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This chapter in MIT Sloan's G-Lab podcast series focuses on a team of Sloan Fellows working in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia for a local technology company. The company, whose flagship product was a type of smart card, was seeking a short-term action plan as well as an assessment of smart card trends and technology recommendations. The team, consisting of four Fellows with a variety of cultural and industry backgrounds, was able to leverage the benefits of diversity for the success of the project. Team member Camilo Syllos, SF '09, talks about the importance of managing expectations--on the part of the client and the team--and his belief that a successful G-Lab result requires creativity, dedication, and an openness to other cultures and ideas.
From Harvard Business Review Growing opportunities to collect and leverage digital information have led many managers to change how they make decisions – relying less on intuition and more on data. As Jim Barksdale, the former CEO of Netscape quipped, "If we have data, let's look at data. If all we have are opinions, let's go with mine." Following pathbreakers such as Caesar's CEO Gary Loveman – who attributes his firm's success to the use of databases and cutting-edge analytical tools – managers at many levels are now consuming data and analytical output in unprecedented ways. This should come as no surprise. At their most fundamental level, all organizations can be thought of as "information processors" that rely on the technologies of hierarchy, specialization, and human perception to collect, disseminate, and act on insights. Therefore, it's only natural that technologies delivering faster, cheaper, more accurate information create opportunities to re-invent … Read More »The post The rise of data-driven decision making is real but uneven — Kristina McElheran and Erik Brynjolfsson appeared first on MIT Sloan Experts.


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Z Rock (2008– )
Episode List
Season 2
8 Jun. 2009Episode #2.1
15 Jun. 2009Episode #2.2
22 Jun. 2009All Z Small Things
The boys play a kids party for a lesbian couple and their adopted Chinese child, then get a shot at redemption when Dina scores them a gig opening for Kiss...or so they thought.
29 Jun. 2009Jail House Z Rock
Neil begs his way into a raucous road trip with the boys when they land a two-night gig opening for Brett Michaels in the tawny suburbs of Westchester.
Jul. 2009Z Are Family
As the boys search for a new sound for ZO2, an old ghost reappears and throws the makeup of the band into question; Dave Navarro is back.
Jul. 2009Episode #2.6
Jul. 2009Z My Baby
On the eve of Battle of the Bands, Joey hurts his knee, putting ZO2's entry into question - and turning their biggest rival, Steel Panther, into the favorites to win the competition and take home the $15,000 prize.
Jul. 2009Episode #2.8
Jul. 2009Episode #2.9
15 Jun. 2009Z Will Rock You
ZO2 gets the gig of a lifetime: a Bar Mitzvah. Technically speaking, it's actually a "B-iz-ar Mitzvah" for a well-known black rapper, and it's being filmed as the pilot episode of a highly anticipated reality series about crazy Bar Mitzvahs.
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Following is a summary of current sports news briefs.
LeBron's hot shooting lifts Heat past Bobcats
Staal brothers power Hurricanes past Maple Leafs
TORONTO (Reuters) - The Carolina Hurricanes had a pair of goals from the Staal brothers and a stellar performance from goalie Cam Ward to thank for a 4-1 victory over the struggling Toronto Maple Leafs on Monday. Carolina erased an early one-goal deficit by dominating the second period, in which they outshot the host Maple Leafs 20-5 and got goals from captain Eric Staal and younger brother Jordan.
Ravens win emotional Super Bowl against 49ers
NEW ORLEANS (Reuters) - The Baltimore Ravens reclaimed the greatest prize in North American sports after a dramatic, nail-biting 34-31 Super Bowl victory over the San Francisco 49ers on Sunday. Inspired by their power-packed quarterback Joe Flacco, the Ravens survived a ferocious comeback from the 49ers and a bizarre power outage that stopped the game for more than half an hour to win their second Super Bowl.
Flacco confident of new deal after Super Bowl triumph
NEW ORLEANS (Reuters) - Super Bowl Most Valuable Player Joe Flacco heads into new contract negotiations with the Baltimore Ravens in the strongest position of all - as a Super Bowl winner. Flacco has just completed the last of his five-year rookie deal with the Ravens but, after leading his team to victory over the San Francisco 49ers, says he expects a new deal to be reached.
Investigators expose global soccer fixing scam
THE HAGUE (Reuters) - Hundreds of soccer matches have been fixed in a global betting scam run from Singapore, police said on Monday, in a blow to the image of the world's most popular sport and a multi-billion dollar industry. About 680 suspicious matches including qualifying games for the World Cup and European Championships, and the Champions League for top European club sides, have been identified in an inquiry by European police forces, the European anti-crime agency Europol, and national prosecutors.
Rafa's aura may take time to return, says Murray
LONDON (Reuters) - The aura Rafa Nadal usually carries on court may take a while to return when the Spaniard finally begins his comeback in Chile this week, according to world number three Andy Murray. Injury-hit Nadal has not played a match since a shock defeat by outsider Lukas Rosol at Wimbledon last June but will test his suspect knee in Vina del Mar on Wednesday when he takes on Argentine Guido Pella or a qualifier in the claycourt event.
Murray calls for more blood testing
LONDON (Reuters) - Olympic champion Andy Murray is demanding more blood testing in tennis to avoid the kind of damaging doping scandals that continue to plague cycling. World number three Murray, runner-up at last month's Australian Open to Novak Djokovic, feels the sport's authorities need to invest more heavily in anti-doping programs, even if it means siphoning funds from players' prize money.
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Pelrine & Buchanan's Maritime Trading Worldwide Ltd
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Pelrine & Buchanan's Maritime Trading Worldwide Ltd. is located in beautiful Nova Scotia, Canada. We have been supplying used and surplus power generation equipment to customers worldwide for over 23 years. We offer diesel generator set, natural gas generators, gas turbines, coal fired power plants, steam turbines and cogeneration power plants. We offer equipment by world ...
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Warriors beat Bucks for 3-0 Summer League start
Summer League highlights -- Warriors 84, Bucks 72
Kent Bazemore scored 11 points as the Warriors defeated the Bucks 84-72 on Tuesday. (AP)
The Warriors improved to 3-0 in Summer League play by defeating the Milwaukee Bucks 84-72 on Tuesday.
Golden State jumped out to an early 25-16 first quarter lead and never looked back, playing Milwaukee even for the rest of the game.
Lance Gouldborne led the Warriors in scoring with 13 points in 15 minutes off the bench, and added nine rebounds as well. Kent Bazemore, Ian Clark, and Cam Jones all chipped in 11 points apiece to pace a balanced offensive attack.
The Warriors controlled the game on the defensive end, holding the Bucks to 28.6% shooting and forcing them into 21 turnovers.
Second-year forward Draymond Green struggled shooting the ball (2-for-12), but made his presence felt defensively with seven rebounds and four steals.
The Warriors have now defeated the Wizards, Kings, and Bucks en route to their 3-0 record in the 2013 NBA Summer League.
Following the first three games, the 22 Summer League teams will be seeded in a tournament running through the Championship Game on July 22. Seeds 1-10 earn a bye in the first round games played on Wednesday, July 17.


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|Fast Break: Perkins, Celtics hand Cavs 18th straight loss
|01.25.11 at 9:55 pm ET
In his first action since Game 6 of the 2010 NBA Finals, Kendrick Perkins came off the bench to a standing ovation and contributed seven points and six rebounds in just over 17 minutes during a 112-95 blowout of the Cavaliers Tuesday night in Boston.
The Celtics (34-10) projected Perkins would play 12-15 minutes in his return, but he exceeded expectations all night. Of course, it helped that the C's were playing Cleveland (8-37), losers of 18 straight.
Paul Pierce netted 24 points in just 23:58 on the floor. Shortly after coming down awkwardly on a shot attempt and moving gingerly on his right leg up and down the floor a few times, he exited the game with 5:30 remaining in the third quarter.
Ray Allen knocked down a trio of 3-pointers to close the game to 20 between he and Reggie Miller for the NBA's all-time 3-point record.
Perk's return: Even in a rusty 15 minutes a night, Perkins makes a huge difference in the Celtics lineup — especially with both Shaquille and Jermaine O'Neal sidelined with leg injuries and the team in desperate need of big bodies.
Just under four minutes into the game, with starter Semih Erden picking up his second foul in the first 3:58, the Celtics turned to Perkins. And 35 seconds later, after a standing ovation, Perkins proved himself, converting a layup plus the foul. He ran the floor and hit the boards hard on both ends of the floor — a cruel reminder of what might have been had he played Game 7 of the finals last season.
Pierce starts fierce: Playing the entire first quarter, Pierce knocked down 6-of-8 shots to score 17 of the team's 34 points in the opening 12 minutes. During that span, he also exchanged words with Cleveland's Joey Graham, whoever that is.
The Celtics captain scored 24 points by halftime and left the game midway through the third quarter. He stayed on the bench for the rest of the game, without treatment, so there should be little concern about his slight limp before his exit.
The bench showed up: Given his recent struggles, the Celtics had to be pleased to see Nate Robinson knock down 3-of-8 3-point attempts. He led the charge, as the C's got at least seven points from all five available guys off the bench (including Perkins). Glen Davis (11 points) and Von Wafer (10) also reached double figures.
Their collective performance allowed Doc Rivers to rest Pierce, Allen (25:16) and Kevin Garnett (17:45) — although, in somewhat of a strange move, Rajon Rondo played almost 44 minutes.
Slow start on defense: Allowing the worst team in the league to score 26 first-quarter points and shoot 53 percent from the field for the opening 12 minutes isn't what the Celtics were looking for when they welcomed the Cavaliers to town.
Cleveland actually owned a 23-21 lead late in the first quarter. It took a 21-5 that stretched into the middle of the second quarter for the Celtics to take control.
'Big Baby' not a happy camper: When Glen Davis picked up his second foul with seven minutes to play in the half, he let his frustration be known as he returned to the bench. After he was whistled for a third personal a few minutes later, the referees heard it from louder this time — as he picked up a technical, too.
Not much: When the game is in control from the early portion of the second quarter on, and the Celtics cruised to victory, it'd be nitpicking to find too much wrong with their effort … other than Pierce's rendition of Enrique Iglesias' "I Like It" on the Jumbotron. Then again, Enrique Iglesias' version isn't much better.
|Welcome back, Kendrick Perkins
|at 8:06 pm ET
After missing the first 43 games of the season rehabbing a torn ACL in his right knee, Kendrick Perkins took the court for the first time with his Celtics teammates on Tuesday night as they played the Cleveland Cavaliers.
Perkins injured the knee in the first half of Game 6 of the 2010 NBA finals in Los Angeles as the Celtics – without their starting center and defensive, shot-blocking presence in the low post – lost Games 6 and 7, falling just short of a record-18th NBA title.
Three different players – Shaquille O'Neal, Jermaine O'Neal and Semih Erden – have started at center this season and while Perkins is coming off the bench, his return Tuesday certainly bolsters the depth at that position.
Shaq had started 17 straight and 33 overall before injuring his right hip on Friday against the Jazz. Erden has started the last two and now six overall. Jermaine O'Neal has started the remaining five times in the low post.
Doc Rivers would not commit to when Perk will eventually return to the starting lineup and until then, it's likely to be Erden getting most of the minutes.
Perkins returned to game action with 8:02 left in the first quarter when Erden picked up two quick fouls. He lasted until 2:37 left, giving him five minutes, 25 seconds of continuous action. He collected a lay-up, missed a free throw, grabbed a rebound, dished out two assists and picked up a foul.
|Irish Coffee: Celtics succeed one possession at a time
|at 1:58 pm ET
Wake up with the Celtics and your daily dose of Irish Coffee '¦
Over the weekend, I stumbled across a New York Times article that claimed Derrick Rose is a better defender than Rajon Rondo, based on the individual statistical analysis of points allowed per possession:
Rose has allowed just 0.77 points per possession overall on defense this season, an elite mark for any defender, regardless of position. Chris Paul (0.86 points per possession allowed), Rajon Rondo (0.83 PPP allowed), and Russell Westbrook (0.92 PPP allowed) '- all excellent defenders -' have been trumped statistically this year, and by no slim margin. Rose has each of those players handily beat, and boasts a shockingly comprehensive defensive profile.
My natural reaction: How do I get my hands on these points per possession (PPP) statistics? It turns out Synergy Sports Technology tracks every possession — offensively and defensively — for every NBA player. On both sides of the ball, a team or player's possessions are broken down into 11 categories: 1. isolations, 2. pick-and-rolls (ball-handler), 3. post-ups, 4. pick-and-rolls (roll man), 5. spot-ups, 6. off screens, 7. handoffs, 8. cuts, 9. offensive rebounds, 10. transitions and 11. all other plays.
Obviously, a player's PPP offensively doesn't account for the quality of the pass he's receiving or the look he's getting, but it's a great tool to determine how well he's performing overall and on which plays he's succeeding.
Likewise, a player's PPP allowed defensively doesn't account for the quality of his help defense or who he's defending, but it's an accurate representation of whether or not he's stopping his assignment as well as on what plays he's being beaten.
Let's first break down how efficient the Celtics have been offensively as a team; the first number is where they rank in the league in terms of PPP, and the percentage reflects how often they run each play:
|What makes Ray Allen a 3-point shooting machine? Here's a video clue
|01.24.11 at 6:02 pm ET
WALTHAM — There's a reason Ray Allen is regarded as one of the best pure shooters in NBA history: Practice, and lots of it.
Allen's regiment for shooting nearly matches the same for his conditioning. Allen will spend 45 minutes or longer following practice, just practicing catching and shooting from long range. He'll usually shoot from both baselines, both wings and from the top of the key. (In the video, he is taking passes from Celtics assistant coach Tyronn Lue.)
Allen enters Tuesday night's game vs. Cleveland needing just 24 3-pointers to pass Reggie Miller (2,560) for first on the all-time list.
He is on pace for 180 this season, which would match his total in 2008, his first season in Boston. Now in his 15th season, Allen has led the NBA in 3-pointers three times in his career, each time passing the 200-mark for a season.
Allen set the all-time single-season NBA record for 3's in a season when he drained 269 of them in 2005-06 with Seattle, two more than Dennis Scott with the Magic 10 years earlier.
This year, Allen is fifth in both 3-pointers made at 93 through 43 games and 3-point percentage at .452.
WALTHAM — Saturday night's loss to the lowly Washington Wizards was the latest bad loss in a season filled with plenty of wins, according to Doc Rivers. The Celtics coach was asked to explain how his team could lose to a team like the Wizards, which came in with just 13 wins.
"Obviously, if you look at the whole season, it's been a terrific season so far," Rivers said following Monday's practice. "But in that terrific season, we've had some bad losses, too. And I tell our guys that. Some of the teams that have beaten us are under .500 and those are tough losses for a team that shouldn't lose those games. Moral lessons learned and we've just got to keep teaching them."
The Celtics have lost 10 games and one of those losses came to the Cavaliers, one night after the C's beat Miami in the season-opener. Cleveland comes to TD Garden on Tuesday having lost 16 straight and Rivers said he's not taking them lightly, and doesn't expect his players to, either.
"Cleveland beat us once already this year," Rivers said. "For us, I rarely worry about the opponent, I worry about ourselves. When we play right, I think it gives us an excellent chance to win games. And when we don't anyone can beat us and that's been proven this year."
|No passing fancy: C's determined to show NBA 'what basketball is like'
|01.22.11 at 11:35 am ET
In a stat sheet filled with superlatives, the thing that shone for the Celtics like a neon sign could be found several columns over and several rows deep.
The Celtics had 31 assists on 37 baskets in Friday's 110-86 dismantling of the Jazz at TD Garden to improve to an Eastern Conference-best 33-9. The most impressive part of the performance was that it wasn't all Rajon Rondo. Yes, the Celtics point guard led the way with 12 dimes, but Marquis Daniels had six, Ray Allen had four and Kevin Garnett had three. Of the 11 players who dressed, only Paul Pierce and Semih Erden failed to register at least one helper.
From the opening tip, the Celtics were determined to spread the wealth. Shaquille O'Neal drew people to him in the paint as he usually does then found Pierce to his left on a cut to the basket for a lay-up 35 seconds in. The Celtics were off to the races.
That would be the first of 31 times one Celtic teammate found another for a field goal.
"It's just a product of our work," Pierce said. "Everyday we come in here and that's what we work on. We work on making the passes, running our offense. Believing in one another, not caring who gets the credit. When you have a selfless group like this, that's what happens.'
The Jazz did their best early to keep up but as a team built on strength and power, the Celtics seemed determined to take advantage of that. Let KG explain:
"Typical stuff. We know a lot of the offense goes through their bigs," Garnett began. "They lay a lot of high post, lot of movement. Everybody knows Jerry Sloan's system, he has been here for 30 years, 25-plus years. They are a physical team. We knew that we had to come out and not only meet their bigs' physicality, but to be aggressive ourselves.
"I thought for the most part, we moved the ball. The things we worked on in practice the other day definitely showed and good showing by us. I liked the way we were forceful, physical. I thought we were firm. Again we moved the ball, everything we worked on and everything we have practiced up until this point was exemplified tonight.'
Utah Hall of Fame coach Jerry Sloan pushed every button he could but the Celtics were too much for his team, which came in tied for first with Oklahoma City in the Northwest Division.
'Well they showed us what basketball is like tonight," Sloan said. "They came out and they played a terrific game, they took us out of our offense, we couldn't do anything of what we were trying to do. I thought they were terrific passing the ball, and they made us turn the ball over way too many times, 21 turnovers for 26 points, it's tough to beat anybody when you have that happen.
"But give them credit for how they came out and got after us. They were good in their offense getting the kind of shots they wanted and the kind that they can make. Doc was pretty generous not keeping his players out there, letting us breathe a little bit I guess.'
|Shaquille O'Neal battling sore right hip, might miss next 2 games
|01.21.11 at 11:02 pm ET
Doc Rivers said Shaquille O'Neal likely will miss the next two games for the Celtics after suffering what was termed a sore right hip in the first half of Friday's win over the Jazz at TD Garden. O'Neal – who did not make the trip to Washington with the team – played just six minutes, 19 seconds before being subbed by Semih Erden, who scored a season-high 14 points off the bench in 30 minutes.
"We're going to need him probably the next couple of games," Rivers said of Erden. "We're probably not going to take [O'Neal] on the trip. I think it's his hip. Something locked up. We'll just have to see how long that will be."
Initially, the team announced the injury as a sore right leg. O'Neal slipped on the ice outside the Waltham practice facility and missed practice on Sunday. Rivers said he didn't think the injury was related to that or his dive into the stands after fouling Raja Bell on a lay-up four minutes into the game.
"He told me three minutes into the game," Rivers said. "He walked over to me and said, 'Hey, I don't know how long I can go. I'm feeling pretty bad. And I said, 'You want me to take you out?' And he said, 'No, let me go and see how long I can go."
The Celtics left after Friday's game for a Saturday night date in Washington against the Wizards. O'Neal is also likely to miss next Tuesday's game against Cleveland at TD Garden.
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Idera Pharmaceuticals reported that partner, Merck, has extended for a fourth year its collaboration with the company to develop toll-like receptor (TLRs) agonist as vaccine adjuvants. Idera separately confirmed that another of its partner, Novartis, has terminated the companies' research collaboration to discover, develop, and commercialize TLR9 agonists for the treatment of asthma and allergies.
The collaboration with Merck, initiated in 2006, is focused on vaccine products comprising Idera's investigational agonist compounds targeting TLRs 7, 8 and 9, in the fields of oncology, infectious diseases and Alzheimer's diseases. Under the terms of the agreement Idera granted Merck worldwide exclusive rights to a number of agonist compounds targeting TLR 7, 8 and 9, for use in combination with Merck's therapeutic and prophylactic vaccines under development in the licensed fields.
The allergy and asthma agreement with Novartis, signed in 2005, comprised a research collaboration and option deal, and a separate license, development and commercialization agreement. The companies' research led to selection of a lead TLR9 agonist, QAX935 (IMO-2134), which Novartis took into a Phase I trial in September 2008. As a result of the agreement termination, IMO-2134 has now been returned to Idera, and the company also regains all rights to develop TLR-targeted compounds, including TLR antagonists and TLR antisense oligos, for respiratory diseases.
Idera's lead TLR9 agonist, IMO-2055, is in clinical development for the treatment of cancer. In December 2007, the company negotiated an exclusive, worldwide licensing and collaboration agreement with Merck KGaA, for development and commercialization of its TLR9 agonists, including IMO-2055, for the treatment of cancer (and excluding vaccines).
In February 2009 Idera earned a $3.8 million milestone from Merck KGaA, on the start of a clinical study evaluating IMO-2055 in combination with Erbitux® and Camptosar® in patients with colorectal cancer. IMO-2055 is also undergoing a Phase 1b clinical study in combination with Tarceva® and Avastin® in patients with advanced non-small cell lung cancer.
In September and October, Idera independently started Phase I clinical trials evaluating another TLR9 agonist, IMO-2125, as either monotherapy in chronic HCV patients who failed to respond to previous combination therapy with ribavirin and pegylated interferon-alpha, or as combination therapy with ribavirin, in treatment-naive patients chronic HCV.
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Mozilla signs 18 carriers for Firefox OS. Handset makers: LG, Alcatel, ZTE, Huawei. First phones in second quarter.
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I'm afraid +Mozilla will have to deal with monetization sooner than originally planned. Once the number of users crosses a certain limit, Mozillians will need to cater for them, patching bugs and adding functions. They should discuss business model ASAP.
+Rajiv Vyas Well, I'd say iOS, Windows Phone, BlackBerry OS are viable competitors, too. :)
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This diaper bag is great for mom and dad. Dad can quickly recognize where to put things (some of the pockets have tags with pictures) and keep organized. The main pocket is spacious and the zipper zips down so that you can easily access items further towards the bottom. There are plenty of pockets to keep different things in, and even a pocket on the main space. It comes with the changing pad, which is not extremely thick, but thick enough for a bit of comfort and wipes clean easily. The only downfall is the insulated pocket for bottles is not very accommodating to 4 or 5 oz bottles. I have not tried the larger 8 or 9 oz bottles yet, and probably will not need to. The material seems to be durable, though I did notice a little bit of give in the stitching when I over-packed the main compartment. My son also spilled a bit of lemonade on the outside and you can see where it was spilled, though I thought I cleaned it well enough. Other than those minor imperfections I have absolutely loved this diaper bag thus far!
One of the BIG things that attracted me to this diaper bag was the compartment on the side that allows you to pull out a wipe at any time without actually having to open up the bag and look for them. You always need a wipe, sticky hands, paci falls on the floor, diaper changes. I thought it was just a fantastic idea. With that being said, it WOULD HAVE been great if darn thing would stay closed. It never stays closed, it always pops open, so then the wipes dry out and so... no handy dandy really cool access to wet wipes when you need them. That was a big disappointment. The rest of the diaper bag get's An A+. A lot of room. Many compartments. comfortable. I give it a 4STAR, Just wish I could give it FIVE.
I rarely write reviews, but I just HAD to rave about this backpack, so that it can hopefully help other moms and dads! It's one of the best baby purchases I've ever made. I bought it for airplane travel, and it's lightweight, easy to organize, and sized right. I get compliments ALL the time about the cool wipes dispenser on the side. The padding on the back is comfortable, and it has stroller clips too! And yes, it really does make a difference to use a "diaper" backpack because it has many more pockets and zippers than plain backpacks. You know how things fall down to the bottom of a backpack - and create a "black hole" where you dig and dig to never find them? Not here, because of its great organization. I have books & crayons in one zipper, food in another, the wipes dispenser, the insulated bottle holder, my wallet & keys in another zipper, toys in yet another pocket - and that's only on the OUTSIDE POCKETS! The inside holds yet more food, an extra bottle, more toys, blankets, diapers, extra outfit, changing pad, etc. The storage is just amazing. And the best is the PRICE! I researched and bought 4 other backpacks before this one - and the next-best was twice its price. You will just love it.
I ordered this bag after reading all the reviews only. For the price, it is a wonderful bag. Lots of pockets to keep everything organized and the main compartment has a ton of space! The bottle holder could be a bit bigger, but we can make it work to hold 1 sippy cup at a time. If I have anything else, I keep them in a small cooler bag inside the backpack. The wipes holder wouldn't stay closed as others mentioned which was annoying, but I called Fisher-Price whom then referred me to the maker of the bag. I called them and they sent me a new wipes case to replace it for free and it works great! It closes every time and never pops open like the one that comes with the bag. It seems it is the new updated version and it has a green top like the one that came with the bag so it matches well. I recommend calling them, I see now that their number is on the FP website when looking up this bag. They will ask for the lot number which is located on the inside tag of the bag or on the changing pad. Overall, very happy with this bag, the best diaper bag I have owned!!
This diaper bag is absolutely perfect. Don't let the cheap price or online picture fool you into skipping past it. I have 3 little ones and this bag is more than enough to handle the stuff I need to carry. It's bigger than it looks online, but not huge. The material is sturdy and easy to wipe clean. The organization is amazing. There is a place for everything. The changing pad is also a good size and is padded more so than others I've seen that come included with various other bags. I love that my hands are free to keep up with my little ones. The straps and back are padded. The insulated bottle pocket looks like it could hold 2 bottles. I breastfeed, so the bottle pocket will be used for juice boxes for the older kids. In my opinion, every parent should have a backpack diaper bag. This one could definitely compete with more expensive ones. As a side note, I noticed that as of 7/18/12 this is six dollars cheaper than the regular price. DO NOT PASS THIS UP MOMS AND DADS. If you're looking for something like this, then you'll love it. I had previously looked at the Jeep backpack at another store. It was horribly designed, small with tight pockets that you could not get anything into. This bag zips all the way down in the main compartment so you won't have any trouble getting things in and out of it. The wipes case on the side is a plus also.
I love this diaper bag. I wanted the black version but it was more expensive at target. It has so many pockets and room that I can carry everything and still have room for more. I love how conveninent the pockets are. The back unzips all the way to the bottom on each side and makes it easy to get things there are 3 pockets on the inside too. The stroller clips are handy when I'm grocery shopping and I don't have to worry about the bag getting covered with groceries. I will get this bag again when this one wares out. I love it
I bought this because my husband and I discovered how difficult it is to lug around a diaper bag, a stroller, and three kids. It makes it so much easier to carry everything we need on our backs, giving our arms free reign to take care of our children. Going to the park now is a breeze. It is a very good sized bag and not like our last backpack diaper bag, which was way too small to put much in. It has easy access to wipes for messy mishaps. It looks very durable and the stitching doesn't look cheap. My husband loves carrying it around because he isn't embarrassed by the colors. I highly recommend this bag for the busy mom and dad whose always on the go and is in need of their hands. It was definitely worth my money.
This bag is amazing. I can carry my child and get a wipe out at the same time. You need a bag that makes your life easier and this one does it. Originally bought for daddy so he didn't have to carry around my "designer" bag but I immediately fell in love with it.
True to the reviews I read before purchase, the wipe dispenser does not stay closed well. However, everything else about this bag is entirely satisfactory! It is my third bag, since we are expecting our third child. I had a backpack diaper bag with our first and an over-the-shoulder with the second. I found the backpack style to be MUCH easier to use through the daily bendings and leanings inherent in the baby business. This backpack was easy to organize with just enough pockets of just the right size and looks to be easy to keep organized quickly with the pockets already labeled for you. Also, the changing pad is larger and more padded than either of the ones that came with my two previous diaper bags. I absolutely recommend this bag!
The main problem with this bag is that the wipe container's lid keeps opening so it's pointless having it because your wipes will just dry out. I taped it shut and it still opens by itself. The size of the bottle compartment is too small to fit a regular size bottle (8oz). I am due at the end of Feb so I have not used the diaper bag yet but I have packed it up with stuff. It has a lot of room so that's a plus. It's different from the diaper bag on fisher price's website..this one doesn't have an insulated compartment..at least it's not visible if it's there. Other than that I would recommend the diaper bag for people who have kids that are no longer drinking out of a bottle and don't need to use wipes often.
The bag was okay, the insulation where the bottles go is made a little cheap and I could tell that it would fall apart after using the zipper several times. I have since returned this product. It did not meet my expectations on size and look. It is basically like a full size school pack back. I thought it would be shorter and wider and have a different feel than a regular backpack. The picture shows a box look but it would have to be really full of items.
Great design and good price. But inner construction could be better, inner liner ripped after 1 week.
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Composite Measures Quantify Households' Obesogenic Potential and Adolescents' Risk Behaviors
OBJECTIVE: The aims of this study were to generate composite measures quantifying a household's obesogenic potential and to examine the relationship of the composite variables with older children's eating, physical activity (PA), and small screen recreation.
METHODS: Data were from surveys with 1685 child-parent pairs in which the child was in grade 6, 8, or 10 (mean age: 14 years). Composite measures of the obesogenic household environment were generated from 11 measures using nonlinear principal components analysis. Associations between the composite measures and the children's healthy and unhealthy food intake, PA, and screen time were tested (adjusting for demographic characteristics).
RESULTS: Two scales were generated: (1) obesogenic control, which clustered together factors that mitigate risk; and (2) obesogenic risk. Higher scores on the control scale were associated with higher adolescent intake of healthy foods, lower intake of unhealthy foods, higher PA, and less screen time. Higher scores on the risk scale were associated with lower adolescent intake of healthy foods, higher intake of unhealthy foods, lower PA, and more screen time. There were significant 2-way interactions between the scales for soft drink consumption and PA.
CONCLUSIONS: Household obesogenic potential may be quantified as 2 factors reflecting cumulative risk and control practices. These factors have both additive associations with obesogenic behaviors and, in some cases, modify each other, suggesting that a healthy home environment requires attention to both. Health promotion messages could incorporate these 2 different but interacting factors that parents can use to modify the obesogenic potential of their household.
The home environment and parents are important influences on the modifiable risk factors for child obesity. Risk factors tend to cluster together in the home; however, the collective influence or obesogenic potential of the home environment has not been adequately explored.
Two composite measures quantifying household obesogenic risk and control were generated. Unlike previous research, risk and control were not at opposite ends of a unidimensional scale, and both showed strong and complex associations with adolescents' obesogenic behaviors.
The prevalence of childhood overweight and obesity continues to be unacceptably high and of public health concern in Australia.1 Ecological models stress the influence of family and the home environment on the modifiable risk factors for child obesity.2 These risk factors reflect both sides of the energy-balance equation and can extend into adulthood.3,4 Weight status has been associated with water5 and soft drink6 intake, fast food7 and sweet snack8 consumption (mixed evidence), and missing breakfast.9 for energy intake and sedentary behaviors such as television viewing,10 and physical activity (PA)11 for energy expenditure.
Although previous research examining the role of parents and home environment in child overweight and obesity has focused on single behaviors,12 recent literature contends that obesogenic behaviors at home tend to cluster.13,14 For example, 1 study found that families who purchased fast food for dinner ≥3 times per week were more likely to have soft drinks and chips available in the home and a lower likelihood of having vegetables with dinner.13 In other research, girls with a television in their bedroom had lower vegetable intake and vigorous activity, and higher sugar-sweetened beverage consumption.14
Clustering of risk factors for child overweight has been operationalized in factor scores for diet,15,16 PA,16 sedentary behaviors,17 and their combinations.18 Theoretical researchers argue that clustering reflects a collective component of the home environment, and certain factors may signal the general orientation or obesogenic potential of the household.19,20 Better conceptualization and understanding of the obesogenic potential of the home environment (including parental factors) and weight-related behaviors in children would facilitate more strategically focused interventions and prevention efforts.
The goals of this study were to generate composite measures quantifying a household's obesogenic potential and to examine the relationship of the composite variables with older children's eating, PA, and small screen recreation (SSR) habits.
Design and Setting
Data were from a cross-sectional survey of children and their parents (N = 4008) conducted in the Hunter New England (HNE) region of New South Wales (NSW), Australia, in 2007. The HNE region is geographically large with a demographically diverse population across urban and suburban areas, regional centers, and rural and isolated remote communities. The survey was approved by the HNE Area Health Ethics Committee, the NSW Department of Education and Training, and the NSW Catholic Education Commission.
Surveys were completed by parents of children in child care; kindergarten and grades 2, 4, 6, 8, and 10; and also by children in grades 6, 8, and 10. The surveys covered demographic characteristics, weight-related behaviors, household practices, and parental perceptions. Behavioral questions came from validated questions on children's PA,21 SSR,22 and dietary patterns.23
Briefly, 35 primary schools and 35 high schools were randomly selected proportional to the student population in each education sector (government, Catholic, and independent). Two classes per grade per school were randomly chosen, and students were invited to participate. Participation was by written consent of children and their caregivers. Only data from children in grades 6, 8, and 10 were included in this analysis because only these students were asked all the relevant questions.
Demographic Variables
Demographic variables used in this analysis included child's age at survey, gender (child), annual household income classified as low (less than AUD$40 000), middle (AUD$40 000–100 000), and high (more than AUD$100 000), and maternal education (less than grade 12, grade 12 or diploma, and university degree). Using postal codes and the Accessibility/Remoteness Index of Australia, students living in highly accessible locations were classed as urban, and within accessible, moderately accessible, and remote areas as rural.24
Obesogenic Household Measures
Table 1 summarizes the 11 independent variables used to quantify each household's obesogenic potential.
Variable selection was informed by previous research on the modifiable risk factors for weight gain noted earlier. For the energy intake variables (Table 1), soft drink availability in the home,25 fast food for family meals,13 and offering sweets as a reward for good behavior26 increase consumption of energy-dense foods and beverages. Conversely, water consumption with meals compared with caloric beverages lowers meal energy intake,27,28 insulin levels, and consequently increases fat oxidation in children, factors that are all protective against weight gain.5 Higher BMI with skipping breakfast is likely mediated by dietary quality and appetite control.9 One novel item—measuring parents' confidence that they could influence their child's soft drink intake—was included because it speaks to the monitoring and gatekeeping role of parents in children's consumption patterns.29 The measure summed 2 items (Cronbach's α = 0.72): parents' confidence they could resist giving their child soft drinks when continually asked for them and confidence they could influence the amount of soft drink their child consumes.
For energy expenditure (Table 1), having a television in the bedroom,14 no household rules on television use,30 and watching television during meals31,32 are associated with increased television viewing. The effect of watching television during meals on weight is likely two-fold: not only is overall time spent in this sedentary activity increased (ie, television during meal time is additive, not substitutive), but it is also associated with poor diet.33
Car use for short trips in place of active travel among children has been associated with lower total PA,34,35 as well as lower energy expenditure during travel and after arrival at destination.36 The family/home environment influences car use even if adjusted for objective measures such as travelling distances and physical and environment, through car ownership, parental neighborhood safety and traffic perceptions, and health benefits of PA and parental commuting patterns.37,–,39 Here, car use for short trips (ie, <1.5 km), although originally a continuous count of trips per week, was transformed into 3 categories (no trips, 1–7 trips per week, and 8 trips per week) because the distribution was positively skewed.
Parental support for PA has been shown to increase child PA.40 Parental confidence to influence their child's PA was measured in this study using the question: "How confident do you feel in being able to influence your child to take part in some type of physical activity in each of the following situations?" Eight situations were described, covering circumstances such as resources, interest, and competing activities shown previously to be related to participation.41 A "confidence to influence PA" score (Cronbach's α = 0.89) averaged parents' responses if there were data for at least 7 items. Higher scores represented greater parental confidence.
Dependent Variables
The dependent variables comprised adolescents' self-reported frequency of consuming healthy foods and beverages (vegetables, fruit, and water) and energy-dense, nutrient-poor food and beverages (fried potato, fast food, sweet snacks, salty snacks, and soft drinks) derived from the NSW Schools Physical Activity and Nutrition Survey23; screen time (television, computers, and e-games) from the Adolescent Sedentary Activities Questionnaire22; and organized and nonorganized PA from the Adolescent Physical Activity Recall Questionnaire.21
Statistical Analysis
The 11 independent variables were analyzed by using nonlinear principal components analysis (PCA) to create the composite variable(s) quantifying the household environment using the categorical PCA procedure in PASW version 18.0.42,43 The categorical PCA procedure allows for the analysis of categorical data and nonlinear relationships between variables through optimal scaling.44 However, because categorical PCA currently cannot rotate factors, the transformed variables were saved and analyzed by using linear PCA and rotated using varimax rotation as recommended.45 Variables with loadings >0.3 were retained and used to interpret the factors.46 The standardized factor scores formed the composite independent variables.
Most outcome variables were analyzed both in continuous form (to investigate overall relationships with the independent variables) and dichotomously, according to published guidelines22,47,–,49 and where not available, expert advice.
All descriptive, bivariate and multiple regression analyses were adjusted for clustering within schools by using Stata 11.0 (Stata Corp, College Station, TX) complex survey commands.50 Statistical significance was set at 5%, and comparisons within multicategory variables were Bonferonni adjusted.51 Multivariable analyses adjusted for demographic factors known to be associated with diet, PA, and screen time (ie, age, gender, household income, maternal education). Modeling included testing a 2-way interaction between the 2 composite independent variables (see below) but was only retained in the models if it was significant adjusted for all other variables.
The sample comprised 1685 child-parent pairs from grades 6, 8, and 10 (age range: 10–17 years). Approximately half were male (52.2%), their mean age was 14.0 years (SD: 1.2), the majority had mothers with grade 12 or tertiary education (64.3%), and the modal household income range was AUD$40 000 to AUD$100 000 (Table 2).
Adolescents with missing data for at least 1 of the independent variables (n = 206) were more likely to be male (59.4% vs 46.1%; P = .003), from lower-income households (P = .003) (eg, income less than AUD$40 000; 39.4% vs 22.9%), and consumed on average approximately one-half cup less water per day (P = .007 [data not shown]). Because the data were missing at random, and gender and income were already included as covariates in the regression models (thereby providing model-based adjustment for the missing data),52 participants without complete data were excluded.
Composite Variable Generation
Initial analysis revealed 2 factors in which all except 1 variable had loadings of >0.3 on at least 1 factor. Frequency of using sweets to reward behavior was removed, and the analysis rerun generating a 2-factor solution accounting for 32.2% of the variation in the constituent variables. The solution remained stable over 10 trials of 75% random sampling in terms of category quantifications, variance accounted for, factor structure, and loadings.45
In the final rotated solution (loadings shown in parentheses), parental confidence about their child's soft drink intake (0.745), confidence about PA participation (0.695), having rules about television viewing (0.449), frequency of eating breakfast (0.406), and offering their child water to drink with meals (0.369) loaded most strongly and positively on factor 1 (16.5%), which was interpreted to quantify household obesogenic behavior control.
Soft drink availability at home (0.648), having a television in the child's bedroom (0.561), fast food for family meals (0.536), eating dinner in front of the television (0.526), and number of short car trips (0.34) loaded most strongly and positively on factor 2 (15.7%), which was interpreted to quantify household obesogenic behavior risk.
"Control" as it is used here borrows momentarily from the discipline of risk management by denoting a mechanism that mitigates risk.53 Here, the measures constituting the control score mitigate the risk that a child will engage in obesogenic behaviors such as drinking soft drinks or being sedentary. Thus, factor 2 summarizes features of the home environment that promote risk of obesogenic behavior and factor 1 those that ameliorate—or control—risk.
Household Risk and Control and Demographic Characteristics
Scores on the control scale increased with higher income and maternal education (F2,108 = 4.59, P = .012; F2,108 = 6.62, P = .002, respectively) but decreased on the risk scale (F2,108 = 23.27, P < .001; F2,108 = 34.35, P < .001). Neither scale varied significantly by region.
Household Risk and Control and Healthy Food Consumption
Table 3 shows results of the healthy food consumption regressed on the risk and control factors, adjusted for age, gender, household income, and maternal education. β coefficients are reported for linear regression analyses and odds ratios (ORs) for the logistic regression analyses. Both factors were significantly associated with adolescents' reported intake of healthy foods and water but in opposite directions. For example, the odds of not meeting vegetable consumption guidelines were 46% higher per SD increase on the risk scale. However, adolescents' water intake increased by one-quarter of a cup and the odds of not meeting fruit intake guidelines were 23% lower per SD increase on the control scale. The 2-way interactions between risk and control scores were not significant.
Household Risks and Control and Unhealthy Food and Beverage Consumption
Table 4 shows that for unhealthy foods and soft drinks, intake was higher with higher scores on the household obesogenic risk factor. Adolescents almost doubled their odds of having fast food and fried potatoes ≥2 times per week per SD increase on the risk score. However, the odds of exceeding thresholds for consumption of unhealthy foods diminished by ∼ 20% or more per SD increase in control scores.
Weekly soft drink intake revealed a significant, negative interaction for risk and control scores (P = .022). Holding all else constant, the negative association between control scores and soft drink consumption became more pronounced as scores on the risk scale increased. Figure 1 shows this effect for risk scores fixed at ±1 SD.
Association Between Household Risk and Control and PA and SSR
A 1 SD increase on the household environment risk scale was associated with a 37-minute increase in screen time and 67% higher odds of exceeding the recommended screen time (Table 5). Nonorganized PA did not reach statistical significance for the risk scale.
Nonorganized PA increased by ∼5 minutes and SSR decreased by 25 minutes per day per SD increase in control, and the odds of exceeding recommended levels of SSR decreased by 30% per SD.
Significant interactions between risk and control scales for organized PA, total PA, and for odds of meeting PA guidelines suggested the beneficial effect of rising levels of control is stronger in lower-risk households. To illustrate, the predicted probability of meeting PA guidelines increases from 55% to 63% from ±1 SD on the control factor in households at 1 SD on the risk scale but from 55% to 75% in households at −1 SD on the risk scale (Fig 2). The similar result for all 3 is likely because total PA was partly constituted by organized PA, and PA guidelines was a binary generated from total PA.
The findings from this study demonstrated that 2 measures of household obesogenic potential are strongly associated with adolescents' sedentary behavior, PA, and dietary intake even after accounting for demographic characteristics. Furthermore, for many behaviors, an additive effect of the accumulation of obesogenic risks in the absence of controls was evident, suggesting that a healthy home environment requires attention to both.
The conceptualizations of risk and control used here, although differing slightly from previous usage (particularly for control),54 summarized how the constitutive variables operate to promote or mitigate obesogenic practices. Although absence of a risk could have been interpreted instead as a control and vice versa, designation was determined by a variable's presence. For example, a television present in the bedroom was a risk rather than the absence of a television a control. Results for the PCA support this interpretation, as all variables designated as risks using this definition loaded positively together on the 1 factor, rather than some loading negatively onto the control scale and vice versa. Furthermore, the loading of no variable exceeded 0.3 on both factors.
Our measure of household obesogenic potential was not unidimensional, with protective behaviors constituting lower risk,18 which conferred a number of conceptual and analytic advantages. First, both risk and control practices could coexist within the 1 household. Second, interactions between factors revealed complex interrelationships. For example, the effect of control was more pronounced for soft drink consumption when global household risk was high, but for PA, more marked when household risk was low.
Third, examination of the relative strengths of the standardized scores across the models showed consistently stronger effects for risk scores among unhealthy behaviors (eg, unhealthy food consumption, SSR) but mixed findings among healthy behaviors. Therefore, controls may not fully compensate for risks, an important message for parents: attempts to offset risks (eg, television in the bedroom) with controls (eg, having rules about television viewing) may leave residual risk, and prevention of obesogenic behavior may be better served by not introducing risk into the household at all. Hence, a nuanced and dynamic characterization of household obesogenic potential emerged that may have been obscured by a unidimensional measure.
Although the bivariate analyses were not the focus of this analysis, higher income and maternal education were found to be associated with higher control and lower risk. The multiple variable analyses, consistent with well-established trends in the literature, associated healthier behaviors with younger age, higher income, and being female, further supporting scale construct validity.
Strengths of the study included using composite variables rather than multiple tests of individual measures, reducing experiment wise error, and enabling quantification of a collective view of household obesogenic potential. The scales' constitutive variables tapped a wide range of practices known to affect obesogenic behaviors and found strong, consistent associations. In contrast to previous research,18 we quarantined home environment measures from obesogenic behaviors (such as actual food intake), enabling elucidation of their independent effects. From a technical perspective, the composite variables demonstrated good construct validity because the associations with obesogenic behaviors and demographic measures were in the expected direction, according to previous research.
The cross-sectional nature of the analysis was a limitation of our research, precluding prediction of the development of child overweight by home environment.18 The age group of the sample (10–17 years), use of selected measures of household obesogenic potential, and restriction of the sample to one region may limit generalization. However, HNE is large and demographically heterogeneous, being both rural and urban and socioeconomically varied.55 Furthermore, the inclusion of risk behaviors for child overweight established in other comparable populations facilitates wider applicability of the findings.
The composite measures incorporated unhealthy food availability (soft drinks and fast food) but no measure of healthy food availability, an important predictor of healthy eating.56 However, the analysis aimed to capture a global construct indicative of household obesogenic potential and therefore each risk did not require a complementary control. In addition, both composite measures revealed significant associations with fruit and vegetable intake despite this omission, thus actually strengthening the case for construct validity.
Finally, the parental PA confidence measure is unvalidated (although published).57 However, other similar measures of parental support for child PA have shown strong positive relationships with participation40,58,59 and lower sedentary behavior.60
This analysis provides support for the notion of a collective household obesogenic potential that has 2 components reflecting cumulative risk and control practices. These components have both independent, additive associations with older children's risk behaviors and also modify one another. The findings readily translate into practical guidance for parents on modifying the obesogenic potential of their households. Future research could also test the concepts raised here with other age groups and/or other measures to identify the most informative subset.
This research was supported by the NSW Department of Health.
- Accepted March 30, 2011.
- Address correspondence to Anne Carolyn Grunseit, PhD, PANORG, School of Public Health, University of Sydney, NSW Australia, Level 2, Medical Foundation Building K25, Camperdown New South Wales 2006 Australia. E-mail: anne.grunseit{at}sydney.edu.au
Dr Grunseit contributed to the study concept and analysis design, and conducted analysis and drafted the manuscript; Dr Taylor contributed to analysis design, analysis, interpretation of findings, and critical revision of drafts; Dr Hardy contributed to survey design, collection of data, interpretation of findings, and critical revision of drafts; and Ms King contributed to interpretation of findings and critical revision of drafts. All authors approved the final draft of the manuscript.
FINANCIAL DISCLOSURE: The authors have indicated they have no financial relationships relevant to this article to disclose.
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