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Fox Host Jedediah Bila: "It Doesn't Bother [Clinton] That People Died" In Benghazi
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Following the release of the final report by Republicans on the House Select Committee on Benghazi, Fox News cited the report to rekindle a series of debunked myths about the Obama administration's response to the 2012 terrorist attacks in Benghazi, Libya.
To the surprise of no one, the Republicans' four-year partisan inquisition surrounding the terrorist attack on the American compound in Benghazi, Libya, is likely ending with a whimper. With the House Select Committee on Benghazi finally releasing its findings, and the report representing the eighth and (likely) final government investigation into the deadly event, the Benghazi hoax, as sponsored by Fox News for four years, finally comes to an impotent and ignominious end.
Early indications are that the report, as expected, provides no major revelations. Already undercut by a report from Democratic members of the Benghazi committee that further debunked right-wing myths about the attack, the GOP's long-awaited Benghazi report is in danger of being met with collective shoulder shrugs.
Even Donald Trump seems relatively uninterested in kicking the Benghazi can around the campaign trail this year. Yes, he's made a couple passing references to it and implied grave misdeeds by Hillary Clinton. But there's been no serious push on his part to highlight the GOP's endless pursuit. (Last year, Trump actually criticized the Republicans' investigations as being incompetent.)
So if Benghazi isn't being used as an election year battering ram against the Democrats, what has been the point of committee chairman Trey Gowdy's comically extended inquiry? Anybody with a pulse and a political calendar realized that the final GOP Benghazi report, with its 2016 summertime release, was designed to disrupt Clinton's White House run. Why else would the committee's work be extended for two-plus years when it likely could have been completed in six or seven months? (Two years to hold four hearings?)
Unsure they could defeat Clinton at the ballot box, and lately even more unsure that Trump is competent enough to run a White House campaign, Republicans were hoping and praying for an investigative intervention to stop Clinton.
It ain't happening with Benghazi. But anyone who followed the facts, or who reads Media Matters, knew that a very long time ago.
The whole mindless, partisan endeavor shines a light on what's gone completely wrong with the Republican Party and the right-wing media. It's about how shallow, endlessly debunked conspiracies and money-sucking investigations have replaced any attempt to govern and legislate.
The fact that the GOP's Benghazi gotcha pursuits have stretched through the entirety of Obama's second term, and that Obama stands poised to leave office with surging approval ratings, tells you all need to know about the crippling disconnect between the right-wing media and the real world today. (Fox's Eric Bolling: "I think Benghazi's a much bigger scandal than Watergate.")
But let's never forget that the Beltway press claims partial ownership of this slow-motion fiasco, too. The press certainly owns the first three years of the Benghazi charade when journalists breathlessly amplified every slipshod allegation leaked from Republicans on Capitol Hill, or followed Fox News' lead in hyping an endless series of supposed revelations about the attacks. Sometimes we couldn't tell who was more anxious to uncover an Obama or Clinton-related "scandal," the press or partisan conservatives.
If I had to estimate, I'd say it took until October 2015 -- three entire years of Benghazi news dead ends -- before the D.C. press mostly conceded there's no there there with regards to this so-called scandal. It took Hillary Clinton testifying for 11 hours on Capitol Hill and Republicans completely unable to advance, let alone confirm, their wild conspiracy theories before the press largely seemed to acknowledge the futility of the whole enterprise. (Accidental truth telling in 2015 by some GOP House members regarding the motivation about the Benghazi committee likely also convinced reporters the endeavor was largely a scam.)
Unfortunately, this was after several Beltway journalists' reputations took serious hits when they were caught trusting dubious sources who lied about Benghazi revelations.
Meanwhile, here's some distressing context. I wrote this more than 1,300 days ago:
Benghazi has entered the realm of churning, right-wing myth making. (Think Waco and Vince Foster). The story has become completely detached from reality, and the twisted narrative feeds off itself with constant misinformation that's repeatedly presented as 'fact.'
I certainly never thought in the fall of 2012 that four years later I'd still be pointing the Benghazi hoax and highlighting the obvious absurdity of the pursuit. Overall, Media Matters has posed hundreds of fact-checking items on Benghazi and we'll continue to do so as long as conservatives cling to the fantasy. But that will be much harder to do now without a congressional inquiry to give the wild claims shape.
The larger point is that Republicans and Fox News have wasted untold time, money and energy pushing a thoroughly discredited pipe dream about how Obama and Clinton are supposedly monstrous people who chose to let four Americans die at the hands of Islamic terrorists and then lied about it. Worse, Obama watched video "in real time" while the terrorists snuffed out American lives. "Support wasn't given," in the words of Karl Rove.
Vile, vile lies.
This whole endeavor has been a depressing reflection on how broken the conservative movement has become, and also how the Beltway press simultaneously takes its marching orders from the scandal-obsessed right wing. Like Republicans, journalists seemed to be eagerly holding out hope for an Obama or Clinton scandal to emerge from the Benghazi investigations.
And of course that faulty blueprint hasn't just applied to the Benghazi "scandal." As noted in September last year, ABC World News Tonight, CBS Evening News, and NBC Nightly News together spent just as much time covering Clinton's email controversy as they spent covering the substance of her entire presidential campaign.
If we're truly bidding farewell to Fox News' Benghazi conspiracy hoax (fingers crossed), there's another point about context that's worth stressing one last time.
I think one way the GOP and conservative media were able to string the serious press along on Benghazi was that they framed the Benghazi terror attack as an almost-unprecedented event in American history (sadly, it was not) and one that exposed unheard of security failures by Obama's White House and Clinton's State Department; it was supposedly an epic fiasco that demanded countless investigations.
What the press for most of the last four years refused to do is put the Benghazi terror attack in any kind of historical context.
Consider these facts under President Ronald Reagan:
*April 18, 1983: Bombing of U.S. Embassy in Beirut. 63 people were killed, including 17 Americans, including the CIA's chief analyst in the Middle East, and the Beirut station chief.
*September 6, 1983: Two Marines were killed during a lengthy rocket assault on the Marine base at Beirut's airport.
*Oct. 23, 1983: Bombing of Marine barracks in Beirut. A suicide bomber detonated a truck full of explosives at a U.S. Marine barracks; 241 U.S. service personnel were killed.
*Sept. 20, 1984: Bombing of U.S. Embassy annex. A truck bomb exploded in Aukar, northeast of Beirut, outside the annex, killing 24 people, including two U.S. military personnel.
During an 18-month span, U.S. facilities in and around Beirut were attacked by terrorists four times, killing 330 people, including 262 Americans.
There was exactly one congressional investigation into the Beirut debacle.
After nearly four years of right-wing myths about the September 2012 attack on an American diplomatic compound and CIA compound in Benghazi, Libya, and as Republicans and Democrats on the House Select Committee on the attacks release their reports, Media Matters has compiled a list of more than 50 myths and facts regarding the origin of the attack, the security surrounding the compounds, the Obama administration's handling of the attack during and after its occurrence, attacks on then-Secretary of State Hillary Clinton, and other lies and misinformation regarding the Benghazi attack.
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Fox News host and Trump supporter Sean Hannity devoted the full hour of his Fox News show to hyping claims presented in the discredited book Crisis of Character written by former Secret Service agent Gary Byrne.
Hannity interviewed Byrne on the first half of the June 27 edition of Fox's Hannity, providing the author with an uncritical platform allowing him to peddle his discredited claims and attacks against Hillary Clinton. During the second half of the show, Hannity devoted a panel discussion to Byrnes' comments and attacks on Clinton. In what Fox News described as an "expose" with the "blacklisted" Byrne, claims such as cocaine use in the White House, fits of rage by former First Lady Hillary Clinton, and the disposal of towels covered in "bodily fluids" were pushed by Hannity and repeated by Byrne.
At no point did Hannity question Byrnes' dubious claims or bring up the numerous contradictions that he's made over the years in regards to these claims, including while under sworn testimony.
On June 20, Buzzfeed reported that while Byrne claims in his book to have disposed of towels covered in "translucent and white, half gooey" substance that would be easily recognizable to "any boy lucky enough to live past his high school years," a 1998 deposition given by Byrne directly contradicts those claims:
Byrne testified that he saw Nelvis cleaning up the Oval Office study, holding towels, when the steward said, "I'm tired of having to clean up this crap, or this something, you know, to that effect." Byrne went on to say that he drew his "own conclusion that there was…some kind of possible physical contact between them and the president" and got the impression that Nelvis felt it was not right. Nelvis, he further recalled, said "something about lipstick," and he "assumed that, that it was on these towels," though the steward didn't say it. Byrne told the investigators that he did not personally see lipstick or other stains on the towels.
As for their disposal, Byrne said that he advised Nelvis "to get rid of it; in other words, to throw it out" so that the people who did the laundry wouldn't see it. After that, he said of Nelvis, "I just remember him kind of walking away, and that was it. I don't know what he did with them. That was the end of the thing."
Furthermore, the Association of Former Agents of the U.S. Secret Service has denounced Byrne and his assertions as false, and accused him of having a political agenda focused on smearing Clinton. Politico reported:
People familiar with West Wing security laugh at the idea that Byrne or any uniformed officer ever would have walked in on Bill Clinton anywhere, whether in a meeting or, as a New York Post article over the weekend claims, in the middle of a make-out session in the Map Room with the late daughter of former Vice President Walter Mondale. The Secret Service presidential detail would have stopped him.
And if Byrne or any uniformed officer had been posted near a room the president entered, he would have been moved at least 15 yards away, to the outer edges of the security bubble — not quite what Byrne describes in his book: "I stood guard, pistol at my hip, outside the Oval Office, the last barrier before anyone saw Bill Clinton," according to the Post, which has been teasing excerpts of the book.
"Operationally, one who has the working knowledge of how things are done there would realize that certain of those statements do not coincide with the operational plan," said Jan Gilhooly, AFAUSSS president and a 29-year Secret Service veteran.
When contacted by Buzzfeed about the contradictions in his book, Byrnes' publicist said that he would explain himself on his book tour. Fortunately for Byrne, Sean Hannity did not ask him to explain any of these issues.
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Democratic members of the House Select Committee on Benghazi released a report debunking many right-wing media myths about the September 11, 2012, attack on diplomatic facilities in Benghazi, Libya, that killed four Americans.
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On June 27, the Supreme Court ruled 5-3 in Whole Woman's Health v. Hellerstedt that Texas' anti-choice law HB 2 placed an "undue burden on abortion access." Supporters of the unconstitutional law argued that HB 2's restrictions were necessary to protect women's health and prevent another "Kermit Gosnell scandal" -- talking points pushed by right-wing media. Writing the majority opinion of the court, Justice Stephen Breyer rebuked these anti-choice myths, saying there was unequivocal evidence that HB 2 lacked medical benefits and posed extreme harm to Texas women.


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Chicagoland mountain bike race to take place Sunday
By Shawn Gilley
More than 500 people, mainly from the Chicagoland area as well as across the state, will compete in mountain bike races throughout the day, Sunday, August 14.
Racing will occur all day, with novice race beginning at 10 a.m. and the expert and comp race beginning at 1:30 p.m. Race distances will range from approximately eight miles for men and women novice racers to approximately 25 miles for the men's expert field (20 miles for the women's expert racers) and will consist of trail with rocks, ravines, tight twisty single-track and other obstacles.
Participants will be supporting the non-profit Chicago Area Mountain Bikers, testing themselves physically, competing with their friends and competing for cash and prizes.
The race, which is in its fifth year, will take place at Pulaski Woods, Palos Forest Preserve, near the intersection of 95th Street and Archer Avenue in Willow Springs. To get there, take 95th Street to Wolf Road and go south on Wolf Road.
Interestingly, this is the only mountain bike race in the Chicagoland and is the largest mountain bike race in the state.
Chicago Area Mountain Bikers (CAMBr) is a certified 501.c.3 non-profit organization that builds trails and currently maintain seven area trail systems and parks designed for all skill levels at no cost to land managers and trail users.
You can register online at www.cambr.org
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Ten Months of Exercise Improves General and Visceral Adiposity, Bone, and Fitness in Black Girls
Version of Record online: 6 SEP 2012
DOI: 10.1038/oby.2007.247
2007 North American Association for the Study of Obesity (NAASO)
Volume 15, Issue 8, pages 2077–2085, August 2007
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How to Cite
Barbeau, P., Johnson, M. H., Howe, C. A., Allison, J., Davis, C. L., Gutin, B. and Lemmon, C. R. (2007), Ten Months of Exercise Improves General and Visceral Adiposity, Bone, and Fitness in Black Girls. Obesity, 15: 2077–2085. doi: 10.1038/oby.2007.247
Publication History
- Issue online: 6 SEP 2012
- Version of Record online: 6 SEP 2012
- Received for review September 29, 2005, Accepted in final from January 17, 2007
- Abstract
- Article
- References
- Cited By
- adiposity;
- children;
- physical activity;
- bone mineral density
- Top of page
- Abstract
- Introduction
- Research Methods and Procedures
- Results
- Discussion
- Acknowledgments
- References
Objective: The goal of this study was to evaluate the impact of a 10-month after-school physical activity (PA) program on body composition and cardiovascular (CV) fitness in young black girls.
Research Methods and Procedures: Subjects were 8- to 12-year-olds recruited from elementary schools. Body composition was measured using anthropometrics {waist circumference and BMI, DXA [percentage body fat (%BF)] and bone mineral density (BMD)}, and magnetic resonance imaging [visceral adipose tissue (VAT)]. CV fitness was measured using a graded treadmill test. The intervention consisted of 30 minutes homework/healthy snack time and 80 minutes PA (i.e., 25 minutes skills instruction, 35 minutes aerobic PA, and 20 minutes strengthening/stretching). Analyses were adjusted for age, baseline value of the dependent variable, and sexual maturation (pediatrician observation).
Results: Mean attendance was 54%. Compared with the control group, the intervention group had a relative decrease in %BF (p < 0.0001), BMI (p < 0.01), and VAT (p < 0.01) and a relative increase in BMD (p < 0.0001) and CV fitness (p < 0.05). Higher attendance was associated with greater increases in BMD (p < 0.05) and greater decreases in %BF (p < 0.01) and BMI (p < 0.05). Higher heart rate during PA was associated with greater increases in BMD (p < 0.05) and greater decreases in %BF (p < 0.005).
Discussion: An after-school PA program can lead to beneficial changes in body composition and CV fitness in young black girls. It is noteworthy that the control and intervention groups differed in change in VAT but not waist circumference. This suggests that changes in central adiposity can occur in response to PA, even in young children, but that waist circumference may not be a good indicator of central adiposity.
- Top of page
- Abstract
- Introduction
- Research Methods and Procedures
- Results
- Discussion
- Acknowledgments
- References
The prevalence of childhood overweight has increased dramatically in the past few decades: ∼15% of youths are overweight and another ∼15% are at-risk-for-overweight (1, 2, 3, 4). A major reason for the current epidemic is that youths are constantly exposed to obesogenic environments in which energy-dense foods and sedentary activities are readily available while the opportunities for more healthy nutritional practices and moderate to vigorous physical activity (MVPA)1 are limited. Efforts to prevent overweight must change this balance by exposing youths to "fitogenic" environments, which discourage unhealthy eating and screen time while encouraging MVPA.
It is important to note that high levels of adiposity are associated with low levels of cardiovascular (CV) fitness (5). Thus, to some extent, the unfavorable health status of obese youths may be due to the poor CV fitness that accompanies high fatness, rather than fatness alone. Moreover, randomized controlled trials showed that exposure to MVPA can enhance body composition and CV fitness in overweight black and white children and teens (6, 7, 8, 9, 10). However, trials using youths who were not pre-selected as obese (11, 12) did not show that typical physical training doses were able to reduce body fatness (measured by skinfolds) compared with control subjects. There are two potential reasons for these non-significant results. First, the physical training dose used in these studies may have been insufficient to produce an effect in non-obese youths. Thus, in this study, we imparted a physical training dose of 80 minutes of MVPA, with 35 minutes at an intensity in the vigorous range as monitored with heart rate (HR) monitors. The second potential reason is that skinfolds may not provide a sufficiently precise measurement of body composition. Thus, in this study, we used DXA, which provides a very reliable measurement of body composition (13, 14). Another way in which this project goes beyond previous projects that were carried out in controlled settings (such as research gymnasiums) is that the intervention was implemented as an after-school physical activity (PA) program in the schools themselves, with school teachers used as instructors.
Although childhood overweight affects all groups, black girls are particularly at risk of becoming overweight. There may be several reasons for this, including that sedentary lifestyles are modeled, encouraged, and reinforced in behaviors and habits early in life for black females (15). In addition, there is a cultural tolerance for the "overweight condition" in black families (16, 17).
Therefore, this study targeted the prevention of further accretion of undesirable levels of adipose tissue in black girls through regular PA. Our hypotheses were that black girls who participated in an after-school PA program would have smaller increases in fat mass (FM), a decrease in percentage body fat (%BF), an increase in bone mineral density (BMD), and an increase in CV fitness, compared with black girls who did not participate in the program.
Research Methods and Procedures
- Top of page
- Abstract
- Introduction
- Research Methods and Procedures
- Results
- Discussion
- Acknowledgments
- References
Subjects were black girls 8 to 12 years of age recruited from eight local elementary schools using fliers. One school pulled out of the program halfway through baseline testing because a new principal took over. All black girls in grades 3, 4, and 5 were eligible if they met the following criteria: 1) weighed <300 lbs; 2) were not taking any medications known to affect body composition or fat distribution; and 3) were able to participate in regular PA. Subjects from the entire adiposity range were recruited. However, since the prevalence of at-risk-for-overweight and overweight is relatively high in Georgia, the distribution was such that there were more subjects at the heavier end of the spectrum. Subjects and their parents attended information sessions and signed informed consent/assent forms in accordance with the Medical College of Georgia Human Assurance Committee. Although 309 subjects consented to be in the study during the information sessions, only 278 actually pre-tested. We found in previous studies (5, 6) that accepting only one sib per family resulted in eligible and interested potential subjects not signing up for the study. Therefore, we decided at the outset that we would accept sisters into this study to increase its acceptability on the part of subjects and their parents.
Subjects came to the Georgia Prevention Institute of the Medical College of Georgia for testing at the beginning of the study and after 10 months. Pre-testing started in late July or early August and ended in mid-fall; as many as four subjects were tested on any given day. Subjects were tested on a rolling basis and were integrated into the intervention on a rolling basis. Subjects were paid $100 each for the baseline and post-testing assessments but were responsible for their own transportation to and from the testing site.
Sexual Maturation Assessment
Pubertal stages were assessed by pediatricians based on the criteria established by Marshall and Tanner (18). Examination of the Tanner staging for breast and pubic hair development was not refused by any of the subjects. None of the children had acne or hirsutism.
Body Composition Assessment
Height and weight were measured by standard methods using a wall-mounted stadiometer and a scale, respectively. BMI was calculated as weight/height2, and BMI percentile was obtained from growth charts from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (19). Waist circumference was measured using a measuring tape, at the narrowest point of torso, below the rib cage and above the umbilicus. Skinfold measurements were also obtained from the right side of the body, using Lange calipers. Subscapular skinfold was obtained from the diagonal fold on the posterior side, 1 to 2 cm below inferior angle of the scapula (width of index finger). Triceps skinfold was obtained from a vertical fold on the back of the upper arm taken halfway between the acromion (shoulder) and olecranon (elbow) processes. Suprailiac skinfold was obtained from a diagonal fold taken superior to the iliac crest in the anterior axillary line.
Total body composition was obtained using DXA (Hologic QDR-1000, Waltham, MA) as previously described (14). Briefly, DXA uses a three-compartment model: total body fat (BF), fat-free soft tissue (FFST), and bone mineral content (BMC). %BF and BMD were derived from these three components. Visceral adipose tissue (VAT) and subcutaneous abdominal adipose tissue (SAAT) were obtained using magnetic resonance imaging (1.5 T General Electric Medical Systems, Milwaukee, WI), as previously described (20). Briefly, with subjects in the supine position, a series of five, 1-cm-thick, transverse images was acquired beginning at the inferior border of the fifth lumbar vertebra and proceeding toward the head. A gap is left between the slices to avoid cross-talk. Values for VAT and SAAT from a single image were calculated in terms of surface area and the volume estimated by multiplying the surface area by the image width (1 cm) and then summing the five images.
Cardiovascular Fitness Assessment
CV fitness was assessed using a multistage treadmill test. Heart rate was monitored using a Polar Accurex Plus HR monitor (Port Washington, NY). Oxygen consumption (Vo2) was measured using a Sensormedics Vmax 229 cardiopulmonary system (Yorba Linda, CA). The treadmill protocol began with a 4-minute warmup at 0% grade and 2.0 mph. The speed was then increased 0.5 mph every 2 minutes until reaching 3.0 mph, at which time the grade increased to 2% for 2 minutes, then increased an additional 3% every 2 minutes until reaching 20% grade or exhaustion. Two indices of CV fitness were obtained: maximal oxygen consumption (Vo2 max), and oxygen consumption at a HR of 170 bpm (Vo2-170). Subjects were considered to have attained Vo2 max if they met two of the following three criteria: 1) an increase in HR <5 bpm between the final two workloads, 2) an increase in Vo2 <100 mL between the final two workloads, and 3) a respiratory exchange ratio >1.00. Although all subjects were given verbal cues to give a maximal effort, about one-half of them stopped the test voluntarily before reaching Vo2 max, both at baseline and after the 10-month intervention period. In addition, only about one half of the subjects who attained Vo2 max at baseline also did so at post-intervention. Using Vo2 max as our index of CV fitness would have resulted in a 50% decrease in sample size for the analyses, greatly affecting power to detect significant changes and differences between groups. Therefore, a submaximal index of CV fitness (Vo2-170) was used. Using all of the treadmill workloads completed, we computed individual regression equations of Vo2 on HR for each subject to obtain Vo2-170.
Physical Activity Assessment
Free-living PA was measured using a 7-day recall (21). Subjects were questioned about their activities, including sleep, over 7 days before the interview, starting with the previous day. Thus, the 7-day recall included the PA associated with the PA program for the subjects in the intervention group. Values from the hard and very hard categories of PA were summed to derive an index of vigorous PA. Thus, vigorous PA represented activities such as running, whereas moderate PA included activities such as walking briskly.
After-School Intervention
Subjects were randomized within each school after pre-testing to the intervention or control group with a ratio of 3:2. We chose this ratio rather than 1:1 because we were concerned that subjects in the intervention group might be more likely to drop out or that some subjects might not have attended the sessions consistently for the duration of the intervention. Subjects in the control group received no intervention. Subjects in the intervention group stayed at their school at the end of the day to receive a 110-minute intervention. The intervention was offered during the school year every day that school was in session. Exceptions were 4 early release days per year, the last day of school before Christmas break (which lasted about 2 weeks), and the last day of the school year. The program was also closed for one week after the end of the year to allow teachers to get their school-related duties done.
The intervention started the second week of school in August. Starting the testing in July allowed us to have a small core of subjects (i.e., 5 to 8) with whom to start the intervention. Subjects who pre-tested after the program had started entered the intervention the day after their testing day. Testing ended about mid-fall, which meant that the subjects who started later were still in the intervention for a while after school ended. To facilitate participation in the study, transportation was provided to the subjects. During the school year, subjects were transported home on regular school buses after the program. During the summer, the program was offered late morning or early afternoon, depending on the availability of each school. Subjects who were still participating during the summer were transported from their home to the program, then back home after the program again using school buses.
The intervention consisted of 30 minutes of homework time during which the subjects were provided with a healthy snack free of charge, and 80 minutes of PA. All of the snacks were individually packaged, and every day the subjects had a choice of something salty (e.g., crackers and cheese), something sweet (e.g., low-fat cookies), or a fruit or vegetable. Subjects chose one snack, and were allowed to get another snack if they were still hungry after the first one. The PA component included 25 minutes of skills development (e.g., how to dribble a basketball), 35 minutes of MVPA, and 20 minutes of toning and stretching. Subjects wore Polar Accurex Plus HR monitors (Port Washington, NY) every day during the PA portion of the program, and were taught how to maintain their HR during the MVPA to keep it above 150 bpm. The watches were spiked at the beginning and end of each PA component to aid with future analysis. HRs for the entire session were saved for each subject. HRs were downloaded into a computer by research staff and analyzed within each PA component; we were primarily interested in the MVPA portion. This monitoring was used to provide feedback to subjects who might have been struggling to keep their HR above 150 bpm. Activities during the MVPA included games such as basketball, tag, softball, relay races, etc., all of which were modified to keep all of the subjects active throughout the 35-minute period.
Subjects received small weekly prizes (e.g., bouncy balls, Slinkies, pencils, note pads, lip gloss, play jewelry) for maintaining good behavior and attitude and at most one unexcused absence. We picked a student of the month in each school who received a slightly larger prize (e.g., movie pass, roller skating pass, basketball). The main purpose of the prizes was mainly to reward good behavior, participation, and effort. Attendance was also maintained by calling parents of subjects who had two unexcused absences in a row. The reason for their absence was discussed, and parents were encouraged to send their daughter back to the program.
Implementation of the Intervention
This study required not only the recruitment of subjects but also the recruitment of schools and teachers, and as much as possible, the buy-in of principals. The intervention was implemented primarily by classroom teachers (n = 21) and teacher assistants (n = 14), although a research staff person was also on site every day. Teachers mostly worked the intervention in their own school, but in some cases, they were assigned to work in a different school. Teachers received formal training before the start of the intervention. The training included background information on childhood obesity, PA, and CV risk factors, the goals of the study, the specific protocol to be followed, and the types of activities appropriate for each segment of the intervention. A large component of the training was role playing; teachers were asked to prepare a lesson plan for one day and did a shortened simulation of it, so that we could provide them with feedback on the choice of activities and how they were implemented. Each school was given a Manual of Procedures that included all of the information necessary to implement the intervention, including a large number of potential activities. Teachers who were hired after the training occurred were trained individually by the project coordinator on the theoretical aspects and observed several sessions before becoming responsible for implementing the intervention.
Statistical Analyses
The small number of siblings in this study precluded the use of analytical methods that would have permitted nesting within family. Therefore, one sibling was selected within each family. The sibling selected was the one who had the least missing data. For example, if one sibling had %BF, VAT, CV fitness and the second sibling had %BF, VAT, but not CV fitness, the first sibling was chosen for the analyses. In the case of ties, the one with the lowest identification number was selected. The identification numbers were not assigned in any special way (e.g., oldest one first). After restricting having pre-intervention and post-intervention data, and having only one sibling per family, there were 201 subjects of the 278 who pre-tested for the analyses.
Analysis of covariance was used to analyze the data. The change scores were the dependent values in the analysis with the value at baseline used as a covariate and the treatment group (intervention vs. control) as the independent variable of interest. Additional covariates analyzed were age, sexual maturity, and BMI percentile group (normal, at-risk-for-overweight, overweight). Interactions between covariates and treatment group were explored. Only significant factors were retained in the model. Subjects had to have both a pretest and a post-test value to be included in the analysis for that variable. Outcomes included BMI, waist circumference, %BF, BMD, FM, FFST, BMC, CVF, PA, VAT, and SAAT. The 95% confidence intervals of the difference between the adjusted change scores were constructed from the parameter estimates of the group effect and reflect change in the intervention group relative to changes in the control group. A negative difference is a relative decrease in comparison with controls even though both groups might have shown an increase from pretest to post-test due to growth. The relationships at baseline and for the change scores between CV fitness, body composition, and PA were determined using Pearson correlation analyses. Within the intervention group, the relationship between HR during the aerobic portion of the program and attendance to the program was determined using Spearman correlation analysis. Also, within the intervention group, the relationship of changes in body composition, CV fitness, and PA with HR during the aerobic portion of the program and attendance to the program were found using a regression analysis that also adjusted for the baseline value of the dependent variable, age, and sexual maturity. Statistical significance was set at α = 0.05. SAS version 8.2 (SAS Institute, Inc., Cary, NC) was used for all analyses.
- Top of page
- Abstract
- Introduction
- Research Methods and Procedures
- Results
- Discussion
- Acknowledgments
- References
Baseline Values and Relationships
A little over one half the subjects were at-risk-for-overweight (21%) or overweight (31%). The descriptive data at baseline are presented in Table 1. There were no significant differences between the intervention and control groups for any of the variables at baseline, including age (9.5 years both groups) and sexual maturation (2.4 vs. 2.6 Tanner stage for breast development, respectively). Higher CV fitness was associated with lower %BF (r = −0.60), FM (r = −0.56), BMC (r = −0.22), waist circumference (r = −0.47), BMI (r = −0.50), VAT (r = −0.58), and SAAT (r = −0.56; all p values <0.01). CV fitness was not significantly associated with BMD, FFST, or PA. Adiposity levels were not significantly associated with PA.
|Baseline† [unadjusted mean (SD)]
|Post-test [unadjusted mean (SD)]
|Intervention (N = 118)
|Control (N = 83)
|Intervention (N = 118)
|Control (N = 83)
|Adjusted change (95% CI)‡
|BMI (kg/m2)
|20.9 (5.0)
|20.9 (5.6)
|21.6 (5.2)
|22.2 (6.1)
|−0.45 (−0.79, −0.12)
|Waist circumference (cm)
|66.5 (11.5)
|67.0 (12.2)
|67.9 (11.3)
|69.9 (12.5)
|−1.34 (−2.78, 0.09)
|FM (kg)
|13.8 (9.7)
|13.9 (9.3)
|14.6 (10.4)
|16.0 (10.9)
|−1.32 (−2.02, −0.62)
|FFST (kg)
|26.6 (5.7)
|26.0 (5.2)
|30.0 (6.5)
|29.5 (6.1)
|0.39 (−0.07, 0.85)
|30.2 (11.9)
|30.7 (12.7)
|29.1 (11.8)
|31.0 (12.2)
|−2.01 (−2.98, −1.04)
|BMC (g)
|1.26 (0.31)
|1.23 (0.28)
|1.46 (0.36)
|1.40 (0.33)
|0.044 (0.024, 0.064)
|BMD (g/cm2)
|0.89 (0.07)
|0.88 (0.06)
|0.94 (0.08)
|0.92 (0.07)
|0.020 (0.012, 0.027)
|VAT (cm3)*
|91.0 (66.1)
|80.4 (53.1)
|91.8 (63.9)
|96.5 (65.1)
|−14.6 (−24.2, −5.1)
|SAAT (cm3)*
|772.5 (590.9)
|738.5 (552.0)
|837.7 (619.3)
|868.3 (633.0)
|−62.2 (−122.8, −1.5)
|CV fitness (mL/kg per min)
|21.4 (5.2)
|21.4 (4.9)
|21.9 (5.1)
|20.9 (5.0)
|1.57 (0.22, 2.92)
|Moderate PA (h/d)
|0.31 (0.33)
|0.32 (0.38)
|0.57 (0.52)
|0.37 (0.40)
|0.21 (0.07, 0.34)
|Vigorous PA (h/d)
|0.15 (0.28)
|0.14 (0.26)
|0.44 (0.51)
|0.31 (0.56)
|0.15 (−0.01, 0.31)
|MVPA (h/d)
|0.46 (0.48)
|0.46 (0.44)
|1.00 (0.67)
|0.67 (0.61)
|0.37 (0.16, 0.57)
Change Over 10-Month Intervention Period
There were no significant age effects for any of the dependent variables. There were no significant interactions between BMI percentile group and intervention group so that there was not a differential effect of intervention that was dependent on BMI at baseline. Interactions between covariates and intervention group were not found. The baseline and 10-month values for all subjects regardless of attendance to the PA are presented in Table 1 (intent-to-treat analyses). The retention rate was 81% for the control group and 84% for the intervention group. With the exception of FFST, the change in all of the body composition variables was significantly different between groups. Compared with the control group, the intervention group had a relative decrease in adiposity, including %BF, the primary dependent variable in this study, and a relative increase in BMC, BMD, MPA, VPA (trend), and CV fitness.
The efficacy analyses, which included from the intervention group only subjects who attended at least 40% of the time (2 days/wk; intervention n = 77, control n = 83) yielded results similar to those from the intent to treat analyses, except that the relative decrease in SAAT and relative increase in CV fitness became non-significant (results not shown).
When all subjects were analyzed together, increases in CV fitness were associated with increases in BMD (r = 0.18) and BMC (r = 0.18; both p values <0.05), but not with changes in adiposity. Increases in vigorous PA were associated with decreases in %BF (r = −0.16) and BMI (r = −0.17; both p values <0.05).
PA Process Analysis
The average attendance at the PA program was 54% (i.e., just over 2.5 days/wk), and the average HR during the vigorous PA section of the program was 160 bpm. Attendance and HR were not significantly associated with each other (r = −0.05, p > 0.05). The associations of HR and attendance with changes in body composition and CV fitness are presented in Table 2. After adjusting for baseline values, age, and sexual maturation, higher attendance was associated with greater increases in BMD (partial r2 = 0.03), and greater decreases in %BF (partial r2 = 0.06) and BMI (partial r2 = 0.05). The data suggested that beneficial changes in these variables occurred mostly for those who came at least 2 days/wk (Figures 1 to 3). After adjusting for baseline values, age, and sexual maturation, higher HR was associated with greater increases in BMD (partial r2 = 0.04) and FFST (partial r2 = 0.09), and greater decreases in %BF (partial r2 = 0.11) and FM (partial r2 = 0.07). Change in %BF and BMD were the only variables with which HR and attendance were both significantly associated. Therefore, a subsequent series of multiple regression analyses was performed in which both HR and attendance were included. After adjusting for baseline, age, and sexual maturation, higher HRs were associated with greater decreases in %BF (β = −0.225, p < 0.01), while attendance was only marginally associated (β = −0.076, p = 0.07). The same effects were seen with BMD, where higher HRs were associated with greater increases in BMD (β = 0.001, p < 0.05) and attendance was only marginally associated (β < 0.001, p = 0.09).
|Heart rate during aerobic portion of program
|Attendance at program
|β coefficient
|β coefficient
|Waist circumference
|CV fitness
- Top of page
- Abstract
- Introduction
- Research Methods and Procedures
- Results
- Discussion
- Acknowledgments
- References
The main results of this study indicate that a 10-month after-school PA program can lead to beneficial changes in body composition and CV fitness in young black girls of varying levels of adiposity. The intervention group had a smaller increase in BMI compared with the control group. In addition, the intervention group gained less FM than the control group, while both groups gained similar amounts of FFST. This resulted in a significant decrease in %BF of −1.4 (standard deviation 3.5) compared with an increase of 0.7 (standard deviation 3.1) in the control group. These results are less dramatic than the differences found between intervention and control groups in our studies limited to overweight children and teens (9, 22). Beneficial changes were also seen for BMC and BMD, such that a PA intervention program aimed at preventing the accretion of excess adiposity can also play a role in improving bone health. This is important because it suggests that PA programs that aim at preventing overweight in young black girls may also decrease the future risk of osteoporosis.
Interestingly, the change in waist circumference was not significantly different between the groups. This might mean that the beneficial effects on adiposity were mostly peripheral but not central. Analyses of central and peripheral skinfolds indicated that the intervention group had smaller increases in subscapular (p < 0.01), suprailiac (p < 0.05), and triceps (p < 0.05) skinfolds compared with the control group. However, VAT increased substantially less in the intervention group compared with the control group, suggesting that there was indeed a beneficial central effect. Interestingly, it should be noted that proportionally, the improvements in VAT were larger than those in SAAT. This provides further evidence that regular PA can be beneficial in altering central adiposity, even in a cohort of girls not selected for being overweight. The negative results with waist circumference suggest that in young children there may not be enough VAT to cause the abdomen to protrude and, thus, influence waist circumference. This implies that direct measurements, such as magnetic resonance imaging, are needed to document changes, as was seen with VAT in this study. Furthermore, the fact that the children were growing and, thus, their waist circumferences expanding, may also have decreased our capability of showing a significant effect on waist circumference.
The beneficial impact of the program on CV fitness seemed to disappear when the analyses were limited to subjects who came at least 2 days per week, which we consider to be the minimum required to have an effect. At first glance, this seemed like a counterintuitive finding. However, further analyses revealed that those who came less than 2 days per week had a slightly lower CV fitness at baseline compared with those who came at least 2 days per week (20.31 ± 5.41 vs. 21.54 ± 5.02 mL/kg per minute, p = 0.18). In addition, those who attended less than 2 days per week had a small increase in CV fitness over the 10 months compared with a slight decrease in those who came at least 2 days per week (1.55 ± 6.21 vs. −0.04 ± 4.12 mL/kg per minute, p = 0.19). Although these differences were not statistically significant, they may have been enough to influence the efficacy analysis. This suggests girls who have low CV fitness levels to begin with may be able to improve their CV fitness to some extent, even with very low attendance. On the other hand, girls with higher CV fitness at baseline would have less room for improvement. These results also suggest that girls with lower CV fitness at baseline may find it difficult to be excited and motivated about PA, thus attending less often than girls with higher CV fitness. The question then becomes how can girls who are less fit be incited to join PA interventions and keep attending? Perhaps these girls need special attention designed to increase motivation, increase PA self-efficacy, decrease safety concerns, and decrease other potential barriers to PA. On the other hand, the analyses of the process variables (i.e., HR during the aerobic portion of the program and attendance to the program) suggested that the intensity of the PA (i.e., HR) played a greater role in improving overall body composition than did attendance. Of course, one cannot reap the benefits of exercising at a high-intensity if one does not attend the program at all.
There are several important points to be noted in relation to the findings in this study. One is that, from a public health point of view, the amount of PA needed to impact body composition in children is more than can be delivered in standard physical education classes alone, in which only ∼12 of 30 minutes are typically spent in MVPA (23). The implication of this is that strategies need to be developed to encourage MVPA at other times during the day (e.g., before school, at recess and noon time, and/or after school). The second important point to make is that beneficial changes in body composition, including VAT, can occur even in healthy, normal-weight girls who increase in total FM because of growth and puberty. The implication is that PA programs should target not only at-risk-for-overweight and overweight girls, but also normal-weight girls to prevent the development of overweight. The third point is that these types of PA programs are more likely to improve CV fitness in girls who already have low fitness levels. Finally, the intensity of the PA seems to be an important mediator of the beneficial effect of PA on body composition. This implies that programs whose goal is to improve body composition in children should encourage moderate-to-high-intensity activities that keep children's HRs up above 150 bpm, rather than low-intensity activities such as walking leisurely. It was our experience in this study, and in previous studies of overweight children, that children enjoy monitoring their HR using the Polar monitors; they see it as a game and challenge. In addition, having continuous monitoring of this sort allows the teachers the opportunity to periodically glance at a subject's monitor and provide immediate feedback: congratulatory or encouraging more movement. Therefore, effort monitoring can be used successfully to ensure proper intensity in children performing PA.
One of the unique aspects of this study is the manner in which the intervention was implemented. Classroom teachers who worked in the schools where the intervention took place were primarily responsible for implementing all parts of the intervention. There was also one research staff person on site every day whose role was to assist the teachers, but the teachers were responsible for coming up with the activities that would be offered to the girls each day, teaching the girls new skills and games, and actually participating with them in all of the activities. We purposely did not get physical education teachers to work for this project. We were concerned that randomization at the subject level might result in physical education teachers treating the girls randomized to the intervention differently than the girls randomized to the control condition during physical education. This could have biased the study and resulted in inflated differences between the two groups for change in the outcome variables if the intervention girls were pushed harder during physical education, or in deflated differences between the two groups if the control girls were pushed harder. The teachers had to be formally trained not only on how to follow the protocol so that the intervention was delivered as similarly as possible in the different schools, but also on how to get kids active and what to expect behavior-wise. This was the hardest adjustment for classroom teachers to make because their usual environment requires them to keep kids sedentary and quiet. They had to learn how to let kids be active and still have boundaries, without resorting to disciplinary actions that would have required sedentariness except in rare circumstances. The success of the project measured by change in body composition, low attrition, and high HRs during the intervention clearly demonstrates the feasibility of teachers leading after-school PA programs in young girls.
In summary, an after-school PA program designed to incorporate 80 minutes/d, at least 35 minutes of which is MVPA, can lead to beneficial changes in body composition in girls of all adiposity levels, and potential improvements in fitness in girls with low fitness levels. These improvements in body composition and bone health at an early age are important because they may help prevent the development of overweight during adolescence and CV disease and osteoporosis in adulthood.
- Top of page
- Abstract
- Introduction
- Research Methods and Procedures
- Results
- Discussion
- Acknowledgments
- References
The authors thank Elizabeth Stewart for the data management, and Dr. William Hoffman and Dr. Reda Bassali for performing the physical examinations, as well as the Richmond Country Board of Education and the elementary school principals and teachers for their help and support in facilitating the implementation of this research project. This study was funded by the NIH (Grant HL64972).
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Nonstandard abbreviations: MVPA, moderate to vigorous physical activity; CV, cardiovascular; HR, heart rate; PA, physical activity; FM, fat mass; %BF, percentage body fat; BMD, bone mineral density; BF, total body fat; FFST, fat-free soft tissue; BMC, bone mineral content; VAT, visceral adipose tissue; SAAT, subcutaneous abdominal adipose tissue; Vo2, oxygen consumption; Vo2 max, maximal oxygen consumption.
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- Abstract
- Introduction
- Research Methods and Procedures
- Results
- Discussion
- Acknowledgments
- References
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Burglaries remain steady for a second year in Columbia. On Tuesday, the Columbia Police Department released their final tally of burglary calls. Officers responded to more than 780 burglary calls in 2012. The report shows much higher numbers over the past two years, with burglaries hovering just below 800. However, police did see a slight drop over the latest winter break. Although police say thieves did not target one spot over break, the most concentrated areas are neighborhoods by Cosmo Park and student housing off of College Avenue.
Burglaries Remain Steady
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Zack: Somebody is pissed.
Steve: You crashed your plane, dude. Get over it.
Zack: "What the hell? 'Crashed airplane' isn't marked anywhere on this lousy map!"
Steve: I know from Survivorman what to do. You take one of the propeller blades and sharpen it and then use it as a knife to cut vines and then you make a trap to catch the grossest thing in the whole jungle.
Zack: But what if the grossest thing in the jungle is...him!?
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Microsoft releases new Office 365 SMB plans
After announcing the subscription-based service in 2014, Microsoft has now made available three new Office 365 small/mid-size business plans to its existing business customers.
The three plans -- Office 365 Business Essentials, Office 365 Business and Office 365 Business Premium -- are replacing the current Office 365 Small Business, Small Business Premium and Midsize Business plans.
Microsoft introduces Office 365 E5 subscription
Microsoft has launched a new premium Office 365 package for its enterprise customers, accompanied by a significant price increase.
Office 365 Enterprise E5 replaces Enterprise E4, which will be dropped by June 2016, and will cost $35 per user per month, compared to $22 per user per month for its predecessor.
Microsoft launches Office Insider giving access to preview builds of Office 2016
With Windows 10, Microsoft's Windows Insider program proved immensely popular. The chance to try out new features ahead of an official launch gave millions of people an insight into the development process and provided an opportunity to give feedback and influence the future of the operating system.
Today Microsoft is giving Office the same treatment. With the launch of the Office Insider program, Office 365 subscribers are being given the chance to try out upcoming releases of Office 2016.
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The arms of the NSA may be long, but there are some parts of the world in which it holds no sway. Conscious of European concerns about US government web surveillance, Microsoft today announces German datacenter options for Azure, Office 365 and Dynamics CRM Online.
Starting in the second half of 2016, customers in Europe will be able to opt to have their data stored in Germany. The datacenters will be controlled by German data trustee, Deutsche Telekom who will oversee all access to customer data. With Microsoft's "mobile first, cloud-first" philosophy, this is a move to try to rebuild trust in cloud services which the company clearly feels has been lost.
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Microsoft today announces a number of changes to the online version of Outlook. One of the biggest updates sees the rollout of a new, cleaner interface which Microsoft says helps to improve efficiency. In addition to aesthetic alterations, there are also a number of new tools that make it easier to manage an inbox.
There is also something of a rebranding taking place. The Outlook Web App (OWA) is no more; say hello to Outlook on the web. The new name is a minor change, however. The big news today are the visual and productivity updates.
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Ten years gone by and here's what's happened
Hey, Daddio,
It's been 10 years come July 5 that you died.
Lots has happened.
You would have had seven great-grandchildren now. In fact – unbeknownst to anyone – the first was on the way the day you left.
That was a boy, Link, the first male in our family in 23 years at the time. You'd like him – well, you'd like them all, of course.
I just turned 60 and every day I recognize how right you were about so many things:
• Grandkids will not get out from in front of the TV!
• No one turns out lights!… Read the rest
Choose your life by choosing your view
My coach asked me, "What does this look like from the other side looking back?" That question made all the difference. I was no longer looking at an imagined wall to climb over, but I was viewing what life would look like after the wall was conquered.
Sometimes we need a different view. We are looking at the obstacles, the challenges, and the reasons why we can't. How might our lives be different if we spent more time considering life on the other side of those obstacles and challenges? Instead of focusing on why we can't, what might happen if we imagined telling about why we did?… Read the rest
A frantic nocturnal ride across the Texas prairie
This column first appeared August 15, 1968.
The approach of hard-ridden horses broke the silence of camp on the dark night of April 16, 1871 and second lieutenant Robert G. Carter jumped to his feet wondering at the news their riders carried.
One of the couriers soon approached Carter with a note. With dread the young lieutenant, a recent West Point graduate, opened it. His bride of only a few months had been ill when he left her at Fort Richardson just days earlier.
As he feared, the note told him her condition worsened. His orders said to leave the train, take some men and horses, and hurry back to Richardson.… Read the rest
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The deadlocked U.S. Supreme Court on June 23 in effect affirmed a judgment that the Obama administration's use of deferred action in implementing immigration policy violates the United States Constitution.
The U.S. Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals earlier ruled it was a presidential overreach to implement an immigration policy not approved by Congress. The Supreme Court's 4-4 tie vote leaves that ruling in effect.
Gov. Greg Abbott welcomed the outcome. "The action taken by the president was an unauthorized abuse of presidential power that trampled the Constitution and the Supreme Court rightly denied the president the ability to grant amnesty contrary to immigration laws," Abbott said.… Read the rest
My vote on secession
In the wake of Britain's vote last week to leave the European Union, Texas secessionists once again reared their heads, clamoring for us to follow suit.
They want Texas, with its oil, its cattle, and its pickup trucks, to leave the United States of America and be, in reality, what that slogan says – "a whole other country."
Their story is that Texas, which once was an independent nation, joined the U.S. by treaty and can therefore leave anytime it wants. Rather than being one of 50 states, we're sort of an ally. If we decide to opt out, we just go.… Read the rest
The piercing pain of establishing individualism
Sometimes you hear a statement that stops you in your tracks.
This was one for me, a radio commercial heard in Austin recently for a business: "See us for all your piercing needs."
Now, personally, I have few piercing needs. In fact, that number is zero.
However, I have dealt with piercing when my oldest daughter in her late teens got a tongue ring and immediately chipped her finally-straightened-by-braces-after-several-thousand-dollars-and-years-of-tin-grinning teeth.
She is grown up now and the tongue ring is long gone.
Naturally, young folks like to freak out old people. I had long hair to bother the ancient folks (i.e., over 30) when I was a genius college student in Austin.… Read the rest
Choose your life by choosing your language
I'd love to get together with you Saturday, but I have to go to my son's baseball game."
"Thanks for the invitation to go fishing Sunday morning, but I have to go to church."
"I can't do it today, I have to work!"
"I have to …"
Considering those statements, how do you think I really feel about the baseball game, church, and work? Not too excited, right? Each one sounds like a chore or, at the very least, something to be tolerated or endured.
One of my favorite influencers, Michael Hyatt, has addressed the idea of language several times on his podcast.… Read the rest
Roots of Pueblo architecture harken from Old World
This column first appeared in the early Aughts.
Even though I've retired from teaching, I'll continue to recall things I've always explained to my students. One thing that I emphasized was the things the New World inherited from the Old World, things like language, religion, government, etc. Another was architecture or adaptions to it.
When Spanish explorers like Francisco Coronado and Juan de Onate first arrived in the Southwest in the 16th century, they found multi-storied buildings of the Native Americans along the banks of the Rio Grande and other rivers. The explorers called the dwellings "pueblos" which in Spanish means "town."
The pueblos were constructed of abode and reminded the Spaniards of the homes back in Europe.… Read the rest
Governors confer about containing spread of Zika
Gov. Greg Abbott on June 9 participated in a White House-hosted conference call for governors to discuss the Zika virus threat and what to do about it.
U.S. Secretary of Health and Human Services Sylvia Burwell and Centers for Disease Control and Prevention Director Dr. Tom Frieden led the call.
Frieden said no vaccine exists to prevent the Zika virus disease, and the way for individuals to prevent contracting the disease is to avoid getting bitten by mosquitoes.
"With the recent floods, and as we enter the height of mosquito season, I encourage Texans to take precautions to protect themselves from mosquito exposure and heed all warnings and recommendations from health officials," Abbott said after the conference call.… Read the rest
The (funky) story behind the (stinky) column
Sometimes here at the paper, we let folks know how we shot a particular picture that we ran. We call it "the story behind the photo."
I thought I'd use the same approach to discuss a column from June 1, "Stink to think: Loving your body emissions."
Of all the columns I've written – this is No. 1,231, one every week since Aug. 13, 1992 – I got more feedback on the passing gas column than any other.
Here's the story behind the column.
When I first stumbled onto the Facebook post that detailed a doctor from Michigan proclaiming that pooting was not only good for the person doing so but for those in the nearby vicinity, it cracked me up.… Read the rest


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