyans and restricts their diet. Without fertile land on which to live permanently and grow crops, diets exclusively of meat and blood contribute to the Masai's low life expectancy. Younger children, especially, suffer from malnutrition and premature death."
Ah, but you say despite this death, the Masai are as happy as a successful businessman. Probably true, as we don't measure happiness from a static baseline but whether we are getting what we want, particularly in terms of what we think we should get. If my life is in constant danger, I would be deleriously happy just to survive another day. If my safety was assured however I would probably want more than to just survive and if all I managed to do was survive I would probably be quite unhappy.
Here is an article that elaborates on that point more. - 4:56 AM
- Enlargement said...
Not what I was searching for, but none the less and interesting blog here. Thanks for putting it up. I've enjoyed reading alot of the text here. I got you bookmarked for the future, I'll be back.
My site is a bit different, some think it's odd. I guess it's a matter how you look at it. I have a diabetes hgh related site. Most of the articles are on diabetes hgh. - 4:40 PM


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What is POD? Digital printing technology enables a book to be printed and bound in a few minutes. It provides a cost effective means to print as little as one or several books at a time. It does not involve the costly setup fees associated with regular offset printing.
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Talk to others. Read publishers' contracts thoroughly. Go on-line to writers' forums and see what others say. A Google Search for Print on Demand will get current articles on the subject. Set-up costs naturally matter, but free or low does not necessarily mean best. Do you want or need color printing? That limits the number of POD publishers. Do you want to include a CD with your book? Some POD publishers now offer that service. Do the publishers charge an annual fee to keep you listed on their website? Do the publishers accept book returns from book stores? What type of discount does the author receive? How often does the publisher pay royalties? How do they distribute your book? Do they have a website with pages devoted to your book? Do they provide you with the details to format your own book or must you pay extra to use their formatting service? What, if any, rights do they expect to have? Be sure you maintain your copyright.
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Most who publish with traditional publishers, large or small, will say that is the only way to go. However, we've met many who were published traditionally and when their sales dropped to 5 or 10,000 annually, they were dropped. In a few cases, these individuals started their own publishing company, went with a small publisher, or POD.
Even though POD is not as cost effective as a press where you purchase 1-5,000 books at a time (and store and ship them), we feel the services POD provides outweigh the cons.
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by John F. Harnish
It isn't news that the once booming economy of the United States is in dire straits. These trying times have touched our lives in a multitude of financially-challenged afflictions. Of special interest to authors is the detrimental impact this depressed economy is having on the book publishing industry.
The remaining mainstream book publishing houses have had more layoffs and down-sizing by dropping several well known house imprints. There is a major reduction in the number of purchased manuscripts being acquired and eventually published.
Slashed advertising budgets are being allocated to launch books by eminent and long established authors – they're putting their bets on what has sold well, book after book. Corporate mandates make it mission critical for every published book to produce their projected numbers. Staffing cuts have reduced several publishing services – such as copyediting and rights verification – traditionally done by the mainstream houses.
All things considered, this is not the time to invest your time attempting to attract the interest of a major house in publishing your book. Sometimes knowing what not to do is just as valuable as knowing what to do. Now is the time to renew you efforts to promote your book to people who will perhaps buy a copy of your book. Nothing ventured, nothing gained.
Print media is struggling to retain a dwindling subscriber base that's essential for justifying ever increasing advertising rates. Once highly valued column inches devoted to reviewing new releases have been dropped or drastically reduced in several leading daily and monthly printed publications. Ads for new books in many of these publications have been reduced in size and frequency, because these costly advertisements aren't producing expected book sales in this depressed economy. In troubled times, advertising budgets are usually the first to be trimmed.
Reach out to family, friends and associates who have read your book and ask them to write and post online reviews or blurbs – every bit of exposure for your book is a benefit. Make it easy by doing a Google search for websites, sites where the info about your book would be of interest to visitors, and send your potential reviewers the link, so they can put up what they think about your book. Be patient, as it may take awhile for them to write a blurb and post or send it to you.
If you haven't invested your time and a little bit of money in creating a website for your published book, now is the time to do it. Keep the design of your website simple, and focused entirely on your book and you, the author. Don't mess around with setting up a shopping cart to do direct sales – you want to do a brief show-and-tell to make the sale, and then direct the buyer to www.buybooksontheweb.com and to your book page, place their book order.
What kind of books are selling in these turbulent times??? How-to and do-it-yourself books are popular because they often include things you can do yourself to save money. Almost any book that will help readers save time and money is worthy of promoting in targeted markets where the benefits are easy to relate with. Self-improvement books also sell well.
Books expanding on health issues and developing healthy attitudes and habits are popular as well as inspirational books that offer positive encouragement.
All types of novels telling interesting and compelling stories are perfect for escaping into. Popular fiction sells in depressed times, but you need to use your creativity to hook potential readers on the escapism qualities of your novel.
One of the ways for generating a new revenue flow is to make your published content available for sale in different versions such as eBooks and audio books.
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by LinDee Rochelle
If you've been roaming around the book publishing industry for a while, you've likely stumbled across the Publisher's Weekly blog that has everyone talking around the virtual water cooler.
From the president of PW, "We are returning to our earliest roots. PW dates to 1872, when it was first known as Trade Circular Weekly and listed all titles published that week in what was then a nascent industry. We have decided to embrace the self-publishing phenomenon in a similar spirit. Call it what you will―self-publishing, DIY, POD, author-financed, relationship publishing, or vanity fare. They are books and that is what PW cares about. And we aim to inform the trade."
Wow. Do you know how long we've waited for someone in the "upper realm" to believe we exist―and have more to offer than formulaic prose? So why am I not happy? (No comments from you guys about women never being happy … very funny …)
Seriously, left-handed compliments are a thin disguise for disdain. In the eyes of Publisher's Weekly and many others who either sit on the throne of traditional publishing, or grovel at its feet, we are still nothing more than the illiterate redheaded stepchild.
Those of you who have followed me through Infinity Publishing to Author Nation may be familiar with the blog I posted in response to recent years' doomsday predictions of print books dying a horrible, imminent death, "Publishing's Death Knell Premature."
It didn't take a crystal ball
One particular paragraph stood out in my re-reading of it: "Author-originated publishing has suffered long enough as the industry's redheaded stepchild! It was shunned in its infancy, kicked around in its adolescence, and is finally ready―with the help of the economic crisis―to experience its final growth into adulthood and stand proud as publishing hope for authors who have real talent.
Mmm, I love it when a prediction comes true. Much has happened in the industry since that post―some good, some not-so-wonderful. However, two points come quickly to mind: 1) print books are NOT going away―book STORES are; and 2) my prediction remains valid that traditional publishers and the rest of their pompous entourage better realize the power of the people in "self publishing"―or suffer the consequences.
Before you jump all over me, let me clarify―some book stores have already closed. Big-box chain stores are sitting on Humpty Dumpty's shaky wall. Independent stores and book sections within chains will survive in moderation, IF they're smart and find their niche.
But print books will continue to sell―online. I just bought another one for posterity and my research (Cousin Brucie: My Life in Rock 'N' Roll Radio, out-of-print). They will share more of the marketplace with digital books, but there will always be a need for print publications. Oh, you don't think so?
Let me digress, please
A quick aside on "power"―the electrical kind: I am concerned about our technology―not because it's usurping my beloved book-in-hand moments, but on a much more basic need level. I was without power for 12 hours last week. Now, that isn't nearly as long as the 4-day stint my friend, John Harnish, experienced last month. But in the 7 awake hours it represented, I had to find something to do WITHOUT MY INTERNET! OMG.
What was my alternative? Certainly not reading a book on an eReader … while the battery would last for an hour or so … what then? Nope. And though my land line didn't work, my cell phone did―5 minutes on the 'Net sucked it dry. So, I turned to my trusty flashlight on my actually printed-on-paper books and newspaper. And I learned a lot. Foremost, I have more "D" batteries lying around than eReader batteries.
Power problems will continue to plague us, as nothing can predict natural disasters. However, I don't believe any of our power grids are up to the challenge of the technology we're creating. I'm keeping my print books. But back to PW and the power of self-publishing …
Well-meaning, or grudging jump into the money pit?
Although it's nice to feel the fuzzy warm touch of a faction as venerable as PW, the announcement of their "Select quarterly supplement for self-published titles," still relegates independent authors to the back of the bus. We're not allowed to sit with the kids up front. In fact, we get our own bus. Add to that, not "charging for reviews" but requiring a "processing fee"―and still the redheaded stepchild must walk 10 paces behind on the way into the schoolhouse.
Only the toughest of new authors and the smartest of traditional authors turned renegade, have the self-pride to withstand the stigma and persevere.
While independent authors may take advantage of PW's Select service because of its lopsided validation, they won't be fooled into thinking the $149 fee is anything but pure revenue for PW, in times when everyone is looking for a new way to make the almighty buck.
Ah―I guess I should give them a little credit―we get a six-month PW subscription with that fee. Woohoo- but no guarantee that our books will be reviewed. Sigh.
Another prediction
I'm going to say it again, as I did nearly two years ago, "Right up front, aspiring authors MUST consider professional editing as mandatory to publishing their book for market. If it's going to be a family history only, then by all means, write with reckless abandon and cracked grammar (not grandma). But if you truly feel your story has merit―prove it. If you don't have enough dollars in the cookie jar for editing, you're not ready to publish and sell your manuscript." Trust me- even editors need editors. I should know.
If we're to win this self-publishing game, we need to take pride in our work and publish quality books through quality publishers―if we don't take ourselves seriously, no one else will. Although we may desire reviews by those entities that have grown disproportionately advantaged and forgotten that the roots of publishing includes self-publishing (think Ben Franklin, Mark Twain and Virginia Woolf), with the advent of the Internet and our readers' reviews- I predict it won't be long when we can do without them.
Photos courtesy of Alessandro Paiva and Vjeran Lisjak.
Yes, it's true, greedy corporate communications giants are conspiring with information purveyors and conjuring plans to slice the Internet into speed zones diced into premium positioning levels – not to be confused with the level marketplace where authors are free to engage in opportunities to publish and distribute their books to the public, via the Internet.
Foretelling of the potential dollar dominated plots threatening the free and equal access for all Internet users is similar to the restrictive printed communications during the Dark Ages – ruling royalty and prevailing religious orders controlled duplication and distribution of books deemed suitable for the selected few. Now, in the 21st century, the threat of imposed controls comes from the financially endowed, electronically empowered Internet gatekeepers fixing speed limits aligned with choice parking lots.
As writers, authors, publishers, booksellers, and book lovers we've come a long way since movable type first kissed the ink of printed words upon the page of a book available for public consumption hundreds of centuries ago. However, the highways and byways of open channels of communications are in imminent danger of greedy redirection. For authors with published books for sale on the Internet this means that unless your book-dedicated website has a parking space at the end of the express lane, it will take folks a longer time to eventually find the path with speed bumps, leading to your book.
What can you do about this lurking threat? Learn more of its perils and what you can do to maintain Net neutrality with open and equal access guaranteed for all folks, by visiting: http://blog.infinitypublishing.com/darkagesperilthreatensenlightenedinternet
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Dining options at Bacara Resort & Spa include 3 restaurants. A poolside bar and a bar/lounge are open for drinks. Room service is available 24 hours a day. Guests can enjoy a complimentary manager reception. Recreational amenities include 3 outdoor swimming pools and 2 spa tubs. Also located on site are a health club, a golf course, a fitness facility, and a children's club. The property's full-service health spa has body treatments, massage/treatment rooms, facials, and beauty services. This 5.0-star property has a 24-hour business center and offers small meeting rooms, secretarial services, and a technology helpdesk. Complimentary wireless and wired high-speed Internet access is available in public areas. This Goleta property has 27000 square feet of event space consisting of banquet facilities, conference/meeting rooms, a ballroom, and exhibit space. Business services, wedding services, tour/ticket assistance, and translation services are available. Additional property amenities include valet parking, a concierge desk, and an arcade/game room. This is a smoke-free property.Guestrooms.
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Will Richard Jefferson Get Playing Time?
When it comes to which Warriors' player will be getting the minutes at small forward this season, few seem to be giving Richard Jefferson much of a shot.
Conventional wisdom is that rookie Harrison Barnes and Brandon Rush, whom the team re-signed in August, will be holding down that spot. And if not them, then Draymond Green, the Warriors' second-round selection, could be in the mix for some playing time.
But don't overlook Jefferson. He's got something going for him that nobody on the Warriors' roster can touch: Extensive playoff experience. And that experience will likely keep him in the forefront of coach Mark Jackson's mind when it comes to playing time this season – particularly late in close games.


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Eighth through twelfth grade students step into the world of Greek Black and Red Figure vase painting and create an image in each artistic style, burnishing clay and using black slip, brushes, and needles. An associated trip to a museum to see the real thing is ideal. Also effective with college students and adults.
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BioTek Presents New Products, Posters At 2011 ELRIG Drug Discovery Conference |
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BioTek Instruments, Inc. will demonstrate their newest microplate instrumentation technologies at Stand E2 during the 5th annual Drug Discovery Conference, jointly sponsored by ELRIG (European Laboratory and Robotics Interest Group), SLAS (Society for Laboratory Automation and Screening) and BPS (British Pharmacological Society). The conference will be held September 7-8, 2011 in Manchester Central, Manchester, England. BioTek's newest multi-mode microplate reader, the patent-pending Synergy™ H1 Hybrid Microplate Reader will be featured. This quadruple-grating monochromator-based optical system is upgradable to a true, flexible hybrid reader with the addition of filter-based optics. The result is a highly versatile and cost effective microplate reader for a wide application range. Synergy H1 is compatible with BioTek's Take3™ Micro-Volume Plate for multi-volume, multi-sample measurements in 2 µL microspots, BioCells or standard cuvettes. BioTek's newest microplate dispenser will also be featured at the stand. The fully modular and upgradable MultiFlo™ Microplate Dispenser dispenses 1 µL to 3 mL volumes in up to four independent and parallel reagents, and accommodates 6- to 1536-well microplates and microtubes. Peristaltic pump and microprocessor-controlled syringe pumps allow any dispensing combination to be chosen and upgraded as necessary, thus reducing costs, saving time, and simplifying processes. MultiFlo is robotic-friendly and controlled via the instrument's keypad or Liquid Handling Control™ (LHC™) PC software with optional 21 CFR Part 11 compliance. The conference marks the European debut of BioTek's ELx405™ Select Deep Well Washer. This full plate washer automates aspirate and dispense steps in 96- and 384-well deep well microplates up to 50 mm high for increased washing efficiency compared to manual or hand-held methods. The ELx405 Select Deep Well Washer is compatible with BioTek's BioStack™ Microplate Stacker and third-party automation for unattended operation, and controlled through the keypad interface or LHC software with optional 21 CFR Part 11 compliance. BioTek will also present three posters at the Drug Discovery Conference: •Automated Compound Profiling Applications for the Assessment of Lead Compound Off-target Effects BioTek Instruments, Inc., headquartered in Winooski, VT, USA, is a worldwide leader in the design, manufacture, and sale of microplate instrumentation and software. BioTek instrumentation is used to aid in the advancement of life science research, facilitate the drug discovery process and to enable cost-effective quantification of disease relevant molecules in the clinic. For further information, contact: Chere Griffin, Account Executive Shaw & Todd Advertising and Marketing Communications Source: BioTek Instruments, Inc.,
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There is one word to describe how U.S. field hockey players recently found out their Olympics fate: excruciating. Rachel Dawson takes us through the process. Athlete's Life » espnW: More blogs »
Yuchen Nite/USA Field HockeyWhen I first read the words "women's boxing" and "skirt" in the same sentence, my reaction went something like this: How about adding a frilly apron, and accessorizing with a bucket and scrub brush? Loser cleans the ring!
Then I came across a comment from Ching-Kuo Wu, president of the AIBA (which governs amateur boxing internationally), in which he said some television viewers were having trouble distinguishing female boxers from men.
I wanted to fire off a two-word answer: Hi. Def.
Then I asked myself what is often the most important question in journalism: What do I know?
I swam for a little neighborhood club team as a kid and played basketball in high school and college. I never competed in a sport where skirts were required or even optional, so I decided to seek out some athletes who wear them on the job and ask about the pros and cons.
But before I go there, a few notes on the apparel controversy. It flared into public consciousness again a couple of weeks ago, but it's actually been percolating for more than a year, as the women boxers move closer to their Olympic debut in the 2012 London Games. After a little research, I learned the widely repeated AIBA president's comment was elicited by Albany Times-Union boxing blogger Michael Rivest in this September 2010 interview.
At last year's world championships, the AIBA leaned on boxers to give skirts a try, and most national federations complied. Lightweight world bronze medalist Queen Underwood said she was shocked when she opened her box of official gear before the medal rounds and found not only a skirt but what she described as a padded, non-sports bra. Underwood, who is not shy about expressing herself, said she hasn't worn a skirt or a dress on any occasion "for at least a decade," but thought she had no choice but to wear the outfit.
Once she got into the ring, Underwood said she forgot what she had on.
"I was in the zone, and afterwards I was thinking more about the loss than I was about the skirt," she said. "It didn't hamper me, but if they want to pay me to wear Maybelline and doll me all up, fine. I'm not getting paid to box in a skirt."
Reaction among boxers from other countries has tilted strongly against, as has that of commentators ranging from USA Today columnist Christine Brennan to blogger and amateur boxer Malissa Smith, whose Girlboxing site is a good resource for fans of the sport. India's five-time flyweight world champion Mary Kom has been quoted in her nation's media as saying that skirts would help set the women apart.
Officials in another Olympic sport, badminton, tried to play fashion police with female athletes, but the rebellion was so swift and furious they had to back down earlier this year.
Now, back to my very unscientific sample. The women I spoke with who play field hockey, lacrosse and tennis -- sports where skirts are traditional garb -- told me they prefer to practice in shorts but compete in skirts, even when given the choice.
"I never even think about it," said Rachel Dawson, a defender on the U.S. field hockey team that recently qualified for the Olympics by winning gold at the Pan American Games. "I love the idea of 'Look at me, I'm a woman in a skirt, but I can play just as tough as the boys, fighting, diving, hitting.' I love that contradiction."
Former Widener University assistant lacrosse coach Julie Dugan said her college coach at East Stroudsburg University raised the idea of switching to shorts one season. As the players mulled the concept, they faced a team that wore shorts and found the sight jarring. "They looked like they were playing volleyball," she said.
The team decided to stick with skirts -- although they, like many lacrosse and field hockey players, did wear Spandex compression shorts underneath, making sure they were short enough not to peek out below the hem.
"[Skirts] make you look a little more feminine, and I like the idea of being feminine and being good at sports," Dugan said.
Six-time Grand Slam doubles winner Lisa Raymond has seen a million fashion trends come and go in tennis since she turned pro in 1993. She considers shorts more comfortable and said she's seen flattering shorts-and-top outfits out there, but would feel underdressed wearing one.
"I'm kind of a traditionalist," Raymond said. "When you play a match, you're stepping out. It's a performance, as opposed to practice, when you're just grinding away."
The point is that skirts, in and of themselves, are not the problem. The problem is there's no history of or affection for them in boxing, and they're being introduced from the top down (pardon the pun) as if these women were boarding school students instead of sporting pioneers and symbols of strength.
It's hard not to wonder if there's a desire to sand a little roughness away from the sport for a worldwide audience that is used to stick-and-ball competition but not at all accustomed to the simpler visual equation of women slugging away at each other.
"I don't think they should be mandatory," Dawson said of boxing skirts. I completely agree -- and now that the AIBA has put forth the option, I also wouldn't stand in the way of a female boxer wearing one if she wanted.
This isn't the first time what female athletes wear, and the commotion it causes at the intersection of Politics Street and Marketing Avenue, threatens to overshadow the sporting contest itself. And it won't be the last. Such a ruckus wouldn't be fair to women who are stepping onto the Olympic stage for the first time.
As for the notion that viewers might not be able to tell women boxers from men at first or even second glance, I'd flip that on its head and say it might represent a kind of progress.
The AIBA is soliciting opinions on the issue from its athletes and the "wider public." Consider this a contribution to the latter. Taking away a woman's right to wear trunks would be the worst kind of wardrobe malfunction.
Three-time U.S. figure skating national champion and world bronze medalist Johnny Weir posed for the cover of his new autobiography "Welcome to My World" with one stiletto-clad foot appearing to hold up a huge disco ball. Yet despite that unconventional image, the book follows the familiar arc of many an athlete's life: a driven child with a loving, supportive family; a conflicted adolescent who grows into an accomplished performer; an imperfect adult who stumbles at inopportune times and tries to savor his experience no matter where he finishes. By turns thoughtful, snarky, giddy and caustic, the book also serves as the vehicle for Weir to confirm that he is gay -- a subject he had long refused to address because he considered it private and unrelated to his athletic career.
Weir, who is not skating competitively this season, sat down with ESPN.com's Bonnie D. Ford on Monday to talk about his book and his future in the sport. The following are excerpts from that conversation.


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