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I'll be on vacation starting today until April 2. So, this will be my last blog until then. What I'm trying to say is that you can take me off your favorites list until then. HA!
As for local sports last night, both the boys and girls tennis teams beat Mountain View, and both the boys and girls golf teams took third place out of three teams at the Summit Icebreaker Invitational.
That was simple.
Anyway, if you don't like me talking about national sports, well then you can probably stop reading.
My bracket took a turn for the worse last night, as Texas AM lost to Memphis, a basketball team that can't hit free throws.
Anyhoo, if you saw the game, you can understand my anger as the referees gave that game to Memphis.
One thing that I hate is when referees "bail out" players. On Thursday, Memphis took four shots in the final seconds when they were down. They missed them all. So on the fourth and final shot that Memphis took in that series, what happens? The referee calls a foul on Texas AM.
My beef here is not that it wasn't a foul -- to be honest, it was. But to call a foul, in the final seconds, mind you, after the team just had four opportunities to score, you might as well just give the game to Memphis.
Remember, Memphis took three shots. They get the rebound on all of them. On the fourth shot, they shoot, the refs call a foul, and now they have two free throws. Like, how many chances do you give them? They couldn't score in each of the four shots they took, so the refs "bail out" the players by giving them free throws.
You can argue that all Texas AM had to do was get a rebound, and they would have won the game. But, in my opinion, this is where the refs cross the line into altering the game. Memphis had their opportunity -- in fact, they had four -- and they didn't capitalize. The refs should have let the call go.
OK, that felt good. I'm sorry about that. But I see that all too often at every level.
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Front tire wear question-20" Dunlop OEM's 2,320 miles
Hi Guy's,
I have a 2012 X5d with the 20" Dunlops. I have 2,320 miles on X5, maintained tire pressure to precise BMW settings of 33F 35R. No aggressive driving. Steering wheel is dead straight and does not pull in either direction although it does tramline on certain road conditions.
I am noticing feathering or chamfering on both front tires on the outside row of lugs or tread, outside meaning closest to the face of the wheel. It's the same wear on both tires, one is not worse than the other. I began to notice a rumble feeling and sound when coming to a stop or making a U turn, you can feel the coarseness in the steering wheel.
Normal? Need more negative camber? Different tire pressure? :dunno:
Thanks a lot.
2. FORGET ABOUT CAMBER- IT IS "TOE" THAT USUALLY KILLS TIRES. People can 'see' the camber so their intuiton is 'tilt the tire and fix the wear. WRONG. The toe is causing the tire to wear.
3. The BMW warranty on alignmnt is only 2000 miles. However, if you get it to the dealer quickly they MIGHT make an exception. The problem is they will gouge you on the alignment up front, say "we'll see what BMW says", and then come back and say 'you're screwed, pays us $300...and about that tire wear, tough"
4. Go to a tire store, get a $99 alignment done.
5. My prediction? Excessive Toe In. You want it 0.01-0.03"
Report back
PS There will be many inane posts to follow- about how 20" tires wear faster or about 'you've got to pay to play' (truly moronic)...until you check your alignment, anything else is pointless....
I'll see if I can get in later this week and I will report back. Appreciate your response.
I agree with ARD, that is not the price you have to pay to have a 20 inch setup. Since I have 139,000 miles (all with 20 inch rims) on my '07, I can speak on this issue. The Dunlops will feel more "engaged" than other brands, and a shorter tire life a consequence of that. Your experience is not typical though. An precise alignment will clarify things for you. Good luck...
I dunno..it seems pretty clear that the 20" tires wear much quicker and lead to more bent rims than the 18" or 19" variant. It sounds like in the case of the OP though, you also have alignment issues. Of course, the low aspect ratio of 20's likely contributes to some of these alignment problems though. Good luck, and keep us posted.
I am of the firm conviction that you take the SAME model tire- everything the same- and mount an 18, 19 and 20, AND ALIGN IT FOR BEST WEAR, the differnce in lifetime will not be dramatic. Within 10-20%. All IMO.
The problem with trying to correlate anecdotes here is that 20" rubber tends to be softer compound- and nobody really know WHAT their alignment specs are. In fact most owners will go through tire set after tire set, and never get the alignment checked!
And, as we can all agree- OP with 2400 miles is seeing abnormal wear no matter what the size and compound
I just replaced my 20" Dunlop RFT's with 20" Bridgestone RFT's. Night and day difference. The bottom line is that the Dunlops are truly crappy tires in every possible respect.
ard is right in saying part of your issue is likely your alignment. But another part is that the Dunlops suck.
I agree with quackberry, the Bridgestone RFT is much better than the Dunlops. I am on my second set of them, the first set lasted me around 45k. The biggest difference is the rolling resistance factor, the dunlops resisting forward movement much more than the bridgestones.
how much are the bridgestone?
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Gosh. Wish I'd had you there to tell me what to buy. After 9 BMW's (4 of which were X5's) I'm obviously clueless.
The tires in question are the Dueler HP Sport RFT, one of the two different OE tires BMW fits (the other being the Dunlops). If my X5 wasn't leased, I likely would have gone with another tire, probably the Conti DWS. But since I need to return it at lease end with RFT's, my choices were limited to:
1. Re-up with the Dunlops, which are truly dreadful tires;
2. Switch to the Bridgestones, which couldn't possibly be worse than the Dunlops;
3. Buy non-RFT's and let BMWFS charge me $1,600 at lease end for tires;
4. Buy non-RFT's and hope I could find a set of takeoffs from another Fester when my lease is done.
Opion 1 wasn't an option. Option 3 would have cost me at least $2,500, vs. $1,400 for the so far eminently acceptable Bridgestones. Option 4 was a crap shoot. So I got the Bridgestones thinking they might suck, but so far I like them a lot. As they say, YMMV. But I find Callaway's comments reassuring.
i have a set of the Continental DWS on order ... my tire guy has replaced several OEM sets with these and has had great customer feedback ... will let you know in a few weeks
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Hi Guy's,
Wanted to update you on what was found during the alignment check on my brand new X5d with 20" Dunlops and NO active steering.
As you know from my first post at the beginning of this thread I noticed what I believed to be abnormal tire wear regardless of tire size.
Ard was dead on!! The toe was off as well as a couple other areas, but the toe was way off.
A little about me, basically you want to buy my vehicles when I sell them. I'm anal to say the very least. All my cars which have included 997S, 550i, 996, 335i and now X5d are pampered or better yet maintained to the T per manufacturers spec. I hand detail myself with the finest products, avoid regular highway driving and poor roads best I can, never let anyone else drive my cars, and just simply take care of my belongings. So what I'm kinda getting at is that no I didn't hit a curb, pothole, speed bump, or go off road. This is clearly a factory miss here.
See specs below.
Thanks Ard.
how did you even part with your 997s?
Thanks. But your toe is definitely NOT set for optimal wear.
They just 'made it in the green' but did not minimize it. In fact the RF toe os STILL out of spec (spec is 0.03+/-0.03 ...it is 0.07, max SHOULD be 0.06)
You want all 4 set to 0.02 to 0.03.
Having said all this, you will do better with this setting, but could do even better.
I basically have a tire shop in my garage. I bought the 21" wheel/tire package for wife's 2010 x5d, to replace the dunlops ($650/tire) I was able to find 20" bmw wheels on ebay and equipped them with conti DWS for same price as 21" tires only. My x5d has Bridgestone 20" Duelers......No comparison, Conti's are the best. Keep in mind, they are not run flats. Spoke to my mechanic at BMW and he is not a fan of RFT. He said put a small air compressor in trunk with a can of green slime (sealant). Again, I can't stress how much better of a ride the conti's have over the Duelers....
Why would BMW AG (and I ask because I simply can't imagine) say "target data" for toe is 0.05 left and 0.07 right? Will the BMW dealer even dare go to 0.03 if I ask? I'll bet they'll say they can't set it outside of BMW's specs.
Certainly is much better than it was though right?:dunno:
The dealer will surely talk you out of this as they dont want to redo it...
There are, for cars that are tracked, reasons you may want toe. Maintaining turn-in stabitlity is one of them. BUT these issues are generally theoretic as nobody is tracking these X70s.
Now, why have a 'target' and then a +/-??? I am involved with spec develoment all the time- sometimes it is just a convention, sometimes there is a preference for the target. SOmetimes you spec 5.00 plus minus 1; or you spec 4.00 to 6.00 or you spec 4.00 plus 2 minus zero. All the same. Keep in mind that the numbers I listed are ALL "within" BMWs spec.... 0.02 is "0.05 minus 0.03"...and since BMWs spec is 0.05 plus minus 0.05, that means any value from 0,00 up to 0.10 is "in BMW spec".
You can choose to believe that BMW knows best, but when you find the few post from folks that press to get the toe on the minimum end of the range and they are seeing 30k miles on a set of tires, you'll know why.
camber is not adjustable?
i never heard that before
Front camber is "adjusted" by using another control arm. BMW makes control arms in three sizes, which is a bit $$ to use for adjustment after all the bushings settle.
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Improvements in the economic outlook expected to give Osborne headroom for £5bn of future giveaways. That is what some expect the Office for Budget Responsibility's (OBR) latest economic projections, due out today, to show. The Government has the headroom to ease up on austerity measures for the first time since coming to power, official economic forecasts released alongside tomorrow's Budget are expected to show. Stronger growth, better tax receipts, and lower public spending than expected will make it easier for the Treasury to meet its self-imposed targets of eliminating the structural budget deficit within five years and have debt as a proportion of GDP falling by 2015, writes The Times.
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With a substantial growth in entries and producer numbers at this year's Michelangelo Wine Awards, Vrede en Lust was overjoyed with 2 gold medals and a silver to acknowledge hard work and passion which goes into our wines.
Our first gold medal was awarded to our Syrah 2009, which is vast becoming one of the most popular wines in the range, with intense, dark fruit, spice aromas and a dollop of Viognier! The combination of grapes from both our warm climate farms, Vrede en Lust and Ricton made sure that this wine was going to turn out a winner. Loraine Immelman, founder and owner of the Michelangelo CCL Label International Wine Awards mentioned that the Shiraz entries for this year were of special high quality. We were also overjoyed when our single vineyard, Artisan Chenin Blanc (which we haven't even released yet) was announced the winner of a gold medal. Our Artisan range was specifically created for our wine club members and is exclusively available to them within the first months of release.
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The Miners (28-3) utilized a 14-0 run early in the second half on the way to turning a four-point edge (42-38 with 16:43 left) into an 18-point cushion exactly three minutes later. The Lady Toppers (26-8) never got closer than 14 points down the stretch.
The season-high 92 points-including 54 after the break- marks the highest total against a division I opponent since a 96-point effort against UAPB last year and the third-best effort in the past 17 campaigns.
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UTEP forced WKU into 22 giveaways, which were converted into 30 points. At the other end of the court, the Miners had no such problems with 21 helpers and only 12 turnovers.
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The Miners were in control most of the night, as WKU's lone advantage of the contest was at 2-0. There were five ties, the last being a 29-29 stalemate with 3:06 to play in the opening half. A Jones lay-up sparked a 9-2 run to close the half, and the Miners would never trail from the point on.
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How could anybody ever forget Commodore Robert F. Stockton (depicted below)? Who? You know, the U.S. naval officer who commanded American forces in California during the Mexican War and served as military governor in 1846 and 1847. Remember now? Remember how Charles M. Weber admired him so much that he named the city of Stockton after him? Now remember?
You don't? Well, you're not alone. If only you had known about a very special song that dates from 1852. It's called Stockton the Hero, and it's all about the Commodore. I discovered sheet music for this anonymous piece in the Museum's archives yesterday. Here's how it starts:
Oh, know ye the land on the Pacific's wild coast,
Where the stars and stripes by Stockton were planted,
Where mountains and streams, with the treasures they boast,
The hearts and the hopes of mankind have enchanted,
And know ye the story that tells of the fame
Of the hero who conquered those wide realms of treasure,
'Tis the land of bright goldCalifornia by name,
Where fields are so green, and whose skies are so azure
And Stockton the hero, whose exploits of glory,
Shall emblazon through ages Columbia's story.
Get the idea? Stockton the Hero goes on for two more verses, but I'll save you the excitement of the rest.
Robert F. Stockton deserves to be remembered, especially here in San Joaquin County. Stockton the Hero once helped serve that purpose. But times have changed and, quite honestly, we need an update. We need something catchier, with shorter words and phrases. We need something with a strong beat.
So here's a proposal: I challenge anybody reading this blog to turn Stockton the Hero into a rap song. Feel free to expand, paraphrase, or rework the wording in any way you see fit. (The copyright expired long ago.) If you want, I'll even share the other two verses with you.
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Have you tried a small pocket gun like an LCP?
This is a discussion on How to carry while jogging or workout within the Concealed Carry Issues & Discussions forums, part of the Defensive Carry Discussions category; I may not be much on style or if what I am wearing matches. But, I do know enough that jogging or working out with ...
I may not be much on style or if what I am wearing matches. But, I do know enough that jogging or working out with jeans or shorts with a large belt (for IWB) and super large shirt (so wind does not expose gun) is not right.
I wear light weight as much as possible.
So, how do I carry? and what do I carry? I assume my Beretta PX4 Compact is not quite compact enough for this attire.
I also am prone to sweating, a lot. (I guess I never got that Wisconsin blood out of me, thank God) and being in the hot south does not help.
Any advice would help, because I need to lose this spare John Deere Tractor tire from around my waist, but not sure of safety of jogging in the coolness of the morning or late at night.
Have you tried a small pocket gun like an LCP?
Gun control isn't about guns...it's about control. It also makes criminals out of otherwise law abiding citzens.
I carry a Glock 30 SF in a belly band (The Original Belly Band Made in USA). I also use a belt around the belly band to provide additional security (the belt goes under the grip of the gun and holds it securely in place. I wear a t-shirt under the belly band and sweatpants and a loose fitting workout shirt. If you sweat a lot, clean the gun when you get back from working out. I have also worn shorts with the same setup.
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I used to wear a belly band (The original - the kind made to help you sweat off the belly fat, not a holster type) about 20 years ago when I used to run more, I can just see the river off sweat flowing behind me with two belly bands on.
Belly band, Fanny pack (I'd look for one that has a holder for water bottles), Thunderwear/Smart carry, 3speed, Pistol wear…any of those (or similar styles) would/should work well for jogging…either that or simply embrace the spare tire!
As for cleaning the pistol after…would likely just wipe it down (and depending on how often you're shooting), give it a through cleaning on occasion, though how often would depend on which type of holster you end up choosing.
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Try one of those hang your pistol holster like a 3 speed or smart carry and maybe a smaller 380.
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I bought a Ruger LCP for this reason lol. I tried carrying my PX4C but I'm a scrawny looking guy so wearing bigger clothing makes me look like a wanna be thug. LCP fits the bill and I notice that I carry the LCP more often.
Buy a non-tactical looking fanny pack and sew a nylon type holster onto the inside of the back. You would be amazed at how large a gun you can conceal this way. Doesn't look 'cool', but it does the job while cycling for me, and I imagine it would work for running.
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I go for a very small single stack gun and a spare mag ...
LCP and p3at or p32 and clones
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I use a fanny pack. May not make a fashion statement but it holds my gun, spare mag, my keys, an energy gel, some cash, and my gym ID with no problem.
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Are you saying your barrel nut came loose, and you put Red Loctite on the threads? Normally you have to use heat to break Red Loctite loose after it sets.
brought my rifle to the range and everything was going great and then things went downhill fast. The fastening bolt came loose so tightened it up and POI was way off. When I got home I put some red locktite on it, haven't had a chance to see if it works. I have since found out maybe I shouldn't have, did I screw my rifle up?
Are you saying your barrel nut came loose, and you put Red Loctite on the threads? Normally you have to use heat to break Red Loctite loose after it sets.
Yes and I found out after that the bolt threads into a coil which also has factory loctite on it.
Doesn't that use an Allen Bolt to hold the barrel in? I have not used one of their rifles and not familiar if they have a problem with that bolt coming loose or not. I believe I would have called Robinson Arms before I applied red Loctite to it.
Last edited by semi_cop; 08-28-2013 at 09:33 PM.
Yes it is a allen bolt but the allen bolt screws into a heli coil in the reciever and that's what holds the barrel, I tightened the bolt several times at the range and it would come loose after a couple of10 round mags. Factory specs call for 200 ft. in. of tourque. I can't change what's already done, I hope it does'nt back out the coil or give me grieve if I want to change out the barrel.
You might be in for a fight and you might not. If the loctite dripped into the thread interface of the helicoil and the recover it just locked the helicoil in place.
If it is on the helicoil and the bolt you will probably back the helicoil out with the bolt. It will need replaced and that isn't hard.
If it is on both with equal grip you will have a fight on your hands. It will probably require heat and patients and you will probably end up pulling the bolt and helicoil out together.
Be careful, go slow, and next time use BLUE loctite or replace the helicoil and bolt.
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Another option would be to contact Robinson Arms yourself and own up to your mistake (if it turns out to be one) and see if there's anything they'll do. You can usually get pretty lenient CS for situations like this from small business.
You did exactly what I would have done, a little heat will help get them out if you ever need too....
I have a Robarms 5.56 and the bolt screw doesn't screw into a helicoil. The bolt is pointed and screws into a depression in the barrel. It does take 200 inch lbs for proper tighting. I bought a torque wrench from Harbour Freight for $10 and have a socket with a piece of the correct size allen wrench glued into the socket. It has never loosened up.
I have an XCR in 6.8 and I use blue Loctite. It seems to do the trick. FYI there is a lot of great info for your rifle on the XCRforum at www.xcrforum.com


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Anyone else having the same issue as me today (it started yesterday but now it's site wide for me) – but basically the large image on rollover of a small thumb – the same image used on an items page where it says screenshots / live preview are not displaying for ANY item – the site loads fine and I can get to everything, other sites don't have any issues – just TF and the large preview images.
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nothing happening on my end although I did get that 502 error once. Don't know whats up
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Comparison of Surgical and Medical Treatment for Congestive Heart Failure and Coronary Artery Disease (STICH)
This study has been completed.
Duke University
National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute (NHLBI)
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Last updated: July 22, 2016
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This study will compare medical therapy with coronary bypass surgery and/or surgical ventricular restoration for patients with congestive heart failure and coronary artery disease (CAD).
|Cardiovascular Diseases Coronary Disease Heart Failure, Congestive Heart Diseases
|Procedure: CABG surgery plus MED Drug: Active Medication Alone Procedure: CABG plus MED and SVR
|Phase 3
|Study Type:
|Study Design:
|Allocation: Randomized
Intervention Model: Parallel Assignment
Masking: Open Label
Primary Purpose: Treatment
|Official Title:
|Surgical Treatment for Ischemic Heart Failure (STICH)
Resource links provided by NLM:
MedlinePlus related topics: Coronary Artery Disease Heart FailureU.S. FDA Resources
Further study details as provided by Duke University:
Primary Outcome Measures:
- H01-Total mortality; H02-Long-term survival free of cardiac hospitalization [ Time Frame: H02 will be providing results in 2009; H01 results are anticipated in 2011-2 ]
Secondary Outcome Measures:
- Cost-effectiveness [ Time Frame: H02: 2010; H01:2012 ]
- Quality of life [ Time Frame: H02:2010; H01: 2012 ]
- Exercise capacity [ Time Frame: H01: 2012; H02: 2010 ]
- Treatment-specific prediction of primary endpoints by baseline measurements of myocardial ischemia and viability and by baseline and post-treatment measurements of LV size and function, and neurohormonal and pro-inflammatory cytokine levels [ Time Frame: H01: 2012-3, H02: 2010-11 ]
|Study Start Date:
|January 2002
|Study Completion Date:
|December 2015
|Primary Completion Date:
|December 2015 (Final data collection date for primary outcome measure)
|Assigned Interventions
Active Comparator: Active Medication Alone (MED)
Medical therapy alone to treat Coronary Artery Disease
Drug: Active Medication Alone
Standard medication for coronary artery disease and heart failure management.
Other Name: Standard medications for managment of CAD and heart failure
Active Comparator: CABG surgery plus MED
Coronary artery bypass graft surgery (CABG) plus Medication to treat coronary artery disease
Procedure: CABG surgery plus MED
CABG plus standard medication management for Coronary Artery DiseaseDrug: Active Medication Alone
Standard medication for coronary artery disease and heart failure management.
Other Name: Standard medications for managment of CAD and heart failure
Active Comparator: CABG plus MED and SVR
CABG plus Medication and Surgical ventricular reconstruction (SVR)
Procedure: CABG surgery plus MED
CABG plus standard medication management for Coronary Artery DiseaseDrug: Active Medication Alone
Standard medication for coronary artery disease and heart failure management.
Other Name: Standard medications for managment of CAD and heart failureProcedure: CABG plus MED and SVR
H02: the experimental arm receives active medical therapy and CABG and surgical ventricular restoration whereas the control group receives active medical therapy and CABG; for H01: the experimental arm receives active medical therapy and CABG whereas the control group receives active medical therapy alone
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|Ages Eligible for Study:
|18 Years to 100 Years (Adult, Senior)
|Sexes Eligible for Study:
|Accepts Healthy Volunteers:
Inclusion Criteria:
- Symptomatic heart failure defined as New York Heart Association (NYHA) Class II-IV (within 3 months of entry)
- LV less than 35%, as defined by echocardiogram, left ventriculogram, CMR, or gated single photon emission computed tomography (SPECT) studies
- Coronary anatomy suitable for revascularization
Exclusion Criteria:
- Clearly defined primary valvular heart disease indicating the need for valve repair or replacement
- Concurrent cardiogenic shock, or requiring inotropic or intra-aortic balloon support
- Percutaneous coronary intervention (PCI) planned for CAD treatment
- Acute myocardial infarction within 30 days of study entry
- More than one prior cardiac operation
- Non-cardiac illness with life expectancy less than 3 years
- Non-cardiac illness imposing substantial operative mortality
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Please refer to this study by its ClinicalTrials.gov identifier: NCT00023595
Please refer to this study by its ClinicalTrials.gov identifier: NCT00023595
|United States, North Carolina
|Duke University Medical Center
|Durham, North Carolina, United States, 27715
Sponsors and Collaborators
Duke University
National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute (NHLBI)
|Principal Investigator:
|Robert Bonow
|Radionuclide Core Lab, Northwestern University
|Principal Investigator:
|Arthur Feldman
|Neurohormonal Core Lab, Jefferson University
|Principal Investigator:
|Eric Velazquez, MD
|Clinical Coordinating Center, Duke University
|Principal Investigator:
|Kerry Lee
|Data Coordinating Center, Duke University
|Principal Investigator:
|Daniel Mark
|Economics and Quality of Life Core Lab, Duke University
|Principal Investigator:
|Jae Oh
|Echocardiographic Core Lab, Mayo Clinic
|Principal Investigator:
|Gerald Pohost
|Magnetic Resonance Imaging Core Lab, University of Southern California
|Study Chair:
|Jean Rouleau
|Université de Montréal
|Principal Investigator:
|Julio A Panza, MD
|Washington Hospital Center
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Petrie MC, Jhund PS, She L, Adlbrecht C, Doenst T, Panza JA, Hill JA, Lee KL, Rouleau JL, Prior DL, Ali IS, Maddury J, Golba KS, White HD, Carson P, Chrzanowski L, Romanov A, Miller AB, Velazquez EJ; STICH Trial Investigators. Ten-Year Outcomes After Coronary Artery Bypass Grafting According to Age in Patients With Heart Failure and Left Ventricular Systolic Dysfunction: An Analysis of the Extended Follow-Up of the STICH Trial (Surgical Treatment for Ischemic Heart Failure). Circulation. 2016 Nov 1;134(18):1314-1324. Epub 2016 Aug 29.
Velazquez EJ, Lee KL, Jones RH, Al-Khalidi HR, Hill JA, Panza JA, Michler RE, Bonow RO, Doenst T, Petrie MC, Oh JK, She L, Moore VL, Desvigne-Nickens P, Sopko G, Rouleau JL; STICHES Investigators. Coronary-Artery Bypass Surgery in Patients with Ischemic Cardiomyopathy. N Engl J Med. 2016 Apr 21;374(16):1511-20. doi: 10.1056/NEJMoa1602001. Epub 2016 Apr 3.
Jolicœur EM, Dunning A, Castelvecchio S, Dabrowski R, Waclawiw MA, Petrie MC, Stewart R, Jhund PS, Desvigne-Nickens P, Panza JA, Bonow RO, Sun B, San TR, Al-Khalidi HR, Rouleau JL, Velazquez EJ, Cleland JG. Importance of angina in patients with coronary disease, heart failure, and left ventricular systolic dysfunction: insights from STICH. J Am Coll Cardiol. 2015 Nov 10;66(19):2092-100. doi: 10.1016/j.jacc.2015.08.882.
Bonow RO, Castelvecchio S, Panza JA, Berman DS, Velazquez EJ, Michler RE, She L, Holly TA, Desvigne-Nickens P, Kosevic D, Rajda M, Chrzanowski L, Deja M, Lee KL, White H, Oh JK, Doenst T, Hill JA, Rouleau JL, Menicanti L; STICH Trial Investigators. Severity of Remodeling, Myocardial Viability, and Survival in Ischemic LV Dysfunction After Surgical Revascularization. JACC Cardiovasc Imaging. 2015 Oct;8(10):1121-9. doi: 10.1016/j.jcmg.2015.03.013. Epub 2015 Sep 9.
Wrobel K, Stevens SR, Jones RH, Selzman CH, Lamy A, Beaver TM, Djokovic LT, Wang N, Velazquez EJ, Sopko G, Kron IL, DiMaio JM, Michler RE, Lee KL, Yii M, Leng CY, Zembala M, Rouleau JL, Daly RC, Al-Khalidi HR. Influence of Baseline Characteristics, Operative Conduct, and Postoperative Course on 30-Day Outcomes of Coronary Artery Bypass Grafting Among Patients With Left Ventricular Dysfunction: Results From the Surgical Treatment for Ischemic Heart Failure (STICH) Trial. Circulation. 2015 Aug 25;132(8):720-30. doi: 10.1161/CIRCULATIONAHA.114.014932.
MacDonald MR, She L, Doenst T, Binkley PF, Rouleau JL, Tan RS, Lee KL, Miller AB, Sopko G, Szalewska D, Waclawiw MA, Dabrowski R, Castelvecchio S, Adlbrecht C, Michler RE, Oh JK, Velazquez EJ, Petrie MC. Clinical characteristics and outcomes of patients with and without diabetes in the Surgical Treatment for Ischemic Heart Failure (STICH) trial. Eur J Heart Fail. 2015 Jul;17(7):725-34. doi: 10.1002/ejhf.288. Epub 2015 May 26.
Mark DB, Knight JD, Velazquez EJ, Wasilewski J, Howlett JG, Smith PK, Spertus JA, Rajda M, Yadav R, Hamman BL, Malinowski M, Naik A, Rankin G, Harding TM, Drew LA, Desvigne-Nickens P, Anstrom KJ. Quality-of-life outcomes with coronary artery bypass graft surgery in ischemic left ventricular dysfunction: a randomized trial. Ann Intern Med. 2014 Sep 16;161(6):392-9. doi: 10.7326/M13-1380.
Panza JA, Velazquez EJ, She L, Smith PK, Nicolau JC, Favaloro RR, Gradinac S, Chrzanowski L, Prabhakaran D, Howlett JG, Jasinski M, Hill JA, Szwed H, Larbalestier R, Desvigne-Nickens P, Jones RH, Lee KL, Rouleau JL. Extent of coronary and myocardial disease and benefit from surgical revascularization in ischemic LV dysfunction [Corrected]. J Am Coll Cardiol. 2014 Aug 12;64(6):553-61. doi: 10.1016/j.jacc.2014.04.064. Erratum in: J Am Coll Cardiol. 2014 Oct 7;64(14):1539.
Stewart RA, Szalewska D, She L, Lee KL, Drazner MH, Lubiszewska B, Kosevic D, Ruengsakulrach P, Nicolau JC, Coutu B, Choudhary SK, Mark DB, Cleland JG, Piña IL, Velazquez EJ, Rynkiewicz A, White H. Exercise capacity and mortality in patients with ischemic left ventricular dysfunction randomized to coronary artery bypass graft surgery or medical therapy: an analysis from the STICH trial (Surgical Treatment for Ischemic Heart Failure). JACC Heart Fail. 2014 Aug;2(4):335-43. doi: 10.1016/j.jchf.2014.02.009. Epub 2014 Jul 9.
Doenst T, Cleland JG, Rouleau JL, She L, Wos S, Ohman EM, Krzeminska-Pakula M, Airan B, Jones RH, Siepe M, Sopko G, Velazquez EJ, Racine N, Gullestad L, Filgueira JL, Lee KL; STICH Investigators. Influence of crossover on mortality in a randomized study of revascularization in patients with systolic heart failure and coronary artery disease. Circ Heart Fail. 2013 May;6(3):443-50. doi: 10.1161/CIRCHEARTFAILURE.112.000130. Epub 2013 Mar 20.
Panza JA, Holly TA, Asch FM, She L, Pellikka PA, Velazquez EJ, Lee KL, Borges-Neto S, Farsky PS, Jones RH, Berman DS, Bonow RO. Inducible myocardial ischemia and outcomes in patients with coronary artery disease and left ventricular dysfunction. J Am Coll Cardiol. 2013 May 7;61(18):1860-70. doi: 10.1016/j.jacc.2013.02.014. Epub 2013 Mar 7.
Oh JK, Velazquez EJ, Menicanti L, Pohost GM, Bonow RO, Lin G, Hellkamp AS, Ferrazzi P, Wos S, Rao V, Berman D, Bochenek A, Cherniavsky A, Rogowski J, Rouleau JL, Lee KL; STICH Investigators. Influence of baseline left ventricular function on the clinical outcome of surgical ventricular reconstruction in patients with ischaemic cardiomyopathy. Eur Heart J. 2013 Jan;34(1):39-47. doi: 10.1093/eurheartj/ehs021. Epub 2012 May 14.
Deja MA, Grayburn PA, Sun B, Rao V, She L, Krejca M, Jain AR, Leng Chua Y, Daly R, Senni M, Mokrzycki K, Menicanti L, Oh JK, Michler R, Wróbel K, Lamy A, Velazquez EJ, Lee KL, Jones RH. Influence of mitral regurgitation repair on survival in the surgical treatment for ischemic heart failure trial. Circulation. 2012 May 29;125(21):2639-48. doi: 10.1161/CIRCULATIONAHA.111.072256. Epub 2012 May 2.
Bonow RO, Maurer G, Lee KL, Holly TA, Binkley PF, Desvigne-Nickens P, Drozdz J, Farsky PS, Feldman AM, Doenst T, Michler RE, Berman DS, Nicolau JC, Pellikka PA, Wrobel K, Alotti N, Asch FM, Favaloro LE, She L, Velazquez EJ, Jones RH, Panza JA; STICH Trial Investigators. Myocardial viability and survival in ischemic left ventricular dysfunction. N Engl J Med. 2011 Apr 28;364(17):1617-25. doi: 10.1056/NEJMoa1100358. Epub 2011 Apr 4.
Velazquez EJ, Lee KL, Deja MA, Jain A, Sopko G, Marchenko A, Ali IS, Pohost G, Gradinac S, Abraham WT, Yii M, Prabhakaran D, Szwed H, Ferrazzi P, Petrie MC, O'Connor CM, Panchavinnin P, She L, Bonow RO, Rankin GR, Jones RH, Rouleau JL; STICH Investigators. Coronary-artery bypass surgery in patients with left ventricular dysfunction. N Engl J Med. 2011 Apr 28;364(17):1607-16. doi: 10.1056/NEJMoa1100356. Epub 2011 Apr 4.
Zembala M, Michler RE, Rynkiewicz A, Huynh T, She L, Lubiszewska B, Hill JA, Jandova R, Dagenais F, Peterson ED, Jones RH. Clinical characteristics of patients undergoing surgical ventricular reconstruction by choice and by randomization. J Am Coll Cardiol. 2010 Aug 3;56(6):499-507. doi: 10.1016/j.jacc.2010.03.054.
Jones RH, White H, Velazquez EJ, Shaw LK, Pietrobon R, Panza JA, Bonow RO, Sopko G, O'Connor CM, Rouleau JL. STICH (Surgical Treatment for Ischemic Heart Failure) trial enrollment. J Am Coll Cardiol. 2010 Aug 3;56(6):490-8. doi: 10.1016/j.jacc.2009.11.102.
Mark DB, Knight JD, Velazquez EJ, Howlett JG, Spertus JA, Djokovic LT, Harding TM, Rankin GR, Drew LA, Szygula-Jurkiewicz B, Adlbrecht C, Anstrom KJ; Surgical Treatment for Ischemic Heart Failure (STICH) Trial Investigators. Quality of life and economic outcomes with surgical ventricular reconstruction in ischemic heart failure: results from the Surgical Treatment for Ischemic Heart Failure trial. Am Heart J. 2009 May;157(5):837-44, 844.e1-3. doi: 10.1016/j.ahj.2009.03.008. Epub 2009 Apr 1.
Jones RH, Velazquez EJ, Michler RE, Sopko G, Oh JK, O'Connor CM, Hill JA, Menicanti L, Sadowski Z, Desvigne-Nickens P, Rouleau JL, Lee KL; STICH Hypothesis 2 Investigators. Coronary bypass surgery with or without surgical ventricular reconstruction. N Engl J Med. 2009 Apr 23;360(17):1705-17. doi: 10.1056/NEJMoa0900559. Epub 2009 Mar 29.
|Responsible Party:
|Duke University
|ClinicalTrials.gov Identifier:
|NCT00023595 History of Changes
|Other Study ID Numbers:
U01HL069009 ( US NIH Grant/Contract Award Number )
U01HL069010 ( US NIH Grant/Contract Award Number )
U01HL069011 ( US NIH Grant/Contract Award Number )
U01HL069012 ( US NIH Grant/Contract Award Number )
U01HL069013 ( US NIH Grant/Contract Award Number )
U01HL069015 ( US NIH Grant/Contract Award Number )
U01HL072683 ( US NIH Grant/Contract Award Number )
|Study First Received:
|September 11, 2001
|Last Updated:
|July 22, 2016
Additional relevant MeSH terms:
Heart Failure
Cardiovascular Diseases
Heart Diseases
Coronary Disease
Coronary Artery Disease
Myocardial Ischemia
Vascular Diseases
Arterial Occlusive Diseases
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Missing Lynx (Spanish: El lince perdido) is a 2008 3D animation feature film from Kandor Graphics and YaYa! Films. It won Goya Award for Best Animated Film in 2008. The story is about a bunch of animals from Doñana National Park in Spain, trying to save other animals kidnapped by the bad guys.
- Directed by Raul Garcia and Manuel Sicilia. Written by Raul Garcia, Jose E. Machuca, and Manuel Sicilia.
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- Fat soldier: Yeah, right! But nothing about working!
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- Gus: At least I don't butt heads for sport.
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Historical records matching Stephen Carlton Clark, Sr. DSM (founder of the Baseball Hall of Fame)
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About Stephen Carlton Clark, Sr. DSM (founder of the Baseball Hall of Fame)
Stephen Carlton Clark, Sr. DSM, (August 29, 1882 – September 17, 1960) was an American art collector, newspaper publisher, benefactor and founder of the Baseball Hall of Fame in Cooperstown, New York.
He was the son of Alfred Corning Clark and grandson of Edward Clark, who was a founder of the Singer Sewing Machine Company.
Stephen Clark graduated from Yale with a Bachelor of Arts degree in 1903 and was awarded in 1957 an honorary degree of Doctor of Human Letters. and became a director of the Singer Manufacturing Company. He founded the Clark Foundation to further his philanthropies.
In 1922 he received a Distinguished Service Medal for his service in World War I as a lieutenant-colonel.
In 1909, Stephen Clark and his brother, Edward Severin Clark, built the Otesaga Resort Hotel in Cooperstown, New York.
He was the Chairman of the Board of Trustees of the Museum of Modern Art from 1939 to 1946, and was a director of the Metropolitan Museum of Art. He previously had been elected to the New York State Assembly in 1910. During his lifetime he served on numerous corporate boards.
Stephen was survived by his wife, Susan Vanderpoel Clark (née Hun), sons Stephen C. Clark, Jr. and Alfred Clark.
The Stephen Clark Fund, established in 1960 with a bequest from his estate, supports scholarships and stipends given at the discretion of International House.
Art Collection and donations
Upon his death his will distributed many significant works of art of many museums. Yale, for example, received forty such paintings.
In May 2009 a lawsuit arose with a claim in reference to one work donated by Stephen to Yale University - Vincent van Gogh's "The Night Café" from 1888.
Pierre Konowaloff, heir to his great-grandfather's estate (Ivan Morozov) alleged in a suit that "The Night Café" was taken by the Soviet government in 1920. It was acquired by Clark in 1933 and donated in 1960.
Konowaloff's counterclaim suit against Yale argued that Yale should have questioned the propriety of Clark's purchase, and that the court cannot deem the university to be the painting's rightful owner. "Stephen C. Clark either had actual knowledge, or reasonably should have known, that Russia had no legal title to the painting when he sought to acquire it in 1933."
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August 29, 1882
November 24, 1909
Age 27
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A HIGH-RANKING Liberal Party figure and factional powerbroker is working as a lobbyist for the Balmain Tigers, prompting claims of dubious political influence over the club's redevelopment bid.
The Premier, Barry O'Farrell, insists the contentious high-rise proposal is being considered at "arm's length" from politics, despite a host of state Liberal MPs last week publicly declaring support for the plan.
NSW Liberal kingmaker Michael Photios has attracted controversy for holding a senior party role while running a lobbying firm, PremierState.
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— With their lease ending and all of their PPV tapings complete, TNA will have the Impact Zone cleared out by the end of the week.
i hope tna can keep the sales up!!! the tna product is always better in front of a big crowd
Of course tna is happy. Only 10 people would have to actually pay for them to be happy. They are just happy that anyone is willing to go to their shows
I hope this will lead to weekly tapings next year..The 2 shows tape thing is okay but spoilers will ruin the ratings.


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Now that the World Baseball Classic's second tournament is finished, we can reflect on what has worked about it and changes that should be made to improve it.
I have noted my issues with it in the past, but thanks to four days in Florida at an uncle's place with nothing to do at night, I did watch some of the tournament. Amazingly, it vindicated some of my criticisms. After all, I think we all know that the Dominican Republic is more talented than the Netherlands, but given the small sample of two games, the Netherlands team was able to pull off two big upsets.
For a lot of foreign countries, the games were very popular and the nations showed pride in the results. However, American fans were largely ambivalent and the games did not sell a lot of tickets. Furthermore, a large amount of players either got injured or hid injuries to play and worsened said injuries (see Cano, Robinson and Youkilis, Kevin).
On Team USA we saw Davey Johnson feel the need to try and have no manager hate him and so he tried to get every player in, even though it might have hurt his team's chances of winning. Furthermore, while the first round was very good at using stadiums around the world, all successive games took place in the US. Yes, the US does have the most amount of professional baseball stadiums and is the originator of the commercialized version of the game, but if this is a truly world event, then the world should be better represented.
So if we are to fix it, how should it be fixed?
Well if the players care as strongly as NHL players do for representing their country, then they should bargain for it to be mid-season, when their bodies are fully warmed up and when the weather is more encouraging of people coming out to stadiums.
Second, they should take a clue from the MLB stadium building trend and go with smaller stadiums, seating capacity wise. Use Fenway or Wrigley, so that the smaller crowds feel more packed. Or maybe to show off the strength of the sport, negotiate to use the stadium of one of the independent league teams, like the Newark Bears.
The tournament should show off how baseball has become a multicultural unifier and the integration with our society. Use the MLB Network and do previews for the teams and go into the countries represented and get local views of the games. Maybe even get footage of some of the unknown players to show fans.
Otherwise, if the committee fails to make changes, I think it should be abolished. I'm happy that other nations are proud of their representation, but the format is flawed and basically is structured so that we don't get to see the best in action. Mariano Rivera will never have played in one, but I think we can agree that he should've been on Panama and we should've seen his cutter mowing down some of his current teammates like Jeter and Cano and how that could've been a fun twist.
The tournament should not come off as a cheap attempt at profiting off of other countries wanting to show their pride. It should be a full blown effort to truly grow the game and expose Americans to how other cultures see it. Michael Kay's ignorance was showed in not understanding how some players felt winning a game for their country was more important than winning the World Series. Let's not let the rest of America fall into Kay's hole.
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ISTANBUL (Reuters) - Turkey would consider annexing northern Cyprus if talks between Greek and Turkish Cypriots failed to reach a deal on reunification of the island, Turkey's European Affairs Minister Egemen Bagis told a Turkish Cypriot newspaper.
Greek Cypriot leader Dimitris Christofias and his Turkish Cypriot counterpart Dervis Eroglu have made little progress in negotiations to reunite the island, divided in 1974, since the United Nations persuaded them to renew efforts late last year.
Bagis told Turkish Cypriot newspaper Kibris that Turkey would support any agreement reached by the two sides, but said that was only one of several possible outcomes.
"Reunification under a deal that (the two) leaders could reach, creation of two independent states after an agreement between the two leaders if they are unable to reach a deal for reunification, or annexation of the KKTC (Turkish Republic of Northern Cyprus) to Turkey," Bagis told Kibris during an interview in London.
"These are all the options on the table."
Many Turkish Cypriots oppose the notion of annexation. Turkey's NTV news channel quoted Ozkan Yorganciogly, leader of the main opposition Republican Turks Party (CTP), as saying the idea was unacceptable.
Cyprus, governed by a Greek Cypriot administration and a member of the European Union, has used the dispute to slow Turkey's efforts to join the bloc.
Frustrated by the lack of progress, Turkey has said if there was no solution by July 1 when Cyprus takes over the European Union presidency, it would suspend dialogue until the presidency passes to another EU member in 2013.
Turkey has stationed troops in the north since invading in 1974, after a coup in Cyprus orchestrated by a military junta in Athens. Continued...


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