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A correction to the video. In the forehand part at about 1:40 it was said that the wrist comes behind the wrist or something like that. .
SkaBob wrote:But...how does the fling fly?
bcsst26 wrote:Great video. Thanks for the taking the time to posting it. The only question I have is in the video it looks as if you guys have your wrist curled up some. Is this something you guys have incorporated into your throws or do you keep your wrist pretty neutral for your throw? Also when you do throw do you concentrate on pinching the disc between the thumb and index finger to get that pivot? That is something right now I do not concentrate on. I thought I had an idea of this and went out and practiced this last night before seeing the video. I have to say that I threw one of my best putter throws ever trying this. Not sure how far it went but it was a laser. I couldn't repeat it consistently because I have some OAT issues either from wrist roll over or from not following through on the same plane. Not sure which one it is but it is getting pretty annoying. Thanks again and I look forward in exploring this topic.
Bradley Walker wrote:Using the pivot as described you can FLING the nose down. By using the arc around the wrist you can literally throw the nose and disc angle into the shot. You can use that little arc to create and separate plane unique only to the disc itself and create some wicked nose down anhysers for example.
Using the fling motion you can create more nose down than your wrist can attain, no matter how much you bend it down.
JR wrote:Here's a question related to this subject that spread among other topics.
In another thread you said that the more you try to throw with nose up the more the disc will fly nose down with the help of the wrist extension. How does this happen? Are you talking of the disc flipping over in flight to an s-curve where less initial front not nose of the disc down is required for the disc to fly nose down mid air. Flipping over is easier to achieve with wrist exaggeratedly down. This suggests to me that it might be something I've not noticed while the disc is still in hand mid throw. Which body parts make the disc fly nose down? I noticed in the video that the grip on the disc had the wrist rolled a lot to the right clockwise. Is that the reason for nose down with nose up attempts at releasing? That wrist roll over angle should turn discs over for s-curves and nose down. Without trying to throw nose up too. That's off axis torque probably with wrist extremely down and very flippy and very nose down. Roller territory on hard throws for moderately overstable drivers.
What am I missing in questions that makes the disc fly nose down in air when trying to throw nose up that happens during wrist extension?
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Muskingum College's 10th annual Educating Children Summer Training Institute offers largest course selection in its history
MAY 19, 2004 - Some of the most distinguished experts in the field of educating children will teach courses for Muskingum College's 10th annual Educating Children Summer Training Institute (ECSTI), to be held June 6 - 25 on the campus.
This year, the three weeks of sessions will offer a total of 31 course selections, up from the 20 offered last year. Enrollment to date for this year has exceeded 650, surpassing last year's record enrollment and making this the largest ECSTI ever.
Among the expert instructors is Dr. Kevin Swick, professor of early childhood education and director of the Service Learning Teaching Project at the University of South Carolina, Columbia. Dr. Swick has worked with several projects addressing the issues involved in creating effective strategies for the prevention and management of discipline with children and families. His research has focused on the empowerment approach to helping children and families develop proactive behaviors essential to being successful learners. Dr. Swick will present during week 1 of ECSTI, June 6-11.
Presenting during week 3, June 10-15, will be Madelyn Swift, a nationally acclaimed author, speaker and authority on discipline, human dynamics and personal communication. She received her master of education degree at Bowling Green State University and her certification as a school psychologist from the State of Ohio.
Swift is president of Childright, an educational consulting firm which provides training to parents and educators. She speaks throughout North America, Asia and Europe on discipline, problem-solving and character development. Swift is the author of Discipline for Life: Getting It Right With Children (2003), Teach Your Children Well: A Parent's Guide to Encouraging Character and Integrity (2001) and Getting It Right With Teens (2000).
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Prospect Stroman's start pushed back to Tuesday
TORONTO -- Right-hander Marcus Stroman's next start with Triple-A Buffalo has been pushed back to Tuesday night.
Stroman was scheduled to pitch Saturday night, but his outing was postponed because of rain. The timing of his next outing is particularly interesting because it lines up perfectly with Dustin McGowan's scheduled start in Kansas City.
The news of Stroman's rescheduled outing was first reported by Sportsnet and has since been confirmed by MLB.com. He will take the mound against Louisville in a 6:05 p.m. ET start in Buffalo.
McGowan is scheduled to make at least one more outing, but the Blue Jays are monitoring him closely. The veteran right-hander transitioned to a starting role in the spring, but recently admitted he has been getting fatigued around the 60-pitch mark.
A strong outing vs. the Royals would likely guarantee McGowan another start, but if he struggles his spot in the rotation would appear to be in jeopardy. Blue Jays manager John Gibbons said earlier this week that "I've always been a big fan of him in the bullpen" and that could be McGowan's future role unless he finds a way to pitch deeper into games.
Stroman has gotten off to a fast start in Buffalo. He is 1-2 with an impressive 2.18 ERA while striking out 26 over 20 2/3 innings. Stroman competed for a spot in the rotation this spring, but the Blue Jays wanted to give him a little bit more time in the Minor Leagues.
McGowan has a 6.88 ERA in four starts. He has pitched more than four innings in just one outing and has experienced a lot of difficulty throwing his curveball after not needing it last year while working in relief.
Gregor Chisholm is a reporter for MLB.com. Read his blog, North of the Border, and follow him on Twitter @gregorMLB. This story was not subject to the approval of Major League Baseball or its clubs.


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The Texas Supreme Court has refused to hear the appeal of a cafe owner in Alvarado, a town south of Fort Worth, who was ordered to pay a customer $5,000 for making comments that implied he was gay.
The attorney for the customer said the case was about his client being humiliated repeatedly and not a gay issue. However, the comment from the cafe owner implied he was gay, and he could only have been humiliated if being gay were something to be ashamed of.
A state district judge and appeals court both ruled in the customer's favor. By refusing to hear the case, the Supreme Court allows the lower court's ruling to stand. The cafe owner now must pay her customer $5,000.
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A 'SCUMBAG' who raided a cancer sufferer's bank account of her life savings has been jailed.
Great-grandmother-of-four Pauline Orrell had even given up her bed while having chemotherapy so that thief Colin Fairbrother could sleep in comfort while he stayed with her at her Blackburn home.
But the 35-year-old, who was her daughter Samantha's partner, spent the three months he was living with her transferring more than £8,500 from Mrs Orrell's bank account into his own in 60 separate transactions.
The widow, 68, said she had been 'put through Hell'.
Mrs Orrell, a retired electronics engineer, said: "My husband Kenneth was dying at the time and I was having chemotherapy for lymphoma.
"I let him come and live with me for three months while Kenneth was in hospital and in those three months, he took the money out of my account.
"Fairbrother had nowhere to live and I put him up. I gave him the benefit of the doubt.
"I am disgusted by what he did. I just feel like I have been kicked in the teeth. "He is an absolute scumbag."
Fairbrother was caught after another of Mrs Orrell's daughters found him rifling through her belongings for her bank details.
The victim said the thief would often stand behind her as she did her online banking and comment on how much money she had in her account.
Mrs Orrell's husband, a retired bus driver, died shortly after the allegations came to light. He had had a stroke when his wife's condition was diagnosed.
Mrs Orrell, of Didsbury Street, said she believed the stress of the case had tipped her husband 'over the edge'.
The couple had been due to celebrate their 50th wedding anniversary next month.
Mrs Orrell, who has had to move home since the thefts to more assisted accommodation, said she was now having to claim benefits for the first time in her life.
She said: "The money he stole was mine and my husband's life savings.
"My husband always said that was there for any of us who was left behind, so we would not be left with nothing.
"But now I am having to beg and I have got people helping me out.
"I am having to go and ask for housing benefit, which I would not have had to do if that money had not been taken.
"It makes me feel totally humiliated to think I have worked for 45 years of my life and never asked for anything, but now I need help.
"It is just not fair." Mother-of-three Mrs Orrell is now in remission from lymphoma, but she said the cancer in her bone marrow was untreatable.
Fairbrother, of Hozier Street, was sentenced to 18 months in prison at Preston Crown Court.
He was found guilty of six counts of acquiring criminal property after a trial at which Mrs Orrell had to take to the witness box and give evidence.
Mary Brennan, founder of the Bosom Friends cancer support group, which is based in East Lancashire, said: "What this woman needed was support, but instead somebody was stealing from her.
"That is so wrong and it does my head in when people are so heartless and cruel.
"Mrs Orrell must be at the lowest you can be after what has happened to her, but there is light at the end of the tunnel and we can help her."
PC Treena Peel, from Lancashire Police, said: "Mrs Orrell has been left feeling betrayed and she has lost her trust.
"But she was determined to get Fairbrother to court to prove you cannot do this to people and she was really strong throughout.
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As voters, we face a mind-numbing list of 11 propositions Nov. 6. As a public employee, I cannot urge you to vote one way or another. As president of Chabot College, however, I can educate about the potential impacts of ballot measures on the college.
One of the most confusing ballot choices is between Proposition 30 and Proposition 38. A little information can go a long way in clarifying key issues.
While Proposition 38 would provide needed support for K-12 and preschools, it taxes people of all incomes — working poor, middle class, wealthy — and provides nothing for the cash-strapped community colleges and public universities.
The governor's tax initiative, Proposition 30, taxes only the wealthy and provides a balanced educational budget for public education, including community colleges and public universities.
Proposition 30 raises the sales tax by only a quarter-cent per dollar purchased for four years and increases income tax for seven years on individuals earning $250,000 a year or more.
Passage of Proposition 30 will make a huge and positive difference for Chabot College and for public schools across the state, as well as for California State University, the University of California and many other state programs and services.
If Proposition 38 passes and gets more votes than Proposition 30, Chabot College (and public colleges in general) will suffer a massive midyear trigger cut in state funding, necessitating the loss of huge numbers of class offerings in vocational and transfer classes.
The state will suffer automatic trigger cuts, affecting all of kindergarten through 12th-grade education, community colleges, CSU, UC and public safety — as well as the state's overall solvency.
Another important ballot measure is the Chabot-Las Positas Community College District's Measure I. It asks for a modest $28 flat tax per parcel per year for six years. It would bring more than $5 million in much-needed funding to Chabot's class offerings and programs, allowing the college to continue to be the major engine of workforce development, degree and transfer programs it has been in our community for more than half a century.
All this money would go directly into adding classes and serving students; its use is prohibited for administrative salaries.
If Proposition 30 and Measure I fail, Chabot College will be forced to close almost 100 of the classes in the spring schedule of class offerings. This will affect the future of current students, new students and the health of our community.
Students already in training programs for good jobs that currently await them will have little or no recourse, as will those who are near completion of classes they need to transfer to Cal State or UC.
Where will those high school graduates go this fall whose families cannot afford private college tuition, or who need to work to support themselves while in community college?
Add to this the class cuts that will negatively affect our returning vets and those in training programs for displaced workers, both vital areas of service and training at Chabot.
The state budget crisis has touched the lives of thousands of people in our communities. Further trigger cuts will be a disaster for students and others hoping to improve their lives and to forge a brighter future for their families.
I encourage voters to research all the propositions carefully, and contact me with questions about Proposition 30 or Measure I and their impact on Chabot College.
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Twin Cities Hospitals say the nurses' union is more focused on pursuing a strike than returning to the bargaining table.
Last Wednesday, an overwhelming majority of nurses rejected new contract offers from the 14 hospitals and authorized a one-day strike. The nurses are demanding better staffing and they oppose cuts to their pension.
Maureen Schriner, a spokeswoman for Twin Cities Hospitals, says the hospitals want to avoid a strike, but the nurses union has made no attempt to contact the hospitals in nearly a week.
"You know we still have time to negotiate a contract settlement. But we continue to hear the union talking only about a strike and not trying to negotiate," Schriner said. "And I mean really that is all we're hearing right now."
Meanwhile, a spokesman for the nurses union says the hospitals are being disingenuous with the public. John Nemo says it's up to the hospitals to ask the nurses to return to the bargaining table.
"We stated emphatically on May 19 where we stand with their contract proposals and literally have not heard anything from the hospitals since," Nemo said. "So I don't know if they lost our phone number or if they think the media can maybe contact us."
Schriner says the union has demanded inflexible new work rules that would cost hospitals at least $250 million dollars. The union insists its staffing proposals would save hospitals money.


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Horse shows up in Kuna woman's back yard
KUNA, Idaho (KBOI) - Ariell Snider says she's had dogs, cats and even owls show up at her house and stay a while.
But she says this is the first time a horse has come by and didn't leave. She says "I went walking out the back door to put some nuts out for the squirrels and as I turned to shut the door I see this white blob. Half asleep I was like 'did our horse get out again?' And then I was like "our horse isn't white.'"
Snider has one horse of her own. Now that this paint horse showed up she may have two. She doesn't know how it got in her back yard or how it walked in the neighborhood blocks away from downtown Kuna.
She says this horse doesn't look like a stray and she thinks someone would want him back. "He's a great horse. It's obvious that he's very well taken care of. His hooves need to be trimmed up a little bit but that gets a way from every horse owner," Snider said.
All Ariell can think of right now is that there may be a child who's trying to figure out where the family's horse is.
UPDATE: The horse is named Gus and the owner went through the neighborhood and found him. Mrs. Corrie Wolf said she came home a little after 6:30 p.m. and went to see Gus in the yard. She said she called out to him several times but no Gus. Mrs. Wolf says her heart sank when she realized Gus was gone. She went through the neighborhood and came across Ariell and her cousin with Gus in the their yard. Corrie says she's so thankful they kept him and she wouldn't know what to do without him. "He's a big part of my family." She said.


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POMONA – A variety of activities are scheduled for the annual Holiday Half Marathon at Fairplex on Dec. 8 and 9.
Both days' festivities kick off with the Kool n' Fit Festival. Health and fitness nuts can check out the vendors and pick up t-shirts, goodie bags and other paraphernalia before starting.
on Sunday, the half marathon course takes runners from Fairplex through the Pomona Valley and back to the fairgrounds.
For participants who aren't up to running 13 miles, the Holiday 5K Run/Walk is an alternative. Participants are encouraged to don holiday attire, whether it be a Santa hat or elf skirt for this jaunt through the Fairgrounds and onto the world-famous Auto Club Raceway.
Younger runners from ages 6-12 can gear up for the free Penguin Waddle, a one-mile trek. All Penguin runners receive a finisher's medal and certificate.
The half-marathon starts at 8 a.m.; the 5K at 9 a.m.; and the Penguin Waddles, between 10 and 10:30 a.m.
For registration, the full event schedule and additional information visit www.runholidayhalf.com.


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Full of Noises Presents Euripides' ANDROMACHE: A New Version by Jesse Alexander Myerson at the Workmen's Circle 10/25
Full of Noises will present Euripides' Andromache: A New Version by Jesse Alexander Myerson at the Workmen's Circle (45 East 33rd Street) in a limited run from Thursday, October 8th through Sunday, October 25th. The production marks the first ever theatrical adaptation of Andromache on a New York stage. Tickets are $20 and $8 for students and can be reserved at www.fullofnoises.org.
In Andromache, Euripides explores the plight of the eponymous Trojan queen, in her life of slavery as a concubine of Neoptolemus, a conquering hero of the Trojan War. Envious of Andromache and the son she has birthed is Neoptolemus's barren wife, Hermione, the Spartan princess who accuses Andromache of using witchcraft to keep her childless. Hermione plots with her father, the King Menelaus to kill both her husband's mistress and his illegitimate son. As engaging as the unfolding story is the play's political scope, which investigates the racial tensions that arise from an imperial conquest like the Trojan War.
A double major in Human Rights Studies and Theater at Bard College, writer/director Jesse Alexander Myerson is interested in bringing fresh perspective to modern-day social and political issues through drama. As the 2008 American presidential election and the recent U.S. Supreme Court confirmation hearings have proven, race and ethnicity are still top-of-mind subjects in America. Myerson's production of Euripides' Andromache aims to arouse new ways of thinking about the topic with the aid of an updated English text, written for the modern American stage.
"In 2009, we are still regularly reading and hearing about racial struggles that have fallen out from imperial legacies in Iraq, Afghanistan, Sudan and, of course, the United States. Some of these are ancient conflicts, and I believe an ancient text is required, if we are meaningfully to wrestle with them," says Myerson. "There are lessons to be learned from a play like Andromache, which, despite its ancient subjects and authorship, explores in a very visceral way the power imbalances and fears that plague our racial dynamics and points out how complex the solutions will be."
About the Director
Writer and Artistic Director Jesse Alexander Myerson has worked at the Public Theater, the Target Margin Theater, the Red Bull Theater, Hudson Stage, the Rubi Theater and Clemente Soto Velez Cultural Center in capacities as wide-ranging as director, assistant director, composer, lighting designer, sound designer and dramaturg. Select directing projects include Shakespeare's Romeo and Juliet and As You Like It, Brecht's The Jewish Wife and Genet's The Maids. Myerson has also acted Off-Broadway at the Signature Theater and under the direction of Irina Brown, Johanna McKeon, Susannah Gellert and Benjamin Mosse.
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An accomplished stage actress, Vella Lovell (Andromache) earned a BFA from New York University's Tisch School of the Arts. She has performed in The Public Theater's production of The Bacchae, The Flea's Kaspar Hauser and Ways to Survive the World at the Williamstown Theater Festival Workshop, among many other plays.
Originally from Puerto Rico, Sol Marina Crespo (Hermione) graduated from New York University earning a BFA in Drama and a BA in Latin American Studies. For her performance of Griseldi in The Missteps of a Salsa Dancer she was awarded the 2005 HOLA award for Outstanding Performance of a Featured Female Actor. She is also a Ford Foundation Fellowship for Career Advancement recipient.
Garry Goodrow (Peleus) has spent his life first as a musician, and then as an actor. He started acting with The Living Theatre in 1959, and has since appeared in more than 50 films, 100 TV shows and dozens of stage productions.
José Joaquín García (Menelaus) is adirector, composer, actor, singer, writer and teaching artist. As an actor, Josehas acted with The New Group (The Flatted Fifth), Repetorio Espanol and has worked extensively with Pregones (The Red Rose with Danny Rivera, El Apagon, Madea with Lupita Ferrer), among others.
Lighting Designer Rosa Theodora Cooper has brought her creativity to a host of theaters, including Berkeley Repertory Theatre, Access Theatre, Manhattan Theatre Source, San Francisco's Cowell Theater and others. She is delighted to be a founding member and resident lighting designer with Full of Noises.
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With theater luminaries MarK Wing-Davey and JoAnne Akalaitis serving on its board, Full of Noises was started in 2008 with the goal of mounting politically salient stagings of classic texts. It operates under the belief that theater can serve not only to inform its audience about the issues of the day and deliver lessons about enduring truths, but that it can also inspire the impulse toward fostering peace, justice, equality and freedom, an impulse that is alive in all people.


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Two hand grenades that were determined to be used for practice purposes were found at a home in the 9200 block of Lakebluff Drive. A resident of the home found the grenades in her late husband's belongings, according to the Oakland County Sheriff's Office. The military grenades, inscribed "noiseless and sparkles while burning," were taken by the Michigan State Police Bomb Squad and will be disposed of.
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Homeownership will no longer define the American Dream. That's because 30-year, fixed–mortgage loans that we've known since the 1950s may become a luxury if the federal government tightens constraints on Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac—the two lenders that historically backed home loans for the masses (even with far less than perfect credit scores). Indeed, a private mortgage finance market could emerge with entirely new rules—rules that make it harder and more expensive to get a loan.
Next, consider convicted Ponzi scheme mastermind Bernie Madoff's comments from his prison cell. Madoff told New York magazine that Goldman Sachs, Merrill Lynch and Morgan Stanley Smith Barney knew all along that he was working the system—and did nothing. Madoff suggested that the entire government is a Ponzi scheme. What if Madoff is right? It's a disturbing thought…
That leads us to the question, "Why isn't Wall Street in Jail?" Where's the accountability? Clearly, greedy banks did their dirty deeds and clearly American taxpayers are footing the bill. Wealth has been destroyed. Lives ruined. Yet Wall Street—and the prominent firms that make up the financial services industry—seem to be living above the law.
What's an American homeowner—or foreclosure victim—to do?
Join Oppenheim Law tonight, March 9 at 6 p.m. Roy Oppenheim is holding a real estate workshop where he discusses how the aftermath of Wall Street's greed is still affecting homeowners across the country and what you can do to pull yourself out of the hole the banks created. Oppenheim will also share how rising oil prices, continued unemployment and the possibility of an American double-dip recession is impacting the South Florida real estate market, as well as the pros and cons of how changes to mortgage options could impact South Florida foreclosures and short sales.
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OAKLAND — A person was killed in a traffic collision on north Interstate 880 on Sunday afternoon, said a spokesman from the California Highway Patrol.
The name, gender, age and city of residence of the person was not released. Another person was injured in the two-vehicle crash at 3:12 p.m., north of Hegenberger Road and just south of the Oakland Coliseum, the CHP spokesman said.
The condition of the person injured was not immediately available Sunday evening.
A traffic alert was issued at 3:33 p.m. and the two far left lanes on the freeway remained closed into Sunday evening.
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I have been advocating for the long-term purchase of various large-cap stocks that have continued to trend lower. These businesses have remained solid but the market has lost patience -- a scenario that is always exists in the stock market. Investors will indiscriminately dump shares that are performing below expectations, regardless of what long-term opportunities may manifest. To be sure, often the market is right but that is not always the case. Opportunistic investors thrive by exploiting those exceptions.
Dell (DELL) is an excellent candidate for the purchase of long-term call options. Recently trading around $9, the company's share price has slowly been nicked at as Mr. Market has no patience for Dell's transformation from a PC seller to an enterprise solution systems provider. An interesting point of reference: IBM's (IBM) metamorphosis from a seller of PCs to what it is today was nearly a decade in the making. Big Blue's transformation attracted none other than Warren Buffett as a major investor in the company. Coupled with a stock price that suggests Dell has no future, you have a founder/CEO who has furiously bought shares for himself. The company has also been buying back shares and now also yields nearly 4%.
Dell's January 15, $7 calls can be purchase for approximately $2.50 today (we exclude commissions for this article). If Dell is successful in its plan -- which I think it will – the shares are easily worth $16-$20 a share if not more. Keep in mind that the significant reduction in shares outstanding will only serve to accelerate earnings-per-share (EPS) growth in the future. A $16 share price by January 2015 results in a $9 option price, a 260% return in just over two years. A $20 share price represents a return of 460%.
Chesapeake Energy (CHK) is another misunderstood name that is a quality call option candidate. For years, CHK has leveraged its balance sheet to acquire natural gas assets that are irreplaceable today. Thanks to a push from Carl Icahn and Southeastern Asset Management, CHK now has an impressive Board of Directors who are significant shareholders. In addition, CHK is now monetizing assets and has been doing so at impressive prices. Both Icahn and Southeastern own shares at prices much higher than today's $17.60 share price. Another tailwind is the likelihood that, after falling to historical lows over the past few years, natural gas prices are headed higher.
The January 2015, $15 calls can be purchased for approximately $5.75 for a company that many value investors peg fair value in the low $30's. And if natural gas goes on a tear, the shares could be worth over $40. A $25 share price by 2015 -- a highly probable and conservative scenario -- will result in a $10 option price, a return of 75%. A $30 share price will create a 250% return from holding the call option.
The next year will likely be fraught with many uncertainties, both economic and political. Owning some long-dated calls on quality undervalued businesses creates a way to look beyond the immediate future and focus on the longer-term picture, which, hopefully, we will have addressed and fixed some our current issues today. More so, the capital outlay is reduced, allowing investors to preserve some cash.


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An Open Label Study of Chronic Polyethyleneglycol3350 Use in Constipated Patients
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To evaluate the safety of extended use of polyethyleneglycol3350 laxative in constipated patients.
|Drug: polyethyleneglycol3350
|Phase 4
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|An Open Label Study of Chronic Polyethyleneglycol3350 Use in Constipated Patients
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- Assessment of constipation using ROME I criteria and analysis of individual ROME I criteria
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|July 2003
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Inclusion Criteria:
- Inclusion Criteria:
- Male or female outpatients at least 18 years of age
- Constipated according to ROME I criteria
- If female and of childbearing potential, patient must be surgically sterilized or using oral contraceptives, depot contraceptives, intrauterine device, or testifies that she is monogamous with a vasectomized partner, or practices abstinence and will continue to do so during the duration of study
- Are otherwise in good health, as judged by a physical examination
- In the investigator's judgment, patient is mentally competent to sign an instrument of informed consent
Exclusion Criteria:
- Patients with heme positive stool at screening. Patients with heme positive stool that can be attributed to hemorrhoids or anal fissures are eligible for inclusion.
- Patients with hypo- or hyperthyroidism as determined by history, or screening TSH results.
- Patients with known or suspected perforation or obstruction.
- History of gastric retention, inflammatory bowel disease, bowel resection, or colostomy.
- Patients with a known history of organic cause for their constipation.
- Patients meeting the ROME definition of Irritable Bowel Syndrome
Patients currently taking any of the following medications that are known to effect bowel habits:
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- Antacids containing magnesium or aluminum salts
- Anticholinergics
- Antispasmodic agents
- Erythromycin and other macrolides
- Octreotide
- Lotronex, Zofran, or other 5-HT3 antagonists
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- Opiods/narcotic analgesics
- Prokinetics
- Serotonin re-uptake inhibitors or tricyclic antidepressants
- Calcium antagonists
- Patients who are breastfeeding, pregnant, or intend to become pregnant during the study.
- Female patients of childbearing potential who refuse a pregnancy test.
- Patients with a known allergy to polyethyleneglycol.
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|September 9, 2005
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The Awful Beauty of the 'White War'
One of the most perilous and least known battlefields of the war was in the Dolomites. Corpses are still emerging.
September 20, 2017, Wednesday
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I Get Knocked Down by the Hill, but I Get Up Again
Fell running might seem like a masochistic peculiarity of Northern England, but it kept me sane through decades of life on the road.
November 18, 2016, Friday
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For South Koreans, a Long Detour to Their Holy Mountain
For Koreans from both North and South, the Cheonji crater lake and the Baekdusan mountain on which it sits are considered the spiritual home of their nations.
September 26, 2016, Monday
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Glamping Adds a Touch of Luxe to the National Parks
With "glamping," or glamorous camping, spiking in popularity, a handful of companies offer luxury getaways at America's most celebrated playgrounds.
August 9, 2016, Tuesday
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Norway Considers a Birthday Gift for Finland: The Peak of an Arctic Mountain
A movement is afoot to turn over the summit of Mount Halti, already the highest mountain in Finland, to its neighbor.
July 29, 2016, Friday
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The Mountain That Tops Everest (Because the Earth Is Fat)
Mount Chimborazo in Ecuador rises about 20,500 feet above sea level, far short of Everest's 29,029 feet. But it's a different story when you measure from the center of the Earth.
May 17, 2016, Tuesday
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How the Coal Industry Flattened the Mountains of Appalachia
The destructive coal mining process known as mountaintop removal is leaving behind a grossly disfigured landscape.
February 16, 2016, Tuesday
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Making a Museum Out of a Mountain
In picture-perfect South Tyrol on the Austrian border of Italy, the legendary mountaineer Reinhold Messner has created six eccentric museums devoted to his lifelong passion. Naturally, to get to each one is a hike.
November 12, 2015, Thursday
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Far Away From Here
In travel photography, as in writing, there's no shortcut to finding your own voice.
September 27, 2015, Sunday
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3,000 Miles From Denali, Ohio Fumes Over Renaming of Mount McKinley
The renaming created rare unity between Republican and Democratic Buckeyes against President Obama, and even rarer agreement from members of both parties in Alaska praising him.
September 1, 2015, Tuesday
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State Reps. Garnet Coleman and Jessica Farrar, both Houston Democrats, on Friday released a joint statement announcing their intention to once again file the Dignity for All Students Act when the 2011 Texas Legislature comes into session, saying that "recent news reports have highlighted the necessity for such legislation."
The news reports the statement references revolve around the recent suicides of teens who had been bullied and harassed because of their actual or perceived sexual orientation, including 13-year-old Asher Brown of Houston, who shot himself to death on Thursday, Sept. 23.
The Dignity for All Students Act would prohibit discrimination and harassment in public schools on the basis of ethnicity, color, gender, gender identity or expression, sexual orientation, disability, religion or national origin. It would also prohibit discrimination based on association with a person, and protects both the parents of students and whistleblowers who may report incidents of discrimination or harassment.
Chuck Smith, deputy director of Equality Texas, said that Coleman has been filing the Dignity for All Students Act since 2003, but the bill itself has been filed in Texas legislative sessions since 1997 when then-State Rep. Harryette Ehrhardt of Dallas introduced the measure.
Smith said the Dignity for All Students Act introduced in the 2009 legislative session, authored by Coleman and co-authored by El Paso Democratic State Rep. Marissa Marquez, was sent to the Public Education Committee but did not get a hearing that session.
Another measure, the Safe Schools for All Youth Act introduced in 2009 by Austin Democratic Rep. Mark Strama, is also likely to be refiled in 2011, Smith said. The 2009 version of Strama's bill, which expanded and clarified the definition of bullying to include cyber-bullying and bullying that occurs off-campus, did pass out of the Public Education Committee and the Calendar Committee and was "in line for floor debate when everything died in the House in the stall that occurred in an effort to avoid dealing with voter ID bills," he said.
Strama's bill, Smith said, "uses language that teachers and administrators can relate to. It would create a definition of what bullying is and what cyber-bullying is, what to do when bullying or cyber-bullying occurs and strategies to reduce incidents of bullying and cyber-bullying. It adds those definitions into existing laws about what triggers some sort of disciplinary action."
He said that the 2011 version of Strama's bill — which had four joint authors and 13 co-authors — will include even more than was included in the 2009 version. He also said that Coleman and Farrar's Dignity for All Students Act and Strama's Safe Schools for All Students Act aren't redundant.
"The two bills would both be part of the Texas Education Code, but they would be in different parts of the Texas Education Code. Coleman's bill would be in Chapter 11, and Strama's bill would be in Chapter 37. They don't overlap," Smith said.
He added that these two might not be the only two bills bullying and harassment in public schools to be filed in the 2011 legislative session.
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Kyle Petty doesn't believe the removal of his wife, Pattie, as chief executive officer of Victory Junction Gang Camp will negatively impact the camp the couple founded in memory of their son Adam.
The Kansas City Star reported Sunday that Pattie Petty had been removed from the day-to-day operations of the camp. She has accepted a position as goodwill ambassador and chairwoman emeritus of the board that oversees the camp, according to a news release issued by the camp on Monday.
"It doesn't impact anything, it really doesn't," Kyle Petty, a former NASCAR star, said Monday. "Basically, the board had decided to ask Pattie to take an emeritus role and just be a spokesperson. … I have no concerns with the direction of the camp at all. Period."
The Pettys' son Austin is chief operating officer of the camp for chronically ill children. The Pettys opened its Randleman, N.C., camp in 2004 and has been raising funds for a new camp near Kansas City.
"While public figures are involved, this situation is no different from a regulatory perspective, and personnel matters are private and confidential per the law and human resource policies," Austin Petty said in a statement.
"Because of this, we will not have any further comment on this or any other personnel issues at this time."
The North Carolina camp, which has hosted more than 14,000 children free of charge since it opened in 2004, was started after a major fund-raising effort by Kyle and Pattie and with the help of the NASCAR community. It was created in memory of Adam, who was killed in a NASCAR crash in 2000. Adam Petty had talked about building the camp before he was killed at age 19.
"We're always going to be involved in the camp," said Kyle, the son of seven-time Cup champion Richard Petty and a driver from 1979 to 2008. "The camp was founded in memory of Adam, and we have worked incredibly hard to build the camp.
"But the camp is about the kids that come, and it's all about what's best for the kids."
Kyle Petty, who is vice chairman of the board, said Pattie, who was chairman and CEO, was primarily running the fund-raising efforts for the Kansas City camp. He said Austin and Victory Junction president John McKee handled the day-to-day operations of the North Carolina camp.
The North Carolina and Kansas City camps have separate board of directors that meet quarterly to make decisions on how the camps operate.
"The fund-raising is a lot harder now and a lot more intense than what it has been," Kyle said. "It's just a tougher environment out there. While we took more of an emotional approach to raise funds, it's time now to take more of a business approach and get a plan for where we're going to be and what we're going to do.
"As much as anything, it's more of a changing of strategy."
Kyle continues to serve on the board of directors for the camp and conducts a charity motorcycle ride across the United States to raise funds.
Kyle said he and Richard Petty, who also is on the board, did not participate in discussions about the role for Pattie, who is battling Parkinson's Disease. Pattie Petty, 60, wasn't immediately available for comment.
"It's a bigger story because she's Pattie and the work she put in the camp and founding the camp and stuff," Kyle Petty said.
Kyle said the move shows that the camp is not just the Petty's camp and that decisions are made in the best interest of the campers.
"Austin has done a tremendous job of stepping in as COO of the camp in North Carolina," Kyle Petty said.
"Directionally, for us and the family, he's kind of taken the leadership role. From a family standpoint, I don't have a problem with any of it.
"The camp belongs to the kids and the people that come to camp."


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HOUSTON - 40 firefighters worked to put out a grass fire in southwest Houston Wednesday evening.
The fire broke out in a field at the corner of Westpark Drive and South Rice near Houston's border with Bellaire.
Flames danced across the field as Houston and Bellaire firefighters faced gusty winds working against them.
"With grass fires you've got to be very carful you don't get in front of that flame front. It moves very quickly. The flame front can grow anywhere from six to eight feet, so firefighters have to attack it from the side," said Houston District Fire Chief Steve Cichon.
Witnesses said they heard two loud booms before they saw the flames. CenterPoint is investigating whether some nearby electrical lines may have sparked the fire.
It took the firefighters about 20 minutes and 700 feet of hose to put the fire out. Officials said they discovered a shed had burned.
No homes in the area were threatened, but there is an apartment complex across the street.
Cichon said there were no issues with the water supply.
"We did have to lay a long line, but we were surrounded by hydrants and our engines, which are built for the street, had to four wheel it," said Cichon.
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The Czech Republic [2] became the first team to reach the quarter finals of the European Championship [3] on Saturday after midfielder Petr Jiracek [4]'s stylish winner earned his side a 1-0 victory over Poland [5].
Poland, the tournament co-hosts, were knocked out with their defeat in the team's final Group A game.
The Czechs finished top of their group and will now play the runners-up in Group B.
Pushing forward in the 72nd minute, Jiracek collected a pass from Milan Baros in the box, cut right to clear past Poland's Marcin Wasilewski and slotted the ball inside the far post.
"We had a poor start but we gradually improved, started to create chances and finally, we deserved to score," Jiracek said.
Poland, who had to win to advance to the quarter finals, immediately brought on two attacking players in the last 30 minutes to push for a goal but couldn't punch through the Czech defense.
After the final whistle, the Czech players swarmed around each other on the pitch. The Poles fell to the ground, covering their faces.
"I think that probably we were too sure about winning this game. The Czechs played excellent football," Poland coach Franciszek Smuda said. "We had some opportunities before halftime, we didn't take advantage of them and we lost the game."
The Czechs pulled off the win despite playing without their captain and playmaker Tomas Rosicky, who was sidelined with an Achilles tendon injury.
Without his creative skills the Czechs were listless in the first half, struggling to put together any fluid passing and reduced to knocking long balls forward.
But as the Poles pushed forward in the second half in search of a goal to put them through to the quarterfinals, more space began to open up in midfield.
That space gave the Czechs the opportunity to strike on the counter, and the punishment came with Jiracek's second goal of the tournament. He also scored in the Czechs' 2-1 over Greece on Tuesday.
Poland responded well, though, and the final chances were all for the home team.
A cross from the right was deflected to the far post, where Marcin Wasilewski met the ball with a header that just cleared the bar. Minutes later, Poland captain Jakub Blaszczykowski's angled effort was cleared off the line by Michal Kadlec as the Czechs sealed their place in the last eight.
"In the first half we had some chances and didn't take advantage of them," Blaszczykowski said. "With the time passing, we had to open up more and more, and I think this is the reason we conceded a goal on the counter."
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A WRITER and actor is set to return to the Theatre Royal in Winchester with a performance of his new physical theatre show The Russian Doctor.
The piece takes inspiration from Anton Chekhov's little-known work of non-fiction, Sakhalin Island, and his death-defying journey across Siberia.
Through highly visual and sensory storytelling set to an original score by Jonny Pilcher, video projections by leading designers 59 Productions and a set designed by Vicki Mortimer the play explores the alchemy ignited by the scientist's powers of close observation and the writer's instinctive vision.
Anton Chekhov is the second most performed playwright in the world after Shakespeare and in 1890 he journeyed alone for three months across 5,000 miles of Siberian wilderness.
His destination was the remote Tsarist penal colony of Sakhalin Island. His aim was to document and write an extensive exposé on the harrowing living conditions of the 10,000 exiles and convicts incarcerated there.
Winchester audiences will be able to get a glimpse of the show at the dress rehearsal on March 27 at the theatre when it is opened to the public. All the technical elements of a new theatre piece will be on show here and tickets cost just £5.
Project collaborators include the world's leading authority on Chekhov, Donald Rayfield, Neuroscientist Jonathan Cole and Marius Turda, Reader in Eastern European Medical History at Oxford Brookes University.
The project is the recipient of a Large Arts grant award from Wellcome Trust and is supported by Theatre Royal Winchester, Winchester University, Bristol Old Vic and Birmingham Rep.
For more information call the box office on 01962 840440 or email email@example.com. Further details can be found at theatreroyalwinchester.co.uk/the-russian-doctor/.
The main performance will be shown on March 28 from 7.30pm and tickets cost £17. A discount is available for students, pensioners, under 16s and the unemployed.
There will also be a question and answer session with Mr Dawson after the show.


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Last week we saw a Marvel NOW! teaser for 'XX' by Brian Wood and Olivier Coipel. The first assumption most of us made was it was another X-Men book. But why the double x's? The second guess was something to do with the female chromosome. So why not an all-female X-Men book? There are certainly plenty of great female X-Men.
Today, Marvel has released details via USA Today.
From the image we see Jubilee, Kitty Pryde, Rachel Grey, Rogue, Storm and Psylocke. Brian Wood mentions the drama begins with Jubilee bringing an orphaned baby home. What amps up the tension here is the baby might be the "key to mankind's survival." There will also be the appearance and return of a Grant Morrison-created villain, Sublime. But his showing up doesn't mean what you might expect.
Wood mentions delving into the characters to show their flaws, something not often seen in superhero books. There will also be "a lot of relationships, love and sex" in the book "in the classic X-Men way - the way it used to be."
You can read more on what Wood has to say over at USA Today. The series will simply be called X-MEN.


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BEING surrounded by good friends is one of the keys to living a long life – that's the verdict of Margaret Jarvis. And she should know what she's talking about.
Great-great-grandmother Margaret celebrated her 100th birthday last Saturday.
Margaret, originally from Hackney, London, was evacuated to Reading during the First World War and from Middlesex to Devon, with her first daughter, during the Second World War.
She and her husband Gordon went on to have a total of four children and brought them up in Claygate, Sussex, where she worked as a personal assistant and as a telephone operator. She originally trained as a seamstress in London.
The family moved to Basingstoke in the 1980s, and in 1992, Margaret and Gordon moved in with their eldest daughter Merle and her husband Hugh in Meadow End, Baughurst, where Margaret has remained since Gordon's death in 1994.
Margaret said she has enjoyed living in the area, adding: "I have made a lot of friends here."
When asked about the secret to living such a long life, she said: "I think it is friends – it is being surrounded by good friends."
On Tuesday, Margaret met up with dozens of her friends from the Age Concern Tadley and District group for a birthday celebration at the Ambrose Allen Centre, in Franklin Avenue.
The group, who meet for their lunch club every Tuesday morning, celebrated with a cake and some speeches, including one from Margaret herself, who has 13 grandchildren, 19 great-grandchildren and six great-grandchildren.
Just a few months ago, the club celebrated another 100th birthday, that of Edith Danby, of Tadley, and she was there to wish Margaret a happy birthday on Tuesday. The birthday card Edith sent to her friend read: "From one centenarian to another".


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Demetrius Jackson via twitter- "Everybody help out@CoachMikeLewis twitter game a little weak right now. Great visit at Butler University! #Dawgs!"
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Demetrius Jackson via twitter- "Everybody help out@CoachMikeLewis twitter game a little weak right now. Great visit at Butler University! #Dawgs!"
Where in that tweet does it say he got an offer?
David Woods via Kyle Neddenriep twitterRT @Jake_Brown Four-star junior point guard Demetrius Jackson picked up an offer from #Butler on his unofficial visit today.
you can give offers to whoever you want. I mean Butler could offer Mitch McGary a scholarship but he can turn around and laugh and so no way in hell im even remotely interested.
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That situation does not apply here
Then why did you open the thread?
Usually it doesn't get out if there wasn't interest on both sides...Indiana state offered all of the Zellers but that never got out...
I'll guarantee right now that Jackson doesn't attend Butler.
So what do you think about Butler offering Nolan Berry, a top 100 player for 2013.
He thanked my post, so apparently he agreed with what I said. This is an open forum, I can respond if I please. Thanks.
Butler just got a huge commitment from #46 2013 ranked Nolan Berry. This is the kind of start to a recruiting class that builds momentum. IU got momentum off of Zellers commitment after being terrible for a few years. Demetrius Jackson was ranked in the 70s. Butler can get the big time recruits.
Yeah...but IU is still IU. It's got built in recruiting advantages that Butler will never have. Butler can get a big time recruit, but will any more follow him? Obviously Butler doesn't need these types of guys to be successful anyways.


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Most people have been training all winter for the London marathon and next month's Breakfast run in Kingston will be an important milestone for them.
The 16-mile race on March 23 is used by hundreds as a benchmark to see how well the winter months have passed with less than a month until the big day.
Others use the shorter eight-mile course to test how well their new year's resolution to get fitter and healthier in 2014 is coming along – which is where I come in.
Sadly for me the resolution has not gone quite according to plan and training has started a little later than I had intended and I now have a month to get somewhere close to fit.
Fortunately, the Bushy Park parkrun has kept me ticking over in the early weeks of the year and the boggy conditions in Hampton will certainly make pounding the streets of Kingston seem like a walk in the park.
But having set out on a 10km jog around Teddington and Twickenham at the weekend, I think I could be caught short – in the same way I was forced to make an unscheduled stop midway through.
Time to book in a one week intensive training camp – also known as a holiday.
It is not that I do not think I'll complete the run, but I do need to get used to the monotony of pounding out the miles. The boredom is my biggest concern.
I've always been one for team sports. Give me a ball and I'll play for hours, but the loneliness of the long distance runner has never appealed.
I'm just hoping the Breakfast Run runners are a friendly bunch and we'll all talk each other through it.


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Motte faces hitters for first time since surgery
KISSIMMEE, Fla. -- While the Cardinals traveled to Kissimmee, Fla., on Friday morning to face the Astros, rehabbing reliever Jason Motte faced hitters for the first time since March 23, 2013.
It was after that outing against the Mets that Motte felt an unusual sensation in his right elbow. He stopped his throwing program and eventually had to undergo season-ending Tommy John surgery. Motte has been working his way back to the mound since, and after a month of throwing bullpen sessions, he was able to test his command against hitters.
What Motte learned was there was still a ways to go before his command comes all the way back.
"It was definitely more effort, more adrenaline than throwing a bullpen," Motte told the Belleville (Ill.) News-Democrat, which had a reporter back in Jupiter for the session. "It felt good, went well. I feel good now. It's not one of those [things] where I walked off the mound and I was like, 'This feels miserable.'"
Motte faced two Minor League hitters in live batting practice while throwing to catcher Tony Cruz. The Cardinals have not yet said whether they expect Motte to pitch in a spring game before the end of camp. He will begin the season on the disabled list.
"It was [important] to come out of it feeling good," Motte told the newspaper. "Also to just accomplish getting out there and cranking it up to that next level of actually facing hitters and knowing these guys are swinging and it's not like a bullpen. I'll throw a couple more live BPs, and each time progress the intensity up. But today went well. We did what we needed to do and got what we needed to get out of it."
Jenifer Langosch is a reporter for MLB.com. Read her blog, By Gosh, It's Langosch, and follow her on Twitter @LangoschMLB. This story was not subject to the approval of Major League Baseball or its clubs.


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YAKIMA, Wash. — Shipments of organic apples continue to rise in Washington, but production increases may slow in years ahead.
In 2012, the U.S. Department of Agriculture reported domestic shipments of organic apples from Washington totaled about 6.6 million cartons, compared with 6.4 million cartons in 2011 and 5.55 million cartons in 2010.
Export shipments of Washington organic apples totaled 680,000 cartons in 2012, compared with 752,000 cartons in 2011 and 632,500 cartons in 2010.
In part because of concern about the effectiveness of approved organic controls for fireblight, enthusiasm for organic tree fruit may be waning among some growers, some speculate.
In a move that took away an important weapon against fireblight, the National Organic Standards Board excluded the antibiotic tetracycline in organic apple and pear orchards after Oct. 21, 2014.
Certified organic apple acreage in Washington was reported at 13,655 aces in 2012, off from 14,296 in 2011 and 15,735 in 2009. Transition acreage for apples — acreage moving from conventional to organic — was put at 1,064 acres in 2012, up from 725 acres in 2011 but down sharply from 4,256 transition acres in 2008.
In 2012, organic apple acreage in Washington accounted for 8% of all apple acreage in the state.
Market and demand
Washington accounts for close to 70% of total U.S. organic apple acreage, and most Washington organic fresh apples are shipped from September through June.
December was the leading month for Washington apple organic movement in 2012, accounting for 15% of calendar year shipments, according to U.S. Department of Agriculture shipment figures.
March accounted for 13% of 2012 organic apple shipments, followed by 12% for January, November and February. July and August were the low points for organic apple movement, with each month accounting for less than 1% of total annual shipments of organic apples from Washington.
While Washington state's organic production of more than 8 million cartons in 2012-13 is significant, the most remarkable element is how varieties are tuned to consumer tastes, said Todd Fryhover, president of the Washington Apple Commission, Wenatchee.
"The interesting thing to me about the organic deal is not necessarily the volume but how the volume is broken out," he said.
The organic deal apparently turns faster to consumer taste than does conventional fruit, he said. Gala is the No. 1 organic variety, with fuji second, then red delicious, granny smith and fast-rising Honeycrisp with about 500,000 cartons, Fryhover said.
The average price for Washington organic apples in the period from August 2012 through June 2013 was $32.83 per carton, according to the USDA's Market News Service. That compares with $31.88 per carton for Washington organic apples marketed in the 2011-12 season, according to the USDA.
Growth ahead
Shippers said the category is still growing.
Organic apples account for more than 10% of total apple volume for several large marketers; 11% of Stemilt Growers of Wenatchee's 11 million carton apple crop is organic, said Brianna Shales, communications manager for the company.
Growth in organic apple volume for Columbia Marketing International is more than 10% per year, said Mike Nicholson, salesman for the Wenatchee-based company.
Other shippers echoed that sentiment.
"We are off a little bit on conventional, but organic volume overall will be up as we continue to transition fruit into the organic side of things," said Suzanne Wolter, director of marketing for Rainier Fruit, Selah. While markets in the Midwest and the South have been traditionally flat on organic sales, Wolter said the 2012 season witnessed growth in those markets.
She said the company is finding growing demand for organic-oriented secondary display bins and that reflects the interest of retailers who are looking to add focus on organic to their stores.
While a growing part of the business, John Long, director of sales and operations in Union Gap, Wash., for Raleigh, N.C.-based L&M Cos., said the limited scope of organic demand can be challenging, he said. For example, retail buyers prefer premium organic apples size 72s to 100s.
"(Organic buyers) want the heart of the manifest. What do you do with the rest of it?" he said.
Retailers want organic apples, and Robbin Erickson, sales manager for FirstFruits Marketing of Washington, observing that the supply and demand equilibrium for organic fruit seems to be mostly in balance, Erickson said that FirstFruits accounts for almost 20% of the state's organic production for apples.


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The largest creature in the history of Planet Earth, the blue whale, shows us only segments of a body that, in many cases, measures more than 90 feet in length. It announces itself with a spout of water that reaches up to 30 feet into the sky above Monterey Bay.
The enormous mammal breaches the surface head-first, then does a graceful, round, slow-motion dive, as if tanning itself one vertebra at a time. The tail briefly appears, like the caboose of a long, pokey train, providing a fitting climax to a brief but remarkable show.
"That whale's tail is at least as wide as our boat is long — and the boat is a 65-footer," marvels Kate Spencer, a naturalist and sea-life illustrator who mans the microphone and acts as a tour guide for Nancy Black, skipper of Sea Wolf II.
The bay sparkles on a sun-splashed Saturday morning, and the folks who paid $40 apiece have gotten every penny of their money's worth from Monterey Bay Whale Watch, a charter service that cruises daily from Monterey's Fisherman's Wharf. Before the five-hour tour concludes, 50 passengers will see 18 blue whales, two fin whales (the second-largest animal in the world), and six humpbacks, along with 40 Risso's dolphins, otters, seals and sea lions, and a low-flying albatross.
The trip, skippered by Black, a marine biologist and local whale authority, was a fundraiser for the Monterey Bay chapter of the American Cetacean Society (ACS), a nonprofit organization dedicated to educational, conservational and scientific pursuits for the purpose of expanding scientific knowledge of whales, dolphins, porpoises and related creatures.
"I've been on more than 100 of these trips in my lifetime, and I'd give this day an 'A' because of the good weather and the fact that we've seen a lot of whales, says Jerry Loomis, president of the Monterey chapter of the ACS. "I used to be a ranger at Point Lobos and I worked on all the whale-watching boats for years, so I've been out a lot, and this is a really good day."
Blue whales are as long, front to back, as the largest dinosaur that ever walked the earth, and weigh much more — between 100 and 150 tons. They plunge to feed on four tons of krill per day, staying submerged for minutes at a time. If they're napping, their underwater slumber can extend to 30 to 40 minutes.
And although they look like a long, slow-moving train as they come up for air, then dive again for food, blue whales are remarkably fast.
"The blue whale can travel at up to 20 knots (23 mph)," Spencer tells her whale-watchers. "A humpback whale can swim at up to 10 knots, and the boat we're on is capable of 12 knots. So we can keep up with a humpback, but we've got no chance to chase down a blue whale that's swimming at top speed.
The blue whale parade to which the passengers of Sea Wolf II were treated on Saturday was unusually fruitful — it's not unusual for watchers to see no blue whales at all — and exhilarating for the naturalists, as well as the patrons.
Blue whales were hunted almost to extinction at the end of the 19th century and beginning of the 20th, and are still an endangered species, even though they're apparently making a comeback. An estimated 10,000 blues are in our oceans today, and about 2,000 are summering along the California coast, fattening up on an abundance of krill before heading south to Costa Rica for winter mating.
Although collisions with ships and whale poaching continue to dent the population, whales are rallying. The Orca whale — also known as the killer whale — is the only natural predator of the blue whale. One spotted on Saturday had numerous scars on its tail and torso.
"The data on blue whales is that the population hasn't really changed a whole lot in the last 10 to 15 years," says Spencer, who has spent the last 13 summers working for Black. "There have been a couple of different studies recently, and those studies showed different results. Right now we aren't really sure which is more accurate, but I can tell you that we're seeing a lot of blue whales right now in Monterey Bay."
Humpback whales, meanwhile, are believed to be increasing in number by about 7 percent per year.
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Ultrasound-indicated Cerclage to Prevent Premature Birth in High-risk Women
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|Labor, Premature
|Procedure: cervical cerclage
|Study Type:
|Study Design:
|Allocation: Randomized
Intervention Model: Parallel Assignment
Masking: None (Open Label)
Primary Purpose: Prevention
|Official Title:
|Vaginal Ultrasound Cerclage Trial
- Incidence of preterm birth less than 35 weeks' gestation [ Time Frame: Birth ]
- Gestational age at birth [ Time Frame: birth ]
|Estimated Enrollment:
|Study Start Date:
|January 2003
|Study Completion Date:
|October 2009
|Primary Completion Date:
|November 2007 (Final data collection date for primary outcome measure)
|Assigned Interventions
Experimental: Cervical Cerclage Group
Women randomized to receive cerclage should receive cervical cerclage
Procedure: cervical cerclage
Cerclage is a circumferential stitch of non-absorbable suture placed around the cervix
No Intervention: Control Group
Women randomized to not receive cerclage represent the control arm
Detailed Description:
Women with a prior early spontaneous preterm birth and a shortened mid-trimester cervical length (less than 25 mm) are at very high risk for having another premature baby. The Vaginal Ultrasound Cerclage Trial is a multicenter, randomized clinical trial designed to determine the efficacy of cerclage (a purse-string suture placed around the uterine cervix) for the prevention of spontaneous preterm birth prior to 35 weeks' gestation. The study will evaluate women at significant risk for recurrent spontaneous preterm birth (those with a prior spontaneous birth at 17 to 32 weeks' gestation) and who have an increased risk based on mid-trimester ultrasound findings of a cervical length less than 25 mm.
The trial will have an observational portion and an interventional portion. In the observational portion, 1,000 women with a history of a spontaneous preterm birth at 17 to 32 weeks' gestation will undergo biweekly vaginal ultrasounds beginning at 16 to 18 weeks' gestation and ending by 22 weeks. Prior research indicates that one third of these women will either have or develop a cervix less than 25 mm long. Women will be seen at a frequency determined by the cervical length (as determined by ultrasound examination starting at 16 weeks' gestation). If cervical length remains greater than 30 mm, the next visits will occur in 2 week intervals until 22.6 weeks' gestation. If the cervical length is 25 mm to 29 mm, the visits will be scheduled weekly. If the cervical length shortens to less than 25 mm, the woman is eligible for randomization, and will undergo one more study visit.
In the interventional portion of the trial, women will be randomized to either cerclage or no cerclage (control group). Randomized women will have weekly contact with a nurse either by phone or in person, whichever is convenient for the woman, until delivery occurs. The woman is followed during the course of her pregnancy and delivery of her infant. Her infant is followed until discharge from the hospital.
|Ages Eligible for Study:
|16 Years and older (Child, Adult, Senior)
|Sexes Eligible for Study:
|Accepts Healthy Volunteers:
Inclusion Criteria
- Pregnant with a singleton gestation
- History of at least 1 prior spontaneous preterm birth at or before 32 weeks' gestation
Exclusion Criteria
- Cervical cerclage planned for this pregnancy
- Clinical history of cervical incompetence
- Untreated C. trachomatis or N. gonorrhoeae infection or symptomatic vaginitis
- Unable to obtain mid-trimester ultrasound to confirm no major fetal anomaly (i.e., aneuploidy, major organ system defect) or fetal demise prior to enrollment
- Multiple gestation
- Prolapsed or ruptured membranes noted on initial speculum examination
- Cervical os dilation > 2 cm noted on initial speculum examination
- Oligohydramnios
- Complete placenta previa
- Chronic hypertension or vascular disease requiring therapy
- Maternal red cell alloimmunization
- Insulin dependent diabetes
- Significant renal or cardiopulmonary disease
- Delivery or prenatal care outside clinical center
- Enrolled in this study in a previous pregnancy
- Participation in a randomized trial with interventions or endpoints in conflict with the cerclage randomized trial
Please refer to this study by its ClinicalTrials.gov identifier: NCT00059683
|United States, Alabama
|University of Alabama at Birmingham
|Birmingham, Alabama, United States, 35249
|Principal Investigator:
|John Owen, MD
|University of Alabama at Birmingham
|Responsible Party:
|John Owen, Professor Ob/Gyn-Maternal Fetal medicine, Eunice Kennedy Shriver National Institute of Child Health and Human Development (NICHD)
|ClinicalTrials.gov Identifier:
|NCT00059683 History of Changes
|Other Study ID Numbers:
U01HD039939-01A1 ( U.S. NIH Grant/Contract )
|Study First Received:
|May 1, 2003
|Last Updated:
|September 29, 2014
Keywords provided by John Owen, Eunice Kennedy Shriver National Institute of Child Health and Human Development (NICHD):
Preterm Birth
Premature Birth
Cervical cerclage
Vaginal ultrasound
Cervical length
Additional relevant MeSH terms:
Premature Birth
Obstetric Labor, Premature
Obstetric Labor Complications
Pregnancy Complications
ClinicalTrials.gov processed this record on September 21, 2017


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It's been a big week for TV. Joey, who seemed to be most affected by the Friend's Curse, made a huge comeback at the Globes. And Rachel Bilson just tore apart Mischa Barton (literally) while simultaneously claiming the only win from The O.C.'s core cast. (Just Jared)
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