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A Study of Recombinant Vaccinia Virus Prior to Sorafenib to Treat Unresectable Primary Hepatocellular Carcinoma
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Jennerex Biotherapeutics
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First received: July 26, 2010
Last updated: January 19, 2016
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The purpose of this pilot safety study is to evaluate the safety and tolerability of JX-594 (Pexa-Vec) administered intravenously and intratumorally prior to standard sorafenib therapy.
Condition | Intervention | Phase |
Carcinoma, Hepatocellular |
Drug: JX-594 followed by sorafenib |
Phase 2 |
Study Type: | Interventional |
Study Design: | Allocation: Non-Randomized Intervention Model: Single Group Assignment Masking: Open Label Primary Purpose: Treatment |
Official Title: | A Phase 2 Open-Label Pilot Safety Study of JX-594 (Vaccinia GM-CSF/Thymidine Kinase-Deactivated Virus) Administered by IV Infusion Followed by Intratumoral Injection Prior to Standard Sorafenib Treatment in Patients With Unresectable Primary Hepatocellular Carcinoma |
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Primary Outcome Measures:
- Determine safety and tolerability of intravenous infusion of JX-594 followed by intratumoral injections with JX-594 prior to standard sorafenib therapy [ Time Frame: Safety evaluations through 28 days after last dose of JX-594 ]Adverse events will be collected and assessed to assess safety and tolerability through 28 days after last dose of JX-594 (or until all events considered probably or possibly related to JX-594 have resolved, stabilized, or returned to baseline status).
Secondary Outcome Measures:
- Determine Disease Control Rate (DCR) at 12 weeks [ Time Frame: Disease control and response assessment at 12 weeks from first JX-594 dose ]DCR: confirmed complete response, partial response or stable disease based on modified RECIST and/or Choi response criteria
- Determine radiographic response rate [ Time Frame: Periodically throughout study participation (average of up to 1 year) ]Response rate evaluation based on modified RECIST and/or Choi response criteria
- Determine overall survival time [ Time Frame: Ongoing (average of 1 year) ]
Enrollment: | 25 |
Study Start Date: | August 2009 |
Study Completion Date: | December 2015 |
Primary Completion Date: | February 2013 (Final data collection date for primary outcome measure) |
Arms | Assigned Interventions |
Experimental: JX-594 followed by sorafenib
1e9 pfu (plaque-forming units) total JX-594 dose on each of up to four (4) JX-594 treatment days. Sorafenib is initiated after 3 JX-594 treatments and briefly interrupted if an optional 4th JX-594 treatment is given.
Drug: JX-594 followed by sorafenib
Patients will receive a total dose of 1e9 per treatment starting with one IV dose on Day 1 and injected intratumorally in 1-5 intrahepatic tumors on Day 8 and 22. Starting on Day 25 (3 days after the final JX-594 dose) patients will initiate oral sorafenib therapy twice daily according to standard approved guidelines. An optional maintenance JX-594 dose may be given intratumorally at Week 12 (sorafenib briefly interrupted).
Ages Eligible for Study: | 18 Years and older (Adult, Senior) |
Sexes Eligible for Study: | All |
Accepts Healthy Volunteers: | No |
Inclusion Criteria:
- Histological confirmation or clinical/laboratory diagnosis of primary hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC)
- Cancer is not surgically resectable for cure
- Child Pugh A or B
- Performance Score: KPS score of ≥ 70
- Platelet count ≥ 50,000 plts/mm3
- Total bilirubin ≤ 2.5 x ULN
- AST, ALT < 5.0 x ULN
- Acceptable coagulation status: INR ≤ 1.5 x ULN
- Acceptable kidney function: Serum creatinine < 2.0 mg/dL
- Sorafenib naive or refractory to sorafenib therapy Tumor Status: At least one intrahepatic tumor, and at least ≥50% of the total intrahepatic viable tumor mass, measurable by CT and injectable under imaging-guidance (note: injected and/or viable tumors must be previously untreated or ≥20% increase in size since preceding local-regional treatment).
Exclusion Criteria:
- Known contraindications to sorafenib
- Pregnant or nursing an infant
- Significant immunodeficiency due to underlying illness (e.g. hematological malignancies, congenital immunodeficiencies and/or HIV infection/AIDS) and/or medication (e.g. high-dose systemic corticosteroids)
- History of exfoliative skin condition (e.g. severe eczema, ectopic dermatitis, or similar skin disorder) that at some stage has required systemic therapy
- Clinically significant and/or rapidly accumulating ascites, peri-cardial and/or pleural effusions
- Severe or unstable cardiac disease
- Current, known CNS malignancy
- Use of anti-platelet or anti-coagulation medication
- Use of the following anti-viral agents: ribavirin, adefovir, cidofovir (within 7 days prior to the first treatment), and PEG-IFN (within 14 days prior to the first treatment).
- Patients with household contacts who meet any of these criteria unless alternate living arrangements can be made during the patient's active dosing period and for 7 days following the last dose of study medication:
- Pregnant or nursing an infant
- Children < 12 months old
- History of exfoliative skin condition that at some stage has required systemic therapy
- Significant immunodeficiency due to underlying illness (e.g. HIV/AIDS) and/or medication
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Please refer to this study by its ClinicalTrials.gov identifier: NCT01171651
Please refer to this study by its ClinicalTrials.gov identifier: NCT01171651
Korea, Republic of | |
Pusan National University Hospital | |
Busan, Korea, Republic of | |
Pusan National University Yangsan Hospital | |
Yangsan, Korea, Republic of |
Sponsors and Collaborators
Jennerex Biotherapeutics
Study Director: | David H Kirn, MD | Jennerex Biotherapeutics |
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ClinicalTrials.gov processed this record on March 30, 2017
Additional Information:
Publications automatically indexed to this study by ClinicalTrials.gov Identifier (NCT Number):
Responsible Party: | Jennerex Biotherapeutics |
ClinicalTrials.gov Identifier: | NCT01171651 History of Changes |
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Study First Received: | July 26, 2010 |
Last Updated: | January 19, 2016 |
Keywords provided by SillaJen, Inc.:
Vaccinia Vaccinia Virus JX-594 Jennerex Primary Hepatocellular Carcinoma |
Primary Liver Cancer Liver Cancer Sorafenib Nexavar Pexa-Vec |
Additional relevant MeSH terms:
Carcinoma Carcinoma, Hepatocellular Vaccinia Neoplasms, Glandular and Epithelial Neoplasms by Histologic Type Neoplasms Adenocarcinoma Liver Neoplasms Digestive System Neoplasms Neoplasms by Site Digestive System Diseases Liver Diseases Poxviridae Infections |
DNA Virus Infections Virus Diseases Sorafenib Niacinamide Antineoplastic Agents Protein Kinase Inhibitors Enzyme Inhibitors Molecular Mechanisms of Pharmacological Action Vitamin B Complex Vitamins Micronutrients Growth Substances Physiological Effects of Drugs |
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49th World Medical Association General Assembly: Dr Azwar Elected President
A call to the medical profession around the world to wrest the initiative on the future of health systems from politicians, corporations, donor agencies and health economists, was made today by Dr Azrul Azwar, president of the Indonesian Medical Association in his inaugural address (Thursday 13 November) as president of the World Medical Association.
Addressing the 49th WMA General Assembly in Hamburg, Dr Azwar said that health care services around the world had become big business and had developed into a health care industry. "As a result, the soul and spirit of providing health care services are already changed dramatically. The provision of health care services is no longer one hundred per cent for the good of the people but has become an avenue for achieving a big income. At the present time, in almost every country, the motivation for the provision of health care services is more the profit motive than people's health. While the rich very much enjoy good health care services, the poor often receive minimal care or can only suffer."
Solutions to health care problems were now coming mainly from third parties and not from the medical profession. Ministries of health, legislators, insurance companies and others were all attempting to have an impact on health care services and attempting to create systems to solve the problems.
"This must end. This must stop. It is time for us, the medical profession, to resume the leadership in the pursuit of global health. We must become proactive and involved in the development of new health care systems. These systems should provide rewards for the diligent pursuit of good health and the fulfilment of our professional obligation and ethics.
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Dr Azwar called for the strengthening of national medical associations and of all international medical associations and urged the WMA to assert the medical profession's leadership as we approach the 21st century.


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One Third Of Cancer Patients Are Killed By A Fat-Burning Process Termed Cachexia,
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One Third Of Cancer Patients Are Killed By A 'Fat-Burning' Process Termed 'Cachexia'
Madrid (Spain), July 17, 2014. Most cancer researchers are working on the biology of the tumour. However, Michele Petruzzelli, a member of Erwin Wagner's group at the Spanish National Cancer Research Centre (CNIO), has been looking for ways to attack the disease indirectly. He focused on the effects of tumours on the rest of the body, and not on the tumour itself. His work on the body's response to a tumour has uncovered that cachexia—the extreme thinness and weakness eventually being the real cause of death in one third of patients with cancer—is triggered by a process that is heavily studied not to fight cancer, but to fight obesity: the conversion of white fat tissue into brown fat tissue.
"It is the first time that this phenomenon we might call burning fat has been associated with a negative effect", says Erwin Wagner, the Director of the BBVA Foundation-CNIO Cancer Cell Biology Programme. "What we observe is that the transformation of white fat into brown fat, currently one of the most researched subjects because of its potential effects on obesity and diabetes, has very severe consequences in the context of cancer". The study is published in Cell Metabolism.
The researchers also argue that if it is possible to reduce the transformation of fat tissue, the symptoms of cachexia will improve, although they do not completely disappear. The authors demonstrate this by blocking mediators of inflammation, a process linked to cachexia, specifically, to the expression of the pro-inflammatory cytokine IL-6.
"Inhibiting the conversion of white fat into brown fat is therefore a promising way of improving cachexia for cancer patients", the authors state in their article.
The CNIO has a large variety of animal (mouse) models for different types of cancer. The starting point for this study, says Petruzzelli, was to choose a dozen of these mouse models to investigate the changes that develop in their bodies as the tumour progresses. The researchers observed several changes in different organ systems, which varied depending on the animal model used as well as the tumour type. Nevertheless, a consistent white fat to brown fat transformation was observed in all organ systems very early, before any sign of cachexia became apparent.
'Good' Fat and 'Bad' Fat
There is a growing interest in this study because of its significance in two ways. It relates to the transformation of white fat into brown fat, which is beneficial to fight obesity and diabetes, but has a huge disadvantage in cancer-associated cachexia (CAC), which for different reasons has not been studied very much in the past. In recent years both approaches have become hot topics for researchers around the world.
The importance of the transformation process of white fat into brown fat in humans was only discovered a couple of years ago. Most fat in adult humans is white—white adipose tissue—and we know that its main function, but not its only function, is to store energy (those love handles). Brown fat, however, is burned to produce heat; baby fat and the fat of hibernating animals is like that. In the context of the current obesity epidemic, white fat has been labelled bad fat, while brown fat is the good one.
The discovery that adult humans can turn white/bad fat into brown/good fat via exercise or exposure to low temperatures has opened a new line of attack on obesity, and in fact the active search for pharmacological tools to induce the transformation of fat is well underway.
The work of Wagner's group in the article in Cell Metabolism does not discuss the advantages or disadvantages of each type of fat, it rather highlights that a process that could be strengthened to fight obesity must be fought against in cancer patients.
As for cachexia, it is a less-studied phenomenon despite that doctors have known for a long time that the treatment is difficult and the prognosis negative. Next to patients with cancer, it also affects patients in advanced phases of many illnesses, including infectious diseases, such as AIDS or tuberculosis, and chronic illnesses, such as multiple sclerosis.
It Is Not 'Self-Cannibalism'
CAC has until recently been interpreted as a kind of self-cannibalism: the body 'consumes' itself while trying to supply the energy needs of the constantly growing tumour. Today we know that tumours of any size can cause cachexia, including very small ones, and even at very early stages of tumour development, which does not fit with the idea of self-cannibalism. Researchers have observed that the process does not respond either to the body's greater need to generate heat.
These new data, and the often ignored fact that it is the cachexia associated with the tumour—and not the tumour itself—that causes the death of one third of cancer patients, has encouraged the study of this syndrome in recent years. It is now known that this process is tightly associated with inflammation, a hallmark of many cancer types.
This is why in their study Wagner and his group explore the link between inflammation, cachexia and the process of transforming white fat tissue into brown fat tissue. Their results indicate that if the activity of one of the agents that promotes inflammation—cytokine IL-6—is blocked, the fat transformation process is substantially reduced and, as a consequence, the cachexia. The researchers do point out that it is not a cure: IL-6 is just one of several cytokines involved in the process and blocking it is not enough.
A Way To Prevent Cachexia
These novel results suggest that anti-inflammatory drugs could help fight cachexia, but there is a problem: the lack of knowledge about this syndrome is such that for now it is not possible to predict which cancer patient will develop cachexia. Furthermore, anti-inflammatory drugs have often side effects, and therefore these treatments cannot be used to prevent the appearance of cachexia in all cancer patients.
The current study in Cell Metabolism could open up a new way of discovering processes, eg the transformation of fat in the initial stages of cachexia. "It allows one to think of the possibility to identify biomarkers that would help to predict which patients are going to develop cachexia in a way we can treat them preventively", says Petruzzelli.
The study was financed by the BBVA Foundation, the Ministry of Economy and Competitiveness and the European Union.
Reference Article
A Switch from White to Brown Fat Increases Energy Expenditure in Cancer-Associated Cachexia. Michele Petruzzelli, Martina Schweiger, Renate Schreiber, Ramon Campos-Olivas, Maria Tsoli, John Allen, Michael Swarbrick, Stefan Rose-John, Mercedes Rincon, Graham Robertson, Rudolf Zechner, Erwin F. Wagner. Cell Metabolism (2014)
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HUA HIN, Thailand — A dozen Asian nations and Russia vowed Friday to work to double the number of wild tigers by 2022, crack down on poaching that has devastated the big cats and prohibit the building of roads and bridges that could harm their habitats.
However, the historic declaration adopted by the 13 countries that have wild tigers includes no new money to finance the conservation efforts. The agreement only includes plans to approach international institutions like the World Bank for money and to develop programs to tap money from ecotourism, carbon financing and infrastructure projects to pay for tiger programs.
"This is a historic meeting. Before this, not many people paid attention to tigers," Thailand's Minister of Natural Resources and Environment Suwit Khunkitti said after the three-day meeting in Hua Hin. "Stopping the depletion of tigers is a very important issue for all of us."
The declaration will now be considered for approval by heads of state of the 13 countries in September at a meeting in Vladivostok, Russia.
Tiger numbers in recent decades have plummeted because of human encroachment — with the loss of more than nine-tenths of their habitat — and poaching to supply a vibrant trade in tiger parts. From an estimated 100,000 at the beginning of the 20th century, the number of tigers today is less than 3,500.
Saving core habitats
Along with a target for doubling tiger populations, countries agreed to protect core tiger habitats as well as buffer zones and corridors that connect key sanctuaries and national parks. Governments also committed to reduce poaching through beefed-up law enforcement and to minimize human-tiger conflicts through job creation programs and other efforts.
The only setback, delegates said, was a successful effort by China to take out language in the draft declaration that called for maintaining a permanent ban on the tiger trade. China's concern is the impact the language would have on its domestic tiger trade, which has been banned since 1993 but which they have lobbied to reopen at some point.
Conservationists said the declaration included all the components for ensuring the tigers' steady recovery, though they warned much work had to be done to ensure all the promises were implemented.
"This is excellent news for tiger conservation," said Michael Baltzer, who heads the WWF Tiger Initiative and attended the meeting.
"Simply, there never has been a high-level government commitment to take forward tiger conservation," Baltzer said. "The fact the governments committed to doubling the numbers of tigers shows they have high ambition. They are setting the bar at a high level."
'A huge change'
The World Bank's Keshav Varma, program director for the Global Tiger Initiative, said the declaration represents a new way of thinking among governments and donors.
"There is a new trend in society to save biodiversity, to be more conscious of climate change, to look at sustainability, to look at green development," Varma said. "It is a huge change and this is a manifestation of this change."
Varma and Baltzer downplayed the absence of financial commitments in the document, saying they expected pledges to be forthcoming in Russia as donors get a clearer idea of conservation plans that come out of this declaration and the cost of implementing them.
"Now that we have commitment from governments, the next step is bringing donor partners on board," Baltzer said. "Even here the donors came together and started talking about how they could be partners in this whole process."
The meeting was organized by Thailand and the Global Tiger Initiative, a coalition formed in 2008 by the World Bank, the Smithsonian Institute and nearly 40 conservation groups.
The 13 countries attending the meeting were Bangladesh, Bhutan, Cambodia, China, India, Indonesia, Laos, Malaysia, Myanmar, Nepal, Russia, Thailand and Vietnam.
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WHITECLAY, Neb. (AP) -- A Nebraska landowner shot and killed a mountain lion earlier this month because he couldn't scare the animal away.
The Nebraska Game and Parks Commission says the cougar was shot in Sheridan County on Feb. 8.
The landowner says his kids noticed a partially eaten deer in the grass, and then he noticed the mountain lion near the deer carcass.
The landowner tried to scare the cougar away, but instead it advanced on the house. So the landowner shot the mountain lion.
The confrontation happened about 5 miles south of Whiteclay.
The mountain lion was a female about 2 years old. Officials found no evidence that she had any young.
Nebraska law says mountain lions can be killed without a permit if they threaten people or attack livestock.


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Like the novels, I really liked how the anime kept his loner and direct to the point personality, just like in the first few chapters. The "feminine" facial expressions were still intact to an extent, I wonder if it'll change slightly in the next episode where I'm sure he's be grown at that time.
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He's also pass off as arrogant, but that's just him being recklessly confident to the level of irritating the other guy. Saying "I can do this no problem" without any worries, and completely excelling at practice. People that knows him tends to 'get used' to the bs he keeps doing while strangers are completely baffled. Note that he does knows his limit. So whenever he says he can do it, he REALLY can do it. |
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He's a blatant Gary Stu pandering to the wish fulfillment crowd. Seriously, he reminds me of that one NCIS episode with the girl being a champion in every MMO ever (yes the author's grasp on the nature of MMO and a player's capability and limitation is that bad).
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The rest of the usual gamut of controls you'd expect on a camera of this class are all here, including vibration reduction (or image stabilisation), a 1cm macro functionality, face detection, and the ability to record video, though not in HD. At the back, a joystick on the top right of the camera provides menu navigation and access to common controls, whereas other buttons such as self-timer and playback are located in a neat arrangement alongside the LCD screen.
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5 | Bryan Sumner | 6-2 | Guard | FR | Ankeny, Iowa |
Before Dordt…averaged 12 points and three rebounds along with a steal per game in his senior campaign at Ankeny (Iowa) High School…averaged nine points and three rebounds as a junior while helping the Hawks to a third place finish at the Class 4A State Tournament and a Central Iowa Metro League championship…averaged eight points as a sophomore when Ankeny placed third in the 2011 state tournament…Ankeny won over 60 games with Sumner in the lineup. |
11 | Patrick Knoblauch | 6-2 | Guard | FR | Sauk Centre, Minnesota |
Before Dordt…Knoblauch averaged 14 points, 3.5 assists, 1.9 steals and 2.7 rebounds per game as a sophomore and junior…capped his career with a senior season where he averaged 17.0 points per game average and 6.5 assists per contest for Sauk Centre (Minnesota) High School….earned all-conference Sauk Valley all-area team three times and took St. Cloud Times all-area honorable mention twice…ranks second all-time at Sauk Centre with 345 assists and is fourth all-time in scoring. |
13 | Alex Terpstra | 6-4 | Guard | FR | Highland Ranch, Colorado |
Before Dordt…helped lead Denver (Colorado) Christian High School to back-to-back state championships in 2012 and 2013…averaged 19.6 points per game along with 3.1 assists, 4.6 rebounds and 2.5 steals per game…was a four-year starter and was named the 2013 Colorado Class 2A Player of the Year this season…was twice named first-team all-state and all-conference…with Terpstra in the lineup Denver Christian won 83 games. |
15 | Nathan Rindels | 6-1 | Guard | SO | Boulder, Colorado |
2012-13…played in all 35 games and averaged 11.1 minutes per game…scored 1.6 points per game with 1.4 rebounds…converted 42.9 percent of his field goal attempts…had a season high ten points against Grace on November 6. |
21 | Austin Katje | 6-4 | Guard | SR | Orange City, Iowa |
2012-13…played in 31 games and averaged just under 27 minutes per game…scored 10.4 points per game and 3.7 rebounds per contest…converted 58 three-point baskets and made 35.4 percent of his three-point tries…earned all-GPAC honorable mention honors…enters the season with 987 career points…ranks 3rd all-time in career three-point shots made with 183…had a season high 20 points against Morningside on January 23…scored in double figures 17 times. 2011-12… played in 32 games and averaged 27 minutes a game…averaged 9.9 points per game…converted 60-160 three-point attempts for 37.5 percent success…earned all-GPAC honorable mention…had a season high 16 points against Briar Cliff on December 17. 2010-2011…only player on the Dordt roster to start all 31 games for the Defenders…earned all-GPAC honorable mention as a freshman…converted 11.2 points per game while grabbing 4.0 rebounds…made 65-162 three-point attempts for 40.1 percent success…scored double figures 18 times…had a season high 21 points on three different occasions…handed off five assists in a win over William Penn on November 23…grabbed nine rebounds in an overtime win over Sioux Falls on February 9. |
23 | Danny Vos | 6-0 | Guard | FR | Ripon, California |
Before Dordt…started for three seasons at point guard for Ripon (Califoria) Christian High School and has averaged 10.6 points per game over his career with 7.3 assists and 2.8 steals…earned all-conference and all-area honors as a sophomore and junior and was the league most valuable player as a junior…helped Ripon Christian to 36 straight conference wins. |
25 | JD Boer | 6-4 | Guard | SO | Hull, Iowa |
2012-13…played in 16 games for the Dordt College junior varsity team…averaged eight points a game and also played in a varsity contest for the Defenders. |
31 | Kyle Lindbergh | 6-7 | Forward | SR | Margate, Florida |
2012-13…played in 35 games and averaged 26 minutes per game…averaged 7.4 points per game with 6.0 rebounds…blocked 25 shots and had 41 steals with 87 assists…converted 49.8 percent of his field goals…had a season high 15 points against Jamestown on November 2…took down a season high 12 rebounds against Nebraska Wesleyan on January 19…had double figure rebounds in six games…earned All-GPAC honorable mention…enters the season with 813 career points…has 596 career rebounds which is 12th all-time…ranks 12th all-time in steals with 116. 2011-12…played in 34 games and averaged 24 minutes per game…averaged 8.2 points per game and a team high 6.8 rebounds per game…led the team in blocked shots with 39 and was the co-leader in steals with 50…converted 50.8 percent of his field goals…had a season high 21 points against William Penn on November 10…took down a career high 16 rebounds against Morningside on December 14…earned second team honors from the Great Plains Athletic Conference…named the 2012 GPAC Defensive Player of the Year. 2010-2011…played in all 31 Dordt games and started 16…averaged 8.9 points per game with 5.0 rebounds…converted 52 percent of his field goals…scored in double figures 12 times…scored a season high 20 points in the GPAC Title Game against Sioux Falls…took down a season high nine rebounds on two occasions. |
33 | Dalton Franken | 6-5 | Forward | FR | Atlantic, Iowa |
Before Dordt…averaged 16 points and nine rebounds for Atlantic (Iowa) High School…was a four-year starter and earned first team all-conference honors multiple times…earned first-team all-state honors as a senior and Class 3A second-team all-state honors as a junior…was a third-team all-state honors from the Iowa Newspaper Association…scored over 1,000 career points and was a 2013 McDonald's All-American nominee. |
35 | Tyler Wolterstorff | 6-5 | Guard | JR | Sioux Center, Iowa |
2012-13…bothered by injury much of the season…played in 18 games and averaged 11 minutes per outing…averaged 3.9 points per game and 2.3 rebounds per contest…made 49 percent of his field goal attempts…had a season high 11 points against Nebraska Wesleyan on December 8….took down nine rebounds against Webber International on December 28. 2011-12…played in 33 games and averaged 15 minutes per appearance…converted 4.3 points per game took down 2.2 rebounds per outing. |
41 | Derik Gogg | 6-7 | Forward | FR | Cedar Rapids, Iowa |
Before Dordt…averaged 7.2 points and 4.3 rebounds per game for Linn-Mar (Iowa) High School last season…earned honorable mention all-conference as a junior when he averaged 7.6 points per game with seven rebounds and two assists per contest…set a school record for blocked shots as a junior…was a part of a state championship team in 2011 and a team that took fourth place at the state tournament last season in 2012. |
43 | Austin Ver Meer | 6-6 | Forward | FR | Leighton, Iowa |
Before Dordt… earned third-team all-state honors in Class 2A while helping Pella Christian (Iowa) Highs School to a state tournament berth…averaged 15.3 points and 9.5 rebounds per game as a senior…averaged 10.5 points per game with six rebounds per outing in 2011-12 and earned second team all-conference honors in the Little Hawkeye. |
45 | Andrew Top | 6-3 | Forward | SO | Luverne, Minnesota |
2012-13…played in three varsity games while seeing most of his playing time with the junior varsity…played in 16 junior varsity games and averaged 9.4 points per game. |
51 | Brandon Broersma | 6-7 | Forward | FR | Sunnyside, Washington |
Before Dordt…helped Sunnyside Christian (Washington) High School to a Class 1B state championship in 2013 and was named the mvp of the state tournament…was named the Class 1B Player of the Year in 2013 and averaged 12.5 point, ten rebounds and 5.2 blocked shots… Broersma averaged 14.3 points per game as a junior with 10.1 rebounds and 5.6 blocks…was named to the 2012 Greater Columbia all-league team and claimed all-tournament team honors at the state tournament…took all-state honors from the Associated Press in 2012…Sunnyside Christian appeared in four state tournaments while Broersma was playing. |
53 | David Den Herder | 6-9 | Forward | JR | Sioux Center, Iowa |
2012-13…played in 12 games and averaged 3.4 minutes per game…scored 2.2 points per game…scored a season high four points on four different occasions. 2011-12…averaged 14.9 points per game in 18 junior varsity games. |


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The story thus far, in classic Judd Winick style, as been a long road of detection involving Somali pirates and a perhaps(?) renegade Chinese bioengineer. It's been the cerebral stuff in other words. But sometimes, when genetically engineered martial artist has taken on the form of a living, breathing Chinese dragon from myth, and he's come to the streets of Beijing looking to knock off two members of Batman, Inc.… sometimes you just need to get your John Woo on.
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Now, are you talking about getting dressed up to go to the club, then get all horned up for sex? Or put on some shit specifically to have sex? Cause I'll be honest with you. I usually don't dress up to screw. I'm old y'all, and I'm tired. I married for love, so I have to work. (JK baby) I aint got time to go pretty myself up, only to have Jay rip the shit off again...then I have to pick it all up. Ya'll just gotta be patient with me. Nope, I don't dress up for sex. Sorry! lol Shelly
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Hint, All the ladies I talk to and spend time with all enjoy dressing up and they all look good. It really does I think make them feel special. Their is some great advice in here from some of the best woman on this site. Joan, V, Flirty, Joy, and the others. These ladies have it going on. They know what there talking about. You might want to take a look at some of Maddy's posts. She gives a lot of great advice in this area. Good Luck H. Scott
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I think you have gotten great advice but I thought .. everyone has their own level of comfort. What some see as slutwear others see as a lovely dress to go out in lol Id get a few Victorias Secrets, Fredericks catalogues, go to Flirtys website and tell your wife you want to buy her something SHE SEES as sexy. Maybe she will feel sexier in a long nightgown? maybe a pair of silk PJs. Let her pick a few things and then you order from her selection. It will still be a surprise, but will give you a better insite to what pleases her eye. Also IF the weight bothers her so? Maybe offer to start walking with her after dinner. it will help take off some of the weight and may just turn into a very special time for you both. V and I look forward to our daily walks and chats. I wish you well. joan* |
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Ahhhhhhh !!! A virgin !!!!
Welcome to the Forums. My suggestion would be to praise her on how great she looks. And not just before or during sex. Be there when she dresses and undresses and help her. As she is in her bra and panties, hold her , hug her kiss and caress her. That may lead right to sex. Just leave her lingerie on. Just move the panties to the side as you enter her. Caress her breasts with her bra on, again giving her compliments on how great she looks. Giving positive praise and compliments on what she is wearing and not negative comments on what she is not wearing may eventually lead to adding other items of sexy lingerie. Be patient, this may not happen over night. Good luck and may the sex be Wonderful !!!!!! |
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I would imagine that it is a self esteem issue more than anything. While 15 pounds may not seem like much to most people, for some women it is a HUGE amount. I know that when I was heavier I did not want to dress up (or down depending on how you look at it) for my hubby. But now I love it.
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So to make sure I understand the issue here, you Excel file is not opening. Can you provide me the extension of the Excel file you are trying to open? (example: "xls" or "xlsx")
I think that both are having the same problem. I can't even open the application Excel without getting these messages
So you are unable to use Excel, even beyond this particular Excel file not opening, correct?
(Thank you for your patience in advance, as I have to ask these questions in order to better isolate what some of the symptoms of your technical issue are-- in order to work toward a more viable solution for you)
yes, that is correct.
Ok bear with me for a few minutes if you don't mind, I am going to provide a few simple procedures to see if we can't help you resolve this issue with Excel
Here are some steps you can try to resolve the issue: • From your desktop, click anywhere on a blank space on your desktop. Now you should see Finder listed near the Apple menu icon, located in the upper left corner of your screen.• From the Finder menu, click on Go, then Home from the drop-down menu. This will take you to your Home folder.• Locate and open the Library folder• Within Library folder look for the Preferences folder and open it.• Locate and remove to the Trash, this file :com.microsoft.Excel.plist Once you have removed this file , then click the back button on your open Finder window. This will return you to the Library view.• Locate and Trash the folder entitled CachesOnce you have done that, close all windows, click on the Apple menu icon located in the upper left corner of your screen and select Restart..Reboot your Mac. This actions will restore all the files and folders you just trashed, with new copies of each of them.Once you have booted your Mac back up, proceed to launch Excel once again.Let me know if this helps.**To save this session, should you have to leave or reboot your computer: Please bookmark this page in your web browser, so once you return, you can easily contact me by accessing that bookmark and even if I am offline, I will be alerted anytime you post a response in the session once you return. ***
Did what you described & rebooted. Running very slow took about ten minutes to reboot. Tried to open Exel & it took a long time, then showed message. "Microsoft Excel has encountered a problem & needs to close. We are sorry for the inconvenience". I have tried to open it again & get the same results.
Ok this definitely appears to be an issue with the Excel application launching now - so I am going to take another approach to try and help you resolve
So here is what I would like you to try next:I would like you to create a new user account, so that we can test if theissue you are having, is specific to only the single User Administrator Login Account you are in now, or if this is more of a System-wide issue, affecting all User accounts created on your Mac. The outcome ofthis procedure will allow me to determine the next course of action I canadvise you to take in order to get Excel back up.-CREATING A NEW ADMIN USER- (for troubleshooting purposes)• Click on the Apple menu icon in upper left corner of your screen. Now select System Preferences from the drop down menu.• From within System Preferences, select Accounts• When the Accounts window opens, click on the padlock icon at the bottom left corner and enter your Admin User password XXXXX your Mac, when the dialog box pops up.• Once you have full access to the Accounts window, click the "+" button, which is located just above the padlock you just clicked.• Create an new user with the User name "test" and use a password XXXXX "test or "password" as a generic password.• Make sure to click the check box for " Allow user to administer this computer", to make sure that the test user has full Administrator rights. (Don't worry, you can delete this account off of your Mac when we are done troubleshooting this issue)• Once you have committed this new user, quit System Preferences and close all windows and applications.• Now once again, click on the Apple menu icon and selectLogout <your username>, located at bottom of the menu, and you will be logged out.•From the login window that you are at now, select the New User account you just made and with your generic password, log in to that account.• When in that new User Account proceed to go into your Applications folder and attempt to launch Excel in this new user enviroment.
Please respond back to me and let me know how Excel responds in this new environment, if it works or not.
This process is key to determining if your Excel is still functional or if there is a break in the operational functioning of the application.
By the way, do you still have the master application disc for Microsoft Office for Mac 2008 in your possession?
This is a high priority case for us, so I will be working diligently to help you get the answer you deserve..
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Di what you said & it seems to have solved the problem, excel now launches and runs ok. Yes I have the office for Mac 208 disks, I reinstalled them yesterday but it didn't help.
Thanks for the update
Now that process was within the new user account. So I as I understand from your response, the Excel application works ok in the new user account- so how does it presently work if you return to your original User Admin login account?
Just clarifying, because I want to make sure that no matter what user account you do use on your Mac, Excel will work
for you :)
No, in the other environment it still doesn't open.
Ok what that means is that there is a break in the Excel application within that original user
so the only way to fix this, is to remove the Microsoft Office 2008 and re-install it on the user account. This will NOT delete any files you have created in Word, Excel, or Power Point, for example
this will only remove the master application and all of its files and folders and allow you to re-install a fresh new copy of the same application-- which once re-installed, will allow all of your saved Excel (and Word files if you have any) to be re-joined with the Microsoft Office for Mac 2008 new copy
I know this well as I had to also do this myself when I was using 2008 (twice)
When I reinstalled it before it didn't correct the problem.
It actually depends on if you first uninstalled the MS Office 2008 first, because if that was not done properly, then the re-install would still be conflicting with older files from the original installation
so on that note, how did you remove the previous copy of MS Office for Mac 2008, before re-installing it once again?
Yes, I did run the uninstall first then did the re-install.
and that was the built in uninstall tool correct?
in the MS Office folder
(again, just clarifying :))
I used the un-install part of the original MS Office for Mac 2008. If you want I can do it again.
Thanks for offering. But I would like you to try an even more robust application removal software called AppCleaner
for Mac. It is free, easy to use and very good for cleanly wiping master applications and their files from your system so you re-install a clean copy of your Application without any residual,, older files getting in the way of a good working installation and re-launching of that product
Should I download this app and try it now?
Oh yes, go right ahead
and THANK YOU- for being so patient thus far; I can't imagine the irritation this issue with Excel not responding has caused you- but it is my pleasure to help you get it back to operational capacity once again :)
I will standby for now and await your update after you perform this new uninstall and re-install of MS Office for Mac 2008
Well, I'm not irritated, it's great to finally make some progress towards solving the problem. I've been dealing with it for about a week!
I did the uninstall with AppCleaner and re-installed Office but I still get theerror message & excel doesn't open.
Understood. Well that puts you into a rare group - of very patient customers
ok well considering that does not work for you either
then let's try this
Tell me what happens when you click this link, if you see a file or folder listed:
I got a file asking for my user name
what does that file say?
the name that is
It looks like a log in sheet for "egnyte" Mactechshare File Server
Ok, that is what I was wondering.
I want to send you an invite to this technical share folder I have created for JustAnswer customers like you to specifically access certain files
I believe I have an installer file which may help you get your access to MS Office for Mac back
OK remember my level of detail is medium & that might be stretching it!
that is ok, I will guide you :)
what email service do you use (i.e. gmail, aol, msn, etc.)
and what is the username of yahoo email? (i.e. "mr.johnson127 or mybff323", etc.)
Hey, if that is your first name in there, my name is XXXXX XXXXX!
That is my name!
Ha haa!
No wonder we get along so well:)
do me a favor Terry, check your yahoo now and follow the file instructions if you would, exactly as provided
this may resolve this issue for you once and for all :)
Terry, how long should it take to download this? It has been downloading for 45 minutes & says I have 1hour, 32 minutes remaining. Something is not right?
Oh no, that is correct
it is a large MS Office installer file
as long as the progress bar is moving toward completion, let it keep going and don't interrupt it under any circumstances if you can help it :)
Keep me posted! I am watching close on this case
Ok I have got it and it is installed and working now
Works great! You're patience & persistence were way more than I could have expected. This was my 1st time ever talking to a tech or calling in with a problem & I have had every generation of macs they have come out with and this was the first time I ever had a problem that I couldn't resolve myself. Thank you for renewing my confidence in macs & I hope that if I ever have to call in again I get you for my problem, Terry, you are indeed "the answer man".


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