Fructose Makes One Hungry

A study is claiming that high-fructose corn syrup  is less likely to decrease  one’s hunger. This means one is likely to keep eating even after the acquisition of calories.

This means one is going to get fat.

Glucose — which comes from starches and is mostly produced commercially from corn starch — does not appear to have this tendency as per the study.

The subjects of the study were given pure glucose and pure fructose.

High-fructose corn syrup contains about equal parts glucose and fructose as does table sugar so it would appear unlikely that table sugar (sucrose) is a safe substitute.

Traditional corn syrup would be mostly glucose.

The study was performed by Dr. Kathleen Page at the University of Southern California.

The Corn Refiners Association said the study doesn’t count because it wasn’t in a natural setting.

Fructose, by the way, is what  naturally sweetens peaches, plums, berries and honey.

Fructose Makes One Hungry

Fructose Makes One Hungry

Cheyney U Financial Collapse

Cheyney University, the nation’s oldest black college, is on the verge of financial collapse reports Reuters.

It’s rather remarkable since it’s owned by the State of Pennsylvania and is heavily subsidized by the taxpayer.

Reuters reports that its student body is now about 1,000 –down two-thirds from its 1983 peak — and its four-year graduation rate is just 9 percent.

The school’s fiscal problems are laid upon the feet of the students unable to repay debt and increasing pension costs.

The school was founded in 1837. Reuters describes Cheyney as “located in the Philadelphia suburb of the same name”. Good luck in finding such a suburb. The school’s 275-acre campus spills across Thornbury Township, Delaware County and Thornbury Township, Chester County.

Cheyney U Financial Collapse

Cheyney U Financial Collapse

 

 

William Lawrence Sr Omnibit 12-17-14

William Lawrence Sr Omnibit 12-17-14

 

Bottoms Up! The Chinese were drinking beer– or something like it — 2300 B.C.

Mary’s Law Looms In Pa

The excellent Commonwealth Foundation is pushing a proposed Pennsylvania law called “Mary’s Law” which would end taxpayer-funded collection of political money.

Mary is a college professor in Williamsport and a 20-year member of the PSEA. This fall, Mary’s husband received a letter from the PSEA asking him to “Please join Mary in voting for Tom Wolf.”

Mary never gave permission for her name to be used to solicit votes from her family. Neither did she agree with the politician the PSEA was pushing.

To add final insult to injury, it was Mary’s union dues that were spent on that political mailing – not a voluntary PAC contribution, but dues.

Mary’s Law is new legislation that will soon be introduced by State Senators John Eichelberger and Gene Yaw—along with 10 other senators, among them the President Pro Tempore and Majority Leader. It would end the taxpayer-funded collection of political money.

Mary’s story represents why we need this law. But it’s not just for Mary, notes Commonwealth Foundation. It’s for all teachers whose dues have been used for politics they don’t agree with. And for all taxpayers who fund the collection of this blatantly political money.

Public resources should never be used for politics. Click here to write your lawmakers about this critical issue.

Mary's Law Looms In Pa

Mary’s Law Looms In Pa

William Lawrence Sr Omnibit 12-16-14

William Lawrence Sr Omnibit 12-16-14

Should come as no surprise that the shell of the cashew nut contains an irritating poison. The cashew is a relative of poison ivy.

Gliobastoma Battle Described On Radio Maria

Josh Comeau is a 36-year-old father of five in Indiana who is fighting an aggressive form of brain cancer with prayer and all the weapons of modern medicine. Brittany Maynard, a young woman with the same cancer, attracted international attention when she announced plans to commit suicide under Oregon’s Death with Dignity Act.

She took her life last month but Josh and his wife, Rosary, have chosen Life with Dignity instead. Josh will join Janet Morana on Gospel of Life tonight, Dec. 16 on Radio Maria. Tune in at 6 p.m. ET.

Gliobastoma is a formidable adversary. Few people survive, even with treatment. But on the day Josh was diagnosed, he posted this on his Facebook page: “A new lease on life. Praise God.”

“God has plans for Josh, I really believe that,” said Rosary. “The cancer is just the beginning of that plan.”

Josh has undergone surgery and radiation, and is going through a grueling chemo regimen now.

The couple doesn’t know what lies ahead, but they know they are not alone in their fight.

For a list of Radio Maria stations or to tune in to “Gospel of Life” on the Internet, go to http://radiomaria.us/the-gospel-of-life.  Tablet and smart phone users also can download a free Radio Maria app so they can listen to the show wherever they go.

Anyone with a question for Josh, Janet or Father Frank is invited to call in during the show to 866-333-6279 to speak to them on the air. Those who would prefer not to be on the radio may email questions to info@gospeloflife.com

The show will be rebroadcast at 2 a.m. ET Thursday and midnight ET on Sunday. All the shows are archived at priestsforlife.org/radiomaria .

Gliobastoma Battle Described On Radio Maria

Gliobastoma Battle Described On Radio Maria

Gliobastoma Battle Described On Radio Maria

Pa Legislative Salary Automatically Rises To $85,356

The automatic pay raise Pennsylvania legislators have been getting since 1995 takes their salaries to $85,356 for 2015.

All without a vote.

This does not count health care benefits, retirement packages — oh so sweet retirement packages — nor other perks like per diems.

This is an increase of $1,300 from last year.

The presiding officers will be getting $2,100 raises bringing their salaries to $133,000.

One word describes this: corruption. The people we elect to look out for us are looking out for themselves.

Hat tip Donna Ellingsen

Pa Legislative Salary Automatically Rises To $85,356

Big man, Pig man — Pa Legislative Salary Automatically Rises To $85,356

Act 139 Now In Effect In Pa

State Rep. Jim Cox (R-129) reports that Act 139 of 2014 is now in effect.

The law  enables first responders, including law enforcement, firefighters and all emergency medical service personnel, to administer naloxone to those experiencing an opioid overdose. It also allows friends or family members with a person at risk of experiencing an opioid-related overdose to receive a prescription for naloxone and administer it.

The law also offers Good Samaritan and other immunity protections from criminal prosecution for drug possession as well as from civil liability for those responding to and reporting an opioid overdose.

Act 139 Now In Effect In Pa

Act 139 Now In Effect In Pa

Things My Mother Taught Me

Things My Mother Taught Me

Courtesy of Cathy Craddock

1. My mother taught me TO APPRECIATE A  JOB WELL DONE.
“If you’re going to kill each other, do it outside. I just finished cleaning.”

2. My mother taught me RELIGION.
“You better pray that will come out of the carpet.”

3. My mother taught me about TIME  TRAVEL.
“If you don’t straighten up, I’m going to knock  you into the middle of next week!”

4. My mother taught me LOGIC.
”  Because I said so, that’s why.”

5. My mother taught me MORE LOGIC .
“If you fall out of that swing and break your neck, you’re not going to the store with me.”

6. My  mother taught me FORESIGHT.
“Make sure you wear clean  underwear, in case you’re in an accident.”

7. My mother taught me IRONY.
“Keep crying, and I’ll give you something to cry about.”

8.  My mother taught me about the  science of OSMOSIS .
“Shut your mouth and eat your  supper.”

9. My mother taught  me about CONTORTIONISM.
“Will you look at that dirt on  the back of your neck!”

10. My mother taught me about STAMINA  .
“You’ll sit there until all that spinach is gone.”

11.  My mother taught me about  WEATHER.
“This room of yours looks as if a tornado went  through it.”

12. My mother  taught me about HYPOCRISY.
“If I told you once, I’ve  told you a million times. Don’t exaggerate!”

13. My mother taught me the CIRCLE OF  LIFE.
“I brought you into this world, and I can take  you out..”

14. My mother  taught me about BEHAVIOR MODIFICATION .
“Stop acting  like your father!”

15. My  mother taught me about ENVY.
“There are millions of  less fortunate children in this world who don’t have wonderful parents  like you do.”

16. My mother  taught me about ANTICIPATION.
“Just wait until your father gets  home.”

17. My mother taught  me about RECEIVING .
“You are going to get it when you  get home!”

18. My mother  taught me MEDICAL SCIENCE.
“If you don’t stop crossing  your eyes, they are going to get stuck that way.”

19. My mother taught me ESP.
“Put  your sweater on; don’t you think I know when you are cold?”

20.  My mother taught me  HUMOR.
“When that lawn mower cuts off your toes, don’t  come running to me.”

21. My  mother taught me HOW TO BECOME AN ADULT .
“If you don’t  eat your vegetables, you’ll never grow up.”

22. My mother taught me GENETICS.
“You’re just like your father.”

23. My mother taught me about my  ROOTS.
“Shut that door behind you.  Do you think  you were born in a barn?”

24. My mother taught me WISDOM.
“When you get to be my age, you’ll understand.”

And my  favorite:  25.  My mother taught me about JUSTICE  .
“One day you’ll have kids, and I hope they turn out  just like you !”

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Things My Mother Taught Me

Profiling Works Says Freind

Profiling Works Says Freind
By Chris Freind

“I have repeatedly made clear that profiling by law enforcement is not only wrong, it is profoundly misguided and ineffective. Particularly in light of certain recent incidents we’ve seen at the local level and the widespread concerns about trust in the criminal justice process … it’s imperative that we take every possible action to institute strong and sound policing practices.”

So said Attorney General Eric Holder as he announced sweeping changes for federal law enforcement agencies. Profiling will now be banned on the basis of race, ethnicity, religion, gender, national origin, sexual orientation and gender identity.

Holder isn’t just wrong about profiling being ineffective, but is totally misguided in his rationale for instituting the new policy, as the recent incidents of white police officers’ altercations with blacks had nothing to do with race.

Let’s look at the truth behind race and profiling:

1. Michael Brown was not profiled in Ferguson, nor singled out because he was black. He was approached by Officer Darren Wilson because A. he was illegally walking in the street, and B. had allegedly just committed a felony in a convenience store. He fought with Wilson in the patrol car, and, as a 6-foot, 4-inch, 300-pound individual, was a potentially lethal threat. Agree with the grand jury process or not, let’s be perfectly clear that race was not a factor, as Wilson would have undoubtedly acted in the same way no matter what color his attacker was.

Race also was not a factor in the chokehold death of black New Yorker Eric Garner by a white police officer — a fact bolstered by his widow who said, “I really don’t feel like it’s a black-and-white thing.” Garner was being arrested for selling cigarettes illegally — (Really? That’s the “crime” to which New York’s finest should be allocating their time?) — but he wasn’t being profiled. Unfortunately, the grand jury got that one wrong, as Garner’s death was preventable and excessive force was used. While the officer utilizing the chokehold (a maneuver banned by the department for over two decades) should have been held for trial, the key point is that race wasn’t a factor.

So if these “recent incidents” that Holder cites were not racially motivated, why the need for new rules at all?

2. Holder’s ban only applies to federal law enforcement agencies, but he is strongly suggesting all state and local police departments adopt them. Given that some departments bow to political correctness, and still others prostitute themselves to the federal government, look for many to follow suit, especially if the feds tie their funding to implementing the rules.

3. Quite interestingly, there are exceptions. The new rules will not apply to screeners at airports and the southwest border, the Secret Service, and certain types of national security investigations. Two things come to mind:

A. Since we have exceptions for these crucially important areas, that must mean, by definition, that profiling works. In other words, it’s not “ineffective.”

B. Given that it is effective, why are we disallowing it in all other federal law enforcement areas? That’s like a football coach telling his team that they can only pass the ball when near the goal line. The self-tying of America’s hands is as dangerous as it is stupid.

4. The answer, of course, is that Holder’s ban is rooted in misguided ideas about racism and bigotry, and his belief that government-mandated political correctness is the solution. But in establishing this new policy, he has shown himself to be a hypocrite, as many of his traditional allies on the Left have been pointing out.

If profiling is bad, then it’s bad, period. Holder should have banned it in all circumstances. But since he didn’t, it’s disingenuous for him to take the moral high ground, preaching against the “evils” of profiling while still allowing it in numerous circumstances. Whatever little credibility Holder had is now gone.

5. What’s next? Will broadcasting a person’s color or gender over police radio when describing a suspect be outlawed too? Don’t laugh. That’s coming.

As it is, the FBI last year succumbed to pressure from Democratic Congressman Jim McDermott and other PC groups when it halted its “Faces Of Global Terrorism” ad campaign in Seattle (which sought the public’s help finding international terrorists). And why? Because, in McDermott’s words, the “ad featuring 16 photos of wanted terrorists is not only offensive to Muslims and ethnic minorities, but it encourages racial and religious profiling.”

Really? Showing pictures of people who, it bears repeating, are wanted for terrorism, is racist? Trying to nail people who committed heinous acts is religious profiling? Most sickening, 13 of the 16 weren’t even American! It’s bad enough that we are placating the “offended-by-everything” American crowd, but now we are instituting policies to make nice with foreigners — including those hell-bent on doing us harm. Too bad politicians aren’t profiled for intelligence before taking office.

6. Profiling is an effective tool of law enforcement, from Coast Guard interdiction to kidnappings. But, like anything else, there should be limits. Stop-and-frisk, for example, is a policy that goes beyond tactical profiling and targets people simply because of color, leading to police abuse and loss of civil liberties.

But for the vast majority of investigations, profiling serves as a reliable starting point, and for good reason. At its core, profiling is using the huge amount of law enforcement and psychological knowledge acquired over time to develop efficient methodologies to catch the bad guys. If people’s feelings are “hurt” because they happen to be the same ethnicity or religion as wanted individuals, tough. Either they have a guilty conscience, or they aren’t smart enough to understand the difference between law-breakers and law-abiders.

As a huge melting pot, America presents unique challenges to law enforcement. Terrorists are increasingly “home-grown,” and criminal syndicates are often foreign-based. To effectively combat them, profiling is the one tool, above all, that can give America’s protectors the edge they need. With proper oversight to safeguard civil liberties, profiling should always have a home in America.

Profiling Works Says Freind