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Start your day with a howl with Fitz, Tony Russell, Ellen Tailor and Randy the Producer. Listeners love Fitz's positive energy, quick wit, pranks, family-friendly style, and favorites like "What, Are You Kidding Me?," "Fitz Files," and more.
Born & raised in Prineville Oregon Carey J continues to grow up listening to, living, and loving country music. Be ready to laugh (a lot) when she is around! Carey J keeps the right buttons on and the wrong buttons off every weekday morning & kicks off your 99 Minute Non Stop Music Run at 9am. Watch for her singing along & cheering like someone staying out way past her bedtime at all the incredible shows The Wolf brings to the Great Northwest!
With a spit-fire personality and an unbeatable knowledge of country music, Savannah Jones is a force to be reckoned with in the Portland radio market.
Consistently out-entertaining the competition, this lil' lass is as sweet as she is smart. Plus, having grown up in North Dakota, Savannah is a real-life cowgirl. As Music Director of 99.5 The Wolf, she has a real hand in the overall sound and success of the station. In her role as Assistant Program Director, it's not unusual to find her accompanying listeners to private functions and getting backstage access with country's top artists.
Tim Taylor is often confused with Tim Allen's character on the television sitcom Home Improvement, but in name only. Tim is a Pacific Northwest native and chances are, if you've lived in Portland very long, and were anywhere near a radio, his voice has been a part of your life. His love of radio started when he was a kid. He'd take his Mr. Microphone (remember those?) and create his own radio shows. And now that childhood dream and enthusiasm for creating fun shows is a part of his afternoon program on The Wolf!
Tim is a witty, caring, fun-loving guy with a passion for living. From riding his motorcycle on those rare sunny days to cooking, being outdoors and playing guitar. He's no Brad Paisley, but he can hold his own when it comes to picking a guitar. His favorite things to do however are spending time with his son Jordan and hanging out with his family and close friends. If Tim's around, laughter is sure to follow.
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The non-stop talking result of a union between a Tony Soprano dad and a Suzanne Sugarbaker mom (how the heck did THAT happen?) Michele first debuted "Kiss & Tell With Michele" on 99.5 The Wolf back in July of 2004. After three years, she made the foolish decision to take a job somewhere else, which resulted in her profound unhappiness and eventual return to where she belongs—right back here in the Northwest, munching on refined carbohydrates and high-fructose corn syrup goodies while she plays sweet country music for the best pack o' listeners in the world.
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Where are States Today? Medicaid and CHIP Eligibility Levels for Children and Non-Disabled Adults as of January 1, 2014
As part of the Affordable Care Act's goal to reduce the number of uninsured, it makes several key changes in Medicaid eligibility. As enacted, the ACA expands Medicaid to nearly all individuals with incomes at or below 138% FPL ($15,856 for an individual or $26,951 for a family of three in 2013) as of January 1, 2014. However, this expansion was effectively made a state option by the Supreme Court ruling on the ACA. A total of 26 states, including DC, are moving forward with the expansion in 2014.1 There is no deadline for states to adopt the expansion, and several states are still actively considering the option. The ACA also establishes new streamlined eligibility and enrollment processes for Medicaid, which all states must implement regardless of their Medicaid expansion decisions. These new streamlined processes include a change in how financial eligibility will be determined for many Medicaid beneficiaries based on Modified Adjusted Gross Income (MAGI). This change is designed to standardize the approach to determining financial eligibility across states as well as health insurance affordability programs. As part of the transition to use of MAGI, states must convert their existing Medicaid income limits to MAGI-equivalent limits. This brief provides an overview of Medicaid and CHIP eligibility levels for non-disabled children and adults across states as of January 1, 2014, reflecting state Medicaid expansion decisions and the conversion to MAGI-based limits.
Medicaid and CHIP coverage for children remains strong across states. As of January 1, 2014, more than half of the states (30, including DC) cover children in families with incomes at or above 250% FPL and 20, including DC, cover children in families with incomes at or above 300% FPL (Figure 1, Table 1). Moreover, as of January 2014, 18 states that previously covered older children up to 133% FPL in separate CHIP programs now provide coverage for these children in Medicaid, as the ACA establishes a minimum Medicaid eligibility level of 138% FPL for all children up to age 19.2 With the exception of Arizona, CHIP enrollment is open in all states. The ACA preserves this base of children's coverage by requiring states to maintain eligibility and enrollment policies in place at the time the ACA was enacted (March 23, 2010) until September 30, 2019 for children in both Medicaid and CHIP.
Most states continue to cover pregnant women in Medicaid and CHIP above the federal minimum standards. Prior to the ACA, states were required to cover pregnant women in Medicaid to at least 133% FPL. Most states had expanded beyond this minimum and have maintained this coverage as of January 2014. As of January 1, 2014, 31 states, including DC, cover pregnant women at or above 200% FPL (Figure 2, Table 2). However, the ACA requirement to maintain coverage for pregnant women ended on January 1, 2014 and at least three states (LA, OK, and VA) have reduced or are planning to reduce eligibility from 2013 levels.
The Medicaid expansion significantly increases eligibility for adults in the 26 states implementing the expansion. Prior to 2014, 15 of the 26 states moving forward with the Medicaid expansion already covered parents at or above the poverty level through Medicaid, but only nine (9) states provided full Medicaid coverage to adults without dependent children. In the states implementing the Medicaid expansion in 2014, eligibility levels increased for parents in 16 states and for childless adults in 24 states. Overall, in these states, the median eligibility threshold for parents rose from 106% to 138% FPL, while the median threshold for childless adults jumped from 0% to 138% FPL. As of January 2014, three (3) states (CT, DC, and MN) cover parents above 138% FPL and two (DC and MN) cover childless adults above this level.
Many poor adults remain ineligible for coverage in the 25 states not expanding Medicaid at this time. As of January 2014, eligibility levels for parents are below poverty in 21 of these states and below half of poverty in 14 states (Figure 3, Table 3), and childless adults generally remain ineligible for Medicaid at any income level (Figure 4, Table 3). Overall, among the 25 states not moving forward with the Medicaid expansion at this time, the median eligibility level for parents is just 47% FPL, with only four (4) states (AK, ME, TN, and WI) covering parents with incomes at or above poverty. Only Wisconsin is providing full Medicaid coverage to adults without dependent children. Parents and other adults with incomes above these limited Medicaid eligibility levels but below 100% FPL fall into a coverage gap; they remain ineligible for Medicaid but do not earn enough to qualify for the premium tax credits for new Marketplace coverage. This gap leaves nearly five million uninsured adults without a new coverage option.3
In sum, as of January 2014, Medicaid coverage for adults significantly increased in the 26 states implementing the Medicaid expansion and eligibility levels for children and pregnant women remain strong across states. As such, Medicaid offers the potential to significantly reduce the number of uninsured as the expansion is implemented. However, in contrast to gains in states expanding Medicaid, large coverage gaps remain in states that are not expanding, leaving millions of poor uninsured adults without access to a new coverage option.
Michigan plans to implement the Medicaid expansion in April 2014. Indiana and Pennsylvania have pending waivers for Medicaid expansion plans would be implemented post-2014.
While the new minimum eligibility threshold is 133 percent of the FPL, the standard five percentage point of the FPL disregard is included to represent the highest threshold at an individual may be eligible for Medicaid.
For more information, see: Kaiser Commission on Medicaid and the Uninsured, "The Coverage Gap: Uninsured Poor Adults in States that Do Not Expand Medicaid." October 2013.
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also of interest
- Getting into Gear for 2014: Shifting New Medicaid Eligibility and Enrollment Policies into Drive
- State Profiles: How Will the Uninsured Fare Under the Affordable Care Act?
- Medicaid in a Historic Time of Transformation: Results from a 50-State Medicaid Budget Survey for State Fiscal Years 2013 and 2014

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America is home to nearly 22 million military veterans, who Sunday we honor on Veterans Day. Of those, a large percentage are veterans of foreign wars thanks to the United States' involvement in Vietnam, Iraq and Afghanistan — and that says nothing of the smaller number of World War II and the Korean War veterans still alive. Today, there still are 7.5 million living veterans of the Vietnam War, which claimed more than 58,000 American lives.
Alabama represents that uniquely American picture. Our state is home to 405,600 veterans. Of those, 302,800 are war veterans.
Alabama's uniformed men and women have paid a price.
We applaud the end of the needless war in Iraq, and we'll rejoice when America's military completes its drawdown in Afghanistan. Though the United States will always have a strong military presence in certain regions, it will be refreshing when American soldiers are given a well-deserved respite from serving in active war zones.
That said, the ending of the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan aren't without their own concerns.
Chief among them is veterans' health. Only now does it seem the military is taking strong-enough measures to combat the rate of active-duty suicides. This year, a record 270 U.S. soldiers have committed suicide. The number of multiple deployments, lengthy periods away from home and repeated life-and-death missions are taking an inhuman toll on America's fighting man.
Once out of uniform, this ever-increasing number of veterans represents a responsibility for Veterans Affairs. Since the terrorist attacks of Sept. 11, 2001, the number of U.S. soldiers who have served in wartime and suffered varying forms of disability has dramatically increased. As such, the amount of disability payments to wounded veterans has risen, as well.
For example, in 2000, the United States paid $14.77 billion in disability claims to veterans, according to data from the McClatchy-Tribune News Service. That figure increased to $36.48 billion in 2010 — an increase of 147 percent. Veterans Affairs and Washington politicians should be ashamed of the countless reports of what McClatchy describes as "backlogged" claims applications for disabled veterans.
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If the Chicago real estate market were a patient recovering from a lingering, debilitating illness, the doctor might be obliged to set the patient's over-expectant family straight: Yes, your loved one's symptoms have eased up, says the MD, but, gee, it's a little too soon to be training for a marathon.
Those are the kinds of expectations that many Chicago-area homeowners seem to harbor these days, according to Naperville appraiser Alvin "Chip" Wagner, whose recent newsletter to members of the local real estate community sought to address a form of irrational exuberance he's seeing lately: Yes, the market is better, but that doesn't necessarily mean your home is gaining in value — in fact, some prices might fall further.
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Q: In comments you sent out with the A.L. Wagner Appraisal Group's recent Quarterly Market Report, you pointed out a number of positive indicators for the Chicago residential market. What's going well out there?
A: There are a bunch of things. The number of days a house stays on the market before it sells is down in 2012, a sign that our market is moving and improving.
The number of active listings of homes for sale is declining — there were 32,000 in the third quarter, compared with almost 41,000 a year earlier, a nearly 22 percent drop. Still, we're far from 2005, the height of the real estate boom, when there were just 23,000.
Plus, the number of homes under contract is up. The approximately 15,000 as of the third quarter represented about a 34 percent improvement from a year before. And the volume of closed sales is the highest it's been in several years — up about 21 percent from a year ago.
Q: Where's the "but" in all of this?
A: Well, absolutely, the market is improving, but not in the area of pricing, which is what homeowners want to know about. In the third quarter, the average sales price throughout the area was $244,203. One year ago, the average was $258,364. That's about a 5.5 percent decline.
Yet, I go to people's houses to do appraisals, and (the homeowners' expectations are) driven by what they see in the media, and they say to me, the market has picked up, and they expect their house is growing in value. They expect to see a 3 to 5 percent growth. I end up having to tell them, your values aren't appreciating, they may be flat or even declining.
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The towns that saw price growth were: Barrington (area), Bensenville, Bloomingdale, Blue Island, Burnham, Burr Ridge, Calumet Park, Carpentersville, Darien, Evanston, Evergreen Park, Glencoe, Highland Park, Libertyville/Green Oaks, Lincolnshire, Lockport, Oak Brook, Oak Park, Prospect Heights, Skokie, Thornton, Vernon Hills, Willow Springs, Willowbrook, Wood Dale and the city of Chicago.
There was no rhyme or reason to the price growth. It ranged from 0.01 percent in Burr Ridge to 31.49 percent in Burnham.
Even within these localities — and within localities that haven't seen prices increase — there's wide variation among neighborhoods. Sometimes it's that a town's entry-level homes are seeing higher prices, but the upper brackets are declining. Or maybe there will be submarkets whose prices are based on schools or the walking distance to a train or to the downtown area.
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But the other thing is property taxes, which aren't being talked about a lot — yet. I've been an appraiser since 1990, and I used to be able to confidently say that in many parts of the Chicago area, property taxes tended to be 2 percent of the home's value — in some places, 1 percent. That held until the mid-2000s.
At that time, we also began an overall 30 percent drop in home values — 60 percent in some places. But property taxes continued to go up. Now, I understand — just because property values have gone down doesn't mean we don't need taxes to pay for the roads and the schools and the fire department.
But there's no rule of thumb on taxes any more — they're all over the place, and though some have declined, in others they could be 3, 4 or 5 percent of a home's value. As our property values stabilize, people (who might buy homes) are going to take a closer look at those property taxes in deciding where they want to live.
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You can read our Full Technical Paper on SPE / miniFlame here.
In May 2012, a Kaspersky Lab investigation detected a new nation-state cyber-espionage malware, which we named "Flame". Our research also identified some distinguishing features of Flame's modules. Based on those features, we discovered that in 2009, the first variant of the Stuxnet worm included a module that was created based on the Flame platform. This confirmed there was some form of collaboration between the groups that developed the Flame and Tilded (Stuxnet/Duqu) platforms.
A more in-depth research conducted in June 2012 resulted in the discovery of another nation state-sponsored and previously unknown malware which we named «Gauss». Gauss used a modular structure resembling that of Flame, a similar code base and system for communicating with command-and-control (C&C) servers, as well as numerous other similarities to Flame.
In partnership with Symantec, ITU-IMPACT and CERT-Bund/BSI, we also published our analysis of the Flame Command and Control servers. The analysis showed that the code can understand several communication protocols to talk to different «clients» or malware:
A close look at these protocol handlers revealed four different types of clients ("malware") codenamed SP, SPE, FL and IP:
Based on the code logic, we can confirm that the Flame malware was identified as client type "FL". Obviously, this meant there were at least three other undiscovered cyber-espionage or cyber-sabotage tools created by the same authors: SP, SPE and IP.
The SPE malware was uncovered in the course of the ongoing investigation, initiated by International Telecommunication Union and conducted by Kaspersky Lab.
After we analysed the Flame C2, we were surprised to discover this new module appeared to use OldProtocolE for connections, which are used by the mysterious SPE malware. We therefore understood the Flame plugin was in fact a unique, standalone malware: and it was the one known as "SPE" by the Flame C2.
It all started in early July 2012, when we discovered a smaller, interesting Flame module. The module had many similarities with Flame which led us to believe it was an earlier version of it (all known Flame variants are version 2.x). In the months that followed, we not only studied the connection of this malware with Flame, but also came across examples of this module being used concurrently with Gauss and being controlled by the Gauss main module.
The SPE malware, which we call "miniFlame", is a small, fully functional espionage module designed for data theft and direct access to infected systems. If Flame and Gauss were massive spy operations, infecting thousands of users, miniFlame/SPE is a high precision, surgical attack tool.
miniFlame is in fact based on the Flame platform but is implemented as an independent module. It can operate either independently, without the main modules of Flame in the system, or as a component controlled by Flame.
It is also notable that miniFlame can be used in conjunction with another espionage program, namely Gauss. As many readers will remember, it has been assumed that Flame and Gauss were parallel projects that did not have any modules or C&C servers in common. The discovery of miniFlame, which works with both these espionage projects, proves that we were right when we concluded that they had come out of the same 'cyber-weapon factory'.
Apparently, the development of miniFlame began several years ago and continued through 2012. Based on the C&C code, the protocols serving SP and SPE were created before or at the same time as the communication protocol used by FL (Flame), i.e., in 2007 at the least.
We believe that the developers of miniFlame created dozens of different modifications of the program. At this time, we have "only" found six of these, dated 2010-2011.
In some cases, dedicated C&C servers were used exclusively to control the SPE operation. Concurrently with that, some SPE variants worked with the servers which communicated with Flame.
miniFlame/SPE is different from Flame and Gauss in that the number of infections is significantly smaller. While we estimate the total number of Flame/Gauss victims at no less than 10,000 systems, SPE has been detected in just a few dozen systems in Western Asia. This indicates that SPE is a tool used for highly targeted attacks, and has probably been used only against very specific targets that have the greatest significance and posing the greatest interest to the attackers.
|Incidents (KL stats)
|Incidents (approx.)
|More than 100 000
|More than 300 000
|~ 2500
|~10 000
|Flame (FL)
|~ 700
|miniFlame (SPE)
|miniFlame (SPE)
Unlike Flame, where the vast majority of incidents were recorded in Iran and Sudan, and unlike Gauss, which was mostly present in Lebanon, SPE does not have a clear geographical bias. However, we believe that the choice of countries depends on the SPE variant. For example, the modification known as «4.50» is mostly found in Lebanon and Palestine. The other variants were reported in other countries, such as Iran, Kuwait and Qatar.
The original SPE distribution vector is unknown. However, since it is known to have worked both as part of Flame and as part of Gauss and since it shares its C&C servers with Flame, we believe that in most cases SPE was installed from C&C servers onto systems that were already infected with Flame or Gauss.
The SPE/miniFlame malware is unique in a sense that it can work either as a stand-alone program, as a Flame plugin or as a Gauss plugin. Essentially, it is a link connecting the Flame and Gauss projects tighter, while remaining independent of them. It uses either its own C&C servers or common servers with Flame.
In total, we detected six different versions of SPE. All of them were created over the period from 1 October 2010 to 1 September 2011.
At the time of writing, version 4.50 is the most widespread in the wild.
During our investigations, we were able to sinkhole several of the Flame C&C domains as well as several miniFlame domains. The statistics below are for miniFlame connections only.
Between 28th of May 2012 and September 30th, we counted close to 14,000 connections in total, coming from about 90 different IPs.
Distribution of IPs of infected victims:
We have traced the IPs in the United States to VPN connections. Similarly, the IP in Lithuania belongs to an ISP which provides satellite internet services in Lebanon. The IPs in France are the most curious ones – some do appear to be proxies or VPNs, but others are not so obvious.
For instance, one of the IPs of victims in France belongs to Francois Rabelais University of Tours:
Other IPs in France belong to mobile internet users or free internet users.
Overall, it seems that the two main locations of victims are Lebanon and Iran.
The main purpose of miniFlame is to act as a backdoor on infected systems, allowing direct control by the attackers.
The following commands are understood by the malware:
|Command name
|Write file from the C&C to the victim machine
|Send a file from the victim machine to the C&C
|Load a specified DLL and execute its specified export with no arguments
|Create a process with given parameters, wait for it
|Remove StandardTimeBias parameter from registry, signal the event "Global\TRStepEvent" (self-destruct)
|Write a new StandardTimeBias value to the registry
|Sleep for a specified amount of time
|ALEX (Version 5.00)
|Get system idle time in milliseconds
|BARBARA (Version 5.00)
|Make a screenshot of the foreground window if it belongs to one of the predefined processes.
|TIFFANY (Version 5.00)
|Switch to the C&C server provided in the parameters of the command
All the commands are issued through the C&C server and are encrypted with a basic XOR of 10 bytes and an additional layer of Twofish encryption.
During the analysis of the Flame C&C server side code, we identified four different malware files known to the server: SP, SPE, FL and IP. The malware known as FL is Flame. Today, we are announcing the discovery of the malware known as SPE.
Based on our analysis, we have been able to put together several main points of SPE which we also dubbed the "miniFlame", or "John", as named by the corresponding Gauss configuration:
If Flame and Gauss were massive spy operations, infecting thousands of users, SPE/miniFlame is a high precision espionage tool. The numbers of its victims is comparable to Duqu.
We can assume this malware was part of the Flame and Gauss operations which took place in multiple waves. First wave: infect as many potentially interesting victims as possible. Secondly, data is collected from the victims, allowing the attackers to profile them and find the most interesting targets. Finally, for these "select" targets, a specialized spy tool such as SPE/miniFlame is deployed to conduct surveillance/monitoring.
Within the Flame C&C code, two other malware files are referenced: SP and IP. If SP probably refers to an older variant of the malware described in this paper, IP is probably different and still remains unknown. According to the C2 source code, IP is also the most recent malware from the pack.
With Flame, Gauss and miniFlame, we have probably only scratched surface of the massive cyber-spy operations ongoing in the Middle East. Their true, full purpose remains obscure and the identity of the victims and attackers remain unknown.
You can read our Full Technical Paper on SPE / miniFlame here.
Kaspersky Lab would like to thank CERT-Bund/BSI for their kind assistance with this investigation.
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Slideshare overviews of Flame miniFlame
Venafi has a decent SlideShare that also describes how the Flame virus and its sisters work.


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Precursor B Cell Acute Lymphoblastic Leukemia (B-ALL) Treated With Autologous T Cells Genetically Targeted to the B Cell Specific Antigen CD19
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This study is an investigational approach that uses immune cells, called "T cells", to kill leukemia. These T cells are removed from blood, modified in a laboratory, and then put back in the body. T cells fight infections and can also kill cancer cells in some cases. However, right now T cells are unable to kill the cancer cells. For this reason we will put one gene into the T cells that allows them to recognize and kill the leukemia cells. This gene will be put in the T cells by a weakened virus. The gene will produce proteins in the T cells that help the T cells recognize the leukemia cells and possibly kill them. The doctors have found that T cells modified in this way can cure an ALL-like cancer in mice.
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Biological: gene-modified T cells targeted to B-ALL tumor cells
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|Study Type:
|Study Design:
|Endpoint Classification: Safety/Efficacy Study
Intervention Model: Single Group Assignment
Masking: Open Label
Primary Purpose: Treatment
|Official Title:
|A Phase I Trial of Precursor B Cell Acute Lymphoblastic Leukemia (B-ALL) Treated With Autologous T Cells Genetically Targeted to the B Cell Specific Antigen CD19
- To evaluate the safety of adoptive transfer of gene-modified autologous CD19-specific T cells in adult patients with B-ALL. [ Time Frame: 2 years ] [ Designated as safety issue: Yes ]
- To assess the anti-leukemic effect of adoptively transferred anti-CD19 T cells. [ Time Frame: 2 years ] [ Designated as safety issue: No ]
|Estimated Enrollment:
|Study Start Date:
|January 2010
|Estimated Study Completion Date:
|January 2015
|Estimated Primary Completion Date:
|January 2015 (Final data collection date for primary outcome measure)
|Assigned Interventions
Experimental: Pts with B Cell Acute Lymphoblastic Leukemia
This is a phase I dose escalation study. The T cell dose proposed in this study are based on doses administered safely in prior autologous T cell adoptive therapy trials72-74. Patients with CD19+ ALL (CR, relapsed, MRD, or refractory) are eligible for enrollment. B-ALL patients in first CR will be enrolled but only treated if they develop minimal residual disease (MRD) or a frank relapse, while patients with MRD or with documented relapsed/refractory disease are eligible for immediate treatment.
Biological: gene-modified T cells targeted to B-ALL tumor cells
Patients will undergo leukapheresis at the blood donor center at MSKCC. Peripheral T cells will be quantified by FACS to verify a sufficient number is present (> 3 x 108 CD3+ T cells). The leukapheresis product will be washed and frozen until the GTF is directed to start T cell production by the Principal Investigator. Enrolled patients must have documented MRD or relapsed or refractory disease before the treatment algorithm of this clinical protocol is initiated. Patients will be treated with a chemotherapeutic regimen, chosen by the treating physician based on prior therapy, after confirmation of disease status. After completion of chemotherapy, CD3+ T cells will be isolated from the leukapheresis product using CD3/CD28 beads in the GTF at MSKCC. Next, activated T cells will be transduced with the 19-28z chimeric receptor and expanded with CD3/CD28 magnetic beads.
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|Ages Eligible for Study:
|18 Years and older
|Genders Eligible for Study:
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Inclusion Criteria:
- Adult patients are eligible (> or = to 18 year old).
- Patients must have ALL refractory, relapsed, MRD, or in first CR as described below.
- Complete remission is defined as restoration of normal hematopoiesis with a neutrophil count > 1,000 x 106/L, a platelet count > 100,000 x 106/L, and hemoglobin > 10 g/dL. Blasts should be < 5% in a post-treatment bone marrow differential. Furthermore, there should be no clinical evidence of leukemia for a minimum of four weeks.
- MRD is defined as patients meeting the criteria for CR above, but with residual disease measured by a quantitative PCR, or by flow or by deep-sequencing of the IgH rearrangements . The assay from blood and/or bone marrow defines MRD by qPCR as a cycle threshold (CT) that is at least 1 CT value < than the lowest CT value from the background. Outside laboratory tests may suffice for this assessment at the discretion of the Principal Investigator.
Relapsed B-ALL will be defined as patients that meet the above criteria for a CR before developing recurrent disease (increased bone marrow blasts). Refractory patients will be defined as patients that have not achieved a CR after 1 cycle of induction chemotherapy
- Patients must have a diagnosis of B-ALL by flow cytometry, or bone marrow histology, and/or cytogenetics. These studies are to be performed and/or evaluated at Memorial Hospital.
- Patients must have CD19+ ALL as confirmed by flow cytometry.
- Creatinine < 2.0 mg/100 ml, bilirubin < 2.0 mg/100 ml, AST and ALT < 3x normal, PT and PTT < 2x normal outside the setting of stable chronic anticoagulation therapy. LFTs (Bilirubin, AST, and/or ALT) may be acceptable if the elevation is secondary to leukemia infiltration or leukemia therapy with tyrosine kinase inhibitors.
- Adequate cardiac function (LVEF ≥ 40%) as assessed by ECHO or MUGA or other similar cardiac imaging performed within 1 month of enrollment.
- Adequate pulmonary function as assessed by ≥ 92% oxygen saturation on room air by pulse oximetry.
- Patients must have adequate access for leukapheresis procedure as assessed by staff from the MSKCC Donor Room.
- Life expectancy > 3 months
Exclusion Criteria:
- Karnofsky performance status < 70.
- Patients previously treated with an allogeneic SCT that is currently complicated by active GVHD requiring T cell suppressive therapy.
- Patients with HIV, hepatitis B or hepatitis C infection.
- Patients with any concurrent active malignancies as defined by malignancies requiring any therapy other than expectant observation.
|United States, New York
|Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center
|New York, New York, United States, 10065
|Principal Investigator:
|Jae Park, MD
|Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center
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No publications provided by Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center
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|Responsible Party:
|Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center
|ClinicalTrials.gov Identifier:
|NCT01044069 History of Changes
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|Study First Received:
|January 6, 2010
|Last Updated:
|April 3, 2014
|Health Authority:
|United States: Food and Drug Administration
Keywords provided by Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center:
T cell
stem cell transplant
bone marrow transplant
Additional relevant MeSH terms:
Burkitt Lymphoma
Leukemia, Lymphoid
Precursor Cell Lymphoblastic Leukemia-Lymphoma
Epstein-Barr Virus Infections
Herpesviridae Infections
DNA Virus Infections
Virus Diseases
Tumor Virus Infections
Lymphoma, Non-Hodgkin
Neoplasms by Histologic Type
Lymphoma, B-Cell
Neoplasms, Experimental
Lymphoproliferative Disorders
Lymphatic Diseases
Immunoproliferative Disorders
Immune System Diseases
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MANISTIQUE - Manistique got off to a nice start against Harbor Springs in the Class C district finale Friday night, but they were outmatched by the visitors in the long run.
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"I thought we played a really good first quarter," Emeralds coach Todd Kangas said. "But we got a little bit tired in the second quarter, and our lack of depth showed.
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A buzzer-beater by Tyler Kangas gave the Emeralds an 18-17 lead after one quarter.
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Manistique (6-16) trailed at halftime, 41-29.
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What do you consider disrespectful trophy pictures?
This is a discussion on What do you consider disrespectful trophy pictures? within the Hunting Pictures forums, part of the HUNT AFRICA category; What do you consider disrespectful trophy pictures? AfricaHunting.com's logo portrays the traditional pose of the proud hunter squatting beside his ...
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What do you consider disrespectful trophy pictures?
What do you consider disrespectful trophy pictures?
AfricaHunting.com's logo portrays the traditional pose of the proud hunter squatting beside his trophy waiting to have his picture taken. Can leaning, sitting, laying, squatting, standing, riding or having a foot on the trophy for a photo be disrespectful to the animal?
We have all seen a picture of a hunter posing with their trophy which questioned our thoughts on whether it was demeaning to the animal or not... Myself received on a couple of occasions comments from members telling me that they did not approve of a particular trophy photo posted in the forum as the hunter was posing "inappropriately" with their trophy and requested for the pictures to be removed.
The SCI Safari Magazine advertising content guidelines clearly states that the Publications will not publish advertising containing certain characteristics and among the types of advertising that are rejected are ads that might appear to be disrespectful of wildlife. I don't know where they draw the line and understand the use of such verbiage, but I also can see how every hunter has his own opinion when it comes to etiquette when posing with their trophy.
Vintage safari photographs clearly depict some of these poses, and for some of us they have been a great source of inspiration and example. These black and white trophy photos with their hunters, sometimes famous, posing proudly in various manners which may be considered today as inappropriate were emulated by a lot of us. These yesteryear poses, sometimes suggesting heroic triumph, were really a symbol of domination over their query, showing the success of their hunt, the chase conqueror, the triumph of man over beast.
These types of poses are often seen with hunters posing in Africa with one of the Big Five, could an exception be made based on the type of game and can a pose be disrespectful? What is your take and where do you draw the line?
Here are a few examples...
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Aside from the fact that the anti's will object to ANY pose taken with a dead animal, we as hunters choose how to compose our own trophy pictures. I find usually after taking an animal, some slight if brief remorse, along with the pride and feelings of some accomplishment depending on the degree of difficulty, how well I performed etc. I cannot recall a picture on this site that offended me, though I may in my own pictures make some attempt to not appear too macho, otherwise its up to each of us to take the picture we want and I for one cannot envision myself asking Jerome or anyone else to take a picture down because it may offend my delicate sensibilities. If I dont like a picture, too bloody bad for me. Many African trophy pictures are composed and taken by the PH dont forget, and they make I think a good effort to keep things in good taste.
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I won't speak directly to the photos you posted Jerome but will say this. I agree with sestoppelman that it will not matter what kind of photo of a dead animal we may post, it will be found objectionable by the anti's.
Having said that, I do try to be aware of those that are not anti-hunting but are non-hunters. While I don't think we should hide the fact that we hunt, it doesn't seem productive either to me to ignore the impact we may have on non-hunters.
For example, we recently had a non-hunter start up a thread about lion hunting. The gentleman came here looking for information in deciding whether or not hunting was an effective conservation tool. I thought the replies in that thread were fantastic and represented hunters and particularly AH very well. However, how would that thread have gone if somebody had posted a bunch of blood and gore filled pictures from lion hunts?
Another example is from my trip to RSA last year. A number of people in my office were interested in seeing pictures from my trip, including my cube mate. She is not opposed to hunting, but she had no interest in seeing any of my hunting photos either. She was however very interested in my Kruger Park pictures. I'd like to think that she appreciated me separating out those pictures and that I avoided making an anti-hunter out of a non-hunter.
I'm not meaning to put myself on a pedestal here, just saying that I do think we should be cognizant of our actions as hunters and how they may affect the non-hunting population.
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I didn't like 1,4,6, 7 the female on the elephant with the slouch hat and flippant attitude was wrong in so many ways and a definant OUT and 12.Time spent in Reconnaisance is never wasted.
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Very interesting concept this Jerome.
Personally - i think any photo taken on a hunt, whether trophy or for consumption (biltong jag) - reflects the spirit of the hunter at that exact moment. Some hunters shows a victorious pose, some a slight smile, some have no expresssion at all, some a hint of sadness, etc,etc. It is after-all a very personal 'thing' - hunting and killing an animal.
None of the expressions / poses in my view is disrespectful to the hunted animal. It is merely a personal moment frozen in time for memory sake. Only a person who hunts and loves hunting will appreciate viewing personal moments from fellow hunters.
For those who finds any trophy / hunt-posed picture distasteful / disrespectful - don't look - period.
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This is exactly whats wrong with society today. Our skin is too thin and are sensibilitys to delicate. Ploitical correctness is killing us from within.
I personally do not begrudge anyone for there trophy pose, or the size, age etc. of the animal. I do maintain a level of repect for the game animals i harvest. Its a personell choice for me.I have walked in the tracks of the elephant, heard the lion roar and met the buffalo on his terms. I shall never be the same.
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This is a tough topic Jerome, but a good one as well. After looking at the photos above, I would say that I was not "offended" at any of them, but at the same time I did not like some of them either (woman on the elephant for example). This is a personal choice for me. As far as disrespectful to the animals - this is an even tougher call to make. Judging the level of "respect" that a hunter has for his quarry is very difficult to do based on a picture.
Personally if I don't "like" a picture, I won't look at it again - my issue, nobody else has to worry about it, but I will never judge a hunter's level of "respect" for an animal based solely on a picture.
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It is a very personal matter, in my case, I am very respectful of the animals I kill.
And, yes, some of these boastful pictures only help the anti s cause.
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ok, I will pitch in. I dont like photos with the hunter on top of the animal. I think it shows disrespect to the animal and it degrades the sport by providing visual proof to its detractors that we are a bunch of blood crazed ego-maniacs. However, that is now. I give those old photos a pardon because of the time period and the relative level of struggle and accomplishment. The Roosevelt safari was a year long, supported by porters on foot and by taking game from the field. Some of those other photos show clear pioneers who survived incredible conditions and peril to take the game. In retrospect, they probably deserved conquering hero status relative to the world they were living in. At least at the time their peers would have thought so.
Today its just different....like it or not. We all try to emulate that past but it is just gone. A hunting trip is a short vacation which allows us to briefly escape the domesticated world we live in and get a breath of the old days. The animals we hunt are managed and groomed to some extent (to what extent is an entirely different discussion between fenced and unfenced hunting). We are not pioneering or conquering and have not really earned such a pose. I think it is taking the fantasy a little too far.
Now, having said that....pose any way that you want as far as I care. I am proud of my hunts and trophies and have never asked anyone how they think i should pose. Of course, I want to protect and preserve the integrity of the sport so it would help if you kept the photos private. No sense giving the other guys a poster child to use at their next convention. I think that is why the SCI has implemented the photo rules.
Thanks Jerome for promoting this discussion.
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I think people have been to removed from the basics of human life. Having grown up on a farm...that is not "normal" now a days. And I think people need to get over themselves. Animals die and so do we. I won't posse a picture with me sitting on a animal for a magazine. But dead is dead. And back then people didn't over think things like people do today. Most people today need to go to the junkyard and butchering plant...and wake up!
I do think in todays wacky world we need to clean as much blood up as possible and posse the animals tastefully because there are more anti-hunters than hunters. Plus the pictures look 100's times better when shown classy! Non-hunters have said to me...love your pictures...you look happy and those animals look beautiful! Smile in the pictures...and mean it!
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It is a personal choice and the publisher gets to set policy. Other than that...
It is interesting to me the pictures that were chosen as finalists in the Hartzview contest were ALL without firearms (or other hunting implements) in the picture. None were African species. All were very respectful pictures taken in place where the hunt took place showing the environment of the hunt with the people involved.
Most were in close contact with the animal, holding it or being immediately beside the animal. None were manipulative of perspective. They all told a story.
Looking through the submissions many of the African species trophy pictures included firearm or Bow prominently.
It certainly must be cultural.
The old pictures show how it used to be and they are all dangerous game. So the "triumph" aspect is certainly present. I don't need that myself. I'll remember just fine what I went through without having to illustrate my dominance. I agree with sestoppelman "after taking an animal, some slight if brief remorse, along with the pride and feelings of some accomplishment depending on the degree of difficulty, how well I performed etc."
My two cents: Riding the animal, I find distasteful. (I have not figured out, as yet, how to take a respectful picture of an elephant trophy because of its size.) Blood or large bloody holes are not high on the list. I am not interested in the firearm in the picture unless there is some sentimental attachment to the firearm that is part of the story for me. (grampa's old gun)
The current rage of fake perspective is an attempt to be misleading that I find offensive every time I see it in a trophy picture. The people are not in touch with the real trophy, only trying to appear bigger than they really are . (Perhaps there is a good reason people do not touch the animals in Africa as they are tick infested and you should not touch them, I have no clue).
I hope when I take my pictures to tell a story of the hunt effectively and respectfully.
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Jerome. I have to say that all hunting photos tells a story. For each hunter and hunting memories, photos are as hunting, so different. The photos you show as examples are more or less fantastic ! Photos on or beside with or without guns.... You have to feel the story behind the photo to understand the full picture.
This is the huge different between photograph and video/DVD.
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Ok....we'll just round up all the vilians in the pictures(except Teddy of course) take them out at dawn and string them up by their heels! Oh please lets not over analytical over someones elses photos. Who knows the stupid photo that will be taken of me after my first elephant. Hopefully it won't be published in a international forum. We don't need another reason to divide us from our hunting friends.
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Brickburn is right on when he points to the "fake perspective" often seen today in pictures. Sitting 6 feet behind the downed trophy in what may be an attempt to make the animal look bigger, is really silly. Whats the bloody point?! A neighbor recently sent me some photos of some supposedly monster size hogs in Europe that weighed like 10 thousand pounds or something. It was obvious the heroes were twenty feet behind the pig! Stupid fakery!
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The pictures you posted are of a different era when hunters may of had a different mind set. I have to think in those days that dangerous game was something to be conquer rather than revered and little thought was given to game management etc. I think today most hunters have evolved a little and don't find the macho hairy chested pose necessary. After all the modern hunter is the most important of conservationists and not a conquerer of the wilderness.
I also don't think that cleaning up your trophy and posing it to show the animal in the best light is a concession to the anti hunters at all. It just shows that we as hunters have some respect for the animals we hunt and ourselves.
In back of my chair that I'm sitting in as I type is a picture of the first bear I ever killed. I was so excited I never thought how it looked in the picture. Its tongue is hanging out the side of its mouth and there is blood all over its face. It looks like shit and I think it reflects badly on me and hunters in general. That photo is a reminder to me of how not to do it.Mark H. Young
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I agree with Mark H Young.
The Trophy picture is a celebration of the animal and should be done mindful with the respect we have for the animals we pursue.
The inclusion of the hunter with his trophy is the tangible link that evokes memories of the experience, the place visited, the poeple involved and the hunt that ensued and should be portrayed in a manner that exhibits the respect we, as hunters, have for the environment and the animals we hunt.Paul Truccolo
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Interesting discussion.
Without passing judgment on past hunters, as depicted in the photos contained herein, I find sitting or leaning or standing on animals disrespectful.
Especially for hunters a century ago, I think they had more to boast about. Perhaps I'm overstating it when I say firearm technology has come a long way and we have a greater advantage now than they did back in the days of black powder or cordite, but I don't think so. That, and the world, in general, was just a more wild and savage place.
Our sensibilities have changed over the years. We are different now than prior generations and I think it effects how we view things. Again, this said, I'm not passing judgment on any of those hunters in the photos. That was then, this is now, and as for my tastes, I just personally prefer the modern pose, squatting next to or behind the animal.
Oh, and I don't like the attempts to make the animal appear bigger in relation to the hunter than it really is. That smacks of vanity. It's just a personal thing. Keep it simple.
It's your trophy, pose how you want; just don't make it public if it could remotely be found insulting by a fellow hunter. The whole point of a trophy is to be proud of it and proud to show it off.Come visit my elk hunting website to get some amazing elk hunting tips at: http://www.elk-hunting.org/elk-hunting-tips
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Its hard to say anything disrespectfull of Teddy. We owe him so much.
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