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CODE OF ETHICS: Seek Truth <5*? Report It - Minimise Harm - Act Independently - Be Accountable. Where the press is free and every man able to read,, all is safe. Thomas Jefferson 4 THE GEORGIA POST OF THIS & THAT Trenesia Stubbs My summer vacation o you remember those just back from a wondrously school-less summer writing as signments about what we did on our summer vacations? The first week of school is so fraught with so many new lists, schedules, and all manner of changes, who cared about the fun that was over? I found that doing the assign ment on the first bell of the first day somehow made the assignment less painful. We don’t hold martial arts classes during that stressful for eveiybody week; which makes the first week of school a perfect time for James and I to take our summer vacation. Anyway, James and I had SUCH a great time this past week! The fun was so abundant it neared giddiness. I’ve wanted to revisit Disney’s Magic Kingdom and Universal’s Island of Adventure and Studios for what seems like ages. Well, we got to do it last week. It was a time to relive childhood memories. My mother and I would go there to play regularly as not quite ever adults. This time, though, created the absolute bestest memories of all! James and I created shared memories and had one heck of a time doing it. Yay! Woohooo! and other such superlatives. In fact, it might explain at least in part account for my near immediate regression to a six-year-old as we entered the gates. Cut me some slack here, huh? I’ve been friends with the characters for most of my life and it was like magic to see them again. There are pictures of me, which you never see, jumping up and down with Tigger and be ing hugged by Tigger and Pooh. It was exciting to wave at Woody and Buzz Lightyear from Toy Story on parade. It was pretty cool to watch the parade while eating lunch at Pecos Bill’s Grill. Oh! Genie from Aladdin and the clockwatching rabbit from Alice in Wonderland gave us a wave as well. Sure, the food and trinkets are outrageously priced— anywhere else, that is. At the Magic Kingdom the prices seem a fair trade. Okay, maybe not fair, but unimportant at the time. The entire park is feast for the eyes and imagination. As a quasi-adult, I’d couldn’t help but notice and appreciate the craftsmanship of the attractions. I admit to wondering on occasion whether plants and trees were sunlight dependent or plastic. I so enjoyed exploring the digs of the Swiss Family Robinson. It reminded me of the book I’d read many times and matched the visuals of the movie. I’m certain some of their ingenuity will be incoiporated in my tree-house design. I noted so many instances of parents excitedly explaining this or that. Their excitement seemed heightened by their childhood visits. Some of the ani- matronics and other technology are dated by today’s standards; yet, nevertheless manage to keep their mysteries alive. A part of that relies on the fresh faced characters in imaginative costumes; bright smiles and well wishes for a good time become an integral part of each encounter. Many of our fellow patrons represented many na tionalities. Hearing the varying languages and watch ing them enjoy the same things we enjoyed somehow made me feel optimistic about how we peoples of many lands treat each other. Now, you know, that has to be Disney’s Magic. Disney has branched out and has parks in Hawaii, Paris, Shanghai, Hong Kong, and Tokyo. I may have missed some. All of my noting this and thinking that did not at all deter me from hurrying my step a bit as we neared a favorite ride or eye a particular plush toy. We also visited Universal’s Islands of Adventure and Universal Studios. Yep, fun to be had, but certainly not Disney’s world. I’ve already planted a seed for a return visit to the Magic Kingdom to celebrate my 6oth birthday. I want to go whole hog and stay in Cinderella’s castle for just one night. TRENESIA STUBBS is a contributing columnist for the Geor gia Post. Contact her at trenesia@psttel.net Lnuni^T®Tii{ii [Emm Don't stretch our military Editor, The Georgia Post: Our leaders often say things which upset me, but a comment the president made recently has stuck in my craw. Obama said nobody is more weary of war than he. He has no idea what it is like to be in the military. He can’t possibly understand what it means to serve multiple tours in combat. (Too few of us can). Neither he STRETCH, Page 11 HCllje (Georgia jposrt is published every week by Crawford Publishing, LLC. Floyd Buford - President Victoria ’’Vicky” Simmons - GM/Publisher vsimmons54@gmail.com or byronbuzz@pstel.net Renee Goggins - Layout/Graphic Design Robbie Robertson - Distribution Carey Lee - Sports Photography Denisia Stallings, Student Assistant Tammi Walberg, Reporter Contributing Columnists: Trenesia Y. Stubbs, Charles Cook, Nancy Gibbs, Billy Powell, Angie Carr, Wade Yoder, Dan Gatlyn, Rev. James Snyder, Spencer Price Opinions expressed by writers on this page are their own alone. X HOW CAN MV r Kl(> Be so FOCUSED N ON A FOOTBALL FIELD? AT HOME, HE CAN'T EVEN V find h«s socks! y mWOMCtivnvyKi ■ ■ -■■■■■■■. v. 1M M i. rtXYHU.WUtoofttt mEwmwfjgHj m.... ,-. - ■ .'■■■'' i-aMAv Computers cause much frustration W hen computers are run ning as they should, life is good, but when something goes awry and they are not working properly, frustration enters your life. At the office, we have had a month of printer and computer issues but by the grace of God, so far this week, things are plugging right along as they should. After a couple of days trying to figure out what was up with the printer and why it was not printing, we finally got it going again for a week. Then, it went down again. It would print directly plugged into one of the computers but all of us could that for as long as I can remember, especially the small community news paper. And we have gotten quite good at it if I may say so. But after spending weeks trying to resolve the problem in-house and getting it resolved for only a short time before the problem resurfaced, my frustration level was out the roof. Besides it was adding about two hours to my day each day and that was just not acceptable. When this happens, it is time to call in someone to help and that can be a problem because not everyone can help with Macs. Fortunately, we did not be plugged in at the same time and the wireless connection was not work ing. Not be ing able to print at a SET you can understand the mechanics “ of what each day is like find someone who made quick work of our issues, explained the problem and gave Unless you have ever worked at a us answers rr T . to how to newspaper office, there is no way keep it from nightmare. We rely on emails and faxes a great deal and not being able to print these off, makes it harder for us as we have to remember everything instead of having a piece of paper to remind us about something. I also like to proofread from a hard copy and that was impossible one of the weeks which meant I did not sleep that night worrying about possible errors we might have missed on the computer. Our computers have also had issues trying to communicate with each oth er. You would think at a newspaper of fice, the computers would understand the importance of communication! It is also of utmost importance that the computers allow us to communicate with each of them to gain access to ads, articles, pages, etc. from the server where everything gets downloaded. We depend heavily on computers these days and especially in the news paper world. Most folks know that newspaper offices prefer Macs and that is what we have at our office. While Macs do not tend to get viruses like PCs, and do usually last longer, they do not last forever and there comes a point when it is time to upgrade. But as most businesses in this economy, we make do the best we can with what we have to get by for the time being. Of course, newspapers have been doing in the future. We are thankful. Unless you have ever worked at a newspaper office, there is no way you can understand the mechanics of what each day is like. Each day is different and unique and has its own challenges. It is not a 9-5 job and we work late nights covering meetings and on week ends we have events to cover. Some folks always wait until the last minute and will call you about something happening in the next ten minutes and expect you to get there and we do try to cover it whenever possible. When the machines in the office are not cooperating, it affects your brain and you sometimes forget something, only to remember it later. We hope that you will bear with us during the trying times, forgive us when we fall short and work with us in the up times. We try to be a part of our commu nity as much as is possible and cover as much as is humanly possible with just two people. When three or four events are going on at the same time, it is just not possible to be everywhere at the same time. Each event, each meet ing is important. Thank you for your support and for being a part of our newspaper family. Blessings to you. VICTORIA SIMMONS is publisher of The Georgia Post. You can contact her at vsim- mons54@gmail.com THURSDAY SEPTEMBER 12, 2013 Supplement and pharmaceutical farce W e look at dietary supplements, and pharma ceutical medicine far to much as a source of health and wellness instead of the things that the above often try to duplicate. Once at and tactful marketing often convinces us that we need these laboratory cre ated items to bum fat, stay healthy or to get well, when many times by simply adjusting our dietary and lifestyle habits, “we can often not only offset the problem but we can also address the root cause of the problem. Oft times when there is a particular food that helps certain body functions in particular, whether it’s to release stored fat, use up cholesterol in our blood (to make bile), lower blood pressure etc, a laboratory will then try to duplicate this by singling out the main ingredi ent that causes this effect on our body. They will isolate this ingredient, concentrate it and make it available for purchase to the market so that we can enrich our diet without consumption or extra consumption of the original source(s). There are a few questions we can ask when consid ering a supplement: Am I deficient in this particular nutrient or do I have reason to think that I am deficient? Example 1. a need for protein due to increased demands from physical activities such as sports, physical labor, or exercise routine. Protein powder and Amino Acids help supple ment a diet when your intake of meat, eggs, milk, beans, etc. are low. Example 2. A need for a multi-vita- min-mineral due to a shortage of fruits and vegetables in the diet. Will I increase these foods in my diet or will I supple ment my diet? We can very easily enrich our diet with almost anything by doing an internet search for foods rich in this particular nutrient. Example: If you need more protein in your diet, simply type in “foods rich in protein livestrong” or if you need more potassium to lower your need for water pills, type in “foods rich in potassium livestrong.” By the way, I simply like using livestrong behind my search queries because of all the free quality information available. If my decision is to purchase a supplement to my existing diet, “do I trust the source/manufacturer?” Quality is very important because if your body cannot properly absorb the nutrient your body will have to figure out how to cleanse it out of the body and if it is unable to “it could cause potential toxicity.” These are the things we need to supply to our body, Always remember that supplements are simply a supplement to counter a deficiency in the diet. oxygen, hydration, protein, fat, carbs, vitamins, miner als, micro-nutrients and enzymes, and we can get these from the air we breath, the fluids we drink and the choice of foods we make for ourselves and our health largely relies on the quality and balance of these along with adequate activity and rest. Always remember that supplements are simply a supplement to counter a deficiency in the diet. One reason that foods rich in a certain nutrient can work so much better at supplying this particular nutrient than in isolated supplement form, “is all the other nutrients in the food” that work together and they understand exactly why they are there and they help each other absorb into the body in perfect unison. I have a sheet I like to hand out with a list of over 400 known nutrients that are in an apple, “there are many more un-named nutrients in an apple as well!” Foods, “especially whole foods can have over 1000 individual nutrients in them and many times do not work as well when isolated and taken away from their micro-nutrient family. We may not know what all these individual nutri ents are for or what their purpose is, but they work together and have been created by nature’s laboratory that was designed by a Creator who knew exactly how and what it took to supplement our life! WADE YODER is a Master Trainer & Fitness/Nutrition Spe cialist. You can email him at: Vclub@comsouth.net. w factor A local question column Each week questions being asked out in the community will appear here and we will try and find answers to those questions. Answers to previous questions: Construction on the new Medi cal complex will begin when the weather permits and the ground dries out. Who can answer these two questions? Why have the grass and sidewalks and curbs not been cut in two years? When did the Consolidation Study Committee meet and if so when? Will you please answer these questions so we can move on to other questions which need to be answered. If you have a question to sub mit for the ”W Factor” please email to gapost@pstel.net. POLICIES Deadlines are Noon on Friday prior to issue. The comments featured on the opinion pages are the sole creations of the writers, they do not necessarily reflect the opinions of The Post management. Letters to the editor must be signed and include a telephone number. 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