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Permission Granted

John Sawyer

Bedford Presbyterian Church

9 / 26 / 21

Numbers 11:4-6, 10-16, 24-29

Mark 9:38-50

“Permission Granted”

(If the Way Be Clear. . .)

God bless the DMV. You know, there are some people who might love going to the Department of Motor Vehicles (the DMV), but, it has been my experience that those who love the DMV are a lot less vocal than those who do not love the DMV. I think that most people view the DMV as providing a necessary and important service, but. . . ugh! Now, please know that I have the utmost respect for all of the public servants who work at the DMV, and I’m not blaming them for the “ugh” that many people feel about the DMV. The folks at the DMV must uphold all of the rules whether or not the rules feel convenient for the rest of us. For example, when Amy and I moved to New Hampshire, we had to go and get new drivers licenses at the DMV. And, because we rented a house at one address, and then purchased a house at another address, and didn’t have the right utility bill with the new address on it, it just became a whole thing. And, in the moment, when the DMV people said “No, you can’t. . .” and we were like, “Well, we should be able to. . .” and the DMV people said, “No, you can’t,” it was frustrating. Necessary, I guess, but frustrating.

Sometimes, the world needs so-called “gatekeepers,” just to make sure that everything is done lawfully – or, as we might say in the Presbyterian Church, “decently and in order.”

Yes, the church, just like many other organizations, has its fair share of gatekeepers – making sure that we do things the right way – whether we are running our church finances with transparency, or planning a mission trip, or examining elders or ministers for ordination, or picking a new carpet color for the sanctuary. There is almost always more than one person or a whole committee making a decision, together, just to make sure that there are some checks and balances in place. And, in the church, it can take a lot of time and a lot of conversation to make decisions. . . and sometimes. . . ugh. . .

But sometimes, the Holy Spirit has a way of working beyond the bounds of the gates that the gatekeepers are keeping. Just because we believe that the Holy Spirit is working through the people and structure of the church, it doesn’t mean that the Holy Spirit is limited in any way by those people or that structure. God is God, after all. And sometimes, God doesn’t do things as we see fit, in a predictable or orderly way.

In today’s two scripture readings, we find examples of the Holy Spirit working outside of the regular order of things.

In the Gospel of Mark, we see Jesus’ disciple John coming to him and complaining about someone who was casting out demons in Jesus’ name. “We tried to stop him,” John says, “because he was not following us.” (Mark 9:38) This anonymous person who was healing others in Jesus’ name didn’t run with the disciples, who thought themselves to be part of the “in-crowd.” And, if he didn’t run with the disciples, then he probably wasn’t doing things the right way, because clearly the disciples have the inside track, behind the scenes, authoritative view of how things should go since they are a part of Jesus’ inner circle. It should be noted that John tells Jesus about this other person who is working miracles and John says, “We tried to stop him because he wasn’t following us.” John doesn’t say, “We tried to stop him because he wasn’t following you, Jesus.” No, Jesus, “He wasn’t in our group, he wasn’t one of us, he didn’t do it our way or check with us first, he didn’t have the right address on the right utility bill, he went ahead and did it his way.

On hearing this, Jesus turns to John and gives a curious response. Eugene Peterson translates it in this way:

“Don’t stop him. No one can use my name to do something good and powerful, and in the next breath cut me down. If he’s not an enemy, he’s an ally. Why, anyone by just giving you a cup of water in my name is on our side. Count on it that God will notice.”[1]

“Whoever is not against us is for us,” (9:40) Jesus says. In other words, whoever is not seeking to hinder the kingdom of God or the movement of the Holy Spirit becomes part of God’s Holy purposes. This is what John Calvin says when he writes about this passage. According to Calvin, there will be people who act rashly and intermeddle in all kinds of matters, and disturb the order of the church, and these people should be stopped. This is why we need the gatekeepers, and Ruling Elders, and Clerks of Session, to keep us on the right track. But there are those who are out there, doing no harm, who are useful to God and God’s kingdom, that should not be restrained, whether they fall within our human-made structures and stipulations or not.[2] They might not be using the same lingo or have the same methods, or the same fancy initials by their names, Jesus is saying, but if they are about the business of seeking to do the right thing for the sake of following Jesus and building up the kingdom in the process, then who are we to try to stop them?

You might have noticed that today’s reading from Mark has some parallels to today’s reading from the Book of Numbers. Now, I know that the Book of Numbers might not be your go-to book of the Bible. In Numbers, when we aren’t reading long lists of Hebrew names, we are usually finding God’s people complaining about being hungry, and hot, and thirsty. In today’s passage, the people are complaining – again – saying that they need meat to eat and how their strength is “dried up” (Numbers 11:6) and how there’s nothing to eat but the manna that God has been providing. The people used to have it so good when they were slaves in Egypt, but now life stinks – or so they say.

I imagine that the people felt a little bit like we do now as we continue to travel through the wilderness of the pandemic. When will it end? How will it end? Why does a lot of life feel the same, day after day? I don’t know, but it stinks. And so, in this present wilderness – just like the one that our spiritual ancestors were in – there are plenty of opportunities to grumble and murmur about any number of things, from our dining options, to wearing masks, to disagreements about vaccinations, to the people who lead us. . . I could go on.

In Numbers, Moses is well aware of the peoples’ complaints and he brings it all to God. God is not pleased, saying basically, “What do you mean the people are complaining about food when I have been feeding them every day since they left Egypt?” The text tells us that “the Lord became very angry [at hearing all of this], and Moses was displeased.” (11:10) Moses has had it up to here [. . .]. Happy times, to be sure. . .

It is clear to God that Moses isn’t going to be able to handle all these grumbling people on his own, so he asks Moses to call seventy elders of the people together. And God says, “I will take some of the spirit that is on you [Moses] and put it on [these elders]; and they shall bear the burden of the people along with you.” (11:17) And so, this is what happens when everybody gathers together at a place called the Tent of Meeting. But then, something unexpected occurs.

After God’s spirit is spread among the elders who have gathered together, Moses receives word that there are a couple of elders – Eldad and Medad – who aren’t at the initial gathering with everyone else and they seem to have more holy power than some of the other elders who are present. We don’t know why Eldad and Medad miss the gathering – maybe they’re busy thinking up new and appetizing ways to prepare manna or something. Anyway, like the anonymous person who is casting out demons in the Gospel of Mark, Eldad and Medad are “prophesying” – they are “under the influence of the divine spirit.”[3] And the insiders who have been with Moses don’t like it, because if you want some of God’s Spirit, you are supposed to find it at the Tent of Meeting, or in a pew at Bedford Presbyterian Church, or after years of study, or after Session approval, not somewhere else. . .

But Moses has a curious response. Instead of saying, bring Eldad and Medad over here so that I can tell them what they’re doing wrong, he says, “If only all the Lord’s people were prophets, and that the Lord would put his spirit on them!” (11:29) In other words, “Don’t be jealous of Eldad and Medad. Try to be like them. Because the Holy Spirit is clearly with them, doing something powerful.” Don’t call out the DMV, or the polity police, or the people who are all about the rules just yet. When it comes to the Holy Spirit, the one rule is that God is going to do what God is going to do, so trust in the Spirit. . .

You may have heard me say before that in the Celtic Christian tradition, the Holy Spirit is sometimes referred to as a wild goose – because, some people like to joke, you don’t know where the wild goose is coming from or where it is going, but you know it’s going to leave a mess along the way. The Holy Spirit does not always work in ways that are nice and tidy and predictable. Things can get messy. And it especially gets complicated because the Holy Spirit is always working through people – people like you and me – oftentimes, people who are working within the structure, and have asked permission and gotten approval, and all of those good things. But sometimes, there are people out there – people you might never suspect – who are being led by the Spirit to do good things that you might find surprising. And, perhaps, God is using these outsiders to teach something about the way God works to the rest of us.

I’ll close with this –

The Holy Spirit always has new ways of surprising me, but sometimes the Spirit really gets my attention. Over the course of one week – in the past seven days – I had several conversations with people who are hoping to use a room in our church building for some religious gatherings that wouldn’t look or sound very “Presbyterian” as well as a group that is working to help resettle Afghan refugees in New Hampshire. Both conversations were surprising, because it was clear that the Holy Spirit was – and is – giving our church two opportunities at the same time to stretch ourselves, to be more hospitable, and to find new ways to love all of our neighbors. And sometimes, the Spirit just makes it clear that this is what we need to do and where we need to go. Now, don’t call the gatekeepers yet, because if we were to do these things as a church, would we work through our proper structure, and get the correct approvals, and do everything decently and in order? Yes! Of course! But these opportunities would definitely be very different from how we’ve always done things, and this is important.

You see, the Spirit has a way of working from the outside to change us on the inside. If only all of us were prophets. . . What if we all can be, with the Spirit’s help? What is the Spirit doing to you and through you, granting you permission to do what God is asking of you? It might get messy, but may we trust in the movement of the Holy Spirit and trust in the Spirit’s loving, and guiding, and surprising presence. The Spirit has a way of making the way clear for faith, and hope, and love, and new ways of being, and doing, and living. May the way be clear, with the Spirit’s help.

In the name of the Father, and of the Son, and of the Holy Spirit. Amen.

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[1] Eugene Peterson, The Message: Numbered Edition (Colorado Springs: NAV Press, 2002) 1391. Mark 9:39-41.

[2] See John Calvin, Calvin’s Commentaries – Vol. XVI (Grand Rapids: Baker Books, 2009) 373.

[3] F. Brown, S. Driver, and C. Briggs, The Brown-Driver-Briggs Hebrew and English Lexicon (Peabody: Hendrickson Publishers, 1997) 612.

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The Complete Guide Of Zero Carb Diet Results

We all must be aware that no-carb diets do not exist. The term just refers to foods or groups of foods that are not exactly 100% lacking in carbs but is considered that under 1 gram of carbs per serving is almost as good as zero.

Foods in the vegetable list contain between 0 and 1 gram net carb per serving even though all the foods do not naturally contain carbohydrates. Foods like chicory family, roe radicchio, cucumber, leafy greens like lettuce, arugula, spinach, Swiss chard, kale, turnip greens, and Bok Choy.

Meats and seafood should be unprocessed food. When you process certain food like bacon, jerky, ham, or burgers, you have probably added some carbs. Meat, duck, chicken, veal, lamb, beef, turkey, pork rinds are an exception to the processed rule. We may include organ meats, pork, goose, seafood, mollusks fish, jellyfish, and eggs.

All types of dairy such as margarine heavy cream, most types of cheese, butter. Healthy fats such as sunflower oil, sesame oil, coconut oil, avocado oil, olive oil, peanut oil, corn oil, and safflower oil. Drinks like Diet soda, herbal tea, coffee without milk or sugar.

Fresh herbs, radish celery, alfalfa sprouts, condiments, salt, and mustard. Avoid honey varieties, many types of hot sauce, milk, and sugar,

Zero-carb or carnivore?

Eat meat, drink water, and sugar milk-free coffee, no fruits, and no vegetables, absolutely no sweeteners; that is all. Your fat content would be so high that your body is burning fat instead of glucose. If you look at the term carnivore, it literally means that you only eat meat. There is a man called Dr. Sean Baker who has become famous for his meat-eating habits, he eats only red meat and drinks a lot of water. It is also called zero-carb diet and means no carbs at all. Some think of it as a keto diet variation because of its exclusive dependence on meat only. Those two terms, zero-carb and carnivore are fairly interchangeable for describing this type of diet and they both are inaccurate. An accurate description of the diet would be to say zero-plant-based diet. It is sort of the opposite of the vegan diet. It takes from 60 to 90 days to see how the body would adapt to this diet. You are primarily eating meat such as beef, pork, lamb, eggs, chicken, and fish as well as dairy such as cheese and heavy cream, except for milk or yogurt because they are processed with sugar and carbs. When you are cooking your food on a zero-carb diet, use butter, ghee, bacon grease, lard, and any kind of animal fat as well as healthy oils such as coconut oil, olive oil, and avocado oil.

Low carb diets are supposed to help you lose weight. They were made famous by the Atkins diet in the early 2000s. They eliminate things like bread, pasta, fruits, some starchy vegetables, and especially sugar. However, according to the recommendations from most governments, carbohydrates should be the building blocks for your daily diet. The dietary recommendation for Americans suggests that 45% to 65% of your energy needs should b supplied by carbohydrates; which is 200 to 300 grams of carbs per day. Low carb diets reduce this to 50 grams with the Atkins diet recommending you start on 20 grams.

But what about zero grams of carbs? A zero-carb diet would actually be very difficult to achieve, it is mostly just meat, dairy, and other animal kingdom products, you just eat no carbohydrates

throughout the day. Consequently, zero-carb dieters have to increase protein, fats, and most importunately fiber so as to prevent having constipation. They have to eat huge amounts of raw vegetables such as broccoli, cabbage, and cabbage as well as fruits such as apricots and plums to increase fiber intake if they go veggie. If you are having doubts about energy, researchers show that even without carbohydrates, the human body learns how to take energy and utilize glucose from other foods such as proteins and fats.

People are already eating zero carb diet, not just dieters; the diet of Eskimos and Inuits is mostly zero-carb depending on the season and they live pretty fine. They also enjoy health benefits when compared to the normal American diet which is high in carbs. Zero carb dieters also enjoy a lot of benefits when compared to the average American diet with no sugar, there is less tooth decay and with less simple carbs in processed food. They enjoy a more sustained release of energy; so fewer sugar highs and sugar crash in your day.

However, do you know how do people who are going on a zero- carb diet defecate with no fiber? Well, a diet high in carbs is also usually high in fiber or fibrous materials that are found in things like fruits and vegetables. Our body pushes them through but it takes more mass to fill out energy needs. So, that means we eat more food and then there is more coming out the other end. A diet high in meats and dairy is usually energy-rich which means we need a less actual volume of food to fulfill our energy needs. So, less food in, less food out. That means that people on a zero-carb diet might defecate less often, but they still defecate as much as their body needs.

The fats and oils on a zero carb diet also help things move along such as castor oil and coconut oil for example. People who enjoy a zero-carb diet report that they might go less frequently but still find themselves going regularly and that what is important. After a through psycho investigation, the zero-carb diet does get the tick of approval, but it does require a big lifestyle change, so make sure you talk to your doctor or nutritionist before doing anything drastic.

Advantages of zero-carb diet

You have to take into consideration that those advantages are not static or firm. In other words, those are the advantages that this diet did to people whose bodies could handle it. Be very careful, what is good for you is not necessarily good for the other as our bodies are very different.

Burning fat instead of burning glucose is, along with being a huge energy source, considered therapeutic for a lot of diseases such as colitis, most planets contain certain compounds that aggravate colitis and avoiding them is a good cure. It has been also used a therapy for brain cancer, epilepsy, and Alzheimer’s

It is easy as well as delicious. The food is easy to cook, it is just meat that you cook in a pot, reheat it on a toaster, or even eat cold. It makes it very easy to stay slim and is great for consistent all day long energy and focus.

You are not going to have blood sugar spikes and crashes all day long like you do when you eat carbs. You will not have any kind of menstrual crimping which you get sometimes severely when you eat carbs.

You don’t have to worry that food might aggravate your gut. You will never be hungry because you can eat until you are satisfied.

It is good for the environment because pasture-raised animals help renew the soil and grasslands, whereas raising monocultures soybeans are not; they reach the nutrients out of the soil.

You will lose a huge amount of weight fast as well as maintaining blood pressure.

Young lady holding bowl of vegetable salad

What happens if you only eat meat?

2.5 million years ago we first began to eat meat. Prior to that, our ancestors ate a vegan diet of berries and flowers. Only when early hominines began to eat more seeds and nuts, therefore taking in higher levels of fat and less of fiber did our bodies began to adapt to handle meat.

Without fiber-rich foods like lentils, beans, and broccoli, you are going to feel constipates and uncomfortable. Not to mention, the simplest way for your body to make energy is to convert carbohydrates into glucose. In the absence of carbs, your body will have to burn fat and break down important proteins. Creating glucose from protein is known as gluconeogenesis and it occurs in the liver creating a Nitrogen waste that is converted into urea. Too much can lead to protein poisoning which includes symptoms like nausea, diarrhea, and potentially death. It has been documented that if you eat only a lean meat, like rabbits which have hardly any fat, you could continue eating and still end up wasting away.

Another potential killer could be the lack of vitamin C. Humans are one of the few animals that are unable to synthesize the vitamin on their own. Without easy access to vitamin C from fruits and veggies, your body will be unable to effectively create collagen; a structural protein found in your tendons, ligaments, and skin. This will put you at a high risk of scurfy and cause you to have poor wound healing, rotting gums, and personality changes. If not treated, you will die from infection or bleeding.

However, eating raw meat could be the way around this. The cooking of meat degrades most of vitamin C, bur raw, thick, chewy collagen-rich skin and blubber of whales can take in 36mg of vitamin C per 100g serving. Way more than the 10mg needed to fight off scurvy.

This brings us to an interesting case. Shaped by low temperature and a stark environment, a traditional Inuit diet consisted of what was hunted and fished with little of any plant food, dairy products, or carbohydrates. Despite this, cardiac death rates were half that of other Americans and Canadians.

Carnivore or zero-carb diet is not the ideal diet for almost everyone. However, generally, people who had benefited the most of carnivore diet are those who have health issues, particular people with autoimmune conditions such as rheumatoid arthritis, psoriasis particularly some of the gastrointestinal problems like Cohn’s disease. Some people could improve their gastrointestinal tract. A Paleo Medicine research in Hungary shows that intestinal permeability improves over time on the carnivore diet and therefore less instance of the leaky gut syndrome. It is beneficial for people who have skin problems and IBS. A woman called Michaela Peterson wrote that she had an insane amount of autoimmune deficiencies that she was crippled, doctors didn’t expect her to live and past 30 her life was like a living hell. She cured herself by changing her ketogenic diet into carnivore diet and she saved her own life.

Is red meat good or bad?

There are multiple studies that disagree with red meat being the source of cancer. However, a study called The Nurse Health study states that red meat increases risk by 13% of dying of all illnesses or diseases, so you have to switch to eat chicken. Scientifically, this study was not an experimental study, it was an observational study based on a questionnaire that was given out every two years from 1980 to 2006. Moreover, the word risk is very open and doesn’t necessarily mean that you have a 13% rate of getting dying. They also did not identify if it was grass-fed beef, processed beef, or organic. It is classified as a class one carcinogen at the same level of smoking, so people are freaking out about it. If we take a look at bowel cancer, three more instances of bowel cancer per a hundred thousand people. That is one in thirty-three thousand cases, so they have more incidents of cancer. Smoking increases your chances by 20 times more that is why you can’t compare meat to smoking. Thus, there is not any risk or any studies that show that consuming grass-fed quality beef will increase the risk of dying from all or any diseases.

Human body feels really good at consuming red meat. It has more observable vitamin D than milk. It has more B12, B1, B2, B3, B6, and B5. It has tons of observable iron, healthy collagen, and a good amount of Potassium. It Zinc, Magnesium, Copper, Phosphates, and it is loaded with Omega-3. In fact, grass-fed beef has five times more omega-3 than grain-fed beef. The problem with grain-fed beef is that sometimes it involves hormones and genetically modified GMO soy and corn in the feed.

How can you be healthy on a fatty diet without any fruits and vegetables?

You can snack on organ meat like liver to get your recommended vitamin A, which is vital for eyes and bones as well as vitamin D also for bones. Oily fish rich in Omega-3 fatty acids will benefit your heart and vascular system.

So, it is possible to thrive on only meat, but it is important to remember that Northern communities have relied on animal food out of circumstance and necessity. Their high-fat diet was indented to keep weight on far days of hunting, and when food was insecure, not lose weight like modern low-carb diets.

Rules to start a zero-carb diet

Eat only from the animal kingdom, and nothing from the plant kingdom.

Drink plenty of water. Besides its tremendous benefits in general, it is primarily important in when you follow a carnivore diet.

Prioritize the fat. Get fattier cuts of meat like a steak or an 80/20 ground beef. When you have a steak or a piece of meat eat the fattier parts first so if you get full before you get finished, at least you don’t leave a large amount of fat on the plate and replace it with too much protein. There is a risk of getting excess protein on this diet so the fattier cuts of meat will really help you.

Listen to your body. When you follow a carnivore diet especially when you are starting out, ear only when you are hungry without counting calories. Track your macros if you want just to double check on protein levels.

When you start the diet, don’t limit how much to eat, meaning that you can eat as much as you want every day. The reason why is because you don’t want to deprive your body of nutrients.

Do we really need carbohydrates?

Alternative sources of carbohydrates.

People think they need carbohydrates mainly for energy. However, they are essential for vitamins and minerals. We don’t always have to run our bodies on carbs, we can run them on other types of calories, protein, and fat. There are two types of carbohydrates: simple carbohydrates and complex carbohydrates. Simple carbohydrates are found in sugar, honey, agave, and nectar. They go into the body very fast and might give it some temporary energy, but you’re going to come down because you have the hormone called insulin that regulates that. Complex carbohydrates have a lot of additional things like fiber that slow the breakdown and the carbohydrate in the body and so it does not create that same effect as table sugar.

Vegetables

We definitely need vegetables in large quantities not initially for the carbohydrate, but mainly for the vitamins and minerals. They also have fiber, but what fiber does is not necessarily something like a bulking agent, it is mainly to feed the micros. Your intestinal flora, your good bacteria live on microbes and they need fiber.

Beans

The thing about beans is that it does not turn into sugar as fast as other types of carbohydrates. However, if you have a slow metabolism while trying to lose weight, you would have a hard time doing that on beans because it has a lot of carbs, so you might not want to consume many beans, they also cause gas to a lot of people.

Fruits

Fruits are great, especially for vitamins. However, the problem is it can range from a high glycemic index to a low glycemic index. For example, berries are a little lower than apples, apples have like19 to 30 grams of sugar per an apple. Moreover, fruits are going to slow people down to lose weight such as women in their 50s, except for those who have a fast metabolism, because they contain carbs as well as sweets. People who go on fruit diets have to cut out all sweets to lose weight.

Grains

Grains are like whole wheat bread and white bread. They turn into sugar fairly fast. There is not a lot of nutrition in grains compared to vegetables, they also hard in the digestive system because they have gluten protein. It creates all sorts of problems such as irritable bowel, irritation to the colon, and bloating.

Starches

There are diet experts that recommend tons of starches. Some people lose weight while others don’t because unfortunately, they turn into sugar very fast. They are not the highest sources of vitamins compared to vegetables.

Zero-carb diets and weight loss

Zero-carb is a wonderful diet for weight loss because it is going to allow your body to heal and preserve muscle mass while burning the fat. You are not going to end up looking sick after you are done losing weight, a lot of people end up looking sick when they lose weight because they have what is called face-wasting happening to their faces. The face gets really thin because of the body in desperation of being so deficient from nutrition. Also, it is a great way to keep your skin really tight because protein is very important for skin quality and elasticity. It brings high levels of energy and a good mood.

There is absolutely no need to restrict yourself to this diet, meaning that you can eat whenever you are hungry and as long as you don’t feel satiated. That is wonderful because people should be in tune with their bodies and listen to them for feedback on hunger.

Not everybody is able to manage to regulate their appetite while others have extended stomachs so it is really hard to feel full. This diet is satiating because when you eat protein, you feel full; and when you eat fat, you feel even fuller.

Going on this diet you might end up losing a lot of weight. You might be losing a lot of water weight at the beginning and with all that water weight loss you may need to supplement with a little bit of salt just to get that sodium back up.

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Week 1 Recap

One week up one week down as the first week of 2017 flies by. The majority of us blacking out for the Browns game (Just kidding that was only Dom) sure contributed to how fast it went.

To quickly review Week 1 your Commish, aka LOAD Presidente, aka Mark Wahlberg aka Paul’s slam piece went a perfect 5/5 in predictions. Yes, that was even including predicting that I would lost to Holla.

Little Diggs 140 > The Brady Bunch 96

Dom makes a statement with his first week in the league by smacking Douglas upside down. Doug’s high school sweetheart Kareem wasn’t enough to overcome two strong MNF performances from Melvin Gordon and Stefon Diggs as Dom takes this one.

The Injured Reserve 144 > Ain’t EZ Bein Breesy 90

Chollis puts up the most points in the league this week thanks to solid performances across the board at every position. Casey’s squad ranked #1 according to Yahoo (due to having the most points so far). Does this mean autodrafting is the way to go? Nah, if there’s a way to screw this up I am sure Casey will find it. He’s already going downhill losing David Johnson for 2-3 months. I won’t be surprised if he doesn’t win again. (Casey that is me calling you out, but you probably won’t read this because it interrupts DJ training).

2 Gurleys 1 Cup 112 > Crows Before Hoes 108

The roommate rivalry turns out to be the closest game of the week! Sam lucks out in this one as mother nature has his back causing Paul’s two best players Mike Evans and Jay Ajayi to be inactive due to the hurricane. Sam was down a starting QB, so this wasn’t so lopsided in his favor Paul…save your excuses.

Julio Tones 130 > G-reg 3rd Leg 106

TJ tops Bennett this week. Are we going to penalize Bennett for changing his name past Thursday? From here on out it’s a $10 fee that goes towards the champ this year. How happy is TJ right now? Most likely getting Zeke for the whole year and he shows up week 1 with a typical Zeke performance. Bennett upset about this one as he is still living in 2008 saying that Adrian Peterson is a better RB than Zeke. Anyways TJ gets great performances out of his backs and 15 from his defense helping him to a 1-0 start.

Hollas Heavy Hitters 111 > Jon SnOBJs 89

This one went exactly as expected with the LOAD Presidente having a goose egg from his 1st overall pick OBJ. Odell went inactive at 8:15 pm on Sunday night before a 8:30 pm kickoff. It’s safe to say your leader had too many daddy pops to realize he could move Odell to IR and add a WR. Wouldn’t have made a difference in this one though. Holla brings the whooping with Shady, Nuke & Matty Ice.

Week 1 is in the books. But anyone can draft with projections right in your face. The first tinker Tuesday (today) is where you start making adjustments and a run at a ship. LOAD Presidente and Solden already with THE blockbuster trade of the year as I send Gronk & Terrelle Pryor to Solden for AB. (I have to be the only person in America with both OBJ and AB right?) Let’s see if shaking things up helps out both of those teams. Signing off until Thursday…..LOAD Presidente.

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COURTNEY CRUMRIN #1, $1 ISSUE

TED NAIFEH (W/A/CA) • WARREN WUCINICH (C)

Holly Hart is new to the creature-filled and magic-made town of Hillsborough and her classmates all agree on one thing: Courtney Crumrin is bad news. Are they just hazing the new girl, or is there some truth behind the rumors? There’s only one way to find out, but Holly may just find herself in over her head!

JUNE 7 / 32 PGS. / All Ages / Fantasy / $1

THE MIGHTY ZODIAC #1, $1 ISSUE

J. TORRES (W) • CORIN HOWELL (A/CA) • MAARTA LAIHO (C)

When the Blue Dragon dies, six stars fall out of the night sky! Ailing Master Long, leader of the Mighty Zodiac, orders his warriors to gather the stars, lest they fall into the hands of the malevolent Moon Rabbit Army. With the stars, the Mighty Zodiac may yet revive their master, rescue their world, and restore the light. Without the stars, the darkness threatens to divide the tribes and destroy Gaya…

JUNE 7 / 32 PGS. / All Ages / Fantasy, Adventure / $1

SPACE BATTLE LUNCHTIME #1, $1 ISSUE

NATALIE RIESS (W/A/C/CA)

Space Battle Lunchtime is a hit show broadcast all over the universe, and the new season is about to start! When one of the competing chefs drops out at the last minute, an aspiring baker from earth, Peony, gets the opportunity of a lifetime (and a chance at a 20,000 Solarbuck prize!). But is she ready for the cutthroat world of intergalactic cooking? Stay tuned!

JUNE 7 / 32 PGS. / All Ages / Sci-fi / $1

THE SIXTH GUN, BOOK ONE: COLD DEAD FINGERS (SQUARE ONE EDITION)

CULLEN BUNN (W) • BRIAN HURTT (A/C/CA) • BILL CRABTREE (C)

Collecting the first volume of the epic series by Cullen Bunn, Brian Hurtt, and Bill Crabtree at a low introductory price! During the darkest days of the Civil War, wicked cutthroats came into possession of six pistols of otherworldly power. In time, the Sixth Gun, the most dangerous of the weapons, vanished. When the gun surfaces in the hands of an innocent girl, dark forces reawaken. Vile men thought long dead set their sights on retrieving the gun and killing the girl. Only Drake Sinclair, a gunfighter with a shadowy past, stands in their way.

JUNE 14 / 176 PGS. / Teen, 15+ / Western, Fantasy / $10

COURTNEY CRUMRIN, VOLUME 1: THE NIGHT THINGS (SQUARE ONE EDITION)

TED NAIFEH (W/A/CA) • WARREN WUCINICH (C)

Courtney Crumrin hates everyone, including her new classmates, her parents, and her old-as-dirt uncle Aloysius. But Uncle A has got a few tricks up his sleeve, and they don’t involve cards. The man is a warlock, and his magic books are the answers to all of Courtney’s problems. Soon Courtney’s teaching herself spells to deal with bullies, homework, babysitting, and more—but with every spell she casts, the deeper she gets into a world of magic she doesn’t understand. Enter the world of Courtney Crumrin with this introductory trade, now in softcover and only $10!

JUNE 14 / 136 PGS. / All Ages / Fantasy / $10

ENAMEL PIN DISPLAY

12 PINS (2 OF EACH DESIGN) + DISPLAY RACK

What better way is there to display your nerd cred to the world than with these adorable, high quality enamel pins from Oni Press? Spoiler: There is none. Designs include the Oni Press logo and imagery from Oni Press hits like Princess Princess Ever After, The Damned, Space Battle Lunchtime, and Kim Reaper! These are available to order individually, but you’ll save even more if you buy the pre-packed assortment that comes with a handy easel display that can be used again and again.

JUNE 28 / $120 MSRP (NET COST $60)

INDIVIDUAL ENAMEL PINS

JUNE 28 / $10 MSRP (NET COST $6)

HEARTTHROB SEASON 2 #1

CHRISTOPHER SEBELA (W) • ROBERT WILSON IV (A/CA) • NICK FILARDI (C)

There must be 50 ways to leave your lover, but none of them include robbing a Fleetwood Mac concert and escaping to Canada with a getaway driver and a group of anarchists. Putting Mercer and her life of crime in the rearview, Callie tries her damnedest to live a normal life, hide from the FBI and make sense of Canadian currency. As her friends continue pulling crimes and Callie dips her toe back in the dating waters, she’ll find out when you share your heart with someone, breaking up is way harder to do.

JUNE 7 / 32 PGS. / Mature / Crime / $3.99

THE DAMNED #2

CULLEN BUNN (W) • BRIAN HURTT (A/CA) • BILL CRABTREE (C)

Demonic crime families run the rackets, all in hopes of collecting that which mankind values the least—immortal souls. Eddie lost his soul a long time ago, and he’s cursed because of it. Now, an old pal might hold the key to breaking the curse and retrieving Eddie’s soul. But is there anyone you can really trust in the world?

JUNE 14 / 32 PGS. / Mature / Crime, Fantasy / $3.99

REDLINE #4

NEAL HOLMAN (W) • CLAYTON MCCORMACK (A/CA) • KELLY FITZPATRICK (C)

More questions! A few answers! Just as Coyle begins to piece together the sliding puzzle of the Mars bombings and the jewelry made from dead Locals, the whole mystery Jenga tower falls down upon him in a mixed metaphor bag of fun. Plus, agents Simon Kim and Christopher Peck continue their budding bromance (or whatever the antithesis of a bromance is called).

JUNE 7 / 32 PGS. / Mature / Sci-fi / $3.99

LETTER 44 #34

CHARLES SOULE (W) • ALBERTO JIMÉNEZ ALBURQUERQUE (A/CA) • DAN JACKSON (C)

THE END IS HERE. The second of three final installments that will bring the award-winning series to a close.

JUNE 21 / 32 PGS. / Mature / Sci-fi / $3.99

KIM REAPER #3

SARAH GRALEY (W/A/C/CA)

Did you know that there’s an official board of Grim Reapers? It’d help Kim if there was also Human Resources at her job, as it’s becoming more and more apparent she’s unaware of the consequences of her profession. When given the task to reap the soul of someone she knows, what will happen if she refuses? If she crashes this party on Friday, will anyone notice? Kim’s starting to wish she could transfer from being a Grim Reaper to being a psychic, as everything is starting to feel uncertain and dangerous.

JUNE 14 / 32 PGS. / Teen, 13+ / Humor, Adventure / $3.99

RICK AND MORTY #27

KYLE STARKS (W) • CJ CANNON (A/CA) • MARC ELLERBY (A/C) • KATY FARINA (C)

INCENTIVE COVER ILLUSTRATED BY JUSTIN PETERSON

When Morty ends up with two dates to the prom, there’s only one solution: ethically ambiguous cloning!

JUNE 28 / 32 PGS. / Teen, 16+ / Humor, Sci-fi / $3.99

INVADER ZIM #21

DAVE CROSLAND (W/A/CA) • WARREN WUCINICH (C)

Special one-shot issue by former series artist Dave Crosland! ZIM’s finally found a way to get rid of Dib and Gaz—his Mind Swapper will transfer their brains into any object ZIM desires! Enter GIR, out of control and hopped-up on sugar, causing the machine to malfunction. And when the smoke clears, the wrong minds have been swapped! Now Gaz is ZIM and GIR is Dib and Dib is GIR and ZIM is Gaz and… eh, just read the issue, alright?

JUNE 28 / 32 PGS. / All Ages / Humor, Sci-fi / $3.99

WET MOON, BOOK FOUR: DROWNED IN EVIL (NEW EDITION)

SOPHIE CAMPBELL (W/A/CA) • ANNIE MOK (CA)

Cleo Lovedrop is trying to be a good girlfriend for Myrtle, but things don’t go quite as planned. Myrtle doesn’t like Cleo being away from her, and when Cleo goes to a comic convention with Trilby, she ends up kissing her good friend Mara. Even though Cleo has vowed to not keep any more secrets, this seems like something she shouldn’t tell anyone…

AUGUST 30 / 192 PGS. / Teen, 15+ / Mystery / $19.99

ANGEL CITY: TOWN WITHOUT PITY

JANET HARVEY (W) • MEGAN LEVENS (A/CA) • NICK FILARDI (C)

Introducing Angel City, a hard-boiled 1930s noir starring Dolores Dare, previous Hollywood hopeful and current enforcer for the Volante mob. When her best friend turns up dead in a dumpster behind the Chinese Theater, Dolores starts her own investigation of the “April Fool’s Killer.” As she gets closer to the truth, Dolores will go up against the studios, the corrupt homicide division, and even her own gangland contacts—and uncover a scandal that shakes the very foundations of Tinseltown.

AUGUST 16 / 168 PGS. / Mature / Noir, Mystery / $19.99

BROBOTS, VOLUME TWO: BROBOTS AND THE MECHA MALARKEY

J. TORRES (W) • SEAN DOVE (A/C/CA)

The BroBots are back in another mecha action meets Mother Goose mashup! This time they’re up against the Semisweet ChocoWitch of Crime Brûlée Mountain and her crumby criminal cohorts. Take a half cup of Power Rangers with a tablespoon of Powerpuff Girls and add a dash of Voltron for a recipe we’re calling “BroBots and the Mecha Malarkey”!

AUGUST 9 / 40 PGS. / All Ages / Adventure / $12.99

BAD MACHINERY, VOLUME TWO: THE CASE OF THE GOOD BOY (POCKET EDITION)

JOHN ALLISON (W/A/C/CA)

Everyone’s favorite pre-teen British detectives are back for another case! With toddlers disappearing and rumors of a large, beast-like creature roaming the woods, Tackleford is in serious danger. And then there’s Mildred’s new dog Archibald… if you can even call it a dog. After all, what kind of dog drinks tea out of a cup? Everything comes to a head once the boys get a picture of the beast and Archibald goes missing. Is there a connection? And what does it all have to do with the magic pencil Mildred won from a carnival con game?

AUGUST 30 / 144 PGS. / All Ages / Humor, Mystery / $12.99

RICK AND MORTY, VOLUME 5

KYLE STARKS (W/A) • CJ CANNON (A/CA) • MARC ELLERBY (W/A/C) • KATY FARINA (C)

Catch up on the adventures of degenerate genius Rick Sanchez and his bumbling grandson Morty as they explore the outer reaches of time, space, and how much of Jerry one person can take. This volume features Eisner-nominated writer Kyle Starks (Sexcastle) in collaboration with series artist CJ Cannon in a three-issue story about the despicable Doofus Jerry and his attempt to take over the multiverse. Also included is the actionpacked return of Tiny Rick in “Honey, I Shrunk The Ricks,” drawn by Kyle Starks, and the uncanny and sinister “Morty Shines” and hilarious bonus shorts drawn by Marc Ellerby!

JULY 19 / 128 PGS. / Teen, 16+ / Humor, Sci-fi / $19.99

THE SIXTH GUN HARDCOVER, VOLUME 4

CULLEN BUNN (W) • BRIAN HURTT (A/CA) • BRIAN CHURILLA (A) • TYLER CROOK (A) • BILL CRABTREE (C)

The Sixth Gun Volume Four Hardcover collects issues 36 through 41, featuring the “Not The Bullet, But The Fall” story arc of the ongoing series by Cullen Bunn, Brian Hurtt, Tyler Crook, and Bill Crabtree, as well as the five issue spinoff mini-series Sons of the Gun with guest artist Brian Churilla. This oversized deluxe collection includes never before seen artwork, design sketches, cover galleries, an introduction by Usagi Yojimbo creator Stan Sakai, and more, from the Eisner-nominated fantasy western epic.

AUGUST 23 / 376 PGS. / Teen, 15+ / Western, Fantasy / $59.99

THE SIXTH GUN HARDCOVER, VOLUME 4 (GUNSLINGER EDITION)

CULLEN BUNN (W) • BRIAN HURTT (A/CA) • BRIAN CHURILLA (A) • TYLER CROOK (A) • BILL CRABTREE (C)

Limited to only 500 units, this direct market exclusive Gunslinger edition of The Sixth Gun Hardcover Volume Four also contains a tip-in signed by all the creators, and is presented in a deluxe slipcase and dust jacket featuring new original artwork.

AUGUST 23 / 376 PGS. / Teen, 15+ / Western, Fantasy / $79.99

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The Complete Guide Of Zero Carb Diet Results

Fresh herbs, radish celery, alfalfa sprouts, condiments, salt, and mustard. Avoid honey varieties, many types of hot sauce, milk, and sugar,

Zero-carb or carnivore?

But what about zero grams of carbs? A zero-carb diet would actually be very difficult to achieve, it is mostly just meat, dairy, and other animal kingdom products, you just eat no carbohydrates

Advantages of zero-carb diet

You don’t have to worry that food might aggravate your gut. You will never be hungry because you can eat until you are satisfied.

It is good for the environment because pasture-raised animals help renew the soil and grasslands, whereas raising monocultures soybeans are not; they reach the nutrients out of the soil.

You will lose a huge amount of weight fast as well as maintaining blood pressure.

Young lady holding bowl of vegetable salad

What happens if you only eat meat?

Is red meat good or bad?

How can you be healthy on a fatty diet without any fruits and vegetables?

Rules to start a zero-carb diet

Eat only from the animal kingdom, and nothing from the plant kingdom.

Drink plenty of water. Besides its tremendous benefits in general, it is primarily important in when you follow a carnivore diet.

When you start the diet, don’t limit how much to eat, meaning that you can eat as much as you want every day. The reason why is because you don’t want to deprive your body of nutrients.

Do we really need carbohydrates?

Alternative sources of carbohydrates.

Vegetables

Beans

Fruits

Grains

Starches

Zero-carb diets and weight loss

Benefits of Zero-Carb diet

zero carb diet INFOGRAPHIC

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The Complete Guide Of Zero Carb Diet Results

Fresh herbs, radish celery, alfalfa sprouts, condiments, salt, and mustard. Avoid honey varieties, many types of hot sauce, milk, and sugar,

Zero-carb or carnivore?

But what about zero grams of carbs? A zero-carb diet would actually be very difficult to achieve, it is mostly just meat, dairy, and other animal kingdom products, you just eat no carbohydrates

Advantages of zero-carb diet

You don’t have to worry that food might aggravate your gut. You will never be hungry because you can eat until you are satisfied.

It is good for the environment because pasture-raised animals help renew the soil and grasslands, whereas raising monocultures soybeans are not; they reach the nutrients out of the soil.

You will lose a huge amount of weight fast as well as maintaining blood pressure.

Young lady holding bowl of vegetable salad

What happens if you only eat meat?

Is red meat good or bad?

How can you be healthy on a fatty diet without any fruits and vegetables?

Rules to start a zero-carb diet

Eat only from the animal kingdom, and nothing from the plant kingdom.

Drink plenty of water. Besides its tremendous benefits in general, it is primarily important in when you follow a carnivore diet.

When you start the diet, don’t limit how much to eat, meaning that you can eat as much as you want every day. The reason why is because you don’t want to deprive your body of nutrients.

Do we really need carbohydrates?

Alternative sources of carbohydrates.

Vegetables

Beans

Fruits

Grains

Starches

Zero-carb diets and weight loss

Benefits of Zero-Carb diet

zero carb diet INFOGRAPHIC

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