Hill's clutch shot pushes Pacers past Lakers 79-77

LOS ANGELES (AP) ? Kobe Bryant is often at his most dangerous when he's fighting the flu, and the ailing superstar carried the Los Angeles Lakers to the brink of yet another under-the-weather win.

One dramatic shot by George Hill left the Indiana Pacers feeling a whole lot healthier.

Hill's high-arching shot banked in over Dwight Howard with 0.1 seconds left, and the Pacers withstood Bryant's 40-point performance and the Lakers' last-minute rally for a 79-77 victory over Los Angeles on Tuesday night.

Hill scored 19 points for the Pacers, who benefited enormously from the Lakers' 23-for-43 performance at the free throw line. Indiana led for most of the night, but couldn't put it away until Hill took charge on a pick-and-roll play with David West, dribbling past Pau Gasol and delicately lofting the ball over the shot-blocking Howard.

"It's something you always dream about, to hit game-winners," Hill said. "So to do that and help this team win a game just makes it that much better."

Coughing and wheezing on the court and in the locker room, Bryant still hit a tying 3-pointer with 24.5 seconds left and produced the 114th 40-point game of his career.

"It was just a tough game for us, because we didn't make shots," Bryant said. "On top of that, we didn't make free throws. I've got to minimize my mistakes. Ten turnovers is way too many for me, so I have to work on perfecting that and bringing that down. I just felt like I played to the crowd too much."

The Lakers dropped to 2-3 under new coach Mike D'Antoni. They mostly played the way Bryant felt, flirting with the lowest-scoring game and worst shooting percentage in franchise history before finishing with 31.6 percent shooting and surpassing the club low of 70 points in a game with eight consecutive points in the waning minutes.

Los Angeles tied it at 74 on Howard's dunk with 1:56 to play. After West made one free throw, Howard and Metta World Peace combined to miss four straight free throws. After Hill made a running shot, Bryant hit a 3-pointer in front of the Lakers' bench to tie it ? but Hill dribbled down the clock and won it for Indiana.

"I'm a little bit proud of the guys, the way they fought and had a chance to win, which defies statistical logic," D'Antoni said. "That was not nice. That was tough."

The Pacers' sturdy defense stifled the Lakers' up-tempo offense for most of the night, turning the game into an ugly grind before the thrilling finish. Indiana won its third straight road game over the Lakers after losing its first 11 regular-season meetings after Staples Center opened in 1999.

West scored 16 points and Paul George had 12 in the opener of a four-game road trip for the Pacers, who had lost six of eight away from home to start the season.

"We need road wins to build our togetherness, our belief in ourselves and our new identity, and to build confidence," Indiana coach Frank Vogel said. "This is a big one, and one that we were looking for."

Before outscoring the rest of his team combined, Bryant missed the Lakers' morning shootaround when he fell ill. He spent the day in bed, drinking fluids and listening to Bob Marley, before giving another high-scoring performance, albeit with 10 turnovers and 12-for-28 shooting.

Howard blocked four shots and scored 17 points despite 3-of-12 shooting at the free throw line.

"It shouldn't have got to that point," Howard said. "It's been a tough stretch for us early in the season. We can't lose our faith. We'll find a rhythm and we'll get in a groove, but we can't let what we're going through get us down right now."

The Lakers returned from a three-game trip for a three-game homestand, their final multigame stretch at home before Christmas. After playing six games in a nine-day stretch earlier this month, the Lakers are clearly running near empty ? and they had little to give in the first half against Indiana.

The Pacers jumped to an early lead and hung onto it despite falling into a 1-for-23 shooting slump in the first half, playing more than 12 minutes with just one field goal. The Lakers couldn't take advantage, missing 14 of their 18 shots in the second quarter and repeatedly failing to move the ball at D'Antoni's preferred pace.

Bryant made five of his first six shots, but fell into a 1-for-10 slump before getting rolling again late in the third quarter while Los Angeles made a 13-2 run. Bryant had nine turnovers in the first three quarters, but also had 29 points ? more than his teammates' combined 28.

NOTES: The Pacers stay in California to face Sacramento and Golden State before stopping in Chicago on the way home from their trip. ... The Lakers handed out bobblehead dolls in the likeness of the late Chick Hearn, their beloved broadcaster who would have turned 96 on Tuesday. ... Ashton Kutcher, David Beckham, Landon Donovan, Kaley Cuoco, Gene Simmons, Shannon Tweed and Tenacious D band members Jack Black and Kyle Gass watched from courtside.

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For those anticipating the global partnership trips, applications are finally out and the deadline is November 9th. University Ministries has created 14 trips to locations all over the world for those interested in a cross-cultural experience where building relationships, serving, and learning intersect.

Every global partnership trip has both a distinct location and a distinct focus, but all of these trips have one idea in mind: is to create an opportunity where North Park Students can experience the meaning of Micah 6:8: ?To act justly and to love mercy and to walk humbly with our God.?? Each trip exemplifies this verse in a different way.? Camp counseling, medical clinics, teaching English, construction projects, performing worship concerts, and building relationships are just a few of the different opportunities available through these trips.? ?Going on a GP trip is more than a mission trip than you would have done in high school. It?s learning about another culture, how to partner with them in everyday life, encourage one another in Christ and learn from one another. It?s an amazing experience that definitely has left a mark on my life? Riane McConnell, about her trip to India last year.

These trips take on average 150 students a year to various ministry locations coordinated by Julia Styles in the University Ministries office. Even though these trips have an emphasis on Christ, students of any religious belief are encouraged to go.? ?Global Partnerships is a great opportunity for students to travel, learn about other cultures, have an opportunity to volunteer, but it also gives them an opportunity to learn more about themselves. I think that being a foreigner is one of the best educations you can have because it is such a contrast to how you are
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The trips within the continental U.S range from $300 to $1000 and are only over spring break. Trips outside the 48 states range from $1000 + flight to $3800 and are offered over spring break and the beginning of summer.

Many teams chose to do group fundraising to help cover the costs. There is also a trip to the Urbana Missions Conference for college students in December.? Andrea Mitchell, who is co leading this trip, said ?It?s a great opportunity to learn about what missions could look like, whether that be in my backyard or abroad.?? The trips over spring break go to Mexico, India, Appalachia, Chicago, Los Angeles, Washington D.C., and New Orleans.

The trips at the beginning of summer go to Alaska, Ecuador, Mexico, India, Thailand, and Zambia. Shelby Switzer, a student who went to Thailand last year and is returning this year as a leader, said, ?These trips open your eyes to worlds that you wouldn?t know otherwise. Meeting people from different cultures and walks of life from yourself is such a blessing. You get to see God in new and amazing way.?

At every location these trips send students, North Park University has set up churches and other organizations which partner with us. These partners provide a safe and educational place for the students to visit on these trips. These partners also create an essential segue into the communities we visit.? Every trip has two peer leaders who organize the trip and communicate with the team going on the trip.? Each trip also has an advisor who goes as well to serve in a pastoral care role.? Julie Chapel, a seminary advisor had this to say about the undergraduate leaders: ?I have had a chance to meet most of the leader of the GP trips and I am impressed with how passionate they are about serving on campus and in the world. There is this energy about GP that is catchy?probably because anything and everything can happen!?

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Risk factors predict childhood obesity, researchers find

Wednesday, October 31, 2012

High birth weight, rapid weight gain and having an overweight mother who smokes can all increase the risk of a baby becoming obese later in childhood, research by experts at The University of Nottingham has found.

The study, published in the latest edition of the journal Archives of Disease in Childhood, also discovered that children who were breastfed and were introduced to solid food later had a slightly reduced chance of becoming overweight.

The findings come following a systematic review and analysis of data from around 30 previous studies looking at the impact of factors affecting babies during the first 12 months of their lives and their potential link with childhood obesity.

The study was undertaken by PhD student Stephen Weng, supported by a team led by Dr Sarah Redsell in the University's School of Nursing, Midwifery and Physiotherapy. The team also included Professor Cris Glazebrook and Professor Min Yang of the Institute of Mental Health, and Dr Judy Swift, School of Biosciences. The study was funded by NHS Nottinghamshire County PCT

The first study of its kind to review all the evidence for risk factors in infancy associated with childhood obesity, it is hoped the findings will help to bridge the gap between research and the implementation of new clinical practice.

Dr Redsell said: "The results of this study effectively identify the most significant risk factors by analysing data from a large number of other studies that have previously been conducted. This will offer a robust starting point for further research that will identify the most appropriate ways in which this information could be useful in healthcare practice."

In the UK around one-quarter of children aged four to five years old and one-third of 10 to 11-year-olds are overweight and evidence suggests that children who are overweight at the age of five are more likely to be obese in adulthood.

Up to now, support from GPs and health visitors has centred on advice on healthy eating and breastfeeding but many practitioners believe more should be done to identify infants who are at risk of becoming obese at an earlier age.

The analysis of previous studies showed that:

• Children of mothers who were overweight before pregnancy were 1.37 times more likely to be overweight at the age of three; 4.25 more likely to be overweight at the age of seven; and 2.36 times more likely to be overweight between the ages of nine and 14 years.
• Six out of seven studies looking at infant birth weight showed a significant association between babies who were heavy at birth and obesity in later childhood.
• Six studies investigating rapid weight gain in babies in their first year of life found strong links with obesity ? one study found that those babies in the top 20 per cent of monthly weight gain were 3.9 times more likely to be overweight at the age of four and a half years old.
• Children with mothers who smoked during pregnancy were 47 per cent more likely to be overweight compared to the children of non-smoking mothers.
• Children who were breastfed ? however briefly ? were 15 per cent less likely to become overweight in childhood compared to those children who were never breastfed.
• There is some evidence that giving solid foods early can be linked to later obesity ? one study found that formula-fed babies given solid foods before four months were 6.3 times more likely to be overweight at three years of age than those where solid food was introduced between four and five months.
• No compelling evidence to show a link between childhood obesity and maternal age or education at birth, maternal depression or ethnicity and inconclusive evidence for delivery type, weight gain in the womb, maternal weight loss after birth and 'fussy' infant temperament.

The research could be used to compile a 'checklist' for GPs and health visitors to help them spot infants most at risk of becoming obese later in life. However, researchers say more work is needed to study the practical and ethical considerations of such an intervention, including whether it would be accepted by parents and could feasibly be introduced in the current health service.

Any risk factor checklist, they say, would also require testing in the field and would need to be accompanied by clear clinical guidelines for healthcare practitioners.

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