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Impact of Weight Loss Interventions for Overweight Breast Cancer Survivors (VCC0910)
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|ClinicalTrials.gov Identifier: NCT01482702
Recruitment Status : Completed
First Posted : November 30, 2011
Last Update Posted : January 15, 2013
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|April 12, 2010
|First Posted Date ICMJE
|November 30, 2011
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|January 15, 2013
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|October 2009
|Actual Primary Completion Date
|January 2012 (Final data collection date for primary outcome measure)
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|Impact of Weight Loss Interventions for Overweight Breast Cancer Survivors
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|Impact of Weight Loss Interventions for Overweight Breast Cancer Survivors
|Brief Summary
Obesity is an epidemic and the majority of breast cancer survivors are overweight or obese. The American Cancer Society has called for weight loss treatment to be standard of care for overweight women with breast cancer. During therapy women with breast cancer often gain weight and lose lean muscle mass. Overweight breast cancer survivors are more likely to have their cancer come back. The reason why overweight breast cancer survivors are more likely to re-occur has not been well studied, but changes in how insulin works may contribute. Overweight survivors are also at risk for the other chronic diseases associated with obesity. Fortunately, weight losses of as little as 5-7% of baseline body weight can improve risk of chronic disease. An effective behaviorally-based, lifestyle intervention delivered via the internet has been developed at the University of Vermont. This successful intervention has not been tested among breast cancer survivors. Given that women tend to lose muscle mass during cancer therapy the addition of a resistance training component to the weight loss intervention may be important. Therefore the overall goal of this project is to pilot test a proven distantly- delivered behavioral weight loss intervention among overweight breast cancer survivors and to evaluate whether a resistance program results in improvements in lean body mass, while studying how both interventions change insulin sensitivity.
Specifically, this project is a randomized, controlled clinical trial designed to test the effectiveness and acceptability of a 6-month behavioral weight loss intervention with and without resistance training. Participants will be randomized to one of two groups: 1) behavioral weight control treatment via the Internet; or 2) behavioral weight control treatment via the Internet plus a resistance training program. Women eligible to participate include overweight breast cancer survivors who are age 50 or older and 6-36 months past receiving chemotherapy. Assessments will be conducted at baseline and six months and will include measures of body weight, muscle mass, adherence to treatment, and insulin sensitivity.
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Intervention Model: Parallel Assignment
Masking: None (Open Label)
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|Dittus KL, Harvey JR, Bunn JY, Kokinda ND, Wilson KM, Priest J, Pratley RE. Impact of a behaviorally-based weight loss intervention on parameters of insulin resistance in breast cancer survivors. BMC Cancer. 2018 Mar 27;18(1):351. doi: 10.1186/s12885-018-4272-2.
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|January 2012
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|January 2012 (Final data collection date for primary outcome measure)
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|40 Years to 65 Years (Adult, Older Adult)
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|University of Vermont Medical Center
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Though the word "feminism" has hardly caught on in most architectural circles, as a movement, feminism has provided a framework to rethink architecture as a practice, where a lack of diversity continues to hold back the field in a rapidly changing world. The impact of feminism in architecture today has a broader scope, as family and work/life balance issues are increasingly relevant to men as well as women. In our interview with her, Sarah Wigglesworth argued that "feminism stresses the connection between the personal and the political; these two facets need to be brought closer together to reflect the realities of women's, and increasingly men's, lives." For our second interview with Despina Stratigakos, we continue the discussion of women in architecture by looking at the narratives around feminism and gender in architecture schools, firms, and society in general.
Despina Stratigakos is an architectural historian, writer, and professor at the University of Buffalo School of Architecture and Planning. She is author of the award-winning book A Women's Berlin: Building the Modern City (University of Minnesota Press, 2008), which traces a largely forgotten version of the city that embraced a feminine modernity, both culturally and architecturally. Stratigakos is currently working on her next book, Hitler at Home, which examines the aesthetic and ideological construction of Hitler's domesticity, focusing on his two private residences. In 2007, she curated an exhibition on Architect Barbie that focused on gendered stereotypes within the architectural profession and in 2011, she collaborated with Mattel on the development and launch of the doll. Stratigakos is the Deputy Director of the University of Buffalo's Gender Institute and has served on the board of directors of the Society of Architectural Historians, among others.
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ST. LOUIS (AP) — A man accused of gunning down an Illinois pastor mid-sermon during a 2009 church service remains mentally unfit to stand trial, an appeals court ruled in pressing the case closer to being decided by a judge, not a jury.
But the Mount Vernon-based 5th District Appellate Court on Friday reversed a judge's ruling that a long-sought psychological evaluation of Terry Sedlacek by a prosecution-chosen doctor be audiotaped. The doctor has balked at such an examination if it's to be recorded.
Sedlacek, 31, has been confined to mental health treatment in Alton, Ill., since he was found incompetent to stand trial months after prosecutors say he strolled into First Baptist Church in Maryville and confronted the Rev. Fred Winters, by all accounts a stranger. Sedlacek has suffered bouts of erratic behavior his family has attributed to tick-borne Lyme disease.
The three-judge appellate panel, it its unanimous ruling, ordered that such the testing be limited to assessing Sedlacek's sanity only at the time of the shooting. As soon as that testing is completed, the appeals court said, Madison County Circuit Judge Richard Tognarelli should hold a discharge hearing that could result in Sedlacek being set free, ordered to stay in mental-health confinement or sent to prison.
"A discharge hearing is basically like a trial on the facts — was it murder?" Sedlacek's public defender, John Rekowski, told The Associated Press on Saturday. "I am hopeful (the case) will be resolved by the end of the year."
A not guilty plea was entered for Sedlacek after he tried during an early court appearance to plead guilty to first-degree murder and aggravated battery charges. Rekowski has said he would pursue a defense of not guilty by reason of insanity.
Stephanee Smith, a spokeswoman for Madison County State's Attorney Tom Gibbons, said Saturday in an email to the AP that prosecutors are reviewing the appellate decision. Prosecutors declined to comment further, pending discussions with the victim's family, she said.
Authorities have said that on March 8, 2009, Sedlacek drove his Jeep to the 1,500-member church from his home in nearby Troy, about 25 miles northeast of St. Louis, bringing with him a .45-caliber handgun and enough bullets to kill 30 people.
Witnesses said Sedlacek's eyes were fixed on the 45-year-old preacher as he calmly walked down the center aisle toward the altar. The confetti that rained from the pastor's Bible after the first shot made some of the 150 onlookers think at first it was a skit. Sedlacek fired three more times, with one bullet going through the pastor's heart as Winters tried to run, authorities said.
After Sedlacek's gun jammed, he pulled out a knife but was wrestled down by two congregants, police said. All three were wounded.
A previous public defender said a day planner found on Sedlacek's dresser referred to the day of the shooting as "death day," suggesting Sedlacek planned the attack. Police said they found two 12-gauge shotguns, a rifle, a box of 550 .22-caliber bullets and an index card marked "Last Day Will."
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Miley Cyrus Naked Picture Leaks on Web
Miley Cyrus has endured her fair share of photo scandals: the suggestive Vanity Fair spread; the smoking salvia shots and video. Now, a year-old, half-naked photo of the singer/actress/teen queen has leaked to the web.
According to LOTRAF, Cyrus was posing for her boyfriend and now fiancé, 'Hunger Games' actor Liam Hemsworth, in this shot. Clearly, Hemsworth is a lucky man, since Miley looks sensuous and sensual, with smoky eyes and bedhead. She's not wearing a top, so her dream catcher tattoo is in full view. There's also a little side boobage peeking out.
Cyrus' is perched in a tub, her wrist wrapped in a black bracelet, with that being the extent of what she's wearing. She was snapped by Vijat, a close friend and photographer. Cyrus was 18 at the time, so no need to get all in an uproar over it! It's not like these are jailbait shots, people.
The photos were intended to be private and for Hemsworth only but as is often the case in this digital day and age, it found its way online, for all the world to see.
For what it's worth, Cyrus looks sexy without being trashy in this revealing shot.
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Also known as Danny Thien Le. Vietnaese American male with large puffy hair. Look at a microphone and you will have a good image of him. Seen mostly in the San Jose Bay Area has been know to do random poetry events on the whim. Works as a part time Quannum Projects lacky. Loves to sing in showers and at church. Been known to rock the body to the bam bam boogie.
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I saw hella duus one day... and then I saw dandiggity.. Oh my god.. I dont Believe that... yea..
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mia wrote:Yes. We all do have those images happening sometimes, in both forms: detached observation, or as emotionally involved 'nightmares'. Sometimes, I wonder why; and where do they come from?
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MILAN (AP) — The Italian government on Friday approved emergency measures to prevent the closure of Europe's largest steel mill, which has been engulfed in a health and environmental scandal, provided that the operators invest at least €3 billion (€3.9 billion) to modernize it.
The government acted with urgency to ensure the Ilva plant, which employs some 12,000 people and is an integral part of a larger steel supply chain, continues to operate.
The plant's owners announced plans to shut it down after magistrates impounded steel production this week as part of an investigation into alleged cover-ups in a criminal pollution probe examining an increase in cancer rates. Seven people, including executives, were arrested.
The government acted with urgency to ensure the plant, which employs some 12,000 people and is an integral part of a larger steel supply chain, continues to operate after magistrates impounded steel production this week, with the owners responding with plans to close. Seven people, including executives, also were arrested.
The government estimates a closure would drain more than €8 billion ($10 billion) annually from the economy, something Italy can ill afford in a recession. Ilva contributes 75 percent to the GDP of Taranto province, according to the company's website.
"The measures were necessary because the industrial center of Taranto is a strategic asset for Italy," Premier Mario Monti told a news conference. The goal of the government's measures, he said, was to both safeguard health and protect jobs.
Environment Minister Corrado Clini said the company would be fined 10 percent of annual revenues if it fails to comply with a cleanup schedule that a government-appointed supervisor will monitor. Ultimately, the government said the owners could lose the plant.
Clini said Ilva was the largest emitter of dioxins — a toxic pollutant — in Europe until three years ago. Since then, more stringent standards have been put in place by the region of Apulia, where Ilva is located. But, he said, it would take "a long time" to clean up dioxins deposited in the soil around the plant. The cleanup schedule is over a six-year period.
The government measures also provide for the release of blast-furnaces seized in July.
The measures take immediate effect, although Parliament approval is required within 60 days.
"We have an armored creature, from the point of view of its implementation," Monti said of the measures.
Workers have been protesting for days at the Taranto plant and other related facilities throughout Italy, fearful for their jobs. In a freak event, a tornado swept through the Taranto plant during one of the protests this week, leaving dozens injured and sweeping one worker in a crane out to sea. His body was recovered Friday.
Ilva is Europe's largest steel mill by capacity, reaching 11 million metric tons.


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Nothing says "Yum!" like a bit of nomenclatural confusion... Especially with a side of near extinction. But that's what you get once you venture down the culinary path with bison, an alternative red meat that is showing up at more and more grocers nationwide.
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Methylation of histone H3 at lysine 79 is catalyzed by Dot1 in mammalian cells. Intergenic H3 (mono-methyl K79) is a mark of enhancer regions and may provide unique binding surfaces along the chromatin fiber to stabilize interactions between enhancers and their target promoters.
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Lillian L. Schneider, age 95, of Sleepy Eye, died on November 7, 2012 at the Sleepy Eye Care Center.
Lillian L. Schneider, age 95, of Sleepy Eye, died on November 7, 2012 at the Sleepy Eye Care Center. Visitation will be held Saturday from 9:30-11:30 a.m. at the church. Funeral services will be held on Saturday, Nov. 10, 2012, 11:30 am at the Faith United Methodist Church, Sleepy Eye, with Pastor Josh Doughty officiating. Interment will take place in the Home Cemetery, Sleepy Eye. Online condolences can be given at www.sturmfh.com. Arrangements are with Sturm Funeral Home, Sleepy Eye.
Lillian L. Schneider was born on May 25, 1917 near Cobden, the daughter of Henry and Pauline (Guhlke) Meinert. She grew up in Leavenworth Township and attended school in Cobden. Lillian married Rueben Kolbe Schneider on July 11, 1936 at the First United Methodist Church in Sleepy Eye. After their marriage they lived and farmed on the family farm in Leavenworth Township until retiring and moving to Sleepy Eye in 1969. She was a member of the Faith United Methodist Church in Sleepy Eye. Lillian lived at Countryside Retirement Community in Sleepy Eye where she enjoyed the fellowship of the other residents and the many activities they offered as well as the comfortable living. She wintered in Arizona for 20 years. Lillian enjoyed gardening, her chickens, crocheting, knitting, cooking, baking, card playing, listening to old time music, her children and grandchildren.
She is survived by her children, Jean (Gary) Schafer of Lamberton, Roger (Cindy) Schneider of Sleepy Eye, Janice (Bill) Maas of Hudson, Wisc., son-in-law, Harvey (Marlys) Deterling of Baudette, 14 grandchildren, 21 great grandchildren and 4 great-great grandchildren.
She was preceded in death by her parents, husband, Rueben Schneider, daughter, Joann Deterling, brothers, Alvin and Wilbert Meinert and sisters, Laura, Verna and Luella.


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Pekovic making his move in Minnesota
Pekovic making his move in Minnesota
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MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — It took some time for the Montenegrin train to get rolling.
Nikola Pekovic spent the first month of the season trying to find his way after signing a monster contract this summer. The big center had to adjust to Kevin Love's return from injury and Kevin Martin's addition in free agency, all while trying to play catch-up after having to take it easy in offseason workouts while negotiating his new deal.
The numbers were solid early, but not what some expected when the Timberwolves gave him $60 million over five years to stay in Minnesota. After slogging through the first 15 games of the season, Pekovic has picked up steam and is flattening everyone in his path.
Over the last 25 games, Pekovic is averaging 20.7 points, 9.7 rebounds and shooting 54 percent. Even more encouraging for the Wolves, he has embraced a different workout routine from new strength coach Koichi Sato and has been healthier than he's ever been.
"I can feel a lot of difference," Pekovic said. "Our strength coach, I think he's doing a great job. He's doing some different things and I can feel how my body responds to everything. I feel better. I've never played so much without missing a game. I'll just try to keep playing as many as I can. For now, they're doing a great job."
Despite widely being considered one of the strongest players in the league, Pekovic's bruising style led to injuries early in his career. He missed 39 games over the previous two seasons, a number that made some nervous when new President Flip Saunders signed him to the long-term deal.
Saunders lured Sato away from the Washington Wizards to help Pekovic, and the rest of the Wolves, avoid the injuries that have plagued them over the last few seasons. Pekovic has played in all 41 games this season, the longest stretch of his four-year career.
Sato went to work with Pekovic to improve his upper body flexibility and posture, getting him to stop running hunched over.
"Stay tall. Be proud," Sato tells Pekovic as he goes through his workout.
Sato, whose official title is director of sports performance, has also helped Pekovic incorporate squats into his routine, a deep knee-bend exercise that many basketball players avoid because they believe it puts too much stress on their knees. Sato says if the exercise is performed correctly, it can make a big difference.
"If a guy has issues, could be pain, could be stiffness, then I'll take them through program, I retest their movement," Sato said. "If they say it feels better, I'll let them be the judge. If it feels better, it's probably good for you what you just did. Instead of just aimlessly lifting weights."
Pekovic has always been a workout warrior. But Sato has teamed with head athletic trainer Gregg Farnham and director of athletic therapy Mark Kyger to help Pekovic and the rest of the Wolves change their approach to workouts to avoid the calf strains, hamstring pulls and sprained ankles that hit them in the past.
Gradually, some of the skepticism has faded away.
"For many of guys, initially it's hard for them to understand," Sato said. "Because it's new to them. But not just (Pekovic), a few other guys started saying hey, I couldn't do this before, but now I can do this."
Even early in the season, Saunders swatted away concerns about his decision to pay Pekovic. Now his faith is being validated.
"Our medical people have worked with him a lot on his flexibility. He's a lot more flexible in his upper body being able to move the ball around," Saunders said. "There's no question right now if they had not changed the rules on All-Star (voting), he would make the All-Star team."
The league no longer reserves specific spots for centers on the All-Star rosters. In a Western Conference stacked with superb power forwards, and with a team that has a record below .500, it might be difficult to for Pekovic to make the team. But just the fact that he's been available for every game, and heard his boss speak so highly of his performance, is enough for him.
"For me, the guys who give me the money, the guys who pay me, if they got that opinion about me, that means I'm doing a great job," Pekovic said. "I need to keep doing that. That means a lot me that he said that."
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Business Standards Committee: Impact Report
Goldman Sachs Chairman and CEO Lloyd Blankfein announced the creation of the Business Standards Committee (BSC) in May 2010 to conduct an extensive review of our business standards and practices. After reviewing every major business, region and activity of the firm, the BSC published a report in January 2011 that included 39 recommendations. In this report we explain the changes we made and how they impacted our firm.Read the BSC Impact Report


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Summertime. Lemonade, grilling out, long walks, and S'mores. Our fire pit is used year round but recently we have made it a bit of a routine to roast bounties of marshmallows and make S'mores. There is something relaxing about holding a stick with a marshmallow close enough to the fire for that perfectly browned finish. Then making that S'more and finding the perfect eating position so not to wear it. Kinda bent over, leaning into the S'more but with it slightly higher than your mouth to catch any dripping chocolate.
Eating these around a fire conjures up stories of yesteryear, maybe a remembrance of one's first S'more.
Do you remember your first S'more? Your last S'more?
The other night, I told of a time I had been around a fire in Poland and while we Americans were making S'mores, the ingredients of which were easily obtained from the commissary, some Poles were roasting kielbasa. Oh those kielbasa giving off that scrumptious aroma while its juices dripped into the fire. We each had something the other wanted and could not get, nor could we speak eachother's language. We all ended up sharing and found that mmm mmming in English is the same as in Polish.
Next time you grill out, make S'mores. It's simple and simply wonderful.
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The enemy of superior, consistent accuracy is dynamic spine, the flexing of an arrow in flight. Broadheads can make this flexing even worse. The new, hi-tech carbon Maxima RED is engineered with stiffer ends to contain and control Dynamic Spine to the center of the arrow, or the "RED ZONE". The result is a breakthrough in broadhead accuracy and the best hunting arrow ever created.
The introduction of Maxima RED reinforces helps broadheads shoot tighter groups and provide overall improved hunting performance. Key Maxima RED features include:
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Maxima Hunter Crossbolt: This premium crossbolt provides maximum accuracy and strength. It's the most proven camouflage bolt in the Carbon Express lineup. The Maxima Hunter is laser sorted for straightness and weight for ultimate consistency. Its precision design with patented BuffTuff Plus carbon weave gives it superior strength and accuracy. The Dual Spine Weight Forward technology gives it rapid recovery and optimizes the trajectory to ensure greater down-range shot placement.
Mayhem Crossbolt: This bolt is engineered with advance carbon materials to provide superior spine consistency and deliver the ultimate combination of speed, accuracy and penetration. The innovative multi-layer construction has an optimal size diameter and is tuned for today's high-powered crossbows to deliver exceptional down-range accuracy and penetration with a broadhead. In addition, it is precision-sorted for straightness, creating maximum consistency shot after shot.
PileDriver Crossbolt: Designed for the hunter who wants bone crushing penetration, the PileDriver Crossbolt is the heaviest carbon crossbolt in the Carbon Express lineup, creating maximum kinetic energy and great knockdown power. The advanced construction ensures spine consistency for greater accuracy while the composite materials are extremely durable at impact for exceptional reliability and repeat performance.
GameSlayer: The affordable option with high quality and great performance. The GameSlayer is manufactured using Aerospace 7001-T6-alloy material for advanced strength and reliability. It delivers 88,000 PSI achieving bone-crushing power. GameSlayer™ is hand anodized for an ultra-smooth finish and increased penetration. It is designed to handle today's high-powered crossbows and offers exceptional performance and overall value.
Info: Carbon Express
BloodSport Arrows Flare Series
BloodSport Arrows introduces the new Flare Series Impact Hunter arrow built specifically for hunters.
The Impact Hunter Flare Series is a 165 ID ultra-small diameter arrow that provides greater impact and less wind drift. Flare nocks and collars are factory installed on each arrow and allow you to practice with the nocks you will be hunting with. Simply insert the lightweight 5 grain light when you are ready to hunt. BloodSport even includes 3 lights with the purchase of all Flare 6 packs. Finally, an affordable lighted nock solution for your hunting arrow!
The new patent pending BloodRing also comes standard on all Impact Hunter arrows. It is a proprietary, bright white spray-on liner that is textured and specifically designed to capture blood as it passes through the animal, allowing for much easier determination of shot location. Arrow flight is not affected.
The front of the Impact Hunter Flare features the all new Lock-n-Load tunable glue less outsert. Built from super strong lightweight aluminum, the Lock-n-Load provides incredible arrow protection while accepting all standard broadheads.
Info: www.gomuddy.com
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May 14, 2012
A new study finds that women who witness crimes in their neighborhood or are victims of abuse are more likely to participate in risky sexual behavior.
Jennifer Walsh, of the Miriam Hospital's Centers for Behavioral and Preventive Medicine in Providence, R.I., and colleagues surveyed 481 women presenting at an urban STD clinic. Most participants were African-American and disadvantaged socioeconomically. The women were assessed for a previous history of violence as well as current sexual risk behaviors.
Compared to the general population, the women in the study reported higher rates of exposure to violence. The team identified four groups of women with differing experiences of violence: 39 percent reported low exposure to violence; 20 percent were chiefly exposed to community violence; 23 were mainly exposed to childhood mistreatment; and 18 percent experienced multiple forms of violence.
The authors found that those women who reported experiencing multiple forms of violence and those who said they were exposed to violence in the community had the highest levels of exposure to sexual risk, including drug and alcohol use before sex, and lifetime number of partners.
[PNU editor's note: The study, "Exposure to Different Types of Violence and Subsequent Sexual Risk Behavior Among Female Sexually Transmitted Disease Clinic Patients: A Latent Class Analysis," was published in Psychology of Violence (03.19.12;doi:10.1037/a0027716).]
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hi whats up??
my friend ask me to pentest to his server and i started with nmap after that i started nikto and found very intresting
file on the server
nikto has found a shell in the cgi dir (cgi/bash),well i though i will finish the pentest just after 10 min .
but i was unable to communicete with that shell the server sayd "404 not found" .
if there is a shell exposed in the server i have to communicete with him and if its work i need to tell my friend to delete the file.
how can i commuincete with that shell ??
any ideas and links will be great .
the server runing under apache 2.0.55 and
tnx in advence.


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The Amazing Indo Rannuang Waterfall And The Limbong Sitodo River
Situated approximately just a mere 8 Km from the heart of Polewali, capital of the Polewali Mandar Regency in West Sulawesi, nature presents some of its best features at the Indo Rannuang Waterfall and the Limbong Sitodo River that runs below. The two fascinating spots are administratively located within the Kunyi Village in the Anreapi sub-district.
Limbong Sitodo is a natural bathing area and swimming pool which takes the natural setting of the Limbong River. Here, the river flows smoothly through beautiful scenery of rocks and trees along its banks making it a perfect place to plunge and bathe away in the refreshing crystal clear waters. With a magnificent view overlooking lush green hills, added with the tranquilizing sounds of waters murmuring down the river, this is also a perfect place just to sit back, relax and enjoy what Mother Nature has to offer. At weekends or holidays, locals bring families and friends for a picnic or just to enjoy the scenery.
If one has the stamina, spirit, and enough sense of adventure, then best follow the river upstream to its source, which is the Indo Rannuang Waterfall. While Limbong Sitodo may be easily reached, then Indo Rannuang Waterfall presents a slightly more adventurous challenge for those who wish to get close to nature.
Pass the Limbong Sitodo, about 5 kilometer up the hill, one will be presented with a fascinating ambience of a traditional Mandar Village with their distinct high houses along with their various daily activities. Further up the mountain, lines of cocoa trees decorate both sides of the road. The cocoa farms, along with other fruit and vegetable gardens offer the main source of income and activities of the people living near the waterfall. Then, whether you're on four wheels or two wheels, the road gets narrower and eventually ends. This is where the footpath and the hiking begin.
Dense bushes and rocky paths form the main highlight of the approximately 4 Km hike to the Indo Rannuang Waterfall. Although the trip is tiring, you will be presented with a magnificent view of the Town of Polewali and the bay of Mandar along the way. As the sound of rushing water grows louder, the astonishing view of Indo Rannuang Waterfal is unveiled.
This multi level waterfall is truly one of a kind. The top leans on a gigantic rock, creating enchanting flows of waters over it. Several levels below, natural ponds are created banking on rocks and beautiful natural setting. On the lowest level, before the fall plunges some 50 meters over the cliff, the last pond sits right at the edge of the cliff and somehow resembles the devil's pool in the Victoria Fall of Zimbabwe. With nothing but the sound of rushing waters, a clear blue sky overhead, and an amazing view over Mandar Bay in the distance, this sensation as if one is swimming or just being here at one of the best features of nature is truly exceptional.
Although no starred hotels are yet available in the town of Polewali, there are several inns you can choose as your accommodations facilities, namely:
- Hotel Melati, Jl. Ahmad Yani Poros Polewali
- Hotel Lilianto, Jl. Ahmad Yani No. 54 B
- Hotel Perdana, Jl. HOS Cokroaminoto Pekkabata Polewali
- Hotel Bumi Raya, Jl. Todilaling Pekkabata Polewali
Located at the Kunyi Village in the Anreapi Sub District, the two destinations are only about 8 Km from the heart of Polewali. However, there are no signs or other directional guidance that can lead you to this place. The best route is to make your way in the direction of the Kunyi Village Office which is still on the main road from Polewali. There you can get off the main road and turn right to enter Kunyi Village. About 4-5 Km from here you will reach the Limbung Sitodo. Again there are no signs here or any written indications that can lead you to Limbong Sitodo. The parking lot and several food and drink stall, as well as the beautiful river setting will be your only confirmation that you have actually arrived at Limbong Sitodo.
If you wish to continue to the Indo Rannuang Waterfall, it is best to park your vehicle at the Limbong Sitodo, although you may also park somewhere further uphill. If you wish, you can start your trekking or hiking from here, or to make the journey a bit easier you can take the "Ojek" or motorbike taxis for about IDR 40,000. If you take the "ojek", you will also get to experience a somewhat thrilling uphill offroad motorbike ride. Have no fear, since the ojek rider are accustomed to the extreme road, since it is they daily course.
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Today, we are checking in with Oceanhouse Media (OM) to see what they've been up to since our last visit, in August. Prior to that, we first met with its founder Michel Kripalani in February 2011. OM keeps evolving with each encounter. Their title list has expanded, in concert with the size of their offices.
Joy Chu: Would you share some stories about your latest projects? Your partnership with Dr. Seuss Enterprises continues happily! His 108th birthday was just this month (March 2).
Michel Kripalani: We have some very exciting titles coming soon. In the Dr. Seuss line, we're about to come out with The Shape of Me and Other Stuff (release date March 21) . . .
…and Horton Hatches the Egg (release date April 4). We're super excited for both of those.
Recently, we've launched the Dr. Seuss Beginner Book Collection #1, which has done really well. It seems that people are gravitating towards this idea of having multiple books in one app.
We're going to follow that up with a Collection #2 (release date March 21); and also a Mercer Mayer Little Critter collection. Finally, The Cat in the Hat's Learning Library series has been very well received, with the first two apps that came out; and we have a number of new titles in production as well. The team is incredibly busy and we have a lot of great omBooks (Oceanhouse Media digital books) coming in the next three months.
JC: Tell us about the books you do with the Smithsonian, of Triceratops Gets Lost; It's Tyrannosaurus Rex! and Penguin's Family. What age group is this geared towards?
MK: The Smithsonian titles are great. We work with Soundprints, out of Connecticut, who is the publisher of the books. The books originally came in print form, with audio CDs attached.
Now, we've taken those materials and combined them into apps, making them more interactive. There's some really great omBooks out there as you've already listed — Triceratops Gets Lost, It's Tyrannosaurus Rex!, Polar Bear Horizon, Woolly Mammoth In Trouble and Penguin's Family. Children from 3 to 7 years old really seem to enjoy these educational apps.
JC: These titles are nonfiction-oriented — as opposed to the classic Seuss titles. Are your steps different when doing these books? Will the emphasis be more on sidebar material, in addition to terminology?
MK: The steps are not really that different. We always take the original source material and adapt it to interactive form as best we can.
For Dr. Seuss, it happens to be fiction and storytelling and in the case of Smithsonian there tends to be more scientific content. Our process is very similar. In terms of sidebar material, we use everything that's provided to us.
It just so happens that the Smithsonian line, and also The Cat in the Hat's Learning Library line, have a lot of this additional information that we're able to embed in the apps.
JC: I'm excited you will be producing an omBook featuring one of my all-time favorite artists, Byron Barton!
MK: We're extremely excited as well. The books are fantastic to begin with, and we've added a real fun level of interactivity that we think will be very exciting for toddlers.
The first release is Planes, launching on March 14. Additional omBooks based on Barton's transportation books will be released in the next several months through our partnership with HarperCollins Children's Books.
JC: You have another addition to your stable since our last meeting: omBooks affiliated with Kidwick Books.
MK: Kidwick Books are a perfect example of how picture books with great storytelling can be transformed into engaging, interactive apps.
The award-winning Leo the Lightning Bug as well as Ellison the Elephant and A Frog Thing are a wonderful addition to our omBook collection, with stories that encourage patience, perseverance, and confidence in young children.
JC: You now appear to have a mix between the author/artists you deal directly with [examples: Mercer Meyer; Alona Frankel's Potty series; Dr Seuss Enterprises; Kidwick Books]; and other projects in tandem with major publishing houses [examples: Houghton Mifflin Harcourt; Official Character Arts, LLC./Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer].
Now that Oceanhouse has hit the ground running, will you continue producing omBooks as direct partners, special third party licensee arrangements, or both? In what percentage of each?
MK: For us it's very straight-forward. We do the deal with whoever holds the rights.
If the author and illustrator hold the digital rights to their material, then we're happy to do a direct deal with them. If the rights reside with the publisher, we're equally happy to work with the publisher. It really makes no difference to us, and it's a little bit hard for me to predict which way the rights will be held in the future.
JC: What do you look for when you take on either of the above business relationships? And would you define the term "Evergreen Title" in terms of book print quantity? What about web presence (ie, how many "hits"?); when this is included in a project proposal?
MK: Every book and every line is different. To date, as a business, we've been looking for evergreen titles from big brands. Clearly, Dr. Seuss, The Berenstain Bears and Little Critter all fall in this category.
So in general, we do tend to gravitate towards lines with multiple books, a dozen or more is attractive to us, and titles that have been selling for many, many years. Over time, I expect this will change, and we may start to explore books just because we think there's a chance that in an app adaptation they'll do particularly well.
JC: If an author/illustrator owns the complete rights to their currently out-of-print book, they would ideally show a written proposal. What should it contain?
MK: A written proposal is a great place to start. People can feel free to contact us via email (email@example.com).
A simple summary is great. Perhaps deliver a few PDF images of some pages as well. We love to know what print runs and sales figures have been in the past.
To date, most of the titles that we've adapted into apps have sold well over 50,000 or more copies, some into the hundreds of thousands and even millions.
JC: Any other new news you can share with us?
MK: One other line that we recently launched that we're really excited about is adaptations of the Picture Me® Press books, which allow children to put their photographs into the omBooks.
In physical form, you'd put a 4×6 photo at the back of the book and see it on every page. But in app form (pictured here), we've found that it's even that much more playful because you can use the camera on the device to take a picture or go get something out of your photo library.
Then we still add all of the interactivity, word highlighting and playful elements. It's a series that we're very excited about. Initial titles have done quite well.


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Stacy McCain links to a story in the NYT concerning a young Marxist who has developed a following:
Since its debut in September 2010 it has attracted nearly 2,000 print and digital subscribers, some 250,000 Web hits a month, regular name-checks from prominent bloggers, and book deals from two New York publishers.
While Stacy comments on the lack of interest in bloggers with bigger audiences I found the following words much more significant: (emphasis mine)
it got my attention because, of course, Marxism is the deadliest idea in human history. Marxist-Leninist regimes killed 100 million of their own citizens in the 20th century but, hey, let's assign a cheerful human-interest story about this young idiot who thinks it's hip and cool to revive a discredited ideology.
It's that 100,000,000 in a century that is significant, that's not as easy as it sounds.
Think about it for a moment. Government sponsored murder is a lot of work, there is apprehending a person, holding them, stripping them of valuables, mock trials, guards preventing the person from escaping or overpowering those holding them, the actual killing of the victim, disposal of the body, record keeping to make sure its done right and people to supervise the entire operation in case anyone gets cold feet.
Now consider the number of people murdered. 100,000,000 people murdered in a century works out to 1,000,000 a year or 2739 people a day, 114 an hour or just over one person murdered every 31 seconds 24 hours a day every day for a full 100 years.
How many people do you think murder on such a scale requires: 1000? 10,000? 100,000?
Maybe even 250,000!
Those hits aren't visits to a web site, they are a reminder to the next person who wants to pick up the bloody mantle of 20th century Marxism that there are people ready willing and able to do its dirty work, they are the resume pool for the next Marxist regime
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Lodi, CA
Manuel Rodrigues Dias III
Feb. 5, 1918 - Jan. 25, 2013
Manuel Rodrigues Dias III, age 94, of Lodi, passed away on January 25, 2013, surrounded by his family. He was born on February 5, 1918, in Stockton,
California to
Manuel and Maria (Freitas) Dias. Manuel was an employee of the United States Post Office for 40 years. He served in the United States Army from 1940-1945, he is a veteran of World War II. He had a deep passion for golf, and had a hole in one twice in his lifetime. He was a member of the following organizations: P.F.S.A., Y.M.I., C.P.S.C., N.C.G.A., president of the Postal Clerks Union, member of the Knights of Columbus. He is survived by his children; daughter, Carolyn Dias of San Clemente; sons, Raymond (Patty) Dias of Stockton, Melvin (Evie) Dias of Nevada, and Henry (Diane) Dias of Lodi; grandchildren, Elizabeth Nelson-Ledin, Jessica Huebner, Trent Dias, Tara Andress, Steven Dias, Allison Peck, Carter
Leathers, Courtney Dias, Joe Kohn and Cristina Dias; great grandchildren, Morgan Dias,
Dominic Dias, and Anthony Dias. He was preceded in death by his wife, Eldora Dias and his parents. The family would like to express their thanks to Rosa, Dora, Tammy, Lilliana, Sara and Yolanda for their excellent and loving care.
Friends are invited to visit on Thursday, January 31, from 8 a.m. to 8 p.m. at Lodi Funeral Home. The recitation of the Holy Rosary will be held on Thursday, January 31, at 7 p.m. at Lodi Funeral Home. A Mass of Christian Burial will be celebrated on Friday, February 1, at 10 a.m. at St. Anne's Catholic Church with committal to follow at Cherokee Memorial Park. In lieu of flowers, donations may be made to Hospice of San Joaquin 3888 Pacific Ave. Stockton, CA 95204, or a charity of your choice. A virtual register
may be signed at www.lodifuneralhome.com where memories can be shared. Lodi Funeral Home is assisting the family with arrangements.


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Sure they have, they won the Cup w/o Malone. That was so long ago btw, they had Bill Guerin on the team. If I was them I'd sell the farm to win now. How many years do Malkin & Crosby have in their prime? By the time Pouliot is ready to contribute imagine where their current core will be. Having a pair like they have up the middle does not happen very often. Agreed they need more toughness, big time!Hockey Widow wrote:Shero let a lot of his tough guys go and never replaced them. Two of the best in the league and no support or protection. Hung onto MAF too long. Gave away their future basically every year to tool up for the playoffs. The team needs more than just Kesler and adding Kesler risks depleting what young assets they do have. I don't see that as a smart move for the team.
I think they are better served by a new GM, not a lame duck GM. A GM that can build support around Crosby and Malkin, shore up the net and get meaner up front. They have never been the same since they let the likes of Malone go.
If they can't trade MAF they are probably best served to keep him for the final year and build pieces up front. I don't know how they do that though as they have little to trade. Unless they trade Malkin and I think that's foolish.
Sort of Washington trying to win with OV and not much more.
Now, let's hope Montreal can oust Boston.
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Jack Reacher wrote:Haha no offense taken, I think you slightly misunderstand where im coming from in my point, like lucid did. Im not saying this entire topic and everyones beliefs are a waste of time, and im not saying deep contemplation about the nature of your existence is a waste of time either, I think I said this before a few times. I do however think that acting on something that isn't valid by its own defintition or something that is unfalsible is a bit irresponsible for an adult. To base and dedicate your life on something like this is your own choice, im fine with that and I mean no disrespect for those who choose to do so. Its when your actions get in the way of the reality of the issues in the real world where i think the problem lies.
Things like making your character/spirit/soul better by becoming a better person and being good natured, I have no problem with this at all, it makes logical sense to me and doesn't really rely on any kind of unknown concepts, you can experience the proof through your own actions, thats the beauty of it. Seeing issues in the world, in the community and other social areas in my life and choosing to do something good about it on my own terms and by my own will and experiencing the benefits that come from it is enough for me, its all I need. After doing this for a while, everything else is well, irrelevant. Unless of course you believe in an afterlife or you beleive that the events of this world are beyond your control and everything runs by some cosmic wacky order, thats when things get a bit iffy for me and to influence others peoples lives by this way of thinking just feels like a mistake for me.
Love it dude, I love it.
Worldenterer1 wrote:Why does America have to be so religious?
That's a great question.
Because that's how people were raised?
My family is historically Anglican... however, my immediate family *NEVER* went to church or anything. I identified as having no religion. My parents (especially my father) were very anti-religion, in fact. I think it really veered me towards being more open minded... because I didn't want to be as closed-minded as my father when it came to stuff like this.
I can totally see more people *SLOWLY* coming around to removing religion from their life... I don't think it will ever go away completely, because some people need something like religion to hold onto to stabilize their lives... and I kind of have this feeling that, in some way, it's here to experience in order to learn to move past it. I dunno... just a thought.