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Afro-American Studies Commission established.
Black Law Students Association formed.
Students objected to installation of Illiac IV when it is discovered that two-thirds of the new computer's time was reserved for the Department of Defense.
On February 24th the ROTC lounge in the Armory was firebombed.
In wake of Illiac IV controversy, hundreds of students protested General Electric on-campus recruiting on March 2nd. Curfew imposed in response to protest. National Guardsmen called in to enforce curfew.
Following March 2nd afternoon protest, Trustees canceled planned evening appearance by attorney William Kunstler. Decision led to several days of demonstrations. Kunstler ultimately appeared on campus, speaking to a crowd of 6,519 at Assembly Hall on March 24th.
Students celebrated the first Earth Day.
President Henry announced retirement.
Teaching assistants formed Assistants Union.
Killings of four Kent State students on May 4th sparked series of campus protests. Students went on strike. National Guard mobilized again.
"Rap on Quad"--precursor to Quad Day--held.
Gay Liberation Front--offshoot of national group--organized on campus.
Record Service opened.
Yippie Festival of Life held at Armory.
Psychology Building opened.
University offered its first Women's Studies course.
John Corbally succeeded David Henry as UI president.
Black Law Student Association boycotted classes to obtain scholarships for 20 freshmen.
IMPE completed.
Women's Week held on campus.
On May 6th protesters demonstrated against Marine recruiting.
The Foreign Languages Building opened, becoming the first new edifice on the Quad in
thirty years.
Women admitted to the UI band.
"The Fountain of Diana"–a sculpture by Carl Milles– moved from the Time-Life building in Chicago to the Illini Union.
First official Quad Day held.
Tenant's Union and Community Council founded.
Food service workers in UI residence halls went on strike.
Black Student Association became Coalition of Afrikan People.
Council on Program Evaluation (COPE) launched.
The Music Building completed.
On April 20th 800 people protested resumption of bombing over North Vietnam, burning an effigy of President Richard Nixon. Protests continued sporadically through mid-May.
Members of Gay Liberation Front picketed the Wigwam Bar, charging harrassment of gay patrons.
Some two thousand students, faculty and community members marched against the Vietnam War on May 4th.
Faculty-organized blockade at Chanute Air Force Base resulted in 38 arrests.
Irepodun–the first African-American students' yearbook– published.
WPGU-FM began stereo broadcasting, moved from Oglesby Hall to new Century 21 building.
Members of Coalition of Afrikan People demonstrated in support of appointive power on University committees, disciplinary code revision, and African-American community access to University facilities.
The Alumni Association celebrated its 100th anniversary.
Students at Pennsylvania Avenue Residence Hall formed the Black Student Committee at P.A.R,, later renamed Salongo.
Some 300 students protested outbreak of war in Middle East.
State law revised, allowed 19-year-olds to drink beer and wine.
Measure passed providing for election of student trustees.
The 60-hour rule went into effect, requiring students to have junior status before living in housing not certified by the University. Previously, students had to complete 75 credit hours before they could live in non-certified housing.
Fire in Sigma Chi fraternity house caused an estimated $160,000 in damages.
December blizzard dumped a foot of snow on area.
African-American students protested University's grading and financial aid policies.
Undergraduate Student Association and Graduate Student Association initiated free Student Legal Service.
University required students to earn at least a C to obtain course credit.
Streaking fad hit campus.
Board of Trustees withdrew Illini Union Board's responsibility for policy-making and programming.
University formed Office of Minority Student Affairs.
Third and fourth floors of Clark Hall used for experiment in student-run housing.
UI football player Greg Williams shot and killed at fraternity party.
First National Women's Festival held.
Women's Wheels started. Program offered rides for women at night and would later be re-named NiteRides.
La Casa Cultural Latina founded.
Artificial turf installed at Memorial Stadium.
Athletic scholarships were made available to women for the first time.
The Board of Trustees gave each student trustee an advisory vote.
Lou Henson named coach of men's basketball team.
Article "A Challenge to the Chief" appeared in the Illio. The article contained statements critical of Chief Iliniwek and mentioned that the symbol of the Chief was removed from University stationery.
The Campus Council on Program Education advised that the College of Communications be abolished.
Gay Illini formed.
Orange Crunch (the Crush, now Krush) formed
Halloween street disturbance led to 18 arrests.
Six campus buildings damaged in series of arson fires.
The School of Medicine opened in Peoria.
A committee organized to save the College of Communications.
Thirteen cherry trees were planted north of Lincoln Hall as a bicentennial gift from the Japan Illini Club.
In a temporary experiment, Wright Street north to John Street was closed to all traffic except for buses, taxis, and emergency vehicles.
First Hash Wednesday held on campus.
The movie "Star Wars" was shown for 26 straight weeks at the Virginia Theater in
The City of Champaign and the UI Division of Campus Recreation sponsored year's Halloween festivities.
The Johnstown Centre mall opened on campus.
Illini Pride founded.
Speech and Hearing Clinic completed.
A program honoring African-American alumni brought 300-400 alumni back to campus.
Because of weather conditions, Daily Illini failed to publish on December 10th. The newspaper also did not publish on January 26-27, 1978.
University canceled classes on January 25th because of weather–6 inches of snow and a wind-chill factor of fifty-degrees below zero.
The UI Library adopted a computerized circulation system.
UI President John Corbally resigned
Student Organization Resource Fee (SORF) initiated.
Undergraduate Student Association merged with Graduate Student Association to become Champaign-Urbana Student Association.
Friends of the Auditorium organized in bid to raise money for Auditorium renovation.
First disco opened on campus.
Anti-apartheid protesters placed chains on arms of Alma Mater in symbolic statement.
Three social work graduate students wrote piece critical of Chief Illiniwek in Daily Illini Forum.
Wright Street re-opened to traffic amid student protest.
Daily Illini Forum featured writer critical of Chief Illiniwek.
Stanley Ikenberry became 14th president of the University.
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Roland E. Jodoin
CUMBERLAND- Roland E. "Peewee" Jodoin, 82, of Cumberland, RI passed away on Sunday, April 15, 2012 at Oakland Grove Health Center. He was the beloved husband of the late Lucille G. (Bolduc) Jodoin.
Born in Bellingham, MA on December 22, 1929, he was the son of the late Willie and Antonia (Dubois) Jodoin.
He was the loving father of Gary R. Jodoin of Chepachet, RI, Linda M. Jodoin of Cumberland, RI; and his cherished grandchildren and great-grandchildren. He was the brother of Muriel Paulhus and her husband, Robert of Bellingham, MA and the late Leo Jodoin.
Dolores H. Matteson
GILBERT, Ariz. Dolores (Delly) H. Matteson, 83, died April 7, 2012, surrounded by family, at Hospice of the Valleys Lund Home in Gilbert, Ariz.
She was born May 24, 1928, in Woonsocket, R.I., the daughter of Arthur and Alida (Cadorette) Marchand.
She graduated from Woonsocket High School in 1945, and later graduated from Rhode Island College of Education with a teaching degree in 1949.
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ENGLAND WING Mark Cueto has attacked the British media for its coverage of two salacious incidents involving his teammates during the Rugby World Cup.
Centre Mike Tindall – who is married to the Queen's granddaughter, Zara Phillips – was captured on a security camera during a drunken night out in Queenstown holding a blonde woman's hand following the side's tournament opener against Argentina.
"You ran the story for 10 days, it's horrendous, give the guy a break," Cueto told reporters yesterday.
"You're talking about a couple of guys going out for a beer, that's the bottom line of what happened, what's wrong with that? If the boys can't go out and have a couple of beers, it's a sad world we live in."
The second incident Cueto was referring to happened on Sunday, when England manager Martin Johnson reprimanded three of his squad – back-rower James Haskell, hooker Dylan Hartley and wing Chris Ashton – for making lewd comments towards a female hotel worker in Dunedin last month.
"It's probably two things that have happened but they've been reported in the paper every day. So that's down to you guys," says Cueto.
"You need to move on and start writing about other stuff. I don't think we're ill-disciplined off the field at all."
England's discipline on the field has been an issue as well, with the team conceding at least 10 penalties per game.
"We haven't been quite at that level for quite a while," says Cueto.
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"Silly penalties you've got to get rid of, but there are a few which are 50-50 and they're not going our way."« Back to Archives
All the fixtures you need to plan your viewing pleasure!
Not all our own way for NZ teams
Pressure is on Benji, but shouldn't we remember SBW went to France (Toulon) for 2 years to learn the game.
With all of the news around concussion do you think there should be safety measures in place for players to ensure they don't play on after a head know? How and who should police that?
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I'm Katie.
This is my fitness blog. Here I post my progress and whatever information I feel is relevant. I really only lift weights. Aint nobody got time for cardio.
Feel free to ask me anything. I'm nice to everyone and I'm not cool at all.
I think prefacing any healthy food with the word "skinny" or "diet" is counter productive. "Skinny lattes," "skinny muffins," "skinny cupcakes…" I think it would work better if we called healthy foods just by their names and prefaced unhealthy foods with the word "fat." Cos really who would want to go out and say they want the "fat fries," "fat latte," "fat brownies," etc.
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Dinner the other night was pepper-crusted tenderloin, from a deer my dad hunted for me, and spicy mashed red potatoes. If you've never had deer tenderloin, you're missing out, its amazing.
And I still eat potatoes because I love them so much I don't want to go through life without them
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The A to Z of Life Is Sweet
May 29, 2013
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This invigorating film from Mike Leigh was his first international sensation. Melancholy and funny by turns, it is an intimate portrait of a working-class family in a suburb just north of London—an irrepressible mum and dad (Alison Steadman and Jim Broadbent) and their night-and-day twins, a bookish good girl and a troubled, ill-tempered layabout (Claire Skinner and Jane Horrocks). Leigh and his typically brilliant cast create, with extraordinary sensitivity and craft, a vivid, lived-in story of ordinary existence, in which even modest dreams—such as the father's desire to open a food truck—carry enormous weight.
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|Alison Steadman
|Claire Skinner
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|Director of photography
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|Rachel Portman
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"One of the simplest yet most beautiful films ever that perfectly goes with its fantastic score."
"Bittersweet, working-class British tragicomedy from the undisputed king of the genre; a great ensemble cast and melancholic score hit the right notes."
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"The characters which, from a distance, may seem over-the-top are, in fact, ultimately believable when you see them up-close - Mike Leigh at his best!"
"Bittersweet like other Leigh films. A story from A to B with laughs and lessons in between. Broadbent is especially good as is Thewlis' brief turn."
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The Boden Institute of Obesity, Nutrition, Exercise & Eating Disorders
2014 Events and Courses Archive
Giving a Tick to Junk Food in Schools
Developmental origins of health and disease
Thursday 1 May 12:00–1:00 pm
Presenter: Dr Kyra Sim from the Charles Perkins Centre and the Boden Institute
Dr Kyra Sim is the Project & Research Officer of the University of Sydney's Charles Perkins Centre: Preconception, Pregnancy, and Childhood Cohort Study and at the Boden Institute of Obesity, Nutrition, Exercise & Eating Disorders. Since graduating from her PhD in 2012, she has been employed part-time by both the International Diabetes Federation and as a research assistant investigating the association of cardiovascular risk factors in pregnant women and the obese.
The Preconception, Pregnancy and Childhood Cohort Study is a flagship project for the Charles Perkins Centre. This study will investigate how preconception and early pregnancy conditions impact on the pathways of disease. This will enable us to gain a greater understanding of the mechanisms occurring before and during pregnancy that contribute to the development of obesity, diabetes and cardiovascular disease, and related disorders, throughout life.
What is now clear is that genetic programming occurs in the fetus during pregnancy such that the infant carries a metabolic 'load' already by birth that can predispose it to diseases such as obesity, diabetes and cardiovascular disease. Of even more concern is that these epigenetic changes not only persist into adulthood but are transmitted into the next generation.
Adding to this complex situation is an increasing trend to later childbearing coupled with the rising prevalence of parental obesity. Maternal obesity is related to an increased risk of non-communicable disease in the offspring, usually presenting in adolescence and adulthood. Pre-pregnancy and gestational obesity may lead to a self-reinforcing vicious cycle of excessive weight gain and adiposity that is passed on from mother to offspring. Additionally, recent studies have reported adverse outcomes associated with an obese biological father. While the underlying mechanisms of such parental obesity-induced programming remain unclear, the hypothesis has important implications in explaining the rapid rise in obesity.
Most health initiatives have focused on obesity, diabetes and cardiovascular disease as medical conditions, concentrating on their complex biology at the levels of genes, cells and organs. These are important areas for research, but the causes and consequences of these diseases are much more complicated than biology alone. The Charles Perkins Centre takes a complex systems approach to disease states and the study will provide information about the biological, social, cultural and environmental context of the cohort.
The talk will present the progress of Charles Perkins Centre Cohort Study and discuss importance of the first 1,000 days and how they build the foundation for life.
Misconceptions about exercise and weight loss (seminar)
Thursday 3 April 12:00–1:00 pm
The presenter Dr Michelle (Shelley) Kay is from the Diabetes Prevention research team at the Boden Institute
Messages about exercise commonly claim it has "minimal or no effect on obesity or weight loss" and energy restriction is recommended as a more effective option.
Studies using DXA, CT and MRI, frequently report that exercise interventions promote fat loss and the preservation of lean tissue even when there is no weight loss. Further, visceral and intermuscular adipose tissue depots are targeted by exercise even when there is no energy deficit.
The effects of exercise, when limited to changes in body mass or BMI, obscure desirable body composition, anti-inflammatory and pro-metabolic outcomes. This should be considered in health promotion messages and interpretation of research.
Dr Shelley Kay is an exercise physiologist with research, consulting and educational perspectives on exercise prescription for chronic disease management and prevention. Shelley has held professional/clinical roles with a range of organisations including the RSL Lifecare Veterans Village (Narrabeen), the Australian Catholic University (ACU) and the University of Sydney. She has lectured in a number of topics related to exercise prescription and body composition and most recently Exercise, Health and Disease.
Preventing Type 2 Diabetes Mellitus in the 21st Century (master class)
Thursday 6 March 1:30–3:00 pm
The presenter Professor Iain Broom is Director of the Centre for Obesity Research and Epidemiology (CORE) at Robert Gordon University and Clinical Professor of Metabolic Medicine at the University of Aberdeen. He is also Medical Director of LighterLife, holds a Professorial Research Fellowship at the Rowett Research Centre and is a founding European SCOPE Fellow.
Summary of master class
Obesity and diabetes are linked, and hence the key to diabetes prevention is the management of weight. Are our current messages re the weight management in diabetes correct, or do we have to rethink our healthy eating message as the Swedes have done? Do we need a wardrobe as opposes to one suit fitting all? There is now evidence that type 2 diabetes can be put into remission, both medical (dietary) and surgical and lessons from this can be put into practice in the prevention of the disease. Discussions around these areas will be the basis of this master class.
This event was brought to you by the Centre for Obesity Management, Prevention and Research Excellence in Primary Health Care (COMPaRE-PHC) in partnership with the Boden Institute.
Environmental waist disposal (seminar)
Thursday 6 March 12:15–1:15 pm
The presenter Professor Iain Broom has been responsible, along with several UK colleagues, for the development of the Counterweight weight-management program, of which he is Chairman. Counterweight is one of the few weight-loss programs that have been successfully rolled out across a health system after research. Counterweight has over 12 years' experience within the UK's National Health Service and has been commissioned by over 30 primary care trusts and directly by the Scottish Government to implement Counterweight in 13 out of their 14 Health Boards as the weight management program of choice.
Seminar abstract
The obesity epidemic has not simply crept upon the human population, but has exploded as a major Public Health problem over 30 years. There have always been obesity problems throughout the age of man and obesity has been know to create health and early death problems since the time of Hippocrates. There is a strong genetic linkage to the likelihood of an individual becoming obese, but there is no way that our genetic inheritance has changed in such a short timescale. What has changed is the environment with which our genetic makeup now has to contend. Indeed obesity is probably the best example of gene-environment interaction producing disease. Within our genotype, however, there is the capacity to store fat in appropriate places for future energy transduction (subcutaneous) or as ectopic fat, an example being intra-abdominal fat the latter being seen as increasing waist circumference. The best example of this genotype-phenotype differences in fat deposition is within the comparison of Caucasians and Asians, the latter being more prone to deposit excess accumulation of fat in ectopic areas than the former.
It is therefore essential that we look at the changes that have occurred within our environment since the 1970's when the obesity explosion really started and examine ways by which we can mitigate these environmental effects to reduce our waist size or in effect to "increase WAIST disposal". We must, however, remember that waist circumference is only a surrogate for intra-abdominal fat and that other factors must be considered when assessing the overall risk of concomitant cardio metabolic disease in the obese. Failure to do so will result in inappropriate expenditure on targeting low risk individuals.
This event was brought to you by the Centre for Obesity Management, Prevention and Research Excellence in Primary Health Care (COMPaRE-PHC) in partnership with the Boden Institute.
Circadian drivers of poor mental and physical health
Thursday 27 February 12:00–1:00 pm
The presenter Professor Ian Hickie was appointed as the inaugural executive director of the flagship Brain & Mind Research Institute at the University of Sydney in 2003. Since then he has overseen its development as a major hub in translational neuroscience and clinical psychiatry.
The Brain & Mind Sciences is one of the most fascinating areas of medical research. At its centre is improving our understanding of the nature of our most human experiences – emotion, affection, cognition and social relationships. When things go wrong, we see the most devastating effects on a person's quality of life.
Improving our treatments, and making sure that people can access to those interventions, lie at the heart of Professor Ian Hickie's work. There is no doubt that the Brain & Mind Sciences will be at the centre of major breakthroughs in the 21st century. The impacts of such advances will go well beyond the treatment of illness to impact on broader issues such as child development, educational practices, workplace transformations and community development.
Behavioural weight management interventions in primary care
Thursday 6 February 12:00–1:00 pm
The presenter Ms Claire Madigan is a final year doctoral student at the University of Birmingham, England. After her study visit to Australia she will be working as a research fellow on a randomised controlled trial, examining the effect of self-weighing for weight maintenance. Her research interests include investigating behavioural weight management programmes, particularly those that can be utilised in primary care.
Prior to commencing her academic career, Claire worked as a public health practitioner commissioning services related to weight management and working strategically on local weight management services for children. She has utilised these experiences in her academic work, ensuring the focus is on interventions that are effective, but can also be implemented in a healthcare setting.
2013 Events and Courses Archive
Policy making: new scientific and strategic challenges
Friday 13 December 4:00–5:00 pm
The presenter Professor Philip James CBE, FRSE, MD, DSc is President of the International Association for the Study of Obesity and Honorary Professor of Nutrition at the London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine in the United Kingdom.
Professor James trained in science and medicine in University College London, UK and had postgraduate training in the UK, in Jamaica with the Medical Research Council and in the US with the Wellcome Trust. Returning to England as a Senior Lecturer at the London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine he established the postgraduate training programme for doctors in global nutrition and health before being asked to establish the MRC Dunn Clinical Nutrition Centre in Cambridge to undertake the major UK research programme on obesity and dietary aspects of adult chronic diseases.
In 1982 he was appointed Director of the Rowett Research Institute in Aberdeen, then the biggest agriculturally funded nutrition Institute in the world which he directed for 17 years before returning to the London School of Hygiene with his newly established International Obesity Task Force. He started his research career developing new approaches to treating childhood malnutrition before developing the current scientific approaches, based on work with FAO on the assessment of individual and national food and energy needs as well as the current criteria for specifying malnutrition in both children and adults.
Professor James developed the lithium technique for tracking sources of salt and showed that in affluent countries 85% of salt is derived from purchased processed food thereby requiring new approaches to the prevention of high blood pressure. He then introduced in the UK, with WHO EURO and then with WHO globally the criteria, goals and preventive strategies for tackling the current global epidemic of obesity and adult chronic diseases.
GI Baby and Other Stories
Thursday 28 November 12:00–1:00 pm
The presenter Dr Tania Markovic is from Metabolism and Obesity Services at RPAH and the Boden Institute of Obesity, Nutrition, Exercise & Eating Disorders.
Obesity is associated with substantial morbidity, earlier mortality and high health costs. Not only is obesity increasing in our adult population but of more concern is the alarming rate of obesity in childhood with 1 in 5 children already overweight or obese by the age of 3 years.
Adiposity at birth is associated with a higher prevalence of obesity in both small and large babies. Excessive fetal growth confers increased risk for obesity and diabetes that carries over to successive generations. Elevated maternal glucose level is well recognised as contributing to excessive fetal growth. Reducing the magnitude of the glycaemic excursion is a logical target to reduce the risk of fetal overnutrition. Postprandial glycaemia can be reduced without carbohydrate restriction (which may result in adverse outcomes), by slowing down the rate of carbohydrate digestion and absorption, with ingestion of low glycaemic index carbohydrates.
The talk focused on Tania's work examining the effects of a low glycaemic diet on pregnancy outcomes in women with or at high risk of gestational diabetes mellitus.
Vitamin D in early life and risk of later obesity and diabetes
Thursday 14 November 12:00–1:00 pm
The presenter Professor Berit Heitmann is from the Centre for Health and Society, in Copenhagen, Denmark.
Berit's major research interests include identifying the determinants and consequences of obesity, with particular focus on the dietary determinants of obesity.
Berit achieved her PhD on the basis of a detailed study of measurement of the body composition using the so called bio-impedance method from the Research Department of Human Nutrition at the Royal Veterinary and Agricultural University of Denmark.
A randomised controlled trial: The effectiveness of including support people in a cognitive behavioural weight loss program for obese adults
Thursday 7 November 12:00–1:00 pm
The presenter Dr Jessica Swinbourne is a Clinical Psychologist/Research Officer at the Boden Institute of Obesity, Nutrition, Exercise & Eating Disorders
Jessica presented the seminar on behalf of Associate Professor Elizabeth Rieger, from the Department of Psychology at the Australian National University.
This study is the first world-wide to assess a Cognitive Behavioural and Motivational Enhancement Therapy (CBTMET) program for the treatment of obese adults that includes the training of support partners in the utilisation of MET strategies.
Innovative methods that entail effective and affordable interventions to address obesity are essential given the substantial prevalence, burden of disease, impaired quality of life, and financial cost that obesity entails. By helping obese patients to increase and sustain their motivation for weight control (as a result of both treatment and from the input of support partners), the MET approach of the current study has the potential to effectively help patients to achieve sustained weight loss (contrary to previous behavioural weight loss programs) while minimising the patient's need for ongoing, intensive weight control treatment with its attendant costs.
This presentation provided an overview of the research to date, including the background rationale to this study, research design and aims, a summary of the treatment intervention, the proposed timeline for study completion as well as some preliminary statistics.
2 Day Practice Based Dialectical Behaviour Therapy (DBT) Workshop
Thursday 26-27 September 2013
Thursday 26-27 September 9:00 am – 4:00 pm
The presenter Dr Sarah Maguire is the NSW Health Director of the Centre for Eating & Dieting at the Boden Institute of Obesity, Nutrition, Exercise & Eating Disorders.
Dialectical Behaviour Therapy (DBT) was developed by Professor Marsha Linehan, and is a popular and empirically validated treatment approach for clients suffering affect instability which leads to engagement in behaviours that are ultimately self destructive. The treatment regime has been successfully applied to borderline personality disorder, drug and alcohol clients, eating disorder clients, post-traumatic stress disorder, depression and anxiety. DBT is usually delivered as a package involving both a group based skills training component and an individual DBT therapist.
This workshop provided clinicians with a brief introduction to DBT and the four modules that make up the skills training package, namely Distress Tolerance, Interpersonal effectiveness, Emotional Regulation and Core Mindfulness. Although some prior knowledge of the therapy was assumed, the focus of this workshop was on practical application of the DBT package from an individual therapist's perspective. The workshop used interactive role-plays and participant involvement.
Pre-pregnancy risk factors, complications of pregnancy, and future cardiometabolic risk
Monday 2 September 2013
12:00-1:00 pm
Dr Erica P. Gunderson is an epidemiologist (Investigator/Research Scientist II) at the Division of Research, Kaiser Permanente Northern California since 1999.
Erica's research focuses on the long term impact of pregnancy and lactation on the development of obesity, cardiovascular disease risk factors, diabetes and metabolic disease in women during mid life. Specifically, she focuses on gestational weight gain and postpartum weight retention in both adolescents and adult women, and the impact of lactation intensity and duration on the risk of type 2 diabetes, metabolic syndrome, and cardiovascular disease in women later in life. Her research also investigates the role of pregnancy complications as predictors of future diabetes and cardiovascular disease later in life, with a particular interest in the high-risk group of women with a history of gestational diabetes mellitus, preterm births, and auto-immune diseases.
Erica's current research studies are prospective, longitudinal studies of women during the childbearing years that assess risk factors measured before and after pregnancy as well as lactation in relation to women's future development of atherosclerosis, cardiac dysfunction, and metabolic disease in mid life. She also studies the offspring exposed to maternal obesity and diabetes in utero and future obesity. Erica's studies assess lactation intensity and duration as well as early nutrition. She has authored over 60 peer-reviewed original research papers and reviews.
Gastrointestinal sensing of dietary fat: role in the regulation of appetite and energy intake in health and obesity
Thursday 4 July 2013
12:00-1:00 pm
Dr Tanya Little is currently a full-time researcher supported by a prestigious National Health and Medical Research Council of Australia Career Development Fellowship. She has recently moved from the University of Adelaide to the Boden Institute of Obesity, Nutrition, Exercise & Eating Disorders at the University of Sydney. Dr Little's research interests lie in determining the gastrointestinal factors that contribute to the regulation of appetite and energy intake, and their role in the development of obesity.
Summary of talk
The gastrointestinal tract plays a pivotal role in the regulation of appetite and energy intake. The presence of nutrients in the small intestine induces a number of changes in gastrointestinal function, including the modulation of gastric emptying, gastrointestinal motility and the stimulation of a number of gastrointestinal hormones, including cholecystokinin (CCK), glucagon-like peptide-1 (GLP-1), peptide YY (PYY), and the suppression of ghrelin, which contribute to the suppression of appetite, induction of fullness, and suppression of subsequent food intake. This presentation will examine the role of these factors in energy intake regulation in lean and obese humans, and will cover recent advances in knowledge of the mechanisms underlying nutrient, and in particular fat, detection in the small intestine.
Who, what, when and how? The development and implementation of a set of risk assessment tools for detecting undiagnosed type 2 diabetes in a multi-ethnic UK population
Thursday 13 June 2013
12:00-1:00 pm
Dr Laura Gray is a Lecturer of Population and Public Health Sciences at the University of Leicester, UK. Laura has led the development and implementation of the Leicester risk assessment tools for detecting undiagnosed type 2 diabetes.
Laura's background is medical statistics with a particular interest in the design and analysis of clinical trials (especially cluster randomised trials, and trials with ordinal outcomes) and evidence synthesis.
Social and spatial patterns of obesity and inactivity: Can theories of diffusion of innovations explain the trends we have seen over three decades in a Norwegian county (the HUNT study)?
Thursday 18 April 2013
12:00-1:00 pm
Associations between modifiable lifestyle behaviours with obesity, blood pressure and retinal vessels by Associate Professor Steinar Krokstad. Steinar has a PhD in Social Epidemiology / Public Health, with research on the socio-economic causes of poor health, disease, mortality and disability. He has research experience in Psychiatric Epidemiology and Health Services Research, has published several book chapters in social medicine and medical sociology, and is one of the editors of the new Social Medicine textbook in Norway.
Steinar was the project manager of the Nord-Trøndelag Health Study in 2006-08 (HUNT3), which integrated data from a variety of medical and social science research disciplines (http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/22879362). Data from HUNT3 have led to extensive research in a wide range of disciplines. In addition, HUNT3 was a population based screening for selected diseases and conditions. As Head of the HUNT Research Centre since 2008 RSVP via (http://www.ntnu.edu/hunt), he has been heavily involved in disease prevention and health promotion in partnership with local, regional and national authorities. Additionally, he was formerly a specialist in general practice, and is now a specialist and consultant in Psychiatry.
The Prevention Research Collaboration and the Boden Institute jointly presented this event.
Associations between modifiable lifestyle behaviours with obesity, blood pressure and retinal vessels
Thursday 4 April 2013
12:00-1:00 pm
Associations between modifiable lifestyle behaviours with obesity, blood pressure and retinal vessels by Dr Bamini Gopinath, a Senior Research Fellow at the Centre for Vision Research, Westmead Millennium Institute. One of Bamini's key research interests has been assessing the lifestyle determinants (physical activity, diet and screen time) of obesity, hypertension and cardiovascular diseases, and associated adverse changes to the retinal microvasculature, particularly in children and adolescents.
The Sydney Childhood Eye Study is a large community-based sample of children aged 6 and 12 at baseline who were followed over a period of 5 years. Prospective associations between poor diet, physical inactivity and excessive screen time with obesity, elevated blood pressure, and changes to the retinal vessels were examined. The adverse effects of soft drink consumption, high-glycemic index of foods consumed, reduced time spent in physical activity and excessive TV viewing on various health outcomes were shown in this cohort of schoolchildren.
Diabetes in the Pacific Islands: Reasons and remedies
Thursday 21 March 2013
1:00-2:00 pm
Diabetes in the Pacific Islands: Reasons and remedies by Dr Si Thu Win Tin from the Boden Institute. Si is a physician and specialises in public health. He has worked as a Public Health Physician in the humanitarian aid organisations such as World Vision International and Aide Medicale Internationale in South East Asia.
He was the Director of Public Health for the Ministry of Health Government of Nauru and then worked as Non Communicable Diseases Adviser for the Secretariat of the Pacific Community, providing technical assistance to Pacific Islands Countries and Territories. Si has experience in international public health, especially in non-communicable diseases program management, implementation, monitoring and evaluation. He is also involved in the clinical care, training and research work in a wide range of public health programs.
Are we making progress on obesity?
Thursday 7 March 2013
1:00-2:00 pm
Are we making progress on obesity? by Associate Professor Timothy Gill, Principal Research Fellow and Scientific Programs Manager at the Boden Institute, Regional Co-ordinator for the International Obesity Task Force (IOTF) in the Asia-Pacific and Executive Officer for the Australian and New Zealand Obesity Society. Tim has wide experience as an academic and within government departments and health agencies. He has authored several key reports on obesity for State and Federal Government departments as well as national and international agencies and has served on a number of World Health Organization expert committees on obesity and chronic disease.
Anabolic exercise and optimal aging: Size does matter
Thursday 21 February 2013
12:00-1:00 pm
Anabolic exercise and optimal aging: Size does matter by Professor Maria Fiatarone Singh from the Discipline of Exercise and Sport Science. Maria is a geriatrician whose research, clinical, and teaching career has focused on the integration of geriatric medicine, exercise physiology, and nutrition as a means to improve quality of life for the aged. She is a fellow of the Royal Australasian College of Physicians and is board-certified in both Internal Medicine and Geriatric Medicine in the USA. Maria is currently licensed to practice medicine in Massachusetts, USA as well as New South Wales, Australia.
The effects of 8-week 40% overfeeding on metabolic health and adipose tissue dysfunction
Thursday 7 February 2013
12:00-1:00 pm
The effects of 8-week 40% overfeeding on metabolic health and adipose tissue dysfunction by Dr Charmaine Tam from the Charles Perkins Centre. Charmaine is an NHMRC Early Career Fellow in the Behavior and Ecology Group in the School of Biological Sciences and an Honorary Associate of the Boden Institute. Her broad research areas are inflammation and extracellular matrix remodeling in adipose tissue, understanding the mechanisms behind bariatric surgery and explorations of a lean tissue mass signal driving protein intake.
2012 Events and Courses Archive
Class C G-protein coupled receptors as protein sensors (the science behind the high protein diet)
Thursday 15 November 2012
G-protein coupled receptors as protein sensors (the science behind the high protein diet) by Professor Arthur Conigrave from the School of Molecular Bioscience. Professor Conigrave is a leading authority on the molecular mechanisms that underlie nutrient-sensing, especially sensing of L-amino acids in cellular and whole body responses to dietary protein.
Research priorities for Non-Communicable Disease prevention and climate change: Results of an International Delphi Survey
Thursday 1 November 2012
Research priorities for Non-Communicable Disease prevention and climate change: Results of an International Delphi Survey
by Dr Sinead Boylan from the Boden Institute. Her primary role is to help develop, monitor and analyse the national health survey in Brunei and she is also involved in other research fields such as obesity, consumer communication, food security and sustainability.
Health and Social Harms of Mining: Spotlight on the Hunter
Monday 29 October 2012
Health and Social Harms of Mining: Spotlight on the Hunter: presenters include Professor Stephen Simpson, Director of the Charles Perkins Centre, Professor Ian Olver AM, CEO of the Australian Cancer Council, Associate Professor Ruth Colagiuri, Director of the Health and Sustainability Unit at the Boden Institute and principal author of the report, and Mark Ogge from Beyond Zero Emissions.
An early obesity intervention trial – Healthy Beginnings Trial: the journey from the beginning
Thursday 25 October 2012
An early obesity intervention trial – Healthy Beginnings Trial: the journey from the beginning by Dr Li Ming Wen from the South Western Sydney & Sydney Local Health Districts.
Current global non-communicable disease policy from New York to Rio
Thursday 13 September 2012
Current global non-communicable disease policy from New York to Rio by Associate Professor Ruth Colagiuri, Vice-President of the International Diabetes Federation (IDF) and Director of the Health and Sustainability Unit at the Boden Institute.
Food preferences and obesity
Thursday 30 August 2012
Food preferences and obesity by Dr John Prescott from TasteMatters Research & Consulting, a researcher in the human perception of taste, smell and oral tactile sensations with a special interest in how food preferences arise.
Lipids in skeletal muscle
Thursday 16 August 2012
Lipids in skeletal muscle by Dr Hoy, from the Discipline of Physiology in the School of Medical Sciences, holds an NHMRC Biomedical Australia Training Fellowship and also an Honorary Associate position with the Boden Institute.
Oral and small intestinal sensitivity to fats in lean and obese humans: Implications for energy intake regulation in obesity
Thursday 2 August 2012
Oral and small intestinal sensitivity to fats in lean and obese humans: Implications for energy intake regulation in obesity by Dr Radhika Seimon, a Postdoctoral Research Associate at the Boden Institute where she is primarily running a clinical trial looking at the effects of very low calorie diets versus conventional diets on body composition.
Improved strategies for attaining and maintaining an optimum body weight
Thursday 19 July 2012
Improved strategies for attaining and maintaining an optimum body weight by Associate Professor Amanda Sainsbury-Salis, who leads a research team at the Boden Institute that aims to help people to attain and maintain an optimum body weight and composition.
Differing aspects of obesity: Lessons from locusts and from Korea
Monday 9 July 2012
Differing aspects of obesity: Lessons from locusts and from Korea by Dr Namson Lau, an endocrinologist at Royal Prince Alfred and Liverpool Hospitals, and in-house Medical Officer for the Boden Institute's Clinical Trials Unit.
Resistant starch dose dependently reduces adiposity in obesity-prone and obesity-resistant rats
Tuesday 3 July 2012
Resistant starch dose dependently reduces adiposity in obesity-prone and obesity-resistant rats by Dr Damien Belobrajdic, a Research Scientist in the CSIRO Food Futures Flagship, who is interested in the role of wholegrains and dietary fibre on reducing the development of metabolic syndrome and type-2 diabetes.
Clinical Research in China: Present and Future
Thursday 21 June 2012
Clinical Research in China: Present and Future by Professor Yanfang Wang, Assistant Director of the Peking University Clinical Research Institute (PUCRI), a comprehensive research centre for all clinical research in the Peking University Health Science Center (PUHSC).
Towards therapeutic engineering of the gut microbiota – they are what you eat
Wednesday 30 May 2012
Towards therapeutic engineering of the gut microbiota – they are what you eat by Associate Professor Andrew Holmes, a microbial ecologist in the School of Molecular Biosciences, with expertise in the description of microbial communities, and the linkage between the microbial communities in the gut and health.
Fetal growth, omega-3, and cardiovascular disease
Thursday 17 May 2012
Fetal growth, omega-3, and cardiovascular disease by Dr Michael Skilton, from the Boden Institute of Obesity, Nutrition, Exercise & Eating Disorders.
Is the weight worth it? Results from a weight loss intervention on pregnancy rates
Thursday 26 April 2012
Is the weight worth it? Results from a weight loss intervention on pregnancy rates by Dr Kyra Sim, from the Boden Institute of Obesity, Nutrition, Exercise & Eating Disorders.
Prevention of obesity - individualized approaches or food taxation?
12 March 2012 SEMINAR
Prevention of obesity - individualized approaches or food taxation? by our distinguished visitor, Professor Berit Heitmann, a research leader at the Research Unit for Dietary Studies, Institute of Preventive Medicine, Centre for Health and Society, Copenhagen, Denmark.
Evidence based revision of management in obese people with osteoarthritis - the Copenhagen Cartilage and Osteoarthritis trial
28 February 2012 SEMINAR
Evidence based revision of management in obese people with osteoarthritis - the Copenhagen Cartilage and Osteoarthritis trial by Anthony Leeds, Visiting Senior Fellow, Faculty of Health and Medical Sciences, the University of Surrey | Visiting Professor, Faculty of Life Sciences, the University of Copenhagen | Medical Director, the Cambridge Weight Plan
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2011 Events and Courses Archive
13 December 2011 SEMINAR "The changing face of International Nutrition Work" by Adjunct Professor Ian Darnton-Hill, from the Boden Institute of Obesity, Nutrition, Exercise & Eating Disorders.
9 December 2011 Free talk and Q & A "Dietary interventions to tackle obesity" a one hour research talk (including questions) by Dr Susan Jebb, Head of Nutrition & Health, Medical Research Council University of Cambridge, UK. Download the flyer.
7 December 2011 SEMINAR "Developing an obesity strategy for England" by Dr Susan Jebb, Head of Nutrition & Health, Medical Research Council University of Cambridge, UK follwed by, "Obesity policy from the Australian perspective" a related talk by Associate Professor Timothy Gill, Principal Research Fellow and Scientific Programs Manager at the Boden Institute. For information download the flyer
25 October 2011 SEMINAR "Reducing Child Obesity by Dietary Interventions During Pregnancy" by Professor Jennie Brand-Miller, Professor of Human Nutrition, School of Molecular Bioscience and the Boden Institute
18 October 2011 HALF-DAY SYMPOSIUM "The Dietary Guideline on Sugar: Science or Dogma?" presented by the Boden Institute and the Sydney University Nutrition Research Foundation. Sugar Symposium flyer (pdf) Presentations available:
- The metabolism of carbohydrates: implications for health (.ppt) A/Professor Janine Higgins, Nutrition Research Director, The Children's Hospital Denver and University of Colorado)
- A model for discriminating between carbohydrate-rich foods (PDF) Mr Bill Shrapnel, Director, Shrapnel Nutrition Consulting, and Councillor, Sydney University Nutrition Research Foundation
- Diet, fluoride and dental caries (ppt) A/Professor Wendell Evans, Head of Discipline, Community Oral Health and Epidemiology, The University of Sydney
- 'Limit foods and drinks with added sugar': the YES case (.ppt) A/Professor Tim Gill, Principal Research Fellow, The Boden Institute of Obesity, Nutrition, Exercise & Eating Disorders, The University of Sydney
- 'Limit foods and drinks with added sugar': the NO case (.ppt) Professor Jennie Brand-Miller, The Boden Institute of Obesity, Nutrition, Exercise & Eating Disorders, The University of Sydney
- Understanding consumer behaviour (PDF) Mr Neer Korn, Social Researcher, The Korn Group
27 September 2011 SEMINAR "Outcomes of the Sydney Diabetes Prevention Program – Should Governments invest in Diabetes Prevention Programs?" by Philip Vita, Director of the Sydney Diabetes Prevention Program at the Boden Institute
19-20 July 2011 COURSE "Diabetes and Obesity Management and Prevention" The Boden Institute presented this course to 38 visiting physicians from China, sponsored by Novo Nordisk. Program (PDF)
5-6 April 2011 COURSE "The 'How' of Obesity Management" The Boden Institute and Metabolism and Obesity Services (RPAH) presented this course to 85 health professionals. Program (PDF)


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HARRISONBURG, Va. Buffalo Wild Wings, on South Main Street, is discussing plans to move.
Managers at the restaurant said they do not know an exact moving date or location, but said the move needs to happen soon.
Currently, the Buffalo Wild Wings, right across the street from James Madison University, only has 17 parking spots, while most Buffalo Wild Wings restaurants have over 100 spots.
Owners said, parking is the major reason for the move.
Erick Zaldivar grew up in Harrisonburg and has been going to Buffalo Wild Wings since grade school, creating plenty of memories.
"I actually had my first beer at Buffalo Wild Wings, at the bar. Seeing the really old rustic paintings on the side, I'll be sad to see that go," said Zaldivar.
Mark Schulte, the general manager of Buffalo Wild Wings, said they are confident this move will bring them more customers.
"It is not big enough and the parking isn't sufficient. So, we take care of those two problems and the problem is solved," said Schulte.
Whitney Wilkins, a student at James Madison University, knows how difficult it can be to find a parking spot.
"A lot of times if you come in the evenings there is no parking. There is no parking in either Buffalo Wild Wings parking lots," said Wilkins.
The thought of moving has customers cheering about having enough parking to enjoy one of their favorite restaurants.
"Everyone has known they needed a new location, so it will obviously be bittersweet to see an old familiar place move. But, I guess we can create new memories at the new location," said Zaldivar.
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Kendrick Lamar & Dr. Dre Release "The Recipe" Single
As we reported two days ago Kendrick Lamar and Dr. Dre were set to premiere a single on Big Boy's Neighborhood on Power 106 today ready for release on iTunes tonight! We've just had the single land in the inbox and as expected these two prove a deadly combination!
The record is called "The Recipe" and it features Dr. Dre with production by Scoop DeVille, and it's available for stream via the link below!
Kendrick Lamar – The Recipe (Feat. Dr. Dre) (Audio)
Checkout the cover to the right also and the entire team at Dubcnn.com who've been representing since the K.Dot days want to give our huge congratulations to Kendrick for the single! Check back later to see a brand new Dubcnn exclusive interview AND an unreleased 2007 features as K.Dot.
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A bit of lost Los Angeles lives for now in a Pomona warehouse.
Glimpse it and get goose bumps, even on a sticky summer day.
The soft curve of the Brown Derby's hat. The dragon that danced outside Grauman's Chinese.
The worn characters above a prewar beauty salon in Little Tokyo.
These are the signs that used to light up this town.
Plug in the oldest ones and they clickety-clack, clickety-clack, bringing to mind rumble seats and RCA Victor 78s.
For more than 30 years, those behind the Museum of Neon Art have searched for signs — scouting out demolitions, digging in Dumpsters, peering into dusty old garages. As they've removed glass-tube letters in a race to beat bulldozers, they've pulled out dead pigeons and been stung by nesting bees.
Some signs are beautiful, some culturally significant, some feats of glass and gas wizardry.
Some are all these things but still were tossed in the trash by eager developers.
Los Angeles always rushes toward the new, the shiny, the bright, making preservation here problematic.
And so the neon museum — which at the moment has no public exhibit space beyond the signs it displays at Universal CityWalk — is raising money in an online campaign, trying to put one of Grauman's dragons back together.
The sign, made up of two pieces, is more than 40 feet long. It is busted and rusted and bent.
It needs a thorough de-gunking. It needs fresh paint. It needs new wiring and glass tubing in numerous colors and extensive work to recreate the complex sequencing that animated it.
In all, it needs about $35,000 of love — which is spectacularly frustrating, given that when MONA first asked for the sign, it needed only to be plugged in.
The dragon is one of a pair that for 43 years flanked the forecourt of the famed Hollywood Boulevard theater. Above marquees announcing the latest films, one beast faced east and one faced west, their bodies lighting up tail to head, rippling alive in yellow and green.
For a moment in each cycle, all went dark but their eyes, which flashed bright in the night.
Put up in 1958 to give an old movie palace new pizazz, the dragons were slated to come down in 2001. Tastes had changed, and Warner Bros. and Paramount, which owned the theater at the time, wanted it to look like it originally did when it opened in 1927.
MONA was promised a dragon and, at great expense, booked the crane and flatbed truck needed to transport it.
Then on moving day, the theater reneged, with no explanation.
For several years the neon dragons' whereabouts remained a mystery — until a former MONA board member looking out a car window spotted them in a prop yard off the 5 Freeway.


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December 14, 2012 -- How can incoming leaders better adapt to new and existing policy under the Obama Administration?
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Acclaimed Artist Candy Chang to Visit CNU
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CNU's Department of Fine Arts and Art History, Office of Student Activities-Diversity Initiatives, and the Multicultural Student Association will host acclaimed artist, designer and urban planner Candy Chang on Wednesday, Oct. 3, 2012. Chang will speak at the Ferguson Center for the Arts at 6:30 p.m. and then install her famous "Before I die I want to_______." wall along with CNU students. The event is open to the campus community. No reservation is required.
Chang is an artist passionate about redefining the ways we share information in public space to improve neighborhoods. Through a series of large-scale projects that combine installation art with social activism, Chang has encouraged people to engage with public spaces to let their voices be heard. Her work has been exhibited in the Smithsonian Cooper-Hewitt National Design Museum and the Southbank Centre, and she has created public art commissions for civic institutions, international airports and creative organizations. Her website, candychang.com, includes the following information regarding her "Before I die I want to_______." installation:
"It's easy to get caught up in the day-to-day and forget what really matters to you. When Candy lost someone she loved very much, she thought about death a lot. This helped clarify her life but she struggled to maintain perspective. She wanted to know what was important to the people around her. So with help from old and new friends, she turned the side of an abandoned house in her neighborhood in New Orleans into a giant chalkboard and stenciled it with the sentence 'Before I die I want to _______.' so anyone walking by can pick up a piece of chalk, reflect on their lives, and share their personal aspirations in public space.
It was all an experiment. By the next day the wall was entirely filled out and it kept growing. Before I die I want to… sing for millions, see my daughter graduate, straddle the International Date Line, see the leaves change many times, be someone's cavalry, live off the grid, build a school, hold her one more time, abandon all insecurities, be completely myself… People's hopes and dreams made her laugh out loud, tear up, and feel consolation during her own tough times. The wall transformed a neglected space into a constructive one where we can understand our neighbors in new and enlightening ways, restore perspective, and remember we are not alone. The Atlantic called it 'one of the most creative community projects ever,' and the project was featured on NBC's Rock Center with Brian Williams."
For more information, visit candychang.com, or call the Office of Student Activities-Diversity Initiatives at (757) 594-8805.
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