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The Helpline provides confidential advice, information and emotional support throughout Great Britain to anyone experiencing problems with gambling.
Speak to an Adviser on Freephone 0808 8020 133, 8am to midnight, seven days a week.
What will it cost?
Calls are free from UK Landlines and UK mobile networks 3, EE, Orange, Virgin Mobile, Vodafone, T-Mobile and O2. Networks may change their policies and charging at any time. Please contact your network for further details. Calls from BT phone boxes are free, however some other public phone operators may charge you to call.
Who will answer the phone?
You will be talking to a GamCare Adviser who is trained to listen and help people affected by problem gambling. The Adviser will listen to you carefully and encourage you to talk about your concerns. Sometimes just telling someone can be a relief, and it is an important first step towards dealing with the problem. If you wish to address the underlying issues which drive you to gamble more than you want, the Adviser may be able to help you do that too by putting you in touch with a local face to face counsellor if there is one in your area.
If you have a friend or family member who is a problem gambler, the Adviser can suggest ways you can support them and encourage them to seek help. We can also help you deal with the effects of their gambling on your own life.
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No. You need not say who you are at all, but you may wish to do so. This information will be stored on a secure database. Likewise if you decide to be referred for counselling, we will need to take some personal details from you. This will be explained during the call.
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When you contact us, you can take as much, (or as little) time as you want to discuss your concerns. Some callers only contact us once, however some people may need to contact us again. We are sometimes just the beginning of a journey to recovery, and if you feel you need to speak with someone about your gambling issue frequently we are also able to signpost to other, specialist agencies who can help longer-term. We can also refer to our counselling services if appropriate.
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He asked Marcia whether she would look up his friend Halleck if she were in his place; but he did not give her time to decide.
"I think you can wait until later, Halleck," he said slowly.
When her husband bought his lot there, Mrs. Halleck could hardly believe that a house on Rumford Street was not too fine for her.
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Olive had left the room by another door, and she intercepted Halleck before he reached his own.
The within is a copy of a letter just received from General Halleck.
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Another despatch to General Halleck, of July 9, again refers to these factories.
What, in fact, can we at all reasonably expect from a Halleck!

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Hey all
So it has been a while since we tried the birthday and real name thing. I remember Angry did this a while back and he kept it going for a little while. Well I would like to try to get this up and running again. So I ask that you all reply with your:
1. Real name (and how you got your MYIGN name)
2. Your Birthday
3. Your Location.
4. Any other info you would like to give up. (Depending on the amount of people who reply, I may try to write something for you on your birthday, so any and all information would be great)
So I hope to get respones to this, and if you all want to pass this along to other memebers around here who do not know me please feel free!
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POLICE are trying to trace an elderly woman who drove off after a crash in North Dorset.
Police said an elderly woman driving a green 4x4 vehicle was involved in a collision with a silver Peugeot 306. Significant damage was caused during the collision.
The elderly woman got out of her car and checked the damage - before driving away.
She failed to report the collision and left no contact details, say police.
It happened around midday on Friday, May 9 outside the post office in High Street, Gillingham.
PC Mike Henstridge, of Gillingham police, said: "I am appealing for anyone who may have seen this incident to contact Dorset Police.
"I also encourage the driver involved in the collision to do the right thing and speak with us as soon as possible."
Witnesses and anyone with information should call Dorset Police in confidence on 101 quoting incident number 09:282.


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Op (11/02/05 20:23), Chris Buechler schreef:
> On Fri, 11 Feb 2005 23:47:16 +0100, mirek <onanos at hotpop dot com> wrote:
> > Hello, I need to set m0n0wall as DHCP for remote booting. the TFTP will be
> > on other computer. How to add those parameters to config.xml exactly?
> I've been meaning to clarify this FAQ. Just updated it with the
> following paragraph, hopefully this will help, or maybe I can clarify
> further.
> --
> To put in these options, download your config.xml via the backup
> feature and open it in a text editor. Put in the desired options in
> the appropriate location in the file, as shown in the default
> config.xml linked above. After saving your desired changes, use the
> restore feature in m0n0wall to restore the changed configuration.
> --
> http://m0n0.ch/wall/docbook/faq-hiddenopts.html
My dhcpd.conf from Devil-Linux was:
host work2 {
hardware ethernet 00:e0:4c:b4:43:12;
fixed-address 192.168.0.4;
filename "lts/vmlinuz-2.4.26-ltsp-2";
server-name "192.168.0.2";
next-server 192.168.0.2;
option tftp-server-name "192.168.0.2";
option root-path "192.168.0.2:/opt/ltsp-4.1/i386";
So: - nextserver OK
- filename OK
- option root-path NOK
I think 'server-name' and also, 'option tftp-server-name' are not needed.
How can I tell to the specified nic, where to look for the 'root-path' ?
Groeten Lieven Baes aka yanu


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WBB Game Day Central: UNC Asheville
Game Day Central Page
Note: Includes all important Game Day links (live video, live audio, live stats, etc.)
Complete Game Notes
Television Coverage:
Provided by the Flames Sports Network
Liberty Channel - Local Coverage
(WTLU regionally in Lynchburg market)
Game Will be Carried Live
Video Streaming Coverage:
Big South Network
Radio Coverage:
Provided by the Flames Sports Network
Broadcast - Tip-Off:
3:06 p.m. vs. UNC Asheville
Broadcasting Station:
The Light (90.9 FM WWMC)
Today's Game
Liberty (10-5, 2-1 Big South) and UNC Asheville (2-12, 0-3 Big South) will both be attempting to bounce back from conference losses when they square off inside the Vines Center Saturday at 3 p.m.
The "Starting Five" - Today's Top Storylines
1) Liberty has now lost three consecutive Big South home openers, after its 51-49 loss to Presbyterian College on Thursday. However, the Lady Flames have gone on to win all of their remaining Big South home games each of the last two years. Additionally, Liberty has not lost back-to-back Big South home contests since the 1995-96 season.
2) UNC Asheville will attempt to snap a couple lengthy streaks on Saturday. The Bulldogs have lost 15 straight contests against Big South Conference opponents and 21 consecutive road games.
3) Asheville first-year head coach Brenda Mock Kirkpatrick will be visiting the Vines Center for the first time since Dec. 30, 1999. That day, she played for a Wake Forest team which lost to Liberty and then first-year head coach Carey Green by a 64-40 count. It was the Lady Flames' first win over an ACC opponent.
4) Liberty ranks No. 2 nationally with a +16.0 rebound margin. However, the Lady Flames will have to battle for boards with Asheville 6-1 redshirt senior forward Kelli Riles on Saturday. After a 20-point, 10-rebound effort at Radford on Thursday, Riles ranks No. 2 in Bulldog program history and No. 7 in Big South annals with 899 career boards.
5) As she nears her 23rd birthday on Tuesday, Liberty's Brittany Campbell has been playing well. She tied her career high with 11 points at Winthrop on Dec. 29 and then grabbed a career-best eight rebounds during Thursday's game against Presbyterian College.
Liberty vs. UNC Asheville At a Glance
Series History
Series Record: Liberty leads, 45-7.
Current Streak: Liberty has won 11 consecutive meetings.
Series Record at Liberty: Liberty leads, 23-2.
Current Streak at Liberty: Liberty has won five consecutive meetings.
Last Meeting Overall: Liberty 71, UNC Asheville 50 (March 9, 2012 at High Point)
Last Meeting at Liberty: Liberty 84, UNC Asheville 53 (Feb. 27, 2012)
Asheville's Last Series Victory: UNC Asheville 54, Liberty 51 (Feb. 24, 2007 at LU)
Asheville's Last Series Victory at Liberty: Same
Coaching Matchup
Liberty Head Coach: Carey Green
Overall Record (Seasons): 320-108 (14th Season)
Record at Liberty (Seasons): Same
Record vs. UNC Asheville: 30-1
UNC Asheville Head Coach: Brenda Mock Kirkpatrick
Overall Record (Seasons): 2-12 (First Season)
Record at UNC Asheville (Seasons): Same
Record vs. Liberty: 0-0
Notes and Anecdotes
• UNC Asheville will be aiming for its first Big South win, its first road victory and its first triumph over an NCAA Division I opponent this season.
• The Bulldogs have lost 21 straight road games since posting a 66-61 win at Winthrop on Feb. 28, 2011.
• Asheville has dropped 15 consecutive contests to Big South foes since a 74-62 home triumph over Gardner-Webb on Jan. 21, 2012.
• 6-1 redshirt senior forward Kelli Riles played well at Radford on Thursday, finishing with 20 points and 10 rebounds in her team's 66-54 setback. In the process, she became the leading rebounder in Asheville's NCAA Division I history with 899 career boards. Riles ranks second overall on the Bulldogs' career rebounding chart and seventh in Big South history. She is averaging just 5.2 rpg in six career matchups with the Lady Flames.
• Asheville first-year head coach Brenda Mock Kirkpatrick, who was previously an assistant coach at Florida, went 1-1 against Liberty during her playing career at Wake Forest (1997-2001). She averaged 12.5 ppg and 6.0 rpg in her two meetings with the Lady Flames. During Mock Kirkpatrick's only previous visit to the Vines Center (Dec. 30, 1999), Liberty posted its first-ever victory over an ACC opponent with a 64-40 triumph over the Demon Deacons. That came during Carey Green's first season as Liberty's head coach.
Opening Night Jitters?
Liberty's 51-49 loss to Presbyterian College on Thursday marked the Lady Flames' third consecutive defeat in a Big South home opener. Liberty previously lost to Radford (62-53 on Jan. 17, 2011) and High Point (73-69 in OT on Jan. 7, 2012) the past two seasons.
• During each of the last two campaigns, Liberty has gone on to win the rest of its Big South home games after the home-opening setbacks, posting a 15-0 total record during the remainder of its conference home tilts.
Speed Limit 65
Liberty has scored 65 or more points in nine of its 10 victories this season, continuing a recent trend.
• The Lady Flames have won 16 straight games when reaching the 65-point mark, dating back to last season. Liberty is also 25-1 the last 26 times it has tallied 65 or more points.
A Look Back at Liberty's 51-49 Loss to Presbyterian College
• For the third consecutive season, Liberty lost its Big South home opener with a 51-49 setback at the hands of Presbyterian College on Thursday at the Vines Center.
• It marked PC's first-ever victory over the Lady Flames in 10 tries and gave the Blue Hose sole possession of first place in the Big South at 3-0.
• Liberty trimmed a 13-point deficit to two with an 11-0 run during the final five minutes of the game. However, Devon Brown's potential game-tying layup rolled off the back of the rim and out as the final buzzer sounded.
• After averaging 87.0 ppg during its three-game winning streak, the Lady Flames were held to their fewest points since tallying 46 points in a season-opening loss at Duquesne (Nov. 9).
• Liberty's field goal mark of 28.1 percent (16-of-57) and its free throw percentage of 57.1 percent (12-of-21) both established season lows for the Lady Flames.
• For the 10th straight game, Liberty outrebounded its opponent (44-32) and held its foe below 50 percent field goal shooting (44.7 percent).
• Emily Frazier led the Lady Flames with a career-high 16 points. She also made all four of her free throw attempts, increasing her streak to 13 consecutive made foul shots.
• Devon Brown was the only other Liberty player to score in double figures, totaling 12 points. She became the fifth Lady Flame and the 13th player in Big South history to reach the 1,700-career point barrier, finishing the game with 1,710 points.
• Brittany Campbell and Tolu Omotola tied for game-high rebounding honors with eight boards apiece. For Campbell, it was a new career high for boards and six of her caroms came at the offensive end.
• Liberty's bench players managed a season-low six points, as the Lady Flames' reserves were outscored for just the second time in the last eight games. Both times, Liberty has lost the game.
Shortage of Streaks
Liberty has typically been able to bounce back from home losses and Big South setbacks.
• The Lady Flames have not lost back-to-back home games since Nov. 14 and Dec. 7, 2008 (VCU and Auburn).
• Liberty has not dropped consecutive Big South contests (including regular-season and tournament games) since Feb. 20 and 22, 1997 (UNCG and Winthrop).
• Liberty has not lost two Big South home games in a row since dropping five conference home games in succession, spanning two seasons (Feb. 20, 1995 - Feb. 3, 1996).
Halfway Checkpoint
Liberty has reached the halfway mark of its 30-game regular-season schedule with a 10-5 record.
• The Lady Flames are on pace to record their sixth straight 20-win season and 15th 20-win season in the last 17 years.
• Liberty is shooting 76-of-240 from three-point range, putting the Lady Flames on pace to break the program single-season records for triples made (147 in 2001-02) and attempted (453 in 1998-99).
The Container is Half Empty
• Liberty has played strong defense this season, limiting opponents to 34.8 percent field goal shooting. The Lady Flames have held 10 consecutive foes below 50 percent from the field, with four of them shooting below 30 percent.
• Since the start of the 2007-08 season, only six teams have shot 50 percent against Liberty in 179 games. By way of comparison, the Lady Flames have shot 50 percent 50 times during that span.


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Robert Irvine Exclusive: No One Expects an Ambushby Maria Russo in Food Network Chef, Shows, October 13th, 2015
For the past 11 seasons of Restaurant: Impossible, Robert Irvine has given seemingly hopeless restaurateurs second chances at success, completing dream transformations, both within the four walls of the eateries and beyond, as he's worked with owners to evolve their business savvy. On the brand-new season of Restaurant: Impossible Ambush, he'll do all of that again — but this time, the owners don't know he's coming.
Premiering Thursday, Oct. 22 at 9|8c, Restaurant: Impossible Ambush will show what happens when Robert and his team drop by unannounced, all set to take over an unsuspecting owner's business, and what results simply cannot be anticipated. From pure elation to downright dissatisfaction, the reactions to Robert's impromptu renovations are as variable as the issues plaguing the failing eateries. If you thought that owners were shocked — and perhaps a bit annoyed — by Robert's advice even when they requested it, imagine what might ensue when he shows up without an invitation.
Just in time for this month's premiere, Robert gave FN Dish an insider's look at what's ahead on Ambush. Read on below for an exclusive interview with the host and find out what he wants to say to the stubborn owners he's met along the way.
What can fans expect from the Ambush renovations? How are these episodes different than past Restaurant: Impossible shows?
Robert Irvine: Crazy! For 11 seasons [of] Restaurant: Impossible, the viewers knew that the guests, or the people I was going to help, knew I was coming. I was the only one that didn't know where I was going. Season 12 Ambush, let me tell you, they have no idea I'm coming, and I have no idea where I'm going. And what happens when I walk in the door truly is up to them: how they react, how I speak to them, how they lose their cool. And do they want me there? That's the big question. … I've got to tell you, it's not like any other Restaurant: Impossible we have ever, ever done. It's exciting. It is gripping. It's chilling. It's nail-biting. And you'll never know what's going to happen, 'cause every turn is something different.


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This report summarizes a conference: "Early Origins of Child Obesity: Bridging Disciplines and Phases of Development", held in Chicago on September 30–October 1, 2010. The conference was funded in part by the National Institutes of Health and the Williams Heart Foundation, to achieve the conference objective: forging a next-step research agenda related to the early origins of childhood obesity. This research agenda was to include working with an array of factors (from genetic determinants to societal ones) along a continuum from prenatal life to age 7, with an emphasis on how the developing child deals with the challenges presented by his/her environment (prenatal, parental, nutritional,
The reasons for the conference were summarized in the meeting support grant application:
It is increasingly clear that factors from early life affect the onset and severity of childhood obesity. Research on these factors has tended to remain within domains characterized by discipline and organizational level (genetics, psychology, and epidemiology) and age range (perinatal, first 1–2 years of life, and the preschool/early primary school years). Yet knowledge within traditional disciplines—defined by field, age focus, and other parameters—is relevant outside the disciplines in which it is discovered and discussed. As evidence accumulates that early factors are interactive and cumulative, it is time to develop a research agenda that bridges these divides to develop an integrated understanding of the contribution and interplay of varied factors. Breakthroughs in childhood obesity prevention and control will need to integrate knowledge across these traditional divides. Postponement of this bridge-building risks dead-end research and slowed progress.
It is virtually impossible for any one investigator—or even one investigative team—to master the full range of knowledge relevant to the development of early childhood obesity. Cross-disciplinary teams are needed. The proposed conference will provide a shared knowledge base that crosses disciplines, and so will provide varied investigators with insight into gaps in their own work. Further, it will provide for networking and linkage that can fill those gaps going forward. Finally, it will produce a research agenda that will build on all the relevant disciplines and that can, as a result, help to guide cross-disciplinary work in the coming years.
The emphasis throughout the conference was on how the developing child deals with the challenges presented by his/her environment (prenatal, parental, nutritional,
While the animal studies provide proof of principle and can suggest mechanisms, translation to humans is not direct. Doses of nutrition, hormonal, or other perturbations in animal studies are often orders of magnitude higher than are observable in human populations, and many animal systems do not share the same placentation or other physiologic features of humans. Also, the range of possible interventions in human fetuses and infants is rather limited. Further, waiting for adult clinical outcomes means that cohort studies begun in the prenatal period may need to outlive the original investigators!
Therefore, epidemiologists need to piece together evidence from different study designs. Twenty years ago, David Barker and others catalyzed the field with historical studies linking lower birth weight with adult cardiovascular outcomes [
Developmental origins are an inherently interdisciplinary field. Multi-directional interplay among population, clinical, and basic sciences makes each discipline stronger. A recent example of epidemiology informing basic science involves the roles of maternal obesity, gestational weight gain, and gestational diabetes in determining offspring obesity-related consequences. Until a decade ago most animal studies had focused on fetal growth restriction. When epidemiologic studies began to show that these maternal factors are associated with offspring adiposity, a new generation of animal studies of maternal over-nutrition has appeared [
Animal to human translation is also continuing to occur. In experimental models, epigenetic mechanisms appear to play leading roles in transmission of environmental cues, such as maternal diet, to the growing fetus. The most studied of these mechanisms is DNA methylation of regulatory regions of genes [
Observational studies can suggest the magnitude of public health impact of intervening on risk factors in early developmental periods. These studies suggest that maternal smoking during pregnancy, gestational weight gain, and gestational diabetes are important prenatally, and rapid weight gain, infant feeding, sleep duration quantity and quality, and television viewing are important during infancy [
Only intervention studies, however, can assess this impact directly. One risk factor currently receiving a great deal of attention is gestational weight gain, the subject of revised guidelines from the U.S. Institute of Medicine in 2009 [
Currently, greater than 55% of adults in the United States are overweight and one in five are obese, representing a modern health crisis. Obesity and its related diseases are the leading cause of death in western society, with associated risks of hypertension, coronary heart disease, stroke, diabetes, and breast, prostate and colon cancer. As childhood obesity is a major risk factor for adult obesity, the 20% incidence of childhood obesity portends a further increase in the prevalence of adult obesity.
The following summarizes recent work [
Food acquisition (orexia) is a primary physiologic function of all animal life forms, representing the major route for energy acquisition. Appetite, the motivational drive toward food acquisition, is a highly regulated phenomenon with sufficient redundancy to assure food intake necessary for survival. Satiety, in contrast, is less efficient. One might compare human appetite/satiety regulation to that of other species, for example the house cat or the Labrador. Cats have excellent appetite/satiety regulation. Cat food can be made available with days of supply, as cats will nibble or eat only what is needed. Labradors, in contrast, will eat anything and everything within moments of availability, and will easily develop obesity if food is not restrained. (We should perhaps use the phrase "fat dogs" not "fat cats").
Importantly, humans have extremely well developed appetite mechanisms, such that hunger is evoked (in response to nutrient restriction, hypoglycemia
It has recently been demonstrated that appetite and satiety function and regulation develop in utero or early newborn periods. Programming of appetite/satiety mechanisms in response to an altered pregnancy/newborn environment may influence infant, childhood and ultimately adult appetite "set points". Dysfunctional appetite may thus result from maternal environmental influences during critical windows of development. Paradoxically, children born with low birth weight have an increased risk for adult obesity and diabetes, and this effect is exacerbated by enhanced weight gain during infancy. Studies indicate that up to 50% of adult obesity can be attributed to the effects of the in utero and newborn environments. Animal studies confirm that maternal under nutrition results in low birth weight newborns which develop marked obesity and glucose intolerance as adults. Our laboratory studies demonstrate that the appetite and satiety pathways of low birth weight offspring do not develop normally as these offspring have reduced satiety function and an enhanced appetite.
In addition to enhanced appetite, low birth weight offspring exhibit gorging and hoarding behavior, reduced energy use (couch potato), and a tendency towards fat accretion (adipogenesis). These low birth weight infants likely developed a "Thrifty Phenotype" to assure survival during evolutionary periods of famine and drought. Whereas these evolutionary responses were no doubt of survival benefit to animals and humans, an "inadvertent thrifty phenotype", resulting from modern causes of low birth weight (
Imagine yourself, the normal human, who generally requires a conscious decision to stop eating when presented with highly palatable food. Then imagine yourself with an enhanced appetite, such that you get hungry earlier than you would otherwise, and to a greater degree than normal. Further, imagine a reduced satiety sensation, so that when faced with the smorgasbord, you maintain your hunger despite calories far in excess of what is needed. This is what is faced by the obese individual with programmed appetite/satiety dysfunction. A battle with food that is almost futile, much as that of the Labrador.
The increase in programmed obesity is further exacerbating our Western shift to an obese population in subsequent generations: As low birth weight offspring grow into obese women, these mothers give birth to macrosomic infants who also have a predisposition to obesity (though via different mechanisms than the low birth weight infant). Whereas, in previous eras, large size infants would often not be deliverable alive, Cesarean sections provide for healthy outcomes for infants, no matter the size. Thus, the population shift is initiated by gestational programming and continued by the sequelae of obese gravidas and Cesarean sections.
To address the epidemic of obesity, we must recognize the programming effect of the in utero environment of offspring appetite/satiety and develop methods to normalize regulatory set points, perhaps by careful management of newborn diet and weight gain. We must further understand that appetite/satiety mechanisms are truly perturbed in many obese individuals, and thus their responses to behavioral or pharmacologic appetite modulation may vary from normal individuals.
It is well known that there is strong familial predisposition to development of obesity and current evidence suggests that genetic, epigenetic and environmental factors are involved. Over the past 25–30 years, evidence from animal models, epidemiological studies and clinical observations has accumulated indicating that exposure to the intrauterine metabolic environment of diabetes contributes to risks of both childhood and later life obesity, metabolic disorders and possibly of cardiovascular disease in the exposed offspring [
At present, there are only limited data to suggest that the risks of being overweight in childhood are also related to maternal glycemia at levels below those of overt diabetes mellitus [
As the epidemics of obesity and diabetes have emerged, substantial evidence has also been demonstrated from animal models epidemiological studies and clinical observations indicating that pre-existing maternal obesity and/or excessive maternal weight gain also contribute independently to the risks of developing gestational diabetes in the mother and obesity in her offspring [
Two well-designed, randomized clinical trials each conducted with approximately 1,000 participants per study indicate that treatment of mild gestational diabetes mellitus (GDM) can reduce the frequency of adverse perinatal outcomes [
Obesity tracks from childhood into adulthood, along with the development of serious medical and economic consequences throughout the life course. Observations that higher birth weight is associated with higher attained BMI and increased risk of overweight in adolescence have led to the hypothesis that
Numerous studies have established that both fetal growth retardation and overgrowth are associated with an increased susceptibility to develop obesity and metabolic syndrome later in life. Available evidence suggests that multiple factors can influence fetal and postnatal growth, including well-recognized epidemiological and clinical factors, genetic and biochemical markers, and epigenetic alterations. In this presentation we focus on promising, but less well-studied cord blood biomarkers including adipokines, insulin, genetic polymorphisms and epigenetic marks. In addition to a review of the literature, we present preliminary data from our own studies on the role of these biomarkers in fetal and postnatal growth. We also offer our perspectives for future research in this area.
Adipokines, active products of white adipose tissue, modulate metabolism, energy homeostasis and growth. Leptin, a product of the
Adiponectin, 244-aa polypeptide hormone, is abundantly present in the cord blood of term neonates at concentrations two to three times higher than those reported in adults. Adiponectin concentrations in the cord blood of neonates were higher than those measured in the maternal circulation, and, along with the lack of adiponectin decline during early neonatal life, were consistent with the fetal origin of this adipokine [
Fetal β-cells secrete insulin, which plays a central role in regulating fetal growth. Insulin stimulates fetal growth in part by its anabolic effects on glucose and amino acid metabolism [
Among a number of genes associated with obesity and diabetes in older children and adults, the following genes appear to be associated with both fetal growth and diabetes, including mutations in GCK, INS, INSR, and KCNJ11 [
Epigenetic alterations can influence disease development through dynamic transcriptional activities from gametogenesis to embryogenesis and throughout life. Evidence from animal models and human studies implicates the intrauterine period as a sensitive time for the establishment of epigenetic variability, which in turn influences risk for a range of disorders that develop later in life [
Our preliminary data showed that biochemical markers (leptin, adiponectin, and insulin) can explain approximately 24% of birth weight variance; genetic variations in LEPR, PPARγ and PGC1β genes explain less than 5% of birth weight variance; and traditional risk factors (maternal pre-pregnant BMI, gestational weight gain, maternal age, parity and maternal smoking during pregnancy) explain less than 4% of birth weight variance. Our data underscore the need to go beyond the traditional risk factors in order to unravel the "missing variance" of fetal growth. Our data showed the promise of various biomarkers of fetal growth.
Future studies need to identify the critical time window and determinants of individual epigenetic alterations, or epigenetic marks that are associated with fetal growth. More importantly, given the multi-factorial nature of fetal growth, future studies need to integrate environmental factors, genetic factors and gene-environment interactions, and epigenetic mechanisms to more fully explore how these elements jointly and interactively affect fetal and postnatal growth. Such complex studies also will require novel study designs, including large, longitudinal birth cohorts, and multi-level and multi-faceted data collection methods. By undertaking a comprehensive risk assessment and understanding of the etiology and biological mechanisms of fetal and postnatal growth, we will be able to greatly improve our ability to develop an accurate early prediction model as well as cost-effective early prevention strategies.
Infancy is an important developmental period to examine the possible precursors of childhood obesity due to the rapid growth and the developmental plasticity observed during this age period where important neural pathways are set down. One area of inquiry that may inform how it is that some children become obese is the characteristics of the infant and how they may bear on interactions with the environment. In a recent editorial [
Zeller and Daniels (2004) also note the importance of interactions between the characteristics of the child and the environment [
Food preferences are learned early [
The evidence is clear that childhood obesity is epidemic. Given the urgency to prevent further increases in this health problem, it is critical that researchers study the early origins of obesity and overweight in childhood. One area of inquiry that may inform how it is that some children become obese is the characteristics of the infant and how they may bear on interactions with the environment. The current review of the research will focus on three infant characteristics recently identified in the literature: activity level, sleep and temperament. It is important to keep in mind that the relationship between infant characteristics and childhood obesity is likely moderated or mediated by parenting behaviors.
These inconsistent findings may be explained by the developmental course of activity level, individual differences in activity level, and the role of the environment. Activity level as measured mechanically increases to a peak at about 8 years of age and then begins to decline [
Developmentally, we know that sleep changes across the life span with the number of hours decreasing along with the number of sleep bouts. How parents manage these shifts and changes in sleep patterns may influence their sleep-wake patterns including the duration of sleep. For example, research indicates that increased parental involvement when falling asleep (rocking, being fed) is associated with more night wakings [
In our research, we have examined the role of temperament and how it interacts with parenting, specifically the use of food to soothe, to influence weight status. We surveyed 100 parents about their use of food to soothe and obtained parent ratings of their child's temperament (negativity, surgency, and regulation). The results revealed that parents were more likely to use food to soothe infants that they rated as high in negativity. We also found an interaction effect, whereby the children of parents who used food to soothe their highly negative infants were more likely to be heavier than children of parents who used food to soothe their less negative infants. Based on these findings we concluded that using food to soothe infant distress may promote the association of food with emotional comfort, a characteristic of emotional eaters that is associated with obesity in adults. Or it may be that using food in circumstances unrelated to hunger and sustenance may lead to children's understanding that food has other 'reward-like' qualities. We are currently investigating the long-term impact of this interaction on childhood obesity.
In summary, although the evidence is just beginning to emerge, infant characteristics such as activity level, sleep duration, and temperament appear to have an influence on the development of childhood obesity. Studies that consider the development of these behaviors, individual differences in their expression, and their interaction with parenting factors will enhance our understanding of the pathways through which infant characteristics impact later obesity.
Preventing the development of obesity among children remains a challenging and potentially difficult task. While eating, physical inactivity, and sedentary behaviors (e.g., TV/video viewing, computer use, video game playing) are established risk factors for the development of overweight and obesity among children, understanding how we may most effectively impact these behaviors remains contentious.
Within a public health paradigm it is perhaps most comfortable to avoid focusing on individual behaviors and seek rather to influence children's obesity prevalence through the implementation of public policy that may logically impact obesity- promoting behaviors. Promotion of physical activity opportunities, reducing availability of energy-dense food, and banning of food advertisements to children are examples of popular and well informed approaches. Such approaches however, potentially underplay the role that parents and the family environment play in the development of young children's, eating, activity, and sedentary behaviors. Evidence suggests that each of these behaviors develops at an early age in the context of the family and that each of these behaviors show a moderate degree of tracking across time. Behaviors are learnt early and are likely to persist. Given this, it is important to understand the impact that the family has on children's emerging obesity-protective behaviors and to use this to inform comprehensive community interventions for obesity prevention that are broad-reaching and most likely to be effective. Parents have profound capacity to set behavioral trajectories and through their support and endorsement of public policy, to substantially magnify the effects of such policy. Parent involvement is arguably the center-point of effective community obesity prevention interventions.
Engaging parents of infants provides a powerful and much underutilized opportunity to support parents to provide the best eating and activity outcomes for their child. While parents in many countries are encouraged to immunize their child, to have hearing and sight assessed, and to measure growth, a focus on supporting parents of new infants to promote healthy eating and activity behaviors remains unrealized. This is surprising as during this lifecycle transition, new parents are seeking information, experiencing major life change and developing new skills. (1) The engagement of parents is also a frequently overlooked opportunity within research seeking to prevent childhood obesity and may contribute to poor intervention outcomes; (2) In their review of interventions in 0–5 year olds [
The weight of evidence endorsing the important role that parents may play in setting healthy lifestyle trajectories for children led to the research program known as The Melbourne InFANT Program. This cluster-randomized controlled trial assesses the effectiveness of an early childhood obesity-prevention intervention, delivered to first-time parents via their existing social networks, first-time parents' groups. The protocol for this trial provides a detailed description of its rationale and methodology [
This study has had outstanding success in both recruitment and retention with 84% of eligible first-time parents' groups (n = 62) and 86% of parents (n = 542 families) within eligible groups agreeing to participate in the study. At intervention completion (March 2010) attrition remained low with only 47 families (~9%) withdrawing from the study. Attrition rates have been consistent across intervention and control groups and across socio-economic position. These high levels of recruitment and retention in the program may speak to the security and familiarity existing social groups provide. They may also reflect the high interest and motivation of first-time parents to get their approaches to healthy eating and activity right from the start.
Preliminary data from The Melbourne InFANT Program suggest that this program has achieved important impacts on parental knowledge and self-efficacy, and on the health behaviours likely to impact on a child's progression to overweight and obesity. For example, when compared to control group parents, parents in the intervention group were significantly more likely to express confidence to limit their child's television viewing, were significantly more knowledgeable regarding the impact of television viewing on their child, were significantly less likely to believe children should watch television, and indeed, reported their children watched 25% less television per week (92 minutes). In considering children's dietary intakes, when compared to control group parents, intervention group parents reported their children were eating significantly more fruits and vegetables, with intervention children 15% more likely on average to be eating two or more serves of fruit per day, 31% more likely to be eating two or more serves of vegetable per day, and 51% more likely to be eating two or more serves of fruit and two or more serves of vegetables per day.
Children's obesity risks are largely defined by their adoption of particular patterns of diet, activity, and sedentary behaviors, many of which are learned early in life and within the context of their families. As such, parents have a unique role in influencing a child's obesity risk. Understanding the evidence linking parenting behaviors to child obesity risk informs the development of effective obesity prevention interventions at both the individual and the community level. Evidence supports the view that no one approach to obesity prevention will be effective in isolation and that iterative interventions, delivered at many points in the ecological continuum are likely to be effective in halting obesity in our children. Parents play a key role as the primary provider of an obesity-protective or obesity-promoting family environment. They also have potential to advocate for and to endorse broad reaching social policy that will support their desire to raise healthy children.
In young children the primary modifiable risk or protective factors for obesity are those that affect energy balance—energy intake and energy expenditure. In addition, many studies now suggest that adequate sleep is associated with maintaining a healthy weight in childhood [
There are many factors that affect the three key behaviors of eating, playing and sleeping. Some of these factors are constitutional or endogenous traits of the child, which can be modified through experience. Several of these traits—attention [
Children's attention, impulse control, mood, and anxiety can all be shaped through interactions with their adult caregivers. All of these traits can ultimately be subsumed under the child's capacity for self-regulation, the process by which inner states or responses are altered or modulated [
For obesity prevention, emotion regulation may be the most useful dimension of self-regulation. Emotion regulation capacity allows children to buffer themselves from stress [
The relationship between self-regulation capacity and healthy weight is the most important gap in our understanding of children's constitutional factors that affect obesity [
During the period from the early 1970s until the present, there have been multiple changes in the amount, variety, relative cost and availability of foods and beverages in the U.S. and around the world [
Most Americans, including young children, are getting fatter primarily because they are eating too many calories, in excess of what's needed for optimal growth, metabolic needs and physical activity [
Although the evidence is limited, especially in the 2- to 7-year age group, certain foods/beverages and dietary behaviors are associated with obesity, including: increased intake of sweet beverages (including 100% juice, soft drinks and other sugar-sweetened drinks) [
Interventions to prevent obesity in the preschool-age to early school age tend to be in a single domain, with small samples, short duration and modest outcomes [
Further research is needed to develop and evaluate strategies to affect systems, policy and the nutritional environment to impact children's eating behaviors and dietary intakes to promote optimal growth, prevent excess weight gain and reduce childhood obesity.
Why is this period of life so important for understanding the early origins of obesity? Between ages 2 and 7, a dramatic shift occurs in how children conduct themselves. Early in the age span, children rely on external forms of control and guidance; as they near age 7, they are able to regulate their own behavior. This shift reflects children's internalization of standards for conduct that, in turn, guide self-regulation. These changes occur against a backdrop of language development, representational thinking, social learning through imitation, and agency (
Research has identified several parenting and household factors during this developmental period that are associated with risk for and actual obesity. For example, parenting strategies that rely on over-control are associated, in the child feeding setting, with less child ability to regulate caloric intake [
In addition to the home environment, child care is an important context for socializing eating and activity habits during early childhood. Most children in the U.S. attend some form of child care and for those who spend at least 40 hours per week there, anywhere from 50% to 67% of their daily nutrition needs are met. The child care nutrition environment includes the organization of meals and snacks, the foods and beverages served, and how caregivers act during mealtimes and what they believe about young children's nutritional needs [
Physical activity is the volitional component of energy expenditure, which is half of the energy balance equation [
A recent review of obesity prevention interventions among 0 to 5 years old (23 studies) indicated that most intervention studies did not have the desired effects; when effective, only small changes were detected; and the diversity in objectives, designs, methods, and measures precluded making conclusions about empirically determined best practices [
The Mediating-Moderating Variable Model (MMVM) provides a convenient conceptual framework to deconstruct the relationships from intervention design to health outcomes that elucidate the lack of effects from current programs [
A distinction needs to be made between physical inactivity (PI) and sedentary behaviors (SB) [
Quality of measurement is a key consideration in explaining the apparent ineffectiveness of obesity prevention interventions. Low reliability can attenuate relationships all along the path from intervention to health outcomes [
The literature has not clearly determined how much or what types of PA prevent obesity among 2 to 7 yo, nor lead children to better enjoy PA, leading to more PA and lower obesity in later life. In a longitudinal study SB were more strongly related to adiposity than PA among 6–7 yo, but not earlier [
No statistical mediating variable analyses have been reported between interventions and PA outcomes in 2–7 year old children [
Typologies of interventions are useful to encourage comparability of interventions across studies. Abraham and Michie recently published a typology of behavior change intervention procedures among adults [
Genes appear to influence obesity and some of these genes' pathways of influence appear to be through PA [
To provide a stronger foundation for intervention research, much important research remains to be done on the relationship of PA to adiposity, the relationship of possible mediators to PA, how best to manipulate these mediators, and the influences of a broad variety of social, environmental, and psychological moderators of these relationships.
Research priorities arose in the speaker presentations and in workshop discussions that occurred at the end of the conference.
Prioritized topics for future research.
|Diet focus
|Activity focus
|Other or Multiple focus
|Age <2
|2–7 years
|Need for better definition of fetal obesity phenotypes beyond traditional measurements: length, weight, head circumference, skinfolds, ponderal index; novel tools: Peapod, MRI, BIA, DEXA
|Need to evaluate novel in-utero risk factors: relative importance of maternal/paternal factors, fetal/placental factors
|The role of micronutrients: vitamin D, folate, fatty acids
|The role of environmental toxins, especially endocrine disruptors
|Microbiome: C/S
|Assessment of early life adversities (poor nutrition, stress, maternal obesity, pregnancy complications)
|Evaluate early life adversities in the context of genetic susceptibility and test gene-environmental interactions
|Biomarkers such as leptin, adiponectin, and insulin, may offer mechanistic insight
|Epigenetic studies, including: identify genomic loci that carry obesity-specific epigenetic modifications; define metabolic gene-networks governed by epigenetic processes
|How are obesity risk factors reflected in epigenomics, when do epigenomic changes occur, and how does the time of occurrence affect risk?
|How do parent-child relationships affect later weight status?
|How do mental health factors (e.g., maternal depression, child ADHD) affect weight status, and why do subgroup patterns of association differ (e.g., females more affected)?
|How does media use affect eating and activity behavior, and how does this change with age and over time?
|What factors make some children and families able to avoid the effects of the obesigenic environment?
|Do environmental exposures, such as BPA, affect obesity risk and, if so, how?
|How do policies and programs, such as WIC, food stamps, affect parent behaviors related to obesity risk and how are these best taken into account?
|The contributions of social inequities (poverty, minority and immigrant status,
|Studies that interacting address medical risk (e.g., medically complex, those with food allergies)?
|What child and parent factors affect child sleep patterns and how do those patterns affect risk of obesity?
|How does child care and school affect child obesity risk, and what factors of the child care/school settings, child, and family affect that?
|How does parental modeling affect child behaviors related to obesity risk, self-regulation, sleep, eating, activity?
|What social factors (e.g., maternal employment, family constellation, isolation/social networking patterns, work schedules, racial segregation, immigrant status) affect maternal and child dietary and physical activity patterns, and how?
|How do season, climate, weather, geography and other aspects of the physical environment (such as distance to food sources) affect weight status and how is this best taken into account in studies?
|Does it make a difference for later feeding behavior and obesity risk if breast milk is ingested from a bottle vs. from the breast, and, if so, why? (For example, satiety effects, calorie exertion during feeding.)
|Does maternal diet during breastfeeding affect infant responses to the foods ingested or not ingested, and, if so, how?
|To what extent do genetic factors affect physical activity and inactivity?
|To what extent do unmeasured factors, like coordination, affect physical activity?
|What parental attitudes affect physical activity (e.g., fear of neighborhood dangers) and how are these best taken into account?
|What are the most effective ways to help parents and children learn self-regulation, particularly in response to stress?
|Does consistency of approaches across home and other settings—re environment, messaging, other—affect obesity risk?
|What is the best use of health care provider time, in terms of affecting obesity risk patterns?
|What outcomes other than weight status are affected by modification of obesity risk factors and interventions aimed at doing that?
|What are the most effective ways to help parents learn behaviors that will reduce child obesity risk, e.g., to what knowledge and attitudes (re learning, weight, other) should training be tied; how best to teach structure and routine?
|How do early developmental factors affect later physical activity (e.g., sleeping position, timing of walking)?
|How can parental attitudes that affect physical activity (e.g., fear of neighborhood dangers) be effectively altered in ways that improve PA?
|Novel study designs: longitudinal birth cohort study; multi-level, multifaceted data collection; integration of pre- and post-natal risk factors, genetic variants, hormone levels, and epigenetic alterations in order to have a comprehensive risk assessment and understanding of etiology and biological mechanisms; develop accurate early prediction model and cost-effective early prevention strategies
|Novel study designs
|What care-takers besides parents need to be taken into account in studies?
|How can sample generalizability be best assessed?
|International studies as natural experiments
|Bring epidemiologic risk factors into basic research
|How best to assess the importance of fidelity in intervention outcome?
|How stable are food cue responsiveness and spontaneous activity?
|What are the most accurate and feasible ways to measure diet?
|How can we best sort out the causal direction for relationships between weight status and diet, physical activity?
|What are the most accurate and feasible ways to measure physical activity?
This conference focused on how the developing child deals with the challenges presented by his/her environment (prenatal, parental, nutritional,
This conference was supported by NIH grant "Early Origins of Child Obesity: Bridging Disciplines and Phases of Development", Grant no. 1R13HD65415-1, with funding through NICHD and NHLBI; and from the Williams Heart Foundation. The authors thank Patricia McGuire and Lavonne Hopson for administrative support of the conference and these proceedings, and to Peggy Jones Murphy, MLIS for bibliographic assistance.
The authors declare no conflict of interest.
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A new ballgame for Curt Schilling: 'Kingdoms of Amalur'
Already a lord of the rings with three World Series bands, former Major League Baseball pitcher Curt Schilling now has a kingdom to his credit.
Kingdoms of Amalur: Reckoning, the first game from 38 Studios, the development company he founded six years ago, arrives in stores Tuesday ($60, for PlayStation 3, Xbox 360 and PCs, ages 17-up).
Schilling's pitch for Reckoning: It has more action than the standard fantasy role-playing game.
In typical RPGs — you take the role of a warrior, magician or other class — the combat between your hero and adversaries has a detached feel, Schilling says. He charged the designers of Reckoning with making its fighting scenes as personal and smooth as those in adventure games such as God of War and even fighting games such as Mortal Kombat.
"I really believe we've created a first of its kind," says Schilling, a longtime game player whose past pursuits include EverQuest and World of Warcraft. "We made (the combat) a lot closer to God of War than anything the genre has done before."
Beyond those in-your-face fight scenes, the game has the depth of a traditional RPG. Reckoning is based on a 10,000-year Tolkienesque history written by best-selling author R.A. Salvatore (the Forgotten Realms series). Also part of the Reckoning fellowship: Spawn creator Todd McFarlane, who provided art direction, and game creator Ken Rolston, who oversaw the design of acclaimed games such as The Elder Scrolls: Morrowind and Oblivion.
Despite the high profile of the collaborators, "there was no Clash of the Titans' egos," McFarlane says.
Rolston agrees. "I can't think of another single project with four people who have really strong attitudes, particularly a new (intellectual property with) so many reputations on the line that worked so well. This is a really, really sweet gaming experience."
Nonetheless, Reckoning arrives with a relatively low profile and few major releases as competition, says Scott Steinberg of consulting firm TechSavvy Global. "It's quietly emerging as one of 2012's first games of merit."
Reckoning may not supplant current RPG titleholder The Elder Scrolls: Skyrim, which has won several 2011 Game of the Year awards since it was released three months ago by Bethesda Softworks. But, he says, it is "a good, solid, high-quality and, most importantly, fun RPG experience."
Players find themselves engaged in the Crystal War, an archetypical battle between good and evil, as the immortal Tuatha — a variant Elven race — prepare to engage an attack to obliterate Amalur's other races. In addition to humans, elves, gnomes and trolls inhabit the lands.
Salvatore's mantra to the designers was "you have to make a world that you care about." Looking at the finished game, he says, "This smells, looks, feels and plays like what I envisioned, and I don't know how we ever got there."
It helped that Salvatore also reminded the development team that "we are in the fantasy world. There's castles and armor and trolls."
Thus, "we don't have to reinvent it. We just have to make it sexier," says McFarlane, who wanted the animations to have heft as well as his trademark flourish.
Another guiding principle from Schilling: Make the game more fun than past RPGs. Throughout the game, players can remake the appearance and change the "destiny" of their character. "We want you to have as much fun as you can, and the 'destiny system' is the game's way of shaping the experience to the way you want to play," Schilling says.
38 Studios and Big Huge Games (Rise of Nations), which his company acquired three years ago, already are working on a Reckoning sequel, as well as a Kingdoms of Amalur massively multiplayer online role-playing game.
That rollout by stages may attract gamers, says Adam Sessler, host of X-Play on G4 TV.
"The decision to have Amalur be a multifaceted game and franchise is ambitious, but very understanding of the economic realities of the game industry," he says. "If you want (online multiplayers) to invest time and money … you need them to be already interested and comfortable with the product, like Star Wars" in BioWare's new Star Wars:The Old Republic.
For now, Schilling and his team of all-stars hope players embrace their initial effort. "This is our first game in the big leagues," he says, "and we think we did it right."
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Keys fall to Pelicans, 4-3, in 15 innings
Frederick splits four-game series with Myrtle Beach
By Mike Mueller / Frederick Keys | May 2, 2013 12:52 PM ET
In the Keys' longest game in almost exactly three years, a late passed ball scored Myrtle Beach's game-winning run in the top of the 15th inning and Frederick dropped its series finale with the Pelicans, 4-3.
The four-hour, 26-minute extra-inning marathon at Harry Grove Stadium nearly extended further into the afternoon, but a two-out diving stop by Myrtle Beach first baseman Trever Adams on a hard-hit groundball by Brenden Webb prevented Jerome Pena from scoring the tying run. The Keys' last 15-inning game came on May 1, 2010, against the Pelicans, a 7-3 win on the road that took 4:42.
Chris Cantwell scored the game-winning run from third on a breaking ball that skipped past catcher Zane Chaves with two outs. Cantwell led off the inning with a bunt single, moved over to second on Prado's throwing error on a Jake Skole bunt and reached third on Luis Sardinas' sacrifice bunt. Prado got Rougned Odor to softly line out to third for the second out. Adams, who flew out to end the frame, was at-bat when the go-ahead run scored.
Prado threw one inning and took the loss while Randol Rojas picked up the win, pitching 1.1 innings, allowing just a walk to Pena to lead off the bottom of the 15th.
The teams traded runs in the 11th, Connor Narron extending the game with a two-out RBI double for the Keys. Myrtle Beach scored on a two-out wild pitch thrown by Zach Fowler, scoring Preston Beck.
Strong outings from both starting pitchers had the 3,281 in attendance at Harry Grove Stadium likely expecting a quick game. Pelicans starter Nick Martinez threw 5.2 scoreless innings, allowing four hits and two walks while striking out nine. Keys starter Tyler Wilson nearly matched him, allowing one run over six innings, walking four, giving up a pair of hits and fanning five.
Myrtle Beach scored single runs in the fourth, thanks to an RBI single from Royce Bolinger, and in the seventh, on Jake Skole's sacrifice fly that scored Edwin Garcia, who made it to third base with help from a throwing error by reliever David Walters.
Two solo homers tied the game at 2-2. Steve Bumbry went deep in the seventh off Will Lamb and Jerome Pena hit his first homer of the season in the eighth off Nick McBride. Gene Escat pitched scoreless 12th, 13th and 14th innings for Frederick. Pena and Brenden Webb recorded two hits for the Keys while Odor went 1-for-5 with a walk and stole three bases. Eleven total pitchers were used in the game.
The Keys hit the road tomorrow to take on Carolina at 7:15 p.m. Lefty Tim Berry is slated to pitch for the Keys against right-hander Jacob Lee.
Frederick's next homestand begins Friday, May 10, with a 7 p.m. game against Wilmington. For tickets, purchase online at FrederickKeys.com, call 301-815-9939 or visit the Keys' box office at Harry Grove Stadium.
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Darjeeling unrest: Bengal CM invites GJM chief for talks
June 13, 2008 15:28 IST
West Bengal Chief Minister Buddhadev Bhattacharya on Friday invited Gorkha Janamukti Morcha chief Bimal Gurung for talks on the Darjeeling issue on June 18, a day after all party talks are to be held on the issue.
"The Chief Minister has invited Bimal Gurung and his followers to meet him separately on June 18 in Kolkata to discuss the Darjeeling issue," Chief Minister's Secretariat sources said.
Bhattacharya would shortly send a letter to Gurung, the sources said. Gurung's last meeting with the chief minister was held two months ago, following renewed demand for a separate Gorkhaland state by the GJM.
Last month, a GJM delegation had a meeting with state government officials. The talks with Gurung will come a day after an all-party meeting convened by the chief minister to discuss the Darjeeling crisis. It was, however, yet to be officially known which parties would be invited to the all-party meet.
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Subjects: Emergency Preparedness and Immigration Reform
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SEC. NAPOLITANO: Well, thank you so much. Good morning.
AUDIENCE: Good morning.
SEC. NAPOLITANO: What a wonderful day, a beautiful day in Washington, D.C. Welcome to all who are here. Thank you for that kind introduction.
I wanted to be here to say thank you, to thank you for Esperanza's efforts to strengthen communities, and especially in this economic climate to help people and to work on issues like immigration, like housing, workforce development, education and health care.
You know before I was appointed by President Obama, who you'll hear from later, to be the secretary of Homeland Security, I served two terms as the governor of Arizona. Any Arizonans in the house? There you are. We'll talk later. But we worked hard to make sure that government served as a bridge to the many communities of faith in our state, that there was not an artificial division between people of faith and people in government, recognizing that we can help each other help others. And that's what we worked on there and that is what we intend to do here within the Department of Homeland Security.
Now, that's a long name for a government department that has many, many functions, but one of our key functions is to work with people in times of disaster, because in the aftermath of Hurricane Katrina, I think we all saw that when government is not prepared to reach out to people and to work with people in times of disaster, terrible things can happen, and indeed, people can die.
And so within FEMA -- which I must say is much, much improved -- it changed and altered since Katrina. Lessons were learned, were incorporated. Many dedicated men and women have come to work there. But in the wake of that, we've really been thinking about how can we work with different communities to be prepared for disasters even before disasters happen, because they're going to occur in any state, in any community, whether you like it or not.
You may live in a hurricane area or an area that has tornadoes or earthquakes or floods or forest fires. It doesn't really matter where you live in the United States; Mother Nature can wreak havoc. In that instance, in that case, it's so very, very important that we think not just about what we do in the aftermath, but what we do now when things are okay and things are kind of peaceful. And you can help us with that, because the government alone cannot bear the responsibility for helping or preparing people for when disaster strikes. We want to be, as a nation, as a country, in a constant state of readiness and of preparation so that we don't have to live in a constant state of fear. If you're prepared, you're not fearful. Right?
And so we need your help to work with your community, work with your communities of faith, encourage people, make sure that in their homes, they have kept a couple of days of water and food. Make sure that they have prepared for their families a plan for how they get reunified, how they get back together in case they're split up during a disaster or an emergency.
Make sure that they've had some Red Cross, some first aid training, and you can actually offer it yourselves, reach out to the American Red Cross, bring them into your net to help with our cost and state of preparation so that our people don't have to live in a constant state of fear.
Help your individuals. Help your families. Help them be prepared. Help them have the confidence to know that whatever strikes, they will be ready. You will be ready.
And if we do that across this country, then everybody is not just sitting back waiting for the government to come to help. That's the wrong thing. We want everybody to be involved in these efforts.
So I hope you will make that commitment before you leave here today, I'm seeing some heads nodding. Not enough. So I'm going to ask you, will you help get your communities prepared? Yes. Will you do these common-sense things? I'm not hearing it. Will you do these common-sense things? Help prepare the community, and really, we will be so much more effective and then when disaster does strike -- and it will -- we will be prepared to work with you, because so oftentimes people -- the first place they don't go is a government office, and you probably know that more than most. But maybe the first place they'll go for help is their church, because that's where they're comfortable, that's where their community is, that's where they feel safe, and no time perhaps more in acute need of prayer than in a time of disaster, when maybe you can't find your family, you don't know where your children are; maybe your house is gone, so that the need for faith is even more acute than on an everyday basis.
So our planning for how we respond to emergencies, how we respond to disasters is going to take into account the faith community, build bridges there, work with groups like Esperanza and the groups that belong within Esperanza, because our goal is to reach out and to make sure that whatever happens, people have a safe place to go and a place to go where they feel safe and where they know and have confidence -- such an important word, confidence -- that we will respond, we will bounce back with all the resilience that the American people have shown for so many, many years.
Now, that's part of the Department of Homeland Security, but another part of the Homeland Security -- and it was mentioned within the introduction -- is, of course, we have primary responsibility for enforcement of our nation's immigration laws. Now, I know you were on the Hill yesterday, up in Congress, and I know that you recognize that the issue of immigration brings out passions on all sides. It's hard to avoid that. But I think there's one thing that everybody agrees upon, so we'll start from there. I think everybody agrees that the current system does not work -- does not work. (Applause.)
Our president has committed to opening that dialogue on immigration this year. I am committed to being part of that dialogue. I'm committed because I've seen what happens when the immigration system gets out of kilter. I've seen when happens when the borders are closed and people have to cross illegally through the desert. I saw that as the U.S. attorney, attorney general and governor of Arizona. I've seen what happens when people believed that operational control of the immigration system has been lost and how that rebounds in so many, many ways, and I've seen what can occur when people believe that the rule of law has somehow been left out of immigration.
So we are, while we look for immigration reform over the next years at the department, charged with enforcing the law that we have. And so, based on my experience and what I've seen, let me just share with you that we're committed to enforcing that law in a fair way, in an effective way, in a smart way, that makes real sense, so that, for example, instead of just going onto a workplace to pick up workers, we're actually developing cases against the employers who are making money off of those workers. (Applause.)
And we will continue to solicit ideas and thoughts about what we do with our immigration system moving forward. We have to come down to one basic principle. Everybody -- everybody in this room, everybody on the street outside, everybody on the Hill, where you were yesterday -- has to agree and believe that we begin with immigration with the concept that it is an embodiment of the rule of law and that the rule of law will be fully and fairly and effectively applied across the spectrum. And if we begin from that basic principle, we can reform the system that we have in a way that makes sense and that recognizes the great immigration and immigrant history and tradition of our country -- a country, after all, that was built on immigrants and the strengths they bring, the talents they bring and the commitment they have to building a stronger nation right here in the United States. So that is where we will begin, and I am committed that is where we will get to.
So with those kind of broad-spread messages -- one is to help prepare people for disasters that may come, make sure that they have some supplies in their homes, some basic first aid training, know how to reunite their families when their families are divided; and a commitment to instore (sic) the rule of law, to install and restore the rule of law within our immigration -- I hope I leave you today with a sense of the Department of Homeland Security, in the sense of what it is we are here for. We are here for many, many things, but what we're really here for is to give people confidence -- confidence that whatever happens, we can respond, we can react, and we can return back even stronger than we were before.
Thank you. Thank you for having me this morning. (Applause.)
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Boortz: Williams "under such heat" because No Child Left Behind, "black conservatives" aren't "popular with liberals"
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Nationally syndicated radio talk show host Neal Boortz said that "one of the reasons" conservative pundit Armstrong Williams, who is black, is "under such heat" is because neither the No Child Left Behind education bill nor "black conservatives" are "popular with liberals." Boortz added: "He has strayed from the plantation. He must be punished." USA Today first reported that the Bush administration paid Williams $240,000 to promote No Child Left Behind.
From the January 10 edition of The Neal Boortz Show:
BOORTZ: One of the reasons that Armstrong Williams is under such heat, by the way, is that the No Child Left Behind Act is not popular with liberals. Neither are black conservatives. He has strayed from the plantation. He must be punished. And anybody that promotes the idea of school vouchers must be punished because liberals, of course, need to maintain their death grip on education. How else are young people indoctrinated into the wholesomeness and the sanctity of the state?
Boortz's show is distributed nationally by Cox Radio Syndication on more than 135 radio stations and, according to statistics compiled by TALKERS magazine, has a national weekly audience of more than 3.25 million listeners.
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Spyro 2: Ripto's Rage!
Review by narshe101
"A Great Sequel"
I thought that this game was really good. There are only a couple of things that bothered me. One was the difficulty of some of the gem games. I got so frustrated a couple of times that I quit and erased my game, never thinking I would go back. I did though and I am glad I did.
Gameplay: 9/10
The gameplay in Spyro 2 is really good and I really enjoyed playing the second game. I really like the 360 degree view -- it helps sometimes. The concept of this game is also very good in that you have to be thorough and patient to play this game. On the down side, some games are tough and not suited for children whereas the first spyro was all for kids and not much for older people. Also, there seemed to be a lot less levels than the first one and by the time I had to face Ripto at the end, I was like, ''that was it?''
Story: 10/10
The story in Spyro 2 was probably the best part. I liked the idea of Spyro 2 continuing right at the exact time that Spyro 1 ended. I liked ripto as a bad guy and Gulp and Crush were cool bad guys too. This game had some really good flow as well, it all made sense as to what I was doing and why I had to do it. This game's story line definitely exceeds that of the first Spyro
Graphics: 10/10
The graphics in Spyro are pretty cool. not as detailed and ''grown up'' as some other games, but this is a kids game right? I would personally like to see some FMV's (movie scenes) of Spyro flaming baddies and stuff, but I like it with the voice acting too. The worlds are done quite well and it's cool looking at all the different ones. All in all this is a cool game to buy for the looks of it.
Replayability: 5/10
Come on now, this game has to have more replayability! I didn't care much to play this game again even though I did get a permanent fireball. The levels are easy and don't contain many real good secrets that take more than one game to play. I personally got almost every secret there was to get on my first way through because I took my time, so there wasn't much to do the second time. I don't think I will be replaying this game for a while.
Reviewer's Rating: 4.5 - Outstanding
Originally Posted: 10/08/01, Updated 10/08/01
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I had my lifestyle lift done in Atlanta on Sept. 2, 2009. The procedure took one hour and I felt no pain only pressure. My Doctor was great, she talked to me the whole time and her nurse was wonderful. The most uncomftrable thing was the wrap they put on my head for the first 24 hours and that was removed the next day.
I saw the results immediately!!! I am 53 years old and have been told that I look 40!!!!
There is some numbness around the ear area, but I was told about this by my Doctor before the procedure. I followed all instructions about how to sleep and I had no problems.My skin is smooth and youthful looking!!!
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Petrina Stocker, 42, of Romford, Essex, denies manslaughter at the Old Bailey.
The boy called David fell ill and died in August 2001 from an overdose of salt which the prosecution alleged was put into his drip feed.
Her defence says there is no evidence against Mrs Stocker and no proof of who added salt to the feed. Mrs Stocker is also alleged to have misled doctors.
Jurors were told David died in Great Ormond Street Hospital in August 2001.
The prosecution alleges she poured salt into a milk feed at the children's hospital after spending months trying to trick doctors about his symptoms.
Mrs Stocker denies doing anything to harm her son. She says she does not know how the salt got into the feed.
A post-mortem examination found he died of sodium chloride poisoning, despite being on the salt-free milk feed.
At the time of his death, David also had wasted muscles consistent with chronic anorexia or chronic natural disorders.


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Even Sarah Kliff Becomes Critical of ObamaCare
The White House Director of Progressive Media needs to send out an emergency response team to Sarah Kliff of General Electric Vox to get her "mind right" again for going off-message on ObamaCare since the debate is "over." Got that? The debate is OVER! Except that the debate is not quite over when one of the biggest ObamaCare cheerleaders is beginning to cast aspersions upon her formerly beloved program. This is starting to become something of a "disturbing" pattern for our Miss Kliff who recently underwent a rapid response mind change when an administration official quickly turned her around on her initial condemnation of a politically motivated change in the way the supposedly non-political Census Bureau gathers insurance information. Her quick turnaround became a source for much mirth and mockery on the Web. However, it now seems that Citizen Kliff has relapsed and is in dire need of another mind fix as you can see by the very title of her recent article, If you like your health plan, you might lose it. Again. Here are some excerpts from Temporary Apostate Kliff's heresy:
The Obama administration is quietly trying to stamp out some of the skimpiest health plans, a decision that industry officials say could trigger yet another wave of cancellation notices.
The administration is targeting a type of coverage called fixed benefit or indemnity insurance, which give patients a fixed sum of money whenever they visit the doctor or land in a hospital.
These plans are less expensive than regular medical insurance because they are less robust. And new federal regulations would make it illegal for insurers to sell these plans as stand-alone insurance coverage. Instead, the Obama administration only wants to allow people to buy fixed-benefit plans as supplemental insurance to a more comprehensive medical plan.
It's worth being clear that even now a fixed-benefit plan doesn't satisfy the individual mandate. The new rule would mainly affect people who had chosen to pay the individual mandate, or who were exempt from the mandate, and who bought a fixed-benefit plan as a stopgap. The Obama administration is saying that they can't do that unless they also buy a more comprehensive plan.
This change has been lauded by consumer advocates, who say the whole poiannt of health reform is ensuring Americans into better health insurance plans. But its been criticized by insurers and some regulators for eliminating a source of coverage for those who can't afford a true medical plan.
No! No! Haven't you gotten the message yet, Sarah? The ObamaCare debate is OVER! Yet she continues to raise questions sure to get her disinvited from at least a dozen exclusive Georgetown parties:
Health plans say they see more customers buying fixed-benefit health plans for two reasons. The first are people who want to fill a gap in coverage after purchasing a high-deductible plan on the insurance exchange.
...There are also people who have found medical insurance too expensive, and want to rely on a fixed-benefit plan as their only source of coverage. Some of these people might be among those receiving a financial hardship exemption from the individual mandate (available to those who can't find a health plan for less than 8 percent of their income).
Is Sarah Kliff finally starting to see the light that is ever so slightly piercing the liberal cocoon? She has even pronounced RIP COVER OREGON after describing it as the White House's favorite health exchange last year.
It still remains to be seen if the catepillar can make her way towards the light and finally break out of the liberal cocoon. Time will tell but your humble correspondent is patient and will wait for her possible emergence from the cocoon while nibbling on a Chipotle burrito.


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Laser Hair Removal: Top 5 Things You Need to Consider Before Treatment
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One of the most frustrating things both women and men have to deal with when it comes to our daily maintenance routine is shaving. You shave the day before only to wake up the next morning with stubble already! Shaving feels like a never ending task, so what about Laser Hair Removal? I have put together the top 5 things you should consider before committing to the process, as it is not a one treatment fix.
1) How many sessions are required?
The process works by targeting the hair follicles with laser pulse beams of light into hair in the growth phase to destroy the follicle. A series of laser sessions are required and are usually spaced 4 to 10 weeks apart according to Nurse Tracy Barlow who works alongside Dr. Michael law.
Results can vary depending on the treatment area and works best on dark hair, it does not work on blonde or gray hair according to Gretta Handley, Patient Care Manager at Davis Plastic Surgery.
3) Which Laser Hair Removal System Works Best?
Nurse Tracy Barlow explains that there is no single laser that works best, it depends on yours skin type.
4) How much does it cost?
The price of laser hair removal varies an multiple treatments are required. According to Nurse Tracy Barlow, paying per session is the way to go.
No, it is not necessary to grow out your hair before treatment. Actually you need to be clean shaven as of the night before or the morning of your treatment.
What is the area that you dread the most when it comes to shaving? Join in the conversation below -- and don't forget to share your laser hair removal experience by writing a review.


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This September, we're running a film competition. We need your help to turn the cameras on Volkswagen and expose their dirty lobbying against laws to reduce our carbon emissions in Europe.
In the past, Greenpeace has worked with some amazing film makers, and they've made really creative films to support our campaigns. So each week between now and the start of the competition, we'll be digging through our archives and showcasing some of the best.
The first of our film selection - called simply Ancient Forests - comes from 2003. It accompanied our campaign to stop deforestation of the last remaining ancient forests, which were – and still are – under threat from illegal logging.
Klaus Toepfer, head of the United Nations Environment Programme, had warned governments that "the clock is standing at one minute to midnight for the great apes". But, with even the Cabinet Office using rainforest timber, time was running out. We knew that it was vital to convey the seriousness of the threat without bombarding audiences with lectures.
We couldn't shy away from presenting the impact that deforestation has on ancient forests and great apes. But neither could we just shock people for the sake of it. We had to find the right balance.
With Julien Temple - of The Great Rock And Roll Swindle and The Filth And The Fury - in the director's chair, we asked Ewan Macgregor and Sir David Attenborough to narrate. Angelo Badalamenti and the neo-classical group Dead Can Dance wrote the haunting soundtrack. You'll also spot a pre-Gollum Andy Serkis.
The film – which takes deforestation out of the rainforests and into the nation's living rooms – was shown in cinemas across the UK and went on to win a number of awards. Despite being almost a decade old, the film has lost little of its power: that shock as the chainsaws start cutting through the walls still sends a shiver up my spine.
If you fancy yourself as a dab hand with a video camera and can produce something which has the visceral impact of Ancient Forests, then check out www.greenpeace.org.uk/filmcompetition for more details.


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My dachshund loving sister would love these. Grill some corn on the BBQ and use these handy corn holders to keep your hands clean while indulging in sweet, succulent corn.
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Campus Closeup: Stan Wright
He has moonlighted on stage as Doctor Scott in The Rocky Horror Picture Show, Old Deuteronomy in Cats and the Cowardly Lion in The Wizard of Oz, but Stan Wright (WNMU-FM) is more commonly known for his day job: hosting a classical music program on Public Radio 90.
Wright, who has enjoyed classical music since he was old enough to sing, became the producer/director of NMU's radio station in 1984 during his senior year here. He had previously been employed as a student broadcaster for two years. His responsibilities include programming and hosting all of WNMU-FM's classical music, recording regional concerts and preparing them for radio broadcast, and overseeing all station operations.
"A lot of my day is spent communicating with record producers and the outside world for information on the arts around the Great Lakes," he said. "I play music as well as take requests for classical music that we play every day during the noon hour."
Wright said that his involvement with radio resulted as a series of happy accidents. "One day, I was without a job and listening to a commercial radio station, and I heard them advertise for a dj. So I walked across Marquette and applied, and half an hour later I had a radio job."
Even though he gets to play with the largest library of music in the upper Great Lakes on a daily basis, Wright's involvement with music does not end after he goes home for the day. Wright plays the saxophone, guitar, piano and percussion, and performs in community theater. A lifelong Marquette-area resident, he has been involved with Peninsula Arts Appreciation Council (PAAC) performances at the Vista Theater in Negaunee for several years. Wright has also been a soloist in concerts with the Superior String Alliance (where he is also their executive director), the Marquette Symphony Orchestra and the Marquette Choral Society.
He has been a vocal soloist in many area music events, singing music from Beethoven and Schubert to Grieg and Sibelius. He has also been in musicals and operas on the Forest Roberts Theatre stage, including The Magic Flute, You're A Good Man, Charlie Brown and The King and I. "My voice is my primary instrument," he said.
Science fiction is another of Wright's major hobbies. He is a charter member of the local Star Trek club, called the U.S.S. Superior. "I'm not as active as I'd like to be, but Star Trek has always been a big thing of mine," he said.
He also watches professional sports—especially when the Red Wings, Tigers and Packers play—and is the co-leader of his 13-year old daughter Caitlin's Girl Scout troop along with his wife, Carol. He does publicity for the Marquette area Girl Scouts as well.
While most little boys want to be police or firefighters while growing up, Wright wanted to either play linebacker for the Packers or sing professionally. But his dream job, he said, would be to run his own community theater. "PAAC has been the only consistent community theater in this area. It's hard to find the volunteers and resources to keep one going, but I'd love to someday."
Wright and his wife have passed on their love of the performing arts to their daughter, who has also performed in PAAC productions and is leaning toward dance. "My wife and I center our life around our daughter and seeing that she gets to live out whatever dreams she has," he said. "We do whatever we can to make sure that her life is as rich as it can be."
Wright can be heard weekdays on his WNMU-FM shows "Humoresque" and "Classics by Request," and hosting a weekly local concert series, "Superiorland Concerts," on Friday nights.


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