THE EDITOR'S BOX
Sunday, November 27, 2011
WTF: JUDGE SENTENCE A MAN TO LOSE WEIGHT IN JAIL!
George McCovery, 37, dropped 25 pounds in 20 days — a feat he credited to bland prison food and the judge’s weight-loss challenge.“She gave me a chance to prove myself, and I didn’t want to let her down,” he told the Orlando Sentinel.
Judge Donna Miller, whose courtroom proceedings are replayed in the TV show “Lake Courts,” is famous for her unusual sentence deals. In her 17 years as a judge, Miller has ordered defendants to start jogging, take a dance class, tutor math and write Christmas cards, according to the Sentinel.“I do what I do to try to change the person in front of me,” she said, acknowledging that her self-improvement sentences won’t be doled out to everyone. “If the person needs jail, they get jail.”Miller said she would check McCovery’s weight after 20 days. And to her surprise, he had already shed 25 pounds.“It’s not easy to lose weight,” Miller told the Sentinel. “I thought he’d lose 5, maybe, 6 pounds — not 25.”Carrying extra pounds can raise the risk of chronic, debilitating and even life-threatening medical conditions such as heart disease, stroke and type 2 diabetes. And if waistlines keep expanding at current rates, experts predict half of the U.S. population will be obese by 2030.McCovery, who takes medication for high blood pressure, said he wanted to lose weight during the trial. But it isn’t easy. Obesity treatments, such as bariatric surgery, are effective, but many people are reluctant to undergo such an invasive procedure. And a dearth of drugs approved to treat obesity leaves few options for extreme weight loss short of strict diets and intense exercise programs.But the benefits of weight loss are well worth the effort. According to an August 2011 report, if every obese person decreased his or her body mass index by just 1 percent (a loss of 2 pounds for a 200-pound adult), as many as 2.4 million diabetes cases, 1.7 million cases of heart disease and stroke and 127,000 cancer cases could be prevented.Although McCovery lost more than a pound a day, experts say slow and steady weight loss is the best way to shed the pounds for good.“There’s a lot that goes on between losing that first pound and losing that 100, 50 or even 20 pounds,” Lisa Cimperman, a registered dietitian at University Hospitals Case Medical Center, told ABC News. Aiming to lose 1 to 2 pounds per week can help you stay on track and power through the inevitable weight loss lulls.Along the way, McCovery was encouraged by his detention deputies, the Sentinel reported.“Studies have shown that support groups or just having someone else encouraging you will help make you successful,” said Lisa Cimperman.That encouragement and the promise of making it home in time for Thanksgiving was enough for McCovery, who earned a note of praise from Judger Miller on his release order that read, “Good job, Mr. McCovery!”
Saturday, November 26, 2011
GTV NEWS: GR geeks catch copper theft on video + Actual copper theft footage
Two recent Grand Rapids metal theft suspects have had their deed posted on YouTube for the world to see, which their victims hope will help put them behind bars.
Despite measures to cut down on the problem in Grand Rapids, metal thieves are still at it.
On Monday, two men broke into transformers and a generator behind what used to be the YMCA on Leonard Street and stole copper.
Unfortunately for the thieves, the people they stole from are geeks.
At least, that's what members of The Geek Group, led by president and CEO Chris Boden, feel comfortable calling themselves. The Geek Group took over the YMCA in March.
"This is what happens when you pick a fight with the geeks, man! We're going to make you famous," said Boden.
The Geek Group is a non-profit certified educational facility for students who, basically, like to take things apart.
"It's about exploring for the sake of exploring," explained Boden. "Just because you think robots are cool, or just because you think Tesla Coils are awesome," said Boden.
But the people in the video weren't looking for knowledge. They were looking for copper.
After having been stolen from before, the Geek Group installed surveillance cameras on Sunday. On Monday, those videos recorded two men stealing copper.
WTF: LOON ARRESTED... KILO OF HEROIN!
WTF?!?! FORMER BAD BOY ARTIST LOON WAS RECENTLY ARRESTED & CHARGED FOR ALLEGEDLY DISTRIBUTING A KILO OF HEROIN.
Amir Junaid Muhadith aka Loon has been arrested in Belgium on charges of heroin distribution. According to Parlemento, the former rapper was in Brussels to give a lecture. He was detained at the request of the United States under the Patriot Act, following a May 2011 indictment that alleges he “knowingly and intentionally” possessed with intent to distribute at least one kilogram of heroin in North Carolina between early 2006 and September 2008.
A copy of the indictment was posted on the website DDotOMen on Friday November 25.
Loon enjoyed musical success between 1999 and 2003. First as a part of Ma$e's Harlem World group before going solo. He was featured on Diddy's hit record "I Need A Girl Pt.1" in 2001. In 2003 he released his self titled debut album which featured the song "Down For Me."
Born Chauncey Lamont Hawkins, Loon converted to Islam in 2004 and legally changed his name.
BEEF: T.I. VS. 50 CENT
THIS BEEF HAS THE POTENTIAL TO GET VERY UGLY. BUT I CAN ALSO SEE BOTH
PARTIES BENEFITING FROM THIS "BEEF". AS A FAN I WOULD LOVE TO SEE FIF'
BACK ON HIS BULLSHIT... AND LETS BE HONEST T.I. IS NO SLOUCH OPPONENT
"THE KING" HAS PROVED TO BE A LYRICAL PRESENCE IN TODAYS HIP HOP
CIRCLE OF GREATS.
IN THE DEC. ISSUE OF VIBE T.I. SPOKE OUT...
“I’ma tell you, 50 Cent and anybody else, we not gonn’a have no discussion about what my ole lady should’a, would’a, couda done for anything as it pertains to me,” Tip said. “We ain’t gonn’a do that. I’m the only one in my family that’s gonna take a lick when it pertains to the legal system. Since me, none of my other family members have seen a jail cell. Nobody. I’m the last one. The buck stops here. I feel that a person that stands behind [his woman for a criminal charge] is a coward anyway.”
50 CENT RESPONDED QUICKLY via Twitter.
"Man I just saw something T.I said in VIBE about a tweet I wrote when he caught his drug case. He just got out a jam and caught a new one," 50 wrote on the social networking site. "Any other time a n*gga done. Get caught with 10 machine gun an silencer then catch a drug charge. You will f**k around and get natural life. This boy got a get outta jail FREE card. Don't get emotional over your lady. It a get you in some sh*t you don't want to be in."
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