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High-intensity training (HIT) has repeatedly been documented to have superior positive effects compared to moderate exercise in patients with coronary heart disease and heart failure. Since heart transplant recipients (HTx), have a denervated heart with different respond to exercise, HIT has previously not been introduced among these patients. Rikshospitalet carried out a RCT to investigate this (the TEX study 2009-2012), and found that this form of exercise also was highly effective and safe in long term HTx with clinically significant improvement in VO2peak, muscular exercise capasity, general HRQoL, and even slower progression of CAV (coronary allograft vasculopathy). Based on these findings we ask the following questions in this follow-up study:
- Would the effect on VO2peak, HRQoL,muscle capacity and CAV obtained during the study period continue during long term follow up (5 years)?
- Is the intervention group more physical active after HIT compared to the control group?
|Heart Transplant Recipients
|Study Type:
|Study Design:
|Observational Model: Case-Crossover
Time Perspective: Cross-Sectional
- mean VO2peak in the intervention group and control group [ Time Frame: 5 years after start of inclusion in RCT (TEX). One measurment. ]We will use the same test protocol as the TEX- study.
- How many has progression of cardiac allograft vasculopathy in the intervention group and control group. [ Time Frame: 5 years after inclusion in RCT (TEX study). ]Progression of vasculopathy will be studied with IVUS technique, and compared with IVUS pictures from TEX.
- Mean muscle capacity in the intervention group and control group. [ Time Frame: 5 years after inclusion in RCT, TEX study. ]
- Quality of life [ Time Frame: 5 years after inclusion in TEX- study. ]We will use validated questionnaires to estimate quality of life and to evaluate depression.
- Difference in activity level between groups [ Time Frame: 5 years after inclusion i RCT, TEX study. ]To estimate activity the study population will fill out a validated questionnaire about physical activity, and they will wear a physical activity monitor at home for one week.
Biospecimen Retention: Samples Without DNA
Blodsamples from the patients will be studied:
Standard samples: RBC, WBC, plates, CRP, kreatinin, urea, liver tests, thyorid gland tests, lipid profile, fasting- glucose og hba1c, Pro BNP, troponin T, uric acid.
Supplement: Inflammation cytokines/chemokines such as TNF alfa, sTNFR2 og IL-6, IL-10, MCP-1 og IL-8. Growth factors and inhibitors for innervation. Markers for endothelial function; endotelin and von- Willebrand faktor and anti- trombotic factors; fibrinogen, plasminogen activator inhibitor-1.
|Study Start Date:
|August 2014
|Study Completion Date:
|November 2015
|Primary Completion Date:
|November 2015 (Final data collection date for primary outcome measure)
Intervention group
Group that followed high- intensity interval training program in TEX study.
Control group
Followed up on a regular basis for HTx recipients in Norway.
|Ages Eligible for Study:
|18 Years to 80 Years (Adult, Senior)
|Sexes Eligible for Study:
|Accepts Healthy Volunteers:
|Sampling Method:
|Probability Sample
Inclusion Criteria:
- stable situation
- optimal medical treatment
- written concent
Exclusion Criteria:
- unstable situation,
- infections (open wounds or skin diseases),
- physical conditions that prevents participation,
- or other injuries/ diseases who are contraindicated with training.
Please refer to this study by its ClinicalTrials.gov identifier: NCT02213770
|OUS- Rikshospitalet
|Oslo, Norway, 0424
|Study Director:
|Lars Gullestad, professor
|OUS- kardiologisk avdeling
|Responsible Party:
|Marianne Yardley, Cand med, Oslo University Hospital
|ClinicalTrials.gov Identifier:
|NCT02213770 History of Changes
|Other Study ID Numbers:
2014/872/REK sør-øst C
|Study First Received:
|August 8, 2014
|Last Updated:
|January 22, 2016
ClinicalTrials.gov processed this record on June 23, 2017


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Posted By Chris Smith
Posted on 07 Feb 2006, 05:12 AM
This is a quick guide to installing PostgreSQL on a Linux based system. We need to get this up and running before we can write PHP scripts to talk to the database. We need to install PostgreSQL before we can install PHP (since we need the PostgreSQL header files).
This is a little more complicated than installing Apache.
The best bet is to install from packages since this will make things easier, both now and for upgrades.
If you decide to install from source code, you'll need to create a user and compile the source.
Create a PostgreSQL user (you'll need root access). This is who owns the system. I use the "postgres" user and group, you can use something different but it's best to keep it related to the package.
See your system documentation on how to do this (hint - man useradd). Give the user a home directory of /usr/local/pgsql as this is where PostgreSQL defaults to when it installs.
Once all that is done, untar the source:
$ tar -zxf postgresql-<version>.tar.gz (if you got the gzipp'ed version);
$ tar -xjf postgresql-<version>.tar.bz2
Jump into the directory:
$ cd postgresql-<version>
(replace <version> with the version you downloaded from the website).
Again, configure has a lot of help:
$ ./configure --help
We'll just install into /usr/local/pgsql and leave the rest as-is:
$ ./configure --prefix=/usr/local/pgsql
Next we have to make it (this will take a while, it takes longer than Apache):
$ make
You will get a line:
All of PostgreSQL successfully made. Ready to install.
when everything is finished.
You'll need to log in as root to do the rest:
$ su -
Go back to the postgresql directory and do:
# make install
PostgreSQL doesn't allow root to start up the server for security reasons, so next you'll have to change the owner of the files:
# chown -R postgres:postgres /usr/local/pgsql
Change to the postgres user:
# su - postgres
Then, change to /usr/local/pgsql:
$ cd /usr/local/pgsql
We need to initialize a database cluster:
$ bin/initdb -D ./data
This will create a /usr/local/pgsql/data directory and initialize it ready for startup and use.
As usual, you can view options by using the --help switch:
$ bin/initdb --help
Then you can start:
$ bin/pg_ctl -D ./data -l data/logfile start
Now that postgresql is started, we need to create a database and another user before we go any further.
You should use a separate database for each of our projects, it's not essential though - it just makes things a little cleaner and easier to understand.
You should also use separate users for each database. This keeps everything separate and 'project a' won't be able to modify any of 'project b's data.
To create a new user in postgresql, it's pretty simple:
$ /usr/local/pgsql/bin/createuser
and follow the prompts - pretty simple :)
The new user should not be able to create new databases or create new users.
To create a database, it's a little different.
$ /usr/local/pgsql/bin/createdb --owner=username databasename
We have to set the owner of the database when we create it, otherwise the 'postgres' user owns it and then we have to grant access to allow our new user to access it.
Now that that's all done, log out of the postgres user, so we're back as root. In the postgres directory, the contrib/start-scripts/ directory has a few system start up scripts.
Follow the instructions in the relevant one to install a start-up script so postgres will start when your system does.
More detailed installation instructions are in the INSTALL file or by going to the PostgreSQL website http://www.postgresql.org/docs/ and going to the right version for you.
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Great project. I found it very useful.
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would you pls try postgresql installation in windows article.
30 Dec 2006
There is a windows installer, very simple to install it now.
See http://pgfoundry.org/projects/pginstaller/
Chris Smith
16 Jun 2007
What about upgrades? This doesn't mention if I need to change any apache or php settings nor does it mention what might happen to my existing databases.
17 Apr 2007
Upgrading postgresql is a separate issue to installing.
Upgrades need more attention and I'll write about them separately.
Chris Smith
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The history behind the Vatican's smoke signals
posted at 10:15 am on March 12, 2013 by Ed Morrissey
It's not as cryptic as one would think, and it's not as old, either. In fact, the practice only goes back less than 150 years — and it started with il Risorgimento, the military unification of Italy. St. Michael Society published a 2005 grad study from Notre Dame that explains the history:
Actually, Italy's unfortunate history as a battleground for various invasions and eventual unification led to smoke being used to announce the new pope. In 1870, forces trying to unify Italy captured Rome and scaled down the Papal States to what is known as Vatican City today. An offended Pope Leo XII, the next pope to be elected after the battle, decided to snub the Italians and gave his papal address inside the Vatican instead of on the balcony of St. Peter's. Ambrogio Piazzoni explains: "They felt they were prisoners of Italy and didn't want to recognize the violence suffered. But they had to tell the world it had a new pope so they invented this system of lighting a fire and letting the smoke speak." …
As stated earlier, the Catholic Church is steeped in tradition. As so, this tradition of using smoke signals to announce the election of a new pope stuck. Since the process is clothed in intense secrecy and subject to political ramifications, Pius X decreed that once the votes had been counted, they would be burned to avoid outside influence and scrutiny.
The white smoke first appeared in 1914 with the election of Pope Benedict XV when the cardinals set up the white/black smoke color scheme (Miami Herald, 4/18/05). After Pope Pius X, who was elected in 1903 and died in 1914, declared that the ballots would be burned to preserve secrecy, the cardinals in 1914 decided that black smoke would signal an inconclusive conclave vote and white smoke would announce the good news of the election of a new pope.
So what was first a protest and then a practical adjustment has quickly turned into tradition, and one that has the Vatican enthused enough to install this in the Sistine Chapel:
That's the stove at the other end of that chimney peeking out above the rooftops that we'll be watching for the next few days. I took the picture on my tour of the Sistine Chapel on Saturday.


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Venice, Italy • With dozens of films jostling for attention at the Venice Film Festival, it takes originality to make an impact. Two Israeli filmmakers have done it by refusing to accept that death is no laughing matter.
"The Farewell Party" centers on a group of Jerusalem retirement-home residents who create a euthanasia machine to put a dying friend out of his misery — and then face a moral dilemma when others come seeking the same service.
The movie treats assisted suicide — illegal in Israel and many other countries — with large doses of comedy, an idea some may find off-putting. But directors Sharon Maymon and Tal Granit insist that the movie's unusual tone, with shoots of laughter and absurdity illuminating the darkness, simply reflects real life.


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This is a discussion on What is the sweetest firearms I may not own or have considered? within the Defensive Carry Guns forums, part of the Defensive Carry Discussions category; The title says it all, but here is my criteria. 1. very accurate 2. sweet trigger 3. reliable...
The title says it all, but here is my criteria.
1. very accurate
2. sweet trigger
3. reliable
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I believe that Gaston makes them...
...but that said, this would be the sweetest, if you had the $$$ and the permit! http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=p4ebtj1jR7c
1. very accurate...Hitting the target? How about making the target disappear?
2. sweet trigger...Little if any recoil.
3. reliable...Not proven YET, but I'd like to give it a try.
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If you're willing to put a little work into it I've heard an SP101's triggerpull can be made quite nice. Other than that it's built like a tank and accurate to boot!
Look at the Kahr PM9. Go to KahrTalk, find the sticky on new-gun prep. Enjoy!
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CZ 75 SA Target . If it is for carry than a 4" Wilson or other top end 1911.
For sweetness you may want to look at the Model 19 S&W w/6" barrel.
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Or almost anything by Gary Reeder - http://www.reedercustomguns.com/spec...ecialguns.html
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I usually really enjoy reading what Tobias Moars says but not this time !!
what i really loved on recent amg was the big displacement of the V8 ! Really loved the 5.5 on the c55 and then the 5.5 on the m157 engine.
imo It's too bad we need to downsize our engines
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King County Council to listen to public testimony on Metro cuts
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Metro and county leaders have been working for more than five years to reduce costs and achieve stable funding to preserve transit service. However, given our current finances, we have no choice but to reduce service levels to balance our budget. County Executive Dow Constantine recently sent the County Council a proposal to delete 72 bus routes and reduce or revise another 84 routes. (Learn more)
These recommended service reductions are now being reviewed by the Council, whose Transportation, Economy and Environment (TrEE) Committee will host three public hearings beginning next week:
Tuesday, May 13 @ 5:30pm – Union Station (Ruth Fisher Boardroom) 401 S. Jackson St., Seattle
Thursday, May 15 @ 5:30pm – Bellevue City Hall (City Council Chambers) 450 110th Ave. NE., Bellevue
Tuesday, May 20 @ 5:30pm – Renton Pavilion Event Center 233 Burnett Ave. S., Renton
The Council will also accept testimony online.
Thanks to those who took part in our outreach
After months of public outreach about our proposed service cuts, our official public comment period ended Feb. 7. We documented what we heard in our Public Engagement Report, which was transmitted to the County Council. (Read the complete report or the executive summary).
Public participation helped us make small changes to our original proposal that will minimize impacts on some riders. Learn more on our website FAQ page.
The Council plans to make a decision about the proposed service reductions by June 9. Visit their website to learn more about their outreach and decision-making process.
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Record: 16-11 (8-8, 3rd-West)
Key players: Kennedy Winston, 6-7, So., SF (17.2 ppg, 5.4 rpg); Earnest Shelton, 6-3, Jr., SG (15.4 ppg, 3.9 rpg)
Last 10 games: 5-5
Key game in stretch: A road win against Mississippi State (Feb. 21) gave them signature victory.
Outlook: Alabama is playing as well as most any team in the conference, having won four of its last five. The only loss in that stretch was by one point in overtime against Mississippi State. The Tide and Bulldogs could meet again in the semifinals this week.
What can do them in: The Crimson Tide relies heavily on 3-pointers, a risky strategy come tourney time.
Post-season prospects: RPI in 20s makes them almost a lock for NCAA tournament
Arkansas Razorbacks
Record: 12-15 (4-12, 6th-West)
Key players: Jonathon Modica, 6-4, So., SF (16.6 ppg, 4.3 rpg); Ronnie Brewer, 6-6, Fr., G (12.6 ppg, 5.7 rpg, 3.5 apg, 57 steals).
Last 10 games: 2-8
Key game in stretch: Beat 20-win South Carolina (Feb. 21)
Outlook: The Hogs could be the surprise of the tournament. In the first round, they play South Carolina, who they have beaten already this year. If they advance, they get an LSU team that is missing Jaime Lloreda. What can do them in: A hot-shooting team. The Hogs are next-to-last in the league in field goal percentage defense.
Post-season prospects: Must make SEC final to be NIT eligible
Auburn Tigers
Record: 14-13 (5-11, 4th-West)
Key players: Marco Killingsworth, 6-7, Jr., PF (13.5 ppg, 6.8 rpg); Brandon Robinson, 6-8, Jr., SF (12 ppg, 6.8 rpg).
Last 10 games: 3-7
Key game in stretch: Lost 72-71 to Alabama at home (Feb. 24) to end hopes of .500 conference finish
Outlook: The Tigers are hoping the hot play of Ian Young and Brandon Robinson can carry them on a tournament run. Auburn had a full complement of healthy players for only six games during the regular season, Coach Cliff Ellis said. Still, it was in most games until the final five minutes.
What can do them in: Themselves. Despite boasting an experienced junior class, the Tigers haven't been able to close out games.
Post-season prospects: NIT bound barring SEC tourney title
Florida Gators
Record: 18-9 (9-7, 2nd-East)
Key players: Matt Walsh, 6-6, So., SG (16.1 ppg, 4.6 rpg, 2.9 apg, 45 steals); Anthony Roberson, 6-1, So., PG (17.3 ppg, 4 apg, 2.9 rpg).
Last 10 games: 5-5
Key game in stretch: Held off Georgia 63-55 (March 3) to avoid sweep and damaging home loss
Outlook: The Gators are coming off a 20-point loss to Kentucky and will play either a hot Alabama team or a dangerous Tennessee team in their first round game. Florida gets by with an offense that leads the league in field goal percentage, but it could be bound for an early exit if its shots aren't falling.
What can do them in: Collapsing. Coach Billy Donovan has admitted his team lacks the experience to show poise crunch time this year.
Post-season prospects: NCAA lock
Georgia Bulldogs
Record: 15-12 (7-9, 5th-East)
Key players: Rashad Wright, 6-3, Sr., PG (14.3 ppg, 3 rpg, 2.9 apg, 50 steals); Damien Wilkins, 6-7, Sr., SF (12.8 ppg, 5.4 rpg, 2.9 apg)
Last 10 games: 6-4
Key game in stretch: Beat Kentucky 74-68 (Feb. 14) to complete season sweep of Wildcats.
Outlook: The Bulldogs have a winnable game in round one against Auburn but will have to face Kentucky if they advance to round two. To make the semifinals, Georgia would not only have to beat the Wildcats for the third time this season but have to do it in Atlanta, where Kentucky usually wins.
What can do them in: The Bulldogs struggle against teams with big, athletic players inside who can simply shoot over their aggressive defense.
Post-season prospects: Need two wins here to have hope of at-large NCAA bid.
Kentucky Wildcats
Record: 23-4 (13-3, 1st-East)
Key players: Erik Daniels,6-8, Sr., SF (14.7 ppg, 6 rpg, 2.7 apg); Gerald Fitch, 6-3, Sr., SG (15.4 ppg, 3.8 rpg, 32 steals).
Last 10 games: 9-1
Key game in stretch: Beat Florida by 20 points in regular-season finale to prove tournament readiness.
Outlook: The Wildcats are in an unfamiliar spot as co-favorites. Usually the 'Cats are the runaway pick to win in Atlanta, but this year most will consider them a slight underdog if they face Mississippi State in the final game. Experience of three senior starters a key.
What can do them in: Georgia, the Bulldogs have beaten them twice with physical, interior defense.
Post-season prospects: NCAA lock, playing this week for No. 1 seed
LSU Tigers
Record: 18-9 (8-8, 2nd-West)
Key players: Brandon Bass, 6-8, Fr., SF (12.7 ppg, 7.2 rpg, 54 blocks), Darrel Mitchell, 5-11, So., G (12.1 ppg, 2.8 rpg, 2.3 apg)
Last 10 games: 5-5
Key game in stretch: Beat Ole Miss 58-45 (March) to avoid losing last six of regular season.
Outlook: With best player, Jaime Lloreda, sidelined due to a bruised heel, the Tigers are in trouble. LSU lost five of its last six without Lloreda and hasn't scored more than 66 points since.
What can do them in: The Tigers are last in the SEC in assist/turnover ratio at plus-.82
Post-season prospects: Needs a win this week to feel good about Selection Sunday
Mississippi State Bulldogs
Record: 25-2 (14-2, 1st-West)
Key players: Lawrence Roberts, 6-9, Jr., PF (17.1 ppg, 10.5 rpg); Timmy Bowers, 6-2, Sr., PG (15.4 ppg, 4.7 apg, 3.9 rpg, 52 steals).
Last 10 games: 9-1
Key game in stretch: Held off Alabama 82-81 in overtime in last game of regular season to clinch overall SEC title.
Outlook: Anything less than a title this week will be a letdown for the Bulldogs. They can avenge both of their regular season conference losses this week if Alabama advances to the semifinals and Kentucky advances to finals. Mississippi State wins with its offense, averaging an SEC best 77.4 points per game this year.
What can do them in: Defense. The Bulldogs gave up 74.8 points per game in the last two weeks of the season, the second worst total in that span.
Post-season prospects: NCAA lock, playing for No. 1 seed
Ole Miss Rebels
Record: 13-14 (5-11, 5th-West)
Key players: Justin Reed, 6-8, Sr., PF (18.6 ppg, 7.6 rpg); Aaron Harper, 6-7, Sr., SF (16.7 ppg, 5.3 rpg, 3.2 apg).
Last 10 games: 3-7
Key game in stretch: Beat Arkansas in last game of regular season to avoid last-place finish in division.
Outlook: Ole Miss gets Vanderbilt in the opening round and has won three of its last five against the Commodores. If its wins that game, though, it has to play Mississippi State, which beat it by an average of 15.5 points in two meetings this year. Seniors Justin Reed and Aaron Harper give the Rebels a fighting chance.
What can do them in: The Rebels averaged fewer points this year (63.7) than any team in the league, and they were the only SEC team with a negative scoring margin (minus-1.5).
Post-season prospects: Need a run just to make NIT field
South Carolina Gamecocks
Record: 21-9 (8-8, 3rd-East)
Key players: Carlos Powell, 6-7, Jr., SF (12.4 ppg, 6.3 rpg); Josh Gonner, 6-1, Jr., G (11.6 ppg, 2.4 rpg, 2.3 apg, 43 steals).
Last 10 games: 3-7
Key game in stretch: Beat Georgia 63-47 (Feb. 28) to avoid losing last five of regular season.
Outlook: South Carolina still has to prove it can win without Rolando Howell, who broke his left wrist during a Feb. 28 win over Georgia Coach Dave Odom fears his team is lacking confidence, but it could get that back quickly by avenging a regular season loss to Arkansas. The Gamecocks probably will try to run this week.
What can do them in: Howell's absence leaves them with no inside presence so a big team could spell trouble.
Post-season prospects: Needs a win to feel comfortable on Selection Sunday
Tennessee Volunteers
Record: 15-12, (7-9, 6th-SEC)
Key players: Scooter McFadgon, 6-5, Jr., SG (18.1 ppg, 4.3 rpg, 2 apg); C.J. Watson, 6-2, So., PG (11.9 ppg, 4.4 rpg, 5.3 apg).
Last 10 games: 4-6
Key game in stretch: Lost by three points to Vanderbilt (March 3) to fall into last place in division.
Outlook: The Volunteers are explosive offensively with the likes of Brandon Crump, Scooter McFadgon and C.J. Watson. McFadgon was the league's third-leading scorer (18.1 ppg) this year. The problem for Tennessee is it has one of the hottest teams in the conference, Alabama, in round one.
What can do them in: The Volunteers play very little defense. Their opponents averaged 70.9 points per game this year, worst in the league.
Post-season prospects: A solid NIT team
Vanderbilt Commodores
Record: 19-8 (8-8, 4th-East)
Key players: Matt Freije, 6-9, Sr., SF (19.1 ppg, 5.6 rpg); Mario Moore, 5-11, So., PG (10.4 ppg, 3.1 apg, 2.6 rpg, 35 steals).
Last 10 games: 6-4
Key game in stretch: Lost to Georgia in regular season finale to fall from third to fourth in division.
Outlook: The Commodores will go as far as All-SEC first-teamer Matt Freije will take them. He led the league in scoring this year with 19.1 points per game. Vanderbilt appears to have an easy win in round one against Ole Miss but powerhouse Mississippi State would be next.
What can do them in: Reliance on Freije. Georgia held him to eight points and routed the Commodores recently. When he doesn't play well, the rest of the 'Dores go in a shell.
Post-season prospects: Will feel better about NCAA bid with one win this week SEC


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SIOUX FALLS, S.D.— A North Dakota high school principal says appropriate action is being taken after three students briefly donned Ku Klux Klan-style white robes and hoods Friday night during a state hockey semifinal game.
The photo caused an uproar on Twitter when it was posted by 19-year-old Shane Schuster, who was seated with some friends at Ralph Engelstad Arena when something in the student section across the rink caught his eye.
"I thought, 'Are those KKK hoods?' I couldn't believe it," Schuster said. "I was shocked."
Schuster said he focused his camera phone and snapped a photo, later uploading it to Twitter.
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Tonight's Tui-Avi-Torii Lineup:
1. Infante, 2B
2. Hunter, RF
3. Cabrera, 3B
4. Fielder, 1B
5. Martinez, DH
6. Tuiasosopo, LF
7. Peralta, SS
8. Pena, C
9. Garcia, CF
23-18, 2nd place, 1.5 games behind Cle (who have now won 4 in a row)
Anibal Sanchez did his best Justin Verlander last night, and promptly got booted in the 3rd inning after allowing 11 base runners and 5 ER. The Tigers were never really in the game, and the best offense in baseball was tamed again for the 3rd straight night.
Against an opponent whose number we seemed to have for a while, the Tigers are now 6-12 versus the Rangers since October of 2011. And it feels even worse than that because in those 12 losses, the Rangers have reached double digits against the Tigers 5 times. Think about that – roughly every 3rd game against the Rangers has been a blowout loss. The Rangers are averaging nearly 6.5 runs per game against the Tigers during the time span (116 to 76). I think it's safe to say that the Rangers have our number these days.
So Doug Fister climbs the hill tonight to take on Derek Holland on Sunday night baseball. Holland is enigmatic, to say the least. The young lefty has been brilliant at times, but he also gets a lot of flack for a seeming lack of concentration on the actual game part of playing baseball. Holland's success this year (3-2, 2.93 ERA, 1.07 WHIP) can partly be attributed to his low HR rate (just 2 all year – .33/9) which is unsustainable over the long run. But Holland is a hard-throwing lefty with a good sinker and a great slider, and is also issuing a career low 1.79 walks/9. Tonight won't be easy.
Of Fister's 8 starts this year, 6 have been quality. He rebounded nicely last week against Houston (remember, it was Houston) after his shortest start since 2011 against Washington the previous time out. Fister has been thumped by the Rangers in the past, to the tune of 14 ER and 19 hits (5 long balls) in 9 innings.
A few notes.
– This is the first time since 2003 that two Tigers' starters didn't make it through the 3rd inning in a series.
– In today's the apocalypse is upon us note – the Tigers' uni's were beat out by the Orioles'. Blasphemy. This has really upset me.
– Prince Fielder is in a slump (I'm sure you knew this). Over his last 10 games he's 6-36 with 1 HR. Last night's RBI was his first in 7 games. He's 0-3 career versus Holland, though lefties are hitting better against Holland than righties (.773 OPS v. .582 for righties).
I don't feel good about it, but man do we need a win tonight – off-day tomorrow.
Someone please post the lineup later, as I'm headed to a BBQ (game will be on).
Tonight's Tui-Avi-Torii Lineup:
1. Infante, 2B
2. Hunter, RF
3. Cabrera, 3B
4. Fielder, 1B
5. Martinez, DH
6. Tuiasosopo, LF
7. Peralta, SS
8. Pena, C
9. Garcia, CF
And don't forget the similar sounding trio in the middle of the lineup:
Miggy, Princey, and Vicky.
This has nothing to do with tonight's lineup because we are facing a lefty, but which player would you rather have hitting vs. RH pitching:
Well I would pick B because A sounds like he might not belong in this league. It took me 2 guesses to figure out A and only 1 guess for B. The fact that we have more than one player that is believable for that A stat line is not a fun feeling to think about!
Vince, you can't just put guys in the lineup because they hit better in defiance of conventional platoon split thinking. Tuiasosopo isn't *supposed* to hit RHP and Dirks isn't *supposed* to hit LHP. Therefore, stats must be ignored.
A is actually Kelly, who happens to be hitting .300 vs.LH pitching. So kind of a trick question, but one that further asks why is Kelly the regular CF now, while Tui remains a bench guy.
Yeah, I knew who A was, though it was a good question. I've been wondering about the Kelly over Tui for a while. Lately I've been wondering why Tui and Dirks in the lineup "must" be mutually exclusive.
and there are NO EXCEPTIONS to the stats don't count theory!!!
Every decision has the Leyland stamp of approval.
We are genuinely certifiable no matter what your opinion is!
the stats don't count theory is better known to us as the Gary Scheffield rule!!!
Cabrera is simply amazing.
Also amazing: we got another guy thrown out at home, this time slopoke.
Pena gave him no shot. Tui was going on contact. Bad hitting.
Lamont turned to Mumbles and said "shoot I coulda done that"!
I'm okay with the play at home. Contact play. Would have been an out at first otherwise and a single would have scored a run still.
You are kidding me!
Martinez has been such a great hitter for such a long time it is really sad watching him hach away out after out after out after……….this year
Prince really hasn't been much better as of late for how much he is being paid…
MC is kick-in out the jams ….. and I don't mean MC5.
This team is terrible on the road..goodness…
Three consecutive balls eluding Peralta.
Four. Lack of range is going to cost us this game.
Make that five.
Is Leyland on a smoke break or what.
Oh I see, he had to wait for the right matchup.
We all knew the range issues would cost us a few runs here and there. There you go.
Lots of baeball left.
Lots of baseball, but how many Cabrera at bats? That's the question.
Absolute clown show… When is this team going to wake up from their mid-May nap? The offense, pitching and fielding has been pretty terrible this month…
On whom do we blame this fiasco?
Kevin must be able to smell the stench pretty good where he's at!
I usually blame Illitch and DD for almost anything that goes wrong. To me the blame deserves to rise to the top.
The players just go out there and do their best and don't deserve to be made into excuses by the team that picks players that don't produce desired results.
I tend to agree with you. I am still not convinced that signing Prince Fielder was the smartest move, but rather was made by an owner desperate for a World Series win… I just think of how many other holes need to be filled on this team, yet so much is locked in with Prince, yet another 1st baseman, when we already had a 1st baseman in Cabrera.
There you go, Prince, well done sir.
I don't have a beef with the Fielder signing. Maybe several years down the road it will turn into a fiasco because of the long-term contract, but for the moment adding Prince to the lineup has added enough punch to more than compensate for the fielding deficiencies (although occasionally the 'range issue' rears its ugly head). And I think it has made Miggy more productive as well. My complaint, for years now, has been the utter disregard for improving the bench. Surely when you have already spent 130M+, a few million more to improve on the likes of Kelly and Santiago is no big deal. Tui was a big unplanned for surprise this season. Without him imagine what the bench would look like. Remember the odds-on favorite early in camp was the waiver guy we ended up sending back to WASH (can't even remember his name). Avila has been a 'hope-and-prayer-return-to-2011-form' situation, which is looking like a gamble that is not going to pay off, but you can't fault them too much for that because the number of available capable catchers is extremely thin. The insistence of sticking with him is getting a little old though (batting 6th yet!). I don't find much of a problem with the pitching either.
New life!
All eyes on Prince.
I would have walked Cabrera too. Time for Prince to make them pay (If Prince continues to slump, and with Martinez playing Mendoza ball, Cabrera might get Bonds'd a lot this year).
That doesn't even beat Valverde's WHIP! 😉
Atta-boy Prince!
Props to Omar for the bunt single to, that made the whole rally happen.
Prince makes them pay!! Nice baserunning by Cabrera too.
who batted for Fielder? what..?..that WAS him…hell ya!
Who batted for Hunter?
Maybe the new Ryan Raburn, who is only 1 for his last 17?
That play was literally Fielder's choice.
Good one! I just missed it when I made my post or it would have fit nicely right here!
Fielder has had several times this year where he has failed to get the lead runner on a similar play. Sometimes he thinks he can't get the guy or doesn't have an angle when he does. We need to keep him focused on making the smart decisions like that last play.
Why did not moron Smokey bring in a lefty to pitch to the lefty?
He needs Ortega to pitch to Cruz.
Lots of baseball left.
Yeah, but lots of bullpen time left too.
And possibly no Miggy/Prince ABs left.
BP Ortega.
Wow. Welcome to the Tigers bullpen, Jose Ortega. Now you belong.
Apparently Leyland doesn't want to overtax the bullpen with a day off tomorrow.
I have no idea what Leyland is doing at this point in time.
Yes. I have no idea why, at the least, you couldn't bring Benoit in here. Ortega is just toast. Benoit can pitch two innings.
Lovely. We're in Anaheim, aren't we? Where's Porcello?
OMG. Thank you, Andy Dirks.
The sad thing is he doesn't know either. Smokey is an absolute joke! The sooner he's gone the better!
When some actual managing has to be done Smokey is lost! He can't think on his feet.
leave em out there to hang, leyland
I'm fully expecting this game to be out of reach when Ortega leaves.
Remember what I said about double digits?
Yeah. I think it's gonna get there yet. With any luck, maybe the Tigers will get to double digits as well. Martinez won't bat again for a while.
We have got to deal someone for some bullpen help. Smyly and Porcello seem like the best candidates.
Dotel should be back soon, that will help. But our bridge guys are just awful.
Now, the Rangers may just be the best team in baseball. So it won't always be like this. But the pen we have can't be our post-season solution.
I think Porcello and Smyly are too valuable to deal, and I don't have a good feeling about Dotel being able to help, soon or ever.
The Tigers have the bullpen talent, big the big team and Toledo. They really do. That talent just needs to deliver with something approaching consistency. If that doesn't happen, yeah, I suppose some kind of painful deal is inevitable.
Shoulda been "between the big team and."
Its a long season. The bullpen will come around. We'll be OK.
Coke, on the other hand, is completely dispensible.
A pitching change. What a novel idea.
Send in the clowns.
Oh wait. Already there.
Clown Show!
Goodness Cabrera. You don't see him make many mental errors like that. Who knows if it will even matter.
He makes bad choices at 3B with regularity. Best hitter in baseball by far, Tigers MVP without question. Still a liability at 3B.
all this circus needs is a tent!!
Texas has owned Detroit for years now. Sad.
WTH was that???
Chlown Show.
this is like a little league game.
There's your 10.
Watch Garcia score on a passed ball here.
Nah, Avila has the night off.
Someone should tote up the number of extra bases the Tigers gave away tonight. Errors, misplays, bad throws, dropped balls, wild pitches…
3 brainless plays in a row. Make that 4. It's a reflection of a total lack of baseball common sense from Leyland on down .
I've watched this crap all weekend. Enough. If the Tigers find a way to win, God bless 'em. But I'm done and it's time to get the F out of Texas. Let Oakland beat them up.
Disappointed in Tui after the nice catch. Two bad plays follow.
Why did Tui airmail the cutoff man again ….. didn't Smokey speak to him after the first one earlier tonight ….. oh that's right Smokey can't manage!
He's trying to be like Torii. Cutoff men are for losers.
Leyland will say after this game "Well..thats just baseball"
Way to Clown up a career game by Cabrera.
Incredibly frustrating. I hate baseball right now.
Just know that I feel what you guys feel.
Going to make a drink.
Hey Kevin..plenty of season left. While my wife, daughter, and I attended the first three games of the series, we missed this game, getting home at 0430AM after last night's game. Despite the score, you are seeing a very special baseball player bat. Incredible show of hitting. My brother is currently at the game. Cheers!
Kevin's right, we need a relief pitcher. But we also need a DH.
I suggested earlier that Tui should get a shot.
He would probably be a better DH than a left fielder.
Tui's pretty decent in LF. I think he got greedy after one diving catch and wanted to play the hero again, went for the gusto rather than playing it safe as the score dictated. Dumb, maybe, but there's a guy in RF who gets caught up in the heat of monmnt at times, too. Not a good game in LF last night, no. But the first bungles I'd hold him entirely responsible for so far.
I think you have to cut the guy a little slack. His minor league career of 804 games is mostly as an infielder (3B- 444, SS-140, 1B-74, 2B-48, OF-98). I think it is the classic case of him being put out in LF because there wasn't any other place for him to play. Obviously he hasn't been worked with much and is in effect learning the position. That might be a reason why Leyland doesn't pencil him in very often.
Anyone who would look at the numbers would yank Martinez as DH and put Tui there.
But baseball isn't played by numbers, it's played by people, and you don't just do that with a guy like Martinez. It's easy to scoff at the "player's manager" aspect of what Leyland does, but it's a very real part of managing a team, and he does it well.
At some point (but when?) it will have to be decided whether Martinez is going to get it back or not, and difficult decisions will have to be made. They were made eventually with Ordonez, which I think is a very similar situation. So while I think it's fair to point out that the Tigers are suffering from bottom of the barrel DH performance, that doesn't mean anyone is doing anything wrong, as paradoxical as that position may sound.
Capt Mumbles looks like he is in a daze……..nevermind…….he alwYs looks like that.
best manager in baseball. just ask the players…know why…he won't say one word to them about this clown show!
This game reminds me of a Tigers v. Ranger game I attended in May 2008 in which the Rangers won 16-15. Tigers scored 8 runs in one inning followed by 10 runs by the Rangers. see: http://www.baseball-reference......5080.shtml
Omar played in that one too!
I was there for my birthday – took my Mom. She's from Detroit, so we let pretty bummed. Entertaining game though.
Do you get a 'golden something' for 4 walks in a game?
A golden cane?
A golden walker!
Well that's Tigers baseball.
Awful, awful weekend.
The Rangers are the class of the AL right now, and the Tigers are somewhere in the middle. Fortunately, we play in the AL Central.
Long season, we'll have many more nights like this. It's the cost of being a fan.
Yeah and Oakland beat KC. But because CLE won again now that might not be a good thing since CLE is now our current top threat for the division and the extra win could help OAK against us.
Gosh why don't we just slap like another hundred million of salary on top of this heaping mess, that should do the trick. When all else fails, just mindlessly toss more money around. Thats the Tiger way.
Oh and congrats to Cabrera for the awesome 3 homer game that could have been a 4th if it wasn't for being walked. But too bad it happened in one of those 7+ runs given up games that we haven't one a single one of yet this season.
or won one, it's such a foreign thing I don't know what it is.
wonder how long Leyland's patience will hold. there's along way to go but since the tigers are making some pretty amateur blunders with regularity sooner than later would be good
Patience for what though, so if his patience runs out what would that mean and how would that affect us?
The only thing worse than a bad weekend is coming here to find nothing but incessant whining from a bunch of grown men who apparently haven't figured out that every team has its ups and downs over the course of a six month season.
Peace out, y'all. I'm done hoping that the billfer glory days would somehow return. There's gotta be a thoughtful blog around here somewhere….
Thoughtful blogs are made from thoughtful contributions. We're all free to make them and steer the conversation to something more to our liking.
One of the functions of the game post thread is to host the spontaneous and informal banter of fans whining and/or exulting about the game in progress or the game just played. Without having some kind of ultimately irrational emotional involvement with the Detroit Tigers to begin with, what is the point of a blog devoted to being a fan of said Tigers? "[A] bunch of grown men [and women, too] who apparently haven't figured out that every team has its ups and downs" is the very definition of "baseball fans."
Yes, teams and players have their ups and downs. But if having reactions to the ups and downs that are less than scholarly and opinions about them that are less than academic is silly, then so is analysis of Justin Verlander's pitch speed and release point, or Victor Martinez's strike zone contact rate. None of it matters at all unless you make it matter. "It all evens out" might be true, but it's a non-starter for conversation. It's really the ultimate rebuttal. Rebuttal is quite easy. Proposal, more difficult.
The billfer glory days included proposals (and perhaps more of them) that fostered discussions, not only rebuttals. I suggest that anyone with complaints about content provide some.
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Nothing wrong with that. The problem is that too many of the expressions of that enthusiasm are laughably devoid of any reasoning.
We're all free to make them and steer the conversation to something more to our liking.
I've tried, but it's clear that I'm grossly outnumbered. Y'all seem happy with the status quo and you're certainly welcome to have the forum of your choosing.
Without having some kind of ultimately irrational emotional involvement with the Detroit Tigers to begin with, what is the point of a blog devoted to being a fan of said Tigers?
The irrationality is that we have strong emotional attachment to an arbitrary team that plays an arbitrary game. We don't need to be irrational in our analysis of the game.
But if having reactions to the ups and downs that are less than scholarly and opinions about them that are less than academic
Less than academic would be fine by me. Expressions of frustration/joy are fine to. What drives me crazy is when people use their frustration to start spraying blame mindlessly as if it's Leyland's or Dombrowski's fault every time the bullpen blows a lead or someone strikes out with a runner on third and less than two outs…
"It all evens out" might be true, but it's a non-starter for conversation.
There are many conversations that need not be started. This isn't talk radio where you need to fill dead air, even if it means airing pure drivel.
There is whining on every blog; for some people that is the whole attraction of a daily blog. I think the biggest difference in the "glory days" was that there was a larger group of people commenting, more diversity of opinion, and less of the old familiarity breeds contempt effect as a result. So the easiest way to improve the experience would be to bring more people here.
Any ideas on how to do that?
One thing Billfer used to do, that I haven't managed to, is to
do post game updates, which I thing added a rationality and sanity that tempered the whine factor (there was plenty of whining in the comments back then too). Don't know how he did it, and props to Loon for his efforts.
(By the way three of maybe the top ten commenters from the "glory days" are writing the posts now. We ain't Billfer, but there is some continuity).
Sorry for the typos, phone-posting while walking is apparently beyond my capabilities.
Personally I think this is the best Tigers blog out there, I love it and think there are often interesting tidbits of information whether it's stats in the daily posts or just fascinating opinions and perspectives from a variety of people albeit a small group. Keep up the good work guys cause this is a special place that offers insight different from everybody else while easily being the most interesting blog out there for me at least.
Lee's blog Tiger Tales is also phenomenal in it's own right, but just not as conducive for daily and regular conversations. I check both blogs regularly every day and I'm hooked!
Well one great idea is to create a large marketing budget!
Otherwise maybe less costly ideas include creating a forum-based environment which makes conversation and follow up easier and more intensive on dedicated subjects. It's pretty hard to keep track of conversations once they get buried in places that are a couple days old.
Or I would always suggest to any sports related site to find ways to create unique offerings, whether it's set up a mock draft or GM game or whatever one can come up with that might be fun and interesting to check out. I just think in particular there isn't much out there for baseball like there is for say football in terms of unique ways to drive an audience.
It might be worth trying to make efforts with members of the Tigers to do interviews or maybe set up a live chat to gain a special and unique offering that nobody else can duplicate.
I think the biggest difference in the "glory days" was that there was a larger group of people commenting, more diversity of opinion, and less of the old familiarity breeds contempt effect as a result.
I disagree with that. All the commenters in the world wouldn't help unless they're the right kind of commenters. If the tone stays as is, the only new commenters that would stick around are those that enjoy (and want to perpetuate) the current tone.
One thing Billfer used to do, that I haven't managed to, is to
do post game updates, which I thing added a rationality and sanity that tempered the whine factor
Correct me if I'm wrong, but you guys have generally been putting the post-game updates in the next day's pre-game, right? Nothing wrong with that.
I think the core of the problem is that 1) analysis doesn't get enough emphasis, which signals to readers that this isn't a forum for analysis and 2) the frequent cynical humor of the moderators signals to readers that cynicism is in vogue and they frequently chime in with the same tone, sans humor.
(By the way three of maybe the top ten commenters from the "glory days" are writing the posts now. We ain't Billfer, but there is some continuity).
Yes, but the tone has changed entirely.
People post more during losses far more than wins…just the nature of it. Folks like to vent.
And it's that way everywhere….as an Alabama graduate and season ticket holder, I find our blogs downright comical at points during football season. If your read them during a close game or a loss, you might think you had stumbled across a Vanderbilt forum.


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At more than 30,000 feet above a raging battle in the Sahara Desert, the British RAF is roaring to the aid of French troops.
An airman peers through the enormous rear window of the RAF C-17, trying to spot deadly missiles or small arms being fired at the £100million war plane.
The destination for the RAF's largest military aircraft is Bamako, capital of the stricken African country of Mali, where Islamists have declared a new jihad.
We were the first journalists to join UK forces as they flew into Mali since Prime Minister David Cameron pledged to step up its backing for the French effort.
On board the plane – named ZZ175 – are vital armoured vehicles which will help the French drive al-Qaeda fighters back into their North Mali hideout.
Mission Commander Flt Lt Matt Jenkinson, 34, turns to me and says: "It's standard operating procedure to check for any incoming from the ground.
"As we come into Mali there is a threat of small arms from AK47 or some of their old missile systems.
"If anyone sees anything they relay it to the pilot who then reacts accordingly. The C-17 is an amazing plane to fly and is incredibly manoeuvrable.
"These missions are vital in getting crucial equipment to Mali. We'll keep doing them until we get the job done."
Although British forces have no combat boots on the ground, a handful of RAF personnel are playing a key role – taking the flying warehouse to the frontline.
This C-17 Globemaster III is one of the RAF's eight Boeing-made monsters of the sky, capable of carrying a main battle tank. Empty she weighs 285,000lb (127tons) and full, 585,000lb (260tons).
The 99 Squadron can do heavy lift duties, become troop carriers or turn the C-17 into an airborne hospital.
On ZZ175, just feet from us were three 12-ton French VAB Armoured Personnel Carriers – chained to the aircraft and urgently needed to take soldiers into combat against al-Qaeda.
Ever since the full horror of the gas plant siege in neighbouring Algeria emerged – in which 39 hostages, including six Brits died – the PM has pledged a boost in UK backing for the French-African operation.
On Friday he declared Britain is lending the French an RAF Sentinel R1 spy plane, which proved devastating against Gaddafi's gun positions in Libya.
Meanwhile 2,500 elite French troops on the ground are spearheading the struggle to stop Mali becoming blighted by Islamic extremism.
Even as we landed in Bamako at the weekend, a French-African force stormed the Islamist stronghold of Gao, seizing its airport and driving out Islamic extremists and Tuareg rebels.
Codenamed Operation Newcombe, Britain has flown nine sorties in C-17s into Bamako, carrying more than 200-tonnes of armoured vehicles and supplies.
On board ZZ175 it's just another day in the office for a small group of RAF Regiment troops, who grab some sleep on the floor between missions, then secure the aircraft while it is on the ground.
Within minutes of the C-17 landing in Bamako, we watched armoured personal carriers being driven off the plane and into the desert by French soldiers.
Hours later, the huge craft was refuelled and took off for its temporary station at Evreux Air Base, a First World War French Air Force HQ west of Paris.
One RAF airman told me: "There may be no British combat boots on the ground – but there are definitely British boots in the air."
Troops take back Timbuktu as rebel fighters flee
French and Malian troops were yesterday securing Timbuktu after meeting no resistance on entering the key northern town's gates.
It came the day after recapturing the town of Gao and is the latest gain in a fast-moving offensive against Islamist fighters allied to al-Qaeda, who have retreated further north.
Relentless French air strikes have been key to allowing ground troops to advance rapidly with armoured vehicles.
Gao and Timbuktu were two of three major towns occupied last year by Islamists.
The third, Kidal, remains a rebel stronghold although French jets have destroyed the home of the head of an al-Qaeda-linked group, a security source said.
Britain and the US have pledged logistical aid to the offensive, but some fear we could be drawn into another Afghanistan-style conflict.
Prime Minister David Cameron has said Britain will not deploy ground troops in Mali but spoke of a "generational struggle" against terrorism in North Africa and that the UK should "thicken" links with the region after the Algerian hostage crisis.
Other African leaders also pledged to help and the US said it could transport troops to Mali from nations like Chad and Togo.
- Yesterday the Foreign Office urged British citizens to leave Somaliland immediately, citing "an imminent threat".


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- A Focus on 'Why?' Accelerates Safety Performance
- DuPont Integrated Approach (DnA) for Safety
Bob Krzywicki: "To reach new levels of success is going to require more effective safety leadership; less push and more pull, less emphasis on doing things right and more on doing the right things."
Instead of taking a sprawling corner office when he joined the company, former Alcoa Inc. CEO, Paul O'Neill, settled into his new role by taking his place in a cubicle. This wasn't the only untraditional move O'Neill made as CEO of the aluminum giant.
Unlike other CEOs, O'Neill didn't place profit or sales on the top of his agenda. Instead, he made safety his top priority and mission, saying that in order to be considered a world-class company; it first had to become the safest. His goal was to see that no employee was injured in the workplace. In 1987, when O'Neill joined Alcoa, the company's rate of time lost due to employee injuries was one-third the U.S. average. Today, the time lost due to injury is less than one twentieth of the average and profits of the company broke records upon O'Neill's retirement at $1.5 billion on sales of $22.9 billion. Today, Alcoa holds itself to the same standards and saw revenue increase to $6.4 billion in 2011.
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Location: Children's Nutrition Research CenterTitle: Increased fructose absorption and oxidation after oral supplementation with sucraid enzyme: Implications for fructose malabsorption Author
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|Baker, Susan
|Opekun, Antone
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Submitted to: Journal of Pediatric Gastroenterology and Nutrition
Publication Type: Abstract Only
Publication Acceptance Date: 11/1/2009
Publication Date: 11/1/2009
Citation: Robayo-Torres, C.C., Diaz-Sotomayor, M., Chumpitazi, B.P., Mcmeans, A., Baker, S.S., Opekun, A.R., Nichols, B.L. 2009. Increased fructose absorption and oxidation after oral supplementation with sucraid enzyme: Implications for fructose malabsorption [abstract]. Journal of Pediatric Gastroenterology and Nutrition. 49(Suppl.1):E44. Interpretive Summary:
Technical Abstract: The value of Sucraid enzyme supplements for correction of sucrase deficiency in CSID is well documented. Sucraid is an invertase derived from brewer's yeast which has been characterized as hydrolyzing sucrose to glucose and fructose. However, sacrosidase may have another role: conversion of fructose to glucose. Patients with known duodenal mucosal activities participated in oral breath tests using 20 mg of UL-13C labeled substrates and periodic 13CO2 breath enrichment analyses normalized for % of glucose oxidation (CGO%) as previously reported (JPGN 2009;48:412–8). Patients were supplemented with 22 drops of Sucraid by mouth at zero. The presenting patient had a history consistent with CSID responsive to Sucraid but surprisingly all disaccharidase activities were normal. While in the hospital, the child had acute abdominal pain after an evening snack of crushed pineapple. Because of the Sucraid clinical benefit a 13C-sucrose BT was performed; the unsupplemented test was low normal (CGO 116%) and the Sucraid supplemented normal (134%). Dietary history was reviewed and fructose elimination diet prescribed. There was a clinical response to the fructose elimination diet and the girl was restudied after 2 months. The 13C-sucrose BTwas again low normal (CGO 129 %) and rose to normal (162%) with Sucraid supplementation. This BT was repeated with 13C-fructose BT; the baseline was CGO 108% and rose to 125% with Sucraid. The specificity of the 13C-fructose test was evaluated in a control patient with CSID; 13C-sucrose BT increased from 58% to 118% and 13C-fructose from 132% increased to 152% CGO with the enzyme supplement. Fructose malabsorption can be confirmed with 13C-fructose BT. The in vivo response of fructose absorption to Sucraid is likely due to the intrinsic invertase activity of the enzyme which may convert excess luminal fructose to absorbable glucose.


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new noise from the rear. maybe shocks?
so this already squeaky car has added a new noise to its collection. noticed it 2 days ago and it seems to be getting worse. when im stop and go in wonderful houston traffic, if i have to brake semi-hard, as im coming to a stop i hear a low scraping sound coming from the rear end that continues for about a second after i come to a stop. also, if i do a pretty quick launch, i can get it to make the noise although for not as long. my roomate suggested it might be the shocks that are extending and compressing when the nose dips on semi-heavy braking and a hard launch. i had originally though it could be something from the rear brakes but since i hear it on launch that disproves that. the car is at 180k miles, im the 4th owner i think, so they could be original shocks possibly. what says the forum? shocks going out? ive never heard of shocks making this crazy noise before, but its the only thing that seems to make sense
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Sprengel Wins National Guard FLW Walleye Tour Event At Bays de Noc
Mercury pro Korey Sprengel of Beaver Dam, Wis., won his first National Guard FLW Walleye Tour title at the age of 24 with a three-day total weight of 77 pounds, 1 ounce.
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ESCANABA, Mich. Walleye pro Korey Sprengel of Beaver Dam, Wis., caught a five-walleye limit weighing 23 pounds, 4 ounces Saturday to win $50,000 at the National Guard FLW Walleye Tour at Bays de Noc with a three-day catch of 15 walleyes weighing 77 pounds, 1 ounce.
The catch gave him the win over pro Ryan Dempsey of Oneida, Wis., who caught a total of 15 walleye weighing 77-1 and earned $15,400. Although the top two competitors actually had the same weight, FLW rules state the tiebreaker goes to the angler who had finished higher in the standings on the previous tournament day. Because Sprengel held the over Dempsey on day two, he was awarded the victory and crowned champion.
This feels so great, said Sprengel, who claimed his first Walleye Tour title in only his third event. I could not possibly feel any better than I do right now.
The 24 year-old pro made a key decision Saturday afternoon to switch to crankbaits after having fished the previous two days using only spinners with crawler harnesses.
It got real tough this afternoon, and Im not really sure why, Sprengel said. I only had about two hours of fishing time left and I needed one more fish, and it had to be a good one. I couldnt get a bite, I think I had just pounded my area too long. I knew that they had been biting on crankbaits earlier this week, so I made the decision to switch and cover more water and hopefully find an active fish. I made the switch to a Rapala Down Deep Husky Jerk, and it wasnt five minutes later and I got hit. It ended up being a 26-incher and definitely was the difference for me today.
Sprengel fished one main area throughout the entire event. Although the crankbait turned out to be the difference maker for him, the majority of his walleyes came on the crawler harnesses and spinners.
I was using size 4½ willow blades and size 6 Colorado blades all week. Chartreuse and gold were the hot colors for me, said Sprengel. The area I was fishing is an underwater shoal over in Big Bay de Noc. Its about a 20-mile run from the launch site. Dusty (Minke) and Bill (Shimota) were fishing the same area all week as well. It was about a mile across, and the key was just locating the fish based on the wind and current. The deepest point was about 22 feet, but I was fishing as shallow as 14 feet.
The weights brought in by tournament anglers throughout this event were much higher than originally predicted by most. Sprengel however, said he suspected that his area was holding the fish needed to win this event.
I knew that Lake Michigan was capable of producing these weights, and my final weight was pretty close to what I had expected coming in, Sprengel said. I just didnt think everyone else would have the weight as well. Most of the guys fishing were on the west shore, and they really had perfect conditions this week. Any wrong wind on the west shore in the Cedar River area and that bite is just done. So it was surprising to see so many big weights.
Sprengel had hoped to fish the entire FLW Walleye Tour this season, but couldnt afford it financially. After his win Saturday, Sprengel now has the confidence and the bankroll to compete against the best walleye anglers in the world next season.
All you can do is your best, every day, said Sprengel. This win definitely gives me the confidence and reassures me that Im doing well. Ill be fishing the Tour full-time next year, and I cant wait for that. Im ready to start right now.
Final results for the top 10 pros at Bays de Noc are:
1st: Korey Sprengel, Beaver Dam, Wis., 15 walleyes, 77-1, $50,0002nd: Ryan Dempsey, Oneida, Wis., 15 walleyes, 77-1, $15,4003rd: Danny Plautz, Madison, Wis., 15 walleyes, 73-1, $10,9004th: Ross Grothe, Northfield, Minn., 14 walleyes, 70-7, $9,1005th: John Schneider, Shawano, Wis., 15 walleyes, 70-3, $8,2006th: National Guard pro Bill Shimota, Lonsdale, Minn., 15 walleyes, 70-3, $8,8007th: Derek Parker, Skandia, Mich., 15 walleyes, 67-2, $6,4008th: Nick Schertz, Tomahawk, Wis., 13 walleyes, 60-6, $5,5009th: Chad Schilling, Akasaka, S.D., 12 walleyes, 59-14, $4,05010th: Dusty Minke, Forest Lake, Minn., 12 walleyes, 56-5, $5,100
William Bay of Berlin, Wis., earned the victory in the Co-angler division to take home $6,000. He posted a three-day weight of 15 walleyes totaling 78 pounds, 7 ounces
Final results for the top 10 co-anglers at Bays de Noc are:
1st: William Bay, Berlin, Wis., 15 walleyes, 78-7, $6,0002nd: Phillip Riccio Jr., Huntley, Ill., 15 walleyes, 77-2, $2,7003rd: Kenny Brenner, Moline, Ill., 15 walleyes, 72-12, $1,8004th: Douglas Ripperger, Eldridge, Iowa, 14 walleyes, 69-15, $1,4405th: David Klamfoth, Waverly, Iowa, 15 walleyes, 67-5, $1,2606th: Todd Rieder, Fond du Lac, Wis., 15 walleyes, 66-8, $1,0807th: Keith Hahn, McHenry, Ill., 15 walleyes, 64-8, $9008th: Steve Beasley, Macomb, Mich., 12 walleyes, 58-2, $7209th: MSG Leroy McCoy, Fridley, Minn., 13 walleyes, 57-8, $63010th: Tyrone Larson, Amherst, Wis., 12 walleyes, 53-9, $540
Final results for the remaining field can be found at FLWOutdoors.com. and liveleaderboard.com
Overall there were 41 walleyes weighing 187 pounds, 8 ounces caught by 10 boats Saturday. The catch included six five-walleye limits.
In FLW Walleye Tour competition, pro and co-anglers are competing for valuable points in the hope of qualifying for a shot at the 2012 National Guard FLW Walleye Tour Championship which will be held on the Mississippi River in the Quad Cities Oct. 25-28.
Anglers also competed for the coveted 2012 National Guard FLW Walleye Tour Angler of the Year title in 2012 that was determined by the most points accumulated over the five-tournament season.
Walleye pro Chad Schilling of Akasaka, S.D., wrapped up his season-long journey for the National Guard FLW Walleye Tour Angler of the Year title Friday. For his efforts, Schilling received $10,000 and an automatic berth into the 2013 National Guard FLW Walleye Tour Championship.
Co-angler C.J. Johnson of Monticello, Iowa was awarded the National Guard FLW Walleye Tour Co-Angler of the Year title Saturday for his stellar 2012 season. For his efforts, Johnson received $2,500 for the title and an automatic berth into the 2013 National Guard FLW Walleye Tour Championship.
The National Guard FLW Walleye Tour at Bays de Noc was hosted by the Bays de Noc Convention & Visitors Bureau and was the final National Guard FLW Walleye Tour tournament of the 2012 season. The 2012 National Guard FLW Walleye Tour Championship will be the next tournament and will be held Oct. 25-28 on the Mississippi River in the Quad Cities. The event will be hosted by the Quad Cities Convention & Visitors Bureau. Boats will launch from Centennial Park in Davenport, Iowa.
Coverage of the Bays de Noc tournament will be broadcast in high-definition (HD) on NBC Sports Network when FLW airs Oct. 21 from 1-2 p.m. ET. FLW is hosted by Chip Leer and is broadcast to more than 559 million households worldwide, making it the most widely distributed weekly outdoors-sports television show in the world.
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