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On my first day as a staff assistant for a local CPA firm, a partner asked me to accompany him on the first day of audit fieldwork for a small client. Upon arrival, the partner directed me to a conference room as he gathered bank statements, a general ledger and supporting journals. Depositing the records in front of me and walking out the door, he directed me to do a "proof of cash for the year." When he returned several hours later, I was still searching the records for that proof of cash! Yes, I'd passed Auditing 101 in college, but I had no idea what I was supposed to do!
Many accountants remember the pain of their early years working for a CPA firm. For most entry-level accountants, many days were spent inspecting purchases or sales documents, footing client records and schedules and performing endless account analysis, to name a few of the more exciting assignments! While it was sometimes hard to stay alert and awake while performing these tasks, most accountants recognize these first assignments as the foundation of an effective and efficient audit.
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The Allegheny Valley School Board has been discussing the future of Colfax Elementary School since 2006. At that time, the estimated cost for renovating the school was $5.8 million.
The costs were identified in a Feb. 2 VND article and did not include estimated costs for:
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• Classroom renovations.
• An upgrade to the kitchen facilities, which we can expect the Allegheny County Health Department to require.
Excluding these costs from a renovation estimate is not prudent fiscal management. A decision to renovate Colfax should be based on a 2014 cost estimate, not one from 2006.
Business Manager Brian Rau has stated the AVSD will have a $1.8 million deficit for the 2016-17 school year.
The district has a five-year, $6.2 million facilities plan. Utilizing that money for Colfax would severely limit any upgrade to other district facilities.
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The impact of inadequate off-loading facilities in commercial office buildings. Upon freight efficiency and security in urban areas
Substantial impediments to freight efficiency and security exist in the 'last mile' of the logistics supply chain in New York City's Central Business District (CBD). The 'last mile,' a largely invisible obstacle in the transportation infrastructure, is a euphemism for the activity that takes place in close proximity to the destination, or delivery point, of product ranging from pharmaceuticals to copy paper. The challenges shippers face in moving products and services to small and large business in New York City are representative of the freight mobility problems that occur in congested urban areas worldwide. In focus groups and interviews, carrier and shipper representatives repeatedly reported that inadequate off-loading facilities in commercial office buildings (COBs) were a major barrier to freight efficiency in New York's CBD. These findings were supported in surveys completed by 82 property managers who provided information on their buildings' age, size, composition of tenancy by industry, number and size of loading bays and the number and capacity of freight elevators. Time and motion studies of vehicular deliveries to loading docks at six COBs with floors ranging from 25-64 were carried out to determine dwell times and truck size. Despite a 300% increase in truck deliveries to COBs located in the CBD over the past twenty-five years, New York City has not revised zoning regulations for off-loading facilities since 1972. To that end, requirements for the number and size of loading bays and freight elevators in five major American cities were compared with those of New York City. It was found that loading bay requirements for New York City were the lowest of the cities surveyed. There were no requirements for freight elevators in the cities under study. Following the terrorist attacks of September 11, 2001, loading dock security, which was always a concern, became a major issue for COB property managers. This has led to the imposition of more rigorous security procedures at many off-loading facilities that have increased the cost of moving goods into the CBD and doing business in New York. The formulation of guidelines for an appropriate number and size of loading bays and sufficient freight elevators and the development of strategies for retrofitting existing off-loading facilities will offer broad societal benefits that will increase freight efficiency and security and decrease energy consumption, on street congestion and air pollution.
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Photographer Ann Torrence took the scenic route through seven of the West's national parks.
Ann Torrence, the author of U.S. Highway 89: The Scenic Route to Seven Western National Parks, spent three years chronicling this mostly two-lane road from Canada to Mexico. anntorrence.com.
Q What inspired you?
A It all started when I asked myself a fateful question: Where does this highway lead?
Q Why follow it?
A It's a chance to get a taste of what times were really like at the dawn of the motoring age. The scenery and the small-town flavor are still the same.
Q What are the seven national parks?
A Heading south: Glacier, Yellowstone, Grand Teton, Bryce Canyon, Zion, Grand Canyon, and Saguaro.
Q Some favorite spots?
A Ear Mountain in Choteau, Mont., where the prairie meets the Rockies. I photographed my first grizzly here—the last place in the lower 48 where the bears are allowed their spring foraging on the prairie. The Oxbow Bend view in Grand Teton National Park is amazing, too.
Q For sunseekers?
A Head to Page, Ariz., hang out at Lake Powell, and take the walk to the overlook at Horseshoe Bend as well as the hike in Antelope Slot Canyon.
Q The best landscape?
A Out of Flagstaff, Ariz., as you descend from 7,000 feet to the Colorado Plateau, you get a panoramic view of the Painted Desert. It glows.
Q A treat you discovered on the way?
A The pie at Thunderbird Restaurant, 12 miles outside Zion National Park's east entrance.
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Wendy Hale from Canada visited in August 2012 and awarded
We stayed at Hibiscus Heights for 9 days at the beginning of August. The villa exceeded our expectations for accomodation and location. The beach was a two minute walk from the villa and provided great swimming. We were a short ride away from restaurants and shopping. We would return to Hibiscus Heights in a heartbeat!
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Catherine Booker from U.K. visited in August 2012 and awarded
We were at Corner View, part of Hibiscus Heights for 3 weeks. Gill collected us at the airport and took us straight to get the groceries we needed. The apartment was wonderful, more than enough space for two people and very clean. Kitchen basics were provided, lots of herbs and spices if you feel the need to cook, kitchen roll, serviettes, washing up liquid, etc. There's plenty of drawer and hanging space for clothes - having the washer and dryer is very useful (some washing powder was provided too).
We flew to Trinidad in the middle of our stay and Gill was happy to organise for us to get to the airport and to be collected again on our return - nothing was too much trouble.
It was the ideal choice for us as apart from all the obvious benefits (the views are gorgeous) it's close enough to walk to a few different local beaches and the bus stop is close by (neither of us drives so we had to rely on public transport).
We are already looking for flights to return next year and we're hoping to stay at Hibiscus again!
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Nigel Lewis from Trinidad visited in June 2012 and awarded
My wife and I spent a week at the Corner View. We were pleasantly surprised as we were actually expecting less space. The Corner View isn't small at all. We didn't meet the owner, Gil, until the second day as she wasn't on the island when we arrived but she ensured that we would not have to wait for her. Everything was ready & waiting for us.
Everything was up to mark - cable TV, Wi-Fi, appliances (stove, fridge, washer, dryer), maps. And the housekeeper was very pleasant. We did a little re-arranging, with permission, and put the TV in the living room area (and fell asleep in the comfy sofa bed a couple of nights as well). Breakfasted on the porch many mornings. We were even rained in for one or two days but our disappointment was eased with the comfort of the apt.
Down the hill from the property is a little spread with a mini-mart, a pizza boys, a roti shop, an ATM and a handful of snackettes with some other eating choices, all just off the main road. Across the main road and a 10 min walk is an ok beach, apparently unpopular, because we had it all to ourselves. But we still preferred taking the 20 mins drive to Store Bay & Pigeon Pt. We waited 10 mins on average for taxis on the main road but after a few days Gil put us on to a very accommodating car rental agency with reasonable prices.
Gil didn't like it that we didn't mention we were recently married until we were leaving. She said she would have given us the honeymoon experience. Our loss. :( We thoroughly enjoyed our stay and hope we can return soon.
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Eddy + Alex from Germany visited in May 2012 and awarded
My husband and I spend 3 weeks at "Hibiscus Heights" in the apartment "Corner View".
We've got picked up at the airport from a driver. He brougth as first to a supermarket near the airport to buy
some food we need for the next few days. It was just so kind of him. Arriving at the Hibiscus Heights we were
greeted by Gill the landlady. From the first moment we felt like home. The flat was really nice with just a breath-taking view over the small town and the sea. There are enough space for 2 people. We were lucky, because we could use the big terrace above us as well the small pool. You can't swim there but I use it for my water gymnastics.
Gill was such a nice, kind person show me some interesting places like a farm we bought meat as well a good wine shop and other places. If we had some question, she attempted to help us or solve the problem. The houskeeping Dixi who was coming nearly every day, was as well nice, kind and helpfull to us.
My husband was there for diving. The places for diving were excellent too. It was just the right house and village we've choosen. Because there are a small supermarket you can get food, a vegatable stall and for me important there are 3 nice, beautifully long beaches you can go for walk, swimming and snorkeling. I went every day by myself on the beaches as well on different small villages and I only meet nice, people some with I've interesting talks and they were helpfull when I had some questions. I never felt uncomfortable being alone on the way. In the evening you have different possibilities for dinner as well for some drink in a bar.
I've seen different places on the island but I was thinking we've had the best place to spend our holiday. Should we come back one day we'll rent the same place again.
Eddy and Alex
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Ron And Brenda Kerr from Canada visited in February 2012 and awarded
We enjoyed our stay at Warm Breezes (top floor) of Hibiscus Heights. The accommodations were spacious, clean and had a great view. We especially enjoyed the constant breeze during the sometimes hot and humid days. The place was close to a small general store, bank machine and 3 eating places. It was a 15 minute walk to Grafton beach which was beautiful beach and one of the hotels had a restaurant on the beach. It was also about an 1/2 hour walk to Mount Irvine Beach which was also a nice beach with change rooms and restaurant. This beach wasn't as rough as Grafton and better for swimming. We also took to the bus to town which was approximately a half hour ride for $2.00 (TT Dollars).
We would recommend the accommodations for its location if you wanted to be away from any hussle and bustle. The only two draw backs that we found with the place was firstly, you had to travel to shop, buy groceries or eat at a more upscale restaurant so a car would be nice and secondly sometimes the bar down the hill played the music quite loud, especially friday and saturday night.
We were generally satisfied with the home and area. People everywhere were extremely friendly and always very helpful.
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Some wildlife experts estimate that when the first Europeans arrived on the continent, between 250,000 and 500,000 bald eagles--roughly 100,000 of them in the Lower 48--occupied the United States.
In 1782, the bald eagle was declared America's national symbol.
The first major decline in the bald eagle population is believed to have occurred in the late 1800s, when large numbers of waterfowl--a primary food source for eagles--were hunted for the feather trade. Eagles were also hunted.
The passage of the Bald Eagle Protection Act of 1940 prohibited the killing or selling of bald eagles. The act also increased public awareness of the eagle's plight.
In the aftermath of World War II, use of the pesticide DDT became common on American farms. By way of runoff, the pesticide washed into rivers, streams and lakes and collected in the fatty tissues of fish. Many eagles feeding contaminated fish became sterile. Others continued to reproduce, but their eggs' shells were so weakened by the pesticide that they cracked under the weight of incubating adults.
By 1963, only 417 nesting pairs of bald eagles survived in the Lower 48.
In 1967, the secretary of the interior listed bald eagles south of the 40th parallel as endangered under the Endangered Species Preservation Act of 1966.
The use of DDT was banned in the United States in 1972.
Following the enactment of the Endangered Species Act in 1973, the bald eagle was listed as endangered throughout the lower 48 states, except in Michigan, Minnesota, Oregon, Washington and Wisconsin, where it was designated as threatened. (The species has never been listed as threatened or endangered in Alaska; populations there have always remained stable.)
From 1973 to 1995, the eagle's protected status provided a springboard for the eagle's accelerated recovery through captive breeding programs, reintroduction efforts, law enforcement and the protection of nest sites during the breeding season.
In 1995, the bald eagle's status was reduced from endangered to threatened. An estimated 4,712 nesting pairs occupied the Lower 48.
When the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (FWS) first proposed removing the bald eagle from the endangered species list in 1999, the breeding population south of Alaska stood at 5,748 pairs.
In 2007, the bald eagle was removed from the endangered species list. "Today I am proud to announce that the eagle has returned, " said former Secretary of the Interior Dirk Kempthorne at a ceremony at the Jefferson Memorial in Washington, DC. "In 1963, the lower 48 states were home to barely 400 nesting pairs of bald eagles. Today, after decades of conservation effort, they are home to some 10,00 nesting pairs, a 25-fold increase in the last 40 years."
Watch NWF Naturalist David Mizejewski in a video to learn more.
Adapted from "The Bald Eagle in America" by Rene Ebersole, National Wildlife, December/January 2005. (Updated January 2010.)


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HOUSTON - It was a big night for Philip McCulloch, a decorated former Marine from Galveston who threw out the first pitch at Tuesday night's Astros game.
A big feat for anyone, but especially for the former sergeant, who after a vicious attack last September wasn't expected to live.
As Local 2 reported in September, McCulloch was viciously attacked and stabbed by another man outside a Galveston bar. He almost died that night and ended up with 38 staples in his neck. He also had nerve damage to his arm so bad, doctors said it might take up to four years to regain full use.
But 10 months later it's the same arm he used to throw a pretty good first pitch.
"They told me two years or so, three years until my arm would be better," said McCulloch. "I'm not at a year yet, and I'm throwing a baseball at an MLB game. So, I'm pretty excited."
It was a big moment for McCulloch and his family -- including his father Phil Sr., who is also a former Marine, reflecting on all his son has endured since that vicious night in September.
"That was hard," said Phil Sr., choking back tears. "It was very hard for me because of the pain that my family endured. Mostly his mother. It was hard, so it's a glorious moment."
McCulloch Jr. said he will undergo a few more surgeries in the next few months to continue his healing process. He said he then plans to create a nonprofit to benefit the veteran community.
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Name: Maddox Chivan
Date of Birth: August 5, 2001
Siblings: Pax Thien (11/03), Zahara Marley (01/05), Shiloh Nouvel (05/06), Knox Léon and Vivienne Marcheline (07/08)
– Maddox was born as Rath Vibol in Cambodia where he initially lived in a local orphanage in Battambang
– He was adopted on March 10, 2002
– After Angelina's divorce from her second husband, Billy Bob Thornton, she received sole custody of Maddox
Quote from Parent:
"He changed everything, but in the most wonderful way. Everything that should matter, matters. He's absolutely the center of my life." – Angelina on her first adopted child.


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My compulsion to write this blog post is with the hope that "London Right Now" may restore your faith in the resilience, determination and strength of the human spirit. Our ability to communicate is the source of our humanity, and this raw tribute to survivors and victims of abhorrent inequality is vital. Right now.
The Tory government doesn't care about the fire and rescue service. If it did, it wouldn't have slashed 7,000 frontline firefighter posts, closed around 40 fire stations and scrapped scores of fire engines since 2010. The last recorded year saw a reduction of 1,200 in the number of firefighters - the biggest drop in a single year in the history of the modern fire and rescue service.
PCSOs should be given fire safety and first-response medical training to act as an additional front line for all three of London's emergency services. Additional training could enable London's 1,667 community officers to perform CPR or other medical treatment on a patient when they are first on scene.
We have been patient, we have always been willing to negotiate and we have always acted with complete integrity - as the public would expect from firefighters. This government may praise us when we respond to major fire and rescue incidents, such as the fires at Didcot power station and Eastbourne Pier, but their actions demonstrate utter contempt for firefighters and the work they do.
Millions will have watched with sympathy and alarm as devastating floods hit large parts of the UK over the last few weeks. Our screens have been filled with footage of 'rescue workers' working tirelessly for days on end to keep communities safe and reduce damage to property. However, what's rarely acknowledged is that most of these rescue workers are actually firefighters.
Despite 94% of Londoners opposing cuts to the fire service, it looks like the closure of 10 fire stations and over 500 front line firefighters will be cut. The closure of these stations is expected to take place in January. In the high court, seven different local authorities argued that the planned cuts were "dangerous, irrational and unlawful". It was this high court challenge that failed.


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Feb 22, 2007
Just hunting for ideas for the next meet
Your thoughts gentleman
Next meet it might be nice to actually meet some of you.
Going to Ultimate Dubs in March if any of you fancy it? its down in Telford though.
Gona have my car on a club stand so should be interesting.
Anyone going to the Scottish Motorsport Show this weekend?
Breakfast run!
Any further forward with plans for a lil' meet? Would be interested in coming along my new (to me) Audi!
Breakfast run!
I'll keep saying it until you all agree.
Sunday morning Breakfast at the Spittal fo Glenshee. Who's up for it?
Would defo be up for the spittal give the car a hiding from Braemar out would be cracking. Only thing is i aint home till mid may
Will be up for this need to take out the S2 for a good run
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Atherton, Calif. – Menlo College Director of Athletics Keith Spataro has announced Jake McKinley as the newest Menlo College Head Baseball Coach. A native of Placerville, Calif., McKinley comes to Menlo following a four-year stint as assistant coach at NCAA DI Sacramento State where he helped the Hornets to a 67-55 record over the last two seasons. McKinley is the seventh head baseball coach at Menlo College since 1986.
"Jake brings a number of intangibles to our baseball program that I expect to aide in his success as an Oak. His experience as a coach at both the NAIA and NCAA Division I levels will help him to continue the growth and success the baseball team has seen over the past three seasons. We're excited to have him as the newest member of the Menlo family," noted Spataro.
Menlo College marks the fifth stop and first collegiate head coaching position for McKinely who has been a member of the coaching ranks since 2006 when he was the associate head coach and recruiting coordinator for Bethany University (Santa Cruz.) He has also spent time as an assistant at Campbellsville University (Campbellsville, Ky.) where he worked with pitchers, hitters and outfielders and helped lead the team to the 2009 NAIA World Series. McKinley served as pitching coach for West Valley College (Saratoga, Calif.) in 2009 then spent the summer abroad, working as a scout, coach and development officer for Major League Baseball in Perth, Australia.
McKinley has already coached three NAIA All-Americans and has seen seven players sign professional contracts, five of which were selected in Major League Baseball's First-Year Player Draft. With a wealth of knowledge and experience under his belt, McKinley is excited to assume the head coaching position at Menlo College for a multitude of reasons.
"After thinking about the situation in its entirety, taking on this challenge at Menlo became a no-brainer," said McKinley. "I was so impressed with the leadership in the athletic department and it became inevitable that Menlo was a place I could see myself every day."
McKinley enjoyed a standout career at Bethany University of the NAIA. During his three-year stint as a pitcher and first baseman for Bethany University he broke multiple records for the team including: most strikeouts in a career, most strikeouts in a single season, lowest single season ERA and most innings pitched in both a season and career. He was twice named pitcher of the year and once named most valuable player. Proving his versatility, McKinley is currently third Bethany's all-time home runs list.
"I was very lucky to not only play NAIA baseball, but also spend a lot of my coaching career at that level. In doing both, I gained and have retained a clear understanding of what it takes for student-athletes to excel both on and off the baseball field," said McKinley.
After his remarkable collegiate career came to a close, McKinley signed a contract and pitched professionally for two seasons with the Chico Outlaws of the Golden Baseball League. He currently holds the team's record for fewest hits allowed per nine innings (5.4).
McKinley takes over in 2014 following the Oaks' most successful season in school history a year ago (34-18.) Since 2010 the Oaks are 97-61-1 (.614) including a 41-24 (.630) mark in conference play, netting the team a Cascade Collegiate Conference championship in 2012. The Oaks have had three players selected in MLB's First-Year Player Draft since 2011.


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While the legal battle rages on between Apple and Samsung, courts have ruled that Google may continue selling the Samsung made Galaxy Nexus. Apple had filed an injunction against the sale of the phone, but it has been suspended once before, and this time until at least August 20th.Apple and Samsung's legal war centers around the claim that Samsung used plans of Apple's iPhone as a shortcut to creating its galaxy line. Samsung has responded to this by saying that it had its designs before Apple's phone was ever released.The Galaxy Nexus is the flagship phone for Google's recently released Jelly Bean, the most recent version of the Android phone operating system. Google has also recently announced a price cut for the unlocked Galaxy Nexus phone. For more coverage of the business world follow us on Twitter @FNNonline or check out our website at FNNO.com.
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Among polygenic mouse models of obesity, the New Zealand obese (NZO) mouse exhibits the most severe phenotype, with fat depots exceeding 40% of total body weight at the age of 6 mo. Here we dissected the components of energy balance including feeding behavior, locomotor activity, energy expenditure, and thermogenesis compared with the related lean New Zealand black (NZB) and obese B6.V-Lepob/J (ob/ob) strains (11% and 65% fat at 23 wk, respectively). NZO mice exhibited a significant hyperphagia that, when food intake was expressed per metabolic body mass, was less pronounced than that of the ob/ob strain. Compared with NZB, NZO mice exhibited increased meal frequency, meal duration, and meal size. Body temperature as determined by telemetry with implanted sensors was reduced in NZO mice, but again to a lesser extent than in the ob/ob strain. In striking contrast to ob/ob mice, NZO mice were able to maintain a constant body temperature during a 20-h cold exposure, thus exhibiting a functioning cold-induced thermogenesis. No significant differences in spontaneous home cage activity were observed among NZO, NZB, and ob/ob strains. When mice had access to voluntary running wheels, however, running activity was significantly lower in NZO than NZB mice and even lower in ob/ob mice. These data indicate that obesity in NZO mice, just as in humans, is due to a combination of hyperphagia, reduced energy expenditure, and insufficient physical activity. Because NZO mice differ strikingly from the ob/ob strain in their resistance to cold stress, we suggest that the molecular defects causing hyperphagia in NZO mice are located distal from leptin and its receptor.
- feeding behavior
- polygenic obesity
- ob/ob mice
- thermogenesis
- locomotor activity
the new zealand obese (NZO) mouse strain represents a well-established model of morbid obesity (2). Among all polygenic mouse models of obesity, it exhibits the highest degree of adiposity (14). The development of its obesity is markedly accelerated and enhanced by exposure to a high-fat diet (24). In addition to obesity, the NZO strain presents all other characteristics of the human metabolic syndrome, such as insulin resistance progressing to overt diabetes (2, 6), hypercholesterolemia, and hypertension (23). Thus the NZO strain appears to be a most suitable model for human obesity and its secondary complications, in particular the abnormalities of glucose metabolism.
The NZO strain has been used in the search for mouse obesity and diabetes genes, and three different genome-wide scans of outcross populations with lean strains (SJL, SM, and NON) have been performed (19, 21, 25, 28, 33). These scans revealed a very complex picture of the genetic basis of their obesity: a network of multiple quantitative trait loci (QTL), in part dependent on the nongenetic, maternal environment (28), was responsible for the development of adiposity in the outcross populations. Moreover, it became apparent that not only NZO mice but also the lean strains such as SJL contributed obesity genes to the phenotype of the progeny (Giesen K, Plum L, Kluge R, Schürmann A, and Joost H-G, unpublished data).
The complexity of the polygenic obesity of the NZO mouse resembles that in humans, and it appears reasonable to expect a plethora of valuable information from the identification of its obesity genes. However, the classic approach to isolation of the critical chromosomal segments through breeding of congenic lines may fail, because the individual gene variants contribute small effects that may not be detectable on a different, lean background. Thus the identification of obesity genes may require a different approach involving the sequencing of candidate genes in critical regions (QTL) of the mouse genome. For this approach, guidance by detailed knowledge of the pathophysiology of the obesity in NZO mice is required.
In several previous studies the pathobiochemistry of insulin resistance, glucose metabolism, and lipogenesis in NZO mice was investigated (1, 10, 29, 31, 36). Surprisingly, hardly any published information is available regarding the pathophysiology of energy balance in the NZO strain. In a longitudinal study it was shown previously that treatment of NZO mice with the β3-receptor agonist CL-316,243 increased energy expenditure and reduced adiposity (20). No data are available comparing parameters of energy balance in NZO mice with those in lean, related strains. Thus we here carefully dissected feeding behavior, locomotor activity, thermogenesis, and energy expenditure in the NZO mouse at an early age (8 wk) compared with the New Zealand black (NZB) strain, its closest relative (3). In addition, we performed a direct comparison with the B6.V-Lepob/J (ob/ob) strain as an obese reference strain with a monogenic defect in the control of feeding behavior and thermogenesis. Our data indicate a significant hyperphagia, a reduced body temperature but a functional adaptive thermogenesis on cold exposure, and a reduced voluntary running activity in NZO mice. Thus we conclude that obesity in NZO mice at least in part results from defects in the central control of feeding and body temperature, presumably localized distal from the leptin receptor, and from a behavioral abnormality.
Measurements of core body temperature, home cage activity, gas exchange (indirect calorimetry), and food intake were performed in 7- to 9 wk-old-male adult NZO/HlBom mice from our own colony (R. Kluge) and NZB/OlaHsd (Harlan Winkelmann, Paderborn, Germany), C57BL/6J (B6), and B6.V-Lepob/J (Charles River, Sulzfeld, Germany) mice. The different strains were studied in matched pairs wherever possible to exclude seasonal variations; all experiments were performed at the Potsdam lab. Mice were singly housed at a temperature of 22°C with a 12:12-h light-dark cycle (lights on at 6:00 AM) in nonenriched type II Macrolon cages with soft wood bedding. Animals had ad libitum access to water and food (maintenance diet for rats and mice, art. no. 1324, Altromin, Lage, Germany). The standard chow contained 11,825 kJ/kg digestible energy with 19% (wt/wt) protein, 4% fat, and 50.5% carbohydrates. The animals were kept in accordance with National Institutes of Health guidelines for the care and use of laboratory animals, and all experiments were approved by the ethics committee of the Ministry of Agriculture, Nutrition and Forestry (State of Brandenburg, Germany).
Analysis of body composition.
Body composition (fat and lean mass) was measured by NMR with a Bruker Minispec instrument (Echo Medical Systems, Houston, TX) as described previously (18). Conscious mice were placed in an applied static magnetic field for 0.9 min (34).
Feeding behavior.
Food intake rates of singly housed mice were recorded over a period of 5–6 days with an automated drinking and feeding monitor system (TSE, Bad Homburg, Germany) consisting of Macrolon type III cages equipped with baskets connected to weight sensors. The baskets contained standard chow pellets and were freely accessible to the mice. Each time food was removed from the basket, the computer recorded the duration of the event, the amount of food retrieved, and the time at which the event occurred. Weight variations were monitored every 6 s. Mice were habituated to the test cages for 2 days before trials. Recorded food consumption was normalized for metabolic body mass [MBM, food intake/(body wt in kg)0.75]. A detailed meal pattern analysis was performed, adopting a minimum intermeal interval separating two meals of 5 min.
For determination of assimilation efficiency, animals were singly housed in metabolic cages (Tecniplast, Buguggiate, Italy) that allowed collection of feces and urine separately. Over a 3-day period, food consumption and feces and urine production were recorded. Feces and food samples were dried to constant weight, and energy content was measured by bomb calorimetry (IKA Werke, Staufen, Germany). Assimilated energy was calculated as the difference of the total energy consumed and the energy content of feces and was presented as percentage of total energy intake. Energy loss through urine was assumed as 2% and subtracted.
Indirect calorimetry.
Total energy expenditure (TEE) was measured at 22 and 4°C for 23 h with an open circuitry calorimetry system (Hartmann & Braun, Frankfurt/Main, Germany; V̇o2 analyzer Magnos 16, V̇co2 analyzer Uras 14) as described previously (18). Air-tight respiratory cages with a flow rate of ∼30 l/h were placed in climate chambers (Vötsch Industrietechnik, Reiskirchen-Lindenstruth, Germany) to maintain constant temperatures. Rate of oxygen consumption (V̇o2) and rate of carbon dioxide production (V̇co2) were recorded in 6-min intervals for each animal, and TEE was calculated with the equation (11) TEE = 16.17V̇o2 + 5.03V̇co2 + 5.98N, where TEE is expressed in kilojoules per day, V̇o2 is expressed in liters per day, and V̇co2 is expressed in liters per day. N is excreted nitrogen and was assumed to be 0.1 g/day. MBM-specific TEE of each animal was calculated by dividing TEE (kJ/day) by the MBM of the animal and expressed as kilojoules per kilogram of MBM per day.
Telemetric measurement of spontaneous locomotor activity and core body temperature.
Transponders (22 × 8 mm, Mini Mitter, Bend, OR) were implanted into the abdominal cavity under ketamine (100 mg/kg body wt) and xylazine hydrochloride (10 mg/kg body wt) anesthesia. The abdominal cavity was sutured with absorbable surgery thread (PGA Resorba, Resorba, Nürnberg, Germany), and the skin was closed with metal clips (Becton Dickinson, Sparks, MD) that were removed after a 1-wk recovery period.
Body temperature and spontaneous locomotor activity data were collected continuously with the VitalView Data Acquisition System (Mini Mitter) in parallel with indirect calorimetry measurements as described previously (18). Data were recorded in 6-min intervals for each animal over 23 h at 22°C as well as 4°C. Cold exposure experiments were terminated when the body temperature dropped below 27°C.
Voluntary running activity.
Voluntary running wheel activity was recorded with an automated running wheel system (TSE). Mice 10–12 wk of age were habituated to the wheels and type III Macrolon cages for 2 days before the data collection period, which lasted 1 wk. The animals had free access to the running wheels as well as to food and water. The system recorded each quarter-revolution of the wheel, and data were expressed as total number of revolutions per hour.
Statistical analysis.
All statistical analyses were performed with the software package SPSS 11.5 (SPSS, Chicago, IL). Differences were considered significant when P < 0.05. Core body temperature and energy expenditure of NZO vs. NZB and ob/ob vs. B6 were compared by a mixed linear model with subject as random factor and strain and time as fixed factors. For comparison of body weight, lean mass, and fat mass a hypothesis-based one-way ANOVA multicomparison post hoc test (least significant difference) with predefined contrasts was used.
Development of body weight and adiposity.
To characterize the development of obesity in the NZO strain, we compared total body weight, fat mass, and lean mass in B6, ob/ob, NZO, and NZB strains at ages of 8 and 23 wk. As illustrated in Fig. 1, NZO mice developed a marked adiposity until 8 wk of age that continued to increase thereafter; at 23 wk the relative fat mass was 3.6-fold higher in NZO mice than in NZB mice (40.2 ± 3.2% vs. 11.3 ± 1.9%). At both time points, adiposity in NZO mice was lower then in the ob/ob strain (fat mass: 24.5 ± 1.3% in NZO vs. 62.4 ± 0.5% in ob/ob at 8 wk, 40.2 ± 3.2% vs. 65.0 ± 0.9% at 23 wk). In contrast, lean mass in NZO mice was significantly higher than in ob/ob mice at both time points [8 wk: NZO 25.8 ± 0.5 g, ob/ob 18.3 ± 0.3 g (P < 0.001); 23 wk: NZO 32.0 ± 1.0 g, ob/ob 27.5 ± 0.4 g (P < 0.001)]. In addition, it should be noted that lean body mass of NZO mice was significantly higher than in NZB mice (Fig. 1), suggesting that obesity of NZO mice is associated with an increased overall body size.
Food consumption and meal pattern.
Compared with B6 and NZB mice, food consumption of NZO and ob/ob mice was markedly increased at wk 8 (Fig. 2A). Normalization of the data for the MBM of the animals attenuated the effect in NZO mice (Fig. 2B), but a significant hyperphagia was still apparent. A small portion of the feed consumed by the animals was not ingested (spillage), but no significant difference between strains was detected (% of total feed consumed: NZB 8.7 ± 1.3, NZO 5.4 ± 0.7, B6 7.4 ± 0.6, ob/ob 9.5 ± 1.5). NZO and NZB mice assimilated the consumed food, as determined by bomb calorimetry of feces, somewhat more efficiently than ob/ob and B6 mice. However, no significant difference between NZB and NZO or B6 and ob/ob mice was observed (% of consumed calories: NZB 76.8 ± 0.5, NZO 75.5 ± 0.6%, B6 73.1 ± 0.3%, ob/ob 73.7 ± 1.2%; P < 0.05 for differences NZO vs. B6 and NZB vs. B6).
A detailed analysis of the meal pattern (Figs. 3⇓–5) confirmed the hyperphagia of NZO mice: NZO mice consumed larger portions (0.4- to 0.7-g meals) more frequently than NZB mice (Fig. 4) and showed an extended meal duration (420–600 s; Fig. 5). In contrast, hyperphagia in ob/ob mice was characterized by a markedly increased number of small-sized meals (Fig. 4). Therefore, feeding behavior in NZO and ob/ob mice differed in meal size and meal duration.
Body temperature and thermogenesis.
To obtain precise measurements of the core body temperature, implanted sensors were used that allowed a continuous telemetric monitoring. As illustrated in Fig. 6A, the core body temperature exhibited a diurnal variation, with ∼1°C higher readings during the time of activity (dark phase). During both phases, the curves of the core body temperature exhibited a significantly lower temperature in NZO than NZB mice (Fig. 6A). The average core body temperatures of the four strains during dark and light phases are given in Fig. 6, B and C. The body temperature of ob/ob mice was 2°C lower than that of the B6 control strain. Average body temperature in NZO mice was ∼1°C lower than in B6 mice and also lower than in NZB mice, in particular during the period of inactivity (0.7°C).
To determine the thermogenic ability of the NZO strain, mice were subjected to a prolonged cold exposure (4°C; Fig. 7). As described previously (8), core body temperature in ob/ob mice dropped rapidly to 33–34°C. Subsequently, some of the ob/ob mice were unable to maintain that temperature for longer periods and had to be removed from the cold chamber. In contrast, NZO mice were able to maintain their core body temperature within the range of 36–37°C for at least 20 h.
Energy expenditure.
TEE was assessed by indirect calorimetry. Figure 8 illustrates the diurnal pattern of TEE. Absolute TEE was higher in NZO than NZB mice in both light and dark phases (data not shown). Because TEE is a function of body weight, data were normalized for MBM (Fig. 8) and revealed a somewhat lower TEE in NZO mice during the dark phase. Normalization per total body weight (not shown) further increased the difference between NZO and NZB mice. No statistically significant difference in the thermoneutral zone, as determined by measurement at different temperatures between 22°C and 37°C, was detected between strains (30.61–31.02°C; data not shown).
Locomotor and running wheel activity.
No statistically significant differences in spontaneous locomotor activity in a home cage environment as determined with implanted transponders were detected among the four strains (data not shown). In contrast, marked differences in motivated physical activity were observed when mice had access to a running wheel. Both NZO and ob/ob mice (Fig. 9, B and D) exhibited markedly lower voluntary running wheel activities compared with the respective control strains [NZB (Fig. 9A) and B6 (Fig. 9C)].
The present data suggest that obesity in the NZO mouse is due to significant hyperphagia and reduced thermogenesis, resulting in a positive energy balance. In addition, NZO mice exhibit a behavioral anomaly in that their voluntary running activity is markedly reduced. With this pattern, the obesity syndrome in NZO mice closely resembles that of the ob/ob mouse, with an important exception: in contrast to ob/ob mice, NZO mice were able to maintain their regular body temperature during a 20-h period of cold exposure, whereas ob/ob mice would not survive at 4°C. Thus we conclude that the primary defects in NZO mice affect the central circuits governing orexigenic drive and body temperature but do not interrupt essential mechanisms of cold-induced thermogenesis.
This study is the first comprehensive characterization of all components of energy balance in NZO mice compared with their closest relatives, NZB mice, and with a standard model of obesity, the ob/ob strain. With the resulting data, we intended to provide guidance for the search of the obesity genes in NZO mice. We (19) and others (28, 33) have used a genetic approach to localize these genes and have described several chromosomal segments harboring adipogenic alleles. The detailed characterization of the pathophysiology of NZO will help to set priorities when candidate genes within the susceptibility loci are studied. Specifically, the present data point to genes that are involved in the regulation of the orexigenic drive, energy expenditure, and behavioral parameters such as voluntary running activity.
In mice, only a small portion of consumed energy is stored as triglycerides: NZO mice gain excess adipose tissue at a rate of ∼0.14 g/day (5.6 kJ/day), corresponding with only ∼7% of the total energy consumed daily (79.2 kJ/day at age of 8 wk). The difference in food intake between NZO and NZB mice is also much higher (26.6 kJ/day, 2.3 g food) than the energy stored as adipose tissue, reflecting the higher energy expenditure of the heavier NZO mouse. This disparity renders it very difficult to detect differences in energy expenditure contributing to the development of obesity. Absolute values of TEE were higher in NZO than in NZB mice, although NZO mice had a lower body temperature. To correct for the dependence of TEE on body weight, data are usually normalized per total or per metabolic body weight (9). The present data indicate that TEE was somewhat lower in NZO than NZB mice when normalized per metabolic body weight; this difference was enhanced when data were normalized per total body weight. Therefore, given that the present data show a reduction of the body temperature in NZO mice, we believe that basal energy expenditure in NZO mice is lower than in lean mice. This conclusion is consistent with previous data from Koza et al. (20) indicating that treatment of NZO mice with the β3-receptor agonist CL-316,243 increased energy expenditure and reduced adiposity.
In the ob/ob mouse, the obesity syndrome is characterized by a markedly reduced thermogenic capacity. In addition to a significant reduction of the resting body temperature, ob/ob mice are unable to maintain their body temperature during a prolonged cold exposure (8). Most, if not all, characteristics of ob/ob mice are caused by the lack of leptin action in the hypothalamus. Thus it is reasonable to assume that leptin controls the thermogenesis in brown adipose tissue via a central regulation, presumably through the sympathetic nervous system (30, 37). Because NZO mice, in contrast to ob/ob mice, were totally resistant to cold exposure, the molecular defects causing hyperphagia in NZO mice might be located distal from the leptin receptor, i.e., in a pathway that is not involved in the metabolic control of brown fat cells. Alternatively, the genetic background of NZO mice might specifically rescue the thermogenic response to cold exposure in impaired leptin action; such a scenario has been described for the BALB/cJ background (26).
Previous data have suggested that leptin action may be affected in NZO mice. NZO mice show hyperleptinemia and are resistant to subcutaneously injected leptin (15). This leptin resistance appeared to result from an impaired transport of the hormone through the blood-brain barrier, because central application of leptin produced the expected anorexigenic effect (13). NZO mice carry a leptin receptor variant with four amino acid exchanges (15). The signaling capability of this variant was slightly reduced, and it was concluded that the variant might contribute to the obesity syndrome. However, the genetic evidence indicated that its contribution to obesity was minor and was only visible in combination with other adipogenic alleles (19). Thus leptin resistance in NZO mice can be explained only to a small extent by the receptor variant, and additional, more distally located defects are entirely possible.
No significant differences in spontaneous locomotor activity were detected in the home cage environment among the investigated mouse strains, although lower levels of activity were previously described in ob/ob mice (7). This lack of difference is probably due to a low activity in the lean strains and to their housing in isolation and in small cages during the course of the experiment. Our study design also deviated from earlier experiments in which older ob/ob mice were studied. However, marked difference were observed when mice had access to running wheels: both obese strains showed a lower activity than their lean controls. These data indicate that the hyperphagia in NZO mice is associated with a specific behavioral anomaly and resembles that seen in the ob/ob strain (4, 5, 17) as well as in obese humans (16). Future studies are on the way to test whether the reduced running activity is associated with further behavioral anomalies.
Human obesity reflects the complex interaction between a polygenic predisposition and environmental factors such as a high-calorie environment and an increasingly sedentary lifestyle (35). To identify the molecular components of this complex interaction, mouse strains with polygenic obesity represent the most suitable models. The morbid obesity syndrome in Pima Indians, like that in NZO mice, is based on a polygenic predisposition and an exposure to a high-calorie environment (thrifty gene hypothesis) (27). Ravussin and colleagues (32) have shown that decreased energy expenditure precedes weight gain in morbidly obese Pima Indians. Furthermore, human obesity is significantly associated with low levels of physical exercise (12, 16). It was also been proposed recently that nonexercise activity thermogenesis is an important component in human energy balance (22). With its increased caloric intake, decreased body temperature, and reduced voluntary running activity, the NZO mouse therefore represents the major pathophysiological characteristics of human obesity. Thus, on the basis of the findings presented here, the NZO mouse might be the animal model that most closely resembles the obesity syndrome observed in humans.
We acknowledge the expert technical assistance of Carola Plaue and acknowledge Dr. Corinna Koebnick for assistance with the statistical analyses.
Article published online before print. See web site for date of publication (http://physiolgenomics.physiology.org).
Address for reprint requests and other correspondence: H.-G. Joost, German Institute of Human Nutrition, Potsdam-Rehbrücke, Arthur-Scheunert-Allee 114-116, 14558 Nuthetal, Germany (e-mail: joost{at}mail.dife.de).
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If you live in another country besides the three mentioned above, give the Apple Store a shot and see what comes up. You can leave us a comment in the box below. Perhaps this will be as fast a renovation as Gordon Ramsay's overnight restaurant make-overs on Kitchen Nightmare. After all, no online Apple Store means no online revenue for the gang in Cupertino.
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1. Droid_X_Doug (Posts: 5993; Member since: 22 Dec 2010)
Wonder if there will be a new MacBook Pro (new processors, slimmer body) available for sale when the site is back up?
2. JSern (Posts: 282; Member since: 22 May 2011)
Plus price reductions.
11. joaolx (Posts: 364; Member since: 16 Aug 2011)
Hoping so. The problem of apple is that their computers are overpriced. Either way i got the base model from 2011 macbook pro and i'm not disappointed at all. The fact that it has mac os is much better.
3. android_hitman (unregistered)
i always like when they say "for you"....
4. Droid_X_Doug (Posts: 5993; Member since: 22 Dec 2010)
Still down as of 12:07 a.m. Pacific.
6. itzmando (Posts: 115; Member since: 17 Oct 2011)
Iknoe right 12:28 am PST. I wanted to buy some Glee music! :/
8. itzmando (Posts: 115; Member since: 17 Oct 2011)
Okay its up and running for me.
5. uzairkhan1994 (Posts: 17; Member since: 04 Mar 2012)
open now.....
7. Droid_X_Doug (Posts: 5993; Member since: 22 Dec 2010)
No new MacBook Pro notebooks. :-(
9. PAPINYC (banned) (Posts: 2315; Member since: 30 Jul 2011)
They are updating all of their websiTes to rewriTe the New iPad's descriPtion, all siTes will now say,
"We are very sorry iF we have miSlead anyone but, our New iPad is not 4G as you were previously and diShonestly lead to believe. Our New iPad, however, has better liMited connectiviTy on 3G but works flAwlessly when connected to wi-fi. And, this alone makes it 'Deceptionary'."


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thanks. that did work.
but raised another issue. this is a responsive site. and when the browser width is shrunk to that of a phone, the pic is not quite centered even though the caption is: http://prntscr.com/3brk34
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Hi that looks a screenshot of your existing code?
When I add my fix the image is perfectly centred at 320px window width.
Have you cleared cache?
yes, i've cleared my cache. it seems that when i clear the cache and first click on a picture on that page the alignment is off, but when i click the arrows to go to another image, then navigate back, the alignment is centered.
maybe there's some more complicated caching issue going on. we do not have any active caching plugins.
I'm still not seeing the code I gave you in that page?
You seem to have the rule in the css but pre-fixed width a #post26 id but there is no such id in the page.
oops. i had the wrong page id. its working now. thanks!


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Yours Truly Restaurants Partner Art Shibley donated a check for $2,000 to Patricia LoPresti, Executive Director of The First Tee of Cleveland, to benefit the national youth development program in Newburgh Heights that teaches youth life skills and leadership through golf on Oct. 22.
The donation includes proceeds from the sale of sweet tea beverages from "The First Tea" promotion that took place at Yours Truly Restaurants throughout the summer.
The First Tee uses the venue of golf to promote its Nine Core Values and Life Skills curriculum. Youth in the program play on the organization's 9-hole golf course in Washington Park in Newburgh Heights.
"The guests at our restaurants embraced the opportunity to support an organization that builds positive character development with the youth in our community through the sport of golf," Shibley said.
Shibley was especially interested because he and his wife are avid golfers. Shibley put out a call to golfing buddies in Hudson and they responded with enough golf donations to fill an SUV. To learn more about The First Tee of Cleveland, visit www.thefirstteecleveland.org.