Thursday, January 20, 2011

[Peckers_Pics] Muscle Wars, PICS; Jan 21, 2011 - Safe PICS For All Ages, Rated G



Muscle Wars, PICS; Jan 21, 2011
Safe PICS For All Ages, Rated  G


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Health - Wellness - Exercise - Reflections:
Count Fiber, Not Calories
 
By Joel Marion, CISSN, NSCA-CPT / January 20, 2011
 
Counting calories may be an accurate way to track daily energy intake, but doing so every day can be a cumbersome task! Fortunately, there's an alternative to the calorie-counting method that I often recommend: Keep a close eye on daily fiber intake instead. The truth is, increasing and monitoring fiber intake works almost as well as calorie counting – and it's easier to manage.

Why? As you strive to get more fiber, you'll automatically begin choosing healthier foods and consuming fewer calories, as foods high in fiber (such as fruits, vegetables and whole grains) are typically lower in calories too. Increasing fiber intake will also help you move toward your fat-loss goals by slowing the digestion process and keeping blood sugar and insulin at bay throughout the day.

Bottom line: If you want to effectively manage your calorie intake but hate the idea of counting every calorie you eat, shoot for 35 grams of fiber each day!
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2010 Stonewall Street Festival on Wilton Drive in Wilton Manors,
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2010 Stonewall Street Festival on Wilton Drive in Wilton Manors,
Florida (Fort Lauderdale); May 29, 2010
GAO: Gay ban cost military $53,000 per dismissal
By Leo Shane III / Stars and Stripes / January 20, 2011
 

WASHINGTON --- Enforcing the controversial "don't ask, don't tell" law cost the Defense Department nearly $200 million in administrative, recruiting and retraining costs over six years, according to a new report from the Government Accountability Office.

The figure includes roughly $53,000 for each of the 3,664 gay servicemembers dismissed from fiscal 2004 through fiscal 2009.

According to the report, the majority of the expense came from recruiting replacements and retraining the new troops. More than a third of the discharged troops held "skills in critical occupations." That included 23 language experts, whose training included years of language proficiency work prior to their dismissal.

But GAO researchers also estimated that the ban on openly gay troops also cost almost $8 million in administrative expenses. That includes legal work, commanders' inquiries, pastoral counseling of servicemembers, and processing of separation paperwork.

In a response to the report, military officials disputed the figures, particularly those connected to recruiting totals. The dismissed troops represented only a small fraction (less than 1 percent) of the services' recruiting goals for those years, so defense officials argue that no new real cost was incurred in finding replacements.

Gay rights groups have pegged the costs of the "don't ask, don't tell" policy at more than half a billion dollars over the law's 17-year history, but conservative opponents and defense researchers have disputed those figures on similar grounds. More than 14,000 gay troops have been dismissed under the law since it was passed in 1993.

The law was effectively repealed by Congress last month, although the ban won't formally be lifted until defense officials finalize new rules and regulations for gays serving openly until later this year. Pentagon officials have not released a timetable for that.

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