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Ann Arbor's Linda Cotton Jeffries keeps readers in suspense with her new mystery novel, "Seeing in the Quiet"
by Martha Stuit
WRITTEN WORD INTERVIEW
Two suspected murders 20 years apart, one of a child and another the death of an old woman. An observant photographer who was a child at the scene of the first murder and documented the second. A killer with a grudge. A kind-hearted detective who is a growing love interest.
These situations lay the foundation for Seeing in the Quiet, a new mystery novel by Ann Arbor author Linda Cotton Jeffries. At just under 200 pages, the plot-driven book moves quickly while the characters try to unravel what happened at each of the potential murders set in Pittsburgh.
Main character Audrey Markum lives with hearing loss, but her sense of sight has sharpened to the point that Detective Rod Rodriguez calls her "Scout" when she is called in to photograph crime scenes. She also is launching her wedding photography business. One case of a suspicious death brings Rod and Audrey closer and closer.
While all of this is happening, Gary Adams, the killer of his son who was the childhood friend of Audrey, is getting released from prison. He knows Audrey's role in discovering his crime. Audrey finds herself facing multiple dizzying situations: the threat of a known killer, an unsolved murder, and the budding of a promising new romance.
Jeffries has published two other books with AADL's Fifth Avenue Press. I interviewed her about Seeing in the Quiet and writing life.
Q: You were a special education teacher for more than 30 years and now you are a writer. How did you start writing?
A: I feel as though I've been writing all my life. In high school, I won a writing award and burdened a teacher with a handwritten 30-pager when he asked for a short story. The first novel I completed has not yet been published, but I finished writing it nearly 20 years ago. As my children grew older and more independent, I found I had more time to spend on my writing. Then, once I retired, that door opened up even more.
Q: Your first two novels were published by Fifth Avenue Press, and your latest novel, Seeing in the Quiet, is published by Sunbury Press. How did you go about publishing with a new publisher? What was unique about the publishing experience?
A: To be honest, I had given up completely. I started my website, sent the book out to all sorts of contests and publishers, and pitched it to three different agents at a virtual writer's conference. After receiving nothing but rejections, a year later, during a particularly deep Covid funk, I gave up and shut everything down. Then I got an email from Sunbury saying they'd chosen to publish it. Frankly, I was shocked and thrilled.
Sunbury is a small press located in Pennsylvania, so between the physical distance and the effects of the pandemic, the publishing experience has been a lot more hands-off in comparison to the supportive, hands-on approach that Fifth Avenue provided. I think I was spoiled!
Q: You grew up in Pennsylvania and now live in Ann Arbor. What drew you to setting your book in Pittsburgh?
A: I wanted a city the size of Pittsburgh and there just aren't any in Michigan. I lived in central Pennsylvania but my father was from Pittsburgh, so we visited often as a child. My husband and I also took a research trip there which was wonderful. It's a great city, not too big, not too small, with lots of very distinct areas of interest. We had a wonderful culinary tour of the Brookline neighborhood where I chose to locate the character Rod's house. (If you've never had Pittsburgh's burnt almond tort, you are missing out on an amazing confection!)
Q: Character Audrey Markum has the skill of noticing details, sharpened by her hearing loss. She even earns the nickname of "DLR girl" from her father, an acronym for when she says that something "doesn't look right." How did you develop this character?
A: I was watching an episode of a medical show, and it opened with a young woman who had a cochlear implant. She was sitting on a park bench with the noise of the city around her both incomprehensible and deafening. It made me think of the comfort and ease that can be found in silence. I am not familiar with the details of the deaf experience and deaf culture, but I did have professional and personal experience with other forms of hearing loss and the benefits/limitations of hearing aids. I wanted Audrey's hearing loss to be a part of her life but not the focus of the story. I chose to open the book with her as a young woman so that we could see her gift for noticing details at the same time that we saw her losing much of her hearing and having her world go quiet.
Q: The novel itself hinges on details, and there are many thorough descriptions to convey what is happening. Do you spend a lot of time imagining your characters and plot?
A: I love being inside my stories with my characters. I find that I'm there with them when I'm writing but also when I'm lying in bed trying to fall asleep. I sort of wander around in their world imagining their conversations and reactions to each other. Rather than writing long, descriptive sections, I'm more inclined to see a scene through the character's eyes instead of a distant reader's eyes. So, I might describe the details of Audrey having a cup of coffee rather than telling you what the coffee shop looks like.
Q: Gary Adams is a convicted criminal and pursues Audrey. As a reader, I wished that I could jump into some scenes to tell Audrey to watch out. What do you like about writing a suspense novel?
A: I love the situation where a character doesn't know what another character is doing or when a character sees themself one way, and then through another character's eyes, we get a different perspective. Gary Adams has such contempt and disdain for Audrey that it contrasts with the other characters who have a very different impression of her. Plus, I wanted to put Audrey in a difficult situation because I always knew she'd be tough enough to handle it.
Q: Speaking of suspense novels, what books are on your nightstand to read?
A: Two books that I read recently are Write My Name Across the Sky by Barbara O'Neal and Cloud Cuckoo Land by Anthony Doerr. I have read O'Neal's books for decades and took an online writing course from her when I was starting to get more involved in my writing. This book has a great example of characters seeing themselves and each other very differently and then having to work their way toward a common understanding. Doerr's book was especially masterful at twining different storylines and timelines around each other. I thought it was wonderful. I'll also make a quick plug and say that I recently read the first half of a book that my son is writing and that was terrific too!
Q: Your website mentions a second book about Audrey's adventures. Tell us about your next book. Do you anticipate more books about Audrey?
A: The sequel I've written is called Finding Rosey and in this book her friend's infant is kidnapped, a young daycare worker disappears, and Audrey is struggling with panic attacks as the trial for her attacker, Gary Adams, approaches. Rod and his partner Smitty are on the missing persons cases, and Audrey is eager to help. Her keen eye for detail comes into play once again as does that inner strength. I'm not sure yet whether there will be another Audrey story. The Covid pandemic has changed so much about our daily lives that I haven't figured out yet how to move forward in this different environment. We shall see!
Martha Stuit is a former reporter and current librarian.
➥ "Interview: Linda Cotton Jeffries on 'We Thought We Knew You'" [Pulp, October 30, 2018]
➥ "Interview: Linda Cotton Jeffries on 'Who We Might Be'" [Pulp, April 18, 2019]
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10th Generation Intel Core Notebook PCs Launched with 10nm Lithography, Wi-Fi 6 and AI
August 2, 2019 By Kamran Haider Leave a Comment
Intel officially unveiled today its latest generation of "Ice Lake" Core processors for 2 in 1 notebook and computers, bringing them to the 10th generation.
Developed in 10nm lithography, there are a total of 11 processors divided into two series, six belonging to the U series and five to the Y series, with similarities and punctual differences in each and partly converging with the nomenclatures seen at the end of April.
According to the brand, the key differentiators in the new generation of processors are the inclusion of technologies that raise the level of user experience, including GPU makeovers (which boosted graphics performance), Intel Deep Learning Boost and Intel Gaussian. & Neural Accelerator (GNA), focused on use based on artificial intelligence.
In addition, the manufacturer has also confirmed that these include connectivity-related improvements, thanks to the availability of Intel Wi-Fi 6 (Gig +) and support for up to 4 Thunderbolt 3 ports, considered the fastest USB-C connector on the market today.
According to Chris Walker, Intel Corporate Vice President and Managing Director for Client Computing Group Mobility Client Platforms, the new generation of Intel Core processors feature highlights such as Thunderbolt 3 support, Wi-Fi 6 and large-scale intelligence.
10th generation Intel Core processors change the definition of leadership in mobile PC platforms. With first-ever large-scale AI available on PCs, a whole new graphics architecture, the industry's best Wi-Fi 6 (Gig +) and Thunderbolt 3 – all integrated into SoC thanks to Intel's 10nm process technology and architecture – we're taking the first steps towards a whole new range of laptop experiences and innovations "
New Nomenclature Helps Identify Processor
Another novelty presented by the brand was the change in the way the models of the processors are presented, thus allowing a better understanding of what is shipped in the version that can be purchased.
Divided into 4 blocks, the new format includes, in addition to the "Intel Core" family name, the processor version (i3, i5, i7, etc.), its generation, its SKU, and the built-in graphics processing level. to him.
According to Intel, the expectation is that the new processors will start to be available to PC manufacturers later this year, which means that possibly we will start seeing new notebooks with these ships in early 2020.
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According to the brand, at least 35 laptops are already under development to hit the market by mid-year, some of them participating in the Athena Project, which showcased this year's Acer Swift 5, Dell XPS 13 "2 at Computex this year. 1, HP Envy 13 and Lenovo S940, and should offer more than 9 hours of actual use.
So, what did you think of the news? Tell us in the comments!


This week's Red Hot on the Red Carpet pays homage to menswear as seen on Hollywood's leading arm candy. Red-carpet newbie Joseph Gordon-Levitt rocked the carpet recently at Toronto International Film Festival for the premiere of his new film Looper.
Levitt's look tosses him into the ranks of other leading actors like Anna Karenina's Jude Law, At Any Price's Zac Efron, Glee's Darren Criss, The Words' Bradley Cooper, and Killing Them Softly's Brad Pitt, who have all been strutting the carpet lately at Venice International Film Festival and Toronto International Film Festival. These men are on fire.
These guys are no match however, for style star Ryan Gosling of Crazy Stupid Love and Gangster Squad fame, who's always a fashion hit in clean tailored looks that pop, like the blue Ferragamo ensemble from last year's Cannes Film Festival featured in this week's edition. Gosling goes head to head with style veteran George Clooney of Up in the Air, a man who's no stranger to the best-dressed lists.
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Dave Castellanos is a talented and experienced fishing guide that runs Chetco River Fishing, located on the Chetco River in Southern Oregon.
Castellanos has been running his outfit since 1993 and he is a master of the local rivers that produce a bounty of salmon, steelhead and trout. Castellanos' guide service fishes the southern Oregon, Chetco River. Dave covers a lot of territory but he also has great results and if you are new to the area or looking for a guide, well, Castellanos is The Man, in that beautiful area of the world.
I'm typically running drift boats, which I row most of the time, but we use a small kicker motor at times to enhance your chances of hooking fish . Rivercraft builds them and they are 18-feet in length and 65 inches wide. They are a comfortable boat. And we also use a 23-foot jet boat by Jetcraft; I use that mostly on the Rogue and the Klamath. The Smith and the Chetco are too small for the jet boat.


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Anorexia nervosa is a psychiatric illness that describes an eating disorder, characterized by extreme low body weight and body image distortion, with an obsessive fear of gaining weight. Individuals with anorexia are known to control body weight commonly through the means of voluntary starvation, purging, excessive exercise or other weight control measures, such as diet pills or diuretic drugs. While the condition primarily affects adolescent females, approximately 10% of people with the diagnosis are male[1]. Anorexia nervosa, involving neurobiological, psychological, and sociological components[2], is a complex condition that can lead to death in severe cases.
The term anorexia is of Greek origin: a (α, prefix of negation), n (ν, link between two vowels) and orexis (ορεξις, appetite), thus meaning a lack of desire to eat.[3]
"Anorexia nervosa" is frequently shortened to "anorexia" in the popular media. This is technically incorrect, as the term "anorexia" used separately refers to the medical symptom of reduced appetite (which therefore is distinguishable from anorexia nervosa in being non-psychiatric).
1 Diagnosis and clinical features
1.1.1 Physical
1.1.2 Psychological
1.1.3 Emotional
1.1.4 Behavioral
1.2 Diagnostic issues and controversies
2 Causes and contributory factors
2.1 Physiological factors
2.1.1 Genetic factors
2.1.2 Neurobiological factors
2.1.3 Nutritional factors
2.2 Psychological factors
2.2.1 Social and environmental factors
3 Prognosis
4 Incidence, prevalence and demographics
7.1 Informational resources
7.2 Media stories and reports
Diagnosis and clinical features
Established by the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders (DSM-IV-TR) and the World Health Organization's International Statistical Classification of Diseases and Related Health Problems (ICD).
Although biological tests can aid the diagnosis of anorexia, the diagnosis is based on a combination of behavior, reported beliefs and experiences, and physical characteristics of the patient. Anorexia is typically diagnosed by a clinical psychologist, psychiatrist or other suitably qualified clinician. Notably, diagnostic criteria are intended to assist clinicians, and are not intended to be representative of what an individual sufferer feels or experiences in living with the illness.
The full ICD-10 diagnostic criteria for anorexia nervosa can be found here, and the DSM-IV-TR criteria can be found here.
To be diagnosed as having anorexia nervosa, according to the DSM-IV-TR, a person must display:
Refusal to maintain body weight at or above a minimally normal weight for age and height (e.g., weight loss leading to maintenance of body weight less than 85% of that expected; or failure to make expected weight gain during period of growth, leading to body weight less than 85% of that expected).
Intense fear of gaining weight or becoming obese
Disturbance in the way in which one's body weight or shape is experienced, undue influence of body weight or shape on self-evaluation, or denial of the seriousness of the current low body weight.
The absence of at least three consecutive menstrual cycles (amenorrhea) in women who have had their first menstrual period but have not yet gone through menopause (postmenarcheal, premenopausal females).
Furthermore, the DSM-IV-TR specifies two subtypes:
Restricting Type: during the current episode of anorexia nervosa, the person has not regularly engaged in binge-eating or purging behavior (that is, self-induced vomiting, over-exercise or the misuse of laxatives, diuretics, or enemas)
Binge-Eating Type or Purging Type: during the current episode of anorexia nervosa, the person has regularly engaged in binge-eating OR purging behavior (that is, self-induced vomiting, over-exercise or the misuse of laxatives, diuretics, or enemas).
The ICD-10 criteria are similar, but in addition, specifically mention
The ways that individuals might induce weight-loss or maintain low body weight (avoiding fattening foods, self-induced vomiting, self-induced purging, excessive exercise, excessive use of appetite suppressants or diuretics).
Certain physiological features, including "widespread endocrine disorder involving hypothalamic-pituitary-gonadal axis is manifest in women as amenorrhoea and in men as loss of sexual interest and potency. There may also be elevated levels of growth hormones, raised cortisol levels, changes in the peripheral metabolism of thyroid hormone and abnormalities of insulin secretion".
If onset is before puberty, that development is delayed or arrested.
There are a number of features that, although not necessarily diagnostic of anorexia, have been found to be commonly (but not exclusively) present in those with this eating disorder.[4][2]
Changes in brain structure and function are early signs often to be associated with starvation, and is partially reversed when normal weight is regained.[5] Anorexia is also linked to reduced blood flow in the temporal lobes, although since this finding does not correlate with current weight, it is possible that it is a risk trait rather than an effect of starvation.[6]
Other effects may include the following:
Body mass index less than 18.5 in adults, or 85% of expected weight in children
Endocrine disorder, leading to cessation of periods in girls (amenorrhoea)
Decreased libido; impotence in males
Reduced metabolism, slow heart rate (bradycardia), hypotension, orthostatic hypotension, hypothermia, inappropriate sinus tachycardia and anemia
Thinning of the hair
Growth of lanugo hair over the body
Constantly feeling cold
Abnormalities of mineral and electrolyte levels
Zinc deficiency
Potassium deficiency
Refeeding syndrome
Reduction in white blood cell count
Reduced immune system function
Pallid complexion and sunken eyes
Patulous eustachian tube
Creaking joints and bones
Collection of fluid in ankles during the day and around eyes during the night or peripheral oedema
Dry or chapped lips
Poor circulation (cool peripheries), resulting in common attacks of 'pins and needles' (Parathesia)and purple extremities
Nerve deterioration, leading to difficulty in moving the feet
Brittle fingernails
Bruising easily
Fragile appearance
Slowing of the rate of growth of breasts
Distorted body image
Poor insight
Self-evaluation largely, or even exclusively, in terms of their shape and weight
Pre-occupation or obsessive thoughts about food and weight
Belief that control over food/body is synonymous with being in control of one's life
Refusal to accept that one's weight is dangerously low even when it could be deadly
Refusal to accept that one's weight is normal, or healthy
Low self-esteem and self-efficacy
Phobia of becoming overweight
Clinical depression or chronically low mood
Excessive exercise, food restriction
Secretive about eating or exercise behavior
Self-harm, substance abuse or suicide attempts
Very sensitive to references about body weight
Aggressive when forced to eat "forbidden" foods
Weighing themselves and constantly checking themslves in the mirror
Diagnostic issues and controversies
The distinction between the diagnoses of anorexia nervosa, bulimia nervosa and eating disorder not otherwise specified (EDNOS) is often difficult to make in practice and there is considerable overlap between patients diagnosed with these conditions. Furthermore, seemingly minor changes in a patient's overall behavior or attitude (such as reported feeling of 'control' over any binging behavior) can change a diagnosis from 'anorexia: binge-eating type' to bulimia nervosa. It is not unusual for a person with an eating disorder to 'move through' various diagnoses as his or her behavior and beliefs change over time.[4]
Additionally, it is important to note that an individual may still suffer from a health- or life-threatening eating disorder (e.g., sub-clinical anorexia nervosa or EDNOS) even if one diagnostic sign or symptom is still present. For example, a substantial number of patients diagnosed with EDNOS meet all criteria for diagnosis of anorexia nervosa, but lack the three consecutive missed menstrual cycles needed for a diagnosis of anorexia.[2]
Feminist writers such as Susie Orbach and Naomi Wolf have criticized the medicalization of extreme dieting and weight-loss as locating the problem within the affected women, rather than in a society that imposes concepts of unreasonable and unhealthy thinness as a measure of female beauty and gaining weight.
A vigorous debate exists on the topic of whether eating disorders are a choice or a biological illness. In 2006, Dr. Thomas Insel, director of the US National Institute of Mental Health, wrote an open letter to the National Eating Disorder Association stating "eating disorders are brain disorders."
Causes and contributory factors
It is clear that there is no single cause for anorexia and that it stems from a mixture of biological, social, and psychological factors. Current research is commonly focused on explaining existing factors and uncovering new causes. However, there is considerable debate over how much each of the known causes contributes to the development of anorexia. In particular, the contribution of perceived media pressure on women to be thin has been especially contentious.[7]
Family and twin studies have suggested that genetic factors contribute to about 50% of the variance for the development of an eating disorder[8] and that anorexia shares a genetic risk with clinical depression.[9] This evidence suggests that genes influencing both eating regulation, and personality and emotion, may be important contributing factors. In one study, variations in the norepinephrine transporter gene promoter were associated with restrictive anorexia nervosa, but not binge-purge anorexia (though the latter may have been due to small sample size).[10]
Several rodent models of anorexia have been developed which largely involve subjecting the animals to various environmental stressors or using gene knockout mice to test hypotheses about the effects of certain genes.[11] These models have suggested that the hypothalamic-pituitary-adrenal axis may be a contributory factor, although the models have been criticised as food is being limited by the experimenter and not the animal, and these models cannot take into account the complex cultural factors known to affect the development of anorexia nervosa.
Neurobiological factors
There are strong correlations between the neurotransmitter serotonin and various psychological symptoms such as mood, sleep, emesis (vomiting), sexuality and appetite. A recent review of the scientific literature has suggested that anorexia is linked to a disturbed serotonin system,[12] particularly to high levels at areas in the brain with the 5HT1A receptor - a system particularly linked to anxiety, mood and impulse control. Starvation has been hypothesised to be a response to these effects, as it is known to lower tryptophan and steroid hormone metabolism, which, in turn, might reduce serotonin levels at these critical sites and, hence, ward off anxiety. In contrast, studies of the 5HT2A serotonin receptor (linked to regulation of feeding, mood, and anxiety), suggest that serotonin activity is decreased at these sites. One difficulty with this work, however, is that it is sometimes difficult to separate cause and effect, in that these disturbances to brain neurochemistry may be as much the result of starvation, than continuously existing traits that might predispose someone to develop anorexia. There is evidence, however, that both personality characteristics (such as anxiety and perfectionism) and disturbances to the serotonin system are still apparent after patients have recovered from anorexia,[13] suggesting that these disturbances are likely to be causal risk factors.
Recent studies also suggest anorexia may be linked to an autoimmune response to melanocortin peptides which influence appetite and stress responses. [14]
Nutritional factors
Zinc deficiency causes a decrease in appetite that can degenerate in anorexia nervosa (AN), appetite disorders and, notably, inadequate zinc nutriture. The use of zinc in the treatment of anorexia nervosa has been advocated since 1979 by Bakan. At least five trials showed that zinc improved weight gain in anorexia. A 1994 randomized, double-blind, placebo-controlled trial showed that zinc (14 mg per day) doubled the rate of body mass increase in the treatment of AN.[15] Deficiency of other nutrients such as tyrosine and tryptophan (precursors of the monoamine neurotransmitters norepinephrine and serotonin, respectively), as well as vitamin B1 (thiamine) could contribute to this phenomenon of malnutrition-induced malnutrition.[15]
There has been a significant amount of work into psychological factors that suggests how biases in thinking and perception help maintain or contribute to the risk of developing anorexia.
Anorexic eating behavior is thought to originate from feelings of fatness and unattractiveness[16] and is maintained by various cognitive biases that alter how the affected individual evaluates and thinks about their body, food and eating.
One of the most well-known findings is that people with anorexia tend to over-estimate the size or fatness of their own bodies. A recent review of research in this area suggests that this is not a perceptual problem, but one of how the perceptual information is evaluated by the affected person.[17] Recent research suggests people with anorexia nervosa may lack a type of overconfidence bias in which the majority of people feel themselves more attractive than others would rate them. In contrast, people with anorexia nervosa seem to more accurately judge their own attractiveness compared to unaffected people, meaning that they potentially lack this self-esteem boosting bias.[18]
People with anorexia have been found to have certain personality traits that are thought to predispose them to develop eating disorders. High levels of obsession (being subject to intrusive thoughts about food and weight-related issues), restraint (being able to fight temptation), and clinical levels of perfectionism (the pathological pursuit of personal high-standards and the need for control) have been cited as commonly reported factors in research studies.[19]
It is often the case that other psychological difficulties and mental illnesses exist alongside anorexia nervosa in the sufferer. Clinical depression, obsessive compulsive disorder, substance abuse and one or more personality disorders are the most likely conditions to be comorbid with anorexia, and high-levels of anxiety and depression are likely to be present regardless of whether they fulfill diagnostic criteria for a specific syndrome.[20]
Research into the neuropsychology of anorexia has indicated that many of the findings are inconsistent across studies and that it is hard to differentiate the effects of starvation on the brain from any long-standing characteristics. Nevertheless, one reasonably reliable finding is that those with anorexia have poor cognitive flexibility[21] (the ability to change past patterns of thinking, particularly linked to the function of the frontal lobes and executive system).
Other studies have suggested that there are some attention and memory biases that may maintain anorexia.[22] Attentional biases seem to focus particularly on body and body-shape related concepts, making them more salient for those affected by the condition, and some limited studies have found that those with anorexia may be more likely to recall related material than unrelated material.
Although there has been quite a lot of research into psychological factors, there are relatively few hypotheses which attempt to explain the condition as a whole.
Professor Chris Fairburn, of the University of Oxford and his colleagues have created a 'transdiagnostic' model,[23] in which they aim to explain how anorexia, as well as related disorders such as bulimia nervosa and ED-NOS, are maintained. Their model is developed with psychological therapies, particularly cognitive behavioral therapy, in mind, and so suggests areas where clinicians could provide psychological treatment.
Their model is based on the idea that all major eating disorders (with the exception of obesity) share some core types of psychopathology which help maintain the eating disorder behavior. This includes clinical perfectionism, chronic low self-esteem, mood intolerance (inability to cope appropriately with certain emotional states) and interpersonal difficulties.
Sociocultural studies have highlighted the role of cultural factors, such as the promotion of thinness as the ideal female form in Western industrialised nations, particularly through the media. A recent epidemiological study of 989,871 Swedish residents indicated that gender, ethnicity and socio-economic status were large influences on the chance of developing anorexia, with those with non-European parents among the least likely to be diagnosed with the condition, and those in wealthy, white families being most at risk.[24] A classic study by Garner and Garfinkel demonstrated that those in professions where there is a particular social pressure to be thin (such as models and dancers) were much more likely to develop anorexia during the course of their career,[25] and further research has suggested that those with anorexia have much higher contact with cultural sources that promote weight-loss.[26]
Although anorexia nervosa is usually associated with Western cultures, exposure to Western media is thought to have led to an increase in cases in non-Western countries. However, it is notable that other cultures may not display the same 'fat phobic' worries about becoming fat as those with the condition in the West, and instead may present with low appetite with the other common features.[27]
There is a high rate of reported child sexual abuse experiences in clinical groups of who have been diagnosed with anorexia (up to 50% in those admitted to inpatient wards, with a lesser prevalence among people treated in the community). Although prior sexual abuse is not thought to be a specific risk factor for anorexia, those who have experienced such abuse are more likely to have more serious and chronic symptoms.[28]
The Internet has enabled anorexics and bulimics to contact and communicate with each other outside of a treatment environment, with much lower risks of rejection by mainstream society. A variety of websites exist, some run by sufferers, some by former sufferers, and some by professionals. The majority of such sites support a medical view of anorexia as a disorder to be cured, although some people affected by anorexia have formed online pro-ana communities that reject the medical view and argue that anorexia is a 'lifestyle choice', using the internet for mutual support, and to swap weight-loss tips.[29] Such websites were the subject of significant media interest, largely focusing on concerns that these communities could encourage young women to develop or maintain eating disorders, and many were taken offline as a result.[30]
Anorexia is thought to have the highest mortality rate of any psychiatric disorder, with approximately 6% of those who are diagnosed with the disorder eventually die due to related causes.[31] The suicide rate of people with anorexia is also higher than that of the general population and is thought to be the major cause of death for those with the condition.[32]
Incidence, prevalence and demographics
The majority of research into the incidence and prevalence of anorexia has been done in Western industrialized countries, so results are generally not applicable outside these areas. However, recent reviews[33][34] of studies on the epidemiology of anorexia have suggested an incidence of between 8 and 13 cases per 100,000 persons per year and an average prevalence of 0.3% using strict criteria for diagnosis. These studies also confirm the view that the condition largely affects young adolescent females, with females between 15 and 19 years old making up 40% of all cases. Furthermore, the majority of cases are unlikely to be in contact with mental health services. As a whole, about 10% of people with anorexia are male and about 90% of people with anorexia are female.[2] Anorexia, however, is not exclusively limited to any age or demographic. In March 2008, a British senior university lecturer with PhD in psychology and a professional background in health, Rosemary Pope, died from anorexia.[35] Anorexia has been reported occurring throughout a patient's life extending into the seventies and eighties.[36] In addition, onset can occur in one's sixties or later.[37] The Italian character actor, Giovanni Rovini, died of onset of symptoms commencing in his early nineties. [38]
The first line treatment for anorexia is usually focused on immediate weight gain, especially with those who have particularly serious conditions that require hospitalization. In particularly serious cases, this may be done as an involuntary hospital treatment under mental health law, where such legislation exists. In the majority of cases, however, people with anorexia are treated as outpatients, with input from physicians, psychiatrists, clinical psychologists and other mental health professionals.
A recent clinical review has suggested that psychotherapy is an effective form of treatment and can lead to restoration of weight, return of menses among female patients, and improved psychological and social functioning when compared to simple support or education programmes.[39] However, this review also noted that there are only a small number of randomised controlled trials on which to base this recommendation, and no specific type of psychotherapy seems to show any overall advantage when compared to other types.
Family therapy has also been found to be an effective treatment for adolescents with anorexia[40] and in particular, a method developed at the Maudsley Hospital called the Maudsley Approach or Family-Based Treatment (FBT) is widely used and found to maintain improvement over time.[41] FBT is a 3-phase program that, with the help of an FBT-trained therapist, empowers the parents to mobilize their competencies to enforce the refeeding of the patient (phase 1), to maintain weight gain and a return to physical health (phase 2), and to transition their child to personal autonomy and normal adolescent development (phase 3). A new non-profit organization, F.E.A.S.T. (Families Empowered and Supporting Treatment of Eating Disorders), offers parents and clinicians detailed practical information on FBT, including a popular website support forum for parents called Around the Dinner Table and a blog called Eating With Your Anorexic. Another important resource for FBT is Maudsley Parents.
Drug treatments, such as SSRI or other antidepressant medication, have not been found to be generally effective for either treating anorexia,[42] or preventing relapse[43] although it has also been noted that there is a lack of adequate research in this area. It is common, however, for antidepressants to be prescribed, often with the intent of trying to treat the associated anxiety and depression.
Supplementation with 14mg/day of zinc is recommended as routine treatment for anorexia nervosa due to a study showing a doubling of weight regain after treatment with zinc was begun. The mechanism of action is hypothesized to be an increased effectiveness of neurotransmission in various parts of the brain, including the amygdala, after adequate zinc intake begins resulting in increased appetite.[44]
There are various non-profit and community groups that offer support and advice to people who suffer from anorexia or who care for someone who does.
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AMY GOODMAN: We begin today's show with news that the Nobel Peace Prize has been awarded to the International Campaign to Abolish Nuclear Weapons. The group, known as ICAN, is a coalition of nongovernmental organizations in more than a hundred countries. This is the chair of the Norwegian Nobel Committee, Berit Reiss-Andersen.
BERIT REISS-ANDERSEN: Good morning, everybody. The Norwegian Nobel Committee has decided to award the Nobel Peace Prize for 2017 to the International Campaign to Abolish Nuclear Weapons, ICAN. The organization is receiving the award for its work to draw attention to the catastrophic humanitarian consequences of any use of nuclear weapons and for its groundbreaking efforts to achieve a treaty-based prohibition on such weapons.
AMY GOODMAN: After the announcement at the news conference, reporters questioned the head of the Nobel Committee about the message the committee is trying to send with its award this year.
REPORTER 1: Yes. Has the risk that Iranian nuclear deal could unravel been a factor in your considerations? Thank you.
REPORTER 2: There has been an American diplomatic pressure on countries like Sweden to prevent them from signing the ICAN treatment. So, is this prize, in a way, a kick in the leg, as one of your predecessors said, to the American president, Donald Trump?
REPORTER 3: The carefully monitored elimination of nuclear weapons by the five original states, would that help to prevent proliferation among states like North Korea?
AMY GOODMAN: Some of the reporters' questions at the news conference after the Nobel Committee announced that the International Campaign to Abolish Nuclear Weapons had won this year's Nobel Peace Prize.
ICAN was founded in 2007. It helped organize a landmark victory: the world's first legally binding treaty banning nuclear weapons. The treaty was adopted by 122 U.N. member states in July, signed by 51 countries during the U.N. General Assembly Week in September. The treaty prohibits the development, testing and possession of nuclear weapons, as well as using or threatening to use these weapons. It was adopted and signed by dozens of countries, despite the fierce opposition of the United States and other nuclear-armed nations. This is the executive director of the International Campaign to Abolish Nuclear Weapons, Beatrice Fihn, speaking in Geneva.
BEATRICE FIHN: We're working very hard on trying to make nuclear weapons illegal. They are not yet prohibited by a treaty—nuclear weapons—and I think that we're trying to change people's minds. People have been accepting nuclear weapons as legitimate tools for providing security for, you know, 70 years now, and we're trying to change the mindset, really, that it's not acceptable to threaten to level an entire city, just to keep yourself secure.
AMY GOODMAN: For more, we're joined by Democracy Now! video stream from Melbourne, Australia, Tim Wright, Asia-Pacific director of ICAN, the Nobel Prize-winning organization.
First of all, Tim, congratulations.
TIM WRIGHT: Thanks very much, Amy. It's a huge honor.
AMY GOODMAN: How did you hear?
TIM WRIGHT: We received the news about 10 minutes before it was broadcast. There was a live stream on the Nobel Peace Prize website that we were following. We knew that we had been nominated, but we really didn't expect to receive it. So it came as a huge surprise, and we're really thrilled.
AMY GOODMAN: Well, we were all monitoring it here, New York time. It was 5:00 in the morning as the announcement was made. Talk about what ICAN does and what message you think the Nobel Committee is sending by awarding you the Nobel Peace Prize.
TIM WRIGHT: Well, we were awarded the prize for our role in securing the Treaty on the Prohibition of Nuclear Weapons adopted earlier this year. And there are many countries, of course, that don't support this treaty. And so, I think that the prize will help us to put pressure on them to sign and to ratify it. It's not just the nuclear-armed states, but also some of their allies, that claim protection from U.S. nuclear weapons, for example. We really need to bring them on board and join the two-thirds of the international community that support a nuclear weapon-free world and who've voted in favor of this treaty.
AMY GOODMAN: Can you respond to some of the questions that were asked at the news conference after the Nobel Peace Prize was announced for the International Campaign to Abolish Nuclear Weapons? You heard the issue of, well, the announcement that President Trump wants to decertify the nuclear deal, which will be made next week, apparently, and also the question of what kind of message is being sent to the countries that did not sign, including the United States, this treaty, this groundbreaking treaty.
TIM WRIGHT: Yeah, well, this award has been given at a time of great global tension. We've heard threats from President Trump that he'll totally destroy North Korea. The developments in North Korea are incredibly frightening. And the treaty that's been adopted offers an alternative pathway forward.
In terms of the Iran deal, it makes no sense whatsoever that the United States would want to withdraw from that. This is a deal that is designed to stop another country from acquiring nuclear weapons. Why would President Trump be opposed to that deal?
But the treaty that we've been involved in creating goes much further than just trying to stop the spread of nuclear weapons. It's about getting rid of the 15,000 nuclear weapons that already exist. And around 7,000 of those are in the U.S. nuclear arsenal.
AMY GOODMAN: So, can you talk about what happened in the signing of the treaty and then the ratifying of it, what exactly this does? And what does it mean that the United States and the other nuclear powers would not sign on?
TIM WRIGHT: Well, this is a treaty principally intended to stigmatize nuclear weapons and establish a pathway to their elimination. Now, we never expected that the nuclear-armed nations would join the treaty at the outset, but they do have that option of joining at some point in the future. And the more countries that do get on board with this treaty, the more effective it will be in putting pressure on them to do the right thing and to join the international majority on this issue. It's simply unacceptable, from our point of view, to have weapons that are designed to kill civilians indiscriminately and on a massive scale. And there are prohibitions on chemical weapons, biological weapons, landmines and cluster munitions. It's only logical that there's now a prohibition globally on nuclear weapons.
AMY GOODMAN: And in this time, when President Trump threatens to obliterate the entire nation of North Korea—25 million people—what about the question the reporter asked: If nuclear countries signed on to this nuclear ban, would that give an incentive to countries like North Korea to disarm?
TIM WRIGHT: Yes, absolutely. And I think that the spread of nuclear weapons has much to do with the failure of countries like the United States to honor their disarmament obligations. If they were serious about disarmament, if the original nuclear-armed nations were actually committed to that, then we wouldn't see other countries seeking to acquire nuclear weapons. So, this new treaty establishes the same standard for all countries. It says that North Korea cannot have nuclear weapons, and the United States cannot have nuclear weapons, because they're weapons with catastrophic consequences.
TIM WRIGHT: Yeah, it is really frightening. And it's easy to see how this situation could spiral out of control. And the consequences could be hundreds of thousands, if not millions, of people, people's lives lost as a result. So we need to take action now. And the most responsible thing for countries to do is to sign and ratify this treaty and to clearly display their opposition to these worst weapons of mass destruction.
AMY GOODMAN: I wanted to end by asking you, Tim Wright, about the role of survivors. The only two atomic weapons dropped in the world were on Japan in World War II, August 6th and 9th of 1945. Hibakusha, the survivors of that bomb—of those bombs, have spoken around the world. What kind of work has the International Campaign to Abolish Nuclear Weapons done with them?
TIM WRIGHT: Well, we've worked very closely with survivors from those two cities, as well as survivors of nuclear testing around the world, whose testimonies to diplomats at the U.N. have been really a really powerful motivating force. And when you hear what these people have gone through, you know, to defend these weapons just becomes immoral. And they really helped us get this treaty over the line.
And the treaty and the prize that we've now been awarded is really a tribute to the thousands of people around the world who have spoken out against nuclear weapons, who have protested at nuclear weapon facilities. And we need more of that. We need people to take their money out of banks that are investing in nuclear weapon companies. We need people to be putting pressure on their politicians. Every bit, every action that is taken will have a positive impact on making sure that this treaty fulfills its objectives.
AMY GOODMAN: I want to turn to Abacca Anjain-Maddison and end with her words. She's from the Marshall Islands, spoke on behalf of the International Campaign to Abolish Nuclear Weapons at the U.N. Conference for the Treaty to Prohibit Nuclear Weapons earlier this year.
ABACCA ANJAIN-MADDISON: For years, my home, the Marshall Islands, my home, the Marshall Islands, was used as testing ground for nuclear bombs, which contaminated our beautiful and pristine atolls for all time. Today, we carry in our bodies the legacy of these dreadful experiments. The cancer rate in the Marshall Islands is among the highest in the world. They treated us as guinea pigs. They told us it was for the good of mankind. The adoption of this landmark agreement today fills us with hope that the mistakes of the past will never be repeated.
AMY GOODMAN: Again, that was Abacca Anjain-Maddison from the Marshall Islands, speaking on behalf of the International Campaign to Abolish Nuclear Weapons, the organization, ICAN, that has just won the 2017 Nobel Peace Prize. It will actually be awarded in Oslo on International Human Rights Day, December 10th.
This is Democracy Now! When we come back, we'll talk about President Trump's reported decertifying the Iran nuclear deal, despite the fact that the Trump administration has certified that Iran has complied. Stay with us.


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Lively debuts as Duke men's basketball earns runaway win against USC Upstate
Duke moved to 2-0 Friday night with a runaway win at home against USC Upstate.
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By Sasha Richie | @sashabella_r
November 11, 2022 | 8:33pm EST
In Cameron Indoor Stadium, everyone eats.
For the first time in program history, the Blue Devils took on USC Upstate. After a sloppy start, Duke rocketed to a 25-point halftime lead and never looked back, downing the Spartans 84-38 off of a full-team effort with a Hollywood flair.
"We just have a lot of fun out there—I think that's the biggest thing that we do. We have a lot of fun, a lot of smiles. Guys are not out there not smiling, not having fun. That's the point of basketball–you gotta have fun," junior guard and team captain Jeremy Roach said for GoDuke.com.
It took more than three minutes for Duke (2-0) to get on the board. After a wayward tipoff went flying, back-to-back Spartan steals had the Blue Devils down 4-0, and they would turn the ball over one more time before Roach finally broke open the scoring for Duke with a three. Duke did not slow down after that, scoring 14 unanswered points and holding USC Upstate (1-1) scoreless for nearly six minutes.
In that span, freshman center Dereck Lively II took the floor for his first turn in a Duke uniform after missing the season opener with a calf injury. Two slam dunks later—the latter of which was made possible by a block from 6-foot-2 Jaylen Blakes on the other side of the floor—the crowd was rocking and Lively was cooking. The No. 2 Class of 2022 recruit played 15 minutes off the bench, logging four points and two rebounds. He also swatted away two shots, delivering on his rim-protector billing.
"You can't look at his numbers when you're judging Dereck Lively. He does so much. He's just a presence on the floor," head coach Jon Scheyer said in his press conference after the game. "As a guard, when you're driving and he's on defense, you know he's there. And he'll continue to block more shots, and the job he did in pick-and-roll defense—He's just gonna get better and better and better as this whole season goes on."
However, after limping and calling for a sub with under a minute left in the first half, it looked like he might not play again. Though he re-entered the game four minutes into the second, Duke flexed its depth in the meantime. Scheyer played eight men for most of the game, and all contributed in some way.
A few minutes into the second half, freshman forward Mark Mitchell, continuing a show-stopping game, sank an alley-oop dunk from a Roach inbound, his second slam of the night. A few minutes later, freshman guard Kyle Filipowski broke free for an Air Jordan-style dunk. In all, Duke got a staggering 14% of its points from dunks, helped by 15 team steals, a testament to the suffocating defense to which it subjected the Spartans.
"I thought Jacob Grandison and Jaylen Blakes, the energy that they brought, the defensive intensity, I thought they really sparked us and, really from there we were off and running," Scheyer said.
In fact, the Blue Devils held USC Upstate scoreless for the first 5:28 of the second half. Mostly playing man-to-man, Duke gave the Spartans no breathing room, forcing the Spartans to take ugly shots with time expiring multiple times. It did not help that on the other side of the floor, USC Upstate could not slow the Blue Devils and had to resort to fouling, sending Duke into the bonus with 12:22 left in the game.
Just before Blakes made his free throw on the Spartans' seventh foul of the half, freshman guard Jaden Schutt entered the game for the first time and sunk the first 3-pointer of his career on an open look. Scheyer worked in more of the roster after that, and eventually, 14 total Blue Devils saw the court, with 11 of those getting on the scoreboard. Fan-favorite junior walk-on Spencer Hubbard even saw some action—a career-high five minutes to be exact—along with fellow walk-on Stanley Borden.
"I'm not sure if it's gonna be 14 every night or Tuesday," Scheyer said with a laugh. "I think our depth ... goes back when, if you saw us practice, it's different guys each day. We have competitive practices, [so] when you come out in a game, more than just five players are ready to step up, and I think we're gonna have a group where we can go a little bit deeper."
Aside from Blakes and Lively, graduate transfer center Ryan Young and Filipowski each registered a block, alongside freshman Jaden Schutt and graduate transfer Kale Catchings. With Lively playing limited minutes still, the Young and Filipowski played a big role in the paint for the Blue Devils. Young finished with 11 points, most all via his unique touch in the post. Meanwhile, while Filipowski struggled somewhat from the floor with 4-for-11 shooting, he drew fouls like flies to a lightbulb, going to the charity stripe more than any other Blue Devil and finishing 7-for-8 from the line. It resulted in his second double-double in as many games, with team-highs of 10 rebounds and 15 points.
Though new faces made the flashiest plays of the game, veterans Roach and Blakes were quietly the stars of the show. Roach was all over the floor. Even beyond scoring, though he tallied a respectable 10 points, the junior logged a team-leading seven assists and two steals and commanded the floor. Meanwhile, Blakes looked much improved from last season and figures to play an important role this season. His first-half block was one of the game's most exciting plays, and he nearly surpassed his career-high 22 minutes from the Blue Devils' last game against Jacksonville.
"[Roach] had six assists in the first half, and the way he was sharing it really sets the table for these other guys. And then of course, his scoring is going to come when we need it," Scheyer said.
Next, Duke faces its biggest challenge of the season to date Tuesday at 9:30 p.m. when it takes on reigning national champion Kansas in the Champions Classic in Indianapolis.
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The slow fashion collection "DARIO'S Couture" is created in Germany and made of the world's finest fabrics. Thus, with its specially designed creations, DARIO'S stands for a new typically German elegance. This collection does not only aim at supplanting the time-honoured and deep-rooted image of the Lederhosen wearing Germans; it aims at no less than raising the "stylish German" to an art form. In addition, we want to use this new generation of durable clothing to challenge the one-way mentality of the fashion industry and at the same time give a new impetus to the German and European cultural tradition of manufacture. This gentlemen's collection includes ties made of the finest mulberry silk, shirts made of 330 and 140 full-cotton twill and sweaters made of recycled Sea Island Cotton as well as jackets made of Italian cashmere and Vicuña sweaters.
We aim at the preservation of the last sites of domestic German textile industry in order to counteract the threatening demise of the German cultural tradition of craftsmanship. DARIO'S envisages not only staying true to its commitment to sustainability and traditional craftsmanship, it also intends to gain renewed respectability for the quality label "Made in Germany". Nevertheless, the collection is also going to draw on the achievements of European craftsmanship and international luxury fabrics from Egypt, Peru, The West Indian Caribbean Islands, China or Africa.


Under is 15-7 in Lumberjacks last 22 games as a home favorite.
Under is 6-1 in Lumberjacks last 7 games as a home underdog of 0.5-6.5.
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Scientists shed light on the neurological consequences of exposure to low-levels of nerve agents and suggest a drug that could treat some of the toxins' effects.
At least 100,000 military veterans who served in the 1990-1991 Gulf War were exposed to chemical weapons, released into the air after the United States bombed an ammunition depot in Khamisiyah, Iraq. Today, many are still suffering from Gulf War Illness, a mysterious, multi-symptom disease that experts believe is linked to organophosphate nerve agents sarin and cyclosarin.
A new paper by researchers at Drexel University sheds light on the neurological consequences of exposure to low-levels of these nerve agents and suggests that drugs like tubacin could treat some of the toxins' neurological effects. The results were recently published in the journal Traffic.
To model Gulf War Illness, the researchers treated cultures of human and rat neurons with an organophosphate called diisopropyl flurophosphate, which is an analog of sarin. They also pretreated the neurons with stress hormones to better mimic the stressors of war.
Within the neurons, the research team was looking for deficits in the activity of microtubules, hollow cylinders that act as the cell's conveyor belt, which the investigators believe might go awry in Gulf War Illness patients. Organophosphates can affect a variety of proteins and pathways in cells, and the impacts on microtubules and microtubule-related proteins are likely to be many. The researchers wanted to find whether particular microtubule-related deficits could be identified and corrected pharmacologically to improve Gulf War Illness symptoms.
"In addition to being an architectural element that helps to shape the cell, the microtubule also acts as a railway, which transport organelles throughout the cytoplasm," said Peter Baas, PhD, a professor in the Department of Neurobiology and Anatomy at Drexel's College of Medicine. "We hypothesized that toxins would change the typical way microtubules are chemically modified in neurons and that a drug like tubacin could restore those modifications to normal, thereby treating the disease."
Once treated with tubacin, which makes the microtubules more chemically modified, the researchers observed a restoration in everything that went wrong with the microtubules due to the toxin and stressor treatments.
Surprisingly, they also found that once they corrected the microtubule deficit, defects in dopamine release also markedly improved. Fluctuations in dopamine are thought to be connected to many of the neurological symptoms that Gulf War Illness sufferers face, including insomnia, cognitive problems and headaches. This study's results suggest that dopamine alterations after toxin exposure are in part due to changes in microtubules, and restoring microtubule function to a more normal state could help to alleviate symptoms.
"The fact that a microtubule-based therapy would correct the problem with dopamine release is really encouraging," Baas said.
Baas' research group is part of a multi-institution Gulf War Illness Consortium, a group of investigators dedicated to uncovering the source and treatment for Gulf War Illness. As described in the journal Neurology, Drexel University and Boston University recently received funding from the U.S. Department of Defense to create a Gulf War Illness human stem cell repository, to be shared with researchers across the country for a deeper understanding of this disease.
To create the repository, the researchers are taking blood cells from Gulf War veterans and "reprogramming" them into their "pluripotent" state, which can then be transformed into any type of cell, from a kidney to a neuron. These "pluripotent cell lines" will be especially groundbreaking for studying Gulf War Illness, because they preserve the genetic and possibly epigenetic factors specific to disease susceptibility.
For the study published in Traffic, the researchers did not use pluripotent cells lines derived from Gulf War veterans, but said they plan to use veterans' cells in the future for more refined results.
Since the use of organophosphate pesticides is widespread around the world, and growing evidence indicates a link between these pesticides and disorders such as Parkinson's disease, Baas said that a deeper investigation of low-level OP exposure is critical for preventing and treating neurological conditions arising from such exposures, in addition to Gulf War Illness. Baas also noted that the use of sarin is a concern for the growing threat of bioterrorism, so preparedness for treating victims is paramount.
"We're living in an increasingly toxic world," Baas said. "It's likely that this kind of disease is going to repeat itself if we don't educate ourselves as to its causes, as well as how to prevent and treat it."
Article: Pharmacologically increasing microtubule acetylation corrects stress-exacerbated effects of organophosphates on neurons, Anand N. Rao, Ankita Patil, Zachary D. Brodnik, Liang Qiang, Rodrigo A. España, Kimberly A. Sullivan, Mark M. Black, Peter W. Baas, Traffic, doi: 10.1111/tra.12489, published online 25 May 2017.
Drexel University. "Study identifies an enzyme inhibitor to treat Gulf War illness symptoms." Medical News Today. MediLexicon, Intl., 8 Jun. 2017. Web.


There is the story told of a man who sat for hours weaving at a loom. Day after day he toiled, throwing the shuttles back and forth, straightening the threads and following the details of the pattern. But he had not been the one to set the loom up, or begin this particular weaving and he had no sense of what it would look like—he saw only the pieces that he was weaving. He found the work tedious and boring and he would drift often, losing his concentration and dropping portions of the tapestry. And so one day the man who was in charge of all the weavings took him aside and took him on a tour of the weaving room—showing him all the pieces of the tapestry, as each person worked on their piece and then he showed him the whole design in its magnificence. The man was stunned and amazed—and looked immediately to see where his small piece would fit into the overall pattern. The tapestry told a story, gave a history of a people and brought the telling up to the present day so that it could continue through the weavings of others on into the future—and they would be free to change the story, add to it, and alter it as they chose. That break from his work changed everything. Now he was not just working on his small piece, he was part of a masterful and amazing piece of history, art and a communal endeavor. He no longer just toiled. Now he worked and he dreamed and he hoped for wholeness and possibilities for the future.
This story describes the relationship between catechesis and social action. We have a tendency to separate them out, and think of them as two separate realities that might impinge on each other, through chance, at certain vectors. But the Gospel is the whole story, the entire tapestry and justice, or social action—often called hands-on-justice are the threads that are woven throughout the whole. When we work, each laboring in an area of social action, charity, community organizing, justice, research or a project we tend to see only what we are working on, rather than see our piece, our story, our chapter in the larger telling. There are a number of ways to integrate catechesis and action for justice.
The first one is to connect daily to the larger structure and community of the universal church through the daily Lectionary. The Church worldwide reads the same texts of the earlier and the New Testament, reflecting upon the whole story of God's weaving in and out of our lives, individually and as a people bound to him in a covenant of justice/compassion and truthfulness. We need to singularly read these portions of the Scripture and together, weekly, study and pore over them in a small group that draws us deeper into the larger reality of the Kingdom of God that is already among us. We need to remind one another of where we fit—and that what we are doing is not an end in itself, but a way to witness to the reality of the presence of God in our world. And we need to remember that it is our honor and privilege to be a part of this work.
Catechesis is woven through the way we work, revealing the heart of what we believe. What we do and its results matter little if we have not shared our belief with those we have worked with and those we serve. Catechesis, in Greek, means the source of the answers that a catechist asks a catechumen—and the source of all our work, relationships and hopes is our faith and its practice—being the graceful presence of Jesus the Crucified and Risen Lord in the world. No matter what we do for a living, we live in the presence of the Son of Justice and the God of compassion and truth, revealing that reality. And as Francis of Assisi was fond of saying to his brothers and sisters: You must preach the Gospel daily, incessantly, passionately, without fail; but only as a last resort use words." We are the Gospel, the Good News of God (catechesis) that the world longs to hear proclaimed in their midst. Come, let us go forth to be what we proclaim: the Good News of God.


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Celebrating Heroes in the Animal Rights Movement
What About the Challah? Breaking Bread with Humane Educator James Wildman
Lisa de Crescente
When I first encountered James Wildman, I only knew him from his wildly successful humane education videos. With millions of views on Facebook, his presentations have been translated into over two dozen languages.
But unlike so many uber successful social media influencers these days, who gain fame for, well nothing really, James has definitely earned his place.
Born in South Orange, NJ, James lived in a household with more dogs than humans. His compassionate mother who had been vegetarian for many years would often bring dogs home from the local shelter without any notice. But even James' father, the family's avid carnivore, couldn't resist the cuddly canine companions.
"I remember coming home from middle school to the exuberant greeting of more than a half-dozen dogs, and the occasional puddle of pee, if I took too long on my walk home."
James' childhood was filled with the love and compassion of these furry friends. As an impressionable youngster and understandably so, he never questioned the hypocrisy between the animals in his life and the dead animals in the refrigerator. Despite his mother's diet he grew up as a carnivore – never questioning what was prepared.
When he entered college – Clark University, a small institution in Worcester, MA, he noticed that the cute girls gravitated towards a vegetarian lifestyle.
"My decision to be a vegetarian was far from noble. On the first day of school the freshmen were lined up for lunch in the cafeteria. When my group, made up of myself and nine women, got to the front of the line, all the girls went for the veggie burgers, so I followed. And when one of the girls turned around and said, 'Hey James, are you a vegetarian?' I smiled and replied 'I am now!'"
During James' college years, (1997-2001) as a vegetarian, veganism and animal rights were not popular topics of discussion; but this is where his teaching journey began. His undergraduate major was in English, although he had no real desire to enter any field related to that degree. He
applied to work with youth at a local YMCA and was hired on the spot. What started out as a work study job, getting paid to play basketball with kids, became an opportunity to create activities that would challenge them both physically and mentally. He began developing programs that encouraged team-building and cooperation, environmental stewardship, and volunteer opportunities within the Y and the community. It was here he discovered his passion for guiding children and being a positive influence for them.
After graduation things would change when James' brother suggested he get his hands on a copy of Animal Liberation by Peter Singer – that book seemed to have connected the dots for him and he decided to extend his compassion to all animals. He recalls reading the first chapter and realizing that any argument he made against veganism was an argument defending animal cruelty.
He fondly recalls telling his mother about his decision to adopt a vegan lifestyle. His then vegetarian mom replied, "What about the Challah?" A sweet bread made with honey and eggs, Challah is typically eaten on ceremonial occasions such as Shabbat and major Jewish holidays. James then realized that even vegetarians had their own set of belief systems that didn't necessarily consider all animal's lives.
So as an ethical vegan at the age of 23 and wanting to continue working with youth, he decided to join his two passions – working with youth and animal rights, to empower young adults through compassion.
His excitement to become more involved in animal rights led him to participate in animal rights demonstrations and a variety of protests but this would only satisfy half of his dream. He knew he wanted to bring veganism and animal rights into the classroom, without being confined to the core subjects of math, english, history, and science.
James' brother at the time happened to be on the board of the Institute of Humane Education (IHE). Knowing his brother's desire to work with youth, he suggested that James enroll in their Master's Humane Education program. Humane Education being a holistic approach to education that focuses on human rights, animal rights and environmental issues and the interconnection of them all.
Class is Now in Session
In 2007 James earned his Master's of Humane Education degree from IHE through Cambridge College, just as a Humane Educator position at the Animal Rights Foundation of Florida (ARFF) happened to open up. He applied for the position and was hired.
"As the Humane Educator for the Animal Rights Foundation of Florida (ARFF), I now get to use my degree to help inspire and empower others to make compassionate and sustainable choices. I don't hope for change, I create that better world."
For the last 15 years, James has brought the topic of veganism and other animal rights issues into South Florida schools and beyond. Each year, he gives approximately 500 presentations, reaching over 10,000 students and adults in South Florida, including presentations at the University of Miami, Florida Atlantic University, Florida International University, and over 75% of the high schools in Miami Dade and Broward counties. The presentations cover a wide range of animal rights issues including, veganism, wildlife conservation, companion animals, and animal testing.
James has also gone above and beyond by creating materials to help people transition to a vegan diet, including a wallet-sized vegan shopping guide and an on-line vegan starter kit. His signature style of teaching is a combination of using interactive activities with a conversational, Socratic-like method of presenting information. The information he presents to youth is the same information he presents to adults, however, the style and mannerisms are different.
He incorporates humor as a way to get the audience to think critically about their behaviors.
"Habits can be hard to change, especially habits of eating. But, if you can get your audience to laugh at their own behaviors, then you've won half the battle. My memory of secondary school is one of boredom and monotony. So when I present, I try to make it as entertaining as possible."
He accomplishes this by using very well thought out methods. For example, the speed in which he presents is premeditated. The students respond to a quicker pace and sometimes ask him if he is a rapper. For adults, he presents a bit slower, still with the same energy and enthusiasm.
"When I first started presenting, I focused almost solely on the ethical side of veganism. But, what I soon learned is that if people think they need to eat meat, dairy, and eggs for their health, the ethical argument will not be enough."
He relies on his understanding of people and their need to acknowledge the harm that animal products can cause to themselves as well as to the animals. Therefore he spends just as much time discussing the health and environmental arguments as he does the ethical side of veganism. His goal is to get the audience to think critically about these issues and not just force feed them the information.
The best audience is engaged and participates in the presentation. An audience who feels talked to, scolded or told how to think is a lost opportunity. James uses his own past behaviors while presenting. This shows the audience that he held similar beliefs to those they may have right now. His presentations provide the information needed to help students make informed, conscious choices that align with their values.
He has also presented in Norway, Ontario, Texas, Wisconsin and New Jersey and receives requests from all over the world to speak on behalf of animals.
"One of my most memorable teaching experiences was when I gave the presentation on wildlife conservation to all the 5th graders at an elementary school in Palm Beach County. One of the teachers later informed me that the students collectively decided to cancel their end-of-the-year field trip to SeaWorld after my presentation; the kids no longer wanted to support this form of entertainment."
He also recalls when an entire High School classroom decided to go vegan after seeing his presentation. They decided it would be easier if they all went vegan together and could support each other on the path. While in Norway, he was concerned that many of the cultural references and his sense of humor would not translate well in another country. But his fears were unwarranted. At the end of the presentation, he actually received a standing ovation from all 100+ attendees.
Animal Rights Activism
As an activist his enthusiasm and dedication are just as prolific. During his early years at ARFF on every Saturday night he and his friend would go to Miami Beach and set up a table with a TV playing Meet Your Meat. Handing out vegan literature as hundreds of people would stop by the table to watch the 10 minute video. He remembers on numerous occasions, people would come by and confess how they went vegan after visiting the table. Some even joined to help spread the message.
In 2018, he volunteered to help end greyhound racing in Florida. As the Broward County Area Coordinator for the Committee to Protect Dogs, James helped organize 40 volunteers (Grey2K) on the successful campaign that saw Florida greyhound racing finally come to an end (Amendment 13) Statewide passed by over 70%.
"Anger is a great thing when you can transmute it into motivation."
Another great victory James was involved in was the final 2017 closure of all The Ringling Brothers and Barnum and Bailey Circus events. James had been an intricate part of the last 10 of the 25 years that ARFF had been involved in those protests. Every January, for two weeks, they would protest the circus outside of American Airlines Arena in Miami, handing out literature and informing the public about the cruelty animals endure in the circus. It was during one of those very protests that Ringling Bros announced their end.
Back in 2009, his now renowned presentation 101 Reasons to Go Vegan was filmed and uploaded to Vimeo, and then by others, shared to YouTube. Even more people uploaded it to their own channels and it slowly started to generate more views. Eventually it was translated into different languages and people from all over the world were emailing James asking him questions about veganism.
Then in 2017, Kinder World, an Israeli animal rights group, responsible for the beginning of Gary Yourofsky's success noticed James. Acknowledging his signature style and engaging manner, they uploaded a 10-minute version of his presentation to Facebook. The next day, he woke up to 123 Facebook friend requests. Since then, it has generated over 43 million views and has been shared thousands of times.
The popularity of the 101 Reasons to Go Vegan video has opened the door for him to present in more places and to more people. He's been invited to speak throughout the U.S. and many parts of the world, and with virtual presentations becoming more popular, he is now able to reach even more people. He recently gave a virtual presentation on veganism to an entire university in Buenos Aires, Argentina.
Today James' mother and brother are both vegan, his dad went vegetarian at the age of 70, and the majority of his friends are also vegan. A very strong testament to the saying – teach by example.
Advice from the Master
"Sometimes the best way to get through someone's mind is to go through their stomach. If someone is interested in going vegan and is concerned about how their family and friends might react, make them an awesome vegan meal to show them just how good vegan food is. See if their family and friends would be willing to eat vegan for at least one day out of the week. Veganism is an ever growing movement. More and more people are transitioning to a healthier, more compassionate and sustainable lifestyle. When you go vegan, you become a part of this movement, and with you, others will follow. Just stay strong! Do not be afraid to speak out for the animals, for compassion, for health, and for the environment. Look for vegan groups on social media to help you along and to give you a boost if you are feeling alone on this path. You can look into joining a vegan or animal rights group in your area and attend an event. There are a lot of vegan potlucks, vegan outreach events, vegan movie screenings, animal rights marches, and other events that are happening every month throughout the world. And, there is always a vegan restaurant to support. Veganism is a state of mind. And, once you're in that state of mind, it becomes harder to "cheat" on your principles."
Want to attend a LIVE James Wildman event. You are in luck – James will be presenting a 3 part webinar series complete with Q&A, polling, and interactive exercises on Sundays – October 3, October 10, and October 17 all at 8:00 PM EST.
FREE registration here
Questions for James? Want to book James for a presentation? Email him james@arff.org.
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Or make a tax-deductible donation – arff.org/donate
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Eric Lindstrom
We're all fortunate, and the animals are fortunate, that people like James are out there fighting the fight. If more people could take a page from his activist book and take the time to reach out and impact the people around them, I think we would be much further ahead in the struggle for animal rights.
Thank you Eric. I agree 100%. James is a huge asset to the movement.
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