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PAGE 4 - THURSDAY, AUGUST 8, 2013 Opinions expressed by writers on this page are their own and not necessarily those of The Georgia Post CODE OF ETHICS: Seek Truth & Report It - Minimize Harm - Act Independently - Be Accountable. Where the press is free and every man able to read, all is safe. - Thomas Jefferson The ’N’ word and other race issues Racism is just insane. No, I really mean it. Insane. We’re all made of the same stuff, no matter how far back the same ’’stuff’ might be. The Lord, Bless Him, pulled off one of His more brilliant miracles by making us all of the same stuff yet endowing each of us with a one-of-kind uniqueness at the same time. You’d have to have just dried your feet from taking a stroll on water to be able to say you’ve never had a racist thought or made a racist remark. Maybe it was unintentional and you even caught yourself off-guard. It happens. The unknown is al ways scary. That’s precisely why it’s important to get to know oth ers who aren’t just like us. They really aren’t them, they’re us. What’s said in anger mim ics inappropriate statements made while inebriated. In both instances inhibitions go bye-bye. What one would never say with public and civility filters in place comes flying out of our mouths. Unfortunately, just as whatever appears on the internet is there forever, so hurtful words—once heard—can never be unheard, no matter how regrettable. You’ve got to distinguish the racism black people face from that of Native American, Chinese, Hispanic, Japanese, Arabic peoples (PLEASE don’t be offended if I left out your par ticular race). A comedian I very much like did a piece on this topic in which he said he had no sympathy for Muslims and people who “looked” Muslim because everybody else (other minorities) had to go through it and it’s their turn. A Latino child singing the Star Spangled Banner at an NBA playoff game was subjected to horrid emails, tweets, and other rant outlets; the upshot of which was the assumption that he was an illegal Mexican. Those who lashed out at this child and his incredible talent just assumed he wasn’t an American citizen because they equated his hue with illegal immigrants. A former skinhead and the grieving son of a man shot and killed during an attack at a Sikh temple in Oak Creek, Wisconsin on August 5,2012, by a skin head are now working together. I won’t include the link, but you can find the full story by searching for skinhead and Sikh. They’ve created Serve2Unite, “a community group that works to counter violence with peace.” What I want to know is did the skinhead shooter mistake the Indian temple for a Muslim mosque or was he an equal op portunity racist? Some of my paler friends have asked why it’s okay when blacks call each other niggers Of This & That Trenesia Y. Stubbs Columnist email:trenesia@pstel.net (did you flinch?) and wrong when said by non-blacks. Well, it isn’t and never has been an acceptable term whether used as ignorant slang or hurtful denigration. It’s wrong no matter who utters it. But come on! Should Philadelphia Eagles receiver, Riley Cooper, be made to take a leave of absence and get counseling because he was caught on video repeatedly say ing nigger? There’s an old and cynical saying, “You don’t go to jail for stealing. You go to jail for getting caught.” It’s the same difference on the racism front, but, to quote Hermione in a Harry Potter film: Fear of a name only increases fear of the thing itself. We’re so busy being focused on the word, there’s no real dialogue on the reasons for its use. A well-meaning college pro fessor advocated removing nig ger from Mark Twain’s The Ad ventures of Huckleberry Finn, in order to make it “accessible” to younger readers. Oh, we’re going to erase history now? Or, how about we desiccate great literature to fit what we now find acceptable? Wait a minute. Isn’t that voluntary censorship? I haven’t found a lot of refer ences to black racists. A friend of mine took her children to a Martin Luther King, Jr. parade and got dirty looks from black people attending because she was white. Someone actually asked her what she was doing there. Let’s make up our minds my fellow black people. We ei ther want to be treated equally or we don’t. We can’t have it both ways. A flap at Georgia State College arose when a White Student Union was proposed. Why is a White Student Union unacceptable but Black Student Unions okay? Yes, let’s trivialize the ap palling state of race relations in our country with sensationalism rather than constructive discus sion. One fellow on a discussion board, said he was afraid to dis cuss race—even with his black friends—because he feared be ing misunderstood. We’ll never get anywhere if we aren’t able to have honest dialogue. Prioritizing Those Projects Wouldn’t it be nice if you could get a decorator to come into your home and redecorate for free. Or what about some one to clean and cook. I could go for that myself. I also need someone to organize at home for me. About once a year everything gets re-organized and before the year is up, it needs it again. I am always wanting to do some project at my house and once I get started things start happening, like getting really busy at work and then it takes me forever to finish it. Would be nice to have someone come and take care of all those proj ects as well. It’s not just a woman thing either as my hubby always has some project going on all the time. Right now I believe he is having his midlife crisis and has been building a zip line in the back yard. We went zip lining earlier this year and ever since he has been hooked. I enjoy it but am not obsessed with zip lining. David thought it would be cool for the grand- kids and he is probably right. At first he had it going over the chicken house but you had to raise your legs when you got to the chicken house. He was afraid someone - most likely me! - would get hurt if they did not raise their legs in time. Therefore, he moved it to go over the pond. He figured if anything happened falling in the pond would not be that bad. When he moved it he began having all sorts of problems with getting the anchors to hold, etc. He would get home from work at 7:15 p.m. and work on it until dark every night. He was upset that he could not get it figured out by the time two of grandkids came to spend the day. He continued to work on and think outloud about how to correct the problem. He let the anchors cure for several days and had successs! However, the line still needs a little tight ening as it looks like you are going to land in the pond. So now, his attention is on tight ening the line. He has already tried it out several times and that’s how he determined it needed a little more work. I will let you know when and if it is completed. I am very glad that he has enjoyed himself immensely working on the zip line. When I mentioned the several other projects around the house which needed work and com pletion, he told me we needed to sit down and prioritize the projects on a list. The zip line was his top priority and close to the bottom of mine! But, after all, life really is short so you might as well enjoy yourself while you can. I never know what project he will come up with next which keeps life interesting and keeps me on my toes! It is important to prioritize and before we begin any other Pay at a Time Victoria ’’Vicky” Simmons vsimmons54@gmail.com projects, 1 am hoping we can finish the ones which need completing. If someone would just loan me some energy I could be done with my list pretty soon. By the end of the day when I get home from work my energy bank is on zero. I have made exercise a prior ity and keep thinking it will kick in with some energy and perhaps it shall eventually. Have cut back on my coffee - which is a major coup for me - and watching every bite that I eat. We are, I believe what we eat and taking care of our bodies should also be a prior ity. Have a blessed week! Burning Internal Fat Snacks We have an internal sur vival system, much like we prepare externally for a time of famine or drought, and when something happens that scares our insides, when up stay hungry for or get dehy dration, “it will prepare itself to protect the body against future stress of this kind.” Example: when we fear a coming shortage of food, we may start simply buying a few extra cans of food “over the amount we normally need” before our next gro cery trip. These will simply go into our storage closet or pantry and will be stored there until we have a famine. However, if we keep adding to this storage for too long “and we never have a food shortage or famine to use up what we’re storing” our amount of stored food can get out of hand. When our storage area gets filled up, we have to start looking for new places to store the new food coming in, “it’s at this point that we start to realize that all this ex tra food is making our house less functional than it used to be, “such as being harder to move around,” and when the food that has been stored too long begins to spoil and age it will create a really bad en vironment inside our home. Our body’s reserve energy, storage system works in much the same way in that, it will store the extra food we eat “over the amount needed in our fat cells” for our use in case we cannot eat. One pound of fat is approximately 3,500 calories and our body goes to this storage area and extracts needed calories when we skip a meal or two. Fat is often looked at as something we don’t like, but it’s our body’s calorie pantry that our Creator designed to sustain us through lean times when we need extra calories and cannot access food. This extra fat we have has been a prior investment in excess food intake, “that we don’t necessarily have to go and pay for a bottle of fat burners to be able to bum off.” We can look at the cost of a meal and the amount of calories that it provides, di vide and multiply that by the amount of fat we need to lose to measure the amount of investment we have in stored food on our body. Example: If we normally eat a meal that provides 700 calories at a cost of $6.00, (there are approximately 3,500 calories per pound of fat) so it would mean that each pound of fat we have extra on our body should be worth $30 in the 5 meals it could provide. Each of us has a certain amount of calories that we need on average per day based on what is going on in side us with digestion, body temperature control, vital or gans, skeletal muscle, along with our increase or decrease in activities every day. (Our body simply looks for fuel to supply these needs), so if we suddenly drop our calorie intake very low one or two days or skip one or two meals, “it forces the body to go to its storage pantry and extract calories.” Example: if your daily need is 2,000 calories and you take in only 1000 calories your body will try to make up this 1000 calorie deficit from your stored energy system. However, you do not want Your Health by Wade Yoder Master Trainer & Fitness Nutrition Specialist to do this for too long, or the body will think this is the amount of food it has to get used to every day, “and will simply start burning some muscle to lower its metabo lism to become more effi cient and not bum calories so fast. Usually if someone skips eating for only 18-24 hours or goes low calorie for 2-3 days and then gets calorie intake back up to regular level, “there should be no muscle loss,” and will result in only in burning fat for energy! Note: getting blood sugar levels low is the key to unlocking stored body fat and your body’s capability to convert it into usable energy! is published every week by Crawford Publishing, LLC. Our Staff Floyd Buford - President Victoria ’’Vicky” Simmons - GM/Publisher vsimmons54@gmail.com or byronbuzz@pstel.net Renee Goggins - Layout/Graphic Design Susan Gamto - Freelance Reporter Robbie Robertson - Distribution Carey Lee - Sports Photography Trenesia Y. Stubbs, Charles Cook, Denisia Stallings, Student Assistant Nancy Gibbs, Billy Powell, Angie Carr, Jeff Cook, Wade Yoder, Dan Gatlyn, James Earnhardt, Robert Tharpe, Rev. James Snyder, Spencer Price - Contributing Columnists Our Policies Deadlines are Noon on Friday prior to issue. 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