JAMIE Mackie never comes across as someone who struggles to find motivation, but Oxford Uniteds bright start to the season has given the veteran a powerful drive to succeed.

The forward is expected to replace the suspended Matty Taylor when Rochdale visit tomorrow.

Expectations are high for the Us to extend their unbeaten run into double figures, which has helped move Karl Robinsons team into the Sky Bet League One play-off positions.

Now in his 17th campaign as a professional, Mackie has been around long enough to know nothing has been achieved yet.

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But his experience also tells him that positions like Uniteds need to be cherished, because they do not come around too often.

And having turned 34 last month, he is well aware this could represent a final shot at success.

That is my motivation, being totally honest, he said.

I definitely feel I can play next season as well and if thats on the back of a promotion and theres an opportunity to play in the Championship again it would be unbelievable.

I want to achieve something with however long Ive got left.

You never know in football, Ive had a long career and Ive loved it, but to try to earn success at the back end of my career would be a dream and its something Im striving every day to do.

Thats why Ive got so much hunger to succeed.

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Im delighted Ive got a platform here and a team thats got the potential to do something special this year.

Robinsons sideis centred around dynamic, young players who are developing rapidly and have bright futures in the game.

But the outfield crop are supplemented by a trio of over 30s, whose experience is helping to guide those at the other end of their careers.

Robinson treats Mackie, skipper John Mousinho and top scorer James Henry differently to the rest, but the approach appears to be working.

The gaffers brilliant with us senior players, Mackie said.

He knows that sometimes during the week we cant give the same output, but were important on a weekend.

You wouldnt want a squad full of senior players and at the same time you cant just have kids.

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The blend seems good at the moment and we like taking on the responsibility, along with Mous who is a great club captain to have.

We take so much energy from the younger players in the squad, who are thriving at the minute, so its great to be around.

Mackie has a reputation for being a joker, but that stops when the side cross the white line.

He said: Its not like I come in and Im a really serious character, but when it comes to football Im extremely serious and train hard.

Its nothing radical that the senior players do.

You might have a bit more experience than others, so they may lean on you a bit.

We can be more of a bridge between the players and the manager.

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University of Wyomings KappaKappa Gamma (KKG) opens their house to the public for their annual fundraiserWingin It With Kappa in order to help support KKGs national philanthropyReading Is Fundamental (RIF).

KKG has been a sorority on campussince 1920, but this is their first Wingin It With Kappa event. Students canbring their favorite childhood book to donate and help share the gift ofreading with children in the Laramie community.

RIFs mission is to encourageand motivate young children to read, according to the UW KKGs website. Thisevent is hosted by the UW chapter in order to support that mission. RIF hopesto increase literacy and provide more books to children. The UW chaptercontinues their national philanthropy on a local level.

Our chapter has decided to makean even greater impact with Reading is Fundamentals mission to participate inBook Buddies at the UW Lab School once a month in the K-2 grade classrooms,said Katie Kelley, KKGs Public Relations Chairman and Gamma OmicronPhilanthropy Chairman.

Studentscan grab a bite to eat, play bingo and win prizes at the event. Prizes, likeChick-fil-A gift cards, will be offered every hour. The event offers two plateoptions. There is a small sorority plate, which includes five wings and oneside and the big fraternity plate, which has 15 wings and two sides. Thoseattending are encouraged to bring up to three childrens books for $1 off theirmeal per book. The proceeds and childrens books will benefit KKGs nationalphilanthropy Reading Is Fundamental (RIF).

Kelley said the chapter islooking forward to the two literacy events that KKG is hosting Nov. The eventwill be at the UW Lab School and be partnered with Big Brothers Big Sisters, anorganization that connects adult volunteers with children to create a mentoringnetwork.

KKG will host the event Oct. 25from 4 to 10 p.m. It will be held at the KKG House at 1604 E. Sorority Row.Food is first come and first serve with tickets.

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Its not every day that a prominent Cabinet official is held in contempt of court. However, thats what happened on Friday, when federal judge Sallie Kim found Education Secretary Betsy DeVos in civil contempt of court, slapping her department with a $100,000 fine. Frankly, this decision is puzzling to the point of suggesting possible impropriety.

First, this same judge, Kim, callously and haphazardly touted the prospect of jailing Secretary DeVos at an earlier court date, despite the fact that its almost inconceivable that something like that would ever happen.

Heres how USA Today summed up that case:

The furor stems from a case involving the now-defunct Corinthian College, a for-profit college that closed in 2015. The U.S. Department of Education had been ordered to stop collecting on the federal loans of students who attended the school. But the department disclosed it had continued to garnish wages and seize tax returns of hundreds of borrowers. Others had erroneously paid money toward the loans when they didn't have to.

Heres the bottom line: The Department of Education made a mistake and failed to comply with the judges order. However, by Oct. 21, at least 99% of affected borrowers who had overpaid had been compensated, and this week theyve attempted to address every last situation. An Education Department official explained their efforts to remedy the problem in a video posted to Twitter.

Yet Judge Kim still chose to hold DeVos in contempt of court on Thursday, despite the department and secretary having already made clear, good-faith efforts to right the situation. This is baffling.

A cursory look at the judges past raises an eyebrow, for sure. Judge Kim was appointed by former President Barack Obama, and from 2013 to 2014, worked as a Title IX coordinator at Stanford University. Notably, Secretary DeVos has proposed numerous reforms to Title IX that run deeply against the grain of what most left-leaning university administrators support.

Lets be clear: Theres no smoking gun indicating that the judge has it in for Betsy DeVos. But its hard to imagine any other reason she would take such a drastic step against a prominent Trump official.

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Theres nothing like sage advice from a football veteran to motivate a youthful team before a big game. The Bangor Rams used such words of wisdom Friday night to build their longest winning streak in five years.

Coach Dave Morris club received a pregame speech from former Bangor coach Gabby Price before its matchup against Sanford at Cameron Stadium. And that guidance served the Rams well as they posted a 24-12 Class A victory over the Spartans.

[Price] said everything right. He hit us right where were at being a good teammate, playing with passion, being accountable, said Morris, who played three years at Bangor under Price from 1982 through 1984.

Price was Bangors head coach from 1976 to 1984 and led the program again from 1992 to 2000. More recently he was the head coach at Husson University in Bangor before retiring after the 2018 season.

The biggest thing he told our guys which motivated us was to go get them right away because youve got a team coming up 175 miles, and our guys did that, Morris said of Prices pregame advice.

After road victories at Skowhegan and Edward Little of Auburn, the win over Sanford gives 4-3 Bangor its longest winning streak since the program won its first four games of the 2014 season.

That team went on to post a 6-4 record, falling to Cheverus of Portland in the Class A North semifinals.

Times have been tough since then. In 2015, the Rams finished 3-7 and that was followed by 0-8 records in 2016 and 2017. Last fall, Bangor wound up 1-8 after a 33-14 quarterfinal loss at Cheverus.

We played our best game last year at Cheverus, and we came back this year wanting to play our best game every week, Bangor senior captain Bryce Henaire said.

Creating a positive environment among a youthful roster has been a key dynamic, he said.

We cant get rattled when things get tough because when adversity hits youve just got to hit back harder. Thats what we did [against Sanford], he added.

Bangor followed Prices advice and built a 14-0 second-quarter lead against Sanford. The Spartans pulled within 14-6, only to have Bangor extend its advantage back to two possessions early in the fourth quarter.

Sanford drew within 17-12 three minutes later, but the Spartans two-point conversion attempt failed and Bangor drove 58 yards for an insurance touchdown with 1:36 remaining.

I just felt like we took some really positive steps forward, both mentally and in terms of the game of football, Morris said. We really chewed the clock up and kept the ball, and at the same time we scored when we needed to score.

The Rams also exhibited statistical balance, with Joey Morrison rushing for 119 yards, Max Clark completing 11 of 20 passes for 151 yards and Bangors defense limiting Sanford to 166 yards of offense.

I thought our quarterback had a heck of a game, Morris said. He was very patient and made some big plays when it looked like there could have been some sacks.

Bangors winning streak faces a huge challenge Friday at perennial Class A powerhouse Bonny Eagle of Standish (6-1), which is ranked No. 2 in the division.

The Rams regular-season finale follows Nov. 1 at home against Oxford Hills (3-3), which is fifth in the eight-school statewide Class A ranks, 1 1/2 Crabtree Points ahead of sixth-place Bangor.

Then come the playoffs.

Henaire, for one, is getting used to winning football after experiencing just one victory during his first three years at Bangor.

We knew [Sanford] was better than the teams we had already beaten, but that didnt matter, he said. We focused on this week, we got our game plan together and executed it in practice and on the field.

It was a dogfight the whole game but we love dogfights.

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Tim Cook says he was motivated to come out as gay after receiving letters from children struggling with their sexual orientation.

The usually private Apple CEO publicly came out in 2014, revealing his sexual orientation in an open letter published in Bloomberg Businessweek. This made him the first openly gay CEO of a Fortune 500 company.

In an interview with People en Espaol published Thursday, the 58-year-old spoke about a range of topics related to sexual orientation and young people.

Discussing his 2014 coming out, he said: "What was driving me was [that] I was getting notes from kids who were struggling with their sexual orientation. They were depressed. Some said [they] had suicidal thoughts. Some had been banished by their own parents and family.

"It weighed on me in terms of what I could do," he continued. "Obviously I couldn't talk to each one individually that reached out, but you always know if you have people reaching out to you that there's many more that don't, that are just out there wondering whether they have a future or not, wondering whether life gets better From there I really decided."

Though Cook said he "didn't worry" about how Apple staff would react to his coming out, he did acknowledge worrying about the reaction "outside of Apple," and noted that "the world is still not friendly to gay or trans people in many countries but also within our country."

In a direct message to kids struggling with their sexual orientation, he said that "life gets better, that you can have a great life filled with joy." He continued: "Gay is not a limitation. It's a characteristic that I hope they view, like I do, that it's God's greatest gift."

Cook added that being gay gave him a lens into how other people think and feel. "I'm not saying that I understand the trials and tribulations of every minority group, because I don't," he said. "But I do understand for one of the groups. And to the degree that it helps give you a lens on how other people may feel, I think that's a gift in and of itself."

Cook's comments come at a challenging time for Apple and Cook, with the Apple CEO accused of pandering to Chinese state demands.

Earlier this month, Apple removed an app from its App Store that let Hong Kong residents track police movements, with the app having received heavy criticism in Chinese state media the previous day.

Cook and Apple drew heavy criticism from US lawmakers including Sen. Marco Rubio and Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez.

In a memo sent to Apple employees first obtained by Bloomberg, Cook defended his decision on the grounds that the app was being used to "maliciously target individual officers for violence."

More recently, Cook accepted a chairman role at a prestigious Chinese university whose board members also include Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg, Tesla CEO Elon Musk, and Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella.

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Smriti Irani's recent Instagram story has the best advice Photo: Instagram/ Smriti Irani

Bharatiya Janata Party minister, Smriti Irani is the social media queen and there is no denying that. The minister knows how to use her social media accounts to the T.

The 43-year-old minister is known for her Instagram game. Smriti Irani keeps sharing adorable pictures of her family with heartwarming captions, she is also one of the best memers on the app and at times she also gives out some great advice.

Her recent Instagram story is exactly that, a great advice. She shared an image of a minion with the text, "Confidence doesn't come when you have all the answers. But it comes when you are ready to face all the questions."

Smriti Irani's recent Instagram story has the best advice Photo: Instagram/ Smriti Irani

We couldn't have said it better ourselves. The minister shared the story with loved up emoticons.

Smriti Irani is the youngest minister in the Modi government. The Textile Minister of India is also the Minister for Women and Child Development.

Smriti Irani became a household name after she starred in the hit TV show Kyunki Saas Bhi Kabhi Bahu Thi that ran for a span of 8 years. The minister played the lead character, Tulsi in the show.

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SOUTH BEND Khalid Kareem is intimately familiar with the Michigan Wolverines' roster.

The Notre Dame defensive end, a Detroit native, rattled off a list of Maize and Blue players that he played with or against in high school.

I know Michael Onwenu, I know Tru Wilson, he's a running back, we went to the same high school, I know Khaleke Hudson, Brad Hawkins, Ambry Thomas, Tarik Black, Kareem said before stopping and laughing. I know a lot of guys.

The senior defensive end is one of five players on Notre Dame's roster from Michigan, all of whom will be returning to their home state when they travel to Ann Arbor to take on the Wolverines on Saturday.

The Irish make a point of treating each game as if it is against a faceless opponent, doing everything they can to prepare the same way for a matchup against Bowling Green as they do for a clash with the 19th-ranked Wolverines.

Kareem tried to toe that line Tuesday but ended up admitting he's excited to be facing Michigan, a team that was among his final three school choices before he committed to Notre Dame.

It's just another team and we're trying to get to the national championship, he said. But I feel like it's a little personal for me. I'm 30 minutes away from campus in Ann Arbor, so I know a lot of guys on the team, a lot of friends go to Michigan, so it'll be good to go in there and try to get a W.

Kareem's fellow defensive lineman Ade Ogundeji is a native of West Bloomfield, Michigan, and was a Wolverines fan when he was in high school. His uncle is a Michigan alumni, and he attended a Wolverines game in the Big House shortly after the stadium was renovated in 2010.

It was pretty exciting to go in there, Ogundeji said. It was pretty nice to see how big it is and how loud it is in there.

The rivalry between the Irish and the Wolverines has been stoked by stories such as Ogundeji's and Kareem's over the years. The two geographically related, academically minded football powers have competed for recruits for decades and that adds a personal touch to the matchup that has been played in 1887.

A lot of (Michigan's) guys are recruited to Notre Dame as well, coach Brian Kelly said. You know, you're only a couple hours away. It's one of our only two bus trips, maybe three, with Purdue that we take in our time here.

So the proximity is certainly one that we're quite aware of as well. So clearly the guys know Michigan. They know the history and tradition of it.

The Wolverines made a late run at recruiting Kareem, who went to a game in Ann Arbor on a visit, but he ultimately felt most at home in South Bend.

Like many high school students, he was looking for a degree of independence after living in Michigan his entire life.

It just came down to me wanting to do something different, he said. Being far enough away where I can be my own person.

When he committed, the Michigan-Notre Dame rivalry was on hiatus and it was unclear whether he would get a chance to face the Wolverines. He said he's always wanted to play in the biggest stadium in the country.

The most exciting thing about playing away games, especially like (Michigan), is to leave a crowd silent, said Kareem, who will have in excess of 15 family and friends at the game Saturday. To just see our fans, let their fans leave because we're winning.

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Facebook's latest step in its fight against fake news is to ditch technology in favor of humans.

On Friday, Facebook unveiled a new section of its mobile app called "News Tab," dedicated to delivering news content from various publications, The New York Times reports.

Facebook News will be tested with 200,000 users in the U.S. in the coming months, and will display personalized news, along with a local news section called "Today In," CNET reports. The stories will be pulled publications like CNN, NBC News, The New York Times, The Wall Street Journal, The Washington Post, Business Insider, and also alt-right platform Breitbart, the Times notes.

And CEO Mark Zuckerberg who reportedly feuded with media regarding his lack of compensating publishers, even as late as May 2018 is now offering up to $3 million a year to publishers to purchase licensing rights, The Verge reports.

Campbell Brown, Facebook's head of news partnerships, explained their new approach to journalism, in ditching the algorithms, and told the Times, "our goal is to provide a personalized, highly relevant experience for people."

"For the Top News section of the tab, we're pulling together a small team of journalists to ensure we're highlighting the right stories," he added.

The Silicon Valley giant's previous effort in news aggregation, "Trending News," which was largely moderated by algorithms, was nixed last year after it amassed widespread criticism for disseminating fake news. But it's not the first one to switch back to humans; Facebook's competitor, Apple News, also employs traditional journalists to edit and curate the subscription news app, notes the Times. Ramisa Rob

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I dont know about you, but my Mondays hit me hard. I dont know if its the 6:30 a.m. start time (CST) or the result of my body clock being thrown off by sleeping most of the preceding weekend, but 9 times out of 10, I feel like Im pushing a boulder uphill through the fog, struggle-blogging and editing my way to Tuesday (okay, Wednesdaywhen I get over the hump).

In short, #MondayMotivation has remained a challenging concept for mea hashtag for the likes of relentlessly cheerful people, cross-fitters and freelancers (since I dont recall struggling through the beginning of the week in my freelance daysjust the end of the month).

But leave it to forever first lady Michelle Obama to compel me to reconsider with a dose of much-needed #Fitspo.

It doesnt always feel good in the moment, she posted on Sunday, showing us exactly how fit 55 can be as she got in some serious lunges with help from a medicine ball. But after the fact, Im always glad I hit the gym. How did you all take care of yourself on this #SelfCareSunday?

Honestly, Michelle? I dont remember (because I slept through it), but I know theres gotta be a better way to motivate for Monday, so I appreciate the nudge...

And the abs.

And of course, the arms. Always the arms.

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NewsHealthResearchers want to test if their findings among mice also apply to people

Saturday, 19th October 2019, 12:01 am

Restricting how much food is eaten at mealtimes could have the potential to increase the motivation to exercise, a study has suggested.

Researchers in Japan believe this could be the result of a surge in the hormone ghrelin after they observed mice began to exercise voluntarily following a period of fasting.

They said their findings indicated that better diet control, such as limiting food intake or intermittent fasting, could help overweight people maintain a more effective exercise routine and lose weight.

Ghrelin, often referred to as the hunger hormone, stimulates appetite by increasing the motivation to eat.

The hormone has also been reported to be essential for endurance exercise by increasing metabolism to meet the energy demands of prolonged exercise.

Food and diet

The team, from Kurume University School of Medicine, said that while previous studies have suggested a relationship between ghrelin and exercise, it was not known if the hormones levels had a direct effect on motivation.

They decided to investigate the relationship between ghrelin levels and exercise in mice by comparing food intake and activity between those with free access to food and those fed only twice a day for a limited time.

The researchers found that although both groups ate a similar amount of food, the mice on a restricted diet ran significantly more.

Meanwhile, mice genetically altered to have no ghrelin and on the restricted feeding diet ran less than the mice given free access. However, this could be reversed by administering ghrelin.

The team found that mice given free access to food and also given ghrelin ran significantly more.

More work needed

Our findings suggest that hunger, which promotes ghrelin production, may also be involved in increasing motivation for voluntary exercise, when feeding is limited, said researcher Dr Yuji Tajiri.

Therefore, maintaining a healthy eating routine, with regular mealtimes or fasting, could also encourage motivation for exercise in overweight people.

However, Dr Tajiri warned that their findings, which have been published in the Journal of Endocrinology, were based on animal studies.

Much more work is needed to confirm that this ghrelin response is also present in people, he said.

If it can be established in clinical practice, it not only opens up new cost-effective diet and exercise strategies but may also indicate a new therapeutic application for ghrelin-mimicking drugs.

The team now plan to carry out more experiments to confirm their findings in humans.

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