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Maxine Kerr Grant, 80, of Amarillo died Friday, Nov. 30, 2007.
Services will be at 10 a.m. Monday in Schooler Funeral Home Brentwood Chapel, 4100 S. Georgia St., with the Rev. F. M. Byford officiating. Burial will be in Memory Gardens Cemetery.
Mrs. Grant was born April 12, 1927, in Shamrock to W. F. and Lola Ruff Kerr. She moved to New Mexico in 1932 and graduated from Floyd High School in 1945. She attended ENMU in Portales, N.M. She was a member of Beta Tau Chi Sorority and WAA. She later became a member of Epsilon Sigma Alpha and Alpha Delta Pi sororities.
She was an active member of First Baptist Church in Portales. She worked for the Farmers Home Administration for 30 years. She received many letters of commendation and was awarded for outstanding service. She retired in 1976.
She married Ellis W. Grant on June 12, 1976, in Amarillo. She was a member of Paramount Baptist Church, where she led first-grade GA's and taught an adult Sunday school class. She was a member of the Amarillo Women's Club, Interests Unlimited, Amarillo Art Club and Bonna' Aimes Club, serving as president and holding other various offices.
She was preceded in death by two sons and two daughters; her last child, David, died in 2005; her parents; grandparents; and several aunts and uncles.
Survivors include a brother; eight sisters; two stepdaughters, Pat Matthews and Judy Wallar; five grandchildren; seven great-grandchildren; and many nieces and nephews and great-nieces and great-nephews, all of whom she loved dearly.
The family suggests memorials be to the Senior Scholarship fund, Paramount Baptist Church, 3801 S. Western St., Amarillo, TX 79109.
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I propose the following "TIR Pay Table" to simplify the system and better reward performance, not longevity. The upper and lower limits are set to the minimum and maximum values on the proposed 1 July 2000 values. There are 30 equally spaced increments in pay. Each year, any cost-of-living allowance would be determined and applied to the upper and lower limits, and the intermediate pay steps automatically would be calculated.
Each newly advanced sailor would be compensated at the "initial base pay" rate regardless of the number of years of TIS that he or she has completed. Then, each year, for the number of years shown, the base pay would increase until the person had served more years in grade than shown on the table. As an example, a person promoted to E-6 would receive $2,017 and would receive longevity raises for the next three years, until he or she received $2,315. At this point, the sailor would only get cost-of-living allowance raises and would need advancement to reach the next pay scale. Those who advance in rate before receiving the next yearly increase would skip to the initial base pay of the next pay grade, jumping a year ahead.
Another evaluation of the new TIR system would be to determine the "break-even" advancement points for pay raises. Using nominal TIR/TIS flow points for three typical sailors, a newly advanced second class petty officer with four years of TIS would be compensated at $1,634 under the President's system, and $1,621 under mine. Similarly, a first class petty officer with 12 years of TIS and one year of TIR would go from $2,111 to $2,117, and a senior chief petty officer with 20 years of service and one year in rate would receive $3,014 under the administration's proposal and $3,009 with my plan.
My proposal offers several reforms. First, it rewards TIR, not TIS, consistent with seniority. Second, there are only 30 equally graduated steps versus 65 different levels of pay, making it easier to administer. Third, there are limited increases for those who remain in pay grade for longer periods of time. Fourth, in no case would a junior sailor be compensated at a higher rate than his or her boss.
The object of pay table reform is to reward performance, skill, and experience. I believe that career performance and progression are positively correlated—that the Navy advances sailors with superior evaluations at vastly faster rates than those whose performance is only average. The TIR pay system better compensates those who better serve our Navy.
Master Chief Haggard is the Quality Control Advisor to the Nuclear Enlisted Community Manager.

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COLUMBIANA - South Side Middle School Principal David Buzzard said the new school year is going smoothly despite students attending classes in different locations.
Classes have been in session three weeks and students are adjusting to the change.
"We are off to a good start considering we closed down two hallways and relocated at the high school," he said.
Fifth grade students are attending classes at Joshua Dixon Elementary and sixth graders were moved to the seventh and eighth grade wing of the building while the district works to patch a portion of the aging and leaky roof.
Students at the middle school are being served lunch in the high school commons. The two buildings on Columbiana Waterford Road are connected.
The district opted to close the 1962 section of the building after the $4 million bond issue failed at the last election.
Administrators, board members and some staff hoped the bond would pay for a new roof on the 50-year-old building.
Although the issue failed, officials have not given up it will pass eventually and voters are being asked to vote again at the Nov. 5 election.
The short-term fix of patching the roof has also resulted in staff reorganization and Buzzard thanked everyone involved for making the transition a smooth one. He also said the new bus entrances and exit routes have "gone off without hitches."
In other business at its recent meeting, the board approved:
- The August financial reports, the student fee schedule and an amended appropriation resolution totaling $11,417,947.21.
- An amended certificate of estimated resources totaling $15,884,967.20.
- The resignations of Andrew Whitmer and Jodi Taylor, who both taught at the high school. Treasurer Lori Posey said they accepted positions in other districts and Taylor's position has been filled from within while a long-term substitute has replaced Whitmer for the time being. The district also accepted the resignation of Neely Jack, elementary school cook. All resignations took effect last month.
- A parental leave of absence for Allison Moran, high school social studies teacher, Nov. 8 through March 23, and Sara Ogrodnik, middle school intervention specialist, Oct. 21 through Jan. 20.
- Mark Casey as South Side Middle School tutor at $24.25 per hour and Jennifer Sloan as elementary school tutor at the same rate.
- Five people as substitute teachers and one as support staff.
- Doug Covert as first grade teacher for the school year and Melissa Hopfenziz as elementary school cashier at 2.5 hours per day, 186 days a year.
- Brook Hitchcock as L.P.N. for the school year at five years per day, 186 days a year.
- A one-year contract for Josh Boone, technology assistant, effective Aug. 28 to July 31, 2014.
- Megan McCallister and Katie Maloney as home instruction tutors at $24.25 per hour.
- David Russel, Bonnie Steeb, Michael Murphy, Bruce Wiggins and Jared Hill as volunteers for pupil activity programs.
- Supplemental contracts for Kristi Ebeen, Janet Prindle, Trisha Nord, Colleen McNeal and Jessica Daley as mentors, Susan Cappuzzello as LPDC chairwoman, Julie McClish and Lisa Malcomson as LPDC committee members and Erin Heasley as outdoor facilities manager.
- Angela Rosen, Pam Pesa and Deanna Pesa at speech and debate assistant coach (shared contract).
- A $500 stipend for Leslie Costal, R.N. for management coordination, dissemination and oversight of school district wellness and health activities.
- A contract with Homecare With Heart to provide nursing services for special needs students as required by I.E.P., effective Aug. 1 through July 31, 2014.
- A Contract with the Mahoning County Educational Service Center for special education services at a cost of $178,634.
- A second reading of a student policy regarding positive behavior intervention and supports and limited use of restraint and seclusion.
- Seven people to provide services that fall within the guidelines of auxiliary service programs to the students of Heartland Christian School.
The next meeting was set for 6:30 p.m. Oct. 8 in the high school media center.


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The Pennsylvania Turnpike Commission is expected to select Roger E. Nutt as its new chief executive officer next week.
Nutt, father of Gov. Corbett's campaign manager and former chief of staff, Brian Nutt, was a transportation official in New Jersey in the 1990s.
The Turnpike Commission is expected to name Nutt to the post at its meeting Tuesday, according to sources close to the panel.
Neither Nutt could be reached for comment, and Turnpike Commission spokesman Carl DeFebo said he could not comment until a chief executive had been named. The top staff position at the commission has been vacant since the departure of Joseph Brimmeier in January. Brimmeier's salary was $196,753 a year.


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Former Altoona City Councilwoman Judy Roberts comes from a law enforcement family.
Her father, son-in-law and nephew have been state troopers and her husband was in parole and probation.
So guns aren't alien to her.
But Friday's shootings on Juniata Valley Road in Frankstown Township and the recent mass shootings in Connecticut have Roberts up in arms over the most lethal guns and the popular culture that may ease reluctance to use them.
The handgun issue is "complicated," said Roberts, who works in a local shopping center.
But why do people need assault rifles? she asked.
Moreover, why do we accept the kind of media and entertainment fare that "desensitizes" people to violence, making it seem unreal? she asked.
The Geeseytown shootings created strong reactions among many like Roberts on Friday.
The National Rifle Association's take, that we need to put more guns in the hands of good people to control the bad ones, is absurd, she thinks.
How do you know who's good? she wondered.
"What, are you going to fill out a form?" she asked.
As society members, we're responsible for making the right kind of changes, Roberts said. "The buck stops with all of us," she said.
Jeff Detwiler, a liquor-distributor representative working in a local store Friday, shares Roberts' concern with desensitization.
Or maybe it's hyper-sensitization.
TV shows on crime and saturation media coverage of incidents like the Connecticut shootings can tip people with mental problems into wanting to be part of the action, Detwiler said.
They get "caught up," he said. "It's like reality TV for them," he said.
"They get a gun and go out and do it."
The recognition appeals to them, even if they know it's going to be posthumous, he said.
"Why else would they do it?" he asked.
"Better they just kill themselves to start with," he said.
It may not be coincidence that both the Connecticut shootings and the local shootings happened in December, said John Monnikendam, owner of J&L Curios.
"It's the time of the season," he said.
Tensions are up, spirits down, tempers short, he said.
The economy is unstable, and taxes are going up.
People fight for parking spaces, and they don't know whether to buy a Christmas gift for $20 or $100.
People blame it on the guns, but it's really more the "government not checking out if nutty people" can handle firearms, said Monnikendam, who was wearing a gun in a holster on his hip, as he clerked behind the counter.
Besides, guns used in crimes tend to be stolen or bought illegally, he said.
And ultimately you don't need a gun to do violence, anyway, he pointed out.
Cain and Abel didn't have a gun, he said.
The real problem is uncontrolled anger, and background checks aren't good enough to root that out, he said.
Since the Connecticut incident, gun holster orders have shot up, according to Billy McCabe, owner of a leather working shop in Altoona.
Conversely, the incident has supplied "ammo for the anti-gun nuts," he said.
He wishes society could figure out how to stop criminals without criminalizing guns, he said.
"It's not the guns' fault," said McCabe, who stood behind his counter with his wife, Katie.
A baby was sleeping in a crib along a back wall.
"We do what we [can] to keep ourselves safe," Billy said.
They recently got a letter from the school their 9-year-old attends, a reflection of concern about the Connecticut shooting.
"There's nothing you can really do," Katie said.
Maybe the idea the world was going to end this month put the shooters over the edge, said Jake Jones, an employee of a store in Eldorado.
"You don't know what's going on in these peoples' heads," he said.
Maybe the local shooting was a "copycat thing," said Caroline Roberts, a clerk at an Altoona store.
"It's happening too often," Caroline Roberts said. "I don't understand."
Mirror Staff Writer William Kibler is at 949-7038.


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Anti-Gun Low Life Profits from VT murders
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> Anti-Gun Low Life Profits from VT murders
May 9, 2007, 09:37 PM
By selling website domain names that he set up right after the murders.
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May 9, 2007, 09:45 PM
What a GREEDY IDIOT!Gun murder industry?????? What a load of crap!!!!!!
texas bulldog
May 9, 2007, 09:51 PM
ah...cybersquatting is alive and well. i remember the first time i heard of this [in '98, i believe] when people were buying up web addresses for the names of college athletes likely to go pro. warrensapp.com was one example, IIRC.
i thought then that you'd have to be a real prick to make a living that way, and my opinion is unchanged. this is just classless...
May 9, 2007, 09:54 PM
my unsolicited advice is to not give them any more pageviews.
TCB in TN
May 9, 2007, 09:55 PM
Some people are just trash, others make a living out of being trash. Either way it is just sad!
May 9, 2007, 10:54 PM
Nazi? maybe?
May 9, 2007, 11:20 PM
tenbase is right, don't bring this *$$**** rating up by visiting this trash site!
May 10, 2007, 12:33 AM
If I owned that domain name, I might use it to fill with things akin to Oleg's posters. There *were* murders at VA Tech, and that domain name is rationally valuable. Of course, there are always other names that anyone who wants can register (until / unless someone *else* does, of course).
Hyphens between those words!
Abbreviate differently!
Use synonyms or near-enoughs! (shootings / murder / killings / tragedy)
Then you can put your own message on that space.
May 10, 2007, 01:23 AM
Why are you surprised by this?
May 10, 2007, 01:54 AM
I hope he rots.:fire: :fire: :fire:
The Unknown User
May 10, 2007, 02:30 AM
Absolutely despicable.
May 10, 2007, 02:38 AM
my god the absolute disregard for truth makes me want to vomit my delcious oberon. the absolute disregard for the tragedy that occured is about t to push that feeling into reality
May 10, 2007, 08:09 AM
"On the same day the victims' names were released, people began registering domains named after the dead, such as JarrettLane.com."
"When Fred McChesney heard about the Virginia Tech shooting spree on April 16, he was appalled. But what he did next has appalled many others. Within hours of the rampage, the Phoenix man began buying dozens of domain names - CampusKillings.com, VirginiaTechMurders.com, SlaughterInVirginia.com - in the hopes of selling them later to the highest bidder.
McChesney, 48, said he saw it as an opportunity to show his contempt for firearms by featuring anti-gun content on the domains he is selling.
He also saw it as an opportunity to cash in.
"Everyone is profiting off of this," McChesney said. "I'm not hurting anyone."
Domain names related to the tragedy were snapped up almost immediately by people hoping to sell them off for a profit or use them to link to advertisers. The cost of registering such domains is generally less than $10 - but some are now being auctioned off for thousands.
While many consider the practice repellant, experts say it has become commonplace.
"Any time there's a big news event, people go register the domain names," said Christine Jones, general counsel for GoDaddy.com, the world's largest domain registration service. "Nine-eleven they did it, Katrina they did it, the tsunami in southeast Asia they did it."
Especially troubling to some is the registration of domain names related to those killed in the tragedy. On the same day the victims' names were released, people began registering domains named after the dead, such as JarrettLane.com. Victims' friends and family members seeking to create a memorial site under the same Internet address would then have to purchase it from the domain name owner - for whatever price the owner wants.
"If anybody is working to make a profit off of this tragedy by selling these kinds of things, it's just a crying shame," university spokesman Mark Owczarski said. "Obviously, you wouldn't want anybody to make a profit off something as horrendous as this."
Jeremiah Johnston, chief operating officer for domain name broker Sedo.com, said his company has shut down domains named after the victims as well as dozens of others related to the tragedy, including BlacksburgBloodbath.com and SchoolSlaughter.com.
"We do feel that they fly in the face of our offensive domain policy," Johnston said. "It is quite tasteless."
GoDaddy.com shut down one site purporting to raise money for the victims' families after university officials said they weren't aware of any such charity, Jones said.
But in general, there are few restrictions on what people can register. The Internet's key oversight agency, the Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers, has arbitration procedures for resolving disputes, but they cover only trademarks and service marks, which can include names of celebrities. Federal laws also focus on trademark owners, not the names of non-famous individuals such as the victims.
"It's kind of exploitative, but it's not really cybersquatting," University of South Carolina cyberspace law professor Ann Bartow said. "It's socially, normatively disgusting, but it's not trademark bad faith."
McChesney, who has been "hugely anti-gun" since his brother shot him in the face with a BB gun when he was a child, said he hopes to use some of his domains to draw attention to what he calls an epidemic of gun violence in America.
He also plans to give away his memorial domain names to Virginia Tech students, and has donated one so far. He hopes to sell others, such as VaTechTheMovie.com, to companies. So far, he hasn't sold any.
He understands that many will vilify him. But he doesn't think he's doing anything wrong.
"What I'm doing is the equivalent of rearranging deck chairs on the Titanic," he said. "Period.""
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Double Naught Spy
May 10, 2007, 08:26 AM
Gun stores are profiting from the event as well, plus many folks in the personal and public defense industry. Does that make them low lifes?
May 10, 2007, 10:11 AM
There's a difference between profiting without any action on your part, and intentionally capitalizing on something. A gun store that says 'don't be a Va. Tech victim! Buy my guns!' is treading a thin line.
Sig 228, perhaps you should break up the URL, both to discourage people here from giving the site new hits, and to discourage google from putting it higher up on its search results?
Old Fuff
May 10, 2007, 10:27 AM
What would happen if someone registered a name like: StopCampusKilling and used it to promote the right of administrators, staff and students to carry concealed weapons on campus?
I admit that I see what McChesney is doing is reprehensible, as his prime motive is to make money. But maybe it's time too do something on our side that would be on a higher level.
If he can't be stopped, maybe he might be beat...
May 10, 2007, 10:46 AM
Gun stores are profiting from the event as well, plus many folks in the personal and public defense industry. Does that make them low lifes?
Perhaps if a gun store were holding a "Virginia Tech Memorial Sale- Buy a Glock, get a Walther for free" day.
But law abiding citizens who have had an epiphany about self defense in the wake of a tragedy, and who choose to take responsibility for their own safety via the purchase of a firearm are hardly helping anyone to profit as a result of the VT shootings.
May 10, 2007, 11:10 AM
How about someone offers to buy "lessonsofvatech.com" and promise to devote it to gun control?
He doesn't say which side you have to devote it to, so you could add facts and posters like Oleg's quite truthful sets.
If this liar's going to start using the memories of the innocent to attack equally innocent gun owners, no reason they can't be useful.
Tin Gizel
May 10, 2007, 11:45 AM
Here's some more info from an IT buddy of mine....
"This is a money making scheme that I truly hope fails but right now it is impossible to get information relating to the domain.
The owner is using a service called "domain by proxy" in which he pays the company domain by proxy to register the domains he wants. Since they are registering on his behalf it is their information in all the whois databases. Right now the only port open to that site is port 80 and they have some pretty simple HTML so getting it hacked it next to impossible.
We could start an online petition to persuade the domains by proxy that the domain is in "poor taste" and the owner seeks to profit off the suffering of others. "
Double Naught Spy
May 10, 2007, 07:13 PM
But law abiding citizens who have had an epiphany about self defense in the wake of a tragedy, and who choose to take responsibility for their own safety via the purchase of a firearm are hardly helping anyone to profit as a result of the VT shootings.
No, it isn't about having an epiphany, but those like nezumi mentioned who play on the hype in order to sell more of a product.
Interesting thing about many self defense epiphanies, the epiphany seems to fade quickly as folks return to condition white.
May 10, 2007, 08:10 PM
Sig 228, perhaps you should break up the URL, both to discourage people here from giving the site new hits, and to discourage google from putting it higher up on its search results?
I removed the link. Somebody quoted the entire article anyway. I think we all get the jist of it.
May 11, 2007, 01:32 AM
This miserable SOB is sucking on the blood of the murdered from VA TECH and admits his domains are for sale.
I know there is another thread on this, but it doesnt mention the FACT that this loser has set up a page on this site:::
also on same page:
----------"Domains for sale - make me an offer"--------------
i say we ALL EMAIL him an "offer" , if you get my drift...............make sure its more than ONE EMAIL too.......
also on site:::"If you're interested in dirty business, dirty money, and dirty lies, you'll love Guns Do Kill People."......
it seems, when you email this loser an offer, its dirrected to his MAIN SITE, www.foxlies.com
Can you say "1st class &$^%*#@#*!!!!!"
May 11, 2007, 02:14 AM
. . . has been "hugely anti-gun" since his brother shot him in the face with a BB gun . . .
I'm glad no one gave him a wedgie. He'd be out to ban underwear.
Him gots shotten in dem faces . . . by hiz brother.
Clearly, we need to enact sibling control legislation.
May 11, 2007, 02:21 AM
This is always going to happen, regardless of the event. Capitalizing is a what it is. Everyone wants to make a buck. Sometimes most of us might find the timing of others to be disgusting.
May 12, 2007, 02:49 PM
has been "hugely anti-gun" since his brother shot him in the face with a BB gun . . .
I'm glad no one gave him a wedgie. He'd be out to ban underwear.
I would of liked to have booted him up the ass,with these:
Maybe,it would make him a better person,by getting him to come out of his own tight-ass and down to reality.What a dickhead.
May 15, 2007, 01:50 AM
There's a bit of aggro!
Put the boot in, an' all!
But then, you realize, he'd want to ban boots.
Well, ALL footwear, actually. But they'd start with the assault boots.
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Monday, January 14, 2013
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From the Department of Pharmacy and Population Health Sciences, Research Institute, The Hospital for Sick Children, and Graduate Faculty of Pharmaceutical Sciences, University of Toronto (Dr Taddio), Department of Paediatrics, Mt Sinai Hospital, and Faculty of Medicine, University of Toronto (Drs V. Shah and P. Shah), Department of Psychology and School of Kinesiology and Health Science, York University (Dr Katz), and the Department of Anesthesia, Toronto General Hospital, Mount Sinai Hospital, and University of Toronto (Dr Katz), Toronto, Ontario.
Sucrose is an effective analgesic for procedural pain in preterm infants. It has been hypothesized that its analgesic effects are mediated by the release of endogenous opioid neurotransmitters such as β-endorphin.
To determine whether intraoral administration of sucrose was associated with an increase in serum β-endorphin concentrations in preterm infants with a gestation period less than 29 weeks who were not exposed to a painful stimulus.
We performed a prospective open-label study in preterm infants admitted to 2 tertiary neonatal intensive care units. Each infant received a single dose of 30% sucrose intraorally during a 1- to 2-minute period. A blood sample was obtained using an indwelling arterial catheter to determine β-endorphin concentration immediately before and 2 to 5 minutes after the commencement of sucrose administration.
We enrolled 11 preterm infants with a mean ± SD gestational age of 27.2 ± 0.9 weeks and a mean ± SD birth weight of 1018 ± 238 g (1.02 ± 0.24 kg) at a mean ± SD postnatal age of 3.0 ± 2.5 days. The mean ± SD β-endorphin concentration before and after sucrose administration was 60.4 ± 30.5 pg/mL and 57.4 ± 22.4 pg/mL, respectively (P = .45). No adverse events were observed during the study procedures.
Intraoral administration of sucrose in preterm infants did not lead to an increase in serum β-endorphin concentrations at a point in time when the analgesic effects of sucrose were presumed to be present.
THERE IS a considerable body of research demonstrating the analgesic effectiveness of oral sucrose solutions in newborns undergoing painful cutaneous procedures.1,2 Sucrose reduces pain from various procedures including heel lance, venipuncture, immunization, and circumcision. Sucrose has ideal antinociceptive properties for most cutaneous procedures because it has a peak onset of action of 2 minutes3 and a duration of action of 5 to 10 minutes. These characteristics coupled with its ease of administration, low cost, and lack of documented systemic effects4 have led to its promotion in the clinical setting as an analgesic for managing neonatal pain during noxious medical procedures.5
The mechanism underlying sucrose-induced analgesia is not fully established. It has been hypothesized that the sweet taste induces the release of endogenous opioids.3 A preabsorptive mechanism for sucrose-induced analgesia is supported by data demonstrating analgesic effects following direct administration onto the tongue but not after administration into the stomach via a nasogastric tube.6 However, to date, no study has investigated whether endogenous opioid concentrations in the serum are changed following sucrose administration.
This study was undertaken to further elucidate the mechanism of action of sucrose as an analgesic in preterm infants. Our objective was to determine whether serum β-endorphin concentrations in these infants were increased following intraoral administration of sucrose.
We conducted an open-label prospective study in 2 neonatal intensive care units in Toronto, Ontario (The Hospital for Sick Children and Sunnybrook and Women's College Health Sciences Centre, Women's College campus), between February 2000 and October 2001. Preterm infants with a gestational age between 26 and 29 weeks who had indwelling arterial catheters, were within the first 10 days of life, and were judged clinically stable by the attending neonatologist were eligible to participate. Each infant received 1 dose of 30% wt/vol sucrose solution on the tongue with a syringe, administered slowly during a 1- to 2-minute period. The volume of sucrose given ranged from 0.2 to 0.75 mL and was based on the infant's weight. This method of administration was chosen to standardize the dose intensity among infants to 0.1 to 0.15 g/kg. Immediately before and between 2 and 5 minutes after the commencement of sucrose administration, blood samples (0.8-1.0 mL) were obtained using an indwelling arterial catheter to determine serum β-endorphin concentration. Infants were observed for adverse events during the administration of sucrose, including choking, vomiting, apnea, or bradycardia. The infants did not undergo a painful procedure during the study period.
Infants were not eligible for the study if they had congenital anomalies, were clinically unstable, or were receiving opioid analgesics. The research ethics boards of both participating institutions approved the study protocol, and informed parental consent was obtained for all infants.
Blood samples were centrifuged, and the serum was frozen until later analysis for β-endorphin concentration by the biochemistry laboratory at The Hospital for Sick Children using a commercially available radioimmunoassay kit (β-endorphin 60T kit; Nichols Institute Diagnostics, San Juan Capistrano, Calif). The reported sensitivity of the assay was 14 pg/mL, and the intra-assay coefficient of variation was less than 5%.7 All samples were analyzed in duplicate, and the mean of the 2 values was reported.
There were no previous studies with which to estimate sample size. We determined that 10 infants would suffice if there was a 2-fold increase in β-endorphin concentration following the administration of sucrose, with a standard deviation equal to half this difference, α = .05, and power set at 80% (Sample Power version 1.00; SPSS Inc, Chicago, Ill). The difference in β-endorphin concentrations before and after the administration of sucrose was compared using a paired t test (SPSS version 10.1.0; SPSS Inc).
Eleven preterm infants participated in the study. In 1 infant, we discovered that morphine had been administered after the study procedures had been performed; consequently, an additional infant was recruited. However, the data for the infant who received morphine were retained in the analysis. The characteristics of all participating infants are listed in Table 1. All participants were medically stable preterm infants with gestational ages at birth ranging from 25 to 28 weeks. Six infants were receiving antibiotics for the following indications: possible sepsis (n = 2), prolonged rupture of amniotic sac membranes (n = 2), maternal chorioamnionitis (n = 1), and a blood culture result positive for coagulase-negative Staphylococcus epidermidis (n = 1). The infant with the positive blood culture result was 10 days old at the time of the study and had an indwelling, peripherally inserted central venous catheter. Ten infants were receiving supplemental oxygen; of those, 8 were receiving conventional ventilation, 1 was given continuous positive airway pressure, and 1 was receiving low-flow oxygen. The 1 infant receiving morphine was also being given a tapered dose of dopamine for blood pressure support. None of the infants had intraventricular hemorrhages.
All infants were calm at the time of the study. Four infants had been exposed to painful cutaneous procedures (lumbar puncture [n = 2] and peripheral intravenous cannula insertion [n = 2]) in the preceding 24 hours. In 1 infant, the procedure was performed 3 hours prior to the study. In all other infants, the procedures were performed 14 to 24 hours before the study. No adverse events were observed during the intraoral administration of sucrose in any of the infants. Serum β-endorphin concentrations before and after sucrose administration are indicated in Table 2. Postsucrose blood samples were collected between 2 and 5 minutes (median, 2 minutes) after commencement of sucrose administration. Mean ± SD presucrose and postsucrose serum β-endorphin concentrations were 60.4 ± 30.5 pg/mL and 57.4 ± 22.4 pg/mL, respectively (P = .45). Although subject 3 had received morphine prior to the study procedures, there was no difference in the results after the exclusion of this infant from the analysis.
This study did not demonstrate a statistically significant difference in serum β-endorphin concentrations in preterm infants before and after a single dose of sucrose. To our knowledge, this is the first study to measure β-endorphin concentrations before and after sucrose administration. The results are inconsistent with those of animal studies that suggest β-endorphin release after the administration of sucrose. In rats, intraoral administration of sucrose reduced vocalization and lengthened paw lift latency from a hot plate compared with the administration of distilled water. In addition, these analgesic effects were reversed by the opioid antagonist naltrexone hydrochloride but not by normal saline injections.8 Studies in humans have demonstrated that sucrose is not effective in calming infants of women treated with methadone hydrochloride, suggesting that the effects of sucrose are mediated by a common pathway.9
We studied preterm infants with stable cardiorespiratory status who followed their expected medical course. Preterm infants are exposed to numerous painful procedures; previous clinical trials have demonstrated the efficacy of sucrose for procedural pain in this population.2 The concentrations of β-endorphin that were observed are similar to those reported in other studies of infants of similar gestational and postnatal ages.10- 14 Therefore, our results are representative of this population and are probably not related to the assay technique used. β-endorphin concentrations were elevated in preterm infants receiving mechanical ventilation compared with control infants matched for age and weight.13
We specifically targeted infants with indwelling arterial catheters in situ to obtain blood samples for the measurement of β-endorphin. This was done to avoid subjecting the infants to unnecessary pain from heel lance or venipuncture for the sole purpose of obtaining the blood samples. Sampling in this manner meant that sucrose was not administered before a painful procedure, as it is in the clinical setting. Nevertheless, the infants in our study were similar to preterm infants in other sucrose studies because they had been exposed to painful and stressful events during their neonatal intensive care unit stay. The absence of a significant difference between β-endorphin concentrations before and after sucrose administration raises the possibility that sucrose-induced β-endorphin release occurs only in response to a painful procedure. However, we know of no mechanism that would lead to increased β-endorphin concentration after sucrose administration in response to a painful procedure but not otherwise. Such a mechanism would require the sucrose (or its effects) to interact with a pain-related factor to increase β-endorphin levels rapidly enough to induce analgesia after the painful procedure had occurred.
The lack of a difference in serum concentrations in this study may be due to improper timing of the blood sampling after sucrose administration. Blood sampling for β-endorphin concentrations was started between 2 and 5 minutes after the commencement of sucrose administration. It is possible that an insufficient period elapsed between the administration of the dose and blood sampling15 so that the increases in β-endorphin concentrations were not yet evident in the peripheral circulation. Alternatively, plasma β-endorphin concentration may not be directly related to the concentration at receptor sites. Rather, local concentration at the receptor site could vary without any detectable difference in plasma concentration.16
Another possible explanation for the negative result is that neurotransmitters other than β-endorphin are responsible for mediating the analgesic effects of sucrose. There are 3 main families of endogenous opioids: endorphins, enkephalins, and dynorphins. They act on 3 basic receptor types—µ, Δ, and κ, respectively—although no endogenous opioid is specific for 1 receptor. All opioids are derived from different precursor molecules and are present in the periphery, spinal cord, and brain.17 Of the numerous naturally occurring opioids, we chose to investigate β-endorphin because it produces the most powerful and longest-lasting analgesia. It is also the most studied one, and the role of other endogenous opioids is less clear. Moreover, only β-endorphin has been demonstrated to increase following the ingestion of sweet foods in animals.18
β-endorphin is derived by selective cleavage of the precursor molecule propiomelanocortin. The main source of circulatory β-endorphin is the pituitary gland, but it may be produced in the brain and peripheral organs as well.19 During acute stress and pain, the hypothalamic-pituitary-adrenal system produces an increase in β-endorphin concentration in the blood. This circulatory release of β-endorphin can be reduced by systemic analgesia20- 22; thus, plasma β-endorphin concentrations have frequently been used to determine analgesic efficacy. Early studies performed in animals demonstrated an inconsistent relationship between plasma and cerebrospinal fluid (CSF) β-endorphin concentrations. However, numerous methodologic shortcomings precluded an unequivocal interpretation of the results, including uncertain validity of assay techniques, concurrent administration of potentially interfering substances, and lack of control data.19 Although recent studies suggest that short-term variations occur in both plasma and CSF concentrations of β-endorphin, they are not closely correlated,19,20,23 and it is not clear whether β-endorphin is secreted within the brain but rapidly metabolized or resorbed without significantly altering the concentration in the CSF.19 The inconsistent relationship between plasma and CSF levels may be further complicated by certain neurological or inflammatory conditions involved in the pain system that act independently to influence β-endorphin release peripherally and/or centrally.24 Because the relationship between peripheral and CSF β-endorphin concentrations as well as the mechanism of action of sucrose is unclear, we measured peripheral β-endorphin concentrations rather than CSF concentrations. Measuring CSF concentrations was neither feasible nor ethical (without more data to suggest a central mechanism of action).
Finally, it is possible that the dose of sucrose used in our study was subtherapeutic and failed to elicit changes in β-endorphin concentration. However, this is unlikely because the dose was within the range of effective analgesic doses used in this population.2 In previous studies of preterm infants, sucrose doses varying from 0.01 g to 1 g25,26 (corresponding to approximately 0.01 g/kg to 1 g/kg) have been effective. In this study, we standardized the dose based on the weight of the infant. Our previous meta-analysis suggested that 0.24 g was the minimally effective dose for full-term infants (approximately 0.1 g/kg if the infant weighs 2.5 kg), so we used a similar exposure level (0.1 g/kg) for preterm infants. The method of sucrose administration was consistent with other studies; therefore, it is unlikely that the dose of sucrose or the mode of administration can explain why β-endorphin concentrations did not rise postdose.
In summary, we found no detectable increase in serum β-endorphin concentrations in preterm infants after a single dose of sucrose at a point in time when its analgesic effects were expected to be present. This study is only the first step in trying to identify the biochemical response to sucrose, so future studies are needed. Animal experiments involving measurements of β-endorphin concentration changes in the central nervous system after treatment with sucrose and the time course of these changes in the periphery may help to further elucidate the mechanism of action of sucrose and identify the cause of this apparently conflicting result.
Corresponding author and reprints: Anna Taddio, PhD, Department of Pharmacy, The Hospital for Sick Children, 555 University Ave, Toronto, Ontario, Canada M5G 1X8 (e-mail: firstname.lastname@example.com).
Accepted for publication July 10, 2003.
This study was supported by the Hospital for Sick Children Seed Grant Competition. Dr Katz is supported by a Canada Research Chair in Health Psychology, Department of Psychology and School of Kinesiology and Health Science, York University, Toronto, Ontario.
This study was presented at the annual meeting of the Canadian Paediatric Society, June 16, 2002, Toronto, Ontario.
We thank the parents of participating infants for allowing them to take part in the study.
The analgesic effects of sucrose are hypothesized to be mediated by the release of endogenous opioid neurotransmitters such as β-endorphin. We investigated whether β-endorphin concentrations in the serum were increased following sucrose administration in preterm infants. We found no significant effect of a single dose of sucrose on β-endorphin concentrations at a point in time when the analgesic effects of sucrose were presumed to be present. Our results do not support a β-endorphin–mediated mechanism of action of sucrose. However, the sampling techniques used (timing of blood samples; body fluid analyzed) may have been inappropriate or insensitive to changes in central nervous system β-endorphin concentration. Future research is needed to support or refute an opioid-mediated mechanism of action of sucrose.
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He not only has a new job, but a new name: he will be using his birth name, Kalpen Modi, instead of his stage name, Kal Penn. "I never changed my name legally so it seemed logical to use my real life name," he says.
After a July 4 weekend of unpacking and settling into his new Washington D.C. rental, Penn says, "My life is much like that of my colleagues ... I expect to be treated just like any other staff member."
Penn, who announced his surprising career change in April, the day after his House character committed suicide,
first got hooked on politics when he signed up to help with Obama's campaign in 2007. "I was really inspired by what I saw," he says. "It was something that just kept going."
His office will be within the White House gates at 1600 Pennsylvania Avenue, but in the Eisenhower Executive Office Building adjacent to the West Wing.
And don't look for Penn to step away from D.C. for a return to his Harold and Kumar films. "I hope the folks making those films respect my decision to take a sabbatical," he says.
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Nokia Lumia 920 vs Samsung ATIV S vs Nokia Lumia 820 vs Lumia 900: spec comparison
0. phoneArena 05 Sep 2012, 10:59 posted on
Last time, when Nokia launched its first Lumia smartphones, it claimed to be making the best Windows Phone devices. That was a jab to the competition but also partly true, as most phone makers are focusing
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1. Berzerk000 (Posts: 4275; Member since: 26 Jun 2011)
Nokia makes the best WP devices. If I were to get one, it would definitely be the Nokia 920
4. mambocream (Posts: 29; Member since: 10 Jun 2011)
Agreed. But I do think that it is a mistake to not have microSD expand-ability.
21. tekkie79 (Posts: 11; Member since: 21 Dec 2009)
Besides movies, what would anyone actually do with 32GB+ on a phone? I don't know about anyone else, but I simply cannot stare at my phone for 2 hours watching a movie. Moreover, the battery never lasts that long even with a full charge so I've never really seen the value in having even 16GB on my phone. My tablet and PC yes, but not on my phone.
27. Berzerk000 (Posts: 4275; Member since: 26 Jun 2011)
Expandable memory is really only important on tablets, unless there's less than 16 GB of memory on board.
57. RomeoJDR (Posts: 244; Member since: 09 Dec 2011)
Agree, but music is a data space hog, so I would say 32GB is necessary for me to care less about the phone not offering expandable memory. Just take a look at how much storage your consuming on you phone now and you'll have an idea of the amount you need. Regardless, this phone offering 32GB will suffice for 99% of us.
31. rainyday (Posts: 44; Member since: 04 Sep 2012)
some people record videos also...if you do, you will see that 32GB is not that much
35. darac (Posts: 2156; Member since: 17 Oct 2011)
Please, what phone do you use?
You clearly have no idea how it is to watch on 4.5+ inch of hd goodness in your hands.
For example, my sister uses MacBook for watching movies yet she watched a few episodes of her favorite show on my phone and was thrilled with the experience..wanted to bring it with her so she can watch the entire series on it!
39. JASSI (Posts: 2; Member since: 05 Sep 2012)
Agree. Some people r really crazy bout hardware not bout software not design.
40. DarkWalkker (Posts: 5; Member since: 07 Dec 2011)
Personally I would like to have all of my music and pictures synced to my phone... IMO the phones have taken over the function that used to be Ipod / Zune, so they should have expandable memory so if I want, I can jack it up to 64 gig to store all of my content...
To me that is the only short coming here... but I like what I see... and if Sprint would get off their backside, I would buy one of these as soon as they come out!
42. timepilot84 (Posts: 113; Member since: 16 Aug 2012)
Music. My 64Gb iPhone 4S isn't quite large enough to store my entire music collection, so I have to pare it down. I'd like to be able to have everything.
If MS has decent integration with their cloud drive stuff, and good prices for online storage, this could be moot.
44. osanilevich (Posts: 284; Member since: 29 Sep 2009)
I don't know about you guys but I save all my pictures and videos to external SD. It would be a real pain to transfer all that data instead of simply poping in the SD card. Wonder why they gave the lumia 820 a slot but not the 920 which is supposed to be a flagship device
12. neutralguy (Posts: 1152; Member since: 30 Apr 2012)
*i commented here for the author to see it faster*
Lumia 820 and Lumia 900's thickness.
It's shown that it has 6.8mm thickness.
16. Wiki_jaan (Posts: 704; Member since: 24 Jun 2012)
L920 10.7mm and L820 9.9mm
18. neutralguy (Posts: 1152; Member since: 30 Apr 2012)
Lumia 920's thickness=10.7mm
Lumia 820's thickness=9.9mm
Lumia 900's thickness=11.5mm
28. neutralguy (Posts: 1152; Member since: 30 Apr 2012)
Okay, no one's listening. Meh.
23. apocalypsebc (Posts: 148; Member since: 07 Dec 2010)
I agree as well but I would like to know which display is better. Nokia 920 LCD or Samsung Amoled. I know Nokia uses amoled as well but the 920 is LCD.
26. neutralguy (Posts: 1152; Member since: 30 Apr 2012)
the difference is that amoled produces better "black" because it turns that particular pixel off. While LCD have backlights.
58. RomeoJDR (Posts: 244; Member since: 09 Dec 2011)
Each has their pluses and minuses. AMOLED offers for vivid colors, LCD will have more accurate colors. The display on the Lumnia 900 I checked out at the store was fantastic and I think I read an article a while back talking about some unique black technology it has. I can only assume the display on the 920 will be at least on par with all the other HD screens.
32. ab2412 (Posts: 8; Member since: 06 Aug 2012)
Are you blind?? Loot at Samsung ATIV S specs.. Samsung is best in only one Win 8 flagship.. FTW ATIV is best..
34. neutralguy (Posts: 1152; Member since: 30 Apr 2012)
so, are you blind too? have you seen the lumia 920's spec? Aren't they almost identical? The only thing ativ s' upside was having a bigger battery and microSD slot.
53. ab2412 (Posts: 8; Member since: 06 Aug 2012)
Ya bro.. LUMIA also is brick like heavy 180G.. OMG.. NOKIA phone says "If you don't like my phone, then use me as a BRICK". And PLUS point for ATIV S are SUPER AMOLED HD, Micro Sd, Light Weight, Bigger Battery and what else you want from a phone?? And time will tell which is better MUMIA or ATIV S..
38. mobilefuture (Posts: 214; Member since: 12 Nov 2011)
lets see how the ATIV S compares to the Lumia 920 in terms of Camera quality and outdoor visibility!
45. TDILL1021 (Posts: 1; Member since: 05 Sep 2012)
also the 920 has much more features than the ATIV S. I also think the 920 looks a million times better.
49. Berzerk000 (Posts: 4275; Member since: 26 Jun 2011)
They're pretty much identical, except the Ativ has a bigger SA display... Nothing else. Same processor, same RAM, same OS, etc...
47. denied911 (banned) (Posts: 361; Member since: 31 May 2012)
185 gramm of 920 is 5 more of 180 note 2 and note has 5,5" screen and 3100 battery
sorry dude but you are nokia fanboy
2. shadez10 (Posts: 427; Member since: 15 Jan 2012)
3. SteveWozzENIAC (Posts: 16; Member since: 27 Aug 2012)
I can't wait to buy Lumia 920 !
48. denied911 (banned) (Posts: 361; Member since: 31 May 2012)
185 gramm of 920 is 5 more of 180 note 2 and note has 5,5" screen and 3100 battery
sorry dude but you are nokia fanboy
55. SteveWozzENIAC (Posts: 16; Member since: 27 Aug 2012)
i am not a fanboy , i am a technology lover...
I have a Galaxy Note ...
But NOkias design is outstanding...once again.
My QUOTE
Technology ROCKS
Haters SUCK (Big time)
56. denied911 (banned) (Posts: 361; Member since: 31 May 2012)
ok, relax
i have nokia 6230
and just sold n8, i liked nokia, but just saying that 185g is some kind of record for smartphone
5. dickwyn (Posts: 621; Member since: 07 May 2012)
phonearena do a poll
6. SuperMaoriBro (Posts: 526; Member since: 23 Jun 2012)
There are some inaccuracy or inconsistancy in thdata. Eg you have Lumia 900 listed with 6.8mm thickness and storage capacity of 920 differs from your other posts. So which is it?
7. sadaivadai (Posts: 156; Member since: 22 Nov 2011)
Lumia 820 and Lumia 900 just 6.8 mm thick .. Thinnest phones around .. Please check at least once before posting the article .. :P :P
10. Wiki_jaan (Posts: 704; Member since: 24 Jun 2012)
9.9mm L820 and L920 is 10.7mm
8. Wiki_jaan (Posts: 704; Member since: 24 Jun 2012)
Ativ s definitely a winner
14. jaytai0106 (Posts: 1888; Member since: 30 Mar 2011)
The battery size looks the sexist out all of them
24. CharlieAtInfinity (Posts: 253; Member since: 10 Apr 2012)
Win Win for micro SD card.. and battery of course..
33. haseebzahid (Posts: 1853; Member since: 22 Feb 2012)
lets hope they all win together since the market to gain is outside WP they all gonna have good share among each other the reall challenge is other platforms
9. sadaivadai (Posts: 156; Member since: 22 Nov 2011)
Lumia 820 is a winner if its price is 375$ contract free .. But i hope Nokia would not place heavy price tags .. That will not help them ..
11. smallworld (Posts: 484; Member since: 13 Jul 2012)
Thickness ?
13. SamsungFan (Posts: 201; Member since: 16 Apr 2012)
I'll stick to my galaxy s3 it's the best. there is nothing extraordinary in wp8. If I had to choose a windows phone defenetly Ativ S
15. chocolatebear76 (Posts: 122; Member since: 03 Mar 2011)
I tthought lumia 920 comes with 32GB storage rather than this 16GB on this comparison?
17. mrllano (Posts: 91; Member since: 20 Aug 2012)
non expandable for 920 huh?
19. SuperMaoriBro (Posts: 526; Member since: 23 Jun 2012)
Id like to say lumia. Great camera tech and some other cool features but 180gm is to heavy? For now im going with ativ - bigger screen, amoled, smaller thinner lighter. These things id appreciate everytime i use it. An awesome camera id only appreciate maybe once a month. But will wait for the reviews of both devices before final decision. Cant wait.
20. onggeo (Posts: 30; Member since: 20 Mar 2012)
Looking forward to the Lumia 820, just hope the price is reasonable.
22. tekkie79 (Posts: 11; Member since: 21 Dec 2009)
Agreed. The 920 is impressive, but if I cannot manipulate the phone with one hand it is not very usefull. I don't quite understand the facination with these huge screens.
25. Guest_star (Posts: 231; Member since: 30 Dec 2011)
im dying to see the new screen hands on, that will help me decide big time i like ativ s and everithing about it, but if nokia screen is better it has my money
29. tkvdog (Posts: 46; Member since: 11 Apr 2012)
Samsung Clear Winner Specs/Looks/Storage/Battery Size/Not As Heavy Sammy Wins Clearly.
30. myclevername (Posts: 94; Member since: 07 Jun 2010)
oducts/phone/lumia920/specific ations/
looks like 32gb of memory plus another 7 gigs from Skydrive according to Nokia Official Specs
Also, supports CDMA bands and Verizon LTE bands....
36. darac (Posts: 2156; Member since: 17 Oct 2011)
Samsung wins imo.
Much lighter, thinner, removable battery, expandable storage, bigger screen.
37. xtian1103 (Posts: 363; Member since: 11 Feb 2012)
definitely impressed with the lumia 900, what more with this one? it's a bit heavier than the competition maybe because of the unibody polycarbonate. a windows phone 8 and windows 8 ultrabook would be a nice combo to try aside from my iphone and mac
41. Ricky920 (Posts: 1; Member since: 05 Sep 2012)
who wrote those things. If you don't know anything about precedent windows phones, don't write bulls**t. go to the official nokia website and update this stuff.
43. Adithya7184 (Posts: 317; Member since: 05 Mar 2011)
Ativ S is the winner with its expandable memory and 2300 mAh battery.....let see what happens when it releases....
46. 10aera (Posts: 34; Member since: 02 Mar 2011)
That's the problem of Windows 8... you just need to match the top specifications of your competition and all manufacturer flagships will be the same... the only possible differenciator will be the looks of the phones and some really minor specifications that are not really that different so that they can make you decide between one phone or the other...
59. Berzerk000 (Posts: 4275; Member since: 26 Jun 2011)
The only things different with WP devices are their displays, cameras, and designs... Nokia is best with cameras, displays are arguable, and designs are arguable, especially since Samsung used a metal backplate on the Ativ S instead of the usual plastic.
51. JOHNBON0007 (Posts: 1; Member since: 05 Sep 2012)
The Nokia Lumia 920 is thicker, i think going with Samsung ATIV S
60. pikapowerize (banned) (Posts: 1869; Member since: 03 May 2012)
thicker but better!!! you can scratch but you can destroy the beauty!! while ativ S is a cheap aluminum! early prototype has scratches already! even N8's aluminum body is way better!!
just accept it, nokia make the toughest, sturdiest, and most beautiful phones!
52. pikapowerize (banned) (Posts: 1869; Member since: 03 May 2012)
i kinda dont like that 920 has no expandable memory... i think nokia screwed the WP8 game... but still they will be the best in WP!!!
54. desijatt (Posts: 58; Member since: 28 Aug 2012)
please correct the stats........


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Dani Pedrosa (Repsol Honda RC213V) bounced back from a tumble at Brno this afternoon to qualify on the front row of the grid for tomorrow's Czech Grand Prix.
The Spaniard had led all three free practice sessions, only to interrupt his impressive rhythm when he slid off at turn nine ten minutes into qualifying. With only his second bike available for the remainder of the session, Pedrosa struggled with chatter issues, so it was not until the last moment that he could find the pace to make the front row. He went third fastest on his final lap, and it was a close run thing – his best lap time just 0.004s faster than the best time set by Ben Spies (Yamaha). Pole position went to Jorge Lorenzo (Yamaha).
Pedrosa is on something of a charge at the moment. After receiving an upgraded RC213V at last month's United States GP he won his second victory of the year at Indianapolis last Sunday to close to within 18 points of current leader Lorenzo. So far this year he has scored ten podium finishes from 11 races.
Pedrosa is flying the Repsol Honda flag all alone this weekend after team-mate Casey Stoner (Repsol Honda RC213V) withdrew from the event following the advice of his Australian surgeon. Stoner injured his right ankle when he crashed during qualifying for last weekend's Indianapolis GP. He bravely decided to race with the injury and finished a heroic fourth, but subsequent examination of x-rays and MRI scans showed that the injury was worse than first thought.
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MotoGP rookie Stefan Bradl (LCR Honda MotoGP RC213V) was seventh quickest today, missing a second-row start by just 0.092s. The German youngster has been struggling with front-end feel, a major issue at Brno which features so many downhill corner entries.
Alvaro Bautista (San Carlo Honda Gresini RC213V) was fast and consistent in practice but was not quite able to raise his game in qualifying. He ended the session eighth fastest to put himself in the middle of the third row between Bradl and local Karel Abraham (Ducati).
The Spaniard's team-mate Michele Pirro (San Carlo Honda Gresini FTR-Honda) had a fraught session, during which he had to abandon his number one bike out on the track after its engine burst into flames. The Italian ended up 14th quickest.
In Moto2, Pol Espargaro (Pons 40 HP Tuenti-Kalex) scored his third consecutive pole, putting himself in the best position possible to take some points away from series leader Marc Marquez (Team CatalunyaCaixa Repsol-Suter) who could only manage fourth quickest.
Espargaro lies 39 points behind Marquez with seven races remaining, so his title hopes are a long shot at best, but anyway he will be keen to add to his victory tally. Tomorrow Espargaro will be joined on the front row by Thomas Luthi (Interwetten-Paddock-Suter) and Scott Redding (Marc VDS Racing Team-Kalex).
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|Valentino ROSSI (Ducati Team)
|Stefan BRADL (LCR Honda MotoGP)
|Alvaro BAUTISTA (Team San Carlo Honda Gresini)
|Karel ABRAHAM (Cardion AB Motoracing)
|Randy DE PUNIET (Power Electronics Aspar)
|Aleix ESPARGARO (Power Electronics Aspar)
|Yonny HERNANDEZ (Avintia Blusens)
|Toni ELIAS (Pramac Racing Team)
|Michele PIRRO (Team San Carlo Honda Gresini)
|Colin EDWARDS (NGM Mobile Forward Racing)
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|Pol ESPARGARO (Pons 40 HP Tuenti)
|Thomas LUTHI (Interwetten-Paddock)
|Scott REDDING (Marc VDS Racing Team)
|Marc MARQUEZ (Team CatalunyaCaixa Repsol)
|Simone CORSI (Came IodaRacing Project)
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