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In a weekend full of activities, Wabash alumni gathered over lunch at the Malcolm X Institute for Black Studies (NMXIBS) Saturday to get updates on the Wabash today from campus leaders and to discuss the future.
Despite the weather, which dumped 4 more inches of snow onto the 12"-15" we already had, Institute director Tim Lake and assistant director Amina McIntyre welcomed a good cadre of alumni leaders including Trustee Daryl Johnson '82 and Indianapolis Association of Wabash Men board member Keith Veal '92. Willyerd Collier '75 made the trip up from Arkansas and Adam Price '88 flew out from Washington, DC.
Current students added their experiences to the discussion, including Trey Chinn '07 from Mississippi and Jeremy Morris '09 from California.
Joining the discussion were Wabash President Pat White and his wife Chris, Dean of the College Gary Phillips, Dean of Students Tom Bambrey '68, and Dean for Advancement Joe Emmick '92.
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John Stebbins(1626-1679) was a part of a great Puritan migration fleeing from the English king. With his parents and family he arrived in Roxbury, Massachusetts, in 1634, and the next year he moved to Springfield, Massachusetts, where he grew up and married. Four children were born to John and his first wife. After his wife died, Stebbins moved to Northampton and married again; he and his second wife, Abigail, had eleven children. He became Proprietor at the new frontier settlement of Pocumtuck, later called Deerfield, but never moved there. When he died suddenly in his early fifties, he had left no will. His estate, which was considerable, was distributed by the court among his numerous children and his widow.
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1. Tachometer 8. Turn Indicator light 2. Tachometer 'Red Zone' 9. Low Oil Pressure Warning Light 3. Speedometer 10. High Beam Indicator Light 4. Odometer 11. Neutral Indicator Light 5. Trip Meter 12. Low Fuel Level Indicator Light 6. Trip Meter Reset Knob 13. Engine Management Malfunction 7. Coolant Temperature Gauge Indicator Light SPEEDOMETER The speedometer indicates the road speed of the motorcycle. In the speedometer face are the odometer and trip meter. The odometer shows the total distance that the motorcycle has travelled. The trip meter shows the distance travelled since the meter was last reset to zero. The trip meter can be reset to zero by rotating the reset knob situated on the left hand side of the speedometer. TACHOMETER The tachometer shows the engine speed in revolutions per minute – rpm (r/min). On the right side of the tachometer face is the 'red zone'. Engine rpm (r/min) in the red zone is above maximum recommended engine speed and is also above the range for best performance. / f&it. ::;:%M,to %:th:'z zone as severe engme damage may NOTE The 'Red Zone' position for Daytona is different to that on the Speed Triple. Page 16
General Information COOLANT TEMPERATURE GAUGE The coolant temperature gauge indicates the temperature of the engine coolant. On the right -hand side of the gauge face is the 'red zone. If the temperature gauge needle moves into the 'red zone' this indicates that the engine is overheating. needle enters the 'red zone' as severe WARNING LIGHTS I a0 INDICATORS When the indicator switch is turned to left or right, the corresponding direction indicator light flashes on and off. cl ~ LOW OIL PRESSURE: The low oil pressure warning light becomes illuminated whenever the oil pressure is dangerously low (or the ignition switch is in the 'ON' position with the engine not running). When the engine is running, the light will remain off when sufficient oil pressure is present. When starting the motorcycle, check that the light comes on when the ignition is in the 'ON' position, but goes out as soon as the engine starts A! CAUTION: Stop the engine immediately if the low oil pressure warning light comes on during normal operation. Do not restart the engine until the fault has been rectified. Severe engine damage will result from running the engine when the oil warning light is illuminated. HIGH BEAM: When the headlights are switched on and the headlight dip switch is set to 'high beam', the high beam warning light will illuminate. IElI NEUTRAL: The neutral warning light indicates when the transmission is in neutral (no gear selected). The warning light will illuminate when the transmission is in neutral with ignition switch in the 'ON' position. ml LOW FUEL: The low fuel indicator will illuminate when there are approximately 3.7 litres of fuel remaining in the tank. Et3 ENGINE MANAGEMENT SYSTEM MALFUNCTION INDICATOR LIGHT: The malfunction indicator light for the engine management system illuminates when the ignition is switched on, remains illuminated during starting, and goes out shortly after the engine starts. If the malfunction indicator light becomes illuminated during riding, a fault has occurred in the engine management system. In this case the system will switch to 'limp-home' mode so that riding may continue. Contact an authorised Triumph dealer as soon as possible to have the fault checked out and rectified


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The all-new July Nuzgûl, from Nath: Happy Turin – from an idea by Evilstorm over at LJ: Happy Turin... either a moment somewhere in between all he suffers (and inflicts) in canon, or an AU in which his life is actually happy. Give the guy a break, make him smile!
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WASHINGTON, DC — May was a busy month for introducing programs to combat the obesity problem, but whether any of these programs work will depend on whether one is passed and whether all are properly funded.
In the House of Representatives, Rep. Ron Kind (D-WI) introduced the Healthy Choices Act, which included both the Personal Health Investment Today (PHIT) Act and the Workforce Health Improvement Program (WHIP) Act, two exercise promotion bills that provide tax benefits for certain fitness expenses. The two acts have been debated and introduced in Congress for many years but never passed. Both bills are still in Congress as standalone bills, too (PHIT HR 2105 and WHIP HR 2106/S.913).
"Making the healthy choice the easy choice for our families is essential to ensuring our quality of life," Kind said when announcing the bill. "Easier access to the tools and education to prevent and treat obesity; affordable, nutritious food to promote a balanced diet; and an increased emphasis on physical activity to maintain our overall health is critical to achieving a healthy lifestyle."
The Healthy Choices Act establishes body mass index as a vital sign, expands obesity treatment, expands preventive services and coverage of medical nutrition therapy, provides grants to promote health in underserved communities and to train health professionals and health profession students, improves and increases access to nutrition and wellness programs, improves access to and opportunity for physical activity for adults and children, improves access to nutritional information and healthy foods, realigns transportation policy to help promote healthy lifestyles, and expands research and assessment tools on obesity.
Despite the high hopes for the bill, Helen Durkin, executive vice president of public policy at the International Health, Racquet and Sportsclub Association (IHRSA), says that it's unlikely the act will pass this year or even pass as one bill.
"It's really a placeholder bill for our nation's best policy ideas for moving the needle back on obesity," Durkin says. "It's a great roadmap for any legislator interested in fighting obesity."
Durkin also says that the bill will likely be broken into sections and inserted into other legislation moving through Congress.
"For example, if Congress is debating a tax bill, then there will be discussion about which tax-related provisions of the Healthy Choices Act should be included," Durkin says. With Congressional elections in November, legislators will be too focused on their own campaigns to pass the act this year, she says, adding that it typically takes several years of persistent, targeted advocacy to pass legislation.
The creation of the National Physical Activity Plan, announced last month, could help move the Healthy Choices Act forward, she says.
"The National Physical Activity Plan gives us a framework and is the springboard from which we can make lasting societal changes that increase movement in America," Durkin says.
The National Physical Activity Plan goes beyond telling people to exercise, says Russell Pate, Ph.D., chair of the National Physical Activity Plan and an exercise researcher at the Arnold School of Public Health at the University of South Carolina-Columbia.
"We are recommending policies, programs and initiatives that will change our communities in ways that enable all Americans to be physically active," Pate says. "Successfully implementing the plan will depend, in large part, on the willingness of leaders at every level to enact the kinds of changes that will encourage and allow people to become more physically active. Currently, there are too many barriers to active lifestyles, and too many Americans are left behind."
The plan includes a national program to educate people about how to exercise, funding for research about how to get people to exercise, inclusion of physical activity education in health care professional training, making physical activity a vital sign that doctors assess and discuss with patients, adding a field for tracking physical activity in electronic medical records, making physical inactivity a treatable and preventable health condition with payments to doctors for a physical inactivity diagnosis, and enacting federal legislation to support these strategies.
Also last month, the Childhood Obesity Task Force released its plan to combat childhood obesity. The plan not only includes 70 recommendations for public and private sector action, but it also includes concrete metrics and benchmarks to measure progress.
"The Task Force report is a clarion call for swift action," according to a statement from the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation Center to Prevent Childhood Obesity. "It must not sit on a shelf. The momentum for reversing the childhood obesity epidemic is higher than ever, and many opportunities to implement the plan's recommendations are before us now. Collaboration among federal, state and local agencies; schools; the private sector; and many other community partners is critical to success."


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Help us out! We need a logo for Volunteer Medical Records. This is a new joint venture company formed by two existing Medical Transcription providers.
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Our clients are hospitals and clinics but we don't necessarily need something that incorporates healthcare symbols or pictures but are open to anything.
We provide a service to healthcare facilities where we type up notes for patient's medical records.
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- Name incorporated into logo even if it's in a small font.
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aspiers90 necesitaba un nuevo diseño de logotipo y lanzó un concurso de diseño en 99designs.
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We are developing this as I speak, so we can't talk too much about the idea. What we can say is that instantpeeps is a new way of reaching out and connecting with people (Online & app. Geo location). It's going to allow people a lot more freedom with regards to networking for real life situations.
We hope this to be the missing link between the gaps of modern social networks and to revolutionize the way people connect.
Anyone over the age of 16.
Normal, everyday people.
Anyone with a computer, ipad, iphone.
We need to create a brand that stands up to the likes of facebook, twitter, foursquare. It needs to be very 'now' and web 2.0. The colour scheme is up for grabs, we just need something that differentiates us from the the guys above. This logo will ultimately influence the final design of the site, with regard to colour, graphic language etc.
I have attached some reference which contain logos that we like the look of. In amongst them are logos that we did quickly to uses as place holders, these could be used as thought starters too, although this is up to you.
Instantpeeps is about:
Connecting with anyone, in your vicinity, or on the other side of the world.
Starting conversations.
Helping society communicate.
Helping eachother.
The brand feel needs to be:
Playfully sophisticated
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Everyone! We're back. After a crazy year of other projects and awfulness that was the year 2010 we're returning from hiatus to bring you more laughs, tears, and most importantly, boners. Oh, and welcome to the new website! To get around, all our videos are under the "Movies" section at the tippy top, and will also be the home of all the latest films we make. We are working on a special short about ourselves so you can dig deep and learn about the true Tim n' Ari, so be sure to check "About" fairly soon. And the "News" will have all our updates about events, new shorts, and other paraphernalia that revolves around the world of Don't Laugh. Thank you so much for all your support over the past couple years and we're so excited to bring you more.


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CHICAGO – Jose Quintana took a no-hitter into the seventh before David Ortiz broke it up with a one-out broken-bat single, and the Chicago White Sox beat a late-inning downpour and the Boston Red Sox with a 3-1 win on Tuesday night.
Jeff Keppinger hit a two-run homer off Felix Doubront (3-2) in the fifth. Alex Rios extended his career-high hitting streak to 16 with a single and RBI double, and the White Sox won for the sixth time in eight games. They'll try to complete the sweep against Clay Buchholz on Wednesday.
Quintana (3-1) was simply terrific.
The left-hander struck out five and walked two, and had the fans thinking they just might be witnessing something special.
The roars from the stands grew louder with each out as the game wore on, right until Ortiz's bat shattered on a bloop single to center with one out in the seventh.
That ended the bid for the 19th no-hitter in White Sox history and the first since Philip Humber's perfect game at Seattle on April 21 last season.
Two more singles by Mike Napoli and Daniel Nava loaded the bases and ended the night for Quintana, who got a standing ovation as he left the field.
Jesse Crain came on to strike out Will Middlebrooks and Stephen Drew to end that threat, but the Red Sox got a run in the eighth after Matt Thornton walked Jarrod Saltalamacchia leading off and gave up a single to Jacoby Ellsbury.
Matt Lindstrom retired pinch-hitter Mike Carp on a fly to left before uncorking a wild pitch, and Saltalamacchia scored from third when shortstop Alexei Ramirez allowed Dustin Pedroia's hard grounder to go through his legs for an error.
Ortiz then grounded into a double play to end the rally, and Rios added an RBI double in the bottom half to make it a two-run game.
Addison Reed worked the ninth for his 16th save in 17 chances, although Casper Wells had a bit of an adventure in left. He slipped while catching Nava's fly to warning track for the second out before Middlebrooks ended it with a fly to center.
Doubront was a tough-luck loser even though he was almost as effective as Quintana. He allowed two runs and five hits and walked two.
NOTES: The White Sox scratched Chris Sale from Wednesday's start against the Red Sox because of a mild tendinitis in his left shoulder.
Sale was scheduled to pitch against the unbeaten Clay Buchholz (6-0, 1.78 ERA).
He will make his next scheduled start against the Cubs on Tuesday.
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Wanda Gomez needed a new stationery design and created a contest on 99designs.
A winner was selected from 26 designs submitted by 7 freelance designers.
We are a prominent Miami law firm, specializing in criminal defense and civil litigation. We just awarded a design on this site for our firm logo, and now we need something to put it on!
Clients, business associates.
We need letterhead stationery (along with pages for second and subsequent pages).
We need business envelopes.
We need what the legal industry calls "pleading paper." This is simply plain sheets with identifying information as a footer on every page. We'd like to be able to use either our full logo or our iconic logo, along with the address, etc.
We need business cards.
Attached as a PDF are samples of our current letterhead, envelopes, and address labels. Also included is a sample of a business card that we have been given as something that the principals like. And finally, there are the two variations of our logos -- one full name, and the other iconic.


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A third B.C. election poll suggests that the proposed BC-STV electoral system is unlikely to pass Tuesday.
A new Ipsos Reid poll found that only 33 per cent of respondents said they intend to vote for BC-STV. A slight majority – 52 per cent – said they intend to vote for the current First Past the Post system.
A further 15 per cent said they are undecided.
An Ipsos poll conducted for the No STV group in March found support for BC-STV at 43 per cent, compared to 41 per cent for the existing FPTP system.
Among decided voters, FPTP received 61 per cent support in the new Ipsos poll, compared to 39 per cent for BC-STV.
Like the Angus Reid sample, Ipsos finds support for STV weakening, relative to earlier polling. This type of confirmation provides a worrying trendline, and while the usual caveats apply, things are clearly heading in the wrong direction. This poll finds 4/5 voters are unlikely to change their minds on the referendum. A secondary issue, if it does turn out that STV support is less than it was in the last election, it raises the spectre of alternative electoral concepts being put on the political backburner, not just in B.C., but in other jurisdictions as well.


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The Impact of Vocational Training for the Unemployed in Turkey: an inside look at my latest paper
My latest working paper (joint with Sarojini Hirschleifer, Rita Almeida and Cristobal Ridao-Cano) presents results from an impact evaluation of a large-scale vocational training program for the unemployed in Turkey. I thought I'd briefly summarize the study, and then discuss a few aspects that may be of more general interest.
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I'm not a fan of rain but I am a fan of this tee! It's called The Storm and it's available at Vector Spectre, a site that not only sells tees but also canvas art and other original pieces of art. The Storm is printed on an American Apparel tee and is available for $17.Â
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2013: (Indoor): Came first in the high jump with a 5-03.75 at the Terrier Classic (1/25) … was third in the high jump with a 5-04.25 at the New England Division III Championships (2/16).
2012: Finished eighth in the high jump (5-03 ¾) at ECAC Division III (indoor), and holds the freshman record in that event … got the gold in the high jump (5-03) at the NEWMAC Championship (outdoor) … came third in the high jump (5-02 ¼) at the New England Division III Championship.
Off the Track: Majoring in aeronautical and astronautical engineering.
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We enter the second quarter of 2014 with 9 out of 9 federal judges so far having ruled against marriage discrimination just in recent months. And with 60 cases underway nationwide, and marriage cases reaching the federal appellate courts in the 4th (VA), 5th (TX), 6th (KY, MI, OH, TN), 9th (NV), and 10th (OK, UT) circuits, April kicks off another chapter in our campaign to win marriage nationwide.
On April 10 and 17, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the 10th Circuit will hear oral arguments in Denver, Colorado on the first of these cases to reach the appellate level, from Utah and Oklahoma, respectively.
"What may well be the penultimate chapter in the freedom to marry movement begins next week in the Mountain West," Evan Wolfson, founder and president of Freedom to Marry said about the Utah case's April 10 argument date last week. "We're hopeful the federal appellate courts reaffirm what nine out of nine federal judges in recent months, numerous state attorneys general and other key leaders on both sides of the aisle, and a super-majority of Americans have all come to understand: marriage discrimination is unconstitutional."
"What may well be the penultimate chapter in the freedom to marry movement begins next week in the Mountain West. We're hopeful the federal appellate courts reaffirm that marriage discrimination is unconstitutional." - Evan Wolfson
To continue making the case for marriage in the court of public opinion, Freedom to Marry worked as a leading partner on two public education campaigns in these states. Last month, we helped to launch Utah Unites for Marriage, a coalition of state and national partners in Utah. And on April 1, we helped to launch Freedom Oklahoma with The Equality Network. These campaigns seek to amplify the conversation about why marriage matters in Utah, Oklahoma, across the 10th Circuit, and throughout the country – all part of our strategy, which has long called for creating the climate that maximizes the chances of winning in court.
Over the next few months, as the 7 other cases - and likely many of the 52 other lawsuits that have so far been filed in 21 additional states/territories - receive rulings, decisions from federal appellate courts will multiply. We hope to win them all, expect to win many, and may even lose some. But our eyes, as always, are on the prize, and we are focused on making sure that elected officials, judges, and, yes, the justices of the U.S. Supreme Court all know that America is ready for the freedom to marry, and for them to do the right thing and bring the country to national resolution.
The national strategy has always been to win marriage nationwide in the Supreme Court, and the key to encouraging the Court to finish the job has always been to work the tracks of the Roadmap to Victory: growing public support, winning marriage in more states, and ending federal discrimination.
"Freedom to Marry's aim is not just to get to the Supreme Court, but to win in the Supreme Court," Evan Wolfson continued: "As we reach the federal appellate courts with momentum and majority support in every region of the country, it's clear that America is ready for the freedom to marry."
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Most of the photographs were taken by Alfred Tennyson Willis, a Spartanburg commercial photographer, and date from the early 1900s to the 1940s. Alfred's son Robert Henry (Bob) Willis, also a photographer, took many of the later photographs in the collection after his father's death in 1945. Bob Willis sold the compiled collection to the Herald-Journal, the local Spartanburg newspaper, in 1984.
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Alfred T. Willis was a native of Williston, South Carolina, and was the son of a professor. He was struck by a taxi in Spartanburg and died several days later on April 10, 1945, at the age of 64. The Spartanburg Herald noted that he had been a well-known photographer in Spartanburg for about 40 years. Willis was a veteran of the Spanish-American War and an organizer of the original National Guard unit in Spartanburg.
Bob Willis inherited Willis Studio when his father died in 1945. The business grew and moved several times. He became a photographer for Duke Power and was known as "Photo" Willis to many Duke Power employees. He worked with the company for over 40 years and was known for his fearlessness when taking pictures. Bob Willis died in 1993.
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NEWS- City Sherlock: Victim says he found suspect

Finding you've been robbed is not a good way to start the week. That was Mike Burkoff's Monday morning, when he discovered that the shed at his Azalea Drive home had been broken into April 25.

Angered, Burkoff called police, but he thought it unlikely he'd ever find out who'd taken his chainsaw, power washer– and his brand new sports net from Sam's Club.

But by the next morning, Burkoff had discovered the address of the man he believes broke into his shed, and two days later he talked to him on the phone.

At press time, Burkoff was waiting to see if the police would arrest the suspect, and he's hoping they find him before he does. "Because if I do, I'm going to have to turn myself in," says Burkoff, intimating a willingness to rumble.

How the real estate broker became an amateur enforcer is simple: legwork.

After calling the police to report the loss of the $800 to $1,000 worth of belongings from the shed, Burkoff started talking to his neighbors and introducing himself to folks he hadn't met since moving in last December.

"To a person, the neighbors said, 'We've gotten broken into, too,'" Burkoff says.

That night he got his first lead when a neighbor knocked on the door, recalling that when he'd gotten home around 3:15am on April 25, he'd seen a man carrying a chainsaw and walking a power-washer down the street. The neighbor described a white male wearing a jumpsuit and baseball cap.

"I didn't think a professional [thief] would be walking down the street," says Burkoff, which made him think the perp lived nearby.

The next morning, he was up early, talking to more people and giving them a description of late-night equipment-mover. Around the corner from Burkoff's house, he talked to a woman on Camellia Drive who said, "That sounds like my sister's boyfriend," says Burkoff.

And when he mentioned the new sports net, the woman allegedly replied that she'd seen one still in its box and tucked under the stairs– and that the boyfriend was inside asleep.

Burkoff called 911, and police entered the premises. But they were unable to locate a sports net– or a sleeping boyfriend.

"The police say, 'Okay, we know who the guy is,'" says Burkoff. The man Burkoff believes stole his stuff is named Mike Dunnivan.

Burkoff began finding phone numbers, including that of Dunnivan's boss and his mother, who lives in Afton– where Burkoff believes Dunnivan is hiding out. By 4pm on April 28, Burkoff reached Dunnivan on the phone at the Afton number.

"I said, 'I'm going to catch you,'" Burkoff says he told Dunnivan. "I don't have anything better to do."

Albemarle General District Court records show that a Michael Allen Dunnivan was found guilty of breaking and entering without reason February 17 and sentenced to six months– with five months, 21 days suspended.

Michael Allen Dunnivan's list of convictions include petit larceny and tampering with a vehicle. Court records in several cases show him living at an Afton address, including a 1999 stalking incident.

But now Dunnivan may be feeling the pressure of an unwanted pursuer. Reached at an Afton number, Dunnivan expresses outrage at Burkoff.

"He's been calling, threatening me," Dunnivan tells The Hook on April 29.

Dunnivan denies any previous arrests, and adds, "My middle name is not Allen." He refused to say what his middle name is. "You can put this in the paper– you can kiss my a**," he says as he's hanging up.

Burkoff learned one other detail of the description of the alleged thief: "His whole upper body is tattooed. He walks around like a peacock."

Albemarle police say that Michael Allen Dunnivan has tattoos.

"The case is solved," Burkoff says. "I know who did it, I know where he lived, and I know where his mama lives."

At press time, no arrest warrant had been issued over the break-in.

"We have reasonable suspicion to believe Mr. Dunnivan took items from Mr. Burkoff," says Detective Jim Mooney with the Charlottesville police. "Mr. Dunnivan is definitely a person of interest. I don't know if that equates to probable cause at this time."

Mooney cautions that Burkoff's case could be undermined by his statements to Dunnivan.

"We discourage that," says Mooney. "If Mr. Burkoff is threatening over the phone, he's going to find himself in trouble."

Even Burkoff's amateur sleuthing may have backfired. Mooney explains, "If [Dunnivan] stole the items, naturally he's going to get rid of them."

Burkoff admits he had no idea he'd find an alleged suspect so quickly when he set out to meet everyone in the neighborhood. Whatever happens, he sees at least one benefit. "At least he's moved out of the neighborhood," he says of Dunnivan.

The self-deprecating realtor is still waiting for his path to cross Dunnivan's and he has a message for his former neighbor: "You really ripped off the wrong guy. He's crazy."

 Mike Dunnivan of Afton says he isn't the same Michael Allen Dunnivan (shown above) with the interesting rap sheet.
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Chemotherapy With or Without Trastuzumab After Surgery in Treating Women With Invasive Breast Cancer
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|ClinicalTrials.gov Identifier: NCT01275677
Recruitment Status : Active, not recruiting
First Posted : January 12, 2011
Last Update Posted : March 14, 2019
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|Estrogen Receptor Negative Estrogen Receptor Positive HER2/Neu Positive Progesterone Receptor Negative Progesterone Receptor Positive Recurrent Breast Carcinoma Stage IA Breast Cancer AJCC v7 Stage IB Breast Cancer AJCC v7 Stage IIA Breast Cancer AJCC v6 and v7 Stage IIB Breast Cancer AJCC v6 and v7 Stage IIIA Breast Cancer AJCC v7 Stage IIIC Breast Cancer AJCC v7
|Drug: Cyclophosphamide Drug: Docetaxel Drug: Doxorubicin Hydrochloride Other: Laboratory Biomarker Analysis Drug: Paclitaxel Other: Quality-of-Life Assessment Biological: Trastuzumab
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|A Randomized Phase III Trial of Adjuvant Therapy Comparing Chemotherapy Alone (Six Cycles of Docetaxel Plus Cyclophosphamide or Four Cycles of Doxorubicin Plus Cyclophosphamide Followed by Weekly Paclitaxel) to Chemotherapy Plus Trastuzumab in Women With Node-Positive or High-Risk Node-Negative HER2-Low Invasive Breast Cancer
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Experimental: Arm IA (docetaxel, cyclophosphamide)
Patients receive docetaxel IV over 60 minutes and cyclophosphamide IV over 30 minutes on day 1. Treatment repeats every 3 weeks for 6 courses.
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Patients receive doxorubicin hydrochloride IV over 15 minutes and cyclophosphamide IV over 30 minutes on day 1. Treatment repeats every 2 or 3 weeks (at the investigator's discretion) for 4 courses. Patients then receive paclitaxel IV over 60 minutes once weekly for 12 doses.
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- DFS-DCIS [ Time Frame: Up to 10 years ]
- BCFS [ Time Frame: From randomization until local recurrence, or death from any cause, assessed up to 10 years ]
- RFI [ Time Frame: From randomization until invasive local, regional, or distant recurrence, or death from breast cancer, assessed up to 10 years ]
- DRFI [ Time Frame: From randomization until the first diagnosis of distant metastasis or death from breast cancer, assessed up to 10 years ]
- OS [ Time Frame: From randomization to death from any cause, assessed up to 10 years ]
- Incidence of adverse events using the National Cancer Institute CTCAE v4.0 [ Time Frame: Up to 30 days ]The frequency and severity of adverse events will be graded.
- Change in HER2 mRNA level [ Time Frame: From baseline to 24 months ]The interaction between treatment effect and HER2 mRNA level will be evaluated in the proportional hazards model, which would include an indicator for treatment group and the HER2 mRNA level as a continuous variable, and the corresponding interaction term. The log-hazard ratio plot for the interaction term with 95% confidence intervals will be used to determine the cut-off of the HER2 mRNA level that would determine a subset of the patients who would benefit from the adjuvant trastuzumab therapy.
- Fcgamma receptor polymorphism [ Time Frame: From baseline to up to 24 months ]The polymorphism of the Fcgamma 158 receptor gene will be dichotomized as V/V (valine) vs. other genotypes and the polymorphism of the Fcgamma 131 receptor gene will be dichotomized as H/H (histidine) vs. other genotypes to evaluate an interaction between treatment group and Fcgamma polymorphism. The Kaplan-Meier method105 will be used to estimate the distribution of the primary endpoints stratified by the dichotomized subgroups, and the log-rank test106 will be used to statistically compare the time-to-event distributions.
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- Patients should have a life expectancy of at least 10 years, excluding their diagnosis of breast cancer; (comorbid conditions should be taken into consideration, but not the diagnosis of breast cancer)
- Women of reproductive potential must agree to use an effective non-hormonal method of contraception (for example condoms, some intrauterine devices, diaphragms, tubal ligation, vasectomized partner, or abstinence) during therapy and for at least 6 months (Arm 1 patients) and for at least 7 months (Arm 2 patients) after the last dose of study therapy (chemotherapy or trastuzumab)
- Submission of tumor samples from the breast surgery is required for all patients; therefore, the local pathology department policy regarding release of tumor samples must be considered in the screening process; patients whose tumor samples are located in a pathology department that by policy will not submit any samples for research purposes should not be approached for participation in the B-47 trial
- The patient must have signed and dated an Institutional Review Board (IRB)-approved consent form that conforms to federal and institutional guidelines
- Eastern Cooperation Oncology Group (ECOG) performance status of 0 or 1
- The tumor must be unilateral invasive adenocarcinoma of the breast on histologic examination
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- By pathologic evaluation, primary tumor must be pT1-3
By pathologic evaluation, ipsilateral nodes must be pN0, pN1 (pN1mi, pN1a, pN1b, pN1c), pN2a, pN2b, pN3a, or pN3b
If pN0, one of the following criteria must be met:
- pT2 and estrogen receptor (ER) negative and progesterone receptor (PgR) negative; or
- pT2 and ER positive (PgR status may be positive or negative) and either grade 3 histology or Oncotype DX Recurrence Score of >= 25; or
- pT3 regardless of hormone receptor status, histologic grade, and Oncotype DX Recurrence Score
HER2 status of the primary tumor must be evaluated prior to randomization; all testing performed must indicate that the tumor is HER2-low as defined below
- IHC must be performed and the IHC staining results must indicate a score of 1+ (in situ hybridization [ISH] testing is not required) or 2+ (ISH must also be performed and must indicate that the tumor is HER2-low as described below)
- If ISH testing is performed, test results must be as follows and IHC must be 1+ or 2+: the ratio of HER2 to chromosome enumeration probe 17 (CEP17) must be < 2.0 or, if a ratio was not performed, the HER2 gene copy number must be < 4 per nucleus
- Note: If the IHC staining intensity is reported as a range, e.g., 0 to 1+ or 1+ to 2+, the higher intensity score in the range should be used to determine eligibility
- The patient must have undergone either a total mastectomy or breast-conserving surgery (lumpectomy); (patients who have had a nipple-sparing mastectomy are eligible)
- For patients who undergo lumpectomy, the margins of the resected specimen must be histologically free of invasive tumor and ductal carcinoma in situ (DCIS) as determined by the local pathologist; if pathologic examination demonstrates tumor at the line of resection, additional operative procedures may be performed to obtain clear margins; if tumor is still present at the resected margin after re-excision(s), the patient must undergo total mastectomy to be eligible; (patients with margins positive for lobular carcinoma in situ [LCIS] are eligible without additional resection)
- For patients who undergo mastectomy, margins must be free of gross residual tumor; (patients with microscopic positive margins are eligible as long as post-mastectomy radiation therapy [RT] of the chest wall will be administered)
The patient must have completed one of the procedures for evaluation of pathologic nodal status listed below:
Sentinel lymphadenectomy alone:
- If pathologic nodal staging based on sentinel lymphadenectomy is pN0 or pN1b
- If pathologic nodal staging based on sentinel lymphadenectomy is pN1mi or pN1a, the primary tumor must be T1 or T2 by pathologic evaluation and the nodal involvement must be limited to 1 or 2 positive nodes
- Sentinel lymphadenectomy followed by removal of additional non-sentinel lymph nodes if the sentinel node (SN) is positive; or
- Axillary lymphadenectomy with or without SN isolation procedures
- The interval between the last surgery for breast cancer (treatment or staging) and randomization must be no more than 84 days
- The patient must have ER analysis performed on the primary tumor prior to randomization; if ER analysis is negative, then PgR analysis must also be performed (either the core biopsy or surgical resection specimen can be used for ER/PgR testing); patients with a primary tumor that is hormone receptor-positive or receptor-negative are eligible
- Absolute neutrophil count (ANC) must be >= 1,200/mm^3
- Platelet count must be >= 100,000/mm^3
- Hemoglobin must be >= 10 g/dL
- Total bilirubin must be =< upper limit of normal (ULN) for the lab unless the patient has a bilirubin elevation > ULN to 1.5 x ULN due to Gilbert disease or similar syndrome involving slow conjugation of bilirubin
- Alkaline phosphatase must be =< 2.5 x ULN for the lab
- Aspartate aminotransferase (AST) must be =< 1.5 x ULN for the lab (if alanine aminotransferase [ALT] is performed instead of AST [per institution's standard practice], the alanine aminotransferase [ALT] value must be =< 1.5 x ULN; if both were performed, the AST must be =< 1.5 x ULN)
- Alkaline phosphatase and AST may not both be > the ULN
- Patients with AST or alkaline phosphatase > ULN are eligible for inclusion in the study if liver imaging (computed tomography [CT], magnetic resonance imaging [MRI], positron emission tomography [PET]-CT, or PET scan) performed within 90 days prior to randomization does not demonstrate metastatic disease and the above requirements are met
- Patients with alkaline phosphatase that is > ULN but =< 2.5 x ULN or unexplained bone pain are eligible for inclusion in the study if a bone scan, PET-CT scan, or PET scan performed within 90 days prior to randomization does not demonstrate metastatic disease
- The most recent postoperative serum creatinine performed within 6 weeks prior to randomization must be =< ULN for the lab
Left ventricular ejection fraction (LVEF) assessment must be performed within 90 days prior to randomization; LVEF assessment performed by 2-dimensional (D) echocardiogram is preferred, however, multi-gated acquisition (MUGA) scan maybe substituted based on institutional preferences
- For patients who will receive the TC chemotherapy regimen, the LVEF must be >= 50% regardless of the cardiac imaging facility's lower limit of normal
- For patients who will receive the AC-->WP chemotherapy regimen, the LVEF must be >= 55% regardless of the cardiac imaging facility's lower limit of normal
- NOTE: Since the pre-entry LVEF serves as the baseline for comparing subsequent LVEF assessments, it is critical that this baseline study be an accurate assessment; if the baseline LVEF is > 70%, the investigator is encouraged to have the accuracy of the initial LVEF result confirmed and repeat the test if the accuracy is uncertain
Exclusion Criteria:
Primary tumor with any of the following HER2 testing results:
IHC staining intensity:
- 0 on all evaluations of specimens
- 3+ on evaluation of any specimen
- ISH with a ratio of HER2 to CEP17 >= 2.0 on evaluation of any specimen
- ISH result indicating HER2 gene copy number >= 4 per nucleus on evaluation of any specimen
- T4 tumors including inflammatory breast cancer
Definitive clinical or radiologic evidence of metastatic disease
- NOTE: Chest imaging (mandatory for all patients) and other imaging (if required) must have been performed within 90 days prior to randomization
- Synchronous or previous contralateral invasive breast cancer (patients with synchronous and/or previous contralateral DCIS or LCIS are eligible)
- Any previous history of ipsilateral invasive breast cancer or ipsilateral DCIS; (patients with synchronous or previous ipsilateral LCIS are eligible)
- History of non-breast malignancies (except for in situ cancers treated only by local excision and basal cell and squamous cell carcinomas of the skin) within 5 years prior to randomization
- Previous therapy with anthracyclines, taxanes, or trastuzumab for any malignancy
- Chemotherapy or HER2-targeted therapy administered for the currently diagnosed breast cancer prior to randomization
- Whole-breast RT prior to randomization or partial-breast RT that cannot be completed on or before the date of randomization
- Continued endocrine therapy such as raloxifene or tamoxifen (or other selective estrogen receptor modulator [SERM]) or an aromatase inhibitor; patients are eligible if these medications are discontinued prior to randomization
- Any continued use of sex hormonal therapy, e.g., birth control pills, ovarian hormone replacement therapy; patients are eligible if these medications are discontinued prior to randomization
Cardiac disease (history of and/or active disease) that would preclude the use of the drugs included in the treatment regimens; this includes but is not confined to:
Active cardiac disease:
- Angina pectoris that requires the current use of anti-anginal medication
- Ventricular arrhythmias except for benign premature ventricular contractions
- Supraventricular and nodal arrhythmias requiring a pacemaker or not controlled with medication
- Conduction abnormality requiring a pacemaker
- Valvular disease with documented compromise in cardiac function
- Symptomatic pericarditis
History of cardiac disease:
- Myocardial infarction documented by elevated cardiac enzymes or persistent regional wall abnormalities on assessment of left ventricle (LV) function
- History of documented congestive heart failure (CHF)
- Documented cardiomyopathy
Hypertension defined according to the following ineligibility criteria:
- For patients who will receive TC (regardless of the patient's age): uncontrolled hypertension defined as sustained systolic blood pressure (BP) > 150 mm Hg or diastolic BP > 90 mm Hg; (patients with initial BP elevations are eligible if initiation or adjustment of BP medication lowers pressure to meet entry criteria)
- For patients < 50 years old who will receive AC-->WP: uncontrolled hypertension defined as sustained systolic BP > 150 mm Hg or diastolic BP > 90 mm Hg; patients with initial BP elevations are eligible if initiation or adjustment of BP medication lowers pressure to meet entry criteria
For patients >= 50 years old who will receive AC-->WP:
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- Controlled hypertension (systolic BP =< 150 mm Hg and diastolic BP =< 90 mmHg), if anti-hypertensive medication(s) are needed
- NOTE: Patients who are not eligible based on the AC-WP regimen BP criteria but who meet the TC regimen BP criteria are eligible for B-47, if the intended chemotherapy regimen is changed to TC
- Active hepatitis B or hepatitis C with abnormal liver function tests
- Intrinsic lung disease resulting in dyspnea
- Poorly controlled diabetes mellitus
- Active infection or chronic infection requiring chronic suppressive antibiotics
- Nervous system disorder (paresthesia, peripheral motor neuropathy, or peripheral sensory neuropathy) >= grade 2, per the Common Terminology Criteria for Adverse Events (CTCAE) version (v)4.0
- Conditions that would prohibit administration of corticosteroids
- Chronic daily treatment with corticosteroids with a dose of >= 10 mg/day methylprednisol one equivalent (excluding inhaled steroids)
- Known hypersensitivity to any of the study drugs or excipients, e.g., polysorbate 80 and Cremophor EL
- Pregnancy or lactation at the time of study entry; (Note: pregnancy testing must be performed within 2 weeks prior to randomization according to institutional standards for women of childbearing potential)
- Other non-malignant systemic disease that would preclude the patient from receiving study treatment or would prevent required follow-up
- Psychiatric or addictive disorders or other conditions that, in the opinion of the investigator, would preclude the patient from meeting the study requirements
- Use of any investigational product within 30 days prior to randomization
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): NCT01275677
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|Principal Investigator:
|Louis Fehrenbacher
|NRG Oncology
Documents provided by National Cancer Institute (NCI):
|Responsible Party:
|National Cancer Institute (NCI)
|ClinicalTrials.gov Identifier:
|NCT01275677 History of Changes
|Other Study ID Numbers:
NCI-2011-02572 ( Registry Identifier: CTRP (Clinical Trial Reporting Program) )
NSABP-B-47 ( Other Identifier: NRG Oncology )
NSABP-B-47 ( Other Identifier: CTEP )
U10CA012027 ( U.S. NIH Grant/Contract )
U10CA180868 ( U.S. NIH Grant/Contract )
|First Posted:
|January 12, 2011 Key Record Dates
|Last Update Posted:
|March 14, 2019
|Last Verified:
|December 2018
Additional relevant MeSH terms:
Breast Neoplasms
Neoplasms by Site
Breast Diseases
Skin Diseases
Albumin-Bound Paclitaxel
Liposomal doxorubicin
Antibodies, Monoclonal
Antineoplastic Agents, Immunological
Antineoplastic Agents, Phytogenic
Antineoplastic Agents
Tubulin Modulators
Antimitotic Agents
Mitosis Modulators
Molecular Mechanisms of Pharmacological Action
Immunosuppressive Agents
Immunologic Factors
Physiological Effects of Drugs
Antirheumatic Agents
Antineoplastic Agents, Alkylating
Alkylating Agents
Myeloablative Agonists
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Wednesday, September 08, 2010
Passive Doping
Today I spoke with a good friend who competes professionally at the Pro Continental level - he is deciding who to sign with for 2011, and is considering whether or not he wants to race in Europe with a top-level team, or back in his home country. To the best of my knowledge, my friend competes drug-free, and he's never failed a doping control. And yet he's a victim of passive doping.
I revealed to my friend that one of his rivals has been up to his eyeballs in doping and is facing sanction. My friend was shocked, and he wrote to me in a text, "I'm pretty gutted over him man. I would be really hard on myself when he blew out a result."
Instead of physical pain, my friend suffered psychologically as a result of the passive doping. When his competitor achieved successes that were seemingly not possible for my friend - who is a more naturally-talented rider - my buddy assumed that he wasn't training hard enough and that he was mentally weak and lacked discipline. But in reality, the simple fact is that for years, the other rider enjoyed a 10% advantage because of EPO. But my friend was beating himself up over this.
How much anxiety and self-loathing did he experience because he was judging himself against an unreasonable standard that was impossible for him to match cleanly? That's passive doping.
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Joe, someone needs to get you out on the speaking circuit! I love your posts man.ReplyDelete
Thanks, Mike.ReplyDelete
Hope everyone else enjoyed this post, too.
Mike, you also recently asked me the following:ReplyDelete
"What are the performance enhancing traits of cathine? Outside of the line of reasoning that, "If it is on the list, cyclists should stay away from it," how does a cyclist benefit from taking it?"
In the context that we were discussing, the presence in the urine of cathine is (to me) not notable for the potential performance-enhancement, but rather, that it signals either a lack of care on the part of the athlete, who is willing to allow banned substances into his system even to take an over the counter medicine (remember the concept of strict liability), or it indicates a predisposition to cheating with harder drugs...almost as if, "well, if we found cathine in his urine, there might have been EPO, too, if only we'd gotten here sooner." Just saying.
- Anonymous09 September, 2010 20:48
Oh let me get you a violin. It's nice to be the nice guy but we all know where they finish. I know its not right to "cheat" but live by morals and you will go no where.ReplyDelete
It's a sad part of our culture, but don't join the rat race only to complain about the long hours. Build your own business and run it as you seem fit. The fact is Joe, stop crying over spilt milk.
So doping is ok then?ReplyDelete
i raced pro here in the U.S. for two years back in 2002, 2003. and quit because my entire team would get dropped by one saturn rider in a local crit. he would lap us once or twice. if he wasn't there, we'd win. but - yeah, at that time there was mercury, prime alliance, and saturn doing the early stage races with no d/S there but with their doctor. by the end of the second year, almost all of us quit, except for BJM, AJM.... two guys on our team failed tests, they had some results, but i was better than either one of them talent wise- but they'd get raced and i was driving around to stupid norcal crits on my own dime. anyways, me and my crew were all demoralized. but some of us guys have been riding again lately and have done well again - so long as levi or someone doesn't show up.ReplyDelete
- Anonymous10 September, 2010 00:22
wouldn't happen to be E W?
Not sure who beingbrian is, but best of luck to him on his comeback to riding, and to racing if he decides to throw-down for fun again.ReplyDelete
- Anonymous10 September, 2010 13:51
Joe, something else..... (bit of toppic)ReplyDelete
Just read that Roy Sentjens (team Milram) quit cycling right away, after his positve EPO test from some days ago. He admitted use. See his webpage (dutch language). He said he was so eager to get a new contract for the next season that he stepped into the Epo use (was no problem for him to get it in Spain). Poor guy.
Yup, just saw that Roy Sentjens manned-up and admitted to what he'd done, which is admirable - especially after starting down the road of denial initially.ReplyDelete
For anyone wondering what we're talking about, there's detailed info in English here: http://is.gd/f4y81.
In a sense, you can say that Sentjens was also a victim of passive doping, if in fact some of the riders who were beating him were cheating. If they weren't, then that's even more unfortunate in a sense, but if they were, it's slightly more understandable why Sentjens would travel to Spain. Understandable, but excusable no.
Wonder what he'll do now to make a living...
- Anonymous10 September, 2010 23:39
Congrats on your efforts to fight doping, and your latest achievement getting one of your former collaborators banned for life.ReplyDelete
- Anonymous12 September, 2010 11:02
Good post Joe. To pretend that doping somehow has no impact on riders who choose to race clean is a weird position to take but that is the way a lot of people handle the PED issue...ReplyDelete
I saw an article by a guy who I remember racing with down at the track here in San Jose a couple of years ago that said something similar.
Thanks for sharing the link, Anon, and t the other Anon, thanks for the kind words of congratulations. The cognitive dissonance one experiences trying to pretend that doping has no impact on riders who choose to race cleanly is definitely impressive. I'll try to post that link in the main body of the original post so that people can fire it up easily.ReplyDelete
Please be aware that in the following comment, I don't refer to any athlete in particular:ReplyDelete
"In the context that we were discussing, the presence in the urine of cathine is (to me) not notable for the potential performance-enhancement, but rather, that it signals either a lack of care on the part of the athlete, who is willing to allow banned substances into his system even to take an over the counter medicine (remember the concept of strict liability), or it indicates a predisposition to cheating with harder drugs...almost as if, "well, if we found cathine in his urine, there might have been EPO, too, if only we'd gotten here sooner." Just saying."
- Anonymous16 September, 2010 17:25
Reading this post and thinking about Joe Papp and his duality... Well, whatever he did back then is one thing. What he needs to do now is be honest. He didn't make the life choices for those he's turning-in. He's doing them a favor, even if they don't know it yet. Papp (at least is doing this from a position of complete surrender and humility. Landis only began singing once he realized that he couldn't maintain his charade anymore. And he's not once ever expressed an iota of guilt. Landis comes from a place of anger. Papp comes from a place of complete and total submission. Papp's info will expose the wrongs of not only domestic pros, but also the fraud of your local egotistical masters assholes.ReplyDelete
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Moreover, the women's tennis team was named an ITA All-Academic Team for having a team GPA of 3.2 or higher for the 2012-13 academic year.
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Maybe these guys are lucky, or maybe they know what they're doing.
Technically upsets, yeah, but as
Those two teams certainly have not been intimidated by the
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The 2-3 has proved itself. It is a weapon that SU uses well, and it throws many teams into confusion, and reduces others to playing simplistic, uninspired basketball. However, these guys have found ways to crack it, more than one, since they don't use the same method every time down the court. They make the zone move, get the ball into the lane and at the high post consistently, and get a good number of high percentage shots.
It's going to be interesting to see how Villanova attacks the zone on that big day at the end of the month, with nearly 35,000 people all but blowing the roof off the Dome.