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Get an overview of this hotelHotel in Fairburn with free breakfast and free airport shuttle
Popular property highlights
Situated near the airport, this hotel is within 12 mi (20 km) of Kedron Village Shopping Center, Kedron Fieldhouse and Aquatic Center, and Piedmont Fayette Hospital. Cochran Mill Park and Canongate Golf Club are also within 12 mi (20 km).
Hotel Features
This hotel features an outdoor pool, a fitness center, and a business center. Free buffet breakfast, free WiFi in public areas, and a free airport shuttle are also provided. Other amenities include meeting rooms, dry cleaning, and laundry facilities.
Room Amenities
All 99 rooms provide free WiFi and free wired Internet, LCD TVs with digital channels, and conveniences like refrigerators and microwaves. Premium bedding, coffee makers, and free weekday newspapers are among the other amenities available to guests.
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Hampton Inn Atlanta Fairburn
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Hampton Inn Atlanta Fairburn features an outdoor pool and a fitness center. Wired and wireless Internet access is complimentary. This hotel offers access to a business center and meeting rooms. A complimentary breakfast is offered. This business-friendly hotel also offers multilingual staff, laundry facilities, and dry cleaning/laundry services.
- Free airport transportation
- Total number of rooms - 99
- Free breakfast
- Business center
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- Express check-out
- Fitness facilities
- Free WiFi
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- Safe-deposit box at front desk
- Outdoor pool
- Television in common areas
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- Free Wi-Fi
- Rollaway/extra beds available
- Laundry facilities
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Available in all rooms: Free WiFi , Free wired high-speed Internet
Available in some public areas: Free WiFi , Free wired high-speed Internet
Room Amenities
- Premium TV channels
- Pay movies
- Premium bedding
- Air conditioning
- In-room climate control (air conditioning)
- Free weekday newspaper
- Phone
- Free local calls
- Refrigerator
- Coffee/tea maker
- Microwave
- Daily housekeeping
- Private bathroom
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- Hair dryer
- Iron/ironing board
- Desk
- Rollaway/extra beds available
- Cribs/infant beds available
- Blackout drapes/curtains
- Digital TV service
- Free WiFi
- Free wired high-speed Internet
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Guests are offered a complimentary hot/cold buffet breakfast.
Nearby Things to Do
Recreational amenities at the hotel include an outdoor pool and a fitness center.
- Golfing nearby
Hotel Policies
Check-in time starts at 3 PM
Check-out time is noon
Payment types
Children and extra beds
- Children are welcome.
- Rollaway/extra beds are available.
- Cribs (infant beds) are available.
- Pets not allowed
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Extra-person charges may apply and vary depending on property policy.
Government-issued photo identification and a credit card or cash deposit are required at check-in for incidental charges.
Special requests are subject to availability upon check-in and may incur additional charges. Special requests cannot be guaranteed.
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The Personnel Commission is an independent body authorized by the state (EC 45240-45320) to administer a merit system for classified employees. The Merit System works to efficiently assure the selection and retention of the best qualified individuals for positions at the Alameda County Office of Education. Under the Merit System, employment and promotion are made on the basis of merit.
ACOE's Personnel Commission is composed of three people appointed for three-year staggered terms.
The ACOE Personnel Commission routinely meets on the third Thursday of each month at the Alameda County Office of Education, 313 West Winton Avenue, Hayward, at 12:30 p.m.
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Polo Match Caps POLO! for Sporting Library
Weekend at the National Sporting Library and Museum
The National Sporting Library and Museum in Upperville, Va., hosted the 2012 Benefit Polo Match and Luncheon Sept. 23 as the cap to its POLO! Weekend.
On Sept. 22, the library hosted a symposium, "The Evolution in Polo in America," which featured prominent experts in the sport. Panelists included H.A. Laffaye, Michael H.S. Amato and Charles Muldoon.
Sunday's main events were a benefit luncheon and polo match at the Virginia International Polo Club in Upperville. A two-course luncheon was paired with Dusky Goose Pinot Noir, donated by Rambouillet Vineyard in Oregon. The match was between Beverly Polo club and Right At Home polo club and was officiated by German Noguera.
In addition to the polo match, festivities included a parade of the piedmont foxhounds, a performance by the Washington Scottish Pipe Band, a ladies hat contest and a release of doves. An awards ceremony followed the match. The event was chaired by Jacqueline B. Mars.
The art exhibition, "Chukkers, The Sport of Polo in Art," runs through Sept. 30 at the National Sporting Library and Museum. The exhibit is free and open to the public.
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Physical Plant Director Says Arts Center Is Good Fit For LSSU
Posted: February 19th, 2003
Feb. 18, 2003
DIRECTOR'S INSPECTION - Lake Superior State University Physical Plant Director Rick Waligora poses in what will be a classroom in LSSU's Fine and Performing Arts Center, slated for completion next year.
SAULT STE. MARIE, Mich. – It's easy to understand why a person interested in the arts would be excited about Lake Superior State University's fine and performing arts center. Once completed, the facility will be one of the best places in the region to see a performance or learn about how to produce one.
But from the physical plant's point of view, there is perhaps even more to like about the structure that is taking shape on the northwest corner of campus. Rick Waligora, director of the Physical Plant since July 2000 and himself a fan of the arts, appreciates the building for its physical structure as well as its beauty and purpose.
"This facility will fit in very nicely with Lake State's other campus buildings," Waligora said. "In addition, the design is much more operations- and maintenance-friendly than previous designs. It will be easier to clean and take care of. It's a very user-friendly design."
LSSU's arts center is modeled after Detroit Country Day School's facility in Beverly Hills, Mich. Waligora, LSSU administration and the Board of Trustees have visited the DCDS facility and were impressed with its potential for LSSU.
"The acoustics of the auditorium are wonderful," Waligora said. "You can stand in the upper most corner and listen to a normal conversation on stage with no amplification. Every seat in the house is excellent."
Bruce Harger, activing vice president for Academic Affairs and provost, was equally impressed with the facility that will soon belong to LSSU.
"Before I visited the facility at Detroit Country Day, I could not imagine or appreciate the beauty and sheer magnitude of this building," Harger said. "I was awestruck! The possibilities for the performing and fine arts are endless. The campus and communities on both sides of the International Bridge will be enriched by the availability of this fine facility."
Waligora said the hallways, classrooms and arts facilities are all beautifully appointed and suit their purpose well. While the LSSU facility and Detroit Country Day building are essentially the same, LSSU is taking advantage of the campus landscape to add its own touch to the facility design.
"We modified the north side of the building," Waligora said. "Our facility is being built into a hill, whereas Country Day's center is on flat land. Our location allowed us to use our landscape – the natural slope -- to a greater advantage."
As a result of LSSU taking the DCDS design, the University was able to save the headache of finding out about changes that inevitably need to be made during the middle of any construction project. In addition, the design allowed LSSU to proceed with the facility after the original bids came in much higher than expected.
"We captured the change orders in our design," Waligora said. "When you can do that up front, the cost is insignificant as opposed to making the changes in the middle of the project. That's how we're able to manage the budget as we are. We have equipment budgeted for each area – the offices, the labs, all of it. The budget is in good shape."
Waligora said construction is on schedule. Contractors have been able to work into the winter on all but the colder days, and were able to enclose the lower level on the north side as the snow began to fly.
"The weather earlier in the winter was cooperating," Waligora said. "We were able to get a lot of things done. We've enclosed the lower level of the north wall, which is primarily office and classroom space, and we'll be able to continue to work in there for the rest of the winter. In the spring, we'll start construction on the auditorium portion of the facility."
Waligora said many local contractors and construction workers are being used for the project. The two biggest contracts – mechanical and electrical – went to contractors with main offices in the region. The mechanical contract went to Dressler Corp., Marquette, while the electrical went to S & T Electrical of Sault Ste. Marie, Ont. Both companies have offices in Sault Ste. Marie, Mich. and are hiring local workers.
The big project needs much assistance from LSSU's Physical Plant crew, also.
"Just about everyone is involved in some part," Waligora said, noting that Paul Besteman, assistant director, is handling day-to-day operations on the construction site and Brad Newman, engineering assistant, pulls up drawings for utilities and other aspects of the construction on demand. Bill Thompson, grounds manager, makes sure the site is accessible for construction crews by taking care of snow removal and other grounds issues.
Waligora said the entire project is proceeding on schedule and he is looking forward to the day that he can hand over the building's keys to President Youngblood and LSSU faculty and staff.
A fine arts center is a vision that dates back to the era of LSSU President Kenneth Shouldice. The complex has seen several variations through the years before LSSU secured funding in 1999. The state is providing $8 million for the construction, while LSSU must contribute $7.3 million.
LSSU Foundation Director Dave Eitland said there are still many naming opportunities in the building to recognize major contributors. To find out how you can help, call the LSSU Foundation, 906-635-2665 or send a note to firstname.lastname@example.com. -LSSU-


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It's very rare to find a game that has a feel quite unlike anything else available on the platform, but we can say this about Superbrothers: Sword & Sworcery EP for iPhone. It's odd, it's artistic and it's a sensory experience in a manner most games aren't.
But what is it? Well, it's a kinda point 'n' click adventure in the old-school 90s vein, but such a tag doesn't come close to capturing what's special about this game. The pixel art and atmospheric audio are both enchanting and entrancing, sucking you into the odd world quicker than a scrap of paper vacuumed by a Dyson hoover. You're given little clue as to what's going on at the start, ensuring your own journey through the game parallels that of the character.
The game works best with an iPad, where the extra screen space makes play much more comfortable, but it's absolutely worth checking out if you're rocking an iPhone or iPod Touch too. Sword & Sworcery comes in two flavours these days, an iPhone-only version or a universal app with iPad and iPhone 4 optimisation
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Board benefits: Fund a teacher instead
The issue of health and dental insurance for city elected officials comes up every few years. Not surprisingly, the aldermen (who also get taxpayer-funded insurance) and school board routinely vote to keep billing the taxpayers for their insurance. Most of them claim, as school board member John Avard did last week, that they devote a lot of time to their public service and they deserve the benefits.
It is a lame defense. Health and dental insurance are for full-time employees. Elected board members are not employees; they are volunteers. Many of them, like Avard, are volunteers who are employed in the private sector and could opt for private-sector insurance. They choose not to because the taxpayer-funded insurance is free to them.
Most people probably would take such a perk if it were offered. But it should not be offered because it is not an essential service the city must provide. A small stipend is justified, medical benefits are not.
As radio host Rich Girard discovered, 10 of 14 school board members take either health or dental insurance or both from the city. Ten of 14 aldermen get both health and dental. On the school side, the cost is $90,000 this year just for the premiums. The average teacher pay in Manchester is $56,283, according to the Manchester Education Association.
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Insurers pushed away by concerns over shoddy condos in Canada
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MONTREAL, April 2 (Reuters) - Rising claims for water damage in condo buildings and inadequate regulation have led insurance companies to refuse new clients or demand higher premiums for coverage, adding fuel to concerns about quality in Canada's fastest-growing housing segment.
In March, Aviva Insurance Company of Canada stopped taking on new business from condo corporations in Quebec, citing rising claims and weak legislation that allows owners to set aside insufficient amounts to cover repairs and maintenance, spokesman Glenn Cooper said this week.
"Due to lack of regulation and an increasingly high amount of claims in the space, we would be unable to achieve an adequate premium," Cooper wrote in an email.
Ontario and Quebec are expected to introduce new legislation over the next few months to reform outdated provincial condo laws that critics say do not go far enough to prevent quality problems as condo buildings age.
Other insurance companies are being more restrictive about which condo corporations they will service, and the cost of coverage is rising.
"We know it's a growing problem across Canada," said Toronto attorney Armand Conant, who heads the condo department of Shibley Righton LLP. "Premiums are going up and in Ontario people are concerned."
A survey in January of 700 Quebec condo corporations by an industry group found that 55 percent changed insurers over the last five years because of higher premiums, while 13 percent were refused a renewal by their insurer.
Rising prices for single-family homes in large cities, combined with Canada's reputation as a safe haven from global financial storms, have driven condo development in Toronto, Vancouver and Montreal, attracting young professionals, aging boomers, and investors spooked by stocks, bonds and foreign banks at risk of failure. Continued...


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KABUL, Afghanistan - The U.S.-led coalition said Saturday that its troops and Afghan forces had killed more than 80 militants in fighting across southern Afghanistan. In one case, insurgents used civilians as shields to escape.
Coalition troops battled more than 40 extremists in a five-hour gunbattle Friday in southern Uruzgan province, the military said in a statement.
Most of the militants, who were firing from positions in an orchard and compound, were thought to be killed, the coalition said.
Local Afghan commander Gen. Rahmatullah Roufi said 22 Taliban fighters were killed during the Uruzgan battle and an additional 18 were arrested. He said three coalition troops were slightly injured.
Afghan and coalition forces battled militants in a separate assault in the Kandahar province, killing about 25 during three hours of fighting.
"Several extremists broke contact by using innocent Afghan civilians as shields to escape into nearby villages," the statement said.
Also Friday, four insurgents were killed when Taliban fighters fired rockets near coalition forces in the Kandahar province, said coalition spokesman Maj. Quentin Innis.
The coalition said an additional 17 insurgents, who had been setting up an ambush, were killed when their bunker was destroyed in Uruzgan province last Wednesday.
Coalition forces have launched a massive offensive against Taliban forces in a bid to stop a wave of suicide attacks and ambushes.
More than 10,000 Afghan, British, Canadian and American troops are deployed across the Kandahar, Helmand, Uruzgan and Zabul provinces, where Taliban forces have regrouped and gained strength and sympathy.
Some 200 insurgents have been killed since Operation Mountain Thrust got underway earlier this month, according to coalition figures.
The Afghan Defense Ministry gave a smaller figure, saying 149 militants have been killed, 32 wounded and 61 arrested.
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question about xcal3
im thinking about getting the xcal 3, my question is i know they come preloaded from cfm and have adjustable options...... my main question is can i adjust idle speed myself or will i need a tuner like tom or randy to do that for me?
i think you can do idle yourself.
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i know this but i just want to start simple, i see its a x3 preloaded with 3 tunes...... excellant now i see something about sf3 im so confused about them!!!! im mainly interested in the 3 preloaded tunes and the user adjustable features then in the future i will get a custom....i wish i could understand
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You might be able to adjust the idle. This is something you'd have to ask CFM directly, only they will know. There are various options they can allow you to change, or not allow you to change.
Generally though, idle speed is one that's always unlocked.
A flash tool with no tune is useless. You won't be able to adjust anything. All it's useful for is a scantool or datalogging tool.
Again, if this is the route you wish to go; contact CFM first and ask them questions directly about what they put on the flash tool.
Their ad/description is very vague and generic. Know what your buying before spending money.
SF3 (Strategy Flash version 3) is an xCal III. It's one of the various models of the tool.
All the SCT products are popular with most any Ford tuner. Have been for many years. The III is simply popular now because the II is no longer made new.
My opinion, buy from Tom. His prices are very competitive, he's a guy full of know-how, has the best option for tune updates (free) and has been a large supporter of this site since it's inception.
For the extra ~$40, I see no reason not to ...
dude listen this tom guy knows his shit so just leave it to the proffesionals or youll drive yourself insane tryin to get these cars to run right lol
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"I'm getting mail from Georgia, Clemson, Duke, North Carolina and N.C. State," said the 6-foot-3, 230-pound linebacker. "I'd like to hear from Florida State and Michigan."
So far, he has visited two schools.
First, he went to Georgia.
"It was an awesome visit," Hooker said. "The coaches were really cool and the stadium was great.
"I talked to (director of on-campus recruiting) Daryl Jones the most. He told me that I'm a big, fast player and that they really like my film. He said they would be stopping by my school in the spring."
Duke was his next stop.
"Duke is a great place," Hooker said. "They have a good football and academics. I really like the coaches and they had the players around us, too. And being around them was really cool.
"The coaches just told me to get bigger, faster and stronger – and that they would be stopping by during the spring."
While he is only a sophomore, Hooker knows what he is looking for at the next level.
"Academically, I'm looking for a school where I can get a good education," he said. "That's a big thing to me and my parents. Football-wise, I want to go to school that has a great linebacker coach and a place that has great kids on the team."
With the season behind him, he has already started thinking about camps next summer.
"Hopefully, I'll get to the in-state schools – Carolina, State and Duke," he said. "As far as out-of-state schools, maybe Clemson and Georgia."
During his sophomore season, Hooker had 126 tackles and was an all-conference selection.


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The Heart Lung Vascular Institute brings together expertise in clinical care, teaching and research. Patients receive exceptional healthcare combined with patient-centered care, premier technology and extensive patient/community education in one convenient outpatient facility.
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"Lost" Beatles interview uncovered
LONDON (Reuters) - A film enthusiast has discovered a long lost interview with The Beatles from 1964 which has not been broadcast since.
Richard Jeffs came across 64 canisters of film stored in a damp garage in South London, and when he started to go through them he stumbled across a piece of pop history.
The conversation with Scottish television dates from April 30, 1964, according to the BBC, which played excerpts from the nine-and-a-half minute interview on the radio on Tuesday.
It came shortly after the Fab Four's trip to the United States during which they were besieged by fans and watched by a television audience estimated to be about half the country's population when they played The Ed Sullivan Show.
During the interview, Paul McCartney and John Lennon discussed how they came up with their tunes, and Jeffs said it shed light on the songwriting process within arguably the biggest band ever.
When asked how they collaborated, Lennon replied: "Well, you know, it depends. Sometimes we write them on old pianos, anything that's lying around."
McCartney added: "Normally we sit down and try and bash one out. But then again, there's no formula, because he (Lennon) can come up with one day completely finished. We still say we both wrote it, though."
The two also recalled where they first met.
"I was playing at a garden fete in the ... village where I lived just outside Liverpool, playing with a group, and he came along and we met," said Lennon. Continued...


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Whoa dudes! I simply MUST tell you about how CRAZY things have been for me. I was taken for a regular ride last week, when POOF - suddenly I was forced to meet a big ol' St Bernard. Wanna know the worst part? After our tepid meeting, a few hours later he showed up at my home!
Now I'm normally a pretty friendly fella, but this heathen gets on my nerves!!! I could've never imagined a dog with such non-existent manners. He takes attention from me, gets better smelling kibble & (here's the absolute kicker) he is obsessed with humping me:-| Oh, the humanity!!!
Mama keeps telling me I'm doing so good & being so patient, but, lemme tell ya people, I'm about to snap! I'm SO looking forward to him being neutered. He has to gain some weight & strength first, though. This guy is skin & bones!
Has anyone else out there ever had another dog, referred to as a "rescue", come into their house & disrupt their life of privilege? This totally sucks! If this joker thinks he's here to stay, he' s in for one heck of a surprise.
Well, it's finally happened. My poopy old parents had me neutered:-( I feel so violated! I moped around for a while, but am feeling a little more like myself now. If mama thinks this will deter me from freaking out & pulling her all over the neighborhood, she's in for a surprise! Sure, my testosterone level may be dwindling, but my mindset is still the same - I AM THE BOSS!!! If I want to chase down a miniature dog that's giving me their yappy little lip & eat them for breakfast, I WILL! If I want to sprint towards a kind voice or the scent of one of my pooch pals, I WILL! And if I want to throw down, in response to a great big, mean, growling sound directed @ me, I WILL! Mama can just let go of the leash if she has a problem with it. She thinks I'll hurt myself because of my vision problem, but I'm no wimp! Besides, a few crashes into objects is a small price to pay for getting my way;-)
Now, if I could just locate a doggie helmet...
I'm doin' just fine. Although I still have seizures, my meds seem to make them less violent & frequent. Mama & Daddy had to adjust my dosage since I'm still packing on the lbs. That's no problem for me. More pills just mean I get to take them in bigger pieces of hot dogs!
Something AWESOME recently happened. My Daddy bought me a truck! That's right, I'm only a year old & I have my own set of wheels! I believe the technical term for it is an "SUV", but all I know is it's soo spacious! Finally, I can stand & turn around comfortably. In the old car I had to ride in (a Mustang Cobra) I was totally cramped up. Now it's nothin' but big pimpin' baby, from here on out!!!
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By Stuart Buchanan
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FORT COLLINS, Colo. – On Thursday the Rams took to the practice field ready to improve after Head Coach Jim McElwain expressed his displeasure with last Tuesday's practice.
McElwain said the team needed to come back and show improvement, as they had been doing before Tuesday's practice, and Colorado State did just that.
"Much better practice today," McElwain said. "Guys came out with a focus to get better and I didn't think we took any steps back. I thought we got a little better situationally."
Thursday was Conner Smith's day to take reps with the first-team offense as Smith and Garrett Grayson alternate days with the top team. This means fans making the trip to Infinity Park for Friday's practice will see Grayson operate with the first team.
"We are looking forward to see what they do tomorrow night in a road game," McElwain said of the quarterbacks referencing tomorrow's practice in Denver. "We are looking to see what they do in the scrimmage and then we'll see they handle the spring game."
McElwain said the battle for the starting quarterback spot is still even.
On Friday afternoon the Rams will make the hour-and-half bus ride down to Infinity Park for a practice in front of Denver fans. This is the second annual practice held in Glendale.
The Ram Town will open at 4 p.m. and practice will start around 5:30 p.m. The event, which is free to the public, has the second-year coach excited.
"There are a lot of things and a lot of bonuses," McElwain said about Friday's practice. "We've got a number of alums down in that area. Denver is an important market to us. We feel that this gives people the opportunity to go ahead take a look and see their Rams, and connect with former CSU graduates and people who are interested in football."
Not only is this a good event to reach out to the 43,000-plus alumni in the area but the Rams will use this as a trial-run when it comes to traveling during the 2013 season.
"I just think it's a great opportunity for us to teach some lessons on how we act, how we travel, and how we prepare in a different environment. Those are all things that'll help you down the road."
During Friday's practice Ram fans will have an opportunity to purchase 2013 season tickets and official apparel. Food and beverages will be available.
Acting debut: On Thursday night McElwain made his acting debut in "Evil Dead: The Musical," a performance put on by Colorado State's award-winning theatre program. The second-year coach played himself and shut down a zombie as he attempted to earn a football scholarship.
Schedule release: On Thursday afternoon the Mountain West released the 2013 football schedule. Kickoff times and television coverage will be announced later in the spring but fans can find more information about Colorado State's schedule here.
2013 Spring Game: The Rams will conclude their second spring camp under McElwain on Saturday, April 20 as fans are invited to attend the annual Green vs. Gold game.
Starting at 10 a.m., the Ram Town interactive area will open and two hours later the spring game will kick off. Admission is free and fans will have an opportunity to purchase 2013 season tickets and take pictures with CAM the Ram and cheerleaders.
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"It's very much the same (as last Saturday's scrimmage). We are going to tweak some of the situational things. Obviously, goal line is in now, we didn't have that in, so if we do get it down in there tight we'll get in big personnel. It will be the same format, same amount of plays. Then we'll work some different combinations, both offensively and defensively, depending on their performance."
"We are definitely going to look at the things we are reaching forward with that we didn't do last year, both offensively and defensively. I want to get a good film review of that, just to see where we are at with the new things we're doing."
(on season-opener vs. CU moving from Saturday to Sunday)
"I think twofold, it is obviously a big opening day of college football on Saturday so Sunday possibly gives us an opportunity to steal some of that spotlight, from a nation standpoint. Hopefully it gives a lot of people who are maybe going to do something Saturday, gives them that Sunday to come in and watch the game."
(on schedule and playing three home games in November)
"It's going to be beautiful I heard in November. We are going to have great weather. We checked the Farmers Almanac and actually went forward on that, so we knew we were going to have a great November.
We'll play the games when they come but right now our most important focus is getting better every day.
(on linebackers as a unit)
"I've seen a group of guys that have molded together and taken pride in the unit. Their communication with the front has been really, really good and that's going to be a key to us."
(on Tanner Hedstrom)
"Any time we don't talk about him means we're doing fantastic at that position. The guy is consistent and at that spot it's a key."
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The Louisiana Department of Health and Hospitals has discovered three cases so far, all in Livingston Parish. State Epidemiologist Dr. Raoult Ratard says the three cases were Asymptomatic, meaning the infected weren't showing symptoms of the virus.
"Mosquito control cannot do it — only you can do it."
"That means they were discovered when either somebody goes to give blood or somebody has a workup, and somebody is looking for evidence of the virus in their blood," Ratard said.
The first cases of West Nile this year were discovered later than usual, which may lead to a lower number of infections, Ratard said, also urging the public to take simple steps to keep themselves safe from mosquitoes.
"If it is possible, wear long sleeves and long pants, and if it is too hot, wear mosquito repellent," Ratard said.
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The sale includes eight daily and 15 weekly newspapers that are part of the Dow Jones Local Media Group.
The breakup in June created two companies, one called 21st Century Fox that included the company's film and television assets, with the publishing arm known as New News Corp.
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Unit of selection
A unit of selection is a biological entity within the hierarchy of biological organization (for example, an entity such as: a self-reproducing molecule, a gene, a cell, an organism, a group, or a species) that is subject to natural selection. There is debate among evolutionary biologists about the extent to which evolution has been shaped by selective pressures acting at these different levels.[1][2][3]
There is debate over the relative importance of the units themselves. For instance, is it group or individual selection that has driven the evolution of altruism? Where altruism reduces the fitness of individuals, individual-centered explanations for the evolution of altruism become complex and rely on the use of game theory,[4][5] for instance; see kin selection and group selection. There also is debate over the definition of the units themselves, and the roles for selection and replication,[6] and whether these roles may change in the course of evolution.[7]
- 1 Fundamental theory
- 2 Examples of selection at each level
- 2.1 Selection at the level of the nucleic acid
- 2.2 Selection at the level of the epigene
- 2.3 Selection at the level of the cell
- 2.4 Selection at the behavioural level
- 2.5 Selection at the level of individual organism
- 2.6 Selection at the level of the group
- 2.7 Species selection and selection at higher levels
- 3 References
- 4 Sources
- 5 External links
Fundamental theory[edit]
Two useful introductions to the fundamental theory underlying the unit of selection issue and debate, which also present examples of multi-level selection from the entire range of the biological hierarchy (typically with entities at level N-1 competing for increased representation, i.e., higher frequency, at the immediately higher level N, e.g., organisms in populations or cell lineages in organisms), are Richard Lewontin's classic piece The Units of Selection[8] and John Maynard-Smith and Eörs Szathmáry's co-authored book, The Major Transitions in Evolution. As a theoretical introduction to what is at stake vis-a-vis units of selection, Lewontin writes:
The generality of the principles of natural selection means that any entities in nature that have variation, reproduction, and heritability may evolve. ...the principles can be applied equally to genes, organisms, populations, species, and at opposite ends of the scale, prebiotic molecules and ecosystems." (1970, pp. 1-2)
Elisabeth Lloyd's book The Structure and Confirmation of Evolutionary Theory provides a basic philosophical introduction to the debate.
Examples of selection at each level[edit]
Below, cases of selection at the genic, cellular, individual and group level from within the multi-level selection perspective are presented and discussed.
Selection at the level of the nucleic acid[edit]
George C. Williams in his influential book Adaptation and Natural Selection was one of the first to present a gene-centered view of evolution with the gene as the unit of selection, arguing that a unit of selection should exhibit a high degree of permanence.
Richard Dawkins has written several books popularizing and expanding the idea. According to Dawkins, genes cause phenotypes and a gene is 'judged' by its phenotypic effects. Dawkins distinguishes entities which survive or fail to survive ("replicators") from entities with temporary existence that interact directly with the environment ("vehicles"). Genes are "replicators" whereas individuals and groups of individuals are "vehicles". Dawkins argues that, although they are both aspects of the same process, "replicators" rather than "vehicles" should be preferred as units of selection. This is because replicators, owing to their permanence, should be regarded as the ultimate beneficiaries of adaptations. Genes are replicators and therefore the gene is the unit of selection. Dawkins further expounded this view in an entire chapter called 'God's utility function' in the book River Out of Eden where he explained that genes alone have utility functions.[9]
Some clear-cut examples of selection at the level of the gene include meiotic drive and retrotransposons. In both of these cases, gene sequences increase their relative frequency in a population without necessarily providing benefits at other levels of organization. Meiotic-drive mutations (see segregation distortion) manipulate the machinery of chromosomal segregation so that chromosomes carrying the mutation are later found in more than half of the gametes produced by individuals heterozygous for the mutation, and for this reason the frequency of the mutation increases in the population.
Retrotransposons are DNA sequences that, once replicated by the cellular machinery, insert themselves in the genome more or less randomly. Such insertions can be very mutagenic and thus reduce drastically individual fitness, so that there is strong selection against elements that are very active. Meiotic-drive alleles have also been shown strongly to reduce individual fitness, clearly exemplifying the potential conflict between selection at different levels.
According to the RNA world hypothesis, RNA sequences performing both enzymatic and information storage roles in autocatalytic sets were an early unit of selection and evolution that would later transition into living cells.[10] It is still possible that RNA-based evolution is still taking place today. Other subcellular entities such as viruses, both DNA-based and RNA-based, do evolve.
Selection at the level of the epigene[edit]
There is also view that evolution is acting on epigenes.[11]
Selection at the level of the cell[edit]
Leo Buss in his book The Evolution of Individuality proposes that much of the evolution of development in animals reflects the conflict between selective pressures acting at the level of the cell and those acting at the level of the multicellular individual. This perspective can shed new light on phenomena as diverse as gastrulation and germ line sequestration.
This selection for unconstrained proliferation is in conflict with the fitness interests of the individual, and thus there is tension between selection at the level of the cell and selection at the level of the individual. Since the proliferation of specific cells of the vertebrate immune system to fight off infecting pathogens is a case of programmed and exquisitely contained cellular proliferation, it represents a case of the individual manipulating selection at the level of the cell to enhance its own fitness. In the case of the vertebrate immune system, selection at the level of the cell and individual are not in conflict.
Some view cancer stem cells as units of selection.[12]
Selection at the behavioural level[edit]
Gene–culture coevolution was developed to explain how human behavior is a product of two different and interacting evolutionary processes: genetic evolution and cultural evolution.
Selection at the level of individual organism[edit]
Selection at the level of the organism can be described as Darwinism, and is well understood and considered common. If a relatively faster gazelle manages to survive and reproduce more, the causation of the higher fitness of this gazelle can be fully accounted for if one looks at how individual gazelles fare under predation.
The speed of the faster gazelle could be caused by a single gene, be polygenic, or be fully environmentally determined, but the unit of selection in this case is the individual since speed is a property of each individual gazelle.
When speaking about individual organism evolution an extended phenotype and superorganism must be also mentioned.
Selection at the level of the group[edit]
If a group of organisms, owing to their interactions or division of labor, provides superior fitness compared to other groups, where the fitness of the group is higher or lower than the mean fitness of the constituent individuals, group selection can be declared to occur.[13]
Specific syndromes of selective factors can create situations in which groups are selected because they display group properties which are selected-for. Many common examples of group traits are reducible to individual traits, however. Selection of these traits is thus more simply explained as selection of individual traits.
Some mosquito-transmitted rabbit viruses are only transmitted to uninfected rabbits from infected rabbits which are still alive. This creates a selective pressure on every group of viruses already infecting a rabbit not to become too virulent and kill their host rabbit before enough mosquitoes have bitten it, since otherwise all the viruses inside the dead rabbit would rot with it. And indeed in natural systems such viruses display much lower virulence levels than do mutants of the same viruses that in laboratory culture readily outcompete non-virulent variants (or than do tick-transmitted viruses since ticks do bite dead rabbits).
In the previous passage, the group is assumed to have "lower virulence", i.e., "virulence" is presented as a group trait. One could argue then that the selection is in fact against individual viruses that are too virulent. In this case, however, the fitness of all viruses within a rabbit is affected by what the group does to the rabbit. Indeed, the proper, directly selected group property is that of "not killing the rabbit too early" rather than individual virulence. In situations such as these, we would expect there to be selection for cooperation amongst the viruses in a group in such a way that the group will not "kill the rabbit too early". It is of course true that any group behavior is the result of individual traits, such as individual viruses suppressing the virulence of their neighbours, but the causes of phenotypes are rarely the causes of fitness differences.
Species selection and selection at higher levels[edit]
It remains controversial among biologists whether selection can operate at and above the level of species. One particular defender of the idea of species selection was Stephen Jay Gould who proposed the view that there exist macroevolutionary processes which shape evolution that are not driven by the microevolutionary mechanisms that are the basis of the Modern Synthesis.[14] If one views species as entities that replicate (speciate) and die (go extinct), then species could be subject to selection and thus could change their occurrence over geological time, much as heritable selected-for traits change theirs over generations.
For evolution to be driven by species selection, differential success must be the result of selection upon species-intrinsic properties, rather than for properties of genes, cells, individuals, or populations within species. Such properties include, for example, population structure, their propensity to speciate, extinction rates, and geological persistence. While the fossil record shows differential persistence of species, examples of species-intrinsic properties subject to natural selection have been much harder to document.
- ^ Evolution and the levels of selection S Okasha - 2006 - Oxford University Press
- ^ David L Hull; Rodney E Langman; Sigrid S Glenn (2001). "Chapter 3: A general account of selection". Science and Selection: Essays on biological evolution and the philosophy of science. Cambridge University Press. ISBN 9780521644051.
- ^ Multilevel and kin selection in a connected world, Nature 463, E8-E9 (18 February 2010) | doi:10.1038/nature08809; Received 13 August 2009; Accepted 21 December 2009
- ^ John Maynard Smith (1986). "The evolution of animal intelligence". In Christopher Hookway. Minds, Machines and Evolution. p. 64. ISBN 9780521338288.
- ^ Lee Alan Dugatkin (1998). "§3.2.3 Category III: Group selection". In Lee Alan Dugatkin; Hudson Kern Reeve. Game Theory and Animal Behavior. Oxford University Press. p. 52. ISBN 9780195350203.
group-selected cooperation can always be cast within some broad-based individual selection model
- ^ David L Hull; Rodney E Langman; Sigrid S Glenn (2001). "Chapter 3: A general account of selection". Science and Selection: Essays on biological evolution and the philosophy of science. Cambridge University Press. p. 61. ISBN 9780521644051.
- ^ Momme von Sydow (2012). From Darwinian Metaphysics towards Understanding the Evolution of Evolutionary Mechanisms. A Historical and Philosophical Analysis of Gene-Darwinism and Universal Darwinism. Universitaetsverlag Goettingen Press. p. 481. ISBN 9783863950064.
- ^ Lewontin RC. 1970. The Units of Selection. Annual Review of Ecology and Systematics 1: 1-18.
- ^ See the chapter God's utility function in Dawkins, Richard (1995). River Out of Eden. New York: Basic Books. ISBN 0-465-06990-8.
- ^ https://biologydirect.biomedcentral.com/articles/10.1186/1745-6150-7-23
- ^ http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2658563/
- ^ http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/eva.12017/full
- ^ https://www.britannica.com/science/group-selection
- ^ Lieberman, Bruce S.; Elisabeth S. Vrba (Spring 2005). "Stephen Jay Gould on species selection: 30 years of insight" (PDF). Paleobiology. 31 (2 Suppl): 113–121. doi:10.1666/0094-8373(2005)031[0113:SJGOSS]2.0.CO;2. Retrieved 8 July 2012.
- Brandon, Robert and Richard M. Burian, eds., (1984) Genes, Organisms, Population: Controversies Over the Units of Selection. Cambridge MA: MIT Press. (ISBN 978-0-262-02205-7)
- Buss, Leo W. (1988) The Evolution of Individuality. (ISBN 0-691-08468-8)
- Williams, G. C. (1966) Adaptation and Natural Selection. Princeton University Press, Princeton. (ISBN 0-691-02615-7)
- Dawkins, Richard (1976; 1989; 2006) The Selfish Gene. Oxford University Press, Oxford. (ISBN 0-19-286092-5)
- Gould, Stephen Jay (2002) The Structure of Evolutionary Theory. Harvard University Press.
- Elisabeth Lloyd (1988) The Structure and Confirmation of Evolutionary Theory, Greenwood Press (Reprinted Princeton University Press, 1994 ISBN 0-691-00046-8).
- Sober, Elliott (1984; 1993) The Nature of Selection: Evolutionary Theory in Philosophical Focus. The University of Chicago Press.
- Maynard Smith, J. Evolutionary Genetics. Oxford University Press, 1998.
External links[edit]
- "Altruism and Group Selection". Internet Encyclopedia of Philosophy.
- Dusek, Val. (2002) "Lewontin's Living Legacy: Levels of Selection and Organismic Construction of the Environment." Human Nature Review. 2: 367-374.
- Lloyd, Elisabeth, "Units and Levels of Selection." The Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy, (Fall 2005 Edition), Edward N. Zalta (ed.)
- Mayr, E. (1997). "The objects of selection Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. USA 94 (March): 2091-94.


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"That was wacky, man. The [band's dancing] girls were onstage, inviting the guys up to suck their nipples and stuff ... I just watched calmly from the side. I was more interested in the machine that the technical guy was using for the beats ..."
That's how acclaimed DJ, producer and oft-dubbed "saviour of techno" Luke Slater remembers a gig in Dallas where he had to follow notorious hip-hoppers 2 Live Crew.
The distinctly mellow Slater, it seems, just wants to make music. He's been doing it since 1989, under a variety of guises - most influentially as Planetary Assault Systems in the early '90s - and he continues to do so wherever he can.
"When you sit on a plane with a laptop and you've got some audio files on it and stuff, because of the whole plane security thing these days the hostesses sort of give you the sly eye, man," he says from his London home. (And yes, he does end clauses with the word "man" with alarming regularity.)
"They're used to seeing people with spreadsheets and email programs ... and you're sort of beavering away with some headphones on there. They're always giving me weird looks."
Even when he's DJing - as Slater will be, rather than playing live, at the Big Day Out tomorrow - he seems unable to resist his creative urges. He talks of using computer software that connects to his decks enabling him to manipulate audio files via "a special piece of vinyl" and technology that "can take a sample of a record and just loop it straight away".
"I've never been content just to play records without doing something to them," he says.
Slater's own music, which will no doubt feature prominently in tomorrow's set, took a bold, not always popular direction on his latest album, last year's Alright on Top.
"The whole purpose of the album was I wanted to take what I've been doing and try and mould it into songs; put a vocal on it properly, rather than just in the dance fashion," he says, alluding to the more traditional method of gluing a vocal sample to a track and calling it a "song".
"Little bit scary for some people! I suppose if I'd written a regular techno album it would have been accepted a lot more ... but then I'm not really like that. I can't write music just because I have to do it."
Is this the sort of attitude that led to the "saviour of techno" tag that has dogged him ever since his Planetary Assault Systems days? Slater plays this down.
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Speed cameras for New York City streets may not have made it into the new state budget, but twin bills in the Assembly and Senate would bring them to the five boroughs, along with Nassau and Suffolk counties. A lot more of them: 120 new cameras for the city, as well as 56 for Nassau and 69 for Suffolk Counties.
Earlier versions of both the senate and governor's budgets included proposals for more cameras, but they were stripped out of the budget passed late Monday.
Mayor Bill de Blasio called speed cameras "unfinished business." He, along with other city legislators, want more control over traffic enforcement.
Current law limits New York City to 20 speed cameras, although only a handful are currently operational.
The Assembly bill was introduced by Speaker Sheldon Silver, and has 25 co-sponsors. In the Senate, the matching bill's sole current sponsor is Sen. Jeff Klein of the Bronx, co-leader of the majority coalition in the Senate, along with Sen. Dean Skelos.
The broad scope of the bill, including not just New York City but Long Island, gives it a good shot at passage, said Assemblywoman Deborah Glick, one of the bill's co-sponsors.
"I would assume that there is interest in both counties, and a mix of Democratic and Republican legislators in both houses. So I'm certainly optimistic that we can get this done," Glick said.
Family members of people killed by cars are calling on legislators to take action, fast. "While our politicians dicker, New Yorkers are needlessly dying on our streets," said Amy Cohen, founding member of Families for Safe Streets, in a statement. Cohen's son Sammy was killed by a speeding driver on Prospect Park West. "The safety of our children, and of all New Yorkers, cannot be subject to political horse trading."
While the Assembly could move on the bill as soon as next week, the Senate isn't back in session until the 23rd.
In New York City, five of the city's 20 allowed cameras are currently operational. (No word yet from the NYC DOT on why.) The cameras have issued almost 13,309 tickets since January 16th. And that's just in nine hours a day, five days a week — they are only permitted to issue tickets from 7 am to 4:10 pm, in and around school hours.
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Yeah I have been getting a lot of interest but I dont believe people have the cash and banks will not loan on a 97. I dont have to sell it, im just putting it out there. The swap alone is worth $5500. s14 Srs are getting more expensive these days. I paid more than $9000 when i got it and it had a bone stock s13 blacktop. Im the kind of person that likes to put the "original" motor (not ka but Silvia) so I swapped in a 97 Sr from a 97 Silvia. I know to the naked eye its just an everyday s14 but I spent a lot of time keeping things as original as possible. It has been the best modded car I have ever owned so I am going to be picky as to what I trade for or who buys it. Thanks for all the interest tho. You guys here are a lot more respectful than the 240 forums.
The black top in his was from an s14. Your car is nice but there's gonna be a lot of tire kickers because not many have the cash to shell out because there aren't loans to be had that's the problem. It's also a weird crowd it seems that 240 lovers aren't straying especially not to German, I've had both. I loved my 240 and hated it.
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So far, European citizens have been confronted with severe water shortages only in certain regions. But as the demand for water grows and the global climate changes, Europe will become increasingly vulnerable.
In many areas of Europe, the balance between water demand and availability has already reached a critical level. Water scarcity and droughts affect one-third of EU territory. And safeguarding water supplies from pollution is a top priority across the continent.
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Washington's dismissal was confirmed Thursday by Annabelle Vaughan, assistant athletics director for media relations. Vaughan would not comment on the reason for the dismissal.
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PANAJI, India -- Indian rescuers raced to find survivors in the ruins of a partly-constructed apartment block Sunday after its collapse left at least 15 people dead in the country's latest building disaster.
Around 15 people are still feared trapped inside the residential building that crumbled mid-afternoon on Saturday while poorly paid daily-wage laborers were working on the site in a coastal village in the southern state of Goa, an official said.
State acting chief secretary R.K. Srivastava told reporters at the site that the death toll "has gone up to 15" from an earlier 13 with the discovery of more bodies, adding that the rescue operation was ongoing.
A senior officer overseeing the rescue earlier told AFP some 15 to 20 people are thought buried under the debris but the chances of finding anyone alive were "getting bleak" as time passes.
"There were some 40 people working when the building collapsed" and some managed to escape alive, said the officer, who did not want to give his name as he is not authorized to speak to the media.
The accident is the latest in a string of deadly building collapses in India, some of which have highlighted shoddy construction standards. A huge demand for housing in India and pervasive corruption often result in cost-cutting and a lack of safety inspections.
In September a rundown residential block in the financial hub Mumbai collapsed, killing 60 people.
Rescue workers using cranes and bulldozers, shovels and bare hands, struggled to shift concrete slabs and other debris to try to free the laborers trapped under the building in the seaside village of Canacona, south of the state capital of Panaji.
Photos showed workers tunneling into pancaked floors of smashed concrete, bricks and dirt to reach those trapped, after one witness told AFP the building collapsed like "a pack of cards."
Emergency workers were using metal cutters to break through scores of twisted iron rods dangling from broken concrete to allow them to continue digging into and shifting the debris.
Men who survived the collapse were shown wearing bandages on their legs and heads and resting on beds at a nearby hospital.
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EL PASO, TEXAS – Redshirt-sophomore guard Jenzel Nash has been named the 2014 Conference USA Women's Basketball Sixth Player of the Year, the league office revealed Monday afternoon. It marks the third time in the past four years that the Miners have secured the award, with former standout Gloria Brown being so recognized in 2011 and 2012.
Nash came off the bench for 25 of her 27 games played on the year, and provided a huge spark with 11.9 points per game to rank second on the squad. She reached double figures in scoring in 16 contests while dishing out three or more assists 11 times.
"Jenzel has taken the role of being a player that gives us energy and a boost," UTEP head coach Keitha Adams said. "Her and I talked about how important role it is to be that sixth player that brings a spark to the team. She has done a great job of doing this. I am very proud of her."
She has had several big games, including pouring in a season-high and the second-most points of her career (24) against Tulsa (1/11/14). The Houston native also had a campaign-best seven rebounds in the game while setting a career-best with 11 field goals made. The contest came as part of a scoring surge in which she reached double figures in scoring in 10 of 12 tilts.
Nash is an athletic guard who can seemingly get to the rim at will despite her 5-7 stature. She ranked second on the team in both free throws made (84) and attempted (114) on the year. She also got after it defensively, recording at least two thefts in 12 contests.
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For Ibn Batuttah of Tangier, being medieval didn't mean sitting at home waiting for renaissances, enlightenments, and air travel. It meant traveling the known world to its limits. Seven centuries later, Tim Mackintosh-Smith's fascination takes him to landfalls in remote tropical islands, torrid Indian Ocean ports, and dusty towns on the shores of the Saharan sand-sea. His zigzag itinerary across time and space leads from Zanzibar to the Alhambra (via the Maldives, Sri Lanka, China, Mauritania, and Guinea) and to a climactic conclusion to his quest for the man he calls "IB"--a man who who spent his days with saints and sultans and his nights with an intercontinental string of slave-concubines. Tim's journey is a search for survivals from IB's world--material, human, spiritual, edible--however, when your fellow traveler has a 700-year head start, familiar notions don't always work.
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CHICAGO (Reuters) - Elena Nieves hardly looks like a poster girl for an obesity program for pregnant moms.
The 5-foot-8 (1.7-meter) 23-year-old recently lost more than 50 pounds (23 kg) and looks healthy. But 15 weeks into her third pregnancy, she was gaining the weight back -- too fast.
"I found out I was pregnant in December. I didn't go to the doctor until mid-January and I had already gained 15 pounds (7 kg)," said Nieves. Having struggled with excess weight in her last pregnancy, she decided to take action.
Nieves became the newest member of an experimental program at Northwestern Memorial Hospital in Chicago designed to help pregnant mothers keep their weight in check.
It is based on new research suggesting that excessive weight gain in pregnancy hurts both the mother and her fetus, raising the risk of complications during pregnancy and putting the child at risk for obesity and diabetes later in life.
"We've known for a long time that children of overweight mothers are more likely to be overweight themselves," said Dr. Robert Kushner, who directs the Northwestern Comprehensive Center on Obesity.
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