WAITING FOR THE CHARACTER ACTOR FROM VELVET GOLDMINE AND AMERICAN PSYCHO TO COME BACK TO THE FOLD. AND WITH THE FIGHTER, HE NOT ONLY DID THAT, BUT CRAFTED THE KIND OF PERFORMANCE THAT STRUCK A CHORD WITH JUST ABOUT EVERYONE. THE UBER-SERIOUS BALE WAS SUDDENLY EMBODYING THIS WARM, TROUBLED, MAGNETIC PRESENCE. AGAIN, THAT'S ONE OF RUSSELL'S DIRECTING GIFTS: HE SEES WHAT IS A SILLY, TROUBLING ASPECT OF A PERSON AND BRINGS IT RIGHT TO THE FOREFRONT. BUT WHAT WAS DIFFERENT WITH RUSSELL'S HANDLING OF THE FIGHTER IS HOW LITTLE IT FELT LIKE... HIM. GONE WERE THE IN-YOUR-FACE THEMATICS. IN WITH THE ORGANIC SHAKY CAM AND FAMILIAR STORY BEATS. AT THE TIME IT FELT LIKE IT MADE MORE SENSE. HE WAS REBOUNDING FROM THE NAILED NIGHTMARE AND WAS ONdiabetes risk in women with a history of GDM. Defining the participants' characteristics that predict attendance and completion of the intervention and improvement in clinical and behavioral measures will be useful for further development of DPPs for this population in Australia and internationally.

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Recruitment in Melbourne (Victoria) commenced at The Royal Women's Hospital in January 2011, followed by Sunshine Hospital in November 2011 and in Adelaide (South Australia) at Lyell McEwin Hospital in January 2012. By June 4, 2013, 1,517 women diagnosed with GDM have been approached during their clinic appointments at the above three hospitals. Of these, 340 women have given written consent, 219 have not yet returned their consent form, 701 have declined to participate in the study and 257 were ineligible. Recruitment, both retrospectively and