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Rockies fall to Dodgers, lose Nicasio to knee injury
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The Rockies lost twice Saturday afternoon at Coors Field.
The Dodgers beat them 6-2, snapping the Rockies' five-game winning streak.
The Rockies also lost starter Juan Nicasio to a strained left knee in the second inning. After the game, Nicasio had trouble putting weight on his left leg but said he hoped to make his next start. That might be wishful thinking.
Manager Jim Tracy said the club would know more about Nicasio's status, and his possible replacement, today.
Turning point. Carlos Gonzalez had rented Superman's cape for nearly a week, driving in 11 runs in his past six games. But he twice failed in his role as hero Saturday.
Facing Dodgers starter Aaron Harang in the fifth, Gonzalez fouled out with one out and the bases loaded. CarGo slammed his bat in anger.
"That was just the frustration of the moment," Gonzalez said. "It was a pitch out of the strike zone, and I should have just taken the pitch."
CarGo had another chance in the seventh. With two on, he hit a screamer to first baseman James Loney, who turned a slick inning-ending double play.
On the mound. Nicasio twisted his knee on a sharp grounder up the middle by Elian Herrera. Herrera's two-run single put the Dodgers in front 3-1. Nicasio provided an uneven performance before his exit, needing 45 pitches (25 strikes) to get through 1 innings. He was charged with three runs (two earned) on four hits.
Lefty Matt Reynolds pitched two innings of relief, one good, one costly. In the sixth, Bobby Abreu hit a two-out solo homer, and then Andre Ethier doubled and scored on Adam Kennedy's single. The two runs gave the Dodgers a comfortable 6-1 lead.
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Feeding the world: land, hunger and human rights
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Elizabeth Tongne says large scale agricultural and logging projects have significant negative consequences for her community in PNG.
Hunger is the world's number one health problem, killing more people every year than AIDS, tuberculosis and malaria combined.
This Wednesday 6 June Sydney Ideas will host a One Just World forum that asks why we can manage to produce enough food to feed everyone on the planet, and yet one in seven people go to bed hungry each night.
The forum - which includes speakers from the University of Sydney, Oxfam Australia, ANZ Bank and a PNG-based community organisation - will look at how competition for land means that all too often communities are forced to leave land they have occupied for generations, in some cases without compensation.
"Around the world, including in Australia, we are observing a mad scramble for land," says speaker Kelly Dent, Oxfam Australia's economic justice policy advisor.
"A growing global economy and population, climate change, food insecurity and changing diets are driving governments and investors to acquire land outside their own borders for future food supplies.
"Often, this land is sold to foreign governments or corporations as unused or underdeveloped, ignoring poor small-scale farmers who can be forcibly evicted from the land and left with no way of growing food and earning a living."
Elizabeth Tongne, from a community-based organisation in Papua New Guinea, Wide Bay Conservation Foundation, says large scale agricultural and logging projects have significant negative consequences for her community.
"I am from a matrilineal society where land is traditionally passed on from a woman to her children. In our traditional society women are able to get what they can from the land, work the land, and put food on the table for their families.
"Our traditional way of decision-making in terms of land usage and what type of development takes place on our land does not involve women any more. They are increasingly being left out of decisions involving land."
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The diet dilemma
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Keep pushing yourself ... you won't weigh less if you eat less.
Eat less, weigh less. Simple? Not quite, writes Nick Galvin.
Losing weight is simple in principle. The rule of thumb has been that if you cut out 2100 kilojoules a day - the equivalent of two large lattes or a blueberry muffin - you will lose about half a kilo a week until you reach that magic number on the scales.
Simple - but, as it turns out, probably way too simple.
It now appears that dietitians, doctors and others may have been getting it wrong all these years. There's a lot more to losing weight than just kilojoules in/kilojoules out.
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Losing weight ... just reducing your food intake is not enough.
When you start to lose weight, your body slows down your metabolism. In other words, you use less energy for the same activities.
This reaction has its roots in our primitive past, says Professor Michael Cowley, director of the Monash Obesity & Diabetes Institute. "If you go on a diet, your body says, 'Aha, here is a famine', and it decreases energy expenditure, so you need less energy just to stay at that weight," he says. "This is probably because we evolved in conditions where famine was frequent, and if you had an appropriate physiological response to famine, you were more likely to survive and your genes got propagated."
The result is that if you stay on the same reduced-kilojoule diet, over time the gap between kilojoules in and kilojoules out narrows. In a paper published last year in The Lancet, researchers from the US National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases (NIDDK) found that for a given weight-loss goal, half the loss would occur in the first year, but the remaining kilos would take another two years to lose.
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Dover library offers variety in summer reading program
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The Dover Public Librarys summer reading program is moving beyond the bookshelf, with crafts, gardening, wellness and exercise programs along with reading incentives for children ages 3 to 12 who participate in the six-week program.
Pat Rombach, childrens library, said the staff wanted to expand the program to include more than just reading.
With all the discussions about childhood obesity, we tried to think of a fun way to get children involved with good eating habits, fun exercise and reading, she said.
The reading portion of the program requires participants to read or be read to for 90 minutes each week through the six-week period. Children who complete the program will receive a certificate, a new paperback book, an invitation to a party at the Dover Pool on Aug. 10 and a chance to win a new bicycle provided by the Tuscarawas County Dairy Farmers Association.
Story and craft times during the summer program will run July 20-25 for children 5 months to 6 years. Infant time is 10 a.m., toddlers at 10:30 a.m., 3- to 4 year-olds at 11 a.m. and ages 5 to 6 at noon. Children ages 6 to 8 can join the Primary Club, and those 9-12 are invited to the Tween Club.
Registration for the reading programs start Monday and runs through June 16.
The library is sponsoring a community pizza garden in conjunction with the wellness portion of the program. The pizza garden will feature plants used in pizza and salsa. Planting will begin at 1:30 p.m. Wednesday, with a talk by Heather Parsio from Stutzman Lawn & Garden. Planting will continue at 2 p.m. Thursday if necessary. Families looking to participate in the community garden must register by Monday. Participation is open to children 3-12 and their families.
The library will also be revamping the grounds with the help of local children. From 1:30 to 4:30 p.m. June 13, children ages 3 to 12 are asked to bring an old pair of shoes or boots to the library and plant flowers in them. One shoe will go home, and the other will stay on the library grounds. Registration for this program is open through Friday.
The exercise program will run 10 to 11 a.m. Fridays and Saturdays June 22-July 28 on the front lawn of Dover High. Children will work with hula hoops, balls, jump ropes and more, take a walk around the school, and then return to the library for a snack. Friday mornings are reserved for children ages 3 to 7, while those ages 8 to 12 are welcome Saturday mornings. Registration for this program runs through June 16.
The library is also sponsoring two healthy eating programs. The first, featuring Linda Krupa from the Ohio State University Extension, is open to children ages 5 to 12 and their families. Get Your Plate in Shape will run from 2 to 3 p.m. June 15. Registration runs through June 13.
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Lose weight, save money & preserve environment with Smart Commute Week
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Readmore: Local, Economy, Health, Education, Community, Environment, Smart Commute Week, Traverse City Smart Commute Week, Tart Trails, Tart Trails Smart Commute Week, 2012 Smart Commute Week TRAVERSE CITY -- Traverse Area Recreation and Transportation (TART) Trailsis offering asolution to $4.00 per gallon gas, expanding waistlines and climate change, with its 18th annual Smart Commute Week from June 1st through the 8th.
Smart Commute Week, which kicks off TART Trails year-round Smart Commute Program, educates and encourages everyone in the community to consider options for getting around town. TART Trails challenges you to walk, bike, carpool, ride public transit or any creative form of 'smart' transportation! Rally your friends and co-workers to compete in the Smart Commute Challenge. There are great awards for the finalists of each division.
You can join TART Trails for a week that celebrates getting around by walking, bicycling, carpooling, or taking public transportation. For more information about Smart Commute Week,CLICK HERE.or call TART Trails at (231) 941-4300.
SMART COMMUTE WEEK SCHEDULE OF EVENTS:
Sunday, June 3rd Recycle-A-Bicycle Pick-up 9am-noon at the Old Town Parking Garage (125 E. 8th St.)
Monday, June 4th Smart Commute Challenge Kick-off 7-9am Smart Commute Breakfasts: Higher Grounds Coffee (806 Red Dr.) Pangeas Pizza (135 E. Front St.) Noon-1pm Lunch & Learn at Traverse Area District Library (610 Woodmere Ave.): Smart Commute Challenge Captain's Lunch All Day: Smart Commute Challenge Day 1
Tuesday, June 5thActive Transportation Day 7-9am Smart Commute Breakfasts: Oryana Natural Foods (E 10th St.) Autism Resource Network & NMC at Oak Park Elementary (301 S. Garfield) Central Grade School Smart Commute Noon-1pm Lunch & Learn at TADL (610 Woodmere Ave.): How-to Bike Commute by TART Trails All Day: Smart Commute Challenge Day 2
Wednesday, June 6thRide Transit Day 7-9am Smart Commute Breakfasts: Old Town Coffee (517 S. Union St.) BATA Transit Center (115 Hall St.) Eastern Elementary Smart Commute Noon-1pm Lunch & Learn at TADL: (610 Woodmere Ave.) Talkn Transit by BATA All Day: Smart Commute Challenge Day 3
Thursday, June 7thHealthy Communities Day 7-9am Smart Commute Breakfast: Munson Medical Center (6th St.) Munson Community Health Center (550 Munson Ave.) Noon-1pm Lunch & Learn at TADL (610 Woodmere Ave.): Smart Commuting to a Healthier You by Dr. Spence, MD of Creekside Clinic Noon: 2012 Smart Commute Challenge Closes- Email TART your results! 6-9pm support TART Trails at Red Mesa Grills patio fajita buffet and silent auction with live music! All Day: Smart Commute Challenge Day 4
Friday, June 8th Smart Commute Week Finale 7-9am Breakfast Finale presenting 2012 Smart Commute Challenge Awards at The River at Clinch Park
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Media All-Stars 2010
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Maybe it's just we who are feeling older, but has anyone else noticed how suddenly peach-faced the media industry looks? No accident, that. With most every advertiser and brand marketer clamoring for their nanosecond of fame in the new media universe, it's pretty clear that agencies have turned to the next generation to help unlock that elusive door to digital stardom. Enter the digital nativists -- youngsters who grew up with a mouse instead of a rattle. Would you be surprised to know that this is the youngest class of Media All-Star winners that AdweekMedia has ever honored? You shouldn't be.
Consider that two of this year's honorees aren't out of their 20s. Beth Doyle, our Rising Star at 28, spearheads VivaKi's The Pool project, charged with creating the next generation of ad plays on emerging media. Starcom's Karen Umeki (one year her junior) is working with magazines like Rolling Stone on experimental ad placements that offer more cut-through value than static pages.
Other All Stars are creaking along in their early and (gasp) even mid-30s. Razorfish's Paul Gelb, 30, was actually nominated as a Rising Star, but his creative drive in creating a mobile practice for his agency demonstrated a wisdom beyond his years (especially because mobile, rumored to be on the verge of exploding for years now, finally seems to be doing just that). As one colleague put it, Gelb "was doing mobile before mobile was cool." Even Mindshare's Phil Cowdell, our exec of the year who's snared $2 billion in new client business, is only 46.
But the central fact here is actually not the youth of the winners, but the youth of digital itself, which, as everyone knows, is fast rewriting the media-buying rule book. Keeping atop the changes doesn't require a fresh face so much as a fresh approach -- and the talent to generate innovation, recast agency culture and create breakout work. That's what Targetcast tcm co-founders Steve Farella and Audrey Siegel have done by placing the digital team at the center of the company's new offices. It's why MagnaGlobal president Elizabeth Herbst-Brady has tapped new research and analysis methodologies. And it's why Hill Holliday veteran Karen Agresti has expanded her view on local broadcast to include multiple new platforms.
Which is good news for everyone with a 4 or a 5 in front of his age. Media execs may be looking a lot younger, but adaptation and creativity are still -- and always will be -- what you need to succeed.
MEDIA ALL STARS 2010: EXECUTIVE OF THE YEAR: Phil Cowdell, Mindshare
Lauren Barbara, Chrysalis
David Campanelli, Horizon Media
Karen Umeki, Starcom USA
Dave Rosner, Initiative
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Low-fiber diet as teen, bigger belly later
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AUGUSTA, Ga., June 2 (UPI) -- Adolescents who don't eat enough fiber tend to have bigger bellies and higher levels of inflammatory factors in their blood, U.S. researchers said.
Dr. Norman Pollock, of the Medical College of Georgia and the Institute of Public and Preventive Health at Georgia Health Sciences University, and Dr. Samip Parikh, an internal medicine resident at GHS Health System, said the study involved 559 adolescents ages 14-18 in Augusta, Ga.
The researchers found the teens consumed on average about one-third of the daily recommended amount of fiber.
Low-fiber consumers in the study were more likely to have more of the visceral fat -- belly fat -- found in and around major organs in their abdominal cavity, Pollack said.
"The simple message is adolescents need to eat more fruits, vegetables and whole grains," Pollock said in a statement. "We need to push recommendations to increase fiber intake."
The study, published in the Journal of Clinical Endocrinology and Metabolism, found only about 1 percent of the young participants consumed the recommended daily intake of 28 grams of fiber for females and 38 grams for males.
The study appears the first to correlate dietary fiber intake with inflammatory markers in adolescents, the researchers said.
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The Paleo Diet Moves From The Gym To The Doctor's Office
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Some physicians say the theory of "evolutionary medicine" can help guide the treatment of modern ailments like obesity.
Some physicians say the theory of "evolutionary medicine" can help guide the treatment of modern ailments like obesity.
By now the paleo diet and lifestyle has inched from the fringe a little closer to the mainstream, thanks to some very passionate followers sold on the notion that our Paleolithic hunter-gatherer ancestors avoided modern day ailments like obesity and diabetes because they ate what some consider an "ideal" diet of meat, fruit and vegetables.
Maybe you've met paleo dieters through CrossFit, or seen them organizing MeetUps online, and been amazed that they've managed to swear off sugar, dairy, grains and beans.
But the paleo way is now moving beyond the gym and Web to an entirely new space the doctor's office. There the somewhat amorphous idea of "evolutionary medicine" is taking shape.
One of the founders of the paleo movement, Loren Cordain, a professor at Colorado State University with a doctorate in exercise science, is the author of a must-read book for paleo followers, The Paleo Diet. Recently, he co-founded the Paleo Physicians Network. Its goal: connect consumers with "medical professionals who practice Darwinian/Evolutionary Medicine." The network lists hundreds of them around the country (53 in California alone).
Except there's a small problem, according to one of the people who helped coin the term evolutionary medicine: No one actually practices evolutionary medicine because it's only a theory.
Randolph Nesse, a professor of psychiatry and psychology at the University of Michigan, might be called a father of evolutionary medicine. He co-authored an influential paper in 1991 called "The Dawn of Darwinian Medicine," which made a persuasive case for more research into how evolution by natural selection can help explain what makes us sick.
When Shots asked him about his thoughts on the Paleo Physicians Network, he said, "I don't like it much."
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Fitness Together – The ‘Neiman Marcus’ of fitness
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(From left to right) Scott Baumann, co-owner/trainer, Denise Rodriguez, Linda Dann, TJ Sabalka, trainer, and Elisa Seda, trainer.
At Fitness Together, you wont see photographs of the facilitys trainers or celebrities on the walls.
Too old? Too many injuries? I am 72 with 2 total knee replacements, 2 carpal tunnel surgeries, 1 hernia repair, plus overweight. Fitness Together knows my weak spots and adapt. They keep me safe and active. I have much more energy than I had before starting with FT, said client Linda Dann.
Its not about me or my trainers; its about our clients and the results we have helped them accomplish, said co-owner and manager Scott Baumann, who opened Fitness Together seven years ago with partner and Miami native, Eddie Rodriguez.
Our goal is not to train celebrities, but to make each and every one of our clients feel like a celebrity. This is an elite facility where the average mom or businessman can train privately with their own personal trainer to achieve their fitness goals and have a great time doing it.
One of the most unique features about Fitness Together is that members work out under the direction of their own personal trainer in a fully equipped, private room. There are no crowds, no waiting for equipment and no need to feel embarrassed about just starting out.
Not everyone feels comfortable working out in a crowded, big box gym where theres a lot of chit chat, younger people and a social scene, said Rodriguez. Our clients want results, and they want an experienced and friendly trainer to help them.
At Fitness Together, Rodriguez and Baumann take pride in offering members the Neiman Marcus experience.
Its just like fashion, you can shop at TJ Maxx or you can shop at Neiman Marcus. We are the Neiman Marcus.
We hand our clients their water, get their towels and provide fresh fruit, said Baumann. I know each and every client by their first name. We even celebrate birthdays, as we cultivate a very family environment. Its important that we take time to show our members how valuable they are to us, and thats why they tend to stick around.
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Weight-loss tips from someone who should know
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David Kirchhoff still trembles and sweats at the sight of ice cream.
Perhaps thats what makes him the perfect person to run Weight Watchers, one of the biggest weight-loss companies in the world. He knows what its like to struggle with the scale, and now he can say he wrote the book on it literally.
Mr. Kirchhoff, 45, president and chief executive officer of Weight Watchers International Inc., spent a grand total of nine years losing about 45 pounds. He became a member of the Weight Watchers program after becoming an employee of the company in 1999. At that time, he was clinically obese, weighing 242 pounds, with high cholesterol. Over the next nine years, he set about losing the excess weight, including after being named company CEO in 2006.
During that time, he learned a thing or two about how to get motivated, why men shouldnt be afraid of talking about weight-loss struggles, and why its important to never feel deprived all topics he covers in his new book, Weight Loss Boss. He spoke to The Globe and Mail about the lessons he has learned, and why people should cut Toronto Mayor Rob Ford, who recently gave mixed messages about his public commitment to lose 50 pounds, some slack.
Its time for men to talk about their body issues
Mr. Kirchhoff said he was inspired to go public with his weight-loss story because so few men do. Weight-loss companies and products have typically been geared toward women, but men are just as affected by issues related to being overweight or obese.
I will admit at first it felt a little bit off and vulnerable to put myself out there, Mr. Kirchhoff said. Yet I think in a positive way the discussion around obesity is becoming less and less focused on weight and body image and more and more focused on the health. The reasons for doing that are as strong for men as they are for women.
The ground appears to be shifting, he said, with more men being targeted by weight-loss companies and also more willing to talk about the issue.
Taking nearly a decade to reach goal weight isnt a bad thing
Mr. Kirchhoff said the most positive feedback he has received about his book is over the fact he stuck with his weight-loss plan, even though it took nine years to lose 45 pounds and reach his goal.
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