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Westell Boxer™ 10 Cabinets Receive GR-487-CORE Compliance

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Westell Boxer™ 10 Cabinets Receive GR-487-CORE Compliance AURORA, Ill.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Westell Boxer 10 cabinets receive Telcordia® GR-487-CORE, Issue 4 compliance. Reported by Business Wire 17 hours ago.

Amazing Facts About Erythritol

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Named as polyol, erythritol is known as sugar alcohol and later confirmed as food additive in worldwide perspective.


Some countries find no problems of using this sugar sweetener for human use. Coming from fruits which are processed into fermentation, It turns out to be sugar alcohol and used for any kind of food products like grape, wine, soy sauce and so on. Instead of being dubbed as food additive, it also acts as sugar substitute and made of no chemical substance inside. The level of sweetness is ranged from 60-70% indeed if compared to natural sugar.

The further investigation toward erythritol’s benefits later confirms its zero calories. It doesn’t make you fatter. Indeed it keeps body in ideal figure. Diabetic sufferers are kept out of high blood sugar level when taking this natural sweetener. It actually doesn’t soar up the blood sugar. It brings no effect to blood sugar level. The tooth decay doesn’t occur after all. So kids are free to consume this sugar substitute and enjoy a variety of food products that may come in market. Body regulation works out by taking partial absorption of sugar free dessert and let the rest urinated.

What makes it superior than other sweeteners is its ability to reduce potential risk of gastric. It is shown to provide less side effects if compared to other sugar alcohols. It apparently works well in digestion system. Its extended use is found in a range of drinks and chewing gums. The body also naturally produces this sort of alcohol sweetener and primarily exists in fluids and tissue. The talks about safety of sweetener erythritol are not scam. It is supported by the research and survey investigation its possible side effect. As a result, this sweetener is proven to be harmless and effective for sugar substitute. It is okay to consume it on daily basis.

sweetener erythritol doesn’t harm body with consumption reaching to its high amount. the research already reveals that it doesn’t put life in danger. Even the sweetener is believed to be part of recommended human diet. The non-glycemic agent proves no diabetic side effect. Those suffering diabetes are free to enjoy its sweetened taste. It shows no rise of insulin level after consuming it. Its non caloric agent shows no weight gain effect. It doesn’t make body fatter and shabby. It helps those with strict diet rule go on their diet program without any hassles.

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Demand For Concealed-Carry Permits Up Nearly 90 Percent In Colorado

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In a year that saw some of the nation's most strict gun control laws pass in Colorado, demand for the concealed-carry permit is soaring.

Between January and June of 2013, nearly 32,000 background checks were performed for concealed-carry permits by the Colorado Bureau of Investigation, according to The Associated Press. That's up 87 percent from 2012 which saw fewer than 17,000 checks processed for the concealed-carry permit.

The demand was so high that Arapahoe County Sheriff Grayson Robinson told The Denver Post that he had to hire more staff to keep up with the number of applications coming in.

The reasons for the surge of interest in concealed-carry permits is not entirely clear, but The Denver Post reports that for some it may be about personal protection and for others it may be a reaction against the gun control laws passed this year in the state.

*Read The Denver Post's detailed report on the CBI data here.*

Earlier in 2013, Colorado Gov. John Hickenlooper signed a package of gun control measures into law that included requiring universal background checks on all gun sales and transfers and a ban on ammunition magazines that can hold more than 15 rounds.

As Colorado lawmakers passed these sweeping gun control laws during the first quarter of the year, gun sales surged, breaking new records in the state.

From January to March there were 146,949 background checks processed for potential firearm buyers -- that's an increase of 69,628 checks from the same period just a year ago, according to the Colorado Bureau of Investigation data.

"The demand has been artificially created," State Sen. Morgan Carroll (D-Aurora), a sponsor of the universal background check bill, said. "Many groups have been telling people these laws will take guns away, which is not true."

It appears as if 2013 could be another banner year for gun sales in Colorado. According to data from the FBI's National Instant Criminal Background Check System (NICS), there were 414,838 background checks processed last year in Colorado -- and that was an increase of 23 percent, or 78,542 checks, from 2011. The largest volume of checks came in December at 53,453.

A background check generally takes minutes in Colorado, but during the end of December 2012 and into January 2013, the CBI's queue hovered around 10,000 checks, causing a wait time of more than nine days. That more than doubled the wait time just from earlier in December when gun buyers saw background checks taking 100 hours or more.

In 2012, there were also several unusual surges in gun sales in Colorado. A large spike in gun sales took place immediately following the tragic Aurora movie theater shooting that left 12 dead and nearly 60 wounded. Just days after the shooting, background checks for people wanting to purchase firearms in the state jumped more than 41 percent. And another sales spike occurred following the Jessica Ridgeway tragedy, according to the Colorado Bureau of Investigations.

Then, on Black Friday, the CBI set a new record in the state processing over 4,000 background checks on people purchasing firearms -- that's nearly 1,000 more checks than were run in 2011 when CBI set a single-day record of checking 3,031 gun buyers, according to 9News. So busy was the CBI that the flood of new applications crashed the system twice on Black Friday.

The tragic Sandy Hook shooting in Newtown, Conn., also caused a surge in gun sales in Colorado and across the nation. Fox31 reported that the AR-15, a military-style assault weapon that was used in the Sandy Hook shooting as well as the Aurora shooting, was virtually sold out in Colorado gun shops last December.

Although the spike in firearm sales has grown dramatically in Colorado, when compared to the rest of the nation, people were less enthusiastic about buying new guns at the end of 2012 in the Centennial State, as well as in Connecticut -- the homes of two of the nation's bloodiest mass shootings last year.

The perceived fear of new restrictions on guns driving firearm purchases is nothing new. Nationally, a gun sales bump was observed close to President Barack Obama's election in 2008 due to a fear that he would take people's guns away, as Newser reported. And gun sales spiked again following Obama's reelection in November 2012.

The Associated Press reports that there were nearly twice as many more background checks performed for gun purchases between November and December 2012 than during the same two months in 2011.

And as the debate over gun control intensified in Washington at the start of 2013, the FBI received a historically high number of gun background checks during that same period, according to CNN.

February marked the fourth month in a row that background checks topped 2 million -- though the number did drop from the prior month. Before that streak, the number of gun background checks per month had never exceeded 1.8 million

Analysts say a large portion of the increase in sales is due to demographic shifts. "The biggest new group of buyers now are senior citizens," explained Larry Hyatt, the owner of a North Carolina gun shop, to CNBC's Closing Bell. "Ten thousand baby boomers a day are turning 65. They can't run, they can't fight, they got to shoot." Reported by Huffington Post 16 hours ago.

Attorneys for James Holmes accuse prosecutors of wrongdoing

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Attorneys for Aurora theater shooting suspect James Holmes have accused prosecutors in the case of breaches of legal ethics and have thrown into question the case's February trial date. Reported by Denver Post 9 hours ago.

A 280,000% Mark Up For... Water? A Look Inside The Bottled Water Industry

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A 280,000% Mark Up For... Water? A Look Inside The Bottled Water Industry Imagine there was a time when bottled water didn't exist in our catalog of popular commodities. Perhaps the trend started in 1976 when the chic French sparkling water, Perrier made its introduction. There it was seductively bottled in its emerald green glass amongst the era of disco and the spectacle of excesses... who could resist right?! *What could be more decadent than to package, sell and consume what most consider (in the western world) a common human right easily supplied through a home faucet!* It’s absurd that the cost of designer water is at a "280,000% markup" to your tap water and it's reaching record heights in consumption.

*15 The Beginning of the Insanity*

It wasn't until the 1990s when bottled H2O became an everyday common sight and a symbol of our cultural desire towards fitness and "health-consciousness". Even today health enthusiasts claim drinking water often helps to "detox and boost the metabolism!"

There have been controversies about chemicals leeching into the water from the soft plastic material of bottles, but the FDA determined the containers "do not pose a health risk to consumers." IBISWorld reports that the "U.S. is the largest consumer for bottled water in the world, followed by Mexico, China, and Brazil".

*14 The Bottled Water Scheme*

Regular drinking water competes with itself in a bottle, but reviewing the cost difference, you've got to wonder why or how? As for the water piped into your home or work place, it costs less than one penny per gallon! Fairfax Water organization, (FCWA) states, *"The average price of water in the U.S. is about $1.50 for 1,000 gallons."*

*Let's look at your favorite 20 oz. bottled H2O, it will run you up to $3 per bottle at the corner convenience store and up to $4 at a posh restaurant or nightclub. *If you buy bulk at Costo or other markets, the price averages are .31 cents per bottle, but that still remains enormously expensive when compared to tap water. Granted many don't like tap water quality, but modern technology allows for an array of water filters.

In the mid-1990s, soda companies found that the niche market for bottled water could be huge, why not? The profits were obvious! Pepsi and Coca-Cola jumped into a race with their brands Aquafina and Dasani; they led the way to making bottled water what it is today.

*13 What's in an Ad?*

It appears people really love their bottled water, today there are dozens of brands and that merits big advertising! The Huffington Post stated that *in 2013 Americans drank 58 gallons of bottled water per capita!*

With the help of advertisements, bottled water has gone from "reservoir to faddish luxury item to mass commodity." Bottled H2O is being directly or indirectly sold as: healthy, smart, pure, sexy, clean and simple, it is "the stuff of life." Ad slogans go like this, Dasani by Coca-Cola: "Treat yourself well. Everyday." Volvic: "Fills you with volcanicity." Aquafina by Pepsi-Cola: "So pure, we promise nothing." Arrowhead by Mountain Spring Water, USA: "Arrowhead. It's Better Up Here!" Evian: "Approved by your body as a source of youth." Pure Life by Nestle: "DRINK BETTER. LIVE BETTER."

*No matter how much emotion an advertisements conjures, be it love, fear or rage, in the end water is just water whether bottled or tap.* The difference is only in taste, and Evian has to be the only one tastier than tap water, but that's only if tap water hasn't been filtered. "Taste comes from negligible amounts of minerals" and filtered tap water removes minerals and chemicals rendering it with no hint of aftertaste, even at room temperature and most importantly the "2 hydrogen to 1 oxygen" part of water we need never changes.

*12 The Costs: Beyond Money*

*It’s absurd that the cost of designer water is at a "280,000% markup" to your tap water and it's reaching record heights in consumption. *The comforting illusion of better water (bottled water) requires a lot of resource to manufacture and merchandise. The industry requires the cost of natural rivers and streams, semi-truck exhaust and diesel fuel, packaging, labeling, pollution of non-biodegradable plastic and the managing of recycling centers.

If you visit a gas station store or grocery store, you're bound to see that a full third of all cold beverages on sale are bottled water. The Sierra Club explains, *“Annually the water bottles themselves take about 1.5 million tons of plastic to manufacture for the global market.”* Did you know plastics come from oil and therefore it takes 1.5 million barrels of oil a year?

Additionally the manufacturing process releases toxins into the environment, such as nickel, ethylbenzene, ethylene oxide and benzene. Even with current plastic recycling centers, “most used bottles end up in landfills, adding to the landfill crisis."

*11 What About Health and Safely?*

There are relatively few regulations on what bottled water contains. The Natural Resources Defense Council's scientific *study showed over 1/3 of the tested brands contain contaminants like arsenic and carcinogenic compounds*. Scientists agreed though that the contaminants were negligible amounts and all of the bottled water was safe to drink, but importantly the study clearly showed how "bottled water purity" can be misleading.

On the World Health Organization's (WHO) website, they claimed many Europeans believe natural mineral waters have medicinal or health properties. Although WHO didn't find evidence to support the mineral water benefits. Many researchers conclude that the benefits of bottled water are based mainly on a common misconception.

*A large majority of consumers drink bottled water because they believe it has better health benefits, as well as better taste.* Interestingly the Environmental News Network reported, on the TV show Good Morning America, a taste test revealed that NYC tap water was chosen as the favorite over the oxygenated water 02, Poland Spring and Evian!

*10 Reviewing Ecosystems*

Corporations like Coca-cola, Nestle, Pepsi, Evian and Fiji Water are making billions of dollars on water. *Many people are unhappy with their practices, such as sucking up spring water from underground aquifers that are the source of water for nearby streams, wells, and farms.*

In Mecosta County, Michigan, Nestle was court-ordered to stop taking spring water as it proved threatening to the surrounding ecosystem. They have around 75 springs in the U.S. and are actively searching to take on more. They own water rights in Aurora County, Colorado, in which they’ve built a diversion of water to the Arkansas River to replace water there, which they are siphoning from underground aquifers that would normally feed into that river.

What's important about the aquifers is that they safely store precious water underground throughout Colorado during the dry seasons. Sarah Olson, producer of the documentary 'Tapped,' notes, "Nestle has a history of pumping more water than its permits allow." She claims the situation is difficult to monitor and easy for Nestle to take advantage of. Aquifers are significant to the state's community survival, especially with current warming climate trends.

*9 Nestles' Monopoly*

*In order to sell and make money from water you have to own or lease the land to which it's found. *Nestle has contracts with various small towns for which they own water rights; these towns are often also small in capital and influence. Are we in the U.S. not thinking about the bigger picture?

Nestle's powerful army of scientists, PR consultants, lawyers and lobbyists allow them to stifle and suppress local opposition to its operations. In California, it took 6 years for the tiny town of McCloud to defeat Nestles plans to build a facility and take 1,250 gallons per minute of Mount Shasta spring water. Nestle then swiftly moved its plan to Sacramento with more success, ‘The Sacramento News and Review' reported that Michelle Smira, one of the mayor's top volunteer advisors, "stepped down to run her consulting business, MMS Strategies. Guess who her big client was? That would be Nestle."

Evidently she was hired by Nestle Waters *to win the "hearts and minds, and gain building permits" *for the controversial water bottling facility. Sacramento exists currently in a drought and residents are asked to conserve water, all-the-while Nestle by contract has no limit on how much water they can pump, they're on a flat rate. The City Councilmember Kevin McCarty calculated "their profits margin will be roughly 10,000 percent!"

*8 Nestle As The Multinational*

In Pakistan, Nestle controls a town’s water supply, forcing local residents to dig deeper for any non-polluted water that remains or they must pay Nestle’s high price to get their water back. In the documentary film 'Bottled Life', director Res Gehriger explains that in the U.S. and E.U., Nestle mainly sells spring water in the location that it originates. *Although in developing countries, it's gone another route by extracting local water and enriching it with minerals.* This bottled water is the company’s Pure Life brand, it’s the top-selling bottled water brand internationally.

Filmmaker, Gehriger was prevented from entering into Pakistan’s bottling facility, although he researched the area and found that the water levels had indeed dramatically fallen. This is concerning because Pakistan's public water system is known to be failing or is "close to collapse."

Pure Life is harvested, manufactured and marketed locally, but it's price is too high for the natives to afford. *In places like Nigeria, where Nestle has also set up camp, African families spend half their salaries on water. *Only the very wealthy can afford to purchase Nestle's Pure Life.

*7 The Case of Nestle/Perrier in Brazil*

France's bottled mineral water Perrier made it's debut in the 1770s, but *by 1990 the company ran into trouble when it was tested in a U.S. lab, and the carcinogen, Benzene was found.* Soon after in 1992, Nestle bought Perrier and today the green emerald bottle sells in 140 counties worldwide. Nestle also since acquired Poland Spring, San Pellegrino and numerous other bottled water brands.

Nestle/Perrier, the corporation opened a bottling plant in Sao Lourenco, Brazil. The area is well known for its, "water circuits, and it's has the country's most historic sources of mineral water. This was perfect for the Nestle/Perrier's Pure Life brand, as the natural spring had what many believed to be healing minerals. But natives accused the company of over-pumping and drying up the local waters.

Then a member of the International Free Water Academy, Franklin Frederick said, "If the water is pumped in quantities greater than nature can replace it, its mineral content will gradually decrease, bringing the change in taste that we were noticing". *In 2006, four years later, the Federal Government found Nestle/Perrier in violation of constitutional prohibitions on de-mineralizing water*; they were stopped and fined.

*6 It's All About The Filter!*

*The thing about tap water is it's treated with chlorine to kill bacteria. *The other part of the treatment is a filtration process, which is more or less the same as what the bottled water company’s use. Tap water is good and safe to drink, that's unless there’s fracking in your state, then there’s fracking fluid seeping into the ground and that can't be good!

If you don't care for the taste or "feel" of chlorine coming through your tap, then it can be removed easily enough with a filter. In fact, a Brita water filter works wonders and if you'd like to keep the skin on your face soft and younger looking, fill a washbasin with home filtered water and wash you face! Also to save money, keep the Brita filters longer than the company recommends, it just the tap water will drain through the filter a bit slower.

We wouldn't recommend walking about with a big Brita jug and chugging from it, like in the image. Instead, consider getting those Aluminum Water Bottles that are quite inexpensive and come in various sizes; they'll last forever!

*5 California's Water*

*Water and water rights is an on going political issue for The Golden State. *It holds 30 million people and there are over 5,680,000 acres of agricultural farmland. The question California rubs up against, is whether to increase the redistribution of water to agricultural and urban sectors, or increase conservation and preserve the natural ecosystems of the water sources.

The majority of California’s water supply (75%) comes from north of Sacramento, while 80% of the water feeds the southern 2/3rds of the state. We've mention that Nestle has a legal grip on a large portion of Sacramento water, and the city is battling it out after realizing in hindsight that they agreed to more than they should give. The farming industry is huge in California and 80-85% of all its water is being used for agricultural purposes.

The Los Angeles Aqueduct carries water from the Eastern Sierra Nevada down to Los Angeles. The drinking water quality has less chlorine and is noticeably "softer" nearer to its source. *Although controversial, 30% of all public water providers in the state, fluoridate their water.*

*4 Is It or Is It Not?!*

There’s a good chance that fancy water you’ve just forked out a couple bucks for comes from the same place, a municipal water supply! Yes, there's an estimated 25% of bottled water that actually comes from the municipal water supply. Of course the water goes through a filtering process, like reverse osmosis, deionization, activated carbon filtration and other treatments.

*Look at the label carefully, does it read "purified" or "drinking water"? *If so, chances are it is from a municipal water supply, and unless the water has been “substantially” altered, it’s required to be stated on the label, that the water’s from a municipal source.

Here's a list of bottled waters which are from municipal sources: Pepsi's Aquafina, Coke’s Dasani, and now it looks like Nestle's Ice Mountain Natural Spring Water is up in the air with a class action lawsuit for a document revealing a 5 gal water bottle that was defined by Nestle as, "municipal water and/or well water" processed by Nestle's treatment plants and repackaged with images of pristine glacial lakes and mountains.

*3 Should Water Be Privatized?*

Peter Brabeck-Letmathe, is the CEO and current Chairman of the $65 million Nestle Corporation. In a youtube video he describes that people's access to water as being a basic human right is "extreme". He also argues that the water supply ought to have a market value and be privatized, "because people have a sense of entitlement that causes them to waste copious amounts of water."

*This would mean the price we pay today for our home tap would be small in comparison. *Corporations like Nestle, Pepsi and Coca-cola are pining to buy up or lease land and water rights globally, some of us in the end could be obligated to their fees!

Brabeck-Letmathe is quoted in The Guardian saying that he would allow people a limited amount of water as a human right, and this would be, "five liters of water for daily hydration and 25 liters for minimum hygiene and he would charge for the remainder of the 98.5% of the water if used." What would happen to the poor who cannot afford to pay these said corporations? Should they suffer from starvation due to their lack of financial wealth?

*2 Water Wars?*

With climate change, it seems that reports show droughts are our new reality. *Mark Twain wrote, “Whiskey is for drinking; water is for fighting over”.* Water seems to be everywhere, but throughout history it's always been a precious resource.

The water source taken from the Colorado River is divided up for U.S. states, and they’re running at abnormally low water levels. The river feeds the upper states (Colorado, Utah, Wyoming) and then it delivers a certain amount of water to the Lower Basin (New Mexico, Arizona, California, Nevada). An early provision also allows California and its rapidly growing coastal cities to grab excess water coming off the Colorado River, but since Arizona and Nevada cities have expanded, the surplus has disappeared and California is left with no water.

If the Nestle’s Colorado bottled water operation doesn’t appear totally irrational, consider CEO Peter Brabeck-Letmathe strict ideas on water rights. It kind of all falls into place, his reasoning behind “water privatization”. Nestle knows first hand as they pine for water around the world that the golden source is getting precarious.

*1 End the Insanity!*

The Goethe University at Frankfurt conducted another study: they found that a high percentage of the bottled water contained in plastic containers was polluted with estrogenic chemicals.

The Environmental Working Group (EWG) is a U.S. research and advocacy organization that acts as a watchdog on behalf of citizens. They report, "Unlike tap water, where consumers are provided with test results every year, the bottled water industry is not required to disclose results of contaminant testing it conducts." They felt the water bottle industry is not held to the same safety standards of tap water. *Their tests revealed 10 brands that had pollutants, including not only disinfection byproducts, but also common urban wastewater pollutants* like caffeine and pharmaceuticals (Tylenol); heavy metals and minerals including arsenic and radioactive isotopes; fertilizer residue (nitrate and ammonia); and a broad range of other, tentatively identified industrial chemicals used as solvents, plasticizers, viscosity decreasing agents, and propellants.

The Natural Resources Defense Council (NRDC) is a U.S. non-profit, non-partisan international environmental advocacy group and in 1999 they tested 22% of brands and at least one sample of bottled drinking water contained chemical contaminants at levels above strict FDA health limits. What can we do to drink with confidence? Buy a good filter and use it!

 

Source: Likes.com Reported by Zero Hedge 7 hours ago.

Anschutz Health and Wellness Center in Action

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Extreme weight loss and elite training coexist at CU Anschutz.

Aurora, Colo (PRWEB) July 29, 2013

Have you ever watched as someone lost half their body weight? You’ve got a chance to witness this amazing feat in action during the fourth season of ABC’s hit series Extreme Weight Loss—now being filmed at the University of Colorado’s Anschutz Health and Wellness Center

The TV show documents a year in the life of severely obese people as they work to lose weight and get fit with the show’s transformation specialist, Chris Powell, and with the Center’s medical director, Holly Wyatt, MD, associate professor of medicine. The Center will serve as the show’s partner for medical oversight, weight loss.

At the Anschutz Health and Wellness Center, weight loss and fitness happen on screen and off. Read the Center’s member success stories below.

The Sharon Francis who put on a wedding gown and walked down the aisle looked a lot different than the Sharon Francis who now puts on work-out clothes and runs on the elliptical every day after work.

Since that day 12 years ago, Francis has lost 115 pounds—and since the day in April 2012 when she joined the Anschutz Health and Wellness Center, she has dropped 8 percent of her body fat and increased her muscle mass to 34 percent.

“I’m now wearing a size small, and I have muscle definition,” she said. “It feels really fabulous.”

How did she do it? Diet, exercise and sheer willpower. She goes to the Center every day after work and sometimes on weekends. She loves the group exercise classes and the “non-meat-market” atmosphere.

“My motto is there’s no excuse, and I’m religious about [going to the Center] now,” she said. “It’s wonderful there, and the staff are fabulous. You see people helping each other, because everyone’s there to get healthy.”

After an 80-hour work week, it’s hard to find the time—not to mention the energy—to get in a good workout. The Anschutz Health and Wellness Center helped Frank DeGruy, MD, professor in the CU School of Medicine, find the time—and now he feels like he has more energy than ever.

“There are several fitness centers near my home, but I like the way this one is staffed,” he said. “The staff are highly competent and knowledgeable, and they offer a lot of instruction, support, reinforcement and encouragement.”

For years, DeGruy, struggled with chronic back pain. Three to four times a year, he would injure his back while downhill skiing or by doing something as simple as lifting a suitcase. Since he started working with Nick Edwards, a personal trainer at the Center, he has been working out more aggressively than ever before and has sustained zero injuries.

And his success story at the Center has extended to his Department of Family Medicine where he gives colleagues his blessing to take time out of the work day to go to the Center to work out together.

“There is a well-established body of literature around the notion that physical activity and physical health make people more productive at work,” he said. “I believe if we can promote, as a work priority, physically healthy people, we’ll actually get more done and be better at what we do.”

Joy Fox lost 70 pounds in one year, and she’s keeping the weight off. A weight management class at the Anschutz Health and Wellness Center made it possible for the 58-year-old.

Every Tuesday for 20 weeks she showed up at the Center at 5:30 p.m., along with about 10 other women, and spent an hour learning how to use meal replacement products to shed weight. Then, she worked with two of the Center’s registered dietitians, Kristen Bing and Elizabeth Kealey, to learn how to maintain her weight, eating proper portions of nutritious foods.

“A lot of overweight people feel shame,” she said. “[At the Center,] they understand that a negative approach is not the way to do it, and they’re always positive.”

Halfway through the course, Fox’s blood sugar tested as normal—and she was down a few dress sizes.

“I didn’t do it for vanity, but it’s a nice side effect,” Fox said. “I’m not an exercise freak, but I want to live to be a very old woman.”

Judy Primeaux’s problem was stress. Stress from her job as a director at the CU School of Medicine’s Hemophilia and Thrombosis Center. Stress from caring for her aging mother living far away in Louisiana. Stress from the myriad volunteer activities she’d committed herself to at her church and elsewhere.

Other gyms and fitness centers only created more stress in her life, but the Anschutz Health and Wellness Center finally helped relieve her stress.

“I’d become so debilitated in my cardiovascular health that I could hardly walk from the parking lot to the office without stopping to rest,” said Primeaux, 63. “I went to the Center, and I just said ‘Help,’ and they put this team together for me.”

When she had back muscle spasms, her team helped her get therapeutic massage. When she experienced joint pain, her team helped her move her workout to the pool. When she achieved one goal, her team helped her set a new goal.

Primeaux’s ultimate goal is to lose 100 pounds. She’s not there yet, but in only a year—with ongoing support from one of the Center’s registered dietitian, Kim Gorman—she has seen her cholesterol drop and has been able to go off her blood pressure medication.

“What differentiates the Center is that they’re not just trying to make the beautiful people more beautiful,” she said. “No matter where you are, they’re there to help you move to the next step, and they hang in there with you.” Reported by PRWeb 7 hours ago.

The Aurora Clinic Announces Pain Management Programs from a Medical Marijuana Doctor to an Oregon Medical Marijuana Clinic

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Portland Oregon’s leading pain management / medical marijuana clinic - The Aurora Clinic announces the launch of their new medical marijuana evaluation program.

(PRWEB) July 30, 2013

Portland Oregon’s Aurora Clinic, Oregon’s leading medical marijuana provider, has announced the launch of the Aurora Clinic’s new medical marijuana evaluation program. Since 2004, the Aurora Clinic has dominated the field of pain management and medical marijuana. The Aurora Marijuana Clinic is Oregon and Washington’s top provider of medical marijuana doctor evaluations.

The Aurora Clinic believes in the safe, legal, and wise use of marijuana and their mission is to help their patients minimize their dependence on prescription narcotics and to live more healthy and productive lives, free from pain.

The Aurora Clinic helps their patients live pain free by identifying who could benefit from medical marijuana and giving them the physical exam needed to make legal use of marijuana for medicinal purposes. The Aurora Clinic is committed to the highest legal and ethical standards and operates in full compliance with state and federal laws.

Every day, more and more doctors are promoting the legal safe use of medical marijuana. “The evidence is overwhelming that marijuana can relieve certain types of pain, nausea, vomiting and other symptoms caused by such illnesses as multiple sclerosis, cancer and AIDS — or by the harsh drugs sometimes used to treat them. And it can do so with remarkable safety. Indeed, marijuana is less toxic than many of the drugs that physicians prescribe every day.” Says former Surgeon General Joycelyn Elders, M.D.

According to Oregon State laws, patients can legally use medical marijuana for the treatment of cancer and many other symptoms including: severe pain, seizure, nausea, cachexia, muscle spasms and more.

In addition to being a healthy part of a pain management program, marijuana can provide relief from nausea, irritable bowel and a host of many other ailments.

The Aurora Clinic can be reached at (503) 232-3003 or by visiting their website at http://theauroraclinic.com. Reported by PRWeb 1 day ago.

SPOTLIGHT: Theater organist a living treasure

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Many people know of the landmark Arcada Theatre in downtown St. Charles and the jewel of a pipe organ housed at the 1926 building. But there is another treasure that can be found inside, and that's Jim Shaffer of Aurora. Reported by Miami Herald 22 hours ago.

Sovran and Astronics to report earnings tomorrow

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Two companies that have posted hot starts in 2013 will release updated earnings on Wednesday: Sovran Self Storage and Astronics Corp. Williamsville-based Sovran reported a $14.3 million profit through the first three months of 2013, citing improved occupancies and reduced expenses. The company has been one of the region’s hottest over the past few years, buying up small operators around the country and watching its stock soar from $40.35 two years ago to $69.80 on Monday. Astronics, an East Aurora… Reported by bizjournals 21 hours ago.

The 'Big Sandy Shoot' Is Like A Hippie Festival For Right-Wing Gun Lovers

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The 'Big Sandy Shoot' Is Like A Hippie Festival For Right-Wing Gun Lovers This year's Big Sandy Shoot in Arizona, the largest organized gun shoot in the United States, featured giant mortars, 50 caliber machine guns, World War II rifles, and America's top semi-automatic rifles.

It also carried with it some political overtones from 2nd Amendment activists. 

These are the men and women who understand gun control and background checks the most, the owners of fully-automatic weapons. They are so tightly regulated and controlled, from legislation passed long before Aurora and Sandy Hook, that in order to acquire these guns, the shooters at Big Sandy had to navigate a complex.

Slate recently produced a report and video on the event and the political feelings of the participants, and its worth a look, not just for the cool guns, but for understanding the post passionate members of the push against gun reforms. 

*Make sure you see the full report at Slate*

*SEE ALSO: 10 Guns That Have Shaped The Course Of American History*

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  Reported by Business Insider 15 hours ago.

Football: 2013 IC Catholic Prep Schedule Released

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Football: 2013 IC Catholic Prep Schedule Released Patch Elmhurst, IL --

The Knights will open at home against Noble Street Charter on Aug. 31; Homecoming is against Aurora Christian Oct. 11. Reported by Patch 13 hours ago.

Julia E. Sweig: Report: U.S. Policies for Reducing Gun Violence in the Americas

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Sandy Hook, Aurora, Tucson, Virginia Tech, Columbine: massacres that punctuate the more than ten thousand gun homicides perpetrated every year in the United States. Yet what often goes missing from each subsequent debate in the United States about gun control is the international impact of lax American gun laws, especially in Latin America. For example, 74 percent of homicides in the Americas are carried out with a firearm. Brazil has the highest number of yearly gun homicides in the world, followed by Colombia, Mexico, and Venezuela. The ten countries with the highest rates of gun homicide in the world, led by Honduras, are all Latin American or Caribbean states.

A new CFR Policy Innovation Memorandum, "A Strategy to Reduce Gun Trafficking and Violence in the Americas," lays out the effects of U.S. gun laws well beyond American borders. Between 2010 and 2012, gun traffickers attempted to smuggle about a quarter million firearms, worth about $127.7 million, from the United States into Mexico. While Mexican border authorities seized about 12.7 percent of illicit weapons flowing south, U.S. authorities intercepted only 2 percent, allowing as many as two hundred thousand weapons to pass the dragnet undisturbed. The homicide rate in Mexico declined every year that the federal assault-weapons ban was in place, only to begin growing again in 2004, two years before President Felipe Calderón deployed armed forces against drug cartels, resulting in an eruption of violence. Indeed, in the two years since the assault-weapons ban was allowed to lapse, gun homicide rates spiked in Mexican towns along the borders of Texas, New Mexico, and Arizona, yet not in towns bordering California, where a state assault-weapons ban remained in place.

The regional spillover effects of U.S. gun laws are one issue. As pernicious, and detrimental to American standing abroad, has been the National Rifle Association's (NRA) international strategy. For example, the NRA took pride in obstructing the progress of the UN Arms Trade Treaty, and assisted the opponents of a 2005 referendum in Brazil that would have banned the sale of guns and ammunition to private citizens.

Although many of the forty-five to eighty million guns currently in circulation in Latin America are holdovers from past civil wars and insurgencies, local efforts to reduce stocks of illicit weapons will founder if smugglers continue to replace Cold War-era decommissioned rifles with the most advanced assault weapons the U.S. market can provide.

Containing the southbound flow of firearms in an essential task in the Obama administration's efforts to promote stability and the rule of law, and combat transnational organized crime, in Latin America. The United States can't eliminate gun violence or the inequality and weak institutions that perpetuate it. But by creating a bit of a firewall between the U.S. domestic firearms market and illicit weapons markets in Latin America, Washington can help governments in the region to reduce a massive security problem and perhaps even regain considerable lost standing in the region while we're at it.

Read the full report: "*A Strategy to Reduce Gun Trafficking and Violence in the Americas*."


Cross-posted from the Council on Foreign Relations Reported by Huffington Post 9 hours ago.

Audio-Digest Foundation Announces the Release of Urology Volume 36, Issue 09: Questions and Controversies

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Alberto Morales, MD, Professor Emeritus of Urology, Queen’s University, Kingston, ON, presented on Testosterone Replacement and Risk for Prostate Cancer: What Is the Evidence?; and Laurence Klotz, MD, Professor of Surgery, University of Toronto Faculty of Medicine, presented on The Safety of Androgen Replacement Therapy Has Been Overstated. Toby C. Chai, MD, Professor of Surgery, University of Maryland Medical Center, Baltimore, presented on Is a Urodynamic Work-up Necessary for Women with Stress Incontinence?; and Thomas J. Pshak, MD, Resident, University of Colorado Health Sciences Center, Aurora, presented on Revisiting Some Dogmas in Urology.

Glendale, CA (PRWEB) August 04, 2013

Audio-Digest Foundation announces the release of Urology Volume 36, Issue 09: Questions and Controversies.

The goals of this program are to improve management of androgen replacement in men and urodynamic work-up of women with stress incontinence, and to critically assess urologic surgical practices. After hearing and assimilating this program, the clinician will be better able to:

1. Consider the contributions of lifestyle and medical comorbidities and interpret testosterone assays when assessing a patient with symptoms of hypogonadism.
2. Conduct a frank discussion about testosterone replacement with a patient with prostate cancer and hypogonadism.
3. Discuss the value of urodynamic testing in women with a positive stress test who present for primary surgical treatment of incontinence.
4. Manage anticoagulant medications in the perioperative period for a patient undergoing a urologic procedure.
5. Summarize the findings of randomized studies investigating methods of wound creation and skin closure.

The original programs were presented by Alberto Morales, MD, Professor Emeritus of Urology, Queen’s University, Kingston, ON, Laurence Klotz, MD, Professor of Surgery, University of Toronto Faculty of Medicine, Toby C. Chai, MD, Professor of Surgery, University of Maryland Medical Center, Baltimore, and Thomas J. Pshak, MD, Resident, University of Colorado Health Sciences Center, Aurora.

Audio-Digest Foundation, the largest independent publisher of Continuing Medical Education in the world, records over 10,000 hours of lectures every year in anesthesiology, emergency medicine, family practice, gastroenterology, general surgery, internal medicine, neurology, obstetrics/gynecology, oncology, ophthalmology, orthopaedics, otolaryngology, pediatrics, psychology, and urology, by the leading medical researchers at the top laboratories, universities, and institutions.

Recent researchers have hailed from Harvard, Cedars-Sinai, Mayo Clinic, UCSF, The University of Chicago Pritzker School of Medicine, The University of Kansas Medical Center, The University of California, San Diego, The University of Wisconsin School of Medicine, The University of California, San Francisco, School of Medicine, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, and many others.

Out of these cutting-edge programs, Audio-Digest then chooses the most clinically relevant, edits them for clarity, and publishes them either every week or every two weeks.

In addition, Audio-Digest publishes subscription series in conjunction with leading medical societies: DiabetesInsight with The American Diabetes Association, ACCEL with The American College of Cardiology, Continuum Audio with The American Academy of Neurology, and Journal Watch Audio General Medicine with Massachusetts Medical Society.

For 60 years, the global medical community of doctors, nurses, physician assistants, and other medical professionals around the world has subscribed to Audio-Digest specialty series in order to remain current in their specialties as well as to maintain their Continuing Education requirements with the most cutting-edge, independent, and unbiased continuing medical education (CME).

Long a technical innovator, Audio-Digest was the first to produce audio medical education programs and the first to produce in-car medical education. Currently, its subscription and annual products are available on CD and MP3, as well as iPhone, iPad, and Android apps. Reported by PRWeb 3 days ago.

Jeep driver critically injured after hitting parked truck in North Seattle

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Seattle police say a man suffered critical injuries Sunday afternoon after crashing the Jeep he was driving into the rear of a parked semi truck. The man was driving southbound in the 11100 block of Aurora Avenue North at about 4:50 p.m. when he rear-ended the semi truck, which was legally park Reported by Seattle Times 2 days ago.

District 204 expands technology in classrooms

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Indian Prairie District 204 is expanding its emphasis on technology on three fronts — the bring-your-own-technology-to-school program, more laptops for students and data storage through OnLight Aurora's fiber ring. Reported by ChicagoTribune 2 days ago.

Bill Jacobs BMW Announces Arrival of 2014 4-Series Coupe in Showrooms by End of August

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The long anticipated BMW 4-Series Coupe is expected to roll into dealerships this summer, and Bill Jacobs BMW will have them on the showroom floor for viewing by the end of August. Replacing the 3-Series Coupe, the 2014 4-Series will have sleeker styling, sporting a slightly larger, yet lighter body than the 3-Series.

Naperville, IL (PRWEB) August 05, 2013

The long anticipated BMW 4-Series Coupe is expected to roll into dealerships this summer, and Bill Jacobs BMW will have them on the showroom floor for viewing by the end of August. Replacing the 3-Series Coupe, the 2014 4-Series will have sleeker styling, sporting a slightly larger, yet lighter body than the 3-Series. The design parallels the BMW Concept 4 Series Coupe that debuted at the Detroit auto show in January.

Despite the lengthened body and slightly increased width, lightweight materials like aluminum components in the engine allow the new 4-series to weigh between 44 to 99 pounds less than the current 3 Series coupe, depending on the options selected.

The new 4-Series Coupe will be a treat for design-driven buyers, as it holds promise of better driving dynamics with a lower center of gravity. A lower suspension setup drops the 4-Series Coupe to under 20 inches from the ground, the lowest center of gravity of any BMW car currently built. Rather than just creating a two-door version of its forerunner, BMW aimed to give the 4-series Coupe style of its own. The unique design for the bumper and lower air inlets help achieve this individualized look.

The 4-Series Coupe comes standard with rear-wheel drive and a six-speed manual transmission. All-wheel drive and an eight-speed automatic transmission are optionally available. The 4-Series comes in the 428i form with a 2.0-liter turbocharged four-cylinder or the 435i form with a 3.0-liter turbocharged in-line six-cylinder. A convertible model and possibly a Gran Sport model are expected in the coming years.

A new generation of BMW's navigation system, BMW Active Cruise Control with Stop & Go, along with a range of other safety and driving assistant technologies will be offered in the 2014 4-Series Coupe.

About Bill Jacobs BMW

As one of the largest BMW dealerships in the Chicagoland area, Bill Jacobs BMW is fully committed to creating a shopping experience for their customers that matches the luxury products they represent. In keeping with the Bill Jacobs tradition, they promise to provide a customer-friendly purchasing experience, as well as a responsive and reliable experience in their service department. With over 50 years in the automotive business, Bill Jacobs BMW is a name you can trust.

For additional information, visit Bill Jacobs BMW at 2495 Aurora Avenue, Naperville, IL 60540 or by calling (866) 516-8010. Visit Bill Jacobs BMW online at http://www.billjacobsbmw.com. Reported by PRWeb 2 days ago.

Valarie Kaur: Why We Must Remember Oak Creek

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One year ago this morning, a lone gunman walked into a house of worship and stalked the prayer hall, communal kitchen and living rooms. Wherever he saw people, he lifted his gun without expression and fired. He killed six people and critically wounded others, including a police officer.

The August 5, 2012 mass shooting in Oak Creek, Wisconsin received national attention for a few days, but then faded into the background as one in a list of mass shootings last year. One year later, people I meet know Aurora and Newtown but draw a blank when I use the shorthand "Oak Creek."

If the gunman were seen as Muslim, and the victims Christians, gathered in a Sunday church service, we may still be talking about Oak Creek today. But the gunman was a white supremacist. And the victims were Sikh Americans whose men wear turbans as part of their faith.

Today, on the one-year anniversary, we must remember Oak Creek as the largest act of violence on a faith community since the 1963 church bombings. We must remember the Sikh community's response to the shooting because it offers a model for how one small community can rise from the ashes of tragedy to bring people together in forgiveness and healing - and even effect policy change. But most of all, we must remember the story of Oak Creek because it could happen again.

In the immediate aftermath of the Oak Creek tragedy, the Sikh community entered the national spotlight for the first time. In the midst of grief, the community found the courage to explain their faith, respond with forgiveness, and call for healing. Sikh youth of Oak Creek stepped before news cameras to call for an end to hate - not just against Sikhs but against all people. The families cleaned the gurdwara themselves, turning a site of massacre back into a house of worship, and gathered to pray for the departed, including the gunman.

"Last year, we prayed for the soul of Wade Michael Page," said Raghuvinder Singh, whose father Punjab Singh remains hospitalized one year after the shooting, unable to move or speak except to blink his eyes. "Our faith teaches us compassion for every person. We continue to pray that his soul goes in peace."

In the last year, many Sikh Americans have extended the ethic of compassion into seva or sacred service. In Oak Creek, Sikhs have formed new organizations including Serve2Unite and Sikh Healing Collective. Pardeep Kaleka, whose father was killed fighting the gunman, has teamed up with Arno Michaelis, a former white supremacist, speaking to young people about combatting hate.

Another victim's son, Harpreet Saini, whose mother was killed in the shooting, became the first Sikh in U.S. history to testify before Congress in a historic Senate hearing last September. He asked the government to give his mother the dignity of at least being counted as a hate crime statistic, to measure the problem so that we can begin to address it. The Sikh Coalition, joined by civil rights and faith-based organizations, including Groundswell at Auburn Seminary, led a campaign calling for the FBI to track hate crimes against Sikhs and other communities - and won.

"We've made progress in the last year," said Amardeep Singh Bhalla of the Sikh Coalition. "But one year later, the underlying conditions that allowed Oak Creek to happen are still in play."

Hate groups in America are on an alarming rise by almost 70 percent since 2000, according to the Southern Poverty Law Center. In the last year, Sikhs have continued to endure discrimination, bullying, vandalism, racial profiling, and gun violence. In Fresno, California, an 81-year-old Sikh man, Piara Singh, was badly beaten with steel pipe while walking home from temple. In a Florida attack, Kanwaljit Singh sustained multiple gunshot wounds from an unidentified shooter while driving with his 13-year-old son. In Washington, a turban-wearing Sikh cab driver was brutally attacked and beaten by a man screaming anti-Muslim and racial slurs. Just days ago, the walls of a Sikh house of worship in Sacramento were defaced by graffiti spelling out "terrorist."

Oak Creek is not an isolated incident. Yet, remarkably, rather than retreating into itself or thickening its walls against a future attack, Sikh gurdwaras in Wisconsin and across the country have opened up to the broader community in the last year.

In Oak Creek this weekend, thousands of people of all faiths and backgrounds attended the anniversary events - a federal observance on Friday, a memorial run on Saturday, prayer services on Sunday, and a candlelight vigil on Monday. The gurdwara has been bustling with Sikhs from Milwaukee and around the country, a wide array of Wisconsin residents, police officers, government officials, and survivors of other mass shootings. This openness embodies a sense that all people can share in the Sikh spirit of Chardi Kala--everlasting optimism and ever-rising high spirits, even in the face of suffering.

"I'm proud to represent Oak Creek," said Oak Creek Mayor Steve Scaffidi at the federal observance. "Not as a scene of violence, but as a symbol of what one small community can do."

Today, the gurdwara shows no sign of the massacre that took place there one year ago - except for a single bullet hole in the entrance to the prayer hall. The plaque below it reads "We are One." The Oak Creek tragedy calls us to fulfill that promise, but first, we must choose to remember it.

Remember Oak Creek. Watch the Film. Spread the Word.
http://www.groundswell-movement.org/the-one-year-anniversary-of-oak-creek

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Valarie Kaur is an award-winning filmmaker, civil rights advocate, and interfaith leader. She is Senior Fellow at Auburn Seminary, where she founded Groundswell to help mobilize faith communities in social action. Kaur studied religion and law at Stanford University, Harvard Divinity School, and Yale Law School, where she founded the Yale Visual Law Project. You can find her at www.valariekaur.com/blog and @valariekaur Reported by Huffington Post 2 days ago.

Visitation Tuesday, Celebration of Life Wednesday, for Joshua Martin Sweet, 17, of Geneva

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Visitation Tuesday, Celebration of Life Wednesday, for Joshua Martin Sweet, 17, of Geneva Patch Batavia, IL --

Joshua Martin Sweet, 17, of Geneva, passed away Thursday, Aug. 1, 2013. He was born Nov. 20, 1995 in Aurora, the son of Todd M. and Margie M. (nee Ostrowski) Sweet. Josh was an athletic guy. He played football for seven years with the Tri-City Charg Reported by Patch 2 days ago.

School will put focus on math, science, technology

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Next year, 200 elementary and middle school students from Indian Prairie District 204 and other west suburban school districts will work in labs designed by their teachers and staff at Aurora University, along with scientists and business people from the likes of Argonne National Laboratory, Fermilab, Caterpillar, Waste Management, Nicor Gas and Tellabs. Reported by ChicagoTribune 2 days ago.

Driver suffers life-threatening injuries after crashing into parked truck

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A was rushed to the hospital with life-threatening injuries Sunday afternoon after running into a parked semi-truck in his Jeep. The Jeep Wrangler driver was headed south about 4:45 p.m. in the area of 11100 Aurora Avenue North when the Jeep crashed into the rear end of a legally parked and unoccupied semi-truck, according to Seattle police reports. Medics took the driver, the only occupant of the Jeep, to Harborview Medical Center. The investigation of the crash continues. Reported by SeattlePI.com 2 days ago.
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