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Boy Scout and Girl Scout Groups Hosted by Your Congregation at Emerson UU Congregation, Marietta, GA
Girl Scout Troop 2401
Emerson UUC was approached 2 years ago to host a Girl Scout troop when they lost their previous meeting site. A proposal to be this troop's host congregation was taken to the Children & Youth RE Committee for discernment; when approved there, the proposal went to our Faith Development Council, who approved and forwarded the proposal to the Membership Council (they oversee affinity groups). With unanimous recommendations to host the troop, the proposal was put on the consent agenda of the Board of Trustees and passed. The troop meets every other Friday evening for 2.5 hours for fun, fellowship and scouting. They do Service Projects for the congregation and the community. They do not pay rent or do fundraisers at the Congregation site. Their trained leaders and girls abide by our building and Safe Congregation Anti-child Abuse policies. There was no controversy in hosting this group. We do not have Troop info on our website.
Submitted by Beth Kline, DRE, Emerson UU Congregation in Marietta, GA
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The Tenterfield Terrier
The Tenterfield Terrier
It is commonly believed that small terriers of similar type found their way to Australia on the early settlement ships but our early history is undocumented. Being small and agile, dogs of this type have been an integral part of the Australian life. With few early farms or households without a dog of this type due to their amazing ratting ability.
It is also believed based on early photographs, that small terriers of this type were often used on the hunt being carried in saddle bags and released once the prey went to ground. Their agility making them able to leap up to be caught and placed in saddle bags whilst the handler sat in the saddle and they made short work of the leap from that height. Tenterfield Terriers of today should retain this ability and hence they thrive in agility, flyball and other sporting tasks. Many are also very adept at climbing and are considered to be very catlike in their ability to negotiate obstacles.
Once commonly known as the 'Mini Foxie' this name was abandoned on the long road to recognition in 2002. One of the fundamental reasons for this name is that the Tenterfield Terrier is not a miniaturisation of the Fox Terrier and there is little evidence that the Fox Terrier featured heavily if at all in the breed's development.
The name "Tenterfield Terrier" was chosen after an Australian wide survey was undertaken to determine an appropriate name for this wonderful and truly Australian breed. The reference to Tenterfield is to acknowledge the influence that the 'Tenterfield Saddler', George Woolnough, had on the early development of Terriers of similar type to the Tenterfield's of today. George was often seen and photographed with a multitude of 'his' little terriers.
The Tenterfield Terrier is a happy outgoing highly intelligent dog. With appropriate socialising they are equally at home with large & small dogs and although a true terrier can live harmoniously with cats and other small pets. They bond solidly with their human pack and will offer each family member what they need from a dog. That is, they are equally at home sitting on the lounge with dad watching the footy or spending hours running with the kids in the yard. Amazingly sensitive they often also recognise when someone isn't well and just needs to be watched over.
Standing at 25.5 – 30.5cms (10 – 12 inches) tall their size belies their strength, which shouldn't be confused with stockiness. They should give an overall picture of agility and balance. They are a single coated breed that should be short and laying close to the body. Predominantly white with black, tan or liver markings in any combination however brindle markings are undesirable. Nose colour and pigmentation on the dog will be reflective of the coat colour. That is, black dogs will have a black nose and true liver dogs will have a liver coloured nose and pigment.
Tenterfield Terriers are also unique in that they are the only terrier breed in Australia that has a natural bob tail. Therefore tails of any length are equally acceptable in the show ring. However balance should always be the overriding criteria in its assessment.
Tenterfields are considered to be a relatively healthy breed however in recent years Primary Lens Luxation & Congenital Hypothyroidism with Goitre has been identified in a few of our dogs. However the dedicated breeders of Tenterfield Terriers have been extremely proactive in testing and breeding to eliminate these hereditary diseases.
As with other small breeds Patella Subluxation also appeared within the breed but today it is almost non-existent due to extensive voluntary screening that breeders undertake.
Many Tenterfield Terriers are known to live beyond 15 years of age.
Dedicated Tenterfield Terrier breeders continue to take part in appropriate research trials that will enable us to be at the forefront of tackling any health concerns that may appear in the future.
A Tenterfield Terrier is one of the easiest breeds of dog to care for. A regular nail clipping and a quick wash when needed will keep your tentie looking good. We often refer to then as a wash and wear dog. Even a towel off during the warming months isn't necessary as they take great joy in doing zoomies around the yard which is like a spin dry in a washing machine. Between baths a simple wipe over with a damp cloth will keep your Tenterfield Terrier looking good and remove any loose hair from their coat.
Tenterfield Terriers are equally at home on the farm, in a small suburban back yard or even in an apartment given enough stimulation to occupy their inquisitive nature. An environment void of toys and things to do will find your Tentie discovering their own ways to occupy themselves and this is how they can get up to all sorts of harmless mischief.
Equally at home with the elderly, the recently retired and young kids as they will adapt to the needs of the family they live with. Being highly intelligent they thrive when given a job to do and insist on being an integral part of the family. They will not do well if left to their own devices.
They make ideal travelling companions and are wonderful alarm dogs, letting you know if something isn't quite right around the home.
Many thrive in agility and obedience and at many other tasks. Their ability to learn and adapt is equal to most working dogs if appropriate training techniques are used. Trick training is a fun way for kids and Tenties to bond.
Contact DetailsLeanne Bennett
Mid North Coast, NSW, Australia
Email : [email protected]

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Panthers suffer setback in Little East Conference opener
HOLDERNESS, N.H. – Sophomore Bo Prozinski (Ashland, Mass.) scored a season-high seven goals Sunday afternoon to lead the University of Massachusetts Dartmouth to a 10-4 victory over Plymouth State University in a Little East Conference men's lacrosse game at The Holderness School.
Prozinski scored two goals in the first quarter to lead the Corsairs to a 2-1 lead after one. He added another in the third frame to push the margin to 6-2 before helping clinch the victory with four goals in the final stanza. UMD won its second straight game to improve to 7-3 overall and 1-1 in conference play while PSU had its four-game winning streak stopped and dropped to 4-2 overall and 0-1 in the Little East.
Senior Chris Annunciata (Waltham, Mass.) led PSU with a pair of goals and classmate Zach Frank (Wakefield, Mass.) added a goal and an assist.
The visitors outscored the home team 2-1 in each of the first two quarters to enjoy a 4-2 margin at halftime. Annunciata scored both Panther goals while juniors Dennis Healy (Hanover, Mass.) and Tyler Chasnov (Plymouth, Mass.) tallied second-period markers for the Corsairs.
UMD extended its margin to 6-2 in the third quarter and Prozinski and senior Justin Lawless (Quincy, Mass.) scored late in the frame. Prozinski notched the first two goals in the first minute of the fourth quarter to give the Corsairs a commanding 8-2 advantage before holding on for the win.
Sophomore Ryan Garland (Franklin, Mass.) and freshman Colin Claflin (Pembroke, Mass.) collected five ground balls apiece to lead PSU while senior Steven Tarpey (Shrewsbury, Mass.) and sophomore Dan Brown (Beverly, Mass.) did the same for UMD.
Senior Nick Thayer (Chelmsford, Mass.) made 15 saves to earn the win in the Corsair goal. Senior goalie Jesse Kutz (Hopkinton, Mass.) made 14 saves for Plymouth State.
Plymouth State returns to action on Thursday with a make-up game at Castleton State College. UMass Dartmouth plays again Wednesday at Massachusetts Maritime at 7:00 p.m.
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Balmy breezes and beach bars in Berlin
By Robert Pimm
Financial times, August 31 2004
The moon above the palm trees is bright tonight. The air is balmy but the fine, white sand is cool between our toes. We sip cocktails and watch pleasure boats float by.
There's a buzz around the bar, music and laughter and the chink of iced drinks. But here at the far end of the beach, among the intimate encampments of blue- and green-striped deck-chairs, the night is dark and calm.
Berlin is surrounded by water – here the Teltow Canal. Photo – Robert Pimm
Welcome to Berlin, summer 2004. Tourist cities are a problem in high summer. It's so hot and sticky that locals, and most tourists with any sense, head off to the beach. Berlin is different, in that much of the city actually is a beach.
That's why the Berlin Tourist Board's new campaign to persuade visitors that the months of July and August are the perfect time to visit Germany's reunited capital is less daft than it sounds.


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Eating during the week doesn't have to be the boring same old. I love mixing up my weekly rotation by making flavor packed fun meals. Who doesn't love a taco night? I love tacos because they're so versatile. You can do fish tacos, chicken, beef, veggie, the options are endless. I do have a go-to recipe for my own and its super easy. Check it out.
Chicken Tinga Tacos
Ingredients for Tacos
1 cooked rotisserie chicken, pulled apart in shredded pieces
1 package of McCormick's Chicken Tinga de Pollo mix – needed ingredients include: 8 oz can of tomato sauce,
1 onion, sliced long, 2/3 cup of water
flour tortillas
Topping sides below + optional others: sliced red and green peppers, sriracha sauce, sour cream, pepper jack shredded cheese, Mexican blend shredded cheese
Chunky Guacamole
2 ripe avocados, crushed and left chunky
sea salt, for seasoning
1 tbsp lime juice or juice of half a lime
Quick Salsa
2 roma tomatoes, diced
1/2 an onion, diced
1-2 tbsp fresh cilantro
sea salt, for seasoning
1 tbsp lime juice or juice of half a lime
Yellow Rice
1 box of Yellow Rice, cooked per package instructions
Shred chicken ahead of time. Cook rice per package instructions (will take about 20 minutes). Slice 1 onion and heat in a large skillet until softened. Add McCormick's seasoning to the skillet with the 8oz jar of tomato sauce and 2/3 cup of water and slowly mix in shredded chicken. Allow to heat through on low heat, covering the pan with foil (5-10 mins) and remove from heat. Meanwhile, make the toppings above by mixing listed ingredients in small bowls. Serve with toppings, chicken, and flour tortillas and everyone will assemble their own taco! Enjoy!


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Webjet launches first working blockchain initiative in the hotel distribution industry
Webjet Limited ("Webjet") has expanded its blockchain initiative, Rezchain, to selected external organisations.
Over the past 2 years, Webjet has developed a blockchain-based solution, Rezchain, that enables participating travel companies to eliminate the pain of reconciling accounts payable ("AP") and accounts receivable ("AR") issues and the out-of-pocket costs that unreconciled data is likely to cause. Rezchain is now deployed on its 4th generation blockchain infrastructure to support Rezchain Smart Contracts.
The problem Webjet has addressed is common throughout the hotel distribution chain and the benefits of the solution are immediate. Industry estimates assume that 3-5% of bookings are disputed in some form when one party attempts to invoice the other party and disputes can take months to resolve. In some instances, bookings are not invoiced at all, meaning one party is 100% out-of-pocket unnecessarily.
Rezchain is the hotel distribution industry's first functioning blockchain enabled technology platform where companies share data "on chain" to address mismatched data in real time, eliminating disputes at invoice time. Thorough testing between Webjet's own B2B companies has proven the effectiveness of the solution, reducing the time to resolve any identified disputes and allowing the businesses to grow without needing to increase AR & AP resources at comparable rates.
Webjet is delighted to have signed Rezchain agreements with several of the industry's most prestigious companies: Thomas Cook (Europe), DidaTravel (China), Mitra Global (Indonesia), and hotel chain, Far East Hospitality.
"Rezchain requires no technical integration on the part of the participating company; a simple daily file is all that is necessary to begin matching data and solving booking issues" says John Guscic, Webjet's Managing Director. "In a low margin, high transaction volume business, it is essential to find ways to be more efficient and eliminate administrative burdens that add no value. It was this fundamental principal has led to the development of Rezchain".
Thomas Hohn, Chief of Group Complementary Product at Thomas Cook, stated "Thomas Cook is pleased to be working with Webjet, and other innovative industry partners, to create a more efficient and productive industry. This initiative will deepen our relationship with Webjet, following the successes we have experienced to date as part of our strategic sourcing partnership established in 2016."
Webjet is initially offering "blockchain as a service" to participating companies and expects over time larger organisations will start contributing computing power and running their own mining nodes. "It can be overwhelming for a travel company to consider adopting a new process that also requires the steep learning curve of a new technology" commented Graham Anderson, Webjet's Head of Technology, "Rezchain offers a simple entry point to blockchain efficiencies and allows companies to choose when and if they want to be part of the underlying infrastructure."
Ensuring the privacy and security of sensitive company booking data has been paramount in the design of Rezchain. "Some strengths of blockchain technology include that it is decentralised, distributed, and open, but this is also a challenge when companies are sharing sensitive data. Rezchain's architecture ensures any sensitive data stored "on chain" is hashed and cannot be decoded, while still allowing companies access to the granular detail necessary to resolve mismatched booking data" said Lynne Oldfield, Webjet's Director Corporate Development.


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Radiant floor hydronic heating systems use a boiler to heat water that is circulated through pipes that are embedded in a concrete slag. The heat from the water radiates through the cement and into the room.
If you've never experienced radiant floor hydronic heating, let me just say it is luscious. If you live in cold climate where homes have basements, you have undoubtedly experienced the discomfort of being frozen from your knees down. This isn't what you're going for in a new home! And with radiant floor heating, even dark basements stay toasty warm. You will be comfortable year round in a basement with heated cement floors.
In the first custom dream home we had radiant floor heating in the basement. In this house we will have it throughout the entire basement and also in the master suite on the main floor. While it is expensive, it is worth it (particularly in basements) for the livability it adds to the areas.
This week, gravel was poured in the basement area and it was covered with a foil/plastic insulation sheeting. Rob Vigessa of Superior Heat & Air installed the radiant floor tubing over the insulation. When we inspected the tubing, we noticed that it didn't extend to a few needed areas, but that was quickly fixed by running additional tubing.
Here in the rental house, my office is in the basement. And I've got a portable heater sitting right next to me to keep the lower half of my body from getting frostbite. I look forward to next winter, when sitting on the basement floor will be comfy cozy again!


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Police respond to armed robbery at Hello Bistro
March 19, 2018
The City of Pittsburgh Police Department responded to an armed robbery at Hello Bistro Sunday night, according to a Pitt crime alert sent out Monday afternoon. The crime alert from University of Pittsburgh Police said city police responded to the robbery at 11:11 p.m. The store closes at 10 p.m. and...
Oakland victims robbed at gunpoint
By Rachel Glasser | News Editor
October 28, 2017
Pitt police issued a crime alert after two suspects were involved in an armed robbery Friday night. Pitt and city police responded to the crime, which took place on the 300 block of Ophelia Street, Oct. 27, at 11:24 p.m. A black male approached the two victims and asked them where a party was, according...
Suspects invade, rob Oakland home
By Rachel Glasser | News Editor
September 10, 2017
Pitt police issued a crime alert after three men robbed a home on Dawson Street early Saturday morning. The suspects — a white male, African-American male and Hispanic male — entered the house on the 3400 block of Dawson Street through a back door at approximately 3 a.m. The African-American male bran...
Person robbed at gunpoint on Semple
By Janine Faust / Senior Staff Writer
April 19, 2017
Two assailants, armed with a black handgun, robbed a person Monday night on the 200 block of Semple Street. The victim was an adult unaffiliated with the University who said two men robbed him of his wallet, phone and electronic equipment before fleeing down Semple Street — possibly going south �...


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Following up on an announcement we made in October, this is the video footage of our participation at the Chris Evert Pro Celebrity Tennis Classic hosted in Florida. Of course it was an honor to be invited. It was a great event! You can find out more about Chris Evert's charity by visiting their website at www.chrisevert.org
Enjoy the German Shepherd demonstration video.
Chris Evert / Raymond James Protection Dog Demonstration performing at the Chris Evert/Raymond James Tennis Pro-Classic held in Delray Beach Florida, Wayne Curry from Kraftwerk K9 and his world famous protection dog, Rudy with the assistance of former Marine K9 Handler, Anthony Akers demonstrate a pronounced test of courage along with superior obedience skills in center court. Oruger the Boom vom Kraftwerk, aka"Rudy" is everything a german shepherd should be!
Special thanks to our other team members Leila Curry, Ray and Lisa Torrence, Chuck and Terri Ecklund for the support to make this event a great success.


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Tom likes to stay busy during the week.
I like to relax after a long day of teaching.
We have found meeting in the middle, and planning our weeks out in the beginning of the week allows for us to have the perfect combination of exploration, and relaxation. I keep waiting for this "WOW, this city is amazing" feeling to completely wear off, but it hasn't for almost two months now, and it is a pretty big city. We have found that we will have plenty of mountains to climb, heaps of beaches to explore, and copious amounts of islands surrounding Yeosu that we haven't even touched on yet. Here are some of my favorite pictures of our after school adventures from the past two weeks.
SO yes, maybe that "amazing-new-town" feeling will eventually wear off. In some ways though, I look forward to it wearing off. I know we will discover our favorite little nooks n' crannies of our city, and we will return time after time to our favorite places while we live here.
Until then though…We will continue to explore our fabulous little corner of the world. One jump picture, one mountain, and one beautiful beach at a time.


text: Hans Wilsdorf and his brother in law Alfred Davis started what would later be turned into Rolex as Wilsdorf and Davis. The company started off as an importer of Swiss watches. There are different rumors regarding where the name Rolex came from but the original owners of Rolex wanted the name short so that it could be said in any name and that people would remember. Read about the history of Rolex. Click the link.


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It might not be a banner weekend for wide releases (Sorry, who ordered The Bad Education Movie?), but this weekend still holds a few late summer treats in store for those looking beyond their local multiplex.
Happenings: The Grand Budapest Hotel
Thursday, 20th August.
Gates 7.30pm, Film starts 9pm approx.
Merrion Square
Few films released last year were as universally adored as Wes Anderson's opus. Set in the fictional Republic of Zubrowka, the adventures of esteemed concierge Gustave H, and his beloved lobby boy Zero made for the biggest hit of the director's career, nominated for oodles of Oscars despite only emerging at the tail-end of the previous year's awards season. This open-air screening will be a great opportunity for anyone who missed this instant comedy classic first time around, while Anderson die-hards will be sure to attend, doused in L'air de Panache, naturally.
Oh, and Ben & Jerry's will be giving out free ice-cream, as if you needed any further coaxing.
The Wolfpack
From Friday 21st August.
Limited Release.
For fourteen years, the Angulo family's six sons were locked away in an apartment in Manhattan's Lower East Side, homeschooled by their mother and effectively imprisoned by their father. Only venturing beyond the confines of their home once a year, the siblings bonded over their love of movies, often recreating their favourites, such as Batman and Reservoir Dogs. Picking up after one of the boys wandered outside in 2010, Crystal Moselle's eye-opening documentary looks to be an intriguing snapshot of an extremely unconventional upbringing, and its aftermath as the boys take tentative steps into the outside world.
Indiana Jones Trilogy Marathon
Saturday 22nd August, From 2pm.
Light House Cinema.
Part of the Light House Cinema's 'Films You'd Love your Kids to See' series, this Saturday sees a back-to-back triple bill of Steven Spielberg's Indiana Jones trilogy. These films set the benchmark for the blockbusters of the '80's, and over the years, have held up remarkably well. This was a time when a film featuring nazi's heads melting could still be deemed family entertainment, and surely that's worth revisiting in and of itself. As the studios clamber to recast Indy, there's no better time to look back at this much-loved trilogy.
Wait, wasn't there another one? Something about aliens and Shia LaBeouf swinging from trees like a monkey? No? Oh right. Never mind, then.


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- Do Peers Affect Childhood Obesity Outcomes? Peer-effect Analysis in Public Schools.
- High Salt Intake Causes Leptin Resistance and Obesity in Mice By Stimulating Endogenous Fructose Production and Metabolism.
- Eggs Sense High-fat Diet.
Headline vs Study
- Headline: Hearts Get 'Younger,' Even at Middle Age, with Exercise.
- Study: "In previously sedentary healthy middle-aged adults, 2 years of exercise training improved maximal oxygen uptake and decreased cardiac stiffness."
Contrary or Null Findings
- RCT: "breakfast manipulation did not affect estimated daily PAEE."
- "Contrary to our hypotheses, there was no significant weight loss over the intervention period"...with "sugar-sweetened beverages before and after a 3-month replacement period by artificially-sweetened equivalents." [corrected link]
- RCT: Exergames Did Not Significantly Improve the Mobility of Long-Term Care Residents.
- "Overweight and obesity were not associated with increased risk of hospitalization during winter respiratory seasons in children or adults."
- RCT: "Contrary to the hypotheses...results indicate that an acute bout of cognitive engagement in classroom-based physical activity may deteriorate children's cognitive performance."
- "Review of 26 randomized controlled trials with nonclinical older, mild cognitive impairment, and dementia participants found only one with significant physical-activity-related gains in delayed memory compared to controls. This evidence does not support the physiological brain change model."
- "Metabolomic profiling revealed no significant plasma metabolite changes between exercise compared to control after 24-weeks at Bonferroni significance."
- RCT: No Effect of Vitamin D on Weight Loss.
- Dietary Tryptophan Restriction Dose-Dependently Modulates Energy Balance, Gut Hormones, and Microbiota in Obesity-Prone Rats.
- Feeding Difficulties, a Key Feature of the Drosophila NDUFS4 Mitochondrial Disease Model.
- Ketohexokinase C Blockade Ameliorates Fructose-Induced Metabolic Dysfunction in Fructose-Sensitive Mice.
- Myeloid-Specific Acat1 Ablation Attenuates Inflammatory Responses in Macrophages, Improves Insulin Sensitivity, and Suppresses Diet-Induced Obesity.
Scientific Rigor & Scholarly Dialogue
- Four Letters and Response On: Nonalcoholic Steatohepatitis.
- Letter: Utility of the Controlling Nutritional Status (CONUT) Score in Patients Admitted Due to Acute Heart Failure.
- Response To: Utility of the Controlling Nutritional Status (CONUT) Score in Patients Admitted Due to Acute Heart Failure.
- Letter: Obesity and Vitamin D Status May Help Explain the Racial and Ethnic Disparities in Ampullary Cancer Survival Rates.
- Reply To: Obesity and Vitamin D Status May Help Explain the Racial and Ethnic Disparities in Ampullary Cancer Survival Rates.
- Letter; US Restaurant Sector Can Promote Healthy Food Environments to Reduce Obesity Risk.
- Reply To: US Restaurant Sector Can Promote Healthy Food Environments to Reduce Obesity Risk.
- Letter: Effects of Probiotics on Body Weight, BMI, Fat Mass and Fat Percentage in Subjects with Overweight or Obesity: A Systematic Review and Meta-analysis of RCTs.
- Reproducibility of Research: Issues and Proposed Remedies.
- Hemoglobin A1c Targets for Glycemic Control with Pharmacologic Therapy for Nonpregnant Adults with Type 2 Diabetes Mellitus: A Guidance Statement Update From the American College of Physicians.
- Advancing Diabetes Management in Adolescents: Comparative Effectiveness of Mobile Self-monitoring Blood Glucose Technology and Family-centered Goal Setting.
- Internet-based Programmes on Weight Loss Appear to Be Effective for Low-income Postpartum Women.
Children and Adolescents
- Insulin Resistance and Other Mechanisms of Obesity Hypertension.
- RCT: Probiotic Supplementation Increases Obesity with No Detectable Effects on Liver Fat or Gut Microbiota in Obese Hispanic Adolescents.
- Interventions Aimed at Preventing and Reducing Overweight/obesity Among Children and Adolescents: A Meta-synthesis.
- Influence of Siblings on Child Health Behaviors and Obesity: A Systematic Review.
- Comparison of Surgical and Medical Therapy for Type 2 Diabetes in Severely Obese Adolescents.
- RCT: Text Message Support for Reducing Weight Regain Following Sleeve Gastrectomy.
- RCT: Novel Chewable Multivitamin and Mineral Supplement Following Roux-en-Y Gastric Bypass.
- A Screening Study of Potential Carcinogen Biomarkers After Surgical Treatment of Obesity.
- An Exercise Pill May Be in the Future for Those Incapable of Working Out.
- Metformin Impacts Cecal Bile Acid Profiles in Mice.
- Drug Efficacy: Small Differences Cause Great Variation.
- Update on Off Label Use of Metformin for Obesity.
- Effects of Cannabis Use on Body Mass, Fasting Glucose and Lipids During the First 12 months of Treatment in Schizophrenia Spectrum Disorders.
Food & Diet
- Meat Cooking Methods and Risk of Type 2 Diabetes: Results From Three Prospective Cohort Studies.
- A Prospective Study of Frequency of Eating Restaurant Prepared Meals and Subsequent 9-year Risk of All-cause and Cardiometabolic Mortality in US Adults.
Caloric Restriction
- Nicotinamide Improves Aspects of Healthspan, but Not Lifespan, in Mice.
- Caloric Restriction Engages Hepatic RNA Processing Mechanisms in Rhesus Monkeys.
- Calorie Restriction Regime Enhances Physical Performance of Trained Athletes.
- Caloric Restriction and Its Effect on Blood Pressure, Heart Rate Variability and Arterial Stiffness and Dilatation: A Review of the Evidence.
Exercise & Physical Activity
- Plasma Steroids, Body Composition, and Fat Distribution: Effects [associations] of Age, Sex, and Exercise Training.
- The Importance of Vigorous-Intensity Leisure-Time Physical Activity in Reducing Cardiovascular Disease Mortality Risk in the Obese.
- Effects of Physical Activity and Sedentary Behavior on Brain Response to High-Calorie Food Cues in Young Adults.
Economics & Sociology
- The Hispanic Paradox: Socioeconomic Factors and Race/Ethnicity in Breastfeeding Outcomes.
- Healthy Eating and Perceived Social Acceptance Among American Adolescents. (pdf)
- Does Physiological Distribution of Blood Parameters in Children Depend on Socioeconomic Status?
- Body Weight Regulation, Socioeconomic Status and Epigenetic Alterations.
- Socioeconomic Patterns of Underweight and Its Association with Self-rated Health, Cognition and Quality of Life Among Older Adults in India.
- An Exploration of How Fathers Attempt to Prevent Childhood Obesity in Their Families.
- Increasing Inequality in Childhood Obesity in Primary Schools in a Northern English Town.
- The Moderating Effect of Income on the Relationship Between BMI and Health-related Quality of Life in Northern Sweden.
- Biological and Psychological Mediators of the Relationships Between Fat Mass, Fat-free Mass and Energy Intake.
- Genetic Contribution to Waist-to-hip Ratio in Mexican Children and Adolescents Based on 12 Loci Validated in European Adults.
- Obesity Progression Between Young Adulthood and Midlife and Incident Diabetes: A Retrospective Cohort Study of U.S. Adults.
- Joint Association Between Body Fat and Its Distribution with All-cause Mortality.
- Association Between BMI and Laboratory-confirmed Influenza in Middle Aged and Older Adults.
- The Genetics of Adiposity.
- Lack of Association Between FTO Gene Variations and Metabolic Healthy Obese (MHO) Phenotype.
- Higher Dietary Diversity Score is Associated with Obesity: A Case-control Study.
- Type 2 Diabetes and Adiposity Induce Different Lipid Profile Disorders: A Mendelian Randomization Analysis.
Psychology & Neuroscience
- Cognitive Control of Eating: The Role of Memory in Appetite and Weight Gain.
- The Portion Size Effect and Overconsumption – Towards Downsizing Solutions for Children and Adolescents.
- The Feasibility of a Binge Eating Intervention in Black Women with Obesity.
- Do Participants with Children Age 18 and Under Have Suboptimal Weight Loss?
- Bad Words: Why Language Counts in Our Work with Bariatric Patients.
- Validation of the Weight Bias Internalization Scale for Children.
- Children with Obesity do Not Have Worse Table Manners.
Policy Related
- Food Policy in New York Since 2008.
- The Longitudinal Relationship Between Community Programmes and Policies to Prevent Childhood Obesity and BMI in Children: The Healthy Communities Study.
- Key Factors for School Health Policy Implementation in Thailand.
- The Global Nutrition Transition: Trends, Disease Burdens and Policy Interventions.
- Obesity and Place: Chronic Disease in the 500 Largest U.S. Cities.
- The Food Foundation: Brazil's Food and Nutritional Governance Plan.
Intergenerational Effects
- Primate Fetal Hepatic Responses to Maternal Obesity: Epigenetic Signalling Pathways and Lipid Accumulation.
- Mitochondrial Inefficiency in Infants Born to Overweight African-American Mothers.
- Primate Fetal Hepatic Responses to Maternal Obesity: Epigenetic Signalling Pathways and Lipid Accumulation.
Ecology, Evolution, & Energetics
- Deletion of the Cold Thermoreceptor TRPM8 Increases Heat Loss and Food Intake Leading to Reduced Body Temperature and Obesity in Mice.
- Obese Super Athletes: Fat-fueled Migration in Birds and Bats.
- Nature's Fat-burning Machine: Brown Adipose Tissue in a Hibernating Mammal.
- How Maternal Investment Varies with Environmental Factors and the Age and Physiological State of Wild Tsetse Glossina Pallidipes and Glossina Morsitans.
- "The target detectability of soft tissues in default CBCT [cone beam computed tomography] scans may not be sufficient for overweight or obese adults."
- Do We Choose Control Diets Wisely?
- Drosophila as a Model to Study Obesity and Metabolic Disease.
- A Comparison of Measured Versus Self-reported Anthropometrics for Assessing Obesity in Adults: A Literature Review.
Mathematical and Quantitative
- Keeping Our Wits with (and About) Our Cholesterol.
- High-Fiber Diet Shifts Gut Microbes, Lowering Blood Sugar in Diabetics.
- Is It Wrong to Be Blunt About Obesity?
- Childhood Obesity is Just Getting Worse, and This New Study May Offer Some Clues.
- School Programme Tackling Child Obesity Had No Effect.
- Pediatricians Play Important Role in Decreasing Sugary Drink Intake in Young Children.
- The Top 18 Nutrition Myths of 2018.
- In Defense of Brian Wansink.
- Sackler Colloquium on Improving the Reproducibility of Scientific Research.
- Sleepers Awake! Obstructive Sleep Apnea.
- Many Clinical Trial Status Discrepancies Identified Between ClinicalTrials.gov and EUCTR.
- The Science of 'Fake News'.
- Origin of the Sexes is Less Complex than You'd Expect.
- Humans Don't Get Enough Sleep. Just Ask Other Primates.
- Science of Science.
- The Secret to a Longer Life? Don't Ask These Dead Longevity Researchers.
- The Past and Future Biology of the Human Microbiome in an Age of Extinctions.
- Italian 'sect' that Imposed Macrobiotic Diet Broken Up – Police.
- Webinar: What's New in Obesity Treatment, Presented By James O. Hill, Ph.D., Mar 22, 2:00PM, EDT.
- IU School of Public Health Researcher Receives Overseas Research Fellowship From Japan Society for the Promotion of Science.
- UAB's NORC Seeks Post-doctoral Fellows in Obesity Research.
- UAB Seeks Post-doctoral Fellows for Its AHA Strategically Focused Research Center – Obesity Network: Intergenerational Transmission of Obesity.


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Take Control of Linux Disk Partitions with These 10 fdisk Commands
Managing partitions and disks on Windows and OS X is reasonably straightforward, thanks to the GUI tools that give you direct, mouse-driven access. While desktop disk management tools are also available for Linux distros (such as the Disk Utility in Ubuntu), using the fdisk command line tool 4 Ways to Teach Yourself Terminal Commands in Linux If you want to become a true Linux master, having some terminal knowledge is a good idea. Here methods you can use to start teaching yourself. Read More offers more options.
And if you're new to Linux, you'll also benefit from spending some time using Terminal to input commands "old school".
What Is fdisk?
A widely-used command line tool, fdisk (short for "format disk" or "fixed disk") enables you to create, delete, resize, change, copy and move partitions on any hard disk drive connected to a Linux PC. Data can also be moved to other disks, and up to four primary partitions can be created (depending on the size of the HDD).
You can get started using the fdisk command by opening up a Terminal window and typing
The resulting usage instructions will give you an idea of how to use fdisk. To help you further, we've compiled the following list of examples of how you can use fdisk to manage hard disk drives on your Linux PC.
Find Your Disk
To get started, you'll need to list the devices attached to your PC, and the partitions setup on them already. In Terminal, enter:
fdisk -l
The resulting list should display devices and partitions, typically named and numbered, e.g. /dev/hda1. However if you're using an additional device, like flash storage (perhaps a USB memory stick USB Flash Drive Guide: 5 Things to Know When Buying One USB flash drives might seem mundane and straightforward, but there are a few tips and quirks that you should know before you buy your next one. Read More , or digital camera), you will probably see /dev/sdb.
(As you might notice from the naming convention, hda refers to "hard disk, device a"; similarly sdb refers to "SD/flash, device b".)
Disk-Specific fdisk Commands
Not all commands are available to all disks. To see which commands you will be able to use with the disk you're managing, begin by selecting the disk:
fdisk /dev/sda
Linux will display a brief instruction to tap m for help, which will result in the following command actions being listed:
These are the actions that can be used with the selected disk.
Print Partition Table Details
After selecting your disk, you can print to screen a complete list of the partition table. This gives you information about the selected device or partition's capacity, the size and number of disk sectors and cylinders, and the identifier.
Display this information by simply entering p.
fdisk /dev/sda
If you find the displayed information a bit tough to digest, compare it with a disk space visualization tool Linux Disk Space: How to Visualize Your Usage Even with terabyte drives becoming the norm, it's amazing just how fast all of that space can fill up. What if you could see your entire disk space usage at a glance? Read More for easier understanding.
Create & Delete Disk Partitions
As per the table of commands that you uncovered earlier, you should be able to simply create and delete partitions as required. Again, if you haven't already, begin by selecting the device:
fdisk /dev/sda
To create a new partition, enter
then either e for and extended partition, or p for a primary partition.
After this, you'll be prompted to indicate the first and final cylinders of the new partition. This can be confusing, especially if you're not sure about how many cylinders are required; fortunately, you can also enter the size of the partition you want, such as +2000M for a 2000 MB (2 GB) partition. In some versions of Linux, defaults are displayed; tap Enter to accept these and save time.
Once you've done this, confirm the action by entering:
This will update the partition table.
To delete a partition in the command line, select the device:
fdisk /dev/sda
Next, tap the delete command, d
You'll be prompted to enter a number, 1-4, so input the number that corresponds to the partition you wish to delete. Complete the action by entering w to update the partition table. Of course, there are other ways to resize a partition in Linux Three Ways to Resize a Linux Partition Safely How do you make changes to hard drive partitions without breaking your system and losing all of your files? Start with Linux! Read More .
Troubleshooting Partition Table Order
It's not unheard of to find a "partition out of order" message after deleting one or more Linux disk partitions. This might happen on a system with four partitions, where number 3 is deleted. You might expect to be able to create a new number 3, but what actually happens is that number 4 is automatically renamed to 3, with the free space moved to the end.
This causes the error message 'Partition table entries are not in disk order'.
To fix this, select the disk and input x to use extra functionality (see the list above).
fdisk /dev/sda
With this done, enter the f command to fix the partition table order.
Again, finish this off by entering w to write the updated table to disk and exit.
Format Your Linux HDD
With a new partition setup, you can quickly the format it with the mkfs command:
mkfs.ext4 /dev/sda4
This is broken down into command.filesystem /device/device name. You can number the device yourself, but it needs to be in numerical order – that is, don't add sda4 if you don't have an sda3.
Once you've done this, it is worth just checking the size of the partition. You can do this with the -s flag:
fdisk -s /dev/sda2
You'll see the size of the partition displayed in bytes, so you'll need to do a little bit of mental arithmetic to round it up to a more comfortable figure Memory Sizes Explained: Gigabytes, Terabytes, and Petabytes in Context How big is a gigabyte? What is a terabyte? Will you ever need a petabyte? Let's explore computer storage sizes in perspective. Read More in megabytes or gigabytes.
We've demonstrated over 10 fdisk commands, but which would you include in such a list? Is there anything you think should be included? Or have you eschewed fdisk completely in favor of GUI tools?
Tell us in the comments!
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It definitely is a frenzy of transfer activity out there for Arsenal at the moment. With just less than thirty hours for the window to close, players left and right are being linked with us, rather being signed by us.
According to many reports we have signed Andre Santos and Park, they only need to be announced officially.
Moreover, French L'Equipe was the first to report that as of last night we have signed Per Mertesacker for €9 million. It is the same news paper that announced Gervinho's signing before anyone else, so they are not to be taken lightly. At the moment everyone is running the same story.
If this indeed is true, I am hoping it is, than we are definitely moving in the right direction. Many would prefer Cahill over Mertesacker but he will offer us something similar to Vermaelen. He is aggressive and his positioning is good. He also reads and anticipates the game well and he has height.
Update: Mertesacker is on his way to London at the moment for his medical after leaving his German training camp. German national coach, Joachim Low, expects Mertesacker back at the training camp tonight after signing for a new club.
I would still, however, like Cahill to come to Arsenal in addition to Mertesacker because he has the experience of Premier League and at the moment we only have two centre backs, not counting Djourou and Squillaci.
The other surprising but positive bit of news is that the Daily Mail is reporting we have enquired about Wesley Sneijder. Although, Sneijder himself has ruled out a move to English football at this time, in modern football anything can happen.
His wages will be a big obstacle in the deal though, but if we can somehow manage it, he can be the WOW signing everyone is hoping for. This could bring all the belief back.
I am still hoping for Hazard and Yann M'Vila though. Hazard's reports have gone quiet while Yann M'Vila has a 30 million price tag put on him. Kaka for 17 million is also a great option but he himself has said he wants to stay at Real. I am sure Wenger and company will be looking at them and making the right offers. We have the money to make these signings. Fingers crossed!
Things are certainly going to get hotter. I want Arsenal to announce the signings of Mertesacker, Andre Santos and Park soon because it might make others want to come to Arsenal too.
In another update, Traore has been signed by QPR on a three-year deal for an undisclosed fee. I wonder, what we offered QPR to accept the deal in the first place! Good deal for all parties in the end though.Follow @Rgunners


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Author: Erin Aston
Grade Level: Early Elementary
Table of Contents
Objectives:The student will draw a picture and write a sentence showing how his or her life is similar to that of children in Africa.
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Materials Needed:A Country Far Away, by Nigel Gray, illustrated by Philippe Dupasquier. Orchard Books, New York, NY, 1988.
Drawing paper for the students' work
Crayons, markers, or colored pencils for drawing
Large bulletin board
Construction paper, a hole punch, and yarn, brads, or rings to assemble the students' work in book form.
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- Ask the children how many of them have ever lived somewhere other than where they do now. Discuss similarities and differences of different places (e.g. city vs. country, different states, what they did for fun, the kinds of places they enjoyed going, the type of food they ate, the games they played, the people they associated with, etc.)
- Ask the children if they've ever visited another country. Talk about any differences they experienced. Ask them to consider the similarities. Tell them that though people in other countries are a bit different than we are in some ways, there are many ways in which we are the same.
- Introduce the book (A Country Far Away). Tell them the author's and illustrator's names. Briefly explain what the book will be about (a day in the life of a boy in a western country compared to a day in the life of a boy in Africa). Talk about these being only two examples and that there are many differences in the ways people live even within our own state, depending on many of the things discussed earlier. Make sure they are aware that the African boy is living in a rural area, but that not ALL of Africa is like that.
- Read the book to the class.
- Generate a list of events discussed in the book
- Possible discussion questions:
- What were some of the similarities between the two boys' lives? The differences?
- Which activity was the most interesting to you? Which did you relate best to? Which did you want to know more about?
- What is your day like when you stay home? When you go to school? How is it the same as what was shown? Different?
- Would the experiences have been different if the African boy had lived in a city? How? Do you think there would have been more similarities or differences? Explain.
- How did the book make you feel about children in Africa?
- After reading and discussing, give the children a piece of drawing paper and have them each draw an event from their own lives which matches one of the events mentioned in the book. Have them write a sentence accompanying the picture telling how it is similar to the rural African examples shown and discussed.
- After all the drawings are completed, either mount them all on a bulletin board, or create a cover and compile them into a book to keep in the classroom. A possible title might be Children Far and Near.
- Assess the students' drawings and sentences to see if they were able to compare events in their own lives with events in the book. Look for appropriate events clearly linked to the book and adequate explanation of similarities depicted.
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- Alima Abubakari; http://www.cyberkids.com/Issue5/Abubakari/Abubakari.html; 1996.
- Gray, Nigel; A Country Far Away; Orchard Books, 1989.
- http://wus.africaonline.com/AfricaOnline/kidsonly; Africa Online: Kids Only; Africa Online Inc., a Prodigy Inc. Company; 1997.
- http://wus.africaonline.com/AfricaOnline/kidsonly/land/pickcity.html; Africa Online: Kids Only; Africa Online, Inc., a Prodigy Inc. Company; 1997.
- Book; http://www.amazon.com
- Boy; http://www.africaonline.com/AfricaOnline/coverkids.html
- Children; http://www.africaonline.com/AfricaOnline/coverkids.html
- Kid, Kid-dancer, Kid-dancers; http://www.teacherlink.usu.edu/resources/ed_lesson_plans/socst/MMWilliams/SSUNIT.htm
- Kids; http://www.africaonline.com/AfricaOnline/cgi/imagemap.cgi/kidsonly?501,31
- World; http://www.globalfriends.com/html/greetings/greetings.htm
Return to Africa Table of Contents


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Judge Neomi Rao secured Senate confirmation on Wednesday to fill an influential seat that had been held by Justice Brett Kavanaugh.
President Donald Trump first nominated Rao to fill the position on the D.C. Circuit Court of Appeals on November 13.
She received strong support for her judicial experience but also faced opposition for past comments she made on issues such as sexual assault.
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The Senate eventually voted to confirm her by a 53 to 46 vote.
Senate confirms Neomi Rao to Kavanaugh's seat on D.C. appeals court https://t.co/nldAa16TeC
— The Washington Times (@WashTimes) March 13, 2019
She will become the newest judge on the U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia.
"This nominee is yet another of the president's excellent choices to serve as a federal judge," Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-Ky.) said from the floor before the vote.
"Her record includes a distinguished tenure in academia, public and private sector legal experience, as well as a clerkship on the U.S. Supreme Court. Most importantly, in testimony before our colleagues on the Judiciary Committee, she demonstrated a commitment to maintaining the public trust and upholding the rule of law."
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Rao attended Yale University and the University of Chicago Law School. She also worked as a clerk for U.S. Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas. She later entered private practice as a lawyer before eventually becoming a judge.
She has also worked for former President George W. Bush and as a law professor.
"Thank you, Leader McConnell, for standing up to Senate Democrats' bullying tactics and spearheading Neomi Rao's confirmation," Carrie Severino, chief counsel and policy director for the conservative Judicial Crisis Network, told LifeZette. "Rao's experience and intellect make her uniquely qualified to fill Justice Kavanaugh's shoes on the D.C. Circuit Court of Appeals. Rao will fairly apply the law and honor the Constitution."
Rao has faced backlash from those who claim her views would harm certain communities, such as sexual assault survivors, gay individuals, and communities of color. Those critics have pointed to writings going back to her college days indicating her views were extreme. The Leadership Conference on Civil and Human Rights (LCCHR) argued her nomination was meant to stack the court politically.
"Rao's comments disparage our most vulnerable communities, including sexual assault survivors, LGBTQ people, women, and communities of color," Vanita Gupta, LCCHR's president, said in a statement on Tuesday. "Her tireless efforts to roll back vital public protections for sexual assault survivors, victims of discrimination, and the environment demonstrate that she will not defend our fundamental civil and human rights. We deserve a fair-minded judge who will protect our rights, not disregard them. Rao is not that person."
At a February 5 hearing of the Senate Judiciary Committee, she addressed concerns about her past writings. Several senators asked her about her college writings, which critics saw as putting blame on the victims of sexual assault. Rao, in response, expressed her views that the person who commits the crime should be held responsible.
Related: Kavanaugh Ceremonially Sworn In as Family, Mentors Look On
Kavanaugh faced his own controversy during his nomination process to the Supreme Court last year. Allegations of sexual misconduct first began spreading when a letter turned up from an unnamed woman detailing an alleged sexual assault she said happened decades ago when they were both high school teenagers in the Washington, D.C., area.
Kavanaugh repeatedly and consistently denied those claims.
California psychology professor Christine Blasey Ford revealed herself as the accuser days after the letter she wrote leaked. She became the first of several women to accuse Kavanaugh of sexual misconduct, charges he vehemently denied.
The Senate Judiciary Committee launched an investigation, postponing a vote to advance the nomination and scheduling a hearing to address the allegations. Kavanaugh and Ford both had the chance to testify before the committee.
After an investigation turned up no corroborating evidence, the Senate ultimately confirmed Kavanaugh to the high court on October 6.
One of the women who leveled charges of rape ultimately admitted she made the whole thing up as "a ploy to take down Kavanaugh's nomination." She was identified as a left-wing activist. Sen. Chuck Grassley (R-Iowa), chairman of the Senate Judiciary Committee, referred the individual for criminal prosecution.
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Job Summary
Minorities are Encouraged To Apply
The MCR Labs Marketing Manager will plan and implement a multifaceted marketing strategy by supervising day-to-day department operations and guiding team members in the completion of near-term objectives to achieve measurable long-term goals.
The individual who fills this role will be tasked with refining and executing a marketing approach that encompasses brand positioning, digital media campaigns, and community engagement with the goal of fostering thought leadership while maintaining and expanding dominance of multistate market share.
Duties and Responsibilities • Lead the Marketing team in planning, implementing, and assessing all department objectives and goals. • Facilitate collaboration between the marketing and client services teams on coordinated marketing, community engagement, and brand management initiatives. • Assist Digital Media Specialist in strategic planning as well as producing and publishing content for various digital platforms such as social media, website, newsletters, and blog. • Monitor and improve content distribution and audience engagement; utilize data to guide strategy decisions • Oversee the creation and revision of promotional literature, e.g. brochures, pamphlets, and other handouts as well as digital materials to ensure all collateral is brand-appropriate and effective. • Assist Events & Outreach Specialist in planning & coordinating events such as tradeshows, conferences, educational seminars, and company events. • Coordinate the use of promotional items to create brand awareness. • Collaborate with MCR Labs' subject experts on presentations for clients & community. • Identifying strategic partnerships and facilitating department-wide efforts to cultivate them. • Monitor industry news and current events to identify opportunities for enhancing the company's thought leadership status and promoting brand awareness in regional markets and nationally.
Qualifications • 5 years in marketing or a related field with some management-level experience • Bachelor's degree in marketing or a related field • Excellent written & verbal communication skills • Calm, polite, and positive attitude • Methodical and organized approach; Attention to detail • Creativity, flexibility, and adaptability • Passion for cannabis and the community is highly preferred
Work environment involves moderate risks or discomforts requiring special safety precautions; may be required to use personal protective equipment.The above job description and list of duties and responsibilities is subject to change. Each employee contributes directly to the company's growth and success and will be asked from time to time to help where neededMCR Labs is an equal opportunity employer. All qualified applicants will receive equal consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, age, disability, sexual orientation, gender identity, sex, national origin, protected veteran status, or any other basis protected by federal, state, or local law


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If you've come here from this article, great! if not do check it out and compare Web Panels, before settling for one.
So if you've already decided lets begin!
cPanel is a linux based web hosting control panel with a graphical interface for managing web hosting accounts.It can help ease the burden of common system administration tasks such as website creation, database deployment and management, and more. This guide will help you get up and running with cPanel on your CentOS.
This video will guide you through, or just refer the steps below.
Step 1– Login As root on your server.
Step 2– Update your server.
yum update
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wget -N http://httpupdate.cpanel.net/latest
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Whistler Skier Maxim Arsenault Dies in Haines Avalanche
Tragedy comes days after the deaths of skier Jordan Niedrich and FWT snowboard champion Estelle Balet
THIS WEEKEND, SKIERS IN WHISTLER, BRITISH COLUMBIA, will gather to mourn the loss of one of their own, Maxim Arsenault, who died Wednesday in an avalanche near Haines, Alaska. Arsenault's death comes just days after another avalanche and a speedflying accident claimed the lives of Estelle Balet and Jordan Niedrich, respectively, both beloved members of our mountain community.
Alaska Public Radio Station KHNS reported that Arsenault, who was skiing with a Whistler-based film crew near Mount Fairweather, triggered an avalanche while dropping a cliff. He was buried upon landing. Search and Rescue was notified of the accident at 10:30 a.m. that morning and arrived two hours later via helicopter. By the time they arrived, the film crew had partially dug Arsenault out, however, he had already died.
Philippe Brient, of Atlin Search and Rescue, told CBC News: "The victim had fallen from a short cliff, about 30 feet, fell on a terrain trap and got buried by a small slide that he most likely triggered by himself." Avalanche conditions near Haines were rated "Considerable" by the Haines Avalanche Information Center on Thursday, April 21.
Arsenault's death caps off a week that also saw the loss of Sun Valley-based skier Jordan Niedrich and Freeride World Tour Snowboard Champion Estelle Balet who died in an avalanche in Orsières, Switzerland.
NIEDRICH CRASHED WHILE SPEEDFLYING on the Upper Greyhawk run around 10:30 a.m. on Saturday, April 16. The accident occurred just as Sun Valley Ski Resort opened for its final weekend of the season. More than 200 people hiked to the top of Bald Mountain for an impromptu gathering to remember Niedrich the following day, according to the Idaho Statesman.
Niedrich, 24, learned to ski when he was 3 years old. He is remembered as someone with many talents who loved to laugh. Speedflying was one of Niedrich's most recently learned passions. He took his first flight in 2012. On his Stohke profile, Niedrich left the following token, which his family included in his obituary:
"I say we need to take advantage of our incredible lives today and take time to make wonderful memories. I want to be rich with experiences and strong relationships, not money. Do what you love, and love what you do."
Balet, 21, was filming in the Valais, a canton in the southwestern region of Switzerland, when an avalanche claimed her life on Tuesday, April 19. The Freeride World Tour said in a statement: "Estelle Balet was a naturally gifted shining star and demonstrated remarkable talent as she quickly became a household name on the Freeride World Tour, bringing home her second title as World Champion just a few weeks ago in Verbier."
"Our thoughts are with the family and friends of Estelle Balet as we send our deepest sympathy and condolences during this very difficult time," said the FWT in the statement.
ARSENAULT, 36, FIRST EARNED RECOGNITION in the ski world beyond Whistler in 2013, when his heavy metal and cliff dropping edit earned a slot in the TGR Co-Lab. However, well before he earned a national spotlight, the Québécois was known to many as a dedicated and talented skier with uncontainable energy and spirit.
Arsenault spent seven years serving in the Canadian Army as a paratrooper, where he was deployed to Bosnia and East Timor. He moved to Whistler when he left the army. Nearly every day, his truck was in the Whistler parking lot first in the morning and last in the afternoon, says Dana Flahr, who spent many days skiing and filming in the backcountry with Arsenault, most recently in March.
"He was authentically such a ridiculously good person, the biggest heart ever," says Flahr. "I can't overstate that."
Arsenault was known for skiing big lines with precision. When he was on the ground, his style was calculated, smooth, and graceful.
"He was such a strong skier and he would choose really difficult lines with consequential airs and he would ski it perfectly and stomp the piss out of stuff," says Elyse Saugstad, who filmed with him around British Columbia throughout the winter of 2014.
Whistler skier Dave Gheriani met Arsenault in 2007-08 at Blackcomb, where they both skied every day. They became close friends when they traveled to big mountain competitions and filmed together in the following years, eventually becoming roommates for a time.
"He loved gnarly lines and just big, scary airs. And he was hyper confident," says Gheriani. "He had an uncanny ability to landmark features so he'd ski these super long, complex lines…He was also super kind and wanted to get people stoked. He loved showing people his favorite stashes on the hill."
Arsenault's gregarious personality and line choices sometimes prompted friends to joke about him being reckless, however, Flahr says he was anything but. Despite his talent as a skier in large terrain, Saugstad says he never received the recognition he deserved, but he never showed anything except positivity in the mountains. "He was one of the top big mountain skiers, but he was so unheralded," says Saugstad. "And you never got the sensation that he was jaded and upset about that because he loved skiing so much."
"He was just a real good guy," says Gheriani. "He was one of my best friends. I just wish I had got to ski with him more this year."
Flahr spent several days last month skiing and filming with Arsenault and said that he left this world happy. "Every day was such a gift to him," says Flahr. "He touched so many people in our community here that I think his spirit will transcend. Everyone will absorb the positivity he left behind. I feel like that will resonate with everyone who is still here. He is always going to be in our thoughts."
Our hearts and thoughts are with the families of Arsenault, Balet, and Niedrich.


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A Guide to the Federal Archives Report, 1937
Historical Note
In 1936, the Works Progress Administration and the National Archives organized the Survey of Federal Archives (Federal Project No. 4). The intent of the survey was to provide employment for white-collar workers and to ascertain the contents, location, condition, and volume of federal records throughout the country. In Texas, D. Roy Parker served as the regional director of the survey, until the program became part of the Historical Records Survey in 1937. The program was terminated in 1942.
In Texas, the survey renovated and rearranged over ten million documents and 362,452 volumes; transcribed 217,323 pages of records; prepared new name or subject indices to 1,169,762 property records and name indices to over four million birth, death, and marriage records; prepared new name indices to supplement 928,000 district and county court records; and inventoried probate case papers for 392,450 estates. Moreover, the survey compiled and published inventories of all federal archives in the state.
Nance, Joseph Milton. "Texas Historical Records Survey." Handbook of Texas Online. Accessed May 31, 2011.
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Scope and Contents
The Federal Archives Report, 1937, contains "A Partial Preliminary Report on the Federal Archives Survey in Texas" and the "Final Report of the National Survey of Federal Archives in Texas," both written by the regional director, D. Roy Parker. The reports discuss the purpose, methodology, and scope of the project, and the physical storage of records. The final report contains greater detail about the administration, personnel, financing, and findings of the study as well as numerous tables not found in the preliminary report. Each document contains several photographs to highlight the condition of archival materials.
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Access Restrictions
This collection is open for research use.
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Administrative Information
Preferred Citation
Federal Archives Report, 1937, Dolph Briscoe Center for American History, The University of Texas at Austin.
Processing Information
Basic processing and cataloging of this collection was supported with funds from the National Historical Publications and Records Commission (NHPRC) for the Briscoe Center's History Revealed: Bringing Collections to Light project, 2009-2011.
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With everything we do, perseverance is key if we want to attain our ultimate goal.
Growing up in Santa Fe, New Mexico, I witnessed a lot of moments that I now look back on and thank God for the ability to persevere. Before I go any further, let me stop and say that I am not going to exaggerate the reality of my past, but I am going to paint a picture to help you understand what I mean by needing perseverance to overcome.
In 7th grade I attended a private Catholic school. The decision was based on a discussion I had with my mom before she passed away. The public schools at that time in Santa Fe were not known for the academics, and St. Mikes had a better rate of sending kids to college.
Coming into my 7th grade year I had the feeling that I was going to be a star on the court. I was far from right. The coaching staff at St. Mikes was not a fan of my style of play. St. Mikes was a 7-12 school, and the Varsity coach had the coaches for each lower level handpick players to suit his own wishes.
Throughout my middle school and 9th grade seasons, I averaged one to two minutes a game. It came to an all-time worst when, during my sophomore year, I found myself being blamed for a game we lost even though I was only in the game for 42 seconds. I was trying everything I could to play the way that the coaching staff liked, but I enjoyed playing the game fast and loved getting up and down the court, and they wanted a slow-down game. Finally, Coach Bob Romero, who was my Junior Varsity coach, let me have it in a locker room after a loss. He expressed that my style of play was for the boys' club league and that I might as well quit now because I would never be a Varsity player. The butt-chewing trickled into the next day when I had a 2-hour practice dedicated to me. He kept going over what it takes to be a Varsity player, and what skills I lacked to become that player. He had all of the players hold a basketball and finished the 2-hour session with this, "THE BALL IS IN YOUR COURT."
I finished out the season, often crying with thoughts of quitting. But the thing I kept coming back to in my mind was that phrase, "The ball is in your court." Coach Romero was wrong about so much, but he was so accurate with that comment.
I had the control to do something about all of this. If they didn't play me, I was the one who had to make it obvious that I should be out there. My choice was: I could see all of this as a huge obstacle, impossible to get over, or I could see the obstacle for what it was, a minor detour in the road to success. All I could do was focus on being the best me.
I became addicted to working out, and although I made huge improvements to my game, my junior year found me on JV yet again and on the bench for Varsity. By the middle of the season I had moved up to just Varsity, but still found myself playing 1-3 minutes a game. I had worked so hard, and yet nothing seemed to be working. Then finally, something happened.
We played a game leading to the district semi-final. The point guard, who was playing ahead of me, came down with an injury during the last part of the game. It forced the coaches to play me the rest of the game. We won that game, but there was serious doubt for the next game to come. In our previous match-up with the team we would be playing, we had lost by 36. However, the second time we met them, I wound up hitting the last-minute free throws to win the game.
The time finally allowed for the opportunity, and I seized it. My senior year, with a whole new coaching staff intact, was amazing. We wound up winning a state title, I was named all-state first team, and I received a scholarship to play college basketball.
It took a long time to reap the reward of my hard work. All the countless hours of gym time and endless hours of focus finally paid off. Imagine if I would have quit when Coach Romero said to, or even before that when I was the last one coming off the bench to play the scrap minutes in blowout games.
Without perseverance, our dreams would never manifest because we would be dissuaded every time someone said to quit. Every time a bump in the road occurred, we would put a stop to it all. When you want something bad enough, you go after it. The question is: Do you have the perseverance to climb the mountain that may be on your path to success?
Our next topic is planning. Perseverance is a great tool to have, but without the plan the chance of success is limited.
Until Next Time,
Keep Running


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Our programs offer participants the opportunity to focus on their abilities, and the results are life-changing. Our services are open to any person with special needs who can benefit from therapeutic horsemanship. Lessons are individually designed to meet each participant's particular need and ability and are consistent with predetermined goals that are established in partnership with parents, caregivers, physicians, and other therapists.
Students are enrolled at Hearts on an annual basis. Hearts provides 44 weeks of riding per year. Tuition fees for 44 weekly lessons are pro-rated across the 12 months of the year.
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