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On-line version ISSN 1518-8787Print version ISSN 0034-8910
Rev. Saúde Pública vol.38 n.2 São Paulo Apr. 2004
Use of psychotropics drugs among students: prevalence and associated social factors
Meire SolderaI; Paulo DalgalarrondoI; Heleno Rodrigues Corrêa FilhoII; Cleide A M SilvaIII
de Psicologia Médica e Psiquiatria da Faculdade de Ciências Médicas
da Universidade Estadual de Campinas (FCM/Unicamp). Campinas, SP, Brasil
IIDepartamento de Medicina Preventiva e Social da FCM/Unicamp. Campinas, SP, Brasil
IIIComissão de Pesquisa da FCM/Unicamp. Campinas, SP, Brasil
To determine the prevalence of the heavy use of drugs among elementary and
high school students in a sample of public and private schools, and to identify
associated demographic, psychological, cultural and social factors.
METHODS: This report describes a cross-sectional study using an intention-type sampling technique that compared public schools in central and peripheral areas and private schools. An anonymous self-administered questionnaire was applied. The sample consisted of 2,287 elementary and high school students in the city of Campinas in 1998. Heavy use of drugs was defined as the use of drugs on 20 or more days during the 30 days preceding the survey (WHO, 1981). For the statistical analysis, polytomic logistic regression analysis (logit model) was utilized to identify factors that influenced this manner of using drugs.
RESULTS: Heavy use of legal and illegal drugs was found as follows: alcohol (11.9%), tobacco (11.7%), marijuana (4.4%), solvents (1.8%), cocaine (1.4%), medications (1.1%) and ecstasy (0.7%). The heavy use of drugs was greatest among students at the city-center public school who had daytime jobs and studied in the evenings. These students were in the A and B socioeconomic classes and had had little religious education during childhood.
CONCLUSIONS: Greater availability of cash and specific socialization patterns were identified as factors associated with the heavy use of drugs among students.
Keywords: Substance-related disorders. Alcoholism. Students. Adolescent. Prevalence. Socioeconomic factors. Cross-sectional studies.
An individual's first experiences with drugs often take place during adolescence. During this phase, the individual is particularly vulnerable from a psychological and social point of view. Thus, it is particularly important to study this age group in detail, especially in relation to frequent and heavy use of legal and illegal drugs, and to identify the psychological and sociocultural factors that are associated with such use.10
At the request of the Ministry of Health, a group of researchers made four extensive surveys on drug use, covering ten Brazilian state capitals, in the years 1987, 1989, 1993 and 1997.4 Comparison of these four surveys showed that the drugs that were most utilized were alcohol, tobacco and solvents. The surveys also revealed that heavy use of marijuana was increasing in these ten state capitals, as was the use of alcohol in eight of them.
Several national and international studies have analyzed the associations of psychological and sociocultural factors with drug use among students. They have, for example, identified that variables like male gender,3 age,10,16 work,17 family breakup9 and absence of religion8 are associated with greater use of drugs among students, in a diversity of sociocultural contexts.
In view of this, accurate knowledge of the factors associated with drug use among young people in Brazil has great relevance, since it would allow interventions to be undertaken in relation to behavior and risk factors, with the aim of inhibiting the possible progression to heavy use of legal and illegal drugs, which are progressively addictive and deleterious for the individual.
Previous Brazilian studies on drug use among students have generally been conducted in the state capitals. The present study has also compared different types of schools: central and peripheral public schools, and private schools. It is very plausible that the reality of drug use in different areas of a city may vary, thus revealing epidemiological unevenness within the urban environment.
It might therefore be presupposed that, in the peripheral regions of the large Brazilian cities, where there is a higher death rate due to violence and drug trafficking, would also have higher drug consumption. The present work had the objective of determining the prevalence of heavy drug use among elementary and high school students in central and peripheral public schools and private schools, and the sociodemographic, cultural and psychopathological factors that are associated with such use
This was a cross-sectional study using an intention-type sampling technique that focused on studying three distinct types of school in the city of Campinas, State of São Paulo: city-center public schools, peripheral public schools and private schools. The objective of this was to identify differences in the pattern of alcohol and drug use in distinct areas of the city. The general methodological lines followed were those proposed by the Brazilian Center for Information on Psychotropic Drugs (Centro Brasileiro de Informações sobre Drogas Psicotrópicas CEBRID), with the adaptations needed because of the objectives and size of the study.2
An anonymous self-administered questionnaire based on the CEBRID questionnaire was utilized. In accordance with the procedure standardized and recommended by CEBRID, it was applied collectively, in the classroom, without the presence of the teacher. A clear and detailed explanation of the research objectives was given to the students, with an emphatic guarantee of the anonymous and confidential nature of the questionnaire. Doubts regarding the questions were clarified and the questionnaires were gathered in after around 50 minutes. The sample size was calculated using the Epi Info software, from a pilot study. This sample size calculation was done by estimating 5% of the type I (alpha) error with a finite population estimated to be 100,000 students in the city, at the schooling levels being studied, without replacement; drug user prevalence of 1%; and design errors of no more than 1%, with delta precision of 1%.
Since the objective was to compare substantial differences in behavior between public schools in central and peripheral locations and private schools, for each schooling level, a minimum sample of 367 elementary and 367 high school students for each of the three intended school types became necessary. Thus six sets of 400 students were formed, totaling 2,400 students. The elementary school students were drawn from the sixth and eighth grades, and the high school students from the first and third years of high school.
From the school lists supplied by the education authorities, an intentional choice of participants was made. Two city-center public schools, two peripheral public schools and three private schools were selected that all catered for elementary and high school education. From the lists of students and classes of 35 students, six classes were drawn by lots from each school year, per school. All the students present were invited to fill out the questionnaires. During the survey, no irregularity in student attendance was noted in the classrooms visited. All students who answered the questionnaire were included, and 86 students aged over 26 years were then excluded, since they were over the age limit for the study.
A total of 2,375 questionnaires were applied. No student refused to answer it. Two questionnaires were rejected because they were incompletely filled in or the questions had not been understood.
Consequently, the sample consisted of 2,287 students from the elementary and high school levels of central and peripheral public schools and private schools in the city of Campinas, State of São Paulo, in the year 1998. The official estimates for the number of students enrolled in the city at that time indicated that there were around 56,000 students in the sixth to eight grades of elementary school and 52,000 in high school. Thus, the sample studied represented approximately 2% of the student total.
Heavy use of drugs was defined in accordance with the World Health Organization (1981) definition,18 as the use of drugs on 20 or more days during the 30 days preceding the survey.
To identify the factors that influenced the use of drugs, logistic regression analysis (logit model) was utilized.
The drugs studied were alcohol, tobacco, non-prescription psychotropic medications, marijuana, cocaine and ecstasy. The regressive variables were the type of school (peripheral public, central public or private); level of schooling; period of the day when students studied; gender; socioeconomic class; work; preferred type of leisure activities; parents' marital situation; who students lived with; who students had been brought up by over the last two years; whether students felt supported and understood by their parents; whether they felt supported and understood by their friends and/or girlfriend/boyfriend; whether they had a religion; religious affiliation; religious education during childhood; and the GHQ12 (General Health Questionnaire 12), which assesses minor psychiatric symptoms like anxiety, depression and insomnia and was validated in Brazil by Mari & Willians,7 1985.
Since the use of several drugs (multiuse) is known to be frequent and, with the aim of comparing students who did not use any drug during that month with those who made heavy use, a variable called DRUG was created for the present study, which assumes a value of 0 if the student did not make use of any of the drugs cited in the study during the past month, and 1 if he or she makes use of at least one drug on 20 days or more of the past month (heavy use of at least one of the drugs cited in the study). Heavy use of legal and illegal drugs is generally the type of use that precedes chemical dependence and all its medical, psychological and social-familial consequences.13
The heavy use of drugs occurred in the following manner: alcohol (11.9%; N=269), tobacco (11.7%; N=265), marijuana (4.4%; N=101), solvents (1.8%; N=40), cocaine (1.4%; N=32), psychotropic medications (1.1%; N=24) and ecstasy (0.7%; N=17).
Multivariate analysis
The multivariate logistic regression estimates for heavy use of drugs are presented in Table 2.
The probability of heavy use of drugs was greater among the students of the city-center public schools who had daytime jobs and studied in the evenings. These students were in socioeconomic classes A and B and had had little religious education during childhood.
The probability that students at the city-center public schools would make heavy use of drugs was 4.0 times greater than for those in the peripheral schools. For students who worked, it was 2.5 times greater than for those who did not work. For students who studied in the evenings, it was 2.2 times greater than for those who studied in the mornings. For socioeconomic classes A and B, it was 2.0 times greater than for those in classes D and E. For those who had had little religious education during childhood, it was 1.7 times greater than for those who had had a very religious education. For those who felt they had little support and understanding from their families, it was 1.2 times greater than for those who felt they had a lot of support and understanding from their families. Every additional point on the GHQ-12 scale increased the chance of the student making heavy use of drugs by 1.2 times.
Several authors have reported that, for research that has the aim of identifying the prevalence of drug use among students, the method most commonly utilized is the self-administered questionnaire applied collectively in the classroom.11 This choice is justified by its relative cheapness and high acceptance among the individuals surveyed, since that the refusal rate is less than 1%. This is considered to be a good procedure for obtaining information regarding private behavior, because anonymity is explicitly guaranteed.12
However, it must be stressed that the type of questionnaire utilized in the present work measures reports of drug consumption and not the consumption in itself. Caution is therefore needed in the interpretation of the data.2
Another limitation of this research design is that, because it is a survey done in the classroom, the young people with more serious involvement with drugs may have already been excluded from the school system, or they may be very frequently absent, and thus may not have been picked out by this study. Studies designed specifically to evaluate the subpopulation that has abandoned or has been expelled from elementary and high schools will be needed to verify this hypothesis.
The sample was not representative of the public and private schools of Campinas, which impedes the extrapolation of the data.
The different drugs utilized
The single drug most utilized heavily in the present study was alcohol (11.9%), closely followed by tobacco (11.7%). Their high prevalence of around 12% indicates that such use is relevant and preoccupying, and must be taken into account in relation to possible educational, preventive and therapeutic actions aimed at young people at school.
The illegal drug most utilized in the present study was marijuana (4.4% made heavy use of marijuana). Swadi16 (1988), in London, and also Stevens et al15 (1995), in New Hampshire (USA), also detected that the illegal drug most utilized in these contexts was marijuana. In the 1997 survey performed by CEBRID in ten Brazilian state capitals, marijuana use only exceeded solvent use as the drug of greatest lifetime use in the city of Porto Alegre. In the other state capitals, it appeared in second or third position (after solvents and ansiolitics). Comparison of the four CEBRID surveys has shown that frequent and heavy use of marijuana presented statistically significant growth.4 Marijuana is considered by many young people (and sometimes their families) to be a soft drug, and perhaps for this reason more acceptable. There is evidence, however, that heavy use of the drug has serious implications for the physical and mental health of its users.14
Solvents appear just behind marijuana. It is important to remember that these are drugs with great potential for harm to health, due principally to their neurotoxicity.4
Differing from the research by Muza10 (1997), cocaine appeared in the present study ahead of psychotropic medications, occupying the third place among the illegal drugs. Data from the four surveys by CEBRID show that frequent use of cocaine has increased in the state capitals surveyed. Statistical indicators such as hospital internments and seizures of cocaine by the Federal Police also show the growth in the use of this drug.4 Particularly worrying is the growing use of cocaine in the form of crack, because such use implies the rapid development of dependence,5,6 involvement in criminal activities6 and triggering of serious psychiatric conditions.5
Ecstasy was the least-used drug, perhaps because it is expensive and still not widely disseminated in the city of the present study, as well as being strictly linked to a specific subculture (dance) and its rituals, such as rave parties.1
Sociocultural variables associated with the heavy use of drugs
At present, most researchers consider that the use of drugs among students is not caused by a single factor, but by a combination of several of them, such as genetic, psychological, familial, socioeconomic and cultural factors. Thus, it is understood that the use of and dependence on drugs are very complex phenomena that cannot be reduced to one facet of a biological, psychological or social nature.
In the present study, through the multivariate analysis of the data, it was observed that, contrary to what was expected, the use of drugs was lower among students in the peripheral public schools. These are areas of the city where it is thought that there is more drug trafficking, which is supposed because of the higher death rate from violent causes and the seizures of drugs made by the police. Despite the supposed greater drug trafficking in these neighborhoods, the consumption of drugs among the students who attend the schools of the periphery is significantly lower than for those in the central neighborhoods.
In this sense, it is plausible that financial wherewithal may exercise a significant influence, since in the present study it was found that, in addition to being associated with working, the heavy use of drugs was associated with belonging to socioeconomic classes A and B. Thus, the students at peripheral public schools, despite living in areas of the city where drug trafficking is supposedly more intense, have less purchasing power for buying such drugs. Another possibility is that the young people of these neighborhoods who are involved with the heavy use of drugs end up being expelled from the school system with a certain frequency, and perhaps get involved in small-scale drug trafficking, including for enabling their own consumption.
The data from the present research also corroborates other studies that show the relationship between greater use of drugs and students who work.16 The results obtained in relation to work, and those in the literature, give pause for thought regarding some relatively well established beliefs within Brazilian society, such as the idea that free time is a factor that favors the use of drugs. Such a concept would imply the identification of a supposed poor student who would spend most of his free time on the streets and thus would be vulnerable to the use of drugs. For this reason, reflection in relation to working adolescents needs to be refocused from doing work versus not doing work, to how the work is done, or in other words, there needs to be analysis of the quality of the impact of different types of work on young people.
It is possible to raise a hypothesis that the association between heavy use of drugs and work found in the present study may have occurred because of at least three factors: the stress consequent to taking on an adult function at an early age that is full of obligations; the financial wherewithal resulting from receiving a salary; and also socialization patterns associated with the "world of work" (for example, drinking at the end of the working day).
A significant religious dimension was also revealed in the present study. Students who had greater religious education during childhood were shown through the multivariate analysis to have significantly less heavy use of drugs. The literature generally shows that young people with some sort of connection to religion make less use of drugs.8,11
Such an association may be related to the moral codes implicit in religions, in which the use of drugs is frequently condemned. In following a religion, a set of values and behavioral patterns is adhered to, among which a prohibition on the use of drugs is included.
The question of family structure is traditionally emphasized when studying the use of drugs among adolescents. In the present study, the importance of the family environment and structure was identified as a possible protective factor against the use of drugs. Less heavy use of drugs was found among students who in some way felt they were supported and understood by their families.
Several authors have identified risky levels of drug use among young people belonging to families with separated parents or families in which the relationships have degenerated.8 Thus, the present study corroborates previous research that identified an association between the use of drugs at risky levels and worsened family environments.
Finally, it was seen that increased scores on the GHQ-12 scale were associated with a risk of heavy use of drugs. These data are relevant, since they show a relationship between heavy use of drugs and psychological suffering. These young people have probably found themselves in a situation of serious psychosocial risk, since such clusters of psychological suffering, worsened family environment and heavy use of drugs must facilitate evolution towards chemical dependence, personality disorders and even psychiatric conditions that are more serious.
In conclusion, the present study has identified that the heavy use of drugs is related to sociodemographic, cultural and psychopathological factors that can be grouped as "protectors" and "facilitators". The protective factor identified was a markedly religious education during childhood, which perhaps indicates a more controlled or structured family environment. The facilitating factors for heavy use of legal and illegal drugs that were identified were greater financial wherewithal (socioeconomic class and work), socialization patterns that shape adult-style behavior (work and evening study) and a possibly worsened family environment (feeling less supported and understood by the family). The empirical findings reported have helped in reaching a better comprehension regarding the heavy use of drugs among young people in Brazil's sociocultural environment, and these findings should be taken into account in future research and educational and preventive interventions.
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3. Donato F, Monarca S, Chiesa R, Ferretti D, Modolo MA. Padrões e covariáveis de uso de álcool entre estudantes secundaristas em 10 cidades da Iitália: um estudo seccional cruzado. Drug Alcohol Depend 1995;37:59-69. [ Links ]
4. Galduróz JCF, Noto AR, Carlini EA. Tendências do uso de drogas no Brasil: síntese dos resultados obtidos sobre o uso de drogas entre estudantes do 1º e 2º graus em 10 capitais brasileiras (1987, 1989, 1993, 1997). São Paulo: Centro Brasileiro de Informações sobre Drogas Psicotrópicas/ Departamento de Psicobiologia da Escola Paulista de Medicina; 1997. [ Links ]
5. Laranjeira R, Surjan J. Conceitos básicos e diagnóstico. J Bras Dep Quím 2001;2 Supl 1:2-6. [ Links ]
6. Leite MC. Abuso e dependência de cocaína: conceitos. In: Leite MC, Andrade AG. Cocaína e crack: dos fundamentos ao tratamento. Porto Alegre: Editora Artes Médicas Sul Ltda; 1999. p. 25-41. [ Links ]
7. Mari JJ, Williams P. A comparison of the validy of two psychiatric screening questionnaires (GHQ-12 and SRQ-20) in Brazil, using relative operating characteristic (ROC) analysis. Psychol Med 1985;15:651-9. [ Links ]
8. Miller PM, Plant M. Drinking, smoking, and illicit drug use among 15 and 16 year olds in the united kingdom. BMJ 1996;313:394-7. [ Links ]
9. Miller P. Family structure, personality, drinking, smoking and illicit drug use: a study of uk teenagers. Drug Alcohol Depend 1997;45(1-2):121-9. [ Links ]
10. Muza GM, Betiol H, Mucillo G, Barbieri MA. Consumo de substâncias psicoativas por adolescentes escolares de Ribeirão Preto, SP (Brasil). I - Prevalência do consumo por sexo, idade e tipo de substância. Rev Saúde Pública 1997;31:21-9. [ Links ]
11. Muza GM, Betiol H, Mucillo G, Barbieri MA. Consumo de substâncias psicoativas por adolescentes escolares de Ribeirão Preto, SP (Brasil). II - Distribuição do consumo por classes sociais. Rev Saúde Pública 1997;31:163-77. [ Links ]
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13. Soldera M, Dalgalarrondo P, Corrêa Filho HR, Silva CAM. Uso pesado de álcool por estudantes de 1 e 2 graus em escolas centrais e periféricas de Campinas, São Paulo: prevalência e fatores associados. Rev Bras Psiquiatr 2004;26(3). [ [ Links ]no prelo]
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16. Swadi H. Drug and substance use among 3.333 London adolescents. Br J Addict 1988;83:935-42. [ Links ]
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This time, Marc Staal can't blame his brothers.
The New York Rangers defenseman is recovering today from an eye injury he suffered Tuesday night against the Philadelphia Flyers.
With about 15 minutes left to play, Philadelphia defenseman Kimmo Timonen took a shot that deflected off another stick and hit Staal in the eye.
Staal, 26, doesn't wear any face protection on his helmet.
He was in obvious agony after getting hit, kicking his legs and grabbing at his face as teammates rushed to his side. There were copious amounts of blood on the ice.
A trainer helped him off the ice immediately, but he wasn't taken to hospital as New York won 4-2.
There were no updates early today on Staal's condition, The Toronto Star said, but there was a lovely, graphic GIF floating around the internet.
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The injury came on the same night Vancouver Canucks captain Henrik Sedin was also hit in the neck or throat area with a shot against the San Jose Sharks.
Sedin, whose twin brother Daniel also plays for the Canucks, was in pain but left the ice on his own power and continued playing.
As for Staal, he missed most of 2011 when older brother Eric, who plays for the Carolina Panthers, checked him hard and gave him a concussion.
There are four Staal brothers, and all but Marc play for the Carolina Hurricanes or their farm system.
Jordan plays alongside Eric while Jared, the youngest, is a prospect.
Oh, brother, this is going to spark the mandatory visor debate. Right now, NHL players don't have to wear face masks, but the debate returns every time there's a horrific injury like Staal's.
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In late winter of 2011, while the Middle East was deep in the midst of the "Arab Spring," United States workers in the state of Wisconsin found themselves embroiled in a take-down struggle with Governor Scott Walker and the Wisconsin Legislature to preserve their collective bargaining rights. With one side citing budget concerns and the other advocating universal workers' rights, an amazing drama of populist action and consciousness raising began playing out in the hallways of the Wisconsin Capitol building.
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Afghanistan, which is fourth in the eight-team World Cricket League with 15 points from 12 matches, and the United Arab Emirates (18 points) are still able to grab the second and final automatic qualifying spot as leaders Ireland has already secured their place in 2015 with 24 points.
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Every Saturday I go to my regular farmer's market with more than enough happy anticipation about all the good stuff the farmers will have for me to turn into a week's worth of delicious meals. When I first started going to this particular market, it had about three farm stalls, and yet I was content. From them I was able to collect an abundance and variety of fresh produce; I learned about some vegetables I had never eaten before; and the farm market swiftly became part of my weekly routine, a part I am loathe to miss for any but the most urgent of circumstances.
Then came, bit by bit, the addition of luxurious extras. Jams, pasta sauces, soaps and candles at this stand! Fresh baked breads and pastries at that stand! A potter started showing up now and then. The ag extension folks began dropping by, and raffled off compost bins - I won one! Yay! A local entrepreneur, who makes and repairs jewelry and designs her own clothing sets up a stand regularly. Story hour for the kids! Musicians dropping by! Coffee! Pickles!
Now, it seems like our little farm market is the place to be on Saturday mornings. You'd best get there bright and early to fight for the good produce and the best fruits before they sell out - one week I set aside a couple of pints of ground cherries with the farmer, went on around the stand to continue my shopping, and came back to find another customer begging the farmer to let her buy my ground cherries. No way!
Well, this past spring, I thought I had died and gone to heaven when a new vendor appeared at our farm market. Under The Oak Cafe popped up to sell their quiche, scones, pies, and iced tea.
Under The Oak Cafe is part of Buy Fresh, Buy Local PA and their food is truly amazing. The cafe itself is located at 804 Oak Lane, Philadelphia, 19126 and is just one block from the Melrose Park train station on the SEPTA regional rail train system. As I understand it, the owners moved back to the area to be near family, and have built this business within a community that they care for. The recipes - at least the pastry recipes - are all family ones, and it shows. Pie crust like that makes you want to get down on your knees and worship.
If you are visiting Philly, if you are in the suburbs, if you live in the city - you can easily get to Under The Oak Cafe. And it will be well worth your trip. It's a nice place to hang out, Kelly or Katrina will dish up some truly memorable food, and whatever kind of pie they have that day, it will come with that pie crust. That heavenly pie crust.
p.s. I just wanted to say that I am ever mindful of how fortunate I am to be able to shop at my farmer's market and buy what pleases me. Philabundance is one of my favorite charities for the good work they do in providing hunger relief in the Delaware Valley.
p.p.s. I had lunch at Under The Oak Cafe. They have more than quiche and pie. I ate this.


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Crime & Punishment of Saturday, 9 August 2014
Source: GNA
The Western Regional Drug Law Enforcement Unit of the Ghana Police Service have arrested 21 suspected narcotic drug peddlers in separate operations at Enchi, Yankamem and Dadieso.
Some 467 wrappers of dried leaves, 19 compressed parcels, quantity of suspected Indian hemp seeds and 213 wrappers of brownish substance believed to be cocaine, gallons of alcohol laced with dried and some paraphernalia used in narcotic business were confiscated during the operations.
The Regional Police Commander, Deputy Commissioner of Police Isaac Quainoo, who said the dried leaves would be sent to the Police Forensic Laboratory for confirmation.
Those arrested at Yankamem included Juliet Afful, 38, Evans Ennin, 17, Kweku Nyamekye, 29, Kwame Arsah,28, and Kofi Azumah, 19.
At Dadieso, Evalis Boateng, 20, Kwabena Kyen, 21, Yaw Opoku,31, Karim Adams, 22, Kofi Bekoe, 20, Victoria Nunoo, 45, and Afua Mansah, 38, were arrested.
Marian Entaj, 56, Joana Adu, 29, Oscar Brentu, 44, Eric Tannor, 38, Kennedy Attah, Daniel Nameh, 28, Olivia Abekah, 21, Ishmael Amoako, 19 and Hannah Samaoh, 56 were arrested at Enchi.
DCOP Quainoo said one of the women suspects who was pregnant went into labour and was rushed to the Takoradi Hospital where she delivered and she and the baby are in good shape.
He said the operations formed part of the effort of the Regional Police Command to rid the region of armed robbery, use of narcotic drugs and unnecessary harassment of innocent people by criminals.
DCOP Quainoo said the suspects would be screened and those found to be involved in narcotic drugs and other criminal activities would be prosecuted.
He asked the public to assist the Police with information on criminals to enable the Police to keep the region safe and peaceful.
In another development, DCOP Quainoo said the Police had arrested six persons alleged to have been engaged in about three armed robberies involving huge sums of money at Tarkwa.
The suspects who were paraded were Michael Tetteh alias Wayo, 32, Christian Aronu, 32, Emmanuel Owusu Yeboah, 32, Joseph Boafo alias Bullet, Ahmed Adusah, 28, and Mark Lawrence Madugba Chisom, 36.
DCOP said Owusu Yeboah is a Corporal in the Ghana Air Force and five other suspects in the case are on the run.
He said the suspects robbed some gold dealers of 600,000 Ghana cedis at Akyempim, Tarkwa in September 11 last year and on October 8 last year they robbed their victims of 300.000 Ghana Cedis at Tarkwa.
The suspects were also involved in robbery in front of the Ahantaman Rural Bank at Tarkwa and made away with 1.5 million Ghana Cedis, DCOP Quainoo said.


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What kinds of foods does your 10 month old eat?
Whatever I'm eating.... anything and everything, with the exception of high-risk allergen foods, although my son is only 9 months and has had a bite or two of eggs here and there and so far, so good.
as long as he can feed himself, anything I give him.
Peaches, pears, grapes, bananas, strawberries, carrots, broccoli, baked potato, beans, noodles, bread, hard boiled eggs, rice krispies, puffs, yogurt melts, mashed potatoes, green beans, oatmeal, cheese..
My son will be 9 months on the 13th, so he is a little younger. But right now he is eating sweet potatoes, squash, green beans, peas, avocado, carrots, bananas, pears, blueberries, apple sauce. He also gets those yogurt bites, crackers, baby snacks.. I feel like I'm running out of things to feed him and am a bit nervous about feeding him whatever we have mostly because of some of the ingredients


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1 – England and Scotland
During the 17th century England and Scotland became steadily richer. Trade and commerce grew and grew. By the late 17th century trade was an increasingly important part of their economy. Meanwhile industries such as glass, brick making, iron and coal mining expanded rapidly. Meanwhile the East India Company was founded in 1600. The English founded a trading post at Canton, China in 1637.
2 – Society
During the 17th century the status of merchants improved. People saw that trade was an increasingly important part of the country's wealth so merchants became more respected. However political power and influence was held by rich landowners. At the top of society were the nobility. Below them were the gentry. Gentlemen were not quite rich but they were certainly well off. Below them were yeomen, farmers who owned their own land. Yeomen were comfortably off but they often worked alongside their men. Gentlemen did not do manual work. Below them came the mass of the population, craftsmen, tenant farmers and labourers. At the end of the 17th century a writer estimated that half the population could afford to eat meat every day. In other words about 50% of the people were wealthy of at least reasonably well off. Below them about 30% of the population could afford to eat meat between 2 and 6 times a week. They were 'poor'. The bottom 20% could only eat meat once a week. They were very poor. At least part of the time they had to rely on poor relief. By an act of 1601 overseers of the poor were appointed by each parish. They had power to force people to pay a local tax to help the poor. Those who could not work such as the old and the disabled would be provided for.
3 – Towns
Stuart towns were dirty and unsanitary. People threw dirty water and other rubbish in the streets. Furthermore the streets were very narrow. At night they were dark and dangerous. However there were some improvements in the biggest cities. In the early 17th century a piped water supply was created. Water from a reservoir travelled along elm pipes through the streets then along lead pipes to individual houses. However you had to pay to be connected to the supply and it was not cheap. During the 17th century towns grew much larger. That was despite outbreaks of plague. Fleas that lived on rats transmitted bubonic plague. If the fleas bit humans they were likely to fall victim to the disease. Unfortunately at the time nobody knew what caused the plague and nobody had any idea how to treat it. Plague broke out in 1603, 1636 and in 1665 in towns like London, Glasgow, Ayr, etc. Each time it killed a significant part of the population. There were always plenty of poor people in the countryside willing to come and work in the town. However the plague of 1665, which affected London, Manchester and other towns, was the last.
4 – Rich and Poor People's Homes
In the late 17th century furniture for the wealthy became more comfortable and much more finely decorated. In the early 17th century furniture was plain and heavy. It was usually made of oak. In the late 17th century furniture for the rich was often made of walnut or (from the 1680s) mahogany. Wood was carved out and the hollow was filled in with mother of pearl. At this time lacquering arrived in Scotlnad and England partly. Pieces of furniture were coated with lacquer in bright colours. Furthermore new types of furniture were introduced. In the mid 17th century chests of drawers became common. Grandfather clocks also became popular. Later in the century the bookcase was introduced. Chairs also became far more comfortable. Upholstered chairs became common in wealthy people's homes. In the 1680s the first real armchairs appeared.
However all the improvements in furniture did not apply to the poor. Their furniture was remained very plain and basic. However there were some improvements in poor people's houses in the 17th century. In the Middle Ages ordinary people's homes were usually made of wood. However in the late 16th and early 17th centuries many were built or rebuilt in stone or brick. By the late 17th century even poor people usually lived in houses made of brick or stone. They were a big improvement over wooden houses. They were warmer and drier. Furthermore in the 16th century chimneys were a luxury. However during the 17th century chimneys became more common and by the late 17th century even the poor had them. Furthermore in 1600 glass windows were a luxury. Poor people made do with linen soaked in linseed oil. However during the 17th century glass became cheaper and by the late 17th century even the poor had glass windows. In the early 17th century there were only casement windows (ones that open on hinges). In the later 17th century sash windows were introduced. They were in two sections and they slid up and down vertically to open and shut.
5 – Food
In the early 17th century people began eating with forks for the first time. During the century new foods were introduced into England (for the rich) such as bananas and pineapples. New drinks were introduced, chocolate, tea and coffee. In the late 17th century there were many coffee houses in the towns. Merchants and professional men met there to read newspapers and talk shop. In the late 17th century the rich began eating ice cream. Many rich people built special underground chambers in the grounds of their houses for preserving ice during the summer. The ice was covered in straw to preserve it. However for the poor food remained plain and monotonous. They subsisted on food like bread, cheese and onions. Ordinary people also ate pottage each day. This was a kind of stew. It was made by boiling grain in water to make a kind of porridge. You added vegetables and (if you could afford it) pieces of meat or fish. 6 – Clothes
At the beginning of the 17th century men wore starched collars called ruffs. Women wore frames made of wood or whalebone under their dresses. However the farthingale was soon discarded and the ruff evolved into a large lace collar. In the 17th century men wore knee length, trouser like garments called breeches. They also wore stockings and boots. On the upper body men wore linen shirts. In the early 17th century they wore a kind of jacket called a doublet with a cape on top. Men wore their hair long. They also wore beards. In the late 17th century a man's doublet became a waistcoat and men wore a frock coat over it. With breeches it was rather like a three-piece suit. Men were now clean shaven and they wore wigs. Women wore a linen nightie like garment called a shift. Over it they wore long dresses. The dress was in two parts the bodice and the skirt. Sometimes women wore two skirts. The upper skirt was gathered up to reveal an underskirt. Women in the 17th century did not wear knickers. From the mid 17th century it was fashionable for women to wear black patches on their faces such as little stars or crescent moons.
7 – Pastimes
In the 17th century traditional pastimes such as cards and bowls continued. So did games like tennis and shuttlecock. People also played board games like chess, draughts, backgammon and fox and goose. The theatre remained popular. However the Puritans disapproved of the theatre and in 1642 they banned it completely. Theatre began again in 1660. In the early 17th century the stage jutted out into the audience. In the late 17th century it took on its modern form. In the early 17th century boys played women's parts. However after 1660 actresses performed. Among the poor cruel 'sports' like cock fighting and bull and bear baiting were popular, dogs figthing too. The first English newspaper was printed in 1641. The first womens magazine was The Ladies Mercury in 1693.
8 – Education
In well off families both boys and girls went to a form of infant school called a petty school. However only boys went to grammar school. Upper class girls (and sometimes boys) were taught by tutors. Middle class girls might have been taught by their mothers. Moreover during the 17th century boarding schools for girls were founded in many towns. In them girls were taught subjects like writing, music and needlework. (It was considered more important for girls to learn 'accomplishments' than to study academic subjects). In the grammar schools conditions were hard. Boys started work at 6 or 7 in the morning and worked to 5 or 5.30 pm, with breaks for meals. Corporal punishment was usual. Normally the teacher hit naughty boys on the bare buttocks with birch twigs. Other boys in the class would hold the naughty boy down.
9 – Transport
In 1600 the royal posts were exclusively used to carry the kings correspondence. However in 1635, to raise money, Charles I allowed members of the public to pay his messengers to carry letters. This was the start of the royal mail. From the middle of the 17th century stagecoaches ran regularly between the major towns. However they were very expensive and they must have been very uncomfortable without springs on rough roads. There was also the danger of highwaymen. In 1663 the first Turnpike roads opened. You had to pay to use them. The money was used to maintain the roads. In Tudor times goods were carried by packhorse. Or carriers with carts carried goods. However it was still easier to transport goods by water. Around Britain there was a 'coastal trade'. Ships and boats carried goods from one part of the coast to another.
10 – Medicine
During the 17th century operations were performed by barber-surgeons. Their knowledge of anatomy improved. Medicine also improved. In 1628 William Harvey published his discovery of how blood circulates around the body. Doctors also discovered how to treat malaria with bark from the cinchona tree. However medicine was still handicapped by wrong ideas about the human body. Most doctors still thought that there were four fluids or 'humours' in the body, blood, phlegm, yellow bile and black bile. Illness resulted when you had too much of one humour. Nevertheless during the 17th century a more scientific approach to medicine emerged and some doctors began to question traditional ideas. The Chinese invented the toothbrush. (It was first mentioned in 1498). Toothbrushes arrived in Europe in the 17th century. In the late 17th century they became popular with the wealthy in England.
11 – Science
A revolution in thought occurred during the 17th century. The ancient Greeks could be said to be scientists. They thought by using their reason they could work out why the natural world behaves as it does. However the Greeks never tested their theories by carrying out practical experiments. As a result many of their ideas about the natural world were wrong. Unfortunately the ancient Greek philosophers were held in very high esteem and for centuries hardly anyone questioned their theories. This began to change in the late 16th century and the early 17th century. People began to conduct experiments to see if theories about the world were true. In England a man named Francis Bacon 1561-1626 declared that people should not accept that a theory was true just because a Greek philosopher said it was. He argued that careful observation and experiment was the key to finding out how the natural world works.
Gradually this new method of understanding the world took over. In 1645 a group of philosophers and mathematicians began holding meetings to discuss science or natural philosophy. Charles II was interested in science and in 1662 he made the club the Royal Society. The great scientist Isaac Newton was born in 1642. He published his great work Principia Mathematica in 1687. The arts also flourished in late 17th century England. The great architect Christopher Wren 1632-1723 designed many buildings including the most famous St Paul's Cathedral. The poet John Milton 1608-1674 wrote his masterpiece Paradise Lost. It was also the era of the great English composer Henry Purcell 1659-1695.


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Top Half Of Cake Fine - Bottom Half Dense?
Decorating By Jules_Milo Updated 25 Jul 2012 , 4:23am by fidaharry1106
Hello! First post here. I'm trying to troubleshoot what's going wrong with my simple chocolate cake but after about four tries, it's coming out the same.
The top half of the cake is beautiful. Light and airy. The bottom half is a little dense, yet still spongy and a little more moist than the top half. Not like a brownie but it seems like it may not be cooking long enough?
I've tried different temps (until the knife comes out clean) and still happens. My batter is on the liquidy side, a thicker than maple syrup but not too thick.
This is my recipe in case you see something off. I'm also going to try and attach a photo. As you can see toward the perimeter of the cake, it's less soggy. Toward the middle there's more soggyness.
1/4 c white flour
3/4 c whole wheat flour
1/2 t baking powder
1 t baking soda
6 T unsweetened cocoa powder
1/4 c unrefined sugar (I don't like sweet cakes)
1/2 c applesauce
2 T oil
1 c warm coffee
1/2 c milk
2 eggs
1 t vanilla extract
dash of salt
Julie in Louisiana
The recipe has some issues. Too much leavener and liquid; and applesauce. Many people try using applesauce as a low-fat substitution for oil, but the results don't bake up the same. I would try cutting the applesauce to 1/4 cup and increasing the oil to 1/4 cup. But that's just a guess. I'd also cut the liquid and leavener. Or look for another recipe.
This is similar to the recipe on the hersey box. but they have 1 tsb baking powder and they leave out the applesauce and up the oil to 1/2 C.
while baking do not open the oven until it has baked for 30- 35 min or the cake will not rise and become flat. Ofcourse depending on the size of your cake the baking time will vary
Two issues in the posted recipe:
--way too much liquid, you need to add at least 1/4 cup each kind of flour.
--nowhere near enough acid to make the baking soda lift the cake. Increase baking powder to 1 teaspoon and skip the soda altogether (it adds sodium bot nothing else to this recipe).
Thank you for all the quick responses!! I will try all of your suggestions!
min or the cake will not rise and become flat. Ofcourse depending on the size of your cake the baking time will vary


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ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. — Junior-college football players David Orvick and Bryan Oldenkamp have signed letters of intent to play for the University of New Mexico, UNM announced Wednesday.
Oldenkamp, an offensive lineman from Hesperia, Calif., by way of Chaffey College in Rancho Cucamonga, Calif., started all 10 games for Chaffey this fall at right tackle. He's listed on the Chaffey website at 6-foot-4 and 280 pounds.
He played only one season at Chaffey and will report to UNM in January as a sophomore.
Oldenkamp told the Daily Press of Victorville, Calif., that he was the first recruit new Lobos coach Bob Davie came to see personally.
"It was kind of a big honor for me," Oldenkamp told the Daily Press.
Oldenkamp said he also was being recruited by Marshall and North Texas.
"I just decided that the best fit was the University of New Mexico," he said.
Orvick, a 6-foot-2, 217-pound linebacker from Los Altos, Calif., was a 2011 NorCal all-conference selection at Foothill College in Los Altos. He had 66 tackles, 5.5 tackles for loss, and four quarterback sacks this season. According to UNM, he had scholarship offers from New Mexico State and Cal Poly.
Orvick will report to UNM in January as a junior. Wednesday was signing day for midyear junior college transfers.
Davie has said he prefers to build his program with high school recruits, but the Lobos lose seniors Mike Muñiz and Jon Washington from an already-thin offensive line.
Also, 2011 freshman offensive tackle Earl Johnson has left the program. And Oldenkamp has three years, not two, of eligibility remaining.
The Lobos appear to have plenty of linebackers, but it's likely that Davie will switch from last season's 4-2-5 scheme to a 4-3 front next year.
LOBO GRADUATES: Muñiz is one of seven UNM football players who received their undergraduate degrees last week. Kicker James Aho, fullback Chris Biren, safety Bubba Forrest, linebacker Carmen Messina, wide receiver Michael Scarlett and running back James Wright also turned in the pigskin for the sheepskin.
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Not at all
Whats the likelihood that we will get a release of Zoar and Screeech that is in a scale similar to the original line?
When I was a kid I always thought they were supposed to be that size and frankly I want a Screeech that can carry Snout Spout off to his doom.
Does anyone else want to see the hawks released in this size or am I a party of one?
Not at all
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Honestly due to the weak claws and the pearch,,, I went through 3 Zoars and never had a screeech. Once broken I pretty much stopped using them.
I really preffered the big birds, as they look like an actual THREAT! These little ones, even WITH rockets on the armor... ehhh... Nobody's scared of these things...
That said, we have the little ones, I wouldn't buy them again.
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Brrrring 'em on.
When Sorceress turned into Zoar in the FILMation cartoon she was the size of a normal falcon. So I say NO, lets just have the small ones that are in scale with the figures.
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It doesn't really matter to me one way or another. Sorry.
No, I like falcons at scaled size. I prefer Talon Fighter as a big menacing bird.
In the original toyline, I think the birds were supposed to be enormous. In two of the Kid Stuff Records, Man-At-Arms rode on his back and he had a 20' wingspan.
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I'm very happy with the sized birds we have.
I do recall books with a giant Zoar though, and didn't Screeech carry off Cringer in the cartoon?
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If they make it…I will buy. I loved the idea that there were enormous birds on Eternia.
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I might buy giant Screetch, because a giant raptorial bird big enough to carry away a helpless Randor is pretty cool, but I wouldn't buy giant Zoar. It takes away from the iconic nature of that character if I had more than one, and the small one is more "realistic."
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They'd be cool for sure. But since we've already been given the birds, I'd rather see the tooling dollars go into something like the Talon Fighter.
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I wanted bigger birds originally. In fact I remember this coming up when Teela was originally shown. At that time I would have supported the idea. After they released two small birds my interest changed. I just don't see the point in them making large birds any more since we have the smaller more realistic sizes. My collection shelves are only so big after all.
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Nothing I want from what I can think. If they were presented the right way, I might would change my idea, but for now the ones we got are fine enough to me.
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Hmmmm...nah. I'm content with the birds in scale with the rest of the MOTUC figures as normal sized birds.
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I'm happy with what we got so far. I know when the Sorceress gets released, she will come with a falcon.
I'm cool with the way things are now.
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I prefer the Zoar and Screeech that have already been released in MOTUC. I like the scale as is and would prefer tooling resources to go into some other release in MOTUC than have the giant size Zoar and Screeech.
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I'd like them! It's cool for those that set up their MOTUC toys in elaborate displays, but since I don't, scale means nothing to me. I've always been a huge Zoar & Screeech fan(pretty much any animal based character is a hit with me) and I'd love to see them in a larger size. I'd even be all for getting a large scale Orko but I know that idea would go over even less successfully with the fans than Zoar or Screech.
well I'll file this idea under "fail".
Thankfully, I recently got a vintage Screeech in great shape, so he can hang out with the Classics figures.
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Definitely a great idea! - and that is why I have already bought the vintage Zoar and Screeech on eBay to display them with my MOTUC figures. They match MOTUC figures very well.
In case a big version of the birds is released in MOTUC line I would buy them for sure. If they are not released, I have the vintage birds!


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EMBA students earn a degree in 17 months, roughly half the time it usually takes to complete a traditional part-time MBA program. The program features a flexible schedule of twice-monthly class meetings on the Milwaukee campus supplemented by web-based instruction and team interaction. This means students are only required to be on campus one day every other week. Traditional MBA programs require weekly or twice-weekly class attendance.
Students enter in August as a cohort group and progress through the EMBA program together, taking the same classes at the same time. This unique structure provides opportunities for professional and personal growth and networking, and many of our graduates maintain close relationships with their EMBA classmates well beyond their time at Marquette.
EMBA students are assigned to teams of four to six students from diverse backgrounds. Teams ideally stay together for the entire program.
Part-time MBA students participate in teamwork in most classes, but teams vary from class to class. Students in the part-time MBA program go through at their own pace with different students each semester. They also get to network with students from other master's programs such as applied economics, leadership, corporate communication, and human resources.
Speaking of those classmates, all Marquette EMBA students are required to have at least five years of management experience prior to entering the program, and the average Marquette EMBA student has 16 years of work experience. This allows for high-level in-class discussions about real-world business issues. Our students learn as much from their peers as they do from their professors. Though work experience is not required in the part-time MBA program, most students entering the part-time program have an average work experience of six to seven years.
The international focus of the Marquette EMBA is reinforced through a transformational international experience that students take during the spring or summer session. Part-time MBA students are not required to participate in an international experience but have the option to do so.
EMBA vs. part-time MBA at a glance
|Part-time MBA
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|Multiple start times
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Total cost for 39-credit program: $43,000
|Textbooks, materials, tablet computer included
|Textbooks & materials at additional cost
|International experience included in cost
|Optional international experience at additional cost
The EMBA program was the right choice for me. The program provided the necessary tools and knowledge to excel as an executive in today's world.
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A 24-hour business center, dry cleaning, and laundry facilities are available at this hotel. Free WiFi in public areas and free valet parking are also provided. Additionally, an arcade/game room, tour/ticket assistance, and multilingual staff are onsite.
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Wired and wireless Internet access is complimentary. A 24-hour business center is on site. This Cabo San Lucas hotel also offers tour/ticket assistance, an arcade/game room, and multilingual staff. Limited complimentary onsite parking is available on a first-come, first-served basis.
Hotel Melida has designated areas for smoking.
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- Total number of rooms - 20
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Atlantic Southeast Airlines accepted its first Bombardier CRJ700 during ceremonies that marked not only the Atlanta-based airline's baptism as a 70-seat jet operator but the delivery of the Canadian manufacturer's 600th CRJ–a 40-seat version that entered revenue service with ASA on January 31. Although post-September 11 financing delays forced Delta Connection and ASA to postpone the event from December to late January, the Atlanta-based airline's first CRJ700 will enter service on schedule, when it begins flying from Hartsfield International Airport to six eastern and midwestern cities on April 7.
Bombardier's 600th CRJ increased the size of the ASA jet fleet to 68 airplanes, nine of which fly in a 40-seat configuration. This latest 40-seat jet began serving Augusta, Ga.; Columbus, Miss.; Evansville, Ind.; and White Plains, N.Y., from Atlanta, flying a single daily round trip between each city pair in place of a repositioned 50-seat CRJ200. ASA's first CRJ700 will also replace a 50-seater, when on April 7 it begins rotating between Augusta; Huntsville, Ala.; Fort Wayne, Ind.; Toledo, Ohio; Sarasota, Fla.; and Tallahassee, Fla. On May 1 ASA plans to introduce a second 70-seat jet on routes from Atlanta to Daytona Beach, Fla.; Islip, N.Y.; and Mobile, Ala.
Flying with France's Brit Air and North American launch customer Horizon Air for more than six months, the CRJ700 on January 31 began service from Dallas to Oklahoma City and Houston with its third operator, American Eagle, which at press time had taken two of the airplanes. Meanwhile, a third Eagle CRJ700 sat in a Bombardier hangar in Mirabel, Quebec, undergoing final preparations for delivery to American's Dallas headquarters. Horizon has taken 11 of the 70-seat jets for its Seattle and Portland operations, where the airplanes replaced a number of Fokker F28s. The Alaska Airlines subsidiary also recently announced plans to fly CRJ700s from a new base in Denver starting April 28.
ASA, slated to take 30 out of the 57 CRJ700s on firm order by Delta, would not yet disclose route deployment plans for the 70-seaters after May 1, but senior vice president Bryan LeBrecque stressed that the airplane's improved field performance will allow it to enter markets not readily accessible by the CRJ200. Designed with leading-edge devices and flaps, the CRJ700's more sophisticated wings are also seven feet longer than those on the CRJ200, while more powerful GE CF34-8C1 turbofans result in a better rate of climb.
Inside the cabin, Bombardier raised the windows 4.8 in. and lowered the floor one inch, giving passengers a more comfortable view of the outside, while redesigned sidewalls and overhead compartments offer more shoulder space and headroom. Theoretically, the improvements could translate into less reluctance by airlines to stretch a trip beyond two hours in duration, but in practice the CRJ700's mission profile differs little from that of the 50-seater, which features the same fuselage cross-section.
Of course, the airplanes will serve many markets now served by the 50-seat airplanes that call for more capacity during peak hours. Now a major contributor to Delta's Dallas network, ASA has executed more hub-overflight strategies with service from DFW to such cities as Columbia and Charleston, S.C. and Savannah, Ga. Such uses should prove just as well if not better suited to the larger CRJ700.
Out of Atlanta, ASA has used its CRJs to replace Delta mainline service and adjust its own flight schedules to changing demand since September 11. Scope clauses throughout the industry limit the number of 70-seat airplanes precisely because of their ability to enroach effectively on traditionally mainline routes. Delta, whose scope clause limits its regional affiliates to 57 seventy-seat jets, has shown no qualms about "rationalizing" mainline overcapacity with its CRJ700s just as it has done with the 50-seaters.
Meanwhile, both 50- and 40-seat CRJs continue to replace Embraer Brasilias flying from Atlanta, so far upgrading service on 11 routes. The 40-seat jets have proven particularly useful in markets such as Atlanta to Monterrey, Mexico, and Atlanta to Ottawa, where load restrictions and long stage lengths encumber the performance of the baseline CRJs, preventing the airline from filling the airplanes. ASA has also assigned the 40-seat jets to so-called soft markets such as Peoria, Ill., and Amarillo, Texas.
Although the Delta scope clause places no numerical restrictions on 50-seat jets, Delta Connection agreed to allow Bombardier to remove 10 seats in some of the airplanes in return for deep price discounts. Even though the airplanes use the exact same fuselage and engines, and show no appreciable benefits in operating economics, Bombardier in effect entered the 40- to 44-seat market by lowering the price on a CRJ airframe enough to overcome the operating cost benefits of a smaller airplane. Under its contract, ASA may not replace the 10 extra seats unless it pays Bombardier roughly the difference in the amount it paid for its 50-seaters. The arrangement protects the value of the 50-seat CRJ200 while it gives Delta Connection carriers ASA and Comair the flexibility to move from a 40-seat jet to a 50-seater with relatively little investment.
In fact, ASA president Skip Barnette said ASA would at some point replace the 10 seats in at least some of the 40-seaters. If history bears any indication, the introduction of regional jets into what now constitute "soft" markets will stimulate more demand, perhaps creating a need for more capacity. If ASA finds itself short of 50-seaters, its ability to add seats to its 40-seat CRJs could prove invaluable.
According to LeBrecque, the 14 forty-seaters allocated to ASA will continue to replace "a lot" of 30-seat Embraer Brasilia turboprops, particularly in Atlanta. Although ASA had planned to extricate its Brasilia fleet from Atlanta completely by August, new opportunities that arose as a result of Delta Connection's realignment forced the airline to retain most of the turboprops for short-range markets. As conditions stand today, many of those airplanes appear likely to remain in Atlanta into next year.
Still in possession of 43 of the Brazilian turboprops, ASA had originally planned to shed most of its 29 Atlanta-based turboprops by August, leaving the remaining 14 for short-haul service out of Dallas. The plan now calls for the retirement of just 10 by the end of the second quarter. Before Delta asked it to retain most of the Brasilias slated for retirement, ASA cut short a refurbishment program originally planned for 30 of the airplanes. Today, a number of the Brasilias remain unpainted, labeled only by orange and yellow striping and the ASA logo on the tail. If Delta decides to keep the Brasilias flying for an extended period of time, ASA will finish the refurbs,
including exterior paint jobs in Delta Connection livery, said Barnette. Regarding the airline's fleet of 19 ATR 72s, Barnette said that a serious evaluation of their future with the airline will happen over the next 12 to 18 months. He stressed, however, that their ability to fly profitably in low-yield markets continues to make them viable contributors, and that the airline will likely fly at least some for another five years.


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Oct 23, 2012
Lorenzo Leads MotoGP World Championship By 23 Points Heading Into Penultimate Round This Coming Weekend At Phillip Island
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The penultimate round of the MotoGP™ championship awaits as riders prepare for the third race of the demanding triple header at the ever-popular Phillip Island track for the AirAsia Australian Grand Prix.
Much attention will be on the Repsol Honda Team duo of Dani Pedrosa and Casey Stoner, with both having very good reasons for chasing a win. Pedrosa, after his dominant and first-ever wet race victory in Malaysia, now lies only 23-points off Yamaha Factory Racing's Jorge Lorenzo, and knows that a victory is a must to cut the deficit, or capitalize on any mistakes his rival might make. Yet despite being in the best form of his career, victory at the circuit could prove though for the Spaniard, as local hero Stoner will not only look to make it six victories in succession at the track, but also to bow out in style at his final MotoGP™ race in front of his home fans.
Lorenzo, who can afford to finish second or third in both of the coming races and still win the title will be very aware of the threat posed by the Hondas, and will most of all avoid becoming complacent. The Mallorcan missed last year's race due to a nasty finger injury in practice, and as such is very aware of the potential risks his title bid could yet face. Help from his teammate Ben Spies to mix it up with the Honda pair is now out of the question, after the Texan suffered an AC shoulder separation, a cracked rib in the upper chest area and bruising to the lung in a crash in Malaysia. He is back in the US receiving treatment, and Yamaha has stated it will not field a replacement rider.
Their satellite counterparts, Andrea Dovizioso and Cal Crutchlow, on their Monster Yamaha Tech 3 machines, will however be rearing to go after a Sepang race to forget, which saw both of them crash out. Dovizioso was a podium sitter at last year's Australian round, and will no doubt be building on this experience to keep himself in contention for third spot in the championship. San Carlo Honda Gresini's Ãlvaro Bautista, who last year was caught out by a freak rain-shower on the track, will be aiming to continue his good run of form of late, which sees him lead the race for fifth in the table. His satellite counterpart, LCR Honda MotoGP's Stefan Bradl, has been off colour somewhat recently, and will no doubt look back on his Moto2™ form from last year, where he finished second at the track.
Ducati Team's Valentino Rossi and Nicky Hayden both put on good displays on the wet Sepang circuit, and will be hoping that such form can carry over to Phillip Island, regardless of the track conditions. Rossi will have his sights firmly set on Bautista, with the Italian only six points off him in the battle for fifth. Cardion AB Racing's Karel Abraham and Pramac Racing Team's Héctor Barberá both scored respectable top-ten finishes in Malaysia, and will aim to squeeze a similar performance out of their Desmosedicis in Australia, as they look to keep up with their factory counterparts.
The CRT battle is intensifying as it heads into the penultimate round of the class' maiden season. Power Electronics Aspar's Aleix Espargaró is the favourite to take CRT top honours, after his teammate Randy de Puniet has endured a difficult last few rounds. The Frenchman will however not give up without a fight and will line up at the circuit alongside NGM Mobile Forward Racing's Colin Edwards, Came IodaRacing Project's Danilo Petrucci, Speed Master's Roberto Rolfo, San Carlo's Michele Pirro, Paul Bird Motorsport's James Ellison and Avintia Blusens' Iván Silva. Silva's teammate Yonny Hernández, who missed the last round due to a dislocated left collarbone, will also miss this race, with a replacement rider due to be announced soon.
As the Moto2™ grid reaches Phillip Island for the penultimate round of the world championship at the AirAsia Australian Grand Prix, Team CatalunyaCaixa Repsol's Marc Márquez stands a very good chance of winning his first ever intermediate class title.
The Spaniard, who holds a 48-point advantage over nearest title rival, Tuenti Movil HP 40's Pol Espargaró, can only not win the title this weekend should his rival win the race and Márquez not collect any points. And as unlikely as this may have seemed, with Márquez's uncharacteristic crash in Malaysia last weekend, it just shows that every scenario is still possible. Espargaró, who was down in 11th in the wet, will be hoping for dry conditions, as he stated his bike is great in the dry, but not fully up to scratch when it rains.
With the two Spaniards dicing up front, an entertaining battle for third in the championship is brewing, with Speed Master's Andrea Iannone and Interwetten-Paddock's Tom Lüthi only separated by 11 points. The Swiss rider, who is known to be good in the wet, crashed out of the Sepang round, and will be looking to make amends at the fast and flowing Australian circuit, while Iannone will look to fight at the top once more, to get some more podiums to his name before his switch to the Junior Ducati Team in MotoGP™ next year.
In a lonely fifth in the table, Marc VDS Racing Team's Scott Redding still has a mathematical chance of third in the table, but will have to rediscover his good form that has seen him take numerous podiums already this season. His teammate Mika Kallio, and Tech 3 Racing's Bradley Smith will also be ones to watch, having gone well last weekend in Sepang. Should the weather turn on the Moto2 field once more, all eyes will not doubt once again on NGM Mobile Forward Racing's Alex de Angelis, QMMF Racing's Anthony West and Federal Oil Gresini Moto2's Gino Rea, who were in a class of their own in treacherous conditions in Sepang, with all three taking to the podium.
With the title already sealed by Red Bull KTM Ajo's Sandro Cortese last weekend in Sepang there is now another honour to fight for at this weekend's AirAsia Australian Grand Prix in Phillip Island, namely that of Rookie of the Year, which currently sees Estrella Galicia 0,0's Alex Rins and Team Italia FMI's Romano Fenati neck-and-neck only two points apart.
Rins, currently fourth in the table, has been more consistent of late, finishing in the points in the last seven races, while Fenati has had two DNFs in the same period. Fenati will however be the slight favourite, as he has shown that when on song, he can fight with the best of them. Away from the Rookie melee, and RW Racing GP's Luis Salom looked to have second place in the table firmly tied up, after the shock announcement by Maverick Viñales that he had quit his Blusens Avintia the evening before the Malaysia round. Viñales was however quick to issue a formal apology, and has stated he will turn up in Phillip Island to fight for second place in the table.
His future plans remain unclear at present, and the team is yet to announce whether a replacement rider will contest the Australian round. With a competitor such as Viñales out of the way, this will lend further impetus to the likes of AirAsia-SIC-Ajo's Zulfahmi Khairuddin and Red Bull's Danny Kent, who have both shown terrific form of late, and will no doubt see them in the podium hunt once more.
One of the main protagonists however could be Mapfre Aspar Team Moto3's Jonas Folger, with the German having led most sessions in Sepang, only to miss out on the win due to what he claims was a wrong direction in bike set-up. And whilst his compatriot Cortese has already been crowned world champion, there is no doubt he will continue fighting for the win to highlight not only why he is the title holder, but also why he deserves his already sealed spot in Moto2™ next season.
There will be two wildcards taking part in the race in the form of British rider Sam Clarke on his Fastline GP Racing Suter and K1 Racing's Australian Lincoln Gilding on a Honda. Ioda Racing Project's Luigi Morciano will not take part due to injury and will not be replaced.
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