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Childhood Cumulative Risk and Obesity: The Mediating Role of Self-Regulatory Ability
Objectives: We tested whether early childhood risk exposures are related to weight gain in adolescence and evaluate an underlying mechanism, self-regulatory behavior, for the risk-obesity link.
Methods: Cumulative risk exposure to 9 sociodemographic (eg, poverty), physical (eg, substandard housing), and psychosocial (eg, family turmoil) stressors was assessed in 244 nine-year-old children. BMI was calculated at age 9 and then 4 years later. At age 9, children's ability to delay gratification as an index of self-regulatory behavior was assessed. Path analyses were then estimated to evaluate our mediational model (Cumulative risk → Self-regulation → BMI) over a 4-year period in a prospective, longitudinal design.
Results: Nine-year-old children exposed to a greater accumulation of multiple risk factors show larger gains in adiposity over the next four year period, net of their initial BMI. These gains in BMI during early adolescence are largely accounted for by deteriorated self-regulatory abilities among children facing more cumulative risks.
Conclusions: Early childhood risk exposure leads to larger gains in BMI in adolescence. Given the importance of childhood adiposity to the development of obesity later in life, understanding the underlying mechanisms that link early experience to weight gain is an essential task. Deficiencies in self-regulation in response to chronic stress appears to be an important agent in the obesity epidemic.
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Pediatric weight gain is a critical aspect of the obesity epidemic. Chronic stress produces physiologic perturbations capable of altering brain mechanisms related to eating as well as those implicated in self-regulatory behaviors.
What This Study Adds:
We show that early childhood risk exposures are associated with weight gain in adolescence, independent of childhood BMI. We also find that deficiencies in self-regulatory processes help explain the link between chronic stress and adiposity.
The obesity pandemic is fueled in part by excess pediatric weight gain. In the United States, childhood obesity has doubled in the past decade with more than one third of American children now overweight.1 Rapid increases in childhood obesity portend disastrous health consequences given that excess childhood adiposity tracks into adulthood2 and is accompanied by elevated hypertension, hyperlipidemia, and type 2 diabetes in adolescents.3 This article examines cumulative risk exposure and self-regulation in childhood BMI. Specifically we test the hypothesis that the accumulation of exposure to multiple risk factors in childhood impairs self-regulatory abilities which, in turn, lead to excess adiposity in children and adolescents.
Although no research has examined this hypothesis, there is indirect support for this model. Chronic family stress elevates weight gain in young children,4,5 and increased stressful life events are associated with elevated adolescent BMI.6 Moreover, both adults7–10 and children11 increase food consumption, particularly high sucrose and fatty foods, in response to stress.
Chronic stress invokes overeating and weight gain in part because of perturbations in physiologic mechanisms that regulate eating. Elevated glucocorticoids, including cortisol, cause the body to increase energy expenditure, which in turn signals the brain to increase caloric input necessary for the provision of glycogen and fat. Chronic stress also alters glucose metabolism, triggering insulin resistance, rendering cells less efficient in converting fat to glycogen.12,13 Leptin and neuropeptide Y are also responsive to changes in glucocorticoid levels in animal models of stress and obesity.14
Weight gain is a product of caloric intake and energy expenditure. Restrictions in caloric intake as well as elevated physical activity both depend on self-regulatory ability. For most people, it takes considerable effort to maintain a diet or stick with a vigorous exercise regimen. Animal and human models converge on a direct role of brain areas centrally involved in inhibitory control with regulation of food intake.15 Hyperactivity of the dorsolateral prefrontal cortex (DLPC) is associated with overeating. Moreover, obese animals have downwardly regulated dopamine receptors in the DLPC and several other areas of the prefrontal cortex (PFC) associated with self-regulatory behavior.
Elevated chronic stress may interfere with self-regulatory behaviors which in turn could influence weight maintenance. The hypothalamic-pituitary-adrenal axis is directly and indirectly connected to the PFC, and prolonged glucocorticoid elevations diminish PFC activity.12,13,16 Thus, chronic stress has the potential to interfere with activity in the part of the brain centrally involved in self-regulatory behavior. Dysregulated cortisol responses in preschoolers to an acute stressor in the laboratory predicted teacher ratings of deficiencies in the children's self-regulatory behavior.17 Stress may deplete self-regulatory capacity by diminishing resources because it takes effort to manage environmental demands. Evans18 showed that elevated cumulative risk exposure in children was associated with diminished self-regulatory behavior among fourth- and fifth-graders. The greater the number of physical and psychosocial risk factors children were exposed to, the lower their ability to delay gratification when offered a reward. In another study, chaotic home environments at age 9 characterized by crowding, noise, constant interruptions, and irregular routines and lack of structure were positively correlated 4 years later with teacher reports of self-regulatory problems.19
In the current study, we hypothesized that early childhood exposure to cumulative risk factors would increase concurrent and future weight as assessed by BMI. Furthermore, an underlying mechanism responsible for the cumulative risk–BMI link would be diminished capacity to self-regulate behavior.
The current study used data from an ongoing longitudinal study of rural children recruited at age 9 from public schools, Head Start Programs, and other government programs targeting low-income families in 5 upstate New York rural counties. Approximately half of the children were at or below the poverty line at initial recruitment.
Our analyses herein focus on data from waves 1 and 2 of the study. Because our models were longitudinal, some individuals were excluded (initial n = 339) for missing data. Self-regulation was added to the protocol after the study began, so only 287 nine-year olds had these data. An additional 43 participants were missing BMI, leaving a final sample of 244 with a mean age of 9.23 at wave 1 and 13.37 at wave 2 (45% female; 97% Caucasian). Missing data analyses were conducted to consider possible selective attrition. This is a standard procedure for exclusion of cases in structural equation modeling.20 Missing individuals had higher levels of cumulative risk (Mdiff = 2.24, t[338] = 10.74, P < .001) and were more likely to be female (χ2[1] = 5.56, P < .05).
Procedures and Measures
All data were collected with a standardized protocol in participants' residences. Only 1 child per household was included. To calculate BMI accounting for child age and gender, CDC growth charts were employed, providing percentile for BMI at each wave of data collection. Children and parents were unaware that this was a study of poverty, chronic stress, and health.
Cumulative risk was calculated by summing across children's exposure to 9 sociodemographic, physical, and psychosocial risk factors at the first wave of data collection, when the child was 9 years old. Each risk factor was defined dichotomously (0/1) on the basis of theoretical or statistical criteria. Cumulative risk was then calculated as the simple, unweighted sum of the 9 risk factors (0–9). Sociodemographic risks included poverty (income-to-needs ratio ≤1), single-parent status, and maternal high school dropout status. The income-to-needs ratio is an annually adjusted, per capita index comparing household income to federal estimates of minimally required expenditures for food and shelter. An income-to-needs ratio of 1 is the US government definition of poverty. Physical risks included residential crowding (people/room in the residence), noise (Leq decibel levels measured over two, 2-hour periods in the child's living room with a B&K model 2239A decibel meter) and housing problems. Housing problems were measured with a standardized index21 including rater assessments of structural defects, clutter and cleanliness, hazards, indoor climate, and children's resources (eg, books). Psychosocial risk factors included family turmoil, child separation from family, and exposure to violence. Each of these 3 psychosocial risk factors was assessed by subscales of the Life Events and Circumstances Checklist.22,23 The child's mother indicated on multiple questions (yes/no) whether certain events had occurred during the child's lifetime. Sample items from each subscale of the checklist include: "Our child has been involved in serious family arguments" (family turmoil); "A close family member has been away from home a lot" (child separation from family); "Our neighborhood has been unsafe" (violence). A risk score of 1 was assigned to each of the following categorical risk factors: poverty status, single parent, and high school dropout. A risk score of 1 was assigned to the remaining 6 continuous physical and psychosocial risk factors on the basis of a value in the upper quartile for the distribution of risks across the entire sample (see Supplemental Table 2 for further details).
Self-regulatory behavior was assessed by the child's ability to delay gratification during the wave 1 assessment. In this protocol, a preferred object (a large plate of candy vs a medium-sized plate of candy) is placed uncovered directly in front of the child at the same time of day. The child is informed that if he or she waits while the experimenter does something in the other room and does not touch the candy or get out of the chair, then he or she can have the large plate of candy as soon as the experimenter returns. If the child is unable to wait, then he or she can ring a nearby bell, and the experimenter returns and immediately gives the child the smaller plate of candy. After ensuring the child understood the instructions, the experimenter left the room until the child either rang the bell or 30 minutes had elapsed. The session was videotaped to monitor rule adherence. The number of seconds the child successfully delayed was recorded and converted to minutes for analyses. The reliability and validity of this self-regulatory index is well documented.24
Analysis Strategy and Preliminary Analyses
To test our hypotheses, structural equation modeling techniques (path analyses) were estimated using Mplus Version 6.20 Before running individual models, data screening procedures were performed to identify outliers and test for normality. Multivariate outliers were examined using the Cooks distance statistic.25 No outliers were found using a cutoff value of 1.26 Normality was also tested by examining skewness and kurtosis of study variables. These analyses showed some deviations from normality. Although all values were within 3 standard deviations of the mean, wave 1 self-regulation and wave 2 BMI were both left skewed. To account for these deviations from normality, the maximum likelihood robust estimator option was used. This estimation method calculates standard errors that are robust to deviation from normality.27,28
Four indices were used to assess goodness of fit for path models: the Tucker-Lewis Index (TLI; values of 0.90 or greater indicate good fit), the Comparative Fit Index (CFI; values of 0.90 or greater indicate good fit), the Root Mean Square Error of Approximation (RMSEA; values of 0.08 or less indicate good fit), and the Standardized Root-Mean-Square Residual (SRMR, values of 0.08 or less indicate good fit). CFI and TLI compare the improvement in fit of the tested model as compared with the null model assuming zero covariance among variables. RMSEA is a parsimony-adjusted index, and SRMSR is a measure of mean residual correlation.29
Zero-order correlations between each of our measured constructs are presented in Table 1. Cumulative risk was associated with self-regulation (P = .001), w1 BMI (P = .037), and w2 BMI (P = .009), and self-regulation was associated with w2 BMI. Self-regulation and w1 BMI was not significantly correlated (P = .140). As expected, the autoregressive association between BMI measures at each of the waves was strong (P < .001).
Path Model Results
A series of path models were estimated to address our mediation hypotheses. An initial path model estimated the direct effects of cumulative risk on changes in BMI, and the effects of cumulative risk on self-regulation. The effects of gender on self-regulation were also controlled. Gender did not statistically interact with cumulative risk or self-regulation. Model results indicated that higher levels of cumulative risk were associated with lower levels of self-regulation (βunstandardized = -1.233, SE = 0.387, P = .001, βstandardized = -0.235), and that cumulative risk was associated with w2 BMI (βunst. = 1.652, SE = 0.777, P = .034, βst. = 0.106), controlling for the autoregressive effects of w1 BMI.
The next step in our analysis was to consider our full conceptual model shown in Fig 1. This model included all hypothesized associations between w1 and w2 study variables, including the mediation path: cumulative risk→self regulation→BMI. Fit statistics suggested that the model fit the data well: χ2 (2, N = 244) = 1.217, P = .544, TLI=1.021, CFI=1.000, RMSEA=0.000 (90% confidence interval [CI]: 0.000, 0.110), SRMR=0.011. As predicted, self-regulation was associated with w2 BMI (βunst. = -0.425, SE = 0.187, P = .024, βst. = -0.140), controlling for w1 BMI. Furthermore, the previously established direct effect of cumulative risk on w2 BMI decreased by 32% with the inclusion of indirect effects, and was no longer significant (βunst. = 1.120, SE = 0.811, P = .166, βst. = 0.071). These findings are consistent with our hypothesis that self-regulation mediates the link between cumulative risk and changes in BMI. Path estimates also suggested a marginal association between cumulative risk and w1 BMI (βunst. = 2.083, SE = 1.176, P = .075, βst. = 0.116). Furthermore, although we had hypothesized a link between self-regulation and w1 BMI, support for this association was not found (βunst. = -0.254, SE = 0.246, P = .299, βst. = -0.074).
An additional model was estimated removing the non-significant link between self-regulation and w1 BMI (see Fig 2). This model was then compared with the full model described above. Because the χ2 statistic using maximum likelihood robust estimation is not appropriate for comparing nested models, we used a loglikelihood-based difference test which incorporated a scaling correction factor.20 The test was non-significant indicating that the additional path included in the full model did not significantly improve the model fit: χ2 (1) = 0.596, P = .440. The more parsimonious model shown in Fig 2 is therefore preferred. The substantive findings in this final model were the same as those in the full model, except that the link between cumulative risk and w1 BMI was now significant (β = 0.133, P = .031). In support of our mediation hypothesis, the effects of cumulative risk on w2 BMI were 33% less than in the initial model, and were non-significant (β = 0.070, P = .171).
Mediation Analysis
Additional analyses were conducted on the model shown in Fig 2 to test our specific mediation hypotheses. In particular, the "model indirect" command was used in Mplus to test the significance of indirect effects. This procedure uses the δ method to calculate the SE of indirect effects.20 Support was found for the indirect path from cumulative risk to w2 BMI through self-regulation (βunst. = 0.528, SE = 0.252, P = .036), indicating that self-regulation mediates the association between cumulative risk and w2 BMI. The indirect effect of cumulative risk on w2 BMI through w1 BMI was also significant (βunst. = 1.528, SE = 0.734, P = .037).
Current estimates indicate that in 40 years, 4 out of 10 American adults will be obese.30 These alarming domestic trends are mirrored by skyrocketing increases in BMI worldwide.31 There are many approaches to tackling the obesity pandemic, but nearly all concur on the importance of intervening early, since obesity has roots in early childhood. Herein we investigated two aspects of childhood obesity that have not been given much attention – cumulative risk exposure and self-regulatory behavior. As shown in Fig 2, we find evidence that exposures to cumulative risks in early childhood are associated with concurrent and subsequent adiposity. Moreover, the linkage between childhood cumulative risk and weight gain in early adolescence is mediated by self-regulatory behavior. Nine year old children who have more difficulty delaying gratification in a standard self-regulatory protocol24 gain more weight by age 13. These self-regulatory difficulties mediate the prospective, longitudinal relation between cumulative risk exposure at age 9 and weight gain by age 13. Children exposed to more chronic stress gain more weight four years later, and this weight gain is largely attributable to difficulties in self-regulation.
Although this is the first study to directly assess the mediating role of self-regulatory behavior in childhood cumulative risk exposure and weight gain, our findings are congruent with earlier work. Chronic stress has been associated with weight gain in children4,5 and adolescents.6 We also know that children eat more high sugar and fat content foods when placed under stress.11 These indicators of a chronic stress – BMI link match well with basic neuropsychological work demonstrating anatomic and functional pathways between glucocorticoid action and altered metabolic functioning.12,13
The finding that self-regulatory competency is a key element in the cumulative risk → BMI pathway is in keeping with neuropsychological models of dietary control that implicate the central role of the DLPC, the predominant brain area involved in self-regulatory behavior.15 There is also emerging evidence that chronic stress can diminish self-regulatory capacity.16–19 Taken together these two bodies of literature point to the plausability of the underlying model of cumulative risk exposure → self-regulation → BMI.
Although evidence for the model shown in Fig 2 is from a longitudinal, prospective design, as in any quasi-experimental design, we cannot be certain that the effects are causal. Some variable other than cumulative risk exposure could drive the relations uncovered herein. We can rule out that weight gain leads to more cumulative risk since the longitudinal analyses control for prior BMI. We also know that if we reverse the order of terms in the mediational pathway, that self-regulation remains significantly related to weight gain when partialling out cumulative risk. We also re-ran all analyses with a statistical control for the child's depression using a standardized scale. Depression was unrelated to BMI and its inclusion in the model did not alter the results. Collecting data on BMI, cumulative risk exposure, and self-regulatory behaviors earlier in life and over a longer period of time would both strengthen our research design and enable us to examine whether there are critical periods of risk exposure that set children on a trajectory for weight gain. Better developmental data would also help us investigate an alternative to the critical period hypothesis which suggests that it is the accumulation of risk exposures throughout early childhood that portends greater adiposity later in life.32 Another limitation of our analysis of cumulative risk exposure, self-regulation, and weight gain in rural, Caucasian children is the sample. Not enough is known about rural pediatric populations to conclude whether the present data would generalize to urban and suburban children as well as to ethnic minority children. Many rural children are geographically isolated and not in close proximity to healthy food retail sources. At the same time they typically live nearby open green space and other places to play and not proximate to fast food. The opposite tends to hold true for urban children.
Cumulative risk exposure in childhood is related prospectively to weight gain among young adolescents. This weight gain is largely accounted for by diminished self-regulatory skills impaired by cumulative risk exposure.
This research was supported by the W.T. Grant Foundation and the John D. and Catherine T. Mac Arthur Foundation, Network on Socioeconomic Status and Health, Robert Wood Johnson Foundation.
- Accepted September 9, 2011.
- Address correspondence to Gary W. Evans, PhD, Design & Environmental Analysis and Human Development, Human Ecology, Cornell University, Ithaca, NY 14853-4401. E-mail: gwe1{at}cornell.edu
Each author made substantative intellectual contributions to this article. Dr Evans conceptualized the design and theoretical model, supervised data collection, and helped draft the paper. Dr Fuller-Rowell conducted data analysis and helped draft the paper. Dr Doan conceptualized the theoretical model and helped draft the paper. All authors have seen and approve of the final version of the paper.
FINANCIAL DISCLOSURE: The authors have indicated they have no financial relationships relevant to this article to disclose.
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Somersby, Lincolnshire
St Margaret's Church, Somersby
Somersby shown within Lincolnshire
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|Greetham with Somersby
|East Lindsey
|Shire county
|East Midlands
|Sovereign state
|United Kingdom
|Post town
|Postcode district
|East Midlands
|EU Parliament
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|UK Parliament
|Louth and Horncastle
Coordinates: 53°14′05″N 0°00′44″E / 53.234592°N 0.01219°E
Somersby is a village in the East Lindsey district of Lincolnshire, England. It is situated 6 miles (9.7 km) north-west from Spilsby and 7 miles (11 km) east-north-east from Horncastle. The village lies in the civil parish of Greetham with Somersby (where the population is listed) in the Lincolnshire Wolds, a designated Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty; the parish covers about 600 acres (2.4 km2).
Alfred, Lord Tennyson, Poet Laureate, was born and brought up in Somersby, the son of the rector, and the fourth of twelve children. When he wrote The Babbling Brook he was referring to a small stream here.[1] Other features of the local landscape are claimed as features mentioned in Tennyson's poetry,[2] such as "Woods that belt the grey hillside" and "The silent woody places by the home that gave me birth". In 1949 the copper beech was reported to be still standing at the former rectory which was mentioned in In Memoriam: "Unwatched, the garden bough shall sway,/The tender blossom flutter down,/Unloved, that beech will gather brown,/This maple burn itself away." The same poem also mentions leaving "the well-beloved place / Where first we gazed upon the sky".[3] In such poems as The Lady of Shalott[4] Tennyson uses the word "wold" for a hill in a sense found in Lincolnshire.[5]
The Anglican parish church is dedicated to Saint Margaret. It is an ancient sandstone building, constructed some time before 1612, and restored between 1863 and 1865. It seats about 80 people. Alfred, Lord Tennyson, was baptised in St Margaret's.
Stone from the now disused Somersby Quarry, an outcrop of Spilsby Sandstone, was used to repair the church.[6] This soft stone is khaki-green colour when exposed to weathering.[7]
- ^ Alfred, Lord Tennyson. "The Brook". Catrine-Ayrshire.co.uk/Brook. Retrieved 25 April 2011.
- ^ The King's England: Lincolnshire (Hodder & Stoughton Ltd., 1949, 1952) under the entry for Somersby.
- ^ All these quoted in the article mentioned.
- ^ Tennyson, Poems Published in 1842, Oxford University Press, 1956
- ^ Eilert Ekwall, The Concise Oxford Dictionary of English Place-Names.
- ^ "St Margaret's, Somersby". The birthplace of Tennyson. St Margaret Somersby PCC. Retrieved 13 October 2013.
- ^ "Spilsby Sandstone". Lexicon of Named Rock Units. British geological survey.
External links[edit]
- Media related to Somersby, Lincolnshire at Wikimedia Commons
- East Lindsey District Council website


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The European Creep Collaborative Committee (ECCC) is currently the leading voice of European experts on subjects relating to creep, representing the views of alloy producers, plant manufacturers and end-users (utilities). ECCC has been engaged in the co-ordination of Europe-wide creep data generation, collation and assessment activities since 1991, with the aim of pooling national data resources to provide the optimum basis for creep property values for European Product and Design Standards.
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Posted on Tuesday, September 6th, 2011 by Peter Sciretta
On July 4th 2010, I sat in a former Model T Ford factory in Detroit. The huge building was transformed into a futuristic make-shift boxing arena — The Crash Palace (seen above), filled with hundreds of punk-styled boxing fans, covering the floors to the rafters. I sat in front of a huge monitor off to the side, observing what was being filmed in the boxing ring in front of me.
As Shawn Levy filmed his movie that is set in the future, I realized that the future was happening right in front of me. I visit a lot of movie sets, and while each is very different, the production is usually very similar. This is one of the few times I knew I was watching something new as I sat on set. On the monitor, one robot was slugging it out with another mechanical fighter. What's remarkable about this situation is that the ring was completely empty.


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Went out in the woods yesterday in my new Patagonia fleece jacket. Noticed the dog was covered with tiny black burrs and then noticed I was covered with them too. The jacket is covered with masses of them and they are impossible to pull off as they are clumped together. Duct tape and packing tape do not work. Help me to be wear my new jacket again. Suggestions please?
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SEC….SEC! Guess the bagmen got to the DA
July 15, 2015 at 10:41am
This was in orlando as well
July 15, 2015 at 10:19am
Blaze: where is the video of the police officer getting ran over by two teens and shooting at the vehicle? The mothers of the two teens then file a complaint about excessive force while the officer is in the hospital in critical but stable condition?
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[3] May 19, 2015 at 3:50pm
Tried an arm bar and got him with a triangle…… Nice job young lady!
[1] February 9, 2015 at 3:43pm
Thanks for clearing that up Sarge……
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I thought it was taboo to include the race of the criminal? Doesn't the tweet say " W/M"? Are they saying "white male" in an attempt to contain the activists who work tirelessly to show it's not only black men committing crimes?…… Never seen this before
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[49] October 30, 2014 at 9:42am
This happened approx 1 mile from my home. Moving this weekend (prior to this incident) and I'm blessed to say my wife wants to schedule a CWP class so she won't be a victim. I've had it for years but this was the icing on the cake for her.
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Diabetic is my guess…..sometimes when the sugar climbs above 400, they go into DKA or ketoacidosis which mimics a drunk.
[4] July 23, 2014 at 3:58pm
I work in Orlando as a paramedic. Some of these folks I recognize and have quite a history ( beside living in the north during the summer and making it down here in the winter). Kept looking for the one gentleman who has a house in Isleworth ( were Tigers woods lived) yet chooses to smoke crack and fornicate with hookers. He has millions in the bank and chooses this lifestyle
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[8] June 29, 2014 at 9:17am
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June 10, 2014 at 2:32pm
Why don't the just go interosseous like we do in the medical field? When you try to revive someone and are unable to obtain IV access, we are allowed to use a bone drill and place it just distal to the knee or in the shoulder area. This allows the meds to be absorbed into the marrow and works very well.
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November 16, 2013 at 2:50pm
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October 1, 2013 at 1:37pm
point a gun at cops and you will get shot. Being told to put your gun down by cops and you point it at them…you get shot. Sorry folks, not all officers are brown shirted thugs like you all think. If the story is correct, I think the officers handled the situation well and am glad they are the ones who get to go home to their family.
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August 29, 2013 at 7:59am
said the guy from "Tattoo U"
August 21, 2013 at 1:08pm
could it be a lack of motivation to be employed?
July 31, 2013 at 10:45am
Al? Jessie?…..awaiting a press conference demanding justice!…….waiting……..waiting…….
July 29, 2013 at 7:35pm
Paging mr. Sharpton…..Paging Mr. Jackson….Comments?…….either?…hello?
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Portland voters will decide Nov. 6 whether to impose an annual $35-per-adult tax on city residents (with exemptions for those living in poverty) to help fund more arts teachers in Portland Public Schools and provide taxpayer support to private nonprofit arts organizations. Measure 26-146 was sent to voters by the City Council in June after years of debate how Portland could increase its public financing of the arts.
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Charlie Hales:
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With training camp for the Houston Texans just around the corner, there are some very interesting position battles about to unfold.
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