The Lucy Show, Viv Visits Lucy. Classic TV here on Gloucester, Virginia Links and News website. When entertainment was more entertaining.
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Defending The Republic, Not some Democracy, and enjoying some of life's rewards along the way.
Thursday, September 12, 2013
The Lucy SHow, Viv Visits Lucy - Classic TV
The Lucy Show, Viv Visits Lucy. Classic TV here on Gloucester, Virginia Links and News website. When entertainment was more entertaining.
Governor McDonnell Hosts Virginia Social Entrepreneurship Networking Event
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| English: Governor of Virginia at CPAC in . (Photo credit: Wikipedia) |
RICHMOND – Governor Bob McDonnell, in partnership with Capital One, will host a social entrepreneurship networking event tomorrow evening, Thursday, September 12that the University of Richmond’s Robins School of Business. The event will convene top thought leaders to consider opportunities in Virginia's growing social entrepreneurship space. The evening is co-chaired by Pete Snyder, CEO of the Virginia-based seed and angel capital company Disruptor Capital, and Mark Rubin, Executive Director of Government Relations for VCU and former senior advisor to Governor Timothy M. Kaine.
The event will kick off at 5:00 p.m. with a welcome address from Governor McDonnell, followed by a panel discussion led by Mark Rubin, Ron Monarck, Managing Director of the Alan B. Miller Entrepreneurship Center at the College of William and Mary, Elizabeth Schmidt, Executive Director of the Center for Social Entrepreneurship at George Mason, Jeff Pollack, Assistant Professor of Management in the Robins School of Business at the University of Richmond, and Bob Mooney of New Richmond Ventures. Later, four attendees at the event will be selected a random to give a four minute presentation on a social entrepreneurship topic of their choice, with attendees voting on the most compelling presentation. The evening will conclude with a time for participants to network with each other.
Speaking about the social entrepreneurship networking event, Governor McDonnell commented, “We are seeing a rapidly growing interest in social entrepreneurship in Virginia as citizens and companies look to make a greater impact in our society through investments in sustainable entrepreneurial programs. Companies like Capital One are leading the pack with their affordable housing and youth financial literacy programs. Simultaneously, our higher education institutions including George Mason University, the University of Richmond, the University of Virginia and William and Mary are embracing the growing interest in social enterprise among our youth and are encouraging even greater interest and participation while in college. Tomorrow will be an evening filled with inspiring ideas among Virginia’s thought-leaders and entrepreneurs. Our hope is that this event serves as a catalyst to get the ideas and plans of Virginia’s social entrepreneurs off the ground and implemented in our communities.”
“Our goal is to accelerate good ideas and make a real difference for Virginians. Government should be engaging in social entrepreneurship to help solve some of the toughest challenges we see every day. The next great social enterprise may help us to better deliver health care services, increase energy efficiency or deploy services and information to citizens in a smarter and more cost effective way,” remarked Janet Kelly, Secretary of the Commonwealth.
“Entrepreneurship is the lifeblood of our economy. Social entrepreneurship provides Virginians the opportunity to make a difference and seek a profit. The principles of business and innovation meet our collective interest in maximizing the social good means more opportunity for our citizens. I applaud Governor McDonnell for hosting this event and look forward to an exciting discussion,” commented Pete Snyder, event co-chair.
“I am pleased to join a conversation about social entrepreneurship in Virginia. From a higher education and policy perspective, there is a tremendous opportunity in social entrepreneurship and Virginia is blessed with the right mix of resources, talent and motivation to maximize growth,” said Mark Rubin, event co-chair.
Registration information and addition information about tomorrow’s social entrepreneurship event is available here.
Mental Health Disorders Leading Cause of Non-Fatal Illness Worldwide
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| English: Logo of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, an agency within the United States Department of Health and Human Services. White on blue background with white rays but no white "burst". No detailed wording. (Photo credit: Wikipedia) |
By Dr. Mercola
Depression is a pervasive health issue today. According to data from the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), one in 10 American adults report some form of depression.1 Eleven percent of the US population over the age of 12 is on antidepressant medication.2Just two years ago, Marcia Angell, former editor-in-chief of the New England Journal of Medicine, discussed how a shocking 46 percent of Americans fit a diagnosis for one form of mental illness or another.3 This problem is not limited to the United States, however.In fact, according to a recent study published in The Lancet,4 mental disorders and substance abuse combined were the leading cause of non-fatal illness worldwide in 2010, contributing nearly 23 percent of the total global disease burden!Data for the study was obtained from the 2010 Global Burden of Diseases, Injuries, and Risk Factors Study,5 which includes data from 187 countries. Depressive disorders were the most common, followed by anxiety disorders, drug use disorders, and schizophrenia.
Mental Health Problems on the Rise Across the Globe
The analysis6 also found that mental disorders and substance use disorders were the fifth leading cause of death and disease worldwide. Only China, North Korea, Japan and Nigeria had a statistically lower burden of death and disease from mental disorders and substance abuse. As reported in the featured article:7“The authors say that this difference in non-fatal illness compared with the cause of death and disease is supported by the fact that mental and substance use disorders caused a low death rate in 2010 at 232,000, relative to the overall illness they caused.”In all, mental and substance use disorders were responsible for higher global death and illness rates than HIV/AIDS, tuberculosis, diabetes, and car accidents. Females over the age of 14 had a higher risk of death and disease from mental disorders compared to males.Males, on the other hand, had a higher risk of death and disease from drug and alcohol dependence across all age groups. According to the authors:8“Despite the apparently small contribution of years of life lost to premature mortality—with deaths in people with mental disorders coded to the physical cause of death and suicide coded to the category of injuries under self-harm—our findings show the striking and growing challenge that these disorders pose for health systems in developed and developing regions.In view of the magnitude of their contribution, improvement in population health is only possible if countries make the prevention and treatment of mental and substance use disorders a public health priority.”This overall trend of rising mental disorders and drug abuse can also be seen in a 2010 US government survey9 in which 1 in 10 American children was found to have attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder (ADHD)—a 22 percent increase from 2003.A whopping 48.4 million prescriptions for ADHD stimulants were written in 2011 in the US,10 a 39 percent jump from 2007. Meanwhile, emergency room visits due to adverse reactions to such drugs rose by more than 400 percent between 2005 and 2011.
What’s Causing This Rise in Worldwide Mental Health Disturbances?
While I’m sure there are many contributing causes, from impoverished circumstances and poor health to poorly managed day-to-day stress and high-tension due to regional wars and strife just to name a few, I also think it’s important to consider massive recent shifts in food choices throughout the world.Countries across the globe have shifted to far more industrialized processed and devitalized foods that rely heavily on the use of genetically engineered corn and soy. This denatured Western diet has spread its pernicious influence into the developing world as well.I simply cannot overstate the importance of your food choices when it comes to your mental health. In a very real sense, you have TWO brains—one in your head, and one in your gut—both of which are created from the same tissue during fetal development.These two systems are connected via the vagus nerve, the tenth cranial nerve that runs from your brain stem down to your abdomen. It is now well established that the vagus nerve is the primary route your gut bacteria use to transmit information to your brain.Maintaining optimal gut health is therefore paramount when trying to address your mental state. In this regard, the modern “Western” diet has several things working against it:
- Genetically modified foods can significantly alter your gut flora, thereby promoting pathogens while decimating the beneficial microbes necessary for optimal mental and physical health
- Glyphosate—the most widely used herbicide on food crops in the world with nearly ONE BILLION pounds applied every year—has been shown to cause both nutritional deficiencies, especially minerals (which are critical for brain function), and systemic toxicity.
According to the researchers, glyphosate is possibly the most important factor in the development of multiple chronic diseases and conditions, and this includes mental health disorders such as depression. Dr. Don Huber believes it is far more toxic than DDT- High-fructose diets also feed pathogens in your gut, allowing them to overtake beneficial bacteria. Furthermore, sugar suppresses activity of a key growth hormone in your brain called BDNF. BDNF levels are critically low in both depression and schizophrenia.
Sugar consumption also triggers a cascade of chemical reactions in your body that promote chronic inflammation. In the long term, inflammation disrupts the normal functioning of your immune system, and wreaks havoc on your brain. Last but not least, sugar (particularly fructose) and grains contribute to insulin and leptin resistance and impaired signaling, which also play a significant role in your mental health- Artificial food ingredients, the artificial sweetener aspartame in particular, can wreak havoc with your brain function. Both depression and panic attacks are indeed known potential side effects of aspartame consumption
The Gut-Brain Connection Will Profoundly Influence Your Mental Health
The impact of your microflora on your brain function was recently reconfirmed by UCLA researchers who, in a proof-of-concept study,11 found that probiotics (beneficial bacteria) indeed altered the brain function in the participants. As reported by UCLA:12“Researchers have known that the brain sends signals to your gut, which is why stress and other emotions can contribute to gastrointestinal symptoms. This study shows what has been suspected but until now had been proved only in animal studies: that signals travel the opposite way as well. 'Time and time again, we hear from patients that they never felt depressed or anxious until they started experiencing problems with their gut,' [Dr. Kirsten] Tillisch said. 'Our study shows that the gut–brain connection is a two-way street.'"Similarly, as explained by Dr. Natasha Campbell-McBride, a medical doctor with a postgraduate degree in neurology, toxicity in your gut can flow throughout your body and into your brain, where it can cause symptoms of autism, ADHD, depression, schizophrenia and a whole host of other mental and behavioral disorders. With this in mind, it should be crystal clear that nourishing your gut flora is extremely important from infancy into old age. To do so, I recommend the following strategies:
- Avoid processed, refined foods in your diet.
- Eat traditionally fermented, unpasteurized foods: Fermented foods are the best route to optimal digestive health, as long as you eat the traditionally made, unpasteurized versions. Some of the beneficial bacteria found in fermented foods are also excellent chelators of heavy metals and pesticides, which will also have a beneficial health effect by reducing your toxic load. Healthy choices include:
- Fermented vegetables
- Lassi (an Indian yoghurt drink, traditionally enjoyed before dinner)
- Fermented milk, such as kefir
- Natto (fermented soy)
Ideally, you want to eat a variety of fermented foods to maximize the variety of bacteria you’re consuming. Fermented vegetables, which are one of my new passions, are an excellent way to supply beneficial bacteria back into our gut. And, unlike some other fermented foods, they tend to be palatable, if not downright delicious, to most people.As an added bonus, they can also a great source of vitamin K2 if you ferment your own using the proper starter culture. We tested samples of high-quality fermented organic vegetables made a specific starter culture, and a typical serving (about two to three ounces) contained not only 10 trillion beneficial bacteria, it also had 500 mcg of vitamin K2, which we now know is a vital co-nutrient to both vitamin D and calcium. Most high-quality probiotic supplements will only supply you with a fraction of the beneficial bacteria found in such homemade fermented veggies, so it’s your most economical route to optimal gut health as well.- Take a high-quality probiotic supplement. Although I'm not a major proponent of taking many supplements (as I believe the majority of your nutrients need to come from food), probiotics is an exception if you don’t eat fermented foods on a regular basis.
http://articles.mercola.com/sites/articles/archive/2013/09/12/mental-health-disorders.aspx Please visit Mercola.com for more on this issue.
Mom Loses Sons in Fire, Helps the Homeless Wavy TV Story
Grogan knows all about loss. On a bitterly cold night in January, fire erupted inside her Summerville Road home.
"The nightmares have gone for the most part," Grogan added. "I had one a couple weeks ago, and it was really bad."
A nightmare isn't even the word to describe what she went through. She was saved from the burning home, but her four loved ones weren't as lucky. Seven-year-old Thomas Grogan, 2-year-old Michael Grogan and six-month-old Gabriel Grogan were killed; their grandmother, Virginia, died after running back into the burning home.
"In my mind, I knew they were gone when nobody came out [of the burning home] after me," Grogan said.
The home was destroyed, but Jessica is rebuilding her life. Part of that, is giving back to a community that helped her husband and her when they had no one else.
"When the fire happened, we were only given three days in a hotel by the Red Cross, and we had nowhere to go," Grogan added.
Grogan and her husband were essentially homeless.
"It only takes one person to change somebody's life," she said.
Jessica, along with a couple friends formed a group inspired by the idea of creating a change. They started a Facebook page called "Make the Homeless Smile." They hope to convince people everywhere to get out and help a neighbor, the same way neighbors helped her when she had nowhere to go.
"There are homeless people everywhere," Grogan added. "You don't know what the situation is, and it happened to them."
For Jessica, the cause is near to the heart. It's also about finishing what a seven-year-old started.
"Little Tom, he was my angel," she said. "Even when he was here, he was an angel in disguise."
In his short time on Earth, Thomas learned the meaning of giving. Jessica says he helped his father ring a charity bell one Christmas. He also donated his piggy bank to help victims after Gloucester was hit by a tornado.
"If a seven-year-old can do it. grown ups can do it too," Grogan said.
This mission by Jessica and her group is really just beginning. They are holding an event September 28 -- that's the day they want everyone to get out and do something nice for someone else.
http://www.wavy.com/news/local/mission-for-fire-victim-is-help-others Link back to original story.
A Multitude of Recipes For Your Consideration
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| English: Asinan Betawi Jalan Kamboja, one of the famous Asinan in Jakarta. Asinan (lit: salted things) is some kind of vegetable salads. Betawi variant uses spicy peanut sauce and employ vegetables, peanuts, and kerupuk crackers. (Photo credit: Wikipedia) |
Recipes from Children and Media Class
Check these recipes out and try something new and different to create a wonderful day.
Check these recipes out and try something new and different to create a wonderful day.
Liberty's Kids 10, Postmaster General Franklin - Battle of the Hook Pre Show
Liberty's Kids episode number 10, Postmaster General Franklin. Gives you a great idea of the events that led up to the final victory in Yorktown, Virginia. Just before that final battle and very much a part of it was the Battle of the Hook that took place in Gloucester, Virginia. It was part of the strategy of General George Washington to surround Lord Cornwallis at Yorktown. Gloucester, Virginia is just across the river from Yorktown. The Battle of the Hook was a part of cutting off and surrounding the enemy.
That is why the Battle of the Hook is such a big deal. The upcoming reenactment battle is very much a part of the celebration of our freedoms, liberty and independence and remembering what our forefathers did for us all.
Anti Federalist Papers No 12 - How WIll The New Government Raise Money?
“CINCINNATUS” is an Antifederalist writer. In this essay, from an Address to a Meeting of the Citizens of Philadelphia, the writer responds to James Wilson’s statements about Congress’ powers to tax under the Constitution. It appeared in the November 29 and December 6, 1787, New-York Journal, as reprinted from a Philadelphia newspaper.
On the subject of taxation, in which powers are to be given so largely by the new constitution, you [James Wilson of Pennsylvania] lull our fears of abuse by venturing to predict “that the great revenue of the United States must, and always will, be raised by impost”-and you elevate our hopes by holding out, “the reviving and supporting the national credit.” If you have any other plan for this, than by raising money upon the people to pay the interest of the national debt, your ingenuity will deserve our thanks. Supposing however, that raising money is necessary to payment of the interest, and such a payment [is] requisite to support the credit of the union-let us see how much will be necessary for that end, and how far the impost will supply what we want. The arrearages of French and Spanish interest amount now to–1,500,000 dollars; Interest and installments of do. for 1788–850,227; Support of government; and its departments, for 1788–500,000; Arrears and anticipations of 1787– 300,000; Interest of domestic debt– 500,000 {total} 4,650,227 [3,650,227]
The new Congress then, supposing it to get into operation towards October, 1788, will have to provide for this sum, and for the additional sum of 3,000,000 at least for the ensuing year; which together will make the sum of 7,650,227 [6,650,227].
Now let us see how the impost will answer this. Congress have furnished us with their estimate of the produce of the whole imports of America at five per cent and that is 800,000 dollars. There will remain to provide for, by other taxes, 6,850,227 [5,850,227].
Read the rest below;
Anti Federalist Papers No 12 - Raising Money from Chuck Thompson
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To open in full screen mode, please left click the icon at the far right bottom of the slideshare container. To exit full screen mode, hit the escape key on your keyboard. We now have the entire Anti Federalist Papers in audio format on our Podcast page. Check it out. Liberty Education Series here on Gloucester, Virginia Links and News. Introducing our new Gloucester, Virginia Crier, above.
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