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The story of the Canadian Teams in 4-way Open and VFS is the story of one man's "passion" and started in the late 1970's. Michel Lemay made his first jump and became a "skydiving addict" – becoming a World Cup champion in 4-way in 1983. After a while he started his own drop-zone and a family.
In 2008 the "family" became the Canadian 4-way open team – Evolution: representing their country at the World Championships in Maubeuge, France that year and in Menzelinsk, Russia in 2010 and Dubai, U.A.E. this year.
Michel is joined on the team by his three sons, Martin (27), Vincent (24) and Benoit (21). All three boys made their first skydives (AFF) just before their 15th birthdays, having made several tandem jumps and spent time in the tunnel making training and coaching visits to Orlando and Skydive Arizona.
In 2006 Michel and his two oldest sons represented Canada in the FS 4-way Open event at the World Championships in Gera, Germany and on their return to Canada the team was completed by Benoit.
After his arrival the family project really took off. After only 100 training jumps the family team posted an 18.7 average at their first Canadian Nationals. During the following winter the family moved to DeLand, Florida and trained full-time with Shannon Pilcher. Since 2007 the family team have represented Canada at the 2008 and 2010 World Championships, the 2009 World Games, and the Dubai International Parachuting Championships 2010, as well as the Canadian Nationals.
In April 2009, thanks to the hard work of Michel and his partners, Sky Venture built a wind tunnel 10 minutes from the family home. A close friend asked the three brothers if they were interested in forming a VFS team – Yes was the reply from all three, and the intense work began on their individual "head down" flying skills – it worked and at the Canadian Nationals 2011 the team competed and won both the 4-way Open and the VFS events.
Evolution – the name of the team – goes to Dubai with the determination to do better than average in both events – they have evolved and are now looking to achieve their best performance on the huge world stage of the Mondial.
France's Delegation cannot boast quite such an amazing story, but they too have their family affairs. France's 4-way open team have two brothers Mathieu and Guillaume Bernier and their cousin Brice Bernier is on the Canopy Piloting team; Virginie and Cathy Bouette, Artistic Events, Freefly are sisters, whilst Oliver Henaff videographer for the 4-way Open's brother, Ronan Henaff is on the Accuracy Landings and Freefall Style team.
Skydiving must be in the genes. In Switzerland mother and daughter compete together, Erica and Christina Franz are on the Accuracy Landings and Para-Ski team.
I'm sure there are more "family" stories amongst the other delegations – let me know them and we can publish them here.
Meanwhile the World Skydiving family continues to send me their stories – and here are those from the Delegations that I have received so far:
Aero Sports Federation of China (ASFC) will have a 44-person delegation in Dubai, UAE. This is the first time, in China's parachuting history that ASFC has organizing such a large skydive group. And what it is so special is that this event is going to be happening in Asia.
China's delegation will compete in Accuracy Landings & Freefall Style event –Male, Female and Junior; 4-way Formation Skydiving event – Open and Female; Canopy Formation events—2-way Sequential and 4-way Rotations.
Our Head of Delegation is Madam Li Zhengmei, Executive Vice President of ASFC and Vice President of the FAI, is very keep to promote air sports in China. Under her leadership, ASFC not only strengthened its position and the function of air sports all over China, but, in the past 5 years, has conducted many influential China International Airsports Festivals (CIAF) which combined many events together. Many airports friends from other countries were invited to CIAFs, demonstrated their best skills to China Air Sports People and spectators. What is special and worth mentioning is that, under Madam Li's great effort and the support of the China Sports Ministry, ASFC has obtained a 700 million RMB (about 110 million US dollars) budget no-refundable from the China Ministry of Finance to purchase 35 aeroplanes for the Sport of parachuting. These 35 aeroplanes will cover PC-6, Cessna 208, Yun-12 (similar to a Twin Otter) and some helicopters. This project will be done over 5 year to replace all the An-2s currently used for parachuting in China. At the same time, ASFC is cooperating with provincial sports bureaus and air sports federations to developed many general aviation airports which are mostly used for parachuting now. With the new aeroplanes purchased, ASFC is exploring more potential DZ's in China. So, you can imagine what the skydiving situation will be in China in the future with all the efforts being made by ASFC.
Our Accuracy Landings and Freefall Style: The Female Team is one of the strongest teams in the world. At many FAI 1st Category Events the China Female team has won the individual medals and the team first place. Our Male Team is a mixture of experienced and young jumpers. The competitors come from different Air Sports Schools all over China and aim to get the very best possible results at the Mondial. Our Accuracy Landings Junior competitors all have over 1500 jumps; this is their first time competing at a World Championships.
Formation Skydiving 4-Way Open team all come from the Hubei provincial Air Sports School and this is their third World Championships. Their goal is to improve their performance, obtain the best results possible and learn from the other teams. 4-way Female team is entering their first Category 1 event and they hope to learn from the best teams and make progress.
Canopy Formations Both the 4-way Rotations and 2-way Sequential teams are from the Hunan Provincial Air Sports School. They have spent 2 months over the past two years training in the USA under Chris Gay and achieved great progress. They are very young CF jumpers and this is their first time at a 1st Category event. They, like all the other athletes on China's delegation hope to achieve their best possible results and learn as much as they can from the best in the world.
China's parachuting delegation wishes the Mondial 2012 a great success.
Brazil – With the largest ever delegation from this country, and the largest of their continent here is what Brazil has to say about themselves:
Canopy Piloting (by Fabio Pelayo)
Brazil has always had the athlete Marat Leiras as the principal representative of the sport of Canopy Piloting, but in recent years other Brazilian athletes have also participated in world events: Kalay Marques, Manoel Neto and Edson Pacheco. Lately the sport has grown in Brazil not only with the number of athletes but also technical quality. At the 3rd DIPC in Dubai December 2011 Brazil competed for the first time with a full team of 8 athletes.
2012 has been a successful year for Brazilian competitors, 1st and 2nd place in the Test Event for the World Games, Cali, Columbia: Kalay Marques and Marat Leiras. And in October at the Latin American Championships in Chile, 1st and 2nd again: Marat Leiras and Manoel Neto. Brazil is competing in Dubai, for the first time at a 1st Category Event, with a complete team of 8 competitors and is hoping for good results.
Artistic Events (by Paulo Perini)
The modality of Freefly in Brazil has always been a big challenge for Brazilian skydivers. Between 1998 and 2003 we had a few teams competing internationally, but this meant a lot of world travel for team training, information and to improve their skills. After the World Cup 2004 in Brazil the discipline died. Without support or sponsors more and more athletes decided to invest in individual training. The cost of travel and ability of competitors to train in a "tunnel" Brazilian skydivers lost their competitive motivation.
In the last couple of years however, there has been a resurgence of interest in Freefly amongst Brazilian jumpers, prepared to spend time and money to travel, enter competition, train and improve their skills without exterior support or sponsorship (other than equipment provided by UPT Vector and L&B) and in Dubai there will be 2 Freefly teams, Flyfactory Team and Test Dummies (Team 1 and Team 2) for the first time in 8 years there will be Brazilian Freefly teams at an FAI/IPC 1st Category event. They hope they can learn a lot and bring back to Brazil information and motivation for future freeflyers.
Formation Skydiving 4-Way Open (by Fabio Pelayo)
For 10 years team Optimum-CTR, with changing line-ups, has won the Brazil National Championships (the last two with the existing line-up): Andre Ferraz, Fabio Diniz, Guillermo Gorg and Kalley Clementino cameraflyer. In preparation for the National Championships and Dubai the team entered other competitions, starting in DeLand, one on their home DZ and then the Nationals and have increased their average at each event. They are looking to achieve 17.5 to 18.0 in Dubai. This will be the 3rd World Championships for the team, having entered Gera, Germany 2006 and Maubeuge, France 2008.
United States of America
Their delegation consists of 60+ of the best skydivers in all disciplines in the USA.
Formation Skydiving – 4-way Female
The team from the Golden Knights has been together for 2 years and recently won the Bronze Medal in the National Championships (late October) being the first time in the US Nationals 50+ year history that an all female team has earned a medal in the 4-way Open event. The theme of the "family affair" continues - Angela Nichols started jumping 18 years ago on her 18th birthday with her father and now has almost 10,000 jumps. Her team members are: Dannielle Woosley (3,000+ jumps), married with two small children; Jen Schaben, engaged to one of the Golden Knights on the 8-way team (Matt Davidson) and Laura Dickmeyer (3,200+ jumps) who started skydiving as an extra credit assignment in her high school physics class!
Vertical Formation Skydiving:
Team SDC Standard is representing the U.S. having just won the National Championships for the 3rd consecutive time. Rook Nelson, Mickey Nuttall, Will Pesek, Jason Peters and cameraflyer Dalton Samuelson make up the team. At the 2012 National Championships the guest team Dubai Nexus were tough competition, beating them by a single point. However as a guest team Dubai Nexus could not receive a medal. After the medal ceremony SDC Standard called Dubai Nexus up to the podium and handed them their Gold Medals with the comment "We weren't the best team here today". Who will win in Dubai?
Artistic Events – Freeflying
Based in Southern California the team SoCal Converge has just won the US National Championships for a record 4th time and includes Travis Feinhage (10,000+ jumps); Matt Lewis (5,000 + jumps) and Andy Mclchiodi (9,000 + jumps) all work as professional skydivers.
Accuracy Landings & Freefall Style
The legendary Cheryl Stearns is part of the U.S. women's team. She recently set the U.S. national record for the most jumps (female) with 19,000 skydives.
Canopy Piloting
The US Canopy Piloting team includes Nick Batsch, currently the World Performance record holder for Distance, set in 2011, of 222.45 meters, and the new Competition World Distance record set at the US Nationals 2012 of 151.95 meters.
The world skydiving family is expanding and this must be due to the hard work and enthusiasm of individuals who have formed continental associations to encourage neighbouring countries to join the FAI and participate in First Category Events; ASIANA has been with us some time and so we have entries from China, Singapore, Thailand as well as Australia and New Zealand, and the Gulf States; COLPAR brings Brazil, Argentina, Chile, Columbia, Ecuador and the following article tells the African (AAF) story:
"Let me introduce myself : My name is Yousry Elshamaa ,I was an officer in Egyptian army (paratrooper) from 1965. and the President of the Egyptian Sports Parachuting & Aeronautic Federation (E S P A F) from 2004 to 2010 .
This federation, established in Mars 1981 in Egypt (N A C). During this period me and my board of directors established the African Air Sports Federation (A F F) April 2006 in Egypt. I am the president of this federation, we have 8 African members which are Egypt, Kenya, Singal, Morocco, Mali, Algeria, Libya and Sudan , all of them are F A I members but some of them did not pay the fee but they will do soon, Singal and Sudan only is not F A I member and I will do my best to make them F A I members as soon as possible but you know the situation is not easy in their countries .
About the Mondial- as you know there were 4 of AAF members who want to attend with their teams, especially Algerian which had the Gold Medal in the last championship but unfortunately they did not pay the last 4 years fees, we try to make them attend but we can't and Libya which sent all what you need from them and pay the fees but the organize committee cannot accept them because they are not F A I member. I know that statutes is not sent but I will help them. By the way I told the African Federation Presidents to attend this event, I hope they can.
By the way you must know that our teams which attend this event are Egypt and Morocco- they attend many championships and they get many medals in Dubai ,K S A, Malaysia .and China ."
Even the established heartland of skydiving, Europe (no I'm not forgetting America) is changing and new countries emerging from the break-up of the old USSR expand the family further. Estonia have sent me their story –
"Writing on behalf of the Estonian delegation, I am the wife of the 'tail' of our FS team. Let me first say that we are extremely excited and happy to participate in this magnificent event and cannot wait to get to Dubai!
Our 4-way FS team LupusEST is the only team from Estonia to participate at the Mondial. Skydiving as a sport is still pretty much in its infancy in Estonia, and we could really call our team the pioneers in the sport, as it is the first time ever Estonian NAC has sent a competitor to the World Championships. We will try to do out best to make it worth their while :) The team has been together for two years and this will be their second bigger-scale competition after last year's European Championships/World Cup in Germany. As I am writing this, the they are busy training in yet another tunnel camp in Bedford. It can be seen (especially in our family budget :) that the team is really motivated and working hard on improving their average. By the way, one of the main goals at the Mondial will also be to establish a new national record.
Due to the weather in Estonia, which is very skydiver-hostile, and serious financial issues (they pay for all their jumps and tunnel camps themselves), the team really isn't able to jump as much as they would like to. Adding to that, the tail now moved to Belgium, making the training process even more challenging. However, the guys are really motivated and love what they do, so they have made long-term plans to stick with it and try to improve their ranking and average.
The team is comprised of Peeter-Paul 'Wolli' Mõtsküla (cameraman) – the establisher and first president of the first modern skydiving club in Estonia (established in 1998); Anton Sigal (point) – the current president of same club; Kristiina 'Kiku' Kasemets (outside center) – the first (and so far the only) female tandem-master (and AFF instructor) in Estonia; Kaido 'Kaic' Raudvere – first AFF instructor in Estonian Defence Forces and leader of military skydiving; and Marko Rink (inside center) – the first AFF instructor in Estonia. Thus – true skydiving pioneers, as I said :
Our delegation also includes probably the youngest delegate of the Mondial – our daughter, who is travelling with us, will be 6 weeks old when the competition starts. Hopefully the atmosphere at the dropzone will instil the love for skydiving in her from the very beginning. Then one day maybe we can have our own FS4 team. That is, if for some reason I decide to give up on freefly and become a belly-flyer as well :
You can find out more about us on our web-site: www.lupusest.net
Liis Raudvere"
Please keep the stories coming, I will add them to this site to personalise this stupendous competition – I really am beginning to get the feeling that all roads lead to DUBAI. See you in a couple of weeks!


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The Rookie League team that tried to play in St. Cloud Commons was a joke. otoh, The WV Power started doing okay once they positioned themselves as a regional team.
But that would be a major problem now--the Power's drawing from the larger area (I've even known groups from Ironton to head over). I think the ideal location for a team would be the Teays Valley area, but I doubt Charleston would let that happen.
Huntington, really, isn't positioned for much of anything right now. I was in Lynchburg last month and was surprised at how much the city had grown. Huntington, otoh, is just a shadow of what it used to be (and I'm old enough to remember downtown.)


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Interestingly, the regions of the world where it is most cherished are not where it originated. Cilantro's genesis can be traced to the Mediterranean. The Romans spread it to Asia while the Spanish conquistadors introduced it to Mexico and Peru. Subsequently, cilantro is a primary herb in Indian, Asian, and Latin American cuisines while Europeans and Americans have given it a lukewarm reception. Nevertheless it is touted as the world's most popular herb.
Cilantro-Lover's Leftover Chicken Salad
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2 cups leftover rotisserie chicken, coarsely chopped or shredded
2 cups coarsely chopped cilantro
8-10 radishes, thickly sliced, then slices cut in half
1 cup snow peas, cut into diagonal pieces
1/2 cup sliced green onions
4 T fresh squeezed lime juice (about 2 limes)
4 T olive oil
1/2 tsp. Ancho chile powder (or more)
(other chile powders can be substituted, I use Ancho chile powder from Penzeys.)
1/4 tsp. salt, preferably sea salt
1 tsp. Spike Seasoning (optional but highly recommended)
Aleppo pepper to sprinkle over (optional but highly recommended, available from Penzeys.)
In small bowl, whisk together lime juice and olive oil. Stir in Ancho chile powder, salt, and Spike seasoning. Pour dressing over salad and stir gently so greens and chicken are coated with dressing. (If you prefer your salad on the dry side, you may not need all the dressing.) Sprinkle with Aleppo pepper if using, and serve immediately.
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Colon unable to keep opponents' hits total down
Righty allows 10 hits, five runs in five-plus innings vs. Halos' Minor Leaguers
PHOENIX -- The hits kept coming against Bartolo Colon on Wednesday, when the right-hander pitched in a Minor League game to remain on schedule while the A's had an off-day.
Colon, who entered the day having given up 22 hits in a combined 11 innings over four Cactus League appearances, surrendered 10 hits in five-plus innings to the Angels' Minor League team.
The veteran righty gave up five runs in the process, striking out three and walking two along the way. He tallied 81 pitches.
Colon will make at least one more start this spring, before being relegated to the sidelines for the first week of the regular season while he serves the final five games of his drug suspension.
A's manager Bob Melvin said this week that Colon will return to the rotation as soon as he's eligible, no matter how the interim fifth starter -- projected to be right-hander Dan Straily -- performs in the meantime.
Melvin and the A's are not so much concerned with the total of hits allowed this spring by Colon, since he has a proven track record. Still, it's hard to ignore, especially considering Colon only offered up 10 hits spanning 16 innings in his last full Spring Training, in 2011 with the Yankees.
Jane Lee is a reporter for MLB.com. Read her blog, Major Lee-ague, and follow her on Twitter @JaneMLB. This story was not subject to the approval of Major League Baseball or its clubs.


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ADACHI Tomomi is a Japanese poet, performer, composer and installation artist. He writes music for a "punk style choir called the "Adachi Tomomi Royal Chorus". He also makes synthesizers and Theremins out of Tupperware!
ADACHI's self-made instruments are consists of simple electronic circuit, almost case built in Tupperware. They never can make precise pitch, but have good sound and noise, easy to operate and carry and worked by battery. Of course the funny and pretty looks are important aspects. – www.adachitomomi.com
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James Hird has survived as Essendon's coach in exile having been delivered what appears to have been a final warning from the Bombers board. The suspended Hird and his wife Tania both spoke to the Essendon board at a specially convened meeting on Wednesday morning at the home of Essendon chairman Paul Little, who told the couple they had to allow the club to focus upon its season.
Little is understood to have outlined a more detailed and significantly tougher set of protocols around the Hirds' public behaviour as part of the suspended coach's employment agreement with the club.
Hird attended the meeting via video hook-up from Singapore while his wife attended in person. Both were emotional and spoke of how they had suffered as a result of feeling forced to accept Hird's one-year suspension. They also spoke of the personal hurt and anguish at ongoing criticism which they believed had been misdirected at Hird.
However the board meeting broke up with the Essendon directors largely satisfied that Hird and his wife would now allow the club to move forward without the distraction of public commentary by either of them.
In terms of the outlying members of the Hird camp - including his father Allan who attacked AFL boss Andrew Demetriou in the Sunday Age - and his various legal and media advisors, Hird agreed to demonstrate his best endeavours to prevent them from focusing upon events from last year.
However the board accepted there were no legal grounds to insist upon silence from those outside Hird's immediate family.
The couple was told in no uncertain terms that the board had been deeply unhappy at not only the timing of Tania Hird's outburst on the ABC's 7.30 program but also its inflammatory content and the fact that the Hirds had not communicated with the club regarding details of the interview.
Little drove home to the Hirds that the ABC report had dealt untold stress, damage and harm to the club not only on the eve of its opening round game but that the fall-out had continued to hurt Essendon as it worked to rebuild its reputation.
While the Hirds did not formally apologise to the club directors, the board was satisfied that they had acknowledged the damage Tania Hird's interview had caused.
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Here is an interesting find for you all drum machine collectors! How about an MFB 712? It's a early digital machine with 40 sounds, dynamics and MIDI. The one you see above is on eBay for $300 (link). I really want a 501 if I can find one.
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The wonderfully titled abcdefg has been one of those iOS music apps I show friends to blow them away. Konsonant (iTunes link) is Joerg Piringer's follow up. Don't be afraid to use your konsonant creations in your own music productions.
"konsonant is an extraordinary exploration of letters, voice and technology by the media artist joerg piringer. Following the award winning success of piringer's app abcdefghijklmnopqrstuvwxyz konsonant is the next iteration of the artist's ongoing research on the potential entertaining qualities of letters and sound." – joerg.piringer.net
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Local communities mobilized to achieve greater water use efficiency and increase resilience against climate change impactsJun 16, 2014
Two-day trainings on effective water management at community to increase resilience against climate change impacts were conducted during April-June, 2014 in three regions - Sakarchaga, Karakum and Nohur. The trainings were organized within the framework of project on "Addressing climate change risks to farming systems in Turkmenistan at national and community levels" (AF project) jointly implemented by Adaptation Fund/ United Nations Development Programme (UNDP)/Ministry of Nature Protection of Turkmenistan.
Heads of brigades, managers and mirabs (local water managers) of farmer associations, as well as local land users, school teachers and other representatives from local communities of the three regions attended to the training. Sakarchaga, Karakum and Nohur were selected as pilot regions of the AF project as they represent three typical agro-climatic zones in Turkmenistan and local communities in these regions are facing increasing vulnerability due to climate change. In the course of two days of the trainings, participants learned theoretical and practical knowledge of effective management of water resources at the local level and became familiar with the existing water legislation of Turkmenistan, organizational modalities of water management at the national and local levels, as well as the functioning experience of associations and groups of water users (WUA/WUG) in other countries.
As results of the trainings, participants have developed the plans for conduction of works in the focus groups. Using these plans, AF project will be able to analyze in a short time the local needs of water users, collect proposals from local communities to mitigate the negative impact of climate change on their agriculture and water economy. In the final session of the training, participants had an opportunity to get acquainted and trained to methods of the development of short and long-term plans of water user groups.
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Hi there. I seem to have a piece of Pali scripture but I know nothing beyond that assumption. It seems to be made of a papyrus type of page pressed between two bits of wood. I can't identify the type of script but it doesn't look like it is Thai, so Burmese or Sinhalese?
can anyone please tell me anything more about it. I would really like to know what it says or what part of the canon it comes from. It seems to not have been treated very well, so can anyone recommend how I should treat it if it is indeed a piece of scripture?
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TO mark National Apprenticeship Week Marlborough-based Haddon Training is encouraging young people to look at the schemes they have to offer.
The work-based training organisation was established in 2001 by Chris Hewlett and has built up an outstanding reputation throughout the equine industry.
They offer a number of specialist apprentices in a range of discipline including dressage, eventing, show-jumping, racing, polo and general horse care.
Toni Vaughan moved from Liverpool to work with one of the Queen's racehorse trainers, Richard Hannon, at his yard in Marlborough.
While working she is training for a BHEST level 3 diploma in racehorse care and management.
Since starting, the 22-year-old has looked after horses including Olympic Glory, ridden by Frankie Dettori.
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'But it was the cold-blooded save on Danny Briere with about eight minutes to go which pulled the crowd to its feet in vocal unison. The former Sabre had snuck behind the defence and was all alone at the crease with plenty of time but couldn't fool Miller. Since Briere has been booed all series for deserting Buffalo for Philadelphia after the golden 2006 playoff run, that save was especially sweet for hometowners who don't forget, and rarely forgive. They not only began chanting Miller's name, the mantra escalated in volume as play resumed. "I was chanting his name too," Ruff said.'
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The purpose of this study is to assess both the sleep and circadian (24-hourly biological rhythms) physiology of people with cluster headache. For sufferers with the episodic form of the disorder this will involve observation at two separate time points, once when experiencing attacks (in-bout) and once when attack free (out-of-bout).
The study will include measurement of basic rest-activity patterns, sleep timing and timing of individual attacks, as well as a more detailed study recording sleep and circadian rhythms under clinical conditions over consecutive nights.
Studying the differences in these processes in single individuals when they are both experiencing and free from attacks might provide insight into the brain mechanisms involved in triggering the bouts of attacks and individual attacks themselves. An improved understanding of this area may help design improved treatment options in future.
|Cluster Headache
|Other: Polysomnography Other: Actigraphy
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|Observational Model: Case-Crossover
Time Perspective: Prospective
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|Characterisation of Sleep and Circadian Physiology in Individuals With Cluster Headache
- amplitude and phase of circadian rhythm of melatonin [ Time Frame: 36 hours ]
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|August 2011
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|April 2017
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Cluster headache
Cluster headache sufferers (both chronic and episodic)
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- Diagnosis of cluster headache or closely related primary headache disorder
Exclusion Criteria:
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- Alcohol consumption exceeding 21 units per week
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|United Kingdom
|Surrey Clinical Research Centre, University of Surrey
|Guildford, United Kingdom, GU2 7XP
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|University of Surrey
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|October 4, 2011
|Last Updated:
|April 12, 2017
Keywords provided by University of Surrey:
Cluster Headache
Trigeminal Autonomic Cephalalgias
Circadian Rhythms
Additional relevant MeSH terms:
Nervous System Diseases
Headache Disorders, Primary
Headache Disorders
Brain Diseases
Central Nervous System Diseases
Cluster Headache
Neurologic Manifestations
Signs and Symptoms
Trigeminal Autonomic Cephalalgias
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HOUSTON -- Alex Rios aggravated his sprained right ankle sliding into home plate in the top of the fourth inning on Sunday against the Astros. He was replaced in right field by Jim Adduci to start the bottom of the inning.
Rios will be re-evaluated on Monday at Arlington, when the Rangers start a seven-game homestand.
Rios, who doubled in Elvis Andrus, scored from second base on a hit to tie the game at 2. As Rios slid towards home plate, he knocked the ball loose from catcher Carlos Corporan.
As soon as Rios stood up it was obvious something wasn't right physically. He walked toward the Rangers dugout gingerly.
Rios was making a start in right field after sitting out the first two games of the series at Minute Maid Park, in an attempt to give the ankle more time to heal. Rios sprained the ankle on July 19 at Toronto and missed three games from July 20-22 due to the injury.
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In a disturbing return to a familiar Jekyll-and-Hyde theme that has run throughout Bo Pelini's tenure as head coach, Nebraska coughed up an early lead and absorbed a 63-38 thrashing from Ohio State Saturday night in Columbus.
Here are my top three explanations for the Husker collapse feel free to chime in with your own:
1. Nebraska had lousy field position all night, mostly the result of losing the kicking game. Ohio State used seven true freshmen on its kickoff team, and they bottled up Ameer Abdullah, never allowing him to break loose. The Huskers started all but one of their 16 drives inside their own 35-yard line. When NU scored, it had to drive long distance to do it. Even when the Blackshirts finally forced a turnover late in the game, it came at the NU 17-yard line. To make matters worse, the punt coverage team broke down badly on Devin Smith's 76-yard return for a touchdown in the third quarter.
2. Nebraska 's offensive and defensive lines could not sustain their early success. NU owned the line of scrimmage on both sides of the ball in the first quarter. Then, both Husker lines started wavering because of quarterback play. The o-line, which was cohesive and aggressive early, started to question itself a little more each of the four times Taylor Martinez turned over the football. Unsettled by its own quarterback's erratic play, the Husker o-line started melting down. Three of the seven first-half penalties were false starts by Husker offensive linemen. Nebraska's defensive line which also looked aggressive early in the game became unhinged by Braxton Miller's incredible twisting and darting runs. Soon their confusion turned into collapse. The Blackshirts became fixated on Miller and lost track of the Buckeye tailbacks, allowing them to rip off large chunks of yardage even when senior safety Daimion Stafford came up to offer run support.
3. Nebraska was completely unable to use Quincy Enunwa's physicality on offense. The senior wideout made only one catch for three yards, and as the Buckeye defensive backs started to get more aggressive with their press coverage, Martinez usually was unable to make them pay. On a brighter note, Jamal Turner continues to make progress as a route runner and pass catcher. He had three receptions, and a fourth which came on a nice back shoulder route inside the OSU 10-yard line was called back by a questionable video review.
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Repetitive Behavior Disorders in People With Severe Mental Retardation
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|Mental Retardation Stereotyped Behavior Self-Injurious Behavior Compulsive Behavior
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Intervention Model: Factorial Assignment
Masking: Double
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|Stereotypies and Mental Retardation: Neurobiological Basis
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|September 1992
Abnormal repetitive behaviors (odd or inappropriate movements, self-injury, and compulsions) are among the aberrant behaviors exhibited by individuals with mental retardation. However, little is known about their pathobiology and treatments are largely unconfirmed by controlled trials. For example, few controlled studies have examined the efficacy of pharmacological treatment of abnormal repetitive behavior in individuals with mental retardation.
This trial is part of a larger project designed to elucidate the neurobiological bases of repetitive behavior disorders and to develop rational, safe, and effective pharmacological treatments. Thus far, the project has established a pathophysiological basis for stereotyped behavior disorder, demonstrated the role of central dopamine deficiency in stereotyped behavior disorder, and provided evidence of the efficacy of both 5-HT uptake inhibitors and atypical antipsychotics in treating stereotyped behaviors.
There is currently little information to guide the clinician in deciding which drug class may be more effective for which abnormal repetitive behaviors and for which individuals. Moreover, little work has attempted to identify variables that may predict differential treatment response. This trial will assess the relative efficacy of an SSRI and an atypical antipsychotic across multiple categories of abnormal repetitive behaviors.
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- Medically stable resident of either Western Carolina Center, Morganton, NC or Tacachale Community, Gainesville, FL
- Free of sensory deficits
- Ambulatory
- High rate of stereotyped behavior that may co-occur with self-injurious or compulsive behaviors
Exclusion Criteria
- Poor general health
- Cardiac, hepatic, or renal abnormalities
- Seizure within 4 months prior to study entry (patients on seizure medication who have not had a seizure within 4 months prior to study entry may participate)
- Tardive dyskinesia
- Akathisia
- Neuroleptic use within 6 months of study entry
- History of sensitivity to ergot alkaloids
- Hypertension
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|Contact: Mark Lewis, PhD
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|Gainesville, Florida, United States, 32610-0256
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|Study First Received:
|June 22, 2007
|Last Updated:
|June 22, 2007
Keywords provided by Eunice Kennedy Shriver National Institute of Child Health and Human Development (NICHD):
Repetitive behavior disorder
Additional relevant MeSH terms:
Mental Disorders
Intellectual Disability
Self-Injurious Behavior
Compulsive Behavior
Stereotypic Movement Disorder
Neurobehavioral Manifestations
Neurologic Manifestations
Nervous System Diseases
Signs and Symptoms
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MYSTERY surrounds the closure of a Winchester pub after the landlord is suspected to have abandoned it in the middle of the night.
The Trout Inn in Itchen Abbas has been closed for nearly a month after the tenants left suddently.
Itchen Valley Parish Council clerk, Viv Brooks, said: "At the last council meeting in the beginning of May someone said that the manager had absconded in the middle of the night but that's all we know at this stage."
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What is this medicine?ACETIC ACID; OXYQUINOLINE; RICINOLEIC ACID (a SEE tik AS id; ox y KWIN o line; ris uh noh LEE ik AS id) is used to create or maintain the acidity of the vagina.
What should I tell my health care provider before I take this medicine?They need to know if you have any of these conditions:
How should I use this medicine?This medicine is only for use in the vagina. Do not take by mouth. Wash hands before and after use. Read package directions carefully before using. Remove the cap from the tube. Reverse the cap and place puncture tip into the tube. Push the cap in firmly to puncture the end of the tube. Screw the applicator onto the tube. Squeeze the tube forcing contents into the barrel until it is full. Then remove the applicator from the tube. Lie on your back with your knees drawn up and insert barrel into vagina as far as it will go comfortably. Press plunger to deposit gel. While plunger is depressed, remove applicator from vagina. Do not get this medicine in your eyes. If you do, rinse the eyes out with plenty of cool tap water. Use at regular intervals or as directed by your health care professional.
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What if I miss a dose?If you miss a dose, take it as soon as you can. If it is almost time for your next dose, take only that dose. Do not take double or extra doses.
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I am going to ask the assistant teacher at the retreat this question but I am wondering if any experienced meditators have any answers or tips or ideas for me?
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For example, new employees are currently jumping behind POS stands as the back-to-school rush hits. "During this time, 15 different states will feature tax-free weekends," Blackwood explained. "A CD program cannot get several hundred associates up to speed."
A transition to a simulation DVD program is making this and other training issues smoother. "We are all about training behavior, and the DVD enables us to emulate what the behaviors are and teach interactions with customers," Masten said.
This goal became extremely important as the company transitioned to a new POS system three years ago. While the main task of the POS, the RealPOS80 from NCR, is to manage customer transactions, "We consider the unit more than just a cash register. Instead, it serves as a portal to service shoppers," she said.
"Penney's 39,000 devices are all connected to
Using the stores' data lines, the digital-training information is downloaded to each location's POS server where it can be accessed via register at any time. The solution was rolled out to stores last October.
This is only one on-demand training option. For example, the chain has featured satellite-based broadcasts from the corporate office to store level for some time, Masten said.
"By evolving the program, we have created new ways of using the communications tool for on-demand learning services," she said.
The company's J-Learn application is ideal for associates who are not available for live training broadcasts, including those who travel between stores and the corporate office.
By merging a keypad with a digital video recorder (DVR) from Lindon, Utah-based Helius Inc., the retailer enables associates "to download broadcasts onto the unit's hard drive and watch them as they fit into their schedule. The keypad enables associates to interact and answer questions posed in the broadcast," Blackwood said. "This solution aids approximately 150,000 store associates, including store-sales and sales-support, specialty-selling associates, supervisors and management."
The newest on-demand training program, called J-Pod, debuted in February. Armed with their iPod, mobile district managers can download training pod-casts off the satellite network.
The units are also equipped with a security screen, "So if it is misplaced, the only way to use the unit is to input the security code," Masten explained.
Currently, 25 district managers are evaluating the technology.
"We have not decided to roll out the system yet, but we are gaining good learnings about how mobile devices can help us deliver training for managers who are on the go and cannot watch the broadcasts," Blackwood said. "These are all available in real time and provide information that can get our associates up to speed quickly."


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DEARBORN, MICHIGAN -- We were hit with a hailstorm in our neighborhood in April of 2010. All our neighbors that claimed damage, including my next door neighbors, in every direction of our home received new roofs or are approved by their insurance company due to hail damage. AAA came out to our home and told us our roof was spared by this storm. We contacted 2 roofing companies and both of the roofers said, "AAA needs to pay for a new roof. You have hail damage on the roof including vents and gutters!"
We pay them homeowners every year to insure our home, and the first time our home is damaged they come out here and tell us they will not pay for it. AAA is blatantly and fraudulently denying my claim for hail damage to my roof in spite of overwhelming evidence of such damage. AAA admits I sustained hail damage to the thick metal vents on my roof. They have even offered few hundred dollars for "repairs due to hail damage." However, according to AAA, the hail was very selective. While it damaged my vents, it did not damage my shingles.
I have submitted to AAA an estimate from a reputable roofing company in this area which estimates assert that the damage to my roof was caused by hail, but AAA denied my claim. AAA clearly under priced everybody in the market when I switched from Farmers Insurance, but people often miss the point that they are very difficult to deal with when the need arises. To anyone considering AAA homeowners insurance. Let the buyer beware.
MICHIGAN -- After over 10 years with AAA, we are leaving. This year, I decided not to renew our membership as money was tight and we only used tow service once in 10 years (never used trip advisor). We received notice of cancellation of our home owners insurance followed by cancellation of our auto insurance because we did not renew our membership. When we called AAA, they stated that we must have membership to obtain insurance (which I will check with our Attorney Gen. for legality) and they didn't care if we went somewhere else. Lose over $3000 in premiums over $50 membership? Poor business to me. Maybe they can join GM in their bankruptcy.
Last week I received my declaration for my policy for 2010 and noticed it went up roughly 32% from last year. WTH??? So I called AAA and got a scripted read to me about a new rating tier being used. After asking what the changes are and why my insurance has drastically went up, I couldn't and still have not gotten an adequate answer. Ughhhh I can't believe this. I have EXCELLENT credit, no claims, etc. Shouldn't I be getting the best rate possible? Time to go where I will not be penalized for a company making changes to screw their customers.
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We had AAA for 10 years on our home and autos. During that time they kept screwing around with our estimated mileage so they could charge more. They were quite unhelpful during an accident, acted VERY arrogant and argumentative when we called customer service, and when we finally cancelled our policies they hemmed and hawed about the refund of our monies paid. We ultimately got ripped off by these arrogant weasels. Don't be a sucker they are wolves in weasels clothing!!!


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On any given Sunday, Dick Vermeil could be in the Napa Valley working at his winery or near his home in Chester County, Pa., restoring his father's old race cars.
This week, he happens to be in Carson, working with college football players who might not be ripe enough to become high-round NFL draft picks but have the mechanics to have some kind of future in the game as a professional.
The 76-year-old former UCLA head coach who parlayed a victory over No. 1 Ohio State in the 1976 Rose Bowl into 15 years of NFL head coaching with Philadelphia, St. Louis and Kansas City will head up one of two rosters of seniors who are NFL-draft eligible in Saturday's NFLPA Collegiate Bowl at the Home Depot Center.
It's the second year the league's players association has sponsored the game, which has yet to attract the A-listers who tend to gravitate to the Senior Bowl or East-West Shrine exhibitions but tries to offer more in education than just physical evaluation.
Some of the players who accepted invites are projected to be fifth- to seventh-round draft selections. Vermeil, who coached the winning squad last season, coaches the National roster that includes quarterback Dayne Crist, the former Notre Dame High quarterback who went to the University of Notre Dame and Kansas, as well as UCLA safety Andrew Abbott, linebacker Damien Holmes and defensive tackle Donovan Carter (Birmingham High).
Bruins tailback David Allen is on the American roster coached by Herm Edwards.
Some of the practice sessions are televised on ESPNU (10:30 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. and 1:30-3:30 p.m. Thursday) prior to Saturday's kickoff (3 p.m., ESPN2).
Prior to collecting his coaching staff together for the first time, Vermeil talked about how this all works into a win-win situation for all involved:
QUESTION: What would benefit someone playing in this game versus some of the other college all-star games?
ANSWER: The NFLPA's whole approach to this is a little different. Yes, it is to give the players an opportunity to display their wares to the NFL, but it's also to give them an introductory course on how to live your life as an NFL player, what problems to expect, how to solve them. The NFLPA is very serious about this orientation approach. The other games don't do it that way.
Q: What's your philosophy about postseason college all-star games? Wouldn't it seem like in today's age, scouts and teams can get so much information game films and they see much more at the NFL combine? What's the value of all these games? Isn't there a greater risk of someone getting hurt?
A: You always run a risk of someone getting banged up. That's the nature of the game. But the value is they get to see them play physically in person, and there is no way you can evaluate somebody too much. There is a way to evaluate somebody too little.
That's why there are free agents who go on to become All-Pros, like Priest Holmes. No one drafted him (out of the University of Texas). He goes on to set an NFL record with 26 touchdowns in one season. Never drafted. That's one reason why I have him here as my running backs coach.
Q: If you look at last year's game, the game MVP was G.J. Kinne, a quarterback from Tulsa now with the San Antonio Talons of the Arena League. He went undrafted in 2012. Do these players understand the odds they're up against, the lack of guarantees of being even drafted?
A: Oh, yeah, I think they do and we're very honest with them. We tell them how tough it's going to be. We also use that as a motivational tool to really work and practice with great focus and concentration and intensity. So these scouts can see you at maybe a level they haven't been able to see you at before.
Q: What was your takeaway from the first one of these games last year, when it also was open to underclassmen - but that meant no NFL scouts could attend the game? Did that affect the quality of the rosters, the attraction to fans?
A: I think it affected the quality of the players getting here. We didn't get many of the non-eligible draft kids to come anyway. But, again, if half the purpose of this is an orientation to the NFL the reason for having the game was still solid in relation to the NFLPA philosophy. It's better now in that they're only allowing draft-eligible players, so it increases that other percentage with having the scouts present. Therefore we were able to recruit more kids for this game.
Q: They also try to bill this as the only pro football game in L.A. What's your thoughts on when we see another Rams or Raiders or any team coming back here?
A: I have no idea but I sure hope it's soon. I cannot believe we don't have a team in Los Angeles. What market is it rated? New York, Chicago ... they're all in the same family as terms of population and interest. I think it's gonna happen but I don't understand all the mechanics and all the problems.
You get a team there, that TV audience will magnify - it'll quadruple - and then you get a very serious media coverage of the National Football League again. The media there in Southern California is as big as you can get with radio, television and print. It just adds a whole other dynamic that almost no other city can. The fact it's taken this long shows you how complicated it must be.
Q: So with USC and UCLA as L.A.'s version of a major football presence, did you get a chance to evaluate Matt Barkley's play much this year for the Trojans?
A: I saw him more his junior year, and there's no question he has a lot of talent. But honestly, I really don't follow college ball that much anymore. Saturdays, I'm either hunting, fishing or working, and Sundays I'm on my rear end watching (NFL) games all day.
Q: You've no doubt followed Jim Mora's success in his first year at UCLA. How did you size up his first year?
A: I follow the Bruins, sure. The timing was right for Jimmy. I've known him since he was a little kid. I guess I brought him to UCLA originally when I hired his dad to coach my linebackers. I thought he was the right fit from an experience standpoint, from a personality standpoint, an emotional standpoint and from a commitment standpoint. They've got a good one and I hope they keep him.
Q: If Jim Mora came to you asking if he should take the Chargers job, what would you tell him?
A: I'm selfish. I'd say stay at UCLA and get those Bruins into a Rose Bowl and a national championship. Worry about that other (NFL) stuff down the road. Of course, I was only (at UCLA) two years.
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The latter accomplishment was the theme of "Lincoln," Steven Spielberg's film about the last four months of Lincoln's life in 1865.
The best thing about the movie is that actor Daniel Day-Lewis, as one writer put it, "inhabits the role so well that we stop seeing the celebrity and, for the first time, we see our 16th president, living and breathing on the screen right in front of us."
In one scene, Lincoln is dictating a telegram to his secretaries and pauses to ask, "Are we fitted to the times we're born into?"
"You, maybe," one of them answered.
You, definitely, would be my answer.
There are critics even today who think "Honest Abe" was anything but the icon he has become in American lore. They see him as an American sacred cow propped up by fables. But his place in time helped form his legend. And his assassination and its timing cemented his position as historical superhero.
"It is often argued that Lincoln's abiding reputation is the result of his martyrdom," wrote Philip B. Kunhardt III in Smithsonian magazine. "And certainly the assassination, occurring as it did on Good Friday, propelled him into reverential heights."
Kunhardt wrote, "Lincoln will always remain the president who helped destroy slavery and preserved the Union. With stubbornness, caution and an exquisite sense of timing, he engaged almost physically with unfolding history. … Just for his work on behalf of the 13th Amendment, which abolished slavery in the United States, he has earned a permanent place in the history of human freedom."
The "Lincoln" film included a dream scene early on, a dramatization of one of his recurring dreams of being on a boat that is heading into the mist. When he tells his wife, Mary, about the dream, she responds after a pause that it's not just about coming events in the war, as Lincoln interpreted it. Rather, she concludes, it's about his determination to push Congress to pass the 13th Amendment, his final and most lasting achievement.
In the opening scene of the movie, Lincoln chats with a pair of black Union soldiers, one of whom boldly proclaims the inequities incumbent upon those of his race in uniform: "Maybe in a few years they (white people) can abide the idea of Negro lieutenants and captains," he says. "Fifty years, maybe a Negro colonel. In a hundred years, the vote."
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I'm planning to develope games based on familiar to all of us games like Tetris, Snake, Mario.
The whole idea is to make profit on it so normally I should buy license right? However my idea is not exactlly the same as the original ones. There are a lot of simmilar games to written above in internet, they have diffrent names, designes but basiclly the idea is the same: for instance with snake, there is always sth moving which user controls and usually it eats sth:)
So my question is: are these replica games, while being named diffrentlly then the original, legal to sell? Or do I have to buy licenses for it? If so, maybe you know whre can I buy it from? For instance tetris is working quite well and you can find all essential information on the website. But SNAKE??? I've been googling for hours and I cant find where to read the licnese terms and where can I buy the rights to use they idea?
Thanks a lot, pawmag87
IANAL, if the idea is the same, but the name is different, this is not usually enough to keep you out of trouble. Even if the look-and-feel is modernized.
The complicating factor is the fact that copyright and IP protections vary greatly country by country.
It is safer to try to get a license. However, for old titles, this may be difficult as there is no way to find representation unless it is too late. Companies have long since disappeared, been bought, etc. But, copyright can still be asserted by the originator or by the recipient of the assets of a company sale. And, look-and-feel gets grey pretty quick.
All in all, knocking off an old title with a few look-feel and game rule changes should be pretty safe, but licensing is the only way to be sure to not paint a target on your back should you actually start generating noticeable revenue. Look at Hasbro vs Scrabbulous for example.
PS: According to the book "High Score!", Sega published the original Snake, which means they likely control the rights to it, if they still do. So many variants exist that they likely have lost the right to assert copyright protection.
When it comes to games, just make sure you don't take content from another game such as artwork, names, things like that. It's too hard to prove look and feel and no one is going to bother with it with a game because they come and go too quickly, but in general, try to make your game look different and feel different so people will be more inclined to play it. Those old games like tetris and snakes have gotten pretty old and worn out, although I don't mind playing them once in a while yet. BTW, one of the best ways to learn game programming is to copy some old games like that. That's why there are so many around.
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A&M, Texas reach softball regional finals
Updated 11:41 am, Monday, May 20, 2013
The Texas A&M softball team gave up a grand slam to Baylor in the fourth inning and trailed 5-0 in the sixth.
Still, the Aggies were undaunted in the NCAA College Station Regional.
Back-to-back home runs by freshman Cali Lanphear and Nicole Morgan propelled Texas A&M to a 6-5 victory over the Bears.
The Aggies advanced to Sunday's championship game to face the Lady Bears again.
"Obviously, I'm really excited about our ball club right now," A&M coach Jo Evans said. "We didn't play our best game and we didn't do great job defensively of getting outs.
"It's really tough to win a ball game when you give a team like Baylor so many more outs. For us to stay in and fight ... our ballclub didn't quit. Obviously, we wouldn't have won the game if we had quit in us. I'm proud of all 19 of our kids. They believed we could do this, and they just kept fighting."
Baylor catcher Clare Hosack hit the fourth-inning grand slam. She finished 1 for 2. Baylor scored again in the fifth inning.
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The Aggies (41-15) scored two runs in the sixth, then four in the seventh, capped by the homers from Lanphear and Morgan.
"I was on deck, and I just knew Cali was going to hit it out," Morgan said. "There was no doubt in my mind. Once she did that I had a chance to relax. (Whitney Canion) threw me a change-up in my first at-bat, and I whiffed. I ran back saying, 'I'm going to get it next time.' She gave it to me again and I sat on it finally, and it was high, but it went out."
A&M pitcher Mel Dumezich, who also hit a home run, went the distance for the Aggies. She allowed four earned runs on 11 hits with four strikeouts.
Whitney Canion allowed six earned runs on eight hits with six strikeouts for Baylor.
Texas 11, South Carolina 2 (5): In the Austin Regional, the Longhorns (46-8) scored in every inning and will face the Gamecocks in Sunday's final. Taylor Hoagland was 2 for 2 with a home run and four RBIs for UT, and Blaire Luna allowed two earned runs on three hits with six strikeouts in five innings.


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A Phase IIIB Open-Label, Comparative Study to Evaluate Saquinavir Soft Gel Capsule (SGC) Treatment in Combination With Other Antiretrovirals in HIV-1 Infected Antiretroviral-Naive Patients
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To determine the proportion of patients whose plasma HIV-1 RNA level falls below the level of detection (< 400 copies/ml) at week 16 and 24 of study therapy. To determine the absolute change in plasma HIV-1 RNA and in absolute CD4 cell count during the 24 weeks of study treatment. To collect safety data on the treatment regimens. To determine the percentage of patients without SQV soft gel capsules resistance-associated mutations at week 24.
|HIV Infections
|Drug: Ritonavir Drug: Nelfinavir mesylate Drug: Saquinavir Drug: Delavirdine mesylate
|Phase 3
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|A Phase IIIB Open-Label, Comparative Study to Evaluate Saquinavir Soft Gel Capsule (SGC) Treatment in Combination With Other Antiretrovirals in HIV-1 Infected Antiretroviral-Naive Patients
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Patients are randomized to receive 1 of 3 study regimens: Group A - Saquinavir (SQV) soft gel capsules (sgc) plus 2 reverse transcriptase inhibitors (RTIs), Group B - SQV sgc plus delavirdine plus RTI, and Group C - SQV sgc plus nelfinavir plus RTI (or SQV sgc plus ritonavir plus 2 RTIs).
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HIV Infections
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