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Few studies have examined the relations of adiposity and lifestyle factors in young offspring with their parents as children (parentschild) or at their current age (parentsadult). Therefore, we compared measures of adiposity and lifestyle in parentschild and parentsadult with their offspring.
Two generations (one parent and his/her offspring) participated in this study: 234 parents from a previously established cohort and 382 offspring. Parentsadult and offspring underwent measurements for height, weight, waist circumference, % body fat, visceral fat, and lifestyle habits. Participants were classified as normal weight, overweight, obese based on age-specific BMI criteria. Mixed model linear regression analysis evaluated the associations of adiposity and lifestyle factors of parentschild and parentsadult with that of their offspring, adjusting for age, sex, race, and family membership.
The prevalence of obesity was greater among offspring mean age 12.3 years compared to their parentschild mean age 12.6 years (18.4% vs 10.1%, p<0.001) even though hours of television (TV) watching were similar between the two generations as children (p=0.80). Sixty percent of parents (as children and adults) and offspring reported more than 2 hours of TV/day. Offspring of parents who were overweight and obese as children had greater BMI (all p<0.001) than offspring of parents who were normal weight as children. For both parentadult and offspring, adiposity was greater with greater total screen time.
Identifying high-risk families is important for early intervention of overweight, especially in children.
Keywords:Offspring; Parents; Adiposity; Television; Total screen time
It is well-known that obesity is related to increased risk of cardiovascular disease (CVD) and diabetes [1]. Parental obesity doubles the risk that their offspring will be obese adults, whether the offspring were obese or non-obese in childhood [2,3]. Therefore, children of obese parents have greater susceptibility for the development of CVD and diabetes than children of normal weight parents [4-6]. Whether these associations between parents and children can be related to the degree of parental obesity when they were children is not known. Nor is it known whether distribution of fat (i.e., abdominal, visceral, subcutaneous) in parents is related to levels of adiposity or distribution of fat in their children. Visceral adipose tissue (VAT) and subcutaneous adipose tissue (SAT), are known to increase metabolic risk [7], and prior studies of parents and their adult offspring have shown a genetic linkage for abdominal visceral fat [7-9].
Sedentary behaviors, e.g., watching television (TV) or using the computer, have been associated with overweight among children and adults [10,11], and family environment influences television viewing and physical activity behaviors [12]. Studies have shown more hours of TV watching and computer use among children of overweight and obese parents than children of normal weight parents [13,14]. Little is known about the relation of TV time or total screen time with specific measures of adiposity, including VAT and SAT, among families.
The objectives of the present study were to compare measures of adiposity and lifestyle between parents and their offspring. This study adds to previously published studies by comparing the measures of parents in adulthood to their offspring but also adding new evidence by comparing parent measures obtained when they were children to those of their offspring at similar ages. We hypothesized that levels of adiposity in the offspring would be related to the same patterns of adiposity observed in their parents during both adulthood as well as when they were children. We further hypothesized that levels of sedentary behaviors (TV watching, total screen time) would be significantly correlated between parents and their offspring and related to their levels of adiposity.
The Institutional Review Board at the University of Minnesota approved this study. Adult study participants signed informed consent forms for themselves and their young offspring, while children signed assent forms.
The present study was conducted in a cohort of parents (N=234) who had participated in a longitudinal study, beginning at age 6–9 years [15] and continuing to age 39 [16], and their offspring (N=382) >6 years of age. Because parental participation in this study was based on their prior childhood enrollment, only one parent per child was eligible for the study. Parents with chronic disease including type 2 diabetes, end-stage kidney disease and cancer (n=14) were not eligible to participate in the present clinic examination. Parents during their childhood will be represented as parentchild and parents at their current age or adult will be represented by parentadult.
Anthropometric measurements
Parentsadult and offspring were examined using standardized protocols. Standing height was measured to the nearest cm. Weight in kg was determined by a balance scale. Body mass index (BMI) was calculated as weight (kg) divided by height (m2). Standard BMI categories were used for parentsadult: normal weight (BMI<25 kg/m2), overweight (BMI 25<30) and obese (BMI ≥30). For parentschild and offspring, standard age and gender specific childhood BMI classifications were used: normal weight (BMI<85 percentile), overweight (BMI 85–95 percentile) and obese (BMI>95 percentile) [17]. Percent (%) body fat, fat free mass and central adiposity were determined by dual-energy x-ray absorptiometry (DXA) with a Lunar Prodigy scanner (pediatric software version 9.3; General Electric Medical Systems, Madison, WI, USA), in the total body scanning mode [18]. Visceral adipose tissue (VAT) and total fat were measured by abdominal CT scan at the level of L4-L5 disk space using a Siemens Somatom Plus 4 scanner, with adipose tissue calculated by identifying pixels with attenuation values between −190 and −30 Hounsfield units (HU) [19].
Lifestyle characteristics
For the current visit, standardized questionnaires were administered to parentsadult and their offspring to obtain information about lifestyle habits including sedentary and physical activities. Participants were asked about TV programs watched each day for the previous 7 days, including name of program, program length (minutes), and whether the entire program was viewed. For the 7-day TV recall, a local TV guide was used to assist study participants in recording TV programs and number of minutes watched. Questions were included about computer and video games use. Data about hours of TV watching were available for the parentchild at the first clinic visit when they were mean age 7 years; however, different physical activity questionnaires were administered in the previous and more recent studies. The physical activity questionnaire administered to parentschild queried organized and individual sports participation during the past year (response choices included never, occasionally, often); however, this questionnaire was not validated. The validated Godin Leisure Time physical activity questionnaire was administered to offspring and queried sedentary, moderate, and vigorous intensity physical activity during the previous 7 days [20]. Although both questionnaires asked about performance of moderate and vigorous physical activities, the time frame was different. Thus, we were unable to compare physical activity habits between parentschild and their offspring.
Statistical analyses
Statistical analysis was performed using SAS, version 9.2 (SAS Institute; Cary, NC). Demographic and clinical characteristics of parentsadults, their offspring, and for parentschild (at a similar age as their offspring) were expressed as means ± standard deviation (SD) for continuous variables and frequencies (%) for categorical variables. Pearson correlations of characteristics were determined between parents at both ages and offspring. Taking into account family membership, mixed model linear regression analysis was used to evaluate the relations of characteristics of parentsadult and parentschild with offspring, adjusted for age, sex, and race. In addition, using mixed model regression analysis the relations were examined for offspring characteristics across parent BMI categories (as children and adults). Because stratified analyses by age of the offspring (<10 yrs; >=10 yrs) yielded the same results for both age groups, results are presented for the offspring as a single cohort. Finally, multiple linear regression analyses were conducted to determine which of the parental BMI measures (as a child or adult) more strongly influenced offspring adiposity. Parental adult and/or child BMI variable were included as independent variables in the model(s) to predict the (dependent variable) offspring adiposity variable.
Comparison between parents at their current adult age (parentadult) and their offspring
Demographic and clinical characteristics of the parentsadult age and their offspring are presented in Table 1. The proportion of non-white parents was 38.5% and 48% offspring. Pearson correlation coefficients between parentsadult and offspring were significant (r=0.28-0.47) for BMI, waist circumference, % body fat, VAT, and SAT. Mean total screen time and sessions of moderate and vigorous physical activity were higher among offspring compared to their parentsadult, but there was a significant correlation between parents and their offspring for hours spent in sedentary activity, including TV watching, computer and video game time, and total screen time, but not for physical activity. Correspondingly, a similar proportion of parents and their offspring reported 2 or more hours of total screen time, including hours of watching TV.
Table 1. Mean ± SD, frequency (%), and correlations of characteristics of parents as adults (n=234) and their offspring (n=382)
The distribution of BMI categories in offspring was significantly associated with their parents' adult BMI status (Figure 1). A greater proportion of normal weight offspring had normal weight parents than overweight or obese parents, and a greater proportion of overweight/obese offspring had overweight or obese parents than normal weight parents (p<0.001). BMI, waist circumference, % body fat, and visceral and subcutaneous adipose tissue were significantly greater in offspring of parents who were overweight or obese than offspring of normal weight parents (Table 2).
Figure 1. Distribution of normal weight, overweight, and obese children according to parental BMI status (as adults).
Table 2. Mean±SE level or frequency (%) of measures of adiposity for offspring (n=382) according to parent BMI status adjusted for offspring's age, sex, and race (white, non-white) (n=234)
Examining adiposity measures stratified across tertiles of total screen time for both offspring and parents showed that BMI, waist circumference, % body fat, and visceral fat were greater with increasing number of hours spent watching TV, using the computer, or playing video games (data not shown).
Comparison between parents when they were children (parentchild) and their offspring
The BMI of the parents when they were the same age as their offspring was significantly lower than the BMI of their offspring (Table 3), with a significantly lower prevalence of obesity. However, correlations between the parentschild and their offspring were significant for BMI and BMI percentiles, even after adjustment for age, sex, and race. As with parentadult BMI status, the distribution of BMI categories in offspring was significantly associated with parentchild BMI status (Figure 2). When examining BMI of offspring across BMI categories of their parentschild, mean BMI was significantly higher in the offspring of parents who were overweight or obese in childhood than in offspring whose parents were normal weight as children (data not shown). Mean hours of TV watched was similar between parentschild and offspring. Therefore, it is not surprising that mean hours of TV watched by the parentschild were significantly correlated with the number of hours of TV currently watched by their offspring (Table 3; p<0.001). Finally, we found that including both parental (child and adult) BMI measures explained more of the variance of offspring BMI than either measure alone (parentchild+parentadult BMI=52%; parentadult BMI=49%; parentchild=50% (52% vs 49% or 50%; both pdiff<0.001).
The present study shows that adiposity and hours of TV watched by offspring were significantly correlated with their parent's adiposity and TV watching, both when the parents were children and at their current adult age. Consistent with well recognized secular trends, it was not surprising to observe greater prevalence of overweight and obesity among offspring than among the parentschild. According to national surveys, the prevalence of obesity among children and adolescents ages 12–19 more than tripled from 5% in 1976–80 to 18.1% in 2007–08 [21], while the prevalence of obesity in adults doubled during this same time period from 15% in 1976–80 to 34.3% in 2007–08 [22]. It is unlikely that heredity is totally responsible for this substantial change over a short time period [23], thus, supporting the contribution of environmental factors in the development of obesity [24].
There were significant correlations between offspring BMI and both BMI of parentschild and parentsadult. Although, both parental measures (as a child or adult) were slightly more predictive of offspring adiposity, each of childhood or adult parental BMI measure explained about 50% of the variance in offspring BMI. Genetic studies have shown heritability for BMI to be about 40-50% [23]. A significant correlation between offspring and their parentsadults was also observed for % body fat, which has a heritability estimate less than BMI [8,23]. As expected, offspring of parents who were obese both during childhood and as an adult have greater BMI than children of normal weight parents. Although there is a well-known strong tracking effect for BMI from childhood to adulthood [2,25,26], this study now shows an equally strong familial effect demonstrated by the relation of BMI and central adiposity status in parents to overweight/obesity in the next generations. A significant relation between self-reported CVD risk factors, including BMI, in parents and increased levels of CVD risk factors in their children was observed in the Bogalusa Heart Study [4,27]. Although prior studies have shown the parental influence on child obesity [2,3,5], the present study extends those results by being able to provide data from actual BMI measurements in parents when they were children as well as adults.
Although overall adiposity, BMI and % body fat, are positively related to chronic disease, measurement of waist circumference and visceral adipose tissue may be better indicators of degree of adiposity than BMI. Increased visceral adiposity is correlated with abdominal obesity, a predictor of CVD, and is associated with insulin resistance and CVD risk factors [28]. Based on family studies, heritability estimates for visceral adipose tissue range from 42% to 56% [8,9], heritability for waist circumference is 60% [29], and heritability estimates for subcutaneous fat range from 30-50% [8,30]. The findings in this study are consistent with genetic studies demonstrating greater waist circumference and visceral adipose tissue among offspring of abdominally obese parents compared to offspring of normal weight parents.
This study also found that screen time was significantly and positively correlated between parents both at their current age and when they were children and their offspring. The finding that screen time was higher in offspring than their parents in each of the BMI categories may help explain the greater degree of adiposity among offspring than their parents when they were at a similar age. Greater BMI in both parents and their offspring was associated with more hours of total screen time.
Family environment has been shown to influence children's TV viewing habits and level of activity [31,32], supporting the present findings that TV and screen time behavior is qualitatively similar between parents and children [13]. Consistent with prior studies, a greater proportion of offspring with overweight or obese parents reported 2 or more hours of TV or total screen time [13,14]. In cross-sectional studies of children more hours of TV watching or screen use (computers, video games) were associated with overweight and obesity [13,33,34]. Preschool children watching > 2 hours per day of TV or playing video games were 34% more likely to be overweight or at risk for overweight than those watching less than 2 hours daily [33]. Adolescents engaged in two or more hours of screen time (TV, computer, or video games) have over two times the odds of being overweight or obese than those reporting fewer hours [13]. An important observation in the present study is that a majority of offspring and their parents, both when they were children and currently as adults reported watching 2 or more hours of TV and total screen time daily, which is greater than screen time recommendations by the American Academy of Pediatrics [35]. Because sedentary behavior appears to track from parents to their young offspring, strategies to reduce levels of childhood overweight/obesity need to effectively change parental as well as childhood screen time [14,25,32,36].
Few reports have been published about parental influence on their offspring's physical activities. The level of physical activity in the present study was greater in offspring than their adult parents, but in contrast to total screen time, there was not a significant correlation between parents and offspring. A recent longitudinal study of factors influencing eating and physical activity in families reported a positive association between encouragement from parents to be active and increased physical activity among their offspring [32]. However, results from observational studies are inconsistent, with some reporting positive relations between parental influence on their offspring's physical activity habits and others reporting no effects of parental influence [32,37,38]. In the present study offspring self-reported significantly more physical activity sessions per week than their adult parents, but there was no relation between the number of offspring physical activity sessions and parent BMI categories. According to self-report information, 31 percent of U.S. adults participate in physical activity, either three times/week of vigorous physical activity lasting 20 minutes or more or five times per week of light-to-moderate physical activity lasting 30 minutes or more, while 40 percent of adults report no leisure-time physical activity [39]. However, self-reports appear to be woefully inadequate. When physical activity was measured by a device that detects movement, only about 3–5 percent of adults completed 30 minutes of moderate or greater intensity physical activity on 5 or more days per week [40]. Among high school students, 35 percent reported participation in at least 60 minutes of physical activity on 5 or more days of the week [41], but only 8 percent achieved this goal when measured by an activity device [40].
Limitations include that only one parent was enrolled in the study instead of both parents; however, most studies report similar influences by either parent on the BMI of daughters or sons [5,42]. There was no apparent correlation of usual physical activity between offspring and their parents, which may be due to under- or over-reporting of physical activities [43]. However, the physical activity questionnaire administered to parents as children was slightly different than the questionnaire administered to the offspring. TV watching was significantly correlated between offspring and their parents suggesting that self-reported hours of watching TV is moderately reliable [44] or that parental behavior shapes their child's sedentary behavior, but that level of physical activity may be dictated by activity outside the home.
Strengths of this study include the use of an established cohort with long-term measures of parents from when they were children (age 7) to current adulthood (age 40 years) and measures on their young offspring; collection of data from parents as children and as adults and their offspring using the same standardized questionnaires, except for physical activity in parents as children; and procedures to measure anthropometrics, total body fat by DXA, and visceral adiposity as assessed by CT scan in both parents and offspring.
Heredity may contribute from 25-55% of the risk for obesity [23], and is supported by the significant correlations between offspring and their parents when they were the same childhood age. However, the exponential increase in the prevalence of overweight and obesity over the past 25 years is likely due to factors other than genetics, since the genes of a population do not change that rapidly. The present study reporting parental/offspring correlations for both fatness and screen time suggest both a genetic and environmental influence on the relation of obesity between parents and their offspring during their early years and provides support for the initiation of family oriented interventions in an attempt to prevent obesity during childhood and adolescence and eventual adult CVD.
CVD: Cardiovascular disease; VAT: Visceral adipose tissue; SAT: Subcutaneous adipose tissue; TV: Television; Parentsadults: Parents as adults; BMI: Body mass index; Parentschild: Parents when they were children; DXA: Dual-energy x-ray absorptiometry; HU: Houndsfield units; SD: Standard deviation.
Competing interests
The authors have no Competing interest to disclose.
Author' contributions
JS, DRJ, and ARS designed the study; JS, DRD, and LSC carried out the study; LMS, ARS, and JS wrote the paper, LMS and XZ analyzed the data. All authors were involved in reviewing and revising the paper, interpreting the data, and had final approval of the submitted and published versions.
This study was funded by grant award NIH/NIDDK R01DK072124.
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My client, a leader in the food manufacturing industry, is actively seeking a Technical Manager to lead their Technical Team. The purpose of the role will be to develop and lead the site Quality and New Product Introduction (NPI) strategy and objectives in line with statutory, the company, customer and best practice standards. The Technical Manager will be accountable for products and processes being safe and in compliance with specifications, statutory obligations, customer requirements and best in class. To achieve success in this position it is critical that the Technical Manager fits well into the current team at the site…More
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Callum Porter is currently recruiting for a Technical Manager within the North West of England. The client in question is a global leading automotive and aerospace company that specialise in surface treatment.
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This is a diverse Technical Manager role. Fantastic site with a stable team and strong customer base however there is a need for solid Technical leadership.
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You will be experienced working with High Care products in a fast paced environment. The Technical Manager…
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If you are a Technical Manager experienced in manufacturing within the automotive industry then you may be interested in this opportunity.
Based in Tamworth the product is used for both research and quality control, with a excellent reputation within the UK and globally they are leaders in their field.
Due to growth the company have the opportunity for a Technical Manager:
Apply engineering knowledge to develop and improve current products
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Responsible for product testing
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An exciting opportunity has arisen for an experienced technical manager to join one of the largest food manufactures in the UK
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A fantastic opportunity for a Technical Manager to join a market leading supplier of fresh produce, leading a high performing technical team and partnering with some of the UK's most prestigious customers.
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While plenty of issues with these episodes have been highlighted, the one that bugs me most is how easy it is to take out a Jem'Hadar attack ship... with a shuttle. Seriously? A few beam shots, a couple of torpedoes, and BOOM? Hey, forget Odysseys, lets just equip everyone with shuttles and runabouts. We'd secure the quadrant in no time.
I put 20 satellite turrets in the back for a redneck flying fortress, then equipped the freighter holoemitter. Q-ship!
And yeah, is that why so many people want a Federation shuttle-carrier? The Yellowstone class even looks like some Russian attack helo. (Hint - KA52 Alligator). On close inspection of the 3D model I even noticed the weapons module and nacelles could separate cleanly from the main crew/cargo section.
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After some prior iterations and commentary from the patent bar, the Canadian Intellectual Property Office (CIPO) published a practice note dealing with computer-implemented inventions on March 8, 2013. The practice note is meant to clarify the position of Examiners in light of the recent Amazon.com decision. In a nutshell, CIPO comments on patent-eligible subject-matter in computer-related inventions, going through clearly non-statutory matter (such as specifically excluded fine arts, methods of medical treatment, scientific principles and abstract theorems). Additionally, it comments that inventions which lack physicality (not something with physical existence or which manifests a discernible effect or change) or where the subject-matter is a mere idea, scheme, plan or set of rules are also excluded from the definition of invention.
Interestingly, CIPO comments that where a computer is found to be an "essential element" of a purposively construed claim, the claimed subject-matter will generally be statutory.
A procedural guideline is described which attempts to capture how purposive claims construction should proceed. The discussion varies somewhat from statements made by the Supreme Court in the Whirlpool and Free World Trust cases, which are stated to accommodate the peculiar situation that the Examiner is in, dealing with embryonic claims which have not yet been approved for issuance and are in the midst of negotiated amendments and discussion. The analysis is to include the identification of a problem the inventor is trying to solve, regardless that the inventor is under no obligation to disclose this explicitly, and then the solution proposed by the invention. Following that identification, the solution is broken down into essential and non-essential components. The problem-solution is considered and a determination should be made whether this is a computer problem (that is, dealing with a problem with computing devices), or a problem of another nature which is resolved somehow using a computer. If it is a computer problem, it is likely to be statutory subject-matter. If it is not a computer problem, it must be found that a computer is an essential element, in which case the subject-matter is deemed statutory. If not, the analysis continues as to whether the solution is somehow otherwise statutory, whether it is to an abstract idea or concept for solving a problem, and so forth.
The guidance to Examiners is of interest to practitioners, but is by no means universally accepted as a proper or even adequate restatement of the entire body of law dealing with statutory subject-matter. The guideline is supported by a contemporaneous guidance respecting Purposive Construction (PN2013-02) with which one may also find fault, but which also makes interesting reading.
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I saw this picture and I couldn't help but wonder why he would be standing in the middle of an urban wasteland in his underwear. Is it some kind of statement, you think? I mean, other than 'here's a hot guy in his underwear'?
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i think someone stole his clothes and he's sad. i'm not sad. but he is.


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Then Muriel shows up at his door. She wants the stick, and seems willing to do just about anything to get it. As Quirey observes, she's "one hell of a feast for the eyes." She's also from Atlantis. Ever wonder what an Atlantean looks like with her clothes off and how this race makes love? More on that in a bit.
Philip Rahman, the man responsible for bringing Muriel and Quirey to my attention, is himself known to be attracted to strange powers, and is also something of a fish out of water. Rahman's small publishing house Fedogan and Bremer (apparently, he's Bremer) recently released this story, called "The Persuader," in a collection of Howard Wandrei's fantasy tales, titled The Eerie Mr. Murphy. A copy of the book sits on the table in front of Philip Rahman at Jimmy's, the windowless south Minneapolis watering hole he calls "his second office." A big man with luxuriantly wavy silver hair, a matching goatee, a Hawaiian shirt, and a robust demeanor, Rahman could easily pass for Old King Cole's younger, hipper brother. He seems completely at ease here, despite the racket from the end of the workweek melee around him. Truly, the place is roaring like a closetful of bees.
Rahman is also delighted that the "long-awaited" Mr. Murphy is finally shipping (it was actually penned back in the 1940s). "The book was supposed to come out last year," Rahman notes, nursing his second gin and tonic. "But the small-press market was very soft. Every few months, it seemed that another specialist bookstore or two would either close down or convert to an online operation. Fortunately, we had enough of a history with Amazon and such to stay afloat, but it was no time to launch a new book. First rule of running a small press: Don't quit your day job."
Rahman practices what he preaches. By day, he's a regular enough guy, albeit one who until a few years ago hosted an annual Ed Gein Memorial Barbecue. "'Bring whatever you want for the grill,' was the rule--no questions asked," he quips. His bread-and-butter--or make that gin-and-tonic--gig is at a hospital (and not in the morgue, either!). Rahman works as a data analyst for Fairview Riverside, a position he's held for 26 years.
"The bread comes in handy," Rahman says--though the press hasn't lost him his Hawaiian get-up. F&B, who publish one to five titles a year (except for fallow 2002), have yet to lose money on a book--an admirable feat for a small press in the realm of horror, fantasy, mystery, and crime fiction. Relatively small press runs have helped with this success (Rahman prints editions of 1,000 to 2,000 as a rule), as has the core following of 450 to 500 fans who buy everything F&B publish.
There's also the matter of quality, as Mr. Murphy demonstrates. Like the other 25 titles the publisher has turned out, this book--edited and elegantly introduced by Wandrei estate representative and longtime Rahman friend, Dwayne Olson--is a nicely done affair. The full-color dust jacket for this hardcover comes from an illustration by Wandrei, depicting a flurry of demonic beings and naked humans on their way to some unspeakable ritual or other.
Many of F&B's "new" publications go back to the 1930s and '40s, when the Minnesota-born-and-raised Wandrei was a writer of pulp fiction--horror, crime, mysteries, etc. Wandrei wasn't merely an armchair adventurer; he had a broad roguish streak that went back to his days at the U of M, which were interrupted when a judge presented him with a stretch in St. Cloud. It seems the fledgling writer had been a member of "the thrill bandits," a gang of upper-middle-class students who made it into newspapers nationwide with a series of burglaries committed for kicks. While Wandrei managed to stay out of the hoosegow during the years he spent writing in New York, he found plenty of other trouble to get into, mostly involving women and alcohol.
His career never took off the way he wanted it to. Esquire, a grail for writers at the time, only accepted one of Wandrei's countless submissions: "The Eerie Mr. Murphy," the tale of a strange little man who could stop watches and airplane engines with his mind.
The Wandrei name is almost synonymous with Fedogan and Bremer. While they've published plenty of other writers, including Psycho author Robert Bloch, Rahman and his mostly silent partner, Dennis Weiler (he's Fedogan), have offered three titles by Howard Wandrei and four by his brother Donald. It's Donald who, in 1939, co-founded the godfather (or would that be devil daddy) of horror presses, Arkham House, with fantasy/horror writer August Derleth.
Meeting Donald Wandrei, as he did in 1976, helped provide Rahman with the impetus to join the publishing racket--something he'd actually dreamed of for as long as he'd been a reader. It also threw quite a monkey wrench into his personal space/time continuum. Rahman was a newcomer at an intimate horror fan get-together in St. Paul when his host asked if he knew who Donald Wandrei was. When Rahman answered in the affirmative, the fellow replied, "He's coming over in a while, if you feel like sticking around."
"I was shocked," Rahman recalls, chuckling. "I had always associated Wandrei with H.P. Lovecraft (the master of tentacle-heavy supernatural horror who died in 1937), and just assumed that he'd been dead for years. It was as though someone had told me that I was just about to meet Edgar Allan Poe."
The two became friends, and three years after Wandrei's death in 1986, Fedogan and Bremer hit the shelves with its first title, The Colossus, a collection of Wandrei's science-fiction stories. Twenty-odd books later, and it was Rahman who was holding court--at 1998's World Fantasy Convention--an event that found the publisher kissing actor Christopher Lee's wife in plain view at Lee's own birthday party! (Rahman claims he thought she was actress Barbara Steele.) And he picked up a World Fantasy Award, anyway!
Chalk it up to Rahman's good fortune--or perhaps to the persuasive powers of a foot-long two-dollar caduceus. Could Rahman have uncovered the same powers employed on hapless Quirey from The Eerie Mr. Murphy? You see, after Muriel dazzles the sozzled Quirey with a quick session of lovemaking, Atlantean style, she recovers the utensil. Naturally, it turns out to be the Small Sceptre of the Atlantean Kings, and soon she directs its charm on him. "The Persuader" ends with the wily bombshell making the acquiescent Quirey slit his own throat.
I wonder if I should have acted on that strange urge to pick up Rahman's check.
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Results are in from last year's Virginia Standards of Learning tests, and the numbers for Henrico County public school students are mixed.
Overall, Henrico students improved their average SOL pass rates in 14 of their 33 test subjects during 2011-12, when compared with the previous year's results, but suffered decreases in 13 other subjects. Pass rates remained the same in six subjects.
Henrico students fared best in history (improving in six of the eight tests, when compared to the 2010-11 results, while remaining the same in one) and reading (improving in four of the seven tests, while remaining the same in one).
But they – like other students statewide – struggled with the new mathematics tests, which last year included new, more rigorous standards adopted by the state's Board of Education in 2009.
Average math pass rates in Henrico fell in eight of the nine SOL tests – including significantly in the third-grade test (a 67 percent pass rate, down from 93 percent the previous year) and eighth-grade test (a 41 percent pass rate, down from 82 percent the previous year).
Sixth-grade students were the only ones to improve from their previous math results, jumping from a pass rate of 61 percent in 2010-11 to 72 percent in 2011-12.
In math, Henrico students fared worse than the state average in the sixth-, seventh- and eighth-grade math tests, as well as in the Algebra 1 test.
Overall, the county's students exceeded the state pass rates in 19 of the 33 SOL tests (four in English, six in history, four in math and five in science) but fell short of the state averages in 12 other categories.
"As school divisions align curriculum and instruction with the new standards and focus on strengthening students' problem-solving skills, I am confident that we will see higher achievement in mathematics and more graduates who are truly college and career ready," Board of Education President David M. Foster said.
Virginia Gov. Bob McDonnell agreed.
"Raising standards was the right thing to do and in the long-term interest of Virginia students and our economy," McDonnell said. "I commend all of our teachers and students for their excellent efforts in adapting to and embracing these challenging new standards. This is a necessary step in ensuring that Virginia students are ready to excel in our globally competitive economy. It is a challenge we must meet if we're going to succeed in the economy of the decades ahead."
Hanover County students outperformed their Henrico counterparts in 27 tests, while Chesterfield students scored better than Henrico students in 19 tests.
SOL science results in Henrico were relatively stable, with pass rates in biology and Earth science up slightly (to 94 and 92 percent, respectively) and third-grade, fifth-grade and chemistry results remaining the same (92, 93 and 97 percent, respectively).
Writing scores were up from 90 to 92 percent at the secondary school level, down from 89 to 87 percent at the eighth-grade level and stable at the fifth-grade level at 89 percent
Holman student named Miss Va. Coed Junior Teen
Holman Middle School student Victoria Nguyen recently was named Miss Virginia American Coed Junior Teen after competing in the Miss Virginia American Coed pageant in Williamsburg. She was the youngest competitor in her division. Nguyen now will advance to represent Virginia at the 2015 Miss American Junior Teen Pageant at Walt Disney World in Florida in November. > Read more.
Companion Extraordinaire to honor veterans May 14
Companion Extraordinaire Home Care and Skilled Services will be honoring veterans and current military members May 14 at 11 a.m. The event will take place at 5311 Lakeside Avenue.
Companion Extraordinaire dedicated a hall in its new Lakeside office as a "Wall of Honor" and will be presenting 13 military service men and women with certificates as well as placing their service photos on the wall.
> Read more.
Henrico student among 3 vying for national $10,000 scholarship
Public vote open through Friday to select winner
Citizen Staff Reports
Henrico resident Haley Malloy is one of three national finalists for a $10,000 scholarship, whose winner will be determined by the vote of the public.
Malloy is a finalist for The Goddard School Anthony A. Martino Scholarship, which is open annually to any high school junior or senior who graduated from a Goddard School pre-kindergarten or kindergarten program. Applicants are evaluated based upon the work ethic and perseverance they have demonstrated – two key characteristics of Martino, the founder of the Goddard School franchise system. > Read more.
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Weekend Top 10
Music lovers unite! There are several great concerts this weekend beginning with Innsbrook After Hours who will be kicking off their 30th season with Foreigner, Lee Brice, and Rusted Root & The Wailers. The Richmond Women's Chorus will present "Let Freedom Sing" at the Henrico Theatre tonight; The Taters will perform tomorrow at The Tin Pan; and the Richmond Choral Society will present "Sentimental Journey III" on Sunday at the Henrico Theatre. For all our top picks this weekend, click here! > Read more.
More than monkey business
Disneynature's 'Monkey Kingdom' is its strongest yet
"Did you know monkeys could swim?" asks Tina Fey in Monkey Kingdom. While she's asking, a toque macaque (a two foot-long monkey with red-white fur and great hair) breast-strokes under the surface of a pond, yanking out lily pad flowers by her teeth and dragging them ashore to munch later.
Turns out monkeys can swim. And slide down telephone poles. And do the thing from Flashdance where you bring down a cascade of water on your head and shake it off in slow-motion.
All will happen in Monkey Kingdom, the eighth film in nine years from Disneynature, Disney's wildlife documentary outlet. > Read more.
Weekend Top 10
Relax this holiday weekend with Fridays Uncorked at Southern Season – taste wines from the Roman Empire! Or at James River Cellars who is hosting "Experience Virginia" – sample Virginia wine, beer, cider and mead. And what goes better with wine than strawberries – an annual tradition in Varina, the Gallmeyer Farms' Strawberry Fields Festival is tomorrow. Other fun happenings this weekend include: "A Little Princess" at The Cultural Arts Center at Glen Allen; weekly dance at American Legion Post 125; and National Theatre Live's "Man and Superman" at the University of Richmond. For all our top picks this weekend, click here! > Read more.
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|Jergens Releases New Swing Cylinders
|by NAW Staff on Monday February 23 2009
|The new power clamping swing cylinder line from Cleveland-based Jergens Inc. offers better-engineered swing cylinders that improve function and lessen friction for longer wear life [read more]
|CustomWeather Launches Weather Package for Renewable Energy
|by NAW Staff on Friday February 20 2009
|San Francisco-based CustomWeather, a supplier of syndicated weather data, is now offering weather data packages targeted at those companies involved with renewable energy. "We [read more]
|WSI Launches System For Wind Industry
|by NAW Staff on Wednesday February 11 2009
|Weather Services International (WSI), a global weather solutions provider based in Andover, Mass., has launched WSI WindCast, a statistical forecasting system for the energy market. [read more]
|Comverge Releases Apollo Demand Response System
|by NAW Staff on Friday February 06 2009
|East Hanover, N.J.-based Comverge Inc., a provider of smart grid, demand management and energy efficiency solutions, has released its Apollo demand response management system. [read more]
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|by NAW Staff on Friday January 30 2009
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|Mechanic Falls, Maine-based Electro Static Technology has introduced AEGIS SGR bearing protection rings, which are designed to extend the lives of motors controlled by variable [read more]
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|by NAW Staff on Monday January 26 2009
|BGB Engineering Ltd., an electro-mechanical engineering company based in the U.K., has introduced the axial multimode Optilinc system for the slip ring market. The fiber [read more]
|TorcUP Introduces New Line Of Wrenches
|by NAW Staff on Wednesday December 24 2008
|Easton, Pa.-based TorcUP Industrial Bolting Tools has introduced a new line of wrenches. The Ultra UT Hydraulic Torque Wrench series combines all of the features [read more]
|Climax Tools, Hitachi Agree To Contract
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|Ontario, Canada-based RuggedCom Inc., a provider of rugged communications networking solutions designed for mission-critical applications in harsh environments, has expanded its Ethernet switch product line [read more]


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Research Week 2012: Doing Data
Data is a very important part of being a Researcher in general, but it is particularly important to be aware that UTS is positioning itself as the Data Intensive University.
Research Week 2012: Communicate and Collaborate
Wednesday's theme during Research Week was Communicate and Collaborate!
Research Reading and Writing by Dr Terry Royce
Research Week 2012: PhD Land
Day two of Research Week was themed around developing the skills you need to know when you're first entering PhD Land.
Library Research Skills
Research Week 2012- Setting the Scene
With all of our orientation madness time has slipped by and it has already been a month since Research week! Below are links to all of the workshop materials that were used on Monday 6th of February. The theme of the day was Setting the Scene and was aimed at bringing us all up to speed with the Research Environment at UTS.
Research Week 2012 - join the conversation
It's that time of year again! Today is the first day of Research Week 2012.
Join the conversation with our twitter hashtag #UTSrw12
A Day Trip to Google Refine Country
Recently I attended a conference about using technology for the humanities (THATCamp) in Canberra. Among the many distinguished and switched on librarians, educators, curators and coders there was Intersect's Luc Small, who together with Richard Lehane from the State Archives NSW presented a session on Google Refine.
Shut Up and Write: Reverse Outlines
Originally mentioned to me by Terry Royce of the Graduate Research School, a reverse outline is a tool that can help you analyse and critique the logical progression of your argument through your draft.
How to create a reverse outline:
Shut up and Write: on being perfect
I've been asking people in our writing club about their writing anxieties. While there are comments about needing to learn about structure and grammar, there seems to be this feeling that they should be able to write perfectly in their first draft, starting at the introduction and working all the way down to the conclusion.


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Suggested Reading on Breast Cancer and Lymphedema by Our Doctors
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Male Breast Cancer
- Male breast cancer accounts for 1% of all breast cancers, and most cases are found in men between the ages of 60 and 70. A man's risk of developing breast
Women's Health
- Women's health is an important topic area to guide a woman through the stages of her life, as well as knowing the conditions and diseases that may occur.
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- Paget's disease is a rare form of cancer that forms in or around the nipple and frequently coexists with breast cancer. The exact cause of Paget's disease
Breast Cancer
- Breast cancer is an invasive tumor that develops in the mammary gland. Breast cancer is detected via mammograms, breast self-examination (BSE), biopsy,
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- Inflammatory breast cancer is an accelerated form of breast cancer that is not usually detected by mammogram or ultrasound. Symptoms of inflammatory breast
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- Breast cancer most often recurs within the first three to five years after the initial treatment. Changes in the look, feel, or appearance of the breast
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- The breast, or mammary gland is made up of lobules, milk producing glands, and a system of ducts to transport milk. Both males and females have breasts.
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- Lifestyle changes, a healthy antioxidant-rich diet, exercise, and weight reduction can help reduce a woman's risk of developing breast cancer. It's important
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- Being diagnosed with breast cancer is stressful. Learning relaxation techniques, exercising, eating well, getting adequate sleep, receiving psychotherapy,
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- Breast cancer occurs in about 1 in every 1,000 pregnant women. Treatment of breast cancer during pregnancy involves surgery, but it is very difficult to
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Mariners storm back to beat Athletics
The Seattle Mariners scored five runs in the final two innings to beat the Oakland Athletics 8-5 on Saturday afternoon.
The Mariners won as -117 favorites, while the final score played OVER the day's posted total of 7.5.
Kenji Johjima, Jose Lopez and Franklin Gutierrez all batted in two runs each.
Jack Cust had a home run and two RBIs to lead the A's.


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Take a friend fishing. Don't vote for Hillary Rodham Clinton. Buy a lottery ticket. And keep Mom away from my ashes.
In Hawaii, Spam rules. No, not the kind that you get in your email, but the kind you eat - or don't eat, as it may be for many mainlanders.
No, Kirstie Alley is not involved with politically motivated lane closures in New Jersey.
Hang up on Pope Francis and you might get a hug.
Sixteen co-workers at a New York City biopharmaceuticals company have won a $58 million Mega Millions jackpot.
A suburban Denver 4-year-old came home from school disappointed, with untouched Oreos and a note from her teacher.
The 28 ice cream flavors are just a cool memory. Those fried clam plates? All but eighty-sixed.
Rent a Coop, based in the Washington suburb of Potomac, Maryland, started out renting five or six coops per month in 2012, according to co-owner Tyler Phillips. Now they're renting 25 to 30 monthly and are opening a second location in New Jersey.
The Duke and Duchess of Cambridge offered a sweet surprise to die-hard fans on Tuesday, sending luxury pastries to thank them for camping outside the hospital and awaiting the birth of the royal baby.
An 89-year-old former University of Kansas football player has gained fresh fame after making a touchdown run during an alumni scrimmage.
Quack! Quack! A duck call ringtone helped a Louisiana firefighter rescue six ducklings from a storm drain.
A man driving to work in Alabama suddenly noticed his stolen pickup truck following him, setting off a chain of events that included a pursuit, a crash and an arrest.
Entries are piling up for a slogan contest being held this year by the North American Manure Expo.


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In an annual survey of America's top schools by the Washington Post, BCHS makes the elite list as a challenging place for students to advance their education.
Click HERE to read more.
The California Department of Education reports that 55% of students in their public schools are testing proficient or advanced in mathematics, while 85% of our elementary students at BCS are testing at that same level.
Of other note, our 2014 math scores rose by 15 percentile in our 4th grade from 2013, while our 5th grade math scores went up by 10 percentile.
ALL athletes MUST fill out and turn in their Athletic Eligibility Packet prior to participation of any kind.
CLICK HERE for the 2014-15 Athletic Eligibility Packet


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Pothole ► ArchivedGarden Lane Yorktown Heights, NY
There has been potholes there for the past year and its getting deeper and deeper. There is about 4 of them. They are the biggest potholes I ever saw.· Reported by Melissa (Guest) · Share · Flag Flagged
Bundy Hill Road Holmes/Pawling ► Archived54 Bundy Hill Rd Holmes, NY 12531, USA
horrific car damaging conditions and potholes/roadway washouts have only been marked with traffic barrels for the last YEAR! Road is borderline circa 1890.· Reported by Mike (Guest) · Share · Flag Flagged
I bottomed out with my new car on this road. Another Town of Pawling disgrace.
mdthreed (Registered User)
4 years later the road has been repaired...I guess that's quick?!
mdthreed (Registered User)
Correct, 1st posted in 2010 now repaired as of 6 October 2014! YAY
Closed mdthreed (Registered User)
the road and drainage has been repaired, Thanks Town of Pawling !
Rt 199 in terrible shape ► ArchivedMilan NY, USA
This road is badly in need of resurfacing.· Reported by M (Guest) · Share · Flag Flagged
Dangerous broken up road! ► Archived100 U.S. Route 202 Lincolndale, New York
This section of Rte 202 in Somers, across form the Lincolndale School and directly in front of the Anglebrook Golf Club (on the eastbound side) is in such terrible shape that the cars are skittering down the road and weaving to avoid the potholes. The whole road from left to right is broken up and even the shoulder is in terrible shape. It is so bad that it was recently "repaired" with clods of asphalt but there are *still* potholes because they didn't even fill all of them. It is especially dangerous if there is a cyclist on this part of the road because they can't stay in the shoulder. which is full of holes and gravel, and the cars and cyclists have no where to go on this busy section of road. This is the only way to get to Somers Town Hall from a western direction. IT IS AN ACCIDENT WAITING TO HAPPEN.· Reported by Diane 108 (Guest) · Share · Flag Flagged
Closed diane108 (Registered User)
This section of road has been repaired (not repaved) and is no longer a threat to life and limb.
Thank you!
road eroding ► Archived130 Old Albany Post Rd. OSSINING, NY
Due to the lack of drainage and maintainance, the west (river) side of the road is loosing footing and stability.
There is some progress . . . a team came and tested the soil.
A start.· Reported by PAT d'AMATO (Guest) · Share · Flag Flagged
Where's the light?! ► Archived3372 Old Crompond Rd Yorktown Heights, NY
This is a really dangerous intersection. Residents leaving multiple neighborhoods and needing to make a left turn from Pine Grove onto 202 are left in a bind. The town has repeatedly said money is available for a traffic light to be put in. Plans are in apparently place but it's taking a very long time...· Reported by Jeremy (Guest) · Share · Flag Flagged
LeftyJ114 (Guest)
They're on the right track. Lights have been put up but of course the request for a light turned into a multimillion dollar major reconstruction so the lights may not be turned on for a while...
Jeremy (Guest)
Light has been raised. Now waiting for it to be turned on. In the midst of doing a light raising they also did a multimillion dollar road widening..
Closed LeftyJ114 (Guest)
So exciting! The light is now on and working. Years in the making!!
One big pothole full width of exit ramp I684 onto Saw Mill where blacktop bec... ► ArchivedKatonah NY, USA· Reported by Anonymous (Guest) · Share · Flag Flagged
Closed simonk_klammer (Registered User)
Fixed but really needs resurfacing as it'll be back next year!
684 between 84 and Armonk full of potholes ► ArchivedInterstate 684 North Salem, New York
The entire stretch of 684 between 84 and Armonk have numerous potholes· Reported by Frustrated (Guest) · Share · Flag Flagged
Closed Frustrated (Registered User)
This is now mostly fixed
Poor drainage ► Archived3 Valley Dr E Yorktown Heights, NY 10598, USA
After any rain or snowfall, runoff gushes down Overhill Road like a river. It runs onto Valley Drive East because there is no drain on that corner, and either floods the road or freezes over and the entire end of Valley Dr. East becomes ice.· Reported by Christine Orchanian Adler · Share · Flag Flagged
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Chris (Guest)
Nope, still hasn't been addressed. I've added several more pictures (sequential) from recent rainy days. Let's hope they help illustrate the problem more clearly.
Chris Adler (Guest)
Nothing has changed at all! :(
ChristineA (Guest)
Not addressed. Still. Starting to think I'm the only one who checks this site.
Closed Christine Orchanian Adler (Registered User)
The town finally came by after a heavy rain and cut a drainage "valley" along the edge of Overhill Road. Now runoff is contained, for the most part, to that gutter and directed into a storm drain at the bottom of the hill on Valley Drive East. Until we get proper sewers, I imagine this is the fix that will stand.
street light out ► Archived1448 Elm St Peekskill, NY
The street light on pole W30, between 1448 and 1454 Elm Street, is burned out. Note: this is *not* the street light on pole W28, which was recently fixed.· Reported by Susan Erdey (Guest) · Share · Flag Flagged
Closed susan.erdey (Registered User)
Finally fixed.