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The second night of matches of the 2010 SUM U-17 Cup took place Saturday night at Centennial Park in Friendswood, Texas. The 16 teams are competing in four groups of four, with the group winners advancing to Tuesday's semifinals.
Due to the short time frame of the tournament, matches are being played with 30-minute halves. Ties will be broken by a shootout, with the winning team earning two points and the losing team one point. Here are the results from the opening night:
Group A
D.C. United 2, Colorado Rapids 1
Both teams, previously unbeaten, battled it out on the Centennial Park fields, with D.C. taking an early lead from a Yaw Amankwa goal in the fifth minute. Colorado came back before the end of the first half with a beautifully headed goal from forward Eric Kronenberg. The game went into the half tied 1-1 and stayed that way until the final minute of regulation.
Second-half sub Romain Gall, a small but talented central midfielder for D.C., raced down the right wing and floated a high cross into the center of the area. The Rapids netminder could not reach to punch it away, and Patrick Foss rose to head the ball into the open net to give D.C. a dramatic win. United heads into its final group game with five points and the lead in Group A. If D.C. wins its Monday night match against San Jose, it will clinch first place in the group and a spot in the semifinals.
D.C. United (1-0-1) vs. Colorado Rapids (1-1-0)
2010 SUM U-17 Cup - Group A
July 24, 2010 –- Centennial Park, Friendswood TX
Scoring Summary:
DC -- Yaw Amankwa 1 (unassisted) 4
COL -- Eric Kronenberg 1 (unassisted) 16
DC -- Patrick Foss 1 (Romain Gall 1) 60
D.C. United -- Tyler Beck (Dakota Niedermeier 52), Rafeal Fagundo (Suliman Dainkeh 31), Mahamamoudou Kaba, Marco Hurtado (Martin Lopez 48), Jordan Manley, Nathaniel Eggleston, Tyler Rudy (Jose Porteria 60), Cody Albrecht, Yaw Amankwa (Patrick Foss 45), Kennedy O'Shea (Romain Gall 31), Julian Griggs.
Colorado Rapids -- Andrew Epstein, Jason Prichard (Karsten Hanlin), Matthew Taphorn, Chris Gurule, Jordan Spring, David Pardo (Ricardo Perez 40), Avery Ball, Santiago Velez, Isaac Martinez (Dillon Serna), Austin Seifert (Juan Carlos Regalado), Eric Kronenberg (James Rogers 48).
Matches played with 30-minute halves.
All statistics contained in this boxscore are unofficial
Chicago Fire 1, San Jose Earthquakes 0
It was a defensive battle in Friendswood between the Chicago Fire and the San Jose Earthquakes. Both goalkeepers made tremendous saves, including a sprawling save by Earthquakes goalkeeper Jesus Guzman in the 47th minute, to keep their squads in the match. Luck was not on San Jose's side though, as a handball was called in the box in the 50th minute, giving Chicago a penalty kick. Kellen Gully stepped up and fired the shot past Guzman, giving Chicago the lead, the win, and a much-needed three points. Chicago must defeat Colorado on Monday night and have D.C. either lose or tie for the Fire to claim first place in the group.
Chicago Fire (1-0-1) vs. San Jose Earthquakes (0-2)
2010 SUM U-17 Cup - Group A
July 24, 2010 –- Centennial Park, Friendswood TX
Scoring Summary:
CHI - Kellen Gulley 1 (penalty kick) 51
Chicago Fire -- Zak Allen, Keaton Albert, David Caban, Andrew Conner, Peter Beasley, Victor Zamora (Kellen Gulley 31), Brandon de la Torre (Luis Medina 28), Joseph Laboy (Jesus Medina 31), Michael Winhoffer (A.J. Jeffries 26), Neal Usry (Jabri Danzy 31), Daniel Lojeck.
San Jose Earthquakes -- Jesus Guzman, Everardo Aguiar, Sam Engs (Chris Cruz 56), Juan Guerrero, Hunter LeBlanc, Nicholas Lima, Jesus Morales (Israel Ayala 38), Travis Pillon, Jorge Soto (Fardeen Shaiwany 50), Brian Visser (Jose Navarro 53), Jeremy Williams.
Matches played with 30-minute halves.
All statistics contained in this boxscore are unofficial
Group B
Columbus Crew 2, FC Dallas 1
FC Dallas entered the tournament as the favorite to win Group B, but after losing 2-1 to the Columbus Crew Saturday night, they sit in third place and need a win against Philadelphia on Monday to avoid finishing last. Chris Davis put Columbus on the board in the 12th minute with his second goal of the tournament. Columbus tacked on a second goal in the 47th minute when Raymond Olivarria crossed the ball to the front of the box, where Al Crognole fired a shot past the Dallas goalkeeper. Bobby Eddet tallied a goal for Dallas in the 49th minute, but it was too little, too late as Columbus held on for the victory.
Columbus Crew (1-0-1) vs. FC Dallas (0-1-1)
2010 SUM U-17 Cup - Group B
July 24, 2010 –- Centennial Park, Friendswood TX
Scoring Summary:
CLB -- Chris Davis 2 (Tom Granot 1) 12
CLB -- Al Crognale 1 (Ray Olivarria 1) 47
FCD -- Bobby Eddet 1 (unassisted) 49
FC Dallas -- Caleb Underwood, Ricardo Mejia (David Robledo 26), Samuel Coleman, Mark Ashby, Nicolas Rochowski (Jacob Garza 39), Jose Gamino (Emerson Hyndman 31), Flavio Guzman, Jairo Villalta (Erick Chapa 35), Kevin Machado (J. Toledo 31), Christian Garcia, Bobby Eddet.
Columbus Crew -- Jake Circillo (Nick Straight 31), Will Trapp (David Witkiff 27), Max Riehemann, Chris Davis (Rhodes Moore 35), Dominic Aracri, Mason Hoge, Anthony Boerio (Alex Crognale 31), Alex Ranalli, Raymond Olivarria, Tom Granot (Charlie Reymann 43), Peter Suess (Zach Mason 31).
Matches played with 30-minute halves.
All statistics contained in this boxscore are unofficial
Seattle Sounders 2, Philadelphia Union 1
Seattle continued its strong play with a 2-1 victory over the Philadelphia Union thanks to a strong defensive effort from the Sounders back line and goalkeeper Rodney Greiling. Both of Seattle's goals were courtesy of defenders - Michael Gallagher and Ian Lange, respectively. Midfielder Aaron Kovar, a standout for Seattle thus far, delivered an inswinging corner kick that Gallagher redirected with a sharp header for the first goal. Lange then got on the end of a loose ball in the box after another Kovar corner to give Sounders FC a 2-0 halftime lead.
Philadelphia rallied in the second half after inserting many of the previous evening's starters, including Friday's goalscorer Melvin Snoh and standout midfielder Jimmy McLaughlin. Midfielder Colin O'Neill connected on a cross to bring the Union within a goal, but outstanding goalkeeping by Greiling preserved the victory.
Seattle Sounders (1-0-1) vs. Philadelphia Union (0-1-1)
2010 SUM U-17 Cup - Group B
July 24, 2010 –- Centennial Park, Friendswood TX
Scoring Summary:
SEA -- Michael Gallagher 1 (Aaron Kovar 1)
SEA -- Ian Lange 1 (unassisted)
PHI -- Colin O'Neill 1 (unassisted)
Seattle Sounders -- Rodney Greiling, Ian Lange, Michael Gallagher, Aaron Kovar (Jacob Beck 55), Troy Peterson, Prince Gunderson (Chris Miller 20), Jordan Schweitzer, DeAndre Yedlin (Ian Crook 51), Tolossa Hassan (Dominique Dismuke 46), Sam Langston, Travis Strawn.
Philadelphia Union -- Zack Steffan, Ryan Bertrando, Christian Kascheck, Nick Hutchinson (Melvin Snoh 31), Colin O'neill (Chris Somerville 48), Connor Ryan (Mike Gonzalez 31), Zach Pfeffer (Jimmy McLaughlin 31), Darius Madison, Joseph Raymond (Zach Shiposh 31), Jonathan Kumher, Ryan Dodds (Benjamin Kennel 31).
Matches played with 30-minute halves.
All statistics contained in this boxscore are unofficial
Group C
Chivas USA 3, Toronto FC 0
Chivas USA continued their strong form in this year's U-17 Cup, defeating Toronto FC with three second-half goals. Toronto had an opportunity in the first half, when Marcus Lees was fouled in the box to earn a penalty kick. Unfortunately for Toronto, Tristan Jackman stepped up and fired the shot right at the goalkeeper, Jack McGuire, and the game remained scoreless.
The second half was dominated by Chivas USA. In the 40th minute, Marcial Cazares drilled a corner kick into the box, and Ivan Delgado headed the ball past Toronto goalkeeper Justin Silveria to put Chivas on the board. Ten minutes later, Pedro Velasquez played a beautiful through-ball to Kevin de la Torre, who met the ball in stride and found the back of the net. Steve Palacios added a third goal for Chivas in the 60th minute. Chivas will now face the Houston Dynamo on Monday night to determine the group winner.
Chivas USA (2-0) vs. Toronto FC (0-2)
2010 SUM U-17 Cup - Group C
July 24, 2010 –- Centennial Park, Friendswood TX
Scoring Summary:
CHV -- Ivan Delgado 1 (Marcial Cazares 1) 40
CHV -- Kevin de la Torre 1 (Pedro Velasquez 2) 50
CHV -- Steve Palacios 1 (Marcial Cazares 2) 60
Toronto FC -- Justin Silveria, Eric Ngo (Prasenna Kirupakaran 31), Arthur Casupanan, Tristan Jackman (Matthew Arnone 55), Mackenzie Kim (Ben Futorianski 45), Andrew Curci, Kristian Zanette (Nathan Kelsey 43), Chris Manella (Sergio Camargo 31), Dakar Charles, Marcus Lees, Kaheem Christopher.
Chivas USA -- Jake McGuire, Alexis Flores, Ivan Delgado, Marcial Cazares, Nicholas Ledesma (Sergio Cervantes 31), Jose Luis Martinez (Steve Palacios 31), Kevin de Niz, Alfredo Figueroa (Erick Corona 44), Adam Arana (Max Rizo 31), Jesus Jimenez (Victor Vazquez 31), Kevin de la Torre (Pedro Velasquez 58).
Matches played with 30-minute halves.
All statistics contained in this boxscore are unofficial
Houston Dynamo 3, New England Revolution 1
The Houston Dynamo continued their impressive run in this year's U-17 Cup, defeating the New England Revolution 3-1 to earn three points and a share of first place with Chivas USA. Tamay Sanchez was the man of the match, scoring all three Dynamo goals.
In the 11th minute, Sanchez cut through two defenders before being dragged down in the penalty box. Sanchez stepped up to the penalty kick and fired a laser past Revs goalkeeper Ryan Simpson. New England tied the game in the 42nd minute when Diego Fagundez split two defenders to find Felix DeBonna streaking through the box. DeBonna, who only entered the game two minutes earlier, placed the ball past Dynamo goalkeeper Graham Wheeler and leveled the score.
The Revs' celebration was short-lived, though, as two minutes later, Sanchez stole the ball from a New England midfielder, took two steps, and fired a shot to the upper corner of the net. To cap things off, Sanchez picked up a ball from Isaiah Noreiga in the 56th minute and scored a Donovan-esque type goal, rocketing the ball from twelve yards out over the goalkeeper's head. Sanchez is currently the tournament's leading scorer and a front-runner for the tournament MVP award.
The Dynamo will take on Chivas USA at 6:30 p.m. on Monday night in a winner-take-all match for Group C.
Houston Dynamo (2-0) vs. New England Revolution (0-2)
2010 SUM U-17 Cup - Group C
July 24, 2010 –- Centennial Park, Friendswood TX
Scoring Summary:
HOU -– Tamay Sanchez 1 (penalty kick) 11
NE –- Felix DeBonna 1 (Diego Fagundez 1) 42
HOU –- Tamay Sanchez 2 (unassisted) 44
HOU –- Tamay Sanchez 3 (Isaiah Noreiga) 56
Houston Dynamo -- Graham Wheeler, Juan Ramirez, Bradley Bourgeois, Sebastian Karpen (Siegfried Casar 43), Luis Mendoza (Jose Christian Gonzalez 31), Alexandro Ochoa (Leo Ayala 31), Miguel Zapata, Alex Gonzalez (Manuel Chavez 39), Diego Martinez Del Campo (Isaiah Noreiga 45), Tamay Sanchez (Bryan Salazar 59), Martin Fiemawhle (Jordan Davies 51).
New England Revolution -- Ryan Simpson (Tyler Zon 31), Adrian Reifsynder (Christian Sady 31), Sean MacDonald, Peter Lee-Kramer (Forrest Sisk 31), Mitchell Taintor, Diego Fagundez, Jack Hilger (Kelvin Castillo 43), Dan Tchen, Frederico Ferre (Cole Denormandie 40), Jannick Kabala (Derek Medeiros 49), Peguy Ngatcha (Felix DeBonna 40).
Matches played with 30-minute halves.
All statistics contained in this boxscore are unofficial
Group D
Real Salt Lake 1, Los Angeles Galaxy 1 (RSL won on penalty kicks)
After a first half marked by frustrating, unproductive play by both sides, the Galaxy and Real Salt Lake both broke through with goals in the second half, but only RSL would leave a winner after defeating LA on PKs.
The Galaxy's Dyllan Stevens opened the scoring with an unassisted strike created from sheer determination to push his way through the defense. The lead was short-lived, as RSL struck back only one minute later when Junior Jbopau received a skillful, nearly no-look cross from Maikon Orellana to tie things up. Tied at the end of regulation, the teams went to penalty kicks, where RSL emerged victorious for the second game in a row.
Real Salt Lake (1-0-1) vs. Los Angeles Galaxy (0-1-1)
2010 SUM U-17 Cup - Group D
July 24, 2010 –- Centennial Park, Friendswood TX
Scoring Summary:
LA -- Dyllan Stevens 1 (unassisted) 48
RSL -- Junior Jbopau 1 (Maikon Orellana 1) 49
Los Angeles Galaxy -- Alexis Padilla, Jonathan Hower, Juan Chavez, Justin Dhillon, Mykal Riley, Drew Murphy, Jack McBean, Jake Kim, Nathaniel Schnitman, Juan Mendoza, Jake Laporte.
Subs: Eric Gonzalez 31, Jose Avila 41, Dyllan Stevens 31, Neil Ignacio 31, Dennis Flores 55
Real Salt Lake -- Tyler Wilson, Joseph Metzger, Carson Elliot, Julio Alcaron, Cole Nagy, Junior Jbopau, Phanuel Kavita, Aaron Caprio, Austin Jex, Lucas Cawley, Alejandra Espinoza.
Subs: Zander Rados 22, Tanney Clay 12, Maikon Orellana 31, Matt Gay 31, Antonio Murillo 31
Matches played with 30-minute halves.
All statistics contained in this boxscore are unofficial
New York Red Bulls 2 vs. Kansas City Wizards 0
On the rebound from last night's loss to Real Salt Lake, the New York Red Bulls dominated the Kansas City Wizards Juniors in a resounding 2-0 victory. New York's Ethan Decker opened up the scoring in the 43rd minute with a fantastic strike from just inside the 18-yard box. Two minutes later, powerful forward Brandon Allen was the beneficiary of some nice combination play in the midfield to make the score 2-0. The goal was Allen's second of the tournament. The Wizards never gained enough momentum to counter New York's 1-2 punch, and the score held for the remainder of the game.
New York Red Bulls (1-1) vs. Kansas City Wizards (1-1)
2010 SUM U-17 Cup - Group D
July 24, 2010 –- Centennial Park, Friendswood TX
Scoring Summary:
NY -- Ethan Decker 1 (unassisted) 42
NY -- Brandon Allen 2 (unassisted) 44
Kansas City Wizards -- Jonathan Kempin, Andrew Brown, Eric DeJulio, Austin Esparza, Cameron Wallace, Konner Knoll, David Leichty, Marques Mayoras, Jordan Rideout, Derek Schrick, Clay Stewart.
Subs: Raymond Lee 31, Nicholas Row 53, Lucas Throckmorton 42, Shane Woods 31.
New York Red Bulls -- Santiago Castano, Russel Canouse, Oscar Gonzalez, Luis Munoz, Antonio Matarazzo, Tommy Haskell, Eric Lagg, Ivan Dorador, Anthony Casagranda, Christian Johnson, Jake Wagmeister.
Subs: Diego Ceron 52, Brandon Alvarado 31, Adam Najem 31, Matthew Miazga 23, Ross Tetro 26, Ethan Decker 40.
Matches played with 30-minute halves.
All statistics contained in this boxscore are unofficial


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Some media found the possibility that foreign terrorists bombed the Boston Marathon to be too tantalizing of an explanation to pass up, even when it snares the wrong suspects.
Some media found the possibility that foreign terrorists bombed the Boston Marathon to be too tantalizing of an explanation to pass up, even when it snares the wrong suspects.
On the day of the Boston Marathon bombings, for example, the New York Post proudly presented a scoop that misidentified an injured "Saudi national" as a terror suspect. By the next day, authorities confirmed that the badly burned man actually was a witness, not a suspect. Sorry about that.
Online vigilantism ran so wild on the Reddit online link-sharing community that its general manager, Erik Martin, later issued an apology. Before brothers Dzhokhar Tsarnaev, 19, and alleged co-conspirator Tamerlan Tsarnaev, 26, were identified as the alleged bombing suspects, the photos and names of several innocent men were circulated through Reddit, including that of a 17-year-old high school student and a Brown University student who has been missing since March. Sorry again.
The meteoric rise of new Internet media has created a new and dangerous rise of send-before-you-think journalism, especially in do-it-yourself media circles. That puts a greater burden on news consumers to be skeptical regarding how and what they are being served.
Unfortunately, it also can create real dangers to individual lives, social dialogue and even national security.
For example, in a New York Times essay a day after the Boston bombings, Haider Javed Warraich, a medical resident in Boston, gave this explanation for why he decided against running into the action: As "a 20-something Pakistani male with dark stubble" owing to his hectic schedule in an intensive-care unit, he wrote, "I look like Hollywood's favorite post-Cold-War movie villain."
That night CNN and ABC News journalist Christiane Amanpour read from Warraich's op-ed at the Arab American Institute's annual dinner in Washington, which I attended as a guest.
Amanpour was receiving an achievement award named for Anthony Shadid, a Pulitzer Prize-winning New York Times foreign correspondent and Lebanese-American who died while covering Syria's unrest last year.
Amanpour used Warraich's quote to underscore a point she wanted to make about what she called "the elephant in the room." She was referring to the haunting concern by many in that hotel ballroom that the marathon bombers, then not yet identified, might turn out to be Arab - and rekindle post-Sept. 11 prejudices and suspicions about all Arabs.
"How many of us feel this burden of association and hope beyond hope that this doesn't turn out to be what it might be?" Amanpour said. "No conclusions yet. ... Is it international? Is it domestic? But like all of you - I'm not Pakistani, and I'm not Arab, but I am part Iranian. And I do understand the burden of association."
As an African-American I, too, understand the burden of guilt by association. I took no consolation when the focus of racial-profiling discussions, a hot issue in the 2000 presidential primaries, suddenly shifted after Sept.11, 2001, from "driving while black" or Latino to anyone who looked as though he or she might be Arab or Muslim.
That's why I find it ironic to hear increasingly about how much white conservatives don't like to be profiled, either.
Breitbart.com, among other conservative websites, slammed NPR, for example, for a publicly funded "smear" in "the media's never-ending crusade to falsely blame the right for mass murder."
Their complaint? They didn't like NPR counterterrorism correspondent Dina Temple-Raston's report that officials were investigating possible connections between the marathon bombs and "anti-government, right-wing folks," among other possible leads.
My response? Step back and take a breath, folks, unless you really want to be identified with the sort of nitwits who celebrate Hitler's birthday.
As the facts unfold, the backgrounds of the Boston bombing brother suspects frustrate our usual narratives and stereotypes.
They're foreign-born, but domestically raised without obvious ties to terror groups.
We need to get past everyone's hurt feelings to have a serious conversation about how we deal with all forms of threats to our national security.
Contact Chicago Tribune columnist Clarence Page at email@example.com.

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text: Osaka, Japan, November 2, 2010 - China staved off elimination with a straight-sets victory (25-12, 25-21, 25-14) over the Dominican Republic at the FIVB Women's World Championship on the fourth day of first-round action in Pool D at Osaka City Municipal Gymnasium on Tuesday night.China (2-2) were facing the possibility of going out in the first round of the World Championships for the first time since 1974, following surprise losses to Korea and Turkey. Wang Yimei was the top scorer for China with 13 points, while Ma Yunwen contributed 12 points. Prisilla Rivera led the Dominican Republic with 10 points while China took advantage of the big disparity in errors between the teams (23-9).The Dominicans saw their record fall to 0-4 with this defeat. They just couldn't deal with the stronger Chinese team who were under real pressure to win. After the loss to Korea on Sunday night, China came out with its game face on and strolled to 25-12 in the opening set, taking advantage of nine errors by the Dominicans.Marcos Kwiek's side played better in the second set and trailed only 22-21, but they could not overtake China and fell 25-21. Yue Juemin's team controlled the third set from beginning to end and closed out the match 25-14. China play Russia on Wednesday in the final day of first-round action, while the Dominican Republic face Canada.


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A single lump in her right breast was the loose thread that sent Belinda Stronach's world unravelling.
"It kind of stops you in your tracks," Stronach told Postmedia News in an exclusive interview. "You go about your daily life and you don't wake up in the morning thinking, 'Oh my goodness, I'm going to have breast cancer.'"
It was April 2007 when Stronach, former MP and CEO of auto parts giant Magna International, was diagnosed with the disease. A few months later, she underwent a mastectomy — the surgical removal of her breast — and reconstructive surgery in California. A surgeon in Los Angeles offered Stronach, at the time 41, an innovative, single-stage surgery that spared her nipple, an option she said was not available to her in Canada.
"It was quite different than any other option that I was given in Canada," she said. "It meant I could have the reconstruction at the same time, and important to me was I could keep my nipple."
Stronach is one of thousands of women diagnosed with breast cancer every year in Canada. Many have mastectomies as part of their treatment but, unlike Stronach, many never go on to benefit from reconstructive breast surgery.
In the course of this six-part series, women share their experiences of living with a mastectomy: a diminished sense of femininity, a loss of self-worth, frustration not knowing who to turn to for help, and scars that are a constant reminder. While not all mastectomy patients seek breast reconstruction, many are never informed of the procedure to begin with. Some live in regions where there is no immediate access to a plastic surgeon. Others are not told due to difficulties co-ordinating operating time between general surgeons who do mastectomies and plastic surgeons doing reconstruction.
For those aware of the option after undergoing mastectomies, their anguish is amplified by multi-year queues to get the surgery and the misconception that what they seek is purely cosmetic, akin to breast augmentation. Some complain of a lack of surgical options and a lack of plastic surgeons in Canada which cause them to opt for the procedure south of the border.
Their stories highlight a health-care system failing to provide a much-needed service for women in this country.
Breast cancer is the most common cancer affecting women in Canada.
One in nine women is expected to develop the disease during her lifetime, according to the Canadian Cancer Society. Last year, 23,400 women were diagnosed in Canada.
But fewer women are dying from the disease, likely due to increased screening and improvements in treatment. The current five-year survival rate in Canada is 88 per cent.
The mortality rate is the lowest it has been since 1950, according to the cancer society.
Lumpectomy and mastectomy, along with chemotherapy and radiation therapy, are standard treatments for breast cancer. A lumpectomy involves removing a portion of the breast, while a mastectomy removes the entire breast, and sometimes the lymph nodes and chest muscle.
For women who have mastectomies, and some who have lumpectomies depending on how much tissue is removed, there is the option of breast reconstruction. Reconstruction can be "immediate," performed at the same time as the mastectomy, or "delayed," performed in a separate surgery later.
The surgery can use implants, or can be autologous — using skin, fat and sometimes muscle from another part of the patient's body, such as the abdomen, hips, buttocks or thighs — to reconstruct the breasts.
A combination of the two is a third option.
Yet despite more women surviving the disease, few ever undergo reconstruction. While not all want it, the surgery rates remain remarkably low despite the survivor group continuing to balloon.
In 2010-'11, a total of 24,735 women had mastectomies in Canada, according to the Canadian Institute for Health Information. Of those, just 945 women — about one in 26 — had immediate reconstruction. Only 1,719 women — about one in 15 — had delayed reconstruction.
When Stronach first discovered the lump in her right breast in early 2007, she was also dealing with changes in her professional life. In April of that year, Stronach — MP for the Toronto-area riding of Newmarket-Aurora — left politics to take on the role of executive vice-chair of Magna, the auto parts company founded by her father, Frank Stronach. Before her jaunt into politics in 2004, when she also ran for leadership of the federal Conservatives, Stronach was Magna's CEO.
After getting a mammogram, Stronach said her fears were temporarily allayed when the scan turned up clear. But when the lump continued to grow, an ultrasound and biopsy revealed ductal carcinoma in situ (DCIS), the most common type of non-invasive breast cancer. Although it isn't life-threatening, if left untreated DCIS can spread into surrounding tissue.
Reeling from the diagnosis, Stronach was grateful the cancer was not invasive.
"It was contained to the breast, so that to me was the positive to focus on at that point in time," she said. "That was a big blessing."
Stronach went into research mode, learning about all possible treatment options. On top of the shock of a diagnosis, choosing a treatment plan is overwhelming, she said.
"It's a whole new subject matter you have to become an expert in," said Stronach.
She decided on a lumpectomy, a surgical procedure in which only the tumour and some surrounding tissue is removed, conserving most of the breast. After a lumpectomy, a pathologist examines the mass to ensure there are no cancer cells in the tissue surrounding the tumour, called the margins. If there are, the patient must have more tissue removed until the margins are clear.
The cards were not in Stronach's favour.
"They didn't get clean margins on the lump," she said.
Before deciding on her next course of treatment — either another lumpectomy along with radiation, or a mastectomy without radiation — Stronach sought opinions from several physicians. She eventually chose a mastectomy, of which the only comforting prospect was the option of immediate implant-based breast reconstruction.
A doctor would first remove the breast, including the nipple. Then, a plastic surgeon would place a tissue expander — a temporary implant that is slowly injected with saline solution over several months — to stretch the pectoral muscle and skin. The expander would later be removed and replaced with a permanent implant. After the reconstruction process, which takes several months, Stronach could have the pigment of her nipple replicated through medical tattooing.
Although confident in her decision to have a mastectomy, Stronach said she was hesitant about the idea of a tattooed nipple.
"I wasn't really excited about that option," she said. "I just felt that . . . why do you have to remove my nipple if the cancer isn't in it?"
She voiced her concerns to her radiation oncologist, who told her about a California plastic surgeon who could offer another option.
Dr. Randy Sherman, now vice-chair of surgery at Cedars Sinai Medical Center in Los Angeles, performs a single-stage procedure that combines a mastectomy and reconstruction and keeps the skin and nipples intact.
A relatively new procedure, medical experts don't yet know the long-term safety of it. A major concern is that sparing the nipple has potential for the cancer to recur, although some short-term studies have showed promising results with no cancer recurrences within at least two years after surgery.
Stronach said she almost backed out of seeing Sherman. "You get a little exhausted with the process, and you think, is it really going to be that different, the answer?" she said.
The doctor made her a deal. They would test her nipple while she was in surgery, and if no DCIS cells were found, then they wouldn't remove it.
Once she knew this option existed, Stronach said she raised the idea with her Canadian surgeon.
"He wouldn't entertain the possibility of doing that," she recalled. "He said 'No, this is the way we do it here.' "
Stronach decided to have the surgery in California.
"It would have been a much greater challenge for me psychologically had I not had the reconstruction and had I not had a nipple-sparing mastectomy," she said. "It's a tough thing to deal with."
Breasts are an important "part of being a woman and how you feel about yourself," said Stronach, and being able to keep her nipple made the thought of losing her breast easier to process.
"It wasn't a complete disfigurement," she said. "It's a pretty normal-looking breast."
In a random twist of fate, while in Los Angeles recovering from the surgery, Stronach was approached by Toronto family physician Dr. Marla Shapiro, best known as a medical consultant for CTV News and a columnist for the Globe and Mail.
Shapiro, who had also fought breast cancer, wanted to establish Toronto as a centre of excellence in breast reconstruction. She asked Stronach, a known philanthropist, if she would help fund an academic chair in Canada, unaware that Stronach had just had a mastectomy.
"Marla had no idea," said Stronach. "Life takes strange twists and turns sometimes."
Through her own experience, Shapiro realized there was an acute lack of awareness among mastectomy patients about reconstruction, and she saw how long the wait times are.
She wanted to address both through an academic chair.
"The same way that we've closed the gender bias, for example, on heart health, we needed to close this," Shapiro said. "Given that we are a centre of excellence in so many areas, I found it appalling that we weren't in this area."
When Shapiro first proposed the idea of an academic chair in breast reconstruction in 2006, fewer than 10 per cent of women who had mastectomies also had reconstruction. And the wait for surgery was "horrible."
"Way too long!" she said. "And it's inexcusable, because this is a funded procedure."
While an academic chair wouldn't directly address issues like wait times, Shapiro said she hoped raising awareness could impact government policy.
"I think the more awareness that there is, and the more of a need and the more there is demand, it's a trickle-down effect," she said. "This is a question of making this a priority, of making this is a voice that will be heard."
Shapiro approached banks and charities to secure funding for the chair.
Although there was interest, Shapiro faced some criticism from people who assumed reconstruction is a cosmetic procedure.
"This is not about getting larger boobs," she said. "This is about healing with dignity. It's about encouraging women to understand what their options are."
Although her breasts had never defined her, Shapiro said she couldn't "help but be defined by the loss of them" when they were gone.
"You've lost your nipples and all you have is skin without any landmarks at all," she said. "You can't go to a gym and change publicly . . . because you're like a train wreck that people can't stop looking at."
The option of reconstruction, she said, allowed her to be able to "get up and get dressed and be normal, and not have to be confronted by the mutilating scars on my body every day."
After the two women talked in L.A., the Belinda Stronach Chair in Breast Cancer Reconstructive Surgery was created at Toronto General Hospital in November 2007.
Although it has been almost five years since the chair was announced, no one has been appointed to the position, which Shapiro described as "frustrating."
"You can't have a powerful chair with an empty chair," she said.
The delay is due to funding, said Tennys Hanson, president and CEO of the Toronto General and Western Hospital Foundation. When the chair was announced, only half of the $2-million funding had been raised. In an e-mail, Hanson said that funding is expected to be in place by December 2012.
"As with most large gifts of this nature, the funds are paid over a period of time," she said.
But the slow start doesn't mean the money is sitting idle. As the endowment fund grows, the expendable portion is being used for breast reconstruction research and patient education, said Dr. Stefan Hofer, head of the Breast Restoration Program at Toronto's University Health Network, which is overseeing how the money is allocated.
"So it's been very helpful already," said Hofer.
Some of the funding has gone toward tracking rates of breast reconstruction to determine demand for the surgery, said Hofer.
"We don't know how many women actually want it," he said. "Maybe only 30 per cent want it, and then we're not doing so bad. It's unclear."
Still, Hofer said, the goal should be that "everybody who wants it should be able to get it."
Funding has also gone toward establishing a microsurgery fellowship program to train more plastic surgeons, said Hofer.
Recruiting more surgeons could help reduce wait time but, so far, few Canadian plastic surgeons have applied, said Hofer.
Part of the problem, said Hofer, lies in the relatively poor compensation for microsurgery and breast reconstruction compared to cosmetic plastic surgery.
"It's really hard to motivate people to do longer days and make less," Hofer said, "but do more rewarding work, in my eyes."
Although launching the chair is a step forward, both Stronach and Shapiro say women face far too many hurdles for reconstruction.
As a former politician, Stronach believes people need to bring more attention to the problem before government will address it.
"It will become a priority for politicians for when it matters to citizens," said Stronach. "We have to demand this. The citizens have to be vocal about it."
But without knowing the problem exists, Shapiro said nobody will raise their voices.
"We need to be doing more," said Shapiro. "It's as simple as that."


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Debt management companies could be prevented from contacting consumers through social media after a regulator review revealed "widespread problems with misleading advertising".
In a draft update to its debt management guidance, now out for consultation, the Office of Fair Trading (OFT) warned that using social media such as Twitter and Facebook may not be an "appropriate medium". It added that the use of sponsored links on search engines may go against its guidance on providing consumers with "sufficiently balanced and adequate" information.
The updated guidance follows a review of compliance in the debt management sector (107-page/519KB PDF) which raised concerns about misleading advertising and the quality of advice provided to consumers. The OFT claims its revised guidance will increase transparency and ensure that "consumers have all the information they need to make an informed decision about the solution most appropriate to them".
The guidance is intended to address the issues identified by the review together with targeted enforcement action against businesses who fail to adhere to it, the OFT said.
Companies wishing to provide debt management, debt counselling or debt adjustment services to consumers must hold an appropriate consumer credit licence in order to do so, regardless of whether they wish to offer services on a fee-charging or not-for-profit basis.
The OFT has issued warnings to 129 debt management businesses and taken action to revoke 11 consumer credit licences since publishing the findings of its compliance review last year, according to its figures.
In the draft guidance, the regulator questions whether debt management companies can maintain adequate control over information transmitted via social networking sites. It also questions whether character limits in operation on sites such as Twitter can allow companies to provide a balanced picture to their customers.
"Before using internet-based and social media marketing, [companies] should consider whether they can exercise adequate control over its content, whether it is an appropriate medium and whether the required information, warnings and caveats can be included sufficiently prominently," the guidance says.
"The OFT considers that search engine sponsored links and online messaging forums which limit the number of characters are unlikely to be an appropriate means of providing consumers with sufficiently balanced and adequate information," it says.
David Fisher, Director of the OFT's Consumer Credit Group, described the failings identified in the review as "unacceptable".
"This guidance is designed to leave firms in no doubt about the standards the OFT expects ad what they must do to comply with the law... debt management businesses must raise their standards or face enforcement action," he said.
The consultation on the draft guidance ends on 5 September 2011.
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Using a combination of pre- and post-consumer content, BioGlass is a material that can be used for countertops, backsplashes, partition walls, staircases, and exterior cladding.
Coverings Etc makes the product in a proprietary process using the proper amount of heat and pressure to ensure its durability. The broken pieces of glass meld to form stunning textures on the surface. BioGlass is LEED certified, and includes zero fillers and binders.
I'd love to see a maker try to reproduce a material similar to this. Get yourself a kiln, frame up a countertop, and pour away!
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Given enough time, everyone eventually spills to Oprah Winfrey.
It appears the next high-profile guest to dish her secrets to the day time diva is none other than John Edwards' baby-mama Rielle Hunter.
Harpo Productions says Rielle Hunter will have her first television interview with Winfrey. A specific airdate for the show has not been confirmed but it's rumored to be sometime in May.
Hunter made her first public comments since she became known as Edwards' mistress in an interview with GQ magazine released last month.
She said she and Edwards remain in love and she is helping him live "a life of truth." In January, Edwards admitted he was the father of Hunter's daughter, now 2.
Hunter also posed for photos for the magazine that showed her on a bed, barelegged in a man's white dress shirt and a pearl necklace.
John Edwards and wife Elizabeth Edwards are now separated and the John Edwards sex tape is still in play.
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Volvo V60 Plug-in Hybrid - a sneak preview of the production model arriving in 2012
At the beginning of 2011, Volvo Cars unveiled the V60 Plug-in Hybrid - a virtually production-ready car with carbon dioxide emissions below 50 g/km.
The Plug-in Hybrid, which will be launched on the market in 2012, is the result of close cooperation between Volvo Cars and Swedish energy supplier Vattenfall.
"No industry or organisation can tackle the climate challenge all by itself. It is our mission to develop carbon dioxide-lean cars, but a sustainable future must be created jointly by everyone in society. This project shows how cooperation between experts in different areas brings us closer to the transition from individually carbon dioxide-lean products to a climate-smart lifestyle," says Stefan Jacoby, President and CEO of Volvo Cars.
In January 2007, Volvo Cars and Vattenfall launched an industrial partnership whose aim was to test and develop plug-in technology. This cross-border initiative resulted in the foundation of a jointly owned company - V2 Plug-in-Hybrid Vehicle Partnership,
Half the CO2 emissions, full driving pleasure
Development work has been jointly financed. Now the project is on the threshold of introducing the market's first diesel plug-in hybrid. It's an attractive car type that gives the user access to the very best properties of both an electric car and a diesel-powered vehicle: very low fuel consumption and CO2 levels, combined with long range and high performance.
"One important aspect of the project was to retain the Volvo V60's excellent driving pleasure, high safety standard and luxurious comfort. At the same time, average CO2 emissions and fuel consumption will be halved compared with what is available on the market today," says Stefan Jacoby, and adds:
"We're taking a giant step forward towards our "DRIVe Towards Zero" vision, that is to say the hunt for zero emissions. In fact, when the V60 Plug-in Hybrid is run solely on electricity and recharged using renewable energy, we've already reached that goal."
Cheaper fuel costs
When powered solely by electricity, the V60 Plug-in Hybrid has a range of up to 50 kilometres. The car's total operating range is up to 1200 km. Carbon dioxide emissions will be an average of 49 grams per kilometre (EU Combined) and fuel consumption will be 1.9 litres per 100 km.
The cost of the battery pack means the plug-in hybrid will be more expensive to buy than a Volvo V60 with a conventional combustion engine. On the other hand, fuel costs will be one-third compared with a conventional combustion engine. The cost of running on electricity in Sweden has been calculated at about 2.50 kronor (EUR 0.30) per 10 km. The exact cost will vary from one market to another.
The plug-in hybrid can be charged via a regular household electricity socket at home or when parked somewhere else. Charging time is about five hours if the car is recharged at home.
Electric power offers a range of benefits
Electrification of the transport sector is an important step in the fight against climate change. Electricity is a highly beneficial fuel:
Rapid expansion of renewable electricity production
Electricity production is undergoing rapid expansion. Wind-power is being commercially introduced on a large scale and is continuing to expand, biofuels will replace fossil fuels on a broad front, wave-power is expected to enter commercial operation within ten years, and new technology to clean CO2 emissions from coal-fired power stations is currently under development.
At Volvo Cars, work progresses on the V60 Plug-in Hybrid in parallel with development of the Volvo C30 Electric, which runs entirely on electricity.
"These two car types complement one another. With a plug-in hybrid the driver is entirely independent of recharging stations when driving long distances. The future electric-car market will feature a mixture of both all-electric cars and plug-in hybrids," says Stefan Jacoby.
The third leg in Volvo Cars' electrification strategy is empowering the upcoming engine generation with hybrid technology.
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The Samsung Galaxy Mega Redefines the "Phablet"
At 6.6 inches, the Samsung Galaxy Mega smartphone is a huge "phablet." Does anyone need a phone this big? AllThingsD's Lauren Goode reports.
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We're back from vacay this week, and catching up on a few weeks' worth of happenin's and art chatter. Last week, Georgia Kotretsos of art21:blog posted an interview with Mary Jane Jacob, Michelle Grabner and Kate Zeller on the School of the Art Institute's "Summer Studio" program (at which Bad at Sports happily pinged, ponged, and otherwise partook) as well as their recently published The Studio Reader, a critical anthology of writings on the artist's studio. An excerpt from art:21's interview is below; click on over for the full-length interview.
Georgia Kotretsos: Within the first few lines of The Studio Reader preface, your words speak of a condition that sum up the essence of the artist's studio: "Even when the making is not so visible, it is always present.†Is it that "presence†that Tehching Hsieh is exhausting by keeping a studio space without having made any kind of art for over a decade as we read in Barry Schwabsky's essay, The Symbolic Studio?
Mary Jane Jacob: When I said that "the studio is more than a physical place and even more than a mental space; it is a necessity of being,†I intended to convey that making art is an omnipresent thing; it works in consciously, semi-consciously, and in unconscious ways. It is always just below the surface, if not right there — in the head and hand. Yes, one can also think of this as non-studio practices that are less material and in The Studio Reader, we have such discussions of Tehching Hsieh or Kimsooja's thought that her body is her studio. But it is also true for the painter, the sculptor, the printmaker, and we could go on with this list; it is not media specific.
How we locate an idea for art, a solution to an artistic problem, and especially the development of a work and of an ongoing practice is by living art — and this happens in the very being of being an artist. So when I speak of consciousness, I mean that we bring to our work a certain perception and mindset, and that also is present in our life. The relation of art and life is not just a 20th-century, modern, or avant-garde position; it is an essential art condition. Cultivating a deep and wide consciousness is important to many artists because, then, that just-below-the-surface state can be called into operation, seamlessly, and with this openness or permeability, a natural flow can occur that can contribute to the making of art in the studio that we take on our back.
GK: I appreciate an introduction that offers insight and a cohesive historicity on a subject, such as the one you wrote about the studio in The Studio Reader. Your closing sentence — "Critical, ironic, sentimental, and practical, the practiced place of the studio is no longer the fixed space of inspiration that Poussin laid eyes on four hundred years ago†— wisely makes room and gives reason for the rest of the book to unfold. So, what is the studio today? What does The Studio Reader tell us?
Michelle Grabner: I believe that the idea of the studio today is unambiguously foundational to the complications and contradictions of contemporary art practice.
At its most pragmatic, it is simply a necessary space of production and display. After researching the multitude of shapes and forms comprising the contemporary studio, they are no more fascinating than oil stick, video, clay, or canvas: the studio akin to a medium. However, the studio can also be a subject. And this is where it gets interesting and I hope The Studio Reader points to conditions in contemporary art production that can be sussed out through the lens of the studio.
For example, the many artist's contributions to The Studio Reader are intriguing and insightful accounts into day-to-day studio engagement, yet it is only in their collectivity that one can start to assess how the space of production, invention, creativity, and meaning are being culled by artists today.
I think one of the most interesting disagreements in contemporary art exists between the totalizing embracement of the studio and art's democratization: "People just make things. And so I don't know whether it's so necessary to 'reveal' anything anymore,†writes Cory Arcangel. With a swift retort, Houston-based critic Mary LeClere writes, "The question isn't whether it's art, but whether it needs to be. Why hold onto the name if it no longer refers to something that has a cultural, and therefore shared, meaning?â€
So why the need for studios? Here within lies a complex web of contradictions that configure contemporary art and culture. The contemporary studio lays the foundation for new research into those long disparaged notions of authorship, talent, and métier.
Read the full post at art:21 blog here.
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- Michelle Grabner, Anthony Elms, Stuart Comer Named Curators of 2014 Whitney Biennial - November 29, 2012
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Masset aiming to begin throwing in January
"It's been coming along great," Masset said Friday during Redsfest. "My strength has been coming along really good. I really don't know what to expect because it's one of those things I haven't been through."
Masset expects to begin a throwing program around the first of the year. He hoped to be ready to pitch when the season starts but is being cautious with his timetable.
"I'm going to be rehabbing all the way through while I'm throwing," Masset said. "And when I'm throwing, I'm sure it's not going to feel great at the beginning. You're throwing with a new arm, so to speak. They'll probably want to take it slow with me. I know it's a three-month throwing program. So if I start at the beginning of the year, that would put me to the end of March. I guess it all depends on how quick I progress. Hopefully, there are no setbacks."


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The NXC2620-DVK40A Development Kit hardware consists of a NXC2620 MIPS core CPU card (model PB260A), a baseboard, a USB1.1 hub card and a 4.3-inch TFT LCD display with touchscreen. Each DVK4.0 is pre-installed with either Windows CE6.0 or Linux 2.6 OS for instant use. The full set of Windows CE 6.0 and Linux 2.6 BSP are also provided on CD for application development.
The baseboard provides access to all the I/O interfaces supported by the NXC2620 CPU Card.
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Saint Michael the Confessor, Bishop of Synnada
Troparion — Tone 4
From your youth you dedicated your life to God, / and you were proclaimed shepherd and hierarch of Christ, holy Michael. / You endured afflictions and exile / because you honored the icon of Christ; / now you pour forth healings for us all.
Kontakion — Tone 8
As a most honorable hierarch and champion of true piety, / undaunted by fear of the notorious tyrant, / you conquered his heretical opposition, freely proclaiming in a loud voice: / "I venerate the icon of Christ and of His all-pure Mother!" / Therefore, we honor you, O Michael!


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Study Safety and Preliminary Efficacy of DCC-2036 in Patients With Leukemias (Ph+ CML With T315I Mutation)
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|ClinicalTrials.gov Identifier: NCT00827138
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First Posted : January 22, 2009
Last Update Posted : July 18, 2014
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|Drug: DCC-2036
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This study will include patients with one of the following: (1) Philadelphia chromosome-positive (Ph+) Chronic myeloid leukemia (CML); (2) FLT3 (gene) internal tandem duplication positive acute myeloid leukemia [FLT3 (gene) ITD-AML]. The investigational drug DCC-2036 has shown in the laboratory to affect different kinds of proteins in CML or AML cancer cells, which may help to stop these cancer cells from growing. This is a Phase 1 study. This Phase 1 study will test the highest safe dose of the investigational drug, DCC-2036, how often the drug should be given, and how well Ph+ CML and AML patients will tolerate DCC-2036. Patients' study doctor will review their past medical history, surgery(s), known allergies, and past/current medications. In addition, blood tests and bone marrow biopsies will be taken to determine if persons are eligible to participate in this study.
During the first part of this study, patients will receive different amounts of DCC-2036 to determine the highest safe dose. Multiple dose levels of DCC-2036 will be tested and as long as no medically unacceptable side effects are noted, the dose will be increased for the next group of study patients. When the highest dose is reached, a larger number of patients will be enrolled to receive DCC-2036 at the highest (safe) dose level. Additional study patients will be enrolled in a group called an "Expansion Group" and receive the study drug at the highest well tolerated dose. Evaluation of the safety and efficacy (how well the study medication treats leukemia) will be studied in this trial. Disease assessment will be monitored as follows: (1) Blood samples will be collected for disease response and for mutational analysis if disease has gotten worse (progressed); (2) Bone marrow samples may be collected by having an area of the hip or chest bone numbed with an anesthetic and a small amount of bone marrow drawn through a needle; (3) For CML patients only, blood samples will be collected for BCR-ABL transcript levels. Patient safety is of primary importance in this Phase 1 study. Safety assessment will be monitored as follows: (1) Physical examinations will be performed regularly during your doctor's visits; (2) Routine blood tests will be performed on a regular basis to assess potential side effects that may be caused by study medication on different organs like (and not limited to) liver, kidney and bone marrow; (3) Based on reports of potential side effects to the heart that may be caused by study medication, patients will be required to have echocardiograms and blood draws to measure the level of serum N-terminal fragment pro B-type natriuretic peptide (NT-proBNP). An echocardiogram is a noninvasive test that uses sound waves to produce images of your heart. These images will tell the doctor how a patient's heart is beating and pumping. The NT-proBNP is a blood test that will help the patient's doctor evaluate how well the heart works. After initial testing is completed, patients will then be required to have these safety evaluations performed at intervals of 3-cycles (approximately every 3 months) for as long as they are taking the study medication. Patients who experience muscle weakness or peripheral neuropathy will be assessed by blood draws to measure creatine phosphokinase (CPK) levels. Measuring CPK levels may help the patient's doctor determine whether or not the symptoms they are experiencing are the result of muscle damage or due to other causes. The most common eye disorders include blurred vision, dry eyes, and visual impairment. Patients will be required to have complete eye (ophthalmologic) evaluations. After initial ophthalmologic exams, patients will be required to have an exam after the completion of every 3 cycles of study medication (approximately every 3 months) and at the time they stop taking study medication. Blood samples will be collected for pharmacokinetic analysis. Pharmacokinetics is the study of the bodily absorption, distribution, metabolism, and excretion of drugs. Blood samples will also be collected for pharmacodynamic analysis. Pharmacodynamic analysis measures biomarkers that are either proteins or genes (also called DNA) that are associated with a disease that may also be related to how you respond to a treatment or what type of side effects may happen. The investigational drug DCC-2036 has not been approved by the United States Food and Drug Administration (FDA). The FDA allows DCC-2036 to be used in research studies only. DCC-2036 will be given to patients only during this study and not after the study is over.
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|57 participants
|Intervention Model:
|Single Group Assignment
|None (Open Label)
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|Official Title:
|A Multicenter Phase 1 Clinical and Pharmacokinetic Study of DCC-2036 in Subjects With Leukemias (Ph+CML With T315I Mutation Only)
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|March 2009
|Actual Primary Completion Date :
|January 2013
|Actual Study Completion Date :
|January 2013
Experimental: DCC-2036
This is a single arm study
Drug: DCC-2036
150 mg BID tablets, continuous dosing of 28 day cycles
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- Determine the Pharmacokinetic profile and preliminary evidence of clinical response [ Time Frame: Completion of the study ]
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Inclusion Criteria: Subjects must meet all of the following inclusion criteria to be eligible:
- Ph+ CML in Chronic Phase with T315I mutation
- 18 years or older
- The subject has an ECOG performance status of ≤ 2.
- Adequate organ function as indicated by the following laboratory assessments performed within 14 days prior to the first dose of study drug Hepatic: Serum bilirubin ≤1.5 times upper limit (X ULN) of normal unless due to leukemic involvement or Gilbert's syndrome; aspartate aminotransferase or alanine aminotransferase ≤ 2.5 X ULN; alkaline phosphatase ≤ 2.5 X ULN Renal: Serum creatinine ≤ 1.5 X ULN or 24 hour creatinine clearance ≥ 50 mL/min
- Female subjects of childbearing potential must have a negative serum or urine beta-human chorionic gonadotropin pregnancy test within 14 days prior to the start of study drug
- Sexually active subjects who are fertile must agree to use an effective barrier method of contraception while on therapy and for 30 days following discontinuation of study drug. Non-fertile subjects or those not sexually active are also eligible.
- The subject is capable of understanding and complying with the protocol and has signed the informed consent document.
Exclusion Criteria: Subjects presenting with any of the following will not qualify for entry into the study:
- Subject has received chemotherapy or a TKI ≤ 7 days, investigational agent ≤ 14 days, or radiotherapy ≤ 28 days prior to the start of study drug or has not recovered from the acute toxicities associated with any prior treatments including approved therapies, investigational agents, and prior stem cell or bone marrow transplant. The following exceptions apply: i) Hydroxyurea is permitted at any time prior to study enrollment; ii) Glucocorticoids (natural or synthetic) are allowed up to 48 hours prior to the start of the study drug (with the exception of steroids for pre-medication and topical/nasal steroid use which are allowed at any time)
- The subject has AP or BP-CML
- Received immunosuppressive therapy ≤ 28 days prior to the first dose of study drug
- NY Heart Association class III or IV heart disease, active ischemia or any other uncontrolled cardiac condition such as angina pectoris, clinically significant cardiac arrhythmia requiring therapy, uncontrolled hypertension or congestive heart failure
- Myocardial infarction within 3 months of the start of study drug
- Active, uncontrolled systemic infection considered opportunistic, life threatening, or clinically significant
- Any other severe concurrent disease and/or uncontrolled medical conditions, which in the judgment of the investigator, could predispose subjects to unacceptable safety risks or compromise compliance with the protocol
- Human immunodeficiency virus positive
- If female, the subject is pregnant or lactating
- Allergic or hypersensitive to any component of the investigational drug product
To learn more about this study, you or your doctor may contact the study research staff using the contact information provided by the sponsor.
Please refer to this study by its ClinicalTrials.gov identifier (NCT number): NCT00827138
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|City of Hope
|Duarte, California, United States, 91010
|United States, Florida
|H. Lee Moffitt Cancer Center & Research Institute
|Tampa, Florida, United States, 33612
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|Emory University
|Atlanta, Georgia, United States, 30322
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|University of Chicago
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|Sidney Kimmel Cancer Center at Johns Hopkins
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|Tufts Medical Center
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|University of Michigan Comprehensive Cancer Center
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|Medical College of Wisconsin
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|M.D. Anderson Cancer Center
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|Tufts Medical Center
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|Moshe Talpaz, MD
|Univ. of Michigan Comprehensive Cancer Center
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|H. Lee Moffitt Cancer Center and Research Institute
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|July 18, 2014
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A "Romantic" Mansion in Roxbury
In 1874, Emily Pierpont Delesdernier (1840-1915) published Fannie St. John: A Romantic Incident of the American Revolution. Though inspired by family lore, that book was fiction.
Delesdernier described an old Roxbury mansion, built in 1723 by Francis Brinley and bought just before the Revolution by her great-grandfather Robert Pierpont, like this:
It was situated in the midst of a large domain of park and wooded hills, and presented a picture of grandeur and stateliness not common in the New World. There were colonnades, and a vestibule whose massive mahogany doors, studded with silver, opened into a wide hall, where tessellated floors sparkled under the light of a lofty dome of richly painted glass. Underneath the dome two cherubs carved in wood extended their wings, and so formed the centre, from which an immense chandelier of cut glass depended. Upon the floor beneath the dome there stood a marble column, and around it ran a divan formed of cushions covered with satin of Damascus of gorgeous coloring. Large mirrors with ebony frames filled the spaces between the grand staircases, at either side of the hall of entrance. All the paneling and woodwork consisted of elaborate carving done abroad, and made to fit every part of the mansion where such ornamentation was required. Exquisite combinations of painted birds and fruits and flowers abounded everywhere, in rich contrast with the delicate blue tint that prevailed upon the lofty walls.When Gen. George Washington arrived in Cambridge, Gen. Artemas Ward took command of the American army's southern wing, and used this house as his headquarters. Later, in 1809, Gen. Henry Dearborn, who had started his military career as a young officer from New Hampshire in the siege of Boston, moved into the mansion.
The state rooms were covered with Persian carpets, and hung with tapestries of gold and silver, arranged after some graceful artistic foreign fashion.
The traditions of the princely grandeur of the ancient home have often been recalled at family reunions, but the old place has suffered many changes at the hands of its various owners, who, in attempting modernizing, have destroyed almost every vestige of former magnificence.
By the mid-1800s, the building had been modified almost beyond recognition. Soon after the publication of Fannie St. John, a fire damaged the eastern portion. By then a Catholic order, the Redemptorist Fathers, owned the property and was building a cathedral nearby.
Delesdernier's novel provided the only detailed description of the building as it had appeared in the Revolution—even though she hadn't been alive then, and her description was highly romanticized and fairly Victorian. Several local historians quoted the passage from Fannie St. John, and reprinted the nineteenth-century engraving of the house shown above. Francis S. Drake's history of Roxbury cited Delesdernier's "somewhat fanciful description" and added with Yankee hospitality:
This once charming locality has completely lost its identity, and the region from the Parker Hill quarries to "Grab Village" is now largely occupied by natives of the Emerald Isle and their numerous progeny.In The Glories of Mary in Boston: A Memorial History of the Church of Our Lady of Perpetual Help (1921), the Rev. John F. Byrne quoted the passage and added:
Some of our readers, we presume, will consider the foregoing description overdone, but the lady who wrote it, stoutly maintains its truth and adds that "traditions of the princely grandeur of the ancient home have often been recalled at family reunions." Moreover, several old residents of Roxbury who were in a position to know, have assured the writer that even in their childhood days the house was famous for its magnificent mirrors.Of course, those mirrors could have arrived well after the Revolution.
Most recently, the description surfaces in Thomas B. Allen's Tories: Fighting for the King in America's First Civil War, a lively history of Loyalists' experiences. However, through a mix-up of generals' headquarters, that book presents it as a description of the John Vassall mansion in Cambridge, where Gen. Washington lived starting in late July 1775.
Washington did visit the old Brinley mansion when it was Ward's headquarters. He presided over councils of war there in November 1775 and again in March 1776, as the Americans were on the verge of victory. So it was the site of historic events, whether or not it was romantic.


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An infinitive is to plus a verb form. It can be used as an adverb. Examples: to be, to see, to be seen, to be eaten.
Adverb infinitives are used to modify verbs. They usually tell why.
An infinitive phrase is made up of an infinitive and any complements (direct objects, predicate nominatives, predicate adjectives, or modifiers.) An infinitive phrase that comes at the beginning of the sentence is always followed by a comma and modifies the subject of the sentence.
Instructions: Find the infinitives in these sentences and tell what word they modify.
1. The man came to confess.
2. We should study to learn.
3. The girls were waiting to be asked.
4. Our neighbor called to apologize.
5. I went to the hospital to rest.
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1. to confess modifies the verb came
2. to learn modifies the verb should study
3. to be asked modifies the verb were waiting
4. to apologize modifies the verb called
5. to rest modifies the verb went
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The area of the brain termed the cerebral cortex is the most recently evolved and most complex part of the brain. It governs the most advanced types of mental activity, such as mathematical ability and other forms of abstract reasoning. Dr. Coon wrote that there is a considerable difference between the Black brain and the White. The frontal lobe of the Black forebrain is less developed than that of the White. Thus, their ability in the performance of thinking, planning, communication, and behavior is more limited than in Whites. Professor Coon also found that this area of the Black brain is thinner and less grooved on the outer surface than in that of a White person, and that the development of this part of the brain ceases at an earlier age in the Black, thus limiting further intellectual advancement. Nor is Dr. Coon alone in his conclusions.
"I tell them checkmate cracker. You got smaller penises, outdated, larger & clunkier brains & weaker skin. This age of the Ultraviolet Light Sciences is where Charles Darwin, Louis Leakey, Charles S. Coon, Adolph Hilter & You Failed."
(READ: CHARLES S. COON"S: THE BIOLOGICAL DIFFERENCES OF THE RACES:) I tell them checkmate cracker. You got smaller penises, outdated, larger & clunkier brains & weaker skin. This age of the Ultraviolet Light Sciences is where Charles Darwin, Louis Leakey, Charles S. Coon, Adolph Hilter & You Failed.
(ABOVE) The Original National Curfew for Whites Imposed by the Original Yakub 7 Ali (before his ascension)
"The mythological 3rd eye, which is the pineal gland, is accessed at the single point where the streams of vision of the two eyes meet" – Yakub 7 Ali.
The Curfew, imoposed summer 2007 by Yakub 7 Ali, restricted whites to five hours a day when they could be seen by members of his radical black sun worship sect without beingspotted with skin cancers or melanomas.
A Glax Haas study found that between July 2007 and January 2008, reports of skin cancers and melanomas spiked with reportedly over a 300% .
"It is an epidemic," a spokesman with the New Melanoma Research Study (NMRS) said. "If rates continue to rise at this pace, there won't be a fairskinned American without Melanoma."
The skin plagues and melanomas are the curse of God against white people for their skin sins and continued evil of today. In Daniel, Isaiah and Revelations God warns He will curse the evil with the Sores That Do Not Heal. Skin cancer and melanomas are these sores. Based on their skin color, whites exalted themselves above everyone else on the planet and called everyone else: ugly, evil and inferior. Now, that giving everyone else life burns whites' skin. That giving everyone else life is God. The sun is God. The sun hates white people. God Hates White people. God has fixed His holy light to discriminate between black and whites so that it burns the whites. Ultraviolet light is the fire of the 2nd Rapture burning evil from the earth. – Yakub 7 Ali (before ascension)


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SimCity Developers' Reddit AMA Swiftly Turns Into WTF With The Online-Only DRM?
from the unsurprisingly-unpopular deptThe developers of the latest SimCity learned a valuable lesson Friday during a Reddit AMA, one that will hopefully be passed on to other developers: people -- you know, the downstream consumers you're hoping will purchase your software? They hatehatehatehatehatehatehateHATE DRM.
EA, the publisher of SimCity, has seen fit to up the annoyance factor on legally purchased copies of the game by requiring an internet connection to play the latest title in the series, even in single player mode, and funneling the users through its horrendous Origin "service." Not only that, but players' games are saved online, so if you lose the connection, not only will you be prevented from playing your purchased game, but you'll be back at whatever point you were at when your service died.
The top voted question/comment digs right into the heart of the DRM issue:
What will happen to the game if I am playing and lose my internet connection - will the game still be playable and update the servers when my internet connection resumes or will it pause and wait for the connection?The first answer back, from Kip Katsarelis (Senior Producer) was far from comforting:
As I have unreliable internet at times if I were to lose a connection and play for a while longer (assuming I would be able to continue to play) would my changes be saved locally in case my internet connection does not come back up before I need to stop playing (and then be uploaded when I next start the game).
I love what the game is looking like and look forward to the multi-player region games, but as you can tell I am concerned about what happens if my internet connection decides to drop for a few hours.
Sorry, I replied to it below. Not avoiding. Here was the reply...At least Katsarelis somewhat acknowledges that the term "short" is woefully undefined. And whether or not players "notice a thing" isn't really the sort of issue that should be getting sorted during an informal Q&A. While that answer was less than satisfactory, Kip's followup was downright laughable.
"I actually just ran over to our online engineering team to get the latest info. We do handle "short" internet outages gracefully. Meaning, if your internet goes out while you're logged in and playing the game, we can can recover gracefully. You shouldn't notice a thing. "Short" is still being defined."
We will allow you to play for as long as we can preserve your game state. This will most likely be minutes.The response to that bit of "online imagineering" was full of win, however.
My computer happens to have a hard drive that's suitable for preserving game state. Should I consider buying your game, or is it crippled to online-only?It's not as though the "paying customers hate DRM" is a new development. It has been this way for years and paying customers have expressed their displeasure with being handed crippled software in exchange for perfectly functioning money, while those who have acquired the same software for free use the software much in the manner you would expect the paying customer to be able to: on his or her own terms, online connection or no. It's gotten bad enough that even EA's own employees are annoyed with DRM "solutions."
A helpful Redditor compiled all the anti-DRM comments from the AMA into an easy-to-read, linked, multi-author screed on the unpopularity of online-connection-required DRM. Perhaps SimCity's devs can run this up the chain to EA in the small hope that a list of disgruntled potential customers might persuade the publisher to drop the online/Origin requirement before SimCity's release in March. It's highly doubtful this will work, as EA's president has stated that all EA games will include "online applications and digital services." If one was optimistic and a bit naive, it almost sounds like EA wants a connected community that expands the fanbase through social media. If one is firmly grounded in reality, however, it's just another way to say "all games will include some form of online-only
So, very possibly, no lessons will be learned. People will go and pirate themselves a working version of SimCity, which will lead EA to believe that EVEN MORE DRM is required for the next iteration, which will piss off the next set of gamers, leading to more cracked, functional versions downloaded, and so on, until either a.) all piracy is eradicated (thru some sort of black magic[k] ceremony involving Chris Dodd, Cary Sherman, the remaining members of the BSA and the exhumed corpse of Sonny Bono) or b.) EA (and companies like it) stop dumping crippled software on customers in hopes of making absolutely no discernible dent in piracy levels.


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Forbidden, as a great wickedness, by canons of both the Greek and Russian Churches.
I remember responding to Mr Keating's post in a manner which would have allowed him to retract without losing face. Instead the thread disappeared, though he did off handedly admit to not being infallible before that happened in response to another Catholic poster's apparent belief in his inability to post anything incorrect.
If you can't realise that the moderators are, at the end of the day, only people, who are trying to grow closer to God and His Son, and can only mock them from a distance, it only confirms their actions against you.
One does not grow closer to God by being dishonest. Those who are banned should be marked as such.
I at least rechly deserved banning, but was only "suspended" with a fixed and specific and guaranteed time named for the lifting of that suspension: "NEVER"And my claim for the banning award was my penchant, after trouncing some RC inanity, for using the triumphal expression, at the end of my postings, which said:Quid...Erat...Splat...Which is certainly a less than completely charitable closure to a post of refutation...Arsenios
If you can't realize that the moderators are, at the end of the day, only people, who are trying to grow closer to God and His Son, and can only mock them from a distance, it only confirms their actions against you.
--------------"If you dont surrender and put down your weapons, our arrows will block out the sun !""Good...................Then we shall fight in the shade"Leonides,King of the Spartans
So MS, are you one of those making this same accusation, except on its flip side, against the Orthodox for their FAILURE TO POST on the new Eastern Forum in defense of themselves???
I mean, exactly where would you like us to draw attention to the dark and evil deeds being committed on CAF, such that we can HELP the evildoers draw closer to God, and NOT confirm their evil actions against us???
I mean, have YOU admonished them to be truthful and open, and thus repent from their ways?Arsenios
Do you really think, Athanasios, that "simple information exchange" is even desirable, when the salvation of souls is at stake? Have you ever read an anathema? Does it sound at all like a "simple information exchange"Arsenios
I have to say that there were some issues of charity from both sides. From having witnessed hundreds of discussions on CAF, though, the same amount of issues present themselves within all the other forum areas...That said, I think the amount of resistance from both sides added to the decision to do away with "foreign invaders." That degree of resistance was not present within the non-Catholic area. What troubles me is that within the non-Catholic section, the treatment of Muslim posters (with exceptions) is worse than any I had ever seen in the EC sub-forum...
What do you mean "worse" with the Muslim posters?
Thats so true ..the moderators very rarely intervened if at all in the R.C. moslem discussions .They let the Catholic posters have afield day insulting the prophet of islam also in the mormon /R.C. discussions ..i actually complained to the moderators about that once nothing was done about it ...what iv noticed, if the some of the catholics are losing a debate they turn to insults....yesterday there was a discussion by a very educated evangelical protestant about the pope his office his succession not of peter but of paul and the imaculate conception of mary ,this guy was so good to point the error from scripture and the early church fathers very cool and calmly that scripture and the holy fathers proved that there wasn't anything as a pope or a pope with supreme powers and that mother mary was born like you and i ...he was so good only one catholic or two tryed to debate with him the other catholics were insulting him ...i tryed looking for his post over there today i can't find it ;;they must of removed it.........stashko
I have a real pain in my heart for the Eastern Catholics on CAF.I see that "East and West" has started a thread "Debate on Essence and Energies" but he is not looking for a debate but an opportunity to ridicule Eastern Catholic theology. This is obvious in his last posting in the thread. The Eastern Catholics have to endure being trashed even in the new Forum which is devoted to them!
There was one post in another thread where he went so far as to equate the essence/energies idea with ditheism. It's a shame because he claims to be an Eastern Catholic. I think it was at that point that I decided it's really not worth reading anymore.
He even brings up the matter of a certain meeting referenced in Reply 580 [ written by the Irish Hermit ] in this thread
Catherine Grant wrote: Any member who publicly posts on the issue again will be banned.
*Now isn't it the oddest thing that I have signed up twice in the last 36 hours and asked to have Banned shown under my name and yet Catherine Grant will not do this.She prefers to continue to promulgate the lie that I am not banned. What price truth?
Now in fairness [ I can't believe I'm saying this ] She didn't say that the label would be there for all to see .She just said they would be banned
But, I am still undecided as to whether there exists something from which to repent.
I mean that the Muslim posters are treated poorly. At least in the EC forum, people still respected one another and there were fewer snide remarks and baseless attacks. Everyone seemed to have a close relationship despite disagreements and were willing to discuss...One may disagree with Islamic teachings, but to blindly and carelessly curse their prophet and uncharitably call Islam a religion of terror that rejects God is both rude and ungodly. I can't imagine wanting to be a Christian after being attacked the way some have been. I know for a fact that many Muslims on Islamic forums are reluctant to post on CAF because they know how unfairly others have been treated.
Magic,The current treatment of your fellow Eastern and Oriental Catholics should be reason enough.I believe CAF realized how bad their actions originally were and subsequently compensated. They even had Michael banned in the beginning, it was all a political move. If CAF was concerned about ridding the Catholic-Orthodox feud once and for all, and making it a lesson, they surely would have flown the "banned" banner on the "offenders," or at least removed them all together as they did our collection of threads. Please also note that none of the Latin Catholics who were equally as volatile, and often the instigators, were banned. Peace and God Bless.
Except when it comes to uniformity. Yeshua, I'm glad to see you come to the aid of the Hesychists, since you being a Maronite, you don't have a dog in that fight, just looking out for your fellow Easterners. I'm afraid your assessment of the situation is accurate. The inquisiton lives.
*A beautiful word for your first post in the Forum.Peace to you too, dear Joab.Fr Ambrose (aka Irish Hermit)
I just got banned from CA for mentioning the name change of the old thread! I didn't even realize I was messing up! Arrgh.So now I know how you all feel. Bummer!
If the (CAF) is really the most read catholic board, it is an amazing thing that they do treat all things Eastern with such contempt now.They could have simply dissolved the entire subforum, and simply moved all things Eastern to another more generic forum.Instead, new forum, simply serves to not only showcase disinformation on Eastern Christianity, but to visibly demonstrate what abhorrence that these catholics have for the truth held in the East. All without giving us an opportunity to defend ourselves, or even give a modicum of hackamore to the Latin hate machine.These new moderators are prime examples of why the RCC has been distrusted in the East for a 1,000 years.It seems the more things change, the more they stay the same. Bile must be the gravy best served up with these Latin propagandists.Yum
I believe you also got banned due to complaints made by some of the Eastern and Oriental Catholic posters.Peace and God Bless!
I noticed that someone posted on how the forum change was better and those who were interested only is schism don't post know because they're conscience doesn't allow it (written in derision). No mention of those who were banned but whose profiles don't show it.
Welcome Joab. I notice that they DID put banned under your name right away. I guess you are so wicked (LOL) that your don't merit the courtesy that we are told is extended to Fr. Ambrose et alia on why they do not appear as banned.
I've joined the banned ones<<Your account has been locked for the following reason:Sock PuppetryThis change will be lifted: Never>>
They banned you? I'm really surprised at the actions of CAF. I'm glad you've joined us here, though! God bless,Adam (ForeverAdam)
In fact, when this thread was called Eastern Christianity such discord was widely sewn in this thread. Since the change for the better name (Eastern Catholic) those who professed Catholics as heretics left in protest claiming to not be able to remain here in good conscience. They could find no purpose without a schismatic agenda to propagate.
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Our hearts go out to our colleagues in Louisiana, where yesterday two Louisiana Department of Insurance fraud investigators were shot and killed while trying to gather information from an insurance agent.
Here's the statement from Louisiana Insurance Commissioner Jim Donelon.
According to the New York Times, the agent was found dead by SWAT team members after barricading himself in his business, where the shootings happened.
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