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Scientist's Experiment in Fundraising
Scientist Plans to Raise $1.5 Million Through Online Solicitations
Date: FEB. 7, 2014
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Ethan O. Perlstein for years followed a traditional path as a scientist. He earned a Ph.D. in molecular biology from Harvard, spent five years doing postdoctoral research at Princeton and led a team that published two papers on pharmacology.
But last year, Dr. Perlstein was turned down by 27 universities when he sought a tenure-track position to set up his own lab. Hundreds of candidates had applied for a small number of positions, the universities said, a situation made worse by cuts in federal research funding.
So Dr. Perlstein decided to raise $1.5 million for his lab in a different way: through crowdfunding.
He isn't alone. Scientists looking for relatively small sums to gather data or test new ideas can turn to funding websites such RocketHub and Experiment. This month, SciFund Challenge, a group that leads crowdfunding drives for scientists, plans to launch its fourth drive.
Funders range from ordinary citizens who want to contribute to science to investors hoping to get in on something early.
Still, Dr. Perlstein's approach is unusual because he isn't raising money to support a discrete project or product. "Ethan is doing basic research," said Jessica Richman, co-founder of Ubiome, a health and wellness startup that raised more than $350,000 through crowdfunding on a site called Indiegogo. "He is selling the idea that he is an independent scientist doing research."
Dr. Perlstein plans to launch his public appeal for Perlstein Lab this week on a site called AngelList. Perlstein Lab will focus on finding drugs to treat lysosomal storage diseases, in which cells fail to produce and recycle waste. The materials accumulate in cells and can cause a range of problems, including death.
Before deciding to pursue this route for his lab, the 34-year-old had a previous crowdfunding experience. He worked with David Sulzer, a professor of neurology, psychiatry and pharmacology at Columbia University, who had read a paper by Dr. Perlstein that posited a new theory of how the antidepressant Zoloft works.
Mr. Perlstein's lab will include space in this room (the counter on the left) as well as office space and access to expensive equipment. Lori Eanes for the Wall Street Journal
"I thought it was very inventive," Dr. Sulzer said. The men decided to collaborate on a similar question about amphetamines. To get the $25,000 they felt they needed to test the new theory, Dr. Perlstein proposed crowdfunding.
Dr. Perlstein and a colleague created a short video explaining the concept and posted it on RocketHub. The scientists offered prizes, including the chance to talk science over beer for people who donated $100 or more. The men quickly raised $25,000 from family, friends and strangers. Experiments on the theory are under way.
Still, crowdfunding for scientific research poses challenges.
Margaret Anderson, executive director of FasterCures, a group that tries to accelerate the development of drugs, agreed that crowdfunding allows the public to play a greater role in science. The problem, she said, can come when people without a strong understanding of science watch a pitch on YouTube and try to determine "which idea is good and which isn't.''
That, some say, could result in sexy but scientifically questionable research being funded while less flashy but worthier efforts aren't.
Disease foundations frequently rely on scientific advisory boards for advice on what research to fund. FasterCures created a set of questions it recommends that people ask before donating money that could apply to crowdfunded projects as well, Ms. Anderson said.
Traditional sources of research funding include the National Institutes of Health and other federal agencies as well as foundations. Costs rapidly add up for experiments that last two years or more, involve using mice or other animals or are labor-intensive. Buying advanced equipment necessary to do some experiments is also expensive. For such major projects, "getting that money by crowdsourcing*), I don't think it is in the cards,'' said Dr. Sulzer. "For that kind of thing, we have to go through conventional sources."
Dr. Perlstein's specialty is something he calls "evolutionary pharmacology." He plans to study lysosomal storage diseases in yeast, fish, flies and worms, trying to find drugs that slow or stop the disorders, then test the drug candidates in patient cells collected by researchers. He anticipates making money by licensing or auctioning the findings to drug companies or others that can run trials in humans.
To raise the $1.5 million he said he needs for 18 months, Dr. Perlstein plans to use AngelList and is asking people to put up at least $5,000. The money must come from accredited investors, which includes individuals with income over $200,000 and other requirements. Investors will receive equity in Perlstein Lab and a possible return if rights to the potential drugs are sold.
Perlstein Lab has rented space at an "incubator" in San Francisco. The budget also includes annual salaries of $80,000 each for four scientists, $150,000 for drug-screening tools and more than $400,000 for contractors to help test the team's findings.
Linda Avey, a San Francisco Bay Area entrepreneur focused on the sciences, saw a tweet about Dr. Perlstein's first crowdfunding experiment and donated $200. They later met. When Dr. Perlstein told her about Perlstein Lab, she invited him to pitch the idea to potential donors at her home. About 15 people came to hear his presentation.
The way for crowdsourced research to succeed, said Ms. Avey, is to communicate science to the public and "break down the barriers between ivory-tower research and the average citizen.
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*) Crowdsourcing = click: crowdfunding
to source= obtain from a particular source // crowd = a large number of people
Crowdsourcing is the practice of obtaining needed services, ideas, or content by soliciting contributions from a large group of people, and especially from an online community, rather than from traditional employees or suppliers.
This process is often used to subdivide tedious work or to fund-raise startup companies and charities, and can also occur offline. It combines the efforts of numerous self-identified volunteers or part-time workers, where each contributor of their own initiative adds a small portion to the greater result. The term "crowdsourcing" is a portmanteau of "crowd" and "outsourcing"; it is distinguished from outsourcing in that the work comes from an undefined public rather than being commissioned from a specific, named group.
The word "crowdsourcing" was coined in 2006 and can apply to a wide range of activities. Crowdsourcing can involve division of labor for tedious tasks split to use crowd-based outsourcing, but it can also apply to specific requests, such as crowdfunding, a broad-based competition, and a general search for answers, solutions, or a missing person.
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Scientist's Experiment in Fundraising
Scientist Plans to Raise $1.5 Million Through Online Solicitations
Date: FEB. 7, 2014
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Ethan O. Perlstein for years followed a traditional path as a scientist. He earned a Ph.D. in molecular biology from Harvard, spent five years doing postdoctoral research at Princeton and led a team that published two papers on pharmacology.
But last year, Dr. Perlstein was turned down by 27 universities when he sought a tenure-track position to set up his own lab. Hundreds of candidates had applied for a small number of positions, the universities said, a situation made worse by cuts in federal research funding.
So Dr. Perlstein decided to raise $1.5 million for his lab in a different way: through crowdfunding.
He isn't alone. Scientists looking for relatively small sums to gather data or test new ideas can turn to funding websites such RocketHub and Experiment. This month, SciFund Challenge, a group that leads crowdfunding drives for scientists, plans to launch its fourth drive.
Funders range from ordinary citizens who want to contribute to science to investors hoping to get in on something early.
Still, Dr. Perlstein's approach is unusual because he isn't raising money to support a discrete project or product. "Ethan is doing basic research," said Jessica Richman, co-founder of Ubiome, a health and wellness startup that raised more than $350,000 through crowdfunding on a site called Indiegogo. "He is selling the idea that he is an independent scientist doing research."
Dr. Perlstein plans to launch his public appeal for Perlstein Lab this week on a site called AngelList. Perlstein Lab will focus on finding drugs to treat lysosomal storage diseases, in which cells fail to produce and recycle waste. The materials accumulate in cells and can cause a range of problems, including death.
Before deciding to pursue this route for his lab, the 34-year-old had a previous crowdfunding experience. He worked with David Sulzer, a professor of neurology, psychiatry and pharmacology at Columbia University, who had read a paper by Dr. Perlstein that posited a new theory of how the antidepressant Zoloft works.
Mr. Perlstein's lab will include space in this room (the counter on the left) as well as office space and access to expensive equipment. Lori Eanes for the Wall Street Journal
"I thought it was very inventive," Dr. Sulzer said. The men decided to collaborate on a similar question about amphetamines. To get the $25,000 they felt they needed to test the new theory, Dr. Perlstein proposed crowdfunding.
Dr. Perlstein and a colleague created a short video explaining the concept and posted it on RocketHub. The scientists offered prizes, including the chance to talk science over beer for people who donated $100 or more. The men quickly raised $25,000 from family, friends and strangers. Experiments on the theory are under way.
Still, crowdfunding for scientific research poses challenges.
Margaret Anderson, executive director of FasterCures, a group that tries to accelerate the development of drugs, agreed that crowdfunding allows the public to play a greater role in science. The problem, she said, can come when people without a strong understanding of science watch a pitch on YouTube and try to determine "which idea is good and which isn't.''
That, some say, could result in sexy but scientifically questionable research being funded while less flashy but worthier efforts aren't.
Disease foundations frequently rely on scientific advisory boards for advice on what research to fund. FasterCures created a set of questions it recommends that people ask before donating money that could apply to crowdfunded projects as well, Ms. Anderson said.
Traditional sources of research funding include the National Institutes of Health and other federal agencies as well as foundations. Costs rapidly add up for experiments that last two years or more, involve using mice or other animals or are labor-intensive. Buying advanced equipment necessary to do some experiments is also expensive. For such major projects, "getting that money by crowdsourcing*), I don't think it is in the cards,'' said Dr. Sulzer. "For that kind of thing, we have to go through conventional sources."
Dr. Perlstein's specialty is something he calls "evolutionary pharmacology." He plans to study lysosomal storage diseases in yeast, fish, flies and worms, trying to find drugs that slow or stop the disorders, then test the drug candidates in patient cells collected by researchers. He anticipates making money by licensing or auctioning the findings to drug companies or others that can run trials in humans.
To raise the $1.5 million he said he needs for 18 months, Dr. Perlstein plans to use AngelList and is asking people to put up at least $5,000. The money must come from accredited investors, which includes individuals with income over $200,000 and other requirements. Investors will receive equity in Perlstein Lab and a possible return if rights to the potential drugs are sold.
Perlstein Lab has rented space at an "incubator" in San Francisco. The budget also includes annual salaries of $80,000 each for four scientists, $150,000 for drug-screening tools and more than $400,000 for contractors to help test the team's findings.
Linda Avey, a San Francisco Bay Area entrepreneur focused on the sciences, saw a tweet about Dr. Perlstein's first crowdfunding experiment and donated $200. They later met. When Dr. Perlstein told her about Perlstein Lab, she invited him to pitch the idea to potential donors at her home. About 15 people came to hear his presentation.
The way for crowdsourced research to succeed, said Ms. Avey, is to communicate science to the public and "break down the barriers between ivory-tower research and the average citizen.
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*) Crowdsourcing = click: crowdfunding
to source= obtain from a particular source // crowd = a large number of people
Crowdsourcing is the practice of obtaining needed services, ideas, or content by soliciting contributions from a large group of people, and especially from an online community, rather than from traditional employees or suppliers.
This process is often used to subdivide tedious work or to fund-raise startup companies and charities, and can also occur offline. It combines the efforts of numerous self-identified volunteers or part-time workers, where each contributor of their own initiative adds a small portion to the greater result. The term "crowdsourcing" is a portmanteau of "crowd" and "outsourcing"; it is distinguished from outsourcing in that the work comes from an undefined public rather than being commissioned from a specific, named group.
The word "crowdsourcing" was coined in 2006 and can apply to a wide range of activities. Crowdsourcing can involve division of labor for tedious tasks split to use crowd-based outsourcing, but it can also apply to specific requests, such as crowdfunding, a broad-based competition, and a general search for answers, solutions, or a missing person.
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on Venerable Nonprofits Raises Concern
Date: February 7, 2014
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THE ads ran for years. The global charity Save the Children asked for a monthly donation, and in return, a few times a year the donors received a photo and handwritten note or drawing from children in impoverished places like Haiti.
The idea, of course, was that donors would have some sort of connection to the contribution. Most people knew that, in reality, the few dollars were not given directly to those children but to projects that would supposedly benefit them.
Nowadays, if people want to offer a similar gift, they can go to any number of crowdfunding sites where lots of small donors give money to a project or venture — like Fundly.com, Indiegogo.com, CrowdRise.com or GoFundMe.com — and bypass the middleman altogether.
On those sites, which usually make their money by taking a percentage of the funds raised, people with sympathetic stories seek sponsors — a young girl who needs a stem-cell treatment, a woman who wants money to adopt a child or a classroom of low-income students who want to visit Washington.
But crowdfunding raises questions. If young people give to these single-issue causes, is there less likelihood they will donate to the legacy charities such as the Red Cross, United Way and, yes, Save the Children? Does the individual and direct nature of crowdfunding act as a spur or a drain to such longtime nonprofits?
“Crowdfunding is particularly attractive to younger donors who are looking for a more direct connection to the causes and people they’re supporting,” said Katherina M. Rosqueta, executive director of the Center for High Impact Philanthropy at the University of Pennsylvania. “I think of it as a tool, one which might bring stories and issues to particular donors who wouldn’t otherwise be aware and prompt them to give.”
But a direct connection doesn’t necessarily mean it is more effective. Ms. Rosqueta says the bigger, more established charities play a role that crowdfunding does not. These organizations “bring deep experience and knowledge to their area,” she said. “They’ve had to measure and manage their own results for donors. People might feel a more direct connection in crowdfunding, but it doesn’t mean it’s doing the most good.”
The money raised in crowdfunding — about $1.6 billion nationally and $2.7 billion worldwide in 2012, according to the research company Massolution — is minuscule compared with the approximately $300 billion raised by nonprofits in this country alone, according to Giving USA, the annual report of charitable donations.
But the nonprofits’ figure isn’t growing. Since the 1970s, charitable donations have made up about 2 percent of the gross domestic product and Americans, on average, give 2 percent of their gross income to charities — including universities and religious institutions. That comes to about $1,500 a year per household.
Donation and reward-based crowdfunding, which is growing off a decidedly lower base, increased by more than 85 percent worldwide in 2012 over the previous year, according to MassolutionChristin Putnam of Larchmont, N.Y., discovered crowdfunding when someone she knew asked for support for a project, which is typical of many crowdfunding donors. “I give to projects that appeal to me on a personal level,” said Ms. Putnam. Her donations, she said, “reflect my own quirky interests. For example, I have funded history books and maps for a classroom, organic seeds for a school classroom, a film about bullying and Jewish community project in the town of Auschwitz.”
Ms. Putnam said that she still supported traditional philanthropies “because I agree with their mission and have longstanding ties,” but said that giving to sites like donorchoose.org, which is for teachers, is more fun “and more like an impulse buy.”
Research shows that impulse donating is common on crowdfunding sites, said Gregory Saxton, director of the Graduate Studies at the Department of Communication at the State University of New York, Buffalo. But, he said, research also shows that many donors don’t seem to particularly care whether or not a project they support is financially effective. Rather, they are swayed by attention-getting videos and sentimental stories rather than the depth of the need.
Charities have long used heart-rending photos, tear-jerking songs or poignant tales to attract donors. In an early version of crowdfunding, the newspaper magnate Joseph Pulitzer said in 1885 that he would print the name of every person who donated to the construction of a pedestal for the Statue of Liberty on the front page of his newspaper and would also print human interest stories sent along with the donations. Soon, more than 120,000 people had donated $100,000 — $2.3 million in current dollars — enough to pay for the pedestal.
Mr. Pulitzer may not have realized that he was combining the very ingredients that Danae Ringelmann, co-founder of Indiegogo.com, says inspires people to donate to crowdfunding: passion for the project, trust in the person behind it, involvement in something bigger than oneself and the receipt of a perk.
The traditional charities have not ignored the potential of crowdfunding. Ettore Rossetti, director of digital marketing and social media for Save the Children, said his organization had benefited from several crowdfunding appeals, and had also started some of its own campaigns. “The way charities used to be run was on brand loyalty,” he said. “That’s not so true anymore. There’s a risk, if you’re not nimble and don’t participate in new media, you can absolutely be left behind."
But Mr. Rossetti also expressed concern that some people believed crowdfunding causes were better because they appeared to more directly help those in need. “I think crowdfunding is good, but there is the risk of being beholden to the whim of popularity,” he said.
Others are worried about the tendency of crowdfunding to dismiss overhead and administrative costs as needless bureaucracy, without realizing the complicated causes that large charities address.
“A very simplistic project can be great, but if it becomes the sole means people give, we’re going to end up addressing a much narrower set of social problems,” said Ken Berger, president of Charity Navigator, which monitors nonprofits. “Take homelessness. It’s not a simple story. We can’t only focus on one aspect like job training or affordable housing.”
Ms. Ringelmann of Indiegogo doesn’t see a conflict. She says sites like hers can work with and help push traditional charities to be more transparent in how their money is spent.
The question will be if, like Ms. Putnam, most donors are willing to give to both traditional charities and crowdfunding. “We need traditional charities such as museums and universities because they are essential to our society,” she said, “but we also need to support people outside the mainstream.”
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on Venerable Nonprofits Raises Concern
Date: February 7, 2014
Article 2 of 2
(Article 1 of 2 next above)
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THE ads ran for years. The global charity Save the Children asked for a monthly donation, and in return, a few times a year the donors received a photo and handwritten note or drawing from children in impoverished places like Haiti.
The idea, of course, was that donors would have some sort of connection to the contribution. Most people knew that, in reality, the few dollars were not given directly to those children but to projects that would supposedly benefit them.
Nowadays, if people want to offer a similar gift, they can go to any number of crowdfunding sites where lots of small donors give money to a project or venture — like Fundly.com, Indiegogo.com, CrowdRise.com or GoFundMe.com — and bypass the middleman altogether.
On those sites, which usually make their money by taking a percentage of the funds raised, people with sympathetic stories seek sponsors — a young girl who needs a stem-cell treatment, a woman who wants money to adopt a child or a classroom of low-income students who want to visit Washington.
But crowdfunding raises questions. If young people give to these single-issue causes, is there less likelihood they will donate to the legacy charities such as the Red Cross, United Way and, yes, Save the Children? Does the individual and direct nature of crowdfunding act as a spur or a drain to such longtime nonprofits?
“Crowdfunding is particularly attractive to younger donors who are looking for a more direct connection to the causes and people they’re supporting,” said Katherina M. Rosqueta, executive director of the Center for High Impact Philanthropy at the University of Pennsylvania. “I think of it as a tool, one which might bring stories and issues to particular donors who wouldn’t otherwise be aware and prompt them to give.”
But a direct connection doesn’t necessarily mean it is more effective. Ms. Rosqueta says the bigger, more established charities play a role that crowdfunding does not. These organizations “bring deep experience and knowledge to their area,” she said. “They’ve had to measure and manage their own results for donors. People might feel a more direct connection in crowdfunding, but it doesn’t mean it’s doing the most good.”
The money raised in crowdfunding — about $1.6 billion nationally and $2.7 billion worldwide in 2012, according to the research company Massolution — is minuscule compared with the approximately $300 billion raised by nonprofits in this country alone, according to Giving USA, the annual report of charitable donations.
But the nonprofits’ figure isn’t growing. Since the 1970s, charitable donations have made up about 2 percent of the gross domestic product and Americans, on average, give 2 percent of their gross income to charities — including universities and religious institutions. That comes to about $1,500 a year per household.
Donation and reward-based crowdfunding, which is growing off a decidedly lower base, increased by more than 85 percent worldwide in 2012 over the previous year, according to MassolutionChristin Putnam of Larchmont, N.Y., discovered crowdfunding when someone she knew asked for support for a project, which is typical of many crowdfunding donors. “I give to projects that appeal to me on a personal level,” said Ms. Putnam. Her donations, she said, “reflect my own quirky interests. For example, I have funded history books and maps for a classroom, organic seeds for a school classroom, a film about bullying and Jewish community project in the town of Auschwitz.”
Ms. Putnam said that she still supported traditional philanthropies “because I agree with their mission and have longstanding ties,” but said that giving to sites like donorchoose.org, which is for teachers, is more fun “and more like an impulse buy.”
Research shows that impulse donating is common on crowdfunding sites, said Gregory Saxton, director of the Graduate Studies at the Department of Communication at the State University of New York, Buffalo. But, he said, research also shows that many donors don’t seem to particularly care whether or not a project they support is financially effective. Rather, they are swayed by attention-getting videos and sentimental stories rather than the depth of the need.
Charities have long used heart-rending photos, tear-jerking songs or poignant tales to attract donors. In an early version of crowdfunding, the newspaper magnate Joseph Pulitzer said in 1885 that he would print the name of every person who donated to the construction of a pedestal for the Statue of Liberty on the front page of his newspaper and would also print human interest stories sent along with the donations. Soon, more than 120,000 people had donated $100,000 — $2.3 million in current dollars — enough to pay for the pedestal.
Mr. Pulitzer may not have realized that he was combining the very ingredients that Danae Ringelmann, co-founder of Indiegogo.com, says inspires people to donate to crowdfunding: passion for the project, trust in the person behind it, involvement in something bigger than oneself and the receipt of a perk.
The traditional charities have not ignored the potential of crowdfunding. Ettore Rossetti, director of digital marketing and social media for Save the Children, said his organization had benefited from several crowdfunding appeals, and had also started some of its own campaigns. “The way charities used to be run was on brand loyalty,” he said. “That’s not so true anymore. There’s a risk, if you’re not nimble and don’t participate in new media, you can absolutely be left behind."
But Mr. Rossetti also expressed concern that some people believed crowdfunding causes were better because they appeared to more directly help those in need. “I think crowdfunding is good, but there is the risk of being beholden to the whim of popularity,” he said.
Others are worried about the tendency of crowdfunding to dismiss overhead and administrative costs as needless bureaucracy, without realizing the complicated causes that large charities address.
“A very simplistic project can be great, but if it becomes the sole means people give, we’re going to end up addressing a much narrower set of social problems,” said Ken Berger, president of Charity Navigator, which monitors nonprofits. “Take homelessness. It’s not a simple story. We can’t only focus on one aspect like job training or affordable housing.”
Ms. Ringelmann of Indiegogo doesn’t see a conflict. She says sites like hers can work with and help push traditional charities to be more transparent in how their money is spent.
The question will be if, like Ms. Putnam, most donors are willing to give to both traditional charities and crowdfunding. “We need traditional charities such as museums and universities because they are essential to our society,” she said, “but we also need to support people outside the mainstream.”
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Homeless Man’s Honest Deed Rewarded
with $16K Donation, and Counting
Date: 2/21/13
Comments from public: (1) He may be homeless, but he's not heartless.(2) The woman who accidently who gave the ring along with the change she had had a spirit of giving to someone who was less fortuned than her. The homeless man just looking for a meager handout did not feel spend-thrift by trying to sell the ring or pawn it. Seems like to angels had entertained one another. (3) With all the bad news we recieve everyday stories like this keeps my chin up and
my hopes alive that someday it'll be good news forever. I hope.
A homeless man in Kansas City, Mo., made national headlines more than a week ago when he returned a valuable platinum and diamond engagement ring accidentally dropped into his cup of change by a woman offering some extra cash. Now, hundreds of donors have contributed more than $16,000 to a page on GiveForward.com
to help Billy Ray Harris get his life back on track. The man's rewards don't stop with financial help -- the media story helped him connect with a brother in Lubbock, Texas, he hasn't seen in nearly 30 years.
KCTV first did a story on the unintended donation Feb. 9. Sarah Darling had put her engagement ring in her change purse because it was bothering her finger. A chance encounter with Harris on the street led Darling to give the man her loose change. It was only a day later that she realized her engagement ring was missing. When she came back to Harris on the same street, he still had the ring and gave it back to her.
The New York Daily News reveals when the woman and her husband returned, they gave the homeless man all the cash she had on her -- around $40 to $60. Then Bill Krejci, who is a web designer, was inspired by some media outlets' websites where people asked how they could help. Enter GiveForward.com
For the next 90 days, anyone can donate money for Harris. The homeless man cited his reverend grandfather, who raised him since he was 6 months old, as the reason for his character trait that returned the ring to the woman. Individual donations from as little as $5 up to $500 have poured into GiveForward.com for Harris.
One comment from the Young family, who donated $250, said, "This story was on CNN and it was touching that someone with so little was so thoughtful and understanding. ... This was a unique opportunity to celebrate a good news story and act of kindness." The CNN piece was on Soledad O'Brien's show Monday.
The goal was the raise $1,000 for Harris in three months. Instead, more than $16,000 has been given to the cause in just a few days.
Krejci posts updates on the donation website. The most recent one, dated Wednesday, called all of the donors "awesome... over the past few days." Further, the web designer states he'll be having lunch with Harris in the next few days. Also, the homeless man is staying with a guy who helps run sound for a band. Krejci calls the amount of donations "unreal."
So what will happen to Harris now? MyFoxLubbock.com reports Edwin Harris, Billy Ray's older brother, wants his sibling to come home to Lubbock, Texas. The brothers lost touch and have tried to find each other over the past 27 years. When the older brother saw Billy Ray's story on the Internet, he got in touch and the two talked for 45 minutes. Edwin Harris hopes to bring his brother back to Texas in mid-March.
KCTV reveals Robin Harris, the men's sister, lives in Wichita Falls, Texas. She also saw the national story and got in touch with her homeless brother thanks to Betsy Webster, the original television reporter who broke the story.
It was a small gesture, but a touching one nonetheless. Billy Ray Harris, a homeless man living in Kansas City, Missouri, returned a diamond ring to a passerby who accidentally dropped it into his change cup.
It's a story about faith in humanity that's gone viral in just a few days, with people as far as Portugal offering help.
"I looked it up, and I sat there and was just stunned."
For Edwin Harris, who's more than 700 miles away, the story carries a much deeper meaning.
"And it just so happened that earlier this week, my sister looked on Yahoo's page and saw his picture," Harris said. "And she texted me and said, 'Go look on Yahoo. There's a picture of a homeless man in Missouri who found a ring and gave it back to the owner. It's your brother.'"
After seeing the stories, Harris was able to get into contact with his brother. It had been 27 years since he last saw him. Billy Ray tried to find his family many times in the past.
"The addresses and the phone numbers that he had didn't work," Harris said. "So he didn't know what to think, he said he was just hoping and praying that everybody was well and that he would see us again. And I said 'We've been doing the same thing on this end.'"
After 45 minutes of tears, reminiscing and catching up, Harris wasted no time coming up with a plan to get his brother back home.
"In the course of the conversation, when I pulled the big brother rank on him, I just flat told him, 'You're coming home,'" Harris said. "And he said, 'Yeah, I'm coming home. I've already decided I'm coming home. But I'm not coming home right now.' And he said the reason was, he didn't want to be a burden. He didn't want to be a burden on his family, but he wanted to desperately see his family. And he's just glad that he knows we're all well."
Harris said he hopes to get his brother back to Texas by mid-March.
Billy Ray Harris hesitates to come home because he doesn't want to be a burden to his family.
Perhaps more than $16,000 will help change his mind.
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Lawsuit
Man accuses organ-donor network
of pushing brain-dead classification
A new lawsuit, filed on September 25, 2012, in New York City, Manhattan Supreme Court,
alleges that the New York Organ Donor Network pressured doctors to sign off on patients moved and at least one tried
to breathe independently. The lawsuit accuses the Network of pressuring hospital employees
to prematurely declare patients brain dead so that their organs could be harvested.
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Quoted: Plaintiff says he's a whistleblower
"It was like a horror movie. I would show them that somebody had brain function, and that they were moving, and in one of the cases the person I was working with .... goes, "What kind of life would they have anyway?" And this person was signed off on dead."
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26 September 2012
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A new lawsuit accuses the New York Organ Donor Network of pressuring hospital employees to prematurely declare
patients brain dead so their body parts could be harvested.
The lawsuit, filed Tuesday night, alleges that the New York Organ Donor Network pressured doctors to sign off on patients as brain dead, even as one former NYODN employee says patients moved and at least one tried to breathe on their own.
Patrick McMahon, who filed the Manhattan Supreme Court lawsuit, said he was fired as a NYODN nurse practitioner in 2011 as a transplant coordinator for the Network after being called a “troublemaker” for protesting the practice.
“It was like a horror movie,” McMahon told Metro. “I would show them that somebody has brain function and that they’re moving, and in one of the cases the person I was working with … I said, ‘Do you see this?’ and she goes, ‘What kind of life would they have anyway?’ And this person had been signed off on dead.”
He added, “It was just appalling*).”
For example, the lawsuit cites an example of a 19-year-old who was in a car wreck and admitted in critical condition. The teen made an effort to breathe and showed other signs of brain activity, according to the court documents, but the Network allegedly “aggressively pursued” having him declared brain dead.
The lawsuit also recounts a woman given a paralytic before the operation, which court documents note as “out of the ordinary" because organ donors should be already deceased and not need muscle paralytic.
“I want the courts to intervene and stop this behavior,” McMahon said. “I want people to know that this is out there.”
In a statement, the Network said their employees play no role in declaring brain death.
“The allegations made by a former employee are baseless and an affront to the work that the New York Organ Donor Network is doing in the New York City area to save and improve the lives of New Yorkers through organ donation and transplantation," the statement added.
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(1) appalling - means: to fill or overcome with horror, consternation, or fear; dismay
Examples: He was appalled by the damage from the fire. I am appalled at your mistakes.
(2) plaintiff - a person who brings suit in a court (opposed to defendant)
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Man accuses organ-donor network
of pushing brain-dead classification
A new lawsuit, filed on September 25, 2012, in New York City, Manhattan Supreme Court,
alleges that the New York Organ Donor Network pressured doctors to sign off on patients moved and at least one tried
to breathe independently. The lawsuit accuses the Network of pressuring hospital employees
to prematurely declare patients brain dead so that their organs could be harvested.
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Quoted: Plaintiff says he's a whistleblower
"It was like a horror movie. I would show them that somebody had brain function, and that they were moving, and in one of the cases the person I was working with .... goes, "What kind of life would they have anyway?" And this person was signed off on dead."
Source:
NYC Court - filed lawsuit
Article in MetroNY newspaper
26 September 2012
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A new lawsuit accuses the New York Organ Donor Network of pressuring hospital employees to prematurely declare
patients brain dead so their body parts could be harvested.
The lawsuit, filed Tuesday night, alleges that the New York Organ Donor Network pressured doctors to sign off on patients as brain dead, even as one former NYODN employee says patients moved and at least one tried to breathe on their own.
Patrick McMahon, who filed the Manhattan Supreme Court lawsuit, said he was fired as a NYODN nurse practitioner in 2011 as a transplant coordinator for the Network after being called a “troublemaker” for protesting the practice.
“It was like a horror movie,” McMahon told Metro. “I would show them that somebody has brain function and that they’re moving, and in one of the cases the person I was working with … I said, ‘Do you see this?’ and she goes, ‘What kind of life would they have anyway?’ And this person had been signed off on dead.”
He added, “It was just appalling*).”
For example, the lawsuit cites an example of a 19-year-old who was in a car wreck and admitted in critical condition. The teen made an effort to breathe and showed other signs of brain activity, according to the court documents, but the Network allegedly “aggressively pursued” having him declared brain dead.
The lawsuit also recounts a woman given a paralytic before the operation, which court documents note as “out of the ordinary" because organ donors should be already deceased and not need muscle paralytic.
“I want the courts to intervene and stop this behavior,” McMahon said. “I want people to know that this is out there.”
In a statement, the Network said their employees play no role in declaring brain death.
“The allegations made by a former employee are baseless and an affront to the work that the New York Organ Donor Network is doing in the New York City area to save and improve the lives of New Yorkers through organ donation and transplantation," the statement added.
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(1) appalling - means: to fill or overcome with horror, consternation, or fear; dismay
Examples: He was appalled by the damage from the fire. I am appalled at your mistakes.
(2) plaintiff - a person who brings suit in a court (opposed to defendant)
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Study the article above & one below relating to kidney donations
Above: (1) lawsuit by a worker whistle blower in New York City - Below: (2) Some Organ Harvesting Flaws
The lawsuit accuses the Network of pressuring hospital employee to prematurely declare patients brain dead
so that their organs could be harvested
Discarded Kidneys
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September 24, 2012
More than 93,000 patients are on the waiting list for a kidney transplant, and last year more than 4,700 patients died while waiting. That makes it especially tragic that more than 2,600 kidneys were recovered from deceased donors last year and then discarded.
As Kevin Sack reported in The Times last week, some experts believe that as many as half of the discarded kidneys could have been transplanted if the system for distributing them had done a better job of matching organs with recipients in a timely fashion, typically within 24 to 36 hours after the kidney was recovered and placed on ice.
The current system distributes kidneys primarily to compatible patients who have been waiting the longest in the local area. Priority is given to children, to patients who are difficult to match or who are particularly well matched to the dead donor. If no takers are found locally, the search expands to the region and ultimately goes nationwide.
All that may sound fair, but there is a problem in the distribution scheme. Some older patients who have been on the list the longest get kidneys that could function far longer than they will live. Meanwhile, some younger recipients get kidneys that may not function as long and will end up needing another transplant in later years.
A better system was proposed on Friday by the committee that oversees kidney transplants for the United Network for Organ Sharing, which manages the country’s transplantation network under contract with the Department of Health and Human Services. The new system applies clinical formulas to estimate how long a kidney is apt to function once transplanted and how many years a specific candidate on the waiting list would likely benefit.
The committee proposed that the top 20 percent of candidates with the longest estimated time of survival after transplant be given the top 20 percent of kidneys judged likely to last a long time. The remaining 80 percent of the kidneys would be distributed much as before.
A previous proposal to increase survival rates was abandoned after federal officials warned that it violated age discrimination laws because most of the kidneys were to be distributed based on age, to patients no more than 15 years older or younger than the donor. The new proposal avoids that problem by making age only one of many factors considered. If this proposal, too, doesn’t pass muster, Congress ought to pass a law exempting this sensible approach from age discrimination laws.
The more profound need is to encourage a lot more people to register to donate organs after they die. That’s the way to increase the number of kidneys available.
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Discarding of Donated Kidneys
Study two articles above:
(1) lawsuit by a worker whistleblower in New York City, (2) Some Organ Harvesting Flaws
The lawsuit accuses the Network of pressuring hospital employee to prematurely declare patients brain dead
so that their organs could be harvested
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In Discarding of donated Kidneys,
System Reveals Its Flaws
Experts say bureaucracy and inefficiencies result in a system of medical rationing
for organ donations that is costing lives
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September 19, 2012
St.PAUL — Last year, 4,720 people died while waiting for kidney transplants in the United States. And yet, as in each of the last five years, more than 2,600 kidneys were recovered from deceased donors and then discarded without being transplanted, government data show.
Those organs typically wound up in a research laboratory or medical waste incinerator.
In many instances, organs that seemed promising for transplant based on the age and health of the donor were discovered to have problems that made them not viable.
But many experts agree that a significant number of discarded kidneys — perhaps even half, some believe — could be transplanted if the system for allocating them better matched the right organ to the right recipient in the right amount of time.
The current process is made inefficient, they say, by an outdated computer matching program, stifling government oversight, the overreliance by doctors on inconclusive tests and even federal laws against age discrimination. The result is a system of medical rationing that arguably gives all candidates a fair shot at a transplant but that may not save as many lives as it could.
“There is no doubt that organs that can help somebody and have a survival benefit are being discarded every day,” said Dr. Dorry Segev, a transplant surgeon at Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine.
For 25 years, the wait list for deceased donor kidneys — which stood at 93,413 on Wednesday — has remained stubbornly rooted in a federal policy that amounts largely to first come first served. As designed by the government’s Organ Procurement and Transplantation Network, which is managed under federal contract by the nonprofit United Network for Organ Sharing, the system is considered simple and transparent. But many in the field argue that it wastes precious opportunities for transplants.
One recent computer simulation, by researchers with the Scientific Registry of Transplant Recipients, projected that a redesigned system could add 10,000 years of life from just one year of transplants.
Currently, the country is divided into 58 donation districts. When a deceased donor kidney becomes available, the transplant network’s rules dictate that it is first offered to the compatible candidate within the district who has waited the longest. Additional priority is given to children, to candidates whose blood chemistry makes them particularly difficult to match and to those who are particularly well matched to the donor. If no taker is found locally, the electronic search expands to the region and eventually goes national.
The kidney matching system does not, however, consider the projected life expectancy of the recipient or the urgency of the transplant. By contrast, the systems for allocating livers, hearts and lungs have been revised to weigh those factors.
As a result, kidneys that might function for decades can be routed to elderly patients with only a few years to live. And when older, lower-quality kidneys become available, candidates atop the list and their doctors can simply turn them down and wait for better organs. If that happens too often, doctors say, a kidney can develop a self-fulfilling reputation as an unwanted organ.
Complicating matters is a race against the clock that starts as soon as a kidney is recovered and placed on ice for evaluation. Because kidneys start to degrade during this “cold ischemic time,” surgeons typically hope to transplant them within 24 to 36 hours.
But that short window can be devoured by testing, searches for a recipient and long drives or flights to transport the kidney. The organ procurement organization in each district is allowed to make offers to only a few hospitals at a time — usually three to five — and the hospitals have an hour to respond.
Missed Opportunities
It is not precisely clear how often kidneys are discarded that might be useful.
Last year 2,644 of the 14,784 kidneys recovered were discarded, or nearly 18 percent, according to the United Network for Organ Sharing. About one-fifth of those discarded kidneys — nearly 500 — were not transplanted because a recipient could not be found.
But transplant statisticians say that record-keeping is imprecise. And some authorities, like Dr. Barry M. Straube, a nephrologist who served for six years as Medicare’s chief medical officer, and Dr. Robert J. Stratta, the director of transplantation at Wake Forest School of Medicine, speculate that as many as half of discarded kidneys could be transplanted.
“I think you could argue about how many missed opportunities there are,” said Dr. Alan B. Leichtman, a nephrologist at the University of Michigan. “But not that there are missed opportunities.”
Last October, a ticking clock apparently forced doctors to discard one of the kidneys donated by Judith Kurash, 72, who died in a Twin Cities-area hospital after suffering a brain aneurysm.
Surgeons successfully transplanted her liver. Her heart went to research. But given Ms. Kurash’s age and history of hypertension, finding recipients for her kidneys proved challenging.
They were turned down by five area hospitals, six Midwestern ones and then 37 others nationwide, before finally being accepted by a center on the East Coast, according to LifeSource, the organ procurement organization in St. Paul. Although testing showed the kidneys to be similar, one was transplanted, while the other was not.
The East Coast hospital declined to be identified or comment on the case. But Meg Rogers, LifeSource’s director of organ procurement, said the hospital reported that Ms. Kurash’s right kidney had “timed out” after spending at least 24 hours on ice.
“Unfortunately, once that kidney is recovered, time isn’t on our side,” Ms. Rogers said. “It sometimes takes all the stars aligning.”
Although pleased that any of his mother’s organs had been placed, Terry Kurash said the successful transplant of one kidney, to a 58-year-old man, raised the question of why the second had been discarded.
“You’d like to see the most efficient process that allows the most organs to get to the most recipients,” Mr. Kurash said.
More than half of discarded kidneys come from older donors like Ms. Kurash whose age and health problems may have made them marginal for transplant. But in 2011, nearly 1,000 discarded kidneys came from donors who were younger than 60, according to the organ sharing network.
So it was in March, when a nationwide computer search failed to produce a taker for one of the kidneys donated by Frank D. Duncan, a fit 36-year-old who succumbed to smoke inhalation from an early-morning electrical fire at his house in Memphis (his wife and two young sons escaped).
Mr. Duncan’s widow, Catherine, said she had received notice from the Mid-South Transplant Foundation, the local organ procurement organization, that his liver had been transplanted into a 47-year-old man and that his left kidney had gone to a 36-year-old woman.
But despite making offers to nearly 10,000 potential matches, the agency did not find a candidate willing to take Mr. Duncan’s right kidney, said Kim Van Frank, Mid-South’s executive director.
The failure to place the second kidney, which was discarded, confounded Ms. Duncan. “You’ve got all these people all over the country that are waiting for one,” she said, “and here you’ve got this perfectly good kidney.”
Success at a Cost
The number of kidneys discarded each year has grown 76 percent over the last decade, more than twice as fast as the increase in kidney recoveries. Clearly, revamping the allocation system would help shorten the wait list.
But given that the list has grown 30 percent in five years, transplant officials say that more must also be done to encourage people to register as donors, increase donor registration rates, remove financial and logistical obstacles and narrow extreme differences in wait list time among states.
There are any number of reasons a doctor might turn away a kidney. But there is growing concern that those decisions are made without good diagnostic tools and under pressure from regulators and insurers to maintain high transplant-success rates.
When a kidney is removed, doctors often biopsy a slice and connect the organ to a pump that measures blood flow for signs of scarring and hardening of the vessels. When kidneys are discarded, hospitals cite biopsy results more than any other reason. Yet studies suggest that biopsies do not always do a good job of predicting how long a transplanted organ might survive.
“The hardest decision we make in deceased organ transplant is whether to accept a given organ for a given patient,” said Dr. Gabriel M. Danovitch, medical director of the kidney transplant program at Ronald Reagan U.C.L.A. Medical Center. “It’s all odds, based on information that is incomplete at best.”
Another factor, doctors and organ procurement officials say, is federal scrutiny of transplant success rates.
In 2007, following revelations of lax government oversight of poorly performing transplant centers, the federal agency that manages Medicare, required that survival data for transplanted organs and recipients be made public. The figures are adjusted for relative risk factors and compared with expected survival rates.
The penalty for underperformance can be severe. If the number of failures exceeds expected levels by 50 percent, transplant programs are flagged, explained Thomas E. Hamilton, director of survey and certification for the federal Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services. If it happens twice in 30 months, the program’s administrators are given a brief probationary period to improve, or convince regulators that there were other factors. Otherwise, the program is decertified.
Because Medicare is the primary insurer for kidney transplants, such a ruling can effectively close a transplant program. Commercial insurers also use the survival ratings to make decisions on contracts.
Over five years, through June, 79 organ transplant programs had drawn oversight for repeatedly falling short and seven had been decertified, Mr. Hamilton said.
In interviews, dozens of transplant specialists said the threat of government penalties had made doctors far more selective about the organs and patients they accepted, leading to more discards.
“When you’re looking at organs on the margins, if you’ve had a couple of bad outcomes recently you say, ‘Well, why should I do this?’ ” said Dr. Lloyd E. Ratner, direct of renal and pancreatic transplantation at NewYork-Presbyterian/Columbia hospital. “You can always find a reason to turn organs down. It’s this whole cascade that winds up with people being denied care or with reduced access to care.”
Dr. Michael A. Rees, a transplant surgeon at the University of Toledo Medical Center, said his kidney program was cited by Medicare in 2008 after several unlikely failures. To save the program from decertification, he said he cut back to about 60 transplants a year from 100, becoming far choosier about the organs and recipients he accepted.
The one-year transplant survival rate rose to 96 percent from 88 percent, but Dr. Rees still bristles at the trade-off. “Which serves America better?” he asked. “A program doing 100 kidneys and 88 percent of them are working, or a program that does 60 kidneys and 59 of them are working? It’s rationing health care under the guise of quality, and it’s a tragedy that we are throwing away perfectly good organs.”
Mr. Hamilton said the Medicare agency agreed that individual hospitals had grown more cautious, and appropriately so. But he said there was no evidence that had led to more discards nationally, as other hospitals had picked up the slack.
“There’s something very negative about poor outcomes,” Mr. Hamilton said. “And that’s where we need to be putting our attention.”
Other Approaches
The transplant community has grappled for years with the problem of viable kidneys being discarded. But the politics of rationing, where any reallocation creates high-stakes winners and losers, has thwarted all efforts at revision. Eight years after the United Network for Organ Sharing charged its kidney transplantation committee with improving the system, there has been no change.
One approach, outlined by the committee in February 2011, called for rating each organ based on the donor’s age, height, weight and medical history. The top 20 percent of those kidneys would be allocated to candidates expected to live the longest. The rest would be matched to give priority to candidates within 15 years of the donor’s age.
The proposal died quickly after federal officials warned that discrimination laws would prohibit the use of age to determine outright who gets a transplant.
There are no such obstacles in Europe. And in 1999, seven countries, including Germany, began matching kidneys from donors 65 and older to recipients in the same age bracket. Those kidneys were allocated close to home to shorten cold time, and biopsies were used sparingly.
The number of older kidney donors has more than tripled, and discard rates are less than a third of that in the United States, said Dr. Ulrich Frei, a German nephrologist who has compared the two systems. Studies have found no significant difference in survival rates for older patients in Europe and the United States, he said.
Dr. Frei said he found the discard rate in the United States “quite disturbing.” The reliance on biopsy is misplaced, he said, and valuable hours are wasted in the sequential search for a taker for a lower-quality kidney. That they wind up discarded, he said, is “a self-fulfilling prophecy.”
On Friday, the kidney committee plans to circulate a new proposal that would leave most of the system in place. As with the prior plan, the top 20 percent of kidneys would be matched to the candidates expected to survive the longest, placing older patients at a disadvantage. But the remaining 80 percent would still be allocated primarily by time spent on the wait list.
“It’s a compromise,” Dr. Ratner said. “I think it’s going to make very little difference.”
Dr. John J. Friedewald, the committee’s chairman, said it was impossible to please everybody when allocating limited resources.
“We want to maintain equal access and do better with this pool of kidneys,” he said. “But by changing allocation slightly and getting 10,000 more life-years lived, what is that worth? Is it worth slightly decreased rates of access for certain groups of people? That’s what we go back and forth trying to decide.”
In August, as the committee finalized its recommendation, a group of researchers proposed yet another allocation algorithm in the American Journal of Transplantation. It would give individuals in different age bands an equal chance to get a transplant in a given year. But it would drive the best kidneys to the youngest recipients.
A lengthy public comment period will follow Friday’s release of the new proposal. The organ sharing network’s board is not expected to vote on a plan until at least June, and possibly much later.
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Tucked in between two novelty headstones that she had purchased at Kmart, she found what appeared to be a letter from the Chinese laborer, who had made the decoration, pleading for help.
Samsung in hot seat over abusing Chinese workers
The letter reads: "Sir, if you occasionally buy this product, please kindly resend this letter to the World Human Right Organization. Thousands people here who are under the persecution of the Chinese Communist Party Government will thank and remember you forever."
"I was so frustrated that this letter had been sitting in storage for over a year, that this person had written this plea for help and nothing had come of it." Julie Keith told Yahoo! Shine. "Then I was shocked. This person had probably risked their life to get this letter in this package."
The letter describes the conditions at the factory: "People who work here have to work 15 hours a day without Saturday, Sunday break and any holidays. Otherwise, they will suffer torturement, beat and rude remark. Nearly no payment (10 yuan/1 month)." That translates to about $1.61 a month.
The letter was found inside this packagingKeith, a mom who works at the Goodwill in Portland, Oregon, did some research into the letter. "I looked up this labor camp on the internet. Some horrific images popped up, and there were also testimonials about people who had lived through this camp. It was just awful."
Horrified, Keith took to Facebook. She posted an image of the letter to ask friends for advice. One responded with a contact at Amnesty International. Keith made several attempts to alert them about the letter, but the organization never responded.
With no response from various human rights organizations, Keith took her story to The Oregonian. "The reporter, Rachel Stark, got through to Human Rights Watch, but I had no luck."
This is not the first time a letter like this has turned up. Just this week, another plea was found written in Chinese on a toilet seat and posted on Reddit. Commenters on the website have questioned the letters' authenticity.
Though the letter lists the address of the specific camp, officials at Human Rights Watch were unable to verify the authenticity of the letter. However, Sophie Richardson, China director at Human Rights Watch, told The Oregonian that the description was consistent with their research. "I think it is fair to say the conditions described in the letter certainly conform to what we know about conditions in re-education through labor camps."
The concern over the conditions laborers must endure in China and other countries first came to the public eye in the 1980s with the use of sweatshops to make Nike sneakers. Since then, according to an article recently published in The New York Times, Nike "has convened public meetings of labor, human rights, environmental and business leaders to discuss how to improve overseas factories."
Tech companies, like Apple and Hewlett Packard, are being made to be accountable for their labor practices. After receiving a great deal of criticism, Apple is now making public statements that they are aware of the harsh conditions in China and are taking steps to improve them.
As for Julie Keith, she had a general idea about the conditions in Chinese labor camps, but this letter has been a dramatic eye-opener into the stark reality of the issue. "I was aware of labor camps. I knew they had factories but I had no idea of the gravity of the situation. I didn't realize how bad it could be for people."
Finding the letter has made Keith more aware of the origin of many products sold in the United States. "As I was doing my Christmas shopping this year, I checked every label. It's virtually impossible to avoid purchasing things made in China as over 90 percent of our goods are made there. But if I saw 'made in China,' this year I asked myself, 'do I really need this?'"
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Julie Keith was unpacking some of last year's Halloween decorations when she stumbled upon an upsetting letter wedged into the packaging.
Tucked in between two novelty headstones that she had purchased at Kmart, she found what appeared to be a letter from the Chinese laborer, who had made the decoration, pleading for help.
Samsung in hot seat over abusing Chinese workers
The letter reads: "Sir, if you occasionally buy this product, please kindly resend this letter to the World Human Right Organization. Thousands people here who are under the persecution of the Chinese Communist Party Government will thank and remember you forever."
"I was so frustrated that this letter had been sitting in storage for over a year, that this person had written this plea for help and nothing had come of it." Julie Keith told Yahoo! Shine. "Then I was shocked. This person had probably risked their life to get this letter in this package."
The letter describes the conditions at the factory: "People who work here have to work 15 hours a day without Saturday, Sunday break and any holidays. Otherwise, they will suffer torturement, beat and rude remark. Nearly no payment (10 yuan/1 month)." That translates to about $1.61 a month.
The letter was found inside this packagingKeith, a mom who works at the Goodwill in Portland, Oregon, did some research into the letter. "I looked up this labor camp on the internet. Some horrific images popped up, and there were also testimonials about people who had lived through this camp. It was just awful."
Horrified, Keith took to Facebook. She posted an image of the letter to ask friends for advice. One responded with a contact at Amnesty International. Keith made several attempts to alert them about the letter, but the organization never responded.
With no response from various human rights organizations, Keith took her story to The Oregonian. "The reporter, Rachel Stark, got through to Human Rights Watch, but I had no luck."
This is not the first time a letter like this has turned up. Just this week, another plea was found written in Chinese on a toilet seat and posted on Reddit. Commenters on the website have questioned the letters' authenticity.
Though the letter lists the address of the specific camp, officials at Human Rights Watch were unable to verify the authenticity of the letter. However, Sophie Richardson, China director at Human Rights Watch, told The Oregonian that the description was consistent with their research. "I think it is fair to say the conditions described in the letter certainly conform to what we know about conditions in re-education through labor camps."
The concern over the conditions laborers must endure in China and other countries first came to the public eye in the 1980s with the use of sweatshops to make Nike sneakers. Since then, according to an article recently published in The New York Times, Nike "has convened public meetings of labor, human rights, environmental and business leaders to discuss how to improve overseas factories."
Tech companies, like Apple and Hewlett Packard, are being made to be accountable for their labor practices. After receiving a great deal of criticism, Apple is now making public statements that they are aware of the harsh conditions in China and are taking steps to improve them.
As for Julie Keith, she had a general idea about the conditions in Chinese labor camps, but this letter has been a dramatic eye-opener into the stark reality of the issue. "I was aware of labor camps. I knew they had factories but I had no idea of the gravity of the situation. I didn't realize how bad it could be for people."
Finding the letter has made Keith more aware of the origin of many products sold in the United States. "As I was doing my Christmas shopping this year, I checked every label. It's virtually impossible to avoid purchasing things made in China as over 90 percent of our goods are made there. But if I saw 'made in China,' this year I asked myself, 'do I really need this?'"
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Nonprofit tech innovators inspire new philanthropy
WASHINGTON (AP- Associated Press) — Scott Harrison knows his charity has funded nearly 7,000 clean water projects in some of the poorest areas of the world in the past six years. How many of those wells are still flowing with drinking water months or years later, though? That's a tough question to answer.
His organization called Charity: Water has funded projects in 20 different countries. It's committed to spend 100 percent of each donation in the field to help reach some of the 800 million people who don't have clean water and resort to drinking from swamps, unhealthy ponds or polluted rivers. Organizers send donors photos and GPS coordinates for each water project they pay for.
Still, Harrison, a former New York promoter for nightclubs and fashion events, didn't want to guess at how many water projects were actually working. He wanted to give donors more assurance, knowing as many as a third of hand pumps built by various governments or groups stop functioning later. His solution: why not create sensors to monitor the water flow at each well? But raising millions for a new innovation could prove impossible.
Few funders want to pay for a nonprofit's technical infrastructure or take the risk of funding a dreamy idea. They'd rather pay for real work on the ground.
This month, Google stepped in with major funding to create and install sensors on 4,000 wells across Africa by 2015 that will send back real-time data on the water flow at each site. The $5 million grant could be a game changer for Charity: Water to ensure its projects are sustainable, to raise money for maintenance and to empower developing countries to maintain their infrastructure with new data.
"You could imagine a water minister salivating over this technology, even a president of a country being able to hold his water ministers in different districts accountable, saying, 'Hey, look, I want a dashboard in my office where I can see how my small, rural water projects are performing,'" Harrison said.
The grant is part of the first class of Google's Global Impact Awards totaling $23 million to spur innovation among nonprofits. Experts say the new annual grants are a part of a growing trend in venture philanthropy from funders who see technology as an instrument for social change. Such donors say they can have a bigger impact funding nonprofits that find ways to multiply their efforts through technology.
The gifts also represent a shift in the tech company's approach to philanthropy.
Google's Director of Charitable Giving Jacquelline Fuller said the company analyzed its giving, including $115 million in grants last year. It decided it could have a greater impact by funding nonprofit tech innovation, rather than specific issue areas or existing projects. Its grants will come with volunteer consulting on each project from Google engineers or specialists.
"We're really looking for the transformational impact" from clever uses of technology, Fuller said. But that sometimes involves risk that new technologies and innovations may not work.
"Informed risk is something Google understands," she said. "There's actually very few dollars available that's truly risk capital, lenders willing to take informed risk to help back some of these new technologies and innovations that may not pan out."
The largest source of funding for U.S. nonprofits is government, mostly through contracts that come with strings attached. Individual donors contribute significant support to charities as well, and the nation's foundations give about 14 percent of overall philanthropy to nonprofits.
"There is sort of a new breed of philanthropists coming into the field," including many who made money in the tech sector at a young age, said Bradford Smith, president of the Foundation Center, an information clearinghouse on nonprofits. "There I think you're seeing a really interesting sort of confluence of almost kind of a venture, risk-taking approach and technology as an instrument for social change."
Google zeroed in on projects that could develop new technology to scale up smaller projects targeting the environment, poverty, education and gender issues.
It's giving $5 million to the World Wildlife Fund to develop high-tech sensors for wildlife tagging to detect and deter poaching of endangered species. Another $3 million is going to a project at the Smithsonian Institution to develop DNA barcoding as a tool to stop illegal trading of endangered plants or animals smuggled across borders. That project could give six developing countries DNA testing materials with fast results to use as evidence to prosecute smugglers.
To fuel future innovation, Google is giving Donorschoose.org $5 million to create 500 new Advanced Placement courses in math, science and technology for U.S. schools that are committed to enrolling girls and minority students.
The charity GiveDirectly will receive $2.4 million to expand its model of direct mobile cash transfers to poor families in Kenya as a new method for lifting people out of poverty.
A charity run by actress Geena Davis that studies gender portrayals in the media will use a $1.2 million Google grant to develop new automated software that analyzes how females are portrayed in children's media worldwide, speeding up a previously manual process.
"It was looking prohibitively expensive to do a global study," Davis said, adding that developing new technology seemed like a far-flung wish. "It seems so science future that we weren't really raising money to do it."
While the grant may be a relatively small investment for a major tech company, it represents one of the largest gifts ever for the Geena Davis Institute on Gender in Media.
Innovation and technology among nonprofits have long been underfunded with traditional funders often feeling averse to risk and more often seeking to fund specific types of existing programs.
Momentum has been building for the past decade for funders pursuing venture philanthropy, said Matt Bannick, managing partner of the Omidyar Network founded by eBay founder Pierre Omidyar. Since 2004, the group has given out $310 million in grants to nonprofits, including the Sunlight Foundation and DonorsChoose.
Seeking out ideas to fund, rather than existing projects, turns traditional notions of philanthropy on its head, Bannick said.
"Rather than looking for organizations that could do this specific work that we're hoping to get accomplished, let's look for fabulous entrepreneurs ... that have a new and innovative idea that we can get behind," he said.
Silicon Valley philanthropists are fueling some growth in funding for nonprofit innovators, but some older foundations also have turned to funding innovation and nonprofit entrepreneurs.
The John S. and James L. Knight Foundation in Miami, born from a newspaper chain, has turned its focus to media innovation. The Alfred P. Sloan Foundation, founded in 1934 by a General Motors chief, focuses on science and technology to drive the nation's prosperity. Sloan was an early funder of the Smithsonian's DNA barcoding project.
Such funders are betting that early seed money can have a big impact with the right ideas and entrepreneurs.
"If there was more funding," Bannick said, "there would be a lot more great ideas that could emerge."
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Charity: Water: http://www.charitywater.org/
Google Global Impact Awards: http://www.google.com/giving/impact-awards.html
Omidyar Network: http://www.omidyar.com/
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- School gets high-powered assault rifles
Date: January 2013
A Calif. school says it decided to purchase the weapons even before the Newtown massacre. - FONTANA, Calif. (AP) — The high-powered semiautomatic riflesrecently shipped to school police in this Southern California city look like they belong on a battlefield rather than in a high school, but officials here say the weapons could help stop a massacre like the one that claimed the lives of 26 students and educators in Connecticut just weeks ago.
Fontana Unified School District police purchased 14 of the Colt LE6940 rifles last fall, and they were delivered the first week of December — a week before the shooting at Sandy Hook Elementary School. Over the holiday break, the district's 14 school police officers received 40 hours of training on the rifles. Officers check them out for each shift from a fireproof safe in the police force's main office.
Fontana isn't the first district to try this. Other Southern California districts also have rifle programs — some that have been in operation for several years. Fontana school police Chief Billy Green said he used money from fingerprinting fees to purchase the guns for $14,000 after identifying a "critical vulnerability" in his force's ability to protect students. The officers, who already wear sidearms, wouldn't be able to stop a shooter like the one in Connecticut, he said Wednesday.
"They're not walking around telling kids, 'Hurry up and get to class' with a gun around their neck," the chief said. "Parents need to know that if there was a shooter on their child's campus that was equipped with body armor or a rifle, we would be limited in our ability to stop that threat to their children."
Some parents and students, however, reacted with alarm to the news that school resource officers were being issued the rifles during their shifts. The officers split their time between 44 schools in the district and keep the rifles in a safe at their assigned school or secured in their patrol car each day before checking the weapon back in to the school police headquarters each night.
"If the wrong person gets ahold of the gun, then we have another shooter going around with a gun. What happens then, if that situation occurs?" said James Henriquez, a 16-year-old sophomore who just enrolled at Fontana High School this week after moving from Texas.
Other students said they felt disillusioned that officials would spend money on semiautomatic rifleswhile the district eliminated its comprehensive guidance counseling program two years ago.
"They should get guns, but not as many and not spend so much money on them," said student Elizabeth Tovar. "They should use the money to get back our counselors because a lot of us really need them."
The district saved millions by restructuring guidance services, said Superintendent Cali Olsen-Binks.
"I understand that people are looking at the layoffs, but $14,000 and $7 million is a huge disparity," she said.
The 40,000-student district came up with the school rifle program after consulting with top school safety experts and looking at what other large districts had done, said Olsen-Binks.
Santa Ana Unified School District, in nearby Orange County, has had a rifle program for about two years that operates similarly to the one Fontana has started, said police Cpl. Anthony Bertagna.
The Los Angeles School Police Department also deploys rifles to its officers as needed, the department said in a statement. It would not say how many rifles district police have but said the weapons are kept in the department's armory and are handed out and returned daily.
The San Bernardino City Unified School District police force purchased four Bushmastersemiautomatic rifles last July, said Linda Bardere, a district spokeswoman.
Fontana is a city of about 200,000 people east of Los Angeles.
"I came from a teaching background, and it's appalling to think that we'd have to have security officers — let alone armed police officers — on our campuses. But the bottom line is ... everybody has anxiety over school safety right now," Olsen-Binks said. "Our police officers said they would take a bullet for these kids and because they are willing to put their lives on the line, they need to be equipped for all scenarios."
Only sergeants are authorized to check out the rifles from the police armory, where they are kept. All officers have been trained for years to use the rifles.
The Fontana rifle purchase did not require approval from the school board but member Leticia Garcia said she believes there should have been a public discussion before they were purchased.
"We're talking about a war-zone rifle, and so are we going to militarize our public schools?" Garcia asked. "We have to provide a safe haven for people to learn ... but this, to me, seems a little bit too much."
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In the discussions in the public forum "Why someone is capable doing so horrible?" no one seems to know "Why?" Yet, there is a one clear answer to "Why?"
STAF, Inc,'s presence is needed in this Biden Committee.
Almost all mass shooters have two things in common: (1) they are victims of a divorce &
(2) they are all males. A growing boy needs especially his father's continuous presence and guidance, more so than his mother's. The moral in our marriages has gone close to a zero. The children grow up disturbed & misled. In addition, the violent video games & violent movies are replacing the parental love & healthy attention - the children get a wrong picture about being a human being. The young mass killers suffer from the Broken Marriage Syndrome™
Our schools, Colleges & Universities in the U.S. provide almost no training for the most important human relationship: marriage. In addition, most new parent have no knowledge about child care & healthy child raising. In most other western countries these skills are taught during 1 - 12 levels.
STAF, Inc. is building legislation initiatives to solve this lacking training.
Most marriage counselors fail in their effort because the College training they receive is not up-to-date relating to "the modern days".
Every child experiencing a parental divorce faces serious life threatening disasters - they are listed in our website in tab "Services", sub-tab "Restoring Any Marriage™".
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Then Mr. Adam Lanza went to kill children because in his belief he deserved the same happiness as the other children.
Then he kills himself to get rid of his pain coming from the parental divorce and to avoid being arrested - the facts show Mr. Lanza knew what he was doing - he was not mentally sick.
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The primary solution is to start educating the whole nation how to heal the American Family & our homes where our children are growing up. The secondary are the gun laws, except the few restrictions mentioned above what the President should immediately restrict using his executive order power.
STAF, Inc.'s presence is needed in D.C. in the U.S. Congress (House & Senate). STAF, Inc.'s founding President is planning to seek a seat in D.C. Congress/Senate to provide the necessary information to the D.C. lawmakers. New legislation and training for all these matters are needed in a result-bringing manner.
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President backs assault weapons ban, other potential gun measures
Comment by Save The American Family - STAF, Inc.,-not-for-profit-
In the discussions in the public forum "Why someone is capable doing so horrible?" no one seems to know "Why?" Yet, there is a one clear answer to "Why?"
STAF, Inc,'s presence is needed in the Biden Gun law renewal Committee.
Almost all mass shooters have two things in common: (1) they are victims of a divorce &
(2) they are all males. A growing boy needs especially his father's continuous presence and guidance, more so than his mother's. The moral in our marriages has gone close to a zero. The children grow up disturbed & misled. In addition, the violent video games & violent movies are replacing the parental love & healthy attention - the children get a wrong picture about being a human being. The young mass killers suffer from the Broken Marriage Syndrome™
Our schools, Colleges & Universities in the U.S. provide almost no training for the most important human relationship: marriage. In addition, most new parents have no knowledge about child care & healthy child raising. In most other western countries these skills are taught during 1 - 12 levels.
STAF, Inc. is building legislation initiatives to solve this lacking training.
Most marriage counselors fail in their effort because the College training they receive is not up-to-date relating to "the modern days".Every child experiencing a parental divorce faces serious life threatening disasters - they are listed in our website in tab "Services", sub-tab "Restoring Any Marriage™".
No link allowed in this text - to find the correct website, use STAF, Inc.'s Radio Show title "DrDrCanYouHelpMe" in the internet search. Most people have no clue what a divorce does to the children.
This CT case is a typical situation: first the 20-year old killed and disfigured his mother in her home. He hated his mother because he could not stay with his father. His mother had filed for the divorce when Mr. Adam Lanza was 17 - just 3 years before. The pain was still fresh and strong. Every child in a divorce situation is going through the same and will start suffering from the Broken Marriage Syndrome™
Then Mr. Adam Lanza went to kill children because in his belief he deserved the same happiness as the other children.
Then he kills himself to get rid of his pain coming from the parental divorce and to avoid being arrested - the facts show Mr. Lanza knew what he was doing - he was not mentally sick.
The primary solution is not in the gun laws. The guns will be found no matter how many restrictions. Yes, STAF, Inc. supports certain important restrictions mainly for preventing mass shootings. We Americans have the right to defend ourselves. However, we should close the loopholes for online gun sales and gun shows. The President should fast put a ban on assault rifles and large ammo magazines (ammo = informal short for ammunition).
When a child grows up in a healthy, loving home with 2 loving parents, the child has a good chance to become a healthy-minded teenager & a successful adult. Then the person has no need to find the guns to revenge his own Broken Family Syndrome™ suffering.
The primary solution is to start educating the whole nation how to heal the American Family & our homes where our children are growing up. The secondary are the gun laws, except the few restrictions mentioned above what the President should immediately restrict using his executive order power.
STAF, Inc.'s presence is needed in D.C. in the U.S. Congress (House & Senate). STAF, Inc.'s founding President is planning to seek a seat in D.C. Congress/Senate to provide the necessary information to the D.C. lawmakers. New legislation and training for all these matters are needed in a result-bringing manner.
Visit our website and listen to STAF, Inc.'s popular Radio Show (you'll get free CEU & College-University credits).
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STAF, Inc.'s founding President
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In the discussions in the public forum "Why someone is capable doing so horrible?" no one seems to know "Why?" Yet, there is a one clear answer to "Why?"
STAF, Inc,'s presence is needed in the Biden Gun law renewal Committee.
Almost all mass shooters have two things in common: (1) they are victims of a divorce &
(2) they are all males. A growing boy needs especially his father's continuous presence and guidance, more so than his mother's. The moral in our marriages has gone close to a zero. The children grow up disturbed & misled. In addition, the violent video games & violent movies are replacing the parental love & healthy attention - the children get a wrong picture about being a human being. The young mass killers suffer from the Broken Marriage Syndrome™
Our schools, Colleges & Universities in the U.S. provide almost no training for the most important human relationship: marriage. In addition, most new parents have no knowledge about child care & healthy child raising. In most other western countries these skills are taught during 1 - 12 levels.
STAF, Inc. is building legislation initiatives to solve this lacking training.
Most marriage counselors fail in their effort because the College training they receive is not up-to-date relating to "the modern days".Every child experiencing a parental divorce faces serious life threatening disasters - they are listed in our website in tab "Services", sub-tab "Restoring Any Marriage™".
No link allowed in this text - to find the correct website, use STAF, Inc.'s Radio Show title "DrDrCanYouHelpMe" in the internet search. Most people have no clue what a divorce does to the children.
This CT case is a typical situation: first the 20-year old killed and disfigured his mother in her home. He hated his mother because he could not stay with his father. His mother had filed for the divorce when Mr. Adam Lanza was 17 - just 3 years before. The pain was still fresh and strong. Every child in a divorce situation is going through the same and will start suffering from the Broken Marriage Syndrome™
Then Mr. Adam Lanza went to kill children because in his belief he deserved the same happiness as the other children.
Then he kills himself to get rid of his pain coming from the parental divorce and to avoid being arrested - the facts show Mr. Lanza knew what he was doing - he was not mentally sick.
The primary solution is not in the gun laws. The guns will be found no matter how many restrictions. Yes, STAF, Inc. supports certain important restrictions mainly for preventing mass shootings. We Americans have the right to defend ourselves. However, we should close the loopholes for online gun sales and gun shows. The President should fast put a ban on assault rifles and large ammo magazines (ammo = informal short for ammunition).
When a child grows up in a healthy, loving home with 2 loving parents, the child has a good chance to become a healthy-minded teenager & a successful adult. Then the person has no need to find the guns to revenge his own Broken Family Syndrome™ suffering.
The primary solution is to start educating the whole nation how to heal the American Family & our homes where our children are growing up. The secondary are the gun laws, except the few restrictions mentioned above what the President should immediately restrict using his executive order power.
STAF, Inc.'s presence is needed in D.C. in the U.S. Congress (House & Senate). STAF, Inc.'s founding President is planning to seek a seat in D.C. Congress/Senate to provide the necessary information to the D.C. lawmakers. New legislation and training for all these matters are needed in a result-bringing manner.
Visit our website and listen to STAF, Inc.'s popular Radio Show (you'll get free CEU & College-University credits).
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barb14all Dr. Christian von Christophers • an hour ago
At least you're going in the right direction in focusing on the family and child. There's no real assurance that these measures work but looking at an individual's environment and relationships is key. Meanwhile, ban assault weapons and violent entertainment.
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In STAF, Inc.'s comment I also fully agree to ban assault weapons and violent entertainment - not an easy thing to do except by the parents in their home. Yet, the guns will be found no matter what.
The only solution is to bring our children up with high-level personal morale & ethics with a real respect for all living - then they do not need to be looking for guns.
The key is the ethics basic law: "love your neighbor".
The American family is sick with low ethics and low morale. The children copy what they see their parents do. When most our parents do not any longer know what is wrong and what is right - how could our children know.
STAF, Inc. is the leading not-for-profit organization to develop the solutions for these enormous challenges.
Our families can be healed.
Education throughout the kindergarten to the College/University relating to all successful physical, emotional & mental health building family information is the key way to create "a better world". It takes time and effort but: it can be done. In those countries where these solutions have been applied the positive changes are visible slowly but surely.
Respectfully,
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barb14all Dr. Christian von Christophers • an hour ago
At least you're going in the right direction in focusing on the family and child. There's no real assurance that these measures work but looking at an individual's environment and relationships is key. Meanwhile, ban assault weapons and violent entertainment.
Relates to ABOVE next below Comment to "barb14all"
In STAF, Inc.'s comment I also fully agree to ban assault weapons and violent entertainment - not an easy thing to do except by the parents in their home. Yet, the guns will be found no matter what.
The only solution is to bring our children up with high-level personal morale & ethics with a real respect for all living - then they do not need to be looking for guns.
The key is the ethics basic law: "love your neighbor".
The American family is sick with low ethics and low morale. The children copy what they see their parents do. When most our parents do not any longer know what is wrong and what is right - how could our children know.
STAF, Inc. is the leading not-for-profit organization to develop the solutions for these enormous challenges.
Our families can be healed.
Education throughout the kindergarten to the College/University relating to all successful physical, emotional & mental health building family information is the key way to create "a better world". It takes time and effort but: it can be done. In those countries where these solutions have been applied the positive changes are visible slowly but surely.
Respectfully,
Dr. Christian von Christophers,Ph.D., N.D.
Founding President ofSave The American Family - STAF, Inc., -not-for-profit
Visit our extensive website by searching with my personal name above
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Another victim, Mr. William Spengler, suffering from the Broken Family Syndrome™ kills and kills himself in Lake Ontario, Webster, N.Y. Close to Rochester
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Webster Police Chief Gerald Pickering says the gunman, who he identified as William Spengler, was a convicted felon who served 17 years in prison for killing his grandmother more than three decades ago.
Williams Spengler opened fire on the volunteers as they responded to a blaze just before 6 a.m. ET in a small cluster of homes along Lake Ontario in Webster, N.Y., police said, rocking this close-knit community.
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The gunman who ambushed four volunteer firefighters, killing two, in upstate New York had spent 17 years in prison for beating his grandmother to death in 1980, police said.
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Williams Spengler opened fire on the volunteers as they responded to a blaze just before 6 a.m. ET in a small cluster of homes along Lake Ontario in Webster, N.Y., police said, rocking this close-knit community.
The 62-year-old convicted felon had apparently set a trap, firing on the first responders from atop an earthen berm.
"It does appear that it was a trap that was set," said Webster Police Chief Gerald Pickering, his voice breaking at times. “People who get up in the middle of the night to fight fires, they don’t expected to get shot and killed."
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Pickering lost a colleague in the incident: Police Lieutenant Michael Chiapperini, who was a volunteer firefighter. The other firefighter killed by Spengler was Tomasz Kaczowka.
Despite being shot, one of the injured firefighters was able to flee from scene under his own power. But the others remained pinned down on the narrow strip of land between Lake Ontario and Irondequoit Bay until a SWAT team arrived.
As police closed in, Spengler took his own life with a gunshot wound to the head, Pickering said. He was convicted of manslaughter in 1981 after the death of his grandmother, Rose Spengler, and was paroled in 1998.
Spengler's 67-year-old sister Cheryl Spengler is unaccounted for, Pickering said. Spengler lived in the house with his sister and mother, Arline, who died in October.
Prior to Monday's shooting, Webster police had not had any run-ins with Spengler since he was paroled, they said.
Police would not say what kinds of guns Spengler used, but as a convicted felon, he could not legally own firearms.
At least two firefighters were killed and two others were wounded after arriving at the scene of a fire early Monday morning in Webster, N.Y. WHEC-TV's Amanda Ciavarri reports.
The two injured firefighters, Theodore Scardino and Joseph Hofstetter, were being treated for "significant injuries," according to Dr. Nicole Stassen, a surgeon at the University of Rochester Medical Center. She said both were awake and alert, however, and not on ventilators.
An off-duty police officer was also injured when he was hit by shrapnel after his car took bullets to the windshield and engine block, according to the Rochester Democrat and Chronicle. His condition is unclear at this time.
After the shooting, the fire grew to engulf at seven homes and one motor vehicle.
“These firemen are part of our family. You go into a fire with these guys. To see them go down with something like this is totally unexpected. We are in shock,” Billy Gross, fire commissioner for West Webster, told the Democrat and Chronicle.
Dozens of area residents were evacuated, with police searching them as they left, the newspaper reported.
"Miserable thing to happen this time of year," Mark Johns, a state assemblyman who represents the area, told local NBC station WHEC. Johns said he knew some of the firefighters who were shot.
New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo issued a statement after the shooting, offering his "deepest condolences."
“All of our thoughts and prayers go to the families and friends of those who were killed in this senseless act of violence," Cuomo said. “New York's first responders are true heroes as they time and again selflessly rush toward danger in order to keep our families and communities safe."
NBC's Tom Winter and Rosanna Arlia contributed to this report.
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Another victim, Mr. William Spengler, suffering from the Broken Family Syndrome™ kills and kills himself in Lake Ontario, Webster, N.Y. Close to Rochester
Gunman who ambushed firefighters killed grandmother
in 1980, police say
Webster Police Chief Gerald Pickering says the gunman, who he identified as William Spengler, was a convicted felon who served 17 years in prison for killing his grandmother more than three decades ago.
Williams Spengler opened fire on the volunteers as they responded to a blaze just before 6 a.m. ET in a small cluster of homes along Lake Ontario in Webster, N.Y., police said, rocking this close-knit community.
By Jason White, NBC News
The gunman who ambushed four volunteer firefighters, killing two, in upstate New York had spent 17 years in prison for beating his grandmother to death in 1980, police said.
Follow @NBCNewsUS
Williams Spengler opened fire on the volunteers as they responded to a blaze just before 6 a.m. ET in a small cluster of homes along Lake Ontario in Webster, N.Y., police said, rocking this close-knit community.
The 62-year-old convicted felon had apparently set a trap, firing on the first responders from atop an earthen berm.
"It does appear that it was a trap that was set," said Webster Police Chief Gerald Pickering, his voice breaking at times. “People who get up in the middle of the night to fight fires, they don’t expected to get shot and killed."
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Pickering lost a colleague in the incident: Police Lieutenant Michael Chiapperini, who was a volunteer firefighter. The other firefighter killed by Spengler was Tomasz Kaczowka.
Despite being shot, one of the injured firefighters was able to flee from scene under his own power. But the others remained pinned down on the narrow strip of land between Lake Ontario and Irondequoit Bay until a SWAT team arrived.
As police closed in, Spengler took his own life with a gunshot wound to the head, Pickering said. He was convicted of manslaughter in 1981 after the death of his grandmother, Rose Spengler, and was paroled in 1998.
Spengler's 67-year-old sister Cheryl Spengler is unaccounted for, Pickering said. Spengler lived in the house with his sister and mother, Arline, who died in October.
Prior to Monday's shooting, Webster police had not had any run-ins with Spengler since he was paroled, they said.
Police would not say what kinds of guns Spengler used, but as a convicted felon, he could not legally own firearms.
At least two firefighters were killed and two others were wounded after arriving at the scene of a fire early Monday morning in Webster, N.Y. WHEC-TV's Amanda Ciavarri reports.
The two injured firefighters, Theodore Scardino and Joseph Hofstetter, were being treated for "significant injuries," according to Dr. Nicole Stassen, a surgeon at the University of Rochester Medical Center. She said both were awake and alert, however, and not on ventilators.
An off-duty police officer was also injured when he was hit by shrapnel after his car took bullets to the windshield and engine block, according to the Rochester Democrat and Chronicle. His condition is unclear at this time.
After the shooting, the fire grew to engulf at seven homes and one motor vehicle.
“These firemen are part of our family. You go into a fire with these guys. To see them go down with something like this is totally unexpected. We are in shock,” Billy Gross, fire commissioner for West Webster, told the Democrat and Chronicle.
Dozens of area residents were evacuated, with police searching them as they left, the newspaper reported.
"Miserable thing to happen this time of year," Mark Johns, a state assemblyman who represents the area, told local NBC station WHEC. Johns said he knew some of the firefighters who were shot.
New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo issued a statement after the shooting, offering his "deepest condolences."
“All of our thoughts and prayers go to the families and friends of those who were killed in this senseless act of violence," Cuomo said. “New York's first responders are true heroes as they time and again selflessly rush toward danger in order to keep our families and communities safe."
NBC's Tom Winter and Rosanna Arlia contributed to this report.
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Those hoping the United States Senate may get a little less gray and a bit more celebrity-studded won't be getting their Christmas miracle today.
Despite speculation, Ben Affleck announced late Monday he would not go after John Kerry's Senate seat in his native Massachusetts if the senator is confirmed as secretary of state.
The actor, who has been an increasingly popular presence in the political world recently, wrote on hisFacebook page: "I love Massachusetts and our political process, but I am not running for office."
Chatter around a possible run went into overdrive Sunday when during an appearance on CBS' "Face the Nation" the Cambridge native decidedly did not rule it out saying, "One never knows. I'm not one to get into conjecture."
In the post he mentions his charity work in the Congo, something he discussed on ABC's This Week as well as testifying before Congress, as one of the reasons he's not interested in entering Bay State politics.
"Right now it's a privilege to spend my time working with Eastern Congo Initiative (ECI), supporting our veterans, drawing attention to the great many who go hungry in the U.S. everyday and using filmmaking to entertain and foster discussion about issues like our relationship to Iran," Affleck said.
The movie star added his praise of Kerry, writing: "We are about to get a great Secretary of State."
"There are some phenomenal candidates in Massachusetts for his Senate seat. I look forward to an amazing campaign," Affleck added.
As for some of those candidates on the list, Gov. Deval Patrick is likely to appoint a replacement to fill Kerry's seat in the interim period. Former Massachusetts governor and Democratic presidential nominee Michael Dukakis, as well as Vicki Kennedy, the widow of Ted Kennedy, are on Patrick's list, according to reports.
Scott Brown, who lost to Elizabeth Warren in November, is widely believed to be the likely Republican nominee and is viewed as a strong contender. On the Democratic side there are several names often mentioned currently in the U.S. House of Representatives: Edward Markey, Michael Capuano, and Stephen Lynch. Other possibilities include Martha Coakley, the state attorney general who originally lost to Brown in the 2010 special election held after Kennedy's death, which Brown won.
Patrick has said he won't appoint anyone until Kerry is confirmed at state.
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Those hoping the United States Senate may get a little less gray and a bit more celebrity-studded won't be getting their Christmas miracle today.
Despite speculation, Ben Affleck announced late Monday he would not go after John Kerry's Senate seat in his native Massachusetts if the senator is confirmed as secretary of state.
The actor, who has been an increasingly popular presence in the political world recently, wrote on hisFacebook page: "I love Massachusetts and our political process, but I am not running for office."
Chatter around a possible run went into overdrive Sunday when during an appearance on CBS' "Face the Nation" the Cambridge native decidedly did not rule it out saying, "One never knows. I'm not one to get into conjecture."
In the post he mentions his charity work in the Congo, something he discussed on ABC's This Week as well as testifying before Congress, as one of the reasons he's not interested in entering Bay State politics.
"Right now it's a privilege to spend my time working with Eastern Congo Initiative (ECI), supporting our veterans, drawing attention to the great many who go hungry in the U.S. everyday and using filmmaking to entertain and foster discussion about issues like our relationship to Iran," Affleck said.
The movie star added his praise of Kerry, writing: "We are about to get a great Secretary of State."
"There are some phenomenal candidates in Massachusetts for his Senate seat. I look forward to an amazing campaign," Affleck added.
As for some of those candidates on the list, Gov. Deval Patrick is likely to appoint a replacement to fill Kerry's seat in the interim period. Former Massachusetts governor and Democratic presidential nominee Michael Dukakis, as well as Vicki Kennedy, the widow of Ted Kennedy, are on Patrick's list, according to reports.
Scott Brown, who lost to Elizabeth Warren in November, is widely believed to be the likely Republican nominee and is viewed as a strong contender. On the Democratic side there are several names often mentioned currently in the U.S. House of Representatives: Edward Markey, Michael Capuano, and Stephen Lynch. Other possibilities include Martha Coakley, the state attorney general who originally lost to Brown in the 2010 special election held after Kennedy's death, which Brown won.
Patrick has said he won't appoint anyone until Kerry is confirmed at state.
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guiding the Americans and the American Families to a healthy & successful life Now a third of U.S. children and teens and two-thirds of adults are either overweight or obese.
WASHINGTON (AP) — We know obesity is a health crisis, or every new year wouldn't start with resolutions to eat better and get off the couch. But don't try taking away our junk food.
Americans blame (1) too much screen time and (2) cheap fast food (= bad food) for fueling the nation's fat epidemic,
a poll finds, but they're split on how much the government should do to help.
Most draw the line at policies that would try to force healthier eating by limiting food choices, according to the poll by The Associated Press-NORC Center for Public Affairs Research.
A third of people say the government should be deeply involved in finding ways to curb obesity, while a similar proportion want it to play little or no role. The rest are somewhere in the middle.
Require more physical activity in school, or provide nutritional guidelines to help people make better choices? Sure, 8 in 10 support those steps. Make restaurants post calorie counts on their menus, as the Food and Drug Administration is poised to do? Some 70 percent think it's a good idea.
"That's a start," said Khadijah Al-Amin, 52, of Coatesville, Pa. "The fat content should be put up there in red letters, not just put up there. The same way they mark something that's poisonous, so when you see it, you absolutely know."
But nearly 6 in 10 people surveyed oppose taxes targeting unhealthy foods, known as soda taxes or fat taxes.
And when it comes to restricting what people can buy — like New York City's recent ban of supersized sodas in restaurants — three-quarters say no way.
"The outlawing of sugary drinks, that's just silly," said Keith Donner, 52, of Miami, who prefers teaching schoolchildren to eat better and get moving.
"People should just look at a Big Gulp and say, 'That's not for me.' I think it starts when they are young and at school," he added.
Indeed, while
(1) three-quarters of Americans consider obesity a serious health problem for the nation, most of those surveyed say dealing with it is up to individuals. Just
(2) a third consider obesity a community problem that governments, schools, health care providers and the food industry should be involved in.
(3) Twelve percent said it will take work from both individuals and the community.
That finding highlights the dilemma facing public health experts: Societal changes over recent decades have helped spur growing waistlines, and now a third of U.S. children and teens and two-thirds of adults are either overweight or obese. Today, restaurants dot more street corners and malls, regular-sized portions are larger, and a fast-food meal can be cheaper than healthier fare. Not to mention electronic distractions that slightly more people surveyed blamed for obesity than fast food.
In the current environment, it's difficult to exercise that personal responsibility, said Jeff Levi of the nonprofit Trust for America's Health, which has closely tracked the rise in obesity.
"We need to create environments where the healthy choice becomes the easy choice, where it's possible for people to bear that responsibility," he said.
The new poll suggests women, who have major input on what a family eats, recognize those societal and community difficulties more than men do.
More than half of women say the high cost of healthy food is a major driver of obesity, compared with just 37 percent of men. Women also are more likely than men to blame cheap fast food and to say that the food industry should bear a lot of responsibility for helping to find solutions.
Patricia Wilson, 53, of rural Speedwell, Tenn., says she must drive 45 minutes to reach a grocery store — passing numerous burger and pizza joints, with more arriving every year.
"They shouldn't be letting all these fast-food places go up," said Patricia Wilson, 53, of rural Speedwell, Tenn., who nags her children and grandchildren to eat at home and watch their calories. She recalls how her own overweight grandmother lost both her legs and then her life to diabetes.
More than 80 percent of people in the AP-NORC poll said they had easy access to supermarkets, but just as many could easily get fast food.
Another 68 percent said it was easy for kids to purchase junk food on their way to school, potentially foiling diet-conscious caregivers like Wilson, who doesn't allow her grandchildren to eat unhealthy snacks at home.
"If they say they're hungry, they get regular food," she said.
Food is only part of the obesity equation; physical activity is key too.
About 7 in 10 people said it was easy to find sidewalks or paths for jogging, walking or bike-riding.
But 63 percent found it difficult to run errands or get around without a car, reinforcing a sedentary lifestyle.
James Gambrell, 27, of Springfield, Ore., said he pays particular attention to diet and exercise because obesity runs in his family. He makes a point of walking to stores and running errands on foot two to three times a week.
But Gambrell, a fast-food cashier, said he eats out at least once a day because of the convenience and has changed his order at restaurants that already have begun posting calorie counts. He's all for the government pushing those kinds of solutions.
"I feel that it's a part of the government's responsibility to care for its citizens and as such should attempt to set regulations for restaurants that are potentially harmful to its citizens," he said.
On the other side is Pamela Dupuis, 60, of Aurora, Colo., who said she has struggled with weight and has been diagnosed as pre-diabetic. She doesn't want the government involved in things like calorie-counting.
"They should stay out of our lives," she said.
The AP-NORC Center survey was conducted Nov. 21 through Dec. 14. It involved landline and cellphone interviews with 1,011 adults nationwide and has a margin of sampling error of plus or minus 4.2 percentage points.
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Poll: Obesity's a crisis but we want our junk food
Click green for further info Date: January 2013
This is a POLL - not an article for health guidance
Save The American Family - STAF, Inc. is the leading new not-for-profit organization
guiding the Americans and the American Families to a healthy & successful life Now a third of U.S. children and teens and two-thirds of adults are either overweight or obese.
WASHINGTON (AP) — We know obesity is a health crisis, or every new year wouldn't start with resolutions to eat better and get off the couch. But don't try taking away our junk food.
Americans blame (1) too much screen time and (2) cheap fast food (= bad food) for fueling the nation's fat epidemic,
a poll finds, but they're split on how much the government should do to help.
Most draw the line at policies that would try to force healthier eating by limiting food choices, according to the poll by The Associated Press-NORC Center for Public Affairs Research.
A third of people say the government should be deeply involved in finding ways to curb obesity, while a similar proportion want it to play little or no role. The rest are somewhere in the middle.
Require more physical activity in school, or provide nutritional guidelines to help people make better choices? Sure, 8 in 10 support those steps. Make restaurants post calorie counts on their menus, as the Food and Drug Administration is poised to do? Some 70 percent think it's a good idea.
"That's a start," said Khadijah Al-Amin, 52, of Coatesville, Pa. "The fat content should be put up there in red letters, not just put up there. The same way they mark something that's poisonous, so when you see it, you absolutely know."
But nearly 6 in 10 people surveyed oppose taxes targeting unhealthy foods, known as soda taxes or fat taxes.
And when it comes to restricting what people can buy — like New York City's recent ban of supersized sodas in restaurants — three-quarters say no way.
"The outlawing of sugary drinks, that's just silly," said Keith Donner, 52, of Miami, who prefers teaching schoolchildren to eat better and get moving.
"People should just look at a Big Gulp and say, 'That's not for me.' I think it starts when they are young and at school," he added.
Indeed, while
(1) three-quarters of Americans consider obesity a serious health problem for the nation, most of those surveyed say dealing with it is up to individuals. Just
(2) a third consider obesity a community problem that governments, schools, health care providers and the food industry should be involved in.
(3) Twelve percent said it will take work from both individuals and the community.
That finding highlights the dilemma facing public health experts: Societal changes over recent decades have helped spur growing waistlines, and now a third of U.S. children and teens and two-thirds of adults are either overweight or obese. Today, restaurants dot more street corners and malls, regular-sized portions are larger, and a fast-food meal can be cheaper than healthier fare. Not to mention electronic distractions that slightly more people surveyed blamed for obesity than fast food.
In the current environment, it's difficult to exercise that personal responsibility, said Jeff Levi of the nonprofit Trust for America's Health, which has closely tracked the rise in obesity.
"We need to create environments where the healthy choice becomes the easy choice, where it's possible for people to bear that responsibility," he said.
The new poll suggests women, who have major input on what a family eats, recognize those societal and community difficulties more than men do.
More than half of women say the high cost of healthy food is a major driver of obesity, compared with just 37 percent of men. Women also are more likely than men to blame cheap fast food and to say that the food industry should bear a lot of responsibility for helping to find solutions.
Patricia Wilson, 53, of rural Speedwell, Tenn., says she must drive 45 minutes to reach a grocery store — passing numerous burger and pizza joints, with more arriving every year.
"They shouldn't be letting all these fast-food places go up," said Patricia Wilson, 53, of rural Speedwell, Tenn., who nags her children and grandchildren to eat at home and watch their calories. She recalls how her own overweight grandmother lost both her legs and then her life to diabetes.
More than 80 percent of people in the AP-NORC poll said they had easy access to supermarkets, but just as many could easily get fast food.
Another 68 percent said it was easy for kids to purchase junk food on their way to school, potentially foiling diet-conscious caregivers like Wilson, who doesn't allow her grandchildren to eat unhealthy snacks at home.
"If they say they're hungry, they get regular food," she said.
Food is only part of the obesity equation; physical activity is key too.
About 7 in 10 people said it was easy to find sidewalks or paths for jogging, walking or bike-riding.
But 63 percent found it difficult to run errands or get around without a car, reinforcing a sedentary lifestyle.
James Gambrell, 27, of Springfield, Ore., said he pays particular attention to diet and exercise because obesity runs in his family. He makes a point of walking to stores and running errands on foot two to three times a week.
But Gambrell, a fast-food cashier, said he eats out at least once a day because of the convenience and has changed his order at restaurants that already have begun posting calorie counts. He's all for the government pushing those kinds of solutions.
"I feel that it's a part of the government's responsibility to care for its citizens and as such should attempt to set regulations for restaurants that are potentially harmful to its citizens," he said.
On the other side is Pamela Dupuis, 60, of Aurora, Colo., who said she has struggled with weight and has been diagnosed as pre-diabetic. She doesn't want the government involved in things like calorie-counting.
"They should stay out of our lives," she said.
The AP-NORC Center survey was conducted Nov. 21 through Dec. 14. It involved landline and cellphone interviews with 1,011 adults nationwide and has a margin of sampling error of plus or minus 4.2 percentage points.
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Inmates Sue Beer, Wine Cos. for $1B
By Ashley Jennings | ABC News – 1 hr 44 mins ago - 1/4/13
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Comment from Save The American Family - STAF, Inc., -not-for-profit-
ONE INMATE STATES:
"I fear the day I am released from prison," Grant, 27, said in his affidavit. "I do not know if I can be a productive member of society and still control the desires and craving to use alcohol."
Dear Inmates:
At least in this lawsuit is good the attention it gets nationwide. It will help many individuals think how to handle alcoholic beverages (and drugs) to avoid life-destroying actions.
In that respect this is a positive legal action.
When you all get out from the prison contact our organization to start a new life leading to success.
STAF, Inc. has developed new, effective methods to stop smoking, to avoid alcohol & drugs, to conquer obesity and overweight, to live a healthy, long, financially rich, happy life.
STAF, Inc. gives a lifetime result guarantee to certain services, including conquering alcohol & drug challenges, obesity & overweight, marriage & family challenges
STAF, Inc. has developed a new, never before existing program for the U.S. gov. use as the solution for all these challenges in our nation. The new program will be introduced in D.C. in 2013 in a one day televised event.
STAF, Inc.'s presence is needed in D.C. in the U.S. Congress (House & Senate). STAF, Inc.'s founding President is planning to seek a seat in D.C. to provide the necessary legislation and training for all these matters handled in this brief response.
In addition, STAF, Inc. is working to initiate a new federal agency, Healthy Lifestyle Agency, and have STAF, Inc.'s founding President as its first director.
STAF, Inc. is regarded nation/worldwide as one of the leading organizations in the topics listed in this response.STAF, Inc.'s work will create a better future for our nation.
Visit STAF, Inc.'s extensive website for all answers in every area of a successful life.
No URL is allowed in this response. To visit our website search for it using our Radio Show title DrDrCanYouHelpMe.
Listen to our Radio Show - you'll get free CEU, College & University credits.
Apply the information you see in STAF, Inc.'s website.
Quotation: "Knowledge is no power - only applied knowledge is power" (Dr. Christian)
Respectfully,
Christian von Christophers, Ph.D., N.D.
STAF, Inc.'s founding President
By Ashley Jennings | ABC News – 1 hr 44 mins ago - 1/4/13
_______________________________________________________________________________
Comment from Save The American Family - STAF, Inc., -not-for-profit-
ONE INMATE STATES:
"I fear the day I am released from prison," Grant, 27, said in his affidavit. "I do not know if I can be a productive member of society and still control the desires and craving to use alcohol."
Dear Inmates:
At least in this lawsuit is good the attention it gets nationwide. It will help many individuals think how to handle alcoholic beverages (and drugs) to avoid life-destroying actions.
In that respect this is a positive legal action.
When you all get out from the prison contact our organization to start a new life leading to success.
STAF, Inc. has developed new, effective methods to stop smoking, to avoid alcohol & drugs, to conquer obesity and overweight, to live a healthy, long, financially rich, happy life.
STAF, Inc. gives a lifetime result guarantee to certain services, including conquering alcohol & drug challenges, obesity & overweight, marriage & family challenges
STAF, Inc. has developed a new, never before existing program for the U.S. gov. use as the solution for all these challenges in our nation. The new program will be introduced in D.C. in 2013 in a one day televised event.
STAF, Inc.'s presence is needed in D.C. in the U.S. Congress (House & Senate). STAF, Inc.'s founding President is planning to seek a seat in D.C. to provide the necessary legislation and training for all these matters handled in this brief response.
In addition, STAF, Inc. is working to initiate a new federal agency, Healthy Lifestyle Agency, and have STAF, Inc.'s founding President as its first director.
STAF, Inc. is regarded nation/worldwide as one of the leading organizations in the topics listed in this response.STAF, Inc.'s work will create a better future for our nation.
Visit STAF, Inc.'s extensive website for all answers in every area of a successful life.
No URL is allowed in this response. To visit our website search for it using our Radio Show title DrDrCanYouHelpMe.
Listen to our Radio Show - you'll get free CEU, College & University credits.
Apply the information you see in STAF, Inc.'s website.
Quotation: "Knowledge is no power - only applied knowledge is power" (Dr. Christian)
Respectfully,
Christian von Christophers, Ph.D., N.D.
STAF, Inc.'s founding President
Sat, 1.5.13 - As response to
"Americans split on how government should fight obesity"The Washington Post
Read more: http://www.ctvnews.ca/health/americans-split-on-how-government-should-fight-obesity-1.1102154#ixzz2H7Yv8Sul
Comment from Save The American Family - STAF, Inc., -not-for-profit-
Quote from the poll article:
"More than half of women say the high cost of healthy food is a major driver of obesity, compared with just 37 per cent of men. Women also are more likely than men to blame cheap fast food and to say that the food industry should bear a lot of responsibility for helping to find solutions."
STAF, Inc. has developed a new, never before existing program for the U.S. gov. use as the solution for our rampant sickness challenges in our nation. Our sickness/health care costs are among the highest, yet, our nation is the sickest nation among the western world countries The new program will be introduced in D.C. in 2013 in a one day televised event.
The program took first 19 years of international research and the past 7 years to modify if for the U.S. use, that totals to 26 years.
The fully new, never before existing program, Healthy Lifestyle & Correct Nutrition Program, will cost less than $100 for
one person/month and covers all food expenses. Yes, all. Yet, the program provides all necessary, healthy, natural, safe nutrition any human needs (no fast food which should be called "bad-food" or "non-food"). All ingredients are available in any supermarket. The healthy food based on this new program will cost less than the "bad-food".
This new program is also an automatic weight loss program - nothing extra to buy, no calorie counting, no starving - eat as much as you reasonably want to. Just prepare your delicious meals yourself in your home for you and your family. Every person, every family will save much in food expenses. This program will guide everyone and every family to invest monthly the money saved in a safe manner - a new way gradually to secure life also financially.
The writer of this comment studied his own food expenses during the past three years: $93/month. All new recipes; delicious, delicious. The more members in a family, the less per person the monthly costs.
Everyone who has income, lives on the social security or similar, works on the minimum salary, etc., can afford to have healthy food based on this new program. There are several incentives for every person to start using this new,easy correct & healthy eating program.
This is a first breakthrough program. When applied nationwide, it will save billions in health/sickness care costs every year, it will save millions of lives and each much human suffering.
This same program is suitable for every country worldwide.
STAF, Inc.'s presence is needed in D.C. in the U.S. Congress (House & Senate). STAF, Inc.'s founding President is planning to seek a seat in D.C. to provide the necessary legislation and training for all these matters handled in this brief response.
In addition, STAF, Inc. is working to initiate a new federal agency, Healthy Lifestyle Agency, and have STAF, Inc.'s founding President as its first director.
STAF, Inc. is regarded nation/worldwide as one of the leading organizations in the topics listed in this response.
STAF, Inc.'s work will create a better future for our nation.
Visit STAF, Inc.'s extensive website to study the details for this new program and for answers in every area of a successful life. To visit our website search for it on the internet using our Radio Show title DrDrCanYouHelpMe.
Listen to our Radio Show - you'll get free CEU, College & University credits.
Apply the information you see in STAF, Inc.'s website.
Quotation: "Knowledge is no power - only applied knowledge is power" (Dr. Christian)
Respectfully,
Christian von Christophers, Ph.D., N.D.
STAF, Inc.'s founding President
www.staf1org.weebly.com
Poll: Obesity's a crisis but we want our junk food
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HUFFINGTON POST
Comment from Save The American Family - STAF, Inc., -not-for-profit-
STAF, Inc. has developed a new program for the U.S. gov. use. The new program will be introduced in D.C. in 2013 in a one day televised event.
The program took first 19 years of international research and the past 7 years to modify if for the U.S. use, that totals to 26 years.
The new Healthy Lifestyle & Correct Nutrition Program, will cost less than $100 for one person/month and covers all food expenses. The program provides all necessary, healthy, natural, safe nutrition any human needs (no fast food which should be called "bad-food" or "non-food"). All ingredients are available in any supermarket.
This new program is also an automatic weight loss program - nothing extra to buy, no calorie counting, no starving. This program will guide every family to invest monthly the money saved in a safe manner - a new way to secure life also financially.
The writer of this comment studied his own food expenses during the past three years: $93/month.
This is a first breakthrough program. When applied nationwide, it will save billions in health/sickness care costs every year, it will save millions of lives and each much human suffering.
This same program is suitable for every country worldwide.
STAF, Inc.'s presence is needed in D.C. in the U.S. Congress (House & Senate). STAF, Inc.'s founding President is planning to seek a seat in D.C. to provide the necessary legislation.
In addition, STAF, Inc. is working to initiate a new federal agency, Healthy Lifestyle Agency, and have STAF, Inc.'s founding President as its first director.
STAF, Inc. is regarded nation/worldwide as one of the leading organizations in the topics listed in this response.
STAF, Inc.'s work will create a better future for our nation.
Visit STAF, Inc.'s extensive website.
Listen to our Radio Show - you'll get free CEU, College & University credits.
Apply the information you see in STAF, Inc.'s website.
Quotation: "Knowledge is no power - only applied knowledge is power" (Dr. Christian)
Respectfully,
Christian von Christophers, Ph.D., N.D.
STAF, Inc.'s founding President
www.staf1org.weebly.com
________________________
______________________________________
"Americans split on how government should fight obesity"The Washington Post
Read more: http://www.ctvnews.ca/health/americans-split-on-how-government-should-fight-obesity-1.1102154#ixzz2H7Yv8Sul
Comment from Save The American Family - STAF, Inc., -not-for-profit-
Quote from the poll article:
"More than half of women say the high cost of healthy food is a major driver of obesity, compared with just 37 per cent of men. Women also are more likely than men to blame cheap fast food and to say that the food industry should bear a lot of responsibility for helping to find solutions."
STAF, Inc. has developed a new, never before existing program for the U.S. gov. use as the solution for our rampant sickness challenges in our nation. Our sickness/health care costs are among the highest, yet, our nation is the sickest nation among the western world countries The new program will be introduced in D.C. in 2013 in a one day televised event.
The program took first 19 years of international research and the past 7 years to modify if for the U.S. use, that totals to 26 years.
The fully new, never before existing program, Healthy Lifestyle & Correct Nutrition Program, will cost less than $100 for
one person/month and covers all food expenses. Yes, all. Yet, the program provides all necessary, healthy, natural, safe nutrition any human needs (no fast food which should be called "bad-food" or "non-food"). All ingredients are available in any supermarket. The healthy food based on this new program will cost less than the "bad-food".
This new program is also an automatic weight loss program - nothing extra to buy, no calorie counting, no starving - eat as much as you reasonably want to. Just prepare your delicious meals yourself in your home for you and your family. Every person, every family will save much in food expenses. This program will guide everyone and every family to invest monthly the money saved in a safe manner - a new way gradually to secure life also financially.
The writer of this comment studied his own food expenses during the past three years: $93/month. All new recipes; delicious, delicious. The more members in a family, the less per person the monthly costs.
Everyone who has income, lives on the social security or similar, works on the minimum salary, etc., can afford to have healthy food based on this new program. There are several incentives for every person to start using this new,easy correct & healthy eating program.
This is a first breakthrough program. When applied nationwide, it will save billions in health/sickness care costs every year, it will save millions of lives and each much human suffering.
This same program is suitable for every country worldwide.
STAF, Inc.'s presence is needed in D.C. in the U.S. Congress (House & Senate). STAF, Inc.'s founding President is planning to seek a seat in D.C. to provide the necessary legislation and training for all these matters handled in this brief response.
In addition, STAF, Inc. is working to initiate a new federal agency, Healthy Lifestyle Agency, and have STAF, Inc.'s founding President as its first director.
STAF, Inc. is regarded nation/worldwide as one of the leading organizations in the topics listed in this response.
STAF, Inc.'s work will create a better future for our nation.
Visit STAF, Inc.'s extensive website to study the details for this new program and for answers in every area of a successful life. To visit our website search for it on the internet using our Radio Show title DrDrCanYouHelpMe.
Listen to our Radio Show - you'll get free CEU, College & University credits.
Apply the information you see in STAF, Inc.'s website.
Quotation: "Knowledge is no power - only applied knowledge is power" (Dr. Christian)
Respectfully,
Christian von Christophers, Ph.D., N.D.
STAF, Inc.'s founding President
www.staf1org.weebly.com
Poll: Obesity's a crisis but we want our junk food
==========================================================
HUFFINGTON POST
Comment from Save The American Family - STAF, Inc., -not-for-profit-
STAF, Inc. has developed a new program for the U.S. gov. use. The new program will be introduced in D.C. in 2013 in a one day televised event.
The program took first 19 years of international research and the past 7 years to modify if for the U.S. use, that totals to 26 years.
The new Healthy Lifestyle & Correct Nutrition Program, will cost less than $100 for one person/month and covers all food expenses. The program provides all necessary, healthy, natural, safe nutrition any human needs (no fast food which should be called "bad-food" or "non-food"). All ingredients are available in any supermarket.
This new program is also an automatic weight loss program - nothing extra to buy, no calorie counting, no starving. This program will guide every family to invest monthly the money saved in a safe manner - a new way to secure life also financially.
The writer of this comment studied his own food expenses during the past three years: $93/month.
This is a first breakthrough program. When applied nationwide, it will save billions in health/sickness care costs every year, it will save millions of lives and each much human suffering.
This same program is suitable for every country worldwide.
STAF, Inc.'s presence is needed in D.C. in the U.S. Congress (House & Senate). STAF, Inc.'s founding President is planning to seek a seat in D.C. to provide the necessary legislation.
In addition, STAF, Inc. is working to initiate a new federal agency, Healthy Lifestyle Agency, and have STAF, Inc.'s founding President as its first director.
STAF, Inc. is regarded nation/worldwide as one of the leading organizations in the topics listed in this response.
STAF, Inc.'s work will create a better future for our nation.
Visit STAF, Inc.'s extensive website.
Listen to our Radio Show - you'll get free CEU, College & University credits.
Apply the information you see in STAF, Inc.'s website.
Quotation: "Knowledge is no power - only applied knowledge is power" (Dr. Christian)
Respectfully,
Christian von Christophers, Ph.D., N.D.
STAF, Inc.'s founding President
www.staf1org.weebly.com
________________________
______________________________________
A recent publicized article
Use as an additional writing sample
As comment for the internet articles in December 2012:
(1) CT School Shooter's DNA Studied
(2) President Obama Backs Assault Weapons Ban, Other Potential Gun Measures
Comment by Save The American Family - STAF, Inc.,-not-for-profit-
By Dr. Christian von Christophers, Ph.D., N.D.
In the discussions in the public forum "Why someone is capable of doing so horrible?" no one seems to know "Why?" Yet, there is a one clear answer to "Why?"
STAF, Inc.'s presence is needed in the Biden Gun law renewal Committee.
Almost all mass shooters have two things in common: (1) they are victims of a divorce &
(2) they are all males. A growing boy needs especially his father's continuous presence and guidance, more so than his mother's. The moral in our marriages has gone close to a zero. The children grow up disturbed & misled. In addition, the violent video games & violent movies are replacing the parental love & healthy attention - the children get a wrong picture about being a human being. The young mass killers suffer from the Broken Marriage Syndrome™
Our schools, Colleges & Universities in the U.S. provide almost no training for the most important human relationship: marriage. In addition, most new parents have no knowledge about child care & healthy child raising. In most other western countries these skills are taught during 1 - 12 levels.
STAF, Inc. is building legislation initiatives to solve this lacking training.
Most marriage counselors fail in their effort because the College training they receive is not up-to-date relating to "the modern days".
The divorcing spouses will experience (1) health challenges leading to a shorter life span and (2) to added financial difficulties. Every child experiencing a parental divorce faces serious life threatening disasters - the most important listed here: (1) overall increased risks to health & welfare; (2) 5 times more likely to commit suicide; (3) 32 times more likely to run away; (4) 20 times more likely to have behavioral disorders; (5) 14 times more likely to commit rape;
(6) 9 times more likely to drop out of school; (7) 10 times more likely to abuse alcohol and drugs; (8) 20 times more likely to end up in prison; (9) increased learning difficulties; (10) increased risk of divorce when grown; (11) increased out of wedlock pregnancies; (12) Latest discovery by the researches: highly increased risk of having a stroke during his/her life time.
Additional life threatening challenges all children & all divorcing spouses will experience listed in our website in tab "Services", sub-tab "Restoring Any Marriage™.
To find the correct website, use STAF, Inc.'s Radio Show title "DrDrCanYouHelpMe" in the internet search. Most people have no clue what a divorce does to the children.
This CT case is a typical situation: first the 20-year old killed and disfigured his mother in her home. He hated his mother because he could not stay with his father. His mother had filed for the divorce when Mr. Adam Lanza was 17 - just 3 years before. The pain was still fresh and strong. Every child in a divorce situation is going through the same and will start suffering from the Broken Marriage Syndrome™
Then Mr. Adam Lanza went to kill children because in his belief he deserved the same happiness as the other children.
Then he kills himself to get rid of his pain coming from the parental divorce and to avoid being arrested - the facts show Mr. Lanza knew what he was doing - he was not mentally sick.
The primary solution is not in the gun laws. The guns will be found no matter how many restrictions. Yes, STAF, Inc. supports certain important restrictions mainly for preventing mass shootings. We Americans have the right to defend ourselves. However, we should close the loopholes for online gun sales and gun shows. The President should fast put a ban on assault rifles and large ammo magazines (ammo = informal short for ammunition).
When a child grows up in a healthy, loving home with 2 loving parents, the child has a good chance to become a healthy-minded teenager & a successful adult. Then the person has no need to find the guns to revenge his own Broken Family Syndrome™ suffering.
The primary solution is to start educating the whole nation how to heal the American Family & our homes where our children are growing up. The secondary are the gun laws, except the few restrictions mentioned above what the President should immediately restrict using his executive order power.
STAF, Inc.'s presence is needed in D.C. in the U.S. Congress (House & Senate). STAF, Inc.'s founding President is planning (1) to seek a seat in D.C. Congress/Senate to provide the necessary information to the D.C. lawmakers and (2) to establish a fully new federal agency, Healthy Lifestyle & Family Success Agency, and to be named its first federal director.
New legislation and training for all these matters are needed in a result-bringing manner.
Visit our website and listen to STAF, Inc.'s popular Radio Show (you'll get free CEU & College-University credits).
Respectfully,
Christian von Christophers, Ph.D., N.D.
STAF, Inc.'s founding President
Visit STAF, Inc.'s website: www.staf1org.weebly.com
_______________________________
Use as an additional writing sample
As comment for the internet articles in December 2012:
(1) CT School Shooter's DNA Studied
(2) President Obama Backs Assault Weapons Ban, Other Potential Gun Measures
Comment by Save The American Family - STAF, Inc.,-not-for-profit-
By Dr. Christian von Christophers, Ph.D., N.D.
In the discussions in the public forum "Why someone is capable of doing so horrible?" no one seems to know "Why?" Yet, there is a one clear answer to "Why?"
STAF, Inc.'s presence is needed in the Biden Gun law renewal Committee.
Almost all mass shooters have two things in common: (1) they are victims of a divorce &
(2) they are all males. A growing boy needs especially his father's continuous presence and guidance, more so than his mother's. The moral in our marriages has gone close to a zero. The children grow up disturbed & misled. In addition, the violent video games & violent movies are replacing the parental love & healthy attention - the children get a wrong picture about being a human being. The young mass killers suffer from the Broken Marriage Syndrome™
Our schools, Colleges & Universities in the U.S. provide almost no training for the most important human relationship: marriage. In addition, most new parents have no knowledge about child care & healthy child raising. In most other western countries these skills are taught during 1 - 12 levels.
STAF, Inc. is building legislation initiatives to solve this lacking training.
Most marriage counselors fail in their effort because the College training they receive is not up-to-date relating to "the modern days".
The divorcing spouses will experience (1) health challenges leading to a shorter life span and (2) to added financial difficulties. Every child experiencing a parental divorce faces serious life threatening disasters - the most important listed here: (1) overall increased risks to health & welfare; (2) 5 times more likely to commit suicide; (3) 32 times more likely to run away; (4) 20 times more likely to have behavioral disorders; (5) 14 times more likely to commit rape;
(6) 9 times more likely to drop out of school; (7) 10 times more likely to abuse alcohol and drugs; (8) 20 times more likely to end up in prison; (9) increased learning difficulties; (10) increased risk of divorce when grown; (11) increased out of wedlock pregnancies; (12) Latest discovery by the researches: highly increased risk of having a stroke during his/her life time.
Additional life threatening challenges all children & all divorcing spouses will experience listed in our website in tab "Services", sub-tab "Restoring Any Marriage™.
To find the correct website, use STAF, Inc.'s Radio Show title "DrDrCanYouHelpMe" in the internet search. Most people have no clue what a divorce does to the children.
This CT case is a typical situation: first the 20-year old killed and disfigured his mother in her home. He hated his mother because he could not stay with his father. His mother had filed for the divorce when Mr. Adam Lanza was 17 - just 3 years before. The pain was still fresh and strong. Every child in a divorce situation is going through the same and will start suffering from the Broken Marriage Syndrome™
Then Mr. Adam Lanza went to kill children because in his belief he deserved the same happiness as the other children.
Then he kills himself to get rid of his pain coming from the parental divorce and to avoid being arrested - the facts show Mr. Lanza knew what he was doing - he was not mentally sick.
The primary solution is not in the gun laws. The guns will be found no matter how many restrictions. Yes, STAF, Inc. supports certain important restrictions mainly for preventing mass shootings. We Americans have the right to defend ourselves. However, we should close the loopholes for online gun sales and gun shows. The President should fast put a ban on assault rifles and large ammo magazines (ammo = informal short for ammunition).
When a child grows up in a healthy, loving home with 2 loving parents, the child has a good chance to become a healthy-minded teenager & a successful adult. Then the person has no need to find the guns to revenge his own Broken Family Syndrome™ suffering.
The primary solution is to start educating the whole nation how to heal the American Family & our homes where our children are growing up. The secondary are the gun laws, except the few restrictions mentioned above what the President should immediately restrict using his executive order power.
STAF, Inc.'s presence is needed in D.C. in the U.S. Congress (House & Senate). STAF, Inc.'s founding President is planning (1) to seek a seat in D.C. Congress/Senate to provide the necessary information to the D.C. lawmakers and (2) to establish a fully new federal agency, Healthy Lifestyle & Family Success Agency, and to be named its first federal director.
New legislation and training for all these matters are needed in a result-bringing manner.
Visit our website and listen to STAF, Inc.'s popular Radio Show (you'll get free CEU & College-University credits).
Respectfully,
Christian von Christophers, Ph.D., N.D.
STAF, Inc.'s founding President
Visit STAF, Inc.'s website: www.staf1org.weebly.com
_______________________________
1/9/13
Briefer version for mass shooting solution - Wed. 1/9/13
HAS no list of 12 life-destroying disasters every child faces in a separation or in a divorce
Comment by Save The American Family - STAF, Inc.,-not-for-profit-
By Dr. Christian von Christophers, Ph.D., N.D.
In the discussions in the public forum "Why someone is capable of doing so horrible as the recent mass shootings?" no one seems to know "Why?" Yet, there is a one clear answer to "Why?"
Because not one person in the Biden's committee seems to know what the real reason is, STAF, Inc.'s presence is needed in the Biden Gun law renewal Committee in D.C.
Practically all mass shooters have two things in common: (1) they are victims of a divorce & (2) they are all males.
A growing boy needs especially his father's continuous presence and guidance, more so than his mother's. The moral in our marriages has gone close to a zero. The children grow up disturbed & misled. In addition, the violent video games & violent movies are replacing the parental love & healthy attention - the children get a wrong picture about being a human being. The young mass killers suffer from the Broken Marriage Syndrome™.
The life-destroying challenges all children & all divorcing spouses will experience are listed in STAF, Inc.'s website in tab "Services", sub-tab "Restoring Any Marriage™.
To find the correct website, use STAF, Inc.'s Radio Show title "DrDrCanYouHelpMe" in the internet search.
Most people have no clue what a divorce does to the children.
The primary solution is not in the gun laws. The guns will be found no matter how many restrictions.
Yes, STAF, Inc. supports certain important restrictions mainly for preventing mass shootings. We Americans have the right to defend ourselves. However, we should close the loopholes for online gun sales and gun shows. The President should fast, by an executive order, put a ban on assault rifles and large ammo magazines (ammo = informal short for ammunition).
When a child grows up in a healthy, loving home with 2 loving parents, the child has a good chance to become a healthy-minded teenager & a successful adult. Then the person has no need to find the guns to revenge his own Broken Family Syndrome™ suffering.
The primary solution is to start educating the whole nation how to heal the American Family & our homes where our children are growing up. STAF, Inc. is a nation/worldwide leader in these matters. The secondary are the gun laws, except the few restrictions mentioned above what the President should immediately restrict using his executive order power.
STAF, Inc.'s presence is needed in D.C. in the U.S. Congress (House & Senate). STAF, Inc.'s founding President is planning (1) to seek a seat in D.C. Congress/Senate to provide the necessary information to the D.C. lawmakers and (2) to establish a fully new federal agency, Healthy Lifestyle & Family Success Agency, and to be named its first federal director.
New legislation and training for all these matters are needed in a result-bringing manner.
Visit our website and listen to STAF, Inc.'s popular Radio Show (you'll get free CEU & College-University credits).
Respectfully,
Christian von Christophers, Ph.D., N.D.
STAF, Inc.'s founding President
1/9/13
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1/9/13
HAS a list of 12 life-destroying disasters every child faces in a separation or in a divorce
Comment by Save The American Family - STAF, Inc.,-not-for-profit-
By Dr. Christian von Christophers, Ph.D., N.D.
In the discussions in the public forum "Why someone is capable of doing so horrible as the recent mass shootings?" no one seems to know "Why?" Yet, there is a one clear answer to "Why?"Because not one person in the Biden's committee seems to know what the real reason is, STAF, Inc.'s presence is needed in the Biden Gun law renewal Committee in D.C.
Practically all mass shooters have two things in common: (1) they are victims of a divorce & (2) they are all males.
A growing boy needs especially his father's continuous presence and guidance, more so than his mother's. The moral in our marriages has gone close to a zero. The children grow up disturbed & misled. In addition, the violent video games & violent movies are replacing the parental love & healthy attention - the children get a wrong picture about being a human being. The young mass killers suffer from the Broken Marriage Syndrome™.
The life-destroying challenges all children & all divorcing spouses will experience are listed in STAF, Inc.'s website in tab "Services", sub-tab "Restoring Any Marriage™.
To find the correct website, use STAF, Inc.'s Radio Show title "DrDrCanYouHelpMe" in the internet search.
Most people have no clue what a divorce does to the children.
The primary solution is not in the gun laws. The guns will be found no matter how many restrictions.
Yes, STAF, Inc. supports certain important restrictions mainly for preventing mass shootings. We Americans have the right to defend ourselves. However, we should close the loopholes for online gun sales and gun shows. The President should fast, by an executive order, put a ban on assault rifles and large ammo magazines (ammo = informal short for ammunition).
When a child grows up in a healthy, loving home with 2 loving parents, the child has a good chance to become a healthy-minded teenager & a successful adult. Then the person has no need to find the guns to revenge his own Broken Family Syndrome™ suffering.
The divorcing spouses will experience (1) health challenges leading to a shorter life span and (2) to added financial difficulties. Every child experiencing a parental divorce faces serious life threatening disasters - the most important listed here: (1) overall increased risks to health & welfare; (2) 5 times more likely to commit suicide; (3) 32 times more likely to run away; (4) 20 times more likely to have behavioral disorders; (5) 14 times more likely to commit rape;
(6) 9 times more likely to drop out of school; (7) 10 times more likely to abuse alcohol and drugs; (8) 20 times more likely to end up in prison; (9) increased learning difficulties; (10) increased risk of divorce when grown; (11) increased out of wedlock pregnancies; (12) Latest discovery by the researchers: highly increased risk of having a stroke during his/her life time.
The primary solution is to start educating the whole nation how to heal the American Family & our homes where our children are growing up. STAF, Inc. is a nation/worldwide leader in these matters. The secondary are the gun laws, except the few restrictions mentioned above what the President should immediately restrict using his executive order power.
STAF, Inc.'s presence is needed in D.C. in the U.S. Congress (House & Senate). STAF, Inc.'s founding President is planning (1) to seek a seat in D.C. Congress/Senate to provide the necessary information to the D.C. lawmakers and (2) to establish a fully new federal agency, Healthy Lifestyle & Family Success Agency, and to be named its first federal director.
New legislation and training for all these matters are needed in a results-bringing manner.
No URL is allowed in these comment texts.To find the correct website, use STAF, Inc.'s Radio Show title "DrDrCanYouHelpMe" in the internet search.
Visit our website and listen to STAF, Inc.'s popular Radio Show (you'll get free CEU & College-University credits).
Respectfully,
Christian von Christophers, Ph.D., N.D.
STAF, Inc.'s founding President
1/9/13
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Responding to a responder - Judges look favorably on Obama gun reporting rule
By David Ingram | Reuters – 1 hr 11 mins ago 9/1/13
Dear General Bethlehem • 1 hr 53 mins ago
Nothing else but higher morale and personal respect for life will prevent killings.
Our children watch violence day & night on TV, in newspapers, in video games and in the families.
Mass killings are easier done with weapons that shoot tens and hundreds of bullets and explode in the target doing the maximum damage. Those weapons must be taken off from just from anyone's hands.
Online sales is NOT working as it is meant to function - it has too many loophole options practically to order an assault weapon to my dog.
As a first aid we need immediately to put stop in selling to anyone (except the government bodies) such weapons.
The solution in the longer run is to heal our families - 75 % our American families are dysfunctional affecting our children's healthy development.
The Broken Family Syndrome ™ kills - it kills the separating/divorcing parents, it kills more or less the future of every child being victimized by separation/divorce - and it kills by affecting the mental/physical health of all parties involved.
The Family counseling training in ALL our colleges is so much off the reality that most licensed counselors fail in their efforts. The positively best statistical results in healing the marriages are among those couples who have received Biblical counseling by a competent, trained & College educated Pastor.
The attitudes in our nation relating to family separation and divorce is so
low that only about 14 % of the population has some serious responsibilities to understand that the children need both of their parents to grow up in a healthy manner. The same 14 % understands that the parental relationship most likely can always be healed and reset to the level of their honeymoon or better. Then the same 14 % work on their problems until they find the true solution and feel the heavenly happiness - to the best of their children.
Every child copies what they SEE their parents doing. In the same manner 86 % of our nation has lost their concept of marriage, its deeper meaning as a place for growth & happiness for both spouses and for their children.
In some minority groups (African Americans) about 60 % of the children have no father living & guiding them. It is close to the same number as are from the same group filling our prisons.
When a child grows up in a healthy, loving home with 2 loving parents, the child has a good chance to become a healthy-minded teenager & a successful adult. Then the person has no need to find the guns to revenge his own Broken Family Syndrome™ suffering.
The divorcing spouses will experience (1) health challenges leading to a shorter life span and (2) to added financial difficulties. Every child experiencing a parental divorce faces serious life threatening disasters - the most important listed here: (1) overall increased risks to health & welfare; (2) 5 times more likely to commit suicide; (3) 32 times more likely to run away; (4) 20 times more likely to have behavioral disorders; (5) 14 times more likely to commit rape; (6) 9 times more likely to drop out of school; (7) 10 times more likely to abuse alcohol and drugs; (8) 20 times more likely to end up in prison; (9) increased learning difficulties; (10) increased risk of divorce when grown; (11) increased out of wedlock pregnancies; (12) Latest discovery by the researchers: highly increased risk of having a stroke during his/her life time.
The primary solution is to start educating the whole nation how to heal the American Family & our homes where our children are growing up. STAF, Inc. is a nation/worldwide leader in these matters.
We Americans can when we have the will.
Respectfully,
Christian von Christophers, Ph.D., N.D.
STAF, Inc.'s founding President
Save The American Family - STAF, Inc.
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The version below Published as a comment 1/9/13 (Wednesday) to
Obama determined to act against gun violence: Biden
By Mark Felsenthal | Reuters
NO list of 12 life-destroying disasters
Comment by Save The American Family - STAF, Inc.,-not-for-profit-
By Dr. Christian von Christophers, Ph.D., N.D.
In the discussions in the public forum "Why someone is capable of doing so horrible as the recent mass shootings?" no one seems to know "Why?" Yet, there is a one clear answer to "Why?"Because not one person in the Biden's committee seems to know what the real reason is, STAF, Inc.'s presence is needed in the Biden Gun law renewal Committee in D.C.
Practically all mass shooters have two things in common: (1) they are victims of a divorce & (2) they are all males.
A growing boy needs especially his father's continuous presence and guidance, more so than his mother's. The moral in our marriages has gone close to a zero. The children grow up disturbed & misled. In addition, the violent video games & violent movies are replacing the parental love & healthy attention - the children get a wrong picture about being a human being. The young mass killers suffer from the Broken Marriage Syndrome™.
The life-destroying challenges all children & all divorcing spouses will experience are listed in STAF, Inc.'s website in tab "Services", sub-tab "Restoring Any Marriage™.
Most people have no clue what a divorce does to the children.
The primary solution is not in the gun laws. The guns will be found no matter how many restrictions.
Yes, STAF, Inc. supports certain important restrictions mainly for preventing mass shootings. We Americans have the right to defend ourselves. However, we should close the loopholes for online gun sales and gun shows. The President should fast, by an executive order, put a ban on assault rifles and large ammo magazines (ammo = informal short for ammunition).
When a child grows up in a healthy, loving home with 2 loving parents, the child has a good chance to become a healthy-minded teenager & a successful adult. Then the person has no need to find the guns to revenge his own Broken Family Syndrome™ suffering.
The primary solution is to start educating the whole nation how to heal the American Family & our homes where our children are growing up. STAF, Inc. is a nation/worldwide leader in these matters. The secondary are the gun laws, except the few restrictions mentioned above what the President should immediately restrict using his executive order power.
STAF, Inc.'s presence is needed in D.C. in the U.S. Congress (House & Senate). STAF, Inc.'s founding President is planning (1) to seek a seat in D.C. Congress/Senate to provide the necessary information to the D.C. lawmakers and (2) to establish a fully new federal agency, Healthy Lifestyle & Family Success Agency, and to be named its first federal director.
New legislation and training for all these matters are needed in a results-bringing manner.
Listen to STAF, Inc.'s popular Radio Shows - you'll get free CEU & College-University credits. To visit STAF, Inc.'s website, use its Radio Show title "DrDrCanYouHelpMe" in the internet search.
Respectfully,
Christian von Christophers, Ph.D., N.D.
STAF, Inc.'s founding President
1/9/13
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Thursday 1/10/14
HAS 12 disasters children face - has NO nutrition issues - Has C for Congress in D.C.
Response to:
White House Summons Hollywood Officials to Meet on Violence By Doug Halonen | The Wrap - yahoo mail) The ARTICLE BELOW
Comment by Save The American Family - STAF, Inc.,-not-for-profit-
By Dr. Christian von Christophers, Ph.D., N.D.
"Why someone is capable of doing so horrible as the recent mass shootings?" no one seems to know "Why?" Yet, there is a one clear answer to "Why?" Because not one person in the Biden's committee seems to know what the real reason is, STAF, Inc.'s presence is needed in the Biden Gun law renewal Committee in D.C.
Practically all mass shooters have two things in common: (1) they are victims of a divorce & (2) they are all males.
A growing boy needs especially his father's continuous presence and guidance, more so than his mother's. The moral in our marriages has gone close to a zero. The children grow up disturbed & misled. In addition, the violent video games & violent movies are replacing the parental love & healthy attention - the children get a wrong picture about being a human being. The young mass killers suffer from the Broken Marriage Syndrome™.
The life-destroying challenges all children & all divorcing spouses will experience are listed in STAF, Inc.'s website in tab: Services, sub-tab: Restoring Any Marriage™.
Most people have no clue what a divorce does to the children. It is serious child abuse.
The primary solution is not in the gun laws. The guns will be found no matter how many restrictions.
Yes, STAF, Inc. supports certain important restrictions mainly for preventing mass shootings. We Americans have the right to defend ourselves. However, we should close the loopholes for online gun sales and gun shows. The President should fast, by an executive order, put a ban on assault rifles and large ammo magazines (ammo = informal short for ammunition).
When a child grows up in a healthy, loving home with 2 loving parents, the child has a good chance to become a healthy-minded teenager & a successful adult. Then the person has no need to find the guns to revenge his own Broken Family Syndrome™ suffering.
The divorcing spouses will experience (1) health challenges leading to a shorter life span and (2) to added financial difficulties. Every child experiencing a parental divorce faces serious life threatening disasters - the most important listed here: (1) overall increased risks to health & welfare; (2) 5 times more likely to commit suicide; (3) 32 times more likely to run away; (4) 20 times more likely to have behavioral disorders; (5) 14 times more likely to commit rape;
(6) 9 times more likely to drop out of school; (7) 10 times more likely to abuse alcohol and drugs; (8) 20 times more likely to end up in prison; (9) increased learning difficulties; (10) increased risk of divorce when grown; (11) increased out of wedlock pregnancies; (12) Latest discovery by the researchers: highly increased risk of having a stroke during his/her life time.
The long-term solution is to start educating the whole nation how to heal the American Family & our homes where our children are growing up. STAF, Inc. is a nation/worldwide leader in these matters. The secondary are the gun laws, except the few restrictions mentioned above what the President should immediately restrict using his executive order power.
STAF, Inc.'s presence is needed in D.C. in the U.S. Congress (House & Senate). STAF, Inc.'s founding President is planning (1) to seek a seat in D.C. Congress/Senate to provide the necessary information to the D.C. lawmakers and (2) to establish a fully new federal agency, Healthy Lifestyle & Family Success Agency, and to be named its first federal director.
New legislation and training for all these matters are needed in a results-bringing manner.
No URL is allowed in these comment texts.To visit the correct website, use STAF, Inc.'s Radio Show title "DrDrCanYouHelpMe" in the internet search.
Listen to STAF, Inc.'s popular Radio Show - you'll get free CEU & College-University credits.
Respectfully,
Christian von Christophers, Ph.D., N.D.
STAF, Inc.'s founding President
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Comment by Save The American Family - STAF, Inc.,-not-for-profit-
By Dr. Christian von Christophers, Ph.D., N.D.
"Why someone is capable of doing so horrible as the recent mass shootings?" no one seems to know "Why?" Yet, there is a one clear answer to "Why?" Because not one person in the Biden's committee seems to know what the real reason is, STAF, Inc.'s presence is needed in the Biden Gun law renewal Committee in D.C.
Practically all mass shooters have two things in common: (1) they are victims of a divorce & (2) they are all males.
A growing boy needs especially his father's continuous presence and guidance, more so than his mother's. The moral in our marriages has gone close to a zero. The children grow up disturbed & misled. In addition, the violent video games & violent movies are replacing the parental love & healthy attention - the children get a wrong picture about being a human being. The young mass killers suffer from the Broken Marriage Syndrome™. So does this California shooter.
The life-destroying challenges all children & all divorcing spouses will experience are listed in STAF, Inc.'s website in tab: Services, sub-tab: Restoring Any Marriage™.
Most people have no clue what a divorce does to the children. It is serious child abuse.
The primary solution is not in the gun laws. The guns will be found no matter how many restrictions.
Yes, STAF, Inc. supports certain important restrictions mainly for preventing mass shootings. We Americans have the right to defend ourselves. However, we should close the loopholes for online gun sales and gun shows. The President should fast, by an executive order, put a ban on assault rifles and large ammo magazines (ammo = informal short for ammunition).
When a child grows up in a healthy, loving home with 2 loving parents, the child has a good chance to become a healthy-minded teenager & a successful adult. Then the person has no need to find the guns to revenge his own Broken Family Syndrome™ suffering.
The divorcing spouses will experience (1) health challenges leading to a shorter life span and (2) to added financial difficulties. Every child experiencing a parental divorce faces serious life threatening disasters - the most important listed here: (1) overall increased risks to health & welfare; (2) 5 times more likely to commit suicide; (3) 32 times more likely to run away; (4) 20 times more likely to have behavioral disorders; (5) 14 times more likely to commit rape;
(6) 9 times more likely to drop out of school; (7) 10 times more likely to abuse alcohol and drugs; (8) 20 times more likely to end up in prison; (9) increased learning difficulties; (10) increased risk of divorce when grown; (11) increased out of wedlock pregnancies; (12) Latest discovery by the researchers: highly increased risk of having a stroke during his/her life time.
The long-term solution is to start educating the whole nation how to heal the American Family & our homes where our children are growing up. STAF, Inc. is a nation/worldwide leader in these matters.
STAF, Inc.'s presence is needed in D.C. in the U.S. Congress (House & Senate). STAF, Inc.'s founding President is planning (1) to seek a seat in D.C. Congress/Senate to provide the necessary information to the D.C. lawmakers and (2) to establish a fully new federal agency, Healthy Lifestyle & Family Success Agency, and to be named its first federal director.
New legislation and training for all these matters are needed in a results-bringing manner.
No URL is allowed in these comment texts.To visit the correct website, use STAF, Inc.'s Radio Show title "DrDrCanYouHelpMe" in the internet search.
Listen to STAF, Inc.'s popular Radio Show - you'll get free CEU & College-University credits.
Respectfully,
Christian von Christophers, Ph.D., N.D.
STAF, Inc.'s founding President
=============================================
Response 1/10/13 to article (yaho0 - went through HAS 12 disasters children facing in separation & divorce - long version)
Click green title:
(1) At least two people shot at California high school, reports sayStudent opens fire at California high school, wounding one
(2) Wall Street Journal: Biden: No "Silver Bullet" To Stop Gun ViolenceView Video
Sat, 1/13/13 Went Through - as the whole (Yahoo acc. linked)
You said, "Comment by Save The American Family - STAF, Inc.,-not-for-profit- By Dr. Christian von Christophers, Ph.D., N.D. "Why someone is capable of doing so horrible as the recent mass shootings?" no one seems to know "Why?" Yet, there i..." More
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Comment by Save The American Family - STAF, Inc.,-not-for-profit-
By Dr. Christian von Christophers, Ph.D., N.D.
"Why someone is capable of doing so horrible as the recent mass shootings?" no one seems to know "Why?" Yet, there is a one clear answer to "Why?" Because not one person in the Biden's committee seems to know what the real reason is, STAF, Inc.'s presence is needed in the Biden Gun law renewal Committee in D.C.
Practically all mass shooters have two things in common: (1) they are victims of a divorce & (2) they are all males.
A growing boy needs especially his father's continuous presence and guidance, more so than his mother's. The moral in our marriages has gone close to a zero. The children grow up disturbed & misled. In addition, the violent video games & violent movies are replacing the parental love & healthy attention - the children get a wrong picture about being a human being. The young mass killers suffer from the Broken Marriage Syndrome™. FIX THIS SPOT
spouses will experience (1) health challenges leading to a shorter life span and (2) to added financial difficulties. Every child experiencing a parental divorce faces serious life threatening disasters - the most important listed here: (1) overall increased risks to health & welfare; (2) 5 times more likely to commit suicide; (3) 32 times more likely to run away; (4) 20 times more likely to have behavioral disorders; (5) 14 times more likely to commit rape;
(6) 9 times more likely to drop out of school; (7) 10 times more likely to abuse alcohol and drugs; (8) 20 times more likely to end up in prison; (9) increased learning difficulties; (10) increased risk of divorce when grown; (11) increased out of wedlock pregnancies; (12) Latest discovery by the researchers: highly increased risk of having a stroke during his/her life time.
The long-term solution is to start educating the whole nation how to heal the American Family & our homes where our children are growing up. STAF, Inc. is a nation/worldwide leader in these matters. The secondary are the gun laws, except the few restrictions mentioned above what the President should immediately restrict using his executive order power.
STAF, Inc.'s presence is needed in D.C. in the U.S. Congress (House & Senate). STAF, Inc.'s founding President is planning (1) to seek a seat in D.C. Congress/Senate to provide the necessary information to the D.C. lawmakers and (2) to establish a fully new federal agency, Healthy Lifestyle & Family Success Agency, and to be named its first federal director.
New legislation and training for all these matters are needed in a results-bringing manner.
No URL is allowed in these comment texts.To visit the correct website, use STAF, Inc.'s Radio Show title "DrDrCanYouHelpMe" in the internet search. Listen to STAF, Inc.'s popular Radio Show - you'll get free CEU & College-University credits.
Respectfully,
Christian von Christophers, Ph.D., N.D.
STAF, Inc.'s founding President
=====================================================================
STAF, Inc.'s website in tab "Services", sub-tab "Restoring Any Marriage™.
To find the correct website, use STAF, Inc.'s Radio Show title "DrDrCanYouHelpMe" in the internet search.
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The Firearms Act of 1934 was not about gangsters (yes & no). It was about a
government who was afraid of the unemployed and angry WWI
veterans. These veterans were experienced with guns.
National Firearms Act - Wikipedia, the free encyclopediaen.wikipedia.org/wiki/National_Firearms_Act
The National Firearms Act ("NFA"), 72nd Congress, Sess. 2, ch. 757, 48 Stat. 1236, enacted on June 26, 1934, currently codified as amended as 26 U.S.C. ch.
Background - Categories of firearms regulated - Registration, purchases, tax
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10/1/13 No LIST OF WHAT CHILDREN FACE
(1) Went through as a response on Fri 1/11/13 article:
- Is an assault weapons ban realistic? (article responded)
Gun control advocates say yes, but the regulation is missing from Joe Biden’s new gun control proposal.
On 1/17/13 put as a response to:
(1) Rural sheriffs, state lawmakers push back on gun control
(2) On 1/17/13 out as a response to:
Beyond gun control: Will Obama's plan make schools safer?
Beyond gun control: Will Obama's plans make schools safer?In addition to his gun-
control proposals, President Obama unveiled plans designed to make schools more secure. Education groups are largely supportive.By Stacy Teicher Khadaroo | Christian Science Monitor – 1 hr 39 mins ago
This version has no jealousy and is placed for (1) & (2) as STAF's statement on 1/17/13
Comment by Save The American Family - STAF, Inc.,-not-for-profit-
By Dr. Christian von Christophers, Ph.D., N.D.
In the discussions in the public forum "Why someone is capable of doing so horrible as the recent mass shootings?" no one seems to know "Why?" Yet, there is a one clear answer to "Why?" Because not one person in the Biden's committee seems to know what the real reason is, STAF, Inc.'s presence is needed in the Gun law renewal in D.C.
Practically all mass shooters have two things in common: (1) they are victims of a divorce & (2) they are all males.
A growing boy needs especially his father's continuous presence and guidance, more so than his mother's. The moral in our marriages has gone close to a zero. The children grow up disturbed & misled. In addition, the violent video games & violent movies are replacing the parental love & healthy attention - the children get a wrong picture about being a human being. The young mass killers suffer from the Broken Marriage Syndrome™.
The life-destroying challenges all children & all divorcing spouses will experience are listed in STAF, Inc.'s website in tab
"Services", sub-tab "Restoring Any Marriage™.
Most people have no clue what a separation or a divorce does to the children. It is serious life-destroying child abuse. Study the facts in STAF, Inc.'s website (link info at the end of this comment).
The primary solution is not in the gun laws. The guns will be found no matter how many restrictions.
Yes, STAF, Inc. supports certain important restrictions mainly for preventing mass shootings. We Americans have the right to defend ourselves. However, we should close the loopholes for online gun sales and gun shows. The President should fast, by an executive order, put a ban on assault rifles and large ammo magazines (ammo = informal short for ammunition).
When a child grows up in a healthy, loving home with 2 loving parents, the child has a good chance to become a healthy-minded teenager & a successful adult. Then the person has no need to find the guns to revenge his own Broken Family Syndrome™ suffering.
The primary solution is to start educating the whole nation how to heal the American Family & our homes where our children are growing up. The family is the most important social element in any society. Yet, practically no training is given to the future parents in the U.S. schools, Colleges, Universities. In most other leading western countries such training is provided from the kindergarten to the HS graduation - it shows in the international statistics. The U.S. is the worst in gun violence among the leading western countries. STAF, Inc. is a nation/worldwide leader in these matters. The secondary are the gun laws, except the few restrictions mentioned above what the President should immediately restrict using his executive order power. Perhaps he congress will co-operate, at least partially.
STAF, Inc.'s presence is needed in D.C. in the U.S. Congress (House & Senate). STAF, Inc.'s founding President is planning (1) to seek a seat in D.C. Congress/Senate to provide the necessary information to the D.C. lawmakers and (2) to establish a fully new federal agency, Healthy Lifestyle & Family Success Agency, and to be named its first federal director.
New legislation and training for all these matters are needed in a results-bringing manner.
Listen to STAF, Inc.'s popular Radio Shows - you'll get free CEU & College-University credits. No URL allowed in these comments. To visit STAF, Inc.'s website, use its Radio Show title "DrDrCanYouHelpMe" in the internet search.
Respectfully,
Christian von Christophers, Ph.D., N.D.
STAF, Inc.'s founding President
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(3)Can Obama end the long fight over gun-violence research?
uncontrolled jealousy. in this version - 1/17.13 - fully full - no word can be added
VERSION ONE (went through)
Comment by Save The American Family - STAF, Inc.,-not-for-profit-
By Dr. Christian von Christophers, Ph.D., N.D.
In the discussions in the public forum "Why someone is capable of doing so horrible as the recent mass shootings?" no one seems to know "Why?" Yet, there is a one clear answer to "Why?" STAF, Inc.'s presence is needed in the Gun law renewal in D.C.
Practically all mass shooters have two things in common: (1) they are victims of a divorce & (2) they are all males.
A growing boy needs especially his father's continuous presence and guidance, more so than his mother's. The moral in our marriages has gone close to a zero. The children grow up disturbed & misled. In addition, the violent video games & violent movies are replacing the parental love & healthy attention - the children get a wrong picture about being a human being. The young mass killers suffer from the Broken Marriage Syndrome™.
The life-destroying challenges all children & all divorcing spouses will experience are listed in STAF, Inc.'s website in tab "Services", sub-tab "Restoring Any Marriage™.
Most people have no clue what a separation or a divorce does to the children. It is serious life-destroying child abuse. Study the facts in STAF, Inc.'s website (link info at the end of this comment).
The primary solution is not in the gun laws. The guns will be found no matter how many restrictions. The CT killer son had lost in a divorce his father's daily loving presence. He went to kill the school children because he had seen them having a loving father - uncontrolled jealousy.
Yes, STAF, Inc. supports certain important restrictions mainly for preventing mass shootings. We Americans have the right to defend ourselves. However, we should close the loopholes for online gun sales and gun shows. The President should fast, by an executive order, put a ban on assault rifles and large ammo magazines (ammo = informal short for ammunition).
When a child grows up in a healthy, loving home with 2 loving parents, the child has a good chance to become a healthy-minded teenager & a successful adult. Then the person has no need to find the guns to revenge his own Broken Family Syndrome™ suffering.
The primary solution is to start educating the whole nation how to heal the American Family & our homes where our children are growing up. The family is the most important social element in any society. Yet, practically no training is given to the future parents in the U.S. schools, Colleges, Universities. In most other leading western countries such training is provided from the kindergarten to the HS graduation - it shows in the international statistics. The U.S. is the worst in gun violence among the leading western countries. STAF, Inc. is a nation/worldwide leader in these matters. The secondary are the gun laws, except the few restrictions mentioned above what the President should immediately restrict using his executive order power. Perhaps he congress will co-operate, at least partially.
STAF, Inc.'s presence is needed in D.C. in the U.S. Congress (House & Senate). STAF, Inc.'s founding President is planning (1) to seek a seat in D.C. Congress/Senate to provide the necessary information to the D.C. lawmakers and (2) to establish a fully new federal agency, Healthy Lifestyle & Family Success Agency, and to be named its first federal director. New legislation and training for all these matters are needed in a results-bringing manner.
Listen to STAF, Inc.'s popular Radio Shows - you'll get free CEU & College-University credits. No URL allowed in these comments. To visit STAF, Inc.'s website, use its Radio Show title "DrDrCanYouHelpMe" in the internet search.
Respectfully,
Christian von Christophers, Ph.D., N.D.
STAF, Inc.'s founding President
====================================
Version 2 - too long - did not go through 1/17/13
Comment by Save The American Family - STAF, Inc.,-not-for-profit-
By Dr. Christian von Christophers, Ph.D., N.D.
In the discussions in the public forum "Why someone is capable of doing so horrible as the recent mass shootings?" no one seems to know "Why?" Yet, there is a one clear answer to "Why?" STAF, Inc.'s presence is needed in the Gun law renewal in D.C.
Practically all mass shooters have two things in common: (1) they are victims of a divorce & (2) they are all males.
A growing boy needs especially his father's continuous presence and guidance, more so than his mother's. The moral in our marriages has gone close to a zero. The children grow up disturbed & misled. In addition, the violent video games & violent movies are replacing the parental love & healthy attention - the children get a wrong picture about being a human being. The young mass killers suffer from the Broken Marriage Syndrome™.
The life-destroying challenges all children & all divorcing spouses will experience are listed in STAF, Inc.'s website in tab "Services", sub-tab "Restoring Any Marriage™.
Most people have no clue what a separation or a divorce does to the children. It is serious life-destroying child abuse. Study the facts in STAF, Inc.'s website (link info at the end of this comment).
The primary solution is not in the gun laws. The guns will be found no matter how many restrictions. E.g., the parent(s) can legally buy a gun and a child can find and steal it - as was the case e.g. in the CT 12/14/12 mass shooting. The CT killer hated his mother because she had initiated the divorce and thus, the son had lost his father's daily presence & loving guidance. He went to kill the school children because he had seen them having a loving father - uncontrolled jealousy.
Yes, STAF, Inc. supports certain important restrictions mainly for preventing mass shootings. We Americans have the right to defend ourselves. However, we should close the loopholes for online gun sales and gun shows. The President should fast, by an executive order, put a ban on assault rifles and large ammo magazines (ammo = informal short for ammunition).
When a child grows up in a healthy, loving home with 2 loving parents, the child has a good chance to become a healthy-minded teenager & a successful adult. Then the person has no need to find the guns to revenge his own Broken Family Syndrome™ suffering.
The primary solution is to start educating the whole nation how to heal the American Family & our homes where our children are growing up. The family is the most important social element in any society. Yet, practically no training is given to the future parents in the U.S. schools, Colleges, Universities. In most other leading western countries such training is provided from the kindergarten to the HS graduation - it shows in the international statistics. The U.S. is the worst in gun violence among the leading western countries. STAF, Inc. is a nation/worldwide leader in these matters. The secondary are the gun laws, except the few restrictions mentioned above what the President should immediately restrict using his executive order power. Perhaps he congress will co-operate, at least partially.
STAF, Inc.'s presence is needed in D.C. in the U.S. Congress (House & Senate). STAF, Inc.'s founding President is planning (1) to seek a seat in D.C. Congress/Senate to provide the necessary information to the D.C. lawmakers and (2) to establish a fully new federal agency, Healthy Lifestyle & Family Success Agency, and to be named its first federal director.
New legislation and training for all these matters are needed in a results-bringing manner.
Listen to STAF, Inc.'s popular Radio Shows - you'll get free CEU & College-University credits. No URL allowed in these comments. To visit STAF, Inc.'s website, use its Radio Show title "DrDrCanYouHelpMe" in the internet search.
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Tuesday 1/15/13
COMMENT TO 20 years on, Katie Beers says kidnapping saved her
By FRANK ELTMAN | Associated Press
Published through yahoo
Comment by Save The American Family - STAF, Inc., -not-for-profit-
By Dr. Christian von Christophers, Ph.D., N.D.
The above article is an example of the child abuse in our nation and worldwide, more wide-spread than the public in the U.S. or globally is aware of.
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The primary solution is to start educating the whole American nation how to heal the American Family & our homes where our children are growing up. The same actions are needed worldwide - STAF, Inc. is taking these actions.
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Totally it took 26 years to develop, first 19 years worldwide research and the past 7 years to modify it for the U.S. needs. It is a program that for the first time ever covers all necessary elements to get lasting results in all family related challenges and in our rampant obesity, overweight & sickness levels. It's nutritional program leading to health and to a longer life is at the same time an automatic weight loss program: nothing to buy, no calories to count, just follow the easy instructions. The biggest news is this: the correct nutrition with all necessary daily nutrients in correct combination costs ONLY about $95 per one person monthly.
How much are your food expenses time being? Probably many times more. This means: everyone can afford this amazing program whether one works on the minimum salary or on the social security or similar. The saved money this new STAF, Inc. program guides to place in safe investments - STAF, Inc. endorses only a few investment adviser companies as reliable.
With the saved money your family can create substantial wealth within time.
The new Healthy Lifestyle & Correct Nutrition program will be introduced in D.C. in a televised event.
STAF, Inc.'s presence is needed in D.C. in the U.S. Congress (House & Senate). STAF, Inc.'s founding President is planning (1) to seek a seat in D.C. Congress/Senate to provide the necessary information to the D.C. lawmakers and (2) to establish a fully new federal agency, Healthy Lifestyle & Family Success Agency, and to be named its first federal director. New legislation and training for all these matters are needed in a results-bringing manner.
In STAF, Inc.'s website at the end of the Home page is a link to study the original founding documents to see the full purpose & the mission statements of the organization.
Listen to STAF, Inc.'s popular Radio Shows - you'll get free CEU & College-University credits natiowide or worldwide. To visit STAF, Inc.'s website, use its Radio Show title "DrDrCanYouHelpMe" in the internet search.
Respectfully,
Christian von Christophers, Ph.D., N.D.
STAF, Inc.'s founding President
Above: 1/15/13 Comment 20 years on, Katie Beers says kidnapping saved her
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White House Summons Hollywood Officials to Meet on Violence
By Doug Halonen | The WrapTop entertainment industry association executives have been invited to meet with Vice President Joe Biden at the White House on Thursday to discuss ways to stem violence in U.S. media and society, industry officials told TheWrap on Wednesday.
Among the executives sources confirmed to be on the White House's invitation list: Chris Dodd, chairman of the Motion Picture Association of America; Gordon Smith, president of the National Association of Broadcasters, and Michael Powell, president of the National Cable and Telecommunications Association.
A White House official declined to comment on who had been asked to attend the private session or to speak to the session's agenda. But Biden, pictured with Attorney General Eric Holder, has been meeting with a variety of parties this week "as part of the effort he is leading to develop policy proposals in response to the tragedy in Newtown," the official said of the shootings at an elementary school in Connecticut last month that left 26 dead, including 20 young children.
Dodd, one of the invited guests to Thursday's meeting, is a former U.S. senator from Connecticut.
Biden, who is also planning to meet with representatives of the video game industry, has met with victims' groups and gun safety organizations on the issue. Biden also plans to meet with "advocates for sportsmen and women and gun ownership groups," the White House official added.
"Soon after the conclusion of these meetings, the Vice President will present his recommendations to the President, who then will announce a concrete package of proposals he intends to push without delay," the White House official said.
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DATE: Thursday, 1/17/13
Response to article went through
20K ER Visits Linked to Energy Drinks20,000 ER visits linked to energy drinks
Response to article went through
20K ER Visits Linked to Energy Drinks20,000 ER visits linked to energy drinks
Comment by Save The American Family - STAF, Inc., -not-for-profit-
By Dr. Christian von Christophers, Ph.D., N.D.
The above article is an example of what we humans do not need to consume. We need correct food and clean water. The science facts is: the energy drinks are dangerous to the human health.
What is the best nutrition for a human being? Do you want to keep your most precious "property", your health? Then you analyze this quotation and make your choices accordingly:
"If it came from a plant, eat it - if it was made in a plant, don't - it kills".
STAF, Inc. is the leading, new organization to handle nutritional, family, marriage, child, and other family related matters in the U.S. and in any other country.
The primary solution is to start educating the whole American nation how to maintain our health through our daily correct nutrition. You'll find excellent proof how the western eating habits will affect a whole nation: web search: "How the tiny Nauru became the world's fattest nation."
STAF, Inc. has developed a new Healthy Lifestyle & Correct Nutrition Program for the U.S. government use. The same program fits for every nation's use in the world.
Totally it took 26 years to develop, first 19 years worldwide research and the past 7 years to modify it for the U.S. needs. It is a program that for the first time ever covers all necessary elements to get lasting results in all family related challenges and in our rampant obesity, overweight & sickness levels. It's nutritional program leading to health and to a longer life is at the same time an automatic weight loss program: nothing to buy, no calories to count, just follow the easy instructions. The biggest news is this: the correct nutrition with all necessary daily nutrients in correct combination costs ONLY about $95 per one person monthly.
How much are your food expenses time being? Probably many times more. This means: everyone can afford this amazing program whether one works on the minimum salary or on the social security or similar. The saved money this new STAF, Inc. program guides to place in safe investments - STAF, Inc. endorses only a few investment adviser companies as reliable.
With the saved money your family can create substantial wealth within time.
The new Healthy Lifestyle & Correct Nutrition program will be introduced in D.C. in a televised event.
STAF, Inc.'s presence is needed in D.C. in the U.S. Congress (House & Senate). STAF, Inc.'s founding President is planning (1) to seek a seat in D.C. Congress/Senate to provide the necessary information to the D.C. lawmakers and (2) to establish a fully new federal agency, Healthy Lifestyle & Family Success Agency, and to be named its first federal director. New legislation and training for all these matters are needed in a results-bringing manner.
In STAF, Inc.'s website at the end of the Home page is a link to study the original founding documents to see the full purpose & the mission statements of the organization.
Listen to STAF, Inc.'s popular Radio Shows - you'll get free CEU & College-University credits natiowide or worldwide. To visit STAF, Inc.'s website, use its Radio Show title "DrDrCanYouHelpMe" in the internet search.
Respectfully,
Christian von Christophers, Ph.D., N.D.
STAF, Inc.'s founding President
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By Dr. Christian von Christophers, Ph.D., N.D.
The above article is an example of what we humans do not need to consume. We need correct food and clean water. The science facts is: the energy drinks are dangerous to the human health.
What is the best nutrition for a human being? Do you want to keep your most precious "property", your health? Then you analyze this quotation and make your choices accordingly:
"If it came from a plant, eat it - if it was made in a plant, don't - it kills".
STAF, Inc. is the leading, new organization to handle nutritional, family, marriage, child, and other family related matters in the U.S. and in any other country.
The primary solution is to start educating the whole American nation how to maintain our health through our daily correct nutrition. You'll find excellent proof how the western eating habits will affect a whole nation: web search: "How the tiny Nauru became the world's fattest nation."
STAF, Inc. has developed a new Healthy Lifestyle & Correct Nutrition Program for the U.S. government use. The same program fits for every nation's use in the world.
Totally it took 26 years to develop, first 19 years worldwide research and the past 7 years to modify it for the U.S. needs. It is a program that for the first time ever covers all necessary elements to get lasting results in all family related challenges and in our rampant obesity, overweight & sickness levels. It's nutritional program leading to health and to a longer life is at the same time an automatic weight loss program: nothing to buy, no calories to count, just follow the easy instructions. The biggest news is this: the correct nutrition with all necessary daily nutrients in correct combination costs ONLY about $95 per one person monthly.
How much are your food expenses time being? Probably many times more. This means: everyone can afford this amazing program whether one works on the minimum salary or on the social security or similar. The saved money this new STAF, Inc. program guides to place in safe investments - STAF, Inc. endorses only a few investment adviser companies as reliable.
With the saved money your family can create substantial wealth within time.
The new Healthy Lifestyle & Correct Nutrition program will be introduced in D.C. in a televised event.
STAF, Inc.'s presence is needed in D.C. in the U.S. Congress (House & Senate). STAF, Inc.'s founding President is planning (1) to seek a seat in D.C. Congress/Senate to provide the necessary information to the D.C. lawmakers and (2) to establish a fully new federal agency, Healthy Lifestyle & Family Success Agency, and to be named its first federal director. New legislation and training for all these matters are needed in a results-bringing manner.
In STAF, Inc.'s website at the end of the Home page is a link to study the original founding documents to see the full purpose & the mission statements of the organization.
Listen to STAF, Inc.'s popular Radio Shows - you'll get free CEU & College-University credits natiowide or worldwide. To visit STAF, Inc.'s website, use its Radio Show title "DrDrCanYouHelpMe" in the internet search.
Respectfully,
Christian von Christophers, Ph.D., N.D.
STAF, Inc.'s founding President
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Can Obama end the long fight over gun-violence research?
Can Obama end the long fight over gun violence research?
Important info D.C. - same as STAF should be doing and how it is done now - info for the new STAF-suggested fed. agency
As part of his 23 executive actions addressing gun violence, President Barack Obama announced on Wednesday that the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) must begin researching the causes of that violence.
“We don't benefit from ignorance,” Obama said at the White House. “We don't benefit from not knowing the science of this epidemic of violence.” The president also asked Congress to infuse the agency with an extra $10 million for this research, which will include studying whether violent video games and other media images have an effect on violence levels.
For those who didn't tune in to the congressional battles of the '90s, this announcement might seem odd. Why doesn't the CDC, which is dedicated to helping Americans prevent disease and injury, already study the causes and effects of firearm-related violence?
As with most highly charged political battles, it depends on which side you ask.
The CDC used to conduct extensive research into gun violence, but comments by CDC officials about the dangers of guns sparked a backlash. In 1994, A CDC official who oversaw the section of the agency that researched gun violence told the Washington Post, "We need to revolutionize the way we look at guns, like what we did with cigarettes. Now it is dirty, deadly and banned." Around the same time, a CDC-funded nonprofit published a pamphlet encouraging people concerned about gun violence to “organize a picket at gun manufacturing sites” and write to their local politicians about gun control.
By 1997, outraged House Republicans had had enough: They led the effort to defund the part of the CDC that researched gun violence, and added a special rule preventing the agency from engaging in any activity that promoted gun control.
After the defunding, the CDC's spending on gun research dropped from a few million dollars a year in the 1990s to zero dollars today, and a larger message was sent to agencies that wading into gun research or data collection could lead to trouble with Congress.
Over the years, pro-gun advocates and some social science researchers have also contended that public health researchers who worked for or were funded by the CDC had a clear anti-gun agenda that led to sub-par and politically motivated research. That bias has not changed even though the CDC funding has dried up, they say.
"The ideology of the medical/public health researchers has not changed, and the quality of their research has not improved," says Gary Kleck, a criminologist at Florida State University. Kleck contends that his research on gun ownership and violence, which is often cited by the pro-gun rights side, is ignored by public health gun researchers.
In the public health research world, however, there's a near consensus that a gun lobby-backed campaign against the CDC has purposely suppressed research on the subject for political reasons, a setback that has left the field decades behind. Published academic research on firearm violence fell 60 percent between 1996 and 2010, according to a report by the pro-gun control group Mayors Against Illegal Guns. The CDC, the National Institutes of Health and the Justice Department's research arm all completely stopped or dramatically reduced their funding for gun-related research over the same period.
Researchers, many of whom depend upon federal grants, moved to other topics or reduced their firearms-related output.
"It's been very hard for people on soft money like myself to get funding for a lot of research," says David Hemenway, director of Harvard University's Injury Control Research Center. ("Soft money" means researchers are responsible for raising their own funds.)
Larry Cohen, founder of the nonprofit Prevention Group and a leader in the movement to define violence as a preventable public health issue, says the defunding of the CDC had a "chilling impact" on research in the gun violence field. After the defunding, "for the most part the research went away, so it had its desired effect," he says.
Questions including the safest way to store weapons in the home and whether firearm safety classes work have not been addressed, public health researchers say. "We're nearly 20 years behind in our ability to really ask these kinds of important questions," said Georges Benjamin, executive director of the American Public Health Association.
It's unclear how much of an effect the president's announcement will have on the field, however. A spokeswoman from the CDC said the agency will not begin doling out gun research funds until financial year 2014. Without the additional funds from Congress, it's unclear how much the CDC would be able to give out. If Congress complies with Obama's request to hand over $10 million for gun violence research, however, a bigger impact could be made.
"It would be a very needed breath of fresh air for Congress to allow the CDC to study this issue," Cohen says. The move may also remove a climate of fear around the research, public health researchers hope.
But those who pushed for the defunding in the 1990s worry the CDC could now push for more restrictions on guns through their research. "I'm concerned that if President Obama's recommendation to restore funding to the CDC is implemented that we are going to see once again the same thing that we saw back in the 1990s," says Dr. Tim Wheeler, a retired physician and the head of Doctors for Responsible Gun Ownership. "We're going to see a very powerful and very prominent federal agency using tax money to advocate for gun control and generating these pseudo-scientific studies to back it up."
Many public health researchers do believe gun ownership can be a health hazard, especially when it comes to suicide. Cohen says he hopes the surgeon general will release a report on suicides and firearms.
A National Academy of Sciences review of gun-related research in 2004 found that higher gun-ownership rates are associated with higher suicide rates. The report did not find evidence that right-to-carry laws lead to either an increase or decrease in violent crime.
The report also noted that researchers are hog-tied by a lack of good data on firearms collected by the government, including data on gun ownership. Without this data, it's hard for researchers to make strides, even with federal funds.
Can Obama end the long fight over gun-violence research?
Can Obama end the long fight over gun violence research?
Important info D.C. - same as STAF should be doing and how it is done now - info for the new STAF-suggested fed. agency
As part of his 23 executive actions addressing gun violence, President Barack Obama announced on Wednesday that the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) must begin researching the causes of that violence.
“We don't benefit from ignorance,” Obama said at the White House. “We don't benefit from not knowing the science of this epidemic of violence.” The president also asked Congress to infuse the agency with an extra $10 million for this research, which will include studying whether violent video games and other media images have an effect on violence levels.
For those who didn't tune in to the congressional battles of the '90s, this announcement might seem odd. Why doesn't the CDC, which is dedicated to helping Americans prevent disease and injury, already study the causes and effects of firearm-related violence?
As with most highly charged political battles, it depends on which side you ask.
The CDC used to conduct extensive research into gun violence, but comments by CDC officials about the dangers of guns sparked a backlash. In 1994, A CDC official who oversaw the section of the agency that researched gun violence told the Washington Post, "We need to revolutionize the way we look at guns, like what we did with cigarettes. Now it is dirty, deadly and banned." Around the same time, a CDC-funded nonprofit published a pamphlet encouraging people concerned about gun violence to “organize a picket at gun manufacturing sites” and write to their local politicians about gun control.
By 1997, outraged House Republicans had had enough: They led the effort to defund the part of the CDC that researched gun violence, and added a special rule preventing the agency from engaging in any activity that promoted gun control.
After the defunding, the CDC's spending on gun research dropped from a few million dollars a year in the 1990s to zero dollars today, and a larger message was sent to agencies that wading into gun research or data collection could lead to trouble with Congress.
Over the years, pro-gun advocates and some social science researchers have also contended that public health researchers who worked for or were funded by the CDC had a clear anti-gun agenda that led to sub-par and politically motivated research. That bias has not changed even though the CDC funding has dried up, they say.
"The ideology of the medical/public health researchers has not changed, and the quality of their research has not improved," says Gary Kleck, a criminologist at Florida State University. Kleck contends that his research on gun ownership and violence, which is often cited by the pro-gun rights side, is ignored by public health gun researchers.
In the public health research world, however, there's a near consensus that a gun lobby-backed campaign against the CDC has purposely suppressed research on the subject for political reasons, a setback that has left the field decades behind. Published academic research on firearm violence fell 60 percent between 1996 and 2010, according to a report by the pro-gun control group Mayors Against Illegal Guns. The CDC, the National Institutes of Health and the Justice Department's research arm all completely stopped or dramatically reduced their funding for gun-related research over the same period.
Researchers, many of whom depend upon federal grants, moved to other topics or reduced their firearms-related output.
"It's been very hard for people on soft money like myself to get funding for a lot of research," says David Hemenway, director of Harvard University's Injury Control Research Center. ("Soft money" means researchers are responsible for raising their own funds.)
Larry Cohen, founder of the nonprofit Prevention Group and a leader in the movement to define violence as a preventable public health issue, says the defunding of the CDC had a "chilling impact" on research in the gun violence field. After the defunding, "for the most part the research went away, so it had its desired effect," he says.
Questions including the safest way to store weapons in the home and whether firearm safety classes work have not been addressed, public health researchers say. "We're nearly 20 years behind in our ability to really ask these kinds of important questions," said Georges Benjamin, executive director of the American Public Health Association.
It's unclear how much of an effect the president's announcement will have on the field, however. A spokeswoman from the CDC said the agency will not begin doling out gun research funds until financial year 2014. Without the additional funds from Congress, it's unclear how much the CDC would be able to give out. If Congress complies with Obama's request to hand over $10 million for gun violence research, however, a bigger impact could be made.
"It would be a very needed breath of fresh air for Congress to allow the CDC to study this issue," Cohen says. The move may also remove a climate of fear around the research, public health researchers hope.
But those who pushed for the defunding in the 1990s worry the CDC could now push for more restrictions on guns through their research. "I'm concerned that if President Obama's recommendation to restore funding to the CDC is implemented that we are going to see once again the same thing that we saw back in the 1990s," says Dr. Tim Wheeler, a retired physician and the head of Doctors for Responsible Gun Ownership. "We're going to see a very powerful and very prominent federal agency using tax money to advocate for gun control and generating these pseudo-scientific studies to back it up."
Many public health researchers do believe gun ownership can be a health hazard, especially when it comes to suicide. Cohen says he hopes the surgeon general will release a report on suicides and firearms.
A National Academy of Sciences review of gun-related research in 2004 found that higher gun-ownership rates are associated with higher suicide rates. The report did not find evidence that right-to-carry laws lead to either an increase or decrease in violent crime.
The report also noted that researchers are hog-tied by a lack of good data on firearms collected by the government, including data on gun ownership. Without this data, it's hard for researchers to make strides, even with federal funds.
1/18/13
Christie: NRA ad with Obama daughters ‘reprehensible’
reprehensible = Deserving censure or condemnation. blameworthy - objectionable - culpable
Blunt-speaking New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie, thought to be eyeing a 2016 run for the Republican presidential nomination, blasted an NRA ad that mentions President Barack Obama's daughters as "reprehensible" and warned it "demeans" the powerful gun-rights group.
"To talk about the president’s children, or any public officer’s children, who have—not by their own choice, but by requirement—to have protection, and to use that somehow to try to make a political point is reprehensible," Christie said.
"The president doesn’t have a choice, and his children don’t have a choice, of whether they’re going to be protected or not," the governor said. "It’s awful to bring public figures' children into the political debate. They don’t deserve to be there."
He added that "for any of us who are public figures, you see that kind of ad, and you cringe, you cringe."
Christie's remarks are unlikely to endear him to those conservatives he already annoyed by praising Obama for the federal government's response to superstorm Sandy. But the NRA ad—which could either be about the Obama daughters' Secret Service protection or the armed guards at their posh D.C. private school—has drawn sharp criticisms for bringing the girls into a debate about gun violence. The NRA has said it's a legitimate criticism of Obama, who has expressed skepticism about the organization's call for armed guards in schools in the aftermath of the school shooting in Newtown, Conn.
"They’ve got real issues to debate on this topic. Get to the real issues. Don’t be dragging people’s children into this, it’s wrong, and I think it demeans them and it makes them less of a valid, trusted source of information on the real issues," Christie said.
The governor made it clear that, if he decides to run in 2016, his kids won't have much of a say in the decision.
"My children had no choice, realistically, in what I decided to do with my career and what effect that’s had on their lives, in making them somewhat public figures, and making them subject to protection from the executive protection unit," he said. "My kids don’t have a choice about that.
"My children had no choice that I wanted to run for governor. I mean, I pretended that they did, I asked them what they thought. But in the end they had absolutely no choice in whether I ran for governor or not," he said, to chuckles from his audience.
"They knew that, by the way, when I was asking them, which is why they didn’t spend a whole lot of time answering," he quipped. _________________________________________________________________________________
Beyond gun control: Will Obama's plans make schools safer?
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President Obama: National Day of Service offers a chance to 'change lives'
Each January as we celebrate the legacy of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr., we are called not just to pause and reflect, but to act. That’s why the day before my first inauguration, my family and I joined folks around the country for the National Day of Service. It was one of the highlights of our weekend, and a fitting way to honor a man who lived his life in loving service to others.
This Saturday, we’re continuing that tradition with another National Day of Service. Michelle, the girls and I will be volunteering in our community, and we’re asking all Americans tojoin us.
Taking part is easy. If you’re in Washington for the inauguration, you can come to the National Mall, where we’re hosting a service fair with nearly 100 non-profit organizations. And no matter where you are, it’s easy to find a project near you at 2013pic.org/serve. People have organized events in all 50 states, so whether it’s cleaning up damage from Hurricane Sandy, taking part in a food drive, or pitching in at a school, church or shelter, everyone can lend a hand.
Thousands of people have already volunteered their time, but the National Day of Service isn’t just about the number of hours we commit. It’s about the difference we can make. The girl walking through her freshly repainted school with a new sense of possibility. The soldier opening a care package far from home. The mom or dad, forced to turn to a food bank in a time of need, knowing their kids won’t go hungry.
When you serve, you change lives—and the life you change most might be your own. That’s a lesson I learned as a young man in Chicago more than two decades ago. When I moved there to become a community organizer, I wasn't sure what was waiting for me, but I had always been inspired by the stories of the civil rights movement and President Kennedy's call to service, and I wanted to do my part.
It wasn't easy, but over time, working with leaders from across the community, we began to make a difference in neighborhoods devastated by steel plants that had closed down and jobs that had dried up. We began to see a real improvement in people's lives. And I came to realize I wasn't just helping people, I was receiving something in return, because through service I found a community that embraced me, citizenship that was meaningful and the direction that I had been seeking. I discovered how my own improbable story fit into the larger story of America.
I've seen that same spirit of service across this country. I've met people of all ages and walks of life who want nothing more than to do their part. I've seen a generation of young people volunteer in record numbers. They came of age amidst the horrors of 9/11 and Hurricane Katrina, the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan, an economic crisis without precedent. And yet, despite all this—or more likely because of it—they've become a generation embodying that most American of ideas, that people who love their country can change it.
As I prepare to begin my second term, I’ll be thinking of them, and of all the ordinary men and women who inspire me with their grit, their selflessness, and their enduring optimism. Every day, they remind me that the strength of our country comes from the strength of our people. Americans have always given of themselves to lift up their communities. It’s part of who we are.
So I hope a National Day of Service becomes an inaugural tradition that extends far into the future. Just as importantly, I hope it’s one more step toward renewing a true spirit of service in our country. I’m deeply moved, but not at all surprised, that more than 178,000 Americans have already gone to the Day of Service Web site and committed to serve their communities throughout 2013. After the Inauguration is over, you’ll still be able to go to serve.gov and get connected to organizations making a difference near you.
As we look to the start of a new year and a new term, there’s no question that tremendous challenges lie ahead. But if we live up to our responsibilities and recommit to our tradition of civic participation, there is nothing our country can’t achieve. Dr. King once said that, "Everybody can be great. Because anybody can serve." In this defining moment, we each have the chance to reach out to our neighbors, lend a helping hand, and answer that call to greatness.
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President Obama: National Day of Service offers a chance to 'change lives'
Each January as we celebrate the legacy of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr., we are called not just to pause and reflect, but to act. That’s why the day before my first inauguration, my family and I joined folks around the country for the National Day of Service. It was one of the highlights of our weekend, and a fitting way to honor a man who lived his life in loving service to others.
This Saturday, we’re continuing that tradition with another National Day of Service. Michelle, the girls and I will be volunteering in our community, and we’re asking all Americans tojoin us.
Taking part is easy. If you’re in Washington for the inauguration, you can come to the National Mall, where we’re hosting a service fair with nearly 100 non-profit organizations. And no matter where you are, it’s easy to find a project near you at 2013pic.org/serve. People have organized events in all 50 states, so whether it’s cleaning up damage from Hurricane Sandy, taking part in a food drive, or pitching in at a school, church or shelter, everyone can lend a hand.
Thousands of people have already volunteered their time, but the National Day of Service isn’t just about the number of hours we commit. It’s about the difference we can make. The girl walking through her freshly repainted school with a new sense of possibility. The soldier opening a care package far from home. The mom or dad, forced to turn to a food bank in a time of need, knowing their kids won’t go hungry.
When you serve, you change lives—and the life you change most might be your own. That’s a lesson I learned as a young man in Chicago more than two decades ago. When I moved there to become a community organizer, I wasn't sure what was waiting for me, but I had always been inspired by the stories of the civil rights movement and President Kennedy's call to service, and I wanted to do my part.
It wasn't easy, but over time, working with leaders from across the community, we began to make a difference in neighborhoods devastated by steel plants that had closed down and jobs that had dried up. We began to see a real improvement in people's lives. And I came to realize I wasn't just helping people, I was receiving something in return, because through service I found a community that embraced me, citizenship that was meaningful and the direction that I had been seeking. I discovered how my own improbable story fit into the larger story of America.
I've seen that same spirit of service across this country. I've met people of all ages and walks of life who want nothing more than to do their part. I've seen a generation of young people volunteer in record numbers. They came of age amidst the horrors of 9/11 and Hurricane Katrina, the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan, an economic crisis without precedent. And yet, despite all this—or more likely because of it—they've become a generation embodying that most American of ideas, that people who love their country can change it.
As I prepare to begin my second term, I’ll be thinking of them, and of all the ordinary men and women who inspire me with their grit, their selflessness, and their enduring optimism. Every day, they remind me that the strength of our country comes from the strength of our people. Americans have always given of themselves to lift up their communities. It’s part of who we are.
So I hope a National Day of Service becomes an inaugural tradition that extends far into the future. Just as importantly, I hope it’s one more step toward renewing a true spirit of service in our country. I’m deeply moved, but not at all surprised, that more than 178,000 Americans have already gone to the Day of Service Web site and committed to serve their communities throughout 2013. After the Inauguration is over, you’ll still be able to go to serve.gov and get connected to organizations making a difference near you.
As we look to the start of a new year and a new term, there’s no question that tremendous challenges lie ahead. But if we live up to our responsibilities and recommit to our tradition of civic participation, there is nothing our country can’t achieve. Dr. King once said that, "Everybody can be great. Because anybody can serve." In this defining moment, we each have the chance to reach out to our neighbors, lend a helping hand, and answer that call to greatness.
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Obama eyes a legacy: 'You can make it if you try'
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SAT 1/19/12 + STAF, Inc. response to it:
Obama eyes a legacy:
'You can make it if you try'
'By BEN FELLER | Associated Press – Sat., 1/19/13
WASHINGTON (AP) — Presidential terms are measured by sweeping laws and stirring events, but legacies are about enduring ideas. The one Barack Obama has in mind will drive most everything he tries to do in the next four years: assuring thatAmerica is a place where anyone can make it.
There is no moonshot here, no call to end tyranny in our time.
What Obama wants written in the first paragraph of history is that he helped deliver a better life for the people struggling in the richest nation on earth.
His second-term agenda amounts to a wish list in support of that core idea, and this time, he is freer to define the issues.
Obama wants an immigration law that would deal firmly but compassionately with millions of illegal residents; an economic model that demands more money from the rich to shrink the debt; a tax system that is fairer and simpler for families; and a bigger emphasis on education and made-in-America energy.
The old problem of gun violence is suddenly on the list now, too, but only after an elementary school massacre led Obama into days of reflection. He concluded that the country is failing its people in another fundamental way, by not keeping even its children safe.
This is the playbook of a Democrat who thinks the basic compact between a nation and its people has been broken, who sees government as more of an aggressive force for good than a bureaucratic menace to society.
In the discussions that shape Obama's next moves, in the speeches that convey his thinking, the policy premise is usually boosting hope and genuine opportunity.
Many people have lost both.
"I've got one mandate," the president said after defeating Republican Mitt Romney in November. "I've got a mandate to help middle-class families and families that are working hard to get into the middle class. That's what the American people said: 'Work really hard to help us.'"
The American people, however, also returned Republicans to power in the House, setting up a giant clash of visions over the role of government.
Should Obama get bogged down in power struggles over the debt and spending, his overarching ideas may be shrunk along with his legacy. His influence is limited by his opponents in Congress, forcing him to scale back time and again, and frustrating him about the pace of progress.
Yet piece by piece, he is building what he is convinced voters want. He will use his powers, he says, to build a country where "you can make it if you try."
He does not have much time. Presidential capital fades after the second year of a second term.
What Obama does have is more freedom to pursue an agenda on his terms.
By the time he is sworn in again, Obama will have sworn off some of the problems he inherited.
The recession is over. So is the Iraq war, with the Afghanistan war winding down. Obama will never again have to worry about getting re-elected.
"He came into office when the American Dream was at its most maximum peril," said Obama confidant Robert Gibbs, recalling a collapsing job market and stock market. "Fixing that is likely to be a journey that will be the charge of the next several presidents. But it's his job to build a foundation."
Obama is halfway into that project.
It began with the milestones of his first term: a law extending health coverage to millions of people, taxpayer intervention to help a plummeting economy, consumer protections and Wall Street reform, and the appointment of two women to the Supreme Court, including the first Hispanic justice.
He also repealed the ban on gays serving openly in the military and became the first president to announce support of gay marriage.
Almost forgotten, by now, is the symbolism of Obama's presidency itself. He was the first black man to win the office.
"His progressive legacy is continuing the civil rights movements to the very last groups that have been marginalized," said Douglas Brinkley, a Rice University historian who has written extensively about presidents. "He is, in a way, trying to bring into the fold the last people who haven't made it."
Even when Obama looks back at the lowest moment of his re-election campaign, it is to bemoan his failure at explaining what his presidency is about. He told Time magazine that his flawed first debate against Romney never conveyed the stakes of a society in which too many have too little chance to succeed.
"Do we believe in an America that says some folks are more American than others or more worthy than others or more valued than others?" Obama said. "Or do we believe in an America where that Declaration (of Independence) means what it says: 'We hold these truths to be self-evident ... that all people are created equal?'"
Obama's legacy is already safe, Brinkley said, simply because he won again.
History is much kinder to presidents who got voter approval to finish what they started.
For Obama, Brinkley said, that means protecting Medicare, Medicaid and Social Security in a time when the country leans right-center and demands to contain the debt are soaring. "His role is to be the firewall," Brinkley said.
Even discussing one's legacy can be politically tricky for any White House.
The word itself can convey that the president is too focused on his place in history, or too close to nearing dreaded lame-duck status.
But Gibbs, who served as Obama's press secretary for the first half of the first term, said legacy-shaping is inherent in every big decision in the West Wing.
"People are exceedingly aware of the fact that, for better or worse, presidents are judged on their time in office," Gibbs said. "What are their ultimate, lasting contributions? Everybody understands that. Maybe it's the elephant in the room, but it's in each and every room."
___
EDITOR'S NOTE — Former AP White House Correspondent Ben Feller covered the presidencies of George W. Bush and Barack Obama
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AS comment to Obama article (above) Sat. 1/19/13
Comment by Save The American Family - STAF, Inc., -not-for-profit-
By Dr. Christian von Christophers, Ph.D., N.D.
Quote: "What Obama wants written in the first paragraph of history is that he helped deliver a better life for the people struggling in the richest nation on earth."
To achieve this President Obama needs active help from Save The American Family - STAF, Inc., -not-for-profit-the new, leading organization to deliver the people a better life in every aspect.
STAF, Inc. is the leading, new organization to handle nutritional, family, marriage, child, and other family related matters in the U.S. and in any other country.
The primary solution is to start educating the whole American nation how to maintain our health through our daily correct nutrition. You'll find excellent proof how the western eating habits will affect a whole nation: web search: "How the tiny Nauru became the world's fattest nation."
STAF, Inc. has developed a new Healthy Lifestyle & Correct Nutrition Program for the U.S. government use. The same program fits for every nation's use in the world.
What is the best nutrition for a human being? Do you want to keep your most precious "property", your health? Then you analyze this quotation and make your choices accordingly:
"If it came from a plant, eat it - if it was made in a plant, don't - it kills".
Totally it took 26 years to develop, first 19 years worldwide research and the past 7 years to modify it for the U.S. needs. It is a program that for the first time ever covers all necessary elements to get lasting results in all family related challenges and in our rampant obesity, overweight & sickness levels. It's nutritional program leading to health and to a longer life is at the same time an automatic weight loss program: nothing to buy, no calories to count, just follow the easy instructions. The biggest news is this: the correct nutrition with all necessary daily nutrients in correct combination costs ONLY about $95 per one person monthly.
How much are your food expenses time being? Probably many times more. This means: everyone can afford this amazing program whether one works on the minimum salary or on the social security or similar. The saved money this new STAF, Inc. program guides to place in safe investments - STAF, Inc. endorses only a few investment adviser companies as reliable.
With the saved money your family can create substantial wealth within time.
The new Healthy Lifestyle & Correct Nutrition program will be introduced in D.C. in a televised event.
STAF, Inc.'s presence is needed in President Obama's administration in D.C. and in the U.S. Congress (House & Senate). STAF, Inc.'s founding President is planning (1) to seek a seat in D.C. Congress/Senate to provide the necessary information to the D.C. lawmakers and (2) to establish a fully new federal agency, Healthy Lifestyle & Family Success Agency, and to be named its first federal director. New legislation and training for all these matters are needed in a results-bringing manner.
In STAF, Inc.'s website at the end of the Home page is a link to study the original founding documents to see the full purpose & the mission statements of the organization.
Listen to STAF, Inc.'s popular Radio Shows - you'll get free CEU & College-University credits natiowide or worldwide. To visit STAF, Inc.'s website, use its Radio Show title "DrDrCanYouHelpMe" in the internet search.
Respectfully,
Christian von Christophers, Ph.D., N.D.
STAF, Inc.'s founding President
-----------------+++++++=======================================================
SAT 1/19/12 + STAF, Inc. response to it:
Obama eyes a legacy:
'You can make it if you try'
'By BEN FELLER | Associated Press – Sat., 1/19/13
WASHINGTON (AP) — Presidential terms are measured by sweeping laws and stirring events, but legacies are about enduring ideas. The one Barack Obama has in mind will drive most everything he tries to do in the next four years: assuring thatAmerica is a place where anyone can make it.
There is no moonshot here, no call to end tyranny in our time.
What Obama wants written in the first paragraph of history is that he helped deliver a better life for the people struggling in the richest nation on earth.
His second-term agenda amounts to a wish list in support of that core idea, and this time, he is freer to define the issues.
Obama wants an immigration law that would deal firmly but compassionately with millions of illegal residents; an economic model that demands more money from the rich to shrink the debt; a tax system that is fairer and simpler for families; and a bigger emphasis on education and made-in-America energy.
The old problem of gun violence is suddenly on the list now, too, but only after an elementary school massacre led Obama into days of reflection. He concluded that the country is failing its people in another fundamental way, by not keeping even its children safe.
This is the playbook of a Democrat who thinks the basic compact between a nation and its people has been broken, who sees government as more of an aggressive force for good than a bureaucratic menace to society.
In the discussions that shape Obama's next moves, in the speeches that convey his thinking, the policy premise is usually boosting hope and genuine opportunity.
Many people have lost both.
"I've got one mandate," the president said after defeating Republican Mitt Romney in November. "I've got a mandate to help middle-class families and families that are working hard to get into the middle class. That's what the American people said: 'Work really hard to help us.'"
The American people, however, also returned Republicans to power in the House, setting up a giant clash of visions over the role of government.
Should Obama get bogged down in power struggles over the debt and spending, his overarching ideas may be shrunk along with his legacy. His influence is limited by his opponents in Congress, forcing him to scale back time and again, and frustrating him about the pace of progress.
Yet piece by piece, he is building what he is convinced voters want. He will use his powers, he says, to build a country where "you can make it if you try."
He does not have much time. Presidential capital fades after the second year of a second term.
What Obama does have is more freedom to pursue an agenda on his terms.
By the time he is sworn in again, Obama will have sworn off some of the problems he inherited.
The recession is over. So is the Iraq war, with the Afghanistan war winding down. Obama will never again have to worry about getting re-elected.
"He came into office when the American Dream was at its most maximum peril," said Obama confidant Robert Gibbs, recalling a collapsing job market and stock market. "Fixing that is likely to be a journey that will be the charge of the next several presidents. But it's his job to build a foundation."
Obama is halfway into that project.
It began with the milestones of his first term: a law extending health coverage to millions of people, taxpayer intervention to help a plummeting economy, consumer protections and Wall Street reform, and the appointment of two women to the Supreme Court, including the first Hispanic justice.
He also repealed the ban on gays serving openly in the military and became the first president to announce support of gay marriage.
Almost forgotten, by now, is the symbolism of Obama's presidency itself. He was the first black man to win the office.
"His progressive legacy is continuing the civil rights movements to the very last groups that have been marginalized," said Douglas Brinkley, a Rice University historian who has written extensively about presidents. "He is, in a way, trying to bring into the fold the last people who haven't made it."
Even when Obama looks back at the lowest moment of his re-election campaign, it is to bemoan his failure at explaining what his presidency is about. He told Time magazine that his flawed first debate against Romney never conveyed the stakes of a society in which too many have too little chance to succeed.
"Do we believe in an America that says some folks are more American than others or more worthy than others or more valued than others?" Obama said. "Or do we believe in an America where that Declaration (of Independence) means what it says: 'We hold these truths to be self-evident ... that all people are created equal?'"
Obama's legacy is already safe, Brinkley said, simply because he won again.
History is much kinder to presidents who got voter approval to finish what they started.
For Obama, Brinkley said, that means protecting Medicare, Medicaid and Social Security in a time when the country leans right-center and demands to contain the debt are soaring. "His role is to be the firewall," Brinkley said.
Even discussing one's legacy can be politically tricky for any White House.
The word itself can convey that the president is too focused on his place in history, or too close to nearing dreaded lame-duck status.
But Gibbs, who served as Obama's press secretary for the first half of the first term, said legacy-shaping is inherent in every big decision in the West Wing.
"People are exceedingly aware of the fact that, for better or worse, presidents are judged on their time in office," Gibbs said. "What are their ultimate, lasting contributions? Everybody understands that. Maybe it's the elephant in the room, but it's in each and every room."
___
EDITOR'S NOTE — Former AP White House Correspondent Ben Feller covered the presidencies of George W. Bush and Barack Obama
=================
AS comment to Obama article (above) Sat. 1/19/13
Comment by Save The American Family - STAF, Inc., -not-for-profit-
By Dr. Christian von Christophers, Ph.D., N.D.
Quote: "What Obama wants written in the first paragraph of history is that he helped deliver a better life for the people struggling in the richest nation on earth."
To achieve this President Obama needs active help from Save The American Family - STAF, Inc., -not-for-profit-the new, leading organization to deliver the people a better life in every aspect.
STAF, Inc. is the leading, new organization to handle nutritional, family, marriage, child, and other family related matters in the U.S. and in any other country.
The primary solution is to start educating the whole American nation how to maintain our health through our daily correct nutrition. You'll find excellent proof how the western eating habits will affect a whole nation: web search: "How the tiny Nauru became the world's fattest nation."
STAF, Inc. has developed a new Healthy Lifestyle & Correct Nutrition Program for the U.S. government use. The same program fits for every nation's use in the world.
What is the best nutrition for a human being? Do you want to keep your most precious "property", your health? Then you analyze this quotation and make your choices accordingly:
"If it came from a plant, eat it - if it was made in a plant, don't - it kills".
Totally it took 26 years to develop, first 19 years worldwide research and the past 7 years to modify it for the U.S. needs. It is a program that for the first time ever covers all necessary elements to get lasting results in all family related challenges and in our rampant obesity, overweight & sickness levels. It's nutritional program leading to health and to a longer life is at the same time an automatic weight loss program: nothing to buy, no calories to count, just follow the easy instructions. The biggest news is this: the correct nutrition with all necessary daily nutrients in correct combination costs ONLY about $95 per one person monthly.
How much are your food expenses time being? Probably many times more. This means: everyone can afford this amazing program whether one works on the minimum salary or on the social security or similar. The saved money this new STAF, Inc. program guides to place in safe investments - STAF, Inc. endorses only a few investment adviser companies as reliable.
With the saved money your family can create substantial wealth within time.
The new Healthy Lifestyle & Correct Nutrition program will be introduced in D.C. in a televised event.
STAF, Inc.'s presence is needed in President Obama's administration in D.C. and in the U.S. Congress (House & Senate). STAF, Inc.'s founding President is planning (1) to seek a seat in D.C. Congress/Senate to provide the necessary information to the D.C. lawmakers and (2) to establish a fully new federal agency, Healthy Lifestyle & Family Success Agency, and to be named its first federal director. New legislation and training for all these matters are needed in a results-bringing manner.
In STAF, Inc.'s website at the end of the Home page is a link to study the original founding documents to see the full purpose & the mission statements of the organization.
Listen to STAF, Inc.'s popular Radio Shows - you'll get free CEU & College-University credits natiowide or worldwide. To visit STAF, Inc.'s website, use its Radio Show title "DrDrCanYouHelpMe" in the internet search.
Respectfully,
Christian von Christophers, Ph.D., N.D.
STAF, Inc.'s founding President
-----------------+++++++=======================================================
World's happiest countries
You said, "Comment by Save The American Family - STAF, Inc., - not-for-profit- By Dr. Christian von Christophers, Ph.D., N.D. On thing that was not mentioned in the article is that the high school students in Scandinavian countries are yearly at the top of the..." More
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THIS WAS PUBLISHED IN SUNDAY, 1/20/13 AS A COMMENT TO:
World's happiest countries
1/20/13 Sunday
Comment by
Save The American Family - STAF, Inc., - not-for-profit-
By Dr. Christian von Christophers, Ph.D., N.D.
On thing that was not mentioned in the article is that the high school students in Scandinavian countries are yearly at the top of the global list, # 1,2 or 3 and mostly always among the best 5 - 10. There are definite reasons for that achievement - too long to list them here. One is that the teachers' starting and ending salary is 2 - 3 more than in the USA - thus the profession attracts good talents and is very competitive to get in to a University program.
I personally know their situation as in the past I was in Scandinavia leading locally the largest College as its President.
Finland was much destroyed in the WW2 and was still in the 1970's and 1980's much under Russian's control.
Every country can learn something from another country.
The Scandinavian countries are much smaller in population, none them has even as many people as New York City alone. They have: 5 million, 9 million, 8 million, 5 million and one (belonging to the same gang, Iceland) about 500 K.
Most people expect the other person doing something to fix something.
Are YOU doing something or are you just complaining?
Get involved. Do your share. Improve the society. It is up to you, up to me, up to all of us.
STAF, Inc. is the leading, new organization to handle nutritional, family, marriage, child, and other family related success topics in the U.S. and in any other country.
E.g., STAF, Inc. has developed a new Healthy Lifestyle & Correct Nutrition Program for the U.S. government use. The same program fits for every nation's use in the world.
Totally it took 26 years to develop (research started in Scandinavia and spread worldwide); first 19 years worldwide research and the past 7 years to modify it for the U.S. needs. It is a program that for the first time ever covers all necessary elements to get lasting results in all family related challenges and in our rampant obesity, overweight & sickness levels. It's nutritional program leading to health and to a longer life is at the same time an automatic weight loss program: nothing to buy, no calories to count, just follow the easy instructions. The biggest news is this: the correct nutrition with all necessary daily nutrients in correct combination costs ONLY about $95 per one person monthly.
How much are your food expenses time being? Probably many times more. This means: everyone can afford this amazing program whether one works on the minimum salary or on the social security or similar. The saved money this new STAF, Inc. program guides to place in safe investments - STAF, Inc. endorses only a few investment adviser companies as reliable.With the saved money your family can create substantial wealth within time.
The new Healthy Lifestyle & Correct Nutrition program will be introduced in D.C. in a televised event.
STAF, Inc.'s presence is needed in D.C. in the U.S. Congress (House & Senate). STAF, Inc.'s founding President is planning (1) to seek a seat in D.C. Congress/Senate to provide the necessary information to the D.C. lawmakers and (2) to establish a fully new federal agency, Healthy Lifestyle & Family Success Agency, and to be named its first federal director. New legislation and training for all these matters are needed in a results-bringing manner.
In STAF, Inc.'s website at the end of the Home page is a link to study the original NY State founding documents to see the full purpose & the mission statements of the organization.
Listen to STAF, Inc.'s popular Radio Shows - you'll get free CEU & College-University credits natiowide or worldwide. To visit STAF, Inc.'s website, use its Radio Show title "DrDrCanYouHelpMe" in the internet search.
Respectfully
ave The American Family - STAF, Inc., - not-for-profit-
By Dr. Christian von Christophers, Ph.D., N.D.
STAF, Inc.'s founding President
______________+++++++++++++++++++++++++++++==============______________________
World's happiest countries
1/20/13 Sunday
Comment by
Save The American Family - STAF, Inc., - not-for-profit-
By Dr. Christian von Christophers, Ph.D., N.D.
On thing that was not mentioned in the article is that the high school students in Scandinavian countries are yearly at the top of the global list, # 1,2 or 3 and mostly always among the best 5 - 10. There are definite reasons for that achievement - too long to list them here. One is that the teachers' starting and ending salary is 2 - 3 more than in the USA - thus the profession attracts good talents and is very competitive to get in to a University program.
I personally know their situation as in the past I was in Scandinavia leading locally the largest College as its President.
Finland was much destroyed in the WW2 and was still in the 1970's and 1980's much under Russian's control.
Every country can learn something from another country.
The Scandinavian countries are much smaller in population, none them has even as many people as New York City alone. They have: 5 million, 9 million, 8 million, 5 million and one (belonging to the same gang, Iceland) about 500 K.
Most people expect the other person doing something to fix something.
Are YOU doing something or are you just complaining?
Get involved. Do your share. Improve the society. It is up to you, up to me, up to all of us.
STAF, Inc. is the leading, new organization to handle nutritional, family, marriage, child, and other family related success topics in the U.S. and in any other country.
E.g., STAF, Inc. has developed a new Healthy Lifestyle & Correct Nutrition Program for the U.S. government use. The same program fits for every nation's use in the world.
Totally it took 26 years to develop (research started in Scandinavia and spread worldwide); first 19 years worldwide research and the past 7 years to modify it for the U.S. needs. It is a program that for the first time ever covers all necessary elements to get lasting results in all family related challenges and in our rampant obesity, overweight & sickness levels. It's nutritional program leading to health and to a longer life is at the same time an automatic weight loss program: nothing to buy, no calories to count, just follow the easy instructions. The biggest news is this: the correct nutrition with all necessary daily nutrients in correct combination costs ONLY about $95 per one person monthly.
How much are your food expenses time being? Probably many times more. This means: everyone can afford this amazing program whether one works on the minimum salary or on the social security or similar. The saved money this new STAF, Inc. program guides to place in safe investments - STAF, Inc. endorses only a few investment adviser companies as reliable.With the saved money your family can create substantial wealth within time.
The new Healthy Lifestyle & Correct Nutrition program will be introduced in D.C. in a televised event.
STAF, Inc.'s presence is needed in D.C. in the U.S. Congress (House & Senate). STAF, Inc.'s founding President is planning (1) to seek a seat in D.C. Congress/Senate to provide the necessary information to the D.C. lawmakers and (2) to establish a fully new federal agency, Healthy Lifestyle & Family Success Agency, and to be named its first federal director. New legislation and training for all these matters are needed in a results-bringing manner.
In STAF, Inc.'s website at the end of the Home page is a link to study the original NY State founding documents to see the full purpose & the mission statements of the organization.
Listen to STAF, Inc.'s popular Radio Shows - you'll get free CEU & College-University credits natiowide or worldwide. To visit STAF, Inc.'s website, use its Radio Show title "DrDrCanYouHelpMe" in the internet search.
Respectfully
ave The American Family - STAF, Inc., - not-for-profit-
By Dr. Christian von Christophers, Ph.D., N.D.
STAF, Inc.'s founding President
______________+++++++++++++++++++++++++++++==============______________________
Obama lauds progress on gay civil rights in inaugural address
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Brandon, Right On!! Couldn't have said it better myself. Thanks, Jim
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And you are a fool to believe a book written 2000 years ago by opium addicted, desert wandering camel humpers. That is todays equivalent of believing a homeless crackhead when he speaks of his god that hangs out in the dumpster.
To Brandon: COMMENT
(1) First of all the Bible was not written 2000 years ago - you do not know the facts.
(2) Do yourself a favor and learn the facts. Easiest is to take any radio Show as given the links in the longer comment.
The modern scientific evidence is provided in every Ministry Show.
You, Brandon, only state your own belief and not the facts.
Go to our church website, find the ministry Radio Show and listen - you'll learn the fact.
Then you can discuss the matter with science knowledge, not before.
Respectfully,
Dr. Christian von Christophers, Ph.D., N.D., D.D.
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Brandon, Right On!! Couldn't have said it better myself. Thanks, Jim
Brandon | Report Abuse
And you are a fool to believe a book written 2000 years ago by opium addicted, desert wandering camel humpers. That is todays equivalent of believing a homeless crackhead when he speaks of his god that hangs out in the dumpster.
To Brandon: COMMENT
(1) First of all the Bible was not written 2000 years ago - you do not know the facts.
(2) Do yourself a favor and learn the facts. Easiest is to take any radio Show as given the links in the longer comment.
The modern scientific evidence is provided in every Ministry Show.
You, Brandon, only state your own belief and not the facts.
Go to our church website, find the ministry Radio Show and listen - you'll learn the fact.
Then you can discuss the matter with science knowledge, not before.
Respectfully,
Dr. Christian von Christophers, Ph.D., N.D., D.D.
MoreADHD rates creeping up in California
You said, "Comment by Save The American Family - STAF, Inc., -not-for-profit- By Dr. Christian von Christophers, Ph.D., N.D. This situation is not only in California - it's everywhere. Our kids eat fast- food which is not food, it is bad-food. Our kids d..." More
ADHD rates creeping up in California
But why?
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - More children are being diagnosed with attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) now than were a decade ago, according to new research from a large California health plan.
It's not clear what's behind that trend, researchers noted. Possible explanations include better awareness of the condition among parents and doctors or improved access to health care for kids with symptoms, according to Dr. Darios Getahun, the study's lead author.
Prior research has also shown an increasing trend in ADHD diagnoses, according to Getahun, from the Kaiser Permanente Southern California Medical Group in Pasadena.
However, his team had strict criteria for determining which kids had ADHD, requiring a clinical diagnosis and prescriptions for ADHD medications. Past studies have relied on parent and teacher reports alone, Getahun noted.
In an analysis of Kaiser Permanente medical records, researchers found the proportion of five- to 11-year-olds diagnosed with ADHD increased from 2.5 percent in 2001 to 3.1 percent in 2010.
Consistent with past research, white children were more likely to be diagnosed with ADHD than black, Hispanic and Asian kids, and boys were more likely to have the condition than girls.
On average, children were diagnosed when they were between eight and a half and nine and a half years old. Hispanic youth tended to receive a diagnosis at a later age than other kids - which could put them at a disadvantage, Getahun noted.
"One thing which is very important in ADHD is parents' awareness... and timely diagnosis of the disease is very important so the treatment is effective," he told Reuters Health.
"If you diagnose the child early when the disease occurs, the child may function better in school and also socially," said Getahun.
One study published last year found Icelandic kids who got early ADHD treatment did better on standardized tests than those who didn't get medication until they were preteens (see Reuters Health story of June 25, 2012: http://reut.rs/KXoQfY).
Common medications used to treat ADHD include stimulants such as Vyvanse, Ritalin and Concerta.
Not all kids with ADHD need medication - some get better with behavioral therapy or extra help at school. ADHD drugs can come with side effects, including appetite loss, sleep problems and stomach aches.
Just under five percent of more than 840,000 kids were diagnosed with ADHD during the entire study period, the researchers wrote Monday in the journal JAMA Pediatrics.
Parental reports suggest that closer to one in ten kids and teens has been diagnosed with ADHD, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, and rates vary by state - from 5.6 percent of kids in Nevada to 15.6 percent of North Carolina youth.
SOURCE: http://bit.ly/PogxGc JAMA Pediatrics, online January 21, 2013.
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But why?
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - More children are being diagnosed with attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) now than were a decade ago, according to new research from a large California health plan.
It's not clear what's behind that trend, researchers noted. Possible explanations include better awareness of the condition among parents and doctors or improved access to health care for kids with symptoms, according to Dr. Darios Getahun, the study's lead author.
Prior research has also shown an increasing trend in ADHD diagnoses, according to Getahun, from the Kaiser Permanente Southern California Medical Group in Pasadena.
However, his team had strict criteria for determining which kids had ADHD, requiring a clinical diagnosis and prescriptions for ADHD medications. Past studies have relied on parent and teacher reports alone, Getahun noted.
In an analysis of Kaiser Permanente medical records, researchers found the proportion of five- to 11-year-olds diagnosed with ADHD increased from 2.5 percent in 2001 to 3.1 percent in 2010.
Consistent with past research, white children were more likely to be diagnosed with ADHD than black, Hispanic and Asian kids, and boys were more likely to have the condition than girls.
On average, children were diagnosed when they were between eight and a half and nine and a half years old. Hispanic youth tended to receive a diagnosis at a later age than other kids - which could put them at a disadvantage, Getahun noted.
"One thing which is very important in ADHD is parents' awareness... and timely diagnosis of the disease is very important so the treatment is effective," he told Reuters Health.
"If you diagnose the child early when the disease occurs, the child may function better in school and also socially," said Getahun.
One study published last year found Icelandic kids who got early ADHD treatment did better on standardized tests than those who didn't get medication until they were preteens (see Reuters Health story of June 25, 2012: http://reut.rs/KXoQfY).
Common medications used to treat ADHD include stimulants such as Vyvanse, Ritalin and Concerta.
Not all kids with ADHD need medication - some get better with behavioral therapy or extra help at school. ADHD drugs can come with side effects, including appetite loss, sleep problems and stomach aches.
Just under five percent of more than 840,000 kids were diagnosed with ADHD during the entire study period, the researchers wrote Monday in the journal JAMA Pediatrics.
Parental reports suggest that closer to one in ten kids and teens has been diagnosed with ADHD, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, and rates vary by state - from 5.6 percent of kids in Nevada to 15.6 percent of North Carolina youth.
SOURCE: http://bit.ly/PogxGc JAMA Pediatrics, online January 21, 2013.
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VERSION 1 (longer next below) - this fit as the response to the above article: Tuesday, 1/22/13
ADHD rates creeping up in California
Comment by Save The American Family - STAF, Inc., -not-for-profit-
By Dr. Christian von Christophers, Ph.D., N.D.
This situation is not only in California - it's everywhere.
Our kids eat fast- food which is not food, it is bad-food. Our kids drink enormous amount of sodas full of deadly chemicals. Our kids eat processed cereals, chemically colored flakes, and other poisonous stuff. They are all dangerous to the human health. Healthy choices are available.
The chemicals in the processed food, based on several reliable research projects are causing these health problem. In addition, the children's body and their nervous system is still "weak" and developing.
What is the best nutrition for a human being? Do you want to keep your most precious "property", your health? Then you analyze this quotation and make your choices accordingly:
"If it came from a plant, eat it - if it was made in a plant, don't - it kills".
STAF, Inc. is the leading, new organization to handle nutritional, family, marriage, child, and other family related matters in the U.S. and in any other country.
The primary solution is to start educating the whole American nation how to maintain our health through our daily correct nutrition. You'll find excellent proof how the western eating habits will affect a whole nation: web search: "How the tiny Nauru became the world's fattest nation."
STAF, Inc. has developed a new Healthy Lifestyle & Correct Nutrition Program for the U.S. government use. The same program fits for every nation's use in the world.
Totally it took 26 years to develop, first 19 years worldwide research and the past 7 years to modify it for the U.S. needs. It is a program that for the first time ever covers all necessary elements to get lasting results in all family related challenges and in our rampant obesity, overweight & sickness levels. It's nutritional program leading to health and to a longer life is at the same time an automatic weight loss program: nothing to buy, no calories to count, just follow the easy what-to-eat instructions. The biggest news is this: the correct nutrition with all necessary daily nutrients in correct combination costs ONLY about $95 per one (adult) person monthly.
How much are your food expenses time being? Probably many times more. This means: everyone can afford this amazing program whether one works on the minimum salary or on the social security or similar. The saved money this new STAF, Inc. program guides to place in safe investments - STAF, Inc. endorses only a few investment adviser companies as reliable. With the saved money your family can create substantial wealth within time.
The new Healthy Lifestyle & Correct Nutrition program will be introduced in D.C. in a televised event.
STAF, Inc.'s presence is needed in D.C. in the U.S. Congress (House & Senate). STAF, Inc.'s founding President is planning (1) to seek a seat in D.C. Congress/Senate to provide the necessary information to the D.C. lawmakers and (2) to establish a fully new federal agency, Healthy Lifestyle & Family Success Agency, and to be named its first federal director. New legislation and training for all these matters are needed in a results-bringing manner.
In STAF, Inc.'s website at the end of the Home page is a link to study the original founding documents to see the full purpose & the mission statements of the organization.
Listen to STAF, Inc.'s popular Radio Shows - you'll get free CEU & College-credits nationwide or worldwide. To visit STAF, Inc.'s website, use its Radio Show title "DrDrCanYouHelpMe" in the internet search.
Respectfully,
Christian von Christophers, Ph.D., N.D.
STAF, Inc.'s founding President
ADHD rates creeping up in California
Comment by Save The American Family - STAF, Inc., -not-for-profit-
By Dr. Christian von Christophers, Ph.D., N.D.
This situation is not only in California - it's everywhere.
Our kids eat fast- food which is not food, it is bad-food. Our kids drink enormous amount of sodas full of deadly chemicals. Our kids eat processed cereals, chemically colored flakes, and other poisonous stuff. They are all dangerous to the human health. Healthy choices are available.
The chemicals in the processed food, based on several reliable research projects are causing these health problem. In addition, the children's body and their nervous system is still "weak" and developing.
What is the best nutrition for a human being? Do you want to keep your most precious "property", your health? Then you analyze this quotation and make your choices accordingly:
"If it came from a plant, eat it - if it was made in a plant, don't - it kills".
STAF, Inc. is the leading, new organization to handle nutritional, family, marriage, child, and other family related matters in the U.S. and in any other country.
The primary solution is to start educating the whole American nation how to maintain our health through our daily correct nutrition. You'll find excellent proof how the western eating habits will affect a whole nation: web search: "How the tiny Nauru became the world's fattest nation."
STAF, Inc. has developed a new Healthy Lifestyle & Correct Nutrition Program for the U.S. government use. The same program fits for every nation's use in the world.
Totally it took 26 years to develop, first 19 years worldwide research and the past 7 years to modify it for the U.S. needs. It is a program that for the first time ever covers all necessary elements to get lasting results in all family related challenges and in our rampant obesity, overweight & sickness levels. It's nutritional program leading to health and to a longer life is at the same time an automatic weight loss program: nothing to buy, no calories to count, just follow the easy what-to-eat instructions. The biggest news is this: the correct nutrition with all necessary daily nutrients in correct combination costs ONLY about $95 per one (adult) person monthly.
How much are your food expenses time being? Probably many times more. This means: everyone can afford this amazing program whether one works on the minimum salary or on the social security or similar. The saved money this new STAF, Inc. program guides to place in safe investments - STAF, Inc. endorses only a few investment adviser companies as reliable. With the saved money your family can create substantial wealth within time.
The new Healthy Lifestyle & Correct Nutrition program will be introduced in D.C. in a televised event.
STAF, Inc.'s presence is needed in D.C. in the U.S. Congress (House & Senate). STAF, Inc.'s founding President is planning (1) to seek a seat in D.C. Congress/Senate to provide the necessary information to the D.C. lawmakers and (2) to establish a fully new federal agency, Healthy Lifestyle & Family Success Agency, and to be named its first federal director. New legislation and training for all these matters are needed in a results-bringing manner.
In STAF, Inc.'s website at the end of the Home page is a link to study the original founding documents to see the full purpose & the mission statements of the organization.
Listen to STAF, Inc.'s popular Radio Shows - you'll get free CEU & College-credits nationwide or worldwide. To visit STAF, Inc.'s website, use its Radio Show title "DrDrCanYouHelpMe" in the internet search.
Respectfully,
Christian von Christophers, Ph.D., N.D.
STAF, Inc.'s founding President
VERSION 2 - longer did not fit - THE ABOVE version did
Comment by Save The American Family - STAF, Inc., -not-for-profit-
By Dr. Christian von Christophers, Ph.D., N.D.
This situation is not only in California - it's everywhere. The above article is an example of what we humans do not need to consume. We need correct food and clean water (not sodas). The science facts is: the processed food most children eat in the "modern" world is not food.
Our kids eat fast- food which is not food, it is bad-food. Our kids drink enormous amount of sodas full of deadly chemicals. Our kids eat processed cereals, chemically colored flakes, and other poisonous stuff. They are all dangerous to the human health. Healthy choices are available. It is of a real low level to pretend that our scientists have not found out what is causing in our precious children these rising problems of sicknesses, e.g. deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) and several other sicknesses.
The chemicals in the processed food, based on several reliable research projects are causing these health problem. In addition, the children's body and their nervous system is still "weak" and developing. All these same things affect the adult also, however, the kids are much more vulnerable.
What is the best nutrition for a human being? Do you want to keep your most precious "property", your health? Then you analyze this quotation and make your choices accordingly:
"If it came from a plant, eat it - if it was made in a plant, don't - it kills".
STAF, Inc. is the leading, new organization to handle nutritional, family, marriage, child, and other family related matters in the U.S. and in any other country.
The primary solution is to start educating the whole American nation how to maintain our health through our daily correct nutrition. You'll find excellent proof how the western eating habits will affect a whole nation: web search: "How the tiny Nauru became the world's fattest nation."
STAF, Inc. has developed a new Healthy Lifestyle & Correct Nutrition Program for the U.S. government use. The same program fits for every nation's use in the world.
Totally it took 26 years to develop, first 19 years worldwide research and the past 7 years to modify it for the U.S. needs. It is a program that for the first time ever covers all necessary elements to get lasting results in all family related challenges and in our rampant obesity, overweight & sickness levels. It's nutritional program leading to health and to a longer life is at the same time an automatic weight loss program: nothing to buy, no calories to count, just follow the easy what-to-eat instructions. The biggest news is this: the correct nutrition with all necessary daily nutrients in correct combination costs ONLY about $95 per one (adult) person monthly.
How much are your food expenses time being? Probably many times more. This means: everyone can afford this amazing program whether one works on the minimum salary or on the social security or similar. The saved money this new STAF, Inc. program guides to place in safe investments - STAF, Inc. endorses only a few investment adviser companies as reliable. With the saved money your family can create substantial wealth within time.
The new Healthy Lifestyle & Correct Nutrition program will be introduced in D.C. in a televised event.
STAF, Inc.'s presence is needed in D.C. in the U.S. Congress (House & Senate). STAF, Inc.'s founding President is planning (1) to seek a seat in D.C. Congress/Senate to provide the necessary information to the D.C. lawmakers and (2) to establish a fully new federal agency, Healthy Lifestyle & Family Success Agency, and to be named its first federal director. New legislation and training for all these matters are needed in a results-bringing manner.
In STAF, Inc.'s website at the end of the Home page is a link to study the original founding documents to see the full purpose & the mission statements of the organization.
Listen to STAF, Inc.'s popular Radio Shows - you'll get free CEU & College-University credits nationwide or worldwide. To visit STAF, Inc.'s website, use its Radio Show title "DrDrCanYouHelpMe" in the internet search.
Respectfully,
Christian von Christophers, Ph.D., N.D.
STAF, Inc.'s founding President
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Comment by Save The American Family - STAF, Inc., -not-for-profit-
By Dr. Christian von Christophers, Ph.D., N.D.
This situation is not only in California - it's everywhere. The above article is an example of what we humans do not need to consume. We need correct food and clean water (not sodas). The science facts is: the processed food most children eat in the "modern" world is not food.
Our kids eat fast- food which is not food, it is bad-food. Our kids drink enormous amount of sodas full of deadly chemicals. Our kids eat processed cereals, chemically colored flakes, and other poisonous stuff. They are all dangerous to the human health. Healthy choices are available. It is of a real low level to pretend that our scientists have not found out what is causing in our precious children these rising problems of sicknesses, e.g. deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) and several other sicknesses.
The chemicals in the processed food, based on several reliable research projects are causing these health problem. In addition, the children's body and their nervous system is still "weak" and developing. All these same things affect the adult also, however, the kids are much more vulnerable.
What is the best nutrition for a human being? Do you want to keep your most precious "property", your health? Then you analyze this quotation and make your choices accordingly:
"If it came from a plant, eat it - if it was made in a plant, don't - it kills".
STAF, Inc. is the leading, new organization to handle nutritional, family, marriage, child, and other family related matters in the U.S. and in any other country.
The primary solution is to start educating the whole American nation how to maintain our health through our daily correct nutrition. You'll find excellent proof how the western eating habits will affect a whole nation: web search: "How the tiny Nauru became the world's fattest nation."
STAF, Inc. has developed a new Healthy Lifestyle & Correct Nutrition Program for the U.S. government use. The same program fits for every nation's use in the world.
Totally it took 26 years to develop, first 19 years worldwide research and the past 7 years to modify it for the U.S. needs. It is a program that for the first time ever covers all necessary elements to get lasting results in all family related challenges and in our rampant obesity, overweight & sickness levels. It's nutritional program leading to health and to a longer life is at the same time an automatic weight loss program: nothing to buy, no calories to count, just follow the easy what-to-eat instructions. The biggest news is this: the correct nutrition with all necessary daily nutrients in correct combination costs ONLY about $95 per one (adult) person monthly.
How much are your food expenses time being? Probably many times more. This means: everyone can afford this amazing program whether one works on the minimum salary or on the social security or similar. The saved money this new STAF, Inc. program guides to place in safe investments - STAF, Inc. endorses only a few investment adviser companies as reliable. With the saved money your family can create substantial wealth within time.
The new Healthy Lifestyle & Correct Nutrition program will be introduced in D.C. in a televised event.
STAF, Inc.'s presence is needed in D.C. in the U.S. Congress (House & Senate). STAF, Inc.'s founding President is planning (1) to seek a seat in D.C. Congress/Senate to provide the necessary information to the D.C. lawmakers and (2) to establish a fully new federal agency, Healthy Lifestyle & Family Success Agency, and to be named its first federal director. New legislation and training for all these matters are needed in a results-bringing manner.
In STAF, Inc.'s website at the end of the Home page is a link to study the original founding documents to see the full purpose & the mission statements of the organization.
Listen to STAF, Inc.'s popular Radio Shows - you'll get free CEU & College-University credits nationwide or worldwide. To visit STAF, Inc.'s website, use its Radio Show title "DrDrCanYouHelpMe" in the internet search.
Respectfully,
Christian von Christophers, Ph.D., N.D.
STAF, Inc.'s founding President
=====================================================
Comment by STAF, Inc. just below
Should worst-flooded areas be left after Sandy?
Superstorm Sandy renews rebuild-vs.-retreat debate in chronically storm-damages areas
By Wayne Parry, Associated Press | Associated Press
SEA BRIGHT, N.J. (AP), 1/22/13 - -- Superstorm Sandy, one of the nation's costliest natural disasters, is giving new urgency to an age-old debate about whether areas repeatedly damaged by storms should be rebuilt, or whether it might be cheaper in the long run to buy out vulnerable properties and let nature reclaim them.
The difficulty in getting aid for storm victims through Congress — most of a $60 billion package could get final approval next week — highlights the hard choices that may have to be made soon across the country, where the federal, state and local governments all say they don't have unlimited resources to keep writing checks when storms strike.
But the idea of abandoning a place that has been home for years is unthinkable for many.
"We're not retreating," said Dina Long, the mayor of Sea Bright, N.J., a chronically flooded spit of sand between the Atlantic Ocean and the Shrewsbury River only slightly wider than the length of a football field in some spots. Three-quarters of its 1,400 residents are still homeless and the entire business district was wiped out; only four shops have managed to reopen.
Despite a rock and concrete sea wall and pumping equipment in the center of town, Sea Bright floods repeatedly. It is the go-to spot for TV news trucks every time a storm roars up the coast. But as in many other storm-damaged communities, there is a fierce will to survive, to rebuild and to restore.
"Nobody has come to us and said we shouldn't exist," she said. "It is antithetical to the Jersey mindset, and particularly to the Sea Bright mindset. We're known for being strong, for being resilient, for not backing down."
The story is different in the Oakwood Beach section of Staten Island, N.Y., where despite 20 years of flood protection measures, Sandy's 12- to 14-foot-storm surge inundated the community, forcing some residents to their attics or roofs to survive. Three people died.
"Building again and again in this very sensitive flood plain will only achieve the same results — flooding, and possibly untimely death," homeowner Tina Downer told about 200 of her neighbors who gathered to discuss a potential buyout program last week. "It is not safe for anyone to live there."
The problem has worsened in recent decades with an explosion of development near the nation's shorelines. The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration said that in 2003, approximately 153 million people — 53 percent of the nation's population — lived in coastal counties, an increase of 33 million people since 1980. The agency forecasts 12 million more to join them by 2015.
Scientists say that putting so many people in the most vulnerable areas is a recipe for disaster.
Jon Miller, a professor of coastal engineering at New Jersey's Stevens Institute of technology, said retreating from the most vulnerable areas makes scientific sense. But he adds that the things that were built there — beach clubs, boardwalks and amusement piers — give communities their character, and fuel tourism and business.
If buyouts did occur, he predicted they would happen in areas with lower property values because of the high cost of buying up prime coastal real estate. That could have the unintended consequence of placing the shore off-limits to all but the wealthy, he said.
"I grew up in Rahway and I remember the controversy when several properties along the Rahway River were bought out due to repetitive flood losses," Miller said. "It was painful and caused dissension in the community."
Residents feared not only being forced from their homes but also not getting enough money to purchase a suitable home in the same community, Miller said.
A 1988 Duke University shore protection study cited a nor'easter that occurred in Sea Bright four years earlier, causing $82 million in damages — about equal to the value of all the town's buildings at the time.
"Clearly the economics of this situation dictate that Sea Bright is not worthy of salvation, although politics and other considerations may decide otherwise," the study asserted. "The prudent management alternative in this community would be the gradual removal or relocation of the buildings."
Talking about post-storm retreat is one thing; actually doing it has proven much harder.
After Hurricane Katrina inundated New Orleans in 2005, there was talk of abandoning some of the most flood-prone areas. But a proposal from a storm panel excluded the hard-hit Lower 9th Ward and New Orleans East, a neighborhood long home to affluent and upper-middle-class black families, touching off an uproar that scuttled the plan.
More than seven years later, much of New Orleans is thriving: unemployment is relatively low, the tourism industry is healthy, the city is preparing to host a Super Bowl, and no neighborhood has been abandoned.
But not everyone has come back. As of July 2011, the Census Bureau estimated New Orleans' population at 360,740, less than three-quarters its population in 2000. In the Lower 9th Ward, vacant lots and abandoned homes dominate the landscape, and four out of five residents who lived there before the storm have left.
The question of whether to rebuild or retreat touches many East Coast communities.
Westerly, R.I. recently got $1.1 million in federal money to buy eight low-lying properties near the Pawcatuck River that are frequently flooded. In North Carolina, some have called for deserting Highway 12 — the only land link between Hatteras Island and the mainland — in favor of a ferry system after Hurricane Irene and Sandy caused $14 million in damages. A state panel in Delaware found few affordable options as it considered what to do about seven Delaware Bay communities threatened by storms and rising sea levels.
Sea Bright is requiring homeowners to raise their rebuilt properties higher — as much as 17 feet above sea level in some cases — if they want to qualify for federal flood insurance.
Frank and Dee Kurzawa, whose home near the river took on 4 feet of water, could have to spend $30,000 to raise it. Yet they're staying put, even if it's a little higher than before.
"Even with the possibility of this happening again, we're coming back," Dee Kurzawa said. "We plan to pass this house on to our grandchildren."
New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie considers strategic retreat from some storm-damaged areas on the table "in a broad way," but said he wants to leave the ultimate decisions to individual towns after giving them advice later this week on how to rebuild.
Part of a neighbor's home broke loose and smashed through the wall of Karen Finkelstein's Sea Bright home. She's still "shell-shocked" in Sandy's aftermath, but can't see herself leaving.
"I want to see us come back, but with precautions in place," she said. "You're taking a risk by choosing to live in this area. But when it's home to you, it's really hard to leave the familiar place where your roots are."
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Associated Press writers Eileen AJ Connelly in Staten Island N.Y., Kevin McGill in New Orleans, Michelle Smith in Westerly, R.I., Martha Waggoner in Raleigh N.C. and Randall Chase in Dover, Del. contributed to this story.
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Wayne Parry can be reached at http://twitter.com/WayneParryAC
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Comment to the above articleShould worst-flooded areas be left after Sandy?
Superstorm Sandy renews rebuild-vs.-retreat debate in chronically storm-damages areas
By Wayne Parry, Associated Press | Associated Press
Comment by Save The American Family - STAF, Inc., -not-for-profit-
By Dr. Christian von Christophers, Ph.D., N.D.
Excellent opinion by William just below - his statement makes full sense and is the correct solution.
If someone wants to stay in a risky area, let them pay their own expenses. To come to everyone else's wallet is wrong. The storms are coming again and again. It is wiser to relocate - then the government's help (= our tax money) is reasonable.
STAF, Inc. has developed a new Healthy Lifestyle & Correct Nutrition Program for the U.S. government use. The same program fits for every nation's use in the world.
Totally it took 26 years to develop, first 19 years worldwide research and the past 7 years to modify it for the U.S. needs. It is a program that for the first time ever covers all necessary elements to get lasting results in all family related challenges and in our rampant obesity, overweight & sickness levels. It's nutritional program leading to health and to a longer life is at the same time an automatic weight loss program: nothing to buy, no calories to count, just follow the easy what-to-eat instructions. The biggest news is this: the correct nutrition with all necessary daily nutrients in correct combination costs ONLY about $95 per one (adult) person monthly.
How much are your food expenses time being? Probably many times more. This means: everyone can afford this amazing program whether one works on the minimum salary or on the social security or similar. The saved money this new STAF, Inc. program guides to place in safe investments - STAF, Inc. endorses only a few investment adviser companies as reliable. With the saved money your family can create substantial wealth within time.
The new Healthy Lifestyle & Correct Nutrition program will be introduced in D.C. in a televised event.
STAF, Inc.'s presence is needed in D.C. in the U.S. Congress (House & Senate). STAF, Inc.'s founding President is planning (1) to seek a seat in D.C. Congress/Senate to provide the necessary information to the D.C. lawmakers and (2) to establish a fully new federal agency, Healthy Lifestyle & Family Success Agency, and to be named its first federal director. New legislation and training for all these matters are needed in a results-bringing manner.
In STAF, Inc.'s website at the end of the Home page is a link to study the original founding documents to see the full purpose & the mission statements of the organization.
Listen to STAF, Inc.'s popular Radio Shows - you'll get free CEU & College-credits nationwide or worldwide. To visit STAF, Inc.'s website, use its Radio Show title "DrDrCanYouHelpMe" in the internet search.
Respectfully,
Christian von Christophers, Ph.D., N.D.
STAF, Inc.'s founding President
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Comment to the above articleShould worst-flooded areas be left after Sandy?
Superstorm Sandy renews rebuild-vs.-retreat debate in chronically storm-damages areas
By Wayne Parry, Associated Press | Associated Press
Comment by Save The American Family - STAF, Inc., -not-for-profit-
By Dr. Christian von Christophers, Ph.D., N.D.
Excellent opinion by William just below - his statement makes full sense and is the correct solution.
If someone wants to stay in a risky area, let them pay their own expenses. To come to everyone else's wallet is wrong. The storms are coming again and again. It is wiser to relocate - then the government's help (= our tax money) is reasonable.
STAF, Inc. has developed a new Healthy Lifestyle & Correct Nutrition Program for the U.S. government use. The same program fits for every nation's use in the world.
Totally it took 26 years to develop, first 19 years worldwide research and the past 7 years to modify it for the U.S. needs. It is a program that for the first time ever covers all necessary elements to get lasting results in all family related challenges and in our rampant obesity, overweight & sickness levels. It's nutritional program leading to health and to a longer life is at the same time an automatic weight loss program: nothing to buy, no calories to count, just follow the easy what-to-eat instructions. The biggest news is this: the correct nutrition with all necessary daily nutrients in correct combination costs ONLY about $95 per one (adult) person monthly.
How much are your food expenses time being? Probably many times more. This means: everyone can afford this amazing program whether one works on the minimum salary or on the social security or similar. The saved money this new STAF, Inc. program guides to place in safe investments - STAF, Inc. endorses only a few investment adviser companies as reliable. With the saved money your family can create substantial wealth within time.
The new Healthy Lifestyle & Correct Nutrition program will be introduced in D.C. in a televised event.
STAF, Inc.'s presence is needed in D.C. in the U.S. Congress (House & Senate). STAF, Inc.'s founding President is planning (1) to seek a seat in D.C. Congress/Senate to provide the necessary information to the D.C. lawmakers and (2) to establish a fully new federal agency, Healthy Lifestyle & Family Success Agency, and to be named its first federal director. New legislation and training for all these matters are needed in a results-bringing manner.
In STAF, Inc.'s website at the end of the Home page is a link to study the original founding documents to see the full purpose & the mission statements of the organization.
Listen to STAF, Inc.'s popular Radio Shows - you'll get free CEU & College-credits nationwide or worldwide. To visit STAF, Inc.'s website, use its Radio Show title "DrDrCanYouHelpMe" in the internet search.
Respectfully,
Christian von Christophers, Ph.D., N.D.
STAF, Inc.'s founding President
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Obama lauds progress on gay civil rights in inaugural address
By Mark Felsenthal | Reuters – Mon, Jan 21, 2013
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - President Barack Obama's inaugural address on Monday marked the first time a president used the occasion to praise progress on gay rights, an indication of shifting public attitudes on the issue.
In the speech marking the start of his second term, Obama placed the struggle for gay rights squarely in the pantheon of two other defining civil rights movements in American history: those for blacks and women.
"The most evident of truths - that all of us are created equal - is the star that guides us still," he said. "Just as it guided our forebears through Seneca Falls, and Selma, and Stonewall."
The 1848 Seneca Falls, New York, convention was an early women's rights conference. Selma, Alabama, was the site of a pivotal 1965 civil rights march demanding equality for black Americans. The Stonewall riots of 1969 were protests against a police raid of a New York gay bar and opened the door to gay rights activism.
Obama's inclusion of gay rights - still opposed by many conservatives - among his list of priorities might have been unthinkably divisive as recently as his first inauguration in 2009.
"It really speaks to how public opinion has evolved on gay rights in the last four years," said Patrick Egan, a professor of political science at New York University. "You don't see that kind of change in public opinion happen very often."
A USA Today/Gallup poll published in December found that approval of same-sex marriage had risen to 53 percent in 2012 from less than 40 percent in 2005. Young adults were the most supportive.
Nine states and the District of Columbia have legalized same-sex marriage. Last November, Maryland, Maine and Washington became the first states to do so through the ballot box.
But opposition still runs deep in parts of the country. The USA Today/Gallup poll found gay marriage opposed by a majority in the South. North Carolina in 2011 added a voter-approved ban to its constitution. Some 30 states have passed constitutional amendments banning same-sex marriage.
The issue also remains far from settled in U.S. courts. The U.S. Supreme Court in late March will hear oral arguments in a pair of cases challenging laws that define marriage as a union of a man and woman.
While many of Obama's supporters believe the president always strongly supported same-sex marriage and letting gays serve openly in the military, his public backing has only recently been on display. He was heckled in 2010 by gay rights activists who believed he was moving too slowly on policies that required gays serving in the military to be quiet about their sexual preference.
That policy, known as "Don't Ask, Don't Tell," was repealed in 2011. Vice President Joe Biden's May 2012 expression of support for gay marriage was seen at the time as getting ahead of Obama's public position.
'MADE HISTORY TODAY'
The president's speech on Monday left no doubt about his firm commitment to achieving full equality for U.S. gays.
"Our journey is not complete until our gay brothers and sisters are treated like anyone else under the law," he said.
Other aspects of the inaugural ceremony underscored the prominence of the issue for the Obama administration. An openly gay poet, Richard Blanco, read the inaugural poem. The minister originally chosen to deliver the inaugural benediction withdrew after being criticized for making anti-gay comments.
Rights advocates welcomed what they viewed as Obama's unequivocal support.
"President Barack Obama made history today by connecting the lives of committed and loving lesbian and gay couples fighting for marriage equality to this nation's proud tradition of equal rights for all," said Chad Griffin, president of the Human Rights Campaign, a group that lobbies Congress for gay rights.
While gay rights support has traditionally been the province of Democratic politicians, many analysts see the ground shifting toward greater acceptance of gays and gay rights across the political spectrum.
While a narrow majority of Americans support gay marriage, backing for banning workplace discrimination against gays is much more overwhelming, said Egan.
"If we look at history and we look at the trajectory of support for women and African-Americans, our best guess is that politicians of the future of either party will call for equal rights for gay Americans," he said.
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Brandon • 18 hrs ago Report AbuseScience can prove the existence of a 6 billion year old history of this planet. Your book says its 6000 years old. A christian scholar would say something like "the devil made dinosaur bones to fool you". That would give the devil creation abilities, and therefore, the same power as your god. But... More
A comment by the Global Church of God
By Dr Christian von Christophers, Ph.D., N.D., D.D.
A comment by the Global Church of God
By Dr Christian von Christophers, Ph.D., N.D., D.D.
Dear Brandon:
No Christian scholar would state what you state.
It is devil-guided talking as often is the case.
You lack proper knowledge thus you lack the capability to see the facts.
The Bible creation is the same principle as Darwin's theories.
You talk about devil - devil speaks in the mouths of the people who do not know what they talk about.
The Bible clearly states the same things as the modern science, except it stated them much earlier.
The Bible was dictated as a life success guide for us humans. It's the source of knowledge among the most successful & richest people in this world (not counting drug dealers in that group).
If you want to learn more, listen to at least our Radio Shows - the original recordings are on the internet 24/7 and you can get CEU, College & University credits free, valid worldwide, never expire.
It is unnecessarily to discuss a topic with a person who lacks the proper science knowledge on the topic. When you learn the science facts, then you can discuss the topic - not before. Otherwise you only state your opinions and opinions mean nothing when the clear, proven facts exist.
Respectfully yours,
Dr. Christian von Christophers, Ph.D., N.D., D.D.
Tuesday, 1/22/13 Comment to article
Report: NM teen had homicidal, suicidal thoughts
Comment below went through - it has all 12 life-destroying disasters listed
Comment by Save The American Family - STAF, Inc.,-not-for-profit-
By Dr. Christian von Christophers, Ph.D., N.D.
"Why someone is capable of doing so horrible as the recent mass shootings?" no one seems to know "Why?" Yet, there is a one clear answer to "Why?" Because not one person seems to know what the real reason is, STAF, Inc.'s presence is needed in the Gun law renewal in D.C.
Practically all mass shooters have two things in common: (1) they are victims of a divorce, separation or dysfunctional family & (2) they are all males. In this N.M. case the mother was planning for a divorce - the teenager hated his mother for that reason. A growing boy needs especially his father's presence.
The moral in our marriages has gone close to a zero. The children grow up disturbed & misled. In addition, the violent video games & violent movies are replacing the parental love & healthy attention - the children get a wrong picture about being a human being. The young mass killers suffer from the Broken Marriage Syndrome™.
The life-destroying challenges all children & all divorcing spouses will experience are listed in STAF, Inc.'s website in tab "Services", sub-tab "Restoring Any Marriage™. Most people have no clue what a divorce does to the children - it is serious child abuse.
The primary solution is not in the gun laws. The guns will be found no matter how many restrictions. Yes, STAF, Inc. supports certain important restrictions mainly for preventing mass shootings. We Americans have the right to defend ourselves.
When a child grows up in a healthy, loving home with 2 loving parents, the child has a good chance to become a healthy-minded teenager & a successful adult. Then the person has no need to find the guns to revenge his own Broken Family Syndrome™ suffering.
The divorcing spouses will experience (1) health challenges leading to a shorter life span and (2) to added financial difficulties. Every child experiencing a parental divorce faces serious life threatening disasters - the most important listed here: (1) overall increased risks to health & welfare; (2) 5 times more likely to commit suicide; (3) 32 times more likely to run away; (4) 20 times more likely to have behavioral disorders; (5) 14 times more likely to commit rape;
(6) 9 times more likely to drop out of school; (7) 10 times more likely to abuse alcohol and drugs; (8) 20 times more likely to end up in prison; (9) increased learning difficulties; (10) increased risk of divorce when grown; (11) increased out of wedlock pregnancies; (12) Latest discovery by the researchers: highly increased risk of having a stroke during his/her life time.
The long-term solution is to start educating the whole nation how to heal the American Family & our homes where our children are growing up. STAF, Inc. is a nation/worldwide leader in these matters. The secondary are the gun laws, except the few restrictions mentioned above what the President should immediately restrict using his executive order power.
STAF, Inc.'s presence is needed in D.C. in the U.S. Congress (House & Senate). STAF, Inc.'s founding President is planning (1) to seek a seat in D.C. Congress/Senate to provide the necessary information to the D.C. lawmakers and (2) to establish a fully new federal agency, Healthy Lifestyle & Family Success Agency, and to be named its first federal director.
New legislation and training for all these matters are needed in a results-bringing manner.
To visit STAF,Inc.'s website use its Radio Show title "DrDrCanYouHelpMe" in the internet search. Listen to STAF, Inc.'s popular Radio Show - you'll get free CEU & College-University credits.
Respectfully,
Christian von Christophers, Ph.D., N.D.
STAF, Inc.'s founding President
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Wed, 1/23/13 Comment (below) placed on the net with 12 disasters -went through
After shootings, states rethink mental health cuts
By THOMAS BEAUMONT | Associated Press
DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) — Dozens of states have slashed spending on mental health care over the last four years, driven by the recession's toll on revenue and, in some cases, a new zeal to shrink government.
But that trend may be heading for a U-turn in 2013 after last year's shooting rampages by two mentally disturbed gunmen.
The reversal is especially jarring in statehouses dominated by conservative Republicans, who aggressively cut welfare programs but now find themselves caught in a crosscurrent of pressures involving gun control, public safety and health care for millions of disadvantaged Americans.
In many states, lawmakers have begun to recognize that their cuts "may have gone too deep," said Shelley Chandler, executive director of the Iowa Alliance of Community Providers. "People start talking when there's a crisis."
About 30 states have reduced mental health spending since 2008, when revenues were in steep decline, according to the National Alliance on Mental Illness. In a third of those states, the cuts surpassed 10 percent.
As a result, nine state-run psychiatric hospitals were closed and another 3,200 beds for mental health patients were eliminated, dramatically reducing treatment options for the poor and people in the criminal-justice system. Thousands of patients were turned onto the streets.
Making matters worse, the cuts came as unemployment was rising, causing more people to lose private insurance and forcing them to shift to public assistance.
The steepest drop by percentage was in South Carolina, where spending fell by nearly 40 percent over four years — an amount that Republican Gov. Nikki Haley has called "absolutely immoral."
Now Haley, who took office in 2011, has pledged to bolster a mental health system that dropped case workers, closed treatment centers and extended waiting lists. She also wants to expand remote access to psychiatrists through video conferencing.
Both Pennsylvania and Utah have put aside plans to scale back their mental health systems.
And Kansas, which cut mental health spending by 12 percent from 2008 to 2011, announced this month a new $10 million program aimed at identifying mental health dangers.
"I don't think we're well set as a state at all to be able to deal with these intensive cases" of mental illness, acknowledged Kansas Gov. Sam Brownback, usually an avid proponent of downsizing social programs.
The sudden pause reflects anxiety from last year's shootings in a Colorado movie theater and a Connecticut elementary school. Although little is known about the mental health of either gunman, the attacks have shaken state legislatures that until recently didn't intend to consider more social spending. In some cases, gun-rights advocates are seeking mental health reforms as an alternative to more gun laws.
Jon Thompson, spokesman for the Republican Governors Association, said many budget-cutting governors are having second thoughts, including whether to reform mental health policies "to further invest in the safety of their citizens."
South Carolina eliminated 600 full-time case workers and closed five treatment centers. That led to an increase in the number of people with mental illness in jail in Columbia — so much that it now exceeds the patient total at the city's public psychiatric hospital.
"We've been unable to maintain those preventative measures to keep people out of jail," said Bill Lindsey, director of South Carolina's National Association on Mental Illness.
During former Gov. Mark Sanford's term, the fiscal pressure was inescapable. The recession cut state revenue by more than $1 billion from 2008 to 2011.
"It wasn't really Sanford's fault," said former state Rep. Dan Cooper, Republican chairman of the House Ways and Means Committee. "There just wasn't enough money to go around."
Revenues have since recovered somewhat, and are projected to be at levels last seen in 2008.
In Kansas, under then-Gov. Kathleen Sebelius, a Democrat, state psychiatric hospitals began treating only the most dangerous cases. Caseloads at the Johnson County Mental Health Center near Kansas City rose from the recommended 15 per caseworker to more than 30 in 2010.
Tim DeWeese, the center's clinical director, said one of his patients who had finished college and gotten a job and an apartment became homeless after his doctor visits were cut off.
"It came crashing down all the way," DeWeese said.
Oklahoma also cut mental health programs in 2010 and 2011. But Republican Gov. Mary Fallin, a conservative elected in the GOP landslide of 2010 on a promise to cut spending, reversed course last year after grim warnings about the effect on public safety, and after several teen suicides in Oklahoma City.
"There just weren't enough resources," said Harry Tyler, director of the Mental Health Association of Central Oklahoma.
Fallin approved a 20 percent budget increase and has pledged to make mental health a priority again this year.
"You'll see more emphasis on being able to identify people that might have mental health challenges," she said.
Tyler said he would encourage Fallin to provide more money for screening teenagers who could endanger themselves or others.
New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie, another Republican, has promised to fully implement a new program under which people are required to take medication and attend therapy if a judge believes they pose a risk.
Mike Hammond, executive director of Kansas' Association of Community Mental Health Centers, said his state's governor is looking for new ideas on mental health care.
"I think he's realized what's happening in our system," Hammond said.
To be sure, Republicans have not given up on keeping state government lean and taxes low. And some party members question how much mental health spending will be approved.
"I'm not telling you she gets the money," former South Carolina GOP Chairman Katon Dawson said of Haley.
Ty Masterson, Republican chairman of the Kansas Senate's Ways and Means Committee, acknowledged the same conflict: "There's obviously tension there."
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Comment below went through - it has all 12 life-destroying disasters listed
Comment by Save The American Family - STAF, Inc.,-not-for-profit-
By Dr. Christian von Christophers, Ph.D., N.D.
"Why someone is capable of doing so horrible as the recent mass shootings?" no one seems to know "Why?" Yet, there is a one clear answer to "Why?" Because not one person seems to know what the real reason is, STAF, Inc.'s presence is needed in the Gun law renewal in D.C.
Practically all mass shooters have two things in common: (1) they are victims of a divorce, separation or dysfunctional family & (2) they are all males. In this N.M. case the mother was planning for a divorce - the teenager hated his mother for that reason. A growing boy needs especially his father's presence.
The moral in our marriages has gone close to a zero. The children grow up disturbed & misled. In addition, the violent video games & violent movies are replacing the parental love & healthy attention - the children get a wrong picture about being a human being. The young mass killers suffer from the Broken Marriage Syndrome™.
The life-destroying challenges all children & all divorcing spouses will experience are listed in STAF, Inc.'s website in tab "Services", sub-tab "Restoring Any Marriage™. Most people have no clue what a divorce does to the children - it is serious child abuse.
The primary solution is not in the gun laws. The guns will be found no matter how many restrictions. Yes, STAF, Inc. supports certain important restrictions mainly for preventing mass shootings. We Americans have the right to defend ourselves.
When a child grows up in a healthy, loving home with 2 loving parents, the child has a good chance to become a healthy-minded teenager & a successful adult. Then the person has no need to find the guns to revenge his own Broken Family Syndrome™ suffering.
The divorcing spouses will experience (1) health challenges leading to a shorter life span and (2) to added financial difficulties. Every child experiencing a parental divorce faces serious life threatening disasters - the most important listed here: (1) overall increased risks to health & welfare; (2) 5 times more likely to commit suicide; (3) 32 times more likely to run away; (4) 20 times more likely to have behavioral disorders; (5) 14 times more likely to commit rape;
(6) 9 times more likely to drop out of school; (7) 10 times more likely to abuse alcohol and drugs; (8) 20 times more likely to end up in prison; (9) increased learning difficulties; (10) increased risk of divorce when grown; (11) increased out of wedlock pregnancies; (12) Latest discovery by the researchers: highly increased risk of having a stroke during his/her life time.
The long-term solution is to start educating the whole nation how to heal the American Family & our homes where our children are growing up. STAF, Inc. is a nation/worldwide leader in these matters. The secondary are the gun laws, except the few restrictions mentioned above what the President should immediately restrict using his executive order power.
STAF, Inc.'s presence is needed in D.C. in the U.S. Congress (House & Senate). STAF, Inc.'s founding President is planning (1) to seek a seat in D.C. Congress/Senate to provide the necessary information to the D.C. lawmakers and (2) to establish a fully new federal agency, Healthy Lifestyle & Family Success Agency, and to be named its first federal director.
New legislation and training for all these matters are needed in a results-bringing manner.
To visit STAF,Inc.'s website use its Radio Show title "DrDrCanYouHelpMe" in the internet search. Listen to STAF, Inc.'s popular Radio Show - you'll get free CEU & College-University credits.
Respectfully,
Christian von Christophers, Ph.D., N.D.
STAF, Inc.'s founding President
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Posted on the net Friday, 1/25/13 as the response to the article below Went through - has all life-destroying 12 facts happening to the children - the first 3 line eliminated
"Biden on self-defense: Get yourself a shotgun"
Date: January 25/13
Comment by Save The American Family - STAF, Inc.,-not-for-profit-
By Dr. Christian von Christophers, Ph.D., N.D.
Practically all mass shooters have two things in common: (1) they are victims of a divorce, separation or dysfunctional family & (2) they are all males. In a divorce situation the Courts often blindly give the custody to the mother even though in reality she might be the monster and the father the angel. Yet, a growing boy needs more his father's guidance than his mother's.
The moral in our marriages has gone close to a zero. In the U.S. the schools are providing close to zero guidance for the most important human relationship: marriage. In many developed countries it belongs to the basic curriculum.
The children grow up disturbed & misled. In addition, the violent video games & violent movies are replacing the parental love & healthy attention - the children get a wrong picture about being a human being. The young mass killers suffer from the Broken Marriage Syndrome™.
The life-destroying challenges all children & all divorcing spouses will experience are listed in STAF, Inc.'s website in tab "Services", sub-tab "Restoring Any Marriage™. Most people have no clue what a divorce does to the children - it is serious child abuse.
The primary solution is not in the gun laws. The guns will be found no matter how many restrictions. Yes, STAF, Inc. supports certain important restrictions mainly for preventing mass shootings. We Americans have the right to defend ourselves.
When a child grows up in a healthy, loving home with 2 loving parents, the child has a good chance to become a healthy-minded teenager & a successful adult. Then the person has no need to find the guns to revenge his own Broken Family Syndrome™ suffering.
The divorcing spouses will experience (1) health challenges leading to a shorter life span and (2) to added financial difficulties. Every child experiencing a parental divorce faces serious life threatening disasters - the most important listed here: (1) overall increased risks to health & welfare; (2) 5 times more likely to commit suicide; (3) 32 times more likely to run away; (4) 20 times more likely to have behavioral disorders; (5) 14 times more likely to commit rape;
(6) 9 times more likely to drop out of school; (7) 10 times more likely to abuse alcohol and drugs; (8) 20 times more likely to end up in prison; (9) increased learning difficulties; (10) increased risk of divorce when grown; (11) increased out of wedlock pregnancies; (12) Latest discovery by the researchers: highly increased risk of having a stroke during his/her life time.
The long-term solution is to start educating the whole nation how to heal the American Family & our homes where our children are growing up. STAF, Inc. is a nation/worldwide leader in these matters. The secondary are the gun laws, except the few restrictions mentioned above what the President should immediately restrict using his executive order power.
STAF, Inc.'s presence is needed in D.C. in the U.S. Congress (House & Senate). STAF, Inc.'s founding President is planning (1) to seek a seat in D.C. Congress/Senate to provide the necessary information to the D.C. lawmakers and (2) to establish a fully new federal agency, Healthy Lifestyle & Family Success Agency, and to be named its first federal director.
New legislation and training for all these matters are needed in a results-bringing manner.
To visit STAF,Inc.'s website use its Radio Show title "DrDrCanYouHelpMe" in the internet search. Listen to STAF, Inc.'s popular Radio Show - you'll get free CEU & College-University credits.
Respectfully,
Christian von Christophers, Ph.D., N.D.
STAF, Inc.'s founding President
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This version did NOT go through = the above has the 3 first lines eliminated
DATE: Fri, 1/25/13
Comment by Save The American Family - STAF, Inc.,-not-for-profit-
By Dr. Christian von Christophers, Ph.D., N.D.
"Why someone is capable of doing so horrible as the recent mass shootings?" no one seems to know "Why?" Yet, there is a one clear answer to "Why?" Because not one person seems to know what the real reason is, STAF, Inc.'s presence is needed in the Gun law renewal in D.C. OR STAF, Inc.'s presence is needed (in the Gun law renewal) in D.C. to counsel the facts. (black sentence put on net)
Practically all mass shooters have two things in common: (1) they are victims of a divorce, separation or dysfunctional family & (2) they are all males. In a divorce situation the Courts often blindly give the custody to the mother even though in reality she might be the monster and the father the angel. Yet, a growing boy needs more his father's guidance than his mother's.
The moral in our marriages has gone close to a zero. In the U.S. the schools are providing close to zero guidance for the most important human relationship: marriage.The moral in our marriages has gone close to a zero. In the U.S. the schools are providing close to zero guidance for the most important human relationship: marriage. Most parents do not have enough training for raising their children. In many developed countries it belongs to the basic curriculum.
The children grow up disturbed & misled. In addition, the violent video games & violent movies are replacing the parental love & healthy attention - the children get a wrong picture about being a human being. The young mass killers suffer from the Broken Marriage Syndrome™.
The life-destroying challenges all children & all divorcing spouses will experience are listed in STAF, Inc.'s website in tab "Services", sub-tab "Restoring Any Marriage™. Most people have no clue what a divorce does to the children - it is serious child abuse.
The primary solution is not in the gun laws. The guns will be found no matter how many restrictions. Yes, STAF, Inc. supports certain important restrictions mainly for preventing mass shootings. We Americans have the right to defend ourselves.
When a child grows up in a healthy, loving home with 2 loving parents, the child has a good chance to become a healthy-minded teenager & a successful adult. Then the person has no need to find the guns to revenge his own Broken Family Syndrome™ suffering.
The divorcing spouses will experience (1) health challenges leading to a shorter life span and (2) to added financial difficulties. Every child experiencing a parental divorce faces serious life threatening disasters - the most important listed here: (1) overall increased risks to health & welfare; (2) 5 times more likely to commit suicide; (3) 32 times more likely to run away; (4) 20 times more likely to have behavioral disorders; (5) 14 times more likely to commit rape;
(6) 9 times more likely to drop out of school; (7) 10 times more likely to abuse alcohol and drugs; (8) 20 times more likely to end up in prison; (9) increased learning difficulties; (10) increased risk of divorce when grown; (11) increased out of wedlock pregnancies; (12) Latest discovery by the researchers: highly increased risk of having a stroke during his/her life time.
The long-term solution is to start educating the whole nation how to heal the American Family & our homes where our children are growing up. STAF, Inc. is a nation/worldwide leader in these matters. The secondary are the gun laws, except the few restrictions mentioned above what the President should immediately restrict using his executive order power.
STAF, Inc.'s presence is needed in D.C. in the U.S. Congress (House & Senate). STAF, Inc.'s founding President is planning (1) to seek a seat in D.C. Congress/Senate to provide the necessary information to the D.C. lawmakers and (2) to establish a fully new federal agency, Healthy Lifestyle & Family Success Agency, and to be named its first federal director.
New legislation and training for all these matters are needed in a results-bringing manner.
To visit STAF,Inc.'s website use its Radio Show title "DrDrCanYouHelpMe" in the internet search. Listen to STAF, Inc.'s popular Radio Show - you'll get free CEU & College-University credits.
Respectfully,
Christian von Christophers, Ph.D., N.D.
STAF, Inc.'s founding President
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Report: NM teen had homicidal, suicidal thoughts
Comment below went through - it has all 12 life-destroying disasters listed
Comment by Save The American Family - STAF, Inc.,-not-for-profit-
By Dr. Christian von Christophers, Ph.D., N.D.
"Why someone is capable of doing so horrible as the recent mass shootings?" no one seems to know "Why?" Yet, there is a one clear answer to "Why?" Because not one person seems to know what the real reason is, STAF, Inc.'s presence is needed in the Gun law renewal in D.C.
Practically all mass shooters have two things in common: (1) they are victims of a divorce, separation or dysfunctional family & (2) they are all males. In this N.M. case the mother was planning for a divorce - the teenager hated his mother for that reason. A growing boy needs especially his father's presence.
The moral in our marriages has gone close to a zero. The children grow up disturbed & misled. In addition, the violent video games & violent movies are replacing the parental love & healthy attention - the children get a wrong picture about being a human being. The young mass killers suffer from the Broken Marriage Syndrome™.
The life-destroying challenges all children & all divorcing spouses will experience are listed in STAF, Inc.'s website in tab "Services", sub-tab "Restoring Any Marriage™. Most people have no clue what a divorce does to the children - it is serious child abuse.
The primary solution is not in the gun laws. The guns will be found no matter how many restrictions. Yes, STAF, Inc. supports certain important restrictions mainly for preventing mass shootings. We Americans have the right to defend ourselves.
When a child grows up in a healthy, loving home with 2 loving parents, the child has a good chance to become a healthy-minded teenager & a successful adult. Then the person has no need to find the guns to revenge his own Broken Family Syndrome™ suffering.
The divorcing spouses will experience (1) health challenges leading to a shorter life span and (2) to added financial difficulties. Every child experiencing a parental divorce faces serious life threatening disasters - the most important listed here: (1) overall increased risks to health & welfare; (2) 5 times more likely to commit suicide; (3) 32 times more likely to run away; (4) 20 times more likely to have behavioral disorders; (5) 14 times more likely to commit rape;
(6) 9 times more likely to drop out of school; (7) 10 times more likely to abuse alcohol and drugs; (8) 20 times more likely to end up in prison; (9) increased learning difficulties; (10) increased risk of divorce when grown; (11) increased out of wedlock pregnancies; (12) Latest discovery by the researchers: highly increased risk of having a stroke during his/her life time.
The long-term solution is to start educating the whole nation how to heal the American Family & our homes where our children are growing up. STAF, Inc. is a nation/worldwide leader in these matters. The secondary are the gun laws, except the few restrictions mentioned above what the President should immediately restrict using his executive order power.
STAF, Inc.'s presence is needed in D.C. in the U.S. Congress (House & Senate). STAF, Inc.'s founding President is planning (1) to seek a seat in D.C. Congress/Senate to provide the necessary information to the D.C. lawmakers and (2) to establish a fully new federal agency, Healthy Lifestyle & Family Success Agency, and to be named its first federal director.
New legislation and training for all these matters are needed in a results-bringing manner.
To visit STAF,Inc.'s website use its Radio Show title "DrDrCanYouHelpMe" in the internet search. Listen to STAF, Inc.'s popular Radio Show - you'll get free CEU & College-University credits.
Respectfully,
Christian von Christophers, Ph.D., N.D.
STAF, Inc.'s founding President
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Wed, 1/23/13 Comment (below) placed on the net with 12 disasters -went through
After shootings, states rethink mental health cuts
By THOMAS BEAUMONT | Associated Press
DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) — Dozens of states have slashed spending on mental health care over the last four years, driven by the recession's toll on revenue and, in some cases, a new zeal to shrink government.
But that trend may be heading for a U-turn in 2013 after last year's shooting rampages by two mentally disturbed gunmen.
The reversal is especially jarring in statehouses dominated by conservative Republicans, who aggressively cut welfare programs but now find themselves caught in a crosscurrent of pressures involving gun control, public safety and health care for millions of disadvantaged Americans.
In many states, lawmakers have begun to recognize that their cuts "may have gone too deep," said Shelley Chandler, executive director of the Iowa Alliance of Community Providers. "People start talking when there's a crisis."
About 30 states have reduced mental health spending since 2008, when revenues were in steep decline, according to the National Alliance on Mental Illness. In a third of those states, the cuts surpassed 10 percent.
As a result, nine state-run psychiatric hospitals were closed and another 3,200 beds for mental health patients were eliminated, dramatically reducing treatment options for the poor and people in the criminal-justice system. Thousands of patients were turned onto the streets.
Making matters worse, the cuts came as unemployment was rising, causing more people to lose private insurance and forcing them to shift to public assistance.
The steepest drop by percentage was in South Carolina, where spending fell by nearly 40 percent over four years — an amount that Republican Gov. Nikki Haley has called "absolutely immoral."
Now Haley, who took office in 2011, has pledged to bolster a mental health system that dropped case workers, closed treatment centers and extended waiting lists. She also wants to expand remote access to psychiatrists through video conferencing.
Both Pennsylvania and Utah have put aside plans to scale back their mental health systems.
And Kansas, which cut mental health spending by 12 percent from 2008 to 2011, announced this month a new $10 million program aimed at identifying mental health dangers.
"I don't think we're well set as a state at all to be able to deal with these intensive cases" of mental illness, acknowledged Kansas Gov. Sam Brownback, usually an avid proponent of downsizing social programs.
The sudden pause reflects anxiety from last year's shootings in a Colorado movie theater and a Connecticut elementary school. Although little is known about the mental health of either gunman, the attacks have shaken state legislatures that until recently didn't intend to consider more social spending. In some cases, gun-rights advocates are seeking mental health reforms as an alternative to more gun laws.
Jon Thompson, spokesman for the Republican Governors Association, said many budget-cutting governors are having second thoughts, including whether to reform mental health policies "to further invest in the safety of their citizens."
South Carolina eliminated 600 full-time case workers and closed five treatment centers. That led to an increase in the number of people with mental illness in jail in Columbia — so much that it now exceeds the patient total at the city's public psychiatric hospital.
"We've been unable to maintain those preventative measures to keep people out of jail," said Bill Lindsey, director of South Carolina's National Association on Mental Illness.
During former Gov. Mark Sanford's term, the fiscal pressure was inescapable. The recession cut state revenue by more than $1 billion from 2008 to 2011.
"It wasn't really Sanford's fault," said former state Rep. Dan Cooper, Republican chairman of the House Ways and Means Committee. "There just wasn't enough money to go around."
Revenues have since recovered somewhat, and are projected to be at levels last seen in 2008.
In Kansas, under then-Gov. Kathleen Sebelius, a Democrat, state psychiatric hospitals began treating only the most dangerous cases. Caseloads at the Johnson County Mental Health Center near Kansas City rose from the recommended 15 per caseworker to more than 30 in 2010.
Tim DeWeese, the center's clinical director, said one of his patients who had finished college and gotten a job and an apartment became homeless after his doctor visits were cut off.
"It came crashing down all the way," DeWeese said.
Oklahoma also cut mental health programs in 2010 and 2011. But Republican Gov. Mary Fallin, a conservative elected in the GOP landslide of 2010 on a promise to cut spending, reversed course last year after grim warnings about the effect on public safety, and after several teen suicides in Oklahoma City.
"There just weren't enough resources," said Harry Tyler, director of the Mental Health Association of Central Oklahoma.
Fallin approved a 20 percent budget increase and has pledged to make mental health a priority again this year.
"You'll see more emphasis on being able to identify people that might have mental health challenges," she said.
Tyler said he would encourage Fallin to provide more money for screening teenagers who could endanger themselves or others.
New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie, another Republican, has promised to fully implement a new program under which people are required to take medication and attend therapy if a judge believes they pose a risk.
Mike Hammond, executive director of Kansas' Association of Community Mental Health Centers, said his state's governor is looking for new ideas on mental health care.
"I think he's realized what's happening in our system," Hammond said.
To be sure, Republicans have not given up on keeping state government lean and taxes low. And some party members question how much mental health spending will be approved.
"I'm not telling you she gets the money," former South Carolina GOP Chairman Katon Dawson said of Haley.
Ty Masterson, Republican chairman of the Kansas Senate's Ways and Means Committee, acknowledged the same conflict: "There's obviously tension there."
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Comment below went through - it has all 12 life-destroying disasters listed
Comment by Save The American Family - STAF, Inc.,-not-for-profit-
By Dr. Christian von Christophers, Ph.D., N.D.
"Why someone is capable of doing so horrible as the recent mass shootings?" no one seems to know "Why?" Yet, there is a one clear answer to "Why?" Because not one person seems to know what the real reason is, STAF, Inc.'s presence is needed in the Gun law renewal in D.C.
Practically all mass shooters have two things in common: (1) they are victims of a divorce, separation or dysfunctional family & (2) they are all males. In this N.M. case the mother was planning for a divorce - the teenager hated his mother for that reason. A growing boy needs especially his father's presence.
The moral in our marriages has gone close to a zero. The children grow up disturbed & misled. In addition, the violent video games & violent movies are replacing the parental love & healthy attention - the children get a wrong picture about being a human being. The young mass killers suffer from the Broken Marriage Syndrome™.
The life-destroying challenges all children & all divorcing spouses will experience are listed in STAF, Inc.'s website in tab "Services", sub-tab "Restoring Any Marriage™. Most people have no clue what a divorce does to the children - it is serious child abuse.
The primary solution is not in the gun laws. The guns will be found no matter how many restrictions. Yes, STAF, Inc. supports certain important restrictions mainly for preventing mass shootings. We Americans have the right to defend ourselves.
When a child grows up in a healthy, loving home with 2 loving parents, the child has a good chance to become a healthy-minded teenager & a successful adult. Then the person has no need to find the guns to revenge his own Broken Family Syndrome™ suffering.
The divorcing spouses will experience (1) health challenges leading to a shorter life span and (2) to added financial difficulties. Every child experiencing a parental divorce faces serious life threatening disasters - the most important listed here: (1) overall increased risks to health & welfare; (2) 5 times more likely to commit suicide; (3) 32 times more likely to run away; (4) 20 times more likely to have behavioral disorders; (5) 14 times more likely to commit rape;
(6) 9 times more likely to drop out of school; (7) 10 times more likely to abuse alcohol and drugs; (8) 20 times more likely to end up in prison; (9) increased learning difficulties; (10) increased risk of divorce when grown; (11) increased out of wedlock pregnancies; (12) Latest discovery by the researchers: highly increased risk of having a stroke during his/her life time.
The long-term solution is to start educating the whole nation how to heal the American Family & our homes where our children are growing up. STAF, Inc. is a nation/worldwide leader in these matters. The secondary are the gun laws, except the few restrictions mentioned above what the President should immediately restrict using his executive order power.
STAF, Inc.'s presence is needed in D.C. in the U.S. Congress (House & Senate). STAF, Inc.'s founding President is planning (1) to seek a seat in D.C. Congress/Senate to provide the necessary information to the D.C. lawmakers and (2) to establish a fully new federal agency, Healthy Lifestyle & Family Success Agency, and to be named its first federal director.
New legislation and training for all these matters are needed in a results-bringing manner.
To visit STAF,Inc.'s website use its Radio Show title "DrDrCanYouHelpMe" in the internet search. Listen to STAF, Inc.'s popular Radio Show - you'll get free CEU & College-University credits.
Respectfully,
Christian von Christophers, Ph.D., N.D.
STAF, Inc.'s founding President
======================
Posted on the net Friday, 1/25/13 as the response to the article below Went through - has all life-destroying 12 facts happening to the children - the first 3 line eliminated
"Biden on self-defense: Get yourself a shotgun"
Date: January 25/13
Comment by Save The American Family - STAF, Inc.,-not-for-profit-
By Dr. Christian von Christophers, Ph.D., N.D.
Practically all mass shooters have two things in common: (1) they are victims of a divorce, separation or dysfunctional family & (2) they are all males. In a divorce situation the Courts often blindly give the custody to the mother even though in reality she might be the monster and the father the angel. Yet, a growing boy needs more his father's guidance than his mother's.
The moral in our marriages has gone close to a zero. In the U.S. the schools are providing close to zero guidance for the most important human relationship: marriage. In many developed countries it belongs to the basic curriculum.
The children grow up disturbed & misled. In addition, the violent video games & violent movies are replacing the parental love & healthy attention - the children get a wrong picture about being a human being. The young mass killers suffer from the Broken Marriage Syndrome™.
The life-destroying challenges all children & all divorcing spouses will experience are listed in STAF, Inc.'s website in tab "Services", sub-tab "Restoring Any Marriage™. Most people have no clue what a divorce does to the children - it is serious child abuse.
The primary solution is not in the gun laws. The guns will be found no matter how many restrictions. Yes, STAF, Inc. supports certain important restrictions mainly for preventing mass shootings. We Americans have the right to defend ourselves.
When a child grows up in a healthy, loving home with 2 loving parents, the child has a good chance to become a healthy-minded teenager & a successful adult. Then the person has no need to find the guns to revenge his own Broken Family Syndrome™ suffering.
The divorcing spouses will experience (1) health challenges leading to a shorter life span and (2) to added financial difficulties. Every child experiencing a parental divorce faces serious life threatening disasters - the most important listed here: (1) overall increased risks to health & welfare; (2) 5 times more likely to commit suicide; (3) 32 times more likely to run away; (4) 20 times more likely to have behavioral disorders; (5) 14 times more likely to commit rape;
(6) 9 times more likely to drop out of school; (7) 10 times more likely to abuse alcohol and drugs; (8) 20 times more likely to end up in prison; (9) increased learning difficulties; (10) increased risk of divorce when grown; (11) increased out of wedlock pregnancies; (12) Latest discovery by the researchers: highly increased risk of having a stroke during his/her life time.
The long-term solution is to start educating the whole nation how to heal the American Family & our homes where our children are growing up. STAF, Inc. is a nation/worldwide leader in these matters. The secondary are the gun laws, except the few restrictions mentioned above what the President should immediately restrict using his executive order power.
STAF, Inc.'s presence is needed in D.C. in the U.S. Congress (House & Senate). STAF, Inc.'s founding President is planning (1) to seek a seat in D.C. Congress/Senate to provide the necessary information to the D.C. lawmakers and (2) to establish a fully new federal agency, Healthy Lifestyle & Family Success Agency, and to be named its first federal director.
New legislation and training for all these matters are needed in a results-bringing manner.
To visit STAF,Inc.'s website use its Radio Show title "DrDrCanYouHelpMe" in the internet search. Listen to STAF, Inc.'s popular Radio Show - you'll get free CEU & College-University credits.
Respectfully,
Christian von Christophers, Ph.D., N.D.
STAF, Inc.'s founding President
======================
This version did NOT go through = the above has the 3 first lines eliminated
DATE: Fri, 1/25/13
Comment by Save The American Family - STAF, Inc.,-not-for-profit-
By Dr. Christian von Christophers, Ph.D., N.D.
"Why someone is capable of doing so horrible as the recent mass shootings?" no one seems to know "Why?" Yet, there is a one clear answer to "Why?" Because not one person seems to know what the real reason is, STAF, Inc.'s presence is needed in the Gun law renewal in D.C. OR STAF, Inc.'s presence is needed (in the Gun law renewal) in D.C. to counsel the facts. (black sentence put on net)
Practically all mass shooters have two things in common: (1) they are victims of a divorce, separation or dysfunctional family & (2) they are all males. In a divorce situation the Courts often blindly give the custody to the mother even though in reality she might be the monster and the father the angel. Yet, a growing boy needs more his father's guidance than his mother's.
The moral in our marriages has gone close to a zero. In the U.S. the schools are providing close to zero guidance for the most important human relationship: marriage.The moral in our marriages has gone close to a zero. In the U.S. the schools are providing close to zero guidance for the most important human relationship: marriage. Most parents do not have enough training for raising their children. In many developed countries it belongs to the basic curriculum.
The children grow up disturbed & misled. In addition, the violent video games & violent movies are replacing the parental love & healthy attention - the children get a wrong picture about being a human being. The young mass killers suffer from the Broken Marriage Syndrome™.
The life-destroying challenges all children & all divorcing spouses will experience are listed in STAF, Inc.'s website in tab "Services", sub-tab "Restoring Any Marriage™. Most people have no clue what a divorce does to the children - it is serious child abuse.
The primary solution is not in the gun laws. The guns will be found no matter how many restrictions. Yes, STAF, Inc. supports certain important restrictions mainly for preventing mass shootings. We Americans have the right to defend ourselves.
When a child grows up in a healthy, loving home with 2 loving parents, the child has a good chance to become a healthy-minded teenager & a successful adult. Then the person has no need to find the guns to revenge his own Broken Family Syndrome™ suffering.
The divorcing spouses will experience (1) health challenges leading to a shorter life span and (2) to added financial difficulties. Every child experiencing a parental divorce faces serious life threatening disasters - the most important listed here: (1) overall increased risks to health & welfare; (2) 5 times more likely to commit suicide; (3) 32 times more likely to run away; (4) 20 times more likely to have behavioral disorders; (5) 14 times more likely to commit rape;
(6) 9 times more likely to drop out of school; (7) 10 times more likely to abuse alcohol and drugs; (8) 20 times more likely to end up in prison; (9) increased learning difficulties; (10) increased risk of divorce when grown; (11) increased out of wedlock pregnancies; (12) Latest discovery by the researchers: highly increased risk of having a stroke during his/her life time.
The long-term solution is to start educating the whole nation how to heal the American Family & our homes where our children are growing up. STAF, Inc. is a nation/worldwide leader in these matters. The secondary are the gun laws, except the few restrictions mentioned above what the President should immediately restrict using his executive order power.
STAF, Inc.'s presence is needed in D.C. in the U.S. Congress (House & Senate). STAF, Inc.'s founding President is planning (1) to seek a seat in D.C. Congress/Senate to provide the necessary information to the D.C. lawmakers and (2) to establish a fully new federal agency, Healthy Lifestyle & Family Success Agency, and to be named its first federal director.
New legislation and training for all these matters are needed in a results-bringing manner.
To visit STAF,Inc.'s website use its Radio Show title "DrDrCanYouHelpMe" in the internet search. Listen to STAF, Inc.'s popular Radio Show - you'll get free CEU & College-University credits.
Respectfully,
Christian von Christophers, Ph.D., N.D.
STAF, Inc.'s founding President
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PUT on web to article: WENT THROUGH 1/31/13
Senate Judiciary Committee conducts first hearing on proposed gun control law Thu 1/31/13
Comment by Save The American Family - STAF, Inc.,-not-for-profit-
By Dr. Christian von Christophers, Ph.D., N.D.
"Why someone is capable of doing so horrible as the recent mass shootings?" no one seems to know "Why?" Yet, there is a one clear answer to "Why?" STAF, Inc.'s presence is needed in D.C. to counsel the facts.
Practically all mass shooters have two things in common: (1) they are victims of a divorce, separation or dysfunctional family & (2) they are all males. In a divorce situation the Courts often blindly give the custody to the mother even though in reality she might be the monster and the father the angel. Yet, a growing boy needs more his father's guidance than his mother's.
The moral in our marriages has gone close to a zero. In the U.S. the schools are providing close to zero guidance for the most important human relationship: marriage. In many developed countries it belongs to the basic curriculum.
The children grow up disturbed & misled. In addition, the violent video games & violent movies are replacing the parental love & healthy attention - the children get a wrong picture about being a human being. The young mass killers suffer from the Broken Marriage Syndrome™.
The life-destroying challenges all children & all divorcing spouses will experience are listed in STAF, Inc.'s website in tab "Services", sub-tab "Restoring Any Marriage™. Most people have no clue what a divorce does to the children - it is serious child abuse.
The primary solution is not in the gun laws. The guns will be found no matter how many restrictions. Yes, STAF, Inc. supports certain important restrictions mainly for preventing mass shootings. We Americans have the right to defend ourselves.
When a child grows up in a healthy, loving home with 2 loving parents, the child has a good chance to become a healthy-minded teenager & a successful adult. Then the person has no need to find the guns to revenge his own Broken Family Syndrome™ suffering.
The divorcing spouses will experience (1) health challenges leading to a shorter life span and (2) to added financial difficulties. Every child experiencing a parental divorce faces serious life threatening disasters - the most important listed here: (1) overall increased risks to health & welfare; (2) 5 times more likely to commit suicide; (3) 32 times more likely to run away; (4) 20 times more likely to have behavioral disorders; (5) 14 times more likely to commit rape;
(6) 9 times more likely to drop out of school; (7) 10 times more likely to abuse alcohol and drugs; (8) 20 times more likely to end up in prison; (9) increased learning difficulties; (10) increased risk of divorce when grown; (11) increased out of wedlock pregnancies; (12) Latest discovery by the researchers: highly increased risk of having a stroke during his/her life time.
The long-term solution is to start educating the whole nation how to heal the American Family & our homes where our children are growing up. STAF, Inc. is a nation/worldwide leader in these matters. The new gun laws are secondary.
STAF, Inc.'s presence is needed in D.C. in the U.S. Congress (House & Senate). STAF, Inc.'s founding President is planning (1) to seek a seat in D.C. Congress/Senate to provide the necessary information to the D.C. lawmakers and (2) to establish a fully new federal agency, Healthy Lifestyle & Family Success Agency, and to be named its first federal director.
New legislation and training for all these matters are needed in a results-bringing manner.
To visit STAF,Inc.'s website use its Radio Show title "DrDrCanYouHelpMe" in the internet search. Listen to STAF, Inc.'s popular Radio Show - you'll get free CEU & College-University credits.
Respectfully,
Christian von Christophers, Ph.D., N.D.
STAF, Inc.'s founding President
=======================================
Article
Senate Judiciary Committee conducts first hearing on proposed gun control law Thu 1/31/13
More than a month after an elementary school shooting in Newtown, Conn., that left 26 dead, the Senate Judiciary Committee on Wednesday held a three-hour hearing on gun control to examine possible new federal restrictions on "assault-style" weapons, background check enforcement and banning high capacity magazines.
The hearing comes amid calls from President Barack Obama to enact the most sweeping gun laws passed in a century. The legislation that followed, introduced by California Democratic Sen. Dianne Feinstein, has been met with fierce opposition from gun-rights advocates.
For the hearing, both sides brought in their most high-profile activists, notably former Arizona Rep. Gabrielle Giffords and her husband, retired NASA astronaut Mark Kelly, and National Rifle Association Executive Vice President Wayne LaPierre.
The hearing began with a statement read by Giffords, who sustained a gunshot to the head in a January 2011 Tucson town hall shooting. Speaking slowly but forcefully, Giffords urged committee members to be "bold" and "courageous" in dealing with gun violence. Giffords and Kelly founded a nonprofit, Americans for Responsible Solutions, to promote gun reform following the shooting that severely injured Giffords and 12 others, and killed six.
"This is an important conversation for our children. For our communities. For Democrats and Republicans. Speaking is difficult, but I need to say something important," Giffords said. "Violence is a big problem. Too many children are dying. Too many children. We must do something. It will be hard, but the time is now. You must act. Be bold, be courageous. Americans are counting on you. Thank you."
After her brief appearance, Giffords was escorted out of the committee room.
Kelly's testimony followed, in which he called called for action to increase background checks on gun purchasers and to remove limitations on public health organizations that collect gun violence data. He also urged the enactment of a federal gun trafficking statute that increases penalties on illegal gun purchases.
"Our rights are paramount. But our responsibilities are serious," Kelly said. "And as a nation we are not taking responsibility for the gun rights our Founding Fathers conferred upon us. Gabby and I are pro-gun ownership. We are anti-gun violence."
The hearing, which also included testimonies from Baltimore County Police Department Chief James Johnson, the NRA's LaPierre, Independent Women's Forum Senior Fellow Gayle Trotter and Denver University Law Professor David Kopel, focused on whether action should be taken in the wake of the mass shootings that have killed dozens in the past year. (During the meeting, a gunman in Phoenix, Arizona opened fire at an office complex, wounding three victims.)
While there was much division between the witnesses, particularly between Johnson and LaPierre, there appeared to be a consensus about including mental health records in the background check process and furthering education programs about the risks of gun ownership. Senators from both parties made clear that they had no intention to take away the constitutional right to a firearm.
"It is now settled law that the government is never going to take away Americans' guns. Progressives need not to accept this decision, but to endorse it," said New York Democratic Sen. Chuck Schumer. "And it makes sense. You can't argue for an expansive reading of amendments like the First, Fourth and Fifth but see the Second Amendment through the pinhole of saying it only affects militias. At the same time, those on the pro-gun side must recognize no amendment is absolute."
During his much-anticipated testimony, LaPierre argued against increasing regulations on gun ownership.
"Proposing more gun control laws, while failing to enforce the thousands we already have, is not a serious solution to reducing crime," LaPierre said. "Law-abiding gun owners will not accept blame for the acts of violent or deranged criminals. Nor do we believe the government should dictate what we can lawfully own and use to protect our families."
LaPierre, whose organization has been on the defense in the aftermath of a string of deadly mass shootings, repeated his call for placing more armed guards in public schools—a call made in December after the shooting at Sandy Hook Elementary School in Newtown. LaPierre argued that similar tragedies could be avoided with more officers on campuses.
"It’s time to throw an immediate blanket of security around our children. About a third of our schools have armed security already because it works," he said. "And that number is growing every day. Right now, state officials, local authorities and school districts in all 50 states are considering their own plans to protect children in their schools."
In response to calls for instituting deeper background checks, LaPierre said gun sellers should be allowed to search for histories of mental illness in gun purchasers, but argued against background checks at gun shows.
"When it comes to the issue of background checks, let’s be honest—background checks will never be 'universal' because criminals will never submit to them," he said.
Senate Judiciary Committee conducts first hearing on proposed gun control law Thu 1/31/13
Comment by Save The American Family - STAF, Inc.,-not-for-profit-
By Dr. Christian von Christophers, Ph.D., N.D.
"Why someone is capable of doing so horrible as the recent mass shootings?" no one seems to know "Why?" Yet, there is a one clear answer to "Why?" STAF, Inc.'s presence is needed in D.C. to counsel the facts.
Practically all mass shooters have two things in common: (1) they are victims of a divorce, separation or dysfunctional family & (2) they are all males. In a divorce situation the Courts often blindly give the custody to the mother even though in reality she might be the monster and the father the angel. Yet, a growing boy needs more his father's guidance than his mother's.
The moral in our marriages has gone close to a zero. In the U.S. the schools are providing close to zero guidance for the most important human relationship: marriage. In many developed countries it belongs to the basic curriculum.
The children grow up disturbed & misled. In addition, the violent video games & violent movies are replacing the parental love & healthy attention - the children get a wrong picture about being a human being. The young mass killers suffer from the Broken Marriage Syndrome™.
The life-destroying challenges all children & all divorcing spouses will experience are listed in STAF, Inc.'s website in tab "Services", sub-tab "Restoring Any Marriage™. Most people have no clue what a divorce does to the children - it is serious child abuse.
The primary solution is not in the gun laws. The guns will be found no matter how many restrictions. Yes, STAF, Inc. supports certain important restrictions mainly for preventing mass shootings. We Americans have the right to defend ourselves.
When a child grows up in a healthy, loving home with 2 loving parents, the child has a good chance to become a healthy-minded teenager & a successful adult. Then the person has no need to find the guns to revenge his own Broken Family Syndrome™ suffering.
The divorcing spouses will experience (1) health challenges leading to a shorter life span and (2) to added financial difficulties. Every child experiencing a parental divorce faces serious life threatening disasters - the most important listed here: (1) overall increased risks to health & welfare; (2) 5 times more likely to commit suicide; (3) 32 times more likely to run away; (4) 20 times more likely to have behavioral disorders; (5) 14 times more likely to commit rape;
(6) 9 times more likely to drop out of school; (7) 10 times more likely to abuse alcohol and drugs; (8) 20 times more likely to end up in prison; (9) increased learning difficulties; (10) increased risk of divorce when grown; (11) increased out of wedlock pregnancies; (12) Latest discovery by the researchers: highly increased risk of having a stroke during his/her life time.
The long-term solution is to start educating the whole nation how to heal the American Family & our homes where our children are growing up. STAF, Inc. is a nation/worldwide leader in these matters. The new gun laws are secondary.
STAF, Inc.'s presence is needed in D.C. in the U.S. Congress (House & Senate). STAF, Inc.'s founding President is planning (1) to seek a seat in D.C. Congress/Senate to provide the necessary information to the D.C. lawmakers and (2) to establish a fully new federal agency, Healthy Lifestyle & Family Success Agency, and to be named its first federal director.
New legislation and training for all these matters are needed in a results-bringing manner.
To visit STAF,Inc.'s website use its Radio Show title "DrDrCanYouHelpMe" in the internet search. Listen to STAF, Inc.'s popular Radio Show - you'll get free CEU & College-University credits.
Respectfully,
Christian von Christophers, Ph.D., N.D.
STAF, Inc.'s founding President
=======================================
Article
Senate Judiciary Committee conducts first hearing on proposed gun control law Thu 1/31/13
More than a month after an elementary school shooting in Newtown, Conn., that left 26 dead, the Senate Judiciary Committee on Wednesday held a three-hour hearing on gun control to examine possible new federal restrictions on "assault-style" weapons, background check enforcement and banning high capacity magazines.
The hearing comes amid calls from President Barack Obama to enact the most sweeping gun laws passed in a century. The legislation that followed, introduced by California Democratic Sen. Dianne Feinstein, has been met with fierce opposition from gun-rights advocates.
For the hearing, both sides brought in their most high-profile activists, notably former Arizona Rep. Gabrielle Giffords and her husband, retired NASA astronaut Mark Kelly, and National Rifle Association Executive Vice President Wayne LaPierre.
The hearing began with a statement read by Giffords, who sustained a gunshot to the head in a January 2011 Tucson town hall shooting. Speaking slowly but forcefully, Giffords urged committee members to be "bold" and "courageous" in dealing with gun violence. Giffords and Kelly founded a nonprofit, Americans for Responsible Solutions, to promote gun reform following the shooting that severely injured Giffords and 12 others, and killed six.
"This is an important conversation for our children. For our communities. For Democrats and Republicans. Speaking is difficult, but I need to say something important," Giffords said. "Violence is a big problem. Too many children are dying. Too many children. We must do something. It will be hard, but the time is now. You must act. Be bold, be courageous. Americans are counting on you. Thank you."
After her brief appearance, Giffords was escorted out of the committee room.
Kelly's testimony followed, in which he called called for action to increase background checks on gun purchasers and to remove limitations on public health organizations that collect gun violence data. He also urged the enactment of a federal gun trafficking statute that increases penalties on illegal gun purchases.
"Our rights are paramount. But our responsibilities are serious," Kelly said. "And as a nation we are not taking responsibility for the gun rights our Founding Fathers conferred upon us. Gabby and I are pro-gun ownership. We are anti-gun violence."
The hearing, which also included testimonies from Baltimore County Police Department Chief James Johnson, the NRA's LaPierre, Independent Women's Forum Senior Fellow Gayle Trotter and Denver University Law Professor David Kopel, focused on whether action should be taken in the wake of the mass shootings that have killed dozens in the past year. (During the meeting, a gunman in Phoenix, Arizona opened fire at an office complex, wounding three victims.)
While there was much division between the witnesses, particularly between Johnson and LaPierre, there appeared to be a consensus about including mental health records in the background check process and furthering education programs about the risks of gun ownership. Senators from both parties made clear that they had no intention to take away the constitutional right to a firearm.
"It is now settled law that the government is never going to take away Americans' guns. Progressives need not to accept this decision, but to endorse it," said New York Democratic Sen. Chuck Schumer. "And it makes sense. You can't argue for an expansive reading of amendments like the First, Fourth and Fifth but see the Second Amendment through the pinhole of saying it only affects militias. At the same time, those on the pro-gun side must recognize no amendment is absolute."
During his much-anticipated testimony, LaPierre argued against increasing regulations on gun ownership.
"Proposing more gun control laws, while failing to enforce the thousands we already have, is not a serious solution to reducing crime," LaPierre said. "Law-abiding gun owners will not accept blame for the acts of violent or deranged criminals. Nor do we believe the government should dictate what we can lawfully own and use to protect our families."
LaPierre, whose organization has been on the defense in the aftermath of a string of deadly mass shootings, repeated his call for placing more armed guards in public schools—a call made in December after the shooting at Sandy Hook Elementary School in Newtown. LaPierre argued that similar tragedies could be avoided with more officers on campuses.
"It’s time to throw an immediate blanket of security around our children. About a third of our schools have armed security already because it works," he said. "And that number is growing every day. Right now, state officials, local authorities and school districts in all 50 states are considering their own plans to protect children in their schools."
In response to calls for instituting deeper background checks, LaPierre said gun sellers should be allowed to search for histories of mental illness in gun purchasers, but argued against background checks at gun shows.
"When it comes to the issue of background checks, let’s be honest—background checks will never be 'universal' because criminals will never submit to them," he said.
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"Any man who thinks he can be happy and Prosperous by letting the US Government Officials take care of him, better take a closer look at the American Indian."
Henry Ford
Biden on self-defense: Get yourself a shotgun
Date: January 25/13
Are you looking into buying an assault weapon for protection after a devastating natural disaster (or the coming Zombie Apocalypse) plunges society into deadly anarchy? You’ve got it all wrong, Vice President Joe Biden said Thursday: Get yourself a shotgun.
Biden, doing a Google+ “hangout” to promote President Barack Obama’s proposals for battling gun violence, had been asked whether a new assault weapons ban might infringe on the Second Amendment rights of those who want one “as a last line of defense” to fend off looters after “some terrible natural disaster.”
“Guess what? A shotgun will keep you a lot safer, a double-barreled shotgun, than the assault weapon in somebody’s hands [who] doesn’t know how to use it, even one who does know how to use it,” the outspoken vice president, a shotgun owner himself, replied. “It’s harder to use an assault weapon to hit something than it is a shotgun. You want to keep people away in an earthquake? Buy some shotgun shells.”
With the fate of Obama’s gun violence proposals unclear in the face of stiff opposition from most Republicans and some Democrats, Biden urged supporters of ideas like imposing a new assault weapons ban, limiting ammunition clips to 10 rounds and toughening background checks to pressure their elected representatives. “This town listens when people rise up and speak,” Biden said.
Like Obama before him, the vice president emphasized that he's a firm believer in the Second Amendment—but compared proposed new curbs on assault weapons to keeping fully-equipped F-15 fighter jets off the market.
“You have an individual right to own a weapon both for recreation, for hunting and also for your self-protection,” he said. "But just as you don’t have an individual right to go out and buy an F-15—if you’re a billionaire—with ordnance on it, just like you don’t have the right to buy an M-1 tank, just like you don’t have a right to buy an automatic weapon" you should not be able to get other weapons for which there is "no reasonable societal justification, or constitutional justification."
Biden noted that "it's not about keeping bad guns out of the hands of good people, it's about keeping all guns out of the hands of bad people. There should be rational limits."
One of Biden's questioners asked why, if they're rational, there's the lack of political will to enact them.
Biden paused, then said he would have to watch his words. “Both left and right sometimes take absolutist positions," he said.
The vice president emphasized that the administration was not calling for armed guards in schools, a proposal recently floated by the National Rifle Association. Instead, schools would have the flexibility to hire a uniformed guard, armed or not, if they so desired.
But Biden warned it would be a "terrible mistake" to arm school staff. "The last thing we need to do is be arming schoolteachers and administrators" who may not have firearm training, he said.
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Wis. sheriff urges residents to get gun training
Date: 1/26/13
Associated Press
A sheriff who released a radio ad urging Milwaukee-area residents to learn to handle firearms so they can defend themselves while waiting for police said Friday that law enforcement cutbacks have changed the way police can respond to crime.
In the 30-second commercial, Milwaukee County Sheriff David Clarke Jr. says personal safety is no longer a spectator sport.
"I need you in the game," he says.
"With officers laid off and furloughed*), simply calling 911 and waiting is no longer your best option," he adds. "You can beg for mercy from a violent criminal, hide under the bed, or you can fight back. ... Consider taking a certified safety course in handling a firearm so you can defend yourself until we get there."
*) = Grant such leave of absence to. Lay off (workers), esp. temporarily.
The ad has generated sharp criticism from other area officials and anti-violence advocates. The president of the Milwaukee Deputy Sheriffs' Association, Roy Felber, said it sounds like a call to vigilantism.
"That doesn't sound too smart," Felber said. "People have the right to defend themselves, but they don't have the right to take the law into their own hands."
Under Wisconsin's "castle doctrine," someone who uses deadly force against an unlawful intruder to their home, business or vehicle is presumed to have acted reasonably. A spokeswoman for the state Department of Justice said that as of this week, there are about 155,000 concealed*) carry permits in Wisconsin.
*) = Keep from sight; hide. Keep (something) secret; prevent from being known or noticed: "love that they had to conceal from others".
In an interview with The Associated Press, Clarke said he just wants people to know what their options are. While self-defense isn't for everyone, some people see personal safety as their own responsibility, he said, and they should be trained properly.
"I'm not telling you to 'Hey, pick up a gun and blast away.' ... People need to know what they are doing if they chose that method — to defend themselves," he said.
But he also said he wanted to call on residents to be law enforcement "partners." He said he could either whine about budget cuts that forced him to lay off 48 deputies last year or he could get creative.
"People are responsible to play a role in their own safety, with the help of law enforcement," Clarke said. "I'm here to do my part, but we have fewer and fewer resources. We're not omnipresent, and we have to stop giving people that impression."
"After sitting down and thinking about this, I'm thinking 'Hey, I've got an untapped reserve over here, and it's the public,'" Clarke said.
Milwaukee Mayor Tom Barrett's office released a statement criticizing the ad: "Apparently Sheriff David Clarke is auditioning for the next Dirty Harry movie."
Barrett was beaten up several years ago by someone with a tire iron, and Clarke said he thought that would make the mayor "a lot more sensitive to people being able to defend themselves in such instances. A firearm and a plan of defense would have come in handy for him that day."
Jeri Bonavia, executive director of Wisconsin Anti-Violence Effort, said Clarke took a dangerous position with his ad. She pointed to the case of George Zimmerman, a neighborhood watch volunteer in Florida who fatally shot an unarmed 17-year-old following an altercation. Zimmerman has pleaded not guilty to second-degree murder, claiming self-defense under Florida's "stand your ground" law.
"I feel like this is such an irresponsible thing for our chief public safety officer of a county to do," Bonavia said. "I think he owes this community an apology. And if he really believes that he's not capable of providing for our public safety he should get a different job."
__________________________
"Any man who thinks he can be happy and Prosperous by letting the US Government Officials take care of him, better take a closer look at the American Indian."
Henry Ford
Biden on self-defense: Get yourself a shotgun
Date: January 25/13
Are you looking into buying an assault weapon for protection after a devastating natural disaster (or the coming Zombie Apocalypse) plunges society into deadly anarchy? You’ve got it all wrong, Vice President Joe Biden said Thursday: Get yourself a shotgun.
Biden, doing a Google+ “hangout” to promote President Barack Obama’s proposals for battling gun violence, had been asked whether a new assault weapons ban might infringe on the Second Amendment rights of those who want one “as a last line of defense” to fend off looters after “some terrible natural disaster.”
“Guess what? A shotgun will keep you a lot safer, a double-barreled shotgun, than the assault weapon in somebody’s hands [who] doesn’t know how to use it, even one who does know how to use it,” the outspoken vice president, a shotgun owner himself, replied. “It’s harder to use an assault weapon to hit something than it is a shotgun. You want to keep people away in an earthquake? Buy some shotgun shells.”
With the fate of Obama’s gun violence proposals unclear in the face of stiff opposition from most Republicans and some Democrats, Biden urged supporters of ideas like imposing a new assault weapons ban, limiting ammunition clips to 10 rounds and toughening background checks to pressure their elected representatives. “This town listens when people rise up and speak,” Biden said.
Like Obama before him, the vice president emphasized that he's a firm believer in the Second Amendment—but compared proposed new curbs on assault weapons to keeping fully-equipped F-15 fighter jets off the market.
“You have an individual right to own a weapon both for recreation, for hunting and also for your self-protection,” he said. "But just as you don’t have an individual right to go out and buy an F-15—if you’re a billionaire—with ordnance on it, just like you don’t have the right to buy an M-1 tank, just like you don’t have a right to buy an automatic weapon" you should not be able to get other weapons for which there is "no reasonable societal justification, or constitutional justification."
Biden noted that "it's not about keeping bad guns out of the hands of good people, it's about keeping all guns out of the hands of bad people. There should be rational limits."
One of Biden's questioners asked why, if they're rational, there's the lack of political will to enact them.
Biden paused, then said he would have to watch his words. “Both left and right sometimes take absolutist positions," he said.
The vice president emphasized that the administration was not calling for armed guards in schools, a proposal recently floated by the National Rifle Association. Instead, schools would have the flexibility to hire a uniformed guard, armed or not, if they so desired.
But Biden warned it would be a "terrible mistake" to arm school staff. "The last thing we need to do is be arming schoolteachers and administrators" who may not have firearm training, he said.
=======================================================================================================================================================================================================================================
Wis. sheriff urges residents to get gun training
Date: 1/26/13
Associated Press
A sheriff who released a radio ad urging Milwaukee-area residents to learn to handle firearms so they can defend themselves while waiting for police said Friday that law enforcement cutbacks have changed the way police can respond to crime.
In the 30-second commercial, Milwaukee County Sheriff David Clarke Jr. says personal safety is no longer a spectator sport.
"I need you in the game," he says.
"With officers laid off and furloughed*), simply calling 911 and waiting is no longer your best option," he adds. "You can beg for mercy from a violent criminal, hide under the bed, or you can fight back. ... Consider taking a certified safety course in handling a firearm so you can defend yourself until we get there."
*) = Grant such leave of absence to. Lay off (workers), esp. temporarily.
The ad has generated sharp criticism from other area officials and anti-violence advocates. The president of the Milwaukee Deputy Sheriffs' Association, Roy Felber, said it sounds like a call to vigilantism.
"That doesn't sound too smart," Felber said. "People have the right to defend themselves, but they don't have the right to take the law into their own hands."
Under Wisconsin's "castle doctrine," someone who uses deadly force against an unlawful intruder to their home, business or vehicle is presumed to have acted reasonably. A spokeswoman for the state Department of Justice said that as of this week, there are about 155,000 concealed*) carry permits in Wisconsin.
*) = Keep from sight; hide. Keep (something) secret; prevent from being known or noticed: "love that they had to conceal from others".
In an interview with The Associated Press, Clarke said he just wants people to know what their options are. While self-defense isn't for everyone, some people see personal safety as their own responsibility, he said, and they should be trained properly.
"I'm not telling you to 'Hey, pick up a gun and blast away.' ... People need to know what they are doing if they chose that method — to defend themselves," he said.
But he also said he wanted to call on residents to be law enforcement "partners." He said he could either whine about budget cuts that forced him to lay off 48 deputies last year or he could get creative.
"People are responsible to play a role in their own safety, with the help of law enforcement," Clarke said. "I'm here to do my part, but we have fewer and fewer resources. We're not omnipresent, and we have to stop giving people that impression."
"After sitting down and thinking about this, I'm thinking 'Hey, I've got an untapped reserve over here, and it's the public,'" Clarke said.
Milwaukee Mayor Tom Barrett's office released a statement criticizing the ad: "Apparently Sheriff David Clarke is auditioning for the next Dirty Harry movie."
Barrett was beaten up several years ago by someone with a tire iron, and Clarke said he thought that would make the mayor "a lot more sensitive to people being able to defend themselves in such instances. A firearm and a plan of defense would have come in handy for him that day."
Jeri Bonavia, executive director of Wisconsin Anti-Violence Effort, said Clarke took a dangerous position with his ad. She pointed to the case of George Zimmerman, a neighborhood watch volunteer in Florida who fatally shot an unarmed 17-year-old following an altercation. Zimmerman has pleaded not guilty to second-degree murder, claiming self-defense under Florida's "stand your ground" law.
"I feel like this is such an irresponsible thing for our chief public safety officer of a county to do," Bonavia said. "I think he owes this community an apology. And if he really believes that he's not capable of providing for our public safety he should get a different job."
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Wis. sheriff urges residents to get gun training
Date: 1/26/13
Associated Press
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Comment, Sat. 1/26/13 to the article above:
Wis. sheriff urges residents to get gun training - Date: 1/26/13 - Associated Press
WENT through, has 12 disasters
Comment by Save The American Family - STAF, Inc.,-not-for-profit- By Dr. Christian von Christophers, Ph.D., N.D.
STAF, Inc. is fully on the Wis. Sheriff' Clarke, Jr.'s side - the other officials state irresponsible opinions - shame on them! Praise to the Sheriff!
Below some factual information relating to the rampant mass shootings.
Practically all mass shooters have two things in common: (1) they are victims of a divorce, separation or dysfunctional family & (2) they are all males. In a divorce situation the Courts often blindly give the custody to the mother even though in reality she might be the monster and the father the angel. Yet, a growing boy needs more his father's guidance than his mother's.
The moral in our marriages has gone close to a zero. In the U.S. the schools are providing close to zero guidance for the most important human relationship: marriage. In many developed countries it belongs to the basic curriculum.
The children grow up disturbed & misled. In addition, the violent video games & violent movies are replacing the parental love & healthy attention - the children get a wrong picture about being a human being. The young mass killers suffer from the Broken Marriage Syndrome™.
The life-destroying challenges all children & all divorcing spouses will experience are listed in STAF, Inc.'s website in tab "Services", sub-tab "Restoring Any Marriage™. Most people have no clue what a divorce does to the children - it is serious child abuse.
The primary solution is not in the gun laws. The guns will be found no matter how many restrictions. Yes, STAF, Inc. supports certain important restrictions mainly for preventing mass shootings. We Americans have the right to defend ourselves.
When a child grows up in a healthy, loving home with 2 loving parents, the child has a good chance to become a healthy-minded teenager & a successful adult. Then the person has no need to find the guns to revenge his own Broken Family Syndrome™ suffering.
The divorcing spouses will experience (1) health challenges leading to a shorter life span and (2) to added financial difficulties. Every child experiencing a parental divorce faces serious life threatening disasters - the most important listed here: (1) overall increased risks to health & welfare; (2) 5 times more likely to commit suicide; (3) 32 times more likely to run away; (4) 20 times more likely to have behavioral disorders; (5) 14 times more likely to commit rape;
(6) 9 times more likely to drop out of school; (7) 10 times more likely to abuse alcohol and drugs; (8) 20 times more likely to end up in prison; (9) increased learning difficulties; (10) increased risk of divorce when grown; (11) increased out of wedlock pregnancies; (12) Latest discovery by the researchers: highly increased risk of having a stroke during his/her life time.
The long-term solution is to start educating the whole nation how to heal the American Family & our homes where our children are growing up. STAF, Inc. is a nation/worldwide leader in these matters. The secondary are the gun laws, except the few restrictions mentioned above what the President should immediately restrict using his executive order power.
STAF, Inc.'s presence is needed in D.C. in the U.S. Congress (House & Senate). STAF, Inc.'s founding President is planning (1) to seek a seat in D.C. Congress/Senate to provide the necessary information to the D.C. lawmakers and (2) to establish a fully new federal agency, Healthy Lifestyle & Family Success Agency, and to be named its first federal director.
New legislation and training for all these matters are needed in a results-bringing manner.
To visit STAF, Inc.'s website use its Radio Show title "DrDrCanYouHelpMe" in the internet search. Listen to STAF, Inc.'s popular Radio Show - you'll get free CEU & College-University credits.
Respectfully,
Christian von Christophers, Ph.D., N.D.
STAF, Inc.'s founding President
____________________________________________
Date: 1/26/13
Associated Press
===================================================
Comment, Sat. 1/26/13 to the article above:
Wis. sheriff urges residents to get gun training - Date: 1/26/13 - Associated Press
WENT through, has 12 disasters
Comment by Save The American Family - STAF, Inc.,-not-for-profit- By Dr. Christian von Christophers, Ph.D., N.D.
STAF, Inc. is fully on the Wis. Sheriff' Clarke, Jr.'s side - the other officials state irresponsible opinions - shame on them! Praise to the Sheriff!
Below some factual information relating to the rampant mass shootings.
Practically all mass shooters have two things in common: (1) they are victims of a divorce, separation or dysfunctional family & (2) they are all males. In a divorce situation the Courts often blindly give the custody to the mother even though in reality she might be the monster and the father the angel. Yet, a growing boy needs more his father's guidance than his mother's.
The moral in our marriages has gone close to a zero. In the U.S. the schools are providing close to zero guidance for the most important human relationship: marriage. In many developed countries it belongs to the basic curriculum.
The children grow up disturbed & misled. In addition, the violent video games & violent movies are replacing the parental love & healthy attention - the children get a wrong picture about being a human being. The young mass killers suffer from the Broken Marriage Syndrome™.
The life-destroying challenges all children & all divorcing spouses will experience are listed in STAF, Inc.'s website in tab "Services", sub-tab "Restoring Any Marriage™. Most people have no clue what a divorce does to the children - it is serious child abuse.
The primary solution is not in the gun laws. The guns will be found no matter how many restrictions. Yes, STAF, Inc. supports certain important restrictions mainly for preventing mass shootings. We Americans have the right to defend ourselves.
When a child grows up in a healthy, loving home with 2 loving parents, the child has a good chance to become a healthy-minded teenager & a successful adult. Then the person has no need to find the guns to revenge his own Broken Family Syndrome™ suffering.
The divorcing spouses will experience (1) health challenges leading to a shorter life span and (2) to added financial difficulties. Every child experiencing a parental divorce faces serious life threatening disasters - the most important listed here: (1) overall increased risks to health & welfare; (2) 5 times more likely to commit suicide; (3) 32 times more likely to run away; (4) 20 times more likely to have behavioral disorders; (5) 14 times more likely to commit rape;
(6) 9 times more likely to drop out of school; (7) 10 times more likely to abuse alcohol and drugs; (8) 20 times more likely to end up in prison; (9) increased learning difficulties; (10) increased risk of divorce when grown; (11) increased out of wedlock pregnancies; (12) Latest discovery by the researchers: highly increased risk of having a stroke during his/her life time.
The long-term solution is to start educating the whole nation how to heal the American Family & our homes where our children are growing up. STAF, Inc. is a nation/worldwide leader in these matters. The secondary are the gun laws, except the few restrictions mentioned above what the President should immediately restrict using his executive order power.
STAF, Inc.'s presence is needed in D.C. in the U.S. Congress (House & Senate). STAF, Inc.'s founding President is planning (1) to seek a seat in D.C. Congress/Senate to provide the necessary information to the D.C. lawmakers and (2) to establish a fully new federal agency, Healthy Lifestyle & Family Success Agency, and to be named its first federal director.
New legislation and training for all these matters are needed in a results-bringing manner.
To visit STAF, Inc.'s website use its Radio Show title "DrDrCanYouHelpMe" in the internet search. Listen to STAF, Inc.'s popular Radio Show - you'll get free CEU & College-University credits.
Respectfully,
Christian von Christophers, Ph.D., N.D.
STAF, Inc.'s founding President
____________________________________________
COMMENTS FROM PUBLIC to the article above: Wis. sheriff urges residents to get gun training Date: 1/26/13 Close to 100 % of people are on the Sheriff's side to get a gun and get trained
- "The president of the Milwaukee Deputy Sheriffs' Association, Roy Felber, said it sounds like a call to vigilantism."
What part of "defend yourself until we can get there" did this idiot fail to understand?22 Replies
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Ray 10 mins ago Report AbuseA responsible American Gun Owner looks at owning a gun the same way he or she looks at owning and driving a car. They take it very serious. But you do have some people in all aspects of life that doesn't take life serious.
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Mantis • 8 hrs ago Report AbuseThe sheriff is the only one encouraging people to defend themselves. As for the others mentioned (e.g. the mayor, president, and executive director) they only criticized the sheriff and offered NO advice on how to defend yourself in a life threatening situation. Who do you trust here?22 Replies
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Mike • 6 hrs ago Report AbuseI have a 44magnum revolver i've had it for over 15 years and only had to pull it once. A guy broke in my house armed with a crow bar & a knife and ultamently found himself staring down the 6 inch barrel of a smith &Wesson. the guy gave up and the cops took him away without a shot fired.21 Replies
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Gary • 8 hrs ago Report AbuseIt would take 30 minutes for law enforcenment to get to my house 45 acp is my 911,yes I know how to use it29 Replies
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David • 9 hrs ago Report AbuseEvery sheriff should be urging the public to get gun training. A gun owner is good, a trained gun owner is great!9 Replies
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A Yahoo User. • 8 hrs ago Report AbuseMakes perfectly good sense to me.3 Replies
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Zeus • 9 hrs ago Report AbuseWhile I don't believe in handing guns out like candy and having them in the hands of untrained people, I agree with the Sheriff.
People trained in gun safety and proper use, protecting their own homes. Absolutely.15 Replies
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Attila • 9 hrs ago Report AbuseSince when is defending your life and home "vigilantism"? ."When seconds count, the Police are just minutes away." Too many people look on Robbery as "re-distribution of wealth at the grass-roots level".30 Replies
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AMERICAN1975 • 8 hrs ago Report AbuseArmed self-defense is a natural right of man.23 Replies
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Phil • 9 hrs ago Report AbuseLess jobs cause poverty, poverty and lack of jobs cause crime rates to go up. That's no secret. People who can't get food from the stores need weapons for hunting for food, and for self defense. It's a harsh world we live in.15 Replies
Vigilantism
1. One who takes or advocates the taking of law enforcement into one's own hands.
2. A member of a vigilance committee.
[Spanish, watchman, vigilante, from Latin vigilns, vigilant-, present participle of vigilre, to be watchful, from vigil, watchful; see weg- in Indo-European
"Vigilante" Blu-ray
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Taking the law into one's own hands and attempting to effect justice according to one's own understanding of right and wrong; action taken by a voluntary association of persons who organize themselves for the purpose of protecting a common interest, such as liberty, property, or personal security; action taken by an individual or group to protest existing law; action taken by an individual or group to enforce a higher law than that enacted by society's designated lawmaking institutions; private enforcement of legal norms in the absence of an established, reliable, and effective law enforcement body.
The foundation of the American legal system rests on the Rule of Law, a concept embodied in the notion that the United States is a nation of laws and not of men. Under the rule of law, laws are thought to exist independent of, and separate from, human will. Even when the human element factors into legal decision making, the decision maker is expected to be constrained by the law in making his or her decision. In other words, police officers, judges, and juries should act according to the law and not according to their personal preferences or private agendas.
State and federal governments are given what amounts to a Monopoly over the use of force and violence to implement the law. Private citizens may use force and violence to defend their lives and their property, and in some instances the lives and property of others, but they must do so under the specific circumstances allowed by the law if they wish to avoid being prosecuted for a crime themselves. Private individuals may also make "citizen arrests," but the circumstances in which the law authorizes them to do so are very narrow. Citizens are often limited to making arrests for felonies committed in their presence. By taking law into their own hands, vigilantes flout the rule of law, effectively becoming lawmaker, police officer, judge, jury, and appellate court for the cause they are pursuing.
The history of vigilantism in the United States is as old as the country itself. In many ways, the history of the United States began with vigilantism. On December 16, 1773, American colonists, tired of British direct taxation, took part in what came to be known as the Boston Tea Party. As part of the resistance, they threw 342 chests of tea into Boston Harbor.
During the 1830s, so-called "vigilance committees" formed in the South to protect the institution of Slavery against encroachment by abolitionists, who were routinely assaulted, tarred and feathered, and otherwise terrorized by these committees with the Acquiescence of local law enforcement personnel. After slavery was abolished, southern vigilante groups, such as the Ku Klux Klan, sought to continue white dominance over freed blacks by usingLynching and other forms of intimidation that were prohibited by law. During the second half of the twentieth century, African-American vigilantes wantonly destroyed symbols of white authority and property associated with white society in retaliation for the injuries and indignities caused by racial Segregation and discrimination.
Vigilantism continues to metamorphose. Private watch groups patrol their neighborhoods to guard against criminal activity. Antiabortion extremists commit deadly attacks against family health care clinics and family health care workers, often in the name of religion. Environmental activists inflict economic losses on companies by obstructing lawful business activities that they think will cause harm to the air, water, or land. Every day people use force and violence to exact revenge against someone whom they believe has done them wrong. In each case, vigilantes take it upon themselves to enact justice, rather than enlist police officers, lawyers, judges, and the rest of the established legal machinery to do the job. And, in each case, vigilantes risk starting a cycle of violence and lawlessness in which the victims of vigilantism take the law into their own hands to exact pay-back.
The motivations underlying acts of vigilantism vary according to the individual vigilante. Some vigilantes seek to carry out personal agendas to protest existing law. Others seek to enforce existing law as they interpret, define, or understand it. Still others seek to implement or call attention to some kind of higher law that they feel overrules the norms established by society's designated lawmaking institutions. Since no state or federal jurisdiction offers any kind of "vigilante defense" to criminal prosecution, vigilantes must rely on the moral rectitude of their cause to justify their acts. Yet the morality of most acts of vigilantism is relative to whether one is the perpetrator or victim of vigilantism, as the targets of vigilantism rarely agree that the acts were justified.
The moral relativity associated with vigilantism is not as evident in less technological societies where vigilantism is simply equated with action taken by private residents to maintain security and order in the community, or to otherwise promote community welfare. For example, during much of the nineteenth century, local governments in the western United States were decentralized and loosely organized at best. As part of this often makeshift political order, certain individuals or groups of individuals took it upon themselves to provide summary justice for alleged victims of criminal activity. Some of the individuals accused of wrongdoing, and rounded up by this posse-style system of justice, were no doubt unhappy with the justice that was dispensed. However, these vigilante groups were prevalent in this particular region of the country, making them the norm and not the exception. As a result, such groups were typically more widely accepted than vigilante movements from other eras.
Further readingsAbrams, R. G. 1999. Vigilant Citizens: Vigilantism and the State. Malden, Mass.: Polity Press.
Culberson, William C. 1990. Vigilantism: Political History of Private Power in the United States. New York: Greenwood.
Safire, William. 1985. "Up the Ante." San Francisco Chronicle (February).
West's Encyclopedia of American Law, edition 2. Copyright 2008 The Gale Group, Inc. All rights reserved.
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1. One who takes or advocates the taking of law enforcement into one's own hands.
2. A member of a vigilance committee.
[Spanish, watchman, vigilante, from Latin vigilns, vigilant-, present participle of vigilre, to be watchful, from vigil, watchful; see weg- in Indo-European
"Vigilante" Blu-ray
1983/Action/Robert Forster 1000s of titles not found elsewhere
www.MoviesUnlimited.com
Taking the law into one's own hands and attempting to effect justice according to one's own understanding of right and wrong; action taken by a voluntary association of persons who organize themselves for the purpose of protecting a common interest, such as liberty, property, or personal security; action taken by an individual or group to protest existing law; action taken by an individual or group to enforce a higher law than that enacted by society's designated lawmaking institutions; private enforcement of legal norms in the absence of an established, reliable, and effective law enforcement body.
The foundation of the American legal system rests on the Rule of Law, a concept embodied in the notion that the United States is a nation of laws and not of men. Under the rule of law, laws are thought to exist independent of, and separate from, human will. Even when the human element factors into legal decision making, the decision maker is expected to be constrained by the law in making his or her decision. In other words, police officers, judges, and juries should act according to the law and not according to their personal preferences or private agendas.
State and federal governments are given what amounts to a Monopoly over the use of force and violence to implement the law. Private citizens may use force and violence to defend their lives and their property, and in some instances the lives and property of others, but they must do so under the specific circumstances allowed by the law if they wish to avoid being prosecuted for a crime themselves. Private individuals may also make "citizen arrests," but the circumstances in which the law authorizes them to do so are very narrow. Citizens are often limited to making arrests for felonies committed in their presence. By taking law into their own hands, vigilantes flout the rule of law, effectively becoming lawmaker, police officer, judge, jury, and appellate court for the cause they are pursuing.
The history of vigilantism in the United States is as old as the country itself. In many ways, the history of the United States began with vigilantism. On December 16, 1773, American colonists, tired of British direct taxation, took part in what came to be known as the Boston Tea Party. As part of the resistance, they threw 342 chests of tea into Boston Harbor.
During the 1830s, so-called "vigilance committees" formed in the South to protect the institution of Slavery against encroachment by abolitionists, who were routinely assaulted, tarred and feathered, and otherwise terrorized by these committees with the Acquiescence of local law enforcement personnel. After slavery was abolished, southern vigilante groups, such as the Ku Klux Klan, sought to continue white dominance over freed blacks by usingLynching and other forms of intimidation that were prohibited by law. During the second half of the twentieth century, African-American vigilantes wantonly destroyed symbols of white authority and property associated with white society in retaliation for the injuries and indignities caused by racial Segregation and discrimination.
Vigilantism continues to metamorphose. Private watch groups patrol their neighborhoods to guard against criminal activity. Antiabortion extremists commit deadly attacks against family health care clinics and family health care workers, often in the name of religion. Environmental activists inflict economic losses on companies by obstructing lawful business activities that they think will cause harm to the air, water, or land. Every day people use force and violence to exact revenge against someone whom they believe has done them wrong. In each case, vigilantes take it upon themselves to enact justice, rather than enlist police officers, lawyers, judges, and the rest of the established legal machinery to do the job. And, in each case, vigilantes risk starting a cycle of violence and lawlessness in which the victims of vigilantism take the law into their own hands to exact pay-back.
The motivations underlying acts of vigilantism vary according to the individual vigilante. Some vigilantes seek to carry out personal agendas to protest existing law. Others seek to enforce existing law as they interpret, define, or understand it. Still others seek to implement or call attention to some kind of higher law that they feel overrules the norms established by society's designated lawmaking institutions. Since no state or federal jurisdiction offers any kind of "vigilante defense" to criminal prosecution, vigilantes must rely on the moral rectitude of their cause to justify their acts. Yet the morality of most acts of vigilantism is relative to whether one is the perpetrator or victim of vigilantism, as the targets of vigilantism rarely agree that the acts were justified.
The moral relativity associated with vigilantism is not as evident in less technological societies where vigilantism is simply equated with action taken by private residents to maintain security and order in the community, or to otherwise promote community welfare. For example, during much of the nineteenth century, local governments in the western United States were decentralized and loosely organized at best. As part of this often makeshift political order, certain individuals or groups of individuals took it upon themselves to provide summary justice for alleged victims of criminal activity. Some of the individuals accused of wrongdoing, and rounded up by this posse-style system of justice, were no doubt unhappy with the justice that was dispensed. However, these vigilante groups were prevalent in this particular region of the country, making them the norm and not the exception. As a result, such groups were typically more widely accepted than vigilante movements from other eras.
Further readingsAbrams, R. G. 1999. Vigilant Citizens: Vigilantism and the State. Malden, Mass.: Polity Press.
Culberson, William C. 1990. Vigilantism: Political History of Private Power in the United States. New York: Greenwood.
Safire, William. 1985. "Up the Ante." San Francisco Chronicle (February).
West's Encyclopedia of American Law, edition 2. Copyright 2008 The Gale Group, Inc. All rights reserved.
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What will Michelle Obama do with four more years?
What will Michelle Obama do with 4 more years?
By DARLENE SUPERVILLE | Associated Press – Date: 1/26/13
WASHINGTON (AP) — Michelle Obama has a new look, both in person and online, and with the president's re-election, she has four more years as first lady, too.
That's got many people wondering: What will she do with them?
Take on a new cause? Travel more? Trace the path of another first lady and keep the Obama political brand alive by running for office?
The answers are to be determined.
The first lady is trying to figure out what comes next for this self-described "mom in chief" who also is a champion of healthier eating, an advocate for military families, a fitness buff and the best-selling author of a book about her White House garden.
For certain, she'll press ahead with her well-publicized efforts to reduce childhood obesity and rally the country around its service members.
"But beyond that, the first lady is exploring ways that she can make a real difference for Americans, not just for these next four years, but for years to come," said Kristina Schake, Mrs. Obama's communications director.
Here are five areas to watch.
___
NEW ISSUES
Will she take on a new cause? It's possible.
When Parade magazine asked last year whether she'd take up any new issues, Mrs. Obama identified women's health issues. "How do we strengthen families and make them healthier, an issue not just in America but around the world," she said.
Her marquee causes — the "Let's Move" campaign against childhood obesity and the "Joining Forces" effort to help military families — took a back seat last fall as she campaigned doggedly for President Barack Obama's re-election.
Look for her to begin publicizing those efforts anew.
Do not expect to see Mrs. Obama push more contentious issues such as gun control or immigration, both second-term priorities for the president. Her public approval rating was 73 percent in a December poll by CNN and she'd like to keep it there.
Some feminists remain unhappy that the Ivy League-educated lawyer hasn't used her position to champion what they view as more substantive issues.
Robert Watson, an American studies professor at Lynn University, said he hopes Mrs. Obama will use her popularity to pivot away from the "velvet-glove" issues first ladies typically embrace and say, "I'm swinging for the fence."
___
MALIA AND SASHA
Obama's daughters are older and will be in full teenage mode by the summer of 2014. Malia is already there at 14; sister Sasha is 11.
Both the president and first lady sometimes talk about the girls' busy lives and how they don't want to spend much time with their parents anymore.
Could having older, more independent children free Mrs. Obama to pursue other interests? Somefirst lady watchers say that's unlikely. After all, the teenage years are often full of angst about dating, proms, learning how to drive, going to college and so on.
"Michelle has made such a public statement about being the 'mom in chief' that it's hard to see her saying, 'Go ahead girls, here's the limo,'" Watson said.
Malia will graduate from high school during Obama's final year in office, in 2016, and probably trade the White House for a college dorm. She and her parents will have to navigate the college application process and campus tours. Sasha will be in high school.
___
TRAVEL
Presidents and first ladies often step up the pace of international travel in the second term. But it seems unlikely that Obama could make such a pivot just yet, with the U.S. public still so concerned about the economy, unemployment and government spending.
One option would be to send Mrs. Obama abroad in his place.
The first lady is popular overseas and has been well-received outside the U.S., including in India, where she accompanied the president in 2010, and in Mexico, also in 2010, and in South Africa and Botswana in 2011, the only countries she has visited alone as first lady.
She and Vice President Joe Biden's wife, Jill, traveled together to Haiti after the massive earthquake there in January 2010.
Mrs. Obama also went to Spain in the summer of 2010 on a personal trip with friends and daughter Sasha, but her stay at a luxury resort on the Costa del Sol wasn't well-received back home, raising questions about the cost and wisdom of taking such a trip during tough economic times.
Laura Bush pursued a grueling foreign travel schedule during George W. Bush's second term. She visited 77 countries in eight years as first lady, including with the president, but 67 of those trips came during the second term, including solo stops in Afghanistan and Saudi Arabia, according to Anita McBride, her then-chief of staff who runs American University's first ladies program.
Hillary Rodham Clinton also traveled abroad extensively during Bill Clinton's second term.
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What will Michelle Obama do with 4 more years?
By DARLENE SUPERVILLE | Associated Press – Date: 1/26/13
WASHINGTON (AP) — Michelle Obama has a new look, both in person and online, and with the president's re-election, she has four more years as first lady, too.
That's got many people wondering: What will she do with them?
Take on a new cause? Travel more? Trace the path of another first lady and keep the Obama political brand alive by running for office?
The answers are to be determined.
The first lady is trying to figure out what comes next for this self-described "mom in chief" who also is a champion of healthier eating, an advocate for military families, a fitness buff and the best-selling author of a book about her White House garden.
For certain, she'll press ahead with her well-publicized efforts to reduce childhood obesity and rally the country around its service members.
"But beyond that, the first lady is exploring ways that she can make a real difference for Americans, not just for these next four years, but for years to come," said Kristina Schake, Mrs. Obama's communications director.
Here are five areas to watch.
___
NEW ISSUES
Will she take on a new cause? It's possible.
When Parade magazine asked last year whether she'd take up any new issues, Mrs. Obama identified women's health issues. "How do we strengthen families and make them healthier, an issue not just in America but around the world," she said.
Her marquee causes — the "Let's Move" campaign against childhood obesity and the "Joining Forces" effort to help military families — took a back seat last fall as she campaigned doggedly for President Barack Obama's re-election.
Look for her to begin publicizing those efforts anew.
Do not expect to see Mrs. Obama push more contentious issues such as gun control or immigration, both second-term priorities for the president. Her public approval rating was 73 percent in a December poll by CNN and she'd like to keep it there.
Some feminists remain unhappy that the Ivy League-educated lawyer hasn't used her position to champion what they view as more substantive issues.
Robert Watson, an American studies professor at Lynn University, said he hopes Mrs. Obama will use her popularity to pivot away from the "velvet-glove" issues first ladies typically embrace and say, "I'm swinging for the fence."
___
MALIA AND SASHA
Obama's daughters are older and will be in full teenage mode by the summer of 2014. Malia is already there at 14; sister Sasha is 11.
Both the president and first lady sometimes talk about the girls' busy lives and how they don't want to spend much time with their parents anymore.
Could having older, more independent children free Mrs. Obama to pursue other interests? Somefirst lady watchers say that's unlikely. After all, the teenage years are often full of angst about dating, proms, learning how to drive, going to college and so on.
"Michelle has made such a public statement about being the 'mom in chief' that it's hard to see her saying, 'Go ahead girls, here's the limo,'" Watson said.
Malia will graduate from high school during Obama's final year in office, in 2016, and probably trade the White House for a college dorm. She and her parents will have to navigate the college application process and campus tours. Sasha will be in high school.
___
TRAVEL
Presidents and first ladies often step up the pace of international travel in the second term. But it seems unlikely that Obama could make such a pivot just yet, with the U.S. public still so concerned about the economy, unemployment and government spending.
One option would be to send Mrs. Obama abroad in his place.
The first lady is popular overseas and has been well-received outside the U.S., including in India, where she accompanied the president in 2010, and in Mexico, also in 2010, and in South Africa and Botswana in 2011, the only countries she has visited alone as first lady.
She and Vice President Joe Biden's wife, Jill, traveled together to Haiti after the massive earthquake there in January 2010.
Mrs. Obama also went to Spain in the summer of 2010 on a personal trip with friends and daughter Sasha, but her stay at a luxury resort on the Costa del Sol wasn't well-received back home, raising questions about the cost and wisdom of taking such a trip during tough economic times.
Laura Bush pursued a grueling foreign travel schedule during George W. Bush's second term. She visited 77 countries in eight years as first lady, including with the president, but 67 of those trips came during the second term, including solo stops in Afghanistan and Saudi Arabia, according to Anita McBride, her then-chief of staff who runs American University's first ladies program.
Hillary Rodham Clinton also traveled abroad extensively during Bill Clinton's second term.
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By Dr. Christian von Christophers, Ph.D., N.D.
In the past few years The First Lady Michelle Obama has aimed to find the solution to the U.S. rampant overweight & obesity challenge among our children and among the adult population. The most she has achieved is to draw attention to the obesity situation costing in health/sickness care billions of dollars to the federal & local governments. She has had many of the leading health & nutrition specialists guiding her in her efforts. These health & nutrition specialists have no practical knowledge how to help our nation. It is not possible to develop effective solutions by theorizing behind the office
desk. Wide testing is needed to get practical, result-bringing solutions. The testing alone can and will take several years.
As an example, The First Lady's team negotiated with the large chains that they will start selling fruit & vegetables in areas where they are not easily available. Yes, the chains started selling them. However, their prices are so high that practically no one buys the fruit & vegetables and they rut on the shelves. There is much more involved in creating a system that will bring the sought-after results.
The First Lady needs help. There is a real, tested solution available to all these matters.
STAF, Inc. has developed a new Healthy Lifestyle & Correct Nutrition Program for the U.S. government use. The same program fits for every nation's use in the world.
Totally it took 26 years to develop, first 19 years worldwide research and the past 7 years to modify it for the U.S. needs. It is a program that for the first time ever covers all necessary elements to get the lasting results in all family related challenges and in our rampant obesity, overweight & sickness levels. It's nutritional program leading to health and to a longer life is at the same time an automatic weight loss program: nothing to buy, no calories to count, no unreasonable portion control - eat as needed; just follow the easy what-to-eat instructions. All new recipes - delicious, delicious. You are not going to walk around feeling hungry. You can even visit, now and then, a casino buffet, if you so wish.
The biggest news is this: the correct, health-restoring & health-maintaining food with all necessary daily nutrients in the correct combination costs ONLY about $95 per one (adult) person monthly. The bigger the family, the less per/person.
How much are your food expenses time being? Probably many times more. This means: everyone can afford this amazing program whether one works on the minimum salary or lives on the social security or similar. The saved money this new STAF, Inc. program guides to place in safe investments - STAF, Inc. endorses only a few investment adviser companies as reliable. With the saved money your family can create substantial wealth within time.
The new Healthy Lifestyle & Correct Nutrition program will, in a televised D.C. event, be introduced to our nation, to The W.H., The President & The First Lady, The U.S. Congress & Senate, and to all related federal agencies.
STAF, Inc.'s presence is needed in D.C. in the U.S. Congress (House & Senate). STAF, Inc.'s founding President is planning (1) to seek a seat in D.C. Congress/Senate to provide the necessary information to the D.C. lawmakers and (2) to establish a fully new federal agency, Healthy Lifestyle & Family Success Agency, and to be named its first federal director. New legislation and training for all these matters are needed in a results-bringing manner.
In STAF, Inc.'s website at the end of the Home page is a link to study the original founding documents to see the full purpose & the mission statements of the organization.
Listen to STAF, Inc.'s popular Radio Shows - you'll get free CEU & College-credits nationwide or worldwide. To visit STAF, Inc.'s website, use its Radio Show title "DrDrCanYouHelpMe" in the internet search.
Respectfully,
Christian von Christophers, Ph.D., N.D.
STAF. Inc.'s founding President
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Comment to the article What will Michelle Obama do with 4 more years?
"The First Lady" - all initials capitalized is the key to the last, published version
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Comment by Save The American Family - STAF, Inc., -not-for-profit-
By Dr. Christian von Christophers, Ph.D., N.D.
In the past few years The First Lady Michelle Obama has aimed to find the solution to the U.S. rampant overweight & obesity challenge among our children and among the adult population. The most she has achieved is to draw attention to the obesity situation costing in health/sickness care billions of dollars to the federal & local governments. She has had many of the leading health & nutrition specialists guiding her in her efforts. These health & nutrition specialists have no practical knowledge how to help our nation. It is not possible to develop effective solutions by theorizing behind the office
desk. Wide testing is needed to get practical, result-bringing solutions. The testing alone can and will take several years.
As an example, The First Lady's team negotiated with the large chains that they will start selling fruit & vegetables in areas where they are not easily available. Yes, the chains started selling them. However, their prices are so high that practically no one buys the fruit & vegetables and they rut on the shelves. There is much more involved in creating a system that will bring the sought-after results.
The First Lady needs help. There is a real, tested solution available to all these matters.
STAF, Inc. has developed a new Healthy Lifestyle & Correct Nutrition Program for the U.S. government use. The same program fits for every nation's use in the world.
Totally it took 26 years to develop, first 19 years worldwide research and the past 7 years to modify it for the U.S. needs. It is a program that for the first time ever covers all necessary elements to get the lasting results in all family related challenges and in our rampant obesity, overweight & sickness levels. It's nutritional program leading to health and to a longer life is at the same time an automatic weight loss program: nothing to buy, no calories to count, no unreasonable portion control - eat as needed; just follow the easy what-to-eat instructions. All new recipes - delicious, delicious. You are not going to walk around feeling hungry. You can even visit, now and then, a casino buffet, if you so wish.
The biggest news is this: the correct, health-restoring & health-maintaining food with all necessary daily nutrients in the correct combination costs ONLY about $95 per one (adult) person monthly. The bigger the family, the less per/person.
How much are your food expenses time being? Probably many times more. This means: everyone can afford this amazing program whether one works on the minimum salary or lives on the social security or similar. The saved money this new STAF, Inc. program guides to place in safe investments - STAF, Inc. endorses only a few investment adviser companies as reliable. With the saved money your family can create substantial wealth within time.
The new Healthy Lifestyle & Correct Nutrition program will, in a televised D.C. event, be introduced to our nation, to The W.H., The President & The First Lady, The U.S. Congress & Senate, and to all related federal agencies.
STAF, Inc.'s presence is needed in D.C. in the U.S. Congress (House & Senate). STAF, Inc.'s founding President is planning (1) to seek a seat in D.C. Congress/Senate to provide the necessary information to the D.C. lawmakers and (2) to establish a fully new federal agency, Healthy Lifestyle & Family Success Agency, and to be named its first federal director. New legislation and training for all these matters are needed in a results-bringing manner.
In STAF, Inc.'s website at the end of the Home page is a link to study the original founding documents to see the full purpose & the mission statements of the organization.
Listen to STAF, Inc.'s popular Radio Shows - you'll get free CEU & College-credits nationwide or worldwide. To visit STAF, Inc.'s website, use its Radio Show title "DrDrCanYouHelpMe" in the internet search.
Respectfully,
Christian von Christophers, Ph.D., N.D.
STAF. Inc.'s founding President
_____________________________________________________________
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Comment to the article Should worst-flooded areas be left after Sandy?
Superstorm Sandy renews rebuild-vs.-retreat debate in chronically storm-damages areas
By Wayne Parry, Associated Press | Associated Press
Comment by Save The American Family - STAF, Inc., -not-for-profit-
By Dr. Christian von Christophers, Ph.D., N.D.
Excellent opinion by William just below - his statement makes full sense and is the correct solution.
If someone wants to stay in a risky area, let them pay their own expenses. To come to everyone else's wallet is wrong. The storms are coming again and again. It is wiser to relocate - then the government's help (= our tax money) is reasonable.
STAF, Inc. has developed a new Healthy Lifestyle & Correct Nutrition Program for the U.S. government use. The same program fits for every nation's use in the world.
Totally it took 26 years to develop, first 19 years worldwide research and the past 7 years to modify it for the U.S. needs. It is a program that for the first time ever covers all necessary elements to get lasting results in all family related challenges and in our rampant obesity, overweight & sickness levels. It's nutritional program leading to health and to a longer life is at the same time an automatic weight loss program: nothing to buy, no calories to count, just follow the easy what-to-eat instructions. The biggest news is this: the correct nutrition with all necessary daily nutrients in correct combination costs ONLY about $95 per one (adult) person monthly.
How much are your food expenses time being? Probably many times more. This means: everyone can afford this amazing program whether one works on the minimum salary or on the social security or similar. The saved money this new STAF, Inc. program guides to place in safe investments - STAF, Inc. endorses only a few investment adviser companies as reliable. With the saved money your family can create substantial wealth within time.
The new Healthy Lifestyle & Correct Nutrition program will be introduced in D.C. in a televised event.
STAF, Inc.'s presence is needed in D.C. in the U.S. Congress (House & Senate). STAF, Inc.'s founding President is planning (1) to seek a seat in D.C. Congress/Senate to provide the necessary information to the D.C. lawmakers and (2) to establish a fully new federal agency, Healthy Lifestyle & Family Success Agency, and to be named its first federal director. New legislation and training for all these matters are needed in a results-bringing manner.
In STAF, Inc.'s website at the end of the Home page is a link to study the original founding documents to see the full purpose & the mission statements of the organization.
Listen to STAF, Inc.'s popular Radio Shows - you'll get free CEU & College-credits nationwide or worldwide. To visit STAF, Inc.'s website, use its Radio Show title "DrDrCanYouHelpMe" in the internet search.
Respectfully,
Christian von Christophers, Ph.D., N.D.STAF. Inc.'s founding President
_________________________________________________________
Comment to the article Should worst-flooded areas be left after Sandy?
Superstorm Sandy renews rebuild-vs.-retreat debate in chronically storm-damages areas
By Wayne Parry, Associated Press | Associated Press
Comment by Save The American Family - STAF, Inc., -not-for-profit-
By Dr. Christian von Christophers, Ph.D., N.D.
Excellent opinion by William just below - his statement makes full sense and is the correct solution.
If someone wants to stay in a risky area, let them pay their own expenses. To come to everyone else's wallet is wrong. The storms are coming again and again. It is wiser to relocate - then the government's help (= our tax money) is reasonable.
STAF, Inc. has developed a new Healthy Lifestyle & Correct Nutrition Program for the U.S. government use. The same program fits for every nation's use in the world.
Totally it took 26 years to develop, first 19 years worldwide research and the past 7 years to modify it for the U.S. needs. It is a program that for the first time ever covers all necessary elements to get lasting results in all family related challenges and in our rampant obesity, overweight & sickness levels. It's nutritional program leading to health and to a longer life is at the same time an automatic weight loss program: nothing to buy, no calories to count, just follow the easy what-to-eat instructions. The biggest news is this: the correct nutrition with all necessary daily nutrients in correct combination costs ONLY about $95 per one (adult) person monthly.
How much are your food expenses time being? Probably many times more. This means: everyone can afford this amazing program whether one works on the minimum salary or on the social security or similar. The saved money this new STAF, Inc. program guides to place in safe investments - STAF, Inc. endorses only a few investment adviser companies as reliable. With the saved money your family can create substantial wealth within time.
The new Healthy Lifestyle & Correct Nutrition program will be introduced in D.C. in a televised event.
STAF, Inc.'s presence is needed in D.C. in the U.S. Congress (House & Senate). STAF, Inc.'s founding President is planning (1) to seek a seat in D.C. Congress/Senate to provide the necessary information to the D.C. lawmakers and (2) to establish a fully new federal agency, Healthy Lifestyle & Family Success Agency, and to be named its first federal director. New legislation and training for all these matters are needed in a results-bringing manner.
In STAF, Inc.'s website at the end of the Home page is a link to study the original founding documents to see the full purpose & the mission statements of the organization.
Listen to STAF, Inc.'s popular Radio Shows - you'll get free CEU & College-credits nationwide or worldwide. To visit STAF, Inc.'s website, use its Radio Show title "DrDrCanYouHelpMe" in the internet search.
Respectfully,
Christian von Christophers, Ph.D., N.D.STAF. Inc.'s founding President
_________________________________________________________
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Comment by Save The American Family - STAF, Inc., -not-for-profit-
By Dr. Christian von Christophers, Ph.D., N.D.
This article is meant to be "official" info. However, it has a misleading title.
It is irresponsible to use words in a misleading manner in a topic of this importance.
Secondly, it is making a wrong statement that prevention would not save money.
Correct prevention is Healthy Lifestyle & Correct Nutrition - with that applied most people will not get any serious sickness. Genetic sicknesses are in their own category - however, there is some evidence that, at least partially, Healthy Lifestyle & Correct Nutrition will positively affect also the negative genetics.
STAF, Inc. has developed a new Healthy Lifestyle & Correct Nutrition Program for the U.S. government use. The same program fits for every nation's use in the world.
Totally it took 26 years to develop, first 19 years worldwide research and the past 7 years to modify it for the U.S. needs. It is a program that for the first time ever covers all necessary elements to get lasting results in all family related challenges and in our rampant obesity, overweight & sickness levels. It's nutritional program leading to health and to a longer life is at the same time an automatic weight loss program: nothing to buy, no calories to count, just follow the easy what-to-eat instructions. The biggest news is this: the correct nutrition with all necessary daily nutrients in correct combination costs ONLY about $95 per one (adult) person monthly.
How much are your food expenses time being? Probably many times more. This means: everyone can afford this amazing program whether one works on the minimum salary or on the social security or similar. The saved money this new STAF, Inc. program guides to place in safe investments - STAF, Inc. endorses only a few investment adviser companies as reliable. With the saved money your family can create substantial wealth within time.
The new Healthy Lifestyle & Correct Nutrition program will be introduced in D.C. in a televised event.
STAF, Inc.'s presence is needed in D.C. in the U.S. Congress (House & Senate). STAF, Inc.'s founding President is planning (1) to seek a seat in D.C. Congress/Senate to provide the necessary information to the D.C. lawmakers and (2) to establish a fully new federal agency, Healthy Lifestyle & Family Success Agency, and to be named its first federal director. New legislation and training for all these matters are needed in a results-bringing manner.
In STAF, Inc.'s website at the end of the Home page is a link to study the original founding documents to see the full purpose & the mission statements of the organization.
Listen to STAF, Inc.'s popular Radio Shows - you'll get free CEU & College-credits nationwide or worldwide. To visit STAF, Inc.'s website, use its Radio Show title "DrDrCanYouHelpMe" in the internet search.
Respectfully,
Christian von Christophers, Ph.D., N.D.
STAF. Inc.'s founding President
_______________________________________________________
Comment by Save The American Family - STAF, Inc., -not-for-profit-
By Dr. Christian von Christophers, Ph.D., N.D.
This article is meant to be "official" info. However, it has a misleading title.
It is irresponsible to use words in a misleading manner in a topic of this importance.
Secondly, it is making a wrong statement that prevention would not save money.
Correct prevention is Healthy Lifestyle & Correct Nutrition - with that applied most people will not get any serious sickness. Genetic sicknesses are in their own category - however, there is some evidence that, at least partially, Healthy Lifestyle & Correct Nutrition will positively affect also the negative genetics.
STAF, Inc. has developed a new Healthy Lifestyle & Correct Nutrition Program for the U.S. government use. The same program fits for every nation's use in the world.
Totally it took 26 years to develop, first 19 years worldwide research and the past 7 years to modify it for the U.S. needs. It is a program that for the first time ever covers all necessary elements to get lasting results in all family related challenges and in our rampant obesity, overweight & sickness levels. It's nutritional program leading to health and to a longer life is at the same time an automatic weight loss program: nothing to buy, no calories to count, just follow the easy what-to-eat instructions. The biggest news is this: the correct nutrition with all necessary daily nutrients in correct combination costs ONLY about $95 per one (adult) person monthly.
How much are your food expenses time being? Probably many times more. This means: everyone can afford this amazing program whether one works on the minimum salary or on the social security or similar. The saved money this new STAF, Inc. program guides to place in safe investments - STAF, Inc. endorses only a few investment adviser companies as reliable. With the saved money your family can create substantial wealth within time.
The new Healthy Lifestyle & Correct Nutrition program will be introduced in D.C. in a televised event.
STAF, Inc.'s presence is needed in D.C. in the U.S. Congress (House & Senate). STAF, Inc.'s founding President is planning (1) to seek a seat in D.C. Congress/Senate to provide the necessary information to the D.C. lawmakers and (2) to establish a fully new federal agency, Healthy Lifestyle & Family Success Agency, and to be named its first federal director. New legislation and training for all these matters are needed in a results-bringing manner.
In STAF, Inc.'s website at the end of the Home page is a link to study the original founding documents to see the full purpose & the mission statements of the organization.
Listen to STAF, Inc.'s popular Radio Shows - you'll get free CEU & College-credits nationwide or worldwide. To visit STAF, Inc.'s website, use its Radio Show title "DrDrCanYouHelpMe" in the internet search.
Respectfully,
Christian von Christophers, Ph.D., N.D.
STAF. Inc.'s founding President
_______________________________________________________
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Yahoo News 1/29/13
Insight: Think preventive medicine will save money? Think again
Yahoo News 1/29/13
Insight: Think preventive medicine will save money? Think again
- This article seems to confuse "preventative medicine" with "early detection". Simply checking for diseases is not preventative medicine. Preventative medicine would be things more along the lines of vaccinations, nutrition, exercise, education, etc.19 Replies
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Shelley 46 mins ago Report AbuseR~Not quite. Prior to the Affordable Care Act or ObamaCare,Romneycare and other Insurance plans covered "pre-exsisting" conditions BUT could charge alot more or drop coverage if they wanted to. Under Obamacare, thankfully children and adults with new diagnosed or previously diagnosed diseases can... More
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J • 6 hrs ago Report AbuseMy medicare plan allows ONE "free" check up per year of which I pay $100 per month. I waited 4 hours and they took my height and weight off my driver's license and sent me home. They billed me $150 and billed Medicare $175. I did not go at all this year. I pay $1200 per year for this?16 Replies
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I'm Just A Bonehead • 1 hr 56 mins ago Report AbuseForget Stocks and Bonds, invest in the Health Care Industry, it's currently making a guaranteed 7 to 10% return on the investment and as this article says they ain't preventin' anything. Your investment will "Live Long and Prosper" as the Patients keep dying off.4 Replies
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Coffeeaddict10 • 2 hrs 16 mins ago Report AbuseIt's far easier to tell someone don't bother and here's a pill now pay up then to suggest to them they eat right and exercise.3 Replies
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Ngoo Nam • 7 hrs ago Report AbuseBetter to prevent than to cure. If only they do prevent!!12 Replies
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Theo S • 1 hr 47 mins ago Report AbuseSome Simple Facts - We spend billions of dollars on several kinds of healthcare and we cure absolutely nothing. Our efforts have eradicated fewer than two dozen diseases. So what do we get for our money? Relief sometimes, prolonged misery in some cases and a longer life so that some other disease... More5 Replies
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Cybertooth • 6 hrs ago Report AbuseAnd now a word from our sponsor: big pharma8 Replies
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Fmrnd • 5 hrs ago Report AbuseNo one will talk about tort reform. The use of CYA (cover your but) medicine to keep from getting sued has skyrocketed.9 Replies
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Mark • 6 hrs ago Report AbuseAn ounce of prevention is worth more than a 7 pound unwanted baby3 Replies
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Thzivot Hashem • 3 hrs ago Report AbuseThis article was written by doctors or for doctors who want to keep you sick enough so they can profit by treating you for cancer, heart disease etc...Ahaaaah... the medicine industry1 Reply
This article, 1/29/13, relates to the above comment placed under it on the internet
Insight: Think preventive medicine will save money? Think again
NEW YORK (Reuters) - It seems like a no-brainer.
Since about 75 percent of healthcare spending in the United States is for largely preventable chronic illnesses such as Type 2 diabetes and heart disease, providing more preventive care should cut costs.
If only.
In a report released on Tuesday, the non-profit Trust for America's Health outlined a plan "to move from sick care to health care" by putting more resources into preventing chronic disease rather than treating it, as the current system does. There is a strong humanitarian justification for prevention, argued Trust Executive Director Jeffrey Levi in an interview, since it reduces human suffering.
But the report also makes an economic argument for preventive care, highlighting the possibility of reducing healthcare spending -- which in 2011 reached $2.7 trillion, just shy of 18 percent of gross domestic product -- by billions of dollars. And that has health economists shaking their heads.
"Preventive care is more about the right thing to do" because it spares people the misery of illness, said economist Austin Frakt of Boston University. "But it's not plausible to think you can cut healthcare spending through preventive care. This is widely misunderstood."
A 2010 study in the journal Health Affairs, for instance, calculated that if 90 percent of the U.S. population used proven preventive services, more than do now, it would save only 0.2 percent of healthcare spending.
Some disease-prevention programs do produce net savings. Childhood immunizations, and probably some adult immunizations (such as for pneumonia and the flu), are cost-saving, found a 2009 analysis for the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation. The vaccines are cheap, and large swaths of the population are vulnerable to the diseases they prevent. The cost of providing them to everyone is less than that of treating the illnesses they prevent.
Counseling adults about using baby aspirin to prevent cardiovascular disease also produces net savings. The counseling is inexpensive, the aspirin even cheaper and the costs of heart disease, which strikes one in three U.S. adults, are enormous. Screening pregnant women for HIV produces net savings, too.
Those, however, are exceptions.
HIGH COSTS, NO BENEFITS
One big reason why preventive care does not save money, say health economists, is that some of the best-known forms don't actually improve someone's health.
These low- or no-benefit measures include annual physicals for healthy adults. A 2012 analysis of 14 large studies found they do not lower the risk of serious illness or premature death. But about one-third of U.S. adults get them, said Dr. Ateev Mehrota, a primary-care physician and healthcare analyst at RAND, for a cost of about $8 billion a year.
Similarly, some cancer screenings -- including for ovarian cancer and testicular cancer, and for prostate cancer via PSA tests -- produce essentially no health benefits, causing the U.S. Preventive Services Task Force to recommend against their routine use. The task force bases its recommendations on medical benefits alone, not costs.
The second reason preventive care brings so few cost savings is the large number of people who need to receive a particular preventive service in order to avert a single expensive illness.
"It seems counterintuitive: If you provide care to prevent all these expensive diseases, it should save money," said Peter Neumann, an expert on health policy and professor of medicine at Tufts University School of Medicine. "But prevention itself costs money, and some preventive measures can be very expensive, especially if you give them to a lot of people who won't benefit."
If preventive care could be provided only to those who are going to get the illness, it would be more cost-effective. "But in the real world, the number needed to screen or to treat in order to prevent one case of illness can be huge," said BU's Frakt, who blogs at theincidentaleconomist.com.
Currently, many people who do not benefit from a preventive service receive it, paying something for nothing. Studies have calculated those numbers, which can be surprisingly high.
For instance, 217 high-risk smokers would have to undergo a CT lung scan for one to be spared death from lung cancer, according to a database of studies maintained by Dr. David Newman, an emergency physician at Mount Sinai School of Medicine in New York City. One hundred post-menopausal women who have had a bone fracture would have to take drugs called bisphosphonates in order for one to avoid a hip fracture.
By comparison, only 50 people with heart disease must be treated with aspirin for one to avoid a heart attack or stroke, making this a good buy.
The numbers of people who need to be treated for one to benefit are so high because so few will get the disease the preventive is meant to avert. It's like treating every house for termites, said Neumann, co-author of the Robert Wood Johnson report: The vast majority would never have gotten infested in the first place, so the thousands spent to avoid the infestation is money for nothing.
The failure of many preventive services to improve health, plus the large number of people who have to receive preventive care for one to be spared an illness he or she would otherwise get, limit the economic savings.
MAKING HEALTHCARE DOLLARS GO FURTHER
A better gauge of the value of preventive medicine is bang for the buck; that is, not whether it reduces healthcare spending but whether it buys more health than treating the disease does. "We don't ask whether cancer treatment or heart disease treatment saves money," said Dr. Steven Woolf, professor of family medicine at Virginia Commonwealth University Medical Center in Richmond. "But it is reasonable to ask how to make our healthcare dollar go further."
On that score, screening for hypertension and for some cancers (such as colorectal and breast) are good investments, he said, at less than $25,000 per year of healthy life. In contrast, such common treatments as angioplasty cost $100,000 or more per healthy year of life.
There are two glimmers of hope in this bleak picture. For preventive medicine to help rein in the nation's soaring healthcare spending, it should be provided someplace other than doctors' offices.
"Some of the most common chronic, preventable diseases might be best addressed outside the clinical setting," said the Trust's Levi, such as through wellness programs at YMCAs and health education and screening programs at houses of worship. "But that requires Medicaid to be more flexible in who they'll reimburse."
It also requires a more expansive definition of preventive medicine. The Trust suggests such steps as extending bus lines to parks so people without cars can go someplace pleasant for physical activity and other "community-based" efforts. These strategies save more money in healthcare spending than they cost.
For instance, at a program in Akron, Ohio, profiled in the new report, physicians and others coordinate care for patients with Type 2 diabetes. It reduced the average cost of care by more than 10 percent, or $3,185 per year, largely by reducing pricey emergency-room visits.
And at Boston Children's Hospital, an asthma program that sends community health workers into patients' homes to reduce the environmental triggers of asthma has saved $1.46 in healthcare costs for every $1 invested. It has reduced asthma-related hospital admissions by 80 percent and asthma-related emergency department visits by 60 percent, reports the Trust.
The other promising approach is to target preventive care at those most likely to develop a chronic disease, not at low-risk people. Such "smart" prevention increases the chances of preventing expensive diseases and saving money.
In contrast, unthinking expansion of preventive medicine is the wrong prescription, say experts.
"If you start giving preventive care to more people, many of whom won't benefit from it, it's going to be very, very expensive," said Tufts' Neumann.
(Reporting by Sharon Begley; Editing by Jilian Mincer and Douglas Royalty)
__________________________________________________________
Insight: Think preventive medicine will save money? Think again
NEW YORK (Reuters) - It seems like a no-brainer.
Since about 75 percent of healthcare spending in the United States is for largely preventable chronic illnesses such as Type 2 diabetes and heart disease, providing more preventive care should cut costs.
If only.
In a report released on Tuesday, the non-profit Trust for America's Health outlined a plan "to move from sick care to health care" by putting more resources into preventing chronic disease rather than treating it, as the current system does. There is a strong humanitarian justification for prevention, argued Trust Executive Director Jeffrey Levi in an interview, since it reduces human suffering.
But the report also makes an economic argument for preventive care, highlighting the possibility of reducing healthcare spending -- which in 2011 reached $2.7 trillion, just shy of 18 percent of gross domestic product -- by billions of dollars. And that has health economists shaking their heads.
"Preventive care is more about the right thing to do" because it spares people the misery of illness, said economist Austin Frakt of Boston University. "But it's not plausible to think you can cut healthcare spending through preventive care. This is widely misunderstood."
A 2010 study in the journal Health Affairs, for instance, calculated that if 90 percent of the U.S. population used proven preventive services, more than do now, it would save only 0.2 percent of healthcare spending.
Some disease-prevention programs do produce net savings. Childhood immunizations, and probably some adult immunizations (such as for pneumonia and the flu), are cost-saving, found a 2009 analysis for the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation. The vaccines are cheap, and large swaths of the population are vulnerable to the diseases they prevent. The cost of providing them to everyone is less than that of treating the illnesses they prevent.
Counseling adults about using baby aspirin to prevent cardiovascular disease also produces net savings. The counseling is inexpensive, the aspirin even cheaper and the costs of heart disease, which strikes one in three U.S. adults, are enormous. Screening pregnant women for HIV produces net savings, too.
Those, however, are exceptions.
HIGH COSTS, NO BENEFITS
One big reason why preventive care does not save money, say health economists, is that some of the best-known forms don't actually improve someone's health.
These low- or no-benefit measures include annual physicals for healthy adults. A 2012 analysis of 14 large studies found they do not lower the risk of serious illness or premature death. But about one-third of U.S. adults get them, said Dr. Ateev Mehrota, a primary-care physician and healthcare analyst at RAND, for a cost of about $8 billion a year.
Similarly, some cancer screenings -- including for ovarian cancer and testicular cancer, and for prostate cancer via PSA tests -- produce essentially no health benefits, causing the U.S. Preventive Services Task Force to recommend against their routine use. The task force bases its recommendations on medical benefits alone, not costs.
The second reason preventive care brings so few cost savings is the large number of people who need to receive a particular preventive service in order to avert a single expensive illness.
"It seems counterintuitive: If you provide care to prevent all these expensive diseases, it should save money," said Peter Neumann, an expert on health policy and professor of medicine at Tufts University School of Medicine. "But prevention itself costs money, and some preventive measures can be very expensive, especially if you give them to a lot of people who won't benefit."
If preventive care could be provided only to those who are going to get the illness, it would be more cost-effective. "But in the real world, the number needed to screen or to treat in order to prevent one case of illness can be huge," said BU's Frakt, who blogs at theincidentaleconomist.com.
Currently, many people who do not benefit from a preventive service receive it, paying something for nothing. Studies have calculated those numbers, which can be surprisingly high.
For instance, 217 high-risk smokers would have to undergo a CT lung scan for one to be spared death from lung cancer, according to a database of studies maintained by Dr. David Newman, an emergency physician at Mount Sinai School of Medicine in New York City. One hundred post-menopausal women who have had a bone fracture would have to take drugs called bisphosphonates in order for one to avoid a hip fracture.
By comparison, only 50 people with heart disease must be treated with aspirin for one to avoid a heart attack or stroke, making this a good buy.
The numbers of people who need to be treated for one to benefit are so high because so few will get the disease the preventive is meant to avert. It's like treating every house for termites, said Neumann, co-author of the Robert Wood Johnson report: The vast majority would never have gotten infested in the first place, so the thousands spent to avoid the infestation is money for nothing.
The failure of many preventive services to improve health, plus the large number of people who have to receive preventive care for one to be spared an illness he or she would otherwise get, limit the economic savings.
MAKING HEALTHCARE DOLLARS GO FURTHER
A better gauge of the value of preventive medicine is bang for the buck; that is, not whether it reduces healthcare spending but whether it buys more health than treating the disease does. "We don't ask whether cancer treatment or heart disease treatment saves money," said Dr. Steven Woolf, professor of family medicine at Virginia Commonwealth University Medical Center in Richmond. "But it is reasonable to ask how to make our healthcare dollar go further."
On that score, screening for hypertension and for some cancers (such as colorectal and breast) are good investments, he said, at less than $25,000 per year of healthy life. In contrast, such common treatments as angioplasty cost $100,000 or more per healthy year of life.
There are two glimmers of hope in this bleak picture. For preventive medicine to help rein in the nation's soaring healthcare spending, it should be provided someplace other than doctors' offices.
"Some of the most common chronic, preventable diseases might be best addressed outside the clinical setting," said the Trust's Levi, such as through wellness programs at YMCAs and health education and screening programs at houses of worship. "But that requires Medicaid to be more flexible in who they'll reimburse."
It also requires a more expansive definition of preventive medicine. The Trust suggests such steps as extending bus lines to parks so people without cars can go someplace pleasant for physical activity and other "community-based" efforts. These strategies save more money in healthcare spending than they cost.
For instance, at a program in Akron, Ohio, profiled in the new report, physicians and others coordinate care for patients with Type 2 diabetes. It reduced the average cost of care by more than 10 percent, or $3,185 per year, largely by reducing pricey emergency-room visits.
And at Boston Children's Hospital, an asthma program that sends community health workers into patients' homes to reduce the environmental triggers of asthma has saved $1.46 in healthcare costs for every $1 invested. It has reduced asthma-related hospital admissions by 80 percent and asthma-related emergency department visits by 60 percent, reports the Trust.
The other promising approach is to target preventive care at those most likely to develop a chronic disease, not at low-risk people. Such "smart" prevention increases the chances of preventing expensive diseases and saving money.
In contrast, unthinking expansion of preventive medicine is the wrong prescription, say experts.
"If you start giving preventive care to more people, many of whom won't benefit from it, it's going to be very, very expensive," said Tufts' Neumann.
(Reporting by Sharon Begley; Editing by Jilian Mincer and Douglas Royalty)
__________________________________________________________
14Response 1/30/13
Study says leafy greens top food poisoning source (article below)
HAS 'CASINO BUFFET' / DELICIOUS - DELICIOUS / ALL NEW RECIPES
Response to
Comment by Save The American Family - STAF, Inc., -not-for-profit-
By Dr. Christian von Christophers, Ph.D., N.D.
STAF, Inc. has developed a new Healthy Lifestyle & Correct Nutrition Program for the U.S. government's use. The same program fits for every nation's use in the world.
Totally it took 26 years to develop, first 19 years worldwide research and the past 7 years to modify it for the U.S. needs. It is a program that for the first time ever covers all necessary elements to get the lasting results in all family related challenges and in our rampant obesity, overweight & sickness levels. It's nutritional program leading to health and to a longer life is at the same time an automatic weight loss program: nothing to buy, no calories to count, no unreasonable portion control - eat as needed; just follow the easy what-to-eat instructions. All new recipes - delicious, delicious. You are not going to walk around feeling hungry. You can even visit, now and then, a casino buffet, if you so wish.
The biggest news is this: the correct, health-restoring & health-maintaining food with all necessary daily nutrients in the correct combination costs ONLY about $95 per one (adult) person monthly. The bigger the family, the less per/person.
Only a program everyone can afford is a solution.
How much are your food expenses time being? Probably many times more. This means: everyone can afford this amazing program whether one works on the minimum salary or lives on the social security or similar. The saved money this new STAF, Inc. program guides to place in safe investments - STAF, Inc. endorses only a few investment adviser companies as reliable. With the saved money your family can create substantial wealth within time.
The new Healthy Lifestyle & Correct Nutrition program will, in a televised D.C. event, be introduced to our nation, to The W.H., The President & The First Lady, The U.S. Congress & Senate, and to all related federal agencies.
STAF, Inc.'s presence is needed in D.C. in the U.S. Congress (House & Senate). STAF, Inc.'s founding President is planning (1) to seek a seat in D.C. Congress/Senate to provide the necessary information to the D.C. lawmakers and (2) to establish a fully new federal agency, Healthy Lifestyle & Family Success Agency, and to be named its first federal director. New legislation and training for all these matters are needed in a results-bringing manner.
In STAF, Inc.'s website at the end of the Home page is a link to study the original founding documents to see the full purpose & the mission statements of the organization.
Listen to STAF, Inc.'s popular Radio Shows - you'll get free CEU & College-credits nationwide or worldwide. To visit STAF, Inc.'s website, use its Radio Show title "DrDrCanYouHelpMe" in the internet search.
Respectfully,
Christian von Christophers, Ph.D., N.D.
STAF. Inc.'s founding President
==============================Study says leafy greens top food poisoning source
1/30/13 R ESPONSE ABOVE
NEW YORK (AP) — A big government study has fingered leafy greens like lettuce and spinach as the leading source of food poisoning, a perhaps uncomfortable conclusion for health officials who want us to eat our vegetables.
"Most meals are safe," said Dr. Patricia Griffin, a government researcher and one of the study's authors who said the finding shouldn't discourage people from eating produce. Experts repeated often-heard advice: Be sure to wash those foods or cook them thoroughly.
While more people may have gotten sick from plants, more died from contaminated poultry, the study also found. The results were released Tuesday by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.
Each year roughly 1 in 6 Americans — or 48 million people— gets sick from food poisoning. That includes 128,000 hospitalization and 3,000 deaths, according to previous CDC estimates.
The new report is the most comprehensive CDC has produced on the sources of food poisoning, covering the years 1998 through 2008. It reflects the agency's growing sophistication at monitoring illnesses and finding their source.
What jumped out at the researchers was the role fruits and vegetables played in food poisonings, said Griffin, who heads the CDC office that handles foodborne infection surveillance and analysis.
About 1 in 5 illnesses were linked to leafy green vegetables — more than any other type of food. And nearly half of all food poisonings were attributed to produce in general, when illnesses from other fruits and vegetables were added in.
It's been kind of a tough month for vegetables. A controversy erupted when Taco Bell started airing a TV ad for its variety 12-pack of tacos, with a voiceover saying that bringing a vegetable tray to a football party is "like punting on fourth-and-1." It said that people secretly hate guests who bring vegetables to parties.
The fast-food chain on Monday announced it was pulling the commercial after receiving complaints that it discouraged people from eating vegetables.
Without actually saying so, the CDC report suggests that the Food and Drug Administration should devote more staff time and other resources to inspection of fruits and vegetables, said Michael Doyle, director of the University of Georgia's Center for Food Safety.
Earlier this month, the FDA released a proposed new rule for produce safety that would set new hygiene standards for farm workers and for trying to reduce contact with animal waste and dirty water.
Meanwhile, CDC officials emphasized that their report should not be seen as discouraging people from eating vegetables.
Many of the vegetable-related illnesses come from norovirus, which is often spread by cooks and food handlers. So contamination sometimes has more to do with the kitchen or restaurant it came from then the food itself, Griffin noted.
Also, while vegetable-related illnesses were more common, they were not the most dangerous. The largest proportion of foodborne illness deaths — about 1 in 5 — were due to poultry. That was partly because three big outbreaks more than 10 years ago linked to turkey deli meat.
But it was close. CDC estimated 277 poultry-related deaths in 1998-2008, compared to 236 vegetable-related deaths.
Fruits and nuts were credited with 96 additional deaths, making 334 total deaths for produce of all types. The CDC estimated 417 deaths from all kinds of meat and poultry, another 140 from dairy and 71 from eggs.
Red meat was once seen as one of the leading sources of food poisoning, partly because of a deadly outbreak of E. coli associated with hamburger. But Griffin and Doyle said there have been significant safety improvements in beef handling. In the study, beef was the source of fewer than 4 percent of food-related deaths and fewer than 7 percent of illnesses.
____
Online:
CDC journal: http://www.cdc.gov/eid/
=================================================
MONDAY, 2/4/13 has CASINO VISIT
Responding to article European study vegetarism = Low Heart Disease Risk for Vegetarians
By Sydney Lupkin | ABC News Blogs – 5 hours ago
Comment by Save The American Family - STAF, Inc., -not-for-profit-
By Dr. Christian von Christophers, Ph.D., N.D.
Excellent, important study - 20 years with 45K people.
STAF, Inc. has developed a new Healthy Lifestyle & Correct Nutrition Program for the U.S. government's use. The same program fits for every nation's use in the world.
Totally it took 26 years to develop, first 19 years worldwide research and the past 7 years to modify it for the U.S. needs. It is a program that for the first time ever covers all necessary elements to get the lasting results in all family related challenges and in our rampant obesity, overweight & sickness levels. It's nutritional program leading to health and to a longer life is at the same time an automatic weight loss program: nothing to buy, no calories to count, no unreasonable portion control - eat as needed; just follow the easy what-to-eat instructions. All new recipes - delicious, delicious. You are not going to walk around feeling hungry. You can even visit, now and then, a casino buffet, if you so wish.
The biggest news is this: the correct, health-restoring & health-maintaining food with all necessary daily nutrients in the correct combination costs ONLY about $95 per one (adult) person monthly. The bigger the family, the less per/person. Only a program everyone can afford is a solution.
How much are your food expenses time being? Probably many times more. This means: everyone can afford this amazing program whether one works on the minimum salary or lives on the social security or similar. The saved money this new STAF, Inc. program guides to place in safe investments - STAF, Inc. endorses only a few investment adviser companies as reliable. With the saved money your family can create substantial wealth within time.
The new Healthy Lifestyle & Correct Nutrition program will, in a televised D.C. event, be introduced to our nation, to The W.H., The President & The First Lady, The U.S. Congress & Senate, and to all related federal agencies.
STAF, Inc.'s presence is needed in D.C. in the U.S. Congress (House & Senate). STAF, Inc.'s founding President is planning (1) to seek a seat in D.C. Congress/Senate to provide the necessary information to the D.C. lawmakers and (2) to establish a fully new federal agency, Healthy Lifestyle & Family Success Agency, and to be named its first federal director. New legislation and training for all these matters are needed in a results-bringing manner.
In STAF, Inc.'s website at the end of the Home page is a link to study the original founding documents to see the full purpose & the mission statements of the organization.
Listen to STAF, Inc.'s popular Radio Shows - you'll get free CEU & College-credits nationwide or worldwide. To visit STAF, Inc.'s website, use its Radio Show title "DrDrCanYouHelpMe" in the internet search.
Respectfully,
Christian von Christophers, Ph.D., N.D.
STAF. Inc.'s founding President
Study says leafy greens top food poisoning source (article below)
HAS 'CASINO BUFFET' / DELICIOUS - DELICIOUS / ALL NEW RECIPES
Response to
Comment by Save The American Family - STAF, Inc., -not-for-profit-
By Dr. Christian von Christophers, Ph.D., N.D.
STAF, Inc. has developed a new Healthy Lifestyle & Correct Nutrition Program for the U.S. government's use. The same program fits for every nation's use in the world.
Totally it took 26 years to develop, first 19 years worldwide research and the past 7 years to modify it for the U.S. needs. It is a program that for the first time ever covers all necessary elements to get the lasting results in all family related challenges and in our rampant obesity, overweight & sickness levels. It's nutritional program leading to health and to a longer life is at the same time an automatic weight loss program: nothing to buy, no calories to count, no unreasonable portion control - eat as needed; just follow the easy what-to-eat instructions. All new recipes - delicious, delicious. You are not going to walk around feeling hungry. You can even visit, now and then, a casino buffet, if you so wish.
The biggest news is this: the correct, health-restoring & health-maintaining food with all necessary daily nutrients in the correct combination costs ONLY about $95 per one (adult) person monthly. The bigger the family, the less per/person.
Only a program everyone can afford is a solution.
How much are your food expenses time being? Probably many times more. This means: everyone can afford this amazing program whether one works on the minimum salary or lives on the social security or similar. The saved money this new STAF, Inc. program guides to place in safe investments - STAF, Inc. endorses only a few investment adviser companies as reliable. With the saved money your family can create substantial wealth within time.
The new Healthy Lifestyle & Correct Nutrition program will, in a televised D.C. event, be introduced to our nation, to The W.H., The President & The First Lady, The U.S. Congress & Senate, and to all related federal agencies.
STAF, Inc.'s presence is needed in D.C. in the U.S. Congress (House & Senate). STAF, Inc.'s founding President is planning (1) to seek a seat in D.C. Congress/Senate to provide the necessary information to the D.C. lawmakers and (2) to establish a fully new federal agency, Healthy Lifestyle & Family Success Agency, and to be named its first federal director. New legislation and training for all these matters are needed in a results-bringing manner.
In STAF, Inc.'s website at the end of the Home page is a link to study the original founding documents to see the full purpose & the mission statements of the organization.
Listen to STAF, Inc.'s popular Radio Shows - you'll get free CEU & College-credits nationwide or worldwide. To visit STAF, Inc.'s website, use its Radio Show title "DrDrCanYouHelpMe" in the internet search.
Respectfully,
Christian von Christophers, Ph.D., N.D.
STAF. Inc.'s founding President
==============================Study says leafy greens top food poisoning source
1/30/13 R ESPONSE ABOVE
NEW YORK (AP) — A big government study has fingered leafy greens like lettuce and spinach as the leading source of food poisoning, a perhaps uncomfortable conclusion for health officials who want us to eat our vegetables.
"Most meals are safe," said Dr. Patricia Griffin, a government researcher and one of the study's authors who said the finding shouldn't discourage people from eating produce. Experts repeated often-heard advice: Be sure to wash those foods or cook them thoroughly.
While more people may have gotten sick from plants, more died from contaminated poultry, the study also found. The results were released Tuesday by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.
Each year roughly 1 in 6 Americans — or 48 million people— gets sick from food poisoning. That includes 128,000 hospitalization and 3,000 deaths, according to previous CDC estimates.
The new report is the most comprehensive CDC has produced on the sources of food poisoning, covering the years 1998 through 2008. It reflects the agency's growing sophistication at monitoring illnesses and finding their source.
What jumped out at the researchers was the role fruits and vegetables played in food poisonings, said Griffin, who heads the CDC office that handles foodborne infection surveillance and analysis.
About 1 in 5 illnesses were linked to leafy green vegetables — more than any other type of food. And nearly half of all food poisonings were attributed to produce in general, when illnesses from other fruits and vegetables were added in.
It's been kind of a tough month for vegetables. A controversy erupted when Taco Bell started airing a TV ad for its variety 12-pack of tacos, with a voiceover saying that bringing a vegetable tray to a football party is "like punting on fourth-and-1." It said that people secretly hate guests who bring vegetables to parties.
The fast-food chain on Monday announced it was pulling the commercial after receiving complaints that it discouraged people from eating vegetables.
Without actually saying so, the CDC report suggests that the Food and Drug Administration should devote more staff time and other resources to inspection of fruits and vegetables, said Michael Doyle, director of the University of Georgia's Center for Food Safety.
Earlier this month, the FDA released a proposed new rule for produce safety that would set new hygiene standards for farm workers and for trying to reduce contact with animal waste and dirty water.
Meanwhile, CDC officials emphasized that their report should not be seen as discouraging people from eating vegetables.
Many of the vegetable-related illnesses come from norovirus, which is often spread by cooks and food handlers. So contamination sometimes has more to do with the kitchen or restaurant it came from then the food itself, Griffin noted.
Also, while vegetable-related illnesses were more common, they were not the most dangerous. The largest proportion of foodborne illness deaths — about 1 in 5 — were due to poultry. That was partly because three big outbreaks more than 10 years ago linked to turkey deli meat.
But it was close. CDC estimated 277 poultry-related deaths in 1998-2008, compared to 236 vegetable-related deaths.
Fruits and nuts were credited with 96 additional deaths, making 334 total deaths for produce of all types. The CDC estimated 417 deaths from all kinds of meat and poultry, another 140 from dairy and 71 from eggs.
Red meat was once seen as one of the leading sources of food poisoning, partly because of a deadly outbreak of E. coli associated with hamburger. But Griffin and Doyle said there have been significant safety improvements in beef handling. In the study, beef was the source of fewer than 4 percent of food-related deaths and fewer than 7 percent of illnesses.
____
Online:
CDC journal: http://www.cdc.gov/eid/
=================================================
MONDAY, 2/4/13 has CASINO VISIT
Responding to article European study vegetarism = Low Heart Disease Risk for Vegetarians
By Sydney Lupkin | ABC News Blogs – 5 hours ago
Comment by Save The American Family - STAF, Inc., -not-for-profit-
By Dr. Christian von Christophers, Ph.D., N.D.
Excellent, important study - 20 years with 45K people.
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STAF. Inc.'s founding President
Low Heart Disease Risk for Vegetarians
By Sydney Lupkin | ABC News Blogs
Going meatless gives vegetarians a 32 percent lower heart disease risk than non-vegetarians, a British study found, offering further proof that eating meat can be hazardous to health.
The study, published in The American Journal of Clinical Nutrition, involved 44,561 people enrolled in the European Prospective Investigation into Cancer and Nutrition (EPIC)-Oxford Study, which began in England and Scotland in 1993. Researchers sought to compare a range of diets and their impact on overall health, and 34 percent of all participants were vegetarians.
"It's a very good study," said Dr. William Abraham, who directs the division of cardiovascular medicine at Ohio State University, noting the large proportion of vegetarians. "It's further evidence that vegetarian diets are associated with a lesser risk of developing ischemic heart disease or coronary artery disease."
Click here to read the ABC's of heart health.
He and Dr. Peter McCullough, a cardiologist at St. John Providence Health System in Michigan, agreed it's not about what's in the vegetarian diet that makes it so heart healthy - it's about what the vegetarian diet leaves out: saturated fat and sodium.
"Saturated fat is the single greatest dietary factor in the production of cholesterol," McCollough said, adding that people assume dietary cholesterol increases cholesterol levels though it's not true. "Sodium intake is the single greatest dietary determinant of blood pressure." (HAD: "Sodium intake is the single greatest dietary determinant of blood pleasure. instead of 'pressure'!!!)
Both high blood pressure and high cholesterol are known risk factors for ischemic heart disease because they constrict the blood vessels and cut off blood supply to the heart.
Abraham said he occasionally prescribes a vegetarian diet to patients who have already had heart attacks - but this study might persuade him to prescribe them preventively to patients with heart disease risk factors such as diabetes, high blood pressure and high cholesterol.
McCollough, on the other hand, has never prescribed a vegetarian diet and said limiting sodium and saturated fats can be done by picking the right meats, controlling portion sizes and avoiding what he calls the three s-es: sugars, starches and saturated fats. He said the healthiest protein to eat is fish and the least healthy is beef. Behind fish, beans and nuts are the best way to get protein, he said.
Vegetarianism isn't always the answer because even vegetarians can eat too many sugars, one of the three-s categories, he said. For example, he added, vegetarians eat more cheese than non-vegetarians and, although it has some protein, about 60 percent of cheese is saturated fat.
Other studies have examined how daily servings of red meat can lead to early death and howprocessed meat can lead to heart disease and diabetes.
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention reports 2 million heart attacks and stroke a year in the United States, and about 800,000 deaths from heart disease.
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By Sydney Lupkin | ABC News Blogs
Going meatless gives vegetarians a 32 percent lower heart disease risk than non-vegetarians, a British study found, offering further proof that eating meat can be hazardous to health.
The study, published in The American Journal of Clinical Nutrition, involved 44,561 people enrolled in the European Prospective Investigation into Cancer and Nutrition (EPIC)-Oxford Study, which began in England and Scotland in 1993. Researchers sought to compare a range of diets and their impact on overall health, and 34 percent of all participants were vegetarians.
"It's a very good study," said Dr. William Abraham, who directs the division of cardiovascular medicine at Ohio State University, noting the large proportion of vegetarians. "It's further evidence that vegetarian diets are associated with a lesser risk of developing ischemic heart disease or coronary artery disease."
Click here to read the ABC's of heart health.
He and Dr. Peter McCullough, a cardiologist at St. John Providence Health System in Michigan, agreed it's not about what's in the vegetarian diet that makes it so heart healthy - it's about what the vegetarian diet leaves out: saturated fat and sodium.
"Saturated fat is the single greatest dietary factor in the production of cholesterol," McCollough said, adding that people assume dietary cholesterol increases cholesterol levels though it's not true. "Sodium intake is the single greatest dietary determinant of blood pressure." (HAD: "Sodium intake is the single greatest dietary determinant of blood pleasure. instead of 'pressure'!!!)
Both high blood pressure and high cholesterol are known risk factors for ischemic heart disease because they constrict the blood vessels and cut off blood supply to the heart.
Abraham said he occasionally prescribes a vegetarian diet to patients who have already had heart attacks - but this study might persuade him to prescribe them preventively to patients with heart disease risk factors such as diabetes, high blood pressure and high cholesterol.
McCollough, on the other hand, has never prescribed a vegetarian diet and said limiting sodium and saturated fats can be done by picking the right meats, controlling portion sizes and avoiding what he calls the three s-es: sugars, starches and saturated fats. He said the healthiest protein to eat is fish and the least healthy is beef. Behind fish, beans and nuts are the best way to get protein, he said.
Vegetarianism isn't always the answer because even vegetarians can eat too many sugars, one of the three-s categories, he said. For example, he added, vegetarians eat more cheese than non-vegetarians and, although it has some protein, about 60 percent of cheese is saturated fat.
Other studies have examined how daily servings of red meat can lead to early death and howprocessed meat can lead to heart disease and diabetes.
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention reports 2 million heart attacks and stroke a year in the United States, and about 800,000 deaths from heart disease.
Also Read
Around world, gun rules, and results, vary wildly
Brazil tops the global list for gun murders - 18 time the U.S. rate per
Here 3 countries: (1) Japan, (2) Switzerland, (3) Brazil
OOI, Japan (AP) — After a tragedy like the mass shooting at Sandy Hook Elementary School, it's a statistic that is always trotted out. Compared to just about anywhere else with a stable, developed government — and many countries without even that — the more than 11,000 gun-related killings each year in the United States are simply off the charts.
To be sure, there are nations that are worse. But others see fewer gun homicide deaths in one year than the 27 people killed Dec. 14 in Newtown, Connecticut.
As Americans debate gun laws, people on both sides point to the experiences of other countries to support their arguments. Here's a look at two success stories — with two very different ways of thinking about gun ownership — and one cautionary tale.
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JAPAN — THE NANNY STATE
Gunfire rings through the hills at a shooting range at the foot of Mount Fuji. There are few other places in Japan where you'll hear it.
In this country, guns are few and far between. And so is gun violence. Guns were used in only seven murders in Japan — a nation of about 130 million — in all of 2011, the most recent year for official statistics. According to police, more people — nine — were murdered with scissors.
Though its gun ownership rates are tiny compared to the United States, Japan has more than 120,000 registered gun owners and more than 400,000 registered firearms. So why is there so little gun violence?
"We have a very different way of looking at guns in Japan than people in the United States," said Tsutomu Uchida, who runs the Kanagawa Ohi Shooting Range, an Olympic-style training center for rifle enthusiasts. "In the U.S., people believe they have a right to own a gun. In Japan, we don't have that right. So our point of departure is completely different."
Treating gun ownership as a privilege and not a right leads to some important policy differences.
First, anyone who wants to get a gun must demonstrate a valid reason why they should be allowed to do so. Under longstanding Japanese policy, there is no good reason why any civilian should have a handgun, so — aside from a few dozen accomplished competitive shooters — they are completely banned.
Virtually all handgun-related crime is attributable to gangsters, who obtain them on the black market. But such crime is extremely rare and when it does occur, police crack down hard on whatever gang is involved, so even gangsters see it as a last-ditch option.
Rifle ownership is allowed for the general public, but tightly controlled.
Applicants first must go to their local police station and declare their intent. After a lecture and a written test comes range training, then a background check. Police likely will even talk to the applicant's neighbors to see if he or she is known to have a temper, financial troubles or an unstable household. A doctor must sign a form saying the applicant has not been institutionalized and is not epileptic, depressed, schizophrenic, alcoholic or addicted to drugs.
Gun owners must tell the police where in the home the gun will be stored. It must be kept under lock and key, must be kept separate from ammunition, and preferably chained down. It's legal to transport a gun in the trunk of a car to get to one of the country's few shooting ranges, but if the driver steps away from the vehicle and gets caught, that's a violation.
Uchida said Japan's gun laws are frustrating, overly complicated and can seem capricious.
"It would be great if we had an organization like the National Rifle Association to stand up for us," he said, though he acknowledged that there is no significant movement in Japan to ease gun restrictions.
Even so, dedicated shooters like Uchida say they do not want the kind of freedoms Americans have and do not think Japan's system would work in the United States, citing the tendency for Japanese to defer to authority and place a very high premium on an ordered, low-crime society.
"We have our way of doing things, and Americans have theirs," said Yasuharu Watabe, 67, who has owned a gun for 40 years. "But there need to be regulations. Put a gun in the wrong hands, and it's a weapon."
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SWITZERLAND — GUNS AND PEACE
Gun-rights advocates in the United States often cite Switzerland as an example of relatively liberal regulation going hand-in-hand with low gun crime.
The country's 8 million people own about 2.3 million firearms. But firearms were used in just 24 Swiss homicides in 2009, a rate of about 0.3 per 100,000 inhabitants. The U.S. rate that year was about 11 times higher.
Unlike in the United States, where guns are used in the majority of murders, in Switzerland only a quarter of murders involve firearms. The most high-profile case in recent years occurred when a disgruntled (= angry) petitioner shot dead 14 people at a city council meeting in 2001.
Experts say Switzerland's low gun-crime figures are influenced by the fact that most firearms are military rifles issued to men when they join the country's conscript army (conscript = enlist (someone) compulsorily (= obligatory; required; forced) typically into the armed services. army. As Switzerland cut the size of its army in recent decades, gun crime fell, too.
The key issue is how many people have access to a weapon, not the total number of weapons owned in a country, said Martin Killias, a criminologist at the University of Zurich. "Switzerland's criminals, for example, aren't very well armed compared with street criminals in the United States."
Still, he notes that as Switzerland cut the size of its army in recent decades, gun violence — particularly domestic killings and suicides — dropped too.
Critics of gun ownership in Switzerland have pointed out that the country's rate of firearms suicide is higher than anywhere else in Europe. But efforts to tighten the law further and force conscripts to give their guns back after training have failed at the ballot box — most recently in a 2012 referendum.
Gun enthusiasts — many of whom are members of Switzerland's 3,000 gun clubs — argue that limiting the right to bear arms in the home of William Tell would destroy a cherished tradition and undermine the militia army's preparedness against possible invasion.
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BRAZIL — BEYOND REPAIR?
So how about a country that actually bans guns?
Since 2003, Brazil has come close to fitting that description. Only police, people in high-risk professions and those who can prove their lives are threatened are eligible to receive gun permits. Anyone caught carrying a weapon without a permit faces up to four years on prison.
But Brazil also tops the global list for gun murders.
According to a United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime study in 2011, 34,678 people were murdered by firearms in Brazil in 2008, compared to 34,147 in 2007. The numbers for both years represent a homicide-by-firearm rate of 18 per 100,000 inhabitants — more than five times higher than the U.S. rate.
Violence is so endemic in Brazil that few civilians would even consider trying to arm themselves for self-defense. Vast swaths of cities like Sao Paulo and Rio de Janeiro are slums long dominated by powerful drug gangs, who are often better armed than the police. Brazilian officials admit guns flow easily over the nation's long, porous Amazon jungle border.
Still, Guaracy Mingardi, a crime and public safety expert and researcher at Brazil's top think tank, Fundacao Getulio Vargas, said the 2003 law helped make a dent in homicides by firearms in some areas.
According to the Sao Paulo State Public Safety Department, the homicide rate there was 28.29 per 100,000 in 2003 and dropped to 10.02 per 100,000 in 2011.
Brazil wants more powerful guns in the hands of police. This month, the army authorized law enforcement officers to carry heavy caliber weapons for personal use.
Ligia Rechenberg, coordinator of the Sou da Paz, or "I am for Peace," violence prevention group, thinks that could make things worse. She said police will buy weapons that "they don't know how to handle, and that puts them and the population at risk."
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AP writers Frank Jordans in Berlin and Stan Lehman and Bradley Brooks in Sao Paulo contributed to this report.
Brazil tops the global list for gun murders - 18 time the U.S. rate per
Here 3 countries: (1) Japan, (2) Switzerland, (3) Brazil
OOI, Japan (AP) — After a tragedy like the mass shooting at Sandy Hook Elementary School, it's a statistic that is always trotted out. Compared to just about anywhere else with a stable, developed government — and many countries without even that — the more than 11,000 gun-related killings each year in the United States are simply off the charts.
To be sure, there are nations that are worse. But others see fewer gun homicide deaths in one year than the 27 people killed Dec. 14 in Newtown, Connecticut.
As Americans debate gun laws, people on both sides point to the experiences of other countries to support their arguments. Here's a look at two success stories — with two very different ways of thinking about gun ownership — and one cautionary tale.
___
JAPAN — THE NANNY STATE
Gunfire rings through the hills at a shooting range at the foot of Mount Fuji. There are few other places in Japan where you'll hear it.
In this country, guns are few and far between. And so is gun violence. Guns were used in only seven murders in Japan — a nation of about 130 million — in all of 2011, the most recent year for official statistics. According to police, more people — nine — were murdered with scissors.
Though its gun ownership rates are tiny compared to the United States, Japan has more than 120,000 registered gun owners and more than 400,000 registered firearms. So why is there so little gun violence?
"We have a very different way of looking at guns in Japan than people in the United States," said Tsutomu Uchida, who runs the Kanagawa Ohi Shooting Range, an Olympic-style training center for rifle enthusiasts. "In the U.S., people believe they have a right to own a gun. In Japan, we don't have that right. So our point of departure is completely different."
Treating gun ownership as a privilege and not a right leads to some important policy differences.
First, anyone who wants to get a gun must demonstrate a valid reason why they should be allowed to do so. Under longstanding Japanese policy, there is no good reason why any civilian should have a handgun, so — aside from a few dozen accomplished competitive shooters — they are completely banned.
Virtually all handgun-related crime is attributable to gangsters, who obtain them on the black market. But such crime is extremely rare and when it does occur, police crack down hard on whatever gang is involved, so even gangsters see it as a last-ditch option.
Rifle ownership is allowed for the general public, but tightly controlled.
Applicants first must go to their local police station and declare their intent. After a lecture and a written test comes range training, then a background check. Police likely will even talk to the applicant's neighbors to see if he or she is known to have a temper, financial troubles or an unstable household. A doctor must sign a form saying the applicant has not been institutionalized and is not epileptic, depressed, schizophrenic, alcoholic or addicted to drugs.
Gun owners must tell the police where in the home the gun will be stored. It must be kept under lock and key, must be kept separate from ammunition, and preferably chained down. It's legal to transport a gun in the trunk of a car to get to one of the country's few shooting ranges, but if the driver steps away from the vehicle and gets caught, that's a violation.
Uchida said Japan's gun laws are frustrating, overly complicated and can seem capricious.
"It would be great if we had an organization like the National Rifle Association to stand up for us," he said, though he acknowledged that there is no significant movement in Japan to ease gun restrictions.
Even so, dedicated shooters like Uchida say they do not want the kind of freedoms Americans have and do not think Japan's system would work in the United States, citing the tendency for Japanese to defer to authority and place a very high premium on an ordered, low-crime society.
"We have our way of doing things, and Americans have theirs," said Yasuharu Watabe, 67, who has owned a gun for 40 years. "But there need to be regulations. Put a gun in the wrong hands, and it's a weapon."
___
SWITZERLAND — GUNS AND PEACE
Gun-rights advocates in the United States often cite Switzerland as an example of relatively liberal regulation going hand-in-hand with low gun crime.
The country's 8 million people own about 2.3 million firearms. But firearms were used in just 24 Swiss homicides in 2009, a rate of about 0.3 per 100,000 inhabitants. The U.S. rate that year was about 11 times higher.
Unlike in the United States, where guns are used in the majority of murders, in Switzerland only a quarter of murders involve firearms. The most high-profile case in recent years occurred when a disgruntled (= angry) petitioner shot dead 14 people at a city council meeting in 2001.
Experts say Switzerland's low gun-crime figures are influenced by the fact that most firearms are military rifles issued to men when they join the country's conscript army (conscript = enlist (someone) compulsorily (= obligatory; required; forced) typically into the armed services. army. As Switzerland cut the size of its army in recent decades, gun crime fell, too.
The key issue is how many people have access to a weapon, not the total number of weapons owned in a country, said Martin Killias, a criminologist at the University of Zurich. "Switzerland's criminals, for example, aren't very well armed compared with street criminals in the United States."
Still, he notes that as Switzerland cut the size of its army in recent decades, gun violence — particularly domestic killings and suicides — dropped too.
Critics of gun ownership in Switzerland have pointed out that the country's rate of firearms suicide is higher than anywhere else in Europe. But efforts to tighten the law further and force conscripts to give their guns back after training have failed at the ballot box — most recently in a 2012 referendum.
Gun enthusiasts — many of whom are members of Switzerland's 3,000 gun clubs — argue that limiting the right to bear arms in the home of William Tell would destroy a cherished tradition and undermine the militia army's preparedness against possible invasion.
___
BRAZIL — BEYOND REPAIR?
So how about a country that actually bans guns?
Since 2003, Brazil has come close to fitting that description. Only police, people in high-risk professions and those who can prove their lives are threatened are eligible to receive gun permits. Anyone caught carrying a weapon without a permit faces up to four years on prison.
But Brazil also tops the global list for gun murders.
According to a United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime study in 2011, 34,678 people were murdered by firearms in Brazil in 2008, compared to 34,147 in 2007. The numbers for both years represent a homicide-by-firearm rate of 18 per 100,000 inhabitants — more than five times higher than the U.S. rate.
Violence is so endemic in Brazil that few civilians would even consider trying to arm themselves for self-defense. Vast swaths of cities like Sao Paulo and Rio de Janeiro are slums long dominated by powerful drug gangs, who are often better armed than the police. Brazilian officials admit guns flow easily over the nation's long, porous Amazon jungle border.
Still, Guaracy Mingardi, a crime and public safety expert and researcher at Brazil's top think tank, Fundacao Getulio Vargas, said the 2003 law helped make a dent in homicides by firearms in some areas.
According to the Sao Paulo State Public Safety Department, the homicide rate there was 28.29 per 100,000 in 2003 and dropped to 10.02 per 100,000 in 2011.
Brazil wants more powerful guns in the hands of police. This month, the army authorized law enforcement officers to carry heavy caliber weapons for personal use.
Ligia Rechenberg, coordinator of the Sou da Paz, or "I am for Peace," violence prevention group, thinks that could make things worse. She said police will buy weapons that "they don't know how to handle, and that puts them and the population at risk."
___
AP writers Frank Jordans in Berlin and Stan Lehman and Bradley Brooks in Sao Paulo contributed to this report.
January 27, 2013
Scores Dead as Fire Sweeps Through Nightclub in Brazil
Killing at Least 232 people
January 27, 2013
— A fire ignited by a flare from a band’s pyrotechnic spectacle swept through a nightclub filled with hundreds of university students early on Sunday morning in Santa Maria, a city in southern Brazil, killing at least 232 people, police officials said.
Health workers hauled bodies from the club, called Kiss, to hospitals in Santa Maria throughout Sunday morning. Some of the survivors were taken to the nearby city of Porto Alegre to be treated for burns. Valdeci Oliveira, a local legislator, said he saw piles of bodies in the nightclub’s bathrooms.
Col. Guido Pedroso de Melo, the commander of the city’s Fire Department, said security guards had locked exits, which intensified the panic as people in the club stampeded to the doors.
Survivors described a scene of mayhem as patrons rushed for the main exit. “I only got out because I am strong,” Ezequiel Corte Real, 23, told reporters. He said he helped others escape the blaze.
The disaster in Santa Maria, which is in the relatively prosperous state of Rio Grande do Sul, shocked the country. President Dilma Rousseff canceled appointments at a summit meeting in Chile to travel to Santa Maria, a city of about 260,000 residents that is known for its cluster of universities.
The disaster ranks among the deadliest of nightclub fires, comparable to the 2003 blaze in Rhode Island that killed 100 people, one in 2004 in Buenos Aires in which 194 were killed, and a fire at a club in China in 2000 in which 309 people died.
The circumstances surrounding the blaze, including the use of pyrotechnics and the reports of the locked exits, are expected to raise questions about whether the club’s owners had been negligent. While it is not clear why patrons were initially not allowed to escape, it is common across Brazil for nightclubs and bars to have customers to pay their entire tab upon leaving, instead of on a per-drink basis.
“It is a scene of horror,” Elizabeth Shimomura, a police investigator who arrived at the nightclub Sunday, said in a television interview.
Some of the survivors pointed to a heated argument over who was responsible. “Only after a multitude pushed down the security guards did they see the crap they had done,” Murilo de Toledo Tiecher, 26, a medical student who survived the fire, said in comments posted on Facebook.
Witnesses said the fire started about 2 a.m. after a rock band, Gurizada Fangangueira, began performing for an audience made up mostly of students in the agronomy and veterinary medicine programs at a local university.
At least one member of the five-person band, which is based in Santa Maria and had advertised its use of pyrotechnics, was said to have been killed. Many of the victims died of smoke inhalation, officials said.
“The smoke spread very quickly,” Aline Santos Silva, 29, one of the survivors, said in comments to the Globo News television network. “Those who were closest to the stage where the band was playing had the most difficulty getting out.”
More broadly, the blaze may focus attention on issues of accountability in Brazil and point to the relaxed enforcement of measures aimed at protecting citizens in an economy that is on solid footing. Preventable disasters still commonly claim lives in Brazil, as illustrated by Rio de Janeiro’s building collapses, manhole explosions and trolley mishaps.
“Bureaucracy and corruption also cause tragedies,” said Andre Barcinski, a columnist for Folha de São Paulo, one of Brazil’s largest newspapers.
Human rights officials focused Sunday on the grief in Santa Maria. “How many families are now searching for their young one?” asked Maria do Rosário Nunes, a cabinet minister who is Ms. Rousseff’s top human rights official.
Brazilian television stations broadcast images of trucks carrying corpses to hospitals where family members were gathering. Photographs taken shortly after the blaze and posted on the Web sites of local news organizations showed frantic scenes in which people on the street outside the nightclub pulled bodies from the charred debris.
The tragedy took place in a region of Brazil where Ms. Rousseff began her political career before rising to national prominence as a top aide to the former president, Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva, and running for president herself. Before leaving the summit in Chile, she appeared distraught, crying in front of reporters as she absorbed details of the blaze.
“This is a tragedy,” she said, “for all of us.”
Jill Langlois contributed reporting from São Paulo, Brazil.
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Article:
Cuomo’s poll numbers drop thanks to N.Y. gun control law
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Comment by Save The American Family - STAF, Inc.,-not-for-profit-
By Dr. Christian von Christophers, Ph.D., N.D.
STAF, Inc. is behind the new tough New York State gun laws, even though they are not perfect. Additional actions must be taken. STAF, Inc. will introduce them to Gov. Cuomo.
Below some factual information relating to the rampant mass shootings.
Practically all mass shooters have two things in common: (1) they are victims of a divorce, separation or dysfunctional family & (2) they are all males. In a divorce situation the Courts often blindly give the custody to the mother even though in reality she might be the monster and the father the angel. Yet, a growing boy needs more his father's guidance than his mother's.
The moral in our marriages has gone close to a zero. In the U.S. the schools are providing close to zero guidance for the most important human relationship: marriage. In many developed countries it belongs to the basic curriculum.
The children grow up disturbed & misled. In addition, the violent video games & violent movies are replacing the parental love & healthy attention - the children get a wrong picture about being a human being. The young mass killers suffer from the Broken Marriage Syndrome™.
The life-destroying challenges all children & all divorcing spouses will experience are listed in STAF, Inc.'s website in tab "Services", sub-tab "Restoring Any Marriage™. Most people have no clue what a divorce does to the children - it is serious child abuse.
The primary solution is not in the gun laws. The guns will be found no matter how many restrictions. Yes, STAF, Inc. supports certain important restrictions mainly for preventing mass shootings. We Americans have the right to defend ourselves.
When a child grows up in a healthy, loving home with 2 loving parents, the child has a good chance to become a healthy-minded teenager & a successful adult. Then the person has no need to find the guns to revenge his own Broken Family Syndrome™ suffering.
The divorcing spouses will experience (1) health challenges leading to a shorter life span and (2) to added financial difficulties. Every child experiencing a parental divorce faces serious life threatening disasters - the most important listed here: (1) overall increased risks to health & welfare; (2) 5 times more likely to commit suicide; (3) 32 times more likely to run away; (4) 20 times more likely to have behavioral disorders; (5) 14 times more likely to commit rape;
(6) 9 times more likely to drop out of school; (7) 10 times more likely to abuse alcohol and drugs; (8) 20 times more likely to end up in prison; (9) increased learning difficulties; (10) increased risk of divorce when grown; (11) increased out of wedlock pregnancies; (12) Latest discovery by the researchers: highly increased risk of having a stroke during his/her life time.
The long-term solution is to start educating the whole nation how to heal the American Family & our homes where our children are growing up. STAF, Inc. is a nation/worldwide leader in these matters. The secondary are the gun laws.
STAF, Inc.'s presence is needed in D.C. in the U.S. Congress (House & Senate). STAF, Inc.'s founding President is planning (1) to seek a seat in D.C. Congress/Senate to provide the necessary information to the D.C. lawmakers and (2) to establish a fully new federal agency, Healthy Lifestyle & Family Success Agency, and to be named its first federal director.
New legislation and training for all these matters are needed in a results-bringing manner.
To visit STAF, Inc.'s website use its Radio Show title "DrDrCanYouHelpMe" in the internet search. Listen to STAF, Inc.'s popular Radio Show - you'll get free CEU & College-University credits.
Respectfully,
Christian von Christophers, Ph.D., N.D.
STAF, Inc.'s founding President
Article:
Cuomo’s poll numbers drop thanks to N.Y. gun control law
=======================================
Comment by Save The American Family - STAF, Inc.,-not-for-profit-
By Dr. Christian von Christophers, Ph.D., N.D.
STAF, Inc. is behind the new tough New York State gun laws, even though they are not perfect. Additional actions must be taken. STAF, Inc. will introduce them to Gov. Cuomo.
Below some factual information relating to the rampant mass shootings.
Practically all mass shooters have two things in common: (1) they are victims of a divorce, separation or dysfunctional family & (2) they are all males. In a divorce situation the Courts often blindly give the custody to the mother even though in reality she might be the monster and the father the angel. Yet, a growing boy needs more his father's guidance than his mother's.
The moral in our marriages has gone close to a zero. In the U.S. the schools are providing close to zero guidance for the most important human relationship: marriage. In many developed countries it belongs to the basic curriculum.
The children grow up disturbed & misled. In addition, the violent video games & violent movies are replacing the parental love & healthy attention - the children get a wrong picture about being a human being. The young mass killers suffer from the Broken Marriage Syndrome™.
The life-destroying challenges all children & all divorcing spouses will experience are listed in STAF, Inc.'s website in tab "Services", sub-tab "Restoring Any Marriage™. Most people have no clue what a divorce does to the children - it is serious child abuse.
The primary solution is not in the gun laws. The guns will be found no matter how many restrictions. Yes, STAF, Inc. supports certain important restrictions mainly for preventing mass shootings. We Americans have the right to defend ourselves.
When a child grows up in a healthy, loving home with 2 loving parents, the child has a good chance to become a healthy-minded teenager & a successful adult. Then the person has no need to find the guns to revenge his own Broken Family Syndrome™ suffering.
The divorcing spouses will experience (1) health challenges leading to a shorter life span and (2) to added financial difficulties. Every child experiencing a parental divorce faces serious life threatening disasters - the most important listed here: (1) overall increased risks to health & welfare; (2) 5 times more likely to commit suicide; (3) 32 times more likely to run away; (4) 20 times more likely to have behavioral disorders; (5) 14 times more likely to commit rape;
(6) 9 times more likely to drop out of school; (7) 10 times more likely to abuse alcohol and drugs; (8) 20 times more likely to end up in prison; (9) increased learning difficulties; (10) increased risk of divorce when grown; (11) increased out of wedlock pregnancies; (12) Latest discovery by the researchers: highly increased risk of having a stroke during his/her life time.
The long-term solution is to start educating the whole nation how to heal the American Family & our homes where our children are growing up. STAF, Inc. is a nation/worldwide leader in these matters. The secondary are the gun laws.
STAF, Inc.'s presence is needed in D.C. in the U.S. Congress (House & Senate). STAF, Inc.'s founding President is planning (1) to seek a seat in D.C. Congress/Senate to provide the necessary information to the D.C. lawmakers and (2) to establish a fully new federal agency, Healthy Lifestyle & Family Success Agency, and to be named its first federal director.
New legislation and training for all these matters are needed in a results-bringing manner.
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Who owns what property in a marriage, after divorce, or after a spouse's death depends on whether
the couple lives(1) in a common law property state or (2) a community property state.
During marriage, these classifications may seem trivial, but in the unfortunate events of divorce or death, these details become very important.
Common Law Property States Most states are common law property states. So, what does it mean to live in a common law property state? The term "common law" is simply a term used to determine the ownership of marital property (property acquired during marriage). The common law system provides that property acquired by one member of a married couple is owned completely and solely by that person. Of course, if the title or deed to a piece of property is put in the names of both spouses, however, then that property would belong to both spouses. If both spouses' names are on the title, each owns a one-half interest.
Example: If Wife buys a car and puts it only in her name, that car belongs to only Wife. If Wife buys a car and puts it in her name and Husband's name, then the car belongs to both of them.
Property distribution upon death or separation: When one spouse passes away, his or her separate property is distributed according to his or her will, or according to probate, without a will. The distribution of the marital property depends on how the spouses share ownership. If they own property in "joint tenancy with the right of survivorship" or "tenancy by the entirety", the property goes to the surviving spouse. This right is independent of what the deceased spouse's will says. However, if the property was owned as "tenancy in common", then the property can go to someone other than the surviving spouse, per the deceased spouse's will. Not all property has a title or deed. In this case, generally, whoever paid for the property or received it as a gift owns it.
If the couple divorces or obtains a legal separation, the court will decide how the marital property will be divided. Of course, the couple can enter into an agreement before the marriage, explaining how to distribute the marital property upon divorce.
Community Property StatesThe states having community property are Louisiana, Arizona, California, Texas, Washington, Idaho, Nevada, New Mexico, and Wisconsin. Community property states follow the rule that all assets acquired during the marriage are considered "community property". Marital property in community property states are owned by both spouses equally (50/50). This marital property includes earnings, all property bought with those earnings, and all debts, accrued during the marriage. Community property begins at the marriage and ends when the couple physically separates with the intention of not continuing the marriage. So, any earnings or debts originating after this time will be separate property.
Any assets acquired before the marriage are considered separate property, and are owned only by that original owner. A spouse can, however, transfer the title of any of his or her separate property to the other spouse (gift) or to the community property (making a spouse an account holder on bank account). Spouses can also comingle their separate property with community property, for example, by adding funds from before the marriage to the community property funds.
Spouses may not transfer, alter, or eliminate any whole piece of community property without the other spouse's permission. A spouse can manage his or her own half the way he wishes, but the whole piece includes the other spouse's one half interest. In other words, that spouse cannot be alienated from his or her one half.
Separate property includes
Example: Husband owns a valuable piece of antique furniture that he acquired before the marriage. Husband alone owns the antique as his separate property. The antique is not community property, because it was acquired before the marriage. If Husband wants to give his wife a one half interest in the antique, he may; then, the antique would be part of the community property.
Property distribution upon death or separation: When one spouse passes away, his or her half of the community property passes to the surviving spouse. Their separate property can be devised to whomever they wish according to their will, or via probate without a will. Many community property states offer an interest called "community property with the right of survivorship". Under this doctrine, if a couple holds title or deed to a piece of property, usually a home, then upon a spouse's death, title passes automatically to the surviving spouse, avoiding court proceedings.
If the couple divorces or obtains a legal separation, all of the community property is divided evenly (50/50). The separate property of each spouse is distributed to the spouse who owns it and is not divided according to the 50/50 rule. Sometimes, economic circumstances warrant awarding certain assets wholly to one spouse, but each spouse still ends up with 50% of all community property in terms of total economic value. This is most common regarding marital homes. Since it is not feasible to divide a house in half, often the court will award one spouse the house, and the other spouse receives other assets that's value is equal to half the value of the home.
Before the marriage, the couple may enter into an agreement that lays out how the marital property should be divided upon divorce.
Exceptions to the equal division rule:
the couple lives(1) in a common law property state or (2) a community property state.
During marriage, these classifications may seem trivial, but in the unfortunate events of divorce or death, these details become very important.
Common Law Property States Most states are common law property states. So, what does it mean to live in a common law property state? The term "common law" is simply a term used to determine the ownership of marital property (property acquired during marriage). The common law system provides that property acquired by one member of a married couple is owned completely and solely by that person. Of course, if the title or deed to a piece of property is put in the names of both spouses, however, then that property would belong to both spouses. If both spouses' names are on the title, each owns a one-half interest.
Example: If Wife buys a car and puts it only in her name, that car belongs to only Wife. If Wife buys a car and puts it in her name and Husband's name, then the car belongs to both of them.
Property distribution upon death or separation: When one spouse passes away, his or her separate property is distributed according to his or her will, or according to probate, without a will. The distribution of the marital property depends on how the spouses share ownership. If they own property in "joint tenancy with the right of survivorship" or "tenancy by the entirety", the property goes to the surviving spouse. This right is independent of what the deceased spouse's will says. However, if the property was owned as "tenancy in common", then the property can go to someone other than the surviving spouse, per the deceased spouse's will. Not all property has a title or deed. In this case, generally, whoever paid for the property or received it as a gift owns it.
If the couple divorces or obtains a legal separation, the court will decide how the marital property will be divided. Of course, the couple can enter into an agreement before the marriage, explaining how to distribute the marital property upon divorce.
Community Property StatesThe states having community property are Louisiana, Arizona, California, Texas, Washington, Idaho, Nevada, New Mexico, and Wisconsin. Community property states follow the rule that all assets acquired during the marriage are considered "community property". Marital property in community property states are owned by both spouses equally (50/50). This marital property includes earnings, all property bought with those earnings, and all debts, accrued during the marriage. Community property begins at the marriage and ends when the couple physically separates with the intention of not continuing the marriage. So, any earnings or debts originating after this time will be separate property.
Any assets acquired before the marriage are considered separate property, and are owned only by that original owner. A spouse can, however, transfer the title of any of his or her separate property to the other spouse (gift) or to the community property (making a spouse an account holder on bank account). Spouses can also comingle their separate property with community property, for example, by adding funds from before the marriage to the community property funds.
Spouses may not transfer, alter, or eliminate any whole piece of community property without the other spouse's permission. A spouse can manage his or her own half the way he wishes, but the whole piece includes the other spouse's one half interest. In other words, that spouse cannot be alienated from his or her one half.
Separate property includes
- Property owned by just one spouse before the marriage
- Property given to just one spouse before or during the marriage
- Property inherited by just one spouse
- Money either spouse earned during the marriage
- Things bought with money either spouse earned during the marriage
- Separate property that has become so mixed with community property that it can't be identified
Example: Husband owns a valuable piece of antique furniture that he acquired before the marriage. Husband alone owns the antique as his separate property. The antique is not community property, because it was acquired before the marriage. If Husband wants to give his wife a one half interest in the antique, he may; then, the antique would be part of the community property.
Property distribution upon death or separation: When one spouse passes away, his or her half of the community property passes to the surviving spouse. Their separate property can be devised to whomever they wish according to their will, or via probate without a will. Many community property states offer an interest called "community property with the right of survivorship". Under this doctrine, if a couple holds title or deed to a piece of property, usually a home, then upon a spouse's death, title passes automatically to the surviving spouse, avoiding court proceedings.
If the couple divorces or obtains a legal separation, all of the community property is divided evenly (50/50). The separate property of each spouse is distributed to the spouse who owns it and is not divided according to the 50/50 rule. Sometimes, economic circumstances warrant awarding certain assets wholly to one spouse, but each spouse still ends up with 50% of all community property in terms of total economic value. This is most common regarding marital homes. Since it is not feasible to divide a house in half, often the court will award one spouse the house, and the other spouse receives other assets that's value is equal to half the value of the home.
Before the marriage, the couple may enter into an agreement that lays out how the marital property should be divided upon divorce.
Exceptions to the equal division rule:
- One spouse misappropriates the community property, whether before or during a pending divorce.
- One spouse has incurred educational debts. This is the same as separately incurred debt. On divorce, the spouse takes his or her GSL loans with him or her.
- One spouse incurred tort liability NOT based on activity for the benefit of the marital community.
- A personal injury award is community property during the marriage, but on divorce is awarded to the injured spouse.
- "Negative community" refers to a situation where the community liabilities and debts exceed the available assets to pay the liabilities and debts. Here, the relative ability of spouses to pay the debt is considered. The interest here is to protect creditors. ___________________________________________________________________________________
MAYOR BOOKER
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NEWARK, N.J. (AP) — Mayor Cory Booker said he will live on food stamps for a week starting Tuesday.
Booker told The Associated Press on Thursday that he will honor the challenge he made to a Twitter follower earlier this month and try living on the monetary equivalent of food stamps for at least a week.
"December 4 to 11. Seven days," Booker said after the ribbon cutting for new loft apartments in Newark. He said he will be limited to $1.40 for each meal.
The North Carolina woman Booker challenged plans to accept, but she is not sure she will do it next week.
The woman, who uses the Twitter handle (at)MWadeNC and goes by the name TwitWit, spoke to the AP on condition of anonymity because she says she has received threats.
She said she is upset that Booker didn't consult with her before picking the dates. She said Booker sent her a tweet this week saying his staff would be in touch, but she has heard nothing since.
"I don't think it's fair to be challenged and just find out from the Internet when I'm supposed to take part," she said in a telephone interview. "I would have appreciated the consideration that I have a life as well."
Nevertheless, she said she will participate in the challenge for at least a week, possibly two.
The average monthly food stamp benefit was $133.26 per person in New Jersey in fiscal year 2011, according to the U.S. Department of Agriculture. As mayor, Booker makes about 100 times that amount, $13,400 a month.
Politicians and community leaders around the country have taken on similar challenges in recent years to highlight the difficulty of relying solely on government aid for nutrition.
Philadelphia Mayor Michael Nutter and U.S. Rep. Bob Brady lived on food stamps for a week earlier this year, and the mayors of Las Vegas and Phoenix, Colorado Gov. John Hickenlooper and the former governor of Oregon all did so within the past few years.
Most participated in the "Food Stamp Challenge," a program from the nonprofit Food Research and Action Center that gives out tools to help organizations and individuals live on a food stamp budget, typically for a week. It even developed a how-to-guide for members of Congress, which includes testimonials from eight politicians.
Celebrity chef Mario Batali and his family also did the challenge earlier this year. An AmeriCorps member serving as the community service coordinator at the University of Bridgeport in Connecticut challenged her campus to try it for a week.
Booker, a prolific Twitter user who has 1.2 million followers, has said he wants the public to participate and on Thursday said he will soon announce a celebrity who will also take part.
The North Carolina woman said she thinks it would be "great" if high-profile people tried to live on the equivalent of food stamps.
"I think everybody should do this," she said.
Yet, a person adapting the new system gets all nutritients a human being needs, will not feel hungry, and, if overweight, she/he will lose weight automatically without anything else to do and nothing else to buy.
- Enlarge Photo Associated Press/Julio Cortez - FILE - In this Friday, Nov. 9, 2012 file photo, Newark Mayor Cory Booker, left, greets 13-year-old Blonbzell Taylor outside of Clinton Hill Community Resource Center, where residents …more
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NEWARK, N.J. (AP) — Mayor Cory Booker said he will live on food stamps for a week starting Tuesday.
Booker told The Associated Press on Thursday that he will honor the challenge he made to a Twitter follower earlier this month and try living on the monetary equivalent of food stamps for at least a week.
"December 4 to 11. Seven days," Booker said after the ribbon cutting for new loft apartments in Newark. He said he will be limited to $1.40 for each meal.
The North Carolina woman Booker challenged plans to accept, but she is not sure she will do it next week.
The woman, who uses the Twitter handle (at)MWadeNC and goes by the name TwitWit, spoke to the AP on condition of anonymity because she says she has received threats.
She said she is upset that Booker didn't consult with her before picking the dates. She said Booker sent her a tweet this week saying his staff would be in touch, but she has heard nothing since.
"I don't think it's fair to be challenged and just find out from the Internet when I'm supposed to take part," she said in a telephone interview. "I would have appreciated the consideration that I have a life as well."
Nevertheless, she said she will participate in the challenge for at least a week, possibly two.
The average monthly food stamp benefit was $133.26 per person in New Jersey in fiscal year 2011, according to the U.S. Department of Agriculture. As mayor, Booker makes about 100 times that amount, $13,400 a month.
Politicians and community leaders around the country have taken on similar challenges in recent years to highlight the difficulty of relying solely on government aid for nutrition.
Philadelphia Mayor Michael Nutter and U.S. Rep. Bob Brady lived on food stamps for a week earlier this year, and the mayors of Las Vegas and Phoenix, Colorado Gov. John Hickenlooper and the former governor of Oregon all did so within the past few years.
Most participated in the "Food Stamp Challenge," a program from the nonprofit Food Research and Action Center that gives out tools to help organizations and individuals live on a food stamp budget, typically for a week. It even developed a how-to-guide for members of Congress, which includes testimonials from eight politicians.
Celebrity chef Mario Batali and his family also did the challenge earlier this year. An AmeriCorps member serving as the community service coordinator at the University of Bridgeport in Connecticut challenged her campus to try it for a week.
Booker, a prolific Twitter user who has 1.2 million followers, has said he wants the public to participate and on Thursday said he will soon announce a celebrity who will also take part.
The North Carolina woman said she thinks it would be "great" if high-profile people tried to live on the equivalent of food stamps.
"I think everybody should do this," she said.
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MAYOR BOOKER
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While out working on a story in freezing New Jersey, a reporter and camera crew from New York station WABC-TV noticed a dog left out in the cold.
Hours later, when they passed by again and saw that the dog was still outside, they decided to take the issue to Twitter, and the mayor.
Reporter Toni Yates tweeted N.J. Mayor Cory Booker and WABC. In the tweet, she applauded Newark for its heat help, but added, "Make pet owners get their dogs out of the cold."
In another tweet, she wrote that she asked the block captain to "do something, call someone," but doubted he would.
People began re-tweeting the messages, and soon enough the mayor was on the scene with the shivering dog.
"This is brutal weather. This dog is shaking really bad and you just can't leave your dogs out here on a day like this and go away and expect them to be OK," the mayor told WABC. "Hypothermia on any animal including a human animal will set in pretty quickly. So this is very sad. You can just feel the dog shaking pretty badly."
Booker picked up the dog and put it into the back of a police car.
"If you'd crank up that heat, I'd appreciate it," he told the police officer.
Booker, 43, called the dog's owner and told them it was unacceptable to leave the dog outside in the freezing weather, WABC reported.
The owners said they were in Queens, N.Y., and did not know that Cha Cha had gotten outside. They said it was an accident and thanked the mayor for saving the dog, a new mother.
Booker, who's exploring a run for U.S. Senate, later tweeted the reporter, "Because of you that dog was rescued. Thank you for reaching out. Thank u for your kindness."
This is not the first time Mayor Booker has come to the rescue.
Booker returned home one evening in April to find flames shooting out of his neighbor's home. A woman screamed that her daughter was still inside.
The mayor and two of his security detail ran inside to rescue the woman, who Booker said he had known for years. He carried her out of the building over his shoulder and the woman was treated for smoke inhalation and released.
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L • 4 hrs ago Report AbuseSo everyone involved had to wait until the Mayor sprang into action? I mean, really. You see an animal that needs help, just help!20 Replies
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Coyote 1 hr 27 mins ago Report AbuseCalling the authorities is important because it puts you in the wrong for going on to someone's property even though you were clearly doing a the right thing, some idiots might react badly to someone going into their yard and taking their dog. I really don't see a reaction as unplausible, after... More
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Tim • 4 hrs ago Report AbuseThis guy is saving ladies from burning buildings, dogs from the cold, etc--Get him a cape, already!26 Replies
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Neversurprised • 4 hrs ago Report AbuseDon't you know Lautenberg is screaming bloody murder right about now.2 Replies
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David • 3 hrs ago Report AbuseWell. He's got the dog's vote, that's for sure !5 Replies
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Al • 3 hrs ago Report AbuseDog also looks thin. This is more than an issue of the dog getting out. There is neglect here. Not spayed either.3 Replies
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Same Crap Different Year • 4 hrs ago Report AbuseThe news crew didn't do jack !!!! That's the story.1 Reply
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Buddha • 3 hrs ago Report AbuseAccident my rear end. Your place either has a doggie door, where the animal can get in or out on their own, or you don't. And if you don't, sorry, but dog's don't have opposable thumbs, they can't unlock doors and then turn doorknobs to "let themselves out". And this wasn't a small dog that... More8 Replies
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C • 1 hr 37 mins ago Report AbuseAm I the only one who is wondering when someone sees something like this and the first thing they do is get on twitter instead of calling the police?
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By Dr. Christian von Christophers, Ph.D., N.D.
"How is anyone capable of doing so horrible as the recent school & mass shootings?"
There is a one clear answer to it. STAF, Inc.'s presence is needed in D.C. to counsel the facts.
Practically all school & mass shooters have two things in common: (1) they are victims of a divorce, separation or dysfunctional family & (2) they are all males. In a divorce situation the Courts often blindly give the custody to the mother even though in reality she might be the monster and the father the angel. Yet, a growing boy needs more his father's guidance than his mother's.
The moral in our marriages has gone close to a zero. In the U.S. the schools are providing close to zero guidance for the most important human relationship: marriage. Most parents do not have enough training for raising their children. In many developed countries it belongs to the basic school curriculum.
The children grow up disturbed & misled. In addition, the violent video games & violent movies are replacing the parental love & healthy attention - the children get a wrong picture about being a human being. The young mass killers suffer from the Broken Marriage Syndrome™.
The life-destroying challenges all children & all divorcing spouses will experience are listed in STAF, Inc.'s website in tab "Services", sub-tab "Restoring Any Marriage™. Most people have no clue what a divorce does to the children - it is serious child abuse.
The primary solution is not in the gun laws. The guns will be found no matter how many restrictions. Yes, STAF, Inc. supports certain important restrictions mainly for preventing mass shootings. We Americans have the right to defend ourselves.
When a child grows up in a healthy, loving home with 2 loving parents, the child has a good chance to become a healthy-minded teenager & a successful adult. Then the person has no need to find the guns to revenge his own Broken Family Syndrome™ suffering.
The divorcing spouses will experience (1) health challenges leading to a shorter life span and (2) to added financial 8difficulties. Every child experiencing a parental divorce faces serious life threatening disasters - the most important listed here: (1) overall increased risks to health & welfare; (2) 5 times more likely to commit suicide; (3) 32 times more likely to run away; (4) 20 times more likely to have behavioral disorders; (5) 14 times more likely to commit rape;
(6) 9 times more likely to drop out of school; (7) 10 times more likely to abuse alcohol and drugs; (8) 20 times more likely to end up in prison; (9) increased learning difficulties; (10) increased risk of divorce when grown; (11) increased out of wedlock pregnancies; (12) Latest discovery by the researchers: highly increased risk of having a stroke during his/her life time.
The long-term solution is to start educating the whole nation how to heal the American Family & our homes where our children are growing up. STAF, Inc. is a nation/worldwide leader in these matters. The new gun laws are secondary.
STAF, Inc.'s presence is needed in D.C. in the U.S. Congress (House & Senate). STAF, Inc.'s founding President is planning (1) to seek a seat in D.C. Congress/Senate to provide the necessary information to the D.C. lawmakers and (2) to establish a fully new federal agency, Healthy Lifestyle & Family Success Agency, and to be named its first federal director.
New legislation and training for all these matters are needed in a results-bringing manner.
To visit STAF,Inc.'s website use its Radio Show title "DrDrCanYouHelpMe" in the internet search. Listen to STAF, Inc.'s popular Radio Show - you'll get free CEU & College-University credits.
Respectfully,
Christian von Christophers, Ph.D., N.D.
STAF, Inc.'s founding President
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Article: yahoo: Thursday, 1/31/13 SHOOTING COMMENT ABOVE PLACED TO THIS ARTICLE: Thu 1/31/13
Teenaged student wounded in Atlanta school shooting
Reuters
ATLANTA (Reuters) - A 14-year-old student was wounded on Thursday in a shooting outside amiddle school in Atlanta and police said another student was arrested in the latest outbreak of gun violence in a U.S. school.
The afternoon shooting occurred outside Price Middle School in Atlanta, Georgia. Neither the wounded student nor the suspected shooter were identified by authorities.
The school was placed on lockdown.
Atlanta Police Department spokesman Carlos Campos said the gunshot victim was "alert, conscious and breathing" when he was taken to a local hospital.
"Everything is secure," Campos told reporters at the scene.
A fire department spokeswoman said a teacher had suffered minor injuries during the incident and was treated at the scene.
Atlanta Public Schools Superintendent Erroll Davis said a news conference had been scheduled for 4 p.m. EST to discuss the incident. "All other students are safe," Davis said in a statement.
A national debate has raged over gun control in the United States since the shooting deaths of 20 children and six adults at a Connecticut elementary school in December.
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NEWS Friday, 2/1/13 - put a comment
By Dr. Christian von Christophers, Ph.D., N.D.
"How is anyone capable of doing so horrible as the recent school & mass shootings?"
There is a one clear answer to it. STAF, Inc.'s presence is needed in D.C. to counsel the facts.
Practically all school & mass shooters have two things in common: (1) they are victims of a divorce, separation or dysfunctional family & (2) they are all males. In a divorce situation the Courts often blindly give the custody to the mother even though in reality she might be the monster and the father the angel. Yet, a growing boy needs more his father's guidance than his mother's.
The moral in our marriages has gone close to a zero. In the U.S. the schools are providing close to zero guidance for the most important human relationship: marriage. Most parents do not have enough training for raising their children. In many developed countries it belongs to the basic school curriculum.
The children grow up disturbed & misled. In addition, the violent video games & violent movies are replacing the parental love & healthy attention - the children get a wrong picture about being a human being. The young mass killers suffer from the Broken Marriage Syndrome™.
The life-destroying challenges all children & all divorcing spouses will experience are listed in STAF, Inc.'s website in tab "Services", sub-tab "Restoring Any Marriage™. Most people have no clue what a divorce does to the children - it is serious child abuse.
The primary solution is not in the gun laws. The guns will be found no matter how many restrictions. Yes, STAF, Inc. supports certain important restrictions mainly for preventing mass shootings. We Americans have the right to defend ourselves.
When a child grows up in a healthy, loving home with 2 loving parents, the child has a good chance to become a healthy-minded teenager & a successful adult. Then the person has no need to find the guns to revenge his own Broken Family Syndrome™ suffering.
The divorcing spouses will experience (1) health challenges leading to a shorter life span and (2) to added financial 8difficulties. Every child experiencing a parental divorce faces serious life threatening disasters - the most important listed here: (1) overall increased risks to health & welfare; (2) 5 times more likely to commit suicide; (3) 32 times more likely to run away; (4) 20 times more likely to have behavioral disorders; (5) 14 times more likely to commit rape;
(6) 9 times more likely to drop out of school; (7) 10 times more likely to abuse alcohol and drugs; (8) 20 times more likely to end up in prison; (9) increased learning difficulties; (10) increased risk of divorce when grown; (11) increased out of wedlock pregnancies; (12) Latest discovery by the researchers: highly increased risk of having a stroke during his/her life time.
The long-term solution is to start educating the whole nation how to heal the American Family & our homes where our children are growing up. STAF, Inc. is a nation/worldwide leader in these matters. The new gun laws are secondary.
STAF, Inc.'s presence is needed in D.C. in the U.S. Congress (House & Senate). STAF, Inc.'s founding President is planning (1) to seek a seat in D.C. Congress/Senate to provide the necessary information to the D.C. lawmakers and (2) to establish a fully new federal agency, Healthy Lifestyle & Family Success Agency, and to be named its first federal director.
New legislation and training for all these matters are needed in a results-bringing manner.
To visit STAF,Inc.'s website use its Radio Show title "DrDrCanYouHelpMe" in the internet search. Listen to STAF, Inc.'s popular Radio Show - you'll get free CEU & College-University credits.
Respectfully,
Christian von Christophers, Ph.D., N.D.
STAF, Inc.'s founding President
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Article: yahoo: Thursday, 1/31/13 SHOOTING COMMENT ABOVE PLACED TO THIS ARTICLE: Thu 1/31/13
Teenaged student wounded in Atlanta school shooting
Reuters
ATLANTA (Reuters) - A 14-year-old student was wounded on Thursday in a shooting outside amiddle school in Atlanta and police said another student was arrested in the latest outbreak of gun violence in a U.S. school.
The afternoon shooting occurred outside Price Middle School in Atlanta, Georgia. Neither the wounded student nor the suspected shooter were identified by authorities.
The school was placed on lockdown.
Atlanta Police Department spokesman Carlos Campos said the gunshot victim was "alert, conscious and breathing" when he was taken to a local hospital.
"Everything is secure," Campos told reporters at the scene.
A fire department spokeswoman said a teacher had suffered minor injuries during the incident and was treated at the scene.
Atlanta Public Schools Superintendent Erroll Davis said a news conference had been scheduled for 4 p.m. EST to discuss the incident. "All other students are safe," Davis said in a statement.
A national debate has raged over gun control in the United States since the shooting deaths of 20 children and six adults at a Connecticut elementary school in December.
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NEWS Friday, 2/1/13 - put a comment
- McConnell on immigration and guns
The Senate Minority Leader sat down with Yahoo! News exclusively to talk politics and more. - _____________________________________________
- COMMENT, 2/1/13 Friday
- A U.S. Citizenship is not the requirement for a legal work position.
- Everifying is to confirm (1) a valid S.S. card, (2) a legal immigration filing status with a permit to work. To show a valid government provided ID and a valid SS card is in reality the key.
- Respectfully,
- Dr. Christian von Christophers, Ph.D., N.D.
- Save The American Family - STAF, Inc., -not-for-profit-
- February 12/13
- U.N. Security Council vows to take action over nuke test
- Senate votes to renew Violence Against Women Act
Comment by Save The American Family - STAF, Inc.,-not-for-profit-
By Dr. Christian von Christophers, Ph.D., N.D.
There are different types of violence - public & domestic are the 2 main ones.
STAF, Inc.,-not-for-profit-, helps, with a long experience, families & individuals in any type of violence case.
When you go to any U.S. Court you will see impressive posters hanging on the wall asking: "Was he violent today?"
The poster message: "only men are violent, not women" - interesting. Where is the poster "Was she violent today?"
This is clear illegal posting called discrimination and defaming half of the population and endangering our children's future. How?
In this comment STAF, Inc. points out some details about domestic violence - which is the widest area of any violence.
Forty-five % (45) of all domestic violence is done by women the man as the victim.
Some women (wives) have been so violent that they cut off the husband's genitals during his sleep.55 % of domestic violence is done by men towards women. Small difference.
65 % of all domestic violence against the children is done by women - most of the time in a highly brutal manner.
So, where is the truthful poster when it is not on the Courts' walls? The U.S. courts are misleading our population.
Based on our nationwide polls most judges have no clue about the true facts. Then these individuals, the "judges", make decisions that most of time totally unnecessarily destroy families and children. STAF, Inc. is educating, slowly but surely, all U.S. Family Court judges to understand the facts and not base the decisions blindly on any attitudinal fiction - fiction which hurts our whole nation first destroying our children's physically & mentally healthy upbringing.
The courts are meant to be fair - are they when any domestic violence case is started with the wrong wall poster attitude continuing t0 the wrong attitudes to our judges. Based on polls most people nationwide associate domestic violence only done towards women. So brainwashed is our nation.
Then the court may order separation or a divorce and often, because the wrong attitudes are
so deep rooted that not even the couple understands what the truth is,
A sad situation to the parents. A sad situation to the children.
The moral in our marriages has gone close to a zero. In the U.S. the schools are providing close to zero guidance for the most important human relationship: marriage. Most parents do not have enough training for raising their children. In many developed countries it belongs to the basic school curriculum.
The children grow up disturbed & misled. In addition, the violent video games & violent movies are replacing the parental love & healthy attention - the children get a wrong picture about being a human being. The young mass killers suffer from the Broken Marriage Syndrome™.
The life-destroying challenges all children & all divorcing spouses will experience are listed in STAF, Inc.'s website in tab "Services", sub-tab "Restoring Any Marriage™. Most people have no clue what a divorce does to the children - it is serious child abuse.Senate votes to renew Violence Against Women Act
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Senate approves anti-violence against women act
By JIM ABRAMS | Associated Press – 1 hr 36 mins ago February 12/13Senate votes to renew Violence Against Women Act
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By JIM ABRAMS | Associated Press – 1 hr 36 mins ago February 12/13Senate votes to renew Violence Against Women Act
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From The Public: Fri 2/1/13 Comment from public
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(1) What didn't work in Chicago won't work in other places.This is true for politicians, as well as gun control laws.
(2) leave chicago alone, its blacks killing blacks!!
(3) gun control laws only apply to honest people not to gang bangers / criminals
(4) disarm honest people so criminals will feel safer
(5) Sooner or later, people are going to have to understand four things.
1. There are evil people in the world.
2. You cannot stop them from being evil
3. When they act with evil intent, you will have to stop them or evil will triumph.
4. In this country, we have a Constitutional Right to Keep And Bear Arms that allows us to triumph over evil when it attacks us.
Given the lack of thinking that went into blaming the NRA for the evil of the shooter killing his mother and then stealing her guns to go shoot innocent school kids, the following is what we'll soon see in the news.
Headlines of the near future..........
"Thousands of convicts released from prison. It wasn't their fault, they're innocent. It was the guns, knives, clubs, and other items that were responsible for the carnage."
"STOP THE NEA! NEA to be disbanded after angry parents protest the high illiteracy rates and dropout rates of U.S. Students. The money hungry schools and teachers must not be allowed to profit from this tragedy."
Abbreviation
"STOP THE AMA! AMA to be disbanded after angry Citizens protest the high rate deaths from medical mistakes and the number of children aborted each year by callous money hungry doctors and nurses."
"STOP THE WRECKS, BAN THE TEXTS! Samsung, Apple, Motorola, Nokia, and LG to sell off companies due to high rate of deaths of American Children caused by illegal texting."
( I've actually seen this headline now on DOT Signs in Missouri)
"STOP THE OBESITY! Flatware and Dinnerware manufacturers gird for fallout from war on obesity. Nobody needs more than one spoon. 12 packs of spoons, forks and knives along with plates is too much for the average citizen to need." Restaaraunts and Grocers forced to close their doors.
"DO AWAY WITH THE CARNAGE ON THE HIGHWAY! Ford, GM, Chrysler, Toyota, Nissan, KIA, and other auto manufacturers to close in the wake of highway carnage."
We need to stop blaming the tools and start blaming the fools.
Drunk drivers accounted for 10,228 traffic deaths last year. That's 31% of traffic deaths due to drunk drivers.
Traffic deaths due to drunk drivers have increased 52% since 1982.
Now, last year, there were there were 12,664 murders in the US. Of those, 8,583 were caused by firearms. So drunk drivers kill almost as many people as murderers and more people than guns do.
32,310 traffic deaths, 12,664 murders.
10,228 killed by drunks, 8,583 killed by guns.
According to MADD, one person is injured every minute of every day by a drunk driver in this country.* That amounts to 60 people every hour, 1,440 people a day, 10,080 people a week and 524,160 people a year. And those statistics do not include the people who died from their accident injuries.
All of the numbers are higher for cars and drunks than for guns and murderers, and yet we're not banning cars.
Also, Gun Crimes have gone down everywhere that Concealed Carry Laws have permitted Law Abiding American Citizens to carry concealed carrry firearms.
You see, drunk drivers, like other criminals, don't care about the law. They don't abide by the law.
So, you have to have "Uninsured Motorist" coverage because of all the drunks driving without a license, registration or insurance.
They DON'T CARE what the law is. They BREAK the law and drive drunk anyway. They KILL people daily with those cars.
And yet, we don't have background checks for cars. We don't talk about banning cars. You see, it's not the CAR, it's the DRUNK DRIVING CRIMINAL who is the problem.
It's the same with guns. CRIMINALS DON'T CARE about the Law. It's not the gun, just like it's not the car. It's THE CRIMINAL that's the problem, not the gun.THE ABOVE IS A LONG RESPONSE BY A COMMENTER TO THE CHICAGO ARTICLE, 2/1/13
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Response (with 12 disasters) to article:Chicago takes leading role in national gun debate
By DON BABWIN | Associated PressCHICAGO (AP) — They are counting the dead from gunfire again inChicago, a city awash in weapons despite having one of the strictest gun-control ordinances in the nation.
After a year in which Chicago's death toll surpassed 500, the bloodshed has continued in 2013 at a rate of more than one killing a day. It was the city's deadliest January in more than a decade.
Now with this week's death of a 15-year-old drum majorette who had just returned from performing at President Barack Obama's inauguration, the mounting losses have put Obama's hometown at the center of the intensifying national debate over guns.
The slayings are no longer dismissed as an only-in-Chicago story about violent street gangs. They are almost a Sandy Hook Elementary School attack unfolding in slow motion: an honor student gunned down at a high school basketball game, two men in their 40s killed outside a hamburger stand, a woman whose bullet-riddled body was found early Friday in a van on the world-famous Lake Shore Drive.
Both gun-rights and gun-control advocates are seizing on the city's woes — one side to push for greater access to guns for self-defense, the other to seek greater restrictions on gun sales.
"You've got these two philosophies that are butting heads, and they're butting heads in the biggest city in the middle of the United States," said David Workman, of the Bellevue, Wa.-based Second Amendment Foundation. "And both sides are holding up Chicago as a punching bag."
Obama has made sure to mention Chicago as he laments last year's shooting rampages in a Colorado movie theater and Newtown, Conn., and again when he offered condolences to the family of Hadiya Pendleton, the promising teen who was shot to death Tuesday as she talked with friends after school in a park about a mile from Obama's Chicago home.
"I mean what is absolutely true is that, if you are just creating a bunch of pockets of gun laws without having sort of, a unified, integrated system — for example, of background checks — then ... it's going to be a lot harder for an individual community, a single community, to protect itself from this kind of gun violence," the president said this week in an interview with Telemundo.
His political opponents are making the most of the body count, too.
Newt Gingrich says he's trying to persuade House Republicans to hold hearings on Chicago's shootings. During an interview on CBS News, Gingrich called the city "the murder capital of the United States," adding, "If gun control works, Chicago ought to be safe."
Critics of gun control say Chicago's spike in homicides offers clear evidence that sharply restricting weapons endangers the public. The city banned handguns until a 2010 Supreme Court ruling threw out the ban. Chicago then adopted a strict gun ordinance that requires gun owners to be fingerprinted, undergo a background check, pass a training class and pay fees that can be higher than the price of the weapons.
"If you restrict firearms, only criminals have firearms," said Richard Pearson, executive director of the Illinois State Rifle Association. "In the city of Chicago, the citizens are simply looked at as easy prey because it is so difficult to have a firearm at home or your business for self-defense."
From the other side comes another familiar argument — that Chicago illustrates the need for tougher restrictions because existing laws in the city and beyond its borders in the suburbs or in Indiana have made it too easy for criminals to get guns and too difficult to lock them up when they are caught.
Gingrich "has been in Chicago, and he can see we don't have a Berlin-type wall with checkpoints around it," said Rep. Mike Quigley, a Chicago Democrat. "You can go to any gun show in Indiana ... and get a gun without a background check."
Statistics show that more than half of the guns seized by Chicago police in the last 12 years came from other states.
And a University of Chicago study found that more than 1,300 guns confiscated by police since 2008 were purchased at a single store just outside city limits. More than 270 were used in crimes.
Chicago leaders have embraced the city's role in the debate.
Mayor Rahm Emanuel is proposing a law to increase jail time for anyone who fails to report guns that have been lost, stolen or sold. At the U.S. Conference of Mayors, he urged fellow leaders to follow his example and sever financial ties with gun manufacturers that oppose gun-reform legislation.
His police superintendent, Garry McCarthy, has repeatedly compared the laws in Chicago and New York, where he spent the bulk of his career on the city's police force.
"When people get caught with guns in New York, they go to jail," McCarthy said, pointing to the case of Plaxico Burress, the NFL football player who only had to shoot himself accidentally in the leg to land in prison for 20 months.
Although Chicago has many gun laws on the books, the maximum penalties are typically no more than six months in jail, "which is something that a criminal laughs at," McCarthy said.
In 2012, Chicago police seized more than 7,400 guns — about three times more than officers in New York. In the first three-plus weeks of this year, police seized 450 guns, compared with 99 in New York. McCarthy says that disparity helps explain why Chicago's homicide rate rose last year while New York's fell to a historic low.
For residents of some troubled neighborhoods, the abundance of weapons helps explain all the gunshots they hear.
"People are afraid to go out, sit on their porches," said Nathaniel Pendleton, the grand uncle of Hadiya Pendleton. "It's horrific. Every family is suffering."
Other Illinois lawmakers are making proposals of their own. Democratic Sen. Dick Durbin wants to crack down on "straw purchasing" by creating federal penalties for anyone who buys guns for criminals who are prohibited from doing so.
Illinois' other senator, Republican Mark Kirk, who recently returned to Congress after a stroke, joined Democratic Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand of New York to introduce legislation that would for the first time make gun trafficking a federal crime.
It was Pendleton's death that drew Chicago fully into the debate in a way that last year's 506 gun slayings and the 43 so far this year did not.
When 20 first-graders and six teachers were killed in Connecticut, the massacre "woke up the soccer mom," said the Rev. Michael Pfleger, a Catholic priest and a prominent community activist on the city's South Side. "The soccer mom doesn't identify with the kids that got killed this weekend in Chicago."
But Pfleger said the slaying of a popular student with dreams of becoming a doctor or lawyer cast Chicago's violence in a different light.
"This was a young girl," he said. "And I talk to people in the suburbs and they're devastated by this."
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car·nage /ˈkärnij/
Noun
The killing of a large number of people.
Synonyms
massacre - slaughter - butchery - bloodshed - bloodbath
(Quote:)
(1) What didn't work in Chicago won't work in other places.This is true for politicians, as well as gun control laws.
(2) leave chicago alone, its blacks killing blacks!!
(3) gun control laws only apply to honest people not to gang bangers / criminals
(4) disarm honest people so criminals will feel safer
(5) Sooner or later, people are going to have to understand four things.
1. There are evil people in the world.
2. You cannot stop them from being evil
3. When they act with evil intent, you will have to stop them or evil will triumph.
4. In this country, we have a Constitutional Right to Keep And Bear Arms that allows us to triumph over evil when it attacks us.
Given the lack of thinking that went into blaming the NRA for the evil of the shooter killing his mother and then stealing her guns to go shoot innocent school kids, the following is what we'll soon see in the news.
Headlines of the near future..........
"Thousands of convicts released from prison. It wasn't their fault, they're innocent. It was the guns, knives, clubs, and other items that were responsible for the carnage."
"STOP THE NEA! NEA to be disbanded after angry parents protest the high illiteracy rates and dropout rates of U.S. Students. The money hungry schools and teachers must not be allowed to profit from this tragedy."
Abbreviation
- National Education Association=NEA
- National Endowment for the Arts = NEA
"STOP THE AMA! AMA to be disbanded after angry Citizens protest the high rate deaths from medical mistakes and the number of children aborted each year by callous money hungry doctors and nurses."
"STOP THE WRECKS, BAN THE TEXTS! Samsung, Apple, Motorola, Nokia, and LG to sell off companies due to high rate of deaths of American Children caused by illegal texting."
( I've actually seen this headline now on DOT Signs in Missouri)
"STOP THE OBESITY! Flatware and Dinnerware manufacturers gird for fallout from war on obesity. Nobody needs more than one spoon. 12 packs of spoons, forks and knives along with plates is too much for the average citizen to need." Restaaraunts and Grocers forced to close their doors.
"DO AWAY WITH THE CARNAGE ON THE HIGHWAY! Ford, GM, Chrysler, Toyota, Nissan, KIA, and other auto manufacturers to close in the wake of highway carnage."
We need to stop blaming the tools and start blaming the fools.
Drunk drivers accounted for 10,228 traffic deaths last year. That's 31% of traffic deaths due to drunk drivers.
Traffic deaths due to drunk drivers have increased 52% since 1982.
Now, last year, there were there were 12,664 murders in the US. Of those, 8,583 were caused by firearms. So drunk drivers kill almost as many people as murderers and more people than guns do.
32,310 traffic deaths, 12,664 murders.
10,228 killed by drunks, 8,583 killed by guns.
According to MADD, one person is injured every minute of every day by a drunk driver in this country.* That amounts to 60 people every hour, 1,440 people a day, 10,080 people a week and 524,160 people a year. And those statistics do not include the people who died from their accident injuries.
All of the numbers are higher for cars and drunks than for guns and murderers, and yet we're not banning cars.
Also, Gun Crimes have gone down everywhere that Concealed Carry Laws have permitted Law Abiding American Citizens to carry concealed carrry firearms.
You see, drunk drivers, like other criminals, don't care about the law. They don't abide by the law.
So, you have to have "Uninsured Motorist" coverage because of all the drunks driving without a license, registration or insurance.
They DON'T CARE what the law is. They BREAK the law and drive drunk anyway. They KILL people daily with those cars.
And yet, we don't have background checks for cars. We don't talk about banning cars. You see, it's not the CAR, it's the DRUNK DRIVING CRIMINAL who is the problem.
It's the same with guns. CRIMINALS DON'T CARE about the Law. It's not the gun, just like it's not the car. It's THE CRIMINAL that's the problem, not the gun.THE ABOVE IS A LONG RESPONSE BY A COMMENTER TO THE CHICAGO ARTICLE, 2/1/13
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Response (with 12 disasters) to article:Chicago takes leading role in national gun debate
By DON BABWIN | Associated PressCHICAGO (AP) — They are counting the dead from gunfire again inChicago, a city awash in weapons despite having one of the strictest gun-control ordinances in the nation.
After a year in which Chicago's death toll surpassed 500, the bloodshed has continued in 2013 at a rate of more than one killing a day. It was the city's deadliest January in more than a decade.
Now with this week's death of a 15-year-old drum majorette who had just returned from performing at President Barack Obama's inauguration, the mounting losses have put Obama's hometown at the center of the intensifying national debate over guns.
The slayings are no longer dismissed as an only-in-Chicago story about violent street gangs. They are almost a Sandy Hook Elementary School attack unfolding in slow motion: an honor student gunned down at a high school basketball game, two men in their 40s killed outside a hamburger stand, a woman whose bullet-riddled body was found early Friday in a van on the world-famous Lake Shore Drive.
Both gun-rights and gun-control advocates are seizing on the city's woes — one side to push for greater access to guns for self-defense, the other to seek greater restrictions on gun sales.
"You've got these two philosophies that are butting heads, and they're butting heads in the biggest city in the middle of the United States," said David Workman, of the Bellevue, Wa.-based Second Amendment Foundation. "And both sides are holding up Chicago as a punching bag."
Obama has made sure to mention Chicago as he laments last year's shooting rampages in a Colorado movie theater and Newtown, Conn., and again when he offered condolences to the family of Hadiya Pendleton, the promising teen who was shot to death Tuesday as she talked with friends after school in a park about a mile from Obama's Chicago home.
"I mean what is absolutely true is that, if you are just creating a bunch of pockets of gun laws without having sort of, a unified, integrated system — for example, of background checks — then ... it's going to be a lot harder for an individual community, a single community, to protect itself from this kind of gun violence," the president said this week in an interview with Telemundo.
His political opponents are making the most of the body count, too.
Newt Gingrich says he's trying to persuade House Republicans to hold hearings on Chicago's shootings. During an interview on CBS News, Gingrich called the city "the murder capital of the United States," adding, "If gun control works, Chicago ought to be safe."
Critics of gun control say Chicago's spike in homicides offers clear evidence that sharply restricting weapons endangers the public. The city banned handguns until a 2010 Supreme Court ruling threw out the ban. Chicago then adopted a strict gun ordinance that requires gun owners to be fingerprinted, undergo a background check, pass a training class and pay fees that can be higher than the price of the weapons.
"If you restrict firearms, only criminals have firearms," said Richard Pearson, executive director of the Illinois State Rifle Association. "In the city of Chicago, the citizens are simply looked at as easy prey because it is so difficult to have a firearm at home or your business for self-defense."
From the other side comes another familiar argument — that Chicago illustrates the need for tougher restrictions because existing laws in the city and beyond its borders in the suburbs or in Indiana have made it too easy for criminals to get guns and too difficult to lock them up when they are caught.
Gingrich "has been in Chicago, and he can see we don't have a Berlin-type wall with checkpoints around it," said Rep. Mike Quigley, a Chicago Democrat. "You can go to any gun show in Indiana ... and get a gun without a background check."
Statistics show that more than half of the guns seized by Chicago police in the last 12 years came from other states.
And a University of Chicago study found that more than 1,300 guns confiscated by police since 2008 were purchased at a single store just outside city limits. More than 270 were used in crimes.
Chicago leaders have embraced the city's role in the debate.
Mayor Rahm Emanuel is proposing a law to increase jail time for anyone who fails to report guns that have been lost, stolen or sold. At the U.S. Conference of Mayors, he urged fellow leaders to follow his example and sever financial ties with gun manufacturers that oppose gun-reform legislation.
His police superintendent, Garry McCarthy, has repeatedly compared the laws in Chicago and New York, where he spent the bulk of his career on the city's police force.
"When people get caught with guns in New York, they go to jail," McCarthy said, pointing to the case of Plaxico Burress, the NFL football player who only had to shoot himself accidentally in the leg to land in prison for 20 months.
Although Chicago has many gun laws on the books, the maximum penalties are typically no more than six months in jail, "which is something that a criminal laughs at," McCarthy said.
In 2012, Chicago police seized more than 7,400 guns — about three times more than officers in New York. In the first three-plus weeks of this year, police seized 450 guns, compared with 99 in New York. McCarthy says that disparity helps explain why Chicago's homicide rate rose last year while New York's fell to a historic low.
For residents of some troubled neighborhoods, the abundance of weapons helps explain all the gunshots they hear.
"People are afraid to go out, sit on their porches," said Nathaniel Pendleton, the grand uncle of Hadiya Pendleton. "It's horrific. Every family is suffering."
Other Illinois lawmakers are making proposals of their own. Democratic Sen. Dick Durbin wants to crack down on "straw purchasing" by creating federal penalties for anyone who buys guns for criminals who are prohibited from doing so.
Illinois' other senator, Republican Mark Kirk, who recently returned to Congress after a stroke, joined Democratic Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand of New York to introduce legislation that would for the first time make gun trafficking a federal crime.
It was Pendleton's death that drew Chicago fully into the debate in a way that last year's 506 gun slayings and the 43 so far this year did not.
When 20 first-graders and six teachers were killed in Connecticut, the massacre "woke up the soccer mom," said the Rev. Michael Pfleger, a Catholic priest and a prominent community activist on the city's South Side. "The soccer mom doesn't identify with the kids that got killed this weekend in Chicago."
But Pfleger said the slaying of a popular student with dreams of becoming a doctor or lawyer cast Chicago's violence in a different light.
"This was a young girl," he said. "And I talk to people in the suburbs and they're devastated by this."
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car·nage /ˈkärnij/
Noun
The killing of a large number of people.
Synonyms
massacre - slaughter - butchery - bloodshed - bloodbath
Comment to C Sat. 2/2/13 At least one wounded in Atlanta school shooting: reports
Dear C:
Your statement is not based on The Bible and its guidance.
God uses people as His servant to help other people.
Secondly, the new agency is needed as necessary thing to give earthly, scientific guidance to correct, affordable eating, to solve our obesity challenges & lowering the nation's sickness level. A similar agency is not existing in the U.S.
In addition to being a health specialist I am also a Pastor of a Biblical church and have a D.D. degree, thus I have knowledge about the biblical text.
Perhaps you would study STAF, Inc.'s response more carefully to see what the facts are.
Respectfully,
Dr. Christian von Christophers, Ph.D., N.D.
At least one wounded in Atlanta school shooting: reports
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Dear C:
Your statement is not based on The Bible and its guidance.
God uses people as His servant to help other people.
Secondly, the new agency is needed as necessary thing to give earthly, scientific guidance to correct, affordable eating, to solve our obesity challenges & lowering the nation's sickness level. A similar agency is not existing in the U.S.
In addition to being a health specialist I am also a Pastor of a Biblical church and have a D.D. degree, thus I have knowledge about the biblical text.
Perhaps you would study STAF, Inc.'s response more carefully to see what the facts are.
Respectfully,
Dr. Christian von Christophers, Ph.D., N.D.
At least one wounded in Atlanta school shooting: reports
You said, "Comment by Save The American Family - STAF, Inc.,-not-for-profit- By Dr. Christian von Christophers, Ph.D., N.D. "How is anyone capable of doing so horrible as the recent school & mass shootings?" There is a one clear answer to it. S..." More
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only the God of the bible can heal homes and families The LAST thing we need is a new federal agency or to add yet another "federal director" of anything
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COMMENT TO Going meatless gives vegetarians a 32 percent lower heart disease risk than non-vegetarians,
Monday, 2/4/13
(comment has "casino buffet")
Comment by Save The American Family - STAF, Inc., -not-for-profit-
By Dr. Christian von Christophers, Ph.D., N.D.
Excellent, important study - 20 years with 45 K people - a very good study.
Quotation: "To stay healthy you need to eat what your body wants, not what you want"
(Dr. Christian, STAF, Inc.)
STAF, Inc. has developed a new Healthy Lifestyle & Correct Nutrition Program for the U.S. government's use. Worldwide, the same new program fits for every nation's use.
Totally it took 26 years to develop, first 19 years worldwide research and the past 7 years to modify it for the U.S. needs. It is a program that for the first time ever covers all necessary elements to get the lasting results in all family related challenges and in our rampant obesity, overweight & sickness levels. It's nutritional program leading to health and to a longer life is at the same time an automatic weight loss program: nothing to buy, no calories to count, no unreasonable portion control - eat as needed; just follow the easy what-to-eat instructions. All new recipes - delicious, delicious. You are not going to walk around feeling hungry. You can even visit, now and then, a casino buffet, if you so wish.
The biggest news is this: the correct, health-restoring & health-maintaining food with all necessary daily nutrients in the correct combination costs ONLY about $95 per one (adult) person monthly. The bigger the family, the less per/person. Only a program everyone can afford is a solution to our nation's health challenges.
How much are your food expenses time being? Probably many times more. This means: everyone can afford this amazing program whether one works on the minimum salary or lives on the social security or similar. The saved money this new STAF, Inc. program guides to place in safe investments - STAF, Inc. endorses only a few investment adviser companies as reliable. With the saved money your family can create substantial wealth within time.
The new Healthy Lifestyle & Correct Nutrition program will, in a televised D.C. event, be introduced to our nation, to The W.H., The President & The First Lady, The U.S. Congress & Senate, and to all related federal agencies.
STAF, Inc.'s presence is needed in D.C. in the U.S. Congress (House & Senate). STAF, Inc.'s founding President is planning (1) to seek a seat in D.C. Congress/Senate to provide the necessary information to the D.C. lawmakers and (2) to establish a fully new federal agency, Healthy Lifestyle & Family Success Agency, and to be named its first federal director. New legislation and training for all these matters are needed in a results-bringing manner. STAF, Inc.'s slogan is: Less suffering - more life™
In STAF, Inc.'s website at the end of the Home page is a link to study the original founding documents to see the full purpose & the mission statements of the organization.
Listen to STAF, Inc.'s popular Radio Shows - you'll get free CEU & College-credits nationwide or worldwide. To visit STAF, Inc.'s website, use its Radio Show title "DrDrCanYouHelpMe" in the internet search.
Respectfully,
Christian von Christophers, Ph.D., N.D.
STAF. Inc.'s founding President
PS.
Apply the study info: you (1) live longer, (2) have less suffering, and (3) enjoy your life more.
Quotation: "Knowledge is no power - only applied knowledge is power"
(Dr. Christian, STAF, Inc.)
///////////////////////////// study article below //////////////////////////////////////
Monday, 2/4/13
(comment has "casino buffet")
Comment by Save The American Family - STAF, Inc., -not-for-profit-
By Dr. Christian von Christophers, Ph.D., N.D.
Excellent, important study - 20 years with 45 K people - a very good study.
Quotation: "To stay healthy you need to eat what your body wants, not what you want"
(Dr. Christian, STAF, Inc.)
STAF, Inc. has developed a new Healthy Lifestyle & Correct Nutrition Program for the U.S. government's use. Worldwide, the same new program fits for every nation's use.
Totally it took 26 years to develop, first 19 years worldwide research and the past 7 years to modify it for the U.S. needs. It is a program that for the first time ever covers all necessary elements to get the lasting results in all family related challenges and in our rampant obesity, overweight & sickness levels. It's nutritional program leading to health and to a longer life is at the same time an automatic weight loss program: nothing to buy, no calories to count, no unreasonable portion control - eat as needed; just follow the easy what-to-eat instructions. All new recipes - delicious, delicious. You are not going to walk around feeling hungry. You can even visit, now and then, a casino buffet, if you so wish.
The biggest news is this: the correct, health-restoring & health-maintaining food with all necessary daily nutrients in the correct combination costs ONLY about $95 per one (adult) person monthly. The bigger the family, the less per/person. Only a program everyone can afford is a solution to our nation's health challenges.
How much are your food expenses time being? Probably many times more. This means: everyone can afford this amazing program whether one works on the minimum salary or lives on the social security or similar. The saved money this new STAF, Inc. program guides to place in safe investments - STAF, Inc. endorses only a few investment adviser companies as reliable. With the saved money your family can create substantial wealth within time.
The new Healthy Lifestyle & Correct Nutrition program will, in a televised D.C. event, be introduced to our nation, to The W.H., The President & The First Lady, The U.S. Congress & Senate, and to all related federal agencies.
STAF, Inc.'s presence is needed in D.C. in the U.S. Congress (House & Senate). STAF, Inc.'s founding President is planning (1) to seek a seat in D.C. Congress/Senate to provide the necessary information to the D.C. lawmakers and (2) to establish a fully new federal agency, Healthy Lifestyle & Family Success Agency, and to be named its first federal director. New legislation and training for all these matters are needed in a results-bringing manner. STAF, Inc.'s slogan is: Less suffering - more life™
In STAF, Inc.'s website at the end of the Home page is a link to study the original founding documents to see the full purpose & the mission statements of the organization.
Listen to STAF, Inc.'s popular Radio Shows - you'll get free CEU & College-credits nationwide or worldwide. To visit STAF, Inc.'s website, use its Radio Show title "DrDrCanYouHelpMe" in the internet search.
Respectfully,
Christian von Christophers, Ph.D., N.D.
STAF. Inc.'s founding President
PS.
Apply the study info: you (1) live longer, (2) have less suffering, and (3) enjoy your life more.
Quotation: "Knowledge is no power - only applied knowledge is power"
(Dr. Christian, STAF, Inc.)
///////////////////////////// study article below //////////////////////////////////////
Added also to article
Wean Yourself Off Processed Foods in 7 Steps
USN 2/4/13
The EU STUDY - on yahoo news: 2/4/13
Going meatless gives vegetarians a 32 percent lower heart disease risk than non-vegetarians,
a British study found, offering further proof that eating meat can be hazardous to health.
The study, published in The American Journal of Clinical Nutrition, involved 44,561 people enrolled in the European Prospective Investigation into Cancer and Nutrition (EPIC)-Oxford Study, which began in England and Scotland in 1993. Researchers sought to compare a range of diets and their impact on overall health, and 34 percent of all participants were vegetarians.
"It's a very good study," said Dr. William Abraham, who directs the division of cardiovascular medicine at Ohio State University, noting the large proportion of vegetarians. "It's further evidence that vegetarian diets are associated with a lesser risk of developing ischemic heart disease or
coronary artery disease."
Click here to read the ABC's of heart health.
He and Dr. Peter McCullough, a cardiologist at St. John Providence Health System in Michigan, agreed it's not about what's in the vegetarian diet that makes it so heart healthy - it's about what the vegetarian diet leaves out: saturated fat and sodium.
"Saturated fat is the single greatest dietary factor in the production of cholesterol," McCollough said, adding that people assume dietary cholesterol increases cholesterol levels though it's not true. "Sodium intake is the single greatest dietary determinant of blood pressure (was: pleasure)."
Both high blood pressure and high cholesterol are known risk factors for ischemic heart disease because they constrict the blood vessels and cut off blood supply to the heart.
Abraham said he occasionally prescribes a vegetarian diet to patients who have already had heart attacks - but this study might persuade him to prescribe them preventively to patients with heart disease risk factors such as diabetes, high blood pressure and high cholesterol.
McCollough, on the other hand, has never prescribed a vegetarian diet and said limiting sodium and saturated fats can be done by picking the right meats, controlling portion sizes and avoiding what he calls the three s-es: sugars, starches and saturated fats. He said the healthiest protein to eat is fish and the least healthy is beef. Behind fish, beans and nuts are the best way to get protein, he said.
Vegetarianism isn't always the answer because even vegetarians can eat too many sugars, one of the three-s categories, he said. For example, he added, vegetarians eat more cheese than non-vegetarians and, although it has some protein, about 60 percent of cheese is saturated fat.
Other studies have examined how daily servings of red meat can lead to early death and how processed meat can lead to heart disease and diabetes.
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention reports 2 million heart attacks and stroke a year in the United States, and about 800,000 deaths from heart disease.
Also Read
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Wean Yourself Off Processed Foods in 7 Steps
USN 2/4/13
The EU STUDY - on yahoo news: 2/4/13
Going meatless gives vegetarians a 32 percent lower heart disease risk than non-vegetarians,
a British study found, offering further proof that eating meat can be hazardous to health.
The study, published in The American Journal of Clinical Nutrition, involved 44,561 people enrolled in the European Prospective Investigation into Cancer and Nutrition (EPIC)-Oxford Study, which began in England and Scotland in 1993. Researchers sought to compare a range of diets and their impact on overall health, and 34 percent of all participants were vegetarians.
"It's a very good study," said Dr. William Abraham, who directs the division of cardiovascular medicine at Ohio State University, noting the large proportion of vegetarians. "It's further evidence that vegetarian diets are associated with a lesser risk of developing ischemic heart disease or
coronary artery disease."
Click here to read the ABC's of heart health.
He and Dr. Peter McCullough, a cardiologist at St. John Providence Health System in Michigan, agreed it's not about what's in the vegetarian diet that makes it so heart healthy - it's about what the vegetarian diet leaves out: saturated fat and sodium.
"Saturated fat is the single greatest dietary factor in the production of cholesterol," McCollough said, adding that people assume dietary cholesterol increases cholesterol levels though it's not true. "Sodium intake is the single greatest dietary determinant of blood pressure (was: pleasure)."
Both high blood pressure and high cholesterol are known risk factors for ischemic heart disease because they constrict the blood vessels and cut off blood supply to the heart.
Abraham said he occasionally prescribes a vegetarian diet to patients who have already had heart attacks - but this study might persuade him to prescribe them preventively to patients with heart disease risk factors such as diabetes, high blood pressure and high cholesterol.
McCollough, on the other hand, has never prescribed a vegetarian diet and said limiting sodium and saturated fats can be done by picking the right meats, controlling portion sizes and avoiding what he calls the three s-es: sugars, starches and saturated fats. He said the healthiest protein to eat is fish and the least healthy is beef. Behind fish, beans and nuts are the best way to get protein, he said.
Vegetarianism isn't always the answer because even vegetarians can eat too many sugars, one of the three-s categories, he said. For example, he added, vegetarians eat more cheese than non-vegetarians and, although it has some protein, about 60 percent of cheese is saturated fat.
Other studies have examined how daily servings of red meat can lead to early death and how processed meat can lead to heart disease and diabetes.
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention reports 2 million heart attacks and stroke a year in the United States, and about 800,000 deaths from heart disease.
Also Read
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Tuesday, 2/5/13 comment with 12 life-disasters placed for this article
Several schools in Arizona placed on lockdown after report of student with gun, police sayThree Ariz. schools on lockdown after report of student with gun
Three schools in Yuma, Ariz., were placed on lockdown Tuesday morning after police were called to investigate a report of a student possibly carrying a gun.
A spokeswoman for the Yuma Police Department told Yahoo News that officers responded to Rancho Viejo Elementary School at approximately 9:55 a.m. local time. That school, along with nearby Salida Del Sol Elementary School and WACOG Preschool, were placed on lockdown, she said.
Students at Salida Del Sol could be seen filing into the cafeteria with hands on their heads in front of armed police officers observing the scene.
Students at Rancho Viejo Elementary were evacuated via buses to a different elementary school, H.L. Suverkrup, where parents could pick up their children while police continue their investigation. Salida Del Sol Elementary School and WACOG remain locked down.
The gun threat comes amid heightened security at schools around the country following the Dec. 14 shootings at Sandy Hook Elementary School in Newtown, Conn., where 26 people—including 20 children—were killed in one of the worst school massacres in U.S. history.
The lockdown also comes on the heels of a workplace shooting in Phoenix, Ariz., on Jan. 30.
Several schools in Arizona placed on lockdown after report of student with gun, police sayThree Ariz. schools on lockdown after report of student with gun
Three schools in Yuma, Ariz., were placed on lockdown Tuesday morning after police were called to investigate a report of a student possibly carrying a gun.
A spokeswoman for the Yuma Police Department told Yahoo News that officers responded to Rancho Viejo Elementary School at approximately 9:55 a.m. local time. That school, along with nearby Salida Del Sol Elementary School and WACOG Preschool, were placed on lockdown, she said.
Students at Salida Del Sol could be seen filing into the cafeteria with hands on their heads in front of armed police officers observing the scene.
Students at Rancho Viejo Elementary were evacuated via buses to a different elementary school, H.L. Suverkrup, where parents could pick up their children while police continue their investigation. Salida Del Sol Elementary School and WACOG remain locked down.
The gun threat comes amid heightened security at schools around the country following the Dec. 14 shootings at Sandy Hook Elementary School in Newtown, Conn., where 26 people—including 20 children—were killed in one of the worst school massacres in U.S. history.
The lockdown also comes on the heels of a workplace shooting in Phoenix, Ariz., on Jan. 30.
Jubilant American Couple Finally Leave Russia With Adopted Daughter
By KIRIT RADIA | ABC News – 5 hours ago
As she prepared for the biggest journey of her life, a 5-year-old Russian girl named Polina asked visitors, "Are you coming to America with me?"
She had only the slightest idea that her adoption by an American couple from Arkansas barely survived Russia's ban on adoptions to the United States. Yet her question, tinged with the hesitancy of an orphan who had longed for a family to call her own, seemed to betray an understanding that her life had come close to taking a very different path.
Polina's is one of the final adoptions allowed to proceed. Russia banned adoptions to the United States starting Jan. 1, but allowed about 50 adoptions that had already received court approval to proceed. Polina's case received court approval on Dec. 24, sneaking in just under the wire.
Hundreds of other cases, even ones where the parents had met the child, remain frozen. Some of those prospective parents have decided to challenge the ban in the European Court of Human Rights.
But whether Polina would be allowed to travel only became clear only in recent weeks. After the ban was announced, various Russian officials issued contradictory statements about how the ban would be enforced. Some officials suggested she might be still be allowed to travel. Others said definitively not.
Finally, Kendra and Jason Skaggs traveled to Moscow in late January, nearly certain they would be able to bring their adopted daughter home, but girding themselves for the possibility that after the ups and downs of the previous month something could come up at the last minute.
After a long, snowy drive to the orphanage, they were able to see Polina for the first time in over a month.
"Momma, do I get to go with you?" the girl asked immediately. A giant smile burst on her face when she was told yes.
"It's a dream come true," Kendra said later. "There is still an unreal element to it. It hasn't quite hit us yet that we have her and she's ours."
"It's really a sense of relief. We had been waiting for so long," Jason agreed.
The prospect of never seeing their adopted daughter again was agonizing, but Kendra said imagining that Polina would think they had abandoned her was worse.
"To know that she might be worrying and wondering why didn't my mommy and daddy come back and that she might be in an orphanage for the rest of her childhood and not knowing how she would do as an adult here, that was really the torture," she said.
Indeed, some of the caretakers at the orphanage had already told Polina her parents were no longer coming for her.
Polina suffers from spina bifida, a birth defect that left her numb below the knees and unable to walk. Had she remained in Russia, she would have faced an uncertain future in a country that often lacks ramps or infrastructure for the disabled.
In the United States she'll receive several hours of physical therapy a week to strengthen her legs, something she only rarely received in Russia.
But her disability barely slows her down. She prefers scooting along the floor, often wearing Kendra's shoes on her hands, to riding in a wheel chair. Eager to reach Kendra's cell phone, which had been deliberately placed out of reach on a window sill, Polina pulled herself along the floor, dragging a chair behind her. She quickly pulled herself up on to the chair, retrieved the phone, and contently played with the device.
Kendra documented her adoption journey on a blog. Her emotional post after the adoption ban passed was translated into Russian and published in newspapers here, proving a strong reaction from readers. Many of them offered to help.
One woman gave them $1,000 to help cover expenses. Another man gave them warm boots and a blanket for Polina. Still others offered to lend them a car and take off time from work to bring them to appointments.
Polina is learning some English words, but may not yet understand why she needs them.
"She's 5 years old, she doesn't really have the concept what America is," Kendra said. "She knows it's a family and a home and she's learning that it's forever and we'll be there when she goes to sleep and we'll be there when she wakes up and we're not going to have to leave her behind again."
Polina vowed to spend the entire 12 hour flight looking out the window. The next day, as the plane landed in Houston, she enthusiastically joined in the round of applause that often marks the end of a flight from Russia. Smiling, she exclaimed: "America!"
By KIRIT RADIA | ABC News – 5 hours ago
As she prepared for the biggest journey of her life, a 5-year-old Russian girl named Polina asked visitors, "Are you coming to America with me?"
She had only the slightest idea that her adoption by an American couple from Arkansas barely survived Russia's ban on adoptions to the United States. Yet her question, tinged with the hesitancy of an orphan who had longed for a family to call her own, seemed to betray an understanding that her life had come close to taking a very different path.
Polina's is one of the final adoptions allowed to proceed. Russia banned adoptions to the United States starting Jan. 1, but allowed about 50 adoptions that had already received court approval to proceed. Polina's case received court approval on Dec. 24, sneaking in just under the wire.
Hundreds of other cases, even ones where the parents had met the child, remain frozen. Some of those prospective parents have decided to challenge the ban in the European Court of Human Rights.
But whether Polina would be allowed to travel only became clear only in recent weeks. After the ban was announced, various Russian officials issued contradictory statements about how the ban would be enforced. Some officials suggested she might be still be allowed to travel. Others said definitively not.
Finally, Kendra and Jason Skaggs traveled to Moscow in late January, nearly certain they would be able to bring their adopted daughter home, but girding themselves for the possibility that after the ups and downs of the previous month something could come up at the last minute.
After a long, snowy drive to the orphanage, they were able to see Polina for the first time in over a month.
"Momma, do I get to go with you?" the girl asked immediately. A giant smile burst on her face when she was told yes.
"It's a dream come true," Kendra said later. "There is still an unreal element to it. It hasn't quite hit us yet that we have her and she's ours."
"It's really a sense of relief. We had been waiting for so long," Jason agreed.
The prospect of never seeing their adopted daughter again was agonizing, but Kendra said imagining that Polina would think they had abandoned her was worse.
"To know that she might be worrying and wondering why didn't my mommy and daddy come back and that she might be in an orphanage for the rest of her childhood and not knowing how she would do as an adult here, that was really the torture," she said.
Indeed, some of the caretakers at the orphanage had already told Polina her parents were no longer coming for her.
Polina suffers from spina bifida, a birth defect that left her numb below the knees and unable to walk. Had she remained in Russia, she would have faced an uncertain future in a country that often lacks ramps or infrastructure for the disabled.
In the United States she'll receive several hours of physical therapy a week to strengthen her legs, something she only rarely received in Russia.
But her disability barely slows her down. She prefers scooting along the floor, often wearing Kendra's shoes on her hands, to riding in a wheel chair. Eager to reach Kendra's cell phone, which had been deliberately placed out of reach on a window sill, Polina pulled herself along the floor, dragging a chair behind her. She quickly pulled herself up on to the chair, retrieved the phone, and contently played with the device.
Kendra documented her adoption journey on a blog. Her emotional post after the adoption ban passed was translated into Russian and published in newspapers here, proving a strong reaction from readers. Many of them offered to help.
One woman gave them $1,000 to help cover expenses. Another man gave them warm boots and a blanket for Polina. Still others offered to lend them a car and take off time from work to bring them to appointments.
Polina is learning some English words, but may not yet understand why she needs them.
"She's 5 years old, she doesn't really have the concept what America is," Kendra said. "She knows it's a family and a home and she's learning that it's forever and we'll be there when she goes to sleep and we'll be there when she wakes up and we're not going to have to leave her behind again."
Polina vowed to spend the entire 12 hour flight looking out the window. The next day, as the plane landed in Houston, she enthusiastically joined in the round of applause that often marks the end of a flight from Russia. Smiling, she exclaimed: "America!"
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COMMENT TO CHRISTIE ARTICLE, Wed., 2/6/13 - Went through
Christie article below
Comment by Save The American Family - STAF, Inc., -not-for-profit-
By Dr. Christian von Christophers, Ph.D., N.D.
Quotation: "To stay healthy you need to eat what your body wants, not what you want"
(Dr. Christian, STAF, Inc.)
Governor Christie is on STAF, Inc.'s by-invitation-only client list. Dr. Christian, STAF, Inc., will personally guide Gov. Christie to get rid of his obesity - we dare taking the challenge and return his health in a natural manner.
STAF, Inc. has developed a new Healthy Lifestyle & Correct Nutrition Program for the U.S. government's use. Worldwide, the same new program fits for every nation's use.
Totally it took 26 years to develop, first 19 years worldwide research and the past 7 years to modify it for the U.S. needs. It is a program that for the first time ever covers all necessary elements to get the lasting results in all family related challenges and in our rampant obesity, overweight & sickness levels. It's nutritional program leading to health and to a longer life is at the same time an automatic weight loss program: nothing to buy, no calories to count, no unreasonable portion control - eat as needed; just follow the easy what-to-eat instructions. All new recipes - delicious, delicious. You are not going to walk around feeling hungry. You can even visit, now and then, a casino buffet, if you so wish.
The biggest news is this: the correct, health-restoring & health-maintaining food with all necessary daily nutrients in the correct combination costs ONLY about $95 per one (adult) person monthly. The bigger the family, the less per/person. Only a program everyone can afford is a solution to our nation's health challenges.
How much are your food expenses time being? Probably many times more. This means: everyone can afford this amazing program whether one works on the minimum salary or lives on the social security or similar. The saved money this new STAF, Inc. program guides to place in safe investments - STAF, Inc. endorses only a few investment adviser companies as reliable. With the saved money your family can create substantial wealth within time.
The new Healthy Lifestyle & Correct Nutrition program will, in a televised D.C. event, be introduced to our nation, to The W.H., The President & The First Lady, The U.S. Congress & Senate, and to all related federal agencies.
STAF, Inc.'s presence is needed in D.C. in the U.S. Congress (House & Senate). STAF, Inc.'s founding President is planning (1) to seek a seat in D.C. Congress/Senate to provide the necessary information to the D.C. lawmakers and (2) to establish a fully new federal agency, Healthy Lifestyle & Family Success Agency, and to be named its first federal director. New legislation and training for all these matters are needed in a results-bringing manner. STAF, Inc.'s slogan is: Less suffering - more life™
In STAF, Inc.'s website at the end of the Home page is a link to study the original founding documents to see the full purpose & the mission statements of the organization.
Listen to STAF, Inc.'s popular Radio Shows - you'll get free CEU & College-credits nationwide or worldwide. To visit STAF, Inc.'s website, use its Radio Show title "DrDrCanYouHelpMe" in the internet search. The by-invitation-only client list is in STAF, Inc.'s home page - Gov. Christie is on that list.
Respectfully,
Christian von Christophers, Ph.D., N.D.
STAF. Inc.'s founding President
Christie article below
Comment by Save The American Family - STAF, Inc., -not-for-profit-
By Dr. Christian von Christophers, Ph.D., N.D.
Quotation: "To stay healthy you need to eat what your body wants, not what you want"
(Dr. Christian, STAF, Inc.)
Governor Christie is on STAF, Inc.'s by-invitation-only client list. Dr. Christian, STAF, Inc., will personally guide Gov. Christie to get rid of his obesity - we dare taking the challenge and return his health in a natural manner.
STAF, Inc. has developed a new Healthy Lifestyle & Correct Nutrition Program for the U.S. government's use. Worldwide, the same new program fits for every nation's use.
Totally it took 26 years to develop, first 19 years worldwide research and the past 7 years to modify it for the U.S. needs. It is a program that for the first time ever covers all necessary elements to get the lasting results in all family related challenges and in our rampant obesity, overweight & sickness levels. It's nutritional program leading to health and to a longer life is at the same time an automatic weight loss program: nothing to buy, no calories to count, no unreasonable portion control - eat as needed; just follow the easy what-to-eat instructions. All new recipes - delicious, delicious. You are not going to walk around feeling hungry. You can even visit, now and then, a casino buffet, if you so wish.
The biggest news is this: the correct, health-restoring & health-maintaining food with all necessary daily nutrients in the correct combination costs ONLY about $95 per one (adult) person monthly. The bigger the family, the less per/person. Only a program everyone can afford is a solution to our nation's health challenges.
How much are your food expenses time being? Probably many times more. This means: everyone can afford this amazing program whether one works on the minimum salary or lives on the social security or similar. The saved money this new STAF, Inc. program guides to place in safe investments - STAF, Inc. endorses only a few investment adviser companies as reliable. With the saved money your family can create substantial wealth within time.
The new Healthy Lifestyle & Correct Nutrition program will, in a televised D.C. event, be introduced to our nation, to The W.H., The President & The First Lady, The U.S. Congress & Senate, and to all related federal agencies.
STAF, Inc.'s presence is needed in D.C. in the U.S. Congress (House & Senate). STAF, Inc.'s founding President is planning (1) to seek a seat in D.C. Congress/Senate to provide the necessary information to the D.C. lawmakers and (2) to establish a fully new federal agency, Healthy Lifestyle & Family Success Agency, and to be named its first federal director. New legislation and training for all these matters are needed in a results-bringing manner. STAF, Inc.'s slogan is: Less suffering - more life™
In STAF, Inc.'s website at the end of the Home page is a link to study the original founding documents to see the full purpose & the mission statements of the organization.
Listen to STAF, Inc.'s popular Radio Shows - you'll get free CEU & College-credits nationwide or worldwide. To visit STAF, Inc.'s website, use its Radio Show title "DrDrCanYouHelpMe" in the internet search. The by-invitation-only client list is in STAF, Inc.'s home page - Gov. Christie is on that list.
Respectfully,
Christian von Christophers, Ph.D., N.D.
STAF. Inc.'s founding President
Christie to ex-White House doctor: 'Shut up'
SEA GIRT, N.J. (AP) — Gov. Chris Christie lashed out Wednesday at a former White House doctor who said she worries about the governor dying in office because he is so heavy, telling her to "shut up."
Dr. Connie Mariano, who served as White House physician from 1992 to 2001, told CNN she'd like to see Christie run for president in 2016 but that he needs to lose weight. She said she worries he could have a heart attack or stroke.
"I'm worried about this man dying in office," the doctor, who has a practice in Scottsdale, Ariz., told the network.
During a visit Wednesday to a shore town devastated by Superstorm Sandy, Christie was asked about the doctor's comments.
Unless Mariano gives him a physical exam and learns his family history, "she should shut up," the governor said.
His children heard the doctor's comments, Christie said, and his preteen son asked him if he was going to die.
"She's just another hack looking for her five minutes," Christie said.
Christie has never revealed his weight, but he has repeatedly said that keeping it in check has been a longtime struggle.
Christie joked about his girth during an appearance Monday on "The Late Show with David Letterman," pulling out a doughnut and saying his girth is "fair game" for comedians.
The next day, he spoke frankly about his efforts to lose weight and described himself as "remarkably healthy," but he also acknowledged his doctor "continues to warn me that my luck is going to run out relatively soon."
Christie has never released his medical records. He had one health scare during his first term, an asthma attack in the summer of 2011 that sent him to the hospital but did not require him to be admitted. He blamed it on the heat, not his weight.
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SEA GIRT, N.J. (AP) — Gov. Chris Christie lashed out Wednesday at a former White House doctor who said she worries about the governor dying in office because he is so heavy, telling her to "shut up."
Dr. Connie Mariano, who served as White House physician from 1992 to 2001, told CNN she'd like to see Christie run for president in 2016 but that he needs to lose weight. She said she worries he could have a heart attack or stroke.
"I'm worried about this man dying in office," the doctor, who has a practice in Scottsdale, Ariz., told the network.
During a visit Wednesday to a shore town devastated by Superstorm Sandy, Christie was asked about the doctor's comments.
Unless Mariano gives him a physical exam and learns his family history, "she should shut up," the governor said.
His children heard the doctor's comments, Christie said, and his preteen son asked him if he was going to die.
"She's just another hack looking for her five minutes," Christie said.
Christie has never revealed his weight, but he has repeatedly said that keeping it in check has been a longtime struggle.
Christie joked about his girth during an appearance Monday on "The Late Show with David Letterman," pulling out a doughnut and saying his girth is "fair game" for comedians.
The next day, he spoke frankly about his efforts to lose weight and described himself as "remarkably healthy," but he also acknowledged his doctor "continues to warn me that my luck is going to run out relatively soon."
Christie has never released his medical records. He had one health scare during his first term, an asthma attack in the summer of 2011 that sent him to the hospital but did not require him to be admitted. He blamed it on the heat, not his weight.
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By Dr. Christian von Christophers, Ph.D., N.D.
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DyAnn, hate to break the news to you but Obama still smokes just not in front of everyone
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Respectfully,
Christian von Christophers, Ph.D., N.D.
STAF. Inc.'s founding President
By Dr. Christian von Christophers, Ph.D., N.D.
Response to Erica:
DyAnn, hate to break the news to you but Obama still smokes just not in front of everyone
President Obama is on Save The American Family - STAF, Inc. by-invitation-only-client list.
The list is on the home page.
STAF, Inc. is the leading service giver also in stop-smoking challenges. STAF, Inc. dares giving a lifetime result guarantee with only a one-time fee in 10 different services. The by-invitation-only list is for worldwide celebrities demanding the highest level of services.
In STAF, Inc.'s website at the end of the Home page is a link to study the original founding documents to see the full purpose & the mission statements of the organization.
Listen to STAF, Inc.'s popular Radio Shows - you'll get free CEU & College-credits nationwide or worldwide.
To visit STAF, Inc.'s website, use its Radio Show title "DrDrCanYouHelpMe" in the internet search. The by-invitation-only client list is in STAF, Inc.'s home page - Gov. Christie is on that list for his weight loss challenges as is President Obama for his nicotine desires.
Respectfully,
Christian von Christophers, Ph.D., N.D.
STAF. Inc.'s founding President
- Comment by Save The American Family - STAF, Inc., -not-for-profit-
By Dr. Christian von Christophers, Ph.D., N.D.
Response to Erica:
DyAnn, hate to break the news to you but Obama still smokes just not in front of everyone
President Obama is on Save The American Family - STAF, Inc. by-invitation-only-client list.
The list is on the home page.
STAF, Inc. is the leading service giver also in stop-smoking challenges. STAF, Inc. dares giving a lifetime result guarantee with only a one-time fee in 10 different services. The by-invitation-only list is for worldwide celebrities demanding the highest level of services.
In STAF, Inc.'s website at the end of the Home page is a link to study the original founding documents to see the full purpose & the mission statements of the organization.
Listen to STAF, Inc.'s popular Radio Shows - you'll get free CEU & College-credits nationwide or worldwide.
To visit STAF, Inc.'s website, use its Radio Show title "DrDrCanYouHelpMe" in the internet search. The by-invitation-only client list is in STAF, Inc.'s home page - Gov. Christie is on that list for his weight loss challenges as is President Obama for his nicotine desires.
Respectfully,
Christian von Christophers, Ph.D., N.D.
STAF. Inc.'s founding President - Comment by Save The American Family - STAF, Inc., -not-for-profit-
- By Dr. Christian von Christophers, Ph.D., N.D.
Quotation: "To stay healthy you need to eat what your body wants, not what you want"
(Dr. Christian, STAF, Inc.)
Governor Christie is on STAF, Inc.'s by-invitation-only client list. Dr. Christian, STAF, Inc., will personally guide Gov. Christie to get rid of his obesity - we dare taking the challenge and return his health in a natural manner without any negative side effects.
STAF, Inc. has developed a new Healthy Lifestyle & Correct Nutrition Program for the U.S. government's use. Worldwide, the same new program fits for every nation's use.
Totally it took 26 years to develop, first 19 years worldwide research and the past 7 years to modify it for the U.S. needs. It is a program that for the first time ever covers all necessary elements to get the lasting results in all family related challenges and in our rampant obesity, overweight & sickness levels. It's nutritional program leading to health and to a longer life is at the same time an automatic weight loss program: nothing to buy, no calories to count, no unreasonable portion control - eat as needed; just follow the easy what-to-eat instructions. All new recipes - delicious, delicious. You are not going to walk around feeling hungry. You can even visit, now and then, a casino buffet, if you so wish.
The biggest news is this: the correct, health-restoring & health-maintaining food with all necessary daily nutrients in the correct combination costs ONLY about $95 per one (adult) person monthly. The bigger the family, the less per/person. STAF, Inc. is not selling you food, you buy your food ingredients yourself in your supermarket and prepare it in your own home kitchen based on fully new recipes. STAF, Inc. teaches you what to eat and what not to eat. Only a nutrition program everyone can afford is a solution to our nation's health challenges.
How much are your food expenses time being? Probably many times more. This means: everyone can afford this amazing program whether one works on the minimum salary or lives on the social security or similar. The saved money this new STAF, Inc. program guides to place in safe investments - STAF, Inc. endorses only a few investment adviser companies as reliable. With the saved money your family can create substantial wealth within time.
The new Healthy Lifestyle & Correct Nutrition program will, in a televised D.C. event, be introduced to our nation, to The W.H., The President & The First Lady, The U.S. Congress & Senate, and to all related federal agencies.
STAF, Inc.'s presence is needed in D.C. in the U.S. Congress (House & Senate). STAF, Inc.'s founding President is planning (1) to seek a seat in D.C. Congress/Senate to provide the necessary information to the D.C. lawmakers and (2) to establish a fully new federal agency, Healthy Lifestyle & Family Success Agency, and to be named its first federal director. New legislation and training for all these matters are needed in a results-bringing manner. STAF, Inc.'s slogan is: Less suffering - more life™
In STAF, Inc.'s website at the end of the Home page is a link to study the original founding documents to see the full purpose & the mission statements of the organization.
Listen to STAF, Inc.'s popular Radio Shows - you'll get free CEU & College-credits nationwide or worldwide. To visit STAF, Inc.'s website, use its Radio Show title "DrDrCanYouHelpMe" in the internet search. The by-invitation-only client list is in STAF, Inc.'s home page - Gov. Christie is on that list.
Respectfully,
Christian von Christophers, Ph.D., N.D.
STAF. Inc.'s founding President
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FRIDAY 2/8/13 - responding to - Doctor claims Chris Christie yelled at her over weight comments
Comment by Save The American Family - STAF, Inc., -not-for-profit-
By Dr. Christian von Christophers, Ph.D., N.D.
Quotation: "To stay healthy you need to eat what your body wants, not what you want"
(Dr. Christian, STAF, Inc.)
Governor Christie is on STAF, Inc.'s by-invitation-only client list. Dr. Christian, STAF, Inc., will personally guide Gov. Christie to get rid of his obesity - we dare taking the challenge and return his health in a natural manner without any negative side effects.
STAF, Inc. has developed a new Healthy Lifestyle & Correct Nutrition Program for the U.S. government's use. Worldwide, the same new program fits for every nation's use.
Totally it took 26 years to develop, first 19 years worldwide research and the past 7 years to modify it for the U.S. needs. It is a program that for the first time ever covers all necessary elements to get the lasting results in all family related challenges and in our rampant obesity, overweight & sickness levels. It's nutritional program leading to health and to a longer life is at the same time an automatic weight loss program: nothing extra to buy, no calories to count, no unreasonable portion control - eat as needed; just follow the easy what-to-eat instructions. All new recipes - delicious, delicious. You are not going to walk around feeling hungry. You can even visit, now and then, a casino buffet, if you so wish.
The biggest news is this: the correct, health-restoring & health-maintaining food with all necessary daily nutrients in the correct combination costs ONLY about $95 per one (adult) person monthly. The bigger the family, the less per/person. STAF, Inc. is not selling you food, you buy your food ingredients yourself in your supermarket and prepare it in your own home kitchen based on fully new recipes. STAF, Inc. teaches you what food ingredients to buy, what to eat and what not to eat. Only a nutrition program everyone can afford is a solution to our nation's health challenges.
How much are your food expenses time being? Probably many times more. This means: everyone can afford this amazing program whether one works on the minimum salary or lives on the social security or similar. The saved money this new STAF, Inc. program guides to place in safe investments - STAF, Inc. endorses only a few investment adviser companies as reliable. With the saved money your family can create substantial wealth within time.
The new Healthy Lifestyle & Correct Nutrition program will, in a televised D.C. event, be introduced to our nation, to The W.H., The President & The First Lady, The U.S. Congress & Senate, and to all related federal agencies.
STAF, Inc.'s presence is needed in D.C. in the U.S. Congress (House & Senate). STAF, Inc.'s founding President is planning (1) to seek a seat in D.C. Congress/Senate to provide the necessary information to the D.C. lawmakers and (2) to establish a fully new federal agency, Healthy Lifestyle & Family Success Agency, and to be named its first federal director. New legislation and training for all these matters are needed in a results-bringing manner. STAF, Inc.'s slogan is: Less suffering - more life™
In STAF, Inc.'s website at the end of the Home page is a link to study the original founding documents to see the full purpose & the mission statements of the organization.
Listen to STAF, Inc.'s popular Radio Shows - you'll get free CEU & College-credits nationwide or worldwide. To visit STAF, Inc.'s website, use its Radio Show title "DrDrCanYouHelpMe" in the internet search. The by-invitation-only client list is in STAF, Inc.'s home page - Gov. Christie is on that list.
Respectfully,
Christian von Christophers, Ph.D., N.D.
STAF. Inc.'s founding President
The above on Friday 2/8/13 responding to a new article "
Doctor claims Chris Christie yelled at her over weight comments
A former White House doctor who publicly suggested Chris Christie needs to lose weight says that the New Jersey governor phoned her to yell about the comments.
Dr. Connie Mariano, a Scottsdale, Ariz., physician who worked for nine years in the White House medical unit, tells KTVK-TV in Phoenix that Christie angrily called after shegave an interview to CNN suggesting he’s at risk of having a heart attack or a stroke if he doesn’t lose weight.
While on CNN, Mariano described herself as a Christie supporter who wants him to run for president and warned the governor’s health could hurt his potential 2016 race. Her comments came after Christie appeared on the “Late Show With David Letterman” and poked fun at jokes about his weight by eating a doughnut during the interview.
"It's almost like a time bomb waiting to happen unless he addresses those issues before running for office," said Mariano, who attended to former Presidents George H.W. Bush, Bill Clinton and George W. Bush during her time at the White House.
Asked about Mariano’s comments at a press conference on Wednesday, Christie lashed out, calling her “just another hack who wants five minutes on TV.”
"If she wants to get on a plane and come here to New Jersey and ask me if she wants to examine me and review my medical history I will have a conversation with her about that," Christie said. "Until that time she should shut up.”
Mariano says that after the press conference, Christie called and yelled at her.
“It was essentially the tone of the press conference only louder,” Mariano told KTVK. "It was hard to get anything across.”
A Christie spokesman did not immediately respond to a request for comment on whether the governor phoned Mariano and, if so, what the tone of that conversation was.
Mariano says she’s now rethinking whether she would support a Christie candidacy for the White House.
“The way he's acted lately I don't think so. He wasn't very nice to me,” Mariano told KTVK. “Is this presidential? I'll have to think about that. Is this a presidential way to behave? C'mon.”
A FEW COMMENTS FROM THE PUBLIC FRI 2/8/13(1)
FROM A PHYSICIAN:
I have struggled with my weight for most of my life. I am also a physician and don't have any doubts as to the cardiovascular as well as other pathological risks associated with obesity. Their may be shades of gray where someone who is a little bit overweight but manages to run 2 miles a day. Nonetheless morbid obesity as in Christy's case is a ticking time bomb.
(2)
Why do we have a Surgeon General who's morbidly obese?
(3) No doctor needs to run a barrage of tests on Gov Christie in order to tell him that his weight puts him at increased risks of heart attack or stroke
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Comment by Save The American Family - STAF, Inc., -not-for-profit-
By Dr. Christian von Christophers, Ph.D., N.D.
Quotation: "To stay healthy you need to eat what your body wants, not what you want"
(Dr. Christian, STAF, Inc.)
Governor Christie is on STAF, Inc.'s by-invitation-only client list. Dr. Christian, STAF, Inc., will personally guide Gov. Christie to get rid of his obesity - we dare taking the challenge and return his health in a natural manner without any negative side effects.
STAF, Inc. has developed a new Healthy Lifestyle & Correct Nutrition Program for the U.S. government's use. Worldwide, the same new program fits for every nation's use.
Totally it took 26 years to develop, first 19 years worldwide research and the past 7 years to modify it for the U.S. needs. It is a program that for the first time ever covers all necessary elements to get the lasting results in all family related challenges and in our rampant obesity, overweight & sickness levels. It's nutritional program leading to health and to a longer life is at the same time an automatic weight loss program: nothing extra to buy, no calories to count, no unreasonable portion control - eat as needed; just follow the easy what-to-eat instructions. All new recipes - delicious, delicious. You are not going to walk around feeling hungry. You can even visit, now and then, a casino buffet, if you so wish.
The biggest news is this: the correct, health-restoring & health-maintaining food with all necessary daily nutrients in the correct combination costs ONLY about $95 per one (adult) person monthly. The bigger the family, the less per/person. STAF, Inc. is not selling you food, you buy your food ingredients yourself in your supermarket and prepare it in your own home kitchen based on fully new recipes. STAF, Inc. teaches you what food ingredients to buy, what to eat and what not to eat. Only a nutrition program everyone can afford is a solution to our nation's health challenges.
How much are your food expenses time being? Probably many times more. This means: everyone can afford this amazing program whether one works on the minimum salary or lives on the social security or similar. The saved money this new STAF, Inc. program guides to place in safe investments - STAF, Inc. endorses only a few investment adviser companies as reliable. With the saved money your family can create substantial wealth within time.
The new Healthy Lifestyle & Correct Nutrition program will, in a televised D.C. event, be introduced to our nation, to The W.H., The President & The First Lady, The U.S. Congress & Senate, and to all related federal agencies.
STAF, Inc.'s presence is needed in D.C. in the U.S. Congress (House & Senate). STAF, Inc.'s founding President is planning (1) to seek a seat in D.C. Congress/Senate to provide the necessary information to the D.C. lawmakers and (2) to establish a fully new federal agency, Healthy Lifestyle & Family Success Agency, and to be named its first federal director. New legislation and training for all these matters are needed in a results-bringing manner. STAF, Inc.'s slogan is: Less suffering - more life™
In STAF, Inc.'s website at the end of the Home page is a link to study the original founding documents to see the full purpose & the mission statements of the organization.
Listen to STAF, Inc.'s popular Radio Shows - you'll get free CEU & College-credits nationwide or worldwide. To visit STAF, Inc.'s website, use its Radio Show title "DrDrCanYouHelpMe" in the internet search. The by-invitation-only client list is in STAF, Inc.'s home page - Gov. Christie is on that list.
Respectfully,
Christian von Christophers, Ph.D., N.D.
STAF. Inc.'s founding President
The above on Friday 2/8/13 responding to a new article "
Doctor claims Chris Christie yelled at her over weight comments
A former White House doctor who publicly suggested Chris Christie needs to lose weight says that the New Jersey governor phoned her to yell about the comments.
Dr. Connie Mariano, a Scottsdale, Ariz., physician who worked for nine years in the White House medical unit, tells KTVK-TV in Phoenix that Christie angrily called after shegave an interview to CNN suggesting he’s at risk of having a heart attack or a stroke if he doesn’t lose weight.
While on CNN, Mariano described herself as a Christie supporter who wants him to run for president and warned the governor’s health could hurt his potential 2016 race. Her comments came after Christie appeared on the “Late Show With David Letterman” and poked fun at jokes about his weight by eating a doughnut during the interview.
"It's almost like a time bomb waiting to happen unless he addresses those issues before running for office," said Mariano, who attended to former Presidents George H.W. Bush, Bill Clinton and George W. Bush during her time at the White House.
Asked about Mariano’s comments at a press conference on Wednesday, Christie lashed out, calling her “just another hack who wants five minutes on TV.”
"If she wants to get on a plane and come here to New Jersey and ask me if she wants to examine me and review my medical history I will have a conversation with her about that," Christie said. "Until that time she should shut up.”
Mariano says that after the press conference, Christie called and yelled at her.
“It was essentially the tone of the press conference only louder,” Mariano told KTVK. "It was hard to get anything across.”
A Christie spokesman did not immediately respond to a request for comment on whether the governor phoned Mariano and, if so, what the tone of that conversation was.
Mariano says she’s now rethinking whether she would support a Christie candidacy for the White House.
“The way he's acted lately I don't think so. He wasn't very nice to me,” Mariano told KTVK. “Is this presidential? I'll have to think about that. Is this a presidential way to behave? C'mon.”
A FEW COMMENTS FROM THE PUBLIC FRI 2/8/13(1)
FROM A PHYSICIAN:
I have struggled with my weight for most of my life. I am also a physician and don't have any doubts as to the cardiovascular as well as other pathological risks associated with obesity. Their may be shades of gray where someone who is a little bit overweight but manages to run 2 miles a day. Nonetheless morbid obesity as in Christy's case is a ticking time bomb.
(2)
Why do we have a Surgeon General who's morbidly obese?
(3) No doctor needs to run a barrage of tests on Gov Christie in order to tell him that his weight puts him at increased risks of heart attack or stroke
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- OBAMA text Fri 2/8/13
- Comment by Save The American Family - STAF, Inc., -not-for-profit-
- By Dr. Christian von Christophers, Ph.D., N.D.
- Response to Erica:
- DyAnn, hate to break the news to you but Obama still smokes just not in front of everyone
- President Obama is on Save The American Family - STAF, Inc. by-invitation-only-client list.
- The list is on the STAF, Inc.'s home page.
- STAF, Inc. is the leading service giver also in stop-smoking challenges. STAF, Inc. dares giving a lifetime result guarantee with only a one-time fee in 10 different services. The by-invitation-only list is for worldwide celebrities demanding the highest level of services.
- In STAF, Inc.'s website at the end of the Home page is a link to study the original founding documents to see the full purpose & the mission statements of the organization.
- Listen to STAF, Inc.'s popular Radio Shows - you'll get free CEU & College-credits nationwide or worldwide.
- To visit STAF, Inc.'s website, use its Radio Show title "DrDrCanYouHelpMe" in the internet search. The by-invitation-only client list is in STAF, Inc.'s home page - Gov. Christie is on that list for his weight loss challenges as is President Obama for his nicotine desires.
- Respectfully,
- Christian von Christophers, Ph.D., N.D.
- STAF. Inc.'s founding President
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A • 29 mins ago Report Abuse I have struggled with my weight for most of my life. I am also a physician and don't have any doubts as to the cardiovascular as well as other pathological risks associated with obesity. Their may be shades of gray where someone who is a little bit overweight but manages to run 2 miles a day. Nonetheless morbid obesity as in Christy's case is a ticking time bomb10 Replies
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Ricki • 2 hrs 25 mins ago Report AbuseNo doctor needs to run a barrage of tests on Gov Christie in order to tell him that his weight puts him at increased risks of heart attack or stroke? Now, there's nothing to say he's not going to die at 90 from some other ailment BUT his chances of a heart attack or stroke at his weight is much higher because of his weight.33 Replies
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Gov. Chris Christie
Christie at the 2011 Time 100 gala.55th Governor of New JerseyIncumbentAssumed office
January 19, 2010LieutenantKim GuadagnoPreceded byJon CorzineUnited States Attorney for the District of New JerseyIn office
January 17, 2002 – December 1, 2008[1]Nominated byGeorge W. BushPreceded byRobert ClearySucceeded byRalph Marra (Acting)Member of the Morris County Board of Chosen FreeholdersIn office
January 1, 1995 – January 1, 1998Personal details
Born - Christopher James Christie[2]
September 6, 1962 (age 50)
Newark, New JerseyPolitical partyRepublicanSpouse(s)Mary Pat
Foster Children
Andrew (b. 1993)
Sarah (b. 1996)
Patrick (b. 2000)
Bridget (b. 2003)
ResidenceMendhamAlma materSeton Hall University
University of Delaware
ReligionRoman Catholic[3]Signature
Christie at the 2011 Time 100 gala.55th Governor of New JerseyIncumbentAssumed office
January 19, 2010LieutenantKim GuadagnoPreceded byJon CorzineUnited States Attorney for the District of New JerseyIn office
January 17, 2002 – December 1, 2008[1]Nominated byGeorge W. BushPreceded byRobert ClearySucceeded byRalph Marra (Acting)Member of the Morris County Board of Chosen FreeholdersIn office
January 1, 1995 – January 1, 1998Personal details
Born - Christopher James Christie[2]
September 6, 1962 (age 50)
Newark, New JerseyPolitical partyRepublicanSpouse(s)Mary Pat
Foster Children
Andrew (b. 1993)
Sarah (b. 1996)
Patrick (b. 2000)
Bridget (b. 2003)
ResidenceMendhamAlma materSeton Hall University
University of Delaware
ReligionRoman Catholic[3]Signature
New Scandalous Emails Put JP Morgan In Hot Water
By Henry Blodget | Daily Ticker – 6 hours ago
JP Morgan in hot water over new damning emails
Stern - Bears company wrong doings.
Video - 2/7/13
No matter how many times corporate apparatchiks tell employees not to say dumb stuff in email, employees say dumb stuff in email--stuff that often looks horrendous out of context.
So it's no wonder that emails are the first thing investigators go after when they start investigating companies.
And, more often than not, the investigators find emails that look horrendous out of context.
Sometimes, importantly, these emails actually are horrendous. Sometimes the emails actually reveal (and prove) wrongdoing, even when they are evaluated in context. Sometimes employees do, in fact, break the law or violate industry rules, and leave definitive proof of these transgressions in email. And in those cases, email is an extremely valuable tool that allows investors (and society) to discover the truth.
But the trouble with email is that sometimes people who aren't, in fact, breaking rules often vent or joke or react to information in emails--and, in so doing, create a "paper" trail that, later, out of context, makes it look like they have broken rules (or at least done something sleazy). And when these emails come out, they are often seized upon as proof of wrongdoing, before they have actually been evaluated in context. And that gets a lot of companies and employees in hot water, even when the employees didn't, in fact, break any rules.
To understand how damning emails can look out of context, you have to actually have gone through the process of having your emails scrutinized after the fact--which I am sad to say I have. A decade ago, New York Attorney General Eliot Spitzer investigated the conflict between research and banking on Wall Street in the 1990s, when I was a tech-stock analyst. Some of my emails looked bad enough that I was later fined and kicked out of the industry.
(For a variety of reasons, I still can't discuss these emails in detail, but my firm and I disagreed with some of Eliot Spitzer's conclusions about them. Spitzer was certainly right about the conflict of interest, and this conflict certainly deserved to be investigated and addressed. But as I testified when Spitzer's investigators interviewed me in 2001, I never wrote a word in a research report that I didn't believe.)
Anyway, the latest batch of emails to come out in a Wall Street scandal are emails from bankers at a division of JP Morgan. In these emails, the bankers seem to reveal that JP Morgan misrepresented the quality of some mortgages that it packaged and sold to investors--including a big firm called Dexia. The emails, which are detailed here in this New York Times story, do indeed look damning. The employees at JP Morgan who wrote them will have some explaining to do.
And if the emails reveal what the investigators think they reveal--that JP Morgan actually defrauded its clients--then JP Morgan and the executives should obviously pay a big price for that.
But if my own experience has taught me anything, it is to reserve judgement about emails until they are evaluated in context.
Because the reality of email is that it is easy for an initial reaction, stressful situation, difference of professional opinion, or other situation to produce documents that look awful in hindsight. And a sense of the broader context often makes these emails seem much less scandalous than they first appear.
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Chris Christie denies agreeing with Cuomo on 98 percent of the issues
Date: 2/20/13
New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie is denying a report that he told a union official he agrees with New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo on 98 percent of the issues.
The Republican governor reportedly made the remark to Larry Bulman, the political director of the United Association of Plumbers, Pipefitters and Steamfitters. Bulman recounted the conversation in an interview with the Glen Falls Chronicle, a weekly paper in upstate New York.
Bulman quoted Christie as saying, "I'm not much different than Andrew Cuomo. I probably agree with him on 98 percent of the issues."
But in a press conference on Tuesday, Christie denied making the statement about his Democratic counterpart.
“I don’t ever remember saying anything like ‘I agree with him 98 percent of the time,’ because I don’t,” Christie told reporters. “I’m sure I didn’t say that. But what I do remember saying, and what I do believe, is that Gov. Cuomo and I have a lot of the same kind of values, in terms of the way we were raised. And that was the conversation I was having.”
Perhaps in a sign of how worried Christie’s office is about fallout among Republicans over the alleged comment, aides posted video of the governor’s response to the reports at Tuesday's press conference on YouTube.
By Holly Bailey, Yahoo! News | The Ticket
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Paul • 16 hrs ago Report AbusePoliticians tell so many lies, it's hard to remember all of them.5 Replies
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Albert Friday • 15 hrs ago Report AbuseIt is easier to thread Christie threw the eye of a needle than to get a politician to tell the truth.4 Replies
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WATCHEM • 15 hrs ago Report AbuseGood. And the US don't agree with Mexico either. Maybe we are not all one big happy family after all. .3 Replies
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Mark • 14 hrs ago Report AbuseNew York doesn't agree with Cuomo 98% of the time either, to say nothing of Michael "The Nanny" Bloomberg.3 Replies
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Steve E • 16 hrs ago Report AbuseIn the Northeast, even the most conservative Republicans aren't that far to the right than Dems. You simply can't be elected as a real conservative.30 Replies
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Pope stuns world by stepping down Feb. 28, 2013 - News Monday 2/11/13
Aides are "incredulous" as Benedict XVI becomes the first pontiff since the Middle Ages to resign. Reasons
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In Germany (University lecture) He quoted a 14th century Byzantine emperor as saying Islam had only brought evil to the world and that it was spread by the sword.
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Aides are "incredulous" as Benedict XVI becomes the first pontiff since the Middle Ages to resign. Reasons
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Pope Benedict surprises world, steps down citing frailty
In Germany (University lecture) He quoted a 14th century Byzantine emperor as saying Islam had only brought evil to the world and that it was spread by the sword.
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Comment by Save The American Family - STAF, Inc., -not-for-profit-
By Dr. Christian von Christophers, Ph.D., N.D.
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The new Healthy Lifestyle & Correct Nutrition program will, in a televised D.C. event, be introduced to our nation, to The W.H., The President & The First Lady, The U.S. Congress & Senate, and to all related federal agencies.
STAF, Inc.'s presence is needed in D.C. in the U.S. Congress (House & Senate). STAF, Inc.'s founding President is planning (1) to seek a seat in D.C. Congress/Senate to provide the necessary information to the D.C. lawmakers and (2) to establish a fully new federal agency, Healthy Lifestyle & Family Success Agency, and to be named its first federal director. New legislation and training for all these matters are needed in a results-bringing manner. STAF, Inc.'s slogan is: Less suffering - more life™
In STAF, Inc.'s website at the end of the Home page is a link to study the original founding documents to see the full purpose & the mission statements of the organization.
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STAF. Inc.'s founding President
PS.
Apply the study info: you (1) live longer, (2) have less suffering, and (3) enjoy your life more.
Quotation: "Knowledge is no power - only applied knowledge is power"
(Dr. Christian, STAF, Inc.)
Comment by Save The American Family - STAF, Inc., -not-for-profit-
By Dr. Christian von Christophers, Ph.D., N.D.
The answer to the title question is: YES. The circadian cycles are the reason/
STAF, Inc. has developed a new Healthy Lifestyle & Correct Nutrition Program for the U.S. government's use. Worldwide, the same new program fits for every nation's use.
Totally it took 26 years to develop, first 19 years worldwide research and the past 7 years to modify it for the U.S. needs. It is a program that for the first time ever covers all necessary elements to get the lasting results in all family related challenges and in our rampant obesity, overweight & sickness levels. It's nutritional program leading to health and to a longer life is at the same time an automatic weight loss program: nothing to buy, no calories to count, no unreasonable portion control - eat as needed; just follow the easy what-to-eat instructions. All new recipes - delicious, delicious. You are not going to walk around feeling hungry. You can even visit, now and then, a casino buffet, if you so wish.
The biggest news is this: the correct, health-restoring & health-maintaining food with all necessary daily nutrients in the correct combination costs ONLY about $95 per one (adult) person monthly. The bigger the family, the less per/person. Only a program everyone can afford is a solution to our nation's health challenges. STAF, Inc. does not sell you food, its program guides you to buy the correct ingredients in your supermarket.
How much are your food expenses time being in a month? Probably many times more than this $95. This means: everyone can afford this amazing program whether one works on the minimum salary or lives on the social security or similar. The saved money this new STAF, Inc. program guides to place in safe investments - STAF, Inc. endorses only a few investment adviser companies as reliable. With the saved money your family can create substantial wealth within time.
The new Healthy Lifestyle & Correct Nutrition program will, in a televised D.C. event, be introduced to our nation, to The W.H., The President & The First Lady, The U.S. Congress & Senate, and to all related federal agencies.
STAF, Inc.'s presence is needed in D.C. in the U.S. Congress (House & Senate). STAF, Inc.'s founding President is planning (1) to seek a seat in D.C. Congress/Senate to provide the necessary information to the D.C. lawmakers and (2) to establish a fully new federal agency, Healthy Lifestyle & Family Success Agency, and to be named its first federal director. New legislation and training for all these matters are needed in a results-bringing manner. STAF, Inc.'s slogan is: Less suffering - more life™
In STAF, Inc.'s website at the end of the Home page is a link to study the original founding documents to see the full purpose & the mission statements of the organization.
Listen to STAF, Inc.'s popular Radio Shows - you'll get free CEU & College-credits nationwide or worldwide. To visit STAF, Inc.'s website, use its Radio Show title "DrDrCanYouHelpMe" in the internet search.
Respectfully,
Christian von Christophers, Ph.D., N.D.
STAF. Inc.'s founding President
PS.
Apply the study info: you (1) live longer, (2) have less suffering, and (3) enjoy your life more.
Quotation: "Knowledge is no power - only applied knowledge is power"
(Dr. Christian, STAF, Inc.)
Student suing for C+ in PA Lehigh university
Some Lehigh University instructors are, unfortunately, well-known of similar negative, wrong actions towards some of their students who have different opinions. To grow to understand different opinions and viewpoints is one of the purpose of Academic training.
Thus, before you accuse anyone, think about what the facts may be in this case.
Respectfully,
Dr. Christian
College President
Some Lehigh University instructors are, unfortunately, well-known of similar negative, wrong actions towards some of their students who have different opinions. To grow to understand different opinions and viewpoints is one of the purpose of Academic training.
Thus, before you accuse anyone, think about what the facts may be in this case.
Respectfully,
Dr. Christian
College President
- February 12/13
- U.N. Security Council vows to take action over nuke test
- Senate votes to renew Violence Against Women Act
- Senate votes to renew Violence Against Women Act
Comment by Save The American Family - STAF, Inc.,-not-for-profit-
By Dr. Christian von Christophers, Ph.D., N.D.
There are different types of violence - public & domestic are the 2 main ones.
STAF, Inc.,-not-for-profit-, helps, with a long experience, families & individuals in any type of violence case.
When you go to any U.S. Court you will see impressive posters hanging on the walls asking: "Was he violent today?"
The poster message: "only men are violent, not women" - interesting. Where is the poster "Was she violent today?"This is clear illegal posting called discrimination and defaming half of the population and endangering our children's future. How?
In this comment STAF, Inc. points out some details about domestic violence - which is the widest area of any violence.
Forty-five (45) % of all domestic violence is done by women the man as the victim.
Some women (wives) have been so violent that they cut off the husband's genitals during his sleep.
55 % of domestic violence is done by men towards women. Small difference.
65 % of all domestic violence against the children is done by women - most of the time in a highly brutal manner.
So, where is the truthful poster when it is not on the Courts' walls? A truthful poster would be "Did you experience violence today?
Based on our nationwide polls most judges have no clue about the true facts. Then these individuals, the "judges", make decisions that most of time totally & unnecessarily destroy families and children. With lacking science facts the judges are actually doing the most damaging violence - see the facts below.
STAF, Inc. is educating, slowly but surely, all U.S. Family Court judges to understand the facts and not to base the decisions blindly on any attitudinal fiction - fiction which hurts our whole nation first destroying our children's physically & mentally healthy upbringing and then also destroying the future of both parents. A sad situation to the parents. A sad situation to the children.
The courts are meant to be fair - are they when any domestic violence case is started with the wrong wall poster attitude and finished with the wrong attitudes among our judges. Based on polls most people nationwide associate domestic violence only done towards women. So brainwashed is our nation. Then the court may order in a fast speed separation or a divorce and often, because the wrong attitudes are so deep rooted that not even the couple understands what the truth is. Every court, every judge should always order at least 6 - 12 months' healing time and proper counseling time 6 - 12 months given by competent counselors. It is a joke when in most courts no counseling is ordered. It is another joke when the courts order 1 or 2 times counseling. It has to be at least up to 50 times or more. Destroying the American families with wrong court actions affects greatly our economy and our quality of life. STAF, Inc. College level training with fully truthful science facts brings out the most competent counselors called Marriage Restorers™. The children are dramatized and suffer from suffer from the Broken Marriage Syndrome™. All teenage mass shooters have this symptom.
The life-destroying challenges all children & all divorcing spouses will experience are listed in STAF, Inc.'s website in tab "Services", sub-tab "Restoring Any Marriage™. Most people have no clue what a divorce does to the children - it is serious child abuse. Two reasons are leading to these disasters: (1) lacking education in the U.S. schools for marriage & child raising (most developed countries have it) and (2) lacking education for the court judges who have no clue what they hastily do instead of guiding the couple and the family to heal.
The divorcing spouses will experience (1) health challenges leading to a sicker & shorter life span and (2) to added financial difficulties. Every child experiencing a parental divorce faces serious life threatening disasters - the most important listed here: (1) overall increased risks to health & welfare; (2) 5 times more likely to commit suicide; (3) 32 times more likely to run away; (4) 20 times more likely to have behavioral disorders; (5) 14 times more likely to commit rape; (6) 9 times more likely to drop out of school; (7) 10 times more likely to abuse alcohol and drugs; (8) 20 times more likely to end up in prison; (9) increased learning difficulties; (10) increased risk of divorce when grown; (11) increased out of wedlock pregnancies; (12) Latest discovery by the researchers: highly increased risk of having a stroke during his/her life time.
STAF, Inc.'s presence is needed in D.C. in the U.S. Congress (House & Senate). STAF, Inc.'s founding President is planning (1) to seek a seat in D.C. Congress/Senate to provide the necessary information to the D.C. lawmakers and (2) to establish a fully new federal agency, Healthy Lifestyle & Family Success Agency, and to be named its first federal director. New legislation and training for all these matters are needed in a results-bringing manner.
To visit STAF, Inc.'s website use its Radio Show title "DrDrCanYouHelpMe" in the internet search. Listen to STAF, Inc.'s popular Radio Show - you'll get free CEU & College-University credits.
Respectfully,
Christian von Christophers, Ph.D., N.D.
STAF, Inc.'s founding President
Copyrights 2013 © STAF, Inc., New York, NY, USA
Senate votes to renew Violence Against Women Act
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BELOW THE POSTED ONE - only blue is taken away
Comment by Save The American Family - STAF, Inc.,-not-for-profit-
By Dr. Christian von Christophers, Ph.D., N.D.
There are different types of violence - public & domestic are the 2 main ones.
When you go to any U.S. Court you will see impressive posters hanging on the walls asking: "Was he violent today?" The poster message: "only men are violent, not women" - interesting. Where is the poster "Was she violent today?
Forty-five (45) % of all domestic violence is done by women the man as the victim.
Some women (wives) have been so violent that they cut off the husband's genitals during his sleep. 55 % of domestic violence is done by men towards women. 65 % of all domestic violence against the children is done by women - most of the time in a highly brutal manner.
STAF, Inc. is educating, slowly but surely, all U.S. Family Court judges to understand the facts and not to base the decisions blindly on any attitudinal fiction - fiction which hurts our whole nation first destroying our children's physically & mentally healthy upbringing and then also destroying the future of both parents.
The court may order a fast speed separation or a divorce. Every court, every judge should always order at least 6 - 12 months' healing time and proper counseling time 6 - 12 months given by competent counselors. It is a joke when in most courts no counseling is ordered. It is another sad joke when the courts order 1 or 2 times counseling. It has to be at least up to 50 times or more. Destroying the American families with wrong court actions affects greatly our economy and our quality of life. The children are dramatized and suffer from the Broken Marriage Syndrome™. All teenage mass shooters have this symptom.
The life-destroying challenges all children & all divorcing spouses will experience are listed in STAF, Inc.'s website in tab "Services", sub-tab "Restoring Any Marriage™ ". Most people have no clue what a divorce does to the children - it is serious child abuse. Two reasons are leading to these disasters: (1) lacking education in the U.S. schools for marriage happiness & child raising (most developed countries have both) and (2) lacking education for the court judges who have no clue what disastrous decisions they hastily order instead of guiding the couple and the family to heal.
The divorcing spouses will (1) experience health challenges leading to a sicker & shorter life span and (2) undergo added financial difficulties. Every child experiencing a parental divorce faces serious life threatening disasters - the most important listed here: (1) overall increased risks to health & welfare; (2) 5 times more likely to commit suicide; (3) 32 times more likely to run away; (4) 20 times more likely to have behavioral disorders; (5) 14 times more likely to commit rape; (6) 9 times more likely to drop out of school; (7) 10 times more likely to abuse alcohol and drugs; (8) 20 times more likely to end up in prison; (9) increased learning difficulties; (10) increased risk of divorce when grown; (11) increased out of wedlock pregnancies; (12) Latest discovery by the researchers: highly increased risk of having a stroke during his/her life time.
STAF, Inc.'s presence is needed in D.C. in the U.S. Congress (House & Senate). STAF, Inc.'s founding President is planning (1) to seek a seat in D.C. Congress/Senate to provide the necessary information to the D.C. lawmakers and (2) to establish a fully new federal agency, Healthy Lifestyle & Family Success Agency, and to be named its first federal director. New legislation and training for all these matters are needed in a results-bringing manner.
To visit STAF, Inc.'s website use its Radio Show title "DrDrCanYouHelpMe" in the internet search. Listen to STAF, Inc.'s popular Radio Show - you'll get free CEU & College-University credits (valid nation/worldwide).
Respectfully,
Christian von Christophers, Ph.D., N.D.
STAF, Inc.'s founding President
Copyrights 2013 © STAF, Inc., New York, NY, USA
Senate votes to renew Violence Against Women Act
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Comment by Save The American Family - STAF, Inc.,-not-for-profit-
By Dr. Christian von Christophers, Ph.D., N.D.
There are different types of violence - public & domestic are the 2 main ones.
When you go to any U.S. Court you will see impressive posters hanging on the walls asking: "Was he violent today?" The poster message: "only men are violent, not women" - interesting. Where is the poster "Was she violent today?
Forty-five (45) % of all domestic violence is done by women the man as the victim.
Some women (wives) have been so violent that they cut off the husband's genitals during his sleep. 55 % of domestic violence is done by men towards women. 65 % of all domestic violence against the children is done by women - most of the time in a highly brutal manner.
STAF, Inc. is educating, slowly but surely, all U.S. Family Court judges to understand the facts and not to base the decisions blindly on any attitudinal fiction - fiction which hurts our whole nation first destroying our children's physically & mentally healthy upbringing and then also destroying the future of both parents.
The court may order a fast speed separation or a divorce. Every court, every judge should always order at least 6 - 12 months' healing time and proper counseling time 6 - 12 months given by competent counselors. It is a joke when in most courts no counseling is ordered. It is another sad joke when the courts order 1 or 2 times counseling. It has to be at least up to 50 times or more. Destroying the American families with wrong court actions affects greatly our economy and our quality of life. The children are dramatized and suffer from the Broken Marriage Syndrome™. All teenage mass shooters have this symptom.
The life-destroying challenges all children & all divorcing spouses will experience are listed in STAF, Inc.'s website in tab "Services", sub-tab "Restoring Any Marriage™ ". Most people have no clue what a divorce does to the children - it is serious child abuse. Two reasons are leading to these disasters: (1) lacking education in the U.S. schools for marriage happiness & child raising (most developed countries have both) and (2) lacking education for the court judges who have no clue what disastrous decisions they hastily order instead of guiding the couple and the family to heal.
The divorcing spouses will (1) experience health challenges leading to a sicker & shorter life span and (2) undergo added financial difficulties. Every child experiencing a parental divorce faces serious life threatening disasters - the most important listed here: (1) overall increased risks to health & welfare; (2) 5 times more likely to commit suicide; (3) 32 times more likely to run away; (4) 20 times more likely to have behavioral disorders; (5) 14 times more likely to commit rape; (6) 9 times more likely to drop out of school; (7) 10 times more likely to abuse alcohol and drugs; (8) 20 times more likely to end up in prison; (9) increased learning difficulties; (10) increased risk of divorce when grown; (11) increased out of wedlock pregnancies; (12) Latest discovery by the researchers: highly increased risk of having a stroke during his/her life time.
STAF, Inc.'s presence is needed in D.C. in the U.S. Congress (House & Senate). STAF, Inc.'s founding President is planning (1) to seek a seat in D.C. Congress/Senate to provide the necessary information to the D.C. lawmakers and (2) to establish a fully new federal agency, Healthy Lifestyle & Family Success Agency, and to be named its first federal director. New legislation and training for all these matters are needed in a results-bringing manner.
To visit STAF, Inc.'s website use its Radio Show title "DrDrCanYouHelpMe" in the internet search. Listen to STAF, Inc.'s popular Radio Show - you'll get free CEU & College-University credits (valid nation/worldwide).
Respectfully,
Christian von Christophers, Ph.D., N.D.
STAF, Inc.'s founding President
Copyrights 2013 © STAF, Inc., New York, NY, USA
Senate votes to renew Violence Against Women Act
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Comment by Save The American Family - STAF, Inc.,-not-for-profit-
By Dr. Christian von Christophers, Ph.D., N.D.
There are different types of violence - public & domestic are the 2 main ones.
When you go to any U.S. Court you will see impressive posters hanging on the walls asking: "Was he violent today?" The poster message: "only men are violent, not women" - interesting. Where is the poster "Was she violent today?
Forty-five (45) % of all domestic violence is done by women the man as the victim.
Some women (wives) have been so violent that they cut off the husband's genitals during his sleep. 55 % of domestic violence is done by men towards women. 65 % of all domestic violence against the children is done by women - most of the time in a highly brutal manner.
STAF, Inc. is educating, slowly but surely, all U.S. Family Court judges to understand the facts and not to base the decisions blindly on any attitudinal fiction.
The court may order a fast speed separation or a divorce. Every court, every judge should always order at least 6 - 12 months' healing time and proper counseling time 6 - 12 months given by competent counselors. It is a joke when in most courts no counseling is ordered. It is another joke when the courts order 1 or 2 times counseling. It has to be at least up to 50 times or more. Destroying the American families with wrong court actions affects greatly our economy and our quality of life. The children are dramatized and suffer from the Broken Marriage Syndrome™. All teenage mass shooters have this symptom.
The life-destroying challenges all children & all divorcing spouses will experience are listed in STAF, Inc.'s website in tab "Services", sub-tab "Restoring Any Marriage™. Most people have no clue what a divorce does to the children - it is serious child abuse. Two reasons are leading to these disasters: (1) lacking education in the U.S. schools for marriage & child raising (most developed countries have it) and (2) lacking education for the court judges who have no clue what they hastily do instead of guiding the couple and the family to heal.
The divorcing spouses will experience (1) health challenges leading to a sicker & shorter life span and (2) added financial difficulties. Every child experiencing a parental divorce faces serious life threatening disasters - the most important listed here: (1) overall increased risks to health & welfare; (2) 5 times more likely to commit suicide; (3) 32 times more likely to run away; (4) 20 times more likely to have behavioral disorders; (5) 14 times more likely to commit rape; (6) 9 times more likely to drop out of school; (7) 10 times more likely to abuse alcohol and drugs; (8) 20 times more likely to end up in prison; (9) increased learning difficulties; (10) increased risk of divorce when grown; (11) increased out of wedlock pregnancies; (12) Latest discovery by the researchers: highly increased risk of having a stroke during his/her life time.
STAF, Inc.'s presence is needed in D.C. in the U.S. Congress (House & Senate). STAF, Inc.'s founding President is planning (1) to seek a seat in D.C. Congress/Senate to provide the necessary information to the D.C. lawmakers and (2) to establish a fully new federal agency, Healthy Lifestyle & Family Success Agency, and to be named its first federal director. New legislation and training for all these matters are needed in a results-bringing manner.
To visit STAF, Inc.'s website use its Radio Show title "DrDrCanYouHelpMe" in the internet
search. Listen to STAF, Inc.'s popular Radio Show - you'll get free CEU & College-University credits.
Respectfully,
Christian von Christophers, Ph.D., N.D.
STAF, Inc.'s founding President
Copyrights 2013 © STAF, Inc., New York, NY, USA
Senate votes to renew Violence Against Women Act
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POSTED 2ND TIME; WEDNESDAY 2/13/13 - went through
Comment by Save The American Family - STAF, Inc.,-not-for-profit-
By Dr. Christian von Christophers, Ph.D., N.D.
There are different types of violence - public & domestic are the 2 main ones.
When you go to any U.S. Court you will see impressive posters hanging on the walls asking: "Was he violent today?" The poster message: "only men are violent, not women" - interesting. Where is the poster "Was she violent today?
Forty-five (45) % of all domestic violence is done by women the man as the victim.
Some women (wives) have been so violent that they cut off the husband's genitals during his sleep. 55 % of domestic violence is done by men towards women. 65 % of all domestic violence against the children is done by women - most of the time in a highly brutal manner.
STAF, Inc. is educating, slowly but surely, all U.S. Family Court judges to understand the facts and not to base the decisions blindly on any attitudinal fiction.
The court may order a fast speed separation or a divorce. Every court, every judge should always order at least 6 - 12 months' healing time and proper counseling time 6 - 12 months given by competent counselors. It is a joke when in most courts no counseling is ordered. It is another joke when the courts order 1 or 2 times counseling. It has to be at least up to 50 times or more. Destroying the American families with wrong court actions affects greatly our economy and our quality of life. The children are dramatized and suffer from the Broken Marriage Syndrome™. All teenage mass shooters have this symptom.
The life-destroying challenges all children & all divorcing spouses will experience are listed in STAF, Inc.'s website in tab "Services", sub-tab "Restoring Any Marriage™. Most people have no clue what a divorce does to the children - it is serious child abuse. Two reasons are leading to these disasters: (1) lacking education in the U.S. schools for marriage & child raising (most developed countries have it) and (2) lacking education for the court judges who have no clue what they hastily do instead of guiding the couple and the family to heal.
The divorcing spouses will experience (1) health challenges leading to a sicker & shorter life span and (2) added financial difficulties. Every child experiencing a parental divorce faces serious life threatening disasters - the most important listed here: (1) overall increased risks to health & welfare; (2) 5 times more likely to commit suicide; (3) 32 times more likely to run away; (4) 20 times more likely to have behavioral disorders; (5) 14 times more likely to commit rape; (6) 9 times more likely to drop out of school; (7) 10 times more likely to abuse alcohol and drugs; (8) 20 times more likely to end up in prison; (9) increased learning difficulties; (10) increased risk of divorce when grown; (11) increased out of wedlock pregnancies; (12) Latest discovery by the researchers: highly increased risk of having a stroke during his/her life time.
STAF, Inc.'s presence is needed in D.C. in the U.S. Congress (House & Senate). STAF, Inc.'s founding President is planning (1) to seek a seat in D.C. Congress/Senate to provide the necessary information to the D.C. lawmakers and (2) to establish a fully new federal agency, Healthy Lifestyle & Family Success Agency, and to be named its first federal director. New legislation and training for all these matters are needed in a results-bringing manner.
To visit STAF, Inc.'s website use its Radio Show title "DrDrCanYouHelpMe" in the internet
search. Listen to STAF, Inc.'s popular Radio Show - you'll get free CEU & College-University credits.
Respectfully,
Christian von Christophers, Ph.D., N.D.
STAF, Inc.'s founding President
Copyrights 2013 © STAF, Inc., New York, NY, USA
Senate votes to renew Violence Against Women Act
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Posted Thu 3/7/13 Obama to sign expanded Violence against Women Act
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Comment by Save The American Family - STAF, Inc.,-not-for-profit-
By Dr. Christian von Christophers, Ph.D., N.D.
There are different types of violence - public & domestic are the 2 main ones.
When you go to any U.S. Court you will see impressive posters hanging on the walls asking: "Was he violent today?" The poster message: "only men are violent, not women" - interesting. Where is the poster "Was she violent today?
Forty-five (45) % of all domestic violence is done by women the man as the victim.
Some women (wives) have been so violent that they cut off the husband's genitals during his sleep. 55 % of domestic violence is done by men towards women. 65 % of all domestic violence against the children is done by women - most of the time in a highly brutal manner.
STAF, Inc. is educating, slowly but surely, all U.S. Family Court judges to understand the facts and not to base the decisions blindly on any attitudinal fiction.
The court may order a fast speed separation or a divorce. Every court, every judge should always order at least 6 - 12 months' healing time and proper counseling time 6 - 12 months given by competent counselors. It is a joke when in most courts no counseling is ordered. It is another joke when the courts order 1 or 2 times counseling. It has to be at least up to 50 times or more. Destroying the American families with wrong court actions affects greatly our economy and our quality of life. The children are dramatized and suffer from the Broken Marriage Syndrome™. All teenage mass shooters have this symptom.
The life-destroying challenges all children & all divorcing spouses will experience are listed in STAF, Inc.'s website in tab "Services", sub-tab "Restoring Any Marriage™. Most people have no clue what a divorce does to the children - it is serious child abuse. Two reasons are leading to these disasters: (1) lacking education in the U.S. schools for marriage & child raising (most developed countries have it) and (2) lacking education for the court judges who have no clue what they hastily do instead of guiding the couple and the family to heal.
The divorcing spouses will experience (1) health challenges leading to a sicker & shorter life span and (2) added financial difficulties. Every child experiencing a parental divorce faces serious life threatening disasters - the most important listed here: (1) overall increased risks to health & welfare; (2) 5 times more likely to commit suicide; (3) 32 times more likely to run away; (4) 20 times more likely to have behavioral disorders; (5) 14 times more likely to commit rape; (6) 9 times more likely to drop out of school; (7) 10 times more likely to abuse alcohol and drugs; (8) 20 times more likely to end up in prison; (9) increased learning difficulties; (10) increased risk of divorce when grown; (11) increased out of wedlock pregnancies; (12) Latest discovery by the researchers: highly increased risk of having a stroke during his/her life time.
STAF, Inc.'s presence is needed in D.C. in the U.S. Congress (House & Senate). STAF, Inc.'s founding President is planning (1) to seek a seat in D.C. Congress/Senate to provide the necessary information to the D.C. lawmakers and (2) to establish a fully new federal agency, Healthy Lifestyle & Family Success Agency, and to be named its first federal director. New legislation and training for all these matters are needed in a results-bringing manner.
To visit STAF, Inc.'s website use its Radio Show title - lower & upper keys as is here: "DrDrCanYouHelpMe" in the internet search. Listen to STAF, Inc.'s popular Radio Show - you'll get free CEU & College-University credits.
Respectfully,
Christian von Christophers, Ph.D., N.D.
STAF, Inc.'s founding President
____________________________________________________________
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Comment by Save The American Family - STAF, Inc.,-not-for-profit-
By Dr. Christian von Christophers, Ph.D., N.D.
There are different types of violence - public & domestic are the 2 main ones.
When you go to any U.S. Court you will see impressive posters hanging on the walls asking: "Was he violent today?" The poster message: "only men are violent, not women" - interesting. Where is the poster "Was she violent today?
Forty-five (45) % of all domestic violence is done by women the man as the victim.
Some women (wives) have been so violent that they cut off the husband's genitals during his sleep. 55 % of domestic violence is done by men towards women. 65 % of all domestic violence against the children is done by women - most of the time in a highly brutal manner.
STAF, Inc. is educating, slowly but surely, all U.S. Family Court judges to understand the facts and not to base the decisions blindly on any attitudinal fiction.
The court may order a fast speed separation or a divorce. Every court, every judge should always order at least 6 - 12 months' healing time and proper counseling time 6 - 12 months given by competent counselors. It is a joke when in most courts no counseling is ordered. It is another joke when the courts order 1 or 2 times counseling. It has to be at least up to 50 times or more. Destroying the American families with wrong court actions affects greatly our economy and our quality of life. The children are dramatized and suffer from the Broken Marriage Syndrome™. All teenage mass shooters have this symptom.
The life-destroying challenges all children & all divorcing spouses will experience are listed in STAF, Inc.'s website in tab "Services", sub-tab "Restoring Any Marriage™. Most people have no clue what a divorce does to the children - it is serious child abuse. Two reasons are leading to these disasters: (1) lacking education in the U.S. schools for marriage & child raising (most developed countries have it) and (2) lacking education for the court judges who have no clue what they hastily do instead of guiding the couple and the family to heal.
The divorcing spouses will experience (1) health challenges leading to a sicker & shorter life span and (2) added financial difficulties. Every child experiencing a parental divorce faces serious life threatening disasters - the most important listed here: (1) overall increased risks to health & welfare; (2) 5 times more likely to commit suicide; (3) 32 times more likely to run away; (4) 20 times more likely to have behavioral disorders; (5) 14 times more likely to commit rape; (6) 9 times more likely to drop out of school; (7) 10 times more likely to abuse alcohol and drugs; (8) 20 times more likely to end up in prison; (9) increased learning difficulties; (10) increased risk of divorce when grown; (11) increased out of wedlock pregnancies; (12) Latest discovery by the researchers: highly increased risk of having a stroke during his/her life time.
STAF, Inc.'s presence is needed in D.C. in the U.S. Congress (House & Senate). STAF, Inc.'s founding President is planning (1) to seek a seat in D.C. Congress/Senate to provide the necessary information to the D.C. lawmakers and (2) to establish a fully new federal agency, Healthy Lifestyle & Family Success Agency, and to be named its first federal director. New legislation and training for all these matters are needed in a results-bringing manner.
To visit STAF, Inc.'s website use its Radio Show title - lower & upper keys as is here: "DrDrCanYouHelpMe" in the internet search. Listen to STAF, Inc.'s popular Radio Show - you'll get free CEU & College-University credits.
Respectfully,
Christian von Christophers, Ph.D., N.D.
STAF, Inc.'s founding President
____________________________________________________________
Obama to sign expanded Violence Against Women Act
By JOSH LEDERMAN | Associated Press - 3/7/13
WASHINGTON (AP) — President Barack Obama is signing into law a bill extending and expanding domestic violence protections, ushering in a legislative victory for gay rights advocates and Native Americans.
Flanked by domestic-violence survivors, lawmakers, law enforcement officers and tribal leaders, Obama was signing the extension to the Violence Against Women Act in a ceremony Thursday at the Interior Department, which overseas programs for Native Americans. A key provision of the expanded law strengthens protections for victims who are attacked on tribal land.
Vice President Joe Biden, who as a senator wrote and sponsored the original bill in 1994, was also scheduled to speak at the ceremony.
The law strengthens the criminal justice system's response to crimes against women. White House press secretary Jay Carney called the extension "a very important milestone" that would give law enforcement new tools to respond to domestic violence, sexual assault and human trafficking.
Although the law was renewed twice in the past with little resistance, it lapsed in 2011 when Republicans and Democrats couldn't agree on a bill to renew it.
The Republican-controlled House rejected a Senate-passed version making clear that lesbians, gays and immigrants should have equal access to the law's programs. The Senate bill also allowed tribal courts to prosecute non-Indians who attack their Indian partners on tribal lands, giving Native American authorities the ability to go after crimes that federal prosecutors, for lack of resources, often decline to pursue.
In February, House Republicans capitulated and allowed a vote on an almost identical version of the bill. It passed 286-138. It was the third time in two months that House Speaker John Boehner let a Democratic-supported bill reach the floor despite opposition from a majority of his own party — a clear sign that Republicans wanted to put the issue behind them after performing poorly among women in November's election.
The Violence Against Women Act has set the standard for how to protect women, and some men, from domestic abuse and prosecute abusers and is credited with helping reduce domestic violence incidents by two-thirds since its inception in 1994.
The renewal authorizes some $659 million a year over five years to fund current programs that provide grants for transitional housing, legal assistance, law enforcement training and hotlines. It reauthorizes the Trafficking Victims Protection Act, adds stalking to the list of crimes that make immigrants eligible for protection, and authorizes programs dealing with sexual assault on college campuses and rape investigations.
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By JOSH LEDERMAN | Associated Press - 3/7/13
WASHINGTON (AP) — President Barack Obama is signing into law a bill extending and expanding domestic violence protections, ushering in a legislative victory for gay rights advocates and Native Americans.
Flanked by domestic-violence survivors, lawmakers, law enforcement officers and tribal leaders, Obama was signing the extension to the Violence Against Women Act in a ceremony Thursday at the Interior Department, which overseas programs for Native Americans. A key provision of the expanded law strengthens protections for victims who are attacked on tribal land.
Vice President Joe Biden, who as a senator wrote and sponsored the original bill in 1994, was also scheduled to speak at the ceremony.
The law strengthens the criminal justice system's response to crimes against women. White House press secretary Jay Carney called the extension "a very important milestone" that would give law enforcement new tools to respond to domestic violence, sexual assault and human trafficking.
Although the law was renewed twice in the past with little resistance, it lapsed in 2011 when Republicans and Democrats couldn't agree on a bill to renew it.
The Republican-controlled House rejected a Senate-passed version making clear that lesbians, gays and immigrants should have equal access to the law's programs. The Senate bill also allowed tribal courts to prosecute non-Indians who attack their Indian partners on tribal lands, giving Native American authorities the ability to go after crimes that federal prosecutors, for lack of resources, often decline to pursue.
In February, House Republicans capitulated and allowed a vote on an almost identical version of the bill. It passed 286-138. It was the third time in two months that House Speaker John Boehner let a Democratic-supported bill reach the floor despite opposition from a majority of his own party — a clear sign that Republicans wanted to put the issue behind them after performing poorly among women in November's election.
The Violence Against Women Act has set the standard for how to protect women, and some men, from domestic abuse and prosecute abusers and is credited with helping reduce domestic violence incidents by two-thirds since its inception in 1994.
The renewal authorizes some $659 million a year over five years to fund current programs that provide grants for transitional housing, legal assistance, law enforcement training and hotlines. It reauthorizes the Trafficking Victims Protection Act, adds stalking to the list of crimes that make immigrants eligible for protection, and authorizes programs dealing with sexual assault on college campuses and rape investigations.
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- Comment by Save The American Family - STAF, Inc.,-not-for-profit-
By Dr. Christian von Christophers, Ph.D., N.D.
There are different types of violence - public & domestic are the 2 main ones.
When you go to any U.S. Court you will see impressive posters hanging on the walls asking: "Was he violent today?" The poster message: "only men are violent, not women" - interesting. Where is the poster "Was she violent today?
Forty-five (45) % of all domestic violence is done by women the man as the victim.
Some women (wives) have been so violent that they cut off the husband's genitals during his sleep. 55 % of domestic violence is done by men towards women. 65 % of all domestic violence against the children is done by women - most of the time in a highly brutal manner.
STAF, Inc. is educating, slowly but surely, all U.S. Family Court judges to understand the facts and not to base the decisions blindly on any attitudinal fiction.
The court may order a fast speed separation or a divorce. Every court, every judge should always order at least 6 - 12 months' healing time and proper counseling time 6 - 12 months given by competent counselors. It is a joke when in most courts no counseling is ordered. It is another joke when the courts order 1 or 2 times counseling. It has to be at least up to 50 times or more. Destroying the American families with wrong court actions affects greatly our economy and our quality of life. The children are dramatized and suffer from the Broken Marriage Syndrome™. All teenage mass shooters have this symptom.
The life-destroying challenges all children & all divorcing spouses will experience are listed in STAF, Inc.'s website in tab "Services", sub-tab "Restoring Any Marriage™. Most people have no clue what a divorce does to the children - it is serious child abuse.
Two reasons are leading to these disasters: (1) lacking education in the U.S. schools for marriage & child raising (most developed countries have it) and (2) lacking education for the court judges who have no clue what they hastily do instead of guiding the couple and the family to heal.
The divorcing spouses will experience (1) health challenges leading to a sicker & shorter life span and (2) added financial difficulties. Every child experiencing a parental divorce faces serious life threatening disasters - the most important listed here: (1) overall increased risks to health & welfare; (2) 5 times more likely to commit suicide; (3) 32 times more likely to run away; (4) 20 times more likely to have behavioral disorders; (5) 14 times more likely to commit rape; (6) 9 times more likely to drop out of school; (7) 10 times more likely to abuse alcohol and drugs; (8) 20 times more likely to end up in prison; (9) increased learning difficulties; (10) increased risk of divorce when grown; (11) increased out of wedlock pregnancies; (12) Latest discovery by the researchers: highly increased risk of having a stroke during his/her life time.
STAF, Inc.'s presence is needed in D.C. in the U.S. Congress (House & Senate). STAF, Inc.'s founding President is planning (1) to seek a seat in D.C. Congress/Senate to provide the necessary information to the D.C. lawmakers and (2) to establish a fully new federal agency, Healthy Lifestyle & Family Success Agency, and to be named its first federal director. New legislation and training for all these matters are needed in a results-bringing manner.
To visit STAF, Inc.'s website use its Radio Show title - lower & upper keys as is here: "DrDrCanYouHelpMe" in the internet search. Listen to STAF, Inc.'s popular Radio Show - you'll get free CEU & College-University credits.
Respectfully,
Christian von Christophers, Ph.D., N.D.
STAF, Inc.'s founding PresidentReply
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Zane • 2 hrs 40 mins ago Report AbuseGood thing we now have a law saying violence against someone is illegal, should put a stop to this kind of thing overnight.7 Replies- ==============================================================================================================================================================================================================================
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COMMENT ON 2/13/13 TO ARTICLEType 1 diabetes rising in kids - study
Comment by Save The American Family - STAF, Inc., -not-for-profit-
By Dr. Christian von Christophers, Ph.D., N.D.
Excellent, important study - a very good study - does this wake up the parents to see what poisonous imitation food you are feeding to your precious children?
The children (and adult) get sic when eating processed food full of dangerous, poisonous chemicals and fast food (= bad food).
Quotation: "To stay healthy you need to eat what your body wants, not what you want"
(Dr. Christian, STAF, Inc.)
Another quotation: "If it came from a plant, eat it, if it was made in a plant, don't - it kills".
STAF, Inc. has developed a new Healthy Lifestyle & Correct Nutrition Program for the U.S. government's use. Worldwide, the same new program fits for every nation's use.
Totally it took 26 years to develop, first 19 years worldwide research and the past 7 years to modify it for the U.S. needs. It is a program that for the first time ever covers all necessary elements to get the lasting results in all family related challenges and in our rampant obesity, overweight & sickness levels. It's nutritional program leading to health and to a longer life is at the same time an automatic weight loss program: nothing to buy, no calories to count, no unreasonable portion control - eat as needed; just follow the easy what-to-eat instructions. All new recipes - delicious, delicious. You are not going to walk around feeling hungry. You can even visit, now and then, a casino buffet, if you so wish.
The biggest news is this: the correct, health-restoring & health-maintaining food with all necessary daily nutrients in the correct combination costs ONLY about $95 per one (adult) person monthly. Based on the new program's detailed guidance, you buy your food ingredients in your local supermarket and prepare your food in your own kitchen based on the new, delicious recipes. The bigger the family, the less $ per/person. Only a program everyone can afford is a solution to our nation's health challenges.
How much are your food expenses time being? Probably many times more. This means: everyone can afford this amazing program whether one works on the minimum salary or lives on the social security or similar. The saved money this new STAF, Inc. program guides to place in safe investments - STAF, Inc. endorses only a few investment adviser companies as reliable. With the saved money your family can create substantial wealth within time.
The new Healthy Lifestyle & Correct Nutrition program will, in a televised D.C. event, be introduced to our nation, to The W.H., The President & The First Lady, The U.S. Congress & Senate, and to all related federal agencies.
STAF, Inc.'s presence is needed in D.C. in the U.S. Congress (House & Senate). STAF, Inc.'s founding President is planning (1) to seek a seat in D.C. Congress/Senate to provide the necessary information to the D.C. lawmakers and (2) to establish a fully new federal agency, Healthy Lifestyle & Family Success Agency, and to be named its first federal director. New legislation and training for all these matters are needed in a results-bringing manner. STAF, Inc.'s slogan is: Less suffering - more life™
In STAF, Inc.'s website at the end of the Home page is a link to study the original founding documents to see the full purpose & the mission statements of the organization.
Listen to STAF, Inc.'s popular Radio Shows - you'll get free CEU & College-credits nationwide or worldwide. To visit STAF, Inc.'s website, use its Radio Show title "DrDrCanYouHelpMe" in the internet search.
Respectfully,
Christian von Christophers, Ph.D., N.D.
STAF. Inc.'s founding President
==========================================================================================================================================================Thursday 2/20/13 placed (added STAF mission link on top of the most tabs)
Comment by Save The American Family - STAF, Inc., -not-for-profit-
By Dr. Christian von Christophers, Ph.D., N.D.
Quotation: "To stay healthy you need to eat what your body wants, not what you want"
(Dr. Christian, STAF, Inc.)
Another quotation: "If it came from a plant, eat it, if it was made in a plant, don't - it kills".
STAF, Inc. has developed a new Healthy Lifestyle & Correct Nutrition Program for the U.S. government's use. Worldwide, the same new program fits for every nation's use.
Totally it took 26 years to develop, first 19 years worldwide research and the past 7 years to modify it for the U.S. needs. It is a program that for the first time ever covers all necessary elements to get the lasting results in all family related challenges and in our rampant obesity, overweight & sickness levels. It's nutritional program leading to health and to a longer life is at the same time an automatic weight loss program: nothing to buy, no calories to count, no unreasonable portion control - eat as needed; just follow the easy what-to-eat instructions.
All new recipes - delicious, delicious. You are not going to walk around feeling hungry. You can even visit, now and then, a casino buffet, if you so wish.
The biggest news is this: the correct, health-restoring & health-maintaining food with all necessary daily nutrients in the correct combination costs ONLY about $95 per one (adult) person monthly. Based on the new program's detailed guidance, you buy your food ingredients in your local supermarket and prepare your food in your own kitchen based on the new, delicious recipes. The bigger the family, the less $ per/person. Only a program everyone can afford is a solution to our nation's health challenges.
How much are your food expenses time being? Probably many times more. This means: everyone can afford this amazing program whether one works on the minimum salary or lives on the social security or similar. The saved money this new STAF, Inc. program guides to place in safe investments - STAF, Inc. endorses only a few investment adviser companies as reliable. With the saved money your family can create substantial wealth within time.
The new Healthy Lifestyle & Correct Nutrition program will, in a televised D.C. event, be introduced to our nation, to The W.H., The President & The First Lady, The U.S. Congress & Senate, and to all related federal agencies.
STAF, Inc.'s presence is needed in D.C. in the U.S. Congress (House & Senate). STAF, Inc.'s founding President is planning (1) to seek a seat in D.C. Congress/Senate to provide the necessary information to the D.C. lawmakers and (2) to establish a fully new federal agency, Healthy Lifestyle & Family Success Agency, and to be named its first federal director. New legislation and training for all these matters are needed in a results-bringing manner. STAF, Inc.'s slogan is: Less suffering - more life™
In STAF, Inc.'s website at the end of the home page & at the top of most tabs is a link to study the original founding documents to see the full purpose & the mission statements of the organization.
Listen to STAF, Inc.'s popular Radio Shows - you'll get free CEU & College-credits nationwide or worldwide. To visit STAF, Inc.'s website, use its Radio Show title "DrDrCanYouHelpMe" in the internet search.
Respectfully,
Christian von Christophers, Ph.D., N.D.
STAF. Inc.'s founding President
==========================================================================================================================================================
BLUE BELOW DID NOT FIT IN THE COMMENT
PS.
Apply the info in STAF's website: you and your children (1) live longer, (2) have less suffering, and (3) enjoy your life more.
Quotation: "Knowledge is no power - only applied knowledge is power"
(Dr. Christian, STAF, Inc.)
COMMENT ON 2/13/13 TO ARTICLEType 1 diabetes rising in kids - study
Comment by Save The American Family - STAF, Inc., -not-for-profit-
By Dr. Christian von Christophers, Ph.D., N.D.
Excellent, important study - a very good study - does this wake up the parents to see what poisonous imitation food you are feeding to your precious children?
The children (and adult) get sic when eating processed food full of dangerous, poisonous chemicals and fast food (= bad food).
Quotation: "To stay healthy you need to eat what your body wants, not what you want"
(Dr. Christian, STAF, Inc.)
Another quotation: "If it came from a plant, eat it, if it was made in a plant, don't - it kills".
STAF, Inc. has developed a new Healthy Lifestyle & Correct Nutrition Program for the U.S. government's use. Worldwide, the same new program fits for every nation's use.
Totally it took 26 years to develop, first 19 years worldwide research and the past 7 years to modify it for the U.S. needs. It is a program that for the first time ever covers all necessary elements to get the lasting results in all family related challenges and in our rampant obesity, overweight & sickness levels. It's nutritional program leading to health and to a longer life is at the same time an automatic weight loss program: nothing to buy, no calories to count, no unreasonable portion control - eat as needed; just follow the easy what-to-eat instructions. All new recipes - delicious, delicious. You are not going to walk around feeling hungry. You can even visit, now and then, a casino buffet, if you so wish.
The biggest news is this: the correct, health-restoring & health-maintaining food with all necessary daily nutrients in the correct combination costs ONLY about $95 per one (adult) person monthly. Based on the new program's detailed guidance, you buy your food ingredients in your local supermarket and prepare your food in your own kitchen based on the new, delicious recipes. The bigger the family, the less $ per/person. Only a program everyone can afford is a solution to our nation's health challenges.
How much are your food expenses time being? Probably many times more. This means: everyone can afford this amazing program whether one works on the minimum salary or lives on the social security or similar. The saved money this new STAF, Inc. program guides to place in safe investments - STAF, Inc. endorses only a few investment adviser companies as reliable. With the saved money your family can create substantial wealth within time.
The new Healthy Lifestyle & Correct Nutrition program will, in a televised D.C. event, be introduced to our nation, to The W.H., The President & The First Lady, The U.S. Congress & Senate, and to all related federal agencies.
STAF, Inc.'s presence is needed in D.C. in the U.S. Congress (House & Senate). STAF, Inc.'s founding President is planning (1) to seek a seat in D.C. Congress/Senate to provide the necessary information to the D.C. lawmakers and (2) to establish a fully new federal agency, Healthy Lifestyle & Family Success Agency, and to be named its first federal director. New legislation and training for all these matters are needed in a results-bringing manner. STAF, Inc.'s slogan is: Less suffering - more life™
In STAF, Inc.'s website at the end of the Home page is a link to study the original founding documents to see the full purpose & the mission statements of the organization.
Listen to STAF, Inc.'s popular Radio Shows - you'll get free CEU & College-credits nationwide or worldwide. To visit STAF, Inc.'s website, use its Radio Show title "DrDrCanYouHelpMe" in the internet search.
Respectfully,
Christian von Christophers, Ph.D., N.D.
STAF. Inc.'s founding President
==========================================================================================================================================================Thursday 2/20/13 placed (added STAF mission link on top of the most tabs)
Comment by Save The American Family - STAF, Inc., -not-for-profit-
By Dr. Christian von Christophers, Ph.D., N.D.
Quotation: "To stay healthy you need to eat what your body wants, not what you want"
(Dr. Christian, STAF, Inc.)
Another quotation: "If it came from a plant, eat it, if it was made in a plant, don't - it kills".
STAF, Inc. has developed a new Healthy Lifestyle & Correct Nutrition Program for the U.S. government's use. Worldwide, the same new program fits for every nation's use.
Totally it took 26 years to develop, first 19 years worldwide research and the past 7 years to modify it for the U.S. needs. It is a program that for the first time ever covers all necessary elements to get the lasting results in all family related challenges and in our rampant obesity, overweight & sickness levels. It's nutritional program leading to health and to a longer life is at the same time an automatic weight loss program: nothing to buy, no calories to count, no unreasonable portion control - eat as needed; just follow the easy what-to-eat instructions.
All new recipes - delicious, delicious. You are not going to walk around feeling hungry. You can even visit, now and then, a casino buffet, if you so wish.
The biggest news is this: the correct, health-restoring & health-maintaining food with all necessary daily nutrients in the correct combination costs ONLY about $95 per one (adult) person monthly. Based on the new program's detailed guidance, you buy your food ingredients in your local supermarket and prepare your food in your own kitchen based on the new, delicious recipes. The bigger the family, the less $ per/person. Only a program everyone can afford is a solution to our nation's health challenges.
How much are your food expenses time being? Probably many times more. This means: everyone can afford this amazing program whether one works on the minimum salary or lives on the social security or similar. The saved money this new STAF, Inc. program guides to place in safe investments - STAF, Inc. endorses only a few investment adviser companies as reliable. With the saved money your family can create substantial wealth within time.
The new Healthy Lifestyle & Correct Nutrition program will, in a televised D.C. event, be introduced to our nation, to The W.H., The President & The First Lady, The U.S. Congress & Senate, and to all related federal agencies.
STAF, Inc.'s presence is needed in D.C. in the U.S. Congress (House & Senate). STAF, Inc.'s founding President is planning (1) to seek a seat in D.C. Congress/Senate to provide the necessary information to the D.C. lawmakers and (2) to establish a fully new federal agency, Healthy Lifestyle & Family Success Agency, and to be named its first federal director. New legislation and training for all these matters are needed in a results-bringing manner. STAF, Inc.'s slogan is: Less suffering - more life™
In STAF, Inc.'s website at the end of the home page & at the top of most tabs is a link to study the original founding documents to see the full purpose & the mission statements of the organization.
Listen to STAF, Inc.'s popular Radio Shows - you'll get free CEU & College-credits nationwide or worldwide. To visit STAF, Inc.'s website, use its Radio Show title "DrDrCanYouHelpMe" in the internet search.
Respectfully,
Christian von Christophers, Ph.D., N.D.
STAF. Inc.'s founding President
==========================================================================================================================================================
BLUE BELOW DID NOT FIT IN THE COMMENT
PS.
Apply the info in STAF's website: you and your children (1) live longer, (2) have less suffering, and (3) enjoy your life more.
Quotation: "Knowledge is no power - only applied knowledge is power"
(Dr. Christian, STAF, Inc.)
Type 1 diabetes rising in kids - study
By Trevor Stokes | Reuters
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - Cases of insulin-requiring type 1 diabetes rose sharply in children under the age of five in Philadelphia over a two-decade span - similar to increases seen across the U.S. and Europe, according to new research.
"Why are we seeing this large increase in type 1 diabetes in very young children? Unfortunately, the answer is we don't know," said lead study author Terri Lipman, a professor at the University of Pennsylvania School of Nursing.
In research published in Diabetes Care, Lipman and her colleagues updated a registry started in 1985 of Philadelphia children diagnosed with type 1 diabetes.
By 2004, cases in children under the age of five increased by 70 percent as the number of diagnosed cases among all kids up to age 14 rose by 29 percent.
In 1985, 13.4 out of every 100,000 children in Philadelphia was newly diagnosed with type 1 diabetes, and in 2004, the rate was 17.2 cases per 100,000.
Hispanic children had the highest diabetes rates across all ages whereas cases in black children aged 4 and under, which had historically been very low, rose by 200 percent over the past two decades. Cases among white kids under 4 rose by 48 percent in 2000-2004, however, making theirs the fastest recent increase.
Of the two most common forms of diabetes, type 2 typically affects adults who can still produce insulin, but whose bodies cannot use the hormone to regulate blood sugar. Type 1, previously known as juvenile diabetes, typically strikes children whose immune systems have killed off insulin-producing cells in the pancreas. The disease is usually fatal if left untreated.
Type 1 diabetics must take insulin but many type 2 diabetics can control the disease with medications, diet and exercise.
Type 1 diabetes tends to start in adolescence, but especially in light of the rising number of cases in very young children, experts said parents need to be aware that toddlers and preschoolers are also susceptible.
Children from Chicago to Colorado to Finland have similarly increased rates of type 1 diabetes, though the cause eludes researchers.
"This younger group is a mystery," said Dr. Carol Levy, a type 1 diabetes specialist at Mount Sinai Hospital in New York who was not involved in the new study. "Make sure your child has a healthy lifestyle and maintains normal body weight; whether that's a guarantee we're going to reduce risk, we don't know at this point."
Several theories vie to explain the recent rise in diabetes among youth, including vitamin D deficiencies, lack of breastfeeding and overly-hygienic environments that might cause the immune system to backfire.
"The data is controversial so that's why I'm certainly very reluctant to propose a theory when nothing has been proven," Lipman told Reuters Health.
"The take home message is not to be alarmist. These data confirm what has been reported worldwide and in other parts of the United States," said Dr. Lori Laffel, of the Joslin Diabetes Center in Boston, who was not involved in the study.
"It is important to be aware of the symptoms of diabetes," Laffel told Reuters Health. Symptoms can include extreme thirst, bed wetting or accidents in toilet-trained children or excessively wet diapers in babies, she said.
By the time the disease gets diagnosed, many infants and toddlers are very sick and the degree of illness tends to be more severe the younger the patient, experts noted.
"The young child isn't able to talk about symptoms," Laffel said. "A young child may be in diapers, you may not notice because diapers are often wet."
SOURCE: http://bit.ly/YGkBuW Diabetes Care, online January 22, 2013.
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By Trevor Stokes | Reuters
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - Cases of insulin-requiring type 1 diabetes rose sharply in children under the age of five in Philadelphia over a two-decade span - similar to increases seen across the U.S. and Europe, according to new research.
"Why are we seeing this large increase in type 1 diabetes in very young children? Unfortunately, the answer is we don't know," said lead study author Terri Lipman, a professor at the University of Pennsylvania School of Nursing.
In research published in Diabetes Care, Lipman and her colleagues updated a registry started in 1985 of Philadelphia children diagnosed with type 1 diabetes.
By 2004, cases in children under the age of five increased by 70 percent as the number of diagnosed cases among all kids up to age 14 rose by 29 percent.
In 1985, 13.4 out of every 100,000 children in Philadelphia was newly diagnosed with type 1 diabetes, and in 2004, the rate was 17.2 cases per 100,000.
Hispanic children had the highest diabetes rates across all ages whereas cases in black children aged 4 and under, which had historically been very low, rose by 200 percent over the past two decades. Cases among white kids under 4 rose by 48 percent in 2000-2004, however, making theirs the fastest recent increase.
Of the two most common forms of diabetes, type 2 typically affects adults who can still produce insulin, but whose bodies cannot use the hormone to regulate blood sugar. Type 1, previously known as juvenile diabetes, typically strikes children whose immune systems have killed off insulin-producing cells in the pancreas. The disease is usually fatal if left untreated.
Type 1 diabetics must take insulin but many type 2 diabetics can control the disease with medications, diet and exercise.
Type 1 diabetes tends to start in adolescence, but especially in light of the rising number of cases in very young children, experts said parents need to be aware that toddlers and preschoolers are also susceptible.
Children from Chicago to Colorado to Finland have similarly increased rates of type 1 diabetes, though the cause eludes researchers.
"This younger group is a mystery," said Dr. Carol Levy, a type 1 diabetes specialist at Mount Sinai Hospital in New York who was not involved in the new study. "Make sure your child has a healthy lifestyle and maintains normal body weight; whether that's a guarantee we're going to reduce risk, we don't know at this point."
Several theories vie to explain the recent rise in diabetes among youth, including vitamin D deficiencies, lack of breastfeeding and overly-hygienic environments that might cause the immune system to backfire.
"The data is controversial so that's why I'm certainly very reluctant to propose a theory when nothing has been proven," Lipman told Reuters Health.
"The take home message is not to be alarmist. These data confirm what has been reported worldwide and in other parts of the United States," said Dr. Lori Laffel, of the Joslin Diabetes Center in Boston, who was not involved in the study.
"It is important to be aware of the symptoms of diabetes," Laffel told Reuters Health. Symptoms can include extreme thirst, bed wetting or accidents in toilet-trained children or excessively wet diapers in babies, she said.
By the time the disease gets diagnosed, many infants and toddlers are very sick and the degree of illness tends to be more severe the younger the patient, experts noted.
"The young child isn't able to talk about symptoms," Laffel said. "A young child may be in diapers, you may not notice because diapers are often wet."
SOURCE: http://bit.ly/YGkBuW Diabetes Care, online January 22, 2013.
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COMMENT ON Thu 2/14/13 ABOVE
IMPORTANT ARTICLE TO NEGOTIATE CvC's POSITION IN THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT
IMPORTANT ARTICLE TO NEGOTIATE CvC's POSITION IN THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT
NEWS 2/14/13 Thursday
Obama to push universal preschool proposal
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By Dr. Christian von Christophers, Ph.D., N.D.
Good plan and at least part of what should be.
Quote from the above news article: "Two days after his State of the Union pledge to guarantee high quality preschool for every 4-year-old in the U.S."
The plan must be made available for every child and for every family, not only to low-income or minority families.
The above article leaves out the middle-class. Not reasonable.
The wealthy have always their choice for private schools. In most developed countries the educational demands and options are FOR EVERY CHILD no matter what background - it shows in their academic results.
Save The American Family - STAF, Inc.,-not-for-profit-, is a new, leading organization in all family, healthy lifestyle & life success topics.
For several years STAF, Inc. has lobbied the D.C. to start understanding that every dollar invested in a universal manner in the below listed areas of life will bring back the costs in hundred times to our economy:
(1) Education to every U.S. child starting latest at the age of 4 (in some developed countries started successfully at 2);
(2) Healthy lifestyle education to every U.S. family and in every school's curriculum to every child starting at the age of 4 or earlier. Today the unhealthy parental lifestyle & wrong, processed nutrition is causing type 1 diabetes and high blood pressure already to children 3 - 5 years old and up;
(3) Saving & investment education to every U.S. family and to every child in our schools - practically completely missing now ;
(4) Marriage happiness & child raising education for every family & every teenager in our schools - fully missing today and present in most other developed countries in their school curriculums.
STAF, Inc.'s presence is needed in D.C. in the U.S. Congress (House & Senate).
STAF, Inc.'s founding President is planning (1) to seek a seat in D.C. Congress/Senate to provide the necessary information to the D.C. lawmakers and (2) to establish a fully new federal agency, Healthy Lifestyle & Family Success Agency, and to be named its first federal director. New legislation and training for all these matters are needed in a results-bringing manner. STAF, Inc.'s slogan is: Less suffering - more life™
In STAF, Inc.'s website at the end of the Home page is a link to study the original founding documents to see the full purpose & the mission statements of the organization.
Listen to STAF, Inc.'s popular Radio Shows - you'll get free CEU & College-credits nationwide or worldwide. To visit STAF, Inc.'s website, use its Radio Show title "DrDrCanYouHelpMe" in the internet search.
Respectfully,
Christian von Christophers, Ph.D., N.D.
STAF. Inc.'s founding President
final below Thu 2/14/13
Comment by Save The American Family - STAF, Inc.,-not-for-profit-
By Dr. Christian von Christophers, Ph.D., N.D.
Good plan and at least part of what should be.
Quote from the above news article: "Two days after his State of the Union pledge to guarantee high quality preschool for every 4-year-old in the U.S."
The plan must be made available for every child and for every family, not only to low-income or minority families. The above article handles the middle-class differently. Not reasonable.
The wealthy have always their choice for private schools. In most developed countries the educational demands and options are FOR EVERY CHILD no matter what background - it shows in their academic results.
Save The American Family - STAF, Inc.,-not-for-profit-, is a new, leading organization in all family, healthy lifestyle & life success topics.
For several years STAF, Inc. has lobbied the D.C. to start understanding that every dollar invested in a universal manner in the below listed areas of life will bring back the costs in ten times or more to our economy:
(1) Education to every U.S. child starting latest at the age of 4 (in some developed countries started successfully at 2);
(2) Healthy lifestyle education to every U.S. family and in every school's curriculum to every child starting at the age of 4 or earlier. Today the unhealthy parental lifestyle model & its wrong, processed nutrition is causing type 1 diabetes and high blood pressure already to children 3 - 5 years old and up;
(3) Saving & investment education to every U.S. family and to every child in our schools - practically completely missing now ;
(4) Marriage happiness & child raising education for every family & every teenager in our schools (and colleges) - fully missing today and present in most other developed countries in their school curriculums.
STAF, Inc.'s presence is needed in D.C. in the U.S. Congress (House & Senate).
STAF, Inc.'s founding President is planning (1) to seek a seat in D.C. Congress/Senate to provide the necessary information to the D.C. lawmakers and (2) to establish a fully new federal agency, Healthy Lifestyle & Family Success Agency, and to be named its first federal director. New legislation and training for all these matters are needed in a results-bringing manner. STAF, Inc.'s slogan is: Less suffering - more life™
In STAF, Inc.'s website at the end of the Home page is a link to study the original founding documents to see the full purpose & the mission statements of the organization.
Listen to STAF, Inc.'s popular Radio Shows - you'll get free CEU & College-credits nationwide or worldwide. To visit STAF, Inc.'s website, use its Radio Show title "DrDrCanYouHelpMe" in the internet search.
Respectfully,
Christian von Christophers, Ph.D., N.D.
STAF. Inc.'s founding President
- Obama makes universal preschool pitch
The president says his plan will bring low income and minority children up to speed with other kids.
Obama to push universal preschool proposal
Comment by Save The American Family - STAF, Inc.,-not-for-profit-
By Dr. Christian von Christophers, Ph.D., N.D.
Good plan and at least part of what should be.
Quote from the above news article: "Two days after his State of the Union pledge to guarantee high quality preschool for every 4-year-old in the U.S."
The plan must be made available for every child and for every family, not only to low-income or minority families.
The above article leaves out the middle-class. Not reasonable.
The wealthy have always their choice for private schools. In most developed countries the educational demands and options are FOR EVERY CHILD no matter what background - it shows in their academic results.
Save The American Family - STAF, Inc.,-not-for-profit-, is a new, leading organization in all family, healthy lifestyle & life success topics.
For several years STAF, Inc. has lobbied the D.C. to start understanding that every dollar invested in a universal manner in the below listed areas of life will bring back the costs in hundred times to our economy:
(1) Education to every U.S. child starting latest at the age of 4 (in some developed countries started successfully at 2);
(2) Healthy lifestyle education to every U.S. family and in every school's curriculum to every child starting at the age of 4 or earlier. Today the unhealthy parental lifestyle & wrong, processed nutrition is causing type 1 diabetes and high blood pressure already to children 3 - 5 years old and up;
(3) Saving & investment education to every U.S. family and to every child in our schools - practically completely missing now ;
(4) Marriage happiness & child raising education for every family & every teenager in our schools - fully missing today and present in most other developed countries in their school curriculums.
STAF, Inc.'s presence is needed in D.C. in the U.S. Congress (House & Senate).
STAF, Inc.'s founding President is planning (1) to seek a seat in D.C. Congress/Senate to provide the necessary information to the D.C. lawmakers and (2) to establish a fully new federal agency, Healthy Lifestyle & Family Success Agency, and to be named its first federal director. New legislation and training for all these matters are needed in a results-bringing manner. STAF, Inc.'s slogan is: Less suffering - more life™
In STAF, Inc.'s website at the end of the Home page is a link to study the original founding documents to see the full purpose & the mission statements of the organization.
Listen to STAF, Inc.'s popular Radio Shows - you'll get free CEU & College-credits nationwide or worldwide. To visit STAF, Inc.'s website, use its Radio Show title "DrDrCanYouHelpMe" in the internet search.
Respectfully,
Christian von Christophers, Ph.D., N.D.
STAF. Inc.'s founding President
final below Thu 2/14/13
Comment by Save The American Family - STAF, Inc.,-not-for-profit-
By Dr. Christian von Christophers, Ph.D., N.D.
Good plan and at least part of what should be.
Quote from the above news article: "Two days after his State of the Union pledge to guarantee high quality preschool for every 4-year-old in the U.S."
The plan must be made available for every child and for every family, not only to low-income or minority families. The above article handles the middle-class differently. Not reasonable.
The wealthy have always their choice for private schools. In most developed countries the educational demands and options are FOR EVERY CHILD no matter what background - it shows in their academic results.
Save The American Family - STAF, Inc.,-not-for-profit-, is a new, leading organization in all family, healthy lifestyle & life success topics.
For several years STAF, Inc. has lobbied the D.C. to start understanding that every dollar invested in a universal manner in the below listed areas of life will bring back the costs in ten times or more to our economy:
(1) Education to every U.S. child starting latest at the age of 4 (in some developed countries started successfully at 2);
(2) Healthy lifestyle education to every U.S. family and in every school's curriculum to every child starting at the age of 4 or earlier. Today the unhealthy parental lifestyle model & its wrong, processed nutrition is causing type 1 diabetes and high blood pressure already to children 3 - 5 years old and up;
(3) Saving & investment education to every U.S. family and to every child in our schools - practically completely missing now ;
(4) Marriage happiness & child raising education for every family & every teenager in our schools (and colleges) - fully missing today and present in most other developed countries in their school curriculums.
STAF, Inc.'s presence is needed in D.C. in the U.S. Congress (House & Senate).
STAF, Inc.'s founding President is planning (1) to seek a seat in D.C. Congress/Senate to provide the necessary information to the D.C. lawmakers and (2) to establish a fully new federal agency, Healthy Lifestyle & Family Success Agency, and to be named its first federal director. New legislation and training for all these matters are needed in a results-bringing manner. STAF, Inc.'s slogan is: Less suffering - more life™
In STAF, Inc.'s website at the end of the Home page is a link to study the original founding documents to see the full purpose & the mission statements of the organization.
Listen to STAF, Inc.'s popular Radio Shows - you'll get free CEU & College-credits nationwide or worldwide. To visit STAF, Inc.'s website, use its Radio Show title "DrDrCanYouHelpMe" in the internet search.
Respectfully,
Christian von Christophers, Ph.D., N.D.
STAF. Inc.'s founding President
COMMENT ON Thu 2/14/13 ABOVE
IMPORTANT ARTICLE TO NEGOTIATE CvC's POSITION IN THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT
Yahoo news 2/14/13
Obama to push universal preschool proposal
Two days after his State of the Union pledge to guarantee high quality preschool for every 4-year-old in the U.S., President Barack Obama takes his pitch on the road on Thursday to an Atlanta suburb where he will deliver a speech on the issue at a local recreation center.
Obama cast his preschool plan as a way to bring low-income and minority children up to speed with higher-income children—a move he says would save taxpayer money and give those children greater opportunity to succeed over their lifetimes.
"Every dollar we invest in high-quality early childhood education can save more than seven dollars later on by boosting graduation rates, reducing teen pregnancy, even reducing violent crime," Obama said in his State of the Union remarks. "In states that make it a priority to educate our youngest children, like Georgia or Oklahoma, studies show students grow up more likely to read and do math at grade level, graduate high school, hold a job, form more stable families of their own."
The president is set to speak at 1:20 p.m. ET at the Decatur Community Recreation Center, after a tour of a local pre-kindergarten classroom.
According to a fact sheet released by the White House on Thursday morning, Obama's preschool plan would create a new federal-state cost-sharing partnership to guarantee high-quality preschool to all low- and moderate-income 4-year-old children, including families that earn up to 200 percent of the poverty level. The program would be extended to middle-class families who may pay on a sliding scale, and would incentivize full-day kindergarten.
The Department of Education will allocate funds to states based on the number of 4-year-olds in each state who qualify. Standards for preschools will include "well-trained teachers, who are paid comparably to K-12 staff," as well as small class size and a rigorous curriculum.
White House officials said the new preschool proposal will not replace or destroy the current Head Start early education government program. Instead, a new early Head Start program will be created to support communities affected by the new preschool proposal.
The White House has not released cost estimates for the new preschool plan. The president has said this proposal and others announced in his address would not add to the federal deficit.
IMPORTANT ARTICLE TO NEGOTIATE CvC's POSITION IN THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT
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New photos, details emerge of Newtown mass shooter Adam Lanza
By Liz Goodwin, Yahoo! News
Tue, 2/19/13Accused Newtown shooter Adam Lanza was spending more time alone in the months leading up to the mass shooting as his mother, Nancy Lanza, attempted to encourage him to be independent despite his mental disabilities, a Hartford Courant/Frontline investigation has found. In a new documentary called "Raising Adam Lanza," which airs Tuesday night on PBS, reporters from the Courant attempt to retrace the steps taken by Nancy and Adam in the years leading up to the shooting, complicating the picture that has occasionally appeared in the media of Nancy as a gun obsessed mother who was in denial about her son's mental challenges.
Adam is believed to have shot his mother four times in the head as she slept on Dec. 14 before shooting his way into Sandy Hook Elementary, where he attended school as a child, and killing 20 children and six women. He then took his own life.
Frontline and The Hartford Courant provided Yahoo News with several previously unpublished childhood and teenage photos of Adam Lanza they uncovered in their investigation.
The 20-year-old had been spending more time alone in his mother's $500,000 home in the affluent Connecticut suburb in the months leading up the shooting, Courant reporters Alaine Griffin and Josh Kovner found. Adam's social world gradually began shrinking after he left Newtown High School at the age of 16 to enroll in a nearby college, where he made As and Bs before withdrawing there, as well. Since 2010, Adam had not attended school.
Between 2010 and 2012, Nancy took Adam to nearby gun ranges to practice shooting. Nancy purchased four firearms, including the Bushmaster semi-automatic rifle Adam is believed to have used in the attack, during the same period. Her friends say Nancy used target practice as a way to bond with her withdrawn son. Police also uncovered thousands of dollars worth of violent video games in the Lanzas' home. Police believe Adam may have been inspired by the video games he played in the attack, since he changed the magazines of his weapons more frequently than was necessary, Frontline reported. Late Sunday, the Courant also reported that Adam may have felt that he was in direct competition with Norwegian mass murderer Anders Breivik, based on news articles about Breivik's 2011 crime they found in the Lanzas' home.
In the months before the attack, Nancy took frequent trips and left Adam at home unsupervised--including on one trip this past Thanksgiving--in an attempt to make him more independent.
Her friends say Nancy is the forgotten 27th victim that day.
"She's been described as some sort of gun nut or survivalist and this other misconception that she was a bad mother," her friend John Bergquist told Frontline. But he said her life "revolved around caring for Adam."
Adam was diagnosed at a young age with sensory integration disorder, a medically controversial diagnosis that meant Adam had trouble coping with bright lights, loud noises, and knowing when he was in pain. Later, when he was in middle school, Adam was also diagnosed with Asperger's, a condition related to autism that can make social interaction challenging. (Medical experts cautioned that autism disorders are not associated with violent behavior.)
A friend of Nancy’s remembered that when Adam was just six years old, he did not like to be touched. If children his age touched them, he recoiled or became upset. "He was angry with them," Marvin LaFontaine, Nancy's friend, told Frontline. Richard Novia, who co-founded the tech club Adam joined while he attended Newtown High School, told Frontline Adam would have "episodes" as a teen where he would completely withdraw from the world, sometimes sitting in a corner, motionless.
Nancy raised Adam and his older brother in their Newtown home on her own after she and her husband separated in 2001. In 2009, the couple officially divorced, and Adam abruptly cut off contact with his father in 2010 for reasons that are unclear.
Nancy's friends said she was planning on moving to either Washington or North Carolina to enroll Adam in college again, so that he could get a degree in history.
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More gun laws = fewer deaths, 50-state study says
States with more gun laws have fewer gun deaths, study says but which ones work is uncertain
By Lindsey Tanner, AP Medical Writer
CHICAGO (AP) -- States with the most gun control laws have the fewest gun-related deaths, according to a study that suggests sheer quantity of measures might make a difference.
But the research leaves many questions unanswered and won't settle the debate over how policymakers should respond to recent high-profile acts of gun violence.
In the dozen or so states with the most gun control-related laws, far fewer people were shot to death or killed themselves with guns than in the states with the fewest laws, the study found. Overall, states with the most laws had a 42 percent lower gun death rate than states with the least number of laws.
The results are based on an analysis of 2007-2010 gun-related homicides and suicides from the federal Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. The researchers also used data on gun controlmeasures in all 50 states compiled by the Brady Center to Prevent Gun Violence, a well-known gun control advocacy group. They compared states by dividing them into four equal-sized groups according to the number of gun laws.
The results were published online Wednesday in the medical journal JAMA Internal Medicine.
More than 30,000 people nationwide die from guns every year nationwide, and there's evidence that gun-related violent crime rates have increased since 2008, a journal editorial noted.
During the four-years studied, there were nearly 122,000 gun deaths, 60 percent of them suicides.
"Our motivation was really to understand what are the interventions that can be done to reduce firearm mortality," said Dr. Eric Fleegler, the study's lead author and an emergency department pediatrician and researcher at Boston Children's Hospital.
He said his study suggests but doesn't prove that gun laws — or something else — led to fewer gun deaths.
Fleegler is also among hundreds of doctors who have signed a petition urging President Barack Obama and Congress to pass gun safety legislation, a campaign organized by the advocacy group Doctors for America.
Gun rights advocates have argued that strict gun laws have failed to curb high murder rates in some cities, including Chicago and Washington, D.C. Fleegler said his study didn't examine city-level laws, while gun control advocates have said local laws aren't as effective when neighboring states have lax laws.
Previous research on the effectiveness of gun laws has had mixed results, and it's a "very challenging" area to study, said Dr. Daniel Webster, director of the Johns Hopkins Center For Gun Policy. He was not involved in the current study.
The strongest kind of research would require comparisons between states that have dissimilar gun laws but otherwise are nearly identical, "but there isn't a super nice twin for New Jersey," for example, a state with strict gun laws, Webster noted.
Fleegler said his study's conclusions took into account factors also linked with gun violence, including poverty, education levels and race, which vary among the states.
The average annual gun death rate ranged from almost 3 per 100,000 in Hawaii to 18 per 100,000 in Louisiana. Hawaii had 16 gun laws, and along with New Jersey, New York and Massachusetts was among states with the most laws and fewest deaths. States with the fewest laws and most deaths included Alaska, Kentucky, Louisiana and Oklahoma.
But there were outliers: South Dakota, for example, had just two guns laws but few deaths.
Editorial author Dr. Garen Wintemute, director the Violence Prevention Research Program at the University of California, Davis, said the study doesn't answer which laws, if any, work.
Wintemute said it's likely that gun control measures are more readily enacted in states with few gun owners — a factor that might have more influence on gun deaths than the number of laws.
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More gun laws = fewer deaths, 50-state study says
States with more gun laws have fewer gun deaths, study says but which ones work is uncertain
By Lindsey Tanner, AP Medical Writer
CHICAGO (AP) -- States with the most gun control laws have the fewest gun-related deaths, according to a study that suggests sheer quantity of measures might make a difference.
But the research leaves many questions unanswered and won't settle the debate over how policymakers should respond to recent high-profile acts of gun violence.
In the dozen or so states with the most gun control-related laws, far fewer people were shot to death or killed themselves with guns than in the states with the fewest laws, the study found. Overall, states with the most laws had a 42 percent lower gun death rate than states with the least number of laws.
The results are based on an analysis of 2007-2010 gun-related homicides and suicides from the federal Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. The researchers also used data on gun controlmeasures in all 50 states compiled by the Brady Center to Prevent Gun Violence, a well-known gun control advocacy group. They compared states by dividing them into four equal-sized groups according to the number of gun laws.
The results were published online Wednesday in the medical journal JAMA Internal Medicine.
More than 30,000 people nationwide die from guns every year nationwide, and there's evidence that gun-related violent crime rates have increased since 2008, a journal editorial noted.
During the four-years studied, there were nearly 122,000 gun deaths, 60 percent of them suicides.
"Our motivation was really to understand what are the interventions that can be done to reduce firearm mortality," said Dr. Eric Fleegler, the study's lead author and an emergency department pediatrician and researcher at Boston Children's Hospital.
He said his study suggests but doesn't prove that gun laws — or something else — led to fewer gun deaths.
Fleegler is also among hundreds of doctors who have signed a petition urging President Barack Obama and Congress to pass gun safety legislation, a campaign organized by the advocacy group Doctors for America.
Gun rights advocates have argued that strict gun laws have failed to curb high murder rates in some cities, including Chicago and Washington, D.C. Fleegler said his study didn't examine city-level laws, while gun control advocates have said local laws aren't as effective when neighboring states have lax laws.
Previous research on the effectiveness of gun laws has had mixed results, and it's a "very challenging" area to study, said Dr. Daniel Webster, director of the Johns Hopkins Center For Gun Policy. He was not involved in the current study.
The strongest kind of research would require comparisons between states that have dissimilar gun laws but otherwise are nearly identical, "but there isn't a super nice twin for New Jersey," for example, a state with strict gun laws, Webster noted.
Fleegler said his study's conclusions took into account factors also linked with gun violence, including poverty, education levels and race, which vary among the states.
The average annual gun death rate ranged from almost 3 per 100,000 in Hawaii to 18 per 100,000 in Louisiana. Hawaii had 16 gun laws, and along with New Jersey, New York and Massachusetts was among states with the most laws and fewest deaths. States with the fewest laws and most deaths included Alaska, Kentucky, Louisiana and Oklahoma.
But there were outliers: South Dakota, for example, had just two guns laws but few deaths.
Editorial author Dr. Garen Wintemute, director the Violence Prevention Research Program at the University of California, Davis, said the study doesn't answer which laws, if any, work.
Wintemute said it's likely that gun control measures are more readily enacted in states with few gun owners — a factor that might have more influence on gun deaths than the number of laws.
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AP Medical Writer Lindsey Tanner can be reached at http://www.twitter.com
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By Dr. Christian von Christophers, Ph.D., N.D.
Practically all mass shooters have two things in common: (1) they are victims of a divorce & (2) they are all males.
A growing boy needs especially his father's continuous presence and guidance, more so than his mother's. The moral in our marriages has gone close to a zero. The children grow up disturbed & misled. In addition, the violent video games & violent movies are replacing the parental love & healthy attention - the children get a wrong picture about being a human being. The young mass killers suffer from the Broken Marriage Syndrome™.
In a family separation & divorce both spouses will experience (1) health challenges leading to a shorter life span and (2) to added financial difficulties. Any traditionally done marriage turned dysfunctional can be healed. Giving up as the first solution is not reasonable for anyone. A separation and a divorce are serious child abuse.
Every child experiencing a parental divorce faces serious life threatening disasters - the most important listed here: (1) overall increased risks to health & welfare; (2) 5 times more likely to commit suicide; (3) 32 times more likely to run away; (4) 20 times more likely to have behavioral disorders; (5) 14 times more likely to commit rape; (6) 9 times more likely to drop out of school; (7) 10 times more likely to abuse alcohol and drugs; (8) 20 times more likely to end up in prison; (9) increased learning difficulties; (10) increased risk of divorce when grown; (11) increased out of wedlock pregnancies; (12) Latest discovery by the researchers: highly increased risk of having a stroke during his/her life time.
In every recent case, including Colorado, all these above reasons were present. The CT mass shooter Adam Lanza hated his mother (killed her first) because she had initiated the divorce and took his father away.
He hated his father because (as any child would wrongly feel) Adam believed his father did not love him any longer and had abandoned him.. Any child specialist would know this reason. Adam's possible autism is not the reason for a violent behavior. But uncontrolled jealousy and denied love are - some of the reasons for the mass shooters' behavior. E.g., in many cultures (not that it is right) going after the other lover was widely (and still is) admired and even permitted.
The long-term solution is to start educating the whole nation how to heal the American Family & our homes where our children are growing up. In the U.S. marriage happiness & child raising education for every family & every teenager in our schools (and colleges) is fully missing today but is present in most other developed countries in their school curricula.
In a happy home with both parents present the children grow up healthy - no Broken Marriage Syndrome™ and no reason to go to punish the world by killing everyone around.
STAF, Inc.'s presence is needed in D.C. in the U.S. Congress (House & Senate). STAF, Inc.'s founding President is planning (1) to seek a seat in D.C. Congress/Senate to provide the necessary information to the D.C. lawmakers and (2) to establish a fully new federal agency, Healthy Lifestyle & Family Success Agency, and to be named its first federal director. New legislation and training for all these matters are needed in a results-bringing manner.
Visit STAF,Inc.'s extensive websites. To find the correct website, use STAF, Inc.'s Radio Show title - lower & upper keys as is here: "DrDrCanYouHelpMe" in the internet search. Listen to STAF, Inc.'s popular Radio Show - you'll get free CEU & College-University credits.
Respectfully,
Christian von Christophers, Ph.D., N.D.
STAF, Inc.'s founding President
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New photos, details emerge of Newtown mass shooter Adam Lanza
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THIS gun article uses CT Adam but also other (Colorado) - more suitable for several articles
Comment by Save The American Family - STAF, Inc.,-not-for-profit-
By Dr. Christian von Christophers, Ph.D., N.D.
"Why someone is capable of doing so horrible as the recent mass shootings?" no one seems to know "Why?" Yet, there is a one clear answer to "Why?"
Practically all mass shooters have two things in common: (1) they are victims of a divorce & (2) they are all males.
A growing boy needs especially his father's continuous presence and guidance, more so than his mother's. The moral in our marriages has gone close to a zero. The children grow up disturbed & misled. In addition, the violent video games & violent movies are replacing the parental love & healthy attention - the children get a wrong picture about being a human being. The young mass killers suffer from the Broken Marriage Syndrome™.
In a family separation & divorce both spouses will experience (1) health challenges leading to a shorter life span and (2) to added financial difficulties. Any traditionally done marriage turned dysfunctional can be healed. Giving up as the first solution is not reasonable for anyone. A separation and a divorce are serious child abuse.
Every child experiencing a parental divorce faces serious life threatening disasters - the most important listed here: (1) overall increased risks to health & welfare; (2) 5 times more likely to commit suicide; (3) 32 times more likely to run away; (4) 20 times more likely to have behavioral disorders; (5) 14 times more likely to commit rape; (6) 9 times more likely to drop out of school; (7) 10 times more likely to abuse alcohol and drugs; (8) 20 times more likely to end up in prison; (9) increased learning difficulties; (10) increased risk of divorce when grown; (11) increased out of wedlock pregnancies; (12) Latest discovery by the researchers: highly increased risk of having a stroke during his/her life time.
In every recent case, including Colorado, all these above reasons were present. The CT mass shooter Adam Lanza hated his mother (killed her first) because she had initiated the divorce and took his father away.
He hated his father because (as any child would wrongly feel) Adam believed his father did not love him any longer and had abandoned him. Any child specialist would know this reason. Adam's possible autism is not the reason for a violent behavior. But uncontrolled jealousy and denied love are - some of the reasons for the mass shooters' behavior. E.g., in many cultures (not that it is right) going after the other lover was widely (and still is) admired and even permitted.
The long-term solution is to start educating the whole nation how to heal the American Family & our homes where our children are growing up. In the U.S. marriage happiness & child raising education for every family & every teenager in our schools (and colleges) is fully missing today but is present in most other developed countries in their school curricula.
In a happy home with both parents present the children grow up healthy - no Broken Marriage Syndrome™ and no reason to go to punish the world by killing everyone around.
STAF, Inc.'s presence is needed in D.C. in the U.S. Congress (House & Senate). STAF, Inc.'s founding President is planning (1) to seek a seat in D.C. Congress/Senate to provide the necessary information to the D.C. lawmakers and (2) to establish a fully new federal agency, Healthy Lifestyle & Family Success Agency, and to be named its first federal director. New legislation and training for all these matters are needed in a results-bringing manner.
Visit STAF,Inc.'s extensive websites. To find the correct website, use STAF, Inc.'s Radio Show title - lower & upper keys as is here: "DrDrCanYouHelpMe" in the internet search. Listen to STAF, Inc.'s popular Radio Show - you'll get free CEU & College-University credits.
Respectfully,
Christian von Christophers, Ph.D., N.D.
STAF, Inc.'s founding President
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ARTICLE below talks more directly about CT Adam Lanza
Comment by Save The American Family - STAF, Inc.,-not-for-profit-
By Dr. Christian von Christophers, Ph.D., N.D.
"Why someone is capable of doing so horrible as the recent mass shootings?" no one seems to know "Why?" Yet, there is a one clear answer to "Why?"
Practically all mass shooters have two things in common: (1) they are victims of a divorce, parental separation or other parental relationship challenges & (2) they are all males.
A growing boy needs especially his father's continuous presence and guidance, more so than his mother's. The moral in our marriages has gone close to a zero. The children grow up disturbed & misled. In addition, the violent video games & violent movies are replacing the parental love & healthy attention - the children get a wrong picture about being a human being. The young mass killers suffer from the Broken Marriage Syndrome™.
In a family separation & divorce both spouses will experience (1) health challenges leading to a shorter life span and (2) to added financial difficulties. Any traditionally done marriage turned dysfunctional can be healed. Giving up as the first solution is not reasonable for anyone. A separation and a divorce are serious child abuse.
Every child experiencing a parental divorce faces serious life threatening disasters - the most important listed here: (1) overall increased risks to health & welfare; (2) 5 times more likely to commit suicide; (3) 32 times more likely to run away; (4) 20 times more likely to have behavioral disorders; (5) 14 times more likely to commit rape; (6) 9 times more likely to drop out of school; (7) 10 times more likely to abuse alcohol and drugs; (8) 20 times more likely to end up in prison; (9) increased learning difficulties; (10) increased risk of divorce when grown; (11) increased out of wedlock pregnancies; (12) Latest discovery by the researchers: highly increased risk of having a stroke during his/her life time.
In every recent case all these above reasons were present. The CT mass shooter Adam Lanza hated his mother (killed her first) because she had initiated the divorce and took his father away.
He hated his father because (as any child would wrongly feel) Adam believed his father did not love him any longer and had abandoned him. MODIFY The article above says "it is not known why Adam hated his father". Any child specialist would know this reason. The article also clearly points out that autism is not the reason for a violent behavior. But uncontrolled jealousy and denied love are - some of the reasons for Adam's behavior. E.g., in many cultures (not that it is right) going after the other lover was widely (and still is) admired and even permitted.
The long-term solution is to start educating the whole nation how to heal the American Family & our homes where our children are growing up. In the U.S. marriage happiness & child raising education for every family & every teenager in our schools (and colleges) is fully missing today but is present in most other developed countries in their school curricula.
In a happy home with both parents present the children grow up healthy - no Broken Marriage Syndrome™ and no reason to go to punish the world by killing everyone around.
STAF, Inc.'s presence is needed in D.C. in the U.S. Congress (House & Senate). STAF, Inc.'s founding President is planning (1) to seek a seat in D.C. Congress/Senate to provide the necessary information to the D.C. lawmakers and (2) to establish a fully new federal agency, Healthy Lifestyle & Family Success Agency, and to be named its first federal director. New legislation and training for all these matters are needed in a results-bringing manner.
Visit STAF,Inc.'s extensive websites. To find the correct website, use STAF, Inc.'s Radio Show title - lower & upper keys as is here: DrDrCanYouHelpMe" in the internet search. Listen to STAF, Inc.'s popular Radio Show - you'll get free CEU & College-University credits.
Respectfully,
Christian von Christophers, Ph.D., N.D.
STAF, Inc.'s founding President
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The Truth About Women's Heart Health
Thursday 2/20/13 - place the nutrition response
You know all about the pink ribbon and its derivatives. Each October, for National Breast Cancer Awareness Month, the effort to raise awareness, funds, and hope around a once-taboo topic has worked, with pink-cleated NFL players and a pink-lit White House all joining the cause. And for good reason: About 1 in 8 women will be diagnosed with invasive breast cancer, and 1 in 36 will die from the disease, according to the American Cancer Society.
You may, however, be less familiar with the red dress, and its arresting message: Heart disease is the No. 1 killer of women. In fact, more women die from heart disease than from all cancers combined, according to the National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute (NHLBI) and the American Heart Association.
[See Tips for Heart Health.]
And yet, this threat often goes unrecognized. Hence, the red dress icon, created in 2002 by the NHLBI as the emblem of its public education campaign, "The Heart Truth." "When women hear the term 'heart disease,' they may still think it's a 'man's disease,'" says Nakela Cook, a cardiologist and chief of staff to the NHLBI director.
In the last decade, heart attack deaths in women have dropped steadily, "so a lot of the things that we've been doing are beginning to show benefits," says Nieca Goldberg, medical director of The Joan H. Tisch Center for Women's Health, NYU, Langone Medical Center and a national spokesperson for the American Heart Association's "Go Red for Women" campaign.
Still, plenty of misperceptions abound. Nearly half of women don't grasp the extent of this threat, and African-American and Hispanic women, who are disproportionately affected by heart disease, are even less informed, Cook says.
And yet, as the leading cause of death for both men and women, heart disease requires everyone's attention and prevention, says Sharonne Hayes, director of the Mayo Clinic Women's Heart Clinic in Rochester, Minn. "There's choices that each and every one of us can make each day that will make a difference in our heart health," she says.
Below, some of the critical myths and facts about women's heart health and heart health in general:
MYTH: I've got low cholesterol. That lets me bypass the whole bypass business.
Heart disease is what's called a "multi-risk factor disease," Goldberg says. It can result from a range of reasons: family history, smoking, high blood pressure, diabetes, being overweight or obese, and a sedentary lifestyle, Goldberg says.
That's why experts urge everyone to know their risk factors--regularly checking their cholesterol and blood pressure levels, for example--and respond accordingly. As Cook explains: "Some women believe that doing just one healthy thing is enough to make them not at risk. For example, they may think that if they walk or swim regularly, they can still smoke and that the exercise will counter the smoking risk factor. That's faulty reasoning. To protect your heart, it is vital to make changes that address each risk factor you have."
[See 14 Heart Numbers Everyone Should Know.]
MYTH: If heart disease is genetic, then I'm doomed.
No, no, and no. Even with family history of heart disease, studies have found that lifestyle changes lower one's heart-attack risk, says Goldberg. "A lot of the ways to prevent heart disease are things that we all have to do ourselves." That means at least a half-hour of aerobic exercise every day--and if that seems daunting, she advises working up to it or employing 10-minute intervals.
Goldberg also suggests following a Mediterranean diet: Have at least five daily servings of colorful, antioxidant-rich fruits and vegetables, swap saturated and trans fats for monounsaturated fat, and get your omega-3 fatty acids from fish.
[See Plant-Based Diets: A Primer.]
For her part, Cook proposes the DASH diet, a government-created program to reduce high blood pressure. Focus on fruits, vegetables, whole grains, fish, nuts, and poultry, she says, and keep salt, sugar, red meat, and calories in check. Also, "move every day," she says, and suggests brisk walking, dancing, and gardening.
Unlike telling people to ditch the cheesecake or prime rib, exercise is "one behavior that actually makes you feel better," Hayes says. She also advises getting seven to eight hours of sleep each night.
[See Diet and Fitness Tips to Help You Sleep.]
MYTH: My chest pain was on the right side, not the left, so I couldn't be having a heart attack.
"That's a total myth," Goldberg says. The pressure or tightness associated with heart disease can show up anywhere in the chest, even the upper abdomen, and commonly spreads to the arm, neck, and jaw, she says. But unlike men, for whom chest pain is the most common symptom of heart attack, only half of female heart attack patients report chest pain, Cook says. Women more often have back or neck pain, indigestion, heartburn, nausea, extreme fatigue, or trouble breathing, she says. Women are also prone to specific, less-understood conditions such as coronary microvascular disease, which affects the walls of the heart's arteries, and "broken heart syndrome," in which severe emotional stress causes heart muscle failure.
Also, women are more likely to delay reporting heart attack symptoms and less likely to receive the same quality of care shown to men, Cook says, citing lower rates of treatment and more bleeding complications among female cardiac patients.
[See Red Meat Shortens Life? What to Do.]
Similar challenges affect women suffering from stroke. According to a recent Mayo Clinic survey of 209 stroke patients, only 27 percent of the females could name more than two of the six basic symptoms for stroke. The study also showed that married men called an ambulance within 28 minutes of experiencing symptoms, while married women waited 67 minutes, on average. (The disparity among singles was negligible).
Here, too, women experience unique symptoms that may affect their diagnosis, says Eva Rzucidlo, associate professor of vascular surgery at Dartmouth University's Geisel School of Medicine. Classic stroke symptoms include numbness or weakness in the face or arm, a loss of speech or hearing, dizziness, and headache. But women's symptoms can include trouble breathing or even the hiccups, Rzucidlo says. At stake is the extent of recovery, since stroke patients only have a few hours for powerful clot-destroying medicine to take effect.
[See 7 Steps Toward a Healthy Heart (and Long Life).]
"We have to be our own advocates, especially if you have risk factors," Rzucidlo says. "The most important thing is for you to understand your disease ... It means talking to your doctor and understanding what your risk factors are and how you can modify those risk factors to make yourself as healthy as possible."
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Thursday 2/20/13 - place the nutrition response
You know all about the pink ribbon and its derivatives. Each October, for National Breast Cancer Awareness Month, the effort to raise awareness, funds, and hope around a once-taboo topic has worked, with pink-cleated NFL players and a pink-lit White House all joining the cause. And for good reason: About 1 in 8 women will be diagnosed with invasive breast cancer, and 1 in 36 will die from the disease, according to the American Cancer Society.
You may, however, be less familiar with the red dress, and its arresting message: Heart disease is the No. 1 killer of women. In fact, more women die from heart disease than from all cancers combined, according to the National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute (NHLBI) and the American Heart Association.
[See Tips for Heart Health.]
And yet, this threat often goes unrecognized. Hence, the red dress icon, created in 2002 by the NHLBI as the emblem of its public education campaign, "The Heart Truth." "When women hear the term 'heart disease,' they may still think it's a 'man's disease,'" says Nakela Cook, a cardiologist and chief of staff to the NHLBI director.
In the last decade, heart attack deaths in women have dropped steadily, "so a lot of the things that we've been doing are beginning to show benefits," says Nieca Goldberg, medical director of The Joan H. Tisch Center for Women's Health, NYU, Langone Medical Center and a national spokesperson for the American Heart Association's "Go Red for Women" campaign.
Still, plenty of misperceptions abound. Nearly half of women don't grasp the extent of this threat, and African-American and Hispanic women, who are disproportionately affected by heart disease, are even less informed, Cook says.
And yet, as the leading cause of death for both men and women, heart disease requires everyone's attention and prevention, says Sharonne Hayes, director of the Mayo Clinic Women's Heart Clinic in Rochester, Minn. "There's choices that each and every one of us can make each day that will make a difference in our heart health," she says.
Below, some of the critical myths and facts about women's heart health and heart health in general:
MYTH: I've got low cholesterol. That lets me bypass the whole bypass business.
Heart disease is what's called a "multi-risk factor disease," Goldberg says. It can result from a range of reasons: family history, smoking, high blood pressure, diabetes, being overweight or obese, and a sedentary lifestyle, Goldberg says.
That's why experts urge everyone to know their risk factors--regularly checking their cholesterol and blood pressure levels, for example--and respond accordingly. As Cook explains: "Some women believe that doing just one healthy thing is enough to make them not at risk. For example, they may think that if they walk or swim regularly, they can still smoke and that the exercise will counter the smoking risk factor. That's faulty reasoning. To protect your heart, it is vital to make changes that address each risk factor you have."
[See 14 Heart Numbers Everyone Should Know.]
MYTH: If heart disease is genetic, then I'm doomed.
No, no, and no. Even with family history of heart disease, studies have found that lifestyle changes lower one's heart-attack risk, says Goldberg. "A lot of the ways to prevent heart disease are things that we all have to do ourselves." That means at least a half-hour of aerobic exercise every day--and if that seems daunting, she advises working up to it or employing 10-minute intervals.
Goldberg also suggests following a Mediterranean diet: Have at least five daily servings of colorful, antioxidant-rich fruits and vegetables, swap saturated and trans fats for monounsaturated fat, and get your omega-3 fatty acids from fish.
[See Plant-Based Diets: A Primer.]
For her part, Cook proposes the DASH diet, a government-created program to reduce high blood pressure. Focus on fruits, vegetables, whole grains, fish, nuts, and poultry, she says, and keep salt, sugar, red meat, and calories in check. Also, "move every day," she says, and suggests brisk walking, dancing, and gardening.
Unlike telling people to ditch the cheesecake or prime rib, exercise is "one behavior that actually makes you feel better," Hayes says. She also advises getting seven to eight hours of sleep each night.
[See Diet and Fitness Tips to Help You Sleep.]
MYTH: My chest pain was on the right side, not the left, so I couldn't be having a heart attack.
"That's a total myth," Goldberg says. The pressure or tightness associated with heart disease can show up anywhere in the chest, even the upper abdomen, and commonly spreads to the arm, neck, and jaw, she says. But unlike men, for whom chest pain is the most common symptom of heart attack, only half of female heart attack patients report chest pain, Cook says. Women more often have back or neck pain, indigestion, heartburn, nausea, extreme fatigue, or trouble breathing, she says. Women are also prone to specific, less-understood conditions such as coronary microvascular disease, which affects the walls of the heart's arteries, and "broken heart syndrome," in which severe emotional stress causes heart muscle failure.
Also, women are more likely to delay reporting heart attack symptoms and less likely to receive the same quality of care shown to men, Cook says, citing lower rates of treatment and more bleeding complications among female cardiac patients.
[See Red Meat Shortens Life? What to Do.]
Similar challenges affect women suffering from stroke. According to a recent Mayo Clinic survey of 209 stroke patients, only 27 percent of the females could name more than two of the six basic symptoms for stroke. The study also showed that married men called an ambulance within 28 minutes of experiencing symptoms, while married women waited 67 minutes, on average. (The disparity among singles was negligible).
Here, too, women experience unique symptoms that may affect their diagnosis, says Eva Rzucidlo, associate professor of vascular surgery at Dartmouth University's Geisel School of Medicine. Classic stroke symptoms include numbness or weakness in the face or arm, a loss of speech or hearing, dizziness, and headache. But women's symptoms can include trouble breathing or even the hiccups, Rzucidlo says. At stake is the extent of recovery, since stroke patients only have a few hours for powerful clot-destroying medicine to take effect.
[See 7 Steps Toward a Healthy Heart (and Long Life).]
"We have to be our own advocates, especially if you have risk factors," Rzucidlo says. "The most important thing is for you to understand your disease ... It means talking to your doctor and understanding what your risk factors are and how you can modify those risk factors to make yourself as healthy as possible."
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Outrage over Russian boy's death in U.S.As tensions boil over, Russia launches its own probe into a tragedy involving an adopted 3-year-old. Accusations
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Russia investigates adopted boy's death in U.S.
Thursday 2/20/13
By Sonia Elks | Reuters
MOSCOW (Reuters) - Russian investigators have opened an inquiry into the death of an adopted 3-year-old boy in the United States in a case that could aggravate a row with Washington over adoptions in Russia.
Russian officials said they are concerned that Maxim Shatto, whoseRussian name is Maxim Kuzmin, may have been badly beaten before his death on January 21 in his home in Texas.
Moscow seized on the case as justifying a new law banning adoptions of Russian children by Americans, a measure that has escalated a tit-for-tat row with Washington over trade and human rights.
"I would like to draw your attention to yet another case of inhumane treatment of a Russian child adopted by American parents," Konstantin Dolgov, the Russian Foreign Ministry's human rights representative, said in a statement.
Shatto was adopted with his younger brother Kirill from an orphanage in Pskov in northwest Russia.
U.S. authorities said the circumstances surrounding the boy's death were under investigation, and the results of an autopsy were pending, according to the Ector County Sheriff's office.
Texas child welfare authorities were also investigating allegations of child abuse and neglect in the case, a process that can take a month or more, Texas Department of Family and Protective Services spokesman Patrick Crimmins said on Tuesday.
Crimmins said one of the main priorities was ensuring the safety of the boy's 2-year-old brother, who remains in the home.
Russia's Investigative Committee, a government body in charge of criminal investigations, has opened 10 investigations into actions suspected of "threatening the lives and health" of Russian-born children in the United States.
"The Investigative Committee will take all necessary measures to ensure that the killer of a Russian child suffers the most severe punishment," it said in a statement.
In Washington, U.S. State Department spokeswoman Victoria Nuland said it was local law enforcement's responsibility to investigate the boy's death.
"It is a terrible tragedy that this child has died. But none of us, not here, not anywhere in the world, should jump to a conclusion about the circumstances until the police have had a chance to investigate," Nuland told reporters at her daily briefing.
She said the State Department had been working with the Russian consulate in Houston and the embassy in Washington to put Russian officials in touch with authorities in Texas.
The United States has previously refused to hand over data to Russian investigators, and the two countries do not have bilateral extradition agreements, meaning the Russian probe is likely to be purely symbolic.
Russia banned U.S. adoptions as of January 1 in retaliation for the U.S. Magnitsky Act, drawn up over concern about the death in a Russian prison of anti-corruption lawyer Sergei Magnitsky in 2009. The act will deny visas to Russians accused of human rights abuses and freeze their assets in the United States.
The head of the Russian lower house of parliament's committee for family, women and children called for all children who had already been adopted in America to be returned to Russia.
American families adopt more Russian children than those of any other country, with more than 60,000 cases since the 1991 collapse of the Soviet Union, including 962 in 2011.
Moscow has said its ban was justified by the deaths of 19 Russian-born children adopted by U.S. parents in the past decade, and what they perceive as lenient treatment of the parents.
The U.S. embassy in Moscow did not immediately comment.
(Additional reporting by David Bailey and Arshad Mohammed; Editing by Jason Webb, Bob Burgdorfer and Mohammad Zargham)
Related links
Russia investigates adopted boy's death in U.S.
Thursday 2/20/13
By Sonia Elks | Reuters
MOSCOW (Reuters) - Russian investigators have opened an inquiry into the death of an adopted 3-year-old boy in the United States in a case that could aggravate a row with Washington over adoptions in Russia.
Russian officials said they are concerned that Maxim Shatto, whoseRussian name is Maxim Kuzmin, may have been badly beaten before his death on January 21 in his home in Texas.
Moscow seized on the case as justifying a new law banning adoptions of Russian children by Americans, a measure that has escalated a tit-for-tat row with Washington over trade and human rights.
"I would like to draw your attention to yet another case of inhumane treatment of a Russian child adopted by American parents," Konstantin Dolgov, the Russian Foreign Ministry's human rights representative, said in a statement.
Shatto was adopted with his younger brother Kirill from an orphanage in Pskov in northwest Russia.
U.S. authorities said the circumstances surrounding the boy's death were under investigation, and the results of an autopsy were pending, according to the Ector County Sheriff's office.
Texas child welfare authorities were also investigating allegations of child abuse and neglect in the case, a process that can take a month or more, Texas Department of Family and Protective Services spokesman Patrick Crimmins said on Tuesday.
Crimmins said one of the main priorities was ensuring the safety of the boy's 2-year-old brother, who remains in the home.
Russia's Investigative Committee, a government body in charge of criminal investigations, has opened 10 investigations into actions suspected of "threatening the lives and health" of Russian-born children in the United States.
"The Investigative Committee will take all necessary measures to ensure that the killer of a Russian child suffers the most severe punishment," it said in a statement.
In Washington, U.S. State Department spokeswoman Victoria Nuland said it was local law enforcement's responsibility to investigate the boy's death.
"It is a terrible tragedy that this child has died. But none of us, not here, not anywhere in the world, should jump to a conclusion about the circumstances until the police have had a chance to investigate," Nuland told reporters at her daily briefing.
She said the State Department had been working with the Russian consulate in Houston and the embassy in Washington to put Russian officials in touch with authorities in Texas.
The United States has previously refused to hand over data to Russian investigators, and the two countries do not have bilateral extradition agreements, meaning the Russian probe is likely to be purely symbolic.
Russia banned U.S. adoptions as of January 1 in retaliation for the U.S. Magnitsky Act, drawn up over concern about the death in a Russian prison of anti-corruption lawyer Sergei Magnitsky in 2009. The act will deny visas to Russians accused of human rights abuses and freeze their assets in the United States.
The head of the Russian lower house of parliament's committee for family, women and children called for all children who had already been adopted in America to be returned to Russia.
American families adopt more Russian children than those of any other country, with more than 60,000 cases since the 1991 collapse of the Soviet Union, including 962 in 2011.
Moscow has said its ban was justified by the deaths of 19 Russian-born children adopted by U.S. parents in the past decade, and what they perceive as lenient treatment of the parents.
The U.S. embassy in Moscow did not immediately comment.
(Additional reporting by David Bailey and Arshad Mohammed; Editing by Jason Webb, Bob Burgdorfer and Mohammad Zargham)
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Comment by Save The American Family - STAF, Inc.,-not-for-profit-
By Dr. Christian von Christophers, Ph.D., N.D.
Texas - Russian orphanage - Human Watch Report quotes too long 2/20/13 - next below went through
This Texas case of the boy adopted from Russia is still under investigation. It is irresponsible to draw any conclusions about the facts before the facts have been found exposed. The Texas officials are certainly fully capable of conducting a full investigation and draw the correct conclusions. In addition, a person is deemed innocent until proven guilty.
Below a brief copy of the Human Rights Watch report - draw your own conclusions. Under the guidance of Mr. Putin's abusive diktatorship with lifetime tenure the Russian politicians have interfered this case only for political purposes.
The constant violence & human right abuse in their own backyard is huge. The Russians politicians are afraid of the Russian children growing up in America & learning the principles of freedom and then as an adult inspiring further revolution in Russia. Putin & Co. want to stay in their power for the rest of their lives and beyond.
Next some quoted details from the research
CRUELTY AND NEGLECT IN RUSSIAN ORPHANAGES - Human Rights Watch
New York ·Washington · London · Brussels
Quote: "Yet today, in another archipelago of grim state institutions, the authorities of the Russian Federation are
violating the fundamental rights of tens of thousands of innocent citizens: children abandoned to state orphanages.
Human Rights Watch has found that from the moment the state assumes their care, orphans in Russia— of whom 95 percent still have a living parent— are exposed to shocking levels of cruelty and neglect. Infants classified as disabled are segregated into “lying-down” rooms, where they are changed and fed but are bereft of stimulation and lacking in medical care.
Once officially labelled as retarded, Russian orphans face another grave and consequential violation of their rights around the age of four, when they are deemed "ineducable," and warehoused for life in psychoneurological internaty. In addition to receiving little to no education in such internaty, these orphans may be restrained in cloth sacks, tethered by a limb to furniture, denied stimulation, and sometimes left to lie half-naked in their own filth. Bedridden children aged five to seventeen are confined to understaffed lying-down rooms as in the baby houses, and in some cases are neglected to the point of death. Those who grow to adulthood are then interned in another "total institution," where they are permanently denied opportunities to know and enjoy their civil and political rights.
The “normal” abandoned children—those whom the state evaluates as intellectually capable of functioning on a higher level—are subjected to cruel, inhuman and degrading treatment by institution staff. They may be beaten, locked in freezing rooms for days at a time, abused physically and sexually. They may be humiliated, insulted and degraded, and provided inadequate education and training.
It is ironic and deplorable that the very state that is charged with the care and nurture of these vulnerable children condemns them to a life of deprivation and cruelty. Moreover, far too many children are consigned to Russian institutions in the first place." (End of quote)
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By Dr. Christian von Christophers, Ph.D., N.D.
Texas - Russian orphanage - Human Watch Report quotes too long 2/20/13 - next below went through
This Texas case of the boy adopted from Russia is still under investigation. It is irresponsible to draw any conclusions about the facts before the facts have been found exposed. The Texas officials are certainly fully capable of conducting a full investigation and draw the correct conclusions. In addition, a person is deemed innocent until proven guilty.
Below a brief copy of the Human Rights Watch report - draw your own conclusions. Under the guidance of Mr. Putin's abusive diktatorship with lifetime tenure the Russian politicians have interfered this case only for political purposes.
The constant violence & human right abuse in their own backyard is huge. The Russians politicians are afraid of the Russian children growing up in America & learning the principles of freedom and then as an adult inspiring further revolution in Russia. Putin & Co. want to stay in their power for the rest of their lives and beyond.
Next some quoted details from the research
CRUELTY AND NEGLECT IN RUSSIAN ORPHANAGES - Human Rights Watch
New York ·Washington · London · Brussels
Quote: "Yet today, in another archipelago of grim state institutions, the authorities of the Russian Federation are
violating the fundamental rights of tens of thousands of innocent citizens: children abandoned to state orphanages.
Human Rights Watch has found that from the moment the state assumes their care, orphans in Russia— of whom 95 percent still have a living parent— are exposed to shocking levels of cruelty and neglect. Infants classified as disabled are segregated into “lying-down” rooms, where they are changed and fed but are bereft of stimulation and lacking in medical care.
Once officially labelled as retarded, Russian orphans face another grave and consequential violation of their rights around the age of four, when they are deemed "ineducable," and warehoused for life in psychoneurological internaty. In addition to receiving little to no education in such internaty, these orphans may be restrained in cloth sacks, tethered by a limb to furniture, denied stimulation, and sometimes left to lie half-naked in their own filth. Bedridden children aged five to seventeen are confined to understaffed lying-down rooms as in the baby houses, and in some cases are neglected to the point of death. Those who grow to adulthood are then interned in another "total institution," where they are permanently denied opportunities to know and enjoy their civil and political rights.
The “normal” abandoned children—those whom the state evaluates as intellectually capable of functioning on a higher level—are subjected to cruel, inhuman and degrading treatment by institution staff. They may be beaten, locked in freezing rooms for days at a time, abused physically and sexually. They may be humiliated, insulted and degraded, and provided inadequate education and training.
It is ironic and deplorable that the very state that is charged with the care and nurture of these vulnerable children condemns them to a life of deprivation and cruelty. Moreover, far too many children are consigned to Russian institutions in the first place." (End of quote)
STAF, Inc.'s presence is needed in D.C. in the U.S. Congress (House & Senate). STAF, Inc.'s founding President is planning (1) to seek a seat in D.C. Congress/Senate to provide the necessary information to the D.C. lawmakers relating to our own American society challenges and (2) to establish a fully new federal agency, Healthy Lifestyle & Family Success Agency, and to be named its first federal director. New legislation and training for all these matters are needed in our country in a results-bringing manner.
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Christian von Christophers, Ph.D., N.D.
STAF, Inc.'s founding President ===================================================================
Went Through Wed. 2/20/13 - Texas Russian adopted boy = Human Watch: Russians' own childabuse
Comment by Save The American Family - STAF, Inc.,-not-for-profit-
By Dr. Christian von Christophers, Ph.D., N.D.
This Texas case of the boy adopted from Russia is still under investigation. It is irresponsible to draw any conclusion about the facts before the facts have been exposed.
A person is deemed innocent until proven guilty.
Below a brief copy of the Human Rights Watch report. The Russian politicians have interfered this case only for political purposes to draw attention away from their own human rights violations and child abuse in their orphanage system.
The constant violence & human right abuse in their own backyard is huge. Also, the Russians politicians are afraid of the Russian children growing up in America & learning the principles of freedom and then as an adult inspiring further revolution in Russia. Putin & Co. want to stay in power for the rest of their lives and beyond.
Human Rights Watch: CRUELTY AND NEGLECT IN RUSSIAN ORPHANAGES
Quote: "Yet today, in another archipelago of grim state institutions, the authorities of the Russian Federation are violating the fundamental rights of tens of thousands of innocent citizens: children abandoned to state orphanages.
Human Rights Watch has found that from the moment the state assumes their care, "orphans" in Russia— of whom 95 percent still have a living parent— are exposed to shocking levels of cruelty and neglect. Infants classified as disabled are segregated into “lying-down” rooms, where they are changed and fed but are bereft of stimulation and lacking in medical care.
Once officially labelled as retarded, Russian orphans face another grave and consequential violation of their rights around the age of four, when they are deemed "ineducable," and warehoused for life in psychoneurological internaty. In addition to receiving little to no education in such internaty, these orphans may be restrained in cloth sacks, tethered by a limb to furniture, denied stimulation, and sometimes left to lie half-naked in their own filth. Bedridden children aged five to seventeen are confined to understaffed lying-down rooms as in the baby houses, and in some cases are neglected to the point of death.
Those who grow to adulthood are then interned in another "total institution," where they are permanently denied opportunities to know and enjoy their civil and political rights.
The “normal” abandoned children—those whom the state evaluates as intellectually capable of functioning on a higher level—are subjected to cruel, inhuman and degrading treatment by institution staff. They may be beaten, locked in freezing rooms for days at a time, abused physically and sexually. They may be humiliated, insulted and degraded, and provided inadequate education and training.
It is ironic and deplorable that the very state that is charged with the care and nurture of these vulnerable children condemns them to a life of deprivation and cruelty. Moreover, far too many children are illegally consigned to Russian institutions in the first place." (End of quote)
STAF, Inc.'s presence is needed in D.C. in the U.S. Congress (House & Senate). STAF, Inc.'s founding President is planning (1) to seek a seat in D.C. Congress/Senate to provide the necessary information to the D.C. lawmakers relating to our American society challenges and (2) to establish a fully new federal agency, Healthy Lifestyle & Family Success Agency, and to be named its first federal director. New legislation and training for all these matters are needed in our country in a results-bringing manner.
Visit STAF,Inc.'s extensive websites. To find the correct website, use STAF, Inc.'s Radio Show title "DrDrCanYouHelpMe" in the internet search. Listen to STAF, Inc.'s popular Radio Show - you'll get free CEU & College-University credits.
Respectfully,
Christian von Christophers, Ph.D., N.D.
STAF, Inc.'s founding President
Comment by Save The American Family - STAF, Inc.,-not-for-profit-
By Dr. Christian von Christophers, Ph.D., N.D.
This Texas case of the boy adopted from Russia is still under investigation. It is irresponsible to draw any conclusion about the facts before the facts have been exposed.
A person is deemed innocent until proven guilty.
Below a brief copy of the Human Rights Watch report. The Russian politicians have interfered this case only for political purposes to draw attention away from their own human rights violations and child abuse in their orphanage system.
The constant violence & human right abuse in their own backyard is huge. Also, the Russians politicians are afraid of the Russian children growing up in America & learning the principles of freedom and then as an adult inspiring further revolution in Russia. Putin & Co. want to stay in power for the rest of their lives and beyond.
Human Rights Watch: CRUELTY AND NEGLECT IN RUSSIAN ORPHANAGES
Quote: "Yet today, in another archipelago of grim state institutions, the authorities of the Russian Federation are violating the fundamental rights of tens of thousands of innocent citizens: children abandoned to state orphanages.
Human Rights Watch has found that from the moment the state assumes their care, "orphans" in Russia— of whom 95 percent still have a living parent— are exposed to shocking levels of cruelty and neglect. Infants classified as disabled are segregated into “lying-down” rooms, where they are changed and fed but are bereft of stimulation and lacking in medical care.
Once officially labelled as retarded, Russian orphans face another grave and consequential violation of their rights around the age of four, when they are deemed "ineducable," and warehoused for life in psychoneurological internaty. In addition to receiving little to no education in such internaty, these orphans may be restrained in cloth sacks, tethered by a limb to furniture, denied stimulation, and sometimes left to lie half-naked in their own filth. Bedridden children aged five to seventeen are confined to understaffed lying-down rooms as in the baby houses, and in some cases are neglected to the point of death.
Those who grow to adulthood are then interned in another "total institution," where they are permanently denied opportunities to know and enjoy their civil and political rights.
The “normal” abandoned children—those whom the state evaluates as intellectually capable of functioning on a higher level—are subjected to cruel, inhuman and degrading treatment by institution staff. They may be beaten, locked in freezing rooms for days at a time, abused physically and sexually. They may be humiliated, insulted and degraded, and provided inadequate education and training.
It is ironic and deplorable that the very state that is charged with the care and nurture of these vulnerable children condemns them to a life of deprivation and cruelty. Moreover, far too many children are illegally consigned to Russian institutions in the first place." (End of quote)
STAF, Inc.'s presence is needed in D.C. in the U.S. Congress (House & Senate). STAF, Inc.'s founding President is planning (1) to seek a seat in D.C. Congress/Senate to provide the necessary information to the D.C. lawmakers relating to our American society challenges and (2) to establish a fully new federal agency, Healthy Lifestyle & Family Success Agency, and to be named its first federal director. New legislation and training for all these matters are needed in our country in a results-bringing manner.
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Respectfully,
Christian von Christophers, Ph.D., N.D.
STAF, Inc.'s founding President
It is clear that much details have been left out from this article.
When one looks below at the brief comments from the public, each of them has an opinion of a serious police misconduct. Mismanaging a simple situation where any healthy adult could see on the youngster's face that the person is on some level mentally disabled, is fully out of any order.
The two policemen may deserve to be fired permanently - otherwise they will cause more damage. Quotation "What's in the blood stays in the blood" (Dr. Christian)
Quotation "What's in the blood stays in the blood" (Dr. Christian) BALTIMORE POLICE 7 DOWN SYNDROME YOUNGSTER'S DEATH.
These two men in the protective services caused, with the help of the movie theater employee, the death of a human being not capable of evaluating his own actions.
Because and if the dead youngster did physically attack the police and perhaps the movie theater employee, most likely they all hit and kicked him back or were otherwise too strong in their actions. The cause in the death report will show it in case the coroner is not a friend of the 2 policemen. Because of that possibility STAF, Inc. demands that outside, neutral inspectors & coroner will provide these services, not the local officers.
STAF, Inc, will contact the police district and the dead youngster's family lawyer and forward these demands. In addition, as necessary, STAF, Inc. will deliver "Friend-of-the-Court" information letter(s) as may become necessary.
The family needs to be compensated by the local city. The lawyer for the family, Mr. Joseph Espo, will do a good job in this case. His website states: In 2013, Joe was selected by his peers to the Maryland Super Lawyers. Only five percent of the lawyers in the state are chosen for inclusion in Super Lawyers.
Mr. Espo's contact information is on the internet - send your condolences through him to this family and send donations to the family to cover their expenses in this matter. They get compensation later, may take years, from the City of Baltimore & the movie theater. The family needs financial help immediately. Mail any amount - if plain cash, cover it properly, if a money order, mail only a U.S. Postal Service money order as it can be cashed in any Post Office and they are everywhere. Put a note with your P.O. money order stating that they can fill to whom this will be paid. Your donations are tax-deductible. Send your support to the lawyer's office with your note stating the reason. STAF, Inc. will forward this response to Mr. Espo. Perhaps Mr. Espo is opening a separate account for the help from the public.
Send you help from America and from anywhere in the world you may live. Mail U.S. paper money.
Save The American Family - STAF, Inc.,-not-for-profit-, helps & guides in every topic anyone needing guidance & help.
STAF, Inc.'s presence is needed in D.C. in the U.S. Congress (House & Senate). STAF, Inc.'s founding President is planning (1) to seek a seat in D.C. Congress/Senate to provide the necessary information to the D.C. lawmakers relating to our American society challenges and (2) to establish a fully new federal agency, Healthy Lifestyle & Family Success Agency, and to be named its first federal director. New legislation and training for all these matters are needed in our country in a results-bringing manner.
Visit STAF, Inc.'s extensive websites. To find the correct website, use STAF, Inc.'s Radio Show title "DrDrCanYouHelpMe" in the internet search. Listen to STAF, Inc.'s popular Radio Show - you'll get free CEU & College-University credits.
Respectfully,
Christian von Christophers, Ph.D., N.D.
STAF, Inc.'s founding President
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When one looks below at the brief comments from the public, each of them has an opinion of a serious police misconduct. Mismanaging a simple situation where any healthy adult could see on the youngster's face that the person is on some level mentally disabled, is fully out of any order.
The two policemen may deserve to be fired permanently - otherwise they will cause more damage. Quotation "What's in the blood stays in the blood" (Dr. Christian)
Quotation "What's in the blood stays in the blood" (Dr. Christian) BALTIMORE POLICE 7 DOWN SYNDROME YOUNGSTER'S DEATH.
These two men in the protective services caused, with the help of the movie theater employee, the death of a human being not capable of evaluating his own actions.
Because and if the dead youngster did physically attack the police and perhaps the movie theater employee, most likely they all hit and kicked him back or were otherwise too strong in their actions. The cause in the death report will show it in case the coroner is not a friend of the 2 policemen. Because of that possibility STAF, Inc. demands that outside, neutral inspectors & coroner will provide these services, not the local officers.
STAF, Inc, will contact the police district and the dead youngster's family lawyer and forward these demands. In addition, as necessary, STAF, Inc. will deliver "Friend-of-the-Court" information letter(s) as may become necessary.
The family needs to be compensated by the local city. The lawyer for the family, Mr. Joseph Espo, will do a good job in this case. His website states: In 2013, Joe was selected by his peers to the Maryland Super Lawyers. Only five percent of the lawyers in the state are chosen for inclusion in Super Lawyers.
Mr. Espo's contact information is on the internet - send your condolences through him to this family and send donations to the family to cover their expenses in this matter. They get compensation later, may take years, from the City of Baltimore & the movie theater. The family needs financial help immediately. Mail any amount - if plain cash, cover it properly, if a money order, mail only a U.S. Postal Service money order as it can be cashed in any Post Office and they are everywhere. Put a note with your P.O. money order stating that they can fill to whom this will be paid. Your donations are tax-deductible. Send your support to the lawyer's office with your note stating the reason. STAF, Inc. will forward this response to Mr. Espo. Perhaps Mr. Espo is opening a separate account for the help from the public.
Send you help from America and from anywhere in the world you may live. Mail U.S. paper money.
Save The American Family - STAF, Inc.,-not-for-profit-, helps & guides in every topic anyone needing guidance & help.
STAF, Inc.'s presence is needed in D.C. in the U.S. Congress (House & Senate). STAF, Inc.'s founding President is planning (1) to seek a seat in D.C. Congress/Senate to provide the necessary information to the D.C. lawmakers relating to our American society challenges and (2) to establish a fully new federal agency, Healthy Lifestyle & Family Success Agency, and to be named its first federal director. New legislation and training for all these matters are needed in our country in a results-bringing manner.
Visit STAF, Inc.'s extensive websites. To find the correct website, use STAF, Inc.'s Radio Show title "DrDrCanYouHelpMe" in the internet search. Listen to STAF, Inc.'s popular Radio Show - you'll get free CEU & College-University credits.
Respectfully,
Christian von Christophers, Ph.D., N.D.
STAF, Inc.'s founding President
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INTERNET ARTICLE Quotation "What's in the blood stays in the blood" (Dr. Christian)
BALTIMORE POLICE 7 DOWN SYNDROME YOUNGSTER'S DEATH.
Man with Down syndrome, a fan of the police, dies in police custody
.
The death of a man with Down syndrome while in police custody was ruled a homicide by the chief medical examiner’s office in Baltimore.
The 26-year-old, Robert Ethan Saylor, was so enamored with law enforcement that he would call 911 just to ask questions. About a month ago, he'd gone to see "Zero Dark Thirty” and immediately wanted to see it again. When he refused to leave the Frederick, Md., movie theater, security was called, and three off-duty deputies arrived: Lt. Scott Jewell, Sgt. Rick Rochford and Deputy First Class James Harris.
According to the Washington Post, "Saylor cursed at the deputies, who weren’t wearing uniforms, and began hitting and kicking them. The deputies restrained him using three sets of handcuffs linked together and escorted him from the theater." At some point, he "ended up on the ground ... suffered a medical emergency and died."
Patti Saylor, Ethan’s mother, told the CBS local Baltimore station, “He has never had anybody put their hands on him before in his life. He would not have been doing anything threatening to anybody.”
The lawyer for the family, Joseph Espo, told the Washington Post, “Ethan was developmentally disabled, not a criminal.” If anything, noted the paper, Saylor, who was a huge “NCIS” fan, caused police to make too many unnecessary trips to his house because he just liked to talk to officers, prompting his mom to bring cookies to the station as a thank you last year.
Espo added that more training for officers seemed to be in order. “Clearly it highlights a need for training, if there was none, or more and better training if there was some," he said.
The story has received national attention. Comments like this one on the Frederick County Facebook page are typical: “Obvious this man was mentally challenged just by appearance and any police officer worth his salt would and should have taken that into consideration. This is a sad, horrible thing and action should be taken against these officers," wrote Brandon Aviance Glenn.
Cathi Clark Kreis posted, “I am a special education teacher for 20 years and have NEVER met a violent child with Down Syndrome! As a teacher, I am required to be trained in Crisis Prevention Intervention (CPI). I'm surprised police officers are not.”
After hundreds of concerned messages, Frederick County Sheriff Charles Jenkins posted a letter in response. It reads in part, “The death of Mr. Saylor was very tragic and I want to assure everyone that a thorough investigation is being conducted.” Jenkins added that the three officers had been placed on administrative leave pending the outcome of the investigation.
Baltimore 2/20/13
BALTIMORE POLICE 7 DOWN SYNDROME YOUNGSTER'S DEATH.
Man with Down syndrome, a fan of the police, dies in police custody
.
The death of a man with Down syndrome while in police custody was ruled a homicide by the chief medical examiner’s office in Baltimore.
The 26-year-old, Robert Ethan Saylor, was so enamored with law enforcement that he would call 911 just to ask questions. About a month ago, he'd gone to see "Zero Dark Thirty” and immediately wanted to see it again. When he refused to leave the Frederick, Md., movie theater, security was called, and three off-duty deputies arrived: Lt. Scott Jewell, Sgt. Rick Rochford and Deputy First Class James Harris.
According to the Washington Post, "Saylor cursed at the deputies, who weren’t wearing uniforms, and began hitting and kicking them. The deputies restrained him using three sets of handcuffs linked together and escorted him from the theater." At some point, he "ended up on the ground ... suffered a medical emergency and died."
Patti Saylor, Ethan’s mother, told the CBS local Baltimore station, “He has never had anybody put their hands on him before in his life. He would not have been doing anything threatening to anybody.”
The lawyer for the family, Joseph Espo, told the Washington Post, “Ethan was developmentally disabled, not a criminal.” If anything, noted the paper, Saylor, who was a huge “NCIS” fan, caused police to make too many unnecessary trips to his house because he just liked to talk to officers, prompting his mom to bring cookies to the station as a thank you last year.
Espo added that more training for officers seemed to be in order. “Clearly it highlights a need for training, if there was none, or more and better training if there was some," he said.
The story has received national attention. Comments like this one on the Frederick County Facebook page are typical: “Obvious this man was mentally challenged just by appearance and any police officer worth his salt would and should have taken that into consideration. This is a sad, horrible thing and action should be taken against these officers," wrote Brandon Aviance Glenn.
Cathi Clark Kreis posted, “I am a special education teacher for 20 years and have NEVER met a violent child with Down Syndrome! As a teacher, I am required to be trained in Crisis Prevention Intervention (CPI). I'm surprised police officers are not.”
After hundreds of concerned messages, Frederick County Sheriff Charles Jenkins posted a letter in response. It reads in part, “The death of Mr. Saylor was very tragic and I want to assure everyone that a thorough investigation is being conducted.” Jenkins added that the three officers had been placed on administrative leave pending the outcome of the investigation.
- Family Wants Answers After Son Dies In Police Custody
- Family photo of Robert Ethan Saylor
- Maryland deputies on leave after death of disabled man in custody
ReutersANNAPOLIS, Maryland (Reuters) - Three sheriff's deputies from Frederick County, Maryland, have been …
- Family Wants Answers After Son Dies In Police Custody
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- Christian PhD • a second ago
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By Dr. Christian von Christophers, Ph.D., N.D.
It is clear that much details have been left out from this article.
When one looks below at the brief comments from the public, each of them has an opinion of a serious police misconduct. Mismanaging a simple situation where any healthy adult could see on the youngster's face that the person is on some level mentally disabled, is fully out of any order.
The two policemen may deserve to be fired permanently - otherwise they will cause more damage. Quotation "What's in the blood stays in the blood" (Dr. Christian)
These two men in the protective services caused, with the help of the movie theater employee, the death of a human being not capable of evaluating his own actions.
Because and if the dead youngster did physically attack the police and perhaps the movie theater employee, most likely they all hit and kicked him back or were otherwise too strong in their actions. The cause in the death report will show it in case the coroner is not a friend of the 2 policemen. Because of that possibility STAF, Inc. demands that outside, neutral inspectors & coroner will provide these services, not the local officers.
STAF, Inc, will contact the police district and the dead youngster's family lawyer and forward these demands. In addition, as necessary, STAF, Inc. will deliver "Friend-of-the-Court" information letter(s) as may become necessary.
The family needs to be compensated by the local city. The lawyer for the family, Mr. Joseph Espo, will do a good job in this case. His website states: In 2013, Joe was selected by his peers to the Maryland Super Lawyers. Only five percent of the lawyers in the state are chosen for inclusion in Super Lawyers.
Mr. Espo's contact information is on the internet - send your condolences through him to this family and send donations to the family to cover their expenses in this matter. They get compensation later, may take years, from the City of Baltimore & the movie theater. The family needs financial help immediately. Mail any amount - if plain cash, cover it properly, if a money order, mail only a U.S. Postal Service money order as it can be cashed in any Post Office and they are everywhere. Put a note with your P.O. money order stating that they can fill to whom this will be paid. Your donations are tax-deductible. Send your support to the lawyer's office with your note stating the reason. STAF, Inc. will forward this response to Mr. Espo. Perhaps Mr. Espo is opening a separate account for the help from the public.
Send you help from America and from anywhere in the world you may live. Mail U.S. paper money.
Save The American Family - STAF, Inc.,-not-for-profit-, helps & guides in every topic anyone needing guidance & help.
STAF, Inc.'s presence is needed in D.C. in the U.S. Congress (House & Senate). STAF, Inc.'s founding President is planning (1) to seek a seat in D.C. Congress/Senate to provide the necessary information to the D.C. lawmakers relating to our American society challenges and (2) to establish a fully new federal agency, Healthy Lifestyle & Family Success Agency, and to be named its first federal director. New legislation and training for all these matters are needed in our country in a results-bringing manner.
Visit STAF,Inc.'s extensive websites. To find the correct website, use STAF, Inc.'s Radio Show title "DrDrCanYouHelpMe" in the internet search. Listen to STAF, Inc.'s popular Radio Show - you'll get free CEU & College-University credits.
Respectfully,
Christian von Christophers, Ph.D., N.D.
STAF, Inc.'s founding PresidentReply
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Miseryrelief • 3 hrs ago Report AbuseMovie theatres are coverd with security cameras. How long does it take to pull the tape?53 Replies
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Jennifer F 15 mins ago Report AbuseHe was already out of the theater when he died. Perhaps there are some other businesses around that might have had the outside covered with cameras.
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Just An Observation • 2 hrs 51 mins ago Report AbuseMedical emergency? What medical emergency? Where's the reproting Mrs. Zap? Did he swallow his gum? Did he bite his own tounge off? Did he bang his head on the ground hard enough to cause himself a fatal injury? Who, What, How, When, Where and so forth.28 Replies
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WM • 4 hrs ago Report AbuseI hate it when articles leave out information. Did Saylor start a one man riot or was he disturbing the peace? Did the civilian clothed men who apprehended him identify themselves as police and show badges? More importantly, how did he die in police custody?139 Replies
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Squirrellygirl • 3 hrs ago Report AbuseSo sad.17 Replies
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RangerInstructor • 2 hrs 48 mins ago Report AbuseHow hard would it have been to just buy the kid another ticket, or for the theater to just let him see it again to avoid the conflict..??71 Replies
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YEP! • 4 hrs ago Report AbuseWhat is wrong with people today??? If I saw this boy, knowing he had disabilities, and saw that all he wanted to do was watch the movie over and over again...what harm was that?? People have no compassion or understanding for anyone, anymore!87 Replies
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Chuck • 3 hrs ago Report AbuseMore training, really? How about more decency?27 Replies
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Still Standing • 2 hrs 28 mins ago Report AbuseIt sounds like the theater could use a new manager.8 Replies
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Me • 3 hrs ago Report AbuseSAD... surely these officers have run into a developmentally delayed person before being called to address this situation. They could have called the parents.. let him sit there until the parents came to get him. He had already paid to see the movie what was the cost to the theatre.. now... More34 Replies
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MetalTech • 3 hrs ago Report AbuseA thorough investigation by their own police force i'm sure.14 Replies- =================================================================
2nd comment for the Baltimore case, 2/20/13 1st above
Comment by Save The American Family - STAF, Inc.,-not-for-profit-
By Dr. Christian von Christophers, Ph.D., N.D.
It is clear that much details have been left out from this article.
When one looks below at the brief comments from the public, each of them has an opinion of a serious police misconduct. Mismanaging a simple situation where any healthy adult could see on the youngster's face that the person is on some level mentally disabled, is fully out of any order.
The two policemen deserve to be fired permanently - otherwise they may cause more damage. Quotation "What's in the blood stays in the blood" (Dr. Christian)
These two men in the protective services caused, with the help of the movie theater employee, the death of a human being not capable of evaluating his own actions.
Because and if the dead youngster did physically attack the police and perhaps the movie theater employee, most likely they all hit and kicked him back or were otherwise too strong in their actions. The cause in the death report will show it in case the coroner is not a friend of the 2 policemen. Because of that possibility STAF, Inc. demands that outside, neutral inspectors & coroner will provide these services, not the local officers.
STAF, Inc, will contact the police district and the dead youngster's family lawyer and forward these demands. In addition, as necessary, STAF, Inc. will deliver "Friend-of-the-Court" information letter(s) as may become necessary.
The family needs to be compensated by the local city. The lawyer for the family, Mr. Joseph Espo, will do a good job in this case. His website states: In 2013, Joe was selected by his peers to the Maryland Super Lawyers. Only five percent of the lawyers in the state are chosen for inclusion in Super Lawyers.
Mr. Espo's contact information is on the internet - send your condolences through him to this family and send donations to the family to cover their expenses in this matter. They get compensation later, may take years, from the City of Baltimore & the movie theater. The family needs financial help immediately. Mail any amount - if plain cash, cover it properly, if a money order, mail only a U.S. Postal Service money order as it can be cashed in any Post Office and they are everywhere. Put a note with your P.O. money order stating that they can fill to whom this will be paid. Your donations are tax-deductible. Send your support to the lawyer's office with your note stating the reason. STAF, Inc. will forward this response to Mr. Espo. Perhaps Mr. Espo is opening a separate account for the help from the public.
Send you help from America and from anywhere in the world you may live. Mail U.S. paper money. Check on the lawyer's website if he has opened an account to pay donations by a credit/debit card.
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STAF, Inc.'s presence is needed in D.C. in the U.S. Congress (House & Senate). STAF, Inc.'s founding President is planning (1) to seek a seat in D.C. Congress/Senate to provide the necessary information to the D.C. lawmakers relating to our American society challenges and (2) to establish a fully new federal agency, Healthy Lifestyle & Family Success Agency, and to be named its first federal director. New legislation and training for all these matters are needed in our country in a results-bringing manner.
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Comment by Save The American Family - STAF, Inc.,-not-for-profit-
By Dr. Christian von Christophers, Ph.D., N.D.
It is clear that much details have been left out from this article.
When one looks below at the brief comments from the public, each of them has an opinion of a serious police misconduct. Mismanaging a simple situation where any healthy adult could see on the youngster's face that the person is on some level mentally disabled, is fully out of any order.
The two policemen deserve to be fired permanently - otherwise they may cause more damage. Quotation "What's in the blood stays in the blood" (Dr. Christian)
These two men in the protective services caused, with the help of the movie theater employee, the death of a human being not capable of evaluating his own actions.
Because and if the dead youngster did physically attack the police and perhaps the movie theater employee, most likely they all hit and kicked him back or were otherwise too strong in their actions. The cause in the death report will show it in case the coroner is not a friend of the 2 policemen. Because of that possibility STAF, Inc. demands that outside, neutral inspectors & coroner will provide these services, not the local officers.
STAF, Inc, will contact the police district and the dead youngster's family lawyer and forward these demands. In addition, as necessary, STAF, Inc. will deliver "Friend-of-the-Court" information letter(s) as may become necessary.
The family needs to be compensated by the local city. The lawyer for the family, Mr. Joseph Espo, will do a good job in this case. His website states: In 2013, Joe was selected by his peers to the Maryland Super Lawyers. Only five percent of the lawyers in the state are chosen for inclusion in Super Lawyers.
Mr. Espo's contact information is on the internet - send your condolences through him to this family and send donations to the family to cover their expenses in this matter. They get compensation later, may take years, from the City of Baltimore & the movie theater. The family needs financial help immediately. Mail any amount - if plain cash, cover it properly, if a money order, mail only a U.S. Postal Service money order as it can be cashed in any Post Office and they are everywhere. Put a note with your P.O. money order stating that they can fill to whom this will be paid. Your donations are tax-deductible. Send your support to the lawyer's office with your note stating the reason. STAF, Inc. will forward this response to Mr. Espo. Perhaps Mr. Espo is opening a separate account for the help from the public.
Send you help from America and from anywhere in the world you may live. Mail U.S. paper money. Check on the lawyer's website if he has opened an account to pay donations by a credit/debit card.
Save The American Family - STAF, Inc.,-not-for-profit-, helps & guides in every topic anyone needing guidance & help.
STAF, Inc.'s presence is needed in D.C. in the U.S. Congress (House & Senate). STAF, Inc.'s founding President is planning (1) to seek a seat in D.C. Congress/Senate to provide the necessary information to the D.C. lawmakers relating to our American society challenges and (2) to establish a fully new federal agency, Healthy Lifestyle & Family Success Agency, and to be named its first federal director. New legislation and training for all these matters are needed in our country in a results-bringing manner.
Visit STAF,Inc.'s extensive website. To find the correct website, use STAF, Inc.'s Radio Show title "DrDrCanYouHelpMe" in the internet search. Listen to STAF, Inc.'s popular Radio Show - you'll get free CEU & College-University credits.
Respectfully,
Christian von Christophers, Ph.D., N.D.
STAF, Inc.'s founding President
Quotation "Patience - the key to wisdom"
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Gov. Christie’s approval rating hits record high Thu 2/20/13
Well....Bloomberg won't let him on the ballot in NYC until he drops a 100 lbs...
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Gov. Christie’s approval rating hits record high Thu 2/20/13
Well....Bloomberg won't let him on the ballot in NYC until he drops a 100 lbs...
- The fat slob gasbag should lose100+ pounds. The Hindenburg also exploded in New Jersey.Reply
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Stephen E • 54 mins ago Report AbuseChristie is fat, yes. But I know deep down inside there are 4 or 5 thin people screaming to get out.Reply- Do they even have a number high enough to measure his cholesterol?
- NJ has the highest rate of population outflight. Awful business climate, high taxes (property taxes are a joke), high car insurance premiums, rampant crime, huge deficits, run by public sector union thugs, and most people are just downright mean spirited there.16 Replies
2nd Pistorius, South Africa, Thu 2/21/13
Comment by Save The American Family - STAF, Inc.,-not-for-profit-
By Dr. Christian von Christophers, Ph.D., N.D.
Every person is innocent until proven guilty.
Pistorius' explanation makes sense - it may be the truth.
Some individuals enjoy dooming any accused person before the reliable proof is presented.
A person is innocent until proven guilty.
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Respectfully,
Christian von Christophers, Ph.D., N.D.
STAF, Inc.'s founding President
The lead investigator in the case faces attempted murder charges himself, police say. Prosecutors didn’t know »
Lead detective in Oscar Pistorius case faces his own attempted murder charges
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Comment by Save The American Family - STAF, Inc.,-not-for-profit-
By Dr. Christian von Christophers, Ph.D., N.D.
Every person is innocent until proven guilty.
Pistorius' explanation makes sense - it may be the truth.
Some individuals enjoy dooming any accused person before the reliable proof is presented.
A person is innocent until proven guilty.
Visit STAF,Inc.'s extensive websites. To find the correct website, use STAF, Inc.'s Radio Show title "DrDrCanYouHelpMe" in the internet search. Listen to STAF, Inc.'s popular Radio Show - you'll get free CEU & College-University credits.
Respectfully,
Christian von Christophers, Ph.D., N.D.
STAF, Inc.'s founding President
The lead investigator in the case faces attempted murder charges himself, police say. Prosecutors didn’t know »
Lead detective in Oscar Pistorius case faces his own attempted murder charges
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Response to Pistorius granted bail (article below, 2/22/13) + artice below, below about him and his brother (not yet Pistorius' brother facing charge in trafficBy RAF CASERT | Associated Press – 2 hrs 55 mins ago
did not accept a comment on Sunday
Placed: (1) Thurs 3/28/13 Pistorius allowed to leave SAfrica with conditions, (2)
Comment by Save The American Family - STAF, Inc.,-not-for-profit-
By Dr. Christian von Christophers, Ph.D., N.D.
Everyone is innocent until proven guilty.
Mr. Oscar Pistorius' explanation is believable as also the Judge agreed.
In this site, among the comments, one can see several responses showing plain blind hatred - an atavistic attitude - just to lynch without giving the accused any chance to tell his side of the story and just lynch without a legal trial.
We do not live in WildWild West where innocent people were lynched fast-fast-fast before the judge came to handle the case. Everyone is innocent until proven guilty.
Having been a law office co-owner, and now a College President, my view at this point is that Mr. Blade Runner may be found innocent.
Quotation "Patience - the key to wisdom"
Save The American Family - STAF, Inc.,-not-for-profit-, the leading new organization in its field, helps & guides in every topic anyone needing guidance & help.
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In STAF, Inc.'s website at the top of most pages is a link to study the original founding documents to see the full purpose & the mission statements of the organization.
Visit STAF, Inc.'s extensive website. To find the correct website, use STAF, Inc.'s Radio Show title "DrDrCanYouHelpMe" in the internet search (the website has a link to the original recordings). Listen to STAF, Inc.'s popular Radio Show - you'll get free CEU & College-University credits.
Respectfully,
Christian von Christophers, Ph.D., N.D.
STAF, Inc.'s founding President
did not accept a comment on Sunday
Placed: (1) Thurs 3/28/13 Pistorius allowed to leave SAfrica with conditions, (2)
Comment by Save The American Family - STAF, Inc.,-not-for-profit-
By Dr. Christian von Christophers, Ph.D., N.D.
Everyone is innocent until proven guilty.
Mr. Oscar Pistorius' explanation is believable as also the Judge agreed.
In this site, among the comments, one can see several responses showing plain blind hatred - an atavistic attitude - just to lynch without giving the accused any chance to tell his side of the story and just lynch without a legal trial.
We do not live in WildWild West where innocent people were lynched fast-fast-fast before the judge came to handle the case. Everyone is innocent until proven guilty.
Having been a law office co-owner, and now a College President, my view at this point is that Mr. Blade Runner may be found innocent.
Quotation "Patience - the key to wisdom"
Save The American Family - STAF, Inc.,-not-for-profit-, the leading new organization in its field, helps & guides in every topic anyone needing guidance & help.
STAF, Inc.'s presence is needed in D.C. in the U.S. Congress (House & Senate). STAF, Inc.'s founding President is planning (1) to seek a seat in D.C. Congress/Senate to provide the necessary information to the D.C. lawmakers relating to our American society challenges and (2) to establish a fully new federal agency, Healthy Lifestyle & Family Success Agency, and to be named its first federal director. New legislation and training for all these matters are needed in our country in a results-bringing manner.
In STAF, Inc.'s website at the top of most pages is a link to study the original founding documents to see the full purpose & the mission statements of the organization.
Visit STAF, Inc.'s extensive website. To find the correct website, use STAF, Inc.'s Radio Show title "DrDrCanYouHelpMe" in the internet search (the website has a link to the original recordings). Listen to STAF, Inc.'s popular Radio Show - you'll get free CEU & College-University credits.
Respectfully,
Christian von Christophers, Ph.D., N.D.
STAF, Inc.'s founding President
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SUPPORTIVE INFO PISTORIUS 3/27/13
STAF, Inc.'s presence is needed in D.C. in the U.S. Congress (House & Senate). STAF, Inc.'s founding President is planning (1) to seek a seat in D.C. Congress/Senate to provide the necessary information to the D.C. lawmakers and (2) to establish a fully new federal agency, Healthy Lifestyle & Family Success Agency, and to be named its first federal director. New legislation and training for all these matters are needed in a results-bringing manner. STAF, Inc.'s slogan is: Less suffering - more life™
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SUPPORTIVE INFO PISTORIUS 3/27/13
STAF, Inc.'s presence is needed in D.C. in the U.S. Congress (House & Senate). STAF, Inc.'s founding President is planning (1) to seek a seat in D.C. Congress/Senate to provide the necessary information to the D.C. lawmakers and (2) to establish a fully new federal agency, Healthy Lifestyle & Family Success Agency, and to be named its first federal director. New legislation and training for all these matters are needed in a results-bringing manner. STAF, Inc.'s slogan is: Less suffering - more life™
In STAF, Inc.'s website at the top of most pages is a link to study the original founding documents to see the full purpose & the mission statements of the organization.
Listen to STAF, Inc.'s popular Radio Shows - you'll get free CEU & College-University credits nationwide or worldwide. To visit STAF, Inc.'s website, use its Radio Show title "DrDrCanYouHelpMe" in the internet search.
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STAF. Inc.'s founding President
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Monday, 2/25/13 comment to article
Steenkamp's Dad Wants Pistorius to Come Clean
By AMY ROBACH | Good Morning America – 2 hours 38 minutes ago
and on Monday 2/25/13
as a response to: Pistorius as mysterious as the shooting tragedyBy GERALD IMRAY
(1) Response also Monday 3/11/13 to PISTORIUS LAWYER APPEAL BAIL CODITIONS
(AP Sports Writer) | The Associated Press
Comment by Save The American Family - STAF, Inc.,-not-for-profit-
By Dr. Christian von Christophers, Ph.D., N.D.
Everyone is innocent until proven guilty.
Mr. Oscar Pistorius' explanation is believable as also the Judge agreed.
In this site, among the comments, one can see several responses showing plain blind hatred - an atavistic attitude - just to lynch without giving the accused any chance to tell his side of the story and just lynch without a legal trial.
In the same manner the girlfriend Steenkamp's parents just repeat "come clean" - what proof do they have that Mr. Oscar Pistorius has not already "come clean and told the truth". Let the Police do their research and bring the findings to the court in front of the judge. That's the civilized way.
We do not live in Wild Wild West where innocent people were lynched fast-fast-fast before the judge came to handle the case. Everyone is innocent until proven guilty.
Killing someone is not in Mr. Oscar Pistorius' genes. If he wanted to kill his lady friend he would not have it done in his home and certainly not in his bathroom behind the closed door. His personality is not that naive. Having been a law office co-owner, and now a College President, my view at this point is that Mr. Blade Runner may be found innocent.
Quotation "Patience - the key to wisdom"
Save The American Family - STAF, Inc.,-not-for-profit-, helps & guides in every topic anyone needing guidance & help.
STAF, Inc.'s presence is needed in D.C. in the U.S. Congress (House & Senate). STAF, Inc.'s founding President is planning (1) to seek a seat in D.C. Congress/Senate to provide the necessary information to the D.C. lawmakers relating to our American society challenges and (2) to establish a fully new federal agency, Healthy Lifestyle & Family Success Agency, and to be named its first federal director. New legislation and training for all these matters are needed in our country in a results-bringing manner.
Visit STAF, Inc.'s extensive website. To find the correct website, use STAF, Inc.'s Radio Show title "DrDrCanYouHelpMe" in the internet search. Listen to STAF, Inc.'s popular Radio Show - you'll get free CEU & College-University credits.
Respectfully,
Christian von Christophers, Ph.D., N.D.
STAF, Inc.'s founding President
Steenkamp's Dad Wants Pistorius to Come Clean
By AMY ROBACH | Good Morning America – 2 hours 38 minutes ago
and on Monday 2/25/13
as a response to: Pistorius as mysterious as the shooting tragedyBy GERALD IMRAY
(1) Response also Monday 3/11/13 to PISTORIUS LAWYER APPEAL BAIL CODITIONS
(AP Sports Writer) | The Associated Press
Comment by Save The American Family - STAF, Inc.,-not-for-profit-
By Dr. Christian von Christophers, Ph.D., N.D.
Everyone is innocent until proven guilty.
Mr. Oscar Pistorius' explanation is believable as also the Judge agreed.
In this site, among the comments, one can see several responses showing plain blind hatred - an atavistic attitude - just to lynch without giving the accused any chance to tell his side of the story and just lynch without a legal trial.
In the same manner the girlfriend Steenkamp's parents just repeat "come clean" - what proof do they have that Mr. Oscar Pistorius has not already "come clean and told the truth". Let the Police do their research and bring the findings to the court in front of the judge. That's the civilized way.
We do not live in Wild Wild West where innocent people were lynched fast-fast-fast before the judge came to handle the case. Everyone is innocent until proven guilty.
Killing someone is not in Mr. Oscar Pistorius' genes. If he wanted to kill his lady friend he would not have it done in his home and certainly not in his bathroom behind the closed door. His personality is not that naive. Having been a law office co-owner, and now a College President, my view at this point is that Mr. Blade Runner may be found innocent.
Quotation "Patience - the key to wisdom"
Save The American Family - STAF, Inc.,-not-for-profit-, helps & guides in every topic anyone needing guidance & help.
STAF, Inc.'s presence is needed in D.C. in the U.S. Congress (House & Senate). STAF, Inc.'s founding President is planning (1) to seek a seat in D.C. Congress/Senate to provide the necessary information to the D.C. lawmakers relating to our American society challenges and (2) to establish a fully new federal agency, Healthy Lifestyle & Family Success Agency, and to be named its first federal director. New legislation and training for all these matters are needed in our country in a results-bringing manner.
Visit STAF, Inc.'s extensive website. To find the correct website, use STAF, Inc.'s Radio Show title "DrDrCanYouHelpMe" in the internet search. Listen to STAF, Inc.'s popular Radio Show - you'll get free CEU & College-University credits.
Respectfully,
Christian von Christophers, Ph.D., N.D.
STAF, Inc.'s founding President
Pistorius granted bail
By JON GAMBRELL and CHRISTOPHER TORCHIA (Associated Press) | The Associated Press – 1 hour 2 minutes ago
PRETORIA, South Africa (AP)2/22/13 -- Oscar Pistorius was granted bail Friday, paving the way for him to be freed from custody pending his trial in the Valentine's Day shooting death of his girlfriend Reeva Steenkamp.
Pistorius' family members and supporters shouted ''Yes!'' when Chief Magistrate Desmond Nair made his decision after a near two-hour explanation of his ruling.
Nair set the bail at 1 million rand ($113,000), with $11,300 in cash and proof that the rest is available. The magistrate said Pistorius must hand over his passports and also turn in any other guns that he owns. Pistorius also cannot leave the district of Pretoria without the permission of his probation officer, Nair said.
The double-amputee Olympian's next court appearance was set for June 4.
The magistrate also ruled that he could not return to his home, where the killing of Steenkamp took place.
Nair made the ruling after four days of arguments from prosecution and defense in Pistorius' bail hearing.
Nair said Pistorius' affidavit, in which he gave his version of the events of the shooting on morning of Feb. 14 in a sworn statement, had helped his application for bail in Pretoria Magistrate's Court.
''That reaching out in the affidavit, the way that he did, placing it before the court,'' Nair said. ''I come to the conclusion that the accused has made a case to be released on bail.''
Pistorius shot and killed Steenkamp in the predawn hours of Feb. 14. The athlete says he shot his girlfriend accidentally believing she was an intruder in his house. Prosecutors say he intended to kill Steenkamp and charged him with premeditated murder, saying the shooting followed a loud argument between the two.
By JON GAMBRELL and CHRISTOPHER TORCHIA (Associated Press) | The Associated Press – 1 hour 2 minutes ago
PRETORIA, South Africa (AP)2/22/13 -- Oscar Pistorius was granted bail Friday, paving the way for him to be freed from custody pending his trial in the Valentine's Day shooting death of his girlfriend Reeva Steenkamp.
Pistorius' family members and supporters shouted ''Yes!'' when Chief Magistrate Desmond Nair made his decision after a near two-hour explanation of his ruling.
Nair set the bail at 1 million rand ($113,000), with $11,300 in cash and proof that the rest is available. The magistrate said Pistorius must hand over his passports and also turn in any other guns that he owns. Pistorius also cannot leave the district of Pretoria without the permission of his probation officer, Nair said.
The double-amputee Olympian's next court appearance was set for June 4.
The magistrate also ruled that he could not return to his home, where the killing of Steenkamp took place.
Nair made the ruling after four days of arguments from prosecution and defense in Pistorius' bail hearing.
Nair said Pistorius' affidavit, in which he gave his version of the events of the shooting on morning of Feb. 14 in a sworn statement, had helped his application for bail in Pretoria Magistrate's Court.
''That reaching out in the affidavit, the way that he did, placing it before the court,'' Nair said. ''I come to the conclusion that the accused has made a case to be released on bail.''
Pistorius shot and killed Steenkamp in the predawn hours of Feb. 14. The athlete says he shot his girlfriend accidentally believing she was an intruder in his house. Prosecutors say he intended to kill Steenkamp and charged him with premeditated murder, saying the shooting followed a loud argument between the two.
Pistorius Says No Intentions to Kill Girlfriend
By JON GAMBRELL
PRETORIA, South Africa
abcnews.go.com
Oscar Pistorius says he did not mean to kill his girlfriend, thought she was a burglar
Oscar Pistorius told a packed courtroom Tuesday that he shot his girlfriend to death by mistake, thinking she was a robber. The prosecutor called it premeditated murder.
The double amputee said in an affidavit read by his lawyer at his bail hearing that he felt vulnerable because he did not have on his prosthetic legs when he pumped bullets into the locked bathroom door. Then, Pistorius said in the sworn statement, he realized that model Reeva Steenkamp was not in his bed.
"It filled me with horror and fear," he said.
He put on his prosthetic legs, tried to kick down the door, then bashed it in with a cricket bat to find Steenkamp, 29, shot inside. He said he ran downstairs with her, but "She died in my arms."
Prosecutor Gerrie Nel on Tuesday charged the 26-year-old athlete and Olympian with premeditated murder, alleging he took the time to put on his legs and walk some seven meters (yards) from the bed to the bathroom door before opening fire. A conviction of premeditated murder carries a mandatory sentence of life in jail.
The Valentine's Day shooting death has shocked South Africans and many around the world who idolized Pistorius for overcoming adversity to become a sports champion, competing in the London Olympics last year in track besides being a Paralympian. Steenkamp was a model and law graduate who made her debut on a South African reality TV program that was broadcast on Saturday, two days after her death.
The magistrate ruled that Pistorius faces the harshest bail requirements available in South African law.
Nel told the court that Pistorius fired into the door of a small bathroom where Steenkamp was cowering after a shouting match. He fired four times and three bullets hit Steenkamp, the prosecutor said.
"She couldn't go anywhere. You can run nowhere," prosecutor Nel argued. "It must have been horrific."
Pistorius sobbed softly as his lawyer, Barry Roux, insisted the shooting was an accident and that there was no evidence to substantiate a murder charge.
"Was it to kill her, or was it to get her out?" he asked about the broken-down door. "We submit it is not even murder. There is no concession this is a murder."
He said the state had provided no evidence that the couple quarreled nor offered a motive.
Nel rebutted: "The motive is 'I want to kill.'"
There were affadavits from friends of Pistorius and Steenkamp read out by defense lawyer Roux in the bail hearing.
The statements described a charming, happy couple. The night before the killing, they said, Pistorius and Steenkamp had canceled separate plans to spend the night before Valentine's Day together at his home.
As details emerged at the dramatic court hearing in the capital, Steenkamp's body was being cremated Tuesday at a memorial service in the south-coast port city of Port Elizabeth. The family said members had arrived from around the world. Six pallbearers carried her coffin, draped with a white cloth and covered in white flowers, into the church for the private service.
June Steenkamp, the mother, said the family wants answers.
"Why? Why my little girl? Why did this happen? Why did he do this?" she said in an interview published Monday in The Times newspaper.
Outside the court, several dozen singing women protested against domestic violence and waved placards urging Pistorius be refused bail. "Pistorius must rot in jail," one placard said.
South Africa has some of the world's worst rates of violence against females and the highest rate in the world of women killed by an intimate partner, according to a study by the Medical Research Council. Another council study estimates a child or woman is raped every four minutes. While homicide rates have dropped, the number of women killed by current or former partners has increased, said the council's Professor Rachel Jewkes. At least three women are killed by a partner every day in the country of 50 million, she said.
Steenkamp campaigned actively against domestic violence and had tweeted on Twitter that she planned to join a "Black Friday" protest by wearing black in honor of a 17-year-old girl who was gang-raped and mutilated two weeks ago.
What "she stood for, and the abuse against women, unfortunately it's gone right around and I think the Lord knows that statement is more powerful now," her uncle and the family spokesman Mike Steenkamp said after her memorial.
He said the family had planned a big get-together at Christmas but that had not been possible. "But we are here today as a family and the only one who's missing is Reeva," he said, breaking down and weeping.
Pistorius was born without fibula bones and had them amputated when he was 11 months.
The man known as the Blade Runner because of his running prostheses has lost several valuable sponsorships estimated to be worth more than $1 million a year.
On Tuesday, the athlete was ousted from a pro-gay campaign being launched in Cape Town, organizers said. In a video axed from the campaign, Pistorius says "You don't have to worry. You don't have to change. Take a deep breath and remember, 'It will get better.'"
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By JON GAMBRELL
PRETORIA, South Africa
abcnews.go.com
Oscar Pistorius says he did not mean to kill his girlfriend, thought she was a burglar
Oscar Pistorius told a packed courtroom Tuesday that he shot his girlfriend to death by mistake, thinking she was a robber. The prosecutor called it premeditated murder.
The double amputee said in an affidavit read by his lawyer at his bail hearing that he felt vulnerable because he did not have on his prosthetic legs when he pumped bullets into the locked bathroom door. Then, Pistorius said in the sworn statement, he realized that model Reeva Steenkamp was not in his bed.
"It filled me with horror and fear," he said.
He put on his prosthetic legs, tried to kick down the door, then bashed it in with a cricket bat to find Steenkamp, 29, shot inside. He said he ran downstairs with her, but "She died in my arms."
Prosecutor Gerrie Nel on Tuesday charged the 26-year-old athlete and Olympian with premeditated murder, alleging he took the time to put on his legs and walk some seven meters (yards) from the bed to the bathroom door before opening fire. A conviction of premeditated murder carries a mandatory sentence of life in jail.
The Valentine's Day shooting death has shocked South Africans and many around the world who idolized Pistorius for overcoming adversity to become a sports champion, competing in the London Olympics last year in track besides being a Paralympian. Steenkamp was a model and law graduate who made her debut on a South African reality TV program that was broadcast on Saturday, two days after her death.
The magistrate ruled that Pistorius faces the harshest bail requirements available in South African law.
Nel told the court that Pistorius fired into the door of a small bathroom where Steenkamp was cowering after a shouting match. He fired four times and three bullets hit Steenkamp, the prosecutor said.
"She couldn't go anywhere. You can run nowhere," prosecutor Nel argued. "It must have been horrific."
Pistorius sobbed softly as his lawyer, Barry Roux, insisted the shooting was an accident and that there was no evidence to substantiate a murder charge.
"Was it to kill her, or was it to get her out?" he asked about the broken-down door. "We submit it is not even murder. There is no concession this is a murder."
He said the state had provided no evidence that the couple quarreled nor offered a motive.
Nel rebutted: "The motive is 'I want to kill.'"
There were affadavits from friends of Pistorius and Steenkamp read out by defense lawyer Roux in the bail hearing.
The statements described a charming, happy couple. The night before the killing, they said, Pistorius and Steenkamp had canceled separate plans to spend the night before Valentine's Day together at his home.
As details emerged at the dramatic court hearing in the capital, Steenkamp's body was being cremated Tuesday at a memorial service in the south-coast port city of Port Elizabeth. The family said members had arrived from around the world. Six pallbearers carried her coffin, draped with a white cloth and covered in white flowers, into the church for the private service.
June Steenkamp, the mother, said the family wants answers.
"Why? Why my little girl? Why did this happen? Why did he do this?" she said in an interview published Monday in The Times newspaper.
Outside the court, several dozen singing women protested against domestic violence and waved placards urging Pistorius be refused bail. "Pistorius must rot in jail," one placard said.
South Africa has some of the world's worst rates of violence against females and the highest rate in the world of women killed by an intimate partner, according to a study by the Medical Research Council. Another council study estimates a child or woman is raped every four minutes. While homicide rates have dropped, the number of women killed by current or former partners has increased, said the council's Professor Rachel Jewkes. At least three women are killed by a partner every day in the country of 50 million, she said.
Steenkamp campaigned actively against domestic violence and had tweeted on Twitter that she planned to join a "Black Friday" protest by wearing black in honor of a 17-year-old girl who was gang-raped and mutilated two weeks ago.
What "she stood for, and the abuse against women, unfortunately it's gone right around and I think the Lord knows that statement is more powerful now," her uncle and the family spokesman Mike Steenkamp said after her memorial.
He said the family had planned a big get-together at Christmas but that had not been possible. "But we are here today as a family and the only one who's missing is Reeva," he said, breaking down and weeping.
Pistorius was born without fibula bones and had them amputated when he was 11 months.
The man known as the Blade Runner because of his running prostheses has lost several valuable sponsorships estimated to be worth more than $1 million a year.
On Tuesday, the athlete was ousted from a pro-gay campaign being launched in Cape Town, organizers said. In a video axed from the campaign, Pistorius says "You don't have to worry. You don't have to change. Take a deep breath and remember, 'It will get better.'"
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Gun comments split family of Oscar Pistorius
Date: 3/5/13 (Tuesday)
By JOHN LEICESTER (AP Sports Writer) | The Associated Press
JOHANNESBURG (AP) -- A remarkably public feud erupted Tuesday within the family of Oscar Pistorius, the double-amputee Olympian charged with murdering his girlfriend, as the runner and his relatives distanced themselves from comments his father reportedly made about guns and crime in South Africa.
South Africa's ruling party, the African National Congress, also waded into the family dispute. A spokesman for the party accused Henke Pistorius, the runner's father, of racism for his observations reported in British newspapers about crime against white South Africans and the suggestion that the ANC government isn't adequately protecting them.
The Pistorius family and the reputation management firm it has hired are working to head off any negative publicity or controversy that might possibly have a bearing on the outcome of the runner's case, which could see him jailed for life if convicted of premeditated murder.
They quickly issued a statement early Tuesday morning saying the family ''is deeply concerned'' about the father's interview that ''doesn't represent the views of Oscar or the rest of the Pistorius family.''
The Telegraph and Mirror newspapers quoted Henke Pistorius as saying the family owns handguns for self-defense. That is not unusual in South Africa. Two years ago, Police Minister Nkosinathi Emmanuel Mthethwa said the country of 49 million people had 1.7 million registered firearm owners holding 2.9 million guns.
Oscar Pistorius had a police license for the 9 mm pistol with which he shot Reeva Steenkamp in the early hours of Valentine's Day.
The gun collectors' club, the Lowveld Firearm Collectors Association, which the runner joined last April said Pistorius also owned but hadn't yet licensed six other firearms for his gun collection.
South Africa's Beeld newspaper reported that the runner's father, three uncles and grandfather also own 55 firearms between them - ranging from handguns to rifles.
''Some of the guns are for hunting and some are for protection, the hand guns,'' the Telegraph quoted Henke Pistorius as saying. ''It speaks to the ANC government, look at white crime levels, why protection is so poor in this country, it's an aspect of our society.''
''You can't rely on the police, not because they are inefficient always but because crime is so rife,'' the father said, according to the newspaper.
It said he had never used a gun in self-defense, but added: ''That doesn't mean I haven't been hijacked, attacked. As a family, we value life much too much to produce guns at every opportunity we can use them.''
''I have been in positions where I can use a gun but we have been brought up in a way that we value the lives of others very highly,'' he said.
Prosecutors charged Pistorius with premeditated murder for killing Steenkamp, saying the shooting followed an argument between the two. Pistorius said he mistook the 29-year-old model for a home intruder, fired shots at the door of his toilet and then discovered she was inside.
The family statement said: ''Oscar Pistorius's family is deeply concerned about the comments made by Oscar's father, Henke Pistorius, to UK newspaper the Telegraph about the family using its weapons to defend themselves against crime in South Africa, and especially about his comments that the ANC government is not willing to protect white South Africans.''
It also quoted Arnold Pistorius, the runner's uncle who has taken on a spokesman's role following Steenkamp's killing, as saying that ''the Pistorius family own weapons purely for sport and hunting purposes.''
That, however, contradicted Pistorius' own testimony to the magistrate who freed him on bail.
In an affidavit, the athlete known as ''Blade Runner'' for his carbon-fiber prosthetic running legs said he slept with his 9 mm handgun under his bed because ''I have also been a victim of violence and of burglaries before.''
The South African police say they register more than 15,000 murders a year. The South African Police Service's National Firearms Center said Pistorius registered the 9 mm for self-defense. Police issued him with his gun license on Sept. 10, 2010.
ANC spokesman Jackson Mthembu said it ''rejects with contempt'' the suggestion that the ANC government doesn't adequately protect white South Africans against crime.
''Not only is this statement devoid of truth, it is also racist,'' Mthembu said in a statement. ''It is sad that he has chosen to politicize a tragic incident that is still fresh in the minds of those affected and the public.''
The family's response to Henke Pistorius' comments was issued by the reputation management firm, Vuma, it has hired to deal with the media. The statement said ''Henke's interview with the newspaper was unapproved by our media liaison team.''
Media reports have said Pistorius and his father were estranged before Steenkamp's death. But the father was seen comforting the sprinter when he sobbed during his bail hearing.
____________________________________________
Date: 3/5/13 (Tuesday)
By JOHN LEICESTER (AP Sports Writer) | The Associated Press
JOHANNESBURG (AP) -- A remarkably public feud erupted Tuesday within the family of Oscar Pistorius, the double-amputee Olympian charged with murdering his girlfriend, as the runner and his relatives distanced themselves from comments his father reportedly made about guns and crime in South Africa.
South Africa's ruling party, the African National Congress, also waded into the family dispute. A spokesman for the party accused Henke Pistorius, the runner's father, of racism for his observations reported in British newspapers about crime against white South Africans and the suggestion that the ANC government isn't adequately protecting them.
The Pistorius family and the reputation management firm it has hired are working to head off any negative publicity or controversy that might possibly have a bearing on the outcome of the runner's case, which could see him jailed for life if convicted of premeditated murder.
They quickly issued a statement early Tuesday morning saying the family ''is deeply concerned'' about the father's interview that ''doesn't represent the views of Oscar or the rest of the Pistorius family.''
The Telegraph and Mirror newspapers quoted Henke Pistorius as saying the family owns handguns for self-defense. That is not unusual in South Africa. Two years ago, Police Minister Nkosinathi Emmanuel Mthethwa said the country of 49 million people had 1.7 million registered firearm owners holding 2.9 million guns.
Oscar Pistorius had a police license for the 9 mm pistol with which he shot Reeva Steenkamp in the early hours of Valentine's Day.
The gun collectors' club, the Lowveld Firearm Collectors Association, which the runner joined last April said Pistorius also owned but hadn't yet licensed six other firearms for his gun collection.
South Africa's Beeld newspaper reported that the runner's father, three uncles and grandfather also own 55 firearms between them - ranging from handguns to rifles.
''Some of the guns are for hunting and some are for protection, the hand guns,'' the Telegraph quoted Henke Pistorius as saying. ''It speaks to the ANC government, look at white crime levels, why protection is so poor in this country, it's an aspect of our society.''
''You can't rely on the police, not because they are inefficient always but because crime is so rife,'' the father said, according to the newspaper.
It said he had never used a gun in self-defense, but added: ''That doesn't mean I haven't been hijacked, attacked. As a family, we value life much too much to produce guns at every opportunity we can use them.''
''I have been in positions where I can use a gun but we have been brought up in a way that we value the lives of others very highly,'' he said.
Prosecutors charged Pistorius with premeditated murder for killing Steenkamp, saying the shooting followed an argument between the two. Pistorius said he mistook the 29-year-old model for a home intruder, fired shots at the door of his toilet and then discovered she was inside.
The family statement said: ''Oscar Pistorius's family is deeply concerned about the comments made by Oscar's father, Henke Pistorius, to UK newspaper the Telegraph about the family using its weapons to defend themselves against crime in South Africa, and especially about his comments that the ANC government is not willing to protect white South Africans.''
It also quoted Arnold Pistorius, the runner's uncle who has taken on a spokesman's role following Steenkamp's killing, as saying that ''the Pistorius family own weapons purely for sport and hunting purposes.''
That, however, contradicted Pistorius' own testimony to the magistrate who freed him on bail.
In an affidavit, the athlete known as ''Blade Runner'' for his carbon-fiber prosthetic running legs said he slept with his 9 mm handgun under his bed because ''I have also been a victim of violence and of burglaries before.''
The South African police say they register more than 15,000 murders a year. The South African Police Service's National Firearms Center said Pistorius registered the 9 mm for self-defense. Police issued him with his gun license on Sept. 10, 2010.
ANC spokesman Jackson Mthembu said it ''rejects with contempt'' the suggestion that the ANC government doesn't adequately protect white South Africans against crime.
''Not only is this statement devoid of truth, it is also racist,'' Mthembu said in a statement. ''It is sad that he has chosen to politicize a tragic incident that is still fresh in the minds of those affected and the public.''
The family's response to Henke Pistorius' comments was issued by the reputation management firm, Vuma, it has hired to deal with the media. The statement said ''Henke's interview with the newspaper was unapproved by our media liaison team.''
Media reports have said Pistorius and his father were estranged before Steenkamp's death. But the father was seen comforting the sprinter when he sobbed during his bail hearing.
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Comment by Save The American Family - STAF, Inc., -not-for-profit-
By Dr. Christian von Christophers, Ph.D., N.D.
placed WOMEN'S HEART TROUBLE
blue out
Excellent, important study - a very good study - does this wake up the parents to see what poisonous imitation food you are feeding to your precious children?
The children (and adult) get sick when eating processed food full of dangerous, poisonous chemicals and fast food (= bad food).
Quotation: "To stay healthy you need to eat what your body wants, not what you want"
(Dr. Christian, STAF, Inc.)
Another quotation: "If it came from a plant, eat it, if it was made in a plant, don't - it kills".
Some basic facts for good health and a long life are: healthy nutrition, enough sleep, enough fresh water daily, physical activity (walking 1 h/d, pref. in nature), good social/family life, life with purposeful goals & our genetic factors (we can beat the negative ones quite well).
STAF, Inc. has developed a new Healthy Lifestyle & Correct Nutrition Program for the U.S. government's use. Worldwide, the same new program fits for every nation's use.
Totally it took 26 years to develop, first 19 years worldwide research and the past 7 years to modify it for the U.S. needs. It is a program that for the first time ever covers all necessary elements to get the lasting results in all family related challenges and in our rampant obesity, overweight & sickness levels. It's nutritional program leading to health and to a longer life is at the same time an automatic weight loss program: nothing to buy, no calories to count, no unreasonable portion control - eat as needed; just follow the easy what-to-eat instructions. All new recipes - delicious, delicious. You are not going to walk around feeling hungry. You can even visit, now and then, a casino buffet, if you so wish.
The biggest news is this: the correct, health-restoring & health-maintaining food with all necessary daily nutrients in the correct combination costs ONLY about $95 per one (adult) person monthly. Based on the new program's detailed guidance, you buy your food ingredients in your local supermarket and prepare your food in your own kitchen based on the new, delicious recipes. The bigger the family, the less $ per/person. Only a program everyone can afford is a solution to our nation's health challenges.
How much are your food expenses time being? Probably many times more. This means: everyone can afford this amazing program whether one works on the minimum salary or lives on the social security or similar. The saved money this new STAF, Inc. program guides to place in safe investments - STAF, Inc. endorses only a few investment adviser companies as reliable. With the saved money your family can create substantial wealth within time.
The new Healthy Lifestyle & Correct Nutrition program will, in a televised D.C. event, be introduced to our nation, to The W.H., The President & The First Lady, The U.S. Congress & Senate, and to all related federal agencies.
STAF, Inc.'s presence is needed in D.C. in the U.S. Congress (House & Senate). STAF, Inc.'s founding President is planning (1) to seek a seat in D.C. Congress/Senate to provide the necessary information to the D.C. lawmakers and (2) to establish a fully new federal agency, Healthy Lifestyle & Family Success Agency, and to be named its first federal director. New legislation and training for all these matters are needed in a results-bringing manner. STAF, Inc.'s slogan is: Less suffering - more life™
In STAF, Inc.'s website at the end of the Home page is a link to study the original founding documents to see the full purpose & the mission statements of the organization.
Listen to STAF, Inc.'s popular Radio Shows - you'll get free CEU & College-University credits nationwide or worldwide. To visit STAF, Inc.'s website, use its Radio Show title "DrDrCanYouHelpMe" in the internet search.
Respectfully,
Christian von Christophers, Ph.D., N.D.
STAF. Inc.'s founding President
2nd version the same above and below - but the below has no referral to what article it is placed as a comment PLUS below improved sentence:Probably many times more than in this new STAF, Inc.'s results bringing program.
CORRECTED BELOW also ITS (not it's) nutritional program
======================Below placed: Thursday, 3/7/13 for
Like Bacon, Sausage and Hot Dogs? Then Beware: They May Raise Your Risk of Death, New Study Finds.
By Dr. Christian von Christophers, Ph.D., N.D.
placed WOMEN'S HEART TROUBLE
blue out
Excellent, important study - a very good study - does this wake up the parents to see what poisonous imitation food you are feeding to your precious children?
The children (and adult) get sick when eating processed food full of dangerous, poisonous chemicals and fast food (= bad food).
Quotation: "To stay healthy you need to eat what your body wants, not what you want"
(Dr. Christian, STAF, Inc.)
Another quotation: "If it came from a plant, eat it, if it was made in a plant, don't - it kills".
Some basic facts for good health and a long life are: healthy nutrition, enough sleep, enough fresh water daily, physical activity (walking 1 h/d, pref. in nature), good social/family life, life with purposeful goals & our genetic factors (we can beat the negative ones quite well).
STAF, Inc. has developed a new Healthy Lifestyle & Correct Nutrition Program for the U.S. government's use. Worldwide, the same new program fits for every nation's use.
Totally it took 26 years to develop, first 19 years worldwide research and the past 7 years to modify it for the U.S. needs. It is a program that for the first time ever covers all necessary elements to get the lasting results in all family related challenges and in our rampant obesity, overweight & sickness levels. It's nutritional program leading to health and to a longer life is at the same time an automatic weight loss program: nothing to buy, no calories to count, no unreasonable portion control - eat as needed; just follow the easy what-to-eat instructions. All new recipes - delicious, delicious. You are not going to walk around feeling hungry. You can even visit, now and then, a casino buffet, if you so wish.
The biggest news is this: the correct, health-restoring & health-maintaining food with all necessary daily nutrients in the correct combination costs ONLY about $95 per one (adult) person monthly. Based on the new program's detailed guidance, you buy your food ingredients in your local supermarket and prepare your food in your own kitchen based on the new, delicious recipes. The bigger the family, the less $ per/person. Only a program everyone can afford is a solution to our nation's health challenges.
How much are your food expenses time being? Probably many times more. This means: everyone can afford this amazing program whether one works on the minimum salary or lives on the social security or similar. The saved money this new STAF, Inc. program guides to place in safe investments - STAF, Inc. endorses only a few investment adviser companies as reliable. With the saved money your family can create substantial wealth within time.
The new Healthy Lifestyle & Correct Nutrition program will, in a televised D.C. event, be introduced to our nation, to The W.H., The President & The First Lady, The U.S. Congress & Senate, and to all related federal agencies.
STAF, Inc.'s presence is needed in D.C. in the U.S. Congress (House & Senate). STAF, Inc.'s founding President is planning (1) to seek a seat in D.C. Congress/Senate to provide the necessary information to the D.C. lawmakers and (2) to establish a fully new federal agency, Healthy Lifestyle & Family Success Agency, and to be named its first federal director. New legislation and training for all these matters are needed in a results-bringing manner. STAF, Inc.'s slogan is: Less suffering - more life™
In STAF, Inc.'s website at the end of the Home page is a link to study the original founding documents to see the full purpose & the mission statements of the organization.
Listen to STAF, Inc.'s popular Radio Shows - you'll get free CEU & College-University credits nationwide or worldwide. To visit STAF, Inc.'s website, use its Radio Show title "DrDrCanYouHelpMe" in the internet search.
Respectfully,
Christian von Christophers, Ph.D., N.D.
STAF. Inc.'s founding President
2nd version the same above and below - but the below has no referral to what article it is placed as a comment PLUS below improved sentence:Probably many times more than in this new STAF, Inc.'s results bringing program.
CORRECTED BELOW also ITS (not it's) nutritional program
======================Below placed: Thursday, 3/7/13 for
Like Bacon, Sausage and Hot Dogs? Then Beware: They May Raise Your Risk of Death, New Study Finds.
Comment by Save The American Family - STAF, Inc., -not-for-profit-
By Dr. Christian von Christophers, Ph.D., N.D.
Quotation: "To stay healthy you need to eat what your body wants, not what you want"
(Dr. Christian, STAF, Inc.)
Another quotation: "If it came from a plant, eat it, if it was made in a plant, don't - it kills".
Some basic facts for good health and a long life are: healthy nutrition, enough sleep, enough fresh water daily (= min. 50 % of your weight in ounces, max. 100 %), physical activity, good social/family life, life with purposeful goals & our genetic factors (we can beat the negative ones quite well).
STAF, Inc. has developed a new Healthy Lifestyle & Correct Nutrition Program for the U.S. government's use. Worldwide, the same new program fits for every nation's use.
Totally it took 26 years to develop, first 19 years worldwide research and the past 7 years to modify it for the U.S. needs. It is a program that, for the first time ever, covers all necessary elements to get the lasting results in all family related challenges and in our rampant obesity, overweight & sickness levels. Its nutritional program leading to health and to a longer life is at the same time an automatic weight loss program: nothing to buy, no calories to count, no unreasonable portion control - eat as needed; just follow the easy what-to-eat instructions. All new recipes - delicious, delicious. You are not going to walk around feeling hungry. You can even visit, now and then, a casino buffet, if you so wish.
The biggest news is this: the correct, health-restoring & health-maintaining food with all necessary daily nutrients in the correct combination costs ONLY about $95 per one (adult) person monthly. Based on the new program's detailed guidance, you buy your food ingredients in your local supermarket & prepare your food in your own kitchen based on the new, delicious recipes. The bigger the family, the less $ per/person. Only a program everyone can afford is a solution to our nation's health challenges.
How much are your food expenses time being? Probably many times more than in this new STAF, Inc.'s results bringing program. This means: everyone can afford this amazing program whether one works on the minimum salary or lives on the social security or similar. The saved money this new STAF, Inc. program guides you to place in safe investments - STAF, Inc. endorses only a few investment adviser companies as reliable. With the saved money your family can create substantial wealth within time.
The new Healthy Lifestyle & Correct Nutrition program will, in a televised D.C. event, be introduced to our nation, to The W.H., The President & The First Lady, The U.S. Congress & Senate, and to all related federal agencies.
STAF, Inc.'s presence is needed in D.C. in the U.S. Congress (House & Senate). STAF, Inc.'s founding President is planning (1) to seek a seat in D.C. Congress/Senate to provide the necessary information to the D.C. lawmakers and (2) to establish a fully new federal agency, Healthy Lifestyle & Family Success Agency, and to be named its first federal director. New legislation and training for all these matters are needed in a results-bringing manner. STAF, Inc.'s slogan is: Less suffering - more life™
In STAF, Inc.'s website at the top of most tabs is a link to study the original STAF, Inc.'s founding documents to see the full purpose & the mission statements of the organization.
Listen to STAF, Inc.'s popular Radio Shows - you'll get free CEU & College-University credits valid nationwide & worldwide. The original recordings in the internet 24/7. To visit STAF, Inc.'s website, use its Radio Show title "DrDrCanYouHelpMe" in the internet search with the lower & upper keys as in the title.
Respectfully,
Christian von Christophers, Ph.D., N.D.
STAF. Inc.'s founding President
By Dr. Christian von Christophers, Ph.D., N.D.
Quotation: "To stay healthy you need to eat what your body wants, not what you want"
(Dr. Christian, STAF, Inc.)
Another quotation: "If it came from a plant, eat it, if it was made in a plant, don't - it kills".
Some basic facts for good health and a long life are: healthy nutrition, enough sleep, enough fresh water daily (= min. 50 % of your weight in ounces, max. 100 %), physical activity, good social/family life, life with purposeful goals & our genetic factors (we can beat the negative ones quite well).
STAF, Inc. has developed a new Healthy Lifestyle & Correct Nutrition Program for the U.S. government's use. Worldwide, the same new program fits for every nation's use.
Totally it took 26 years to develop, first 19 years worldwide research and the past 7 years to modify it for the U.S. needs. It is a program that, for the first time ever, covers all necessary elements to get the lasting results in all family related challenges and in our rampant obesity, overweight & sickness levels. Its nutritional program leading to health and to a longer life is at the same time an automatic weight loss program: nothing to buy, no calories to count, no unreasonable portion control - eat as needed; just follow the easy what-to-eat instructions. All new recipes - delicious, delicious. You are not going to walk around feeling hungry. You can even visit, now and then, a casino buffet, if you so wish.
The biggest news is this: the correct, health-restoring & health-maintaining food with all necessary daily nutrients in the correct combination costs ONLY about $95 per one (adult) person monthly. Based on the new program's detailed guidance, you buy your food ingredients in your local supermarket & prepare your food in your own kitchen based on the new, delicious recipes. The bigger the family, the less $ per/person. Only a program everyone can afford is a solution to our nation's health challenges.
How much are your food expenses time being? Probably many times more than in this new STAF, Inc.'s results bringing program. This means: everyone can afford this amazing program whether one works on the minimum salary or lives on the social security or similar. The saved money this new STAF, Inc. program guides you to place in safe investments - STAF, Inc. endorses only a few investment adviser companies as reliable. With the saved money your family can create substantial wealth within time.
The new Healthy Lifestyle & Correct Nutrition program will, in a televised D.C. event, be introduced to our nation, to The W.H., The President & The First Lady, The U.S. Congress & Senate, and to all related federal agencies.
STAF, Inc.'s presence is needed in D.C. in the U.S. Congress (House & Senate). STAF, Inc.'s founding President is planning (1) to seek a seat in D.C. Congress/Senate to provide the necessary information to the D.C. lawmakers and (2) to establish a fully new federal agency, Healthy Lifestyle & Family Success Agency, and to be named its first federal director. New legislation and training for all these matters are needed in a results-bringing manner. STAF, Inc.'s slogan is: Less suffering - more life™
In STAF, Inc.'s website at the top of most tabs is a link to study the original STAF, Inc.'s founding documents to see the full purpose & the mission statements of the organization.
Listen to STAF, Inc.'s popular Radio Shows - you'll get free CEU & College-University credits valid nationwide & worldwide. The original recordings in the internet 24/7. To visit STAF, Inc.'s website, use its Radio Show title "DrDrCanYouHelpMe" in the internet search with the lower & upper keys as in the title.
Respectfully,
Christian von Christophers, Ph.D., N.D.
STAF. Inc.'s founding President
The next article by the above comment placed on 2/28/13
"Tell Me the Truth, Doctor" is a weekly column written by ABC News' chief health and medical editor Dr. Richard Besser. Look for Dr. Besser's book April 23.
Mediterranean Diet and 5 More Ways to Protect Your Heart
As American Heart Health Month comes to a close, I wanted to take some time to talk about prevention.
We actually know a lot about preventing heart disease, and there are easy things you can do right now to lower your risk.
First, know your family history. Did your father or brother have a heart attack before they were 55? Did your mother or sister have one before they were 65? If so, you already have a higher risk of developing heart disease, and need to pay particular attention to your other risk factors.
And even without a family history of heart disease, you aren't off the hook. Here are some things you can and should do right now to protect your heart:
If you're a smoker, stop. It's hard to do on your own, so get some help by calling the quit line: 1-800-QUIT-NOW. They can help you get nicotine replacement therapy.
If you have high blood pressure, diabetes, or high cholesterol, take steps to control them.
If you aren't getting any exercise, look at ways to move. Even 15 minutes a day can make a difference. Start with something easy, something you enjoy and build from there.
And if you're overweight or obese, try to lose weight. Again, start with small changes that you can live with, so you'll experience success. Slow and steady is the way to go. I like to recommend ditching sodas and other sweetened drinks as a great first step.
I used to stop there with my recommendations. But this week, a new study really caught my eye, and I think I'll add one more tip to the list.
It was a Spanish study, designed to test whether the Mediterranean diet could prevent heart attacks, strokes or deaths from cardiovascular disease in people at high risk. And what the researchers found was exciting.
Compared to men and women following a low fat diet, those following the Mediterranean dietsupplemented with extra virgin olive oil or nuts had a 30 percent reduction in heart disease risk. That's pretty incredible. Statins, which many view as blockbuster anti-cholesterol drugs, only reduce risk by 25 percent.
The Mediterranean diet stresses eating plenty of fresh fruits and vegetables, legumes like chickpeas, beans and lentils, whole grains, and lean protein sources like fish and chicken. In this particular study, there was a big focus on consuming olive oil and nuts. And when I say consuming, I mean really eating a lot!
Click here for Mediterranean diet recipes.
For olive oil, the study suggests eating 4 tablespoons per day. For nuts, it said to eat as many walnuts, almonds, hazelnuts as you want - at least three handfuls per week. For those who drink alcohol, you can have a glass of wine with dinner. But ditch the sodas, baked goods, spreadable fats like butter and margarine, and red and processed meats.
As with any study, it would be great to see it repeated elsewhere to make sure the findings hold up. It was conducted in Spain, where the average diet is very different from that of a typical American. The participants were also given free olive oil or nuts, and received nutritional counseling every three months - an impossible feat in the greater population. I'd also like to see the study done in people at lower risk of heart disease.
But what I love about this study is that recommends something that's quite easy to live with. The dietary changes in this study had nothing to do with trying to lose weight; they simply aimed to boost health by changing the foods that you eat. Nothing was forbidden - foods were either encouraged or discouraged - and you don't need a scale and a degree in food science to give it a try.
So in honor of American Heart Health month, go for a brisk walk and think about a couple things you can do to help keep your heart healthy. It's easy!
"Tell Me the Truth, Doctor" is a weekly column written by ABC News' chief health and medical editor Dr. Richard Besser. Look for Dr. Besser's book April 23.
"Tell Me the Truth, Doctor" is a weekly column written by ABC News' chief health and medical editor Dr. Richard Besser. Look for Dr. Besser's book April 23.
Mediterranean Diet and 5 More Ways to Protect Your Heart
As American Heart Health Month comes to a close, I wanted to take some time to talk about prevention.
We actually know a lot about preventing heart disease, and there are easy things you can do right now to lower your risk.
First, know your family history. Did your father or brother have a heart attack before they were 55? Did your mother or sister have one before they were 65? If so, you already have a higher risk of developing heart disease, and need to pay particular attention to your other risk factors.
And even without a family history of heart disease, you aren't off the hook. Here are some things you can and should do right now to protect your heart:
If you're a smoker, stop. It's hard to do on your own, so get some help by calling the quit line: 1-800-QUIT-NOW. They can help you get nicotine replacement therapy.
If you have high blood pressure, diabetes, or high cholesterol, take steps to control them.
If you aren't getting any exercise, look at ways to move. Even 15 minutes a day can make a difference. Start with something easy, something you enjoy and build from there.
And if you're overweight or obese, try to lose weight. Again, start with small changes that you can live with, so you'll experience success. Slow and steady is the way to go. I like to recommend ditching sodas and other sweetened drinks as a great first step.
I used to stop there with my recommendations. But this week, a new study really caught my eye, and I think I'll add one more tip to the list.
It was a Spanish study, designed to test whether the Mediterranean diet could prevent heart attacks, strokes or deaths from cardiovascular disease in people at high risk. And what the researchers found was exciting.
Compared to men and women following a low fat diet, those following the Mediterranean dietsupplemented with extra virgin olive oil or nuts had a 30 percent reduction in heart disease risk. That's pretty incredible. Statins, which many view as blockbuster anti-cholesterol drugs, only reduce risk by 25 percent.
The Mediterranean diet stresses eating plenty of fresh fruits and vegetables, legumes like chickpeas, beans and lentils, whole grains, and lean protein sources like fish and chicken. In this particular study, there was a big focus on consuming olive oil and nuts. And when I say consuming, I mean really eating a lot!
Click here for Mediterranean diet recipes.
For olive oil, the study suggests eating 4 tablespoons per day. For nuts, it said to eat as many walnuts, almonds, hazelnuts as you want - at least three handfuls per week. For those who drink alcohol, you can have a glass of wine with dinner. But ditch the sodas, baked goods, spreadable fats like butter and margarine, and red and processed meats.
As with any study, it would be great to see it repeated elsewhere to make sure the findings hold up. It was conducted in Spain, where the average diet is very different from that of a typical American. The participants were also given free olive oil or nuts, and received nutritional counseling every three months - an impossible feat in the greater population. I'd also like to see the study done in people at lower risk of heart disease.
But what I love about this study is that recommends something that's quite easy to live with. The dietary changes in this study had nothing to do with trying to lose weight; they simply aimed to boost health by changing the foods that you eat. Nothing was forbidden - foods were either encouraged or discouraged - and you don't need a scale and a degree in food science to give it a try.
So in honor of American Heart Health month, go for a brisk walk and think about a couple things you can do to help keep your heart healthy. It's easy!
"Tell Me the Truth, Doctor" is a weekly column written by ABC News' chief health and medical editor Dr. Richard Besser. Look for Dr. Besser's book April 23.
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Goes After Pitbull’s ‘Everything’–But Gets Nothing
By Wendy Geller | Stop The Presses! – Fri, Feb 22, 2013 3:34 PM EST
Sorry, Lindsay Lohan. We know you were offended by the somewhat callow use of your name in Pitbull’s 2011 hit “Give Me Everything”—but unfortunately the courts didn’t share your ire.
Lohan’s lawsuit against the hip-hop star—who rapped “So I'm tip-toein' to keep flowin'/I got it locked up like Lindsay Lohan” in the tune—was dismissed on Thursday. U.S. District Judge Denis ruled the song a protected work of art, putting the actress out of luck.
The original suit, filed last November, asserted Lohan suffered emotional distress over “an unwarranted, unauthorized, and unfavorable mention of [her] name and personality, and allusions to [her] physical and mental character.” She also claimed it violated her civil rights by using her name without permission for commercial purposes.
Pitbull (Photo: Maury Phillips)The judge responded by noting that the lyric is protected by the First Amendment as a work of art. He also ruled that the one-off use of her name was of an “isolated nature,” and therefore a weak claim.
In an additional blow for Lohan’s camp, her attorney was sanctioned and fined for “false representation to the court,” as her briefs were apparently plagiarized from newspapers, law firms and other education websites.
Not everything went poorly for Lohan in this case. Pitbull’s own legal team sought to go after the actress for filing a frivolous lawsuit; however, the judge said the action wasn’t warranted.
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Goes After Pitbull’s ‘Everything’–But Gets Nothing
By Wendy Geller | Stop The Presses! – Fri, Feb 22, 2013 3:34 PM EST
Sorry, Lindsay Lohan. We know you were offended by the somewhat callow use of your name in Pitbull’s 2011 hit “Give Me Everything”—but unfortunately the courts didn’t share your ire.
Lohan’s lawsuit against the hip-hop star—who rapped “So I'm tip-toein' to keep flowin'/I got it locked up like Lindsay Lohan” in the tune—was dismissed on Thursday. U.S. District Judge Denis ruled the song a protected work of art, putting the actress out of luck.
The original suit, filed last November, asserted Lohan suffered emotional distress over “an unwarranted, unauthorized, and unfavorable mention of [her] name and personality, and allusions to [her] physical and mental character.” She also claimed it violated her civil rights by using her name without permission for commercial purposes.
Pitbull (Photo: Maury Phillips)The judge responded by noting that the lyric is protected by the First Amendment as a work of art. He also ruled that the one-off use of her name was of an “isolated nature,” and therefore a weak claim.
In an additional blow for Lohan’s camp, her attorney was sanctioned and fined for “false representation to the court,” as her briefs were apparently plagiarized from newspapers, law firms and other education websites.
Not everything went poorly for Lohan in this case. Pitbull’s own legal team sought to go after the actress for filing a frivolous lawsuit; however, the judge said the action wasn’t warranted.
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Lindsay Lohan Catches Last-Minute Flight to L.A. for Trial Mo 3/18/13
Someone's cutting it close!
Lindsay Lohan is hustling to make her mandated court appearance set for 8:30 a.m. PT Monday morning in Los Angeles because she skipped out on several flights heading west from New York City over the weekend. Thankfully, she managed to hop a private jet courtesy of energy drink Mr. Pink early Monday morning.
Initially, the embattled star was supposed to be flying on Saturday to get to the West Coast in time for her probation violation trial, but reportedly ditched that plan for a Sunday flight instead. All seemed well when she arrived at JFK airport Sunday evening but then she got off the plane moments before takeoff and was sent scrambling for some way to get herself to Los Angeles.
[Related: Lindsay Lohan Trial Preview: What Can We Expect?]
E! News reports that she managed to find her way onto a private plane and is set to land just one hour before that 8:30 a.m. trial time. The aircraft is reportedly making a pit stop in Las Vegas to refuel.
"Thanks Mr. Pink for the private jet see you all in a few hours in LA," Lindsay tweeted in the wee hours.
The 26-year-old star is set to land at Van Nuys airport in the Valley, which is 20 miles away from Airport Courthouse where she needs to be, according to TMZ. And she'll need to tackle that journey during rush hour. Let's hope for her sake that Mr. Pink has a chopper too!
Lohan removed herself from that Sunday evening flight because "she supposedly felt anxious because she was traveling alone," according to E! News sources.
LiLo reportedly is being accompanied by two friends, not her mother, Dina Lohan, as had been initially planned.
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Someone's cutting it close!
Lindsay Lohan is hustling to make her mandated court appearance set for 8:30 a.m. PT Monday morning in Los Angeles because she skipped out on several flights heading west from New York City over the weekend. Thankfully, she managed to hop a private jet courtesy of energy drink Mr. Pink early Monday morning.
Initially, the embattled star was supposed to be flying on Saturday to get to the West Coast in time for her probation violation trial, but reportedly ditched that plan for a Sunday flight instead. All seemed well when she arrived at JFK airport Sunday evening but then she got off the plane moments before takeoff and was sent scrambling for some way to get herself to Los Angeles.
[Related: Lindsay Lohan Trial Preview: What Can We Expect?]
E! News reports that she managed to find her way onto a private plane and is set to land just one hour before that 8:30 a.m. trial time. The aircraft is reportedly making a pit stop in Las Vegas to refuel.
"Thanks Mr. Pink for the private jet see you all in a few hours in LA," Lindsay tweeted in the wee hours.
The 26-year-old star is set to land at Van Nuys airport in the Valley, which is 20 miles away from Airport Courthouse where she needs to be, according to TMZ. And she'll need to tackle that journey during rush hour. Let's hope for her sake that Mr. Pink has a chopper too!
Lohan removed herself from that Sunday evening flight because "she supposedly felt anxious because she was traveling alone," according to E! News sources.
LiLo reportedly is being accompanied by two friends, not her mother, Dina Lohan, as had been initially planned.
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Lindsay Lohan’s Lawyer Says No Plea Deal On Tablethe lawyer, Mark Heller
A lawyer for Lindsay Lohan today dismissed media reports that the actress rejected a plea deal from California prosecutors in her California car crash case.
“Tomorrow morning we’ll be meeting with prosecutors to see what might be facilitated,” the lawyer, Mark Heller, told ABCNews.com. “If nothing is facilitated, we will move forward with the trial. Right now it’s in the early stages. We haven’t met yet.”
Heller is due in court in Los Angeles Friday morning for a pre-trial hearing in the case. Lohan is not required to appear for the pretrial hearing, but must be in court for the trial, which is tentatively set for March 18.
Earlier today, TMZ reported that Lohan had rejected a deal from prosecutors to go to rehab for 60 days in lieu of a trial and possible jail time, but Heller says the website’s account is false.
See More of Lindsay Lohan’s Courtroom Dramas
The upcoming trial is related to the misdemeanor charges the actress faces in connection with her car crash on the Pacific Coast Highway in June. She has pleaded not guilty to lying to police, driving recklessly and obstructing an officer from doing his duties.
But because Lohan was still on probation for a 2011 necklace theft case, her probation was revoked in December as a result of the charges stemming from the accident.
A lawyer for Lindsay Lohan today dismissed media reports that the actress rejected a plea deal from California prosecutors in her California car crash case.
“Tomorrow morning we’ll be meeting with prosecutors to see what might be facilitated,” the lawyer, Mark Heller, told ABCNews.com. “If nothing is facilitated, we will move forward with the trial. Right now it’s in the early stages. We haven’t met yet.”
Heller is due in court in Los Angeles Friday morning for a pre-trial hearing in the case. Lohan is not required to appear for the pretrial hearing, but must be in court for the trial, which is tentatively set for March 18.
Earlier today, TMZ reported that Lohan had rejected a deal from prosecutors to go to rehab for 60 days in lieu of a trial and possible jail time, but Heller says the website’s account is false.
See More of Lindsay Lohan’s Courtroom Dramas
The upcoming trial is related to the misdemeanor charges the actress faces in connection with her car crash on the Pacific Coast Highway in June. She has pleaded not guilty to lying to police, driving recklessly and obstructing an officer from doing his duties.
But because Lohan was still on probation for a 2011 necklace theft case, her probation was revoked in December as a result of the charges stemming from the accident.
Mark Heller Says Lohan Wants To Get Her Life Turned Around
WFMY News 2 - 1 day ago - 10:40 PM, Feb 27, 2013, Wednesday
Los Angeles, CA -- Lindsay Lohan's lawyer says the actress is committed to turning her life around and wants to record public service announcements about the dangers of domestic violence, alcohol abuse and drunken driving.
Mark Heller says in an interview that the actress' plans are independent of a criminal case that could return her to jail.
He says Lohan is undergoing intense psychotherapy sessions and has had an "epiphany" about issues that have landed her in court repeatedly since her first arrests in 2007.
Heller says he is meeting with a prosecutor Friday to discuss a possible resolution to a misdemeanor case that alleges Lohan lied about driving when her car smashed into a dump truck in June. Lohan has pleaded not guilty in the case, which also charges her with reckless driving.
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e·piph·a·ny [ih-pif-uh-nee] Show IPA
noun, plural e·piph·a·nies.1.( initial capital letter ) a Christian festival, observed on January6, commemorating the manifestation of Christ to the gentiles inthe persons of the Magi; Twelfth-day.
2.an appearance or manifestation, especially of a deity.
3.a sudden, intuitive perception of or insight into the reality or essential meaning of something, usually initiated by some simple,homely, or commonplace occurrence or experience.
4.a literary work or section of a work presenting, usuallysymbolically, such a moment of revelation and insight.
Origin:
1275–1325; Middle English epiphanie < Late Latin epiphanīa < LateGreek epipháneia, Greek: apparition, equivalent to epi- epi- + phan- (stem of phaínein to appear) + -eia -y3
Move Over Make-A-Wish! Here Comes Lindsay Lohan’s Foundation ‘To Benefit Young People’
Posted on Feb 26, 2013 @ 13:13PM | By jenheger
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In an attempt to show compassion and her willingness to give back, Lindsay Lohan‘s New York-based criminal attorney wants to establish the Lindsay Lohan Foundation, to “benefit young people,” RadarOnline.com is reporting.
According to a letter written to prosecutors handling Lindsay’s criminal case of lying to cops, her attorney Mark Heller says, “Lindsay will be participating in intensive psychotherapy, submitting herself to regular screening and contributing her time to the production of public service messages and periodic visits to schools, hospitals, and other venues where she may provide inspirational talks, encouraging children to pursue positive goals and avoid bad habits.
Read Mark Heller’s Letter To Prosecutors
“I am also exploring the establishment of a Lindsay Lohan Foundation that will provide a non-profit program to benefit young people.”
The attorney also wants to facilitate a meeting with Lindsay and prosecutors, in a move that is absolutely unheard of to, “express her sincerest desire to share her thoughts and help in the process of our determination what the best course would be for her future and to personally affirm her commitment and dedication to fix the problems.”
PHOTOS: Lindsay Lohan Grimaces As She Leaves Chateau Marmont
The letter was also sent to Judge Stephanie Sautner, but was destroyed, because judges aren’t supposed to receive material from lawyers containing biased comments about a defendant.
Lindsay’s criminal charges of lying to the police stem from a car accident on the Pacific Coast Highway last summer. She is accused of lying to authorities when she told them she was not driving at the time of the crash.
PHOTOS: Lindsay & Dina Lohan Party Hard In London
As RadarOnline.com previously reported, according to the rambling and long-winded motion that Heller submitted, a continuance needed to be granted because, “Lindsay Lohan has made a commitment to herself to elevate her life and participate in activities which will advance her desire to lead a model life…
“And place this case on a slow track so that Lindsay Lohan, during the pendency of this case, can demonstrate her worthiness for compassion and mercy by using her present and future actions to set a glorious example of how a collaborative, constructive and creative case strategy formulated by the Defense counsel, the Prosecutors, and the Judicial System all working together can benefit and elevate a Defendant and Society, as outlined in my Feb. 4, 2013 letter.”
PHOTOS: Lindsay Lohan Is A Redhead Again
A pre-trial hearing is scheduled for Friday – Lohan isn’t required to attend – the trial is slated to begin on March 18.
Tags: Celebrity Justice, exclusive, lindsay lohan, mark heller, Stephanie Sautner
WFMY News 2 - 1 day ago - 10:40 PM, Feb 27, 2013, Wednesday
Los Angeles, CA -- Lindsay Lohan's lawyer says the actress is committed to turning her life around and wants to record public service announcements about the dangers of domestic violence, alcohol abuse and drunken driving.
Mark Heller says in an interview that the actress' plans are independent of a criminal case that could return her to jail.
He says Lohan is undergoing intense psychotherapy sessions and has had an "epiphany" about issues that have landed her in court repeatedly since her first arrests in 2007.
Heller says he is meeting with a prosecutor Friday to discuss a possible resolution to a misdemeanor case that alleges Lohan lied about driving when her car smashed into a dump truck in June. Lohan has pleaded not guilty in the case, which also charges her with reckless driving.
Associated Press
e·piph·a·ny [ih-pif-uh-nee] Show IPA
noun, plural e·piph·a·nies.1.( initial capital letter ) a Christian festival, observed on January6, commemorating the manifestation of Christ to the gentiles inthe persons of the Magi; Twelfth-day.
2.an appearance or manifestation, especially of a deity.
3.a sudden, intuitive perception of or insight into the reality or essential meaning of something, usually initiated by some simple,homely, or commonplace occurrence or experience.
4.a literary work or section of a work presenting, usuallysymbolically, such a moment of revelation and insight.
Origin:
1275–1325; Middle English epiphanie < Late Latin epiphanīa < LateGreek epipháneia, Greek: apparition, equivalent to epi- epi- + phan- (stem of phaínein to appear) + -eia -y3
Move Over Make-A-Wish! Here Comes Lindsay Lohan’s Foundation ‘To Benefit Young People’
Posted on Feb 26, 2013 @ 13:13PM | By jenheger
WENN
In an attempt to show compassion and her willingness to give back, Lindsay Lohan‘s New York-based criminal attorney wants to establish the Lindsay Lohan Foundation, to “benefit young people,” RadarOnline.com is reporting.
According to a letter written to prosecutors handling Lindsay’s criminal case of lying to cops, her attorney Mark Heller says, “Lindsay will be participating in intensive psychotherapy, submitting herself to regular screening and contributing her time to the production of public service messages and periodic visits to schools, hospitals, and other venues where she may provide inspirational talks, encouraging children to pursue positive goals and avoid bad habits.
Read Mark Heller’s Letter To Prosecutors
“I am also exploring the establishment of a Lindsay Lohan Foundation that will provide a non-profit program to benefit young people.”
The attorney also wants to facilitate a meeting with Lindsay and prosecutors, in a move that is absolutely unheard of to, “express her sincerest desire to share her thoughts and help in the process of our determination what the best course would be for her future and to personally affirm her commitment and dedication to fix the problems.”
PHOTOS: Lindsay Lohan Grimaces As She Leaves Chateau Marmont
The letter was also sent to Judge Stephanie Sautner, but was destroyed, because judges aren’t supposed to receive material from lawyers containing biased comments about a defendant.
Lindsay’s criminal charges of lying to the police stem from a car accident on the Pacific Coast Highway last summer. She is accused of lying to authorities when she told them she was not driving at the time of the crash.
PHOTOS: Lindsay & Dina Lohan Party Hard In London
As RadarOnline.com previously reported, according to the rambling and long-winded motion that Heller submitted, a continuance needed to be granted because, “Lindsay Lohan has made a commitment to herself to elevate her life and participate in activities which will advance her desire to lead a model life…
“And place this case on a slow track so that Lindsay Lohan, during the pendency of this case, can demonstrate her worthiness for compassion and mercy by using her present and future actions to set a glorious example of how a collaborative, constructive and creative case strategy formulated by the Defense counsel, the Prosecutors, and the Judicial System all working together can benefit and elevate a Defendant and Society, as outlined in my Feb. 4, 2013 letter.”
PHOTOS: Lindsay Lohan Is A Redhead Again
A pre-trial hearing is scheduled for Friday – Lohan isn’t required to attend – the trial is slated to begin on March 18.
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Lindsay Lohan 'Loathes' Mark Heller, But No Other Attorney Will Take Her Calls! - See more at: http://perezhilton.com/2013-01-31-lindsay-lohan-loathes-attorney-mark-heller-other-lawyers-refuse#.US_nh6KyCSo
Mark Heller attempts to delay Lindsay Lohan court case, claims she wants to 'clean up her image'
Sarah Burbank-Douglas
2/28/2013
Lindsay Lohan’s legal team continues to fight to keep her out of jail, this time requesting more time before her next court appearance so she can prove that she has turned her life around.
According to Perez Hilton, Lohan’s new lawyer Mark Heller has petitioned the court to delay her case stating this way it “will enable the Defendant who is pursuing and participating in certain activities which will benefit her and afford her more of an opportunity to be a productive and responsible person and contributor to society.”
Heller is attempting to pull out all the stops in her case in which she is being charged with lying to police for her June 2012 car accident. Just yesterday it was announced that Lohan is attempting to work with underprivledged girls to clean up her image. Among other activities that Heller is claiming the troubled actress will engage in to “clean-up” her image includes charitable events and “various public services.”
Heller previously tried to have her case thrown out, claiming that the 26-year-old was not properly Mirandized.
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3/18/13 Lindsay Lohan Agrees to Three Months in Rehab
By Luchina Fisher | ABC News Blogs – 7 minutes ago
Lindsay Lohan has avoided jail and averted a trial in her alleged lying-to-c0ps case by agreeing to 90 days in rehab and 30 days of community labor in a deal struck today between her attorney and Los Angeles prosecutors.
The "Mean Girls" actress also agreed to pay an undisclosed fine and attend 18 months of psychological therapy. Judge James Dabney characterized the three-month stint in rehab as "locked," meaning the actress can't go home once she enters the program. If she completes all the terms of the deal, a 180-day jail sentence will be waived.
The deal was struck just as Lohan's trial - on charges that she lied to police about whether she was behind the wheel in a June car crash that briefly sent her to the hospital - was set to begin this morning. The 26-year-old actress had pleaded not guilty to three misdemeanor charges filed after the accident: reckless driving, lying to police and obstructing officers from performing their duties.
As a result of the charges stemming from the accident, her probation in a 2011 theft case was revokedin December. The Liz & Dick" star faced up to 245 days in jail for violating her probation.
Lohan arrived more than 40 minutes late for today's trial, which had been scheduled to start at 8:30 a.m. PT.
The actress raced from New York this morning, tweeting around 7 a.m. ET time that she was flying by private jet to Los Angeles.
"Thanks Mr. Pink for the private jet see you all in a few hours in LA @drinkmrpink @sheerazhasan," she wrote. Mr. Pink is an energy drink.
Her plane had been scheduled to land at the Van Nuys airport but was instead diverted to Los Angeles International Airport, which is closer to the courtroom.
Shortly after the trial had been expected to start, the judge came to the bench and said, "I understand we're waiting for the defendant" before leaving the courtroom, filled with attorneys, media and spectators, including Lindsay Lohan's father, Michael Lohan.
When Lohan finally arrived, wearing a sheer white outfit, she was showered with what appeared to be yellow dust or glitter while making her way through a throng of photographers and onlookers into the courthouse.
RELATED: Lohan's Courtroom Drama and Comeback Attempts
Soon after she arrived in court, her attorney, Mark Heller, whispered to prosecutors that he'd like to chat in another room. They were accompanied by the court reporter, while Lohan remained seated in court.
They stayed behind closed doors in the judge's chambers for nearly two and a half hours before court was called back into session and the plea deal was announced.
By Luchina Fisher | ABC News Blogs – 7 minutes ago
Lindsay Lohan has avoided jail and averted a trial in her alleged lying-to-c0ps case by agreeing to 90 days in rehab and 30 days of community labor in a deal struck today between her attorney and Los Angeles prosecutors.
The "Mean Girls" actress also agreed to pay an undisclosed fine and attend 18 months of psychological therapy. Judge James Dabney characterized the three-month stint in rehab as "locked," meaning the actress can't go home once she enters the program. If she completes all the terms of the deal, a 180-day jail sentence will be waived.
The deal was struck just as Lohan's trial - on charges that she lied to police about whether she was behind the wheel in a June car crash that briefly sent her to the hospital - was set to begin this morning. The 26-year-old actress had pleaded not guilty to three misdemeanor charges filed after the accident: reckless driving, lying to police and obstructing officers from performing their duties.
As a result of the charges stemming from the accident, her probation in a 2011 theft case was revokedin December. The Liz & Dick" star faced up to 245 days in jail for violating her probation.
Lohan arrived more than 40 minutes late for today's trial, which had been scheduled to start at 8:30 a.m. PT.
The actress raced from New York this morning, tweeting around 7 a.m. ET time that she was flying by private jet to Los Angeles.
"Thanks Mr. Pink for the private jet see you all in a few hours in LA @drinkmrpink @sheerazhasan," she wrote. Mr. Pink is an energy drink.
Her plane had been scheduled to land at the Van Nuys airport but was instead diverted to Los Angeles International Airport, which is closer to the courtroom.
Shortly after the trial had been expected to start, the judge came to the bench and said, "I understand we're waiting for the defendant" before leaving the courtroom, filled with attorneys, media and spectators, including Lindsay Lohan's father, Michael Lohan.
When Lohan finally arrived, wearing a sheer white outfit, she was showered with what appeared to be yellow dust or glitter while making her way through a throng of photographers and onlookers into the courthouse.
RELATED: Lohan's Courtroom Drama and Comeback Attempts
Soon after she arrived in court, her attorney, Mark Heller, whispered to prosecutors that he'd like to chat in another room. They were accompanied by the court reporter, while Lohan remained seated in court.
They stayed behind closed doors in the judge's chambers for nearly two and a half hours before court was called back into session and the plea deal was announced.
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The biggest news is this: the correct, health-restoring & health-maintaining food with all necessary daily nutrients in the correct combination costs ONLY about $95 per one (adult) person monthly. Based on the new program's detailed guidance, you buy your food ingredients in your local supermarket & prepare your food in your own kitchen based on the new, delicious recipes. The bigger the family, the less $ per/person. Only a program everyone can afford is a solution to our nation's health challenges.
How much are your food expenses time being? Probably many times more than in this new STAF, Inc.'s results bringing program. This means: everyone can afford this amazing program whether one works on the minimum salary or lives on the social security or similar. The saved money this new STAF, Inc. program guides you to place in safe investments - STAF, Inc. endorses only a few investment adviser companies as reliable. With the saved money your family can create substantial wealth within time. Also a millionaire?
The new Healthy Lifestyle & Correct Nutrition program will, in a televised D.C. event, be introduced to our nation, to The W.H., The President & The First Lady, The U.S. Congress & Senate, and to all related federal agencies.
STAF, Inc.'s presence is needed in D.C. in the U.S. Congress (House & Senate). STAF, Inc.'s founding President is planning (1) to seek a seat in D.C. Congress/Senate to provide the necessary information to the D.C. lawmakers and (2) to establish a fully new federal agency, Healthy Lifestyle & Family Success Agency, and to be named its first federal director. New legislation and training for all these matters are needed in a results-bringing manner. STAF, Inc.'s slogan is: Less suffering - more life™
In STAF, Inc.'s website at the top of most tabs is a link to study the original STAF, Inc.'s founding documents to see the full purpose & the mission statements of the organization.
Listen to STAF, Inc.'s popular Radio Shows - you'll get free CEU & College-University credits nationwide or worldwide.
To visit STAF, Inc.'s extensive website, use its Radio Show title in the internet search - the lower & upper keys as here in the show title: DrDrCanYouHelpMe.
Respectfully,
Christian von Christophers, Ph.D., N.D.
STAF. Inc.'s founding President
__________________________________________________________________________________
Little Longer
3/8/13 - 3/9/13 Eat These to Suppress Your Appetite///
Comment by Save The American Family - STAF, Inc., -not-for-profit-
By Dr. Christian von Christophers, Ph.D., N.D.
Quotation: "To stay healthy you need to eat what your body wants, not what you want"
(Dr. Christian, STAF, Inc.)
Another quotation: "If it came from a plant, eat it, if it was made in a plant, don't - it kills".
Some basic facts for good health and a long life are: healthy nutrition, enough sleep, enough fresh water daily (min. 50 % of your "healthy" weight in ounces, max. 100 % & soda daily: zero oz., sugary or non-sugary - both kill , physical activity, good social/family life, life with purposeful goals & our genetic factors (we can beat the negative ones quite well).
STAF, Inc. has developed a new Healthy Lifestyle & Correct Nutrition Program for the U.S. government's use. Worldwide, the same new program fits for every nation's use.
Totally it took 26 years to develop, first 19 years worldwide research and the past 7 years to modify it for the U.S. needs. It is a program that, for the first time ever, covers all necessary elements to get the lasting results in all family related challenges and in our rampant obesity, overweight & sickness levels. Its nutritional program leading to health and to a longer life is at the same time an automatic weight loss program: nothing to buy, no calories to count, no unreasonable portion control - eat as needed; just follow the easy what-to-eat instructions. All new recipes - delicious, delicious. You are not going to walk around feeling hungry. You can even visit, now & then, a casino buffet, if you so wish.
The biggest news is this: the correct, health-restoring & health-maintaining food with all necessary daily nutrients in the correct combination costs ONLY about $95 per one (adult) person monthly. Based on the new program's detailed guidance, you buy your food ingredients in your local supermarket & prepare your food in your own kitchen based on the new, delicious recipes. The bigger the family, the less $ per/person. Only a program everyone can afford is a solution to our nation's health challenges.
How much are your food expenses time being? Probably many times more than in this new STAF, Inc.'s results bringing program. This means: everyone can afford this amazing program whether one works on the minimum salary or lives on the social security or similar. The saved money this new STAF, Inc. program guides you to place in safe investments - STAF, Inc. endorses only a few investment adviser companies as reliable. With the saved money your family can create substantial wealth within time. Also a millionaire?
The new Healthy Lifestyle & Correct Nutrition program will, in a televised D.C. event, be introduced to our nation, to The W.H., The President & The First Lady, The U.S. Congress & Senate, and to all related federal agencies.
STAF, Inc.'s presence is needed in D.C. in the U.S. Congress (House & Senate). STAF, Inc.'s founding President is planning (1) to seek a seat in D.C. Congress/Senate to provide the necessary information to the D.C. lawmakers and (2) to establish a fully new federal agency, Healthy Lifestyle & Family Success Agency, and to be named its first federal director. New legislation and training for all these matters are needed in a results-bringing manner. STAF, Inc.'s slogan is: Less suffering - more life™
In STAF, Inc.'s website at the top of most tabs is a link to study the original STAF, Inc.'s founding documents to see the full purpose & the mission statements of the organization.
Listen to STAF, Inc.'s popular Radio Shows - you'll get free CEU & College-University credits nationwide or worldwide.
To visit STAF, Inc.'s extensive website, use its Radio Show title in the internet search - the lower & upper keys as here in the show title: DrDrCanYouHelpMe.
Respectfully,
Christian von Christophers, Ph.D., N.D.
STAF. Inc.'s founding President
__________________________________________________________________________________
FOOD
Little Shorter
Placed: Wed 3/20/13 (1) 25,000 U.S. Deaths Linked to Sugary Drinks
Comment by Save The American Family - STAF, Inc., -not-for-profit-
By Dr. Christian von Christophers, Ph.D., N.D.
Quotation: "To stay healthy you need to eat what your body wants, not what you want"
(Dr. Christian, STAF, Inc.)
Another quotation: "If it came from a plant, eat it, if it was made in a plant, don't - it kills".
Some basic facts for good health & a long life are: healthy nutrition, enough sleep, enough fresh water daily (min. 50 % of your "healthy" weight in oz., max. 100 % & soda daily:
0 oz., sugary or non-sugary - both kill), physical activity, good social/family life, life with purposeful goals & our genetic factors (we can beat the negative ones quite well).
STAF, Inc. has developed a new Healthy Lifestyle & Correct Nutrition Program for the U.S. government's use. Worldwide, the same new program fits for every nation's use.
Totally it took 26 years to develop, first 19 years worldwide research and the past 7 years to modify it for the U.S. needs. It is a program that, for the first time ever, covers all necessary elements to get the lasting results in all family related challenges and in our rampant obesity, overweight & sickness levels. Its nutritional program leading to health and to a longer life is at the same time an automatic weight loss program: nothing to buy, no calories to count, no unreasonable portion control - eat as needed; just follow the easy what-to-eat instructions. All new recipes - delicious, delicious. You are not going to walk around feeling hungry. You can even visit, now & then, a casino buffet, if you so wish.
The biggest news is this: the correct, health-restoring & health-maintaining food with all necessary daily nutrients in the correct combination costs ONLY about $95 per one (adult) person monthly. Based on the new program's detailed guidance, you buy your food ingredients in your local supermarket & prepare your food in your own kitchen based on the new, delicious recipes. The bigger the family, the less $ per/person. Only a program everyone can afford is a solution to our nation's health challenges.
How much are your food expenses time being? Probably many times more than in this new STAF, Inc.'s results bringing program. This means: everyone can afford this amazing program whether one works on the minimum salary or lives on the social security or similar. The saved money this new STAF, Inc. program guides you to place in safe investments - STAF, Inc. endorses only a few investment adviser companies as reliable. With the saved money your family can create substantial wealth within time. Also a millionaire?
The new Healthy Lifestyle & Correct Nutrition program will, in a televised D.C. event, be introduced to our nation, to The W.H., The President & The First Lady, The U.S. Congress & Senate, and to all related federal agencies.
STAF, Inc.'s presence is needed in D.C. in the U.S. Congress (House & Senate). STAF, Inc.'s founding President is planning (1) to seek a seat in D.C. Congress/Senate to provide the necessary information to the D.C. lawmakers and (2) to establish a fully new federal agency, Healthy Lifestyle & Family Success Agency, and to be named its first federal director. New legislation & training for all these matters are needed in a results-bringing manner. STAF, Inc.'s slogan is: Less suffering - more life™
In STAF, Inc.'s website page tops is a link to study the original STAF, Inc.'s founding documents to see its mission statements.
Listen to STAF, Inc.'s popular Radio Shows - you'll get free CEU & College-University credits nationwide or worldwide.
To visit STAF, Inc.'s extensive website, use its Radio Show title in the internet search - the lower & upper keys as here in the show title: DrDrCanYouHelpMe.
Respectfully,
Christian von Christophers, Ph.D., N.D.
STAF. Inc.'s founding President
__________________________________________
Little Shorter
Placed: Wed 3/20/13 (1) 25,000 U.S. Deaths Linked to Sugary Drinks
Comment by Save The American Family - STAF, Inc., -not-for-profit-
By Dr. Christian von Christophers, Ph.D., N.D.
Quotation: "To stay healthy you need to eat what your body wants, not what you want"
(Dr. Christian, STAF, Inc.)
Another quotation: "If it came from a plant, eat it, if it was made in a plant, don't - it kills".
Some basic facts for good health & a long life are: healthy nutrition, enough sleep, enough fresh water daily (min. 50 % of your "healthy" weight in oz., max. 100 % & soda daily:
0 oz., sugary or non-sugary - both kill), physical activity, good social/family life, life with purposeful goals & our genetic factors (we can beat the negative ones quite well).
STAF, Inc. has developed a new Healthy Lifestyle & Correct Nutrition Program for the U.S. government's use. Worldwide, the same new program fits for every nation's use.
Totally it took 26 years to develop, first 19 years worldwide research and the past 7 years to modify it for the U.S. needs. It is a program that, for the first time ever, covers all necessary elements to get the lasting results in all family related challenges and in our rampant obesity, overweight & sickness levels. Its nutritional program leading to health and to a longer life is at the same time an automatic weight loss program: nothing to buy, no calories to count, no unreasonable portion control - eat as needed; just follow the easy what-to-eat instructions. All new recipes - delicious, delicious. You are not going to walk around feeling hungry. You can even visit, now & then, a casino buffet, if you so wish.
The biggest news is this: the correct, health-restoring & health-maintaining food with all necessary daily nutrients in the correct combination costs ONLY about $95 per one (adult) person monthly. Based on the new program's detailed guidance, you buy your food ingredients in your local supermarket & prepare your food in your own kitchen based on the new, delicious recipes. The bigger the family, the less $ per/person. Only a program everyone can afford is a solution to our nation's health challenges.
How much are your food expenses time being? Probably many times more than in this new STAF, Inc.'s results bringing program. This means: everyone can afford this amazing program whether one works on the minimum salary or lives on the social security or similar. The saved money this new STAF, Inc. program guides you to place in safe investments - STAF, Inc. endorses only a few investment adviser companies as reliable. With the saved money your family can create substantial wealth within time. Also a millionaire?
The new Healthy Lifestyle & Correct Nutrition program will, in a televised D.C. event, be introduced to our nation, to The W.H., The President & The First Lady, The U.S. Congress & Senate, and to all related federal agencies.
STAF, Inc.'s presence is needed in D.C. in the U.S. Congress (House & Senate). STAF, Inc.'s founding President is planning (1) to seek a seat in D.C. Congress/Senate to provide the necessary information to the D.C. lawmakers and (2) to establish a fully new federal agency, Healthy Lifestyle & Family Success Agency, and to be named its first federal director. New legislation & training for all these matters are needed in a results-bringing manner. STAF, Inc.'s slogan is: Less suffering - more life™
In STAF, Inc.'s website page tops is a link to study the original STAF, Inc.'s founding documents to see its mission statements.
Listen to STAF, Inc.'s popular Radio Shows - you'll get free CEU & College-University credits nationwide or worldwide.
To visit STAF, Inc.'s extensive website, use its Radio Show title in the internet search - the lower & upper keys as here in the show title: DrDrCanYouHelpMe.
Respectfully,
Christian von Christophers, Ph.D., N.D.
STAF. Inc.'s founding President
__________________________________________
Pistorius lawyers appeal bail conditions
By CHRISTOPHER TORCHIA (Associated Press)
Monday, 3/11/13
guns (response below)
JOHANNESBURG (AP) -- Lawyers for Oscar Pistorius have filed an appeal in a South African court against bail restrictions imposed on the Olympian, who is charged with murdering his girlfriend, according to papers released by the Pistorius family on Monday.
''The conditions appealed against are unwarranted and not substantiated by the facts,'' said the appeal, which was filed Friday in Pretoria, the South African capital.
The appeal reflected the robust defense strategy of lawyers for Pistorius, who has been staying at his uncle Arnold's home in a Pretoria suburb since he was released on bail on Feb. 22.
It is a delicate balance because the Pistorius family has also sought to keep a low profile, expressing sorrow for the death of Reeva Steenkamp on Feb. 14. Pistorius says he mistakenly shot Steenkamp, thinking she was an intruder in his home. Prosecutors believe he killed her intentionally after an argument.
The Associated Press received a copy of the court papers by email from representatives of the Pistorius family. The appeal was prepared by Ramsay Webber, a legal firm based in Johannesburg.
In the papers, lawyers for the double-amputee athlete argued against the requirement that he surrender all passports and travel documents, and refrain from applying for such documents pending the end of his case.
The lawyers said evidence presented at the athlete's bail hearing showed he is not a flight risk and should have the option of traveling outside South Africa as long as he has official permission.
The appeal also said there was ''no basis in fact or in law'' justifying terms under which Pistorius must be supervised by a probation officer and a correctional official.
Officials will visit Pistorius at his uncle's home at least four times a month, according to James Smalberger, chief deputy commissioner of the department of correctional services, who spoke to The Associated Press last month.
''He's not under house arrest, but his movements need to be known to us so that we don't pitch there and he's not there,'' Smalberger had said. ''We agree on 'free time' normally during the course of the day, and in the evening we expect him to be home.''
The appeal against the bail conditions also objected to the requirement that Pistorius refrain from using alcohol or any banned substance, even though he had no intention of doing so.
''The mere use of any substance with alcohol in it will give rise to a transgression of the wide condition imposed,'' the appeal said.
In addition, the runner should be allowed access to the property at Silverwoods Country Estate where he shot Steenkamp, once the state completes its investigations there within a ''reasonable time limit,'' according to Pistorius' legal camp.
''A blanket restriction on speaking to residents is unfair'' and infringes on Pistorius' rights to consult people on the estate to prepare for his trial, the appeal said.
Chief Magistrate Desmond Nair had set bail at 1 million rand ($113,000). The 26-year-old track star was also ordered to turn in any guns he owns, and cannot leave the district of Pretoria without his probation officer's permission.
================= Response Mon 3/11/13 below via yahoo ==============
guns (Pistorius Mon. 3/11/13)
Comment by Save The American Family - STAF, Inc.,-not-for-profit-
By Dr. Christian von Christophers, Ph.D., N.D.
Practically all mass shooters have two things in common: (1) they are victims of a divorce & (2) they are all males.
A growing boy needs especially his father's continuous presence and guidance, more so than his mother's. The moral in our marriages has gone close to a zero. The children grow up disturbed & misled. In addition, the violent video games & violent movies are replacing the parental love & healthy attention - the children get a wrong picture about being a human being. The young mass killers suffer from the Broken Marriage Syndrome™.
In a family separation & divorce both spouses will experience (1) health challenges leading to a shorter life span and (2) to added financial difficulties. Any traditionally done marriage turned dysfunctional can be healed. Giving up as the first solution is not reasonable for anyone. A separation and a divorce are serious child abuse.
Every child experiencing a parental divorce faces serious life threatening disasters - the most important listed here: (1) overall increased risks to health & welfare; (2) 5 times more likely to commit suicide; (3) 32 times more likely to run away; (4) 20 times more likely to have behavioral disorders; (5) 14 times more likely to commit rape; (6) 9 times more likely to drop out of school; (7) 10 times more likely to abuse alcohol and drugs; (8) 20 times more likely to end up in prison; (9) increased learning difficulties; (10) increased risk of divorce when grown; (11) increased out of wedlock pregnancies; (12) Latest discovery by the researchers: highly increased risk of having a stroke during his/her life time.
In every recent case all these above reasons were present. The CT mass shooter Adam Lanza hated his mother (killed her first) because she had initiated the divorce and took his father away.
He hated his father because (as any child would wrongly feel) Adam believed his father did not love him any longer and had abandoned him. Any child specialist would know this reason. Adam's possible mild autism is not the reason for a violent behavior. But uncontrolled jealousy and denied love are - some of the reasons for Adam's behavior. E.g., in many cultures (not that it is right) going after the other lover was widely (and still is) admired and even permitted.
The long-term solution is to start educating the whole nation how to heal the American Family & our homes where our children are growing up. In the U.S. marriage happiness & child raising education for every family & every teenager in our schools (and colleges) is fully missing today but is present in most other developed countries in their school curricula.
In a happy home with both parents present the children grow up healthy - no Broken Marriage Syndrome™ and no reason to go to punish the world by killing everyone around.
STAF, Inc.'s presence is needed in D.C. in the U.S. Congress (House & Senate). STAF, Inc.'s founding President is planning (1) to seek a seat in D.C. Congress/Senate to provide the necessary information to the D.C. lawmakers and (2) to establish a fully new federal agency, Healthy Lifestyle & Family Success Agency, and to be named its first federal director. New legislation and training for all these matters are needed in a results-bringing manner.
Visit STAF, Inc.'s extensive websites. To find the correct website, use in the internet search STAF, Inc.'s Radio Show title "DrDrCanYouHelpMe" with the lower & upper keys as is in the title. Listen to STAF, Inc.'s popular Radio Shows (the original recordings 24/7 in the internet) - you'll get free CEU & College-University credits valid nationwide & worldwide.
Respectfully,
Christian von Christophers, Ph.D., N.D.
STAF, Inc.'s founding President
By CHRISTOPHER TORCHIA (Associated Press)
Monday, 3/11/13
guns (response below)
JOHANNESBURG (AP) -- Lawyers for Oscar Pistorius have filed an appeal in a South African court against bail restrictions imposed on the Olympian, who is charged with murdering his girlfriend, according to papers released by the Pistorius family on Monday.
''The conditions appealed against are unwarranted and not substantiated by the facts,'' said the appeal, which was filed Friday in Pretoria, the South African capital.
The appeal reflected the robust defense strategy of lawyers for Pistorius, who has been staying at his uncle Arnold's home in a Pretoria suburb since he was released on bail on Feb. 22.
It is a delicate balance because the Pistorius family has also sought to keep a low profile, expressing sorrow for the death of Reeva Steenkamp on Feb. 14. Pistorius says he mistakenly shot Steenkamp, thinking she was an intruder in his home. Prosecutors believe he killed her intentionally after an argument.
The Associated Press received a copy of the court papers by email from representatives of the Pistorius family. The appeal was prepared by Ramsay Webber, a legal firm based in Johannesburg.
In the papers, lawyers for the double-amputee athlete argued against the requirement that he surrender all passports and travel documents, and refrain from applying for such documents pending the end of his case.
The lawyers said evidence presented at the athlete's bail hearing showed he is not a flight risk and should have the option of traveling outside South Africa as long as he has official permission.
The appeal also said there was ''no basis in fact or in law'' justifying terms under which Pistorius must be supervised by a probation officer and a correctional official.
Officials will visit Pistorius at his uncle's home at least four times a month, according to James Smalberger, chief deputy commissioner of the department of correctional services, who spoke to The Associated Press last month.
''He's not under house arrest, but his movements need to be known to us so that we don't pitch there and he's not there,'' Smalberger had said. ''We agree on 'free time' normally during the course of the day, and in the evening we expect him to be home.''
The appeal against the bail conditions also objected to the requirement that Pistorius refrain from using alcohol or any banned substance, even though he had no intention of doing so.
''The mere use of any substance with alcohol in it will give rise to a transgression of the wide condition imposed,'' the appeal said.
In addition, the runner should be allowed access to the property at Silverwoods Country Estate where he shot Steenkamp, once the state completes its investigations there within a ''reasonable time limit,'' according to Pistorius' legal camp.
''A blanket restriction on speaking to residents is unfair'' and infringes on Pistorius' rights to consult people on the estate to prepare for his trial, the appeal said.
Chief Magistrate Desmond Nair had set bail at 1 million rand ($113,000). The 26-year-old track star was also ordered to turn in any guns he owns, and cannot leave the district of Pretoria without his probation officer's permission.
================= Response Mon 3/11/13 below via yahoo ==============
guns (Pistorius Mon. 3/11/13)
Comment by Save The American Family - STAF, Inc.,-not-for-profit-
By Dr. Christian von Christophers, Ph.D., N.D.
Practically all mass shooters have two things in common: (1) they are victims of a divorce & (2) they are all males.
A growing boy needs especially his father's continuous presence and guidance, more so than his mother's. The moral in our marriages has gone close to a zero. The children grow up disturbed & misled. In addition, the violent video games & violent movies are replacing the parental love & healthy attention - the children get a wrong picture about being a human being. The young mass killers suffer from the Broken Marriage Syndrome™.
In a family separation & divorce both spouses will experience (1) health challenges leading to a shorter life span and (2) to added financial difficulties. Any traditionally done marriage turned dysfunctional can be healed. Giving up as the first solution is not reasonable for anyone. A separation and a divorce are serious child abuse.
Every child experiencing a parental divorce faces serious life threatening disasters - the most important listed here: (1) overall increased risks to health & welfare; (2) 5 times more likely to commit suicide; (3) 32 times more likely to run away; (4) 20 times more likely to have behavioral disorders; (5) 14 times more likely to commit rape; (6) 9 times more likely to drop out of school; (7) 10 times more likely to abuse alcohol and drugs; (8) 20 times more likely to end up in prison; (9) increased learning difficulties; (10) increased risk of divorce when grown; (11) increased out of wedlock pregnancies; (12) Latest discovery by the researchers: highly increased risk of having a stroke during his/her life time.
In every recent case all these above reasons were present. The CT mass shooter Adam Lanza hated his mother (killed her first) because she had initiated the divorce and took his father away.
He hated his father because (as any child would wrongly feel) Adam believed his father did not love him any longer and had abandoned him. Any child specialist would know this reason. Adam's possible mild autism is not the reason for a violent behavior. But uncontrolled jealousy and denied love are - some of the reasons for Adam's behavior. E.g., in many cultures (not that it is right) going after the other lover was widely (and still is) admired and even permitted.
The long-term solution is to start educating the whole nation how to heal the American Family & our homes where our children are growing up. In the U.S. marriage happiness & child raising education for every family & every teenager in our schools (and colleges) is fully missing today but is present in most other developed countries in their school curricula.
In a happy home with both parents present the children grow up healthy - no Broken Marriage Syndrome™ and no reason to go to punish the world by killing everyone around.
STAF, Inc.'s presence is needed in D.C. in the U.S. Congress (House & Senate). STAF, Inc.'s founding President is planning (1) to seek a seat in D.C. Congress/Senate to provide the necessary information to the D.C. lawmakers and (2) to establish a fully new federal agency, Healthy Lifestyle & Family Success Agency, and to be named its first federal director. New legislation and training for all these matters are needed in a results-bringing manner.
Visit STAF, Inc.'s extensive websites. To find the correct website, use in the internet search STAF, Inc.'s Radio Show title "DrDrCanYouHelpMe" with the lower & upper keys as is in the title. Listen to STAF, Inc.'s popular Radio Shows (the original recordings 24/7 in the internet) - you'll get free CEU & College-University credits valid nationwide & worldwide.
Respectfully,
Christian von Christophers, Ph.D., N.D.
STAF, Inc.'s founding President
gunsResponse 3/12/13 to Senate Panel Oks Demo Gun Background Check Bill
Comment by Save The American Family - STAF, Inc.,-not-for-profit-
By Dr. Christian von Christophers, Ph.D., N.D.
"Why someone is capable of doing so horrible as the recent mass shootings?" no one seems to know "Why?" Yet, there is a one clear answer to "Why?"
Practically all mass shooters have two things in common: (1) they are victims of a divorce & (2) they are all males.
A growing boy needs especially his father's continuous presence and guidance, more so than his mother's. The moral in our marriages has gone close to a zero. The children grow up disturbed & misled. In addition, the violent video games & violent movies are replacing the parental love & healthy attention - the children get a wrong picture about being a human being. The young mass killers suffer from the Broken Marriage Syndrome™.
In a family separation & divorce both spouses will experience (1) health challenges leading to a shorter life span and (2) to added financial difficulties. Any traditionally done marriage turned dysfunctional can be healed. Giving up as the first solution is not reasonable for anyone. A separation and a divorce are serious child abuse.
Every child experiencing a parental divorce faces serious life threatening disasters - the most important listed here: (1) overall increased risks to health & welfare; (2) 5 times more likely to commit suicide; (3) 32 times more likely to run away; (4) 20 times more likely to have behavioral disorders; (5) 14 times more likely to commit rape; (6) 9 times more likely to drop out of school; (7) 10 times more likely to abuse alcohol and drugs; (8) 20 times more likely to end up in prison; (9) increased learning difficulties; (10) increased risk of divorce when grown; (11) increased out of wedlock pregnancies; (12) Latest discovery by the researchers: highly increased risk of having a stroke during his/her life time.
In every recent case all these above reasons were present. The CT mass shooter Adam Lanza hated his mother (killed her first) because she had initiated the divorce and took his father away.
He hated his father because (as any child would wrongly feel) Adam believed his father did not love him any longer and had abandoned him. Any child specialist would know this reason. Adam's possible mild autism is not the reason for a violent behavior. But uncontrolled jealousy and denied love are - some of the reasons for Adam's behavior. E.g., in many cultures (not that it is right) going after the other lover was widely (and still is) admired and even permitted.
The long-term solution is to start educating the whole nation how to heal the American Family & our homes where our children are growing up. In the U.S. marriage happiness & child raising education for every family & every teenager in our schools (and colleges) is fully missing today but is present in most other developed countries in their school curricula.
In a happy home with both parents present the children grow up healthy - no Broken Marriage Syndrome™ and no reason to go to punish the world by killing everyone around.
STAF, Inc.'s presence is needed in D.C. in the U.S. Congress (House & Senate). STAF, Inc.'s founding President is planning (1) to seek a seat in D.C. Congress/Senate to provide the necessary information to the D.C. lawmakers and (2) to establish a fully new federal agency, Healthy Lifestyle & Family Success Agency, and to be named its first federal director. New legislation and training for all these matters are needed in a results-bringing manner.
Visit STAF, Inc.'s extensive websites. To find the correct website, use in the internet search STAF, Inc.'s Radio Show title DrDrCanYouHelpMe with the lower & upper keys as is in the title. Listen to STAF, Inc.'s popular Radio Show (original recordings on the internet 24/7) - you'll get free CEU & College-University credits.
Respectfully,
Christian von Christophers, Ph.D., N.D.
STAF, Inc.'s founding President
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Visit STAF, Inc.'s extensive websites. To find the correct website, use in the internet search STAF, Inc.'s Radio Show title "DrDrCanYouHelpMe" with the lower & upper keys as is in the title. Listen to STAF, Inc.'s popular Radio Shows (the original recordings 24/7 in the internet) - you'll get free CEU & College-University credits valid nationwide & worldwide.
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JOHANNESBURG (AP) -- Lawyers for Oscar Pistorius have filed an appeal in a South African court against bail restrictions imposed on the Olympian, who is charged with murdering his girlfriend, according to papers released by the Pistorius family on Monday.
''The conditions appealed against are unwarranted and not substantiated by the facts,'' said the appeal, which was filed Friday in Pretoria, the South African capital.
The appeal reflected the robust defense strategy of lawyers for Pistorius, who has been staying at his uncle Arnold's home in a Pretoria suburb since he was released on bail on Feb. 22.
It is a delicate balance because the Pistorius family has also sought to keep a low profile, expressing sorrow for the death of Reeva Steenkamp on Feb. 14. Pistorius says he mistakenly shot Steenkamp, thinking she was an intruder in his home. Prosecutors believe he killed her intentionally after an argument.
The Associated Press received a copy of the court papers by email from representatives of the Pistorius family. The appeal was prepared by Ramsay Webber, a legal firm based in Johannesburg.
In the papers, lawyers for the double-amputee athlete argued against the requirement that he surrender all passports and travel documents, and refrain from applying for such documents pending the end of his case.
The lawyers said evidence presented at the athlete's bail hearing showed he is not a flight risk and should have the option of traveling outside South Africa as long as he has official permission.
The appeal also said there was ''no basis in fact or in law'' justifying terms under which Pistorius must be supervised by a probation officer and a correctional official.
Officials will visit Pistorius at his uncle's home at least four times a month, according to James Smalberger, chief deputy commissioner of the department of correctional services, who spoke to The Associated Press last month.
''He's not under house arrest, but his movements need to be known to us so that we don't pitch there and he's not there,'' Smalberger had said. ''We agree on 'free time' normally during the course of the day, and in the evening we expect him to be home.''
The appeal against the bail conditions also objected to the requirement that Pistorius refrain from using alcohol or any banned substance, even though he had no intention of doing so.
''The mere use of any substance with alcohol in it will give rise to a transgression of the wide condition imposed,'' the appeal said.
In addition, the runner should be allowed access to the property at Silverwoods Country Estate where he shot Steenkamp, once the state completes its investigations there within a ''reasonable time limit,'' according to Pistorius' legal camp.
''A blanket restriction on speaking to residents is unfair'' and infringes on Pistorius' rights to consult people on the estate to prepare for his trial, the appeal said.
Chief Magistrate Desmond Nair had set bail at 1 million rand ($113,000). The 26-year-old track star was also ordered to turn in any guns he owns, and cannot leave the district of Pretoria without his probation officer's permission.
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Comment by Save The American Family - STAF, Inc.,-not-for-profit-
By Dr. Christian von Christophers, Ph.D., N.D.
"Why someone is capable of doing so horrible as the recent mass shootings?" no one seems to know "Why?" Yet, there is a one clear answer to "Why?"
Practically all mass shooters have two things in common: (1) they are victims of a divorce & (2) they are all males.
A growing boy needs especially his father's continuous presence and guidance, more so than his mother's. The moral in our marriages has gone close to a zero. The children grow up disturbed & misled. In addition, the violent video games & violent movies are replacing the parental love & healthy attention - the children get a wrong picture about being a human being. The young mass killers suffer from the Broken Marriage Syndrome™.
In a family separation & divorce both spouses will experience (1) health challenges leading to a shorter life span and (2) to added financial difficulties. Any traditionally done marriage turned dysfunctional can be healed. Giving up as the first solution is not reasonable for anyone. A separation and a divorce are serious child abuse.
Every child experiencing a parental divorce faces serious life threatening disasters - the most important listed here: (1) overall increased risks to health & welfare; (2) 5 times more likely to commit suicide; (3) 32 times more likely to run away; (4) 20 times more likely to have behavioral disorders; (5) 14 times more likely to commit rape; (6) 9 times more likely to drop out of school; (7) 10 times more likely to abuse alcohol and drugs; (8) 20 times more likely to end up in prison; (9) increased learning difficulties; (10) increased risk of divorce when grown; (11) increased out of wedlock pregnancies; (12) Latest discovery by the researchers: highly increased risk of having a stroke during his/her life time.
In every recent case all these above reasons were present. The CT mass shooter Adam Lanza hated his mother (killed her first) because she had initiated the divorce and took his father away.
He hated his father because (as any child would wrongly feel) Adam believed his father did not love him any longer and had abandoned him. Any child specialist would know this reason. Adam's possible mild autism is not the reason for a violent behavior. But uncontrolled jealousy and denied love are - some of the reasons for Adam's behavior. E.g., in many cultures (not that it is right) going after the other lover was widely (and still is) admired and even permitted.
The long-term solution is to start educating the whole nation how to heal the American Family & our homes where our children are growing up. In the U.S. marriage happiness & child raising education for every family & every teenager in our schools (and colleges) is fully missing today but is present in most other developed countries in their school curricula.
In a happy home with both parents present the children grow up healthy - no Broken Marriage Syndrome™ and no reason to go to punish the world by killing everyone around.
STAF, Inc.'s presence is needed in D.C. in the U.S. Congress (House & Senate). STAF, Inc.'s founding President is planning (1) to seek a seat in D.C. Congress/Senate to provide the necessary information to the D.C. lawmakers and (2) to establish a fully new federal agency, Healthy Lifestyle & Family Success Agency, and to be named its first federal director. New legislation and training for all these matters are needed in a results-bringing manner.
Visit STAF, Inc.'s extensive websites. To find the correct website, use in the internet search STAF, Inc.'s Radio Show title DrDrCanYouHelpMe with the lower & upper keys as is in the title. Listen to STAF, Inc.'s popular Radio Show (original recordings on the internet 24/7) - you'll get free CEU & College-University credits.
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JOHANNESBURG (AP) -- Lawyers for Oscar Pistorius have filed an appeal in a South African court against bail restrictions imposed on the Olympian, who is charged with murdering his girlfriend, according to papers released by the Pistorius family on Monday.
''The conditions appealed against are unwarranted and not substantiated by the facts,'' said the appeal, which was filed Friday in Pretoria, the South African capital.
The appeal reflected the robust defense strategy of lawyers for Pistorius, who has been staying at his uncle Arnold's home in a Pretoria suburb since he was released on bail on Feb. 22.
It is a delicate balance because the Pistorius family has also sought to keep a low profile, expressing sorrow for the death of Reeva Steenkamp on Feb. 14. Pistorius says he mistakenly shot Steenkamp, thinking she was an intruder in his home. Prosecutors believe he killed her intentionally after an argument.
The Associated Press received a copy of the court papers by email from representatives of the Pistorius family. The appeal was prepared by Ramsay Webber, a legal firm based in Johannesburg.
In the papers, lawyers for the double-amputee athlete argued against the requirement that he surrender all passports and travel documents, and refrain from applying for such documents pending the end of his case.
The lawyers said evidence presented at the athlete's bail hearing showed he is not a flight risk and should have the option of traveling outside South Africa as long as he has official permission.
The appeal also said there was ''no basis in fact or in law'' justifying terms under which Pistorius must be supervised by a probation officer and a correctional official.
Officials will visit Pistorius at his uncle's home at least four times a month, according to James Smalberger, chief deputy commissioner of the department of correctional services, who spoke to The Associated Press last month.
''He's not under house arrest, but his movements need to be known to us so that we don't pitch there and he's not there,'' Smalberger had said. ''We agree on 'free time' normally during the course of the day, and in the evening we expect him to be home.''
The appeal against the bail conditions also objected to the requirement that Pistorius refrain from using alcohol or any banned substance, even though he had no intention of doing so.
''The mere use of any substance with alcohol in it will give rise to a transgression of the wide condition imposed,'' the appeal said.
In addition, the runner should be allowed access to the property at Silverwoods Country Estate where he shot Steenkamp, once the state completes its investigations there within a ''reasonable time limit,'' according to Pistorius' legal camp.
''A blanket restriction on speaking to residents is unfair'' and infringes on Pistorius' rights to consult people on the estate to prepare for his trial, the appeal said.
Chief Magistrate Desmond Nair had set bail at 1 million rand ($113,000). The 26-year-old track star was also ordered to turn in any guns he owns, and cannot leave the district of Pretoria without his probation officer's permission.
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TATTOOS (not sure if placed in yahoo)
Comment by Save The American Family - STAF, Inc., -not-for-profit-
By Dr. Christian von Christophers, Ph.D., N.D.
Tattoos can cause deadly skin cancer & give risks to other sicknesses.
Is it worth that much in addition to challenging your chances being hired in a good workplace?
This tattoos article also otherwise gives a somewhat misleading picture of the present attitudes.
Piercing or tattooing your body does not belong to a behavior leading to a healthy life.
Some basic facts for good health and a long life are: healthy nutrition, enough sleep, enough fresh water daily (min. 50 % of your weight in ounces, max. 100 %), physical activity, good social/family life, life with purposeful goals & our genetic factors (we can beat the negative ones quite well).
STAF, Inc. has developed a new Healthy Lifestyle & Correct Nutrition Program for the U.S. government's use. Worldwide, the same new program fits for every nation's use.
Totally it took 26 years to develop, first 19 years worldwide research and the past 7 years to modify it for the U.S. needs. It is a program that, for the first time ever, covers all necessary elements to get the lasting results in all family related challenges and in our rampant obesity, overweight & sickness levels. Its nutritional program leading to health and to a longer life is at the same time an automatic weight loss program: nothing to buy, no calories to count, no unreasonable portion control - eat as needed; just follow the easy what-to-eat instructions. All new recipes - delicious, delicious. You are not going to walk around feeling hungry. You can even visit, now and then, a casino buffet, if you so wish.
The biggest news is this: the correct, health-restoring & health-maintaining food with all necessary daily nutrients in the correct combination costs ONLY about $95 per one (adult) person monthly. Based on the new program's detailed guidance, you buy your food ingredients in your local supermarket & prepare your food in your own kitchen based on the new, delicious recipes. The bigger the family, the less $ per/person. Only a program everyone can afford is a solution to our nation's health challenges.
How much are your food expenses time being? Probably many times more than in this new STAF, Inc.'s results bringing program. This means: everyone can afford this amazing program whether one works on the minimum salary or lives on the social security or similar. The saved money this new STAF, Inc. program guides you to place in safe investments - STAF, Inc. endorses only a few investment adviser companies as reliable. With the saved money your family can create substantial wealth within time. Also a millionaire?
The new Healthy Lifestyle & Correct Nutrition program will, in a televised D.C. event, be introduced to our nation, to The W.H., The President & The First Lady, The U.S. Congress & Senate, and to all related federal agencies.
STAF, Inc.'s presence is needed in D.C. in the U.S. Congress (House & Senate). STAF, Inc.'s founding President is planning (1) to seek a seat in D.C. Congress/Senate to provide the necessary information to the D.C. lawmakers and (2) to establish a fully new federal agency, Healthy Lifestyle & Family Success Agency, and to be named its first federal director. New legislation and training for all these matters are needed in a results-bringing manner.
STAF, Inc.'s slogan is: Less suffering - more life™
In STAF, Inc.'s website at the top of most tabs is a link to study the original STAF, Inc.'s founding documents to see the full purpose & the mission statements of the organization.
Listen to STAF, Inc.'s popular Radio Shows - you'll get free CEU & College-University credits nationwide or worldwide. To visit STAF, Inc.'s website, use its Radio Show title in the internet search - the lower & upper keys as here in the show title: "DrDrCanYouHelpMe".
Respectfully,
Christian von Christophers, Ph.D., N.D.
STAF. Inc.'s founding President
____________________________________________________
Comment by Save The American Family - STAF, Inc., -not-for-profit-
By Dr. Christian von Christophers, Ph.D., N.D.
Tattoos can cause deadly skin cancer & give risks to other sicknesses.
Is it worth that much in addition to challenging your chances being hired in a good workplace?
This tattoos article also otherwise gives a somewhat misleading picture of the present attitudes.
Piercing or tattooing your body does not belong to a behavior leading to a healthy life.
Some basic facts for good health and a long life are: healthy nutrition, enough sleep, enough fresh water daily (min. 50 % of your weight in ounces, max. 100 %), physical activity, good social/family life, life with purposeful goals & our genetic factors (we can beat the negative ones quite well).
STAF, Inc. has developed a new Healthy Lifestyle & Correct Nutrition Program for the U.S. government's use. Worldwide, the same new program fits for every nation's use.
Totally it took 26 years to develop, first 19 years worldwide research and the past 7 years to modify it for the U.S. needs. It is a program that, for the first time ever, covers all necessary elements to get the lasting results in all family related challenges and in our rampant obesity, overweight & sickness levels. Its nutritional program leading to health and to a longer life is at the same time an automatic weight loss program: nothing to buy, no calories to count, no unreasonable portion control - eat as needed; just follow the easy what-to-eat instructions. All new recipes - delicious, delicious. You are not going to walk around feeling hungry. You can even visit, now and then, a casino buffet, if you so wish.
The biggest news is this: the correct, health-restoring & health-maintaining food with all necessary daily nutrients in the correct combination costs ONLY about $95 per one (adult) person monthly. Based on the new program's detailed guidance, you buy your food ingredients in your local supermarket & prepare your food in your own kitchen based on the new, delicious recipes. The bigger the family, the less $ per/person. Only a program everyone can afford is a solution to our nation's health challenges.
How much are your food expenses time being? Probably many times more than in this new STAF, Inc.'s results bringing program. This means: everyone can afford this amazing program whether one works on the minimum salary or lives on the social security or similar. The saved money this new STAF, Inc. program guides you to place in safe investments - STAF, Inc. endorses only a few investment adviser companies as reliable. With the saved money your family can create substantial wealth within time. Also a millionaire?
The new Healthy Lifestyle & Correct Nutrition program will, in a televised D.C. event, be introduced to our nation, to The W.H., The President & The First Lady, The U.S. Congress & Senate, and to all related federal agencies.
STAF, Inc.'s presence is needed in D.C. in the U.S. Congress (House & Senate). STAF, Inc.'s founding President is planning (1) to seek a seat in D.C. Congress/Senate to provide the necessary information to the D.C. lawmakers and (2) to establish a fully new federal agency, Healthy Lifestyle & Family Success Agency, and to be named its first federal director. New legislation and training for all these matters are needed in a results-bringing manner.
STAF, Inc.'s slogan is: Less suffering - more life™
In STAF, Inc.'s website at the top of most tabs is a link to study the original STAF, Inc.'s founding documents to see the full purpose & the mission statements of the organization.
Listen to STAF, Inc.'s popular Radio Shows - you'll get free CEU & College-University credits nationwide or worldwide. To visit STAF, Inc.'s website, use its Radio Show title in the internet search - the lower & upper keys as here in the show title: "DrDrCanYouHelpMe".
Respectfully,
Christian von Christophers, Ph.D., N.D.
STAF. Inc.'s founding President
____________________________________________________
Adam Lanza GUN comment placed for this article (Yahoo News) Tuesday, 3/19/13
Arabo Babakhani thought his roommate atUCF - University of Central Florida was just a quiet loner until James Oliver Seevakumaran aimed a gun at him Monday in what was intended to be the beginning of a yet another school massacre.
"I just thought he kept to himself a lot and, I don't know, I just thought he was a quiet introverted person. The only time he made solid eye contact with me was when he was pointing the gun at me," Babakhani said.
Babakhani slammed the bathroom door and called 911. The quick response of police derailed Seevakumaran's plans. He shot and killed himself, leaving behind an arsenal that included homemade bombs, and writings that showed how meticulously he planned his attack.
Babakhani's recounted his close call with the university's Knightly News newspaper.
"As he was like raising the gun, he didn't get it all the way up, as he was raising the gun I slammed the door on him before he could pop anything off," Babakhani told the university's Knightly News newspaper.
Babakhani told the 911 dispatcher that his roommate had a gun and was pointing it at him, threatening to shoot, according to the university.
Campus police said that officers had already begun responding to a fire alarm at Tower 1 residence hall that Seevakumaran had pulled when they received the 911 call from Babakhani. Officers responded to the apartment within minutes.
Seevakumaran's plan was to flush students out into the hallways, and open fire on them with multiple weapons and homemade bombs.
When the police arrived, they rescued Babakhani from the bathroom and then found Seevakumaran dead from a self-inflicted gunshot wound to the head. In the apartment, they found a handgun, assault weapon, hundreds of rounds of ammunition and a high capacity drum magazine, as well as four homemade improvised explosive devices that were lined with shrapnel.
University of Central California Narrowly Avoids Tragedy Monday
Cops also found writings that showed Seevakumaran had put extensive thought into his plans to hurt as many students as possible.
"Anybody armed with this type of weapon could have hurt a lot of people there, particularly in a crowded area as people were evacuating," said university police chief Richard Beary. "It could have been a very bad day."
Seevakumaran, 30, was no longer enrolled at the university and was in the process of being evicted from the dorms. He had been a student until the end of the fall semester in 2012, but had not re-enrolled in January 2013. Police said he began collecting the weapons for the planned shooting in early February.
Police are still investigating a motive for the attempted crime.
Arabo Babakhani thought his roommate atUCF - University of Central Florida was just a quiet loner until James Oliver Seevakumaran aimed a gun at him Monday in what was intended to be the beginning of a yet another school massacre.
"I just thought he kept to himself a lot and, I don't know, I just thought he was a quiet introverted person. The only time he made solid eye contact with me was when he was pointing the gun at me," Babakhani said.
Babakhani slammed the bathroom door and called 911. The quick response of police derailed Seevakumaran's plans. He shot and killed himself, leaving behind an arsenal that included homemade bombs, and writings that showed how meticulously he planned his attack.
Babakhani's recounted his close call with the university's Knightly News newspaper.
"As he was like raising the gun, he didn't get it all the way up, as he was raising the gun I slammed the door on him before he could pop anything off," Babakhani told the university's Knightly News newspaper.
Babakhani told the 911 dispatcher that his roommate had a gun and was pointing it at him, threatening to shoot, according to the university.
Campus police said that officers had already begun responding to a fire alarm at Tower 1 residence hall that Seevakumaran had pulled when they received the 911 call from Babakhani. Officers responded to the apartment within minutes.
Seevakumaran's plan was to flush students out into the hallways, and open fire on them with multiple weapons and homemade bombs.
When the police arrived, they rescued Babakhani from the bathroom and then found Seevakumaran dead from a self-inflicted gunshot wound to the head. In the apartment, they found a handgun, assault weapon, hundreds of rounds of ammunition and a high capacity drum magazine, as well as four homemade improvised explosive devices that were lined with shrapnel.
University of Central California Narrowly Avoids Tragedy Monday
Cops also found writings that showed Seevakumaran had put extensive thought into his plans to hurt as many students as possible.
"Anybody armed with this type of weapon could have hurt a lot of people there, particularly in a crowded area as people were evacuating," said university police chief Richard Beary. "It could have been a very bad day."
Seevakumaran, 30, was no longer enrolled at the university and was in the process of being evicted from the dorms. He had been a student until the end of the fall semester in 2012, but had not re-enrolled in January 2013. Police said he began collecting the weapons for the planned shooting in early February.
Police are still investigating a motive for the attempted crime.
Adam Lanza GUN comment placed for this article (Yahoo News) Tuesday, 3/19/13
Assault weapons ban won't be in Dems' gun bill
WASHINGTON (AP) — Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid has decided that a proposed assault weapons ban won't be part of a gun control bill the Senate plans to debate next month, the sponsor of the ban said Tuesday, a decision that means the ban stands little chance of survival.
Instead, Sen. Dianne Feinstein said she will be able to offer her ban on the military-style firearms as an amendment. Feinstein is all but certain to need 60 votes from the 100-member Senate to prevail, but she faces solid Republican opposition and likely defections from some moderate Democrats.
"I very much regret it," Feinstein, D-Calif., told reporters of Reid's decision. "I tried my best."
Asked about the decision, Reid, D-Nev., said he wanted to bring a gun bill to the full Senate that would have enough support to overcome any GOP attempts to prevent debate from even starting.
He said that "using the most optimistic numbers," there were less than 40 votes for Feinstein's ban. That is far less than the 60 votes needed to begin considering legislation, and an indication that Reid feared that including the assault weapons ban in the main guns bill would risk getting the votes needed to begin debate.
"I'm not going to try to put something on the floor that won't succeed. I want something that will succeed. I think the worst of all worlds would be to bring to something to the floor and it dies there," Reid said.
Feinstein, an author of the 1994 assault weapons ban that expired after a decade, said that Reid told her of the decision on Monday.
There are 53 Democrats in the Senate, plus two independents who usually vote with them.
An assault-type weapon was used in the December massacre at an elementary school in Newtown, Conn., that revived gun control as a top issue in Washington. Banning those firearms was among the proposals President Barack Obama made in January in response to those slayings.
The assault weapons ban was the most controversial of the major proposals to restrict guns that have been advanced by Obama and Senate Democrats. Because of that, it had been expected that theassault weapons measure would be left out of the initial package the Senate considers, with Democrats hoping the Senate could therefore amass the strongest possible vote for the overall legislation.
Having a separate vote on assault weapons might free moderate Democratic senators facing re-election next year in Republican-leaning states to vote against the assault weapons measure, but then support the remaining overall package of gun curbs.
Gun control supporters consider a strong Senate vote important because the Republican-run House has shown little enthusiasm for most of Obama's proposals.
Feinstein said Reid told her there will be two votes.
One would be on her assault weapons ban, which also includes a ban on ammunition magazines that carry more than 10 rounds of ammunition. The second would just be on prohibiting the high-capacity magazine clips.
Many Democrats think the ban on large-capacity magazines has a better chance of getting 60 votes than the assault weapons ban.
The Senate Judiciary Committee has approved four gun control measures this month, including Feinstein's barring assault weapons and high capacity magazines. The others would expand required federal background checks for firearms buyers, increase federal penalties for illegal gun trafficking and boost school safety money.
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Respectfully,
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STAF. Inc.'s founding President
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Respectfully,
Christian von Christophers, Ph.D., N.D.
STAF. Inc.'s founding President
Tattoos
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If you want to show off some cool body art over spring break, but you're not willing to have it permanently etched onto your arm, realistic-looking temporary tattoos seem like a healthy compromise. But the U.S. Food and Drug Administration on Monday warned people to watch out. Apparently, certain temporary tattoos can still cause permanent damage.
Also on Shine: More Women Are Inking Up Than Men
"Just because a tattoo is temporary it doesn't mean that it is risk free," Dr. Linda Katz, director of FDA's Office of Cosmetics and Colors, said in a statement.
The FDA's warning has to do with temporary tattoos made with "black henna" ink containing para-phenylenediamine (PPD), a coal-tar product that is approved for use in hair dye but is known to cause skin reactions in some people. Traditional, reddish-brown henna and stick-on temporary tattoos (the ones that look like stickers and are applied with water) are not part of the warning.
Also on Shine: Regret that Tattoo? These Celebrities Sure Do
Unlike permanent tattoos, in which ink is injected under the skin, "black henna" tattoos are drawn or stenciled onto the skin's surface. They're popular with vendors at beaches, boardwalks, resorts, and fairs because they're easy to apply quickly and make for long-lasting, dark, realistic-looking temporary body art.
These temporary tattoos, drawn on with so-called black henna, left lasting scars. (Photos: www.doh.state.fl.us) …But PPD can also have horrible side effects. The FDA has received reports of "redness, blisters, raised red weeping lesions, loss of pigmentation, increased sensitivity to sunlight, and even permanent scarring" in adults and children who have had "black henna" applied to their skin. Reactions can occur right away, a few days after exposure, or even as long as two or three weeks after the temporary tattoo was applied.
One mother, whose teenager had gotten a black henna tattoo on her back, told the FDA that her daughter's skin looked "the way a burn victim looks, all blistered and raw" and that doctors have said she will have permanent scars. Another mother reported that her 17-year-old daughter's "black henna" tattoo began to blister soon after it was applied.
"At first I was a little upset she got the tattoo without telling me," the mom, who works as a nurse, told the FDA. "But when it became red and itchy and later began to blister and the blisters filled with fluid, I was beside myself."
There are several ways to tell whether a temporary tattoo artist is using PPD instead of actual henna. According to Catherine Cartwright-Jones, who runs The Henna Page, "If the stuff they're using is jet black and stains your skin quickly, it's probably PPD-based black hair dye."
Traditional henna paste needs to stay on your skin for several hours or even overnight in order to create a long-lasting design (and, even then, the design will be orange before it darkens to red-brown and finally fades back to orange after a few days). If the artist says to leave the paste on your skin for less than an hour and promises that the stain will be black (and will stay black) once the paste is removed, then they're probably using PPD.
"You will not get a straight answer just by asking," Cartwright-Jones warns on her website. "You'll have to look at the paste itself."
Traditional henna comes from a flowering plant that is native to Asia and Africa, and has been used in skin decoration for centuries. The paste is greenish brown or khaki colored and smells like vegetable matter or pine, Tea Tree, or other essential oils. PPD, on the other hand, may have no odor or, if they're using straight hair dye, may smell like bleach or ammonia.
The FDA cautions that even traditional henna is only approved for use in the United States as a hair dye, in spite of the fact that it has been used in skin decoration (like mehndi in India), for centuries.
"By law, all color additives used in cosmetics must be approved by FDA for their intended uses, with the exception of coal tar colors intended for use in hair dyes," the agency says on its website. "Some states have laws and regulations for temporary tattooing, while others don't. So, depending on where you are, it's possible no one is checking to make sure the artist is following safe practices or even knows what may be harmful to consumers."
People who have had bad reactions to temporary tattoos should notify the FDA by calling 800-FDA-1088 or via its website.
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Tattoos (1) Placed comment Tue, 3/26/13 for: Caution: Black Henna Temporary Tattoos Could Leave Permanent Scars (went through as is below)
Comment by Save The American Family - STAF, Inc., -not-for-profit-
By Dr. Christian von Christophers, Ph.D., N.D.
Tattoos can cause deadly skin cancer & give risks to other sicknesses.
Many employers do not hire a person with piercing or tattooing. Is it worth that much in addition to challenging your chances being hired in a good workplace?
Piercing or tattooing your body does not belong to a behavior leading to a healthy life.
Some basic facts for good health and a long life are: healthy nutrition, enough sleep, enough fresh water daily (min. 50 % of your weight in ounces, max. 100 %, no soda: sugary or non-sugary), physical activity, good social/family life, life with purposeful goals & our genetic factors (we can beat the negative ones quite well).
STAF, Inc. has developed a new Healthy Lifestyle & Correct Nutrition Program for the U.S. government's use. Worldwide, the same new program fits for every nation's use.
Totally it took 26 years to develop, first 19 years worldwide research and the past 7 years to modify it for the U.S. needs. It is a program that, for the first time ever, covers all necessary elements to get the lasting good results in all family related challenges and in our rampant obesity, overweight & sickness levels. Its nutritional program leading to health and to a longer life is at the same time an automatic weight loss program: nothing to buy, no calories to count, no unreasonable portion control - eat as needed; just follow the easy what-to-eat instructions. All new recipes - delicious, delicious. You are not going to walk around feeling hungry. You can even visit, now and then, a casino buffet, if you so wish.
The biggest news is this: the correct, health-restoring & health-maintaining food with all necessary daily nutrients in the correct combination costs ONLY about $95 per one (adult) person monthly. Based on the new program's detailed guidance, you buy your food ingredients in your local supermarket & prepare your food in your own kitchen based on the new, delicious recipes. The bigger the family, the less $ per/person. Only a program everyone can afford is a solution to our nation's health challenges.
How much are your food expenses time being? Probably many times more than in this new STAF, Inc.'s results bringing program. This means: everyone can afford this amazing program whether one works on the minimum salary or lives on the social security or similar. The saved money this new STAF, Inc. program guides you to place in safe investments - STAF, Inc. endorses only a few investment adviser companies as reliable. With the saved money your family can create substantial wealth within time. Also a millionaire?
The new Healthy Lifestyle & Correct Nutrition program will, in a televised D.C. event, be introduced to our nation, to The W.H., The President & The First Lady, The U.S. Congress & Senate, and to all related federal agencies.
STAF, Inc.'s presence is needed in D.C. in the U.S. Congress (House & Senate). STAF, Inc.'s founding President is planning (1) to seek a seat in D.C. Congress/Senate to provide the necessary information to the D.C. and (2) establish a new federal agency for Family Health & Success & become its first director.
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If you want to show off some cool body art over spring break, but you're not willing to have it permanently etched onto your arm, realistic-looking temporary tattoos seem like a healthy compromise. But the U.S. Food and Drug Administration on Monday warned people to watch out. Apparently, certain temporary tattoos can still cause permanent damage.
Also on Shine: More Women Are Inking Up Than Men
"Just because a tattoo is temporary it doesn't mean that it is risk free," Dr. Linda Katz, director of FDA's Office of Cosmetics and Colors, said in a statement.
The FDA's warning has to do with temporary tattoos made with "black henna" ink containing para-phenylenediamine (PPD), a coal-tar product that is approved for use in hair dye but is known to cause skin reactions in some people. Traditional, reddish-brown henna and stick-on temporary tattoos (the ones that look like stickers and are applied with water) are not part of the warning.
Also on Shine: Regret that Tattoo? These Celebrities Sure Do
Unlike permanent tattoos, in which ink is injected under the skin, "black henna" tattoos are drawn or stenciled onto the skin's surface. They're popular with vendors at beaches, boardwalks, resorts, and fairs because they're easy to apply quickly and make for long-lasting, dark, realistic-looking temporary body art.
These temporary tattoos, drawn on with so-called black henna, left lasting scars. (Photos: www.doh.state.fl.us) …But PPD can also have horrible side effects. The FDA has received reports of "redness, blisters, raised red weeping lesions, loss of pigmentation, increased sensitivity to sunlight, and even permanent scarring" in adults and children who have had "black henna" applied to their skin. Reactions can occur right away, a few days after exposure, or even as long as two or three weeks after the temporary tattoo was applied.
One mother, whose teenager had gotten a black henna tattoo on her back, told the FDA that her daughter's skin looked "the way a burn victim looks, all blistered and raw" and that doctors have said she will have permanent scars. Another mother reported that her 17-year-old daughter's "black henna" tattoo began to blister soon after it was applied.
"At first I was a little upset she got the tattoo without telling me," the mom, who works as a nurse, told the FDA. "But when it became red and itchy and later began to blister and the blisters filled with fluid, I was beside myself."
There are several ways to tell whether a temporary tattoo artist is using PPD instead of actual henna. According to Catherine Cartwright-Jones, who runs The Henna Page, "If the stuff they're using is jet black and stains your skin quickly, it's probably PPD-based black hair dye."
Traditional henna paste needs to stay on your skin for several hours or even overnight in order to create a long-lasting design (and, even then, the design will be orange before it darkens to red-brown and finally fades back to orange after a few days). If the artist says to leave the paste on your skin for less than an hour and promises that the stain will be black (and will stay black) once the paste is removed, then they're probably using PPD.
"You will not get a straight answer just by asking," Cartwright-Jones warns on her website. "You'll have to look at the paste itself."
Traditional henna comes from a flowering plant that is native to Asia and Africa, and has been used in skin decoration for centuries. The paste is greenish brown or khaki colored and smells like vegetable matter or pine, Tea Tree, or other essential oils. PPD, on the other hand, may have no odor or, if they're using straight hair dye, may smell like bleach or ammonia.
The FDA cautions that even traditional henna is only approved for use in the United States as a hair dye, in spite of the fact that it has been used in skin decoration (like mehndi in India), for centuries.
"By law, all color additives used in cosmetics must be approved by FDA for their intended uses, with the exception of coal tar colors intended for use in hair dyes," the agency says on its website. "Some states have laws and regulations for temporary tattooing, while others don't. So, depending on where you are, it's possible no one is checking to make sure the artist is following safe practices or even knows what may be harmful to consumers."
People who have had bad reactions to temporary tattoos should notify the FDA by calling 800-FDA-1088 or via its website.
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Tattoos can cause deadly skin cancer & give risks to other sicknesses.
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Teens Accused of Trying to Poison Teacher
By KEVIN DOLAK | Good Morning America – 21 hours ago
Two Virginia middle school students are facing felony charges of attempted poisoning, accused of spiking their teacher's tea at least twice with hand sanitizer.
The two 13-year-old male students, who have not been named, were removed from Hines Middle School in Newport News, Va., and placed in an alternative school after confessing, officials said. The attempted poisoning was brought to the school's attention by student witnesses on Jan. 29, who contacted the school's resource officer and assistant principal, according to Michelle Price with Newport News Public Schools.
"An investigation was started by the administrators at Hines," Price told ABCNews.com. "This usually involves interviewing students involved, and the ones who came forward, and talking to the teacher. The students did then confess to putting some hand sanitizer in the teacher's beverage."
The school's officer then contacted the Newport News police department's Special Victims Unit, which conducted a thorough investigation, police said in a statement. On March 6, the two teens were each charged with one count of attempted poisoning, a class three felony.
The two students were removed, according to Price, and recommended for long term suspensions. They were then referred to a disciplinary review committee, which involves three school board members, who upheld the long term suspension.
"It's the board's philosophy that all students should be offered some sort of educational experience," Price said. "They are with students who have been convicted of or are facing charges."
The two students were sent to a separate community school in January, and will not be able to attend any other comprehensive school in the district during the police investigation, according to Price.
Price said that the 66-year-old teacher, who does not want to be named, was unaware that anything had been put in her tea until she was told, and missed a few days of teaching when she went to see her doctor.
"She did not require hospitalization. Aside from few days she's missed she's been teaching," Price said. "We don't believe a lot of it was ingested, and we believe it may have happened twice."
Hines Middle School does not stand out as a problem school in the district, and most of the problems at the school can be characterized as "preteen and teen drama," according to Price.
If the accused teens are found guilty they will have remain in the community school, she said.
A class three felony carries a punishment of not less than five years nor more than 20 years in prison and a fine of not more than $100,000 in Virginia, according to police. It is unclear how the teens plead, as Newport News juvenile court does not share information pertaining to juveniles.
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By KEVIN DOLAK | Good Morning America – 21 hours ago
Two Virginia middle school students are facing felony charges of attempted poisoning, accused of spiking their teacher's tea at least twice with hand sanitizer.
The two 13-year-old male students, who have not been named, were removed from Hines Middle School in Newport News, Va., and placed in an alternative school after confessing, officials said. The attempted poisoning was brought to the school's attention by student witnesses on Jan. 29, who contacted the school's resource officer and assistant principal, according to Michelle Price with Newport News Public Schools.
"An investigation was started by the administrators at Hines," Price told ABCNews.com. "This usually involves interviewing students involved, and the ones who came forward, and talking to the teacher. The students did then confess to putting some hand sanitizer in the teacher's beverage."
The school's officer then contacted the Newport News police department's Special Victims Unit, which conducted a thorough investigation, police said in a statement. On March 6, the two teens were each charged with one count of attempted poisoning, a class three felony.
The two students were removed, according to Price, and recommended for long term suspensions. They were then referred to a disciplinary review committee, which involves three school board members, who upheld the long term suspension.
"It's the board's philosophy that all students should be offered some sort of educational experience," Price said. "They are with students who have been convicted of or are facing charges."
The two students were sent to a separate community school in January, and will not be able to attend any other comprehensive school in the district during the police investigation, according to Price.
Price said that the 66-year-old teacher, who does not want to be named, was unaware that anything had been put in her tea until she was told, and missed a few days of teaching when she went to see her doctor.
"She did not require hospitalization. Aside from few days she's missed she's been teaching," Price said. "We don't believe a lot of it was ingested, and we believe it may have happened twice."
Hines Middle School does not stand out as a problem school in the district, and most of the problems at the school can be characterized as "preteen and teen drama," according to Price.
If the accused teens are found guilty they will have remain in the community school, she said.
A class three felony carries a punishment of not less than five years nor more than 20 years in prison and a fine of not more than $100,000 in Virginia, according to police. It is unclear how the teens plead, as Newport News juvenile court does not share information pertaining to juveniles.
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Ohio rape - high school students
Steubenville High School football players
found guilty of raping 16-year-old girl
Below in red # 5 of the 12 life-destroying disasters any child is facing when the father is absent based on a separation or in a divorce and is not daily guiding the growing son
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In the article below the father, based on his own will, admits (quote): "Later, Richmond's biological father, Nathaniel, also addressed the court and the victim's family, placing some of the blame for his son's actions on his own life troubles and being an absentee father."
"Everyone knows I wasn't there for my son," Nathaniel Richmond said. "I feel responsible for his actions. I feel highly responsible for his actions."
(5) 14 times more likely to commit rape; (8) 20 times more likely to end up in prison;
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Inside a small Steubenville, Ohio, courtroom filled with sobbing and exhausting emotion, Judge Thomas Lipps found Trent Mays and Ma'lik Richmond guilty Sunday of raping an intoxicated 16-year-old girl. Lipps sentenced both defendants to a minimum of one year in a youth correctional institute with the determination for a longer sentence coming from child-service experts.
Mays received an additional year for transmission of nude photos, to be served after his rape sentence is completed. Mays and Richmond also will have to register as sex offenders for the rest of their lives.
"It provides a great incentive to do well," said Lipps, who could have ordered Mays and Richmond to remain behind bars until they turned 21.
Mays, 17, and Richmond, 16, both wept, at times uncontrollably, as the verdict was announced. Mays buried his head in a handkerchief as defense attorneys rubbed his back. He later hugged his parents goodbye.
Richmond was able to stand and approach the victim's family and deliver a tearful apology before breaking down into the arms of court manager Fred Adballa Jr.
"I'm sorry," Richmond said through gasps and cries, "for putting you guys through this. I'm sorry."
[Related: Steubenville rape trial divides Ohio town]
Later, Richmond's biological father, Nathaniel, also addressed the court and the victim's family, placing some of the blame for his son's actions on his own life troubles and being an absentee father.
"Everyone knows I wasn't there for my son," Nathaniel Richmond said. "I feel responsible for his actions. I feel highly responsible for his actions."
The five-day trial of Mays and Richmond for the August 2012 rape of the West Virginia girl, who had come across the Ohio River for a night of partying, engulfed this old mill town in the eastern part of the state. Both boys are members of the high-profile and historically successful Big Red football team at Steubenville High School, which serves as a point of pride for the city dealing with economic hardship after the collapse of the steel industry.
Trent Mays, left, gets a hug from his father after Trent was found guilty of rape. (AP)Put in the spotlight was the local football team, which, critics said, allowed players to brazenly operate seemingly above the law for years. Social-media accounts, self-made videos, photos and classless text messages exposed an entire world that seemed like a Hollywood script of a high school team out of control.
It also exposed a teenage culture of weak ethics, rampant alcohol abuse and poor family structures that wound up dooming Mays and Richmond, both of whom had promising futures and no criminal past.
After the verdict, Nathaniel Richmond approached the defense table and held his son for a prolonged period. According to defense attorney Walter Madison – who was overcome with tears for what he said was the first time in his legal career – the elder Richmond told his son he loved him.
"I knew he realized he loved him, but he never told him [before]," Madison said. "So it took this."
It took this for a lot of things to come to light.
Rape, experts say, is a crime of power and control more than sex. Underlying all of that is arrogance, and in Steubenville it was taken to the extreme.
Throughout this trial, the two defendants and a parade of friends who wound up mostly testifying against the defendants, expressed little understanding of rape – let alone common decency or respect for women. Despite the conviction, the defendants likely don't view themselves as rapists, at least not the classic sense of a man hiding in the shadows.
[Related: Opening day of Steubenville rape trial focuses on key photo of girl]
"It wasn't violent," explained teammate Evan Westlake when asked why he didn't stop the two defendants as they abused a non-moving girl that Westlake knew to be highly intoxicated. "I always pictured it as forcing yourself on someone."
That was part of the arrogance.
Arrogance from the defendants. Arrogance from the friends. Arrogance within the culture.
Arrogance based on the fact that this night, witnesses testified over and over, wasn't strikingly different than any other night in the life of a Big Red football player.
The boys drank. They drove around. They went to each other's houses until 2, 3, 4 in the morning. They exploited permissive parents who let the party continue. They, according to so many locals, knew there were bars that would serve them, liquor stores that would supply them and adults who would look the other way. They were football players being football players.
They slept wherever and whenever they crashed, preferably with some girl. Any girl.
They were allowed the freedoms of young adults, yet lacked the maturity to handle that freedom.
"The entitlement we heard during testimony, it didn't seem like any empathy or support for the victim," said Katie Hanna, statewide director of the Ohio Alliance to End Sexual Violence. "To see these things happen and to say, 'I don't recall; I didn't think it was a bad thing; I just thought this was OK.' It suggests that this was commonplace behavior."
[Related: Focus of Steubenville trial shifts to teens' text messages]
Two protesters hug after hearing the verdict in the trial of Mays and Richmond. (Reuters)It's not that these kids were pure evil. Far from it. Most were headed to college or the military. They appeared presentable. Richmond, who came from a troubled family background, had seemingly turned the corner. As a sophomore about to be a starter on the varsity, his future was bright.
"Everything he was working to get away from, he was headed in [the right] direction," said Madison, his attorney.
In some actions, this was obvious. In others, it clearly was not. It was that way for everyone, charged or not.
At one point of the night of the incident, Westlake, who was sober, determined that his friend Mark Cole was too drunk to make a 10-minute drive home. At first, Cole refused to turn over his keys, claiming he could operate his Volkswagen Jetta just fine. Westlake was undeterred, though, eventually "tricking" Cole by waiting for him to relax and then forcibly seizing the keys.
Yet maybe a half-hour later, Westlake walked in on the girl, sprawled out naked in the middle of a basement floor. To her side was Mays, exposed and slapping his penis on the girl's hip. Behind her was Richmond, who, Westlake said, was violating her with two fingers.
Westlake said goodbye to the guys and kept walking. A good friend with his eye on the safety of others just minutes before was suddenly unaware or unsure of what to do – or simply uncaring enough to do anything at all.
"Something has gotten in there that said, 'OK, we need to prevent drinking and driving,' " Hanna said. "We need to take it to that level with preventing sexual assault."
Earlier in the night, the girl sat in the middle of the street in front of one of the player's homes, leaning over slightly and puking. She was a mess, in need of significant help. One of the boys – no one recalls who exactly – took her shirt off so she wouldn't stain it, but then left her sitting there in just shorts and a bra.
Soon, a group of the teenagers were laughing at the girl and her sorry state. One kid, Patrick Pizzoferrato, pulled out $3 and said he'd give it to anyone who urinated on her.
"I made it as a joke," Pizzoferrato testified. "… I don't think anyone thought I was serious when I said that."
It stands to reason that Pizzoferrato was being truthful. No one took him up on it. After a night of partying, surrounded by friends, never assuming that whatever he said would wind up in the center of a closely followed criminal proceeding, Pizzoferrato was making a crude and immature joke. He's a high school kid. They aren't known for tact.
Yet along with the joke came nothing else. No one thought to get the girl real help, to call her friends, to take her home, to assure she was safe and watched. She was just another drunk chick to be mocked, scooped up and used.
[Related: Did conviction in Steubenville trial come at a cost?]
Within minutes, Mays was fondling her in the backseat of a crowded car while his buddy Cole filmed the act on his cell phone.
Arrogance? Arrogance is looking at a girl in desperate need of help, looking at a friend who was committing an obvious felony and deciding what the moment called for was an impromptu porn shoot.
It also was this colossal arrogance that doomed the defendants and everyone involved. The hubris of their high school good life causing a downfall that will be felt – even by those who escaped prosecution – for a lifetime.
Mays, 17, was also found guilty of transmission of nude photos of the 16-year-old girl. (AP)The girl testified she woke up with no recollection of what happened. It wasn't until she began hearing the chatter on social media and eventually saw a picture of herself just after the incident that she believed she'd been attacked.
Had nothing been said, shot or sent, this would've been just another night, like sadly so many anywhere in America with a confused girl wondering what really happened.
Instead, this group of teens, so full of an overabundance of self worth, filmed and documented the crime, perhaps never assuming anyone would see it for what it was.
They basically told the victim about it. Their friends essentially took real-time crime-scene photos for the cops. Of course, this was only possible because Mays and Richmond were more than comfortable committing the crime right in front of witnesses in the first place.
Mays, in particular, essentially confessed to the crime via hundreds of text messages over the next few days – ranging from profound bravado in the immediate aftermath, to matter-of-fact statements the next day, to a panicked attempted cover-up and witness control as reality began to set in.
Mays all but wrote out the prosecution's closing arguments.
Yes, this was extreme arrogance. The arrogance to not just joke and brag like the teenage boys they were, but to commit those jokes to text messages, to snap a photo of the girl being carried out like she was a casualty coming off a battle field. Even guys who weren't there sat around a basement laughing about how "the dead girl" was "so raped."
[Related: Victim testifies during fourth day of Steubenville rape trial]
The arrogance to assume everyone else would think like them, to take outlandish jokes told in private and put them on YouTube for everyone to see. It's one thing to say something stupid. It's another to promote it to the world.
Only, they later found out – harshly – that the rest of the world didn't find it such a laughing matter.
Steubenville has a long and colorful history of organized crime, an Appalachian river town full of gambling, booze and bootlegging, of corrupt politicians and crooked union bosses thriving through the decades.
The Big Red players were disorganized crime. No secrets. No code words. No shame. They neither grasped the depth of the crime nor the unrelenting pressure of true authority – not their compliant parents or ball coach, but a legal system that didn't care a whit about Steubenville High football.
Steubenville's football program has long been a source of pride in the community.
For all the rumors and speculation around town of cover-ups and favoritism being played, the authorities did their job. There is zero indication the Steubenville police did anything but aggressively and swiftly investigate the charges.
When understandable conflicts of interest – only 18,000 people live in the city and everyone knows everyone – arose in the local prosecutors office, the case was handed over to the state's attorney general out of Columbus. A judge was brought in from across the state, near Cincinnati. And it was Judge Lipps, not anyone around Steubenville, who granted immunity to the witnesses.
Meanwhile, attorney general Mike DeWine called on Sunday for a grand jury to continue an investigation into the case.
"This community desperately needs to have this behind them," DeWine said. "But this community also desperately needs to know justice was done and that no stone was left unturned."
It's still hard to say if Mays and Richmond ever grasped the trouble they were in until Sunday.
Mays knew enough to grow concerned. The girl was never sure whether to press charges, but once her parents found out, there would be no doubt. They culled social media for clues and walked into the Steubenville Police Department with a flash drive of evidence.
Just prior to that, Mays became panicked and texted the girl.
"I'm about to get kicked off my football team," Mays wrote.
"The more you bring up football, the more pissed I get," the girl wrote back. "Because that's like all you care about."
Trent Mays and Ma'lik Richmond were soon arrested after that text exchange. Legendary coach Reno Saccoccia couldn't help them now. The power of Big Red, their families' good names, their otherwise clean pasts and strong futures, meant nothing.
A culture of arrogance created a group mindset of debauchery and disrespect, of misplaced manhood and lost morality.
Drunk on their own small-town greatness, they operated unaware of common decency until they went too far, wrote too much, bragged too many times a
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Ohio rape - high school students
Steubenville High School football players
found guilty of raping 16-year-old girl
Below in red # 5 of the 12 life-destroying disasters any child is facing when the father is absent based on a separation or in a divorce and is not daily guiding the growing son
The 12 disasters are placed in his tab in several locations (go up or go down you'll see them & you'll see them also in the article placed on the internet as a comment to the article (copy here below)
In the article below the father, based on his own will, admits (quote): "Later, Richmond's biological father, Nathaniel, also addressed the court and the victim's family, placing some of the blame for his son's actions on his own life troubles and being an absentee father."
"Everyone knows I wasn't there for my son," Nathaniel Richmond said. "I feel responsible for his actions. I feel highly responsible for his actions."
(5) 14 times more likely to commit rape; (8) 20 times more likely to end up in prison;
Some other facts on the disaster list above match this case. - see the list above.
The article
Inside a small Steubenville, Ohio, courtroom filled with sobbing and exhausting emotion, Judge Thomas Lipps found Trent Mays and Ma'lik Richmond guilty Sunday of raping an intoxicated 16-year-old girl. Lipps sentenced both defendants to a minimum of one year in a youth correctional institute with the determination for a longer sentence coming from child-service experts.
Mays received an additional year for transmission of nude photos, to be served after his rape sentence is completed. Mays and Richmond also will have to register as sex offenders for the rest of their lives.
"It provides a great incentive to do well," said Lipps, who could have ordered Mays and Richmond to remain behind bars until they turned 21.
Mays, 17, and Richmond, 16, both wept, at times uncontrollably, as the verdict was announced. Mays buried his head in a handkerchief as defense attorneys rubbed his back. He later hugged his parents goodbye.
Richmond was able to stand and approach the victim's family and deliver a tearful apology before breaking down into the arms of court manager Fred Adballa Jr.
"I'm sorry," Richmond said through gasps and cries, "for putting you guys through this. I'm sorry."
[Related: Steubenville rape trial divides Ohio town]
Later, Richmond's biological father, Nathaniel, also addressed the court and the victim's family, placing some of the blame for his son's actions on his own life troubles and being an absentee father.
"Everyone knows I wasn't there for my son," Nathaniel Richmond said. "I feel responsible for his actions. I feel highly responsible for his actions."
The five-day trial of Mays and Richmond for the August 2012 rape of the West Virginia girl, who had come across the Ohio River for a night of partying, engulfed this old mill town in the eastern part of the state. Both boys are members of the high-profile and historically successful Big Red football team at Steubenville High School, which serves as a point of pride for the city dealing with economic hardship after the collapse of the steel industry.
Trent Mays, left, gets a hug from his father after Trent was found guilty of rape. (AP)Put in the spotlight was the local football team, which, critics said, allowed players to brazenly operate seemingly above the law for years. Social-media accounts, self-made videos, photos and classless text messages exposed an entire world that seemed like a Hollywood script of a high school team out of control.
It also exposed a teenage culture of weak ethics, rampant alcohol abuse and poor family structures that wound up dooming Mays and Richmond, both of whom had promising futures and no criminal past.
After the verdict, Nathaniel Richmond approached the defense table and held his son for a prolonged period. According to defense attorney Walter Madison – who was overcome with tears for what he said was the first time in his legal career – the elder Richmond told his son he loved him.
"I knew he realized he loved him, but he never told him [before]," Madison said. "So it took this."
It took this for a lot of things to come to light.
Rape, experts say, is a crime of power and control more than sex. Underlying all of that is arrogance, and in Steubenville it was taken to the extreme.
Throughout this trial, the two defendants and a parade of friends who wound up mostly testifying against the defendants, expressed little understanding of rape – let alone common decency or respect for women. Despite the conviction, the defendants likely don't view themselves as rapists, at least not the classic sense of a man hiding in the shadows.
[Related: Opening day of Steubenville rape trial focuses on key photo of girl]
"It wasn't violent," explained teammate Evan Westlake when asked why he didn't stop the two defendants as they abused a non-moving girl that Westlake knew to be highly intoxicated. "I always pictured it as forcing yourself on someone."
That was part of the arrogance.
Arrogance from the defendants. Arrogance from the friends. Arrogance within the culture.
Arrogance based on the fact that this night, witnesses testified over and over, wasn't strikingly different than any other night in the life of a Big Red football player.
The boys drank. They drove around. They went to each other's houses until 2, 3, 4 in the morning. They exploited permissive parents who let the party continue. They, according to so many locals, knew there were bars that would serve them, liquor stores that would supply them and adults who would look the other way. They were football players being football players.
They slept wherever and whenever they crashed, preferably with some girl. Any girl.
They were allowed the freedoms of young adults, yet lacked the maturity to handle that freedom.
"The entitlement we heard during testimony, it didn't seem like any empathy or support for the victim," said Katie Hanna, statewide director of the Ohio Alliance to End Sexual Violence. "To see these things happen and to say, 'I don't recall; I didn't think it was a bad thing; I just thought this was OK.' It suggests that this was commonplace behavior."
[Related: Focus of Steubenville trial shifts to teens' text messages]
Two protesters hug after hearing the verdict in the trial of Mays and Richmond. (Reuters)It's not that these kids were pure evil. Far from it. Most were headed to college or the military. They appeared presentable. Richmond, who came from a troubled family background, had seemingly turned the corner. As a sophomore about to be a starter on the varsity, his future was bright.
"Everything he was working to get away from, he was headed in [the right] direction," said Madison, his attorney.
In some actions, this was obvious. In others, it clearly was not. It was that way for everyone, charged or not.
At one point of the night of the incident, Westlake, who was sober, determined that his friend Mark Cole was too drunk to make a 10-minute drive home. At first, Cole refused to turn over his keys, claiming he could operate his Volkswagen Jetta just fine. Westlake was undeterred, though, eventually "tricking" Cole by waiting for him to relax and then forcibly seizing the keys.
Yet maybe a half-hour later, Westlake walked in on the girl, sprawled out naked in the middle of a basement floor. To her side was Mays, exposed and slapping his penis on the girl's hip. Behind her was Richmond, who, Westlake said, was violating her with two fingers.
Westlake said goodbye to the guys and kept walking. A good friend with his eye on the safety of others just minutes before was suddenly unaware or unsure of what to do – or simply uncaring enough to do anything at all.
"Something has gotten in there that said, 'OK, we need to prevent drinking and driving,' " Hanna said. "We need to take it to that level with preventing sexual assault."
Earlier in the night, the girl sat in the middle of the street in front of one of the player's homes, leaning over slightly and puking. She was a mess, in need of significant help. One of the boys – no one recalls who exactly – took her shirt off so she wouldn't stain it, but then left her sitting there in just shorts and a bra.
Soon, a group of the teenagers were laughing at the girl and her sorry state. One kid, Patrick Pizzoferrato, pulled out $3 and said he'd give it to anyone who urinated on her.
"I made it as a joke," Pizzoferrato testified. "… I don't think anyone thought I was serious when I said that."
It stands to reason that Pizzoferrato was being truthful. No one took him up on it. After a night of partying, surrounded by friends, never assuming that whatever he said would wind up in the center of a closely followed criminal proceeding, Pizzoferrato was making a crude and immature joke. He's a high school kid. They aren't known for tact.
Yet along with the joke came nothing else. No one thought to get the girl real help, to call her friends, to take her home, to assure she was safe and watched. She was just another drunk chick to be mocked, scooped up and used.
[Related: Did conviction in Steubenville trial come at a cost?]
Within minutes, Mays was fondling her in the backseat of a crowded car while his buddy Cole filmed the act on his cell phone.
Arrogance? Arrogance is looking at a girl in desperate need of help, looking at a friend who was committing an obvious felony and deciding what the moment called for was an impromptu porn shoot.
It also was this colossal arrogance that doomed the defendants and everyone involved. The hubris of their high school good life causing a downfall that will be felt – even by those who escaped prosecution – for a lifetime.
Mays, 17, was also found guilty of transmission of nude photos of the 16-year-old girl. (AP)The girl testified she woke up with no recollection of what happened. It wasn't until she began hearing the chatter on social media and eventually saw a picture of herself just after the incident that she believed she'd been attacked.
Had nothing been said, shot or sent, this would've been just another night, like sadly so many anywhere in America with a confused girl wondering what really happened.
Instead, this group of teens, so full of an overabundance of self worth, filmed and documented the crime, perhaps never assuming anyone would see it for what it was.
They basically told the victim about it. Their friends essentially took real-time crime-scene photos for the cops. Of course, this was only possible because Mays and Richmond were more than comfortable committing the crime right in front of witnesses in the first place.
Mays, in particular, essentially confessed to the crime via hundreds of text messages over the next few days – ranging from profound bravado in the immediate aftermath, to matter-of-fact statements the next day, to a panicked attempted cover-up and witness control as reality began to set in.
Mays all but wrote out the prosecution's closing arguments.
Yes, this was extreme arrogance. The arrogance to not just joke and brag like the teenage boys they were, but to commit those jokes to text messages, to snap a photo of the girl being carried out like she was a casualty coming off a battle field. Even guys who weren't there sat around a basement laughing about how "the dead girl" was "so raped."
[Related: Victim testifies during fourth day of Steubenville rape trial]
The arrogance to assume everyone else would think like them, to take outlandish jokes told in private and put them on YouTube for everyone to see. It's one thing to say something stupid. It's another to promote it to the world.
Only, they later found out – harshly – that the rest of the world didn't find it such a laughing matter.
Steubenville has a long and colorful history of organized crime, an Appalachian river town full of gambling, booze and bootlegging, of corrupt politicians and crooked union bosses thriving through the decades.
The Big Red players were disorganized crime. No secrets. No code words. No shame. They neither grasped the depth of the crime nor the unrelenting pressure of true authority – not their compliant parents or ball coach, but a legal system that didn't care a whit about Steubenville High football.
Steubenville's football program has long been a source of pride in the community.
For all the rumors and speculation around town of cover-ups and favoritism being played, the authorities did their job. There is zero indication the Steubenville police did anything but aggressively and swiftly investigate the charges.
When understandable conflicts of interest – only 18,000 people live in the city and everyone knows everyone – arose in the local prosecutors office, the case was handed over to the state's attorney general out of Columbus. A judge was brought in from across the state, near Cincinnati. And it was Judge Lipps, not anyone around Steubenville, who granted immunity to the witnesses.
Meanwhile, attorney general Mike DeWine called on Sunday for a grand jury to continue an investigation into the case.
"This community desperately needs to have this behind them," DeWine said. "But this community also desperately needs to know justice was done and that no stone was left unturned."
It's still hard to say if Mays and Richmond ever grasped the trouble they were in until Sunday.
Mays knew enough to grow concerned. The girl was never sure whether to press charges, but once her parents found out, there would be no doubt. They culled social media for clues and walked into the Steubenville Police Department with a flash drive of evidence.
Just prior to that, Mays became panicked and texted the girl.
"I'm about to get kicked off my football team," Mays wrote.
"The more you bring up football, the more pissed I get," the girl wrote back. "Because that's like all you care about."
Trent Mays and Ma'lik Richmond were soon arrested after that text exchange. Legendary coach Reno Saccoccia couldn't help them now. The power of Big Red, their families' good names, their otherwise clean pasts and strong futures, meant nothing.
A culture of arrogance created a group mindset of debauchery and disrespect, of misplaced manhood and lost morality.
Drunk on their own small-town greatness, they operated unaware of common decency until they went too far, wrote too much, bragged too many times a
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March 18th - ADD: too harsh a sentence - these boys are first the victim of parental separation, then our ignorance in our society, our wrong habits in entertainment industry- destroys our youth.
The boys deserve a chance to grow away from their mistake - the lifetime sexoffendor's list is too much
- hope their lawyer will appeal
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Comment by Save The American Family - STAF, Inc.,-not-for-profit-
By Dr. Christian von Christophers, Ph.D., N.D.
A growing boy needs especially his father's continuous presence and guidance, more so than his mother's. The moral in our marriages has gone close to a zero. The children grow up disturbed & misled. In addition, the violent video games & violent movies are replacing the parental love & healthy attention - the children get a wrong picture about being a human being. These teenage rapists and the young mass killers suffer from the Broken Marriage Syndrome™.
The father admits in the article that his lacking presence in the family and his missing guidance is the main reason for the raping.
(Quote) "Everyone knows I wasn't there for my son," Nathaniel Richmond said. "I feel responsible for his actions. I feel highly responsible for his actions."
The related science facts below.
In a family separation & divorce both spouses will experience (1) health challenges leading to a shorter life span and (2) to added financial difficulties. Any traditionally done marriage turned dysfunctional can be healed. Giving up as the first solution is not reasonable for anyone. A separation and a divorce are serious child abuse.
Every child experiencing a parental separation or divorce faces serious life threatening disasters - the most important listed here: (1) overall increased risks to health & welfare;
(2) 5 times more likely to commit suicide; (3) 32 times more likely to run away; (4) 20 times more likely to have behavioral disorders; (5) 14 times more likely to commit rape; (6) 9 times more likely to drop out of school; (7) 10 times more likely to abuse alcohol and drugs; (8) 20 times more likely to end up in prison; (9) increased learning difficulties; (10) increased risk of divorce when grown; (11) increased out of wedlock pregnancies; (12) Latest discovery by the researchers: highly increased risk of having a stroke during his/her life time.
The sentencing terms are O.K. except one detail is too harsh: a lifetime registration as a sex offenders is not reasonable in this case - for a few years, yes. Perhaps the defense lawyer will appeal at least this unreasonable part of the sentence.
In the first place our society is guilty of not protecting our children from a disastrous entertaining of murders & raping and the ignorance of educating our parents to be more responsible in their family union and not just walk out at the "first" hard-time event. All this and similar wrong things in our society destroy our children and then we wash our adult, bloody hands and blame our children - see the science facts above.
The long-term solution is to start educating the whole nation how to heal the American Family & our homes where our children are growing up. In the U.S. marriage happiness & child raising education for every family & every teenager in our schools (and colleges) is fully missing today but is present in most other developed countries in their school curricula.
In a happy home with both parents present the children grow up healthy - no Broken Marriage Syndrome™ and no reason to go to punish the world by raping or mass-killing everyone around.
STAF, Inc.'s presence is needed in D.C. in the U.S. Congress (House & Senate). STAF, Inc.'s founding President is planning (1) to seek a seat in D.C. Congress/Senate to provide the necessary information to the D.C. lawmakers and (2) to establish a fully new federal agency, Healthy Lifestyle & Family Success Agency, and to be named its first federal director. New legislation and training for all these matters are needed in a results-bringing manner.
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March 18th - ADD: too harsh a sentence - these boys are first the victim of parental separation, then our ignorance in our society, our wrong habits in entertainment industry- destroys our youth.
The boys deserve a chance to grow away from their mistake - the lifetime sexoffendor's list is too much
- hope their lawyer will appeal
The Commenting Article
Comment by Save The American Family - STAF, Inc.,-not-for-profit-
By Dr. Christian von Christophers, Ph.D., N.D.
A growing boy needs especially his father's continuous presence and guidance, more so than his mother's. The moral in our marriages has gone close to a zero. The children grow up disturbed & misled. In addition, the violent video games & violent movies are replacing the parental love & healthy attention - the children get a wrong picture about being a human being. These teenage rapists and the young mass killers suffer from the Broken Marriage Syndrome™.
The father admits in the article that his lacking presence in the family and his missing guidance is the main reason for the raping.
(Quote) "Everyone knows I wasn't there for my son," Nathaniel Richmond said. "I feel responsible for his actions. I feel highly responsible for his actions."
The related science facts below.
In a family separation & divorce both spouses will experience (1) health challenges leading to a shorter life span and (2) to added financial difficulties. Any traditionally done marriage turned dysfunctional can be healed. Giving up as the first solution is not reasonable for anyone. A separation and a divorce are serious child abuse.
Every child experiencing a parental separation or divorce faces serious life threatening disasters - the most important listed here: (1) overall increased risks to health & welfare;
(2) 5 times more likely to commit suicide; (3) 32 times more likely to run away; (4) 20 times more likely to have behavioral disorders; (5) 14 times more likely to commit rape; (6) 9 times more likely to drop out of school; (7) 10 times more likely to abuse alcohol and drugs; (8) 20 times more likely to end up in prison; (9) increased learning difficulties; (10) increased risk of divorce when grown; (11) increased out of wedlock pregnancies; (12) Latest discovery by the researchers: highly increased risk of having a stroke during his/her life time.
The sentencing terms are O.K. except one detail is too harsh: a lifetime registration as a sex offenders is not reasonable in this case - for a few years, yes. Perhaps the defense lawyer will appeal at least this unreasonable part of the sentence.
In the first place our society is guilty of not protecting our children from a disastrous entertaining of murders & raping and the ignorance of educating our parents to be more responsible in their family union and not just walk out at the "first" hard-time event. All this and similar wrong things in our society destroy our children and then we wash our adult, bloody hands and blame our children - see the science facts above.
The long-term solution is to start educating the whole nation how to heal the American Family & our homes where our children are growing up. In the U.S. marriage happiness & child raising education for every family & every teenager in our schools (and colleges) is fully missing today but is present in most other developed countries in their school curricula.
In a happy home with both parents present the children grow up healthy - no Broken Marriage Syndrome™ and no reason to go to punish the world by raping or mass-killing everyone around.
STAF, Inc.'s presence is needed in D.C. in the U.S. Congress (House & Senate). STAF, Inc.'s founding President is planning (1) to seek a seat in D.C. Congress/Senate to provide the necessary information to the D.C. lawmakers and (2) to establish a fully new federal agency, Healthy Lifestyle & Family Success Agency, and to be named its first federal director. New legislation and training for all these matters are needed in a results-bringing manner.
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Ohio rape - high school students
Comment by Save The American Family - STAF, Inc.,-not-for-profit-
By Dr. Christian von Christophers, Ph.D., N.D.
A growing boy needs especially his father's continuous presence and guidance, more so than his mother's. The moral in our marriages has gone close to a zero. The children grow up disturbed & misled. In addition, the violent video games & violent movies are replacing the parental love & healthy attention - the children get a wrong picture about being a human being. These teenage rapists and the young mass killers suffer from the Broken Marriage Syndrome™.
The father admits in the article that his lacking presence in the family and his missing guidance is the main reason to the raping.
In a family separation & divorce both spouses will experience (1) health challenges leading to a shorter life span and (2) to added financial difficulties. Any traditionally done marriage turned dysfunctional can be healed. Giving up as the first solution is not reasonable for anyone. A separation and a divorce are serious child abuse.
Every child experiencing a parental separation or divorce faces serious life threatening disasters - the most important listed here: (1) overall increased risks to health & welfare;
(2) 5 times more likely to commit suicide; (3) 32 times more likely to run away; (4) 20 times more likely to have behavioral disorders; (5) 14 times more likely to commit rape; (6) 9 times more likely to drop out of school; (7) 10 times more likely to abuse alcohol and drugs; (8) 20 times more likely to end up in prison; (9) increased learning difficulties; (10) increased risk of divorce when grown; (11) increased out of wedlock pregnancies; (12) Latest discovery by the researchers: highly increased risk of having a stroke during his/her life time.
The sentencing terms are O.K. except one detail is too harsh: a lifetime registration as a sex offenders is not reasonable in this case - for a few years, yes. Perhaps the defense lawyer will appeal at least this unreasonable part of the sentence.
In the first place our society is guilty of not protecting our children from a disastrous entertaining of murders & raping and the ignorance of educating our parents to be more responsible in their family union and not just walk out at the "first" hard-time event. All this and similar wrong things in our society destroy our children and then we wash our adult, bloody hands and blame our children - see the science facts above.
The long-term solution is to start educating the whole nation how to heal the American Family & our homes where our children are growing up. In the U.S. marriage happiness & child raising education for every family & every teenager in our schools (and colleges) is fully missing today but is present in most other developed countries in their school curricula.
In a happy home with both parents present the children grow up healthy - no Broken Marriage Syndrome™ and no reason to go to punish the world by raping or mass-killing everyone around.
STAF, Inc.'s presence is needed in D.C. in the U.S. Congress (House & Senate). STAF, Inc.'s founding President is planning (1) to seek a seat in D.C. Congress/Senate to provide the necessary information to the D.C. lawmakers and (2) to establish a fully new federal agency, Healthy Lifestyle & Family Success Agency, and to be named its first federal director. New legislation and training for all these matters are needed in a results-bringing manner.
Visit STAF,Inc.'s extensive websites. To find the correct website, use STAF, Inc.'s Radio Show title - lower & upper keys as is here: "DrDrCanYouHelpMe" in the internet search. Listen to STAF, Inc.'s popular Radio Show (original recordings in the internet 24/7) - you'll get free CEU & College-University credits.
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STAF, Inc. President
Steubenville High School football players found guilty of raping 16-year-old girl
SHORTER THAN ABOVE VERSION - has "too arsh lifetime ...."
Ohio rape - high school students
Comment by Save The American Family - STAF, Inc.,-not-for-profit-
By Dr. Christian von Christophers, Ph.D., N.D.
A growing boy needs especially his father's continuous presence and guidance, more so than his mother's. The moral in our marriages has gone close to a zero. The children grow up disturbed & misled. In addition, the violent video games & violent movies are replacing the parental love & healthy attention - the children get a wrong picture about being a human being. These teenage rapists and the young mass killers suffer from the Broken Marriage Syndrome™.
The father admits in the article that his lacking presence in the family and his missing guidance is the main reason to the raping.
In a family separation & divorce both spouses will experience (1) health challenges leading to a shorter life span and (2) to added financial difficulties. Any traditionally done marriage turned dysfunctional can be healed. Giving up as the first solution is not reasonable for anyone. A separation and a divorce are serious child abuse.
Every child experiencing a parental separation or divorce faces serious life threatening disasters - the most important listed here: (1) overall increased risks to health & welfare;
(2) 5 times more likely to commit suicide; (3) 32 times more likely to run away; (4) 20 times more likely to have behavioral disorders; (5) 14 times more likely to commit rape; (6) 9 times more likely to drop out of school; (7) 10 times more likely to abuse alcohol and drugs; (8) 20 times more likely to end up in prison; (9) increased learning difficulties; (10) increased risk of divorce when grown; (11) increased out of wedlock pregnancies; (12) Latest discovery by the researchers: highly increased risk of having a stroke during his/her life time.
The sentencing terms are O.K. except one detail is too harsh: a lifetime registration as a sex offenders is not reasonable in this case - for a few years, yes. Perhaps the defense lawyer will appeal at least this unreasonable part of the sentence.
In the first place our society is guilty of not protecting our children from a disastrous entertaining of murders & raping and the ignorance of educating our parents to be more responsible in their family union and not just walk out at the "first" hard-time event. All this and similar wrong things in our society destroy our children and then we wash our adult, bloody hands and blame our children - see the science facts above.
The long-term solution is to start educating the whole nation how to heal the American Family & our homes where our children are growing up. In the U.S. marriage happiness & child raising education for every family & every teenager in our schools (and colleges) is fully missing today but is present in most other developed countries in their school curricula.
In a happy home with both parents present the children grow up healthy - no Broken Marriage Syndrome™ and no reason to go to punish the world by raping or mass-killing everyone around.
STAF, Inc.'s presence is needed in D.C. in the U.S. Congress (House & Senate). STAF, Inc.'s founding President is planning (1) to seek a seat in D.C. Congress/Senate to provide the necessary information to the D.C. lawmakers and (2) to establish a fully new federal agency, Healthy Lifestyle & Family Success Agency, and to be named its first federal director. New legislation and training for all these matters are needed in a results-bringing manner.
Visit STAF,Inc.'s extensive websites. To find the correct website, use STAF, Inc.'s Radio Show title - lower & upper keys as is here: "DrDrCanYouHelpMe" in the internet search. Listen to STAF, Inc.'s popular Radio Show (original recordings in the internet 24/7) - you'll get free CEU & College-University credits.
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Christian von Christophers, Ph.D., N.D.
STAF, Inc. President
Special Report: How vaccine scares cast shadows over science - yahoo
By Kate Kelland, Health and Science Correspondent
Date: March 21, 2013
HELSINKI (Reuters) - At a Finnish medical convention in January 2011, a colleague approached neurologist Markku Partinen, laid a hand on his shoulder and said: "Markku, it's going to be a bad year for you."
In the following months, other scientists ridiculed him, questioned his methods and motives, and raised doubts about his mental stability. Colleagues began crossing the street to avoid him, he says.
Partinen, director of the Helsinki Sleep Clinic and Research Centre, had raised the alarm about a GlaxoSmithKline vaccine called Pandemrix. He had discovered the drug, used to protect people from H1N1 swine flu, may be linked to a jump in cases ofnarcolepsy, a rare sleep disorder, in children and young people. He knew his findings might help limit the risks of narcolepsy for other children around the world, but was fearful nonetheless. The work was bound to generate scientific suspicion and public anxiety. Indeed, he struggled to get his paper on the vaccine published.
His story underscores an increasingly tough challenge for scientists balancing compelling data with public concern over vaccines and their side effects. Treatments which stimulate immunity to disease are highly controversial. In the past couple of decades - especially after a British doctor made now-discredited claims linking the measles-mumps-rubella (MMR) vaccine to autism - the field has become even more charged. After the false alarm sounded by British doctor Andrew Wakefield, some scientists say they are more hesitant to credit reports of potential side effects from vaccines.
Wakefield's 1998 paper suggesting a link between the MMR vaccine and autism was debunked after repeated scientific studies found no such connection, and was retracted by The Lancet medical journal in 2010. In that year, Wakefield was also struck off Britain's medical register by the General Medical Council for repeatedly breaching "fundamental principles" of research medicine, and he is no longer licensed to work in the UK as a doctor. But he still has thousands of passionate followers, especially in the United States, who question the use of any vaccine and applaud any new evidence that vaccines have unintended consequences.
"Wakefield has done so much damage. We've seen it with all these anti-vaccine people, and now we also see the damage he has done to science," Partinen said.
Partinen's findings have now been replicated and confirmed by at least four independent teams of international scientists. Studies in Sweden, Finland, Ireland, Norway and Britain have also shown the risk of developing narcolepsy is between seven and 13 times higher in children who were immunized with Pandemrix than in those who were not. European drug regulators have recommended the vaccine no longer be used in anyone under 20.
GlaxoSmithKline acknowledges the statistical association, but alongside many more research teams around the world, the company is investigating what might cause the link.
Emmanuel Mignot, a psychiatrist and narcolepsy expert at Stanford University in the United States, is being funded by GSK to investigate further. He says scientists now face a dilemma: even when you publish sound scientific findings, you could attract criticism "like Wakefield", he says.
"And at the same time, I really feel strongly that there's nothing worse than to suppress information - that's how you create paranoia in the public."
Wakefield, who now lives in Austin, Texas, told Reuters he stands by his 1998 Lancet paper. He also says he was the subject of "false allegations" in a subsequent investigation by the British Medical Journal and denies his research was fraudulent. A defamation lawsuit he took out in Texas against the British Medical Journal, its editor Fiona Godlee and writer Brian Deer was dismissed last year when the court said it did not have jurisdiction. Wakefield is appealing that decision.
Godlee said Deer and the BMJ stand by their reporting and their editorial commentary on the Wakefield case "and we believe that Dr. Wakefield's claims are meritless." She described his latest legal challenge as "frivolous" and "yet another instance of him trying to use litigation to harass and silence his critics."
ANTI-VAXXERS
Vaccines have been controversial almost since they were invented in the late 18th century. When British physician Edward Jenner showed he could protect children from smallpox if he infected them with cowpox, the objectors included clergy who believed vaccination was not Christian because it came from an animal.
Today, most doctors and scientists view the technique as one of the greatest breakthroughs in modern medicine. No other medical intervention has done more to save lives and fight disease.
Yet over the past couple of decades, a growing number of people have again become suspicious. The MMR scare "created a sense of fear of vaccines that has extended well beyond autism to a general fear that we're just giving too many vaccines too soon," says Paul Offit, an American pediatrician and vaccine scientist who blasted Wakefield in his book, "Autism's False Prophets."
Wakefield's dedicated following in the anti-vaccination movement - "anti-vaxxers" for short - believe all vaccines are dangerous and should be avoided. For example, Idaho-based group Vaccination Liberation declares on its website that "vaccines are toxic" and that there is no proof vaccinations are safe or effective. It says Wakefield was subjected to a "chain of persecution" and a "witch hunt."
Partinen rejects any comparison between himself and the man who sparked the MMR-autism scandal, calling Wakefield a "fake".
At a medical center on the outskirts of Helsinki, another Finnish scientist agrees with Partinen's results and is probing the mechanics of the Pandemrix-narcolepsy link, which she thinks may have to do with the vaccine's super-charging effect on the immune system.
Outi Vaarala previously worked in research on autoimmune diseases and diabetes. Since crossing over into the field of vaccinology, she says she has found herself harangued in emails and phone calls by people on one side accusing her of undermining trust in vaccines, or on the other begging her to join an anti-vaccine crusade.
"There's not the kind of open discussion we used to have. You're afraid you will lose your whole career if you say something bad," says Vaarala. "When you're dealing with vaccine it suddenly becomes like working in politics, or religion."
"SERVES YOU RIGHT"
For the parents of Swedish teenager Emelie Olsson, the row over vaccines complicates their struggle to come to terms with all that has happened to their family in the past few years.
Emelie is one of at least 800 people across Europe who developed narcolepsy, an incurable, life-long sleep disorder, after having the Pandemrix shot. In total, 30 million doses of the shot were given to people in 47 countries during the 2009/2010 H1N1 swine flu pandemic. It was not used in the United States.
An engaging 14-year-old, Emelie used to enjoy singing in a choir, taking tennis lessons, playing piano and kicking about with her friends. She now struggles to stay awake during the day and battles with terrors and hallucinations that deprive her of sleep and make her scream out in the night.
Her parents, Marie and Charles, still believe children should be vaccinated against diseases that put their lives at risk. The anti-vaccination movement denounces their views.
A blog post on the website "CureZone", which says it is dedicated to "educating instead of medicating", seeks to use Emelie's story as a "cautionary tale" against all flu vaccines. "Don't be fooled. Don't be brainwashed," says the post, by a blogger named "befurther". "Don't end up like Emelie and her parents."
Charles Olsson says some anti-vaccine campaigners have told him in comments online that he is to blame for Emelie's condition because he should not have allowed her to have the flu vaccine. "They even tell you: 'It serves you right,'" he said in their Stockholm apartment on a dark and snowy winter's afternoon.
He cites one post in Swedish on a Facebook page about vaccination where he was discussing what had happened to Emelie. A contributor called Peter W wrote: "Everyone is directly responsible for thevaccines that they take, parents as well, when recommending shooting poison into their newborn babies."
Marie says it feels uncomfortable that "we, people who are in favor of vaccines, have almost become marketing tools for the anti-vaccine movement."
BALANCING RISKS
Offit, the American pediatrician, says one reason the vaccine debate is so polarized is that people find it hard to balance risks. He helped invent a shot against rotavirus, a diarrheal disease that kills hundreds of thousands of children a year in poor countries.
Even at his state-of-the-art Children's Hospital of Philadelphia, he sees children die of diseases that could be prevented through immunization.
During the 2009/2010 pandemic, he saw five children die of H1N1 flu and saw parents baffled and crushed with grief.
"All those children's parents had chosen not to vaccinate them, and all of them said, 'I can't believe this happened to me,'" he told Reuters. "Vaccines are medical products. They have a benefit and - like any product that has a benefit - they could also have a risk. But from the public's standpoint it's difficult. For them, any risk is a bad thing."
Offit says he's had hate mail and death threats, and needed an armed guard at meetings at the CDC during the years he has spent arguing against the anti-vaccination movement.
Vaccination rates, which fell after the MMR scare, have now recovered. But millions of children were unvaccinated, which scientists say explains why some diseases that were nearly eradicated in wealthy countries have rebounded.
Last year, the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) reported an outbreak of whooping cough in the United States that was the most severe in more than half a century.
Hitting an 18-year high, there were 2,016 cases of measles in England and Wales in 2012, according to the UK Health Protection Agency, the highest annual total since 1994.
BIG PROBLEMS
Partinen attended another Helsinki medical conference last month, two years after he had been warned about difficult times ahead. But this time he was leading the first Nordic Symposium on Narcolepsy and its links to the H1N1 swine flu vaccine.
"When we found this, we wanted to publish our results and spread the news to the world because we knew Pandemrix was also being used in other countries," he said. "But there were big problems."
Having double- and triple-checked his findings, Partinen approached the New England Journal of Medicine, one of the world's most respected medical journals, and submitted his study for publication. He says the journal asked for several revisions to the paper, then finally declined to accept it.
"After that we sent it to The Lancet," he said, stressing that this was the same journal which published the now discredited Wakefield paper.
While it is not unusual for such high-level medical journals to reject many papers, Partinen said he was shocked by the strength of The Lancet's resistance to his.
"It was quite exceptional, they asked for revision and revision and revision," Partinen said. "Then they said they'd made an editorial decision - that they couldn't publish it because we didn't know the (biological) mechanism (behind the link between narcolepsy and Pandemrix)."
Partinen argues that scientists don't know the biological mechanisms behind a whole host of diseases - multiple sclerosis and diabetes to name just two - yet The Lancet is full of peer-reviewed papers about those.
Neither The Lancet nor the New England Medical Journal would comment on their editorial decisions.
By the time Partinen's study was published - March 2012, in the open-access journal of the Public Library of Science, PLoS One - many more scientists had replicated his findings, the H1N1 flu pandemic that Pandemrix was designed to protect against had been declared over, and the vaccine's use had been restricted.
For those with narcolepsy it was already too late.
"There is no doubt any more that there is a link," Partinen said. "But it's taken three years to get here."
(This story has been refiled to add a dropped word in the first paragraph)
(Edited by Simon Robinson and Sara Ledwith)
________________________________________________________________________________________
By Kate Kelland, Health and Science Correspondent
Date: March 21, 2013
HELSINKI (Reuters) - At a Finnish medical convention in January 2011, a colleague approached neurologist Markku Partinen, laid a hand on his shoulder and said: "Markku, it's going to be a bad year for you."
In the following months, other scientists ridiculed him, questioned his methods and motives, and raised doubts about his mental stability. Colleagues began crossing the street to avoid him, he says.
Partinen, director of the Helsinki Sleep Clinic and Research Centre, had raised the alarm about a GlaxoSmithKline vaccine called Pandemrix. He had discovered the drug, used to protect people from H1N1 swine flu, may be linked to a jump in cases ofnarcolepsy, a rare sleep disorder, in children and young people. He knew his findings might help limit the risks of narcolepsy for other children around the world, but was fearful nonetheless. The work was bound to generate scientific suspicion and public anxiety. Indeed, he struggled to get his paper on the vaccine published.
His story underscores an increasingly tough challenge for scientists balancing compelling data with public concern over vaccines and their side effects. Treatments which stimulate immunity to disease are highly controversial. In the past couple of decades - especially after a British doctor made now-discredited claims linking the measles-mumps-rubella (MMR) vaccine to autism - the field has become even more charged. After the false alarm sounded by British doctor Andrew Wakefield, some scientists say they are more hesitant to credit reports of potential side effects from vaccines.
Wakefield's 1998 paper suggesting a link between the MMR vaccine and autism was debunked after repeated scientific studies found no such connection, and was retracted by The Lancet medical journal in 2010. In that year, Wakefield was also struck off Britain's medical register by the General Medical Council for repeatedly breaching "fundamental principles" of research medicine, and he is no longer licensed to work in the UK as a doctor. But he still has thousands of passionate followers, especially in the United States, who question the use of any vaccine and applaud any new evidence that vaccines have unintended consequences.
"Wakefield has done so much damage. We've seen it with all these anti-vaccine people, and now we also see the damage he has done to science," Partinen said.
Partinen's findings have now been replicated and confirmed by at least four independent teams of international scientists. Studies in Sweden, Finland, Ireland, Norway and Britain have also shown the risk of developing narcolepsy is between seven and 13 times higher in children who were immunized with Pandemrix than in those who were not. European drug regulators have recommended the vaccine no longer be used in anyone under 20.
GlaxoSmithKline acknowledges the statistical association, but alongside many more research teams around the world, the company is investigating what might cause the link.
Emmanuel Mignot, a psychiatrist and narcolepsy expert at Stanford University in the United States, is being funded by GSK to investigate further. He says scientists now face a dilemma: even when you publish sound scientific findings, you could attract criticism "like Wakefield", he says.
"And at the same time, I really feel strongly that there's nothing worse than to suppress information - that's how you create paranoia in the public."
Wakefield, who now lives in Austin, Texas, told Reuters he stands by his 1998 Lancet paper. He also says he was the subject of "false allegations" in a subsequent investigation by the British Medical Journal and denies his research was fraudulent. A defamation lawsuit he took out in Texas against the British Medical Journal, its editor Fiona Godlee and writer Brian Deer was dismissed last year when the court said it did not have jurisdiction. Wakefield is appealing that decision.
Godlee said Deer and the BMJ stand by their reporting and their editorial commentary on the Wakefield case "and we believe that Dr. Wakefield's claims are meritless." She described his latest legal challenge as "frivolous" and "yet another instance of him trying to use litigation to harass and silence his critics."
ANTI-VAXXERS
Vaccines have been controversial almost since they were invented in the late 18th century. When British physician Edward Jenner showed he could protect children from smallpox if he infected them with cowpox, the objectors included clergy who believed vaccination was not Christian because it came from an animal.
Today, most doctors and scientists view the technique as one of the greatest breakthroughs in modern medicine. No other medical intervention has done more to save lives and fight disease.
Yet over the past couple of decades, a growing number of people have again become suspicious. The MMR scare "created a sense of fear of vaccines that has extended well beyond autism to a general fear that we're just giving too many vaccines too soon," says Paul Offit, an American pediatrician and vaccine scientist who blasted Wakefield in his book, "Autism's False Prophets."
Wakefield's dedicated following in the anti-vaccination movement - "anti-vaxxers" for short - believe all vaccines are dangerous and should be avoided. For example, Idaho-based group Vaccination Liberation declares on its website that "vaccines are toxic" and that there is no proof vaccinations are safe or effective. It says Wakefield was subjected to a "chain of persecution" and a "witch hunt."
Partinen rejects any comparison between himself and the man who sparked the MMR-autism scandal, calling Wakefield a "fake".
At a medical center on the outskirts of Helsinki, another Finnish scientist agrees with Partinen's results and is probing the mechanics of the Pandemrix-narcolepsy link, which she thinks may have to do with the vaccine's super-charging effect on the immune system.
Outi Vaarala previously worked in research on autoimmune diseases and diabetes. Since crossing over into the field of vaccinology, she says she has found herself harangued in emails and phone calls by people on one side accusing her of undermining trust in vaccines, or on the other begging her to join an anti-vaccine crusade.
"There's not the kind of open discussion we used to have. You're afraid you will lose your whole career if you say something bad," says Vaarala. "When you're dealing with vaccine it suddenly becomes like working in politics, or religion."
"SERVES YOU RIGHT"
For the parents of Swedish teenager Emelie Olsson, the row over vaccines complicates their struggle to come to terms with all that has happened to their family in the past few years.
Emelie is one of at least 800 people across Europe who developed narcolepsy, an incurable, life-long sleep disorder, after having the Pandemrix shot. In total, 30 million doses of the shot were given to people in 47 countries during the 2009/2010 H1N1 swine flu pandemic. It was not used in the United States.
An engaging 14-year-old, Emelie used to enjoy singing in a choir, taking tennis lessons, playing piano and kicking about with her friends. She now struggles to stay awake during the day and battles with terrors and hallucinations that deprive her of sleep and make her scream out in the night.
Her parents, Marie and Charles, still believe children should be vaccinated against diseases that put their lives at risk. The anti-vaccination movement denounces their views.
A blog post on the website "CureZone", which says it is dedicated to "educating instead of medicating", seeks to use Emelie's story as a "cautionary tale" against all flu vaccines. "Don't be fooled. Don't be brainwashed," says the post, by a blogger named "befurther". "Don't end up like Emelie and her parents."
Charles Olsson says some anti-vaccine campaigners have told him in comments online that he is to blame for Emelie's condition because he should not have allowed her to have the flu vaccine. "They even tell you: 'It serves you right,'" he said in their Stockholm apartment on a dark and snowy winter's afternoon.
He cites one post in Swedish on a Facebook page about vaccination where he was discussing what had happened to Emelie. A contributor called Peter W wrote: "Everyone is directly responsible for thevaccines that they take, parents as well, when recommending shooting poison into their newborn babies."
Marie says it feels uncomfortable that "we, people who are in favor of vaccines, have almost become marketing tools for the anti-vaccine movement."
BALANCING RISKS
Offit, the American pediatrician, says one reason the vaccine debate is so polarized is that people find it hard to balance risks. He helped invent a shot against rotavirus, a diarrheal disease that kills hundreds of thousands of children a year in poor countries.
Even at his state-of-the-art Children's Hospital of Philadelphia, he sees children die of diseases that could be prevented through immunization.
During the 2009/2010 pandemic, he saw five children die of H1N1 flu and saw parents baffled and crushed with grief.
"All those children's parents had chosen not to vaccinate them, and all of them said, 'I can't believe this happened to me,'" he told Reuters. "Vaccines are medical products. They have a benefit and - like any product that has a benefit - they could also have a risk. But from the public's standpoint it's difficult. For them, any risk is a bad thing."
Offit says he's had hate mail and death threats, and needed an armed guard at meetings at the CDC during the years he has spent arguing against the anti-vaccination movement.
Vaccination rates, which fell after the MMR scare, have now recovered. But millions of children were unvaccinated, which scientists say explains why some diseases that were nearly eradicated in wealthy countries have rebounded.
Last year, the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) reported an outbreak of whooping cough in the United States that was the most severe in more than half a century.
Hitting an 18-year high, there were 2,016 cases of measles in England and Wales in 2012, according to the UK Health Protection Agency, the highest annual total since 1994.
BIG PROBLEMS
Partinen attended another Helsinki medical conference last month, two years after he had been warned about difficult times ahead. But this time he was leading the first Nordic Symposium on Narcolepsy and its links to the H1N1 swine flu vaccine.
"When we found this, we wanted to publish our results and spread the news to the world because we knew Pandemrix was also being used in other countries," he said. "But there were big problems."
Having double- and triple-checked his findings, Partinen approached the New England Journal of Medicine, one of the world's most respected medical journals, and submitted his study for publication. He says the journal asked for several revisions to the paper, then finally declined to accept it.
"After that we sent it to The Lancet," he said, stressing that this was the same journal which published the now discredited Wakefield paper.
While it is not unusual for such high-level medical journals to reject many papers, Partinen said he was shocked by the strength of The Lancet's resistance to his.
"It was quite exceptional, they asked for revision and revision and revision," Partinen said. "Then they said they'd made an editorial decision - that they couldn't publish it because we didn't know the (biological) mechanism (behind the link between narcolepsy and Pandemrix)."
Partinen argues that scientists don't know the biological mechanisms behind a whole host of diseases - multiple sclerosis and diabetes to name just two - yet The Lancet is full of peer-reviewed papers about those.
Neither The Lancet nor the New England Medical Journal would comment on their editorial decisions.
By the time Partinen's study was published - March 2012, in the open-access journal of the Public Library of Science, PLoS One - many more scientists had replicated his findings, the H1N1 flu pandemic that Pandemrix was designed to protect against had been declared over, and the vaccine's use had been restricted.
For those with narcolepsy it was already too late.
"There is no doubt any more that there is a link," Partinen said. "But it's taken three years to get here."
(This story has been refiled to add a dropped word in the first paragraph)
(Edited by Simon Robinson and Sara Ledwith)
________________________________________________________________________________________
on Thu 3/21/13 placed a response to Special Report: How vaccine scares cast shadows over science - yahoo
By Kate Kelland, Health and Science Correspondent - Helsinki
Date: March 21, 2013
Flu Vaccine 3/21/13
Comment by Save The American Family - STAF, Inc., -not-for-profit-
By Dr. Christian von Christophers, Ph.D., N.D.
Our modern medical science has its positive and its negative sides. Such is the case of every matter in life.
It is a well-known fact that any modern medicine can cause negative side effects in any human being.
No one can guarantee 100 % how the human body will react to any medicine.
Most vaccines have been safe and have saved millions of lives.
When it comes to the children the parents must have the final decision based on their reasonable, carefully done research activity.
STAF, Inc. suggests that every parent will research the existing information on any medicine by asking their doctor, by researching the internet and look for the listed negative side effects and possibly existing news articles.
Also the government Centers of Disease Control and Prevention - www.cdc.gov site has detailed information.
STAF, Inc.'s presence is needed in D.C. in the U.S. Congress (House & Senate). STAF, Inc.'s founding President is planning (1) to seek a seat in D.C. Congress/Senate to provide the necessary information to the D.C. lawmakers and (2) to establish a fully new federal agency, Healthy Lifestyle & Family Success Agency, and to be named its first federal director. New legislation and training for all these matters are needed in a results-bringing manner.
Save The American Family - STAF, Inc. is a leading new organization guiding your family to a more enjoyable, healthier and financially successful future. Less Suffering - More Life™
Visit STAF, Inc.'s extensive websites. To find the correct website, use STAF, Inc.'s Radio Show title - lower & upper keys as is here: "DrDrCanYouHelpMe" in the internet search. Listen to STAF, Inc.'s popular Radio Show (original recordings in the internet 24/7) - you'll get free CEU & College-University credits.
Respectfully,
Christian von Christophers, Ph.D., N.D.
STAF, Inc. President
===========================================================
By Kate Kelland, Health and Science Correspondent - Helsinki
Date: March 21, 2013
Flu Vaccine 3/21/13
Comment by Save The American Family - STAF, Inc., -not-for-profit-
By Dr. Christian von Christophers, Ph.D., N.D.
Our modern medical science has its positive and its negative sides. Such is the case of every matter in life.
It is a well-known fact that any modern medicine can cause negative side effects in any human being.
No one can guarantee 100 % how the human body will react to any medicine.
Most vaccines have been safe and have saved millions of lives.
When it comes to the children the parents must have the final decision based on their reasonable, carefully done research activity.
STAF, Inc. suggests that every parent will research the existing information on any medicine by asking their doctor, by researching the internet and look for the listed negative side effects and possibly existing news articles.
Also the government Centers of Disease Control and Prevention - www.cdc.gov site has detailed information.
STAF, Inc.'s presence is needed in D.C. in the U.S. Congress (House & Senate). STAF, Inc.'s founding President is planning (1) to seek a seat in D.C. Congress/Senate to provide the necessary information to the D.C. lawmakers and (2) to establish a fully new federal agency, Healthy Lifestyle & Family Success Agency, and to be named its first federal director. New legislation and training for all these matters are needed in a results-bringing manner.
Save The American Family - STAF, Inc. is a leading new organization guiding your family to a more enjoyable, healthier and financially successful future. Less Suffering - More Life™
Visit STAF, Inc.'s extensive websites. To find the correct website, use STAF, Inc.'s Radio Show title - lower & upper keys as is here: "DrDrCanYouHelpMe" in the internet search. Listen to STAF, Inc.'s popular Radio Show (original recordings in the internet 24/7) - you'll get free CEU & College-University credits.
Respectfully,
Christian von Christophers, Ph.D., N.D.
STAF, Inc. President
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THIS gun article uses CT Adam but also other (Colorado) - more suitable for several articles
Comment by Save The American Family - STAF, Inc.,-not-for-profit-
By Dr. Christian von Christophers, Ph.D., N.D.
"Why someone is capable of doing so horrible as the recent mass shootings?" no one seems to know "Why?" Yet, there is a one clear answer to "Why?"
Practically all mass shooters have two things in common: (1) they are victims of a divorce & (2) they are all males.
A growing boy needs especially his father's continuous presence and guidance, more so than his mother's. The moral in our marriages has gone close to a zero. The children grow up disturbed & misled. In addition, the violent video games & violent movies are replacing the parental love & healthy attention - the children get a wrong picture about being a human being. The young mass killers suffer from the Broken Marriage Syndrome™.
In a family separation & divorce both spouses will experience (1) health challenges leading to a shorter life span and (2) to added financial difficulties. Any traditionally done marriage turned dysfunctional can be healed. Giving up as the first solution is not reasonable for anyone. A separation and a divorce are serious child abuse.
Every child experiencing a parental divorce faces serious life threatening disasters - the most important listed here: (1) overall increased risks to health & welfare; (2) 5 times more likely to commit suicide; (3) 32 times more likely to run away; (4) 20 times more likely to have behavioral disorders; (5) 14 times more likely to commit rape; (6) 9 times more likely to drop out of school; (7) 10 times more likely to abuse alcohol and drugs; (8) 20 times more likely to end up in prison; (9) increased learning difficulties; (10) increased risk of divorce when grown; (11) increased out of wedlock pregnancies; (12) Latest discovery by the researchers: highly increased risk of having a stroke during his/her life time.
In every recent case, including Colorado, all these above reasons were present. The CT mass shooter Adam Lanza hated his mother (killed her first) because she had initiated the divorce and took his father away.
He hated his father because (as any child would wrongly feel) Adam believed his father did not love him any longer and had abandoned him. Any child specialist would know this reason. Adam's possible autism is not the reason for a violent behavior. But uncontrolled jealousy and denied love are - some of the reasons for the mass shooters' behavior. E.g., in many cultures (not that it is right) going after the other lover was widely (and still is) admired and even permitted.
The long-term solution is to start educating the whole nation how to heal the American Family & our homes where our children are growing up. In the U.S. marriage happiness & child raising education for every family & every teenager in our schools (and colleges) is fully missing today but is present in most other developed countries in their school curricula.
In a happy home with both parents present the children grow up healthy - no Broken Marriage Syndrome™ and no reason to go to punish the world by killing everyone around.
STAF, Inc.'s presence is needed in D.C. in the U.S. Congress (House & Senate). STAF, Inc.'s founding President is planning (1) to seek a seat in D.C. Congress/Senate to provide the necessary information to the D.C. lawmakers and (2) to establish a fully new federal agency, Healthy Lifestyle & Family Success Agency, and to be named its first federal director. New legislation and training for all these matters are needed in a results-bringing manner.
Visit STAF,Inc.'s extensive websites. To find the correct website, use STAF, Inc.'s Radio Show title - lower & upper keys as is here: "DrDrCanYouHelpMe" in the internet search. Listen to STAF, Inc.'s popular Radio Show - you'll get free CEU & College-University credits.
Respectfully,
Christian von Christophers, Ph.D., N.D.
STAF, Inc.'s founding President
==========================================================
Updated: 3/25/13 COMMENT FOOD
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Comment by Save The American Family - STAF, Inc., -not-for-profit-
By Dr. Christian von Christophers, Ph.D., N.D.
Avoid big food bills, big bellies & big sickness costs
Quotation: "To stay healthy you need to eat what your body wants, not what you want"
(Dr. Christian, STAF, Inc.)
Another quotation: "If it came from a plant, eat it, if it was made in a plant, don't - it kills".
Some facts for good health & a long life are: healthy nutrition, enough sleep, fresh water daily 50 % - 100 % of your "healthy" weight in oz., (NO soda, sugary or non-sugary - both kill), physical activity, good social/family life, life with purposeful goals & our genetic factors (the negative ones can be beaten).
STAF, Inc. has developed a new Healthy Lifestyle & Correct Nutrition Program for the U.S. government's use - worldwide it fits for every nation's use.
Totally it took 26 years to develop, first 19 years worldwide research and the past 7 years to modify it for the U.S. needs. It is a program that, for the first time ever, covers all necessary elements to get the lasting results in all family related challenges and in our rampant obesity, overweight & sickness levels. Its nutritional program leading to health & to a longer life is at the same time an automatic weight loss program: nothing to buy, no calories to count, no unreasonable portion control - eat as needed; just follow the easy what-to-eat instructions.
You are not going to walk around hungry. You can even visit, now & then, a casino buffet, if you so wish.
The biggest news is this: the correct, health-restoring & health-maintaining food with all necessary daily nutrients in the correct combination costs ONLY about $95 per one (adult) person monthly. Based on the new program's detailed guidance, you buy your food ingredients in your local supermarket & prepare your food in your own kitchen based on the new, delicious recipes. The bigger the family, the less $ per/person. Only a program everyone can afford is a solution to our nation's health challenges.
How much are your food expenses time being? Probably many times more than in this new STAF, Inc.'s results bringing program. This means: everyone can afford this amazing program whether one works on the minimum salary or lives on the social security or similar. The saved money this new STAF, Inc. program guides you to place in safe investments - STAF, Inc. endorses only a few investment adviser companies as reliable. With the saved money your family can create substantial wealth within time. Also a millionaire?
The new Healthy Lifestyle & Correct Nutrition program will, in a televised D.C. event, be introduced to our nation, to The W.H., The President & The First Lady, The U.S. Congress & Senate & to all related federal agencies.
STAF, Inc.'s presence is needed in D.C. in the U.S. Congress (House & Senate). STAF, Inc.'s founding President is planning (1) to seek a seat in D.C. Congress/Senate to provide the necessary information to the D.C. lawmakers and (2) to establish a new federal agency, Healthy Lifestyle & Family Success Agency & to be named its first federal director. New legislation & training for all these matters are needed in a results-bringing manner. STAF, Inc.'s slogan: Less suffering - more life™
On STAF, Inc.'s website page tops is a link to study the original STAF, Inc.'s founding documents to see its mission statements.
Listen to STAF, Inc.'s popular Radio Shows - you'll get free CEU & College-University credits nationwide or worldwide.
To visit STAF, Inc.'s extensive website, use its Radio Show title in the internet search - the lower & upper keys as here in the show title: DrDrCanYouHelpMe.
Respectfully,
Christian von Christophers, Ph.D., N.D.
STAF. Inc.'s founding President
_______________________________________________________________
Thu 3/27/13 this version went through (yah00) the upper one did not: Thu 3/28/
placed for: To lose weight eat these=nuts
Comment by Save The American Family - STAF, Inc., -not-for-profit-
By Dr. Christian von Christophers, Ph.D., N.D.
Avoid big food bills, big bellies & big sickness costs
Quotation: "To stay healthy you need to eat what your body wants, not what you want"
(Dr. Christian, STAF, Inc.)
Another quotation: "If it came from a plant, eat it, if it was made in a plant, don't - it kills".
Some facts for good health & a long life are: healthy nutrition, enough sleep, fresh water daily 50 % - 100 % of your "healthy" weight in oz., (NO soda it kills), physical activity, good social/family life, life with purposeful goals & our genetic factors (the negative ones can be beaten).
STAF, Inc. has developed a new Healthy Lifestyle & Correct Nutrition Program for the U.S. government's use - worldwide it fits for every nation's use.
Totally it took 26 years to develop, first 19 years worldwide research and the past 7 years to modify it for the U.S. needs. It is a program that, for the first time ever, covers all necessary elements to get the lasting results in all family related challenges and in our rampant obesity, overweight & sickness levels. Its nutritional program leading to health & to a longer life is at the same time an automatic weight loss program: nothing to buy, no calories to count, no unreasonable portion control - eat as needed; just follow the easy what-to-eat instructions.
You are not going to walk around hungry. You can even visit, now & then, a casino buffet, if you so wish.
The biggest news is this: the correct, health-restoring & health-maintaining food with all necessary daily nutrients in the correct combination costs ONLY about $95 per one (adult) person monthly. Based on the new program's detailed guidance, you buy your food ingredients in your local supermarket & prepare your food in your own kitchen based on the new, delicious recipes. The bigger the family, the less $ per/person. Only a program everyone can afford is a solution to our nation's health challenges.
How much are your food expenses time being? Probably many times more than in this new STAF, Inc.'s results bringing program. This means: everyone can afford this amazing program whether one works on the minimum salary or lives on the social security or similar. The saved money this new STAF, Inc. program guides you to place in safe investments - STAF, Inc. endorses only a few investment adviser companies as reliable. With the saved money your family can create substantial wealth within time. Also a millionaire?
The new Healthy Lifestyle & Correct Nutrition program will, in a televised D.C. event, be introduced to our nation, to The W.H., The President & The First Lady, The U.S. Congress & Senate & to all related federal agencies.
STAF, Inc.'s presence is needed in D.C. in the U.S. Congress (House & Senate). STAF, Inc.'s founding President is planning (1) to seek a seat in D.C. Congress/Senate to provide the necessary information to the D.C. lawmakers and (2) to establish a new federal agency, Healthy Lifestyle & Family Success Agency & to be named its first federal director. New legislation & training for all these matters are needed in a results-bringing manner. STAF, Inc.'s slogan: Less suffering - more life™
On STAF, Inc.'s website page tops is a link to study the original STAF, Inc.'s founding documents to see its mission statements.
Listen to STAF, Inc.'s popular Radio Shows - you'll get free CEU & College-University credits nationwide or worldwide.
To visit STAF, Inc.'s extensive website, use its Radio Show title in the internet search - the lower & upper keys as here in the show title: DrDrCanYouHelpMe.
Respectfully,
Christian von Christophers, Ph.D., N.D.
STAF. Inc.'s founding President
Comment by Save The American Family - STAF, Inc.,-not-for-profit-
By Dr. Christian von Christophers, Ph.D., N.D.
"Why someone is capable of doing so horrible as the recent mass shootings?" no one seems to know "Why?" Yet, there is a one clear answer to "Why?"
Practically all mass shooters have two things in common: (1) they are victims of a divorce & (2) they are all males.
A growing boy needs especially his father's continuous presence and guidance, more so than his mother's. The moral in our marriages has gone close to a zero. The children grow up disturbed & misled. In addition, the violent video games & violent movies are replacing the parental love & healthy attention - the children get a wrong picture about being a human being. The young mass killers suffer from the Broken Marriage Syndrome™.
In a family separation & divorce both spouses will experience (1) health challenges leading to a shorter life span and (2) to added financial difficulties. Any traditionally done marriage turned dysfunctional can be healed. Giving up as the first solution is not reasonable for anyone. A separation and a divorce are serious child abuse.
Every child experiencing a parental divorce faces serious life threatening disasters - the most important listed here: (1) overall increased risks to health & welfare; (2) 5 times more likely to commit suicide; (3) 32 times more likely to run away; (4) 20 times more likely to have behavioral disorders; (5) 14 times more likely to commit rape; (6) 9 times more likely to drop out of school; (7) 10 times more likely to abuse alcohol and drugs; (8) 20 times more likely to end up in prison; (9) increased learning difficulties; (10) increased risk of divorce when grown; (11) increased out of wedlock pregnancies; (12) Latest discovery by the researchers: highly increased risk of having a stroke during his/her life time.
In every recent case, including Colorado, all these above reasons were present. The CT mass shooter Adam Lanza hated his mother (killed her first) because she had initiated the divorce and took his father away.
He hated his father because (as any child would wrongly feel) Adam believed his father did not love him any longer and had abandoned him. Any child specialist would know this reason. Adam's possible autism is not the reason for a violent behavior. But uncontrolled jealousy and denied love are - some of the reasons for the mass shooters' behavior. E.g., in many cultures (not that it is right) going after the other lover was widely (and still is) admired and even permitted.
The long-term solution is to start educating the whole nation how to heal the American Family & our homes where our children are growing up. In the U.S. marriage happiness & child raising education for every family & every teenager in our schools (and colleges) is fully missing today but is present in most other developed countries in their school curricula.
In a happy home with both parents present the children grow up healthy - no Broken Marriage Syndrome™ and no reason to go to punish the world by killing everyone around.
STAF, Inc.'s presence is needed in D.C. in the U.S. Congress (House & Senate). STAF, Inc.'s founding President is planning (1) to seek a seat in D.C. Congress/Senate to provide the necessary information to the D.C. lawmakers and (2) to establish a fully new federal agency, Healthy Lifestyle & Family Success Agency, and to be named its first federal director. New legislation and training for all these matters are needed in a results-bringing manner.
Visit STAF,Inc.'s extensive websites. To find the correct website, use STAF, Inc.'s Radio Show title - lower & upper keys as is here: "DrDrCanYouHelpMe" in the internet search. Listen to STAF, Inc.'s popular Radio Show - you'll get free CEU & College-University credits.
Respectfully,
Christian von Christophers, Ph.D., N.D.
STAF, Inc.'s founding President
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By Dr. Christian von Christophers, Ph.D., N.D.
Avoid big food bills, big bellies & big sickness costs
Quotation: "To stay healthy you need to eat what your body wants, not what you want"
(Dr. Christian, STAF, Inc.)
Another quotation: "If it came from a plant, eat it, if it was made in a plant, don't - it kills".
Some facts for good health & a long life are: healthy nutrition, enough sleep, fresh water daily 50 % - 100 % of your "healthy" weight in oz., (NO soda, sugary or non-sugary - both kill), physical activity, good social/family life, life with purposeful goals & our genetic factors (the negative ones can be beaten).
STAF, Inc. has developed a new Healthy Lifestyle & Correct Nutrition Program for the U.S. government's use - worldwide it fits for every nation's use.
Totally it took 26 years to develop, first 19 years worldwide research and the past 7 years to modify it for the U.S. needs. It is a program that, for the first time ever, covers all necessary elements to get the lasting results in all family related challenges and in our rampant obesity, overweight & sickness levels. Its nutritional program leading to health & to a longer life is at the same time an automatic weight loss program: nothing to buy, no calories to count, no unreasonable portion control - eat as needed; just follow the easy what-to-eat instructions.
You are not going to walk around hungry. You can even visit, now & then, a casino buffet, if you so wish.
The biggest news is this: the correct, health-restoring & health-maintaining food with all necessary daily nutrients in the correct combination costs ONLY about $95 per one (adult) person monthly. Based on the new program's detailed guidance, you buy your food ingredients in your local supermarket & prepare your food in your own kitchen based on the new, delicious recipes. The bigger the family, the less $ per/person. Only a program everyone can afford is a solution to our nation's health challenges.
How much are your food expenses time being? Probably many times more than in this new STAF, Inc.'s results bringing program. This means: everyone can afford this amazing program whether one works on the minimum salary or lives on the social security or similar. The saved money this new STAF, Inc. program guides you to place in safe investments - STAF, Inc. endorses only a few investment adviser companies as reliable. With the saved money your family can create substantial wealth within time. Also a millionaire?
The new Healthy Lifestyle & Correct Nutrition program will, in a televised D.C. event, be introduced to our nation, to The W.H., The President & The First Lady, The U.S. Congress & Senate & to all related federal agencies.
STAF, Inc.'s presence is needed in D.C. in the U.S. Congress (House & Senate). STAF, Inc.'s founding President is planning (1) to seek a seat in D.C. Congress/Senate to provide the necessary information to the D.C. lawmakers and (2) to establish a new federal agency, Healthy Lifestyle & Family Success Agency & to be named its first federal director. New legislation & training for all these matters are needed in a results-bringing manner. STAF, Inc.'s slogan: Less suffering - more life™
On STAF, Inc.'s website page tops is a link to study the original STAF, Inc.'s founding documents to see its mission statements.
Listen to STAF, Inc.'s popular Radio Shows - you'll get free CEU & College-University credits nationwide or worldwide.
To visit STAF, Inc.'s extensive website, use its Radio Show title in the internet search - the lower & upper keys as here in the show title: DrDrCanYouHelpMe.
Respectfully,
Christian von Christophers, Ph.D., N.D.
STAF. Inc.'s founding President
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Comment by Save The American Family - STAF, Inc., -not-for-profit-
By Dr. Christian von Christophers, Ph.D., N.D.
Avoid big food bills, big bellies & big sickness costs
Quotation: "To stay healthy you need to eat what your body wants, not what you want"
(Dr. Christian, STAF, Inc.)
Another quotation: "If it came from a plant, eat it, if it was made in a plant, don't - it kills".
Some facts for good health & a long life are: healthy nutrition, enough sleep, fresh water daily 50 % - 100 % of your "healthy" weight in oz., (NO soda it kills), physical activity, good social/family life, life with purposeful goals & our genetic factors (the negative ones can be beaten).
STAF, Inc. has developed a new Healthy Lifestyle & Correct Nutrition Program for the U.S. government's use - worldwide it fits for every nation's use.
Totally it took 26 years to develop, first 19 years worldwide research and the past 7 years to modify it for the U.S. needs. It is a program that, for the first time ever, covers all necessary elements to get the lasting results in all family related challenges and in our rampant obesity, overweight & sickness levels. Its nutritional program leading to health & to a longer life is at the same time an automatic weight loss program: nothing to buy, no calories to count, no unreasonable portion control - eat as needed; just follow the easy what-to-eat instructions.
You are not going to walk around hungry. You can even visit, now & then, a casino buffet, if you so wish.
The biggest news is this: the correct, health-restoring & health-maintaining food with all necessary daily nutrients in the correct combination costs ONLY about $95 per one (adult) person monthly. Based on the new program's detailed guidance, you buy your food ingredients in your local supermarket & prepare your food in your own kitchen based on the new, delicious recipes. The bigger the family, the less $ per/person. Only a program everyone can afford is a solution to our nation's health challenges.
How much are your food expenses time being? Probably many times more than in this new STAF, Inc.'s results bringing program. This means: everyone can afford this amazing program whether one works on the minimum salary or lives on the social security or similar. The saved money this new STAF, Inc. program guides you to place in safe investments - STAF, Inc. endorses only a few investment adviser companies as reliable. With the saved money your family can create substantial wealth within time. Also a millionaire?
The new Healthy Lifestyle & Correct Nutrition program will, in a televised D.C. event, be introduced to our nation, to The W.H., The President & The First Lady, The U.S. Congress & Senate & to all related federal agencies.
STAF, Inc.'s presence is needed in D.C. in the U.S. Congress (House & Senate). STAF, Inc.'s founding President is planning (1) to seek a seat in D.C. Congress/Senate to provide the necessary information to the D.C. lawmakers and (2) to establish a new federal agency, Healthy Lifestyle & Family Success Agency & to be named its first federal director. New legislation & training for all these matters are needed in a results-bringing manner. STAF, Inc.'s slogan: Less suffering - more life™
On STAF, Inc.'s website page tops is a link to study the original STAF, Inc.'s founding documents to see its mission statements.
Listen to STAF, Inc.'s popular Radio Shows - you'll get free CEU & College-University credits nationwide or worldwide.
To visit STAF, Inc.'s extensive website, use its Radio Show title in the internet search - the lower & upper keys as here in the show title: DrDrCanYouHelpMe.
Respectfully,
Christian von Christophers, Ph.D., N.D.
STAF. Inc.'s founding President
Updated: 3/25/13 COMMENT FOOD WITH child up to 12 NOT be left alone - STAF has the programs for our schools -leading new
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Comment by Save The American Family - STAF, Inc., -not-for-profit-
By Dr. Christian von Christophers, Ph.D., N.D.
Avoid big food bills, big bellies, big sickness costs - instead: choose success in life
Based on research, about 50 % of the American parents do leave a child of any age alone - wrong.
They think "nothing bad will happen". Wrong. A baby, toddler, child of up to 12 must always have competent adult securing the child's safety.
The reason for this wrong behavior is the lacking guidance in our schools' curricula.
All EU countries teach to every student the facts how to create & maintain a happy marriage, how to raise & care for the children & how to feed them with a healthy food.
STAF, Inc. is a leading, new organization to provide the necessary programs for us.
STAF, Inc. has developed a new Healthy Lifestyle & Correct Nutrition Program for the U.S. government's use - worldwide it fits for every nation's use.
Totally it took 26 years to develop, first 19 years worldwide research and the past 7 years to modify it for the U.S. needs. It is a program that, for the first time ever, covers all necessary elements to get the lasting results in all family related challenges and in our rampant obesity, overweight & sickness levels. Its nutritional program leading to health & to a longer life is at the same time an automatic weight loss program: nothing to buy, no calories to count, no unreasonable portion control - eat as needed; just follow the easy what-to-eat instructions.
You are not going to walk around hungry. You can even visit, now & then, a casino buffet, if you so wish.
The biggest news is this: the correct, health-restoring & health-maintaining food with all necessary daily nutrients in the correct combination costs ONLY about $95 per one (adult) person monthly. Based on the new program's detailed guidance, you buy your food ingredients in your local supermarket & prepare your food in your own kitchen based on the new, delicious recipes. The bigger the family, the less $ per/person. Only a program everyone can afford is a solution to our nation's health challenges.
How much are your food expenses time being? Probably many times more than in this new STAF, Inc.'s results bringing program. This means: everyone can afford this amazing program whether one works on the minimum salary or lives on the social security or similar. The saved money this new STAF, Inc. program guides you to place in safe investments - STAF, Inc. endorses only a few investment adviser companies as reliable. With the saved money your family can create substantial wealth within time. Also a millionaire?
The new Healthy Lifestyle & Correct Nutrition program will, in a televised D.C. event, be introduced to our nation, to The W.H., The President & The First Lady, The U.S. Congress & Senate & to all related federal agencies.
STAF, Inc.'s presence is needed in D.C. in the U.S. Congress (House & Senate). STAF, Inc.'s founding President is planning (1) to seek a seat in D.C. Congress/Senate to provide the necessary information to the D.C. lawmakers and (2) to establish a new federal agency, Healthy Lifestyle & Family Success Agency & to be named its first federal director. New legislation & training for all these matters are needed in a results-bringing manner. STAF, Inc.'s slogan: Less suffering - more life™
On STAF, Inc.'s website page tops is a link to study the original STAF, Inc.'s founding documents to see its mission statements.
Listen to STAF, Inc.'s popular Radio Shows - you'll get free CEU & College-University credits nationwide or worldwide.
To visit STAF, Inc.'s extensive website, use its Radio Show title in the internet search - the lower & upper keys as here in the show title: DrDrCanYouHelpMe.
Respectfully,
Christian von Christophers, Ph.D., N.D.
STAF. Inc.'s founding President
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Comment by Save The American Family - STAF, Inc., -not-for-profit-
By Dr. Christian von Christophers, Ph.D., N.D.
Avoid big food bills, big bellies, big sickness costs - instead: choose success in life
Based on research, about 50 % of the American parents do leave a child of any age alone - wrong.
They think "nothing bad will happen". Wrong. A baby, toddler, child of up to 12 must always have competent adult securing the child's safety.
The reason for this wrong behavior is the lacking guidance in our schools' curricula.
All EU countries teach to every student the facts how to create & maintain a happy marriage, how to raise & care for the children & how to feed them with a healthy food.
STAF, Inc. is a leading, new organization to provide the necessary programs for us.
STAF, Inc. has developed a new Healthy Lifestyle & Correct Nutrition Program for the U.S. government's use - worldwide it fits for every nation's use.
Totally it took 26 years to develop, first 19 years worldwide research and the past 7 years to modify it for the U.S. needs. It is a program that, for the first time ever, covers all necessary elements to get the lasting results in all family related challenges and in our rampant obesity, overweight & sickness levels. Its nutritional program leading to health & to a longer life is at the same time an automatic weight loss program: nothing to buy, no calories to count, no unreasonable portion control - eat as needed; just follow the easy what-to-eat instructions.
You are not going to walk around hungry. You can even visit, now & then, a casino buffet, if you so wish.
The biggest news is this: the correct, health-restoring & health-maintaining food with all necessary daily nutrients in the correct combination costs ONLY about $95 per one (adult) person monthly. Based on the new program's detailed guidance, you buy your food ingredients in your local supermarket & prepare your food in your own kitchen based on the new, delicious recipes. The bigger the family, the less $ per/person. Only a program everyone can afford is a solution to our nation's health challenges.
How much are your food expenses time being? Probably many times more than in this new STAF, Inc.'s results bringing program. This means: everyone can afford this amazing program whether one works on the minimum salary or lives on the social security or similar. The saved money this new STAF, Inc. program guides you to place in safe investments - STAF, Inc. endorses only a few investment adviser companies as reliable. With the saved money your family can create substantial wealth within time. Also a millionaire?
The new Healthy Lifestyle & Correct Nutrition program will, in a televised D.C. event, be introduced to our nation, to The W.H., The President & The First Lady, The U.S. Congress & Senate & to all related federal agencies.
STAF, Inc.'s presence is needed in D.C. in the U.S. Congress (House & Senate). STAF, Inc.'s founding President is planning (1) to seek a seat in D.C. Congress/Senate to provide the necessary information to the D.C. lawmakers and (2) to establish a new federal agency, Healthy Lifestyle & Family Success Agency & to be named its first federal director. New legislation & training for all these matters are needed in a results-bringing manner. STAF, Inc.'s slogan: Less suffering - more life™
On STAF, Inc.'s website page tops is a link to study the original STAF, Inc.'s founding documents to see its mission statements.
Listen to STAF, Inc.'s popular Radio Shows - you'll get free CEU & College-University credits nationwide or worldwide.
To visit STAF, Inc.'s extensive website, use its Radio Show title in the internet search - the lower & upper keys as here in the show title: DrDrCanYouHelpMe.
Respectfully,
Christian von Christophers, Ph.D., N.D.
STAF. Inc.'s founding President
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Comment by Save The American Family - STAF, Inc., -not-for-profit-
By Dr. Christian von Christophers, Ph.D., N.D.
Avoid big food bills, big bellies & big sickness costs
STAF, Inc.'s Stop Smoking Program: a lifetime result-guarantee with only a one-time fee.
Quotation: "To stay healthy you need to eat what your body wants, not what you want"
(Dr. Christian, STAF, Inc.)
Some facts for good health & a long life are: healthy nutrition, enough sleep, fresh water daily 50 % - 100 % of your "healthy" weight in oz., (NO soda, sugary or non-sugary - both kill), physical activity, good social/family life, life with purposeful goals & our genetic factors (the negative ones can be beaten).
STAF, Inc. has developed a new Healthy Lifestyle & Correct Nutrition Program for the U.S. government's use - worldwide it fits for every nation's use.
Totally it took 26 years to develop, first 19 years worldwide research and the past 7 years to modify it for the U.S. needs. It is a program that, for the first time ever, covers all necessary elements to get the lasting results in all family related challenges and in our rampant obesity, overweight & sickness levels. Its nutritional program leading to health & to a longer life is at the same time an automatic weight loss program: nothing to buy, no calories to count, no unreasonable portion control - eat as needed; just follow the easy what-to-eat instructions.
You are not going to walk around hungry. You can even visit, now & then, a casino buffet, if you so wish.
The biggest news is this: the correct, health-restoring & health-maintaining food with all necessary daily nutrients in the correct combination costs ONLY about $95 per one (adult) person monthly. Based on the new program's detailed guidance, you buy your food ingredients in your local supermarket & prepare your food in your own kitchen based on the new, delicious recipes. The bigger the family, the less $ per/person. Only a program everyone can afford is a solution to our nation's health challenges.
How much are your food expenses time being? Probably many times more than in this new STAF, Inc.'s results bringing program. This means: everyone can afford this amazing program whether one works on the minimum salary or lives on the social security or similar. The saved money this new STAF, Inc. program guides you to place in safe investments - STAF, Inc. endorses only a few investment adviser companies as reliable. With the saved money your family can create substantial wealth within time. Also a millionaire?
The new Healthy Lifestyle & Correct Nutrition program will, in a televised D.C. event, be introduced to our nation, to The W.H., The President & The First Lady, The U.S. Congress & Senate & to all related federal agencies.
STAF, Inc.'s presence is needed in D.C. in the U.S. Congress (House & Senate). STAF, Inc.'s founding President is planning (1) to seek a seat in D.C. Congress/Senate to provide the necessary information to the D.C. lawmakers and (2) to establish a new federal agency, Healthy Lifestyle & Family Success Agency & to be named its first federal director. New legislation & training for all these matters are needed in a results-bringing manner. STAF, Inc.'s slogan: Less suffering - more life™
On STAF, Inc.'s website page tops is a link to study the original STAF, Inc.'s founding documents to see its mission statements.
Listen to STAF, Inc.'s popular Radio Shows - you'll get free CEU & College-University credits nationwide or worldwide.
To visit STAF, Inc.'s extensive website, use its Radio Show title in the internet search - the lower & upper keys as here in the show title: DrDrCanYouHelpMe.
Respectfully,
Christian von Christophers, Ph.D., N.D.
STAF. Inc.'s founding President
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MARCH 26, 2013, 7:00 AM
My Search for Reasonable and Understandable Credit Card Processing
By PAUL DOWNS
I have been accepting credit cards at my business for many years. My recollection is that I first signed up to take them in 1994. During most of that time, I have used my regular business bank, PNC, to process the transactions. When I signed up for PNC’s merchant-processing services, I knew that I would be paying fees for the services, but I was wrapped up in other business issues at the time and paid little attention to the details.
Last spring, I got a phone call that prompted me to take another look at those fees. It was from the president of a small, independent credit card processing company. He told me that it was extremely likely that I was being overcharged. I was especially interested in saving money because cash was short at the time, so I faxed him a couple of my processing statements. That took a couple of minutes, but it was the opening act in what turned out to be a long, strange saga. It would take eight months and many hours of meetings and research for me to understand how I was being charged and what I could do about it. And in the end, I did find a way to save thousands of dollars, but it wasn’t easy.
First, given the expense, you might wonder why I take credit cards at all. Two reasons. One is that they offer an immediate way for us to close a deal. There is a moment during a sales call when we ask the client to commit to the project, and nothing says commitment like forking over money. Getting that card number is a big moment for the sales team.
The second reason is that we have a number of large corporate and government clients who ask us to take them. You might be surprised to learn that a midranking officer in the United States military has a credit card with a $25,000-per-transaction spending limit, but some of them do. Some big military contractors use them, as well. We did a job for one of these last year and ended up getting a single payment of $38,847.
The first time I signed on with a credit card processor was in 2005, when I switched all of my banking to PNC. Part of that process was a visit from the merchant service sales person. She asked me a few questions about my business and then filled out a form and checked boxes with my answers. The application process took maybe 30 minutes. I still have a copy of the forms.
Looking at those forms today is interesting. My annual card volume was listed as $150,000 on a total sales volume of $1,150,000. Average ticket size was $2,000. And the fees I was charged? Only the discount rate is listed, along with fixed fees per transaction and per month but no mention of an interchange fee (as I explained in the credit card primer we published Monday, for every transaction, a discount fee is paid to the bank that issued the credit card while an interchange fee goes to the bank that processes the transaction). The Visa and MasterCard discount rate is listed as 2.1 percent, American Express transactions are 3.95 percent. One would get the impression, looking at PNC’s paperwork, that I would pay 2.1 percent plus a couple of bucks on my transactions. The structure of the deal seemed O.K. to me at the time, and it was quickly approved by the bank. I got my terminal a couple of days later and started running cards.
Fast-forward to the spring of 2012. I have not, as far as I know, amended the agreement with PNC. It had a three-year term when signed and continues on a yearly basis unless either party terminates it. I have not considered reviewing the contract over the last eight years because processing fees have been pretty far down my list of worries. (If you are new to my story, you can get a recap here.)
And then, in April 2012, I took a call from Kelly Nelson, president of a company called Emerald World, which provides merchant services and specializes in companies like mine that do a lot of large ticket, business-to-business transactions. He spent some time on the phone explaining the whole concept of interchange fees and discount rates, which I had never heard of. He asked for a couple of my PNC statements, so that he could see how they were charging me. A week later he called back and told me that he could save me a substantial amount of money.
This was hard to spot without some serious detective work. My PNC statement shows the gross value of the transactions we ran that month and, separately, the discount charges from a given month along with the interchange from the previous month. The discount charges are listed by batch number, but the interchange charges are listed by card type. The fees are sorted by the payee. The statement also shows the gross value of the American Express charges, but the fees that American Express charges me end up on the American Express statement.
This is all very confusing, and it is very difficult to total up the charges and fees associated with a single transaction. The interchange fee varied depending on the type of card used, but the discount rate was fixed at 2.1 percent. It seemed I was paying a little over 4 percent on each charge, before additional fixed fees. When I checked my books, it turned out that last year we did 131 credit card transactions, totaling $639,000. Of that amount, $611,714 actually landed in my bank account. The rest — $27,286 — went to charges and fees. That’s a total processing cost of 4.27 percent — considerably more than the 2.1 percent or so that I initially signed up for.
I looked back at the application I had filled out for PNC in 2005, and its associated merchant agreement, a multipage booklet. I could not find any mention of interchange fees in either document, but there was language to the effect that any change in the annual amount of transactions we ran would allow PNC to change the terms unilaterally, without notice. Hmmm. I don’t know when the bank started charging the interchange fees, or whether I had overlooked this from the beginning.
Kelly offered me a different pricing scheme: the interchange rate for each card our clients gave us plus a fixed percentage markup, in his case .98 percent. He also showed me the types of cards my clients had used in the preceding months, and the varying interchange fees that had been charged. And he gave me a spreadsheet with all of the current interchange fees for Visa, MasterCard and Discover, on a single page.
Running my eyes over the hundreds of card options, a few caught my eye: Visa General Services Administration large ticket, with an interchange fee of 1.2 percent, and Visa commercial electronic corporate, at 2.25 percent. We had been doing a lot of transactions in the second category, and we anticipate getting our G.S.A. contract in 2013 and doing significant business with the government. It seemed switching to Emerald World could save me 1 to 2 percent on each transaction — hundreds of dollars a month, thousands of dollars a year. He also offered me a free terminal and no long-term commitment. I could cancel the contract any time if I didn’t like it.
It sounded great! So I filled out an application, and sent it in, anticipating that I would soon be enjoying lower costs.
Kelly called me back a week later. It wasn’t going to be so simple.
Wednesday: I learn about reserve accounts.
Paul Downs founded Paul Downs Cabinetmakers in 1986. It is based outside Philadelphia.
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Caution: Black Henna Temporary Tattoos Could Leave Permanent Scars
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Some beach side kiosks are using "black henna" infused with a banned chemical
Temporary tattoos are supposed to be a lighthearted and noncommittal alternative to the far more permanent inking of your flesh. As such, temporary tattoos usually aren't dangerous — they're a flight of whimsy, after all. But a certain type of "black henna" being used in some temporary tattoos has led to an usually high number of allergic reactions across the country.
According to a Food and Drug Administration news release, the skin-staining dark ink in black henna has caused severe and long-lasting allergic reactions, including "redness, blisters, raised red weeping lesions, loss of pigmentation, increased sensitivity to sunlight, and even permanent scarring."
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Henna, which is supposed to last anywhere from three days to three weeks, is popular at beach side temporary tattoo kiosks, and has long been used as a symbol of good luck during Arab and Indian cultural celebrations. However, "just because a tattoo is temporary it doesn't mean that it is risk free," says Dr. Linda Kat, director of the FDA's Office of Cosmetics and Colors. Typically made from a plant-based coloring that grows in the tropical and subtropical regions of Africa and Asia, today's black henna, which helps ink stay visible longer, is sometimes infused with a toxic chemical called p-phenylenediamine (PPD).
PPD, which has long been banned from skin cosmetics, is sometimes used in dark hair dye and can be harmful to some people. According to Michelle Castillo at CBS News, a 5-year-old-girl who had gotten a temporary tattoo with black henna had red marks appear on her forearm for two weeks. Another teenage girl had scars form on her back where a black henna tattoo was applied, "despite the fact that she had red henna tattoos before and never had a negative reaction."
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Says the five-year-old girl's father: "What we thought would be a little harmless fun ended up becoming more like a nightmare for us."
Symptoms from adverse skin allergies may not appear instantaneously, sometimes taking as long as two or three weeks to show up. If you encounter any allergic reactions from temporary tattoo ink, the FDA is asking that you call MedWatch.
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Children born from in vitro fertilization (IVF) treatments have shown a higher risk of developmental problems, but what is responsible for the heightened risk?
Low birth weight, premature birth and minor problems with brain development have all been correlated with fertility treatments, which include IVF as well as sophisticated insemination techniques. While it’s possible that the treatments themselves, which require manipulation of the egg, sperm and embryo outside of the woman’s body, could be contributing to changes in development, it’s also logical that the infertility that required the procedures in the first place might also be playing a role. And in the latest study investigating the association, published online in the journal Archives of Disease in Childhood, researchers report that the latter may be largely responsible for the neurological differences documented among children born via fertility treatments.
The new study is very small, involving just 209 children who were born to parents who struggled to get pregnant. The findings, however, support previous data that found that techniques associated with IVF were not linked with increased risk of neurological issues among children at age two who were born using these treatments.
In the current study, the researchers focused on a group of couples enrolled in a study of assisted reproductive techniques who were considered subfertile, or unable to conceive after 12 months of unprotected intercourse. The parents took anywhere from 1.6 years to a little over 13 years to get pregnant, producing 209 children. When they reached age two, the children were evaluated for mild neurological and developmental problems, including movement issues, posture, muscle tone and hand-eye coordination. Seventeen of the toddlers showed minor neurological problems, and these children were more likely to be born of parents who took the longest to conceive. The median time to pregnancy for couples whose children did not show neurological issues was 2.8 years, while it those whose children did show minor problems took 4.1 years to conceive. Taking a longer time to get pregnant was associated with a 30% greater risk of having a child with mild neurological issues — even when the researchers accounted for other factors like parents’ age and education, which can also affect risk of such developmental abnormalities.
(MORE: Baby Contest: Couples Compete for Free IVF — Is This Exploitation or Generosity?)
The results imply that factors linked to poor fertility, which can contribute to taking longer to conceive, were playing a larger role in the children’s poor development than the fertility treatments themselves. The authors also stress that the development issues noted in the study are not debilitating, but minor abnormalities that probably don’t affect overall behavior or development.
“Suboptimal neurological condition does not imply overt problems in daily life. It does, however, indicate an increased vulnerability for developmental problems such as learning and behavior problems. This means that our findings do not have significance on the level of the individual child, but that they do have significance for the population at large,” says study author Mijna Hadders-Algra, a professor of developmental neurology at the Beatrix Children’s Hospital at the University of Groningen Medical Center in The Netherlands.
(MORE: My Sister, My Surrogate: After Battling Cancer, One Woman Receives the Ultimate Mother’s Day Gift)
Hadders-Algra hopes the results raise awareness that prolonged time to pregnancy is associated with a less optimal brain condition in the baby, and that researchers and fertility specialists keep this in mind as they help parents to conceive. “Prolonged time to pregnancy may be prevented by reduction of maternal age at child conception. This is an issue with strong political and social consequences,” she says. “For instance, in the Netherlands, the age at which women get their first child steadily increases. One could say: a smart woman gets her pregnancy in time.”
MORE: IVF Linked to Ovarian Tumors. Should Women Worry?
Results from studies such as the current one should inform reproductive health policy, she says. In the United Kingdom, for example, the National Health Service revised its guidelines in February to allow women to start IVF treatments earlier, after two years of failed attempts to get pregnant, rather than three, but extended the upper age limit for women from 39 years to 42 years. As more studies such as Hadders-Algra’s become available to better inform doctors and policy makers, such guidelines can become better suited to reflect the risks and benefits of the latest assisted reproductive techniques, for both the parents and the child.
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Low birth weight, premature birth and minor problems with brain development have all been correlated with fertility treatments, which include IVF as well as sophisticated insemination techniques. While it’s possible that the treatments themselves, which require manipulation of the egg, sperm and embryo outside of the woman’s body, could be contributing to changes in development, it’s also logical that the infertility that required the procedures in the first place might also be playing a role. And in the latest study investigating the association, published online in the journal Archives of Disease in Childhood, researchers report that the latter may be largely responsible for the neurological differences documented among children born via fertility treatments.
The new study is very small, involving just 209 children who were born to parents who struggled to get pregnant. The findings, however, support previous data that found that techniques associated with IVF were not linked with increased risk of neurological issues among children at age two who were born using these treatments.
In the current study, the researchers focused on a group of couples enrolled in a study of assisted reproductive techniques who were considered subfertile, or unable to conceive after 12 months of unprotected intercourse. The parents took anywhere from 1.6 years to a little over 13 years to get pregnant, producing 209 children. When they reached age two, the children were evaluated for mild neurological and developmental problems, including movement issues, posture, muscle tone and hand-eye coordination. Seventeen of the toddlers showed minor neurological problems, and these children were more likely to be born of parents who took the longest to conceive. The median time to pregnancy for couples whose children did not show neurological issues was 2.8 years, while it those whose children did show minor problems took 4.1 years to conceive. Taking a longer time to get pregnant was associated with a 30% greater risk of having a child with mild neurological issues — even when the researchers accounted for other factors like parents’ age and education, which can also affect risk of such developmental abnormalities.
(MORE: Baby Contest: Couples Compete for Free IVF — Is This Exploitation or Generosity?)
The results imply that factors linked to poor fertility, which can contribute to taking longer to conceive, were playing a larger role in the children’s poor development than the fertility treatments themselves. The authors also stress that the development issues noted in the study are not debilitating, but minor abnormalities that probably don’t affect overall behavior or development.
“Suboptimal neurological condition does not imply overt problems in daily life. It does, however, indicate an increased vulnerability for developmental problems such as learning and behavior problems. This means that our findings do not have significance on the level of the individual child, but that they do have significance for the population at large,” says study author Mijna Hadders-Algra, a professor of developmental neurology at the Beatrix Children’s Hospital at the University of Groningen Medical Center in The Netherlands.
(MORE: My Sister, My Surrogate: After Battling Cancer, One Woman Receives the Ultimate Mother’s Day Gift)
Hadders-Algra hopes the results raise awareness that prolonged time to pregnancy is associated with a less optimal brain condition in the baby, and that researchers and fertility specialists keep this in mind as they help parents to conceive. “Prolonged time to pregnancy may be prevented by reduction of maternal age at child conception. This is an issue with strong political and social consequences,” she says. “For instance, in the Netherlands, the age at which women get their first child steadily increases. One could say: a smart woman gets her pregnancy in time.”
MORE: IVF Linked to Ovarian Tumors. Should Women Worry?
Results from studies such as the current one should inform reproductive health policy, she says. In the United Kingdom, for example, the National Health Service revised its guidelines in February to allow women to start IVF treatments earlier, after two years of failed attempts to get pregnant, rather than three, but extended the upper age limit for women from 39 years to 42 years. As more studies such as Hadders-Algra’s become available to better inform doctors and policy makers, such guidelines can become better suited to reflect the risks and benefits of the latest assisted reproductive techniques, for both the parents and the child.
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Domestic violence expert testifies in Arias trial
By BRIAN SKOLOFF | Associated Press – 3 hrs ago
PHOENIX (AP) — A domestic violence expert testified Tuesday in Jodi Arias' murder trial, explaining for jurors the various forms of abuse, and how the abuser typically is well-respected in the community and not seen publicly as a violent person.
Alyce LaViolette, a psychotherapist who specializes in domestic violence, was expected to discuss why Arias stayed with her lover even after repeated instances of physical abuse, but she had yet to get to specifics of the case by midday Tuesday.
"For the most part in these relationships ... these people, many of them are very well thought of in the community," LaViolette said of abusers. "It would surprise anybody to think that this person was acting out at all."
Arias faces a possible death sentence if convicted of first-degree murder in the June 2008 killing ofTravis Alexander in his suburban Phoenix home. Authorities say she planned the attack on her lover in a jealous rage. Arias initially told authorities she had nothing to do with it then blamed it on masked intruders. Two years after her arrest, she said it was self-defense.
During her 18 days on the witness stand, Arias described for jurors repeated instances of Alexandera busing her, once even choking her into unconsciousness. She said he had grown more violent in the days leading up to his death, yet there has been no evidence presented at trial that Alexander had ever been physically abusive in the past.
Prosecutor Juan Martinez repeatedly questioned Arias and other defense witnesses about this lack of supporting evidence, pointing out that Arias never chronicled any events of abuse at the hands of Alexander in her detailed journals and no witnesses have corroborated her stories.
Arias has said she never wrote anything negative in her journals about Alexander because of her belief in "the law of attraction," a notion made popular by the movie and book "The Secret," which Arias has referenced repeatedly throughout her trial.
The idea is that we reap what we sow, negativity begets more negativity, and Arias explained to jurors that she only wanted to dwell on the positive aspects of her relationship with Alexander in hopes it would lead to more positive interactions.
Under intense cross-examination in February, however, Arias said she had told one person, an ex-boyfriend, about the time Alexander choked her after the man noticed bruises on her neck.
Martinez asked then if the man could corroborate her story.
"Yes," Arias replied sheepishly.
Martinez then snapped back, asking if she was aware the man had no recollection of it. The line of questioning stopped abruptly after repeated objections from defense attorneys. The man also has not been called as a witness to testify for either side.
In addition, there have been no references to violence or abuse in any of the numerous telephone recordings between Arias and the victim or in text messages and emails exchanged between the two and displayed for jurors throughout the trial.
LaViolette explained Tuesday that such behavior is typical for a battered woman.
"They want people to like their partner," she told jurors. "They don't want anybody to think they have lousy taste."
Alexander suffered nearly 30 knife wounds, was shot in the head and had his throat slit. Arias' palm print was found in blood at the scene, along with her hair and nude photos of her and the victim from the day of the killing.
Arias said she recalls Alexander attacking her in a fury after a day of sex. She said she ran into his closet to retrieve a gun he kept on a shelf and fired in self-defense but has no memory of stabbing him.
She acknowledged trying to clean the scene, dumping the gun in the desert and working on an alibi to avoid suspicion. She said she was too scared and ashamed to tell the truth at the time but insists she isn't lying now.
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By BRIAN SKOLOFF | Associated Press – 3 hrs ago
PHOENIX (AP) — A domestic violence expert testified Tuesday in Jodi Arias' murder trial, explaining for jurors the various forms of abuse, and how the abuser typically is well-respected in the community and not seen publicly as a violent person.
Alyce LaViolette, a psychotherapist who specializes in domestic violence, was expected to discuss why Arias stayed with her lover even after repeated instances of physical abuse, but she had yet to get to specifics of the case by midday Tuesday.
"For the most part in these relationships ... these people, many of them are very well thought of in the community," LaViolette said of abusers. "It would surprise anybody to think that this person was acting out at all."
Arias faces a possible death sentence if convicted of first-degree murder in the June 2008 killing ofTravis Alexander in his suburban Phoenix home. Authorities say she planned the attack on her lover in a jealous rage. Arias initially told authorities she had nothing to do with it then blamed it on masked intruders. Two years after her arrest, she said it was self-defense.
During her 18 days on the witness stand, Arias described for jurors repeated instances of Alexandera busing her, once even choking her into unconsciousness. She said he had grown more violent in the days leading up to his death, yet there has been no evidence presented at trial that Alexander had ever been physically abusive in the past.
Prosecutor Juan Martinez repeatedly questioned Arias and other defense witnesses about this lack of supporting evidence, pointing out that Arias never chronicled any events of abuse at the hands of Alexander in her detailed journals and no witnesses have corroborated her stories.
Arias has said she never wrote anything negative in her journals about Alexander because of her belief in "the law of attraction," a notion made popular by the movie and book "The Secret," which Arias has referenced repeatedly throughout her trial.
The idea is that we reap what we sow, negativity begets more negativity, and Arias explained to jurors that she only wanted to dwell on the positive aspects of her relationship with Alexander in hopes it would lead to more positive interactions.
Under intense cross-examination in February, however, Arias said she had told one person, an ex-boyfriend, about the time Alexander choked her after the man noticed bruises on her neck.
Martinez asked then if the man could corroborate her story.
"Yes," Arias replied sheepishly.
Martinez then snapped back, asking if she was aware the man had no recollection of it. The line of questioning stopped abruptly after repeated objections from defense attorneys. The man also has not been called as a witness to testify for either side.
In addition, there have been no references to violence or abuse in any of the numerous telephone recordings between Arias and the victim or in text messages and emails exchanged between the two and displayed for jurors throughout the trial.
LaViolette explained Tuesday that such behavior is typical for a battered woman.
"They want people to like their partner," she told jurors. "They don't want anybody to think they have lousy taste."
Alexander suffered nearly 30 knife wounds, was shot in the head and had his throat slit. Arias' palm print was found in blood at the scene, along with her hair and nude photos of her and the victim from the day of the killing.
Arias said she recalls Alexander attacking her in a fury after a day of sex. She said she ran into his closet to retrieve a gun he kept on a shelf and fired in self-defense but has no memory of stabbing him.
She acknowledged trying to clean the scene, dumping the gun in the desert and working on an alibi to avoid suspicion. She said she was too scared and ashamed to tell the truth at the time but insists she isn't lying now.
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The One-Day Diet
By Elisa Zied | U.S.News & World Report LP
Whether you're trying to lose the few pounds you gained this winter, or simply need some creative ideas to get your shopping cart--or dinner plate--in shape, there's no need to purge your pantry, eat unusual foods or completely overhaul your eating regimen. And despite what you may have heard, you don't need to fast, juice or otherwise "detox" to lose weight and improve your health.
[See Why Juice 'Cleanses' Don't Deliver.]
To help you get a food and nutrition pick-me-up and infuse new life into your eating routine, why not follow this no-fail "one-day diet" plan. Rather than being a so-called diet you go on and off of, this plan is more of a sensible, specific course of action you can turn to on any given day--for example, after a weekend of overindulging, when you feel stressed or when you simply want to take off, and keep off, a few stubborn pounds. There's no need to implement all of these strategies at once, so pick and choose the ones that work best for you, whether you're home or on the go, traveling or enjoying some vacation time.
Here are six "one-day-diet" strategies to help you get back on track toward healthful eating--starting today:
1. Write it down. Be accountable and record everything you eat and drink for the day using either a small notebook, a web tool like SuperTracker or an app on your smartphone. Keeping track forces you to be aware of what and how much you're eating and drinking and can help you identify pitfalls and reinforce healthful patterns.
[See In Pictures: 11 Health Habits That Will Help You Live to 100.]
2. Be a morning eater. Instead of skipping breakfast, eat something soon after waking up to end your overnight fast. According to registered dietitian Janel Funk, "You don't need a big sit-down breakfast to start your day off on a healthy track." She suggests the following easily transportable options: a piece of fruit and a granola bar, a hard-boiled egg and a banana, a slice of whole-wheat toast with peanut butter and banana slices or a mix of whole-grain cereal, dried fruit and nuts. These choices "jump-start your metabolism and fuel your body," Funk says.
[See Avoid These 5 Breakfast Mistakes.]
3. Eat a rainbow. Registered dietitian Julieanna Hever, author of "The Complete Idiot's Guide to Plant-Based Nutrition," encourages people to challenge themselves to eat every color of the rainbow each day. "Including plenty of raw fruits, salads, cooked veggies, soups, stews, grain and bean dishes can help you gain control of your overall diet and steer you towards optimal health," she says. Hever suggests the following strategies for adding more plant foods at main meals:
-- At breakfast, try a green smoothie with spinach and/or kale, your favorite frozen or fresh fruits and plant-based milk. Alternatively, add fresh berries and nuts to your oatmeal.
-- At lunch, start with a salad or soup, then throw sliced, fresh veggies into a wrap or sandwich with hummus, guacamole or bean spread. Or consider indulging in a veggie sushi dish.
-- At dinner, toss in some carotenoid-rich tomato sauce and shredded veggies over cooked whole grains like whole-grain pasta, or simply serve whatever you made over steamed leafy greens. Have fruit for dessert to satisfy your sweet tooth.
[See Twitter Chat: What You Need to Know About Plant-Based Diets.]
4. Fill the gap. "Too much time between meals can leave you overly hungry or reaching for less healthy meal choices," says registered dietitian Alexandra Oppenheimer. "Adding a nutrient-packed snack from recognizable foods such as nuts, whole grains, low-fat dairy, fruit or non-starchy vegetables can bridge the gap, especially when you go at least five hours between meals," she says. Arming yourself with a between-meal snack can also prevent that famished feeling that can preclude you from making a thoughtful meal choice and eating mindfully when lunch or dinner rolls around, she says.
[See Mindless Eating Habits That Cause Weight Gain.]
5. Have a little less. Taking smaller portions of food when you serve yourself at home, ordering less food than usual when you dine out or grab take-out and taking a few less bites of your normal portions are just a few of the ways to create a small calorie deficit. Choosing smaller portions of foods made with added fats and sugar can also leave more room for nutrient-rich fruits, vegetables and other foods.
Registered dietitian Kathleen Zelman, the director of nutrition for WebMD, suggests swapping big containers for small portions. "Put an appropriate portion on a small plate so you don't fall prey to eating amnesia and mindless eating because of a large container," she says.
6. Eat Real. Often, full-fat foods taste better and are more satisfying than their reduced-fat, low-fat or non-fat alternatives. Zelman and I agree that if you like full-fat versions of butter, cheese, bacon or cream, you can enjoy it in small amounts. "Think of these full-fat foods as finishing touches rather than the main part of a meal," Zelman says.
[See Dietary Fat: the Good, the Bad and the Ugly]
Hungry for more? Write to [email protected] with your questions, concerns, and feedback.
Elisa Zied, MS, RD, CDN, is the founder and president of Zied Health Communications, LLC, based in New York City. She's an award-winning registered dietitian and author of three books including Nutrition At Your Fingertips. A graduate of the University of Pennsylvania and New York University, Zied inspires others to make more healthful food choices and find enjoyable ways to "move it or lose it" through writing, public speaking, and media appearances. You can connect with her on twitter (@elisazied) and through her new Stressipes forum on her website:www.elisazied.com.
By Elisa Zied | U.S.News & World Report LP
Whether you're trying to lose the few pounds you gained this winter, or simply need some creative ideas to get your shopping cart--or dinner plate--in shape, there's no need to purge your pantry, eat unusual foods or completely overhaul your eating regimen. And despite what you may have heard, you don't need to fast, juice or otherwise "detox" to lose weight and improve your health.
[See Why Juice 'Cleanses' Don't Deliver.]
To help you get a food and nutrition pick-me-up and infuse new life into your eating routine, why not follow this no-fail "one-day diet" plan. Rather than being a so-called diet you go on and off of, this plan is more of a sensible, specific course of action you can turn to on any given day--for example, after a weekend of overindulging, when you feel stressed or when you simply want to take off, and keep off, a few stubborn pounds. There's no need to implement all of these strategies at once, so pick and choose the ones that work best for you, whether you're home or on the go, traveling or enjoying some vacation time.
Here are six "one-day-diet" strategies to help you get back on track toward healthful eating--starting today:
1. Write it down. Be accountable and record everything you eat and drink for the day using either a small notebook, a web tool like SuperTracker or an app on your smartphone. Keeping track forces you to be aware of what and how much you're eating and drinking and can help you identify pitfalls and reinforce healthful patterns.
[See In Pictures: 11 Health Habits That Will Help You Live to 100.]
2. Be a morning eater. Instead of skipping breakfast, eat something soon after waking up to end your overnight fast. According to registered dietitian Janel Funk, "You don't need a big sit-down breakfast to start your day off on a healthy track." She suggests the following easily transportable options: a piece of fruit and a granola bar, a hard-boiled egg and a banana, a slice of whole-wheat toast with peanut butter and banana slices or a mix of whole-grain cereal, dried fruit and nuts. These choices "jump-start your metabolism and fuel your body," Funk says.
[See Avoid These 5 Breakfast Mistakes.]
3. Eat a rainbow. Registered dietitian Julieanna Hever, author of "The Complete Idiot's Guide to Plant-Based Nutrition," encourages people to challenge themselves to eat every color of the rainbow each day. "Including plenty of raw fruits, salads, cooked veggies, soups, stews, grain and bean dishes can help you gain control of your overall diet and steer you towards optimal health," she says. Hever suggests the following strategies for adding more plant foods at main meals:
-- At breakfast, try a green smoothie with spinach and/or kale, your favorite frozen or fresh fruits and plant-based milk. Alternatively, add fresh berries and nuts to your oatmeal.
-- At lunch, start with a salad or soup, then throw sliced, fresh veggies into a wrap or sandwich with hummus, guacamole or bean spread. Or consider indulging in a veggie sushi dish.
-- At dinner, toss in some carotenoid-rich tomato sauce and shredded veggies over cooked whole grains like whole-grain pasta, or simply serve whatever you made over steamed leafy greens. Have fruit for dessert to satisfy your sweet tooth.
[See Twitter Chat: What You Need to Know About Plant-Based Diets.]
4. Fill the gap. "Too much time between meals can leave you overly hungry or reaching for less healthy meal choices," says registered dietitian Alexandra Oppenheimer. "Adding a nutrient-packed snack from recognizable foods such as nuts, whole grains, low-fat dairy, fruit or non-starchy vegetables can bridge the gap, especially when you go at least five hours between meals," she says. Arming yourself with a between-meal snack can also prevent that famished feeling that can preclude you from making a thoughtful meal choice and eating mindfully when lunch or dinner rolls around, she says.
[See Mindless Eating Habits That Cause Weight Gain.]
5. Have a little less. Taking smaller portions of food when you serve yourself at home, ordering less food than usual when you dine out or grab take-out and taking a few less bites of your normal portions are just a few of the ways to create a small calorie deficit. Choosing smaller portions of foods made with added fats and sugar can also leave more room for nutrient-rich fruits, vegetables and other foods.
Registered dietitian Kathleen Zelman, the director of nutrition for WebMD, suggests swapping big containers for small portions. "Put an appropriate portion on a small plate so you don't fall prey to eating amnesia and mindless eating because of a large container," she says.
6. Eat Real. Often, full-fat foods taste better and are more satisfying than their reduced-fat, low-fat or non-fat alternatives. Zelman and I agree that if you like full-fat versions of butter, cheese, bacon or cream, you can enjoy it in small amounts. "Think of these full-fat foods as finishing touches rather than the main part of a meal," Zelman says.
[See Dietary Fat: the Good, the Bad and the Ugly]
Hungry for more? Write to [email protected] with your questions, concerns, and feedback.
Elisa Zied, MS, RD, CDN, is the founder and president of Zied Health Communications, LLC, based in New York City. She's an award-winning registered dietitian and author of three books including Nutrition At Your Fingertips. A graduate of the University of Pennsylvania and New York University, Zied inspires others to make more healthful food choices and find enjoyable ways to "move it or lose it" through writing, public speaking, and media appearances. You can connect with her on twitter (@elisazied) and through her new Stressipes forum on her website:www.elisazied.com.
A guide to NJ Gov. Christie's weight-loss surgery
By GEOFF MULVIHILL | Associated Press
New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie, a Republican who is seen as a possible presidential candidate for 2016, said Tuesday, 5/7/13, that he underwent a procedure in February 2013 to have a band implanted around his stomach in February in an effort to lose weight.A look at the procedure, his decision, and what it might mean:
THE SURGERY
Christie says he decided around the time he turned 50 on Sept. 6 that he wanted to have the procedure. It was originally scheduled for November but pushed back to February after Superstorm Sandy hit his state.
The procedure is the least invasive of the major weight-loss surgeries, and it's reversible. An adjustable band is placed around the stomach to restrict how much food someone can eat at once.
Compared to other procedures, weight loss is relatively slow — no more than 1 or 2 pounds per week. Patients still have to eat healthy foods and get exercise for the procedure to be successful, doctors say.
Christie says he underwent the 40-minute procedure on Feb. 16, went home later that day and was back at work after two more days of rest.
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THE REASON
Christie has struggled with his weight throughout his adult life, though he has never said publicly how much he weighs. He says that he has no other major health problems but knows that obesity is a risk for a variety of conditions.
"It's not a career issue for me. It's a long-term health issue for me. That's the basis on which I made the decision."
He said he wants to make sure he's there for his family and denied that he decided to have the surgeryto advance his re-election campaign this year or a future run for president, if he decides to embark on one.
He said he presented the idea of the surgery to his wife and four children and they encouraged him to do it.
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THE SECRECY
Christie says he told only a few staff members about the operation and did not intend to make a public announcement. "It's not anybody else's business but mine," he said.
But when he was asked directly by a New York Post reporter on Monday, he said he decided to acknowledge he had had the operation. He said the revelation was news to practically everybody, including his communications office and campaign staff.
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THE TIMING
Though Christie says he intended to keep his procedure a personal matter, The Post's article came out the same day as MSNBC personality Mika Brzezinski's book, "Obsessed: America's Food Addiction — And My Own," was released. The book features an interview with Christie about his struggles with his weight. It's a topic he has discussed in many national television interviews with questioners from Oprah Winfrey to David Letterman, and for years he has both joked about his size and said it's a serious problem that he's been working on.
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THE POLITICS
While Christie says the surgery was a personal decision about his health — something he called "a hell of a lot more important to me than running for president," there could be political implications.
Some critics have suggested that Christie's weight could be a political hindrance.
"Gov. Christie's weight is an issue the same way that any candidate or official's health is an issue," said Michael Dennehy, a New Hampshire-based Republican strategist and veteran of presidential politics. "Anyone running for president will need to comfort Americans with an overall healthy picture for their future."
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THE ROUTINE
Christie says he's been working with a personal trainer four times a week for years, and is continuing now.
He says he has not been as hungry since the surgery and has eaten less.
While he appears to be a bit thinner, Christie would not say Thursday how much weight he as lost.
COMMENTS FROM THE PUBLIC
(1) It takes will power and conviction to go on a strict diet and hit the gym but those are things Christie doesn't have. So he does it the lazy man's way with surgery.....Reply(2) I guess diet and exercise were not an option for him. lazy sob.1 Reply
(3) The fact that he says he's not doing it because he's running for president proves this fat bloke is a liar, you think Obamas bad just wait till this jerk gets in office.Reply
(4) In keeping with any politician's attitude. He doesn't have the self-discipline to eat normally. He just goes for the quick fix. I'm sure he'll have a successful political career.
(5) He caved...I couldnt vote for him now.
(6) Just let him go away. Tired of seeing him in the news all the time. He is a loser, Obama puppet.
(7) His health would be of concern for any run in 2016. Has he already damaged his body from years of obesity? His is very large indeed, and the heart can only take so much abuse... Candidates cannot be severely obese and serve as a nations role model for "Readiness."
(8) A piece of shit is a piece of shit! It doesn't change because of surgery or weight loss.
(9) It takes will power and conviction to go on a strict diet and hit the gym but those are things Christie doesn't have. So he does it the lazy man's way with surgery.....Reply
(10) What ever happend to good ol eat less, choose healthier meals and exercise?
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Weight Led Governor to Surgery
Date: May 10, 2013
Gov. Chris Christie of New Jersey ascended to become one of the country’s top political stars almost in spite of his weight — dismissing those who questioned whether his size disqualified him for higher office as “ridiculous” and “irresponsible.”
Now, like some overweight politicians before him, Mr. Christie has embarked on a major effort to shed pounds at a time when his eyes are on the presidency. Saying that “a whole bunch of other things” had not worked, he revealed on Tuesday that he had undergone weight loss surgery three months ago. He is now 40 pounds lighter.
Mr. Christie, a Republican, said concerns about his family, not politics, drove him to undergo the “Lap-Band” procedure, in which a silicone band is placed around the stomach to discourage overeating.
His staff and even his closest political advisers said they had not known he had the operation or had even considered having it.
But in the image-conscious world of politics, the questions about what effect slimming down would have on a possible presidential run immediately dominated the discussion of his move. Mr. Christie’s heft has been part of his brand. Would he risk losing some of his Everyman appeal along with the weight?
The governor swatted those questions again. “Whatever size I happen to be when I have to make decisions about what to do next in my career, I doubt that will play any role or effect in what I decide to do,” he told reporters massed outside an event in Newark. “It’s not a career issue for me; it is a long-term health issue for me.”
Fair or not, weight has been often used as a metaphor to judge Mr. Christie.
To his critics, it represented his lack of discipline and his bullying manner — an advertisement by his opponent in the 2009 governor’s race showed unflattering pictures of his size and accused him of “throwing his weight around.” To his supporters, it softened his edges and made him more relatable — Mike DuHaime, his chief political strategist, has often said that voters want someone “just like them, only smarter.”
“I think Governor Christie has almost played off the fact that he is big,” said former Gov. Edward G. Rendell, a Pennsylvania Democrat who has struggled himself to shed unwanted pounds.
“It has helped establish him as a real person,” he said, noting that people are skeptical of perfectly combed “John Edwardshair” and no visible physical flaws. “In a strange way, it was political asset to him.”
The political pressures are real in a country has not elected an obese president since William Howard Taft more than a century ago. Former Gov. Mike Huckabee of Arkansas lost more than a hundred pounds before seeking the Republican presidential nomination in 2008. Former Gov. Haley Barbour of Mississippi told reporters interested in whether he would seek the 2012 Republican nomination to watch his waistline for clues.
And last year, as Mr. Christie was considered a presidential and then a vice-presidential possibility, some Republican donors couched their reservations with the observation that it was rare to see people as heavy as he is living to an old age. He was not happy that the operation was made public, and neither, he said, were his wife and four children. According to his staff, he acknowledged the procedure in an interview with The New York Post after the newspaper called to say they were running an article about it.
His office initially said he would answer no more questions about it, but he eventually agreed to take questions at a news conference on Tuesday.
He did so for more than 40 minutes, calling the fascination with his surgery “ridiculous and silly.”
“You know, people in public life have the same concerns that people in private life have,” he said, adding, “Just because I have a public office and I have some measure of notoriety doesn’t mean that my feelings about my family and my concerns about their future are any different than yours or anybody else that’s sitting here.”
As the obesity epidemic in the country has grown, surgical interventions have become more common. Two of the more common surgical options for people seeking to lose weight: banding and its riskier predecessor, gastric bypass surgery.
In choosing to undergo the banding procedure, Mr. Christie joins a list of public figures — including the New York Jets coach Rex Ryan, whom Mr. Christie consulted before the surgery, Representative Jerrold Nadler of New York and the TV weatherman Al Roker — who have turned to surgery to help where diet and exercise have failed.
Mr. Barbour, who is close to Mr. Christie, said political concerns motivated Mr. Barbour to lose 30 pounds during his 2003 campaign for governor. “It is no secret to voters who don’t know a candidate can sometimes be put off by that candidate’s being overweight,” he said.
Mr. Christie has often spoke of his struggles to lose weight, which he said started to become an issue in his 20s, when he stopped playing organized sports.
His sense of urgency about losing weight had increased since he turned 50, he said.
Even those close to him who noticed his recent weight loss presumed that it was another down in what has been a yo-yo cycle. The governor has never revealed his exact weight, but it has been reported at being from 300 to 350 pounds. In July 2011, he was hospitalized briefly after having an asthma attack.
In February, about a week before the surgery, Mr. Christie made light of the issue by munching on a doughnut in an appearance on the “Late Show With David Letterman.”
But around the same time he also got into an angry back and forth with a former White House doctor who expressed concerns about his weight potentially causing him to die in office, telling her to “shut up.”
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Christie: I didn't vote for Obama, he doesn't lead
6/29/13
VERNON, N.J. (AP) — Republicans accused New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie of getting too cozy with President Barack Obama after Superstorm Sandy.
But during a visit Friday to a Republican stronghold for one of his regular town hall meetings, the governor went out of his way to put some distance between himself and the Democratic president.
Before taking questions from the public, Christie spoke about the problems in Washington, appearing to place most of the blame on Obama.
"We look at Washington, D.C., and we shake our heads in wonder at a president who can't figure out how to lead, at a Congress that only 11 percent of the people in the last poll I saw approve of the job they're doing," he said.
Referring further to those low approval ratings, Christie said "that's what happens when you don't have a leader at the top."
"That's what happens when you have someone in the executive office who is more concerned about being right than he's concerned about getting things done, and I'm not going to be that kind of leader of New Jersey."
When former Vernon Mayor Sally Rinker thanked Christie for the way he worked with Obama after Sandy and referred to the criticism he took for it, the governor cut her off.
He said he disagreed with Obama "probably 95 percent of the time" and hadn't voted for him either time.
"I don't want him to be president but it wasn't my choice," said Christie, a potential candidate for the presidency in 2016 who had criticized Obama's leadership on previous occasions.
At the same time, he said there's only one president at a time, and he dismissed criticism he received for the praise he gave Obama for the government's response to Sandy.
"And when the storm hits the state and the president of the United States calls you and says, 'I want to come and see it and I want to help,' and he actually follows through on the promises that he made, then you have to say that on that part of it he did a good job," Christie said. "That doesn't mean I like Obamacare, that doesn't mean I like what he's doing on taxes or spending or anything else."
"For the folks who are critical of that, let me just ask them, 'What would you have me do, exactly?' ... The president calls and says I want to come and visit and see it for myself so I can help you and I say, 'Yeah, no. I'm for Mitt Romney, I don't want you to come.' Or would you have me wear my Romney sweatshirt while I was walking around with him? You know, I mean, this is ridiculous stuff."
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CHRIS CHRISTIE No Easy Path to Slimness, Patients Say of Procedure
Date: May 8, 2013
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The standard knock on weight-loss surgery is that it amounts to taking the easy way out. But people interviewed on Tuesday who have had the same type of surgery as Gov. Chris Christie of New Jersey say it is not so.
There will probably be no more bubbly Champagne or hefty steaks at political events. No more gobbling slices of pizza while on the campaign trail.
For Mr. Christie, the rewards of successful stomach-band surgery could be great, like reducing his risk of a premature death or having the chance to run for president as a slimmer person. But the consequences of not sticking to a post-surgery diet could be dire, like being forced to run to the bathroom after eating the wrong food or suffering the abject humiliation of being a public figure who still fails to lose weight publicly.
“You really have to change your mind-set; it’s a new way of eating,” said David Ackerman, a Lap-Band patient.
An estimated 200,000 people a year have weight-loss surgery in the United States, and banding — placing a silicone band around the upper part of the stomach to restrict intake — is the least invasive and least risky type.
“We like to say that about a third of people do really well, a third so-so and a third not so well,” said Dr. Hans Schmidt, chief of bariatric surgery at Hackensack University Medical Center.
Looking at Mr. Christie’s photograph, Dr. Jaime Ponce, president of the American Society for Metabolic and Bariatric Surgery, estimated that his weight could range from 350 to 450 pounds.
If Mr. Christie did well, he could lose about 150 pounds by 2016, Dr. Ponce said. “That would put him in a 250 range,” he said. “He’s still going to be looking like a big guy, but not overweight like he is now.”
With the band in place, food has to be cut into small pieces and chewed well, and the band’s very purpose can be circumvented with high-calorie shakes or soft foods.
Mr. Ackerman said he could no longer tolerate soda, because carbonated beverages irritate his stomach. So the governor “cannot go to a function and drink a ton of Champagne or beer,” Mr. Ackerman, 59, a retired assistant principal in Brooklyn, said.
Pizza can get stuck. “Either it sits there and you feel like the lady in the commercial, with an elephant on your chest, or you’re going to have to excuse yourself, it will come up,” he said.
After lunch on Tuesday, Mr. Ackerman said he felt full on four ounces of fish. “In the past I would have eaten four or five times that,” he said.
For him, the rewards have been worth the sacrifice. Since his operation at Maimonides Medical Center in Brooklyn in 2009, he has removed nearly 100 pounds from his 6-foot-4-inch frame, slimming a 42-inch waist to a 36. “The only thing that hasn’t changed is my shoes,” he said.
Others have been less successful. Another Maimonides patient, who asked not to be named because she did not want to embarrass her doctor, said her operation had been extremely frustrating. “It’s definitely not as simple as people make it out to be,” the woman said. JoAnn Savino, a customer service worker in Patchogue, on Long Island, went from Size 18 to Size 6 jeans after having the operation just over three years ago at North Shore-LIJ Health System.
But her diet is not well-suited to the political life, said Ms. Savino, 66. She cannot eat just any roadhouse steak. “I eat filet mignon,” she said. “It’s soft.”
Still, she is sure that losing weight will make Mr. Christie a better father, husband and politician. “If you can’t feel good about yourself, you can’t help other people,” Ms. Savino said.
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Out of Control? Justin Bieber Gets in Big Trouble in Dubai - Tue 4/7/13
Justin Bieber is a bad luck magnet as of late-and it's partially due to his reckless behavior. Two days after making international headlines when a fan attacked him onstage at a concert, the 19-year-old pop prince is in hot water with the Dubai police for his excessive speeding.
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According to reports, the Biebs has been tooling around the swanky city, located in the United Arab Emirates, in a $400,000 white Lamborghini Aventador. He has been caught on a speeding camera a whopping total of six times during his short trip, and now he's got some hefty fines to pay.
This is not the first time he's caused some controversy on the road. Despite his young age, he's got millions in the bank and a penchant for fast cars-and was recently pulled over for racing his Ferrari in his gated community in Calabasas, California.
Our question here is: Why was he driving in Dubai in the first place? We all feel the need for speed once in awhile, but Bieber is overseas with a massive entourage-that no doubt includes a driver (or five).
Considering he's reportedly staying in an $18,000-a-night Royal Suite at the upscale Burj Al Arab Hotel, the world's only seven star hotel, we think it would be wise if he allows the concierge to handle the driving arrangements from here on out.
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By GEOFF MULVIHILL | Associated Press
New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie, a Republican who is seen as a possible presidential candidate for 2016, said Tuesday, 5/7/13, that he underwent a procedure in February 2013 to have a band implanted around his stomach in February in an effort to lose weight.A look at the procedure, his decision, and what it might mean:
THE SURGERY
Christie says he decided around the time he turned 50 on Sept. 6 that he wanted to have the procedure. It was originally scheduled for November but pushed back to February after Superstorm Sandy hit his state.
The procedure is the least invasive of the major weight-loss surgeries, and it's reversible. An adjustable band is placed around the stomach to restrict how much food someone can eat at once.
Compared to other procedures, weight loss is relatively slow — no more than 1 or 2 pounds per week. Patients still have to eat healthy foods and get exercise for the procedure to be successful, doctors say.
Christie says he underwent the 40-minute procedure on Feb. 16, went home later that day and was back at work after two more days of rest.
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THE REASON
Christie has struggled with his weight throughout his adult life, though he has never said publicly how much he weighs. He says that he has no other major health problems but knows that obesity is a risk for a variety of conditions.
"It's not a career issue for me. It's a long-term health issue for me. That's the basis on which I made the decision."
He said he wants to make sure he's there for his family and denied that he decided to have the surgeryto advance his re-election campaign this year or a future run for president, if he decides to embark on one.
He said he presented the idea of the surgery to his wife and four children and they encouraged him to do it.
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THE SECRECY
Christie says he told only a few staff members about the operation and did not intend to make a public announcement. "It's not anybody else's business but mine," he said.
But when he was asked directly by a New York Post reporter on Monday, he said he decided to acknowledge he had had the operation. He said the revelation was news to practically everybody, including his communications office and campaign staff.
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THE TIMING
Though Christie says he intended to keep his procedure a personal matter, The Post's article came out the same day as MSNBC personality Mika Brzezinski's book, "Obsessed: America's Food Addiction — And My Own," was released. The book features an interview with Christie about his struggles with his weight. It's a topic he has discussed in many national television interviews with questioners from Oprah Winfrey to David Letterman, and for years he has both joked about his size and said it's a serious problem that he's been working on.
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THE POLITICS
While Christie says the surgery was a personal decision about his health — something he called "a hell of a lot more important to me than running for president," there could be political implications.
Some critics have suggested that Christie's weight could be a political hindrance.
"Gov. Christie's weight is an issue the same way that any candidate or official's health is an issue," said Michael Dennehy, a New Hampshire-based Republican strategist and veteran of presidential politics. "Anyone running for president will need to comfort Americans with an overall healthy picture for their future."
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THE ROUTINE
Christie says he's been working with a personal trainer four times a week for years, and is continuing now.
He says he has not been as hungry since the surgery and has eaten less.
While he appears to be a bit thinner, Christie would not say Thursday how much weight he as lost.
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(1) It takes will power and conviction to go on a strict diet and hit the gym but those are things Christie doesn't have. So he does it the lazy man's way with surgery.....Reply(2) I guess diet and exercise were not an option for him. lazy sob.1 Reply
(3) The fact that he says he's not doing it because he's running for president proves this fat bloke is a liar, you think Obamas bad just wait till this jerk gets in office.Reply
(4) In keeping with any politician's attitude. He doesn't have the self-discipline to eat normally. He just goes for the quick fix. I'm sure he'll have a successful political career.
(5) He caved...I couldnt vote for him now.
(6) Just let him go away. Tired of seeing him in the news all the time. He is a loser, Obama puppet.
(7) His health would be of concern for any run in 2016. Has he already damaged his body from years of obesity? His is very large indeed, and the heart can only take so much abuse... Candidates cannot be severely obese and serve as a nations role model for "Readiness."
(8) A piece of shit is a piece of shit! It doesn't change because of surgery or weight loss.
(9) It takes will power and conviction to go on a strict diet and hit the gym but those are things Christie doesn't have. So he does it the lazy man's way with surgery.....Reply
(10) What ever happend to good ol eat less, choose healthier meals and exercise?
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Weight Led Governor to Surgery
Date: May 10, 2013
Gov. Chris Christie of New Jersey ascended to become one of the country’s top political stars almost in spite of his weight — dismissing those who questioned whether his size disqualified him for higher office as “ridiculous” and “irresponsible.”
Now, like some overweight politicians before him, Mr. Christie has embarked on a major effort to shed pounds at a time when his eyes are on the presidency. Saying that “a whole bunch of other things” had not worked, he revealed on Tuesday that he had undergone weight loss surgery three months ago. He is now 40 pounds lighter.
Mr. Christie, a Republican, said concerns about his family, not politics, drove him to undergo the “Lap-Band” procedure, in which a silicone band is placed around the stomach to discourage overeating.
His staff and even his closest political advisers said they had not known he had the operation or had even considered having it.
But in the image-conscious world of politics, the questions about what effect slimming down would have on a possible presidential run immediately dominated the discussion of his move. Mr. Christie’s heft has been part of his brand. Would he risk losing some of his Everyman appeal along with the weight?
The governor swatted those questions again. “Whatever size I happen to be when I have to make decisions about what to do next in my career, I doubt that will play any role or effect in what I decide to do,” he told reporters massed outside an event in Newark. “It’s not a career issue for me; it is a long-term health issue for me.”
Fair or not, weight has been often used as a metaphor to judge Mr. Christie.
To his critics, it represented his lack of discipline and his bullying manner — an advertisement by his opponent in the 2009 governor’s race showed unflattering pictures of his size and accused him of “throwing his weight around.” To his supporters, it softened his edges and made him more relatable — Mike DuHaime, his chief political strategist, has often said that voters want someone “just like them, only smarter.”
“I think Governor Christie has almost played off the fact that he is big,” said former Gov. Edward G. Rendell, a Pennsylvania Democrat who has struggled himself to shed unwanted pounds.
“It has helped establish him as a real person,” he said, noting that people are skeptical of perfectly combed “John Edwardshair” and no visible physical flaws. “In a strange way, it was political asset to him.”
The political pressures are real in a country has not elected an obese president since William Howard Taft more than a century ago. Former Gov. Mike Huckabee of Arkansas lost more than a hundred pounds before seeking the Republican presidential nomination in 2008. Former Gov. Haley Barbour of Mississippi told reporters interested in whether he would seek the 2012 Republican nomination to watch his waistline for clues.
And last year, as Mr. Christie was considered a presidential and then a vice-presidential possibility, some Republican donors couched their reservations with the observation that it was rare to see people as heavy as he is living to an old age. He was not happy that the operation was made public, and neither, he said, were his wife and four children. According to his staff, he acknowledged the procedure in an interview with The New York Post after the newspaper called to say they were running an article about it.
His office initially said he would answer no more questions about it, but he eventually agreed to take questions at a news conference on Tuesday.
He did so for more than 40 minutes, calling the fascination with his surgery “ridiculous and silly.”
“You know, people in public life have the same concerns that people in private life have,” he said, adding, “Just because I have a public office and I have some measure of notoriety doesn’t mean that my feelings about my family and my concerns about their future are any different than yours or anybody else that’s sitting here.”
As the obesity epidemic in the country has grown, surgical interventions have become more common. Two of the more common surgical options for people seeking to lose weight: banding and its riskier predecessor, gastric bypass surgery.
In choosing to undergo the banding procedure, Mr. Christie joins a list of public figures — including the New York Jets coach Rex Ryan, whom Mr. Christie consulted before the surgery, Representative Jerrold Nadler of New York and the TV weatherman Al Roker — who have turned to surgery to help where diet and exercise have failed.
Mr. Barbour, who is close to Mr. Christie, said political concerns motivated Mr. Barbour to lose 30 pounds during his 2003 campaign for governor. “It is no secret to voters who don’t know a candidate can sometimes be put off by that candidate’s being overweight,” he said.
Mr. Christie has often spoke of his struggles to lose weight, which he said started to become an issue in his 20s, when he stopped playing organized sports.
His sense of urgency about losing weight had increased since he turned 50, he said.
Even those close to him who noticed his recent weight loss presumed that it was another down in what has been a yo-yo cycle. The governor has never revealed his exact weight, but it has been reported at being from 300 to 350 pounds. In July 2011, he was hospitalized briefly after having an asthma attack.
In February, about a week before the surgery, Mr. Christie made light of the issue by munching on a doughnut in an appearance on the “Late Show With David Letterman.”
But around the same time he also got into an angry back and forth with a former White House doctor who expressed concerns about his weight potentially causing him to die in office, telling her to “shut up.”
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Christie: I didn't vote for Obama, he doesn't lead
6/29/13
VERNON, N.J. (AP) — Republicans accused New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie of getting too cozy with President Barack Obama after Superstorm Sandy.
But during a visit Friday to a Republican stronghold for one of his regular town hall meetings, the governor went out of his way to put some distance between himself and the Democratic president.
Before taking questions from the public, Christie spoke about the problems in Washington, appearing to place most of the blame on Obama.
"We look at Washington, D.C., and we shake our heads in wonder at a president who can't figure out how to lead, at a Congress that only 11 percent of the people in the last poll I saw approve of the job they're doing," he said.
Referring further to those low approval ratings, Christie said "that's what happens when you don't have a leader at the top."
"That's what happens when you have someone in the executive office who is more concerned about being right than he's concerned about getting things done, and I'm not going to be that kind of leader of New Jersey."
When former Vernon Mayor Sally Rinker thanked Christie for the way he worked with Obama after Sandy and referred to the criticism he took for it, the governor cut her off.
He said he disagreed with Obama "probably 95 percent of the time" and hadn't voted for him either time.
"I don't want him to be president but it wasn't my choice," said Christie, a potential candidate for the presidency in 2016 who had criticized Obama's leadership on previous occasions.
At the same time, he said there's only one president at a time, and he dismissed criticism he received for the praise he gave Obama for the government's response to Sandy.
"And when the storm hits the state and the president of the United States calls you and says, 'I want to come and see it and I want to help,' and he actually follows through on the promises that he made, then you have to say that on that part of it he did a good job," Christie said. "That doesn't mean I like Obamacare, that doesn't mean I like what he's doing on taxes or spending or anything else."
"For the folks who are critical of that, let me just ask them, 'What would you have me do, exactly?' ... The president calls and says I want to come and visit and see it for myself so I can help you and I say, 'Yeah, no. I'm for Mitt Romney, I don't want you to come.' Or would you have me wear my Romney sweatshirt while I was walking around with him? You know, I mean, this is ridiculous stuff."
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Christie did take good care of NJ after Sandy. You can't fault that. I don't want him for prez because I lived in Jersey BEFORE the storm and didn't like what he was doing then.
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Career Politicians always agree when it comes to other people's money... BTW Yahoo your new format stinks...
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christopher 20 hours ago25
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Agree with the poster about the new yahoo format. Suckavoo.
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andy 19 hours ago25
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New Format WORST EVER !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
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Wayne 19 hours ago13
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Are you telling me that the Bro-mance is over? Shocking..
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mark 20 hours ago50
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Yea right, come on Christie you can not have it both ways.
But guess this nothing new, politicians have been playing the american people for fools for years.
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Mr. Andy 19 hours ago30
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How convenient for CC to make these comments today, 9 months after the Presidential election.
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claw 20 hours ago71
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Mr. Christie, I thought you said Mr. Obama was a great leader when he visited New Jersey after Sandy and gave you a 60 billion dollar check, JUST BEFORE THE ELECTION!!! I'm REALLY glad you supported Romney so well during the election run up. You are just another TYPICAL politician who will BLOW with the breeze!
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Richard W. 20 hours ago37
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Christiie just another lieing politician saying whatever he thinks who he is talking to wants to hear.
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starofsd 19 hours ago40
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Me To Christie: You suck, you can't play both sides and think people believe you.
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Duane 20 hours ago1
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Methinks he protests too much. He is coming off like another politician who will go with whatever wind is blowing at the time as long as he thinks it will do him some good
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JamesMovieBuff 20 hours ago24
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Christie is such a snake. One moment he is kissing Obama's butt, the next moment he is saying Obama sucks. Make up your mind you silly hypocrite!
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Scott G 21 hours ago43
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Christie, the poster boy for two faced politicians....what a loser.
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pysco 20 hours ago15
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He's still a big government gumba
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the duke 20 hours ago18
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the Conservative base has written him off as a contender fat or thin
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bo 21 hours ago27
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He must be up for re election and is trying to cover all his bases. first he kisses obamas #$%$ and then he says I did not vote for him.
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Fire2Ice 19 hours ago21
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Pretty two-faced of Christie who kissed Obama's butt after Sandy.
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Thomas 21 hours ago24
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Christie the sellout is trying to save face.
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M60 20 hours ago9
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"In 2010, Christie told Politico that America needs to come up with a "clear path to citizenship.""
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floppy1 19 hours ago17
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CHRIS CHRISTIE No Easy Path to Slimness, Patients Say of Procedure
Date: May 8, 2013
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The standard knock on weight-loss surgery is that it amounts to taking the easy way out. But people interviewed on Tuesday who have had the same type of surgery as Gov. Chris Christie of New Jersey say it is not so.
There will probably be no more bubbly Champagne or hefty steaks at political events. No more gobbling slices of pizza while on the campaign trail.
For Mr. Christie, the rewards of successful stomach-band surgery could be great, like reducing his risk of a premature death or having the chance to run for president as a slimmer person. But the consequences of not sticking to a post-surgery diet could be dire, like being forced to run to the bathroom after eating the wrong food or suffering the abject humiliation of being a public figure who still fails to lose weight publicly.
“You really have to change your mind-set; it’s a new way of eating,” said David Ackerman, a Lap-Band patient.
An estimated 200,000 people a year have weight-loss surgery in the United States, and banding — placing a silicone band around the upper part of the stomach to restrict intake — is the least invasive and least risky type.
“We like to say that about a third of people do really well, a third so-so and a third not so well,” said Dr. Hans Schmidt, chief of bariatric surgery at Hackensack University Medical Center.
Looking at Mr. Christie’s photograph, Dr. Jaime Ponce, president of the American Society for Metabolic and Bariatric Surgery, estimated that his weight could range from 350 to 450 pounds.
If Mr. Christie did well, he could lose about 150 pounds by 2016, Dr. Ponce said. “That would put him in a 250 range,” he said. “He’s still going to be looking like a big guy, but not overweight like he is now.”
With the band in place, food has to be cut into small pieces and chewed well, and the band’s very purpose can be circumvented with high-calorie shakes or soft foods.
Mr. Ackerman said he could no longer tolerate soda, because carbonated beverages irritate his stomach. So the governor “cannot go to a function and drink a ton of Champagne or beer,” Mr. Ackerman, 59, a retired assistant principal in Brooklyn, said.
Pizza can get stuck. “Either it sits there and you feel like the lady in the commercial, with an elephant on your chest, or you’re going to have to excuse yourself, it will come up,” he said.
After lunch on Tuesday, Mr. Ackerman said he felt full on four ounces of fish. “In the past I would have eaten four or five times that,” he said.
For him, the rewards have been worth the sacrifice. Since his operation at Maimonides Medical Center in Brooklyn in 2009, he has removed nearly 100 pounds from his 6-foot-4-inch frame, slimming a 42-inch waist to a 36. “The only thing that hasn’t changed is my shoes,” he said.
Others have been less successful. Another Maimonides patient, who asked not to be named because she did not want to embarrass her doctor, said her operation had been extremely frustrating. “It’s definitely not as simple as people make it out to be,” the woman said. JoAnn Savino, a customer service worker in Patchogue, on Long Island, went from Size 18 to Size 6 jeans after having the operation just over three years ago at North Shore-LIJ Health System.
But her diet is not well-suited to the political life, said Ms. Savino, 66. She cannot eat just any roadhouse steak. “I eat filet mignon,” she said. “It’s soft.”
Still, she is sure that losing weight will make Mr. Christie a better father, husband and politician. “If you can’t feel good about yourself, you can’t help other people,” Ms. Savino said.
Source: NYT
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Out of Control? Justin Bieber Gets in Big Trouble in Dubai - Tue 4/7/13
Justin Bieber is a bad luck magnet as of late-and it's partially due to his reckless behavior. Two days after making international headlines when a fan attacked him onstage at a concert, the 19-year-old pop prince is in hot water with the Dubai police for his excessive speeding.
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According to reports, the Biebs has been tooling around the swanky city, located in the United Arab Emirates, in a $400,000 white Lamborghini Aventador. He has been caught on a speeding camera a whopping total of six times during his short trip, and now he's got some hefty fines to pay.
This is not the first time he's caused some controversy on the road. Despite his young age, he's got millions in the bank and a penchant for fast cars-and was recently pulled over for racing his Ferrari in his gated community in Calabasas, California.
Our question here is: Why was he driving in Dubai in the first place? We all feel the need for speed once in awhile, but Bieber is overseas with a massive entourage-that no doubt includes a driver (or five).
Considering he's reportedly staying in an $18,000-a-night Royal Suite at the upscale Burj Al Arab Hotel, the world's only seven star hotel, we think it would be wise if he allows the concierge to handle the driving arrangements from here on out.
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By Dr. Christian von Christophers, Ph.D., N.D
Our not-for-profit organization has 10 private services (listed in our website)
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Mr. Bieber will not last very long with his childish, cocky attitudes - the audience will leave him if he continues in this disrespectful manner. Does he think he is something so special that the laws do not apply to him?
He is going to fail if he is not learning to understand how to create real success = have the public appreciating his God-given talents. He did not himself create his talents - they are a gift from life. Does he treat his gift in a respectful manner?
Quotation: "You respect you keep - you don't you loose" (Dr. Christian)
What is then the solution?
STAF, Inc. has one of the leading professionals giving a new life to any troubled celebrity
with the same unique lifetime result guarantee.
STAF, Inc. will invite Mr. Bieber to accept STAF,Inc.'s new techniques to bring him out of the deep troubles & shame he has caused. STAF, Inc. will get the desired results for Mr. Bieber. We accept celebrities ONLY after their treatments with other professionals have fully failed.
E.g., in the same manner we will now finally also accept Ms. Lindsay Lohan to enter our training & counseling to have a real, successful life.
Go to our website (the link below) to see on the home page our by-invitation-only celebrity list.
Our leading expert is the founder of a new science "Successology" (Reg. U.S.Pat.Off.1991)
and the developer of several counseling methods (fully different from the failing counselors' & rehab methods).
STAF, Inc.'s leading success counselor for the celebrities has a long experience bringing lasting results when many other professionals may have failed.
STAF, Inc.'s presence is needed in D.C. in the U.S. Congress (House & Senate). STAF, Inc.'s founding President is planning (1) to seek a seat in D.C. Congress/Senate to provide the necessary information to the D.C. lawmakers and (2) to establish a new federal agency, Healthy Lifestyle & Family Success Agency & to be named its first federal director. New legislation & training for all these matters are needed in a results-bringing manner.
STAF, Inc.'s slogan: Less suffering - more life™
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Out of Control Justin Bieber Gets in Big Trouble in Dubai Justin Bieber is a bad luck magnet as of late-and it's partially due to his reckless behavior. Two days after making international headlines
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Lindsay Lohan Is Here to Stay:
Fame Not Fleeting, Study Finds
By Stephanie Pappas, LiveScience Senior Writer | LiveScience.com – 1 hr 44 mins ago
- Fifteen minutes of fame? More like 15 years.
Once a celebrity claws their way to the top, they're unlikely to get knocked off the pedestal, a new study finds. In fact, 96 percent of people mentioned in newspapers more than 100 times in a given year were already famous three years before.
"There is almost a consensus among scholars in the field of the sociology of fame, that most fame is ephemeral (Lasting for a very short time: "fashions are ephemeral" transitory - transient - momentary - short-lived)," study researcher Eran Shor of McGill University said in a statement. "What we've shown here that is truly revolutionary is that the people who you and I would consider famous, even the Kim Kardashians of this world, stay famous for a long time. It doesn't come and go."
They're not going anywhere
That's bad news to those tired of seeing reality star Kardashian or actress Lindsay Lohan plastered over every tabloid. The finding also doesn't bode well for those aiming for the spotlight: Turnover in the celebrity industry is low, the researchers report in April in the journal American Sociological Review.
Shor and his colleagues tracked names mentioned in English-language newspapers over several decades. They found that lasting fame is the norm in all areas, including sports, politics and entertainment. [17 Species Named for Celebrities]
They also found the celebrities most likely to get name-checked by entertainment sections. Between 2004 and 2009, they found that the 10 most frequent names in newspaper entertainment articles were Jamie Foxx, Bill Murray, Natalie Portman, Tommy Lee Jones, Naomi Watts, Howard Hughes, Phil Spector, John Malkovich, Adrien Brody and Steve Buscemi. All of these entertainers boast years- or decades-long careers. ("The Aviator," a movie based on the life of billionaire and movie producer Howard Hughes, came out in 2004, which might explain why Hughes' name was so common despite his death in 1976.)
The fame loop
Fame is self-reinforcing, the researchers wrote. A new talent or random chance might propel an individual into the spotlight, but once they're there, the media and audiences tend to devote attention to them simply because they are famous — and because competing media outlets are devoting attention to them, as well.
There are exceptions to long-lasting fame, of course, said study researcher Arnout van de Rijt, a sociologist at Stony Brook University.
"Leonard Cohen is still well-known today, over 40 years after he first became famous," Van de Rijt said in a statement. "But Chesley Sullenberger, the pilot who received instant fame after safely landing a disabled plane on the Hudson, is a name that will likely be forgotten pretty quickly. What we have shown is that Leonard Cohen is the rule and Chesley Sullenberger the exception."
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5/4/-13 - Piers Morgan sat down with Lindsay Lohan for an interview in New York City just days ahead of the actress entering court-mandated rehab.
The troubled 26-year-old spoke candidly with the CNN host, and opened up about her sexuality and drug use - including the handful of times she's used cocaine.
"Everyone thinks I've done [cocaine] so many times. But I've only done it maybe four or five times in my life," she told Piers, adding that she doesn't care for the sensation the drug causes, as it makes her feel "too buzzed" and "uncomfortable." "I took it four times in a period from about the age of 20 to 23, and I got caught twice."
PHOTOS: Lindsay Lohan Over The Years
The actress, who checked into the Betty Ford Center on Friday as part of a plea deal stemming from a car accident case, said she's "never" taken heroin or LSD, or "injected" herself with a substance, but has used marijuana and ecstasy.
"[I've used] pot, obviously. And ecstasy. I liked that better than the others," she said. "I didn't drink on it, so I was just chilling. It's something that a lot of people experience when they're in college. I just should have known that being in the public eye, someone was bound to say something or try to make some money off it."
PHOTOS: Stars Who Have Been In Rehab
When asked by Piers to be "hyper-self-critical" in describing herself, Lindsay said, "Everyone thinks I'm this crazy drug addict who shows up late to everything and behaves so badly. But I'm not.
"I'm bad with timing," she continued. "I always panic when people rush me. I'm like, 'I'll be there half an hour early if you just give me my space and don't call me every five seconds.'"
As for her sexuality, Lindsay - who famously dated DJ Samantha Ronson - said despite her history with Samantha, she is definitely straight.
"I know I'm straight," she said. "I have made out with girls before, and I had a relationship with a girl. But I think I needed to experience that and I think I was looking for something different."
PHOTOS: Lindsay Lohan's Courtroom Couture
Though the actress (who said she's been court-ordered to rehab six times) told Piers she considers rehab "pointless," she said she's staying positive about her 90-day stint at Betty Ford.
"I look at it as a good thing. I can come back afterwards and be fully focused on work. But I think there are other things I could do instead of going to a rehab center that would benefit me more," she explained. "The best thing they could do for me would be to make me go abroad to different countries and work with children."
-- Erin O'Sullivan
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Lindsay Lohan Rehab Update: Actress Can’t Leave Premises, ADD Medication Questioned - We 5/8/13
Lindsay Lohan is securely tucked away in rehab at the Betty Ford Center in Rancho Mirage, California, and it doesn't sound like she’ll be leaving anytime soon.
"It is understood by the Betty Ford Center that [Lohan] is to remain on the premises for the duration of her 90-day stay in treatment," reads a document filed with the L.A. Superior Court. As part of Lohan's plea agreement, she must complete treatment at a lockdown facility for her 90-day court-ordered rehab stint. This is the seventh time the 26-year-old actress has been in rehab.
Lohan is currently allowed to take the medication Adderall to treat her Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder; however, TMZ reports that doctors are evaluating Lohan's original diagnosis and the efficacy of the drug. The "Mean Girls" actress admitted during a recent interview with Piers Morgan that she takes this prescription medication regularly.
"I have severe ADD," Lohan told Morgan. "I can’t stand still. So I take Adderall for that, it calms me. I know people who take it to stay up, or girls who take it to supposedly stay slim because it kills your appetite. But I eat all the time. I just take it to stay calm. It works well for me."
During that same interview, Lohan called rehab "pointless" while claiming she is "not a huge drinker" and does not do illegal drugs (anymore). You can check out the full interview on The Daily Mail.
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By Dr. Christian von Christophers, Ph.D., N.D
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Ms. Lohan's quote in the article "she considers rehab "pointless".
STAF, Inc. agrees with that statement 100% - The rehab program WILL NOT bring any desired results for her - that program can, in her case, actually motivate Ms. Lohan to continue the same behavior with deeper problems.
Another quote by her is: "But I think there are other things I could do instead of going to a rehab center that would benefit me more," she explained. "The best thing they could do for me would be to make me go abroad to different countries and work with children."
That is not any solution, either. Before she could work with any child, she has to herself first leave her childish behavior.
What is then the solution?
STAF, Inc. has one of the leading professionals giving a new life to any troubled celebrity
with the same lifetime result guarantee.
STAF, Inc. has invited Ms. Lohan to accept STAF,Inc.'s new techniques to bring her out of the deep troubles & shame she has caused. STAF, Inc. will get the desired results for Ms. Lohan. We accept celebrities ONLY after their treatments with other professionals have fully failed.
Go to our website (the link below) to see on the home page our by-invitation-only celebrity list.
Our leading expert is the founder of a new science "Successology" (Reg. U.S.Pat.Off.1991)
and the developer of several counseling methods (fully different from the failing counselors' & rehab methods).
STAF, Inc. leading result-bringer for the celebrities has a long experience bringing lasting results when many other professionals may have failed.
STAF, Inc.'s presence is needed in D.C. in the U.S. Congress (House & Senate). STAF, Inc.'s founding President is planning (1) to seek a seat in D.C. Congress/Senate to provide the necessary information to the D.C. lawmakers and (2) to establish a new federal agency, Healthy Lifestyle & Family Success Agency & to be named its first federal director. New legislation & training for all these matters are needed in a results-bringing manner.
STAF, Inc.'s slogan: Less suffering - more life™
On STAF, Inc.'s website page tops is a link to study the original STAF, Inc.'s founding documents to see its mission statements.
Save The American Family - STAF, Inc., -not-for-profit, needs donations to widen its important work for your & your family's richer, healthier & safer future.
Mail any size of donation in any currency as paper money to: STAF, Inc., GPO 339, New York, NY 10116-0339, USA. In the envelope enclose your name & email address - STAF, Inc. will email you a tax deductible confirmation receipt.100 % of donations will be used for STAF, Inc.'s help operations in reducing sickness & promoting healthy lifestyle.
Listen to STAF, Inc.'s popular Radio Shows - you'll get free CEU & College-University credits nationwide or worldwide. To visit STAF, Inc.'s extensive website, search the internet with: "Save The American Family - STAF, Inc.- Home" - (one 'F' in STAF, Inc.).
Respectfully,
Christian von Christophers, Ph.D., N.D.
STAF. Inc.'s founding President
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Article 1 of 2Justin Bieber investigated for reckless driving
LOS ANGELES (AP), 5/29/13 — Los Angeles County Sheriff's detectives are investigating Justin Bieber for reckless driving after witnesses — including former NFL star Keyshawn Johnson — complained about the pop-star's alleged freeway speeds in their gated community in north Los Angeles County.
At about 8 p.m. Monday, Bieber allegedly drove his white Ferrari at freeway speeds in what is a 25 mph zone, Sheriff's spokesman Steve Whitmore said.
Johnson was outside with his 3-year-old daughter who was preparing to get into a small electric car when Bieber zoomed by. Johnson was upset and got into his Prius, following Bieber to his nearby home. As the garage door was closing, Johnson put out his arm and stopped it, telling Bieber he wanted to talk about his reckless driving.
Whitmore said Bieber scurried into his home without speaking.
The Los Angeles County Sheriff's Department received two calls and responded to the location. When they tried to talk to Bieber, however, they were also turned away.
"His security detail said he declined to talk to us based on the advice of counsel," Whitmore said.
Deputies interviewed two witnesses, including Johnson, and wrote up their report. They handed that off to detectives who are continuing to investigate the incident.
"Their eyewitness testimony to our deputies was definitive — not only the speed, not only the vehicle, but Mr. Bieber was sitting and driving in the driver's side seat," Whitmore said.
Deputies plan to send a reckless driving report to the Los Angeles County District Attorney's Office to consider filing misdemeanor charges in the next week or two.
Bieber's publicist did not immediately return a call for comment. Johnson declined to comment via ESPN, where he now works as a TV commentator.
Prosecutors are also looking at whether to charge Bieber for battery in a separate incident involving a neighbor, who complained the pop-star attacked and threatened him.
"We take this very seriously and if this actually did occur, which it appears that it did, it is unacceptable behavior from anybody, anywhere, anytime," Whitmore said.
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Cops Called to Justin Bieber’s House…Again
5/19/13 - It's Justin Bieber versus his neighbors, part two.
Cops were called to the 19-year-old's home in Calabasas, California, on Sunday, omg! has confirmed, after two neighbors called into complain about the singer's reckless driving.
According to TMZ, former NFL player Keyshawn Johnson was one of those who called the police. Johnson had supposedly just left a party on Monday night inside their gated community – with his child in the car – when Bieber sped by in his Ferrari. When Johnson tried to confront the "Beauty and a Beat" singer, Bieber ran inside his house and refused to talk. The singer also reportedly did not talk to the police.
This isn't the first time the Biebs has ticked off his neighbors. Selena Gomez's on-again, off-again ex is currently being investigated for battery, stemming from the March 26 incident when a neighbor told cops Bieber made physical contact with him and threatened him. That incident allegedly happenedafter the neighbor confronted Bieber about driving too fast around the neighborhood, which counts many young children among its residents.
Before the most recent incident went down on Sunday, the photo agency X17 got pics of Bieber hanging at his house. The singer can be seen flipping off cameras overhead in one shot and flashing his abs in another. We also get a glimpse of Bieber's tricked out fancy cars, one all leopard.
Sounds like quite an eventful Memorial Day weekend.
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Locals Go to War Over Justin Bieber’s Ferrari-date: 5/30/13Justin Bieber and cars just don't mix.
The 19-year-old's Ferrari was pulled over for speeding outside of his gated community in Calabasas, California, on Wednesday.
The driver — who was not Bieber — was not ticketed, Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Department spokesman Steve Whitmore said.Multiple reports say it was in fact Bieber's pal Lil Twist behind the wheel.
[Related: Justin Bieber's Driving Drama Builds]
But shouldn't Bieber know by now that it's not the best idea to lend his friend Lil Twist his cars?
Twist, a 20-year-old rapper, has not exactly taken care of Bieber's luxe rides in the past. This year alone, Lil Twist racked up two reckless driving tickets and even was involved in a hit-and-run while driving Bieber's vehicles. He was also the one in the driver's seat when a paparazzo, who thought he was following Bieber's car, was struck and killed by another motorist as he snapped photos.
The Biebs himself isn't a much better driver … or neighbor.
Bieber's car was pulled over on Wednesday. (X17Online.com)
On Monday, two people who live near Bieber witnessed the teen idol driving at high speeds through neighborhood streets, according to the L.A. Times.
One of them was former NFL star Keyshawn Johnson, whose 3-year-old daughter was playing in Johnson's driveway. Johnson went to Bieber's home to confront him as he watched the singer pull into his garage, but Bieber refused to discuss the incident and went inside. He also hasn't talked to police about the matter.
An L.A. Times source close to the investigation said Bieber's team insists he wasn't the one driving during the Sunday incident, and that he only was behind the wheel long enough to back the car into the garage.
Bieber's publicist did not immediately respond to omg!'s request for comment.
Officials are currently determining whether there's enough evidence to charge Bieber with a misdemeanor charge of reckless driving, as well as battery for an incident in March when he allegedly spit on a neighbor.
Not surprisingly, that occurrence was also sparked by Bieber and his boys speeding through the streets …
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6/5/13
Debbie Rowe has confirmed exclusively to Entertainment Tonight that Paris Jackson tried to commit suicide and is currently in a Los Angeles hospital.
She was rushed to the hospital with cuts on her wrist June 5 in the early morning hours. Rowe tells ET that Jackson has had "a lot going on [lately]."
A source close to the family tells ET exclusively that the reason Paris attempted suicide is because she wasn't allowed to go to a Marilyn Manson concert. The rocker is set to play Gibson Amphitheaterwith Alice Cooper on June 6.
LA County Fire confirms to ET that they received a 911 call for an overdose at 1:27 a.m. and one person was transported to hospital.
On June 4 Jackson Tweeted, "yesterday, all my troubles seemed so far away ... now it looks as though they're here to stay."
This month was already set to be a tough one for Paris as June 25 marks the fourth anniversary ofMichael Jackson's passing.
UPDATES: Katherine Jackson released the following statement to ET: "Being a sensitive 15 year old is difficult no matter who you are. It is especially difficult when you lose the person closest to you. Paris is physically fine and is getting appropriate medical attention. Please respect her privacy and the family's privacy."
La Toya Jackson tells ET, "We are grateful and appreciate the overwhelming concern for Paris from both the public and the media, but request privacy at this time while our family handles these issues together."
Tito, Jackie and Marlon Jackson exclusively tell ET, "Thank you for the outpouring of concern and support for Paris. She is safe and doing fine. We truly appreciate you respecting our family's privacy at this time."
According to a 911 dispatch call, the young woman took 20 Motrin and cut herself with a kitchen knife.
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Lindsay Lohan to Piers Morgan : I used cocaine , ecstasy in the past but ' rehab is pointless 'New York Daily News - 15 hours ago
Ahead of her three-month rehab lockdown, Lindsay Lohan met Piers Morgan for the first time. The British CNN anchor, known for his forward...
Lindsay Lohan Opens Up To Piers Morgan; Actress Talks Drugs, Rehab - Access Hollywood
Access Hollywood - by Erin O'Sullivan - 6 hours ago
Lindsay Lohan Opens Up To Piers Morgan; Actress Talks Drugs, Rehab
Yahoo! Movies (blog) - 7 hours ago
5/4/-13 - Piers Morgan sat down with Lindsay Lohan for an interview in New York City just days ahead of the actress entering court-mandated rehab.
The troubled 26-year-old spoke candidly with the CNN host, and opened up about her sexuality and drug use - including the handful of times she's used cocaine.
"Everyone thinks I've done [cocaine] so many times. But I've only done it maybe four or five times in my life," she told Piers, adding that she doesn't care for the sensation the drug causes, as it makes her feel "too buzzed" and "uncomfortable." "I took it four times in a period from about the age of 20 to 23, and I got caught twice."
PHOTOS: Lindsay Lohan Over The Years
The actress, who checked into the Betty Ford Center on Friday as part of a plea deal stemming from a car accident case, said she's "never" taken heroin or LSD, or "injected" herself with a substance, but has used marijuana and ecstasy.
"[I've used] pot, obviously. And ecstasy. I liked that better than the others," she said. "I didn't drink on it, so I was just chilling. It's something that a lot of people experience when they're in college. I just should have known that being in the public eye, someone was bound to say something or try to make some money off it."
PHOTOS: Stars Who Have Been In Rehab
When asked by Piers to be "hyper-self-critical" in describing herself, Lindsay said, "Everyone thinks I'm this crazy drug addict who shows up late to everything and behaves so badly. But I'm not.
"I'm bad with timing," she continued. "I always panic when people rush me. I'm like, 'I'll be there half an hour early if you just give me my space and don't call me every five seconds.'"
As for her sexuality, Lindsay - who famously dated DJ Samantha Ronson - said despite her history with Samantha, she is definitely straight.
"I know I'm straight," she said. "I have made out with girls before, and I had a relationship with a girl. But I think I needed to experience that and I think I was looking for something different."
PHOTOS: Lindsay Lohan's Courtroom Couture
Though the actress (who said she's been court-ordered to rehab six times) told Piers she considers rehab "pointless," she said she's staying positive about her 90-day stint at Betty Ford.
"I look at it as a good thing. I can come back afterwards and be fully focused on work. But I think there are other things I could do instead of going to a rehab center that would benefit me more," she explained. "The best thing they could do for me would be to make me go abroad to different countries and work with children."
-- Erin O'Sullivan
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Lindsay Lohan Rehab Update: Actress Can’t Leave Premises, ADD Medication Questioned - We 5/8/13
Lindsay Lohan is securely tucked away in rehab at the Betty Ford Center in Rancho Mirage, California, and it doesn't sound like she’ll be leaving anytime soon.
"It is understood by the Betty Ford Center that [Lohan] is to remain on the premises for the duration of her 90-day stay in treatment," reads a document filed with the L.A. Superior Court. As part of Lohan's plea agreement, she must complete treatment at a lockdown facility for her 90-day court-ordered rehab stint. This is the seventh time the 26-year-old actress has been in rehab.
Lohan is currently allowed to take the medication Adderall to treat her Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder; however, TMZ reports that doctors are evaluating Lohan's original diagnosis and the efficacy of the drug. The "Mean Girls" actress admitted during a recent interview with Piers Morgan that she takes this prescription medication regularly.
"I have severe ADD," Lohan told Morgan. "I can’t stand still. So I take Adderall for that, it calms me. I know people who take it to stay up, or girls who take it to supposedly stay slim because it kills your appetite. But I eat all the time. I just take it to stay calm. It works well for me."
During that same interview, Lohan called rehab "pointless" while claiming she is "not a huge drinker" and does not do illegal drugs (anymore). You can check out the full interview on The Daily Mail.
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Article 1 of 2Justin Bieber investigated for reckless driving
LOS ANGELES (AP), 5/29/13 — Los Angeles County Sheriff's detectives are investigating Justin Bieber for reckless driving after witnesses — including former NFL star Keyshawn Johnson — complained about the pop-star's alleged freeway speeds in their gated community in north Los Angeles County.
At about 8 p.m. Monday, Bieber allegedly drove his white Ferrari at freeway speeds in what is a 25 mph zone, Sheriff's spokesman Steve Whitmore said.
Johnson was outside with his 3-year-old daughter who was preparing to get into a small electric car when Bieber zoomed by. Johnson was upset and got into his Prius, following Bieber to his nearby home. As the garage door was closing, Johnson put out his arm and stopped it, telling Bieber he wanted to talk about his reckless driving.
Whitmore said Bieber scurried into his home without speaking.
The Los Angeles County Sheriff's Department received two calls and responded to the location. When they tried to talk to Bieber, however, they were also turned away.
"His security detail said he declined to talk to us based on the advice of counsel," Whitmore said.
Deputies interviewed two witnesses, including Johnson, and wrote up their report. They handed that off to detectives who are continuing to investigate the incident.
"Their eyewitness testimony to our deputies was definitive — not only the speed, not only the vehicle, but Mr. Bieber was sitting and driving in the driver's side seat," Whitmore said.
Deputies plan to send a reckless driving report to the Los Angeles County District Attorney's Office to consider filing misdemeanor charges in the next week or two.
Bieber's publicist did not immediately return a call for comment. Johnson declined to comment via ESPN, where he now works as a TV commentator.
Prosecutors are also looking at whether to charge Bieber for battery in a separate incident involving a neighbor, who complained the pop-star attacked and threatened him.
"We take this very seriously and if this actually did occur, which it appears that it did, it is unacceptable behavior from anybody, anywhere, anytime," Whitmore said.
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Cops Called to Justin Bieber’s House…Again
5/19/13 - It's Justin Bieber versus his neighbors, part two.
Cops were called to the 19-year-old's home in Calabasas, California, on Sunday, omg! has confirmed, after two neighbors called into complain about the singer's reckless driving.
According to TMZ, former NFL player Keyshawn Johnson was one of those who called the police. Johnson had supposedly just left a party on Monday night inside their gated community – with his child in the car – when Bieber sped by in his Ferrari. When Johnson tried to confront the "Beauty and a Beat" singer, Bieber ran inside his house and refused to talk. The singer also reportedly did not talk to the police.
This isn't the first time the Biebs has ticked off his neighbors. Selena Gomez's on-again, off-again ex is currently being investigated for battery, stemming from the March 26 incident when a neighbor told cops Bieber made physical contact with him and threatened him. That incident allegedly happenedafter the neighbor confronted Bieber about driving too fast around the neighborhood, which counts many young children among its residents.
Before the most recent incident went down on Sunday, the photo agency X17 got pics of Bieber hanging at his house. The singer can be seen flipping off cameras overhead in one shot and flashing his abs in another. We also get a glimpse of Bieber's tricked out fancy cars, one all leopard.
Sounds like quite an eventful Memorial Day weekend.
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Locals Go to War Over Justin Bieber’s Ferrari-date: 5/30/13Justin Bieber and cars just don't mix.
The 19-year-old's Ferrari was pulled over for speeding outside of his gated community in Calabasas, California, on Wednesday.
The driver — who was not Bieber — was not ticketed, Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Department spokesman Steve Whitmore said.Multiple reports say it was in fact Bieber's pal Lil Twist behind the wheel.
[Related: Justin Bieber's Driving Drama Builds]
But shouldn't Bieber know by now that it's not the best idea to lend his friend Lil Twist his cars?
Twist, a 20-year-old rapper, has not exactly taken care of Bieber's luxe rides in the past. This year alone, Lil Twist racked up two reckless driving tickets and even was involved in a hit-and-run while driving Bieber's vehicles. He was also the one in the driver's seat when a paparazzo, who thought he was following Bieber's car, was struck and killed by another motorist as he snapped photos.
The Biebs himself isn't a much better driver … or neighbor.
Bieber's car was pulled over on Wednesday. (X17Online.com)
On Monday, two people who live near Bieber witnessed the teen idol driving at high speeds through neighborhood streets, according to the L.A. Times.
One of them was former NFL star Keyshawn Johnson, whose 3-year-old daughter was playing in Johnson's driveway. Johnson went to Bieber's home to confront him as he watched the singer pull into his garage, but Bieber refused to discuss the incident and went inside. He also hasn't talked to police about the matter.
An L.A. Times source close to the investigation said Bieber's team insists he wasn't the one driving during the Sunday incident, and that he only was behind the wheel long enough to back the car into the garage.
Bieber's publicist did not immediately respond to omg!'s request for comment.
Officials are currently determining whether there's enough evidence to charge Bieber with a misdemeanor charge of reckless driving, as well as battery for an incident in March when he allegedly spit on a neighbor.
Not surprisingly, that occurrence was also sparked by Bieber and his boys speeding through the streets …
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============================================================================= Paris Jackson Suicide Attempt Confirmed
6/5/13
Debbie Rowe has confirmed exclusively to Entertainment Tonight that Paris Jackson tried to commit suicide and is currently in a Los Angeles hospital.
She was rushed to the hospital with cuts on her wrist June 5 in the early morning hours. Rowe tells ET that Jackson has had "a lot going on [lately]."
A source close to the family tells ET exclusively that the reason Paris attempted suicide is because she wasn't allowed to go to a Marilyn Manson concert. The rocker is set to play Gibson Amphitheaterwith Alice Cooper on June 6.
LA County Fire confirms to ET that they received a 911 call for an overdose at 1:27 a.m. and one person was transported to hospital.
On June 4 Jackson Tweeted, "yesterday, all my troubles seemed so far away ... now it looks as though they're here to stay."
This month was already set to be a tough one for Paris as June 25 marks the fourth anniversary ofMichael Jackson's passing.
UPDATES: Katherine Jackson released the following statement to ET: "Being a sensitive 15 year old is difficult no matter who you are. It is especially difficult when you lose the person closest to you. Paris is physically fine and is getting appropriate medical attention. Please respect her privacy and the family's privacy."
La Toya Jackson tells ET, "We are grateful and appreciate the overwhelming concern for Paris from both the public and the media, but request privacy at this time while our family handles these issues together."
Tito, Jackie and Marlon Jackson exclusively tell ET, "Thank you for the outpouring of concern and support for Paris. She is safe and doing fine. We truly appreciate you respecting our family's privacy at this time."
According to a 911 dispatch call, the young woman took 20 Motrin and cut herself with a kitchen knife.
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6/4/13M - Newark Mayor Cory Booker, a Democrat, announced months ago that he was planning to seek the seat. Lautenberg, who turned 89 in January and was the oldest member of the Senate, at first bristled at Booker's candidacy. But the lawmaker, who was first elected to the Senate in 1982, announced in February that he would not seek re-election next year and would retire when his term expired at the beginning of 2015.
first bristled at Booker's candidacy
Christie: Oct. election to fill Lautenberg seatBy ANGELA DELLI SANTI | Associated Press – 11 mins ago
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For Long-Shot New Jersey Senate Candidate, Passion and No Filter
the special election — it will be held on Oct. 16, a Wednesday Hunterdon County
Mayor of BogotaIn office
January 1, 1996 – January 1, 2008Preceded byLeonard NicolosiSucceeded byPat McHalePersonal detailsBornApril 27, 1956 (age 57)
Teaneck, New Jersey, U.S.Political partyRepublicanSpouse(s)Lorraine RossiAlma materWilliam Paterson University
Fairleigh Dickinson UniversityReligionRoman CatholicismNEWARK — To start his “Expose Cory Booker” tour, Steve Lonegan stood in front of one of this troubled city’s more rundown schools this month and attacked the mayor’s record on education.
“He can issue all the Cory Booker platitudes — Cory-tudes — that he wants,” Mr. Lonegan said. “Cory Booker has failed people.”
Then he showed up days later at the scene of a double homicide, and accused Mayor Booker of being “too busy hanging out with Oprah” and “tweeting about Winnie the Pooh” to address the city’s problems.
“Finally,” Mr. Lonegan said, “Mayor Booker issued a tweet mourning someone’s passing. But it wasn’t the two men shot dead in Cory Booker’s Newark on Friday night. It was Michael Ansara, the Klingon from Star Trek.”
Even if Mr. Lonegan were not running against a nationally known Democrat, his campaign to be the first Republican in 40 years elected to the United States Senate from New Jersey would be a long shot. But he has no intention of letting it be dull.
The election to replace Senator Frank R. Lautenberg, who died in June, presents a stark contrast: Mr. Booker, the mayor of the state’s largest city, invites comparisons to President Obama; Mr. Lonegan, a former mayor of suburban Bogota, N.J., intends to go to Washington and dismantle the Obama agenda.
Though Mr. Lonegan has taken in just $325,000 to Mr. Booker’s $8.6 million in campaign contributions, Mr. Lonegan’s campaign argues that he can take advantage of the unusual conditions of the special election — it will be held on Oct. 16, a Wednesday — to turn out a high number of conservative voters who rally passionately to his message.
But it is not clear how many of them there are.
New Jersey’s Republican voters tend to reward moderation. Mr. Lonegan tends more toward outrage: railing against federal aid to Hurricane Sandy victims, for example, by saying that the state should “suck it up and be responsible for taking care of ourselves.”
“I don’t think I’m a flamethrower,” he said, responding to a characterization used by Mr. Booker. “I advocate for issues, I advocate for them passionately. That’s just who I am.”
Mr. Lonegan, 57, was most recently the state director for Americans for Prosperity, the conservative advocacy group backed by the Koch brothers. He was Tea Party before anyone knew to call it a movement. As his favorite reading he cites works by Friedrich Hayek and Ludwig Von Mises, and other limited-or-no-government treatises of the libertarian canon.
He argues that the Federal Reserve’s attempts to stimulate the economy have devalued the nation’s currency, that President Obama’s health care law will destroy the economy, that military spending could be cut and entire federal agencies, including energy and education, eliminated to rein in spending.
“I’m very deeply concerned for my kids — and I know it’s cliché — that we’re on a trajectory toward economic collapse,” he said last week, sitting in a restaurant in Hunterdon County. He was there for the biggest coup of his campaign, an endorsement from Gov. Chris Christie, his opponent in the 2009 primary for governor.
“People should be able to work hard and save and accumulate wealth and a better future, and not have it taken away by the government, whether it’s through taxation, or regulation, or debasing the dollar,” he said.
His models in the Senate are all Tea Party freshmen: Ted Cruz of Texas (“brilliant,” he called him), Mike Lee of Utah (“very principled”) and Rand Paul of Kentucky (“sharp, aggressive”).
He comes across as a younger, more New Jersey-esque version of Ron Paul: formal, serious, not so much flamethrower as simply annoyed — by the Affordable Care Act, by the Federal Reserve, by having to suffer fools.
“I am one of the few people who has read Dodd-Frank,” Mr. Lonegan said, by way of explaining his antipathy for the bank regulations passed after the economic meltdown of 2008.
As to Mr. Booker’s celebrity, he sounds mystified: “What does that do for the country? There’s no substance here at all. It’s all, like, glitz.”
Mr. Lonegan grew up in Bogota and moved in with his grandparents after his father died when Mr. Lonegan was 16. He received a diagnosis of retinitis pigmentosa as a teenager; the disease slowly claimed his sight, eventually leaving him legally blind. But he recalls his childhood as blessed because he grew up in a household where people worked hard and saved money.
He met his wife, Lorraine, at William Paterson University, where he was captain of the football team, and they started a kitchen cabinet business.
He joined the local Republican club as a hobby, and was elected mayor of his hometown in 1995, serving for three consecutive terms.
“By double-digit margins,” he noted, in a town that voted for “Al Gore, Bill Clinton, John Kerry, Bob Menendez, Frank Lautenberg, Jim McGreevey, Jon Corzine and Barack Obama — and me.”
His success, he said, was focusing on fiscal issues. But he battled with the police unions, and stirred controversy when he pushed to make English the official language of Bogota after McDonald’s put up a Spanish billboard that he considered “divisive.” He also sued, unsuccessfully, to stop the state from borrowing money without voter approval.
He lost when he ran for Congress in 1998 and in the 2005 primary for governor. In the 2009 primary against Mr. Christie, he won 42 percent of the vote in a sharply negative race.
Mr. Christie spent 5 minutes 7 seconds giving his endorsement last Tuesday, holding up Mr. Lonegan’s hand briefly but not sharing the bear hug he offers even voters on the street. Mr. Christie said he was “proud” of Mr. Lonegan as the party’s nominee.
“I know Steve is going to give Cory Booker some tussle over the next 60 days,” he said.
That was clear two days later, when Mr. Booker gave a speech to outline the differences between him and Mr. Lonegan, calling him “someone who stands way out on the fringes.”
Mr. Lonegan responded with his own hastily scheduled news conference the next hour, calling Mr. Booker, who is frequently criticized in his own party for his moderate views, “a far left liberal extremist.” Conservative crowds reacted excitedly to Mr. Lonegan, cheering when he talked about the “commie — I mean the Common Core” curriculum in schools.
But his bluntness has attracted some unwanted attention, too. When someone from his staff posted a racially charged message on his campaign’s Twitter account in early August — comparing the black neighborhoods of Newark to foreign countries — Mr. Lonegan ordered it taken down. But he then criticized “political correctness,” saying that his opponents “will use any chance they can to pull the race card.”
In an interview he said, “I don’t have a filter, that’s my problem.”
In his work at Americans for Prosperity, Mr. Lonegan taught conservatives to be “citizen lobbyists,” and he says he will rely on that kind of grass roots appeal to win the election.
“I’m going to mobilize the base, and I’m going to focus on issues,” he said. “Cory Booker’s going to run on name ID and run around with Oprah Winfrey and the ‘Desperate Housewife’ lady.” (He was referring to Eva Longoria, who has campaigned with Mr. Booker.)
Mr. Lonegan’s wife, however, would not mind the chance to tell their story to Ms. Winfrey, and wrote to her to ask. Ms. Lonegan said she has not heard back.
“It’s not going to matter,” Mr. Lonegan told his wife. “She’s a political hack.” He put his fingers to his mouth. “Sorry. No filter.”
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6/4/13M - Newark Mayor Cory Booker, a Democrat, announced months ago that he was planning to seek the seat. Lautenberg, who turned 89 in January and was the oldest member of the Senate, at first bristled at Booker's candidacy. But the lawmaker, who was first elected to the Senate in 1982, announced in February that he would not seek re-election next year and would retire when his term expired at the beginning of 2015.
first bristled at Booker's candidacy
Christie: Oct. election to fill Lautenberg seatBy ANGELA DELLI SANTI | Associated Press – 11 mins ago
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For Long-Shot New Jersey Senate Candidate, Passion and No Filter
the special election — it will be held on Oct. 16, a Wednesday Hunterdon County
Mayor of BogotaIn office
January 1, 1996 – January 1, 2008Preceded byLeonard NicolosiSucceeded byPat McHalePersonal detailsBornApril 27, 1956 (age 57)
Teaneck, New Jersey, U.S.Political partyRepublicanSpouse(s)Lorraine RossiAlma materWilliam Paterson University
Fairleigh Dickinson UniversityReligionRoman CatholicismNEWARK — To start his “Expose Cory Booker” tour, Steve Lonegan stood in front of one of this troubled city’s more rundown schools this month and attacked the mayor’s record on education.
“He can issue all the Cory Booker platitudes — Cory-tudes — that he wants,” Mr. Lonegan said. “Cory Booker has failed people.”
Then he showed up days later at the scene of a double homicide, and accused Mayor Booker of being “too busy hanging out with Oprah” and “tweeting about Winnie the Pooh” to address the city’s problems.
“Finally,” Mr. Lonegan said, “Mayor Booker issued a tweet mourning someone’s passing. But it wasn’t the two men shot dead in Cory Booker’s Newark on Friday night. It was Michael Ansara, the Klingon from Star Trek.”
Even if Mr. Lonegan were not running against a nationally known Democrat, his campaign to be the first Republican in 40 years elected to the United States Senate from New Jersey would be a long shot. But he has no intention of letting it be dull.
The election to replace Senator Frank R. Lautenberg, who died in June, presents a stark contrast: Mr. Booker, the mayor of the state’s largest city, invites comparisons to President Obama; Mr. Lonegan, a former mayor of suburban Bogota, N.J., intends to go to Washington and dismantle the Obama agenda.
Though Mr. Lonegan has taken in just $325,000 to Mr. Booker’s $8.6 million in campaign contributions, Mr. Lonegan’s campaign argues that he can take advantage of the unusual conditions of the special election — it will be held on Oct. 16, a Wednesday — to turn out a high number of conservative voters who rally passionately to his message.
But it is not clear how many of them there are.
New Jersey’s Republican voters tend to reward moderation. Mr. Lonegan tends more toward outrage: railing against federal aid to Hurricane Sandy victims, for example, by saying that the state should “suck it up and be responsible for taking care of ourselves.”
“I don’t think I’m a flamethrower,” he said, responding to a characterization used by Mr. Booker. “I advocate for issues, I advocate for them passionately. That’s just who I am.”
Mr. Lonegan, 57, was most recently the state director for Americans for Prosperity, the conservative advocacy group backed by the Koch brothers. He was Tea Party before anyone knew to call it a movement. As his favorite reading he cites works by Friedrich Hayek and Ludwig Von Mises, and other limited-or-no-government treatises of the libertarian canon.
He argues that the Federal Reserve’s attempts to stimulate the economy have devalued the nation’s currency, that President Obama’s health care law will destroy the economy, that military spending could be cut and entire federal agencies, including energy and education, eliminated to rein in spending.
“I’m very deeply concerned for my kids — and I know it’s cliché — that we’re on a trajectory toward economic collapse,” he said last week, sitting in a restaurant in Hunterdon County. He was there for the biggest coup of his campaign, an endorsement from Gov. Chris Christie, his opponent in the 2009 primary for governor.
“People should be able to work hard and save and accumulate wealth and a better future, and not have it taken away by the government, whether it’s through taxation, or regulation, or debasing the dollar,” he said.
His models in the Senate are all Tea Party freshmen: Ted Cruz of Texas (“brilliant,” he called him), Mike Lee of Utah (“very principled”) and Rand Paul of Kentucky (“sharp, aggressive”).
He comes across as a younger, more New Jersey-esque version of Ron Paul: formal, serious, not so much flamethrower as simply annoyed — by the Affordable Care Act, by the Federal Reserve, by having to suffer fools.
“I am one of the few people who has read Dodd-Frank,” Mr. Lonegan said, by way of explaining his antipathy for the bank regulations passed after the economic meltdown of 2008.
As to Mr. Booker’s celebrity, he sounds mystified: “What does that do for the country? There’s no substance here at all. It’s all, like, glitz.”
Mr. Lonegan grew up in Bogota and moved in with his grandparents after his father died when Mr. Lonegan was 16. He received a diagnosis of retinitis pigmentosa as a teenager; the disease slowly claimed his sight, eventually leaving him legally blind. But he recalls his childhood as blessed because he grew up in a household where people worked hard and saved money.
He met his wife, Lorraine, at William Paterson University, where he was captain of the football team, and they started a kitchen cabinet business.
He joined the local Republican club as a hobby, and was elected mayor of his hometown in 1995, serving for three consecutive terms.
“By double-digit margins,” he noted, in a town that voted for “Al Gore, Bill Clinton, John Kerry, Bob Menendez, Frank Lautenberg, Jim McGreevey, Jon Corzine and Barack Obama — and me.”
His success, he said, was focusing on fiscal issues. But he battled with the police unions, and stirred controversy when he pushed to make English the official language of Bogota after McDonald’s put up a Spanish billboard that he considered “divisive.” He also sued, unsuccessfully, to stop the state from borrowing money without voter approval.
He lost when he ran for Congress in 1998 and in the 2005 primary for governor. In the 2009 primary against Mr. Christie, he won 42 percent of the vote in a sharply negative race.
Mr. Christie spent 5 minutes 7 seconds giving his endorsement last Tuesday, holding up Mr. Lonegan’s hand briefly but not sharing the bear hug he offers even voters on the street. Mr. Christie said he was “proud” of Mr. Lonegan as the party’s nominee.
“I know Steve is going to give Cory Booker some tussle over the next 60 days,” he said.
That was clear two days later, when Mr. Booker gave a speech to outline the differences between him and Mr. Lonegan, calling him “someone who stands way out on the fringes.”
Mr. Lonegan responded with his own hastily scheduled news conference the next hour, calling Mr. Booker, who is frequently criticized in his own party for his moderate views, “a far left liberal extremist.” Conservative crowds reacted excitedly to Mr. Lonegan, cheering when he talked about the “commie — I mean the Common Core” curriculum in schools.
But his bluntness has attracted some unwanted attention, too. When someone from his staff posted a racially charged message on his campaign’s Twitter account in early August — comparing the black neighborhoods of Newark to foreign countries — Mr. Lonegan ordered it taken down. But he then criticized “political correctness,” saying that his opponents “will use any chance they can to pull the race card.”
In an interview he said, “I don’t have a filter, that’s my problem.”
In his work at Americans for Prosperity, Mr. Lonegan taught conservatives to be “citizen lobbyists,” and he says he will rely on that kind of grass roots appeal to win the election.
“I’m going to mobilize the base, and I’m going to focus on issues,” he said. “Cory Booker’s going to run on name ID and run around with Oprah Winfrey and the ‘Desperate Housewife’ lady.” (He was referring to Eva Longoria, who has campaigned with Mr. Booker.)
Mr. Lonegan’s wife, however, would not mind the chance to tell their story to Ms. Winfrey, and wrote to her to ask. Ms. Lonegan said she has not heard back.
“It’s not going to matter,” Mr. Lonegan told his wife. “She’s a political hack.” He put his fingers to his mouth. “Sorry. No filter.”
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Hei,
Postitamme otteen hakemuksessa ilmoitettuun osoitteeseen mihin päin maapalloa tahansa. Lasku otteesta tulee erikseen ja pyrimme lähettämään otteet 7 arkipäivän sisällä hakemuksen saapumisesta.
Tällä hetkellä toimitusaikamme ovat venyneet johtuen uuden rikosrekisterijärjestelmän keskeneräisestä käyttöönotosta. Jos otteella on kiire, niin siitä kannattaa ilmoittaa hakemuksessa ja pyrimme käsittelemään sen mahdollisimman pian.
Ystävällisin terveisin,
Joel Rouvinen
rekisterisihteeri
Vastaanottaja: [email protected],
Kopio:
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With gun violence down, is America arming against an imagined threat?
A Pew study released Tuesday, 5/7/13, finds that Americans think gun violence has escalated when in reality it's way down from two decades ago. The violence has dropped, meanwhile, even as gun ownership has increased.
Mass shootings, frantic gun-buying, and more Americans legally carrying guns on the street all point to a country fighting a gun violence epidemic, right? Not necessarily.
As part of a broader trend of declining crime, gun violence in America – while still high relative to other Western countries – has dropped by 49 percent from 1993 to 2011, while nonfatal gun crimes dropped by 69 percent, according to the US Justice Department.
But that slow-motion decline in Americans turning guns on each other has failed to register with most people, only 12 percent of whom answered the question correctly when asked by the Pew Research Center in a poll released Tuesday. Some 56 percent of respondents said they believed that gun violence had actually increased over the last 20 years.
The reasons for the perception gap are manifold, including a steady stream of high profile shootings and massacres, an increased focus on crime by national media and cable networks, and partisan sniping about gun politics. But the gap is so huge, agrees D’Vera Cohn, a senior writer at Pew, in an AP interview, that it’s hard to explain.
America is still bleeding from gun violence, make no mistake. Some 12,343 people were killed by guns in 2010, keeping the US at the top of the most violent Western countries. The US also has more guns, per capita, than any other Western country, with at least 310 million and as many as 400 million firearms in circulation.
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Since 1993, the rate of gun violence dropped by the greatest degree in the 1990s and has stayed relatively stable since the early 2000s. But recent years have witnessed a dramatic shift in US gun culture, with millions of Americans getting certified to carry concealed weapons and women increasingly joining the ranks of gun owners.
An estimated 8 million Americans now have concealed weapons permits, and thousands wear guns openly in the 43 states that allow it. Atlanta Police Chief George Turner told the Monitor recently that urban police no longer automatically assume a citizen wearing a gun is in the process of committing a crime, as they did just a few years ago.
In a separate survey, Pew found in March that 49 percent of gun owners keep firearms for protection today, compared with 26 percent who said the same in 1999. In other words, it appears that perceptions about the rate of violent crime are partly responsible for the growth of gun ownership across the US in the last 20 years, a trend only helped along by Supreme Court decisions and state laws that have increasingly backed greater gun rights.
“The gun prohibition lobby has long promoted this idea that reducing the number of guns is a good idea, that fewer guns are better categorically,” says Dave Kopel, a research analyst at the Independence Institute in Denver. “But here we have a real world experiment which shows the opposite, where we have a huge decline in gun crime at the same time as there’s been an enormous increase in the firearms supply in the United States. It doesn’t prove that the increase in gun numbers or licensed carry caused the decline, but it sure does contest the simplistic theory … that more guns equal more crime.”
The paradox provides a poignant backdrop for a national gun debate that had primarily Democrats but also key Republicans pushing for more gun controls, including expanded background checks, in the wake of a string of mass murders culminating last December in the shocking massacre of 20 grade-school children in Newtown, Conn., by a disturbed, alienated 20-year-old.
Those who support putting more restrictions on gun ownership say the perception gap about gun violence doesn’t ultimately take away from the need to address the sheer volume of gun violence in the United States.
"None of these studies change the impact of Newtown and other recent mass slayings, showing the need for common sense measures" restricting guns, Sen. Richard Blumenthal, (D) of Connecticut, told the Associated Press.
Yet coming three weeks after the Senate declined to endorse expanded background checks despite support for that idea from 83 percent of Americans, the new poll at the very least adds interesting new fodder for an ongoing gun policy debate.
Vice President Joe Biden, who led President Obama’s commission on gun violence in the wake of Newtown, has vowed to reintroduce background check legislation. And New York Mayor Michael Bloomberg’s Mayors Against Illegal Guns is spending money on ads to put pressure on key Republican and Democratic senators in Arkansas, Alaska, North Dakota, and New Hampshire to change their votes.
But while the Pew findings are dramatic, other polls suggest that Americans’ perceptions about the level of gun violence aren’t necessarily turning into political concern about the trend.
According to a new Gallup poll asking Americans about top legislative priorities, gun control and immigration reform ranked at the bottom of 12 key ideas, with “creating more jobs,” “helping the economy grow,” and “making government work more efficiently” pegged as the top three priorities for the country.
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Warning: to remove anyone's wisdom tooth/teeth may be fatal
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Man Dies After Wisdom Teeth Removed
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The family of a 24-year-old California man who died unexpectedly after having had his wisdom teeth removed is questioning the medical care he received during the routine oral procedure.
After the surgery last month Marek Lapinski, a software developer from San Diego, experienced complications. According to the patient care report released by American Medical Response, Lapinski woke up coughing during the procedure and was given the powerful anesthetic propofol.
But his condition quickly deteriorated and he was transferred to a hospital, where he died three days later. His family and friends have questioned the treatment he received from Dr. Steven Paul, an oral surgeon in Temecula, Calif.
"What's most shocking is the healthy 24-year-old goes in for an operation as routine as having his wisdom teeth removed and dies in the process," Tony Keiser, a friend of the Lapinski family, told ABCNews.com. "It's inconceivable."
According to the patient care report, the paramedics said that Paul had told them that Lapinski woke up during the procedure, started coughing and was given propofol. When Lapinski stopped breathing, CPR was started and the paramedics were called.
After they arrived, according to the report, the paramedics found two pieces of surgical gauze in Lapinski's airway as they tried to intubate him.
"I really pray to God that there's a hell of an investigation on this," Keiser said.
Lapinski's mother, April Lapinski, told ABCNews.com that Paul had come to the hospital to apologize for what had happened.
"He did come, and he, you know, he said he was sorry," she said. "He didn't have any other explanations for me."
Paul has not commented on the case, but his attorney, Clark Hudson, released a statement that said in part: "Dr. Steven Paul has always provided the highest level of oral surgery care to his patients. ... However, safe as oral surgery is in today's environment, no surgical procedure is without risk."
According to the statement, immediate measures were taken to revive Lapinski after his condition began to deteriorate.
"The reason for the patient's decompensation is unknown. However, all standard protocols were followed," Hudson said.
The Los Angeles County Coroner's Office has scheduled an autopsy for later today.
April Lapinski told ABCNews.com that the family was waiting for the coroner's report before deciding if it would pursue legal action.
"Now we wake up every morning and can't believe it," she said. "it's just one big bad dream."
Comments from the public for the above article (in the internet)
(1) Surgical gauze *) was placed in his mouth to absorb any secretions and blood,pt woke up coughing,aspirated the gauze and airway was compromised,given more sedation to "calm" him down,instead he was fighting to get more air...then instead probably had respiratory arrest which led to cardiac arrest...so sad for the family and friends of this young man.gauze = (1) A thin translucent fabric of silk, linen, or cotton.(2) A very fine wire mesh
(2) "Cancels wisdom tooth extraction appointment"
(3) Coughing should have alerted that his airway was compromised. Intubation*) would have prevented this and should be considered when general anesthesia is administered-- particularly for an oral procedure.
*) (Added by STAF, Inc.) Endotracheal intubation is the placement of a tube into the trachea (windpipe) in order to maintain an open airway in patients who are unconscious or unable to breathe on their own. Oxygen, anesthetics, or other gaseous medications can be delivered through the tube.
(4) I had all 4 wisdom teeth pulled at the same time with nothing but Novocaine and drove myself home afterwards. It wasn't a pleasant experience, but I didn't feel any real pain.
Why subject yourself to the risks of general anesthesia if not necessary... especially when not in a hospital administered by a specialist anesthesiologist?
(5) 28 years ago I went to a dentist to have wisdom teeth on left side removed. Instead of having them removed I have had 28 years of chronic pain, numerous surgeries and procedures including having jaw wired for years.This dentist removed my jaw joint instead of a "text book "wisdom tooth, Weird things can happen.
(6) My advice to those people who are getting wisdom teeth removed.....Always use an oral surgeon that you have interviewed, always always make sure they use a bite block, and ask questions.
Sadly, I can see how this horrific senslessness happened. ,,,it all boils down to no respect,,, carelessness, talking instead of paying attention, texting, etc.....when they have someones life in their hands. My sincere thoughts and prayers are with the family.
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Wisdom of Having That Wisdom Tooth Removed
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We had still not found the perfect duvet cover for my daughter Emma’s college dorm room when she went for a routine dental checkup and was told that her wisdom teeth had to come out, A.S.A.P.
She wasn’t having any problems now, but our dentist said trouble could flare up unexpectedly in the middle of the semester, perhaps in the middle of exams, and then she would probably have to leave school to get the teeth pulled. Better to do it now, he said.
Each year, despite the risks of any surgical procedure, millions of healthy, asymptomatic wisdom teeth are extracted from young patients in the United States, often as they prepare to leave for college. Many dental plans cover the removal of these teeth, which have partly grown in or are impacted below the gum.
But scientific evidence supporting the routine prophylactic (= preventive, avoiding sickness) extraction of wisdom teeth is surprisingly scant, and in some countries the practice has been abandoned. “Everybody is at risk for appendicitis, but do you take out everyone’s appendix?” said Dr. Greg J. Huang, chairman of orthodontics at the University of Washington in Seattle. “I’m not against removing wisdom teeth, but you should do an assessment and have a good clinical reason.”
Oral surgeons have long argued that if you don’t have your wisdom teeth removed at a young age, you are simply postponing the inevitable.
“It’s hard to get a percentage, but probably 75 to 80 percent of people do not meet the criteria of being able to successfully maintain their wisdom teeth,” said Dr. Louis K. Rafetto of Wilmington, Del., who headed the American Association of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgeons’ task force on wisdom teeth.
Another expert, Dr. Raymond P. White Jr., a professor of surgery at the University of North Carolina School of Dentistry, said that roughly 60 to 70 percent of patients with wisdom teeth will eventually have trouble with them, but he acknowledged that data is limited. “We’re making decisions based on the best data we have,” he said.
Those persuasive numbers are used repeatedly by dentists and oral surgeons to justify routine removal of wisdom teeth. Just last year, the surgeons’ association issued a statement subtitled “Keeping Wisdom Teeth May Be More Harmful Than Previously Thought,” saying it was imperative that patients understood “how harmful retaining these wisdom teeth can be.”
The association said that 80 percent of young adults who retained previously healthy wisdom teeth developed problems within seven years, and that retained wisdom teeth are extracted up to 70 percent of the time.
Yet when asked, the association was not able to produce the evidence for these figures. “We were not able to locate the reference for it, and subsequently deleted the statement from our Web site,” Janice Teplitz, the group’s associate executive director of communications, said last week.
As of Monday, however, the association’s Web site still said that “between 25 percent and almost 70 percent” of the time, retained, asymptomatic wisdom teeth “are eventually extracted.”
Many studies suggest that the actual number of people who have trouble with their wisdom teeth is far lower.
Oral surgeons warn that even when young people are not experiencing pain or discomfort, they may have infection or inflammation; numerous studies have found that adults who keep their wisdom teeth tend to have more such problems over time than those who have them removed. But there does not appear to be a single randomized clinical trial — the gold standard for scientific proof — comparing similar patients who have and have not undergone prophylactic wisdom teeth removal.
Our dentist warned us that cysts and tumors could grow around impacted wisdom teeth. But a new study of more than 6,000 patients in Greece found that only 2.7 percent of the teeth had a cyst or tumor. An older study, often cited by critics of routine extraction, found that only 12 percent of 1,756 middle-aged people who had not had impacted wisdom teeth removed experienced a complication.
Numerous comprehensive reviews of research, conducted by independent bodies not affiliated with oral surgeons, have concluded that there was no evidence to support routine prophylactic extraction of impacted but healthy wisdom teeth.
Britain’s National Health Service stopped paying for the procedure if there was no good reason for it after an analysis by its Center for Reviews and Dissemination at the University of York concluded in 1998 that there was no solid scientific evidence to support it. Also that year, the Royal College of Physicians of Edinburgh said that for patients who do not have a condition related to third molars or whose teeth would probably grow in successfully, removal is “not advisable.”
In 2005, a review by the respected Cochrane Collaboration said the number of extractions could be reduced by 60 percent if they weredone only when patients were in pain or developed a condition related to wisdom teeth. The group also said there is “reliable evidence” that suggests that removing wisdom teeth does not prevent or reduce crowding of front teeth.
In 2008, the American Public Health Association dismissed arguments typically made for removing wisdom teeth: that adjacent teeth might be damaged, or that the teeth may harbor bacteria that cause periodontal disease. The association approved a policy saying these concerns do not justify the risks of surgery, which include possible nerve damage, complications from anesthesia. loss of the sense of taste and, very rarely, death.
“The few studies of long-term retention of impacted teeth have shown little risk of harm,” the association concluded.
So given what all agree is a lack of good evidence, how should consumers proceed when a dentist suggests removing healthy wisdom teeth?
IF EXTRACTION IS RECOMMENDED All surgery carries risks, and you should try to ensure that there is something to be gained from having your wisdom teeth removed. Ask what the reason is in your case. Is there a chance the wisdom teeth will grow in successfully? If you see a dentist on a regular basis, is watchful waiting an option?
If you have an infection or inflammation, ask about less-invasive treatment.
The general consensus among critics of routine extraction is that recurrent gum infection, or pericoronitis; irreparable tooth decay; an abscess; cysts; tumors; damage to nearby teeth and bone; or other pathological conditions justify the procedure.
IF YOU CHOOSE SURGERY Most dental plans cover at least some of the costs of extraction. If you don’t have dental insurance, pulling all four teeth may cost several thousand dollars.
Ask if you can have local anesthesia, which is considered safer than general anesthesia.
Follow postoperative instructions carefully. Avoid being very active or eating solid food for three to four days (instead try noodles and milkshakes). Keeping ice on the jaw may help with pain and swelling. Painkillers may be needed. Young patients tend to recover sooner than older patients.
IF YOU DECIDE AGAINST EXTRACTION Good dental hygiene will be even more important for you. The teeth in the back of the mouth are often harder to reach and clean well. Get frequent cleanings, and X-rays if necessary.
Smoking increases the risk of periodontal disease, as does diabetes. If you have cavities in your back molars, you may be at greater risk for problems with the wisdom teeth.
As for my daughter Emma, we have opted for watchful waiting. She went off to college last month, wisdom teeth and all.
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A Pew study released Tuesday, 5/7/13, finds that Americans think gun violence has escalated when in reality it's way down from two decades ago. The violence has dropped, meanwhile, even as gun ownership has increased.
Mass shootings, frantic gun-buying, and more Americans legally carrying guns on the street all point to a country fighting a gun violence epidemic, right? Not necessarily.
As part of a broader trend of declining crime, gun violence in America – while still high relative to other Western countries – has dropped by 49 percent from 1993 to 2011, while nonfatal gun crimes dropped by 69 percent, according to the US Justice Department.
But that slow-motion decline in Americans turning guns on each other has failed to register with most people, only 12 percent of whom answered the question correctly when asked by the Pew Research Center in a poll released Tuesday. Some 56 percent of respondents said they believed that gun violence had actually increased over the last 20 years.
The reasons for the perception gap are manifold, including a steady stream of high profile shootings and massacres, an increased focus on crime by national media and cable networks, and partisan sniping about gun politics. But the gap is so huge, agrees D’Vera Cohn, a senior writer at Pew, in an AP interview, that it’s hard to explain.
America is still bleeding from gun violence, make no mistake. Some 12,343 people were killed by guns in 2010, keeping the US at the top of the most violent Western countries. The US also has more guns, per capita, than any other Western country, with at least 310 million and as many as 400 million firearms in circulation.
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Since 1993, the rate of gun violence dropped by the greatest degree in the 1990s and has stayed relatively stable since the early 2000s. But recent years have witnessed a dramatic shift in US gun culture, with millions of Americans getting certified to carry concealed weapons and women increasingly joining the ranks of gun owners.
An estimated 8 million Americans now have concealed weapons permits, and thousands wear guns openly in the 43 states that allow it. Atlanta Police Chief George Turner told the Monitor recently that urban police no longer automatically assume a citizen wearing a gun is in the process of committing a crime, as they did just a few years ago.
In a separate survey, Pew found in March that 49 percent of gun owners keep firearms for protection today, compared with 26 percent who said the same in 1999. In other words, it appears that perceptions about the rate of violent crime are partly responsible for the growth of gun ownership across the US in the last 20 years, a trend only helped along by Supreme Court decisions and state laws that have increasingly backed greater gun rights.
“The gun prohibition lobby has long promoted this idea that reducing the number of guns is a good idea, that fewer guns are better categorically,” says Dave Kopel, a research analyst at the Independence Institute in Denver. “But here we have a real world experiment which shows the opposite, where we have a huge decline in gun crime at the same time as there’s been an enormous increase in the firearms supply in the United States. It doesn’t prove that the increase in gun numbers or licensed carry caused the decline, but it sure does contest the simplistic theory … that more guns equal more crime.”
The paradox provides a poignant backdrop for a national gun debate that had primarily Democrats but also key Republicans pushing for more gun controls, including expanded background checks, in the wake of a string of mass murders culminating last December in the shocking massacre of 20 grade-school children in Newtown, Conn., by a disturbed, alienated 20-year-old.
Those who support putting more restrictions on gun ownership say the perception gap about gun violence doesn’t ultimately take away from the need to address the sheer volume of gun violence in the United States.
"None of these studies change the impact of Newtown and other recent mass slayings, showing the need for common sense measures" restricting guns, Sen. Richard Blumenthal, (D) of Connecticut, told the Associated Press.
Yet coming three weeks after the Senate declined to endorse expanded background checks despite support for that idea from 83 percent of Americans, the new poll at the very least adds interesting new fodder for an ongoing gun policy debate.
Vice President Joe Biden, who led President Obama’s commission on gun violence in the wake of Newtown, has vowed to reintroduce background check legislation. And New York Mayor Michael Bloomberg’s Mayors Against Illegal Guns is spending money on ads to put pressure on key Republican and Democratic senators in Arkansas, Alaska, North Dakota, and New Hampshire to change their votes.
But while the Pew findings are dramatic, other polls suggest that Americans’ perceptions about the level of gun violence aren’t necessarily turning into political concern about the trend.
According to a new Gallup poll asking Americans about top legislative priorities, gun control and immigration reform ranked at the bottom of 12 key ideas, with “creating more jobs,” “helping the economy grow,” and “making government work more efficiently” pegged as the top three priorities for the country.
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Warning: to remove anyone's wisdom tooth/teeth may be fatal
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Man Dies After Wisdom Teeth Removed
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The family of a 24-year-old California man who died unexpectedly after having had his wisdom teeth removed is questioning the medical care he received during the routine oral procedure.
After the surgery last month Marek Lapinski, a software developer from San Diego, experienced complications. According to the patient care report released by American Medical Response, Lapinski woke up coughing during the procedure and was given the powerful anesthetic propofol.
But his condition quickly deteriorated and he was transferred to a hospital, where he died three days later. His family and friends have questioned the treatment he received from Dr. Steven Paul, an oral surgeon in Temecula, Calif.
"What's most shocking is the healthy 24-year-old goes in for an operation as routine as having his wisdom teeth removed and dies in the process," Tony Keiser, a friend of the Lapinski family, told ABCNews.com. "It's inconceivable."
According to the patient care report, the paramedics said that Paul had told them that Lapinski woke up during the procedure, started coughing and was given propofol. When Lapinski stopped breathing, CPR was started and the paramedics were called.
After they arrived, according to the report, the paramedics found two pieces of surgical gauze in Lapinski's airway as they tried to intubate him.
"I really pray to God that there's a hell of an investigation on this," Keiser said.
Lapinski's mother, April Lapinski, told ABCNews.com that Paul had come to the hospital to apologize for what had happened.
"He did come, and he, you know, he said he was sorry," she said. "He didn't have any other explanations for me."
Paul has not commented on the case, but his attorney, Clark Hudson, released a statement that said in part: "Dr. Steven Paul has always provided the highest level of oral surgery care to his patients. ... However, safe as oral surgery is in today's environment, no surgical procedure is without risk."
According to the statement, immediate measures were taken to revive Lapinski after his condition began to deteriorate.
"The reason for the patient's decompensation is unknown. However, all standard protocols were followed," Hudson said.
The Los Angeles County Coroner's Office has scheduled an autopsy for later today.
April Lapinski told ABCNews.com that the family was waiting for the coroner's report before deciding if it would pursue legal action.
"Now we wake up every morning and can't believe it," she said. "it's just one big bad dream."
Comments from the public for the above article (in the internet)
(1) Surgical gauze *) was placed in his mouth to absorb any secretions and blood,pt woke up coughing,aspirated the gauze and airway was compromised,given more sedation to "calm" him down,instead he was fighting to get more air...then instead probably had respiratory arrest which led to cardiac arrest...so sad for the family and friends of this young man.gauze = (1) A thin translucent fabric of silk, linen, or cotton.(2) A very fine wire mesh
(2) "Cancels wisdom tooth extraction appointment"
(3) Coughing should have alerted that his airway was compromised. Intubation*) would have prevented this and should be considered when general anesthesia is administered-- particularly for an oral procedure.
*) (Added by STAF, Inc.) Endotracheal intubation is the placement of a tube into the trachea (windpipe) in order to maintain an open airway in patients who are unconscious or unable to breathe on their own. Oxygen, anesthetics, or other gaseous medications can be delivered through the tube.
(4) I had all 4 wisdom teeth pulled at the same time with nothing but Novocaine and drove myself home afterwards. It wasn't a pleasant experience, but I didn't feel any real pain.
Why subject yourself to the risks of general anesthesia if not necessary... especially when not in a hospital administered by a specialist anesthesiologist?
(5) 28 years ago I went to a dentist to have wisdom teeth on left side removed. Instead of having them removed I have had 28 years of chronic pain, numerous surgeries and procedures including having jaw wired for years.This dentist removed my jaw joint instead of a "text book "wisdom tooth, Weird things can happen.
(6) My advice to those people who are getting wisdom teeth removed.....Always use an oral surgeon that you have interviewed, always always make sure they use a bite block, and ask questions.
Sadly, I can see how this horrific senslessness happened. ,,,it all boils down to no respect,,, carelessness, talking instead of paying attention, texting, etc.....when they have someones life in their hands. My sincere thoughts and prayers are with the family.
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Wisdom of Having That Wisdom Tooth Removed
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We had still not found the perfect duvet cover for my daughter Emma’s college dorm room when she went for a routine dental checkup and was told that her wisdom teeth had to come out, A.S.A.P.
She wasn’t having any problems now, but our dentist said trouble could flare up unexpectedly in the middle of the semester, perhaps in the middle of exams, and then she would probably have to leave school to get the teeth pulled. Better to do it now, he said.
Each year, despite the risks of any surgical procedure, millions of healthy, asymptomatic wisdom teeth are extracted from young patients in the United States, often as they prepare to leave for college. Many dental plans cover the removal of these teeth, which have partly grown in or are impacted below the gum.
But scientific evidence supporting the routine prophylactic (= preventive, avoiding sickness) extraction of wisdom teeth is surprisingly scant, and in some countries the practice has been abandoned. “Everybody is at risk for appendicitis, but do you take out everyone’s appendix?” said Dr. Greg J. Huang, chairman of orthodontics at the University of Washington in Seattle. “I’m not against removing wisdom teeth, but you should do an assessment and have a good clinical reason.”
Oral surgeons have long argued that if you don’t have your wisdom teeth removed at a young age, you are simply postponing the inevitable.
“It’s hard to get a percentage, but probably 75 to 80 percent of people do not meet the criteria of being able to successfully maintain their wisdom teeth,” said Dr. Louis K. Rafetto of Wilmington, Del., who headed the American Association of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgeons’ task force on wisdom teeth.
Another expert, Dr. Raymond P. White Jr., a professor of surgery at the University of North Carolina School of Dentistry, said that roughly 60 to 70 percent of patients with wisdom teeth will eventually have trouble with them, but he acknowledged that data is limited. “We’re making decisions based on the best data we have,” he said.
Those persuasive numbers are used repeatedly by dentists and oral surgeons to justify routine removal of wisdom teeth. Just last year, the surgeons’ association issued a statement subtitled “Keeping Wisdom Teeth May Be More Harmful Than Previously Thought,” saying it was imperative that patients understood “how harmful retaining these wisdom teeth can be.”
The association said that 80 percent of young adults who retained previously healthy wisdom teeth developed problems within seven years, and that retained wisdom teeth are extracted up to 70 percent of the time.
Yet when asked, the association was not able to produce the evidence for these figures. “We were not able to locate the reference for it, and subsequently deleted the statement from our Web site,” Janice Teplitz, the group’s associate executive director of communications, said last week.
As of Monday, however, the association’s Web site still said that “between 25 percent and almost 70 percent” of the time, retained, asymptomatic wisdom teeth “are eventually extracted.”
Many studies suggest that the actual number of people who have trouble with their wisdom teeth is far lower.
Oral surgeons warn that even when young people are not experiencing pain or discomfort, they may have infection or inflammation; numerous studies have found that adults who keep their wisdom teeth tend to have more such problems over time than those who have them removed. But there does not appear to be a single randomized clinical trial — the gold standard for scientific proof — comparing similar patients who have and have not undergone prophylactic wisdom teeth removal.
Our dentist warned us that cysts and tumors could grow around impacted wisdom teeth. But a new study of more than 6,000 patients in Greece found that only 2.7 percent of the teeth had a cyst or tumor. An older study, often cited by critics of routine extraction, found that only 12 percent of 1,756 middle-aged people who had not had impacted wisdom teeth removed experienced a complication.
Numerous comprehensive reviews of research, conducted by independent bodies not affiliated with oral surgeons, have concluded that there was no evidence to support routine prophylactic extraction of impacted but healthy wisdom teeth.
Britain’s National Health Service stopped paying for the procedure if there was no good reason for it after an analysis by its Center for Reviews and Dissemination at the University of York concluded in 1998 that there was no solid scientific evidence to support it. Also that year, the Royal College of Physicians of Edinburgh said that for patients who do not have a condition related to third molars or whose teeth would probably grow in successfully, removal is “not advisable.”
In 2005, a review by the respected Cochrane Collaboration said the number of extractions could be reduced by 60 percent if they weredone only when patients were in pain or developed a condition related to wisdom teeth. The group also said there is “reliable evidence” that suggests that removing wisdom teeth does not prevent or reduce crowding of front teeth.
In 2008, the American Public Health Association dismissed arguments typically made for removing wisdom teeth: that adjacent teeth might be damaged, or that the teeth may harbor bacteria that cause periodontal disease. The association approved a policy saying these concerns do not justify the risks of surgery, which include possible nerve damage, complications from anesthesia. loss of the sense of taste and, very rarely, death.
“The few studies of long-term retention of impacted teeth have shown little risk of harm,” the association concluded.
So given what all agree is a lack of good evidence, how should consumers proceed when a dentist suggests removing healthy wisdom teeth?
IF EXTRACTION IS RECOMMENDED All surgery carries risks, and you should try to ensure that there is something to be gained from having your wisdom teeth removed. Ask what the reason is in your case. Is there a chance the wisdom teeth will grow in successfully? If you see a dentist on a regular basis, is watchful waiting an option?
If you have an infection or inflammation, ask about less-invasive treatment.
The general consensus among critics of routine extraction is that recurrent gum infection, or pericoronitis; irreparable tooth decay; an abscess; cysts; tumors; damage to nearby teeth and bone; or other pathological conditions justify the procedure.
IF YOU CHOOSE SURGERY Most dental plans cover at least some of the costs of extraction. If you don’t have dental insurance, pulling all four teeth may cost several thousand dollars.
Ask if you can have local anesthesia, which is considered safer than general anesthesia.
Follow postoperative instructions carefully. Avoid being very active or eating solid food for three to four days (instead try noodles and milkshakes). Keeping ice on the jaw may help with pain and swelling. Painkillers may be needed. Young patients tend to recover sooner than older patients.
IF YOU DECIDE AGAINST EXTRACTION Good dental hygiene will be even more important for you. The teeth in the back of the mouth are often harder to reach and clean well. Get frequent cleanings, and X-rays if necessary.
Smoking increases the risk of periodontal disease, as does diabetes. If you have cavities in your back molars, you may be at greater risk for problems with the wisdom teeth.
As for my daughter Emma, we have opted for watchful waiting. She went off to college last month, wisdom teeth and all.
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Column: Five days below the poverty line By Dan Wilchins - $1.50 per person per day on food
STAF, Inc.'s comment:
40 percent of food in the United States is wasted, according to United Nations data
To stop wasting, much money can be saved - to start with
(Reuters) - My wife Becky and I experimented with radically cutting our food costs last week as part of a fundraising campaign created by a hunger charity.
Under the "Live Below The Line" campaign sponsored by the Global Poverty Project, an Australian charity, for five days we spent $1.50 per person per day on food, which is the extreme poverty line globally, according to the World Bank.
Living in New York, we typically spend about $140 a week on groceries for our family of four. What drew me to the campaign was seeing if we could shrink that amount drastically. It was like trying to solve a puzzle, and if we got it right, we could make a charitable donation.
NOTICE:
Save The American Family - STAF, Inc. has developed a new Healthy Lifestyle & Correct Nutrition Program - it costs in New York per one adult about $95 per one month = $3.30 per day - it provides all food & nutrition any adult needs.
No other organization has developed a similar program. You buy your food, based on the program instructions, in your local supermarket and prepare your food in your own kitchen. Everyone with any income: social security, minimum wage, etc., can afford this program. At the same time STAF, Inc.'s new program is an automatic weight loss program - nothing extra to buy - just follow the easy program instructions. You are not going to walk hungry and you can even, now and then, visit a casino buffet.
End of STAF, Inc.'s notice - below Dan Wilchins' text continues
My wife agreed to do it, with a few stipulations. Neither of us wanted to include our children, who at ages 1 and 4 would gain nothing from losing all those calories. We agreed to "cheat" by not charging pantry staples - like cooking oil, seasoning, or even breakfast cereal - against our weekly allowance of $15.00, or $1.50 per person times five days.
And when co-workers offered us cookies, we gladly ate them.
But even with changes to the rules, the exercise still had integrity. Living in a two-bedroom apartment in Brooklyn, New York, we have a small larder, so whatever we buy, we soon eat.*) lar·der
I do the food shopping and the cooking and have learned to economize over the years. I came to the exercise ready with these principles:
- Never let your produce die of old age. I would forget about errant broccoli stalks or bunches of carrots, only to find them weeks later, shriveled in the produce drawer of our fridge. I know I'm not alone; as much as 40 percent of food in the United States is wasted, according to United Nations data, and at least some of that happens on the household level. Generally, I build the week's menu based on what we already have in the fridge and the pantry.
- Substitute relentlessly. Yellow onions taste the same as white onions when cooked, but are often cheaper. In many recipes, cream cheese can work in place of goat cheese.
- Look for cheaper places to buy weekly staples. At another apartment we lived in, I saved $7 a week by buying milk and eggs at an organic market a little further away than the neighborhood store. Think that's not worth it? That's as much income as you might earn from a roughly $182,000 fixed-rate savings bond at today's 0.2 percent interest rate. And of course, shop the sales.
A HILL OF BEANS
Some of these lessons came in handy as I tried to whittle down our food bill to sub-poverty levels. The flour tortillas we usually buy are $2.99, so we got corn tortillas instead, buying 30 of them for just $1.25. And the corn tortillas made our Mexican food more authentic.
Green beans were $3 a pound fresh, 80 cents a pound frozen, and 67 cents a pound canned, so we held our noses and went for the canned.
With fresh zucchini was on sale for just 50 cents, we bought one.
Our plan was to make big dinners, and use the leftovers for lunch the next day. Our meal plan always includes at least one beans-and-rice dish a week, but last week beans had to go a lot farther for us.
Monday night we had plain beans and rice, and the next night we put the beans and rice on tortillas, added a little cheddar cheese and zucchini, and had excellent tacos.
For variety, on Wednesday and Thursday we ate fried rice with green beans, ginger, onions and eggs, and a black bean sauce.
I'm a kosher vegetarian married to a sometime vegan, so I figured that sticking to the plan would be easy. But it was harder than we had hoped.
I craved variety after just a few days of beans and rice. For much of the week, I envied my coworkers' sandwiches. By Friday, I groaned at the prospect of another meal with canned green beans, and instead ate ramen noodles with eggs for lunch.
On Sunday, when we bought our food for the week, we spent $13.88, figuring we'd leave some wiggle room for extras. We only ended up using one bag of rice, though we bought two, which gave us an extra $1.19 to play with.
And we planned to make a salsa to include with our huevos rancheros on Friday night, but decided to skip it, giving us another 30 cents to use.
Becky ended up buying a few slices of dried apples on Friday for a snack, and I bought two packages of ramen noodles for my lunch on Friday.
When the dust settled, we had spent $14.04 for the two of us, not including food for our sons, and will donate about $125 to a hunger charity. The Global Poverty Project, which runs this challenge, aims to educate people about poverty and advocates for changes to help end extreme poverty. We are still figuring out where our donation will go, but it may well go to them.
As with religious practices, it is easy to imagine ways to be more stringent. You can skip the pantry items. You can count the cost of water, which in a third-world country can be difficult to transport. You can count the cost of electricity or gas for cooking.
Becky and I are already thinking about our plan for next year.
Our initial budget:
- Two bags of rice, $1.19 each, $2.38.
- Tortilla shells, $1.25.
- 8 oz cheddar cheese, $2.19.
- Two cans of green beans, 67 cents each, $1.34.
- One dozen eggs, $2.00.
- One zucchini, 48 cents.
- One onion, 94 cents.
- Fresh ginger, 32 cents.
- Bag of dry black beans, $1.49.
- One can of tomatoes, 8 oz, 30 cents.
- One quart of milk, $1.19.
Additions and subtractions:
- two packages of ramen noodles, +67 cents.
- a can of tomatoes, -30 cents.
- a bag of rice, - $1.19.
- dried apples, + 98 cents.
Total spent at week end: $14.04.
(This version of the story corrects the bond size in paragraph 10 to 'roughly $182,000' from '$3,500'.)
(Editing by Jeffrey Benkoe)
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By Nicole Yorio JurickYou don't need to shell out thousands of dollars to stay at a swanky resort to slim down. We got the pros to spill their best insider strategies so you can lose five, 10, or even 20 pounds -- at home.Related: 10 Ways to Make Weight Loss Easier at HomeThe One Number to Read on the Nutrition LabelNo, not calories -- it's fiber. Fiber helps absorb fat and cholesterol as it travels down your digestive tract, reducing the amount of fat the body absorbs, says Linda Illingworth, RD, the director of nutrition for Cal-a-Vie Health Spa in Vista, California. ...
STAF, Inc.'s comment:
40 percent of food in the United States is wasted, according to United Nations data
To stop wasting, much money can be saved - to start with
(Reuters) - My wife Becky and I experimented with radically cutting our food costs last week as part of a fundraising campaign created by a hunger charity.
Under the "Live Below The Line" campaign sponsored by the Global Poverty Project, an Australian charity, for five days we spent $1.50 per person per day on food, which is the extreme poverty line globally, according to the World Bank.
Living in New York, we typically spend about $140 a week on groceries for our family of four. What drew me to the campaign was seeing if we could shrink that amount drastically. It was like trying to solve a puzzle, and if we got it right, we could make a charitable donation.
NOTICE:
Save The American Family - STAF, Inc. has developed a new Healthy Lifestyle & Correct Nutrition Program - it costs in New York per one adult about $95 per one month = $3.30 per day - it provides all food & nutrition any adult needs.
No other organization has developed a similar program. You buy your food, based on the program instructions, in your local supermarket and prepare your food in your own kitchen. Everyone with any income: social security, minimum wage, etc., can afford this program. At the same time STAF, Inc.'s new program is an automatic weight loss program - nothing extra to buy - just follow the easy program instructions. You are not going to walk hungry and you can even, now and then, visit a casino buffet.
End of STAF, Inc.'s notice - below Dan Wilchins' text continues
My wife agreed to do it, with a few stipulations. Neither of us wanted to include our children, who at ages 1 and 4 would gain nothing from losing all those calories. We agreed to "cheat" by not charging pantry staples - like cooking oil, seasoning, or even breakfast cereal - against our weekly allowance of $15.00, or $1.50 per person times five days.
And when co-workers offered us cookies, we gladly ate them.
But even with changes to the rules, the exercise still had integrity. Living in a two-bedroom apartment in Brooklyn, New York, we have a small larder, so whatever we buy, we soon eat.*) lar·der
- food storage place: a cool place, especially a small room or large cupboard, used for storing food
- food supply: a supply of food
I do the food shopping and the cooking and have learned to economize over the years. I came to the exercise ready with these principles:
- Never let your produce die of old age. I would forget about errant broccoli stalks or bunches of carrots, only to find them weeks later, shriveled in the produce drawer of our fridge. I know I'm not alone; as much as 40 percent of food in the United States is wasted, according to United Nations data, and at least some of that happens on the household level. Generally, I build the week's menu based on what we already have in the fridge and the pantry.
- Substitute relentlessly. Yellow onions taste the same as white onions when cooked, but are often cheaper. In many recipes, cream cheese can work in place of goat cheese.
- Look for cheaper places to buy weekly staples. At another apartment we lived in, I saved $7 a week by buying milk and eggs at an organic market a little further away than the neighborhood store. Think that's not worth it? That's as much income as you might earn from a roughly $182,000 fixed-rate savings bond at today's 0.2 percent interest rate. And of course, shop the sales.
A HILL OF BEANS
Some of these lessons came in handy as I tried to whittle down our food bill to sub-poverty levels. The flour tortillas we usually buy are $2.99, so we got corn tortillas instead, buying 30 of them for just $1.25. And the corn tortillas made our Mexican food more authentic.
Green beans were $3 a pound fresh, 80 cents a pound frozen, and 67 cents a pound canned, so we held our noses and went for the canned.
With fresh zucchini was on sale for just 50 cents, we bought one.
Our plan was to make big dinners, and use the leftovers for lunch the next day. Our meal plan always includes at least one beans-and-rice dish a week, but last week beans had to go a lot farther for us.
Monday night we had plain beans and rice, and the next night we put the beans and rice on tortillas, added a little cheddar cheese and zucchini, and had excellent tacos.
For variety, on Wednesday and Thursday we ate fried rice with green beans, ginger, onions and eggs, and a black bean sauce.
I'm a kosher vegetarian married to a sometime vegan, so I figured that sticking to the plan would be easy. But it was harder than we had hoped.
I craved variety after just a few days of beans and rice. For much of the week, I envied my coworkers' sandwiches. By Friday, I groaned at the prospect of another meal with canned green beans, and instead ate ramen noodles with eggs for lunch.
On Sunday, when we bought our food for the week, we spent $13.88, figuring we'd leave some wiggle room for extras. We only ended up using one bag of rice, though we bought two, which gave us an extra $1.19 to play with.
And we planned to make a salsa to include with our huevos rancheros on Friday night, but decided to skip it, giving us another 30 cents to use.
Becky ended up buying a few slices of dried apples on Friday for a snack, and I bought two packages of ramen noodles for my lunch on Friday.
When the dust settled, we had spent $14.04 for the two of us, not including food for our sons, and will donate about $125 to a hunger charity. The Global Poverty Project, which runs this challenge, aims to educate people about poverty and advocates for changes to help end extreme poverty. We are still figuring out where our donation will go, but it may well go to them.
As with religious practices, it is easy to imagine ways to be more stringent. You can skip the pantry items. You can count the cost of water, which in a third-world country can be difficult to transport. You can count the cost of electricity or gas for cooking.
Becky and I are already thinking about our plan for next year.
Our initial budget:
- Two bags of rice, $1.19 each, $2.38.
- Tortilla shells, $1.25.
- 8 oz cheddar cheese, $2.19.
- Two cans of green beans, 67 cents each, $1.34.
- One dozen eggs, $2.00.
- One zucchini, 48 cents.
- One onion, 94 cents.
- Fresh ginger, 32 cents.
- Bag of dry black beans, $1.49.
- One can of tomatoes, 8 oz, 30 cents.
- One quart of milk, $1.19.
Additions and subtractions:
- two packages of ramen noodles, +67 cents.
- a can of tomatoes, -30 cents.
- a bag of rice, - $1.19.
- dried apples, + 98 cents.
Total spent at week end: $14.04.
(This version of the story corrects the bond size in paragraph 10 to 'roughly $182,000' from '$3,500'.)
(Editing by Jeffrey Benkoe)
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By Nicole Yorio JurickYou don't need to shell out thousands of dollars to stay at a swanky resort to slim down. We got the pros to spill their best insider strategies so you can lose five, 10, or even 20 pounds -- at home.Related: 10 Ways to Make Weight Loss Easier at HomeThe One Number to Read on the Nutrition LabelNo, not calories -- it's fiber. Fiber helps absorb fat and cholesterol as it travels down your digestive tract, reducing the amount of fat the body absorbs, says Linda Illingworth, RD, the director of nutrition for Cal-a-Vie Health Spa in Vista, California. ...
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Who makes the most in Obama's White House?By Roberta Rampton and Margaret Chadbourn
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Twenty-two of President Barack Obama's top advisers make the top White House salary of $172,200 per year - but there is one official who earns 30 percent more.
It's not Chief of Staff Denis McDonough. Not Obama's senior adviser and close friend Valerie Jarrett. Not Cecilia Munoz, who is overseeing White House efforts on immigration reform, nor Lisa Monaco, who advises Obama on homeland security and counterterrorism.
The best-paid person of the 460 people who work at the White House is Seth Wheeler, a senior adviser at the National Economic Council, who is crafting Obama's strategy on housing finance.
One of the newest appointees, Wheeler earns $225,000, according to the annual White House report on its $37.9 million payroll released on Friday.
Wheeler has been detailed to the role from the Federal Reserve where the pay scale is higher, a White House official explained.
It also means he earns more than his boss, Gene Sperling, the director of the National Economic Council, who earns the White House limit of $172,200.
At the Fed, Wheeler was chief of staff for the Office of Financial Stability Policy and Research.
He is an ex-Morgan Stanley banker who worked for former Treasury Secretary Hank Paulson during the Bush Administration, and was a key architect with the Obama administration's mortgage modification program, helping craft the signature housing aid program known as the Home Affordable Modification Program.
"His pay reflects the anomaly of the Fed pay scale," said Phillip Swagel, who served in the Treasury Department under President George W. Bush.
"It is noteworthy that the NEC is pretty political so it's fascinating that they have a Fed employee in a political position," Swagel said.
Federal employees who work for banking regulators, including the Fed, have higher pay scales than employees of other federal departments, said Julia Gordon, director of housing finance and policy at the Center for American Progress, a liberal think tank.
"I'm sure if he went back to Morgan Stanley, he'd be making 10 times that," Gordon said.
Wheeler replaces Jim Parrott, who had been detailed to the White House from the Department of Housing and Urban Development, and earned $144,385 last year. Parrott left the White House in January, and recently joined the Urban Institute.
Wheeler's salary approaches that of Vice President Joe Biden, who this year is poised to earn $230,700. Obama's salary is $400,000.
HOUSING SYSTEM 'IN SHAMBLES'
The housing advisor position has been held by four different people during the Obama administration, punctuated by lengthy vacancies between advisers, said Gordon, who hopes the White House now begins to takes a more active role on the issue.
"Our housing system is still in shambles," Gordon said.
"Just because people hear that prices are going back up doesn't mean we've fixed anything. A lot of the underlying problems are still there."
One of the key issues is reforms for mortgage finance companies Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac, which were seized by the government in 2008 as the housing crisis threatened their solvency.
The companies own or guarantee half of all U.S. mortgages and have been propped up with $187.5 billion in taxpayer funds.
Democrats and Republicans want to reduce the government's role and put more of the risk of lending onto the private sector, but they disagree on how far to go.
The salary report can be found at -
http://www.whitehouse.gov/briefing-room/disclosures/annual-records/2013.
(Reporting by Roberta Rampton; editing by Jackie Frank)
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Jesse Jackson Jr. Gets 30 Months, and His Wife 12, to Be Served at Separate Times
August 15, 2013
By ASHLEY SOUTHALL
WASHINGTON — Little more than a year ago, Jesse L. Jackson Jr. was a popular young Democratic congressman pushing to increase the federal minimum wage, an issue that fit his reputation as an advocate for the less fortunate, especially those in his Chicago-area district.
But on Wednesday, the former congressman was a felon standing in a federal courtroom in Washington to receive his sentence.
Mr. Jackson, 48, received 30 months in prison for spending $750,000 from his campaign on personal items. His wife, Sandi, 49, was sentenced to 12 months in prison for omitting $580,000 in income from the couple’s tax returns while they lived lavishly.
“The inescapable fact is that you and Sandra Jackson used campaign funds to sustain a lifestyle that you cannot afford,” Judge Amy Berman Jackson said before announcing Mr. Jackson’s penalty.
The judge granted a request from the couple, who have two children, ages 9 and 13, that they be allowed to serve their sentences one at a time. Mr. Jackson will report to prison on or after Nov. 1. When he is released, Ms. Jackson will have 30 days to surrender.
“I am the example for the whole Congress, and I understand that,” Mr. Jackson told the judge. “I didn’t separate my personal life from my political activity, and I couldn’t have been more wrong.”
Mr. Jackson wept as he stood before the packed courtroom in United States District Court. He apologized to his parents, who sat in the front row next to his siblings, and said he accepted responsibility.
“I still believe in the power of forgiveness,” Mr. Jackson said to reporters after the sentencing. “I believe in the power of redemption. Today I manned up and tried to accept responsibility for the error of my ways, and I still believe in the resurrection.”
The sentencing had been postponed from June 28 to accommodate the court’s schedule. During the breaks on Wednesday, relatives exchanged hugs, kisses and words of support with the Jacksons and their parents, but an air of grief quickly descended when the court was in session.
Prosecutors had recommended a sentence of 46 to 57 months for Mr. Jackson, who pleaded guilty in February to one count of felony fraud, while his lawyers had requested 18 months. Mr. Jackson was also sentenced to three years of supervised release, and he is not eligible for parole. But his sentence could be reduced by several months for good behavior or if he receives treatment for his bipolar disorder. He also must pay back the campaign money to the government.
MANIA was also JULIA's reason 2004 - 2005, before and aftewards
A lawyer for Mr. Jackson, Reid Weingarten, described him as a “good man” whose illness sometimes clouded his judgment. But Judge Jackson said that “manic episodes” could not explain the more than 3,000 times that the Jacksons used campaign money to make personal purchases, including $15,000 in kitchen appliances and a $43,000 Rolex.
“There may be gray areas in campaign finance,” she said. “This case did not come near to those areas.”
Prosecutors had sought 18 months in prison for Ms. Jackson, a former Chicago alderman. Ms. Jackson, who pleaded guilty to one felony count of filing false tax returns, must also pay $22,000 in restitution and is subject to one year of supervised release.
A lawyer for Ms. Jackson, Dan Webb, sought to portray his client as a doting mother whose absence would cause deep psychological damage in the children. He had requested a sentence of probation with community service.
In rejecting that request, Judge Jackson said to Ms. Jackson: “The court did not put your children in this position. The government did not put your children in this position.”
The sentencing marked a precipitous downfall for Mr. Jackson.
With the help of his father, the Rev. Jesse Jackson, Mr. Jackson was elected to Congress in 1995 from a district that includes part of the South Side of Chicago. He became one of the most prominent young black politicians in the country, working on issues related to health care and education for the poor.
But his reputation was damaged in recent years after reports surfaced that he had had an extramarital affair with a woman from Washington. An Office of Congressional Ethics investigation that was released in 2011 concluded that there was probable cause to believe that Mr. Jackson broke House rules when he was seeking the Senate seat that Barack Obama vacated after the 2008 election, but he was never charged, and he denied any wrongdoing.
Last summer, Mr. Jackson took a medical leave from Congress and was later
treated for bipolar disorder. Two weeks after being re-elected for a ninth time in November, he resigned, citing his health and the federal investigation into his use of campaign money.
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Many Mayoral Candidates Have Been What Bloomberg Is Not: Close to Cuomo
By THOMAS KAPLANJohn A. Catsimatidis let Gov. Andrew M. Cuomo borrow a Gulfstream IV jet this spring so he could fly to Binghamton, N.Y., for a wedding. Bill de Blasio was a deputy to Mr. Cuomo during the Clinton administration; William C. Thompson Jr. was a chairman of Mr. Cuomo’s gubernatorial campaign; and Joseph J. Lhota served in his administration.
For the last several years, Mr. Cuomo has not had much of a friendship with City Hall in New York — he and Mayor Michael R. Bloomberg have been, at best, civil partners during civic emergencies, and, notwithstanding a friendly white-water rafting race last month in the Adirondacks, have rarely expressed much affection or respect for each other.
But the field of candidates vying to succeed Mr. Bloomberg presents Mr. Cuomo with a rare opportunity to hit the reset button: many, from both political parties, have long, close, political and personal relationships with him.
“Governor Cuomo is a guy who wants to get it done,” said Christine C. Quinn, a Democrat and the speaker of the City Council. “I learned an immense amount from Andrew Cuomo,” said Mr. de Blasio, also a Democrat. “You see him wear my ties all the time,” said Mr. Catsimatidis, a Republican who says the Democratic governor often sports limited-edition neckwear that Mr. Catsimatidis designs and gives annually to his friends.
Mr. Cuomo, who grew up in Queens but now lives and votes in Westchester County, has studiously avoided getting involved in the race, publicly or privately. There have been a few exceptions — he has made it clear that he finds the notion of former RepresentativeAnthony D. Weiner as mayor to be unacceptable — but otherwise he tended to parry questions about the race by describing it as a form of performance art that makes the city entertaining.
“This is summer political theater in New York,” he said last week. “We laugh, because if we didn’t laugh, we would cry.”
But much is at stake, for the state and the city. The city provides much of the economic fuel for the state, and the mayor of New York has a national bully pulpit, but the state has much of the political power to decide important issues in the five boroughs, which has often created tension between the Capitol and City Hall. Mr. Bloomberg, for example, counts Albany’s rejection of his congestion pricing proposal as one of the great disappointments of his tenure.
Mr. Cuomo and Mr. Bloomberg are poorly matched. Mr. Cuomo, whose father was a governor, is a tough and shrewd inside player, while Mr. Bloomberg, a self-made billionaire, is impatient with the political process; Mr. Bloomberg has often been frustrated by his inability to persuade Albany to support significant elements of his agenda, while Mr. Cuomo has chafed at Mr. Bloomberg’s periodic imperiousness and envied his ability to command attention.
Much of the agenda being outlined by the candidates — proposals about rent regulation, housing development, criminal justice policy and mayoral control of schools and subways — requires approval by Albany, which has been the death of many a mayoral proposal.
But translating friendships into political alliances can be difficult. Already, for example, the relationship between Mr. Cuomo and Mr. de Blasio has strained, as Mr. de Blasio has criticized the Cuomo administration for doing too little to save Long Island College Hospital. Mr. Thompson, who played an important role in 2010 shoring up Mr. Cuomo’s relationship with black voters, said past allegiances were helpful, but no guarantee of future harmony.
“We’re going to disagree,” he said. “That’s just the nature of both of those jobs.”
Several of the candidates have said they want to change the relationship between Albany and City Hall.
Mr. de Blasio has derided what he called a “quasi-colonial dynamic” between the state and the city, while also acknowledging that he has to work within its strictures. “Bluntly, this current mayor had trouble at times understanding that the governor and the Legislature have certain powers that he depended on and that he needed to work with constructively,” he said. “I think at times he really undermined his own agenda by not recognizing that reality.”
And Mr. Weiner has made the relationship a part of his campaign: on July 3, he stood in front of City Hall next to an easel bearing a giant blue placard with the title, “A Big Apple Declaration of Independence From Albany,” and a list of 10 areas in which he wanted the city to have authority instead of the state, including charter schools, liquor licensing and the redevelopment of ground zero.
“So much of our lives in New York City are governed by legislators in Buffalo, legislators in Schenectady and legislators in Plattsburgh,” Mr. Weiner said, before making an offer to upstate legislators. “You let us govern New York City, and I promise I won’t try to govern what goes on in Binghamton.”
Mr. Cuomo’s longest standing relationship in this year’s field is with George T. McDonald, an advocate for the homeless who is running a long-shot campaign for mayor as a Republican. Mr. McDonald met Mr. Cuomo in 1984 when both men were working on the Democratic presidential campaign of Walter F. Mondale, and they later connected over their shared concern about homelessness — Mr. McDonald founded the Doe Fund, a nonprofit group that helps find jobs for the indigent, and Mr. Cuomo founded HELP USA, which develops housing for the homeless.
“I love him like a brother,” Mr. McDonald said.
Mr. McDonald and his wife, Harriet Karr-McDonald, have supported Mr. Cuomo financially, donating over $100,000 to his campaigns over the years. Mr. McDonald was also invited to Mr. Cuomo’s private 55th birthday party last year, and caused a bit of a stir when he posted on Twitter a picture of the birthday cake, apparently offending someone on Team Cuomo, because the photo was quickly deleted.
Mr. Catsimatidis has also known Andrew Cuomo for decades — since Andrew was a young aide to his father, Gov. Mario M. Cuomo — and, despite belonging to a different political party, he and his wife, Margo, have personally given over $200,000 to Mr. Cuomo’s campaigns. Mr. Catsimatidis said he did not believe that as mayor he would clash with Mr. Cuomo: “I am not a clasher; I am a person that’s usually a hugger.”
Mr. de Blasio, the public advocate, met Mr. Cuomo in the mid-1990s through a friend, Ken Sunshine, a onetime mayoral aide who is now a well-known publicist. Mr. de Blasio worked for Mr. Cuomo when he was the federal housing secretary, and they were close enough that when Mr. Cuomo’s bid for governor in 2002 imploded, he trusted Mr. de Blasio to help negotiate his exit from the race.
“He is an extraordinary manager,” Mr. de Blasio said. “I learned a lot from him strategically; I learned a lot from him about how to create a focused, achievable agenda, and follow it through. It was a very important few years in my life.”
Mr. Thompson and Mr. Lhota are more recent allies.
Mr. Thompson supported Mr. Cuomo’s bid for attorney general in 2006 and Mr. Cuomo supported Mr. Thompson’s run for mayor in 2009. After being a chairman of Mr. Cuomo’s gubernatorial campaign in 2010, Mr. Thompson went on to serve him as chairman of a committee tasked with increasing the participation of minority- and women-owned businesses in state contracting.
Mr. Lhota barely knew Mr. Cuomo until 2011, when the governor named him to run the Metropolitan Transportation Authority, but Mr. Lhota oversaw an area of pride for the Cuomo administration, shepherding the subway system to a speedy reopening afterHurricane Sandy.
Ms. Quinn has known Mr. Cuomo for some time, and worked closely with him in 2011 as they pushed for the legalization of same-sex marriage. After it passed, she introduced him at a gala dinner for a gay rights group, and he thanked her by saying, “The best is yet to be for Christine Quinn”; the next year, he was a guest at her wedding, sitting in the third row on the aisle.
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Mr. Cuomo’s longest standing relationship in this year’s field is with George T. McDonald, an advocate for the homeless who is running a long-shot campaign for mayor as a Republican. Mr. McDonald met Mr. Cuomo in 1984 when both men were working on the Democratic presidential campaign of Walter F. Mondale, and they later connected over their shared concern about homelessness — Mr. McDonald founded the Doe Fund, a nonprofit group that helps find jobs for the indigent, and Mr. Cuomo founded HELP USA, which develops housing for the homeless.
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Common Era (also Current Era[1] or Christian Era[2]), abbreviated as CE, is an alternative naming of the traditional calendar era, Anno Domini (abbreviated AD).[3] BCE is the abbreviation for Before the Common/Current/Christian Era (an alternative to Before Christ, abbreviated BC). The CE/BCE designation uses the year-numbering system introduced by the 6th-century Christian monk Dionysius Exiguus, who started the Anno Domini designation, intending the beginning of the life of Jesus to be the reference date.[4][5] Neither notation includes a year zero,[6] and the two notations (CE/BCE and AD/BC) are numerically equivalent; thus "2013 CE" corresponds to "AD 2013" and "399 BCE" corresponds to "399 BC".
The expression "Common Era" can be found as early as 1708 in English,[7] and traced back to Latin usage among European Christians to 1615, as vulgaris aerae,[8] and to 1635 in English as Vulgar Era. At those times, the expressions were all used interchangeably with "Christian Era", and "vulgar" meant "not regal" rather than "crudely indecent". Use of the CE abbreviation was introduced by Jewish academics in the mid-19th century. Since the later 20th century, use of CE and BCE has been popularized in academic and scientific publications, and more generally by publishers emphasizing secularism or sensitivity to non-Christians.
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Date: August 22, 2013
"The middle class and those struggling to rise out of persistent financial struggles
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BUFFALO — Deploring the rising costs of a college education, President Obama vowed to try to shame universities into holding their prices down and to eventually use federal student aid as leverage in that effort.
Speaking at the University at Buffalo, where tuition and fees now total about $8,000 per year for New York residents, Mr. Obama said the middle class and those struggling to rise out of persistent financial struggles were being unfairly priced out of the higher education market.
“Colleges are not going to just be able to keep on increasing tuition year after year and passing it on to students,”
Mr. Obama told an enthusiastic audience of about 7,200 students and others in the university’s auditorium.
“We can’t price the middle class and everybody working to get into the middle class out of college.”
The president said rising prices at colleges were partly driven by the distribution of $150 billion in federal assistance to students. He said that colleges that allowed tuition to soar should be penalized by getting less aid for their students, while colleges that held down costs should get more of the money.
He announced plans to create a federal rating system that would allow parents and students to easily compare colleges. And he said he would urge Congress to pass legislation to link the student aid to the rating system.
“It is time to stop subsidizing schools that are not producing good results,” Mr. Obama said to a roar of applause from the students in the audience.
The president offered his college affordability proposals at the beginning of a two-day bus tour through upstate New York and Pennsylvania. It is part of a campaign to highlight proposals that his administration says will help the middle class economically.
Speaking to reporters on Air Force One, Arne Duncan, the education secretary, said the president’s plan aimed to change incentives for colleges that were not doing enough to try to hold down the cost of a four-year education.
“We want to see good actors be rewarded. We want to see them get more resources,” Mr. Duncan said. “And when we’re not seeing that kind of commitment, we want to challenge that status quo.”
That challenge is certain to anger some college officials, who argue that their costs are affected by state funding decisions, the rising cost of health care, and other factors outside their control. Mr. Duncan said the administration planned to move slowly as it created the ratings system, in part to listen to the concerns of university administrators.
Mr. Obama predicted that the reaction to some of his proposals would be negative, saying that “these reforms won’t be popular with everybody, especially those who are making out fine in the current system.”
He acknowledged that the decision to link aid to his rating system would require Congressional approval.
“So, we’re going to have to work on that,” he said to chuckles*) from the audience. *) = laugh quietly or inwardly
Initial reaction to the plan in Congress tended to fall along party lines. Representative John Kline, Republican of Minnesota and the chairman of the House Committee on Education and the Workforce, said in a statement that he was skeptical of Mr. Obama’s proposed rating system.
“I remain concerned that imposing an arbitrary college ranking system could curtail the very innovation we hope to encourage — and even lead to federal price controls,” Mr. Kline said. “As always, the devil is in the details.”
Senator Marco Rubio, Republican of Florida, said: “I’m strongly opposed to his plan to impose new federal standards on higher education institutions. This is a slippery slope, and one that ends with the private sector inevitably giving up more of its freedom to innovate and take risks. The U.S. did not create the best higher education system in the world by using standards set by Washington bureaucrats.”
A Democrat, Senator Tom Harkin of Iowa, the chairman of the Senate Committee on Health, Education, Labor and Pensions, issued a statement applauding the president’s proposal.
Higher education experts generally agreed that the plan was important, but they expressed doubts both about whether Congress would go along with the pieces that required legislative changes and about whether the administration was overstepping its authority.
“The proposal would be a huge change in higher education, with the federal government asserting itself as the definer of institutional goals and policy, and doing it through need-based financial aid,” said Jane Wellman, the executive director of the National Association of System Heads. “The federal government has never been in higher education policy before — it has just administered financial aid — and I’m not sure you can just take that role and stretch it like a rubber band. It seems like a very clumsy way to try to reshape the roles of the federal government, the states, and the institutions’ boards.”
Others were more positive about the president’s proposal.
“It’s kind of exciting that he doesn’t seem to have given up on getting things through Congress, and just retreated to what he can do by executive action, as many people expected,” said Judith Scott-Clayton, a professor of economics and education at Teachers College at Columbia University.
She and others agreed that the headline proposal was the plan to issue ratings, and ultimately to link them to student aid. But they said they had their qualms about how well the ratings would work.
“It’s very dramatic, and it will get the conversation going,” Dr. Scott-Clayton said. “The problem is that getting the formula for the ratings right is very tricky, so linking a significant amount of student aid to the rates might be dangerous. I think they know that, and that’s why it wouldn’t start till 2018.”
Molly Corbett Broad, the president of the American Council on Education, the largest higher education trade organization, also found the ratings worrisome.
“It depends on having complete and accurate data, and there are some areas where the Department of Education does have good data, but others where it does not,” she said.
For example, she said, the department’s statistics on graduation rates include only students who start and finish at the same institution. And, she said, it is unclear what leads students and families to the college choices they make.
“I’m all for analytics and analysis, but we just don’t know what information, and how much, helps students and families make good college decisions,” she said. “It’s very difficult to write an algorithm for how these decisions are made.”
Many education officials were pleased that the president’s proposal came out so strongly in favor of experimentation with new models of instruction, greater use of technology, three-year degrees, and plans to base degrees not on how many seat hours students have had, but on how much they can show they know. But, they said, with many such experiments already under way, encouragement from the bully pulpit may not have much impact, especially if Congress is unwilling to allot new money to innovative projects.
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Cory Booker for the U.S. Senate in New Jersey
By THE EDITORIAL BOARD
On Wednesday, 10/16/13, New Jersey voters will go to the polls to choose a United States senator, replacing the late Frank Lautenberg. Mayor Cory Booker of Newark, a moderate Democrat, is running against an extremely conservative Republican, Steven Lonegan. Mr. Booker is far and away the better candidate to serve the needs of his entire state and to provide a national voice for the less fortunate across America.
Mr. Booker has a solid record of bringing investment to Newark, adding more housing and reducing corruption in city government. The job is, of course, unfinished, and some gains on crime made earlier in his two terms have stalled. But he has drawn national attention to Newark, bringing in money, jobs and development to help revive a city long defined by urban blight. He has also worked well with Gov. Chris Christie, a Republican, a good sign that he would be the kind of open-minded, moderating voice Washington so desperately needs.
Mr. Lonegan, a former mayor of Bogota, N.J., says he wants to focus on economic issues. But his method, like that of one of his role models, Senator Ted Cruz, a Republican of Texas, could only add to the senseless partisanship that has now taken the economy to the brink of disaster. He would, for example, raise the debt ceiling only “in alignment with budget cuts.” He has a plan to try to close all regulatory agencies every 7 to 10 years and start each agency over from scratch.
Mr. Lonegan is out of the mainstream on many other issues. He once said he believed it was a mistake to create Social Security and Medicare; such obligations, he said, should instead have been left to charity. He has argued for eliminating the minimum wage. He opposes abortion, even in cases of rape and incest. He opposes same-sex marriage, and he is pushing to delay the Affordable Care Act. His past record on immigration became a national scandal when, in 2006, he tried to get McDonald’s to take down a billboard printed in Spanish. He later tried to have English declared the official language in his hometown.
Mr. Booker, a progressive on social issues, supports women’s rights, same-sex marriage, health care reform and gun control (the National Rifle Association is supporting his opponent). He says he would push for a higher minimum wage, environmental regulations, corporate tax reform and more assistance for college students.
We have worried that Mr. Booker has tended to be overly secretive about his finances. But, as this campaign grew more intense, he released tax returns for 15 years, gave more details about separation payments from a law firm where he worked before entering office and announced plans to end his association with a technology start-up he helped found. Greater openness and timely disclosure would help him avoid the pitfalls endemic to Washington.
Mr. Booker has lived and worked for people in some of Newark’s roughest neighborhoods. The Senate will pose different political challenges, where success as a legislator will depend less on his fame and personality than on focus and resourcefulness. He has the pragmatism and commitment to those in need that will make him a necessary and effective voice in Washington. We recommend Cory Booker for the United States Senate.
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Booker, Winning Rocky Senate Bid, Gets a Job to Fit His Profile
NYT 10/17/13
By KATE ZERNIKE
Mayor Cory A. Booker of Newark easily won New Jersey’s special Senate election on Wednesday, finally rising to an office that measures up to his national profile.
He will arrive in Washington already one of the country’s most prominent Democrats, and its best-known black politician other than President Obama, who backed him aggressively. Mr. Booker’s fund-raising prowess puts him on course to lead his party’s campaign efforts in the Senate, and he has been mentioned as a possible vice-presidential pick for 2016.
With 99 percent of the precincts reporting, Mr. Booker had 55 percent of the vote to 44 percent for Steve Lonegan, a Republican former mayor of Bogota, N.J., and state director of the conservative group Americans for Prosperity, according to The Associated Press. Still, the campaign gave a wider audience to certain facets of Mr. Booker that long ago began to prompt eye-rolling among his constituents.
With a Twitter following six times as large as the city he has led, Mr. Booker was known outside Newark largely for his appearances on late-night television and his heroics: rescuing a neighbor from a burning building, shoveling out snowbound cars, living on a food stamp diet.
The campaign gave him less flattering national attention for his Twitter exchanges with a dancer in a vegan strip club, and renewed old questions about whether he embellished an oft-told story about a moving encounter with a drug dealer, who may or may not have existed (Mr. Booker called him “an archetype”). He had to resign from a media company that Silicon Valley investors had paid him millions to start — but not before the resignation of the 15-year-old son of a television executive, whom Mr. Booker had put on the company’s board.
Having started his political career by moving into a Newark housing project, Mr. Booker spent the final days before his Senate election beating back stories in the conservative news media that he did not actually live in the city; the fact that this story could catch hold at all suggested the level of suspicion aimed at the mayor in the city where he began his rise. And he had to call off campaign events during a nearly two-week spree of murders in Newark this summer, underscoring the layoffs of police officers during his tenure, and a complaint that has long made him bristle: that he is a better orator than manager.
Polls suggested this took a toll. In a Rutgers-Eagleton Institute survey a week before the election, Mr. Booker had a positive rating among 54 percent of likely voters, but that had dropped nine points from early September. His unfavorable ratings had nearly doubled, to 32 percent. A third of likely voters said his career had been more about self-promotion than improving Newark, which is the state’s largest city.
At the New Jersey Performing Arts Center in Newark on Wednesday night, a festive crowd of about 150 people shook blue and white pompoms to Bon Jovi songs as they waited for Mr. Booker to arrive.
Thanking supporters, Mr. Booker returned to many of the lines he used to open his campaign in June, promising to bring a new kind of politics to Washington.
“Too many people are forgetting that the lines that divide us are nothing compared to the ties that bind us,” he said. “It forgets that old saying, ‘If you want to go fast, go alone; if you want to go far, go together.’ ”
Conceding the race before a crowd of a few hundred supporters at a banquet hall in Bridgewater, N.J., Mr. Lonegan called the race a victory, even in defeat, and thanked the prominent conservatives who had come to the state to campaign for him, including Rand Paul and Sarah Palin.
“We came well closer to winning this election than anyone ever expected,” Mr. Lonegan said to loud cheers. “The big Washington power groups and consultants said we couldn’t win. Well, maybe if they had played a role in this election, we would have won.”
Mr. Booker grew up in the wealthy North Jersey suburb of Harrington Park, where his parents, some of the first black executives at I.B.M., helped integrate the town.
A graduate of Stanford and Yale Law School, and a former Rhodes scholar, he was a celebrity even before he became mayor — with an Oscar-nominated documentary about his first, failed race in 2002. He was elected in 2006 to replace Sharpe James, the longtime mayor who later served time in prison for fraud.
Mr. Booker brought excitement to a city that has long struggled to shake off the cloud of the riots that nearly destroyed it 46 years ago. And with his national profile, he also attracted more business development, including Newark’s first new hotel and supermarket in decades, and millions of dollars in philanthropy, including a $100 million pledge to the city’s long-failing schools from the Facebook co-founder Mark Zuckerberg.
The very timing of the special election this year to fill the seat of Senator Frank R. Lautenberg, a fellow Democrat who died in June, showed how powerful a force he had become. Gov. Chris Christie, a Republican, called it for a Wednesday in October at a cost of $24 million to a state with a budget stretched thin, rather than holding it three weeks later, when he would have appeared on the ballot for re-election with Mr. Booker, the one Democrat he had feared running against him.
As a placeholder in the Senate seat after Mr. Lautenberg died, Mr. Christie appointed his attorney general, Jeffrey S. Chiesa, a Republican loyalist who expressed no interest in holding the seat permanently. Mr. Booker will take office after the vote is certified, which the governor has said will be by early November. Mr. Booker will fill out the rest of Mr. Lautenberg’s term, facing re-election in November 2014.
New Jersey has not elected a Republican to the Senate in 40 years.
But the race was messier than Mr. Booker, famous for his inspirational Twitter musings, would have liked. He started the campaign talking hopefully, and safely, about his belief in the need to reach across the aisle to get things done in partisan Washington.
He held relatively few public events early on, favoring canned Instagram interviews and videos where he answered predictable (for New Jersey) questions like “Springsteen or Bon Jovi?” (“Bon Jovi is a friend,” Mr. Booker said, but chose Springsteen, “Thunder Road” over “Born to Run.”)
Mr. Lonegan, his Republican opponent, worked Mr. Booker’s celebrity against him. While Mr. Booker spent more than a week raising money in Hollywood and Silicon Valley, Mr. Lonegan held a red carpet event with “regular New Jersey people” and invited reporters to news conferences at his modest suburban home.
Only after Mr. Lonegan appeared to gain traction in some polls did Mr. Booker come out punching, trying to make the election a referendum on the government shutdown.
Voters apparently found Mr. Lonegan too conservative; 60 percent told the Rutgers poll he was further to the right than most of the state.
Still, the campaign “made Booker more human, less Superman,” said David Redlawsk, the director of the Rutgers poll, pointing to the drops in his favorability.
The question now for Mr. Booker is how he plays his celebrity in the Senate, a chamber where show horses tend to stumble.
He has promised that he will continue to live in Newark. He has also said he intends to keep up his presence on Twitter.
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Mickey Sherman, Skakel Lawyer, in a TV Twist, Is Talk Fodder
By VIVIAN YEE and ALISON LEIGH COWAN
For two decades, when the tribulations of the famous and the notorious have aired on television, Mickey Sherman has been there to talk and talk: about O. J. Simpson, Martha Stewart, Michael Vick, Casey Anthony, Michael Jackson, just to name a few whose legal cases he analyzed for the camera. When Nancy Grace needed help explaining how a man accused of murder had walked free even after the victims’ bodies were found in his backyard, Mr. Sherman was there, making the CNN studio peal with laughter.
“You get a client with 8 to 12 bodies buried in his yard, and there’s an immediate rush to judgment that he may have done something wrong,” he deadpanned.
The public’s insatiable appetite for true-crime programming vaulted Mr. Sherman, the assured, accessible and witty defense lawyer from Greenwich, Conn., into the flashy television-personality world of photo shoots and celebrity hobnobbing.
But now Mr. Sherman is the one whom the talking heads are talking about.
Last week, a Connecticut judge ordered a retrial for Mr. Sherman’s most famous client, Michael C. Skakel, the nephew of Ethel Kennedy who was convicted in 2002 of killing a neighbor, Martha Moxley, when both were 15 in 1975. In a scathing, 136-page decision, the judge wrote that had Mr. Sherman not done such a poor job defending Mr. Skakel, the jury might have come to a different conclusion.
“What’s unusual here,” John Berman of CNN said the next morning, “is that the lawyer — Mickey Sherman was a very well-known lawyer. Highly paid. Like I think he made more than a million dollars in this case. You don’t usually see the adequate representation then coming into play with a high-priced celebrity lawyer in cases like this. It is fascinating, fascinating to see.”
The decision on Wednesday, by Judge Thomas A. Bishop, came about after Mr. Skakel’s new lawyers filed a habeas corpus petition, a Hail Mary gambit with historically slim odds, after they spent 11 years appealing and petitioning judges for a new trial.
Calling Mr. Sherman’s failures “fatal to a constitutionally adequate defense,” the judge issued an assessment of his performance that might not have seemed out of place on cable TV, three times labeling Mr. Sherman’s lapses “inexcusable.”
He said Mr. Sherman had failed to argue that a brother of Mr. Skakel’s, who had fallen under suspicion at one point during the long investigation, could have killed Ms. Moxley; that he had not called a witness who could have supported Mr. Skakel’s alibi; that he had not adequately contested one man’s claim that Mr. Skakel had confessed the murder to him, even though there were witnesses available to challenge the claim; and that he had presented a weak closing argument without mentioning the concept of reasonable doubt, among other problems.
On Friday, two days later, Mr. Sherman said he had yet to read the judge’s decision, but also that he was pleased that his former client, who was sentenced to 20 years to life, might finally leave prison. “I’m not concerned about my future career or business,” Mr. Sherman said. “What concerns me is Michael.”
Like Mr. Skakel and Ms. Moxley, Mr. Sherman, 66, grew up in Greenwich, though in a decidedly less affluent part of town. A graduate of the University of Connecticut School of Law, he worked as a public defender and prosecutor in Stamford before starting a private practice in 1976. In 1991, a few years after The American Lawyer wrote about Mr. Sherman, the magazine’s publisher, Steven Brill, asked him to appear in a program he was developing that would show trials in their entirety alongside running commentary from veteran lawyers. The pilot would become Court TV, now TruTV. One of its early programs centered on Mr. Sherman’s highest-profile trial before the Skakel case, that of Roger Ligon, a Vietnam War veteran who was charged with murder for shooting someone over a parking dispute.
As Court TV filmed the proceedings, Mr. Sherman constructed a novel defense, arguing that Mr. Ligon had suffered from post-traumatic stress syndrome. Mr. Ligon was acquitted, cementing Mr. Sherman’s reputation as a defense attorney — and one who recognized what television could do for his business.
The contemporary cult of the celebrity lawyer was arguably born with the O. J. Simpson murder case in 1994, and made television stars of a half-dozen or more of the lawyers involved. By the time he took the Skakel case, Mr. Sherman was part of that ever-expanding constellation: a fixture on Court TV and other channels, he now counted among his best friends the singer Michael Bolton and the television personality Rikki Klieman, along with her husband, William J. Bratton, the police chief who served in New York, Los Angeles and Boston. Known for his irreverence in the courtroom — he once waved a live lobster in court while defending a fisherman — Mr. Sherman made for good TV, breaking up the tension of dramatic headlines with well-placed jokes.
And he enjoyed the attention, as Mr. Skakel testified at a court hearing earlier this year. Mr. Skakel said Mr. Sherman called himself a “media whore” who, during trial preparations, took a potential witness to dinner in Chicago with Mr. Bolton and the basketball coach Doc Rivers (The actor Harrison Ford dropped by). Mr. Sherman said last week that he used the celebrities’ presence to entice the potential witness so that he could learn more about how the person might testify. (He was not called to the stand.)
Mr. Sherman, who was hired in part for his media experience, billed more than $1.2 million for the case.
“Mickey got distracted by the glitter and the glare,” Robert F. Kennedy Jr., a cousin of Mr. Skakel’s, said in an interview last week. “He was not lifting up every rock, and if he had, Michael Skakel would not be in prison for the last 10 years, and Mickey knows that.”
After the trial, the limousine that whisked Mr. Sherman from his Connecticut home to studios in New York City continued coming. About a year after the Skakel trial ended in June 2002, he parlayed his growing fame into a paid job as the legal analyst for CBS News, a position he held for several years. Vanity Fair did a photo shoot. His income ballooned to $854,000 in 2004, up from a low of about $96,000 in 1998. So ubiquitous did he become that he had a cameo in the 2006 film “Man of the Year,” as “Talking Head Lawyer.”
Having separated from his wife, now Judy Jacobson, in 1998, Mr. Sherman finalized his divorce in 2005 and married Lis Wiehl, the legal analyst for Fox News, the next year. At the wedding, which was attended by the television hosts Geraldo Rivera and Dan Abrams, as well as Mr. Brill and the director Barry Levinson, Mr. Bolton sang “When a Man Loves a Woman.” (Mr. Sherman and Ms. Wiehl are now divorced.)
But he was already running behind on paying his taxes, with debts to the Internal Revenue Service that topped $1 million by the time he was charged and pleaded guilty in 2010 to willfully failing to pay. Documents in the tax case described Mr. Sherman as an inveterate spender, one who friends and family said in letters of support could be all too openhanded with gifts. One of his representatives, negotiating with a tax officer, said Mr. Sherman’s affluent lifestyle required “plenty of cash.” Because he was a high-profile lawyer, the representative added, “image was everything.”
Mr. Sherman’s license was suspended for a year and he was sentenced to a year and a day in prison, spending about half of that at a minimum-security camp, and a few months at a halfway house. He now uses his prison stint as a selling point. “I am acutely aware of that black cloud that sits above your head and that of your family,” Mr. Sherman’s Web site tells potential clients. “I know all of this because I’ve been there myself!”
By April 2012, Mr. Sherman was back on television, often dissecting the shooting of Trayvon Martin for Nancy Grace on the cable news channel HLN.
Mr. Sherman said he understood Mr. Skakel’s need to paint him as ineffective, but in an interview last week, he offered a rebuttal to the judge’s ruling. Mr. Sherman said he had avoided implicating other possible suspects because they could give one another alibis. As for challenging the prosecution witness’s claim that Mr. Skakel had confessed, he said he believed his cross-examination had established the witness as an unreliable drug user.
Some prominent members of the television legal bar expressed surprise with the ruling, which prosecutors have promised to appeal. “Astonished,” said Jeffrey Toobin on CNN’s “Anderson Cooper 360 Degrees.” “I sat through this trial. Mickey Sherman made some very debatable moves, but this was not outside the realm of normal criminal defense.”
Last week, Mr. Sherman called the decision “one hundred times worse” than going to prison “because it goes to my fabric as a lawyer.”
As for the experience of having his own performance scrutinized by Mr. Kennedy, Mr. Skakel’s new legal team and now his fellow talking heads, he sounds philosophical. “They pay people like me to win,” Mr. Sherman said. “So I don’t blame them.”
Susan C. Beachy, Bill Carter, Michael Cieply and Kristin Hussey contributed reporting.
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Code Words in Immigration Reform
William Galston uses code words adopted by all progressive approaches to this and similar issues.
William Galston's "An Immigration Challenge for Boehner" (Politics & Ideas, Oct. 23) is written using the code words adopted by all progressive approaches to this and similar issues. "Comprehensive" immigration is actually code for two reforms. The first is a reform of current immigration law that will allow highly trained individuals to enter our country with benefits to our economy. It will also change how we bring in temporary workers with temporary permits who will also benefit our economy. This is the part of immigration reform that most people agree should be passed in a bipartisan way. The second reform included in the code word "comprehensive" is the reform of how we penalize all the people who have broken our current immigration laws. This is always included in the accepted good part of reform so that it benefits from a halo effect so that both reforms taken in total appear good. These two issues if handled separately would appear differently, and that is why Speaker John Boehner's piecemeal approach has some traction.
There were many other code words in the essay. Encouraging "Republicans to put behind them an issue that has done so much to devalue their brand, particularly with Latino voters" is code for helping to get more Democratic voters. "Reaching agreement on nutrition programs" is code for continuing the food-stamp bonanza. "Sixty-four percent think illegal immigrants take only jobs that Americans don't want" is code for illegals taking the jobs that pay no more than welfare, food stamps and fraudulent disability that Americans, without that government largess, used to take
Allen R. Kraska
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For New York City’s Charter Schools,
a Lesson on Paying Rent
December 2013
By WINNIE HUThe angled walls of Bronx Community Charter reflect the school’s unconventional approach.
Instead of classes squeezed into every corner, there is a large common area filled with benches for sitting and sharing. An open central staircase connects its two floors. The overhead plumbing and light fixtures are exposed, providing a teachable moment: Students study the building.
As a rent-paying school, Bronx Community Charter may also offer a lesson to many New York City charter schools if the mayor-elect, Bill de Blasio, follows through on his campaign proposal that “well-resourced” charter schools pay rent.
Charter schools, which receive public funds but are independently operated, have thrived in New York in the last dozen years — in no small measure because the administration of Mayor Michael R. Bloomberg has provided them with space and other resources. Currently, 114 of the city’s 183 charter schools are housed rent-free in public school buildings, according to the Education Department.
But Bronx Community Charter spends $781,000 annually on rent, or nearly 15 percent of its $5.3 million budget.
“You could practically run a whole school on that,” said Sasha Wilson, 43, a co-director of the school, which has 312 students in kindergarten through fifth grade. “It’s incredibly challenging on a charter school budget to do all this.”
Mr. de Blasio has contended that charter schools have been favored at the expense of traditional public schools, which serve the vast majority of students, and that locating charter and traditional schools in the same buildings has resulted in overcrowding. Mr. de Blasio has proposed that “well-resourced charter schools” should pay rent on a sliding scale. Some charter schools and their advocates have countered that charging rents could lead to teacher layoffs, program cuts and increased class sizes.
City charter schools receive $13,527 per pupil from the city’s Education Department, and additional local, state or federal funds based on student needs, such as special education. Some charter schools also receive money through private donations as well as through state and federal grants, including a federal grant that defrays start-up costs.
James D. Merriman, chief executive officer of the New York City Charter School Center, said that because charter schools do not have a separate revenue stream of government funds for their building or capital expenses, they are “required to steal from their ‘operating Peter’ to pay for their ‘capital Paul.’ ” He said city charter schools occupying privately owned spaces typically spend 13 to 22 percent of their annual budgets on rent.
“It is absolutely clear that if you have to expend one in six dollars in funding on rent that would otherwise go into the classroom, you are handicapped,” Mr. Merriman said. “You are starting with one hand behind your back, and that’s not good for our students.”
Bronx Community Charter, in a working-class area, started in 2008 with 100 children in kindergarten and first grade. It expanded every year and soon outgrew its space. Eighty-four percent of the students are poor enough to qualify for free or reduced-price lunches; 94 percent are black and Hispanic.
Mr. Wilson and two other teachers formerly at Public School 51 in Bedford Park, in the Bronx, founded the charter school because of their frustrations with the Education Department’s frequent curriculum changes. “It felt like the mandates were changing each year,” Mr. Wilson said. “There was no time to deepen and improve what we had, so one afternoon, we sat down on a classroom floor and said, ‘Hey, what if we start a school?’ ”
They were determined to stay in the local school district even though the crowded school buildings had no room to host a new charter school. So they set out to find their own space, navigating the intricacies of both real estate and school financing. Mr. Wilson spent much of his paternity leave in 2007 scouting potential school sites with his newborn daughter, Delphinium Sibley-Wilson, strapped to his chest.
Mr. Wilson said he had hoped Delphinium would benefit from his work. But in 2012, in the state-mandated lottery for one of Bronx Community Charter’s 50 kindergarten spots, she was No. 153 of 198 applicants. She now attends first grade at a local district school. This year, the charter school, which received a B on its latest progress report, had 356 applicants for 81 open spots.
Bronx Community Charter’s first home was on the ground floor of a new apartment building in the Fordham neighborhood. The rent was $129,000 annually, about 7 percent of the operating budget. By keeping other costs down, school leaders had $300,000 left at the end of that year to start a long-term building fund. That fund eventually held $1.8 million, of which $1.2 million came from annual savings and $600,000 from donations from family, friends and board members.
Classrooms were furnished with desks and chairs donated by a nursery school in the West Village that had closed. There was no receptionist or security guard, so staff members took turns answering the phones and tending the front door. There was no lunch aide or custodian, either. “We’ve gotten really good at plunging toilets,” Mr. Wilson said.
But the school’s leaders refused to scrimp on teaching. They hired two teachers for each class of 25 students, as well as specialty teachers for visual arts, drumming and drama. Later, they added teachers for dance, technology and even activism; students have organized blood drives and cared for trees in their neighborhoods.
Mr. Wilson and Martha Andrews, 38, the co-directors, decided to pay teachers at least as much as they would earn in district schools (though they work longer hours). The average teacher salary is $68,000; their own salaries are $109,000.
School leaders found their next location in Norwood, signing a lease in 2011 for two floors of a building going up across from the Bronx River. They worked with the developer to customize the space with nearly $2.7 million of interior construction. The school paid $850,000 from its building fund, and the remainder was amortized into a 15-year lease plan, which worked out to an annual rent of $781,000 for the first five years, with increases after that.
While waiting for its new building, the school rented more space down the street in a Police Athletic League community center for $110,000 a year, increasing the total rent bill to $239,000. The makeshift arrangement, which split the school into two sites, stretched into two years because of construction delays.
Chris Whitney, 31, a second-grade teacher, recalled that he taught in a windowless room in the basement of the community center. When a water pipe broke last winter, there was no water or heat for several days, so he took his students on field trips to the Bronx Zoo and the American Museum of Natural History. “If you’re in a gray, dreary environment, that starts to wear on you,” Mr. Whitney said. “We persevered and created something beautiful last year, but it was through a lot of struggle.”
In August, Bronx Community Charter finally moved into its airy, light-filled new space. First-graders mapped the building layout. Second-graders sat under sinks and sketched the plumbing, and fourth-graders explained how their classroom lights worked with circuit boards and light bulbs.
“It’s a mystery because it’s a new building,” said Richard Alejandro, 7, as he drew a water pipe in class. “You can go around the building and investigate ‘How does this work?’ It’s a place that I know now.”
The downside is that the rent has tripled, leaving the school with a shortfall — its first — of $200,000 this year. Mr. Wilson said that as the school adds classes in coming years to fill the space, its revenue will increase to cover the budget. Until then, the school will tap into its building fund to cover expenses.
The students are also doing their part. The school’s September utility bill was $7,112. Fourth-graders honed their math and science skills by finding ways to lower it.
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Who makes the most in Obama's White House?By Roberta Rampton and Margaret Chadbourn
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Twenty-two of President Barack Obama's top advisers make the top White House salary of $172,200 per year - but there is one official who earns 30 percent more.
It's not Chief of Staff Denis McDonough. Not Obama's senior adviser and close friend Valerie Jarrett. Not Cecilia Munoz, who is overseeing White House efforts on immigration reform, nor Lisa Monaco, who advises Obama on homeland security and counterterrorism.
The best-paid person of the 460 people who work at the White House is Seth Wheeler, a senior adviser at the National Economic Council, who is crafting Obama's strategy on housing finance.
One of the newest appointees, Wheeler earns $225,000, according to the annual White House report on its $37.9 million payroll released on Friday.
Wheeler has been detailed to the role from the Federal Reserve where the pay scale is higher, a White House official explained.
It also means he earns more than his boss, Gene Sperling, the director of the National Economic Council, who earns the White House limit of $172,200.
At the Fed, Wheeler was chief of staff for the Office of Financial Stability Policy and Research.
He is an ex-Morgan Stanley banker who worked for former Treasury Secretary Hank Paulson during the Bush Administration, and was a key architect with the Obama administration's mortgage modification program, helping craft the signature housing aid program known as the Home Affordable Modification Program.
"His pay reflects the anomaly of the Fed pay scale," said Phillip Swagel, who served in the Treasury Department under President George W. Bush.
"It is noteworthy that the NEC is pretty political so it's fascinating that they have a Fed employee in a political position," Swagel said.
Federal employees who work for banking regulators, including the Fed, have higher pay scales than employees of other federal departments, said Julia Gordon, director of housing finance and policy at the Center for American Progress, a liberal think tank.
"I'm sure if he went back to Morgan Stanley, he'd be making 10 times that," Gordon said.
Wheeler replaces Jim Parrott, who had been detailed to the White House from the Department of Housing and Urban Development, and earned $144,385 last year. Parrott left the White House in January, and recently joined the Urban Institute.
Wheeler's salary approaches that of Vice President Joe Biden, who this year is poised to earn $230,700. Obama's salary is $400,000.
HOUSING SYSTEM 'IN SHAMBLES'
The housing advisor position has been held by four different people during the Obama administration, punctuated by lengthy vacancies between advisers, said Gordon, who hopes the White House now begins to takes a more active role on the issue.
"Our housing system is still in shambles," Gordon said.
"Just because people hear that prices are going back up doesn't mean we've fixed anything. A lot of the underlying problems are still there."
One of the key issues is reforms for mortgage finance companies Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac, which were seized by the government in 2008 as the housing crisis threatened their solvency.
The companies own or guarantee half of all U.S. mortgages and have been propped up with $187.5 billion in taxpayer funds.
Democrats and Republicans want to reduce the government's role and put more of the risk of lending onto the private sector, but they disagree on how far to go.
The salary report can be found at -
http://www.whitehouse.gov/briefing-room/disclosures/annual-records/2013.
(Reporting by Roberta Rampton; editing by Jackie Frank)
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Jesse Jackson Jr. Gets 30 Months, and His Wife 12, to Be Served at Separate Times
August 15, 2013
By ASHLEY SOUTHALL
WASHINGTON — Little more than a year ago, Jesse L. Jackson Jr. was a popular young Democratic congressman pushing to increase the federal minimum wage, an issue that fit his reputation as an advocate for the less fortunate, especially those in his Chicago-area district.
But on Wednesday, the former congressman was a felon standing in a federal courtroom in Washington to receive his sentence.
Mr. Jackson, 48, received 30 months in prison for spending $750,000 from his campaign on personal items. His wife, Sandi, 49, was sentenced to 12 months in prison for omitting $580,000 in income from the couple’s tax returns while they lived lavishly.
“The inescapable fact is that you and Sandra Jackson used campaign funds to sustain a lifestyle that you cannot afford,” Judge Amy Berman Jackson said before announcing Mr. Jackson’s penalty.
The judge granted a request from the couple, who have two children, ages 9 and 13, that they be allowed to serve their sentences one at a time. Mr. Jackson will report to prison on or after Nov. 1. When he is released, Ms. Jackson will have 30 days to surrender.
“I am the example for the whole Congress, and I understand that,” Mr. Jackson told the judge. “I didn’t separate my personal life from my political activity, and I couldn’t have been more wrong.”
Mr. Jackson wept as he stood before the packed courtroom in United States District Court. He apologized to his parents, who sat in the front row next to his siblings, and said he accepted responsibility.
“I still believe in the power of forgiveness,” Mr. Jackson said to reporters after the sentencing. “I believe in the power of redemption. Today I manned up and tried to accept responsibility for the error of my ways, and I still believe in the resurrection.”
The sentencing had been postponed from June 28 to accommodate the court’s schedule. During the breaks on Wednesday, relatives exchanged hugs, kisses and words of support with the Jacksons and their parents, but an air of grief quickly descended when the court was in session.
Prosecutors had recommended a sentence of 46 to 57 months for Mr. Jackson, who pleaded guilty in February to one count of felony fraud, while his lawyers had requested 18 months. Mr. Jackson was also sentenced to three years of supervised release, and he is not eligible for parole. But his sentence could be reduced by several months for good behavior or if he receives treatment for his bipolar disorder. He also must pay back the campaign money to the government.
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A lawyer for Mr. Jackson, Reid Weingarten, described him as a “good man” whose illness sometimes clouded his judgment. But Judge Jackson said that “manic episodes” could not explain the more than 3,000 times that the Jacksons used campaign money to make personal purchases, including $15,000 in kitchen appliances and a $43,000 Rolex.
“There may be gray areas in campaign finance,” she said. “This case did not come near to those areas.”
Prosecutors had sought 18 months in prison for Ms. Jackson, a former Chicago alderman. Ms. Jackson, who pleaded guilty to one felony count of filing false tax returns, must also pay $22,000 in restitution and is subject to one year of supervised release.
A lawyer for Ms. Jackson, Dan Webb, sought to portray his client as a doting mother whose absence would cause deep psychological damage in the children. He had requested a sentence of probation with community service.
In rejecting that request, Judge Jackson said to Ms. Jackson: “The court did not put your children in this position. The government did not put your children in this position.”
The sentencing marked a precipitous downfall for Mr. Jackson.
With the help of his father, the Rev. Jesse Jackson, Mr. Jackson was elected to Congress in 1995 from a district that includes part of the South Side of Chicago. He became one of the most prominent young black politicians in the country, working on issues related to health care and education for the poor.
But his reputation was damaged in recent years after reports surfaced that he had had an extramarital affair with a woman from Washington. An Office of Congressional Ethics investigation that was released in 2011 concluded that there was probable cause to believe that Mr. Jackson broke House rules when he was seeking the Senate seat that Barack Obama vacated after the 2008 election, but he was never charged, and he denied any wrongdoing.
Last summer, Mr. Jackson took a medical leave from Congress and was later
treated for bipolar disorder. Two weeks after being re-elected for a ninth time in November, he resigned, citing his health and the federal investigation into his use of campaign money.
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Many Mayoral Candidates Have Been What Bloomberg Is Not: Close to Cuomo
By THOMAS KAPLANJohn A. Catsimatidis let Gov. Andrew M. Cuomo borrow a Gulfstream IV jet this spring so he could fly to Binghamton, N.Y., for a wedding. Bill de Blasio was a deputy to Mr. Cuomo during the Clinton administration; William C. Thompson Jr. was a chairman of Mr. Cuomo’s gubernatorial campaign; and Joseph J. Lhota served in his administration.
For the last several years, Mr. Cuomo has not had much of a friendship with City Hall in New York — he and Mayor Michael R. Bloomberg have been, at best, civil partners during civic emergencies, and, notwithstanding a friendly white-water rafting race last month in the Adirondacks, have rarely expressed much affection or respect for each other.
But the field of candidates vying to succeed Mr. Bloomberg presents Mr. Cuomo with a rare opportunity to hit the reset button: many, from both political parties, have long, close, political and personal relationships with him.
“Governor Cuomo is a guy who wants to get it done,” said Christine C. Quinn, a Democrat and the speaker of the City Council. “I learned an immense amount from Andrew Cuomo,” said Mr. de Blasio, also a Democrat. “You see him wear my ties all the time,” said Mr. Catsimatidis, a Republican who says the Democratic governor often sports limited-edition neckwear that Mr. Catsimatidis designs and gives annually to his friends.
Mr. Cuomo, who grew up in Queens but now lives and votes in Westchester County, has studiously avoided getting involved in the race, publicly or privately. There have been a few exceptions — he has made it clear that he finds the notion of former RepresentativeAnthony D. Weiner as mayor to be unacceptable — but otherwise he tended to parry questions about the race by describing it as a form of performance art that makes the city entertaining.
“This is summer political theater in New York,” he said last week. “We laugh, because if we didn’t laugh, we would cry.”
But much is at stake, for the state and the city. The city provides much of the economic fuel for the state, and the mayor of New York has a national bully pulpit, but the state has much of the political power to decide important issues in the five boroughs, which has often created tension between the Capitol and City Hall. Mr. Bloomberg, for example, counts Albany’s rejection of his congestion pricing proposal as one of the great disappointments of his tenure.
Mr. Cuomo and Mr. Bloomberg are poorly matched. Mr. Cuomo, whose father was a governor, is a tough and shrewd inside player, while Mr. Bloomberg, a self-made billionaire, is impatient with the political process; Mr. Bloomberg has often been frustrated by his inability to persuade Albany to support significant elements of his agenda, while Mr. Cuomo has chafed at Mr. Bloomberg’s periodic imperiousness and envied his ability to command attention.
Much of the agenda being outlined by the candidates — proposals about rent regulation, housing development, criminal justice policy and mayoral control of schools and subways — requires approval by Albany, which has been the death of many a mayoral proposal.
But translating friendships into political alliances can be difficult. Already, for example, the relationship between Mr. Cuomo and Mr. de Blasio has strained, as Mr. de Blasio has criticized the Cuomo administration for doing too little to save Long Island College Hospital. Mr. Thompson, who played an important role in 2010 shoring up Mr. Cuomo’s relationship with black voters, said past allegiances were helpful, but no guarantee of future harmony.
“We’re going to disagree,” he said. “That’s just the nature of both of those jobs.”
Several of the candidates have said they want to change the relationship between Albany and City Hall.
Mr. de Blasio has derided what he called a “quasi-colonial dynamic” between the state and the city, while also acknowledging that he has to work within its strictures. “Bluntly, this current mayor had trouble at times understanding that the governor and the Legislature have certain powers that he depended on and that he needed to work with constructively,” he said. “I think at times he really undermined his own agenda by not recognizing that reality.”
And Mr. Weiner has made the relationship a part of his campaign: on July 3, he stood in front of City Hall next to an easel bearing a giant blue placard with the title, “A Big Apple Declaration of Independence From Albany,” and a list of 10 areas in which he wanted the city to have authority instead of the state, including charter schools, liquor licensing and the redevelopment of ground zero.
“So much of our lives in New York City are governed by legislators in Buffalo, legislators in Schenectady and legislators in Plattsburgh,” Mr. Weiner said, before making an offer to upstate legislators. “You let us govern New York City, and I promise I won’t try to govern what goes on in Binghamton.”
Mr. Cuomo’s longest standing relationship in this year’s field is with George T. McDonald, an advocate for the homeless who is running a long-shot campaign for mayor as a Republican. Mr. McDonald met Mr. Cuomo in 1984 when both men were working on the Democratic presidential campaign of Walter F. Mondale, and they later connected over their shared concern about homelessness — Mr. McDonald founded the Doe Fund, a nonprofit group that helps find jobs for the indigent, and Mr. Cuomo founded HELP USA, which develops housing for the homeless.
“I love him like a brother,” Mr. McDonald said.
Mr. McDonald and his wife, Harriet Karr-McDonald, have supported Mr. Cuomo financially, donating over $100,000 to his campaigns over the years. Mr. McDonald was also invited to Mr. Cuomo’s private 55th birthday party last year, and caused a bit of a stir when he posted on Twitter a picture of the birthday cake, apparently offending someone on Team Cuomo, because the photo was quickly deleted.
Mr. Catsimatidis has also known Andrew Cuomo for decades — since Andrew was a young aide to his father, Gov. Mario M. Cuomo — and, despite belonging to a different political party, he and his wife, Margo, have personally given over $200,000 to Mr. Cuomo’s campaigns. Mr. Catsimatidis said he did not believe that as mayor he would clash with Mr. Cuomo: “I am not a clasher; I am a person that’s usually a hugger.”
Mr. de Blasio, the public advocate, met Mr. Cuomo in the mid-1990s through a friend, Ken Sunshine, a onetime mayoral aide who is now a well-known publicist. Mr. de Blasio worked for Mr. Cuomo when he was the federal housing secretary, and they were close enough that when Mr. Cuomo’s bid for governor in 2002 imploded, he trusted Mr. de Blasio to help negotiate his exit from the race.
“He is an extraordinary manager,” Mr. de Blasio said. “I learned a lot from him strategically; I learned a lot from him about how to create a focused, achievable agenda, and follow it through. It was a very important few years in my life.”
Mr. Thompson and Mr. Lhota are more recent allies.
Mr. Thompson supported Mr. Cuomo’s bid for attorney general in 2006 and Mr. Cuomo supported Mr. Thompson’s run for mayor in 2009. After being a chairman of Mr. Cuomo’s gubernatorial campaign in 2010, Mr. Thompson went on to serve him as chairman of a committee tasked with increasing the participation of minority- and women-owned businesses in state contracting.
Mr. Lhota barely knew Mr. Cuomo until 2011, when the governor named him to run the Metropolitan Transportation Authority, but Mr. Lhota oversaw an area of pride for the Cuomo administration, shepherding the subway system to a speedy reopening afterHurricane Sandy.
Ms. Quinn has known Mr. Cuomo for some time, and worked closely with him in 2011 as they pushed for the legalization of same-sex marriage. After it passed, she introduced him at a gala dinner for a gay rights group, and he thanked her by saying, “The best is yet to be for Christine Quinn”; the next year, he was a guest at her wedding, sitting in the third row on the aisle.
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Mr. Cuomo’s longest standing relationship in this year’s field is with George T. McDonald, an advocate for the homeless who is running a long-shot campaign for mayor as a Republican. Mr. McDonald met Mr. Cuomo in 1984 when both men were working on the Democratic presidential campaign of Walter F. Mondale, and they later connected over their shared concern about homelessness — Mr. McDonald founded the Doe Fund, a nonprofit group that helps find jobs for the indigent, and Mr. Cuomo founded HELP USA, which develops housing for the homeless.
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Common Era (also Current Era[1] or Christian Era[2]), abbreviated as CE, is an alternative naming of the traditional calendar era, Anno Domini (abbreviated AD).[3] BCE is the abbreviation for Before the Common/Current/Christian Era (an alternative to Before Christ, abbreviated BC). The CE/BCE designation uses the year-numbering system introduced by the 6th-century Christian monk Dionysius Exiguus, who started the Anno Domini designation, intending the beginning of the life of Jesus to be the reference date.[4][5] Neither notation includes a year zero,[6] and the two notations (CE/BCE and AD/BC) are numerically equivalent; thus "2013 CE" corresponds to "AD 2013" and "399 BCE" corresponds to "399 BC".
The expression "Common Era" can be found as early as 1708 in English,[7] and traced back to Latin usage among European Christians to 1615, as vulgaris aerae,[8] and to 1635 in English as Vulgar Era. At those times, the expressions were all used interchangeably with "Christian Era", and "vulgar" meant "not regal" rather than "crudely indecent". Use of the CE abbreviation was introduced by Jewish academics in the mid-19th century. Since the later 20th century, use of CE and BCE has been popularized in academic and scientific publications, and more generally by publishers emphasizing secularism or sensitivity to non-Christians.
The Gregorian calendar, and the year-numbering system associated with it, is the calendar system with most widespread use in the world today. For decades, it has been the global standard, recognized by international institutions such as the United Nations and theUniversal Postal Union.
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Date: August 22, 2013
"The middle class and those struggling to rise out of persistent financial struggles
were being unfairly priced out of the higher education market"
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BUFFALO — Deploring the rising costs of a college education, President Obama vowed to try to shame universities into holding their prices down and to eventually use federal student aid as leverage in that effort.
Speaking at the University at Buffalo, where tuition and fees now total about $8,000 per year for New York residents, Mr. Obama said the middle class and those struggling to rise out of persistent financial struggles were being unfairly priced out of the higher education market.
“Colleges are not going to just be able to keep on increasing tuition year after year and passing it on to students,”
Mr. Obama told an enthusiastic audience of about 7,200 students and others in the university’s auditorium.
“We can’t price the middle class and everybody working to get into the middle class out of college.”
The president said rising prices at colleges were partly driven by the distribution of $150 billion in federal assistance to students. He said that colleges that allowed tuition to soar should be penalized by getting less aid for their students, while colleges that held down costs should get more of the money.
He announced plans to create a federal rating system that would allow parents and students to easily compare colleges. And he said he would urge Congress to pass legislation to link the student aid to the rating system.
“It is time to stop subsidizing schools that are not producing good results,” Mr. Obama said to a roar of applause from the students in the audience.
The president offered his college affordability proposals at the beginning of a two-day bus tour through upstate New York and Pennsylvania. It is part of a campaign to highlight proposals that his administration says will help the middle class economically.
Speaking to reporters on Air Force One, Arne Duncan, the education secretary, said the president’s plan aimed to change incentives for colleges that were not doing enough to try to hold down the cost of a four-year education.
“We want to see good actors be rewarded. We want to see them get more resources,” Mr. Duncan said. “And when we’re not seeing that kind of commitment, we want to challenge that status quo.”
That challenge is certain to anger some college officials, who argue that their costs are affected by state funding decisions, the rising cost of health care, and other factors outside their control. Mr. Duncan said the administration planned to move slowly as it created the ratings system, in part to listen to the concerns of university administrators.
Mr. Obama predicted that the reaction to some of his proposals would be negative, saying that “these reforms won’t be popular with everybody, especially those who are making out fine in the current system.”
He acknowledged that the decision to link aid to his rating system would require Congressional approval.
“So, we’re going to have to work on that,” he said to chuckles*) from the audience. *) = laugh quietly or inwardly
Initial reaction to the plan in Congress tended to fall along party lines. Representative John Kline, Republican of Minnesota and the chairman of the House Committee on Education and the Workforce, said in a statement that he was skeptical of Mr. Obama’s proposed rating system.
“I remain concerned that imposing an arbitrary college ranking system could curtail the very innovation we hope to encourage — and even lead to federal price controls,” Mr. Kline said. “As always, the devil is in the details.”
Senator Marco Rubio, Republican of Florida, said: “I’m strongly opposed to his plan to impose new federal standards on higher education institutions. This is a slippery slope, and one that ends with the private sector inevitably giving up more of its freedom to innovate and take risks. The U.S. did not create the best higher education system in the world by using standards set by Washington bureaucrats.”
A Democrat, Senator Tom Harkin of Iowa, the chairman of the Senate Committee on Health, Education, Labor and Pensions, issued a statement applauding the president’s proposal.
Higher education experts generally agreed that the plan was important, but they expressed doubts both about whether Congress would go along with the pieces that required legislative changes and about whether the administration was overstepping its authority.
“The proposal would be a huge change in higher education, with the federal government asserting itself as the definer of institutional goals and policy, and doing it through need-based financial aid,” said Jane Wellman, the executive director of the National Association of System Heads. “The federal government has never been in higher education policy before — it has just administered financial aid — and I’m not sure you can just take that role and stretch it like a rubber band. It seems like a very clumsy way to try to reshape the roles of the federal government, the states, and the institutions’ boards.”
Others were more positive about the president’s proposal.
“It’s kind of exciting that he doesn’t seem to have given up on getting things through Congress, and just retreated to what he can do by executive action, as many people expected,” said Judith Scott-Clayton, a professor of economics and education at Teachers College at Columbia University.
She and others agreed that the headline proposal was the plan to issue ratings, and ultimately to link them to student aid. But they said they had their qualms about how well the ratings would work.
“It’s very dramatic, and it will get the conversation going,” Dr. Scott-Clayton said. “The problem is that getting the formula for the ratings right is very tricky, so linking a significant amount of student aid to the rates might be dangerous. I think they know that, and that’s why it wouldn’t start till 2018.”
Molly Corbett Broad, the president of the American Council on Education, the largest higher education trade organization, also found the ratings worrisome.
“It depends on having complete and accurate data, and there are some areas where the Department of Education does have good data, but others where it does not,” she said.
For example, she said, the department’s statistics on graduation rates include only students who start and finish at the same institution. And, she said, it is unclear what leads students and families to the college choices they make.
“I’m all for analytics and analysis, but we just don’t know what information, and how much, helps students and families make good college decisions,” she said. “It’s very difficult to write an algorithm for how these decisions are made.”
Many education officials were pleased that the president’s proposal came out so strongly in favor of experimentation with new models of instruction, greater use of technology, three-year degrees, and plans to base degrees not on how many seat hours students have had, but on how much they can show they know. But, they said, with many such experiments already under way, encouragement from the bully pulpit may not have much impact, especially if Congress is unwilling to allot new money to innovative projects.
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October 9, 2013
Cory Booker for the U.S. Senate in New Jersey
By THE EDITORIAL BOARD
On Wednesday, 10/16/13, New Jersey voters will go to the polls to choose a United States senator, replacing the late Frank Lautenberg. Mayor Cory Booker of Newark, a moderate Democrat, is running against an extremely conservative Republican, Steven Lonegan. Mr. Booker is far and away the better candidate to serve the needs of his entire state and to provide a national voice for the less fortunate across America.
Mr. Booker has a solid record of bringing investment to Newark, adding more housing and reducing corruption in city government. The job is, of course, unfinished, and some gains on crime made earlier in his two terms have stalled. But he has drawn national attention to Newark, bringing in money, jobs and development to help revive a city long defined by urban blight. He has also worked well with Gov. Chris Christie, a Republican, a good sign that he would be the kind of open-minded, moderating voice Washington so desperately needs.
Mr. Lonegan, a former mayor of Bogota, N.J., says he wants to focus on economic issues. But his method, like that of one of his role models, Senator Ted Cruz, a Republican of Texas, could only add to the senseless partisanship that has now taken the economy to the brink of disaster. He would, for example, raise the debt ceiling only “in alignment with budget cuts.” He has a plan to try to close all regulatory agencies every 7 to 10 years and start each agency over from scratch.
Mr. Lonegan is out of the mainstream on many other issues. He once said he believed it was a mistake to create Social Security and Medicare; such obligations, he said, should instead have been left to charity. He has argued for eliminating the minimum wage. He opposes abortion, even in cases of rape and incest. He opposes same-sex marriage, and he is pushing to delay the Affordable Care Act. His past record on immigration became a national scandal when, in 2006, he tried to get McDonald’s to take down a billboard printed in Spanish. He later tried to have English declared the official language in his hometown.
Mr. Booker, a progressive on social issues, supports women’s rights, same-sex marriage, health care reform and gun control (the National Rifle Association is supporting his opponent). He says he would push for a higher minimum wage, environmental regulations, corporate tax reform and more assistance for college students.
We have worried that Mr. Booker has tended to be overly secretive about his finances. But, as this campaign grew more intense, he released tax returns for 15 years, gave more details about separation payments from a law firm where he worked before entering office and announced plans to end his association with a technology start-up he helped found. Greater openness and timely disclosure would help him avoid the pitfalls endemic to Washington.
Mr. Booker has lived and worked for people in some of Newark’s roughest neighborhoods. The Senate will pose different political challenges, where success as a legislator will depend less on his fame and personality than on focus and resourcefulness. He has the pragmatism and commitment to those in need that will make him a necessary and effective voice in Washington. We recommend Cory Booker for the United States Senate.
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Booker, Winning Rocky Senate Bid, Gets a Job to Fit His Profile
NYT 10/17/13
By KATE ZERNIKE
Mayor Cory A. Booker of Newark easily won New Jersey’s special Senate election on Wednesday, finally rising to an office that measures up to his national profile.
He will arrive in Washington already one of the country’s most prominent Democrats, and its best-known black politician other than President Obama, who backed him aggressively. Mr. Booker’s fund-raising prowess puts him on course to lead his party’s campaign efforts in the Senate, and he has been mentioned as a possible vice-presidential pick for 2016.
With 99 percent of the precincts reporting, Mr. Booker had 55 percent of the vote to 44 percent for Steve Lonegan, a Republican former mayor of Bogota, N.J., and state director of the conservative group Americans for Prosperity, according to The Associated Press. Still, the campaign gave a wider audience to certain facets of Mr. Booker that long ago began to prompt eye-rolling among his constituents.
With a Twitter following six times as large as the city he has led, Mr. Booker was known outside Newark largely for his appearances on late-night television and his heroics: rescuing a neighbor from a burning building, shoveling out snowbound cars, living on a food stamp diet.
The campaign gave him less flattering national attention for his Twitter exchanges with a dancer in a vegan strip club, and renewed old questions about whether he embellished an oft-told story about a moving encounter with a drug dealer, who may or may not have existed (Mr. Booker called him “an archetype”). He had to resign from a media company that Silicon Valley investors had paid him millions to start — but not before the resignation of the 15-year-old son of a television executive, whom Mr. Booker had put on the company’s board.
Having started his political career by moving into a Newark housing project, Mr. Booker spent the final days before his Senate election beating back stories in the conservative news media that he did not actually live in the city; the fact that this story could catch hold at all suggested the level of suspicion aimed at the mayor in the city where he began his rise. And he had to call off campaign events during a nearly two-week spree of murders in Newark this summer, underscoring the layoffs of police officers during his tenure, and a complaint that has long made him bristle: that he is a better orator than manager.
Polls suggested this took a toll. In a Rutgers-Eagleton Institute survey a week before the election, Mr. Booker had a positive rating among 54 percent of likely voters, but that had dropped nine points from early September. His unfavorable ratings had nearly doubled, to 32 percent. A third of likely voters said his career had been more about self-promotion than improving Newark, which is the state’s largest city.
At the New Jersey Performing Arts Center in Newark on Wednesday night, a festive crowd of about 150 people shook blue and white pompoms to Bon Jovi songs as they waited for Mr. Booker to arrive.
Thanking supporters, Mr. Booker returned to many of the lines he used to open his campaign in June, promising to bring a new kind of politics to Washington.
“Too many people are forgetting that the lines that divide us are nothing compared to the ties that bind us,” he said. “It forgets that old saying, ‘If you want to go fast, go alone; if you want to go far, go together.’ ”
Conceding the race before a crowd of a few hundred supporters at a banquet hall in Bridgewater, N.J., Mr. Lonegan called the race a victory, even in defeat, and thanked the prominent conservatives who had come to the state to campaign for him, including Rand Paul and Sarah Palin.
“We came well closer to winning this election than anyone ever expected,” Mr. Lonegan said to loud cheers. “The big Washington power groups and consultants said we couldn’t win. Well, maybe if they had played a role in this election, we would have won.”
Mr. Booker grew up in the wealthy North Jersey suburb of Harrington Park, where his parents, some of the first black executives at I.B.M., helped integrate the town.
A graduate of Stanford and Yale Law School, and a former Rhodes scholar, he was a celebrity even before he became mayor — with an Oscar-nominated documentary about his first, failed race in 2002. He was elected in 2006 to replace Sharpe James, the longtime mayor who later served time in prison for fraud.
Mr. Booker brought excitement to a city that has long struggled to shake off the cloud of the riots that nearly destroyed it 46 years ago. And with his national profile, he also attracted more business development, including Newark’s first new hotel and supermarket in decades, and millions of dollars in philanthropy, including a $100 million pledge to the city’s long-failing schools from the Facebook co-founder Mark Zuckerberg.
The very timing of the special election this year to fill the seat of Senator Frank R. Lautenberg, a fellow Democrat who died in June, showed how powerful a force he had become. Gov. Chris Christie, a Republican, called it for a Wednesday in October at a cost of $24 million to a state with a budget stretched thin, rather than holding it three weeks later, when he would have appeared on the ballot for re-election with Mr. Booker, the one Democrat he had feared running against him.
As a placeholder in the Senate seat after Mr. Lautenberg died, Mr. Christie appointed his attorney general, Jeffrey S. Chiesa, a Republican loyalist who expressed no interest in holding the seat permanently. Mr. Booker will take office after the vote is certified, which the governor has said will be by early November. Mr. Booker will fill out the rest of Mr. Lautenberg’s term, facing re-election in November 2014.
New Jersey has not elected a Republican to the Senate in 40 years.
But the race was messier than Mr. Booker, famous for his inspirational Twitter musings, would have liked. He started the campaign talking hopefully, and safely, about his belief in the need to reach across the aisle to get things done in partisan Washington.
He held relatively few public events early on, favoring canned Instagram interviews and videos where he answered predictable (for New Jersey) questions like “Springsteen or Bon Jovi?” (“Bon Jovi is a friend,” Mr. Booker said, but chose Springsteen, “Thunder Road” over “Born to Run.”)
Mr. Lonegan, his Republican opponent, worked Mr. Booker’s celebrity against him. While Mr. Booker spent more than a week raising money in Hollywood and Silicon Valley, Mr. Lonegan held a red carpet event with “regular New Jersey people” and invited reporters to news conferences at his modest suburban home.
Only after Mr. Lonegan appeared to gain traction in some polls did Mr. Booker come out punching, trying to make the election a referendum on the government shutdown.
Voters apparently found Mr. Lonegan too conservative; 60 percent told the Rutgers poll he was further to the right than most of the state.
Still, the campaign “made Booker more human, less Superman,” said David Redlawsk, the director of the Rutgers poll, pointing to the drops in his favorability.
The question now for Mr. Booker is how he plays his celebrity in the Senate, a chamber where show horses tend to stumble.
He has promised that he will continue to live in Newark. He has also said he intends to keep up his presence on Twitter.
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Mickey Sherman, Skakel Lawyer, in a TV Twist, Is Talk Fodder
By VIVIAN YEE and ALISON LEIGH COWAN
For two decades, when the tribulations of the famous and the notorious have aired on television, Mickey Sherman has been there to talk and talk: about O. J. Simpson, Martha Stewart, Michael Vick, Casey Anthony, Michael Jackson, just to name a few whose legal cases he analyzed for the camera. When Nancy Grace needed help explaining how a man accused of murder had walked free even after the victims’ bodies were found in his backyard, Mr. Sherman was there, making the CNN studio peal with laughter.
“You get a client with 8 to 12 bodies buried in his yard, and there’s an immediate rush to judgment that he may have done something wrong,” he deadpanned.
The public’s insatiable appetite for true-crime programming vaulted Mr. Sherman, the assured, accessible and witty defense lawyer from Greenwich, Conn., into the flashy television-personality world of photo shoots and celebrity hobnobbing.
But now Mr. Sherman is the one whom the talking heads are talking about.
Last week, a Connecticut judge ordered a retrial for Mr. Sherman’s most famous client, Michael C. Skakel, the nephew of Ethel Kennedy who was convicted in 2002 of killing a neighbor, Martha Moxley, when both were 15 in 1975. In a scathing, 136-page decision, the judge wrote that had Mr. Sherman not done such a poor job defending Mr. Skakel, the jury might have come to a different conclusion.
“What’s unusual here,” John Berman of CNN said the next morning, “is that the lawyer — Mickey Sherman was a very well-known lawyer. Highly paid. Like I think he made more than a million dollars in this case. You don’t usually see the adequate representation then coming into play with a high-priced celebrity lawyer in cases like this. It is fascinating, fascinating to see.”
The decision on Wednesday, by Judge Thomas A. Bishop, came about after Mr. Skakel’s new lawyers filed a habeas corpus petition, a Hail Mary gambit with historically slim odds, after they spent 11 years appealing and petitioning judges for a new trial.
Calling Mr. Sherman’s failures “fatal to a constitutionally adequate defense,” the judge issued an assessment of his performance that might not have seemed out of place on cable TV, three times labeling Mr. Sherman’s lapses “inexcusable.”
He said Mr. Sherman had failed to argue that a brother of Mr. Skakel’s, who had fallen under suspicion at one point during the long investigation, could have killed Ms. Moxley; that he had not called a witness who could have supported Mr. Skakel’s alibi; that he had not adequately contested one man’s claim that Mr. Skakel had confessed the murder to him, even though there were witnesses available to challenge the claim; and that he had presented a weak closing argument without mentioning the concept of reasonable doubt, among other problems.
On Friday, two days later, Mr. Sherman said he had yet to read the judge’s decision, but also that he was pleased that his former client, who was sentenced to 20 years to life, might finally leave prison. “I’m not concerned about my future career or business,” Mr. Sherman said. “What concerns me is Michael.”
Like Mr. Skakel and Ms. Moxley, Mr. Sherman, 66, grew up in Greenwich, though in a decidedly less affluent part of town. A graduate of the University of Connecticut School of Law, he worked as a public defender and prosecutor in Stamford before starting a private practice in 1976. In 1991, a few years after The American Lawyer wrote about Mr. Sherman, the magazine’s publisher, Steven Brill, asked him to appear in a program he was developing that would show trials in their entirety alongside running commentary from veteran lawyers. The pilot would become Court TV, now TruTV. One of its early programs centered on Mr. Sherman’s highest-profile trial before the Skakel case, that of Roger Ligon, a Vietnam War veteran who was charged with murder for shooting someone over a parking dispute.
As Court TV filmed the proceedings, Mr. Sherman constructed a novel defense, arguing that Mr. Ligon had suffered from post-traumatic stress syndrome. Mr. Ligon was acquitted, cementing Mr. Sherman’s reputation as a defense attorney — and one who recognized what television could do for his business.
The contemporary cult of the celebrity lawyer was arguably born with the O. J. Simpson murder case in 1994, and made television stars of a half-dozen or more of the lawyers involved. By the time he took the Skakel case, Mr. Sherman was part of that ever-expanding constellation: a fixture on Court TV and other channels, he now counted among his best friends the singer Michael Bolton and the television personality Rikki Klieman, along with her husband, William J. Bratton, the police chief who served in New York, Los Angeles and Boston. Known for his irreverence in the courtroom — he once waved a live lobster in court while defending a fisherman — Mr. Sherman made for good TV, breaking up the tension of dramatic headlines with well-placed jokes.
And he enjoyed the attention, as Mr. Skakel testified at a court hearing earlier this year. Mr. Skakel said Mr. Sherman called himself a “media whore” who, during trial preparations, took a potential witness to dinner in Chicago with Mr. Bolton and the basketball coach Doc Rivers (The actor Harrison Ford dropped by). Mr. Sherman said last week that he used the celebrities’ presence to entice the potential witness so that he could learn more about how the person might testify. (He was not called to the stand.)
Mr. Sherman, who was hired in part for his media experience, billed more than $1.2 million for the case.
“Mickey got distracted by the glitter and the glare,” Robert F. Kennedy Jr., a cousin of Mr. Skakel’s, said in an interview last week. “He was not lifting up every rock, and if he had, Michael Skakel would not be in prison for the last 10 years, and Mickey knows that.”
After the trial, the limousine that whisked Mr. Sherman from his Connecticut home to studios in New York City continued coming. About a year after the Skakel trial ended in June 2002, he parlayed his growing fame into a paid job as the legal analyst for CBS News, a position he held for several years. Vanity Fair did a photo shoot. His income ballooned to $854,000 in 2004, up from a low of about $96,000 in 1998. So ubiquitous did he become that he had a cameo in the 2006 film “Man of the Year,” as “Talking Head Lawyer.”
Having separated from his wife, now Judy Jacobson, in 1998, Mr. Sherman finalized his divorce in 2005 and married Lis Wiehl, the legal analyst for Fox News, the next year. At the wedding, which was attended by the television hosts Geraldo Rivera and Dan Abrams, as well as Mr. Brill and the director Barry Levinson, Mr. Bolton sang “When a Man Loves a Woman.” (Mr. Sherman and Ms. Wiehl are now divorced.)
But he was already running behind on paying his taxes, with debts to the Internal Revenue Service that topped $1 million by the time he was charged and pleaded guilty in 2010 to willfully failing to pay. Documents in the tax case described Mr. Sherman as an inveterate spender, one who friends and family said in letters of support could be all too openhanded with gifts. One of his representatives, negotiating with a tax officer, said Mr. Sherman’s affluent lifestyle required “plenty of cash.” Because he was a high-profile lawyer, the representative added, “image was everything.”
Mr. Sherman’s license was suspended for a year and he was sentenced to a year and a day in prison, spending about half of that at a minimum-security camp, and a few months at a halfway house. He now uses his prison stint as a selling point. “I am acutely aware of that black cloud that sits above your head and that of your family,” Mr. Sherman’s Web site tells potential clients. “I know all of this because I’ve been there myself!”
By April 2012, Mr. Sherman was back on television, often dissecting the shooting of Trayvon Martin for Nancy Grace on the cable news channel HLN.
Mr. Sherman said he understood Mr. Skakel’s need to paint him as ineffective, but in an interview last week, he offered a rebuttal to the judge’s ruling. Mr. Sherman said he had avoided implicating other possible suspects because they could give one another alibis. As for challenging the prosecution witness’s claim that Mr. Skakel had confessed, he said he believed his cross-examination had established the witness as an unreliable drug user.
Some prominent members of the television legal bar expressed surprise with the ruling, which prosecutors have promised to appeal. “Astonished,” said Jeffrey Toobin on CNN’s “Anderson Cooper 360 Degrees.” “I sat through this trial. Mickey Sherman made some very debatable moves, but this was not outside the realm of normal criminal defense.”
Last week, Mr. Sherman called the decision “one hundred times worse” than going to prison “because it goes to my fabric as a lawyer.”
As for the experience of having his own performance scrutinized by Mr. Kennedy, Mr. Skakel’s new legal team and now his fellow talking heads, he sounds philosophical. “They pay people like me to win,” Mr. Sherman said. “So I don’t blame them.”
Susan C. Beachy, Bill Carter, Michael Cieply and Kristin Hussey contributed reporting.
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Code Words in Immigration Reform
William Galston uses code words adopted by all progressive approaches to this and similar issues.
William Galston's "An Immigration Challenge for Boehner" (Politics & Ideas, Oct. 23) is written using the code words adopted by all progressive approaches to this and similar issues. "Comprehensive" immigration is actually code for two reforms. The first is a reform of current immigration law that will allow highly trained individuals to enter our country with benefits to our economy. It will also change how we bring in temporary workers with temporary permits who will also benefit our economy. This is the part of immigration reform that most people agree should be passed in a bipartisan way. The second reform included in the code word "comprehensive" is the reform of how we penalize all the people who have broken our current immigration laws. This is always included in the accepted good part of reform so that it benefits from a halo effect so that both reforms taken in total appear good. These two issues if handled separately would appear differently, and that is why Speaker John Boehner's piecemeal approach has some traction.
There were many other code words in the essay. Encouraging "Republicans to put behind them an issue that has done so much to devalue their brand, particularly with Latino voters" is code for helping to get more Democratic voters. "Reaching agreement on nutrition programs" is code for continuing the food-stamp bonanza. "Sixty-four percent think illegal immigrants take only jobs that Americans don't want" is code for illegals taking the jobs that pay no more than welfare, food stamps and fraudulent disability that Americans, without that government largess, used to take
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to swoon someone you are trying to make them have that feeling for you by just holding hands, sending goodmorning beautiful texts, kissing her forehead, saying corny things, letting her wear your hoodie, writing her a song, doing what she likes.
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the look of being swoon - having a constant smile, entire face and body light up.
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very commun in young early stages of a relationship.
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For New York City’s Charter Schools,
a Lesson on Paying Rent
December 2013
By WINNIE HUThe angled walls of Bronx Community Charter reflect the school’s unconventional approach.
Instead of classes squeezed into every corner, there is a large common area filled with benches for sitting and sharing. An open central staircase connects its two floors. The overhead plumbing and light fixtures are exposed, providing a teachable moment: Students study the building.
As a rent-paying school, Bronx Community Charter may also offer a lesson to many New York City charter schools if the mayor-elect, Bill de Blasio, follows through on his campaign proposal that “well-resourced” charter schools pay rent.
Charter schools, which receive public funds but are independently operated, have thrived in New York in the last dozen years — in no small measure because the administration of Mayor Michael R. Bloomberg has provided them with space and other resources. Currently, 114 of the city’s 183 charter schools are housed rent-free in public school buildings, according to the Education Department.
But Bronx Community Charter spends $781,000 annually on rent, or nearly 15 percent of its $5.3 million budget.
“You could practically run a whole school on that,” said Sasha Wilson, 43, a co-director of the school, which has 312 students in kindergarten through fifth grade. “It’s incredibly challenging on a charter school budget to do all this.”
Mr. de Blasio has contended that charter schools have been favored at the expense of traditional public schools, which serve the vast majority of students, and that locating charter and traditional schools in the same buildings has resulted in overcrowding. Mr. de Blasio has proposed that “well-resourced charter schools” should pay rent on a sliding scale. Some charter schools and their advocates have countered that charging rents could lead to teacher layoffs, program cuts and increased class sizes.
City charter schools receive $13,527 per pupil from the city’s Education Department, and additional local, state or federal funds based on student needs, such as special education. Some charter schools also receive money through private donations as well as through state and federal grants, including a federal grant that defrays start-up costs.
James D. Merriman, chief executive officer of the New York City Charter School Center, said that because charter schools do not have a separate revenue stream of government funds for their building or capital expenses, they are “required to steal from their ‘operating Peter’ to pay for their ‘capital Paul.’ ” He said city charter schools occupying privately owned spaces typically spend 13 to 22 percent of their annual budgets on rent.
“It is absolutely clear that if you have to expend one in six dollars in funding on rent that would otherwise go into the classroom, you are handicapped,” Mr. Merriman said. “You are starting with one hand behind your back, and that’s not good for our students.”
Bronx Community Charter, in a working-class area, started in 2008 with 100 children in kindergarten and first grade. It expanded every year and soon outgrew its space. Eighty-four percent of the students are poor enough to qualify for free or reduced-price lunches; 94 percent are black and Hispanic.
Mr. Wilson and two other teachers formerly at Public School 51 in Bedford Park, in the Bronx, founded the charter school because of their frustrations with the Education Department’s frequent curriculum changes. “It felt like the mandates were changing each year,” Mr. Wilson said. “There was no time to deepen and improve what we had, so one afternoon, we sat down on a classroom floor and said, ‘Hey, what if we start a school?’ ”
They were determined to stay in the local school district even though the crowded school buildings had no room to host a new charter school. So they set out to find their own space, navigating the intricacies of both real estate and school financing. Mr. Wilson spent much of his paternity leave in 2007 scouting potential school sites with his newborn daughter, Delphinium Sibley-Wilson, strapped to his chest.
Mr. Wilson said he had hoped Delphinium would benefit from his work. But in 2012, in the state-mandated lottery for one of Bronx Community Charter’s 50 kindergarten spots, she was No. 153 of 198 applicants. She now attends first grade at a local district school. This year, the charter school, which received a B on its latest progress report, had 356 applicants for 81 open spots.
Bronx Community Charter’s first home was on the ground floor of a new apartment building in the Fordham neighborhood. The rent was $129,000 annually, about 7 percent of the operating budget. By keeping other costs down, school leaders had $300,000 left at the end of that year to start a long-term building fund. That fund eventually held $1.8 million, of which $1.2 million came from annual savings and $600,000 from donations from family, friends and board members.
Classrooms were furnished with desks and chairs donated by a nursery school in the West Village that had closed. There was no receptionist or security guard, so staff members took turns answering the phones and tending the front door. There was no lunch aide or custodian, either. “We’ve gotten really good at plunging toilets,” Mr. Wilson said.
But the school’s leaders refused to scrimp on teaching. They hired two teachers for each class of 25 students, as well as specialty teachers for visual arts, drumming and drama. Later, they added teachers for dance, technology and even activism; students have organized blood drives and cared for trees in their neighborhoods.
Mr. Wilson and Martha Andrews, 38, the co-directors, decided to pay teachers at least as much as they would earn in district schools (though they work longer hours). The average teacher salary is $68,000; their own salaries are $109,000.
School leaders found their next location in Norwood, signing a lease in 2011 for two floors of a building going up across from the Bronx River. They worked with the developer to customize the space with nearly $2.7 million of interior construction. The school paid $850,000 from its building fund, and the remainder was amortized into a 15-year lease plan, which worked out to an annual rent of $781,000 for the first five years, with increases after that.
While waiting for its new building, the school rented more space down the street in a Police Athletic League community center for $110,000 a year, increasing the total rent bill to $239,000. The makeshift arrangement, which split the school into two sites, stretched into two years because of construction delays.
Chris Whitney, 31, a second-grade teacher, recalled that he taught in a windowless room in the basement of the community center. When a water pipe broke last winter, there was no water or heat for several days, so he took his students on field trips to the Bronx Zoo and the American Museum of Natural History. “If you’re in a gray, dreary environment, that starts to wear on you,” Mr. Whitney said. “We persevered and created something beautiful last year, but it was through a lot of struggle.”
In August, Bronx Community Charter finally moved into its airy, light-filled new space. First-graders mapped the building layout. Second-graders sat under sinks and sketched the plumbing, and fourth-graders explained how their classroom lights worked with circuit boards and light bulbs.
“It’s a mystery because it’s a new building,” said Richard Alejandro, 7, as he drew a water pipe in class. “You can go around the building and investigate ‘How does this work?’ It’s a place that I know now.”
The downside is that the rent has tripled, leaving the school with a shortfall — its first — of $200,000 this year. Mr. Wilson said that as the school adds classes in coming years to fill the space, its revenue will increase to cover the budget. Until then, the school will tap into its building fund to cover expenses.
The students are also doing their part. The school’s September utility bill was $7,112. Fourth-graders honed their math and science skills by finding ways to lower it.
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(2) Is there any other challenging position available now or in the near future in which you wold like to have my services.
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When I still was the President of the largest College in its geographical area in Europe I asked to run for the Presidency of the country (= Finland). I refused "My family is in America
As an ex-College President of the largest College in Europe in its geographical area I am
(1) who was selected as your City Administrator,
(2) with what experience &
(3) with what academic and other education or training
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Subject: RE: URGENT: One minue ago I sent to you from this same email account another email with the subject line stating: "This email was first sent on December 31, 2013 as requested (3.25. pm EST) - Please confirm that you have received this resume sent to you o
Date: Mon, 13 Jan 2014 18:48:32 +0000
Dr. Christophers,
Your resume was received. We have at this time filled the position. Thank you for your interest.
Madeline Coelho
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YERMAN
Jasmin Azcona
Edit contact
4:15 PM Wednesday, 1/15/14
To: Christian Christophers.PhD
Do I have to have a valid passport from Europe (Finland) - mine has expired
If yes, when do I need it?
I came end of June 1995 and have stayed in the U.S. ever since
continuously.
This is my email and this is Mr. Yermans email:
[email protected]
Respectfully,
Jasmin E. Azcona
Case Manager
Yerman & Associates, L.L.C.
225 Broadway Suite 1700
NY, NY 10007
212.219.2374 ext 24
646.409.1994
212.219.8177 (fax)
[email protected]
This e-mail communication is confidential, protected by attorney-client privilege, and is intended only for the individual(s) or entity named above and others who have been specifically authorized to receive it. If you are NOT the intended recipient, please DO NOT read, copy, use or disclose the contents of this communication to others. Please notify the sender that you have received this e-mail in error by replying to the e-mail or by telephoning (212) 219-0288. Please then immediately delete the e-mail and any copies of it. Thank you.
___________________________
Jasmin Azcona
Edit contact
4:15 PM Wednesday, 1/15/14
To: Christian Christophers.PhD
Do I have to have a valid passport from Europe (Finland) - mine has expired
If yes, when do I need it?
I came end of June 1995 and have stayed in the U.S. ever since
continuously.
This is my email and this is Mr. Yermans email:
[email protected]
Respectfully,
Jasmin E. Azcona
Case Manager
Yerman & Associates, L.L.C.
225 Broadway Suite 1700
NY, NY 10007
212.219.2374 ext 24
646.409.1994
212.219.8177 (fax)
[email protected]
This e-mail communication is confidential, protected by attorney-client privilege, and is intended only for the individual(s) or entity named above and others who have been specifically authorized to receive it. If you are NOT the intended recipient, please DO NOT read, copy, use or disclose the contents of this communication to others. Please notify the sender that you have received this e-mail in error by replying to the e-mail or by telephoning (212) 219-0288. Please then immediately delete the e-mail and any copies of it. Thank you.
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Template for a special talent - place your talent with the talent to sell/negotiate
Also, below one endorsement letter - please: notice about that: even though it is a counseling/therapy client
(I have also a business/economics degree, etc.)
it is a guidance endorsement - a counselor has to SELL to the client the ideas what would give a good life back to the client - thus that letter is an endorsement for convincing the client to apply the guidance (most normally would not so easily).
Several leading New York area counselors had tried to "sell" their solutions to that client in over 10 years - all failed. I, Dr. Christian, succeeded in my sales pitch and now the same client has a new life & is himself studying to become a degreed counselor.
Want the best?
Hurry up before some other company catches me.
Dr. C.
Also, below one endorsement letter - please: notice about that: even though it is a counseling/therapy client
(I have also a business/economics degree, etc.)
it is a guidance endorsement - a counselor has to SELL to the client the ideas what would give a good life back to the client - thus that letter is an endorsement for convincing the client to apply the guidance (most normally would not so easily).
Several leading New York area counselors had tried to "sell" their solutions to that client in over 10 years - all failed. I, Dr. Christian, succeeded in my sales pitch and now the same client has a new life & is himself studying to become a degreed counselor.
Want the best?
Hurry up before some other company catches me.
Dr. C.
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Quitting smoking. Eating less. Psychotherapy. Where's the fun in that?
Hypnotist Anthony Cools uses his comedy hypnosis skills for decidedly evil purposes, tapping into the carnal desires and subconscious naughtiness of his audience, shearing off all inhibitions.
Signature stunts in the hilarious and interactive 90-minute Las Vegas hypnosis show include handshakes that induce vocal, sexual responses, as well as several other tricks so shocking, we can't even print them. Anthony Cools pushes the limits of the mind and body, while remaining careful not to embarrass his subjects, a courtesy that has earned him a cult following.
Anthony Cools performs his unique Las Vegas comedy show five nights a week in the Anthony Cools Showroom. This intimate performance space brings the audience into the experience and encourages participation.
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Warren Buffett Tells You How to Turn $40 Into $10 Million
By Patrick Morris
Warren Buffett is perhaps the greatest investor of all time, and he has a simple solution that could help an individual turn $40 into $10 million.
A few years ago, Berkshire Hathaway (NYSE: BRK-A) (NYSE: BRK-B) CEO and Chairman Warren Buffett spoke about one of his favorite companies, Coca-Cola (NYSE: KO), and how after dividends, stock splits, and patient reinvestment, someone who bought just $40 worth of the company's stock when it went public in 1919 would now have more than $5 million.
Source: Coca-Cola.
Yet in April 2012, when the board of directors proposed a stock split of the beloved soft-drink manufacturer, that figure was updated and the company noted that original $40 would now be worth $9.8 million. A little back-of-the-envelope math of the total return of Coke since May 2012 would mean that $9.8 million is now worth about $10.8 million.
Source: Microsoft.
The power of patience
I know that $40 in 1919 is very different from $40 today. However, even after factoring for inflation, it turns out to be $540 in today's money. Put differently, would you rather have an Xbox One, or almost $11 million?
But the thing is, it isn't even as though an investment in Coca-Cola was a no-brainer at that point, or in the near century since then. Sugar prices were rising. World War I had just ended a year prior. The Great Depression happened a few years later. World War II resulted in sugar rationing. And there have been countless other things over the past 100 years that would cause someone to question whether their money should be in stocks, much less one of a consumer-goods company like Coca-Cola.
The dangers of timing
Yet as Buffett has noted continually, it's terribly dangerous to attempt to time the market:
"With a wonderful business, you can figure out what will happen; you can't figure out when it will happen. You don't want to focus on when, you want to focus on what. If you're right about what, you don't have to worry about when"
So often investors are told they must attempt to time the market, and begin investing when the market is on the rise, and sell when the market is falling.
This type of technical analysis of watching stock movements and buying based on how the prices fluctuate over 200-day moving averages or other seemingly arbitrary fluctuations often receives a lot of media attention, but it has been proved to simply be no better than random chance.
.
Investing for the long term
Individuals need to see that investing is not like placing a wager on the 49ers to cover the spread against the Panthers, but instead it's buying a tangible piece of a business.
It is absolutely important to understand the relative price you are paying for that business, but what isn't important is attempting to understand whether you're buying in at the "right time," as that is so often just an arbitrary imagination.
In Buffett's own words, "if you're right about the business, you'll make a lot of money," so don't bother about attempting to buy stocks based on how their stock charts have looked over the past 200 days. Instead always remember that "it's far better to buy a wonderful company at a fair price."
If you're interested in creating your own version of this story, it's essential to find investments that stand the test of time. To help out in your search, for a limited time we're sharing a company that meets the stringent criteria our analysts require when seeking out incredible long term investing opportunities. Oddly enough, this particular company's product has one of Warren Buffett's most cherished investments directly in it's crosshairs! Our analysts are calling it "Warren Buffett's Worst Nightmare" , and 152,298 investors have recently capitalized on similar research we've released. Make sure to access your free copy today by clicking here now .
THE END OF THE "MADE-IN-CHINA" ERA
The 21st century industrial revolution has already begun. Business Insider calls it "the next trillion dollar industry".
A new investment video reveals the impossible (but real) technology that could make you impossibly rich.
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Above:
The founder & Chairman of
Save The American Family
- STAF, Inc.
- headquartered in New York City with U.S. wide & worldwide operations
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To inspect STAF, Inc.'s first 4 pages in its original founding acceptance documents provided by the State of New York click: mission - STAF, Inc.'s purpose and its mission statements are in those 4 pages
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See donation info in home page.
Also in the blog article.
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By Patrick Morris
Warren Buffett is perhaps the greatest investor of all time, and he has a simple solution that could help an individual turn $40 into $10 million.
A few years ago, Berkshire Hathaway (NYSE: BRK-A) (NYSE: BRK-B) CEO and Chairman Warren Buffett spoke about one of his favorite companies, Coca-Cola (NYSE: KO), and how after dividends, stock splits, and patient reinvestment, someone who bought just $40 worth of the company's stock when it went public in 1919 would now have more than $5 million.
Source: Coca-Cola.
Yet in April 2012, when the board of directors proposed a stock split of the beloved soft-drink manufacturer, that figure was updated and the company noted that original $40 would now be worth $9.8 million. A little back-of-the-envelope math of the total return of Coke since May 2012 would mean that $9.8 million is now worth about $10.8 million.
Source: Microsoft.
The power of patience
I know that $40 in 1919 is very different from $40 today. However, even after factoring for inflation, it turns out to be $540 in today's money. Put differently, would you rather have an Xbox One, or almost $11 million?
But the thing is, it isn't even as though an investment in Coca-Cola was a no-brainer at that point, or in the near century since then. Sugar prices were rising. World War I had just ended a year prior. The Great Depression happened a few years later. World War II resulted in sugar rationing. And there have been countless other things over the past 100 years that would cause someone to question whether their money should be in stocks, much less one of a consumer-goods company like Coca-Cola.
The dangers of timing
Yet as Buffett has noted continually, it's terribly dangerous to attempt to time the market:
"With a wonderful business, you can figure out what will happen; you can't figure out when it will happen. You don't want to focus on when, you want to focus on what. If you're right about what, you don't have to worry about when"
So often investors are told they must attempt to time the market, and begin investing when the market is on the rise, and sell when the market is falling.
This type of technical analysis of watching stock movements and buying based on how the prices fluctuate over 200-day moving averages or other seemingly arbitrary fluctuations often receives a lot of media attention, but it has been proved to simply be no better than random chance.
.
Investing for the long term
Individuals need to see that investing is not like placing a wager on the 49ers to cover the spread against the Panthers, but instead it's buying a tangible piece of a business.
It is absolutely important to understand the relative price you are paying for that business, but what isn't important is attempting to understand whether you're buying in at the "right time," as that is so often just an arbitrary imagination.
In Buffett's own words, "if you're right about the business, you'll make a lot of money," so don't bother about attempting to buy stocks based on how their stock charts have looked over the past 200 days. Instead always remember that "it's far better to buy a wonderful company at a fair price."
If you're interested in creating your own version of this story, it's essential to find investments that stand the test of time. To help out in your search, for a limited time we're sharing a company that meets the stringent criteria our analysts require when seeking out incredible long term investing opportunities. Oddly enough, this particular company's product has one of Warren Buffett's most cherished investments directly in it's crosshairs! Our analysts are calling it "Warren Buffett's Worst Nightmare" , and 152,298 investors have recently capitalized on similar research we've released. Make sure to access your free copy today by clicking here now .
THE END OF THE "MADE-IN-CHINA" ERA
The 21st century industrial revolution has already begun. Business Insider calls it "the next trillion dollar industry".
A new investment video reveals the impossible (but real) technology that could make you impossibly rich.
Privacy/Legal Information
Fool contributor Patrick Morris owns shares of Berkshire Hathaway and Coca-Cola. The Motley Fool recommends and owns shares of Berkshire Hathaway and Coca-Cola. Try any of our Foolish newsletter services free for 30 days . We Fools don't all hold the same opinions, but we all believe that considering a diverse range of insights makes us better investors. The Motley Fool has a disclosure policy .
_______________________________________________________
THE STAF, Inc. BLOG text under the picture
Above:
The founder & Chairman of
Save The American Family
- STAF, Inc.
- headquartered in New York City with U.S. wide & worldwide operations
_____
To inspect STAF, Inc.'s first 4 pages in its original founding acceptance documents provided by the State of New York click: mission - STAF, Inc.'s purpose and its mission statements are in those 4 pages
_____
STAF, Inc. is a not-for-profit organization and needs your donation to ease human suffering nation & worldwide.
See donation info in home page.
Also in the blog article.
When using your credit, debit or charge card click the 'Donate' button below.
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N:o 2 Letter of Recommendation With great eagerness I, Professor Jarmo Korhonen, Ph.D. (University of Helsinki, Finland), highly recommend Dr. Christian von Christophers, Ph.D. ,N.D. ,D.D., for a position in our organization.
I have known Dr. Christian as my close friend since the first days we both started in the same College (Oulu State University, Finland) studying Education & Language Teaching. After a while he added Economics, Business & Communication in his study plan and finishedhis first degree in a record time. Quite fast his talents as a leader were recognized as he was selected as the Student Union President already in his first freshman year - an exceptional achievement. At the age of 20 (then still a student) Dr. Christian founded a language institute and made it grow fast nationwide finally known as the leading language school in Finland, his former country. I myself was among the first teachers in his language institute teaching German language. Later I became a Professor and the Dean of the Germanic Philology Department in Finland's leading University, Helsinki University (first in Turku State University, Finland) - an achievement for me that had much to do with Dr. Christian's encouragement and positive influence of anything being possible to reach in life.
Dr. Christian himself became the youngest College President of a private College in Finland. Under his leadership the young College grew fast and became in a few years the largest College in Finland with excellent reputation of high level of programs. Dr. Christian was leading every group developing new College Programs - under his guidance they all achieved great success.
Knowing him since our first College years, having seen the exceptional achievements and the speed he finished them all, is so amazing that I have not seen anyone showing so high and so many talents as Dr.Christian has.
His leadership talents and capabilities of motivating everyone around him to achieve any desired result is so impressive that any organization selecting him in any demanding position will definitely be proud of his result-bringing work. Dr. Christian is known as a professional who gets any demanding project finished on time as planned - even in situations where someone else had failed before. Because I know your organization will be proud of his effectiveness and his high work levels, it is my great honor to highly recommend Dr.Christian von Christophers, Ph.D., N.D., D.D., for any leadership position.
Respectfully
Jarmo Korhonen
Prof. Jarmo Korhonen, Ph.D. University of Helsinki Department of Modern Languages Chair of Germanic Philology P.O. Box 24 (Unioninkatu 40) FI-00014 Helsinki Tel.: +358-(0)9-19123175 Fax: +358-(0)9-19123072 E-Mail: Jarmo.Korhonen@Helsinki, Finland
I have known Dr. Christian as my close friend since the first days we both started in the same College (Oulu State University, Finland) studying Education & Language Teaching. After a while he added Economics, Business & Communication in his study plan and finishedhis first degree in a record time. Quite fast his talents as a leader were recognized as he was selected as the Student Union President already in his first freshman year - an exceptional achievement. At the age of 20 (then still a student) Dr. Christian founded a language institute and made it grow fast nationwide finally known as the leading language school in Finland, his former country. I myself was among the first teachers in his language institute teaching German language. Later I became a Professor and the Dean of the Germanic Philology Department in Finland's leading University, Helsinki University (first in Turku State University, Finland) - an achievement for me that had much to do with Dr. Christian's encouragement and positive influence of anything being possible to reach in life.
Dr. Christian himself became the youngest College President of a private College in Finland. Under his leadership the young College grew fast and became in a few years the largest College in Finland with excellent reputation of high level of programs. Dr. Christian was leading every group developing new College Programs - under his guidance they all achieved great success.
Knowing him since our first College years, having seen the exceptional achievements and the speed he finished them all, is so amazing that I have not seen anyone showing so high and so many talents as Dr.Christian has.
His leadership talents and capabilities of motivating everyone around him to achieve any desired result is so impressive that any organization selecting him in any demanding position will definitely be proud of his result-bringing work. Dr. Christian is known as a professional who gets any demanding project finished on time as planned - even in situations where someone else had failed before. Because I know your organization will be proud of his effectiveness and his high work levels, it is my great honor to highly recommend Dr.Christian von Christophers, Ph.D., N.D., D.D., for any leadership position.
Respectfully
Jarmo Korhonen
Prof. Jarmo Korhonen, Ph.D. University of Helsinki Department of Modern Languages Chair of Germanic Philology P.O. Box 24 (Unioninkatu 40) FI-00014 Helsinki Tel.: +358-(0)9-19123175 Fax: +358-(0)9-19123072 E-Mail: Jarmo.Korhonen@Helsinki, Finland