Gloucester Officials Fix Animal Control Laws After Complaints Filed

A win for the citizens of Gloucester County. 

 After numerous complaints we filed and other complaints sent to us about this mess, Gloucester County officials have put the Animal Control ordinance, 3-15 into it's proper compliance.

  We showed how Animal Control Ordinance 3-15 was out of compliance on the county's own website, with the title reading, "Failure to perform duties of ownership. penalty", but was supposed to read, Care of Companion Animals.  

Care of Companion Animals is what the Gloucester County Board of Supervisors voted on and approved back in February of this year.  3-15 was also out of compliance with state law up until that time and a favorite ordinance of Gloucester Animal Control abuses in our view.

Gloucester county animal control ordinances as of july, 19th, 2013. from Chuck Thompson

This is what the Animal Control ordinance section of the Gloucester County website looked like up until today.  We turned that section of the site into a PDF.  At the moment that section of the site has been taken down and now if you go to view the Animal Control ordinances, you are taken to the Gloucester Municode site.  There, the animal control ordinances reflect state laws more accurately.

  

Virginia Animal Control ammendments 1 2013" target="_blank">Gloucester County Virginia Animal Control ammendments 1 2013 from Chuck Thompson

Above is what the Gloucester County Board of Supervisors had passed for the new Animal Control Ordinances back in February, 2013.  A serious blow to the folks over at Animal Control as 3-15 is the ordinance that they use the most or in our own opinion, abuse the most, because of the way the title was written.

  Failure to perform duties of ownership is an easy ordinance to abuse, but Care of companion animals is much harder to apply to animal owners.  We argued the ordinance last year as it was being highly abused by Animal Control officers then in our view and as we were able to show through numerous posts on here.

  The ordinance was out of sync with state laws and even though Twitching Ted, (I'm not an attorney) Wilmot, County Attorney, was well aware that the ordinance was out of sync, hence not valid, it did not stop him from prosecuting cases under the invalid ordinance in the local courts at the same time he was working on changing the ordinance to comply with state laws.  (And the local judges allowed him to on top of it all.)

  It's pretty amazing how the local Gloucester/Mathews Gazette Journal managed to miss all of this.  

 We received an email today informing us it has been corrected.  A win for the citizens of this county that own animals and all other animal lovers in Gloucester, Virginia.

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Our Favorite Sun - Free MP3 of the day

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Our pick of the free MP3 song of the day is, "Our Favorite Sun", by Daedalus Right Eye.  A British band with a great song going on here.  It's alternative and very well done.  Could easily be on any charts anywhere.  Go ahead and play it, we know you want to.  And now that you are hearing it, you want the free download.  Well, go ahead.  It's free.  Enjoy.

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Diet Soda's, The Drinks That Fatten You Up

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By Dr. Mercola

Do you believe that drinking diet soda will allow you to “have your cake and eat it too” while still controlling your weight?

If so, you may be surprised to learn that research has repeatedly shown that artificially sweetened no- or low-calorie drinks and other “diet” foods actually tend to stimulate your appetite, increase cravings for carbs, and stimulate fat storage and weight gain.

Most recently, a report published in the journal Trends in Endocrinology & Metabolism1 highlights the fact that diet soda drinkers suffer the same exact health problems as those who opt for regular soda, such as excessive weight gain, type 2 diabetes, cardiovascular disease and stroke.2, 3

The authors—who were “shocked” at the results—looked at studies published in the past five years that examine the relationship between diet soda consumption and health outcomes:

“This paper discusses these findings and considers the hypothesis that consuming sweet-tasting but noncaloric or reduced-calorie food and beverages interferes with learned responses that normally contribute to glucose and energy homeostasis.

Because of this interference, frequent consumption of high-intensity sweeteners may have the counterintuitive effect of inducing metabolic derangements,” they wrote.

Dr. Sanjay Gupta discusses the report in the CNN video above, explaining that artificial sweeteners basically trick your body into thinking that it’s going to receive sugar, but when the sugar doesn’t arrive, your body signals that it needs more, which results in carb cravings. Most people give in to such signals and end up overeating on other foods and snacks.

Artificial Sweeteners Actually INCREASE Weight Gain

This connection between sweet taste alone and increased hunger can be found in the medical literature going back at least two decades. These two studies, for example, dating back to the late 80s and early 90s, both showed this link between artificial sweeteners and increased hunger:

• Physiology & Behavior, 19884 – In this study, they determined that intense (no- or low-calorie) sweeteners can produce significant changes in appetite. Of the three sweeteners tested, aspartame produced the most pronounced effects.
• Physiology & Behavior 19905 – Here, they again evaluated whether or not the mere taste of “sweet” increases hunger, by having human subjects chew gum for 15 minutes containing various levels of aspartame (0.05%, 0.3%, 0.5%, or 1.0%).

Interestingly, although those who chewed artificially sweetened gum reported increased hunger compared to the control group who were given nothing or unsweetened gum base to chew, the increase did not directly correlate with the aspartame concentration in the gum.

Women experienced the greatest increase in hunger after chewing gum containing 0.3 percent aspartame (the second lowest concentration amount), while men were the hungriest after chewing on gum containing 0.5 percent aspartame. The authors stated:

"The highest aspartame concentrations had a time-dependent, biphasic effect on appetite, producing a transient decrease followed by a sustained increase in hunger ratings. Thus, the concentration of the sweetener, the sex of the subject, and the time after chewing, were all important determinants of whether 'sweetness' increased hunger."

Why Doesn’t the FTC Sue Diet Makers for Fraudulent Advertising?

In a study6 of artificial sweeteners performed on college students, there was no evidence that artificial sweetener use was associated with a decrease in their overall sugar intake either. These results indicate that eating arti­ficial sweeteners simplyperpetuates a craving for sweets, and overall sugar consumption is not reduced—leading to further problems controlling your weight.

In 2005, data gathered from the 25-year long San Antonio Heart Study7 also showed that drinking diet soft drinks increased the likelihood of serious weight gain – far more so than regular soda.8 According to Sharon Fowler, M.P.H:

“On average, for each diet soft drink our participants drank per day, they were 65 percent more likely to become overweight during the next seven to eight years, and 41 percent more likely to become obese.”

This finding supports a 2004 study9 at Purdue University, which found that rats fed artificially sweetened liquids ate more high-calorie food than rats fed high-caloric sweetened liquids. The researchers believe the experience of drinking artificially sweetened liquids disrupted the animals' natural ability to compensate for the calories in the food. A more recent review, published in June 2010 in the Yale Journal of Biology and Medicine,10 delves into the neurobiology of sugar cravings and summarizes the epidemiological and experimental evidence concerning the effect of artificial sweeteners on weight. The author states:

“Several large scale prospective cohort studies found positive correlation between artificial sweetener use and weight gain. …Preload experiments generally have found that sweet taste, whether delivered by sugar or artificial sweeteners, enhanced human appetite. Aspartame-sweetened water, but not aspartame capsule, increased subjective appetite rating in normal weight adult males…

Unlike glucose or sucrose, which decreased the energy intake at the test meal, artificial sweetener preloads either had no effect or increased subsequent energy intake. Those findings suggest that the calorie contained in natural sweeteners may trigger a response to keep the overall energy consumption constant. ...Increasing evidence suggests that artificial sweeteners do not activate the food reward pathways in the same fashion as natural sweeteners…

Natural and artificial sweeteners also activate the gustatory branch differently. …Lastly, artificial sweeteners, precisely because they are sweet, encourage sugar craving and sugar dependence. …Unsweetening the world’s diet may be the key to reversing the obesity epidemic.”

That last statement is probably the most accurate conclusion there is. Americans in particular are addicted to sweet flavors, which appears to trigger a complex set of biological systems, pathways, and mechanisms that in the end leads to excess weight gain whether that flavor comes loaded with calories or not. In the end, the research tells us that artificial sweeteners are nothing more than a pipe dream when it comes to being a dieter’s aid, because contrary to what the marketing campaigns claim, low- or no-calorie artificial sweeteners are more likely to help you pack on the pounds than shed them.

What Dr. Gupta Failed to Tell You About the Dangers of Aspartame

This hypothesis was also demonstrated in a 2012 study published in the journal Appetite,11 which showed that saccharin andaspartame both cause greater weight gain than sugar. Rats were fed plain yogurt sweetened with either aspartame, saccharin, or sugar, plus their regular rat chow, for 12 weeks.

“Results showed that addition of either saccharin or aspartame to yogurt resulted in increased weight gain compared to addition of sucrose, however total caloric intake was similar among groups,” the researchers write.12

The reason for the similar calorie consumption between the groups was due to increased chow consumption by the rats given artificially sweetened yoghurt. This type of compensation has been found in previous studies13 as well, indicating that when your body gets a hit of sweet taste without the calories to go with it, it adversely affects your appetite control mechanisms, causing increased food cravings. That’s all good and well, and mounting research appears to support this “metabolic derangement” hypothesis.

However, Dr. Gupta falls short when it comes to the overall health hazards of artificial sweeteners—completely dismissing the inherent toxicity of artificial sweeteners like aspartame. He even claims that there’s “no evidence of a link” between aspartame and cancer, stating that aspartame has been on the market since the 60’s and no such link has been shown in the 40 years since. I guess it’s really a matter of looking at the available evidence.

Not only have studies showing a cancer link been published in recent years, but during our 40-year long “war on cancer,” cancer rates have in fact increased despite scientific advances in treatment, and now surpass heart disease as the number one killer of Americans under the age of 85.14 The reason for this is still under debate, as no particular industry wants to take responsibility for their contribution to toxic overload in the population at large...In my view however, I believe it is irresponsibly negligent to flatly ignore the potential impact of artificial sweeteners on our skyrocketing disease rates. Telling people to consume a toxic agent “in moderation” is just not good advice in my opinion.

As for the potential cancer link, one lifetime feeding study published in 201015 found that aspartame induced cancers of the liver and lung in male mice. It was also carcinogenic in male and female rats. Another study of great importance was published just last year. It’s the most comprehensive and longest human study— spanning 22 years — that has ever looked at aspartame toxicity. The study evaluated the effect between aspartame intake and cancer, and they found a clear association between aspartame consumption and non-Hodgkin's Lymphoma and leukemia.

Recent research has also demonstrated that aspartame worsens insulin sensitivity to a greater degree than sugar, which is quite the blow for diabetics who obediently follow the recommendation to switch to diet sodas to manage their condition. The researchers used a dosage of aspartame that approximates the ADI for aspartame in the US (approx. 50 mg/kg body weight), and not only was aspartame found to decrease insulin sensitivity compared to controls, it also wrought havoc on brain function.

CSPI Downgrades Splenda Safety Rating from 'Safe' to 'Caution'

In related news, the watchdog group The Center for Science in the Public Interest (CSPI) recently downgraded its safety rating16,17 of sucralose (Splenda) from "safe" to "caution," meaning it "may pose a risk and needs to be better tested."

“In what might be the greatest cause for concern, in 2012 an independent Italian laboratory announced (but has not yet published) a study that found that sucralose caused leukemia in mice that were exposed from before birth. That was the same lab that several years earlier published studies indicating that aspartame caused cancers in rats and mice,” CSPI writes.

Unfortunately, CSPI also proves to be seriously confused on this issue by recommending that you opt for diet soda over regular soda because “[r]egular soda poses the greater and demonstrable risks of obesity, diabetes, heart disease, gout, tooth decay, and other health problems." As discussed above, this is incorrect, as studies are in fact showing that diet soda is equal to orworse than regular soda when it comes to promoting weight gain and chronic disease.

Why 'FDA Approved' Tells You Virtually Nothing About a Product’s Safety...

As discussed by Dr. Janet Hull,18 many tend to excuse the negative health effects of aspartame simply because it has received the stamp of approval by the Food and Drug Administration (FDA).

“[T]his may not be something the American consumer can actually depend upon anymore,” she writes, because “[t]he FDA rules and regulations for the approval of food additives... it has some serious flaws.”

In her article, Dr. Hull talks about Beth Hubrich, president of the Calorie Control Council, and how FDA's requirement that theindustry do its own research actually puts the industry in the hot seat of proving the flaws of their own products. Clearly, this is a strong disincentive to finding anything wrong, since any company applying for approval wants their product to reach the market. In a nutshell, the FDA trusts corporations to be completely honest and above board about their own research findings—with billions of dollars of profits hanging in the balance! How likely do you think it is that such a system will actually ensure that each product released to market is in fact safe? This is the classic example of the fox guarding the hen house.

“Basically, all the FDA is responsible for is reviewing the summaries of research conducted by the company applying for approval, typically from scientific studies the applicant has pay-rolled. Then, the company presents their reasons whytheir product should be allowed in the public food supply based on their research. At the very least, the research reports are controversial, and rarely reviewed by independent researchers not related to the industry,” she writes.

Beth Hubrich, a spokeswoman for the industry group Calorie Control Council, has spent years disputing the results from independent researchers that find fault with artificial sweeteners. This despite the fact that an independent researcher has far less incentive to come to any particular conclusion—good or bad... As I’ve discussed in a previous article, the Calorie Control Council is an association that represents manufacturers and suppliers of low-calorie, sugar-free and reduced sugar foods and beverages, and has strong ties to the Kellen Company, which is instrumental in creating and managing industry front groupsspecifically created to mislead you about the product in question, protect industry profits, and influence regulatory agencies. This makes virtually any position of the Calorie Control Council questionable at best when it comes to public safety.

Are You Addicted to Artificial Sweeteners?

Artificial sweeteners tend to trigger enhanced activity within your brain's pleasure centers, yet at the same time provide less actual satisfaction. This separation of the taste of sweetness from caloric content means that when you consume artificial sweeteners, your brain actually craves more of it because your body receives no satisfaction on a cellular level by the sugar imposter. This can actually contribute to not only overeating and weight gain, but also an addiction to artificial sweeteners, along with an increased risk of type 2 diabetes, heart disease and stroke—even if your weight is normal.

In order to break free, be sure you address the emotional component of your food cravings using a tool such as the Emotional Freedom Technique (EFT). More than any traditional or alternative method I have used or researched, EFT works to overcome food cravings and helps you reach dietary success. If diet soda is the culprit for you, be sure to check out Turbo Tapping, which is an extremely effective and simple tool to get rid of your soda addiction in a short amount of time.

If you still have cravings after trying EFT or Turbo Tapping, you may need to make some changes to your diet. My free nutrition plan can help you do this in a step-by-step fashion. If you’re searching for a safer sweetener option, you could use stevia or Lo Han, both of which are safe natural sweeteners. Remember, if you struggle with high blood pressure, high cholesterol, diabetes or extra weight, then you have insulin sensitivity issues and would likely benefit from avoiding ALL sweeteners.

Last but not least, if you experience side effects from aspartame or any other artificial sweetener, please report it to the FDA (if you live in the United States) without delay. It's easy to make a report — just go to the FDA Consumer Complaint Coordinator page, find the phone number for your state, and make a call reporting your reaction.

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Escalloped Salmon - Recipe of the day

 (Two portions)

2/3 C-flaked salmon
1 T-butter
1 T-flour
2/3 C-milk
½ t-salt
¼ t-paprika
1 hard-cooked egg
1 t-lemon juice
3 T-chopped sour pickle
½ t-minced parsley
4 T-cracker crumbs
1 T-butter

Melt the butter, add the flour and mix well. Add the milk and cook one minute. Add the salmon, salt, paprika, egg diced, lemon juice, pickle and parsley. Mix thoroughly with a silver fork, being careful not to let the mixture get pasty. Pour into a well-buttered baking dish, melt the butter and add the crumbs. Place buttered crumbs on the top. Bake twenty-five minutes in a moderate oven.

Make something extraordinary tonight.

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Ben Franklin - An American In Paris

Liberty's Kids, episode number 20, An American In Paris.  Ben Franklin sails to Paris to enlist the aid of the French Government in the American cause of Liberty.  George Washington's early struggles.

Benjamin Franklin Autobiography from Chuck Thompson

http://www.putlocker.com/file/F5262DB905E86276

Link to a free copy of the above e-book on Benjamin Franklin written by himself.  Best information one can get is straight from the source who lived it.  The file is in PDF form.  Just pick the free user option on the downloads and it's a small file so it will download very quickly.  166 pages.  

Benjamin Franklin (Photo credit: elycefeliz)

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Gloucester County Board of Supervisors above the law?

Open Letter to the Citizens of Gloucester County Virginia

“For the Common Good. “

Again, I had planned to return to the State Constitution today; however, reading several of Mr Thompson’s stories over the weekend I must deviate from my plan.

The Gloucester Board of Supervisors continues to show a lack of leadership capability.

 1.  They have either directly allowed the Animal Control Ordnance they changed in February to be ignored allowing the previous ordnance to stay on the site or indirectly by the staff, County Administrator and County Attorney, to do what they want and not update the site to reflect the new ordnance.

2.  They have given a raise to these two employees who it appears are incapable of updating or overseeing the updating of a simple website in violation of county ordnance and state code.

3.  Have put out a request for bids on a school, monument to stupidity, which is not needed by the county.  If the school is needed so badly why did they allow an elementary school to be closed – lack of students perhaps? And a functional middle school that could have been repaired and used to be destroyed.  Fraud, waste, and abuse comes to mind.

Mr. Thompson has in an article today that it appears the Board of Supervisors are in violation of their oath of office.  Should the County Administrator and County Attorney be considered also in violation for the ordnance not being updated?  Insurance companies and the Federal Government will not cover any expenses of employees/persons that are in violation of the law nor do I believe is the case of the state.  These people should be held personally responsible for any actions they perform that are in violation of the law or damages that result from these violations.

The oversight to updating/changing of the animal control ordnance seems to be a deliberate act.  The Gloucester-Mathews Gazette-Journal always reports public hearings and the results of these hearings especially if there is a change in the ordnance.  They have not reported a change to the county ordnance or that the county voted on the change and it was approved seven to zero.  Mr. Thompson has the open hearing and vote on his web site, because the same night some appearances of law infractions were also seen.  Why would the paper not report the ordnance change?  Because they knew the county had no intention of updating the ordnance?  These and other questions need to be answered.

The more I see of this board the more I am convinced that the citizens of the county should tell the Board at the open hearing for the school bond “WE ARE AGAINST TAKING ON ADDITIONAL DEBT by you and the school board until you can provide us with answers to why you need a new school and what it will be used for?  If we are closing an elementary school because of lack of students how does that justify the need for a new Middle school?  Because is not an answer, we want straight answers not babble.

I have a question – how do you put out a request for bid on the new school when you do not have the money approved?  Is it because you will approve the bond regardless of what people present to you at the hearing?

Our State Representative, Mr Hodges has not supported the Gloucester County Board of Supervisors in recent request they have made, specifically expanding the water/waste water operations.  Based on your actions he should continue to not support the Gloucester County Board of Supervisors.  This County deserves LEADERS like Mr. Hodges. 

After you tell the Board you do not support them going forward with the bond.  Tell the Gazette-Journal you will not support them if they do not report the news and cancel your subscription.  I am not a lawyer, but have questions that are not being answered.

 “For the Common Good. “

Sincerely,

Alexander James Jay

PS:  You can send email directly to me at AlexanderJamesJay@gmail.com  Do not send anything you would not want to be viewed on this blog.  I will withhold your name when sending letters to Mr Thompson.  Also friend me on Facebook Alexander James Jay in Gloucester, VA.

Newhart - Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Loudon - Classic TV

Newhart with the episode of Dr Jekyll and Mr Loudon.  Dick gains an unwanted reputation as an acerbic wit after verbally assaulting an inept guest.  Because these episodes are not in the public domain, we will not be offering free downloads of any of them.  However, they are still free to watch.  Classic TV here on GVLN.

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Cuccinelli asks Kaine and Warner to delay acting on labor board nominees until Supreme Court decides constitutionality of Obama recess appointments

English: Attorney General of Virginia Ken Cuccinelli (Photo credit: Wikipedia)

Cuccinelli asks Kaine and Warner to delay acting on labor board nominees until Supreme Court decides constitutionality of Obama recess appointments 

RICHMOND (July 19, 2013) - Last night, Attorney General Ken Cuccinelli sent a letter to Virginia senators Mark Warner and Tim Kaine requesting that they delay acting on President Obama's recent nominations to the National Labor Relations Board until the U.S. Supreme Court decides the constitutionality of the president's previous appointments to the board. Obama made his previous appointments without the constitutionally required Senate confirmation by claiming that the U.S. Senate was in recess when it was not.

Recess appointments are emergency appointments the president makes to commissions and boards when the Senate is not in session and he determines that he cannot wait for the Senate to reconvene to hold hearings to confirm his nominees. However, only the Senate can declare itself in recess, not the president. The president made three appointments to the NLRB when the Senate was merely not meeting for three days but had never recessed.

Three federal appeals courts, including the Fourth Circuit, have declared the original appointments unconstitutional. The D.C. Circuit Court case has made it to the Supreme Court.

If the Senate moves forward with approving the president's new nominees, Cuccinelli says actions by the new board could render the issue moot and the Supreme Court would not be able to decide this important separation of powers issue, which would clarify the issue for future appointments.

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Governor Bob McDonnell Not Responsible For Protection of Virginia Citizenry?

English: Governor of Virginia at CPAC in . (Photo credit: Wikipedia)

We recently sent complaints to Governor Bob McDonnell, Virginia State attorney general Ken Cuccinelli, and local Delegate Kieth Hodges about Gloucester County's failure to comply with it's own approved ordinances.  Specifically, 3-15 of the Gloucester Animal Control laws.  The heading on the law as it presently stands is in violation to what the Gloucester County Board of Supervisors voted on and approved for how it should read.

At present, the code reads as follows;  " Failure to perform duties of ownership; penalty.".  The Board of Supervisors voted on and approved the following as the proper header for that code, "Care of companion animals. penalty".    Gloucester County officials refuse to comply with their own laws.

Here is the response we just received from Governor Bob McDonnell's office.

Dear Friend:

Thank you for contacting the Office of Governor Robert F. McDonnell.  Governor McDonnell is in receipt of your letter and he has asked me to respond on his behalf.

By your letter, it is clear that this matter is of the utmost importance to you.  However, it has been determined that your issue is a local matter in which Governor McDonnell does not have the authority to intervene.  It is recommended that you contact your local representative on either the Board of Supervisors or the City Council.  If you live in a city, you may also wish to contact the Office of the Mayor.  I am confident that a local representative will be able to appropriately address your concerns.

Thank you again for contacting the Office of the Governor.  Please do not hesitate to do so regarding future matters.

Sincerely,

Kathy Hayden

Director of Community Relations

Office of Governor Robert F. McDonnell

Your kidding right?  You can not respond to the email they sent.  It's blocked.  It's the local Gloucester County Board of supervisors that are not in compliance.  They have been notified and have refused to address the issue.

Now someone please correct us if we are wrong, but isn't it the state's duty to protect the citizens of each state? This is what we call passing the buck and is nothing more than a bureaucratic trick.  

Now we really can not blame the governor for this answer as he did not answer it.  An aid did and with the wrong answer at that.  It shows she did not read the complaint.  THE BOARD OF SUPERVISOR'S ARE THE ISSUE!

One bronze star out of 10 golden stars for Kathy Hayden.  So we are continuing to look for the answer on this issue from Governor McDonnell.

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