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Accord paves way for return of Somali refugees in KenyaListen /
• The UN refugee agency (UNHCR) and the governments of Kenya and Somalia on Sunday signed an accord on the return of Somali refugees from Kenya. Kenya is hosting over 470,000 Somali refugees. UNHCR says about 60,000 Somali refugees have already spontaneously returned home as the situation continues to stabilize in their country.
South Sudan gets its first group of fingerprint experts
• The capacity of the police to fight crime in South Sudan has been enhanced with the graduation of a group of 23 fingerprint experts. The UN Mission in South Sudan (UNMISS) and the UN Development Programme (UNDP) helped in their training. The police force in the new African nation has now established the National Fingerprint Bureau.
Cycling helps overcome genocide trauma in Rwanda
• 'Rising from Ashes,' a documentary film about the Rwandan cycling team was screened at the United Nations on Tuesday. Members of the team include survivors of the 1994 genocide in which Hutu extremists killed approximately one million people, mainly Tutsis and moderate Hutus. The coach of Team Rwanda says cycling is helping to promote reconciliation in the country.
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ESPN's Aussie presenter's Irish Olympic rant
International sports network ESPN has issued a qualified apology after one of its presenters, Australian Russell Barwick engaged in an on-air rant about Irish athletes competing for Britain.
His remarks, on the show Pardon The Interruption, prompted a furious reaction on-line.
His employer, ESPN, said that Barwick had "been made aware that his comments have lead (sic) to concern amongst some viewers. He was very contrite and seriously regrets any offence that has been caused."
The remarks were prompted it seems by an Irish athlete who told reporters that competing at the London Games was "almost like a home crowd."
The presenter then launched into a tirade about why athletes from the Republic Of Ireland do not compete for Great Britain.
"It's like an Hawaiian surfer not surfing for the USA," he said. "It's not like Tasmanians say they don't want to represent Australia."
"Team GB has an enormous advantage over everyone else in the world because it's four countries basically wrapped up into one," Barwick told presenter Mark Chapman, "that's including the Isle of Man, Bermuda, the Falkland Islands and anywhere else they've taken over in the past 100 years.
"So why doesn't the Republic of Ireland join up, given the fact that at the world cup of rugby, cricket and few other sports they all join up. And the reason I ask is there was a Republic of Ireland girl running today and she said it felt like a home crowd. And I'm thinking, well why isn't it a home crowd?"
He continued: "They kiss and make up for the British Lions, they kiss and make up for the Six Nations. We, the rest of the world, can't understand… it's like a Hawaiian surfer not surfing for the USA. It's not like Tasmanians say they don't want to represent Australia."
When fellow-presenter Mark Chapman tried to explain that the Republic of Ireland was actually a different country, Barwick remarked: "It's nothing but an Irish joke".
The presenter was hammered on social media for his comments and eventually deleted his Twitter feed.
The Irish Echo asked ESPN if the comments met the standards of the network and how someone so apparently ignorant of the facts was given the opportunity to commentate on the London Olympics.
In an emailed reply, a spokeswoman said: "PTI is a program that is designed to generate discussion and debate. We appreciate viewers may have different points of view to those expressed by the hosts. To that end, Russell Barwick apologises for any personal offence these comments may have caused."
"Russell has been a broadcaster of the highest standing for well over a decade.
"He will be issuing a personal apology on the program when it next goes to air."
Barwick's fellow presenter March Chapman was clearly unnerved by the exchange and described it later on Twitter as "a shambles".
"Won't be doing it again," he tweeted. "You live and learn."
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Meditation has many benefits. People have known this for centuries. However, more and more studies have been done over the past 10 years to prove the benefits of meditation to be true. A number of Buddhist monks, led by Matthieu Ricard, a French-born monk with a Ph.D. in molecular biology, have made a series of visits from northern India and other South Asian countries to Davidson's lab in Madison. Ricard and his peers have worn a Medusa-like tangle of 256-electrode EEG nets while sitting on the floor of a little booth and responding to visual stimuli. They have spent two to three hours at a time in a magnetic resonance imaging machine, trying to meditate amid the clatter and thrum of the brain-imaging machinery.
No data from these experiments have been published formally yet, but in ''Visions of Compassion,'' a compilation of papers that came out last year, Davidson noted in passing that in one visiting monk, activation in several regions of his left prefrontal cortex -- an area of the brain just behind the forehead that recent research has associated with positive emotion -- was the most intense seen in about 175 experimental subjects. In the years since Davidson's fax from the Dalai Lama, the neuroscientific study of Buddhist practices has crossed a threshold of acceptability as a topic worthy of scientific attention.
Part of the reason for this lies in new, more powerful brain-scanning technologies that not only can reveal a mind in the midst of meditation but also can detect enduring changes in brain activity months after a prolonged course of meditation. And it hasn't hurt that some well-known mainstream neuroscientists are now intrigued by preliminary reports of exceptional Buddhist mental skills. Paul Ekman of the University of California at San Francisco and Stephen Kosslyn of Harvard have begun their own studies of the mental capabilities of monks. In addition, a few rigorous, controlled studies have suggested that Buddhist-style meditation in Western patients may cause physiological changes in the brain and the immune system.
This growing, if sometimes grudging, respect for the biology of meditation is achieving a milestone of sorts this weekend, when some of the country's leading neuroscientists and behavioral scientists are meeting with Tibetan Buddhists, including the Dalai Lama himself, at a symposium held at M.I.T. ''You can think of the monks as cases that show what the potential is here,'' Dr. Jon Kabat-Zinn, an emeritus professor of medicine at the University of Massachusetts Medical School who has pioneered work in the health benefits of meditation, says. ''But you don't have to be weird or a Buddhist or sitting on top of a mountain in India to derive benefits from this. This kind of study is in its infancy, but we're on the verge of discovering hugely fascinating things.''
The Buddhist practice of mindfulness emphasizes enduring changes in mental activity, not just short-term results. And it is the neural and physical impact of the long-term changes, achieved after years of intense practice, that is increasingly intriguing to scientists. ''In Buddhist tradition,'' Davidson explains, '''meditation' is a word that is equivalent to a word like 'sports' in the U.S. It's a family of activity, not a single thing.'' Each of these meditative practices calls on different mental skills, according to Buddhist practitioners. This study suggests that meditation may leave a biological residue in the brain -- a residue that, with the increasing sophistication of new technology, might be captured and measured.
The power of the mind to influence bodily function has long been of interest to scientists, especially connections between the nervous, immune and endocrine systems. We will cover a few ways that you can practice meditation and mindfulness so that you can also change your physical functions.
Transcendental Meditation
Meditate. The right type of meditation can provide profound rest to the physiology. Rest is nature's way of dissolving stress and anxiety. The human body is designed to efficiently remove stress during sleep. However, in today's world, stress is often carried over from day to day because the pace of life is intense and insomnia is widespread.
One of the most popular and effective meditations, the Transcendental Meditation (TM) technique, has been scientifically proven to produce a deep state of relaxation in the body as well as brain wave coherence.
During the twenty minutes of meditation, a unique state of restful alertness is experienced which reduces stress and fatigue.
Eat Clean and Natural Foods
Eat a healthy diet. A study published in the American Journal of Psychiatry examined the dietary habits and Fresh Fruitlevels of depression and anxiety of over 1,000 women over 10 years. The women who ate a "western" diet of fast food, processed foods, refined grains, sweets and beer were more likely to be depressed or anxious than those who ate a more "traditional" diet – vegetables, fruit, whole grains, meat and fish.
To improve mood, add cheese, peanut butter, nuts, sesame seeds, oats, milk, poultry and bananas to your diet. Why? These foods contain tryptophan which helps the brain produce the neurotransmitter, serotonin. According to research, serotonin promotes feelings of wellbeing and calm.
Starting today, reduce your alcohol and caffeine intake by 50%. Then slowly, over a period of 10 days reduce your caffeine and alcohol intake by 10% a day. People with GAD often turn to alcohol to self-medicate. However, when alcohol is processed in the body, it can create anxiety-like symptoms. Likewise, caffeine increases anxiety and negatively affects sleep in those suffering from anxiety disorders.
Make Your Own Rules...
Discovery your hobbies.
What can reduce anxiety? Doctors usually prescribe medication and recommend cognitive-behavioral therapy...
However, if you are willing to make a few changes of your own and decide what interests you and take up those hobbies... you can begin to treat these behaviors better.
Read the Tao...or keep a copy with you at all times
Tao Te Ching, written by Lao Tzu 2,500 years ago, is a book of wisdom. Take in its teachings and appreciate how the ancient book unfolds the enigma of existence, even in the modern context. And if you don't have time to read it all, keep a copy with you because it will remind you of "the way" when you're struggling.
The Yin and Yang
Yin yang balance is a state of harmony of emotional stability. It is the basis of happiness. It is also the basis of our accomplishment, as only when we are emotionally balanced, that we can focus on bringing out the best in us.
The balance is often disrupted, unfortunately, by the mismatch of expectation and our ability to perform. One of the most common symptoms of such yin-yang imbalance is stress.
How to get rid of the stress when it attacks you?
There are many ways to do so, but the last thing you should do is to resist the recognition of reality.
Accept what has happened. This is the best way to regain the balance of yin yang.
When you accept what has happened as the reality, the mismatch between what you think should happen and what has actually happened vanishes. When there is no mismatch, there is no imbalance, and your emotion would is back in alignment.
Better still, let your emotions goes blank...in a state of emptiness, emotions are no longer in existence...therefore you are in a state of peace.


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Due to open next year, Disney's Art of Animation Resort is located across the lake from Disney's Pop Century Resort. Construction is well underway and we stopped by for a sneak peek last week.
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College Hockey:Backup Goalie Backstops Harvard's Rout
Back Home, Daigneau Shines for Crimson
MILWAUKEE — A day before his 20th birthday, John Daigneau had quite a party at the Bradley Center.
With a group of 15 to 20 family members cheering him on save by save, the Harvard backup goaltender from nearby Brookfield, Wis., made 25 saves to backstop the 13th-ranked Crimson's 8-1 victory over Colgate on Monday.
"I couldn't have asked for a better gift," Daigneau said.
Tyler Kolarik had his second two-goal game of the season and added an assist, Tim Pettit had a goal and an assist, and all 10 Harvard forwards that dressed got on the scoresheet as the Crimson took third place in the Bank One Badger Hockey Showdown.
Daigneau, who played three seasons in the United States Hockey League after attending the University School of Milwaukee, had made only one other appearance in his collegiate career — he made seven saves and was the goalie of record in a 6-3 win at Princeton on Dec. 6.
He had a bit of trouble controlling and directing rebounds, but he made his share of important saves, especially when the game was close in the first and second periods. Seven minutes into the first period, with the game scoreless, he slid quickly to deny P.J. Yedon's one-time chance from the slot.
He also made a chest save to stop Scooter Smith, Colgate's leading scorer, and kicked out his right pad to stop a rebound attempt, both on a Raiders power play in the second period.
"If you're mentally sharp, it's a lot easier to make the easy saves and a lot easier to make the more difficult ones," Daigneau said. "You're seeing the puck well, you're anticipating, you're moving. Mental sharpness is definitely an advantage."
His only error appeared unavoidable. Colgate defenseman Joey Mormina sliced through the Harvard defense on the left side and fired a shot off the right post. With Daigneau out of position from the initial shot, Smith tapped in the rebound to cut the lead to 5-1.
Leaving the ice after the game, Daigneau gave a brief wave and took a curtain call with his stick raised.
A four-goal second period gave the Crimson (10-5-1) a lead with which they could cruise. Kolarik started it with his second goal of the game 73 seconds into the period, and Tom Walsh, Dominic Moore and Pettit added to the barrage of goals that offered a reminder of Harvard's 7-1 victory over the Raiders (7-10-1) on Nov. 23.
On both of his goals, however, Kolarik was the beneficiary of the work of Brett Nowak, the center on his line. His first, at 9 minutes, 40 seconds of the first period, was a tap-in at the right post of a rebound off the end boards. Nowak missed a slap shot wide right, but Colgate starting goalie David Cann couldn't get back to the post before Kolarik squeezed a sharp-angle shot from just above the goal line between the pipes.
Harvard, which outshot the Raiders 38-26, went up 2-0 just 73 seconds into the second period when, on a 2-on-1 break, Nowak drew the defender to him with a shot fake on the right wing, then gave Kolarik a pass that he one-timed into a vacated net.
After the Crimson gained a 4-0 advantage on Moore's goal 7:49 into the second period, Colgate coach Don Vaughan called his timeout and replaced Cann with Steve Silverthorn, who played in the Raiders' 2-1 semifinal loss to host Wisconsin on Sunday.
Colgate has lost three games in a row.
"The only thing we can do about the game tonight is put it out of our memory," Vaughan said. "We've got to get ready to play two very important games next weekend on the road at Clarkson and St. Lawrence, and that has to be the focus this week."
Daigneau may have been a bit unlucky to have missed a shutout, but he's been lucky in avoiding the flu bug that has run through the Harvard locker room. Forward Rob Fried was a game-time scratch because of the illness, which also reached Kolarik and Aaron Kim.
"Hopefully, I'll be able to stay out of the way of that," he said.
The teams are scheduled to meet again — this time, with ECAC points on the line — at Harvard on Feb. 14.
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Watching female ski jumpers take flight for the first time in Olympic history during the 2014 Sochi Winter Games was inspirational to a young generation of jumpers.
With the chance to compete in the Olympics, participation in the sport by young women is increasing. Women's Ski Jumping USA, based in Park City, has started a program called "Fly Girls" to help young female ski jumpers develop their skills alongside Olympians like Sarah Hendrickson, Lindsey Van and Jessica Jerome.
Two Park City athletes, Samantha Macuga and Sophia Nester, were selected to join the program alongside six other girls from across the country.
Nester, 14, and Macuga, 13, are excited for the opportunity to improve their skills beside the women they watched compete in Sochi.
"I get to hang out with the Olympians," Macuga said. "I've seen them for a while, but now I get to train with them. I think that's going to be really, really cool."
"Training with them is pretty cool," Nester agreed. "I usually don't train alongside them, since we train on the smaller hills, but it's cool being around them all the time and being able to talk to them about certain things."
Macuga said she was thrilled to be selected for the program, a five-week training camp to be held in Park City.
"When I found out, I didn't really know what the program was at first," she said. "I was like, 'Oh, OK, it's some five-week program in the middle of summer.' But then I found out the Olympians were going to be there and [U.S.
Though they took different paths to get into the sport, both Macuga and Nester are hoping for the same thing now - they want to be named to the development team.
"[Being selected for the program] makes me want to work harder," Nester said. "It's pushing me more and giving me a higher goal. At the end of camp, they could be naming the top two girls to the women's ski jumping development team.
Macuga entered the sport through an after-school program, she said, after deciding against another winter sport.
"I was with the Get Out and Play program at Jeremy Ranch," she said. "I had done ski jumps on some of the mini jumps out on the hill. I went to do a program with ski jumping - I was originally going to do a program with aerials, but then I found out that was flips and stuff. I don't like flipping, so I did ski jumping. I did one session and I've kind of stayed with it since."
Nester, on the other hand, started out in a different sport before making the switch.
"I started cross-country skiing when we first moved here when I was six," she said. "They took us for a try-ski-jumping kind of day or something and I loved it. It was the most fun thing I've ever done. I did a bunch of camps that winter and signed up for the program that summer."
After overcoming her initial fear, Macuga was hooked as well.
"The first time, you're sitting on the bar and your brain's telling you, 'Don't do this, don't do this, you're going to fall,'" she said. "You've just got to let it go and commit. Flying is really cool."
Now the girls hope to fly all the way to the Olympics, whether it's in 2018 or 2022. But, first, they'll set their sights on this winter's Junior Olympics. Macuga said she's still got a lot of work left to do, though.
"I'm hoping to fix my in-run position and hopefully get stronger mentally and physically," she said. "I think the Olympians will have tips and advice and I'll get better at ski jumping, especially on the big hill."
"I'm working on keeping my arms in and training a lot in and out of the gym," Nester added.


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First, create a Microsoft Word document. Next, push the enter key 7 times. The purpose of this is to provide space at the top of the letter in order to place a business logo in this area. Next, enter the date of the day you are typing up the letter. Then press enter twice more. You will then need to provide a business name and address. For example, you can enter the business name "Very Happy Felipe's House of Covenanter Jumping Jacks, Co. 1948 Finnekonger Rd. Philadelphia PA, 94837." Click on the "Insert" tab and click on the Picture botton. The purpose of this is to select the image you would like to use for your business.
After this, move your image to the top. Right click on this image to alter "Text Wrapping" to "Tight" instead. This enables you to shift the picture around the page. Click on "Insert" and then click Text Box. Select a "Simple" text box. Now, phase the text box and enter the address: 1948 Finnekonger Rd. Philadelphia PA, 94837. Click on the text box. Select "Format" and click on "Shape Outline." This provides a drop-down of options. Click on "No Outline."
Type up a paragraph concerning what it is you want to communicate to the business. Since this is a complaint letter, you will be typing a complaint. Type up a hypothetical complaint about how disappointed you are in the results produced by Very Happy Felip's exercise video which recommends doing jumping jacks for 6 hours straight non-stop. After "Sincerely, [your name," type the name of the person whom you are addressing (in this case, Felipe) and your own initials.
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Safety-related regulations and requirements are rigorous – and ships often go substantially above and beyond what is required, for example carrying backup mechanical, navigational and safety provisions. Ships crews undertake extensive training, certification, drills and scenarios for emergency situations, including the evacuation of a ship. All cruise ships have lifeboats, life rafts and life preservers for every person on board as well as additional capacity.
A. Dining times are published in the daily program which will be delivered to your cabin each evening. Meal times vary depending on ship and location. Meals are often – but not always included on our daily excursions, so please be sure to read the excursion programme carefully. For meals on board please visit our dedicated "Dining" page for further details.
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Children under 18 cruise free, when sharing a cabin with 2 paying adults (port charges apply). We have an exceptional programme of activities for children, which run from early morning to early evening. These are free of charge.
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Carrie Underwood, George Strait, Florida Georgia Line, Lady Antebellum, The Band Perry and Merle Haggard will perform in an ACM special to be aired in May. The Academy of Country Music announced the special, "ACM Presents: An All-Star Salute to the Troops", on February 20.
During the special, country music artists will perform in honor of our nation's veterans and active military service personnel. The show will also feature stories of servicemen and women who have shown incredible bravery and integrity.
"ACM Presents: An All-Star Salute to the Troops" will be recorded on April 7, while artists are still in Las Vegas following the ACM Awards on the 6th. However, the special will not be shown until May 20. It is set to air on CBS from 8:00-10:00 p.m. Central.
Fans may attend the taping of the show at the MGM Grand Garden Arena in Las Vegas by purchasing tickets through Ticketmaster. Ticket prices are $105, $155, and $205 and will benefit the ACM Lifting Lives charity.
ACM Lifting Lives works to develop and finance music-related programs. These might include providing music education in schools and camps, funding programs that use music therapy to help wounded military personnel, and using music to help those with disabilities. Donations can be made to ACM Lifting Lives any time by visiting ACMLiftingLives.org.
In addition to Carrie Underwood, Florida Georgia Line and the other artists already announced, more country music artists will be joining the lineup in the near future.
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INSIDE BASEBALL; Blue Jays Hiding Weaknesses Under the Bats
By Jack Curry
Published: June 15, 2003
The Toronto Blue Jays are having fun, a word that General Manager J. P. Ricciardi repeated a few times to simply and aptly describe how it feels to score runs as if they were playing slow-pitch softball and, more important, to sneak up on the mighty Yankees and the tortured Red Sox in the American League East. The Jays are at least two years ahead of even their most optimistic plans.
It was supposed to be a two-team race in the division, a predictable battle between the Red Sox and the Yankees. Boston would chase the Yankees, and the Yankees would try to sprint away. While that part of the tussle has transpired, the Jays have made it a much more interesting race by climbing two games from first place.
''It's a real fun place to be right now,'' Ricciardi said. ''We wanted to get back to being a club other teams didn't want to play. We wanted to play hard, we wanted to have more leadership and we wanted to grind it out.''
Ricciardi did not mention that the Jays wanted to score runs as easily as they breathe, too, but they have seemingly done that while leading the major leagues with an average of more than six a game. With Carlos Delgado (.317, 22 homers, 76 runs batted in) having a remarkable season and Vernon Wells (.297, 14 homers, 61 R.B.I.) right behind him, the Jays have pounded pitchers. Through Friday's games, they were second in the American League in on-base percentage and third in slugging percentage as their offense has hidden other flaws.
The Jays had made more errors than every other team in the A.L. except the Detroit Tigers and the Cleveland Indians, and their pitchers had a robust 4.99 earned run average. Roy Halladay (9-2, 3.91) and Kelvim Escobar (4-3, 4.05) are the only pitchers who have worked more than 35 innings and have an E.R.A. below 4.60. Cory Lidle is 9-4, but his E.R.A. is 5.07. Usually, teams cannot merely win with offense, but the Jays, who have even succeeded as Eric Hinske and Shannon Stewart have been injured recently, are trying.
''I don't know if we can hold the fort down too long doing it this way,'' Ricciardi said.
But Ricciardi added that the dearth of pitching at the back end of rotations gives the Jays a chance to continue winning 13-8 games. The Jays began this ascent in the second half of last year when they focused on the future by making second baseman Orlando Hudson and shortstop Chris Woodward starters, inserting Josh Phelps at designated hitter and trading Raul Mondesi. Hinske, a rookie, was already starting at third.
''We wanted to make a baseball atmosphere where we were a little bit of an underdog,'' Ricciardi said. ''But we wanted guys who didn't see it that way. We're going to enjoy this and see where it takes us.''
Because the Jays play the Yankees and the Red Sox 12 times next month, July could dictate how long they contend. The Jays swept series from both the last time they played. With a payroll of $53 million, Ricciardi is not sure how ownership will react if the Jays keep soaring, and he wants to add some players before the July 31 trading deadline.
''That will be the challenge,'' Ricciardi said. ''What will we do? That's a problem I'd like to have.''
Showalter Gives Hitter the O'Neill Treatment
Hank Blalock, a 22-year-old third baseman with the Texas Rangers, is batting .341. But the left-handed-hitting Blalock has gotten ornery when Manager Buck Showalter benches him against some left-handers. Through Friday, he was batting .368 with 10 homers and 37 R.B.I. against right-handers and .260 with a homer and 5 R.B.I. off lefties.
''I've told him there's going to be games where I'll leave him in there against a lefty,'' Showalter said. ''Then he'll have to show me.''
Showalter used a similar approach with Paul O'Neill. O'Neill, who had a .215 average against lefties when the Yankees acquired him before the 1993 season, would march into Showalter's office for an explanation whenever he was benched.
But Showalter's intelligent resting of O'Neill probably helped him win his only batting title. O'Neill batted .342 against righties and .230 against lefties in 1993, but he boosted his average against lefties to .305 in 1994, hit a whopping .380 against righties and won the crown with a .359 average.
''I started out not playing against lefties and progressively got to play against them,'' O'Neill said. ''I know Buck was trying to build my confidence.''
But O'Neill, still sounding like someone who wants to play every day, did not necessarily endorse Showalter's strategy with Blalock.
''A young player like him who you expect to be a star, for the most part, you want him to play every day,'' O'Neill said. ''I don't think you want to plant a seed in his head that he can't hit lefties.''
Procrastination May Hurt the Mets
Fred Wilpon, the Mets' owner, made a sensible decision by dismissing General Manager Steve Phillips on Thursday and replacing him with Jim Duquette. But the timing was off, off by 253 days. Once the Mets decided to fire Bobby Valentine as manager last October, they should have jettisoned Phillips, too.


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The Church was constituted on July 24, 1943 with 13 charter members. The first pastor of the Houston Primitive Baptist Church was Elder J.P. Dale. Through the years other's called to pastor their Church have included Eld. Woodrow Wilson, Elder Virgil Stanaland, Eld. Frank McMillan, Eld. J.A. Rowell Jr. and Eld. Jerry Cleburn. At present, Eld. Mark Rowell serves as pastor and has done so since 1999.
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Ryan McKelvie is joining Alaska-Anchorage's coaching staff.
McKelvie, a former Minnesota State player, has been named an assistant coach, replacing Regg Simon, who became the head coach and general manager with Des Moines of the USHL.
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He was the associate head coach of the Wenatchee Wild of the NAHL for the last two seasons. Before that, he was a graduate assistant at Bemidji State from 2006 to 2008.
"We are getting an up-and-coming young coach who will be a big asset to our program," Seawolves coach Dave Shyiak said in a statement. "Ryan has all the attributes we were looking for in a coach and recruiter. We wanted someone who had ties to Minnesota, USHL and NAHL and the Western Collegiate Hockey Association."
McKelvie played 132 career games at Minnesota State from 2002 to 2006.
"I am very honored and excited about this new opportunity," McKelvie said. "I've always been passionate about college hockey and about the WCHA. I know that Coach Shyiak and [assistant] Coach [Campbell] Blair have done a great job with the program, and I look forward to working with them, the players and contributing to the team's success in any way that I can."
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STARKVILLE, Miss. --- Mississippi State puts the finishing touches on its regular season road schedule this weekend when the 13th-ranked Bulldogs (36-13/13-11 SEC) square off against No. 20 Ole Miss (33-16/12-12 SEC) in a key three-game series at UM's Oxford-University Stadium.
Graduation weekend game times in Oxford are set for 6:30 p.m. Friday, 4 p.m. Saturday and 1 p.m. Sunday. The radio broadcast of all three MSU-UM baseball games can be heard on the statewide Bulldog Sports Network and online to HailstateTV subscribers (http://www.hailstate.com/hstvlive). Sunday's series finale will be televised by Comcast Sports Southeast (CSS).
State senior lefty Luis Pollorena (6-2, 3.93) will be matched with Ole Miss junior right-hander Bobby Wahl (9-0, 1.2), the conference leader in earned run average, in Friday's opener.
The Bulldogs, with wins in four of their last five SEC series, have earned their 29th SEC tournament berth. They are a half-game behind fourth-place South Carolina (33-14/13-10 SEC) and a game ahead of sixth-place Ole Miss to begin the weekend. The teams with the top four conference winning percentages earn opening round byes in the SEC Tournament and bypass the tournament's opening-day single-elimination competition May 21. MSU posted a 5-1 mark in Hoover last year and blanked Vanderbilt 3-0 in the title game to capture the 2012 SEC Tournament, the program's seventh SEC tournament crown.
Junior outfielder Hunter Renfroe (.394) hit his SEC-leading 15th home run in last weekend's series sweep of Alabama in Starkville. The Crystal Springs, Miss., product, on the watch list for the 2013 Golden Spikes Award, leads the Bulldogs with 45 runs scored, 30 extra-base hits and 49 RBI while sporting a league-best .7891 slugging percentage.
State has prevailed in its last two series at O-U Stadium in Oxford. Including a 5-1 win in this year's Governor's Cup meeting Apr. 9 in Pearl, Miss., the Bulldogs have compiled a 241-197-5 all-time series lead in their oldest and most contested baseball rivalry, which got its start in 1893. MSU took two of three games in last year's regular season series with Ole Miss at Dudy Noble Field (4-0, 2-6, 4-2). The Rebels hold a 95-92-3 leads in series games played in Oxford. But since UM started playing at Oxford-University Stadium in 1989, State is 22-12 and has won eight of 11 series played there.
MSU wraps up its 2013 regular season schedule on the home field next week, playing host to first-time foe Oral Roberts Tuesday (6:30 p.m.) before testing No. 12 South Carolina in a Thursday-through-Saturday series at Dudy Noble Field.Mississippi State is expected to surpass the five million mark in home paid attendance and set the MSU single-season paid home attendance record during the final week of the campaign. Since the charting of Dudy Noble Field attendance figures was initiated in 1976, MSU has totaled paid home attendance of 4,988,860. With last weekend's competition, MSU raised its home paid attendance total in 2013 season to 213,054, surpassing the 200,000 mark for the seventh time in school history. With four home dates remaining, MSU is 19,961 away from bettering the single-season school paid attendance mark (233,015).


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For running out of a UserDir configured directory with the user having control of where applications are mounted you cant used WSGIScriptAlias and instead need to use AddHandler method for setting up mod_wsgi. See:
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The San Antonio Scorpions made a significant announcement on Tuesday morning as they unveiled plans to expand the capacity of Toyota Field and add some other enhancements.
The club will be adding 10,000 seats to Toyota Field, bringing the capacity of the stadium to 18,000 with 9000 of the new seats being on a brand new tier, completing a bowl around the stadium.
The significant plus for fans through the expansion is that the second tier will also come in with a roof over the top of the stand, which will allow for shade and will keep the sound in over the Crocketteers meaning other fans, and indeed players will be able to hear the chants of the supporters.
Beyond the expanded seating capacity there's also premium seating being added as the extra tier now hitting the east side and behind the goal allows for the addition of 18 more suites and three clubs, an east, west and members club with an exclusive entrance for club patrons to make it easier for the premium customers to enter and leave the stadium.
In smaller measures concession, restrooms and merchandise outlets will be added to the new levels to accommodate demand while a team store that can be accessed from inside and outside the stadium similar to Major League Soccer's two Texas teams in Dallas and Houston.
Another significant change will be improved lighting, with the new lighting meeting Division I standards which would allow Toyota Field to host more events, including the NCAA College Cup, an event the venue missed out on in 2014.
One of the more novel elements of the stadium will be what is being called the "beacon of light" a high powered beam of light on the South East corner of the stadium, which will be turned on during matches and switch to red when a goal is scored by the Scorpions and after a win.
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"The guys did a really good job today," Alabama head coach Jay Seawell said. "These were championship pins today - the really tough pins. The greens were a little faster, and to shoot under par around Old Overton is an accomplishment. I am proud of our team, and they way they played. Everybody stepped up today and did their job, it is a good victory."
The top-ranked Crimson Tide shot 3-under-par 277 in the final round with Texas A&M firing a 283 for a second-place finish (+5, 845). UAB shot 281 on Tuesday to tie for the second-lowest round of the day and vault into third at 6-over 846. Texas finished fourth at 12-over 852 with Auburn rounding out the top five at 17-over 857.
It was the sixth team victory for the Crimson Tide at the Jerry Pate National Intercollegiate in the last eight years and second straight. It also marked just the second time in school history Alabama has won its first two events. The 2006-07 team won its first three events.
The Crimson Tide's average margin of victory in its first two events is 17 shots. Alabama won the OFCC/Fighting Illini Invitational by 18 shots and the JPNI by 16 and is averaging 279.7 strokes per round. The Tide is 2-under par over six rounds this season with Mullinax averaging 69.5 strokes per round and Shelton 68.8.
Mullinax, a native of Birmingham, carded a 2-under 68 in the final round to finish three shots back of medalist Wilson McDonald of UAB (-8, 202). Mullinax fired two rounds in the 60s to finish second and lead all Alabama scorers.
"Trey did a great job today and finished runner up," Seawell said. "He has done a fantastic job all year. He is transforming into one of the elite collegiate players in the country and we are very excited about that. We are going to be a good team and have a chance to do some great things if we continue to play to the Alabama standard."
True freshman Robby Shelton followed up medalist honors at the Olympia Fields/Fighting Illini Invitational with a tie for fourth at the JPNI, posting a 1-under 209. Birmingham native Tom Lovelady finished seventh at 1-over 211.
Senior Cory Whistsett shot 69 in Tuesday's final round to finish tied for eighth at 2-over 212. Fellow senior Bobby Wyatt had a rough final round of 79 to finish tied for 23rd at 6-over 216.
"It was great to get a second team win," Whitsett said. "This is the first time we have started 2-0 since I have been in school. The undefeated season is still intact. It was a good team win and we are excited about the opportunity to continue to play to our standard each and every time we go out on the course - during competition or in practice."
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TEMPE, Ariz. - The 20th-ranked Arizona State baseball team collected 17 runs on 17 hits and right-hander Trevor Williams allowed just four hits as the Sun Devils took down Utah 17-1 on Saturday night at Packard Stadium in Tempe, Ariz.
Williams (9-2) racked up a career-high nine strikeouts, including four consecutive in the fifth and six innings, and allowed just one hit after the fourth inning to earn his team-leading ninth win of the season. He did not walk a batter for the fourth consecutive start and extended his no-walks streak to 33 games.
Andrew Aplin led the way with four RBI, and Abe Ruiz and Trever Allen each added three RBI as seven Sun Devils (28-17, 13-10) recorded multiple-hit games.
Allen hit a two-run double in the second inning and scored on a groundout by Aplin one batter later to give the Sun Devils an early 3-0 advantage. Michael Benjamin was hit by a pitch and Beau Maggi singled and advanced to second on the throw before Allen drove them both home with an extra-base hit to center field.
James Brooks hit a solo home run in the third inning to put the Utes (12-32, 6-17) on the board, but ASU responded with four runs in the bottom of the frame to extend its lead to six, 7-1. The Sun Devils brought eight batters to the plate as Ruiz, James McDonald and Aplin each recorded RBI singles and Maggi had an RBI sacrifice fly.
Joey DeMichele hit a stand-up triple to center field in the fourth inning and scored two batters later on a wild pitch, and Aplin walked with two outs in the fifth frame and scored on an RBI double by Deven Marrero to push the Devils' lead to eight, 9-1
The Sun Devils' five-run seventh inning was punctuated by a two-run single by Ruiz as four different players garnered an RBI in the frame to extend their lead. ASU tacked on three runs in the eighth inning on a pair of sacrifice flies and a single to make it 17-1.
Utah starting right-hander Joe Pond (3-8) took the loss after conceding three runs on three hits in 1 1/3 innings.
The Sun Devils close out their three-game series with Utah at 12:30 p.m. on Sunday at Packard Stadium. The contest will be broadcast live by Sun Devil Sports Network on The Fan AM 1060 and will also be webcast by FoxSportsArizona.com.
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my son who is 5th grader has add/adhd. he was on meds but those meds were not helping infact they were making it worst, he is now on natural things such as fish oils vit and all organic diet, we have seen great inprovement, how ever he is still having focus problem in school so says his teacher, one day he's doing great the next he's doing so bad what gives your thoughtsIn Topics: Motivation and achievement at school, Physical Health, ADHD & attention issues
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Jun 10
Posts: 463
Charlotte10 says:
Bit of a random one here, but when i ride i lock my sholders which makes me tilt forwards - i never used to do it but have now got into this habit and it needs to go!
Any exercises, hints and advice welcome!
Please note i do have lessons but its hard to imagine someone shouting at me when im riding on my own
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Aug 12
Posts: 5
DeniseAponi says:
hey :)
i know this problem, i do the same. what i do when i feel i lock my shoulders is i ride some circles or any curved figures i can think of and i change the rein more often! this kinda activates the upper part of my body (balance...) when you do a trot, think of sitting in a rocking chair and make sure your hips/pelvis are nice and 'soft' - if you know what i mean! this should help you not to tilt forward and also to relax your shoulders a little bit. sometimes when i feel them getting too tense i stop and do little circles with my shoulders to relax them a little! it also helps me if i imagine someone gently pressing my shoulders down, so i don't lock or tense them!
i hope that at least some of this will help you!
is it only your shoulders or do you feel tension anywhere else, like knees or wrists?
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Aug 11
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sallyprice says:
I do this when I've been riding in a body protector a lot. I seem to mold to it's shape rather than the other way around! A couple of sessions without it usualy sorts me out.
Thank you both, will give it ago x
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COLUMBIA STATION – In a game that for a while looked as though neither offense would be stopped, Wellington's defense made two plays that helped the Dukes turn a nail-biter into a runaway.
After Columbia scored 28 first-quarter points Friday, the Dukes held the Raiders without another point until a final-minute touchdown.
While Wellington's defense dominated for the final 36 minutes, a goal-line interception by defensive back JuJuan Howard and a 48-yard interception return for a touchdown by lineman Nick Sutherland served as the big plays that fueled the Dukes' 56-35 win in Patriot Athletic Conference crossover action.
Howard's interception led to a crucial 96-yard drive to end the first half, one that covered nearly seven minutes and kept the Raiders offense off the field.
Sutherland's interception and runback, on the Raiders' first possession of the second half, killed any momentum Columbia had gained after finally stopping Wellington's similarly rolling offense, led by running back Clay Wright.
"JuJuan's play was the play of the game," said Wellington coach Matt Stoll. "It gave us some momentum and gave us the chance to go right down the field and get back in it. Neither team was flinching up until that point. Nick's play was big for us, too."
The Raiders (2-2) drove to the Dukes 7-yard line with eight minutes left in the first half, threatening to extend their 28-21 edge.
But Columbia quarterback John Banyasz – who amassed 417 yards and four touchdowns – fired between receivers and Howard made the interception.
Fourteen plays later – including seven carries by Wright for 52 yards – Wellington quarterback Dylan Weidrick found Chase Bealer for a 13-yard score to tie it, and the Dukes received the second-half kickoff.
Columbia, though, forced the Dukes (2-2) to punt on their first second-half possession, potentially regaining control – until Sutherland dropped into coverage, held onto Banyasz's bullet and rumbled for the score.
"I dropped like I was taught, and the ball came our way and I wasn't going to be stopped," Sutherland said. "The momentum definitely shifted after that play."
The Raiders missed a 29-yard field goal on their next possession. And the Dukes poured it on from there.
Wright, who gained 273 yards overall on 22 carries and scored five times, ran for touchdowns of 17 and 33 yards in the second half, while Weidrick broke one of his own for 52 yards.
The Dukes scored 42 unanswered points before Banyasz ended the scoring with a late 1-yard touchdown run, set up by a 32-yard pass to Shane Lambert.
"The cutback lanes were there," said Wright, who averaged 12.4 yards per carry. "The offensive line came tonight and did their jobs. But those defensive plays were exactly what we needed. (Stoll) said the whole game, 'A defensive stop is going to win the game.'
"After we got those stops, it was over."
The loss put a damper on the efforts of Banyasz and Lambert, the latter of whom caught 11 passes for 182 yards and four touchdowns, the last of which was set up by a Lambert interception and gave the Raiders a 28-14 lead.
Columbia gained 502 yards total, while Wellington tallied an eerily similar 501. Both teams recorded 17 first downs.
"Our interception inside the 10 and their interception for a touchdown after we stopped them really hurt us," said Columbia coach Jason Ward. "We got beat by a better football team."
LIGHT LINE TAKES A HIT: Columbia's Bryan Horn started the game on the Raiders defensive line – all 66 inches and 135 pounds of him.
He suffered an apparent left knee injury in the second quarter and had to be carried off the field.
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Panthers Open Series with 6-5 Win at ULM
The two teams entered the weekend tied for seventh place in the league standings and looking to earn one of the eight spots in the Sun Belt Conference Tournament. Georgia State now moves one game ahead at 24-26, 10-15 Sun Belt, while ULM dropped to 20-31, 9-16.
Anderson, the junior left-hander, scattered eight hits and four runs over 6.1 innings to improve to 5-4 on the season. Burgee pitched the final 2.2 innings, allowing one run on three hits, for his seventh save.
"We have 10 seniors who are very hungry to be in that conference tournament, and we took a really good step by winning on Friday night," GSU head coach Greg Frady said.
"Kenny Anderson pitched a great game to put us in position win, and Kevin Burgee was just amazing."
Georgia State got on the board in the first inning as Chad Prain led off with a double, moved to third on Raffield's fly ball and then scored on Joey Roach's two-out single.
The Panthers added three more in the third inning. With one out, Raffield smashed an opposite-field, solo home run over the left field fence. Nic Wilson doubled to right center, and Roach singled to the second baseman. After Wilson scored on a wild pitch, Matt Rose singled to left to put runners at first and third with one out. Caden Bailey brought home Roach with a sacrifice fly, and Georgia State led 4-0 after three innings.
GSU extended its lead to 5-0 as Prain and Chris Triplett reached on back-to-back errors by the third baseman, and Raffield delivered a single to left to knock in Prain.
ULM got on the board with an unearned run in the bottom of the fourth, and the Warhawks inched closer in the fifth as Keelin Rasch's RBI-single pulled ULM within 5-2.
The Panthers added a key insurance run in the sixth on Wilson's run-scoring single that plated Triplett, who drew a two-out walk and moved to third on Raffield's third hit of the day.
"We had a lot of clutch, two-out RBIs tonight," Frady said. "I'm a big believer that the team that gets the two-out RBIs usually puts themselves in position to win.
GSU led 6-3 in the bottom of the seventh when Kodie Tidwell's one-out single started a ULM rally. Rasch followed with a single to put runners at first and second. Burgee relieved Anderson and got a ground ball from Justin Stawychny to retire the runner at second for the second out. After Dalton Herrington singled home Tidwell from third, Bailey made a diving stop at third base to end the inning and preserve the Panthers' 6-4 lead.
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You don't have to be obese to have plaque-clogged arteries in your thin neck. But if you're quick to anger, you might want to find out whether or not your carotid arteries might be narrowed/clogged by plaque. Sometimes a lack of oxygen from neck to head can be one cause of having a disagreeable personality or outlook. You may wish to check out a news article about a study which has been reported by ABC news, "Heart attack-stroke prone arteries common in nasty people."
Scientists in Sacramento and Davis want to know whether you're disagreeable because your carotid arteries are clogged, which means fewer nutrients and little oxygen gets to your brain when you need it, or whether just being nice and polite to everyone keeps your carotid arteries clean as a whistle. Unpleasant people were found to have more strokes of the type that come from clogged arteries and blood clots. Only the recent study wasn't done in Sacramento, but in Sardinia.
That limits the study to an island in the Mediterranean. Are people the same all over the world in their response to others being nice or nasty, agreeable or fault-finding and constantly critical? And are complainers who don't take action to change or those holding resentment or grudges, as well as victims of childhood stresses also going to have thicker carotid arteries? Only a new study might give some clues.
Nutritionists have known for decades the largely unappreciated role of psychological factors in cardiovascular disease risk. It's food and psychological issues that matter in many cases. You can check out the study reported on August 17, 2010 by John Gever, Senior Editor, of the online magazine MedPage Today, ABC Health news site, "Heart Attack, Stroke-Prone Arteries More Common in Nasty People: An Antagonistic Personality Might Increase Your Risk For Cardiovascular Disease." The article site also features an ABC News video.
In Sacramento, the University of California, Davis researchers study studies agreeableness and person-environment fit. UC Davis studies personality and agreeableness as related to the situation of whether you're a good fit for your environment, where UC Davis studied self-concept in preschool children. At UC Davis in the Sacramento-Davis regional area, continuity and change in Person-Environment Fit (PE Fit) and its relation to personality development was studied in a 4-year longitudinal study of college students (N=305).
PE Fit demonstrated moderate rank-order stability and small increases in mean-levels over time. Antecedents to PE Fit included gender (being male), high academic ability, low agreeableness, and low neuroticism. Outcomes associated with PE Fit included greater personality consistency and changes in personality in the direction of higher self-esteem and lower agreeableness and neuroticism. The implications of the findings for personality development are discussed.
Which came first, the disagreeable attitude, the negativity, pessimism, road rage, nasty attitude, selfishness, and hair-trigger temper, or the thickened carotid arteries on the sides of your neck? There are psychological factors that also may determine cardiovascular issues and outcomes -- beside genes and diet factors.
There's a study showing that having a bad temper, being short-tempered, selfish, or a nasty attitude thickens the inside of your carotid arteries and dramatically raises your risk of strokes and heart attacks
The new study shows that individuals with antagonistic or disagreeable personalities have or soon develop thicker arterial walls that may make them more prone to heart attacks and strokes, researchers said. But there's something you can do about it.
Be nice to people, polite, smile, and meditate or do slow breathing exercises to calm yourself down. It's not worth it to get angry, especially at things like road rage or someone riding a bike on a narrow sidewalk when you're trying to walk. A new study finds that angry people are more like to develop thick lining in their carotid arteries.
There's a scale of agreeableness
The new study found that the carotid artery (in your neck) lining was significantly thicker in people who rated low on a scale of agreeableness, according to researchers at the National Institute on Aging in Bethesda, Md., and colleagues. But what if you disagree politically, for example? Do the stresses of disagreement thicken your arteries and raise your blood pressure which remains high?
The study wasn't done in the USA but in Sardinia. In a study of 5,614 residents of the Italian island of Sardinia, those ranking in the lowest 10 percent of agreeableness were 1.4 times as likely to have thickening in their lining of their carotid artery, the researchers found. This held true even after the researchers adjusted for cholesterol levels, smoking status and other risk factors.
The researchers also found that an antagonistic personality predicted increased thickening over approximately three years of follow-up. See the article based on the study, "Unpleasant People May Be More Prone to Stroke," published in the August 16, 2010 issue of MedPageToday.
The National Institute on Aging funded the study. The effect of personality appeared greater in women than in men, the researchers also found. Women scoring high in overall agreeableness showed decreases in intima-media thickness (mean -0.06 mm), whereas men with high scores had small increases (mean 0.04 mm).
Women with agreeable scores below the mean
Women with agreeableness scores more than one standard deviation below the mean -- indicating a generally antisocial personality -- showed increases that were essentially the same as men with similarly low scores, with increases in arterial thickness in the 0.06 to 0.08 mm range. On the other hand, when the researchers looked at the risk of being in the top quartile of intima-media thickness, high agreeableness scores did not appear to have a protective effect compared with participants with scores near the mean, irrespective of gender.
Yet how many physicians are looking at psychological factors when examining patients, their family history or genetic profile, what they eat, and how much exercise they get each day? Redford Williams, MD, of Duke University, who was not involved with the study, commented, according to the news release, that the findings highlight the largely unappreciated role of psychological factors in cardiovascular disease risk.
Social factors: Do nice, polite people live longer? Or do they just suppress their stress and get sicker?
As a nutritionist, you look at what foods the person eats, but you also look at social factors and psychological responses to people around the individual. Reactions to stress and other people, such as your attitude plays a role in putting you at higher risk of heart disease, strokes, or other health problems, even arthritic-like pain.
The degree of cardiovascular event risk suggested by the study findings as associated with antagonistic personality traits was comparable to that of high LDL cholesterol, hypertension, or smoking, according to researchers. In the USA, where are the clinical trials? Who's looking at psychological and social risks and factors that may override physical risk issues?
Thick carotid arteries and anger management needs
If you have thick carotid arteries, should you go to anger management training classes as well as eat a better diet, tailored to your individual metabolic responses? Your attitude helps your risk go up or down. Studies are needed to find out whether cardiovascular risks can be changed by anger management classes or other social and psychological practices such as meditation or learning to let things ride instead of stressing out to control other people's behavior. But who's doing the clinical trials locally?
3 risk factors correlated with childhood obesity
A new Illinois study from the University of Illinois College of Agricultural, Consumer and Environmental Sciences has identified 3 risk factors most highly correlated with child obesity. The University of Illinois study has identified the three most significant risk factors for child obesity among preschoolers:
(1) Inadequate sleep
(2) A parental BMI that classifies the mom or dad as overweight or obese
(3) Parental restriction of a child's eating in order to control his weight.
You can check out the study or its abstract online, "Risk factors for overweight/obesity in preschool children: An ecological approach," published in the October 2013 issue of Childhood Obesity (vol. 9, no. 6).
"We looked at 22 variables that had previously been identified as predictors of child obesity, and the three that emerged as strong predictors did so even as we took into account the influence of the other 19. Their strong showing gives us confidence that these are the most important risk factors to address," said Brent McBride, a U of I professor of human development and director of the university's Child Development Laboratory, according to the January 14, 2014 news release, Illinois study identifies 3 risk factors most highly correlated with child obesity.
"What's exciting here is that these risk factors are malleable and provide a road map for developing interventions that can lead to a possible reduction in children's weight status. We should focus on convincing parents to improve their own health status, to change the food environment of the home so that healthy foods are readily available and unhealthy foods are not, and to encourage an early bedtime," he added, according to the January 14, 2014 news release, Illinois study identifies 3 risk factors most highly correlated with child obesity.
The researchers reached their conclusions after compiling the results from an extensive survey distributed to 329 parent-child dyads recruited from child-care programs in east-central Illinois as part of the U of I's STRONG (Synergistic Theory and Research on Obesity and Nutrition Group) Kids Program. The current research is based on the first wave of data generated in this longitudinal study, taken when the children were two years old.
The survey yielded wide-ranging information on demographics, health histories of both child and parent, and pertinent feeding practices. Research assistants also did home visits with each participant, checking height and weight and taking further information about the parents' history. The data was then subjected to statistical analysis.
As a result of that analysis, McBride and University of Illinois nutritional sciences graduate student Dipti A. Dev offer some recommendations for families
Parents should recognize that their food preferences are being passed along to their children and that these tastes are established in the preschool years, Dev said, according to the news release.
"If you, as an adult, live in a food environment that allows you to maintain an elevated weight, remember that your child lives in that environment too. Similarly, if you are a sedentary adult, you may be passing on a preference for television watching and computer games instead of playing chasing games with your preschooler or playing in the park," she added in the news release.
Consider too that restricting your children's access to certain foods will only make them want those foods more, she said
"If kids have never had a chance to eat potato chips regularly, they may overeat them when the food appears at a friend's picnic," McBride said in the news release.
Instead, work on changing the food environment in your home so that a wide variety of healthy choices such as fruits and vegetables are available while unhealthy options are not, he added.
"And remember that it takes a certain number of exposures to a food before a child will try it, let alone like it, so you have to offer it to them over and over and over again. And they have to see you eat it over and over," McBride noted.
Don't use food to comfort your children when they are hurt or disappointed, do allow your preschoolers to select their foods as bowls are passed at family-style meals (no pre-plating at the counter—it discourages self-regulation), and encourage all your children to be thoughtful about what they are eating, the researcher said.
Co-authors are Dev, McBride, Barbara H. Fiese, Blake L. Jones, and Hyunkeun Cho on behalf of U of I's STRONG (Kids Research Team. Funding was provided by the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services and the Illinois Transdisciplinary Obesity Prevention Program (I-TOPP).
Also, you may wish to check out the PDF file article, "Parental Influences on Obesity Risk Behaviors in Preschool Children." Or see, "3 Risk Factors Predict Childhood Obesity More Than Any Others: What Are They?"
Eating family style means passing bowls of food to each person at the table rather than serving individual portions of food on separate plates
Okay, so you're not going to pass a food bowl to a baby and ask the kid to take what he or she wants. But for children able to take food from a container passed to each person at the table and pass the bowl onto the next person, passing bowls family-style teaches day-care kids to respond to hunger cues, and fights obesity, says a new study, "Academy of Nutrition and Dietetics Benchmarks for Nutrition in Child Care 2011: Are Child-Care Providers across Contexts Meeting Recommendations?" published in the October 2013 issue of the Journal of the Academy of Nutrition and Dietetics.
When children and child-care providers sit around a table together at mealtime, passing bowls and serving themselves, children learn to recognize when they are full better than they do when food is pre-plated for them, reports a new University of Illinois College of Agricultural, Consumer and Environmental Sciences study of feeding practices of two- to five-year-old children in 118 child-care centers.
"Family-style meals give kids a chance to learn about things like portion size and food preferences. When foods are pre-plated, children never develop the ability to read their body's hunger cues. They don't learn to say, okay, this is an appropriate portion size for me," said Brent McBride, director of the University of Illinois Child Development Laboratory and lead author of the study, according to the January 13, 2014 news release, "Passing bowls family-style teaches day-care kids to respond to hunger cues, fights obesity."
The study found that Head Start centers were in significantly greater compliance with this and other Academy of Nutrition and Dietetics benchmarks than other centers surveyed, including participants in the USDA's supplemental nutrition assistance program CACFP, and non-CACFP state-licensed centers.
The academy's benchmarks were issued in 2011 to combat the problem of child obesity. One in four preschool children is overweight or obese, and more than 12 million preschoolers consume up to five meals or snacks daily at the nation's child-care centers, Brent McBride explained in the news release.
"The academy also recommends that providers eat with children so they can model healthy behaviors, which Head Start staff are required to do," said Dipti A. Dev, a University of Illinois graduate student in nutritional sciences, according to the news release.
Teachers are also asked not to pressure children to take one or two more bites or finish a serving before another food or activity is offered, she said
The researchers said that providers need to help children recognize their feelings of hunger and fullness. "Instead of asking Are you done? teachers should ask children, Are you full? Or they should say, If you're hungry, you can have some more, explained Dipti A. Dev, who is developing a packet of best feeding practices to share with providers. "Asking the right questions can help children listen to their hunger and satiety signals," she explained in the news release.
The Illinois research is the first study to evaluate whether child-care providers are adhering to the academy's guidelines for feeding practices. Most providers did promote healthy feeding by serving nutritious foods and not pressuring children to eat or restricting them from eating. Head Start programs stood out though as having the best policies and feeding practices.
In fact, Head Start teachers who use family-style meals are strong advocates for them, the researchers said. "Teachers who don't do family-style meals have all these reasons that they don't: there's too much waste, it's messy, young kids don't have the developmental skills—the fine motor control—to do that," McBride said in the news release. "But Head Start teachers were telling us ways you could help develop those fine motor skills: for instance, using scoops in the sandbox or pouring water in the water table," Brent McBride added.
"When you first do easel painting with a two-year-old, it's really messy because they don't have fine motor control, but you still do it even though it's messy. The same thing is true for family-style meal service. It may be messy at first until they develop the appropriate skills and learn to pour the right way or hold the cup as they're pouring. It's a developmental progression," McBride said, in the news release.
If children don't want to eat, teachers shouldn't urge them to eat anyway out of concern that the kids may get hungry before the next meal or snack is served, he observed. "If a child doesn't eat at one meal, he'll compensate for it over a 24-hour period. Making kids eat when they're not hungry is probably the worst thing you can do. It teaches them not to pay attention to their body's signals," Dev said, according to the news release.
The study is, "Academy of Nutrition and Dietetics Benchmarks for Nutrition in Child Care 2011: Are Child-Care Providers across Contexts Meeting Recommendations?" The research is published in the October 2013 issue of the Journal of the Academy of Nutrition and Dietetics. Co-authors are McBride; Dipti A. Dev, and the University of Illinois' STRONG (Synergistic Theory and Research on Obesity and Nutrition Group) Kids research team. The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services and the Illinois Trans-Disciplinary Obesity Prevention Program Seed Grant Program funded the research.


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