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out for the evening...still at 172 pounds lost!
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Hooray for BOOT season! LOL I love wearing them. It's actually fun getting dressed these days. Who would have thought I'd ever say that?
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Seeing how far I've come keeps me motivated! Just a little more to go. Goal weight, here I come!!!
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Me & my sis standing behind a pair of my "BEFORE" jeans. Together we have lost 334 lbs! (351 now)
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My page in All*You magazine's Health & Fitness issue on stands Jan. 14, 2011 exclusively at WalMart. I feel so honored to have been included.
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That's me on the cover!!! I can't believe it. Jan 14, 2011 only @ Walmart.
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Me on my 45th Birthday, Feb. 11, 2011 ready for a night on the town with my family and friends!
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Enjoying a drink (called CRASH AND BURN) HA HA with my daughter for my 45th bday! 2-11-11
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me with my sister Shelly out to dinner for my 45th bday!! 2-11-11
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my Birthday, 2-11-11
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Our family pic for 2010... I've lost 175 lbs since our 2008 family pic.
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my sister Christy and me enjoying a day together.
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April 17, 2011
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May 2011, I'm loving shopping for new clothes now!!! Everything's different when they actually fit!
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My new dress...I'm going out, having fun and enjoying life. Have never done this before. Feels nice.
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August 2011
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My sister Shelly and me...this was the New Orleans Do Life 5K! July 2011 and about 97 degrees out!
175 pounds down!!! woo hoo!!! but still working hard!
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January 2012...just me!
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Saints baby!
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My Birthday Feb. 11, 2012 Drinking a margarita...not good for my diet AT ALL!!!
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Irish Italian parade 2012...fun fun fun!
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Then and Now... Facial comparison 2012
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Feb. 2013, still maintaining my weight but want to lose more.
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Summer 2012
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So sweaty after my workout! I feel great!
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November 16, 2013. ♥ 176 pounds gone.
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Oct. 16, 2010 celebrating the 2 year anniversary of my new healthy life plan of dieting and exercise
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9/30/10 at a black and gold Saints event. enjoying my night out and celebrating 175 pounds lost!
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So these are my"BEFORE"jeans.Makes me sad to think how long I lived that way but so overjoyed now.
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My sis & me, she's lost 152 lbs & I've lost 172 lbs. That's 324 lbs. total, oh my!
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my sister(140 lbs. lost), my mom and me(166 lbs. lost)
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Oops, I said 160 lbs. lost. It was actually 157 in this pic. OH WELL! Close enough. Still happy!
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with my oldest child on Mother's Day 2010, love him
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with my 3rd oldest child (guess that makes him the middle child ha ha) love him!
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with my 2 youngest, son age 16 (6'3-think football player build) & baby daughter age14 & 5'10,luv em
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me with my best friend, summer 2010
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June 5, 2010 160 lbs lost! wearing a cute "short" dress.(short for me anyway!) it was a 1st for me.
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with my two best girlfriends, friends for 30 years (we are all one month apart in age-44!)
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June 2010
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me at 157 pounds lost in 17 months... march 26, 2010
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me with my daughters - Dec. 2009
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This was THE EYE OPENER for me! This pic allowed me to see for the 1st time that I needed to change.
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As a teenager I learned to play guitar in a style that has served me well. I have since written a book of lessons on this alternative style of guitar playing. It is without a doubt the easiest and fastest system of learning you will ever discover.
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I was also shown Open E tuning as a teenager and I now own 7 guitars and 6 of them are always tuned in open E. 5 of them are 12-strings.
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finding minor chords is easy. You just flat the third string on the bar chords. There are many various other places to find it on the neck.
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HTC Incredible shows up in Verizon's inventory system?
Earlier this month, we saw the unannounced HTC Incredible, which is supposedly headed to Verizon Wireless as the carrier's firs Android 2.1 smartphone made by HTC.
Now it looks like the HTC Incredible is already in Verizon's inventory system, and BerryScoop has a screenshot to prove it.
Unfortunately, the release date of Incredible is still a mystery for now, but let's hope Verizon will announce the handset soon.
The features of HTC Incredible should include: Sense UI, WVGA touchscreen display, optical trackpad, 1GHz processor, 256MB of RAM, and a photo camera with dual LED flash. The Incredible will probably be Verizon's response to AT&T's HTC Desire, which should be launched in May or June.
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Three 49ers Named to All-Academic Team
Milos Vrzic, Brian Schiefer, and Dan Matulis earned All-Academic MPSF Scholar-Athlete honors.
49ers defeat Pacific 14-12 to finish season 24-8, takes fifth at MPSF Tournament
Spencer White and Nolan McConnell led the 49ers with three goals each in the win.
49ers take over in the second half, defeat UCSB 14-11
Long Beach State finds its groove in the third firing in six goals to defeat UC Santa Barbara.
Late heroics not enough as Long Beach State fell to Stanford 14-13 on a golden goal
Zacchary Kappos' goal with one second remaining in the second OT wasn't enough as Stanford won on the golden goal.
Long Beach State jumps two spots to sixth in national polls with UCSB to finish out regular season
The 49ers finish their conference schedule with UC Santa Barbara Saturday Nov. 17th at noon with MPSF Tournament seeding on the line.
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LBSU defeats UCSB 14-11 on the second day of the MPSF Tournament at the McDonalds Swim Stadium Saturday, Nov. 12, 2012.
2011 SEASON: Appeared in 25 games ... Scored 30 times, fifth most on the team, with goals coming in 19 different games ... Finished second on the team in goals scored in the five-game Redlands Tournament with 10 ... Found the back of the net at least once against Claremont-Mudd-Scripps, Occidental, and Whittier, and ended the tournament with a season-high four goals against La Verne in a 22-5 win ... Scored a team-high three goals twice, the first time in a 16-5 win over Vanguard ... Also had three goals against UC Irvine in an 8-7 loss ... Finished with two goals four separate times against, Fresno Pacific, Claremont-Mudd-Scripps, and twice versus Air Force, first in the SoCal Tournament followed by a non-conference matchup between the two teams.
2010 SEASON: Played in 22 games, scoring five goals (0.23/game) ... Scored a goal in each of the 49ers first two games against Whittier and Fresno Pacific ... Also scored goals against Pacific and Loyola Marymount in the NorCal Tournament, and at Santa Barbara.
2009 SEASON: Appeared in 11 games scoring three goals ... Scored a goal in a 9-8 overtime win over Navy and added a goal in overtime in a 12-11 loss against Pepperdine.
HIGH SCHOOL: Graduated from Corona Del Mar High School in 2009 ... A second-team All-CIF Division I performer and first-team All-Pacific Coast League as a senior, while earning second-team All-PCL honors and honorable mention All-CIF Division I as a junior ... Named to the Orange County Register's North All-Star team his senior year ... Lettered in swimming three times.
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Craftsman 52" 9-Drawer Ball-Bearing GRIPLATCH® Tool Chest - Red
Red baked enamel shell and drawers, full-extension drawers with ball-bearing drawer slides, GRIPLATCH® drawer retention system, internal locking system with two reversible over-molded keys, full-width aluminum drawer pulls, heavy-duty side handles, chest lid is angled, full-width stiffener in chest cover with Craftsman Logo emboss and slots for manual storage, and two cover supports.
- 12,218 Cu. In. of total storage.
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The Rapha-Focus Cyclocross Team kept their Southern California cyclocross podium streak alive this past weekend. Chris and Zach were 3rd and 5th, respectively, both days of the Live at the Greek Theatre UCI weekend in Griffith Park. The weekend's races, which were won by Rabobank Off-Road rider Adam Craig, are a part of the Focus Bikes sponsored Souther California Prestige Series and boasted a world class start list including Radioshack's Chris Horner.
Chris and Zach are headed back to Los Angeles this weekend to a double header of UCI races in the Hollywood Hills, Round 9 of the Southern California Prestige Series sponsored by FOCUS Bikes. Come on out to Griffith Park – Vermont Canyon just north of the Greek Theatre which sits on the south side of the park.
From the archives, check out FOCUS Bikes founder Mike Kluge's Cyclocross World Championship win from 1992, and his sweet tail slide at the finish line! That's Karel Camrda (CZE) and Adri van der Poel (NED) coming in 2nd and 3rd behind him at Roundhay Park in the UK.
While we're on the subject of videos of the many people that help Team Rapha Focus get it done, we found some portraits and video profiles of two photographers whose amazing work we feature quite a bit: Dan Sharp and Jeff Curtes. But wait, there's more! Team Mechanic Brian Dallas gives a video walkthrough of the Team Service Course.
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Encyclopedia of Jazz Musicians
Feger, Fritz
Feger, Fritz, bass; b. Lemgo (Lippe), Germany, 3 March 1968. Since age of 8 he received cello lessons at Musikschule Lage and then, together with his brother who now plays solo viola at Deutsche Oper am Rhein, courses in theory of music, chamber music and orchestra. After school, he finished an agricultural apprenticeship and then studied agriculture at Gottingen University. Following his diploma in 1995 he finished his doctoral thesis (PhD) in spring 2000 at Institute for Agricultural Economics, supervised by Stefan Tangermann. His dissertation thesis has the title A Behavioral Model of the German Compound Feed Industry / Functional Form, Flexibility, and Regularity and has been published online by Niedersachsische Staats- und Universitatsbibliothek Gottingen.
When he was fifteen, Fritz Feger began to play electric and double bass in a dixieland and swing band. After finishing his college he bought his first upright from Heiner Windelband and, on jam sessions of the Hamburg based jazz club "Birdland" and in different bands with Hamburg musicians, got the basics of a jazz bassist which 1989 led to a three year membership at Bundesjazzorchester which is directed by Peter Herbolzheimer. During the ninetees, Fritz Feger was around at the Hannover jazz scene, e.g. in Tilman Denecke's band "Mr. Natural", which also featured trombonist Daniel Casimir, sax player Lieven Brunckhorst and drummer Michael Verhovec.
A further project of his was the avant band uSbEsT+ with Denecke and Verhovec and one guest. Both Mr. Natural and uSbEsT+ with a guest appearance by Rudi Mahall on bass clarinet won the jazz price Jazzpodium Niedersachsen, and with guest Frank Bungarten who is originally a classical guitar player but played tenor sax with uSbEsT+ there were lots of performances. Fritz Feger was educated as classical singer by Shoko Shimizu in Detmold. Soon, he also started to sing in a jazz context: together with the then Gottingen based pianist Christoph Busse he founded a duo where he sang and played upright bass simultaneously. From this duo, then his trio and his commercial band JazzCocktail emerged. As did Christoph Busse and Michael Verhovec, he joined Gunther Hampel's rhythm section for one year and became bassist of Christoph Busse Quintett. Fritz Feger also works as a singer, mainly at Studio Hamburg as synchrone singer and occasional musical director of the Sesame Street.
Since 1995, Fritz Feger is married with the philosopher Sabine Doring. Fritz Feger has been working at numerous theatres as stage musician, musical director, arranger and/or composer, namely at Deutsches Theater Gottingen Schauspiel Hannover, Schauspielhaus Hamburg, Burgtheater Vienna, at Theater Bielefeld and, since 2000/01, as member of the house band at Thalia Theater Hamburg. Now, Fritz Feger is, besides regular occupations like theatre performances and Wurzelbehandlung, mainly busy with compositions and arrangements for his trio.
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| Prince Turki addressing Florida International University
In remarks at Florida International University in Miami July 13, Saudi Ambassador to the US Prince Turki Al-Faisal discussed economic and political reforms in the Kingdom and the importance of the Saudi-US friendship.
Prince Turki noted that the Kingdom has undertaken economic reforms to make its economy more open and transparent and modernized its education system in order to equip young Saudis with the skills and knowledge to succeed in today's global economy. And political reforms such as last year's municipal elections are increasing citizens' participation in the political process, the ambassador noted.
Turning to the Saudi-US relationship, Prince Turki highlighted historic cooperation between the two nations, and remarked that both must continue to work together to address global challenges including economic growth, energy security, the war on terrorism, and the Palestinian-Israeli conflict.
Addressing such challenges requires understanding between the two peoples and governments, Prince Turki said.
"With continued understanding, both Saudi Arabia and the United States can achieve new levels of peace and stability throughout the world."
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The San Diego Public Library and The San Diego Museum of Man (SDMoM) are partnering to offer SDMoM "Check It Out!" circulating museum passes, which allow patrons to have all the benefits of a regular museum membership without the price associated with it.
Families can check out an SDMoM "Check It Out!" museum pass with a valid library card at any San Diego Public Library location starting on Monday, Aug.4. The Central Library and each of the 35 branch libraries will have four passes for checkout. SDMoM is one of three partners participating in the library's "Check It Out" program, which includes The New Children's Museum and the San Diego Museum of Art.
With the museum pass, library patrons receive two weeks of free SDMoM admission for two adults and four children under 18 and 15 percent discounts at the museum store and SDMoM events, except special upcharged exhibits.
"The San Diego Museum of Man is all about inspiring human connections by exploring the human experience. Visitors can immerse themselves in the whole world in one place from mummies to Mayan monuments to four million years of evolution. We are thrilled to be partners in making it accessible to as many families as possible." said Misty Jones, San Diego Public Library Interim Director. "San Diego Public Library's mission, which is inspiring lifelong learning through connections to knowledge and each other, is so aligned with SDMoM's mission. This is why we are so excited to connect our library patrons to SDMoM using these free "Check It Out" passes. We encourage visitors to enhance their visit to the museum by checking out the Library's rich historical and cultural collection and resources."
"Our mission includes bringing hands-on education to as many families as possible, so the 'Check it Out' program is a perfect fit for us," said Grant Barrett, a spokesperson for the museum. "More families than ever will be able to enjoy our newly revamped children's exhibit, 'Adventure Kids in Egypt,' as well as an upcoming exhibit we're super-excited about, Monsters!, which opens in October."
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Samantha, a 14-year-old Lhasa Apso was out for her walk on Sunday in Frederick with her favorite human, Susanne Geary, when the ground seemed to open up and Samantha fell into a sinkhole reported Channel9 News.
The sinkhole, approximately two-feet wide and eight-feet deep was most likely the result of the prolonged winter of rain, sleet, and snow, but Geary was so shocked and upset when Samantha fell into the hole, she screamed for help.
Samantha's collar and leash slipped off as she fell into the hole.
An estimated 25 rescue workers arrived at Old Farms Road and Wainwright Court to help the blind and deaf dog back to safety. Rescuers pumped warm air into the hole to keep Samantha more comfortable.
The entire rescue took seven hours to complete; seems that Samantha wasn't too eager to cooperate and paced back and forth where she fell, and even though firefighters threw down treats and toys to try and coax Samantha to the more convenient spot of the very narrow opening, this dog wasn't participating.
Nonetheless, thanks to the rescuers and the firefighters for their creative rescue endeavors, Samantha was finally harnessed and pulled to safety. She was immediately rushed to an emergency veterinarian hospital to be checked out, and once x-rayed and bathed, surprisingly Samantha was not injured and released back to Geary.
"She's home, she ate, she's safe, and I'm happy," stated a very happy doggy mom.
Good for you Samantha.
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UTHSCT appoints new director of clinical research
Tuesday, May 6, 2008
The University of Texas Health Science Center at Tyler has named Laurie Macleod, RN, director of clinical research.
Macleod comes to UTHSCT from The University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center, where she was director of the Specialty Advanced Interdisciplinary Training (SAINT) Program in the Department of Clinical Services.
While at UT Southwestern, Macleod developed the SAINT program to offer training, education, mentorship, and interdisciplinary networking to all non-faculty personnel involved in the clinical research process.
Macleod also has served as clinical research coordinator for a large National Institute of Mental Health-sponsored clinical trial while working in UT Southwestern's Department of Psychiatry.
Before joining UT Southwestern in 2001, Macleod was clinical research coordinator for the Molecular Genetics Program at Texas Scottish Rite Hospital for Children in Dallas.
She is a graduate of the Health Sciences Center School of Nursing in Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada, and is a certified clinical research coordinator.
Macleod has 15 years' experience in the clinical research field.


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People improve their homes for all sorts of reasons. They might be uniting two small living-rooms to create a spacious den the whole family can enjoy with room to spare. It might be because they're putting the property up for sale and looking for a cunning way to add to the price tag. It could be because the family's crying out for more space, but loath to abandon the beloved home that's served them well for so many years.
They're all worthy goals – but turning dreams into reality requires money. So the latest Bank of England (BoE) Credit Conditions Survey (published January 3rd) provides some encouraging news to would-be home improvers looking for finance.
Availability of secured credit increasing
'In the three months to mid-December,' it tells us, 'lenders reported a significant increase in the overall availability of secured credit to households.'
"Availability of credit has been an issue since the start of the financial crisis," commented a spokesperson for Ocean Finance, supplier of this text. "In 2011, gross mortgage lending totalled £141 billion, according to the Council of Mortgage Lenders; compare that with the massive £363 billion we saw in 2007.
"Obviously, availability isn't the only issue; reduced demand has played a part in this decline as well. But overall, lenders' appetite for lending has decreased significantly in recent years. So it's good to see more positive figures coming out as the New Year gets underway, especially figures in publications like the Credit Conditions Survey, as those figures come straight from the horse's mouth – from the lenders themselves."
So many ways to improve a home
If you're looking for something specific (more space, greater convenience, better heating, etc.) you probably already have a good idea of how you're going to improve your home.
If you're specifically looking to increase your home's value, you might have more choice than you expected, depending on your budget (and your home's current layout, of course). Here's a look at just three of them:
Loft conversion. If you're looking for more space but building outwards isn't an option, could you expand upwards? Loft conversions can be an excellent way to add an extra bedroom / bathroom / study, depending on what your home already offers. According to homebuilding.co.uk, a typical loft conversion can cost around £500-£600 per m2 – around half the price of building an extension – and it can seriously add to your property's value.
Central heating. A lot of people won't even consider a property without central heating. Whether you're replacing an old system or starting from scratch, a modern central heating system could make your house far more welcoming – and therefore far more appealing.
Conservatory. It's not just a way to increase your living space. In the right position, a conservatory can let you take advantage of the sunny-but-cold days we're only too familiar with in this country. If you're showing your house to potential buyers in Spring or Autumn, for example, you could make a point of leaving the heating off, just to show off how the sun's heat pours in through the glass. With the cost of gas and electricity sky-high and still rising, this could be an excellent selling-point, maximising your profit from the sal


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The Northwest Georgia Crime Examiner personally compiles arrest reports that covers the Polk County area.
Listed below is the Polk County arrest report for Sunday February 16, 2014. The report includes a complete list of arrests, information regarding prior arrests, bonding information and available inmate photos. Unless specified otherwise, all information is obtained from the Polk County Sheriff's Office.
The following individuals were arrested and charged with the violations listed below. Click on the embedded links within each list to view the complete prior arrests report. Links to arrests prior to 2009 will not be included.
Jerimy Allen Chavez, 27, of Cedartown was arrested and charged with driving on a suspended license and loud music violation. Chavez remains in custody at the time of this publication. Two property bonds totaling $1,560 have been set. See also (1/27/2012) (5/31/2011) (1/1/2011) (2/26/2010) (8/9/2009)
Victoria Anne Espinoza, 26, of Rockmart was arrested and charged with driving on a suspended license. Espinoza was released on 2/16 after posting a $4,830 property bond. See also (1/18/2013) (3/27/2011)
Anthony Shane Franks, 40, of Cedartown was arrested on 2/15 in Rome, GA. and charged with city drunkenness and disorderly conduct.
Stephen Anthony Reed, 33, of Kennesaw was arrested and charged with theft by shoplifting. Reed remains in custody at the time of this publication. A $5,100 property bond has been set.
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Shifting continues; Borough implements emergency plans
Sub-surface movement continues in the Oceanview Drive and Lutak Road area, prompting the Haines Borough late last week to implement its emergency response plan and causing one family to voluntarily move out of their shifting home.
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Meghan Gallagher
2005 Notes: Saw action in 19 games for UIC, starting on 10 occasions...collected her lone hit of the season versus #7 Tennessee on Feb. 20th in the title game of the Georgia Southern Invitational.
2004 Notes: Appeared in 38 games for the Flames at both second and first base...batted .133 with 11 hits and six runs scored...named to the All-Tournament Team at the Troy Cox Classic in Las Cruces, N.M., after batting .300 at the event while playing a flawless second base with 13 putouts and six assists...recorded two hits at the season-opening UCSB Early Bird Tournament...drew a bases-loaded walk in a pinch-hitting role versus #22 Oregon State on May 23rd at the NCAA Region VI Championships.
2003 Notes: Started in 50 games for UIC as a freshman...batted .139 (17-for-122) with seven runs scored and eight RBI...batted .333 (2-for-6) at the 2003 Horizon League Tournament....collected her first collegiate hit versus Santa Clara on Feb. 1st at the UCSB Early Bird Tournament...went 1-for-3 with a career-best two RBI versus Butler on April 3rd...tied her personal-best with two hits versus Loyola on May 9th at the Horizon League Tournament.
Prep Notes: Two-year varsity letterwinner at Carl Sandburg High School in Orland Park, Ill...helped the Eagles to a top four finish in the IHSA Class AA Tournament in each of her last three seasons...in 2002, Sandburg claimed 36 victories, including a SICA West, regional, sectional and supersectional championship, before falling in the semifinals of the state tournament...set the school record for fielding percentage (.984) playing first base as a junior...played club softball for the Orland Park Sparks...off the field, she was an Illinois State Scholar, National Honor Society member, and Veterans of Foreign Wars Leadership Award winner.
Personal Notes: Daughter of Mike and Pat Gallagher...born on May 25, 1984...majoring in Elementary Education.


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Let $f_n:(-1,1) \rightarrow \mathbb R: x\mapsto x^n$. I want to show that the sequence $(f_n)_{n=0}^\infty$ can not converge uniformly. How can i prove that ?
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The pointwise limit is zero.
Fix $\varepsilon>0$. Fix $n$. Then $f_n((2\varepsilon)^{1/n})>\varepsilon$. So the convergence cannot be uniform (because that would mean that for $n$ big enough you can make your $f_n$ less than $\varepsilon$ at all points).
Note that $\lim_{n\to\infty}(1-\frac{1}{n})^n=\frac{1}{e}$,which is a contradiction of uniform convergence,since the pointwise limit is zero
If it converges uniformly, then it has to converge uniformly to its pointwise limit, which is 0. You can show that it doesn't behave that way by using (the negation of) the definition of uniform convergence.


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University Lions Youth Camp on Camano Island
The University Lions Club owns a 23-acre camp on Camano Island that is available without charge for youth groups in the Seattle area. The camp is popular with scout and church groups as well as providing a summer camp site for the Wallingford Boys and Girls Club. The camp serves over 500 youth each year.
499 S West Camano Drive
Camano Island,WA98282
Caretaker / Reservations:
360 387-6140
Our motto is:
"We Serve"
Camp Facilities
Located on Camano Island the Camp is a great place for experiencing the wilderness and can be tailored to any level of "roughing it".
Wilderness Trails…..
Open areas for tent camping
A-Frame Shelters
Thirteen waterproof wooden "A-Frames" are arranged around the fire circle. Each will hold three youth.
The fire circle is the only place on the grounds where an open fire can be built. .
September salmon bake by University Lions club.
Two heated dormitories make sleeping warm and dry on a cold wet night in the winter.
(Please note – the beds do not have mattresses.)
Meeting Areas
This heated building has meeting/dining space, a kitchen (equipped with stoves, refrigerators, and sinks), and boys and girls bathrooms (with showers).
Dining area – tables can be set up.
Food can be served through counter in the kitchen.
Bathroom with shower and wash basins.
This program shelter is ideal for summer and wet days. . .
or large groups
Driving Instructions to the University Lions Youth Camp:
Leave I-5 at the Stanwood exit and turn west onto WA 532
Go about 5.2 miles. At the stop light turn right onto E Cross Island Rd
Go 2.5 miles toN West Camano Dr
Turn left on N West Camano Dr and go 2.4 miles.
The Camp is on the left.
The University Lions is a Not for Profit 501 (c ) (4) under the blanket of the Lions Clubs International. The University Lions Foundation is a 501 (c ) (3)
The University Lions Youth Camp is available, free of cost to any qualified youth group. Reservations must be made in advance. The Caretaker lives on site. The University Lions maintains the right to deny access.
The University Lions meet Wednesdays at noon at the Aljoya Retirement Center 450 NE 100th, 5 blocks south of Northgate on 5th NE If you would be interested in attending a meeting or becoming a member, contact the Caretaker, Robin Barker at (360) 387-6140, or John or Joani Schenk at (425) 379-2847


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Guess what? I'm not Irish. Thank God for that. Everywhere you turn these days there's someone claiming to be Irish. Sarah Palin's Irish. Diane Sawyer is Irish. Rosie O'Donnell is some kind of queer Irish. Soledad O'Brien is Irish (but she has a great tan).
What's the big deal about being Irish? It's like some kind of club where potato recipes are exchanged for alcohol.
Bill and I went to Ireland during his first term as president. What a hoot. After all the pleasantries and meetings, member of the Irish government took us to see Riverdance. What a terrific show.
Bill got to use the official Riverdance whistle. He would blow the whistle and everyone would begin dancing. Then, he'd blow it again, and everyone would stop dancing, but they each had to strip off one piece of clothing.
Well, it didn't take long and all the dancers were down to their underwear, and Bill kept blowing that damned whistle, again, and again.
Pretty soon the dancers were bouncing up and down all stiff legged. Except all their legs weren't stiff.


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Maggio, Albane B.R.*; Mueller, Pascal†; Wacker, Julie‡; Viallon, Magalie§; Belli, Dominique C.||; Beghetti, Maurice‡; Farpour-Lambert, Nathalie J.*; McLin, Valérie A.||
*Division of Pediatric Specialties, Pediatric Sport Medicine and Obesity Care Program, University Hospitals of Geneva and University of Geneva, Geneva
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Objectives: Little is known about pancreatic fat accumulation and its possible associations with metabolic syndrome (MetS) and glucose metabolism. The aim of the present study was to quantify pancreatic fat fraction (PFF) in lean and obese adolescents and explore its relation to metabolic parameters.
Methods: We recruited 25 lean and 24 obese adolescents. PFF and visceral adipose tissue (VAT) were determined using magnetic resonance imaging. We measured blood pressure, fasting glucose, insulin, liver enzymes, leptin, and lipid levels. Obese subjects underwent an oral glucose tolerance test.
Results: PFF was significantly higher in obese than in lean subjects (4.8 ± 1.2 vs 3.6 ± 0.9; P < 0.001) and was associated with VAT, γ-glutamyltransferase, triglycerides, high-density lipoprotein cholesterol, leptin concentrations, and MetS (P < 0.05 for all). None of the obese subjects had glucose intolerance, but when adjusted for VAT, the following 3 parameters correlated negatively with PFF: fasting and 30- minute and 120-minute insulin levels. We divided subjects into 3 groups: group I, lean without MetS; group II, obese without MetS; and group III, obese with MetS, and observed that PFF increased gradually among groups (I: 3.56% ± 0.88%; II: 4.70% ± 1.06%; III: 5.34% ± 1.49%; P < 0.001).
Conclusions: Obese adolescents accumulate fat in the pancreas. PFF correlates with the presence of MetS. Even in the absence of glucose intolerance, pancreatic fat deposition is associated with impaired insulin response to glucose overload. This suggests that β-cell dysfunction may already be present in nondiabetic obese adolescents, mirroring what has been shown in adults, and that pancreatic fat accumulation may participate in obesity-associated pancreatic endocrine dysfunction.
The prevalence of childhood obesity is increasing rapidly in developing countries, resulting in the increased prevalence of associated comorbidities such as dyslipidemia, insulin resistance, cardiovascular diseases, sleep apnea, or liver disease. Twenty percent of Swiss children and adolescents are considered to be overweight and 5% to 8% of children are obese (1), mirroring what is known in other Western countries.
Obesity is described as body fat excess. It has been shown that fat distribution is central to the development of complications (2). Many organs, including the pancreas and the liver, are involved (3); however, the clinical implication of fat infiltration in the pancreas is not so clear. In rodents, pancreatic fat accumulation is related to obesity, triglycerides (TG), and increased cytokines (4). In humans, pancreatic fat accumulation has been shown in autopsy specimens to be related to age, overweight (5), and type 2 diabetes mellitus (T2DM) (6). An association with age and weight but not with T2DM was confirmed using computed tomography imaging in children and adults as well as on adult autopsy specimens (7); however, because there are few adult studies and only 1 in adolescents (8), the contribution of pancreatic fat to the development of insulin resistance and T2DM (9–11) remains unclear. Many studies have shown that metabolic derangements and insulin resistance secondary to central obesity contribute to nonalcoholic fatty liver disease and nonalcoholic steatohepatitis (12), but to our knowledge, no study to date has examined the relation between pancreatic fat and metabolic syndrome (MetS), although the tools are available.
Indeed, magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) has been shown to be a good tool to quantify both pancreatic and liver fat. The phase-shift imaging (modified Dixon method) is a rapid, reproducible, and operator-independent technique that is able to calculate the hepatic fat fraction (HFF) and the pancreatic fat fraction (PFF) (13,14). This method of PFF quantification has been validated against magnetic resonance spectroscopy (13). The aims of this project were to compare MRI-calculated PFF in obese and lean adolescents and to explore its relation to MetS, glucose and insulin levels during an oral glucose tolerance test (OGTT), biological markers of inflammation, and HFF.
The present study was nested in a prospective cross-sectional protocol aiming to measure cardiovascular risk factors in obese adolescents. The study population was composed of 50 obese and lean adolescents, ages 10 to 16 years. Obese subjects were recruited from the obesity clinic at our institution. Obesity was defined as body mass index (BMI) above the 97th age- and sex-specific percentiles (15). Lean children were recruited through advertising. Their height and weight were within the normal range (±2 standard deviation) and their BMI was <90th percentile for age and sex.
Inclusion criteria were determined for the main study. These were onset of puberty, no previous diagnosis of hypertension, no previous antihypertensive or antidiabetic treatment, no previous use of hepatotoxic drugs or medications affecting glucose and lipid metabolism, no history of familial hypertension or dyslipidemia, no known chronic hepatitis, and absence of diabetes or other chronic disease (eg, Wilson disease). Patients who were diagnosed as having hypertension during the enrollment period were not excluded if the previous criteria were not met; in other words, in the absence of a family history or medical history of hypertension, elevated blood pressure measurements at enrollment were considered to be a comorbidity associated with overweight/obesity. We did not exclude patients with a history of prematurity, small for gestational age, or intrauterine growth retardation. One obese adolescent was excluded after initial laboratory testing because of previously unknown familial hypercholesterolemia. A total of 24 obese and 25 lean adolescents completed the study.
Informed, written consent was obtained from both parents and children. The mother and child ethics committee of the University Hospitals of Geneva approved the study.
We assessed body weight (kilogram), height (centimeter), and hip and waist circumference (centimeter) using a nonelastic flexible tape. BMI was calculated as weight/height squared (kg · m−2) and z scores were derived using World Health Organization references (16). The determination of pubertal development (Tanner stages) was self-reported and photo recognition was also used.
Blood samples were collected by phlebotomy following a 10-hour overnight fast. Fasting total cholesterol, high-density lipoprotein cholesterol (HDL-C), TG, γ-glutamyltransferase (GGT), aspartate aminotransferase, and alanine aminotransferase (ALT) levels (units per liter) were determined using standard automated techniques (SYNCHRON LX20; Beckman Coulter, Brea, CA). Low-density lipoprotein cholesterol level (units per liter) was calculated according to the Friedewald formula.
Fasting plasma glucose and insulin concentration were measured using standard automated techniques (SYNCHRON LX20) and radioimmunoassay (Access ultrasensitive insulin; Beckman Coulter), respectively. Insulin resistance was assessed using the homeostasis model (HOMA-IR = fasting insulin [microunits per liter] × fasting glucose [millimoles per liter]/22.5). HOMA-IR >3 was considered abnormal (17).
Obese adolescents underwent an OGTT in the morning (8:00 AM) after a 12-hour overnight fast. Timed blood samples (at −15, 0, 30, 60, 90, 120, and 180 minutes) were collected for the measurement of plasma glucose and insulin concentrations (18).
Impaired fasting glucose, impaired glucose tolerance, or T2DM was defined according to the American Diabetes Association's guidelines (19). The insulogenic index was calculated as the ratio of the increment in plasma insulin level to that of plasma glucose level during the first 30 minutes after glucose ingestion (20).
Serum leptin, adiponectin, chemokine ligand 2 (CCL2), interleukin-6 (IL-6), and tumor necrosis factor (TNF)-α levels were measured by colorimetric enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay (R&D Systems, Minneapolis, MN), following the manufacturer's instructions. The limits of detection were the following: leptin 31.25 pg/mL, adiponectin 62.50 pg/mL, CCL2 15.625 pg/mL, IL-6 0.156 pg/mL, and TNF-α 15.625 pg/mL. Mean intra- and interassay coefficients of variation were <7% for all of the markers.
Systemic blood pressure was measured 3 times, at 2-minute intervals, and after 10 minutes of rest in the supine position, using a standard, automated device (Colin Press-Mate BP 8800C, Colin Medical, San Antonio, TX). Hypertension was defined as blood pressure above the 95th sex-, age-, and height-specific percentiles (21).
The MetS was defined according to the International Diabetes Federation consensus for children and adolescents (22). It included increased waist circumference with increased fasting glucose or glucose intolerance, increased blood pressure, TG, or reduced HDL-C level.
Pancreatic and hepatic fat were quantified from MRI datasets. Patients were scanned in the supine position using a 1.5-T scanner (MAGNETOM Avanto System; Siemens HealthCare, Erlangen, Germany) equipped with a multiphase-array surface coil. PFF and HFF were obtained using the Dixon technique (23), a method of separating fat and water signals. Several steps were used to cover the whole abdomen from the diaphragmatic hepatic surface to the L5 vertebra. Water and fat image reconstruction from the acquired multiecho datasets was performed online (Syngo Software, Siemens HealthCare) using a 3-echo 2-point Dixon approach enabling voxel-wise correction of T2* decay (24). The VIBE imaging sequence (a 3-dimensional gradient echo volume interpolated breathold sequence) (25) outputs a fat percentage map, that is, fat fraction based on the separated fat and water images. These images are thereafter denoted water, fat, sum, water fraction, and fat fraction images, respectively. Quantitative analysis was performed on a clinical postprocessing workstation (MV-1000, Siemens Medical). Measurements of HFF and PFF were performed throughout the liver, using 15 regions of interest (ROI) (5 per slice, 3 slices per subject), and in the head and tail of the pancreas using 9 ROIs (3 per slice, 3 slices per subject). ROI selection avoided hepatic and pancreatic vessels, motion artifacts, or partial volume effects. Mean values of HFF and PFF were calculated from the previously defined ROIs. HFF >9% was considered to be steatosis (14). Intraobserver variability for PFF in a subset of 12 subjects was 3% (2.3% in 6 lean and 6.4% in 6 obese subjects). (Supplementary Methods are available online only at http://links.lww.com/MPG/A79.)
Total (TAAT), visceral (VAT), and subcutaneous abdominal adipose tissue (SAAT) were determined based on previously described sequences and postprocessed fat and water maps (2,26) obtained using the same 1.5-T MRI system (MAGNETOM Avanto System; Siemens HealthCare). To reduce interobserver variability, all of the images were analyzed offline by the same experienced observer, and postprocessing was performed on an Osirix workstation (Osirix Foundation, Geneva, Switzerland). The volume of total adipose tissue was obtained using the diaphragmatic hepatic surface as the upper limit and the iliac crests as the lower limit.
Statistical analyses were performed using SPSS software 15.0 (SPSS Inc, Chicago, IL). Data were screened initially for normalcy, using skewness and kurtosis tests. Several variables were transformed and successfully normalized: insulin (log10), GGT (log10), and TG (log10). We used nonparametric tests (Mann-Whitney) for variables that failed to normalize: leptin, CCL-2, IL-6, TNF-α, and HFF. Data are presented as mean and standard deviation scores or median and interquartile range when indicated. Statistical differences between groups were analyzed using independent Student t test and χ2 or Fisher exact test for normally distributed variables and analysis of variance and covariance. We evaluated the relation between dependent and independent variables using univariate and multivariate regression analyses. We excluded cases only if data were missing for the specific analysis. Differences were considered significant if P < 0.05.
Patients' characteristics and fat distribution are presented in Table 1. As expected from the study design, obese subjects had significantly higher BMI, waist and hip circumferences, and visceral and subcutaneous fat than did lean subjects. Systolic blood pressure was also higher in the obese group. In each group, anthropometric variables and PFF were similar in both sex, except subcutaneous abdominal fat, which was significantly higher in obese girls (41.8 ± 6.8 vs 35.0 ± 7.7 cm3; P = 0.008) compared with obese boys. There was no relation between PFF and age in our series (r = 0.196, P = 0.177).
The results of blood markers are presented in Table 2 and show significant differences between groups for leptin concentration and for the components of MetS. Surprisingly, fasting glucose was lower in obese subjects. Six of 24 (25%) obese subjects presented with MetS and none in the lean group. In the obese group, the MetS was not related to sex or fat distribution (P > 0.05 for all).
High-sensitivity C-reactive protein was significantly different among groups, whereas other inflammatory markers were not (Table 2).
PFF was significantly different between groups (Table 1). Because no official cutoff value exists for PFF, we divided our data in quartiles and created 2 categories: above or under the 75th percentile (cutoff point at 5.0%). With this cutoff, 37 subjects were in the normal PFF category (23/25 lean and 14/24 obese adolescents; mean PFF 3.6% ± 0.7%) and 12 in the elevated PFF category (2/25 lean and 10/24 obese adolescents, khi2: P = 0.006; mean PFF 5.9% ± 0.7%, P < 0.001). With this cutoff, we found that adiposity, HDL-C, and leptin levels were significantly different between the 2 PFF categories. This cutoff for PFF appears to correlate with both clinical and biochemical markers, making it clinically useful.
Using univariate analysis, PFF was related to adiposity, MetS, GGT, TG, HDL-C, and leptin levels (Table 3). Surprisingly, when considering all of the subjects, insulin level was not related to PFF. In fact, it seems that in a subgroup analysis, the regression slope is positive in lean controls (t = 1.6, P = 0.114) but negative in obese subjects (t = −1.8, P = 0.087), confirming the absence of link between insulin and PFF.
To identify independent contributors of PFF, we selected the 5 following noncollinear covariates to perform multiple regression analysis: VAT, GGT, TG, HDL-C, and leptin levels. Results are summarized in Table 4; visceral fat was the only contributor to PFF, and there was a trend for HDL-C. When adjusted for visceral fat, PFF remained different between obese and lean subjects (F = 13.45, P < 0.001) and was related to the MetS in obese subjects (F = 13.4, P < 0.001).
To further investigate the relation between PFF and the MetS, we divided the subjects into 3 groups: group I, lean without MetS; group II, obese without MetS; and group III, obese with MetS. Results showed that PFF increased gradually between groups (PFF: group I [n = 25] 3.56 ± 0.88; group II [n = 19] 4.70 ± 1.06; group III [n = 5] 5.34 ± 1.49%; F = 10.36, P < 0.001) even after adjustment for VAT (F = 9.2, P < 0.001) (Fig. 1); however, PFF was not significantly different between obese subjects with or without MetS (P > 0.05). Mean VAT was different between group I (5.0 ± 2.4) and the 2 other groups (group II: 12.3 ± 4.8; group III: 14.7 ± 3.9 cm3; P < 0.05 for both), but not between the 2 obese groups (groups II and III: P = 0.307).
To confirm this finding, we looked for factors associated with PFF in obese adolescents only. We found a significant association between PFF and HDL-C concentrations (P = 0.025), but not with BMI or fat distribution. There was no association with OGTT results; however, when PFF was adjusted for VAT, the following OGTT measures were inversely related to PFF: fasting insulin, 30-minute, 120-minute, and maximum insulin levels (fasting: R2 change 0.223, P = 0.016, β = −0.540, t = −2.62; 30-minute: R2 change 0.253, P = 0.014, β = −0.545, t = −2.69; 120-minute: R2 change 0.202, P = 0.031, β = −0.461, t = −2.32; maximum: R2 change 0.288, P = 0.008, β −0.607, t −2.94). There was no association with serum glucose.
Among the inflammatory markers analyzed using a univariate regression, PFF was only related to serum CCL-2 concentrations (Table 3). There was no correlation between inflammatory markers and glucose or insulin levels at any time during the OGGT (P > 0.05 for all).
HFF was significantly higher in obese subjects compared with lean subjects (Table 1) and was correlated with BMI, visceral and subcutaneous fat, alanine aminotransferase, GGT, lipids, insulin, and leptin levels (P < 0.05). Surprisingly, it was not related to MetS (t = 1.33, P = 0.189) in this series.
In obese children, HFF correlated with OGTT 60-minute glucose (t = 3.4, P = 0.003) and insulin (t = 3.8, P = 0.001); however, fasting glucose (t = 0.016, P = 0.987), fasting insulin (t = 1.9, P = 0.072), and the insulinogenic index (t = −0.45, P = 0.658) did not correlate. To mirror our PFF analysis, we adjusted HFF for VAT. This analysis confirmed our findings, and in addition, the following 2 parameters correlated with HFF: 120-minute glucose (R2 change 0.145, P = 0.035) and maximal insulin secretion (R2 change 0.194, P = 0.016).
Table 3 illustrates that there was no linear correlation between PFF and HFF, even when analyzing the groups separately (lean: t = 1.57, P = 0.130; obese: t = −0.043, P = 0.841). Furthermore, PFF distribution was wide, whereas HFF values clustered within a narrow range (Fig. 2). Only 2 obese adolescents had both increased PFF and increased HFF.
Our study demonstrates that obese adolescents have greater pancreatic fat accumulation than lean controls. For the first time, increased PFF is shown to be associated with MetS, visceral fat, and impaired insulin response to glucose overload in obese subjects. Based on these data, we propose that the upper limit of normal for pancreatic fat content, by MRI, in this age group is 5% of total pancreatic volume. It is notable that PFF was not significantly associated with HFF in this population, suggesting different pathophysiology.
The present study illustrates that obese adolescent boys and girls (mean age 13 years) have increased pancreatic fat deposition compared with lean controls, confirming findings in adolescent girls (8). Unlike what has been published for the liver, no cutoff values have been published for PFF quantification using MRI. One adult study using MRI spectroscopy evaluated normal pancreatic fat content to be <2.8 fat/water% (11). To this end, we propose a 5% cutoff value for our population, which appears to adequately reflect fat accumulation in the gland itself, independent of visceral adiposity. This novel cutoff remains to be confirmed in other lean and obese populations.
MetS has been shown to be strongly associated with elevated HFF and hepatic steatosis in adults and adolescents alike (12,27). In our study, we show that in a small but representative cohort of obese adolescents, PFF was also related to the presence of MetS. In other words, in obese subjects with a PFF>5%, there may be an increased risk of developing MetS.
To identify predictors of developing MetS, we looked at different factors implicated in MetS and in fat deposition. We found that BMI, subcutaneous fat, visceral fat, leptin, systolic blood pressure, and lipids were associated with PFF. Lipids, especially HDL-C and TG, were involved, but visceral fat was the strongest predictor of PFF.
How PFF and MetS are related remains to be elucidated. We observed that PFF increased as BMI increased both in lean controls and in obese subjects with and without MetS. The fact that there was no difference in VAT between obese adolescents with or without MetS suggests that the trend for increasing PFF is not the result of higher VAT but rather of another mechanism. Based on our results, HDL-C rather than TG or visceral fat may be related to PFF; however, the association between PFF and HDL-C in obese adolescents may be simply explained by the fact that low HDL-C and high PFF are present concomitantly in the most severely affected individuals without a clear causality (28).
Moreover, we tried to evaluate the relation between elevated PFF and glucose metabolism in obese adolescents. Despite normal, mean fasting insulin concentration, obese adolescents had significantly higher fasting insulin levels than did lean controls. The OGGT showed no impaired glucose tolerance; however, when PFF was adjusted for visceral fat, insulin levels were negatively related to PFF, whereas this relation was positive in lean controls. In fact, patients with higher pancreatic fat deposition had lower insulin secretion in response to glucose overload, suggestive of early β-cell dysfunction.
Whether fat accumulation within the pancreas is a cause or consequence of β-cell dysfunction is not clear; however, evidence from the literature would support the former. First, it has been shown in humans that β-cell damage is present for a long period of time before β-cell dysfunction and the onset of diabetes (29). Second, in a study comparing age- and BMI-matched adults with and without T2DM, pancreatic fat content was related to β-cell function parameters (including insulogenic index and HOMA-IR) only in nondiabetic subjects, suggesting that pancreatic fat accumulation may precede the onset of T2DM (9). Furthermore, they found that pancreatic fat content was higher in T2DM individuals compared with normoglycemic BMI-matched subjects, suggesting either pancreatic fat continues to accumulate as diabetes progresses or the advent of T2DM leads to an increase in pancreatic fat accumulation. The association between pancreatic lipomatosis and T2DM was also confirmed in autopsy specimens (6), but this finding does not help in establishing causality (30–32).
Adipose tissue is a metabolically active tissue and mediates some of its effects via potent adipokines and cytokines (33–35). It is unclear where abnormal fat accumulates in the pancreas and how it may contribute to β-cell dysfunction. Based on the scarce data available, it is possible that fat accumulates in the mesenchyme surrounding acinar tissue and exerts a paracrine effect on neighboring β-cells via cytokines, which in turn leads to β-cell dysfunction (36).
TNF-α and IL-6, 2 potent mediators of inflammation, are expressed in adipose tissue and implicated in the development of insulin resistance (33,35,37). Serum levels of these 2 markers were not significantly different between obese and lean adolescents, and they were not associated with PFF or insulin resistance; however, C-reactive protein, also known to be both increased in obese subjects and related to insulin resistance (38), was elevated in our obese patients, albeit not related to insulin resistance or PFF. Finally, CCL-2 is known to be increased in obese subjects and linked to insulin resistance and T2DM in adults (34,39). Although serum CCL-2 concentrations were not significantly different between lean and obese groups, it did correlate with PFF in our univariate analysis, but not with insulin resistance. In summary, although the relation between lipid accumulation and inflammation is now well accepted in the pathogenesis of obesity-related complications, our study was unable to demonstrate a strong link between conventionally accepted inflammatory mediators and PFF or insulin resistance. We ascribe this either to the cohort's relatively young mean age (fewer obesity-related complications) or to the small sample size.
Previous studies have shown that PFF and HFF are either weakly or not at all correlated (9,11,13,40). We confirm this impression in our small but representative cohort. In children, HFF is related to BMI, visceral and subcutaneous fat, and serum lipids (8). Our results also confirm that HFF is related to insulin metabolism in obese adolescents, but not to PFF (41).
The distribution of lipid accumulation in the pancreas of our 49 study participants is markedly different from that seen in the liver. Although PFF shows a wide distribution, HFF shows a comparatively narrow distribution. This finding is intriguing and suggests a different timing and underlying mechanism leading to fat accumulation in each organ.
In conclusion, obese adolescents have higher pancreatic and hepatic fat deposition than do lean controls, by MRI, but the 2 are not related. Obese adolescents with MetS appear to have higher PFF than their peers without MetS. Furthermore, PFF was associated with visceral fat distribution and low serum HDL-C concentration, something previously unreported. Moreover, these data suggest that the effect of pancreatic fat deposition is associated with an impaired response to glucose overload in obese adolescents, suggestive of early β-cell dysfunction. Further studies are needed in children and adolescents to characterize the association between pancreatic fat accumulation and the development of MetS and T2DM.
We thank the subjects for volunteering for the study and the staff of the Pediatric Research Platform. The authors thank the Cardiology Division of the Foundation for Medical Research for technical support; W.D. Gilson and S. Kannengiesser, Siemens Healthcare, for providing the "VIBE with T2*-corrected Dixon Fat/Water Separation" package; and Stephanie H. Abrams, MD, for helpful discussion.
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Recovering from a flood involves drying and decontaminating the mobile or manufactured home as quickly as possible after the flood recedes. Wet carpet, sheetrock, ceiling tile, insulation, and fiberglass ducts are almost never salvageable because they can't be decontaminated. Therefore, the first job is to rip out these wet materials and get them out of the home. If interior sheetrock was submerged, cut a horizontal line at least 12 inches above the flood level and remove it with the wall insulation.
The home's wood framing must dry out if the home is to be saved. Removing exterior siding may be necessary or desirable for drying if the walls were several feet under water. Remove the skirting to maximize ventilation to the crawl space. The underbelly and floor insulation will also need removal and disposal if they were under water. Remove all ceiling tile, if it was wetted.
The home's ducts along with its furnace and air conditioner must be cleaned and decontaminated or replaced. The furnace and air conditioner controls are particularly sensitive to water and may be damaged beyond repair. The exception is that many outdoor air conditioning and heat pump units are sealed and may just need a good cleaning. Find out as much as you can about the extent of damage yourself with the counsel of an electrician or heating-and-cooling specialist, before deciding between repair and replacement.
Decontaminating the home requires washing all its surfaces contacted by flood waters or mud. Use a 5% to 10% chlorine bleach solution. A 5% solution is sufficient for lighter contamination when you can decontaminate quickly after flood waters recede. Use 10% for heavier contamination when the microbe community has had a few days or more to incubate. To insure success, wash the surfaces twice within 30 minutes with the bleach solution.
If the weather is warm, move as much air as possible through the home's open windows with large fans. Window fans work better for exhausting air than for pushing air into the home. Locate the fans to work with, not against, any prevailing winds. If the weather is colder, use heaters, electric dehumidifiers, and partially open windows to dry the home. After the initial drying period, strive to keep the humidity below 60% with dehumidifiers and heaters or with your air conditioner, depending on the season.
After a flood, appliances like dehumidifiers and window fans may be in short supply. Home owners living in areas with any flood history would be wise to buy one or two fans and dehumidifiers and store them near the ceiling when not in use. They can save your home after a flood.


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Focus on Prices and Spending | Consumer Price Index | Volume 2, Number 11
Current Price Topics: A Comparison of the CPI-U and the C-CPI-U
Before 1999, the U.S. Consumer Price Index (CPI) was viewed by many as overstating a cost-of-living index.[1] To understand why this was the case, it helps to first understand that the CPI is calculated in two stages. At the first stage, consumer goods and services are partitioned into 211 item categories and 38 geographic index areas, or 8,018 item-area combinations. The sampled prices within each of those 8,018 cells are first averaged together to form 8,108 basic indexes. Then, at the second stage of aggregation, these basic indexes are averaged together to form aggregate indexes, such as the All items index.
Before 1999, both the prices and the basic indexes were averaged together using a Laspeyres or arithmetic mean formula. The Laspeyres formula can overstate a cost-of-living index by, in effect, assuming that consumers purchase the same quantity of goods and services when relative prices change over time. Under a cost-of-living framework, changes in relative prices can result in consumers changing their spending patterns. The difference between an estimate of price change using the Laspeyres formula and a cost-of-living index could thus be viewed as a bias, in particular, a "consumer substitution bias." When a Laspeyres formula is used at the first or lower level of aggregation to average the individual prices together, lower-level consumer substitution bias results to the degree consumers substitute within those CPI item categories. When a Laspeyres formula is used at the second or upper-level of aggregation to average the basic indexes together, upper-level consumer substitution bias results to the degree consumers substitute across CPI item categories.
In 1999, to address the issue of lower-level consumer substitution bias, the Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS) adopted a geometric mean formula to average the prices together within most of the 8,018 item-area cells for both the Consumer Price Index for All Urban Consumers (CPI-U) and the Consumer Price Index for Urban Wage Earners and Clerical Workers (CPI-W). While the adoption of the geometric mean formula essentially addressed lower-level substitution bias, the CPI-U and CPI-W still suffer from upper-level substitution bias in that the basic indexes are averaged together using a Laspeyres formula.
To address upper-level substitution bias, BLS began publication of a new Chained CPI for All Urban Consumers (C-CPI-U) in 2002, with indexes calculated back to December 1999. The C-CPI-U employs a 'superlative' formula to combine the basic indexes together, to reflect the effect of substitution that consumers make across CPI item categories in response to changes in relative prices. The C-CPI-U does not replace the CPI-U or CPI-W; it is, instead, a new, supplemental measure of inflation.
Comparing and Contrasting the CPI-U and the C-CPI-U
In both the CPI-U and the C-CPI-U, the prices and the formulas used to average those prices together within each CPI item-area at the first stage of aggregation are the same. It is at the second stage of aggregation—the averaging of the basic indexes across CPI item categories and geographic areas—where the formulas used in the CPI-U and C-CPI-U differ. The CPI-U continues to use a Laspeyres formula to average these basic indexes together. In addition, expenditure weights from a previous 2-year period are used to calculate aggregate indexes. For example, the CPI-U for 2010–2011 uses consumer expenditure estimates from the 2007–2008 period. Similarly, weights pertaining to 2009–2010 will be used in the CPI-U beginning in January 2012.
The final C-CPI-U[2], on the other hand, uses expenditures from both the current and previous month to combine the basic indexes together. Since the final C-CPI-U uses both current and base expenditure weights in its final form, the formula effectively incorporates the impact of changes in consumer spending patterns, and thus does not suffer from upper-level substitution bias.
Chart 1 shows the behavior of the All items CPI-U and the final C-CPI-U from December 1999 through December 2009. (C-CPI-U data for 2010–2011 are not shown in chart 1 as these data are preliminary.) Over this 10-year period, the All items CPI-U rose at an annual average rate of 2.5 percent, compared with an average increase of 2.2 percent for the C-CPI-U—an annual difference of 0.3 percent a year.
Although the differences between the CPI-U and C-CPI-U average about 0.3 percent a year, those differences vary somewhat by year (See table 1). Excluding the relatively large difference in 2000, the difference between the CPI-U and C-CPI-U average about 0.25 percent a year.
In both the CPI-U and the C-CPI-U, the prices used—and the formulas used to average those prices together within each CPI item-area—are the same. At the second stage of aggregation—the averaging of the basic indexes across CPI item categories and geographic areas—the CPI-U continues to use a Laspeyres formula to average these basic indexes together, using expenditure weights from a previous 2-year period. In contrast, the final C-CPI-U uses a superlative formula to combine the basic indexes together using both current and previous monthly expenditure data.
In short, the C-CPI-U is designed to be a closer approximation to a cost-of-living index than the CPI-U. That said, the C-CPI-U is subject to two annual revisions, while the CPI-U is deemed final when issued.
Current Price Trends: Energy Prices Jump while Food Prices Continue to Rise
All Items
The all items Consumer Price Index for All Urban Consumers (CPI-U) increased at a 4.8-percent seasonally adjusted annual rate during the third quarter of 2011. This rise follows increases of 6.1 percent and 1.5 percent in the first and second quarters of 2011, respectively. For the first 9 months of 2011, the index has increased at a 4.1-percent annual rate. This compares with a rise of 1.5 percent in 2010.
The food index continued its rise in 2011 after more modest increases in 2010, increasing 5.7 percent in the third quarter. The energy index increased 26.6 percent in the third quarter, after falling 12.5 percent in the second quarter. The index for all items less food and energy rose 2.1 percent in the third quarter, after increasing 2.9 percent in the second quarter. The index for all items less food and energy is up 2.0 percent over the past year.
Energy prices continued to be volatile. After climbing 42.4 percent in the first quarter and falling 12.5 percent in the second quarter, the energy index jumped 26.6 percent in the third quarter. The previous 6 months overall have seen a slowdown in energy prices, rising 5.3 percent at a seasonally adjusted annual rate, after rising 36.0 percent in the 6 months ending in March 2011. The energy index rose 7.7 percent in 2010.
The rise in the energy index in the third quarter of 2011 was driven by an increase in the gasoline index, which rose 45.4 percent in the third quarter, after falling 20.5 percent in the second quarter of 2011. Fuel oil was down 11.0 percent, while electricity and natural gas prices increased 6.0 and 7.4 percent, respectively. Overall, the household energy index rose 5.2 percent in the third quarter, after falling 0.1 percent in the second quarter.
Crude oil prices—and, subsequently, retail gasoline and fuel oil prices—have been quite volatile over the past few years. From July 2007 to July 2008, gasoline prices rose sharply, increasing 37.9 percent. After crude oil prices peaked in July 2008 at over $134 a barrel, prices plummeted during the last 5 months of 2008, with crude oil prices falling to under $32 a barrel. At the retail level, gasoline prices fell by more than 50 percent. In 2009, pump prices turned sharply higher again, increasing more than 50 percent, with crude oil prices increasing to around $70 by the end of 2009.[3] In 2010, gas prices saw a more moderate increase of 13.8 percent and are up 25.6 percent through the first 9 months of 2011.
Food prices rose at a seasonally-adjusted annual rate of 5.7 percent in the third quarter of 2011, after rising 4.1 percent in the second quarter and 7.5 percent in the first quarter. The food index increased 1.5 percent in 2010.
Grocery store food prices were up at a 7.4 percent annual rate in the third quarter, after increasing 4.7 percent in the second quarter and 11.2 percent in the first quarter. All six major grocery store food groups increased, with the dairy and related products group leading the way with a 14.1-percent jump. Fruits and vegetables were the only other grocery store item to see a double-digit increase, rising 11.0 percent over the quarter. Cereals and bakery products were up 7.8 percent, meats, poultry, fish and eggs rose 5.0 percent, nonalcoholic beverages and beverage materials increased 2.7 percent, and other food at home increased 7.0 percent.
Double-digit increases in price were seen almost across the board for major dairy items, led by a 22.2-percent jump in the price of cheese. Only fresh whole milk prices saw a single-digit increase of 6.5 percent. The fresh fruits index increased 22.5 percent, while the index for processed fruits and vegetables increased 7.7 percent. Within fresh fruits, the prices of apples and oranges increased 47.6 percent and 25.5 percent, respectively. The prices of processed fruits and vegetables was driven partly by an increase of 11.2 percent in canned vegetables, which contrasts with a relatively small 2.8-percent increase in fresh vegetables prices. The prices of fresh vegetables were held down by lettuce and tomatoes, which bucked the trend with decreases of 4.0 and 15.6 percent, respectively, over the quarter.
The food away from home index rose at a 3.4-percent rate in the third quarter, after rising at a 3.2-percent rate in the second quarter. The food at employee sites and schools index jumped 15.5 percent in the third quarter, after more modest increases earlier in the year, while the prices of food from vending machines and mobile vendors were up 9.5 percent.
All Items Less Food and Energy
The index for all items less food and energy rose 2.1 percent in the third quarter of 2011, slowing down from its 2.9-percent increase recorded in the second quarter, but almost equal to the 2.0 percent rate in the first quarter.
The shelter index continued its upward trend with an increase of 2.3 percent in the third quarter after a 1.9-percent increase in the second quarter and 1.3-percent increase in the first quarter. Within shelter, owners' equivalent rent and rent of primary residence both accelerated in the third quarter, rising 2.4 percent and 3.5 percent, respectively. Lodging away from home, on the other hand, declined 6.1 percent in the third quarter, after a 25.8-percent second quarter spike.
The acceleration in shelter prices stands in contrast to decreases observed in recent years. The 12-month percent changes in shelter ending September 2006, 2007, 2008, 2009, and 2010 were 4.2, 3.5, 2.4, 0.7, and minus 0.4 percent, respectively.
After nearly across-the-board decreases in the first quarter, apparel prices were up 5.0 percent in the third quarter, after an 11.5-percent increase in the second quarter. Men's and boys' apparel prices were up 5.4 percent, women's and girl's apparel prices were up 5.2 percent, and infants' and toddlers' apparel prices were up 17.9 percent. Jewelry prices were up 1.1 percent—a sharp slowdown from previous quarters.
Household furnishings and operations increased 1.4 percent in the third quarter of 2011, the same rate observed in the second quarter. The transportation index was up 13.9 percent over the quarter, driven mostly by soaring gas prices but also by higher airline fares, which increased 9.1 percent after a 14.9-percent drop in the second quarter. The index for used cars and trucks rose 4.4 percent.
Other significant components with increases included the index for other goods and services, which rose 2.9 percent, and the medical care index, which grew 2.8 percent. The index for education and communication rose 1.4 percent in the quarter, though communication prices decreased 1.6 percent.
The recreation index fell 0.2 percent. The price of televisions continued to decline, falling 21.7 percent in the quarter, after decreases of 21.1 percent, 12.4 percent, and 15 percent in the previous three quarters. The index for rental of video or audio discs and other media increased 29.5 percent.
The index for all items less food and energy rose 2.0 percent for the 12 months ending September 2011. For the 5 year period from September 2005 to September 2010, this index also increased at a 2.0-percent annual rate.
Price movements described in this text reflect data as released on October 19, 2011. All 12-month and longer percent changes reflect not seasonally adjusted data except as noted. Percent changes covering less than a year are based on seasonally adjusted annual rates, unless otherwise noted. CPI seasonally adjusted indexes and percent changes are subject to annual revision.
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[1] A cost-of-living index (COLI) attempts to measure the change in the cost over time of maintaining a fixed standard of living. While a true cost-of-living index can only be approximated, it is the measurement objective of the U.S. CPI. As noted in Chapter 17 of the BLS Handbook of Methods, at http://www.bls.gov/opub/hom/pdf/homch17.pdf, it is sometimes said that the Laspeyres formula provides an "upper bound" on the COLI.
[2] This description applies only to the 'final' C-CPI-U. Unlike the CPI-U, the C-CPI-U is subject to two annual revisions before being issued in final form. This is because expenditure data for the current period are not available until 13-24 months after the current month. Since the two preliminary (initial and interim) estimates of the C-CPI-U include only base-period expenditure weights, they are not true 'superlative' indexes. A complete description of how the C-CPI-U is calculated can be found at http://www.bls.gov/cpi/super_paris.pdf.
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Jonathan Dewayne Smith
Position: WR
Height: 5-10 Weight: 194 lbs.
Born: November 28, 1981 in Argyle, GA
High School: Clinch Co.
College: Georgia Tech (school history) (Smith college stats)
Drafted by the Buffalo Bills in the 7th round (214th overall) of the 2004 NFL Draft.
Weighted Career AV (100-95-...): 2 (11632nd overall since 1950)
Other SR Links: College Football at Sports-Reference.com
Output includes all passing, rushing, and receiving plays.See all Jonathan Smith Super Bowl plays using the Super Bowl Play Finder


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The fallout from an execution last week by Ohio prison officials that didn't go well, when a new concoction of lethal drugs prolonged the life of the Death Row inmate Dennis McGuire, is focusing attention on state officials, especially Gov. John R. Kasich, who the Ohio American Civil Liberties [ACLU] called on to use his executive powers to stop future scheduled executions while also admonishing him and prison officials to stop trying to figure out new ways to kill people.
"Unfortunately, Ohio continues to lead the way in finding new ways to put people to death," said ACLU of Ohio Director of Communications and Public Policy Mike Brickner. "With each new execution, we continue to run from the fact that this is a fundamentally broken system."
The group said Ohio "continues to march in the wrong direction" by experimenting with an untested two-drug method developed after supplies of Ohio's former execution drug expired after the manufacturer of the previous drug used for lethal injections decided to prohibit its use in executions.
Dennis McGuire was convicted in 1994 of the aggravated murder of Joy Stewart in Preble County. He became the first inmate in history to be executed using the untested cocktail of the sedative midazolam and the painkiller hydromorphone for capital punishment.
Prior to his execution, McGuire's attorneys made several appeals for clemency, arguing that the untested procedure was likely to cause him "agony and terror." Ohio officials replied by declaring that McGuire was not entitled to a "pain-free" execution.
On December 20 of last year the Ohio Parole Board unanimously recommended against clemency for McGuire. Gov. Kasich subsequently denied McGuire's request for clemency 38 days later on Jan. 7. The execution took place on January 16 in Lucasville at the Southern Ohio Correctional Facility.
McGuire's execution marked the third time in recent years Ohio has used untested execution drugs. Frequent changes in Ohio's execution protocols have been the result of three botched executions spanning from 2006-2009 and federal court orders declaring the state's protocols unconstitutional, the ACLU reported.
Witnesses to the execution described McGuire's ordeal as 20 minutes of gasping for air with clenched fists. The length of the execution was 25 minutes, a time significantly longer than any other execution by the state since the death penalty was reinstated in Ohio in 1999.
The Times Reporter offered its opinion on an execution one observer called "horrific." A humane death is enough to satisfy the demands of justice, it said, adding "anything more takes the state out of the arena of justice and casts it in the role of avenger." It wrote of that difference, "the first seeks a better society, the second only the infliction of harm."
The work "torture" is now being used by McGuire's children, who are suing the state, to describe what their father endured. State prison officials are being challenged to not use this combination of drugs again without justifying such an accusation.
In its letter to Gov. Kasich, the ACLU said evidence now suggests that death sentences have "less to do with the actual offense committed, and more to do with factors such as race, socioeconomic class, and the location of the crime."
Another important voice in the issue who has turned against the system for this very reason is Ohio Supreme Court Justice Paul Pfeiffer. Carving out a career as a sometimes Maverick justice, Pfeiffer called capital punishment a "death lottery." His superior, Chief Justice Maureen O'Connor, has formed a death penalty taskforce, which has identified troubling issues such as large racial and geographic disparities in capital convictions and the use of the death penalty on severely mentally ill people.
Bricker worries that the system is broken and risks putting an innocent person to death. "Since the return of the death penalty, six of the nation's 143 death row exonerations have come from Ohio," he said, adding that responsible parties, like Gov. Kasich and his prison system director Gary Moher, should be reassessing the machinery of death, "not speeding it up."
Ohio ACLU called on Ohio officials "to stop executions once and for all" while criticizing their efforts to "find new ways to kill people and instead focus their efforts on reforming the already overburdened criminal justice system."
There are five more executions scheduled for 2014 in Ohio, all of which could involve the use of the same drug combination that was tested out on McGuire.
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John McLaughlin: Miles Davis
Miles Davis
John McLaughlin and the One Truth Band
Electric Dreams (Columbia/Legacy CK 48892)
John McLaughlin (guitar),
L. Shankar (violin), Stu Goldberg (keyboards), Fernando Saunders (bass), Tony Smith (drums), Alyrio Lima (percussion).
Composed by John McLaughlin.
Recorded: New York, November 1978
Rating: 82/100 (learn more)
"Miles Davis" is one of two songs on Electric Dreams meant to honor Miles. The other, "The Dark Prince," actually debuted live at the Havana Jam Jazz Festival as performed by the Trio of Doom, which featured McLaughlin, Tony Williams and Jaco Pastorius. Though "Miles Davis" possesses an interesting rhythmic energy and some engaging elements, it is not up to the general standards of McLaughlin's better compositions. It seems to stand in place. Of course you will hear some great guitar, and Goldberg kicks it on keyboards. You will also dig some off-the-hook riffs. But without that forward movement you will not feel that you have been transported anywhere special.
Reviewer: Walter Kolosky
Tags: 1970s jazz · fusion · guitar
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The Greek sculptor Myron made his sculpture of an athlete throwing the discus in the 5th century B.C., most probably to commemorate a victory in the Olympic Games, but the work, made of bronze, was lost. Ever responsive to art and aesthetics, the Romans in the 2nd century A.D. produced copies in marble of the sculpture, which they so admired. Thanks to those copies, Myron's masterpiece has survived to our day.
What Myron captured in bronze was not actually a realistic depiction of an athlete but rather an idealized conception. His masterpiece emphasizes the aesthetic union of contrasts in perfect proportion with each other. From whatever angle it is viewed, the work's composition occupies a narrow plane. Head, body and limbs are depicted in different degrees of tension, the flexed muscles forming a contrast with the relaxed ones. While the hand throwing the discus is extended backwards, the other arm hangs loose in front. Although the body is turned towards the viewer, the legs are seen in profile, one of them bearing weight whereas the other is not. While the toes of the right foot are curled upwards, those of the left point downwards. Do not miss this statue of a man throwing a discus, which reflects all the Greek notions of design such as symmetry, harmony, balance and rhythm.


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Today, i was absent minded and instead of droping the databases i wanted I wrote
drop database mysql;
What do i do now!?! i didnt do anything else since and i havent closed my session.
Luckily this is just my local computer with no real data. Should i delete mysql data folder? can i undo it? is there a cmd i can do to fix it? is there no real problem and i am freaking out for nothing?
-edit- ok so it WAS my server. Lucky its MY server and not the company server. I only have sites no one visits anyways. Since it was the server, i had twice a day dumps of sites that does rarely changes. I tried using my dump script to dump the db but it got an error. I figure its ok and hasnt been touched in days so i tried to restore it with this
gunzip < mybackup.sql.gz | mysql
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Di glued sticks to the top of her bulbs and then wrapped them with yarn. I don't think you could ask for a better shape and size than a light bulb for DIY pears. Wrapped in yarn or twine they are super easy to make and very cute for fall!
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