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A dog battling cancer managed to hang on long enough to see her owner return from a deployment overseas.
According to Jennifer Ralston's YouTube channel, Kermie, an 11-year-old beagle-lab-chow mix, was diagnosed with oral melanoma just a month after her owner, Eric, was deployed overseas. Eric's family was devastated, thinking Eric would never get to see his beloved pup again.
Given just a few months to live by her veterinarian, Kermie beat the odds, continuing to beat the cancer.
"As the end of the deployment drew nearer, hopes for a never-expected reunion began to creep into our minds," wrote Jennifer. "However, the tumor in her mouth was making in increasingly more difficult for her to eat or drink."
Jennifer says November, the homecoming month, was stressful. The family had no idea if Kermie would make it until Eric returned home. They fed her home-cooked meals, even hand-feeding her at times.
However, just twelve days before Eric was to return, the family found out his deployment was being extended indefinitely. They were sure there was no way the cancer-stricken dog would make it until Christmas.
But she kept fighting. A few days before Christmas, Eric made it home to Virginia.
"We received the best gift," wrote Jennifer. "It was all any of us wanted for Christmas."
After the reunion, the family was sure they would have to put Kermie down. But, she began eating and drinking again, without as much struggle.
"Watching the homecoming video, you cannot even see the struggles of the previous months," Jennifer said.
Kermie lived to see her 12th birthday in January, but things took a turn for the worse in February. Kermie lost her battle with cancer on February 22, 2013.
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Police officer accused of attempted murder in shoutout with police
HILLSBORO, Ore. - With the cuts that police said he received while resisting arrest still on his face, a Hillsboro police officer charged with attempted aggravated murder made his first court appearance Tuesday.
Five Forest Grove officers, four Washington County deputies and a Hillsboro police officer were put on paid leave for firing their guns during a standoff and shootout with 46-year-old Officer Timothy Cannon at his home in Forest Grove on Sunday night.
Cannon is accused of trying to kill another officer.
One deputy received an injury to his hand from shrapnel but he's OK. It is unclear which gun that shrapnel came from.
Cannon didn't say anything or show any emotion during his court appearance, but he was assigned a lawyer.
Sources said Cannon was armed with a gun when officers responded to his wife's 911 call from inside his home, saying her husband was acting volatile.
Responding officers and deputies tried to communicate with Cannon, who was off duty at the time, from outside the house. They went in the home and then that was when the 10 officers and deputies fired their guns.
Police also confirmed that Cannon did fire the gun he was armed with on Sunday night; however, investigators haven't yet said if he used the gun he has through the Hillsboro Police Department.
At Cannon's home Tuesday, investigators with Oregon State Police were still there sorting through the evidence. The district attorney has sealed court documents usually made public as the investigation continues. It is likely to last at least another two weeks.
Washington County sheriff's spokesman Dave Thompson said it is taking longer than usual because it's such a complicated case.
"Generally in an officer-involved shooting type of case with have maybe one, maybe two officers that fire, and so this is going to take a lot longer to get all the statements from all of the officers and all of the witnesses all compiled together to a point we're going to have a better, clearer picture of the scene," he said.
Cannon's wife works with the Forest Grove Police Department. The police captain said she's not doing well emotionally and the department is providing her with as much support as possible - meaning meals and counseling. Their 6-year-old child was also home at the time.
Shortage of Forest Grove officers
With five of its officers involved in the shooting and on mandatory paid leave, the Forest Grove Police Department has taken a major hit from this. It affects a quarter of its entire police force. But Capt. Mike Herb said the department is making adjustments to keep enough officers on the streets.
"We've gotten creative with staffing," he said. "We also do have a good relationship with our partner agencies: Cornelius Police Department and the Washington County Sheriff's Office. And so they are available to assist if we needed them for a critical incident."
Herb said the department is committed to maintaining the best service it can despite the shortage.


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The strangest thing I have seen here is getting up at 4 a.m. to work out and seeing people still walking the streets.
I asked them, "You still haven't gone to bed?" The city doesn't sleep. I haven't seen any players up that earlier or out that late.
Establishing the ground game with all three runners is critical for the 49ers. By that I mean Frank Gore, LaMichael James and Colin Kaepernick.
The 49ers are a team that likes to run the football. When they do that, it helps in their ability to throw the ball down field.
With Kaepernick, the 49ers are averaging five more points a game.
In my opinion, the big play threat is Vernon Davis. If that ground game gets going, he could have a big day for the 49ers.
Defensively, the 49ers have to put some pressure on Joe Flacco. He hasn't thrown an interception in the playoffs. He has eight touchdown passes and the Ravens are averaging 30 points a game in the postseason.
On the other side of the ball, Baltimore is only giving up 19 points a game in the playoffs. It has allowed just 17 points in the second half in three playoff games.
The 49ers are giving up 27 points a game in the playoffs. That being said, I was impressed with how they made adjustments in the second half in the NFC title game and didn't allow Atlanta a point in the second half.
The 49ers have been resilient in the playoffs. They have been down by seven and 17 points to start their last two games, yet didn't go away from what they do.
People are trying to get up on them early and not let them establish that running game. Teams want Kaepernick to drop back and pass and make him one dimensional. Atlanta did a good job in containing him from running. But it couldn't stop Gore. And Kaepernick rediscovered Davis as big play target.
What has impressed me the most about San Francisco has been its mental toughness, its ability to rally in the second half and the ability to adjust. That says a lot about the players and the coaching staff, in how much they believe in the system and trust each other.
The 49ers don't panic. They don't go away from what they do when they're down. And the defense has created opportunities for the offense.
If I had a concern for the 49ers, it's that they're playing a team that has gone on the road and won two games it wasn't supposed to win.
The Ravens defense is getting after the quarterback with eight sacks. The defense has five picks and three fumbles. They're creating shorter fields for Flacco.
Even though that defense has been on the field for a long time in three playoff games, it hasn't affected them. And the Ravens offense has been pretty balanced with Flacco and Ray Rice.
Being around some of the players for both teams this week, I think both the 49ers and Ravens seem relaxed and confident. Both have taken on the personalities of their coaches. Both of these teams will be prepared to play.
It's going to be a good game.
For Baltimore, it's real simple: It's all about Ray Rice. You have to get him in the mix early and Flacco has to get some vertical passes completed. You're not going to move the ball methodical against the 49ers.
You have to get some yards in chunks. And the Ravens have to find a way to keep the ball out of the hands of Kaepernick. One way to do that is keep your offense on the field for long stretches
To me, the Ray Lewis allegations, of using an illegal substance to heal his torn triceps muscle has not been a distraction to this team and the organization.
Remember, this team saw its owner pass away earlier this year. A player lost his brother. It fired its offensive coordinator and the Ravens keep swinging. This is a team that six weeks ago people had given up on.
Now the Ravens are the hot team coming into the Super Bowl. The last couple of Super Bowl winning teams had to go on the road in the playoffs to get to the Super Bowl.
All that being said, I had the 49ers going to the Super Bowl before the year started. I like San Francisco 27-24.


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'"It always helps when a goaltender has a game where he makes the difference," said Miller, who clearly was the difference, particularly late in the game when he made five saves during a four-minute Toronto power play including an eye-popper on Darcy Tucker that preserved the victory. "I hadn't been as aggressive as I needed to be and tonight I just decided I was going to go out there and have fun. Every time I've gotten myself into a situation where I'm in a funk I remind myself why I'm doing this and I do it to have fun."'
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FROME Town's Badgers Hill nightmare continued last weekend as they were beaten by bottom-of-the-table Bashley.
The Robins have yet to win a game at home all season and Ricky Hulbert's late goal was too little, too late for Adrian Foster's men as visitors Bashley claimed only their second victory of the season.
The second minute saw Frome pass up a golden chance as new signing Harry Baker set up Mark Cooper, but the ball was on his wrong foot and disappeared over the bar from 15 yards out.
Two minutes later, Brandon Mundy robbed George Colson and headed towards the dead-ball line, only for the ball to bobble just as he went to cross but then the visitors exerted some pressure of their own, with Darren Chitty saving low from Lewis Blackmore before the Bashley man hit another shot that skimmed the far post a few minutes later.
On the half-hour mark, a move between Ben Wood and Mundy on the left wing created a shooting chance for Baker but again the ball cleared the bar from 15 yards and five minutes later, a precision cross from Rhys Baggridge found Mundy on the far post but his first touch let him down and the ball ricocheted wide of the far post.
Matt Smith shot wide soon afterwards whilst a 40-yard free kick from Bashley's Manny Sorton just cleared the top corner of the net, depriving the crowd of a spectacular goal.
Cooper had to be alert early in the second half to rob Scott Joyce as he raced through but Frome were still struggling to impose themselves on the match, and as the frustration grew, the hosts went behind on the hour-mark as Sorton produced another good run on the left wing to get to the byline before cutting bakc perfectly for Charlie Davis to score with ease at the far post.
Frome had an immediate equaliser rueld out by the offside flag as Josh Ford won a header from a free kick, allowing fellow defender Jack Vallis to shoot home from close range, but despite the urgency with which they were now playing, the quality final ball was never there and a Bashley foot always made the clearance.
As Frome pushed five players up for a free kick, they were caught cold in the 80th minute as the visitors broke, with Joyce slipping the ball through to Sorton, who went round keeper Chitty and finished with a spectacular shot into the roof of the net to make it 2-0.
The last ten minutes saw Frome desperately chasing the game but it took them until the 90th minute to bring a save from Nick Jones, which came from an Aiden Kirby shot after a Wood throw, and though a good save, Hulbert got to the rebound and headed over the keeper to give Frome hope.
Deep into stoppage time, Hulbert almost equalised as he threw himself at Wood left-wing cross, but the ball missed the near post as Foster's men suffered an afternoon to forget.
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Cancer Epidemiology
Breast Cancer
Area of interest
Troester lab studies breast microenvironment and stromal-epithelial interactions in breast cancer. In 2009, our research found that normal tissue adjacent to breast tumors displays activated wound responses, including gene expression changes consistent with angiogenesis, extracellular matrix remodeling, and re-epithelialization. These data provided genomic evidence to support the idea of tumors as ?wounds that do not heal? and showed that the vast majority of cancers are associated with substantial genomic changes in the normal surrounding tissue. However, we subsequently observed that the changes in the normal tissue varies considerably from person to person. Some of this interindividual variation can be explained by tumor characteristics, and some of this variation reflects the unique genetic and environmental history of the individual. The Troester lab is building on interdisciplinary foundations in epidemiology, genomics, and biomarker development to better understand how normal breast tissue variation in cellular composition and gene expression relates to breast cancer risk and progression.
Using complementary approaches ? observational studies of human biospecimens along with experimental studies of stromal-epithelial interactions ? our lab is contributing to understanding of the variation in normal breast tissue composition, gene expression, and phenotype. We have developed a coculture model system for studying stromal-epithelial interactions under experimental conditions and we are using genomic data and phenotypic data from this system to better understand patient data. Our lab, in collaboration with Dr. Keith Amos, also initiated the Normal Breast Study, an unique observational study of histologically normal breast tissue begun at UNC Hospitals in 2009. This study collects demographic and clinical data along with well-annotated biospecimens from ethnically diverse women undergoing breast surgery. Participants include patients having elective surgery, patients with benign to premalignant breast lesions, to patients with invasive and/or metastatic breast cancer. Together with our experimental work, these studies in human populations are leading to novel insights about the biology and epidemiology of normal breast as it relates to breast cancer risk and progression.
Awards and Honors
Troester lab is supported by the National Cancer Institute (NCI), the National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences (NIEHS), and Avon Foundation. Dr. Troester has been a recipient of a SPORE Career Development Award from 2008-2010. Our research is supported by a 2010 Innovation Award from the University Cancer Research Fund. We are a participating research lab in the NIEHS/NCI Breast Cancer and Environment Research Program (BCERP) Windows of Susceptibility program, investigating the links between pregnancy, obesity and basal-like breast cancer.


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A big issue that is seldom discussed is tackled head-on in Weathervane Playhouse's production of "Race," by David Mamet.
The show, directed by Jennifer Kay Jeter, explores not only racial stereotypes, but preconceptions about sex and economic status. And Mamet's work pulls no punches.
In the play, Jack Lawson (played by Record Publishing Co.'s Scott Shriner) and Henry Brown (played by Brian Kenneth Armour), who both run a law firm, are debating whether to take on the case of Charles Strickland (played by James Rizopulos), a white, wealthy businessman who has been accused of raping a black woman. Susan (played by Johnetta Harris), a young black woman who was recently hired into the law firm, adds to a volatile mix as each of the characters bluntly express their assumptions and beliefs on race, wealth and sex. The play, which runs without intermission, has a surprise ending that few, if anyone, saw coming.
"I think it helps open up conversation," Jeter said during the audience talkback after the Feb. 2 show. Weathervane offers talkbacks with the cast after its Sunday performances. "In talking about this, it opened up conversations I didn't see coming. I've had women tell me their rape stories, and how they felt expendable. I think people are still aware that racism is an issue."
Armour said the issues are "uncomfortable to talk about outside the theater."
"It's about dialogue and empathy," he said during the talkback. "It's about getting rid of the preconceptions we may have."
For example, Harris, who lives in Twinsburg, said her character was largely ignored by Jack and Henry.
"I don't know if they underestimated me," Harris said. "Rather, they didn't pay attention to me. I'm the only character up there who doesn't have a last name."
Harris said this was only the second show she had ever done. Her first was "Steel Magnolias" at Aurora Community Theatre, where she played Annelle.
"It was something I always wanted to do but I was too shy," Harris said. "I reached a time in my life where I became a stay-at-home mom, and my kids are in school. One day, my husband said something and he annoyed me, so I went and auditioned," she said, then laughed. "I got the part."
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Performance days and times are Thursdays at 7:30 p.m., Fridays and Saturdays at 8 p.m. and Sundays at 2:30 p.m. Tickets are $21 each; $19 tickets for seniors are available for Thursday and Sunday performances. Tickets for children (ages 17 or younger) and college students are $5 each at all performances. Additional discounts for groups of 10 or larger are also available.
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The Foundation Course in Brahma Kumaris Raja Yoga Meditation includes several main themes or lessons:
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Raja Yoga Meditation: Course Benefits
The topics covered in this course lead to a deeper understanding of yourself, your intrinsic positive qualities and your innate value. In time, this understanding becomes a natural part of your day to day awareness, constructively influencing how you see yourself and how you relate to your world.
In the process of exploring these universal concepts in the privacy of your own inner world through meditation, you will come to a first hand awareness of the interconnectedness of the human family and the rights, roles and responsibilities of individuals. This is very important in your spiritual development and will give you a fresh perspective on values such as justice, freedom, respect and love.
The concepts presented in this course are simple yet profound and are accessible to individuals of all backgrounds and beliefs. Simple and honest effort is the only prerequisites for success in meditation. As in any field of endeavour, the rewards of meditation and spiritual study are in proportion to the time and effort you invest.
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The Foundation Course in Raja Yoga Meditation is offered at all Brahma Kumaris centres free of charge. Each course consists of a series of lessons, generally held once a week. The course is taught on an individual basis or in small groups.
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Yes that's usually the case when someone loses the SB they are the biggest loser and since its Manning even more so.
Sucks but that's how it is. Is it fair? No but nothing really is.
I'm sure over time it will be looked back as rather impressive he made it back to the SB when two years ago nobody thought this was even possible.
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Topic: wondering what chemo comes next?
I am wondering what chemo cocktail will come next. I just had my MRI about 2 weeks ago to see what my lesions from my recurrence of cc were doing....seems after 6 months of oxaliplatin and gemcitabine they continue to grow My oncologist is on vacation and all I know is that the team will meet and decide what chemo we should do next. Any ideas what my options are? What has worked for others and side effects etc? I was also wondering if the side effects from my recent chemo (numbness and tingling) in my fingers and feet will ever go away? Although it was said to me that I have 12 to 18 months to live ,6 months ago I don't believe it for a minute I have way to much left to live for... Best wishes to all our family and friends here on the cc board. <<hugs>> deb


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Luhnow watches Draft prospect Rodon in person
LAKELAND, Fla. -- Astros general manager Jeff Luhnow was among the team's contingent that traveled to Tallahassee, Fla., on Friday to watch North Carolina State left-hander Carlos Rodon, who's expected to be the No. 1 overall pick in the 2014 First-Year Player Draft.
Rodon, the ace for the fifth-ranked Wolfpack, suffered a loss to No. 2 Florida State to fall to 2-3, but he struck out 12 batters and held the Seminoles to two earned runs, five hits and four walks in 6 2/3 innings. He struck out nine of the first 18 batters he faced.
Luhnow wouldn't comment specifically on Rodon, but it's no secret the club has been scouting him heavily and will continue to do so leading up to the Draft. Also playing in Friday's game was speedy N.C. State shortstop Trea Turner, another top-pick candidate.
"It was a productive trip, and it was a classic matchup," Luhnow said. "It was two top-ranked teams with Friday-night starters going and a well-played game. We saw a lot of good baseball. It kind of made me miss my scouting days."
Luhnow plans to get out on Fridays to scout as much as he can during the next few weeks, as he tries to get a look at some college aces, as well as some high-school aces in Texas.
"The schedule starts to run out," Luhnow said.
Brian McTaggart is reporter for MLB.com and writes an MLBlog, Tag's Lines. Follow @brianmctaggart on Twitter. This story was not subject to the approval of Major League Baseball or its clubs.


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While most fans consider Pixar rulers of the animated roost, Universal and Illumination Entertainment pulled out their big guns this year with Despicable Me, a heart-felt, laugh-out-loud comedy for all ages that proves there's more than one animation studio to watch out for...
Despicable Me stars Steve Carrell as Gru, a super villain bent on becoming the best super villain the world's ever seen by stealing the moon. Unfortunately, times are tough - even for villains - and the bank won't give Gru a loan. Instead, the bank backs newer, younger villain Vector, who's already stolen one of the Great Pyramids in Egypt. This forces Gru to compete with Vector, making Gru seek out other ways to get what he needs and hatch his ultimate heist.
What ensues throughout the film is Gru adopting three young girls, all as a part of his nefarious plan to acquire a shrink ray (in the possession of Vector), and putting to work his hilarious little yellow minions to build a rocket to get him into space. Unexpectedly, the three little girls - Margo, Edith and Agnes - begin to grow on Gru in ways he never expected. Ultimately, the result is hilarious, saddening, heart-warming and joyful.
This film is gorgeous to watch. Universal has demonstrated their skills with Despicable Me and I only hope we have additional Universal animated features to watch out for in the near future as everything about this film screams amazing. From the brilliant voice acting and smooth animation to the beautiful designs and hilarious script, Despicable Me is a crowd-pleaser and sure to be a fan-favorite with both adults and children alike.
The Despicable Me blu-ray vividly brings to life the film in bold and beautiful colors. The 1080p video transfer looks gorgeous, sharp and perfect. Likewise, the DTS-HD Master Audio 5.1 soundtrack delivers plenty to cheer about, with a perfect balance of voice projection as well as sound effects and score. The directional speakers perfectly pick up the screeching missiles, rockets and ray gun blasts while voice projection is consistent and always easy to hear.
A 3 disc special edition, this set includes the feature film and a number of special features in DVD format, a digital copy of the film for those on the go, and a fair amount of bonus material for those with access to blu-ray tech. That said, the audio commentary features directors Chris Renaud and Pierre Coffin, who do a solid job of introducing viewers to the ins and outs of animation, production, story development and more. Somewhat entertaining (and then sadly tiring after a while) is the addition of the minions invading the commentary, up to their hilarious antics again. Likewise, the Gru-Control Picture-in-Picture track will be a riot to watch with kids as the minions run this commentary track and cause all sorts of trouble. However, after 20 or so minutes of the same old, same old, it gets - as mentioned before - a bit tiring.
Thanksfully, there are three mini-movies which all feature the minions in their best form, on screen causing all sorts of mayhem and mischief. The three films, while short at only 3-4 minutes each, will delight watchers of all ages. For those looking for more depth, a 15+ minute "The Voices of Despicable Me" is included, introducing the voice actors and their roles. Likewise, another 15 minute short doc - The World of Despicable Me" - shows the development of the film. Other short docs include a 3 minute glimpse at composer Pharrell Williams recording the "Despicable Beats," the directors showing off the international creators in "A Global Effort," cookie recipes with "Miss Hattie's Top Secret Cookie Recipes," a "Super Silly Fun Land" featuring interactive carnival games, and finally a trivia game called "Gru's Rocket Builder." Other bonus features include trailers for the Despicable Me video game, BD-Live functions, and bookmarking access.
Watch out Pixar, look both ways Disney, Universal has burst onto the modern animated scene with Despicable Me, a film that'll impress the entire family, make everyone of all ages laugh, and keep all who watch it both entertained and emotionally tied. Gru has both opened our hearts - and his own - and provided us with an enjoyable experiance well worth owning on blu-ray and DVD.
Despicable Me is rated PG for rude humor and mild action and is available now wherever fine home video are sold.
- Jess C. Horsley


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Reports of Brig. Gen. R. E. Rodes, C. S. Army, Commanding D. H. Hill's Division.
APRIL 27-MAY 6, 1863.--The Chancellorsville Campaign.
[May] --, 1863.
Maj. A. S. PENDLETON,
[Assistant Adjutant-General.]
COLONEL: I have the honor to make the subjoined report of the part taken in the engagement at Chancellorsville, and the movements that preceded it, by the division of Maj. Gen. D. H. Hill, then under my command, composed of the brigades of Doles, Colquitt, Iverson, Ramseur, and Rodes:
Early on the morning of Wednesday, April 29, it being announced that the Federal Army had crossed the Rappahannock River, I marched from Grace Church to Hamilton's Crossing, and was placed in position on the extreme right of the army, extending (perpendicular to the railroad) to Massaponax Creek. A portion of Ramseur's brigade being at the time on picket on the river, he was ordered, with the whole of his brigade, to occupy the south side of the creek, guarding the ford near its mouth.
My line was strongly and rapidly fortified by the troops, and held until the morning of May 1 without molestation except from the artillery fire of the enemy.
Much credit is due to Col. J. Thompson Brown and Lieut. Col. Thomas H, Carter, of the artillery, for their energy and judgment in assisting to render this line impregnable to assault. Ramseur's line was partially exposed to an enfilading fire from the heights across the river, but such was the accuracy of the fire of the Whitworth battery, Lieutenant [William B.] Hurt commanding, stationed with General Ramseur, that their batteries were scattered, and their attempts in this direction rendered unavailing.
At dawn on May 1, my troops were again in motion, advancing from Hamilton's Crossing by the Military road to its junction with the Fredericksburg and Orange Court-House Plank road, and thence up the Plan k road for about 2 miles. At this point I became aware of a serious engagement on my right, between a portion of the troops of Major-General Anderson, then advancing by the old turnpike, and [George] Sykes' Division, Regulars, Federal Army. Being in advance of the corps, I continued to move forward for about half a mile, keeping out skirmishers toward the enemy to prevent annoyance. The firing becoming very heavy and close, the column was halted by General Jackson, and General Ramseur's brigade detached, by his order, to support that portion of Anderson's division which was in front of my division. This brigade became sharply engaged under Anderson, behaving with great coolness and gallantry, as I have been informed by Generals Hill and Anderson. Brigadier-General Ramseur handled his own skirmishers, and with great skill and gallantry. The rest of the division was moved by the right flank to the top of the ridge near the road, and, after being established in line of battle, was directed by Lieutenant-General Jackson to shelter itself and await orders. Subsequently it was moved forward into the woods, but though the skirmishers became engaged--capturing several prisoners--the main body of the enemy had retired before I was permitted to advance. Remaining in line of battle until about sunset, the division then resumed its march up the Plank road, and bivouacked that night near Aldrich's Tavern, about 1 miles from Chancellorsville.
At an early hour on the morning of the 2d, Iverson's brigade was ordered to relieve Ramseur's, still on duty with Anderson in front. Iverson subsequently overtook the division on the march. About 8 o'clock, the route was resumed, this division still in advance. Turning short to the left, about one-half mile beyond Aldrich's, we followed the Mine road for the purpose of getting on the right and in rear of Hooker's army. On arriving at the old furnace, on this road, the Twenty-third Georgia Regiment (Colonel [Emory F.] Best) was detached by General Jackson's order to guard a road from the direction of Chancellorsville, by which the enemy might threaten the moving column. This regiment, with the exception of the colonel and a few men, was subsequently captured by the enemy, who made a vigorous assault upon the ordnance train and artillery then passing, but were gallantly repulsed by Col. J. Thompson Brown, commanding battalion artillery. Colonel Best's report of the manner in which his regiment discharged its important duty, and of its fate, is inclosed. A court of inquiry on the subject was prevented by the removal of Colquitt's brigade, to which it was attached, from this department to that of North Carolina.
On reaching the Plank road again, about 2 miles northwest of Chancellorsville, our cavalry was found skirmishing with that of the enemy, and a delay was caused by an endeavor on our part to entrap them.
At this point, it having been determined to make a still farther detour toward the enemy's rear, the column was moved across to the old Turnpike road, and was formed in line of battle about 4 p.m., 2 miles from Chancellorsville. The line was formed perpendicular to the road, by which it was equally divided--Iverson's brigade on the left, Colquitt's on the right, Rodes' on the left center, Doles' on right center, the right of Rodes' and left of Doles' resting on the road. Ramseur's brigade was placed in the rear of Colquitt as a support and to guard the flank.
By 5 o'clock, Trimble's division, under command of Brigadier-Gen-eral Colston, had formed about 100 yards in rear of my command, and in continuation of Ramseur's line. A.P. Hill's division formed the third line in rear of Colston. Each brigade commander received positive instructions, which were well understood. The whole line was to push ahead from the beginning, keeping the road for its guide. The position at Talley's house was to be carried at all hazards, as, from the best information that could be obtained, it commanded the second position of the enemy at Melzi Chancellor's house. After taking the heights at Talley's, if the enemy showed a determined front on the next ridge, my men were to be sheltered until our artillery could come up and dislodge them. Under no other circumstances was there to be any pause in the advance. As there was possibility of pressure on my right flank, Ramseur was directed to watch that flank carefully, thus leaving Colquitt free to push ahead without fear from that quarter. For similar reasons, the left regiment of Iverson was placed perpendicular to line of battle, with orders to follow the advance by the flank.
At 5.15 p.m. the word was given to move forward, the line of sharpshooters being about 400 yards in advance. In consequence of the dense mass of undergrowth, and orders not having been promptly given to the skirmishers of Rodes' brigade, some little delay was caused when the main line reached the skirmishers' line. This latter was put in motion again by my order, and soon after the Alabama brigade encountered the fire of the enemy. At once the line of battle rushed forward with a yell, and Doles at this moment debouched from the woods and encountered a force of the enemy and a battery of two guns intrenched. Detaching two regiments to flank the position, he charged without halting, sweeping everything before him, and, pressing on to Talley's, gallantly carried the works there, and captured five guns by a similar flank movement of a portion of his command. So complete was the success of the whole maneuver, and such was the surprise of the enemy, that scarcely any organized resistance was met with after the first volley was fired. They fled in the wildest confusion, leaving the field strewn with arms, accouterments, clothing, caissons, and field-pieces in every direction. The larger portion of his force, as well as intrenchments, were drawn up at right angles to our line, and, being thus taken in the flank and rear, they did not wait for the attack. On reaching the ridge at Melzi Chancellor's, which had an extended line of works facing in our direction, an effort was made to check the fleeing columns. For a few moments they held this position, but once more my gallant troops dashed at them with a wild shout, and, firing a hasty volley, they continued their headlong flight to Chancellorsville. It was at this point that Trimble's division, which had followed closely on my rear, headed by the brave and accomplished Colston, went over the works with my men, and from this time until the close of the engagement the two divisions were mingled together in inextricable confusion.
Pushing forward as rapidly as possible, the troops soon entered a second piece of woods thickly filled with undergrowth. The right, becoming entangled in an abatis near the enemy's first line of fortifications, caused the line to halt, and such was the confusion and darkness that it was not deemed advisable to make a farther advance. I at once sent word to Lieutenant-General Jackson, urging him to push forward the fresh troops of the reserve line, in order that mine might be reformed. Riding forward on the Plank road, I satisfied myself that the enemy had no line of battle between our troops and the heights of Chancellorsville, and on my return informed Colonel [S.] Crutchfield, chief of artillery of the corps, of the fact, and he opened his batteries on that point. The enemy instantly responded by a most terrific fire, which silenced our guns, but did but little execution on the infantry, as it was mainly directed down the Plank road, which was unoccupied except by our artillery. When the fire ceased, General Hill's troops were brought up, and as soon as a portion were deployed in my front as skirmishers I commenced withdrawing my men, under orders from the lieutenant-general.
During this glorious victory and pursuit of more than 2 miles, I had only three brigades really engaged. General Colquitt, soon after starting, was misled by the appearance of a small body of the enemy's cavalry, and, notwithstanding the instructions to himself and General Ramseur, halted his brigade to resist what he supposed to be an attack on his flank. This error was discovered too late to enable him to do more than follow the victorious troops of Doles over the field they had won. Ramseur, being ordered to follow Colquitt and watch his flank, was necessarily deprived of any active participation.
On withdrawing my troops, I was directed to see that Jones' brigade, of Colston's division, was so placed as to guard a road coming in from the direction of the furnace on the right, and to relieve, with one of my brigades, McGowan's brigade, of Hill's division, then guarding a second road from the same direction, which entered the Plank road farther up. While preparing to make these dispositions, a sudden and rapid musketry fire was opened in front, which created a little confusion among the troops. Order was speedily restored, however. Apparently this firing proceeded entirely from our own men, as not a ball from the enemy came within sound. There being no other place but the open ground at Melzi Chancellor's suitable for such a purpose, I withdrew all my troops excepting Colquitt's brigade, then on guard, to reform them at that point. Finding the intrenchments partially occupied by Paxton's brigade, I formed line of battle in connection with him.
At this time the enemy opened a similar terrific fire of artillery to that which had taken place just before my withdrawal, which caused much confusion and disorder, rendering it necessary for me to place guards across the road to stop stragglers. Shortly after this occurrence I was informed that Lieutenant-General Jackson was wounded, and also received a message from Major-General Hill that he likewise was disabled, and that the command of the corps devolved on me. Without loss of time, I communicated with Brigadier-Generals Heth and Colston, commanding, respectively, the divisions of A. P. Hill and Trimble, and made the necessary arrangements for a renewal of the attack in the morning, it being agreed that the troops were not in condition to resume operations that night. Just at this time (about 12 o'clock) the enemy made an attack on our right, but being feeble in its character, and promptly met, it lasted but a short time. Very soon after, Maj. Gen. J. E. B. Stuart, who had been sent for by Maj. [A. S.] Pendleton, assistant adjutant-general of Lieutenant-General Jackson, arrived on the ground and assumed command.
I deem it proper to state that I yielded the command to General Stuart not because I thought him entitled to it, belonging as he does to a different arm of the service, nor because I was unwilling to assume the responsibility of carrying on the attack, as I had already made the necessary arrangements, and they remained unchanged, but because, from the manner in which I had been informed that he had been sent for, I inferred that General Jackson or General Hill had instructed Major Pendleton to place him in command, and for the still stronger reason that I feared that the information that the command had devolved on me, unknown except to my own immediate troops, would, in their shaken condition, be likely to increase the demoralization of the corps. General Stuart's name was well and very favorably known to the army, and would tend, I hoped, to reestablish confidence. I yielded because I was satisfied the good of the service demanded it.
On the morning of May 3, being the rear division, I established my line, with Rodes' and Iverson's brigade, on left of Plank road as before, Ramseur's brigade on the right, then Doles', and finally Colquitt on the extreme right. The attack was renewed about 6 a.m., and soon after I received orders to move forward, which I promptly obeyed, first giving directions to each brigade commander to push forward until the enemy was encountered, and engage him vigorously, moving over friend and foe alike, if in the way.
At the moment of starting, our cavalry reported a strong demonstration of the enemy on our extreme left, and Colquitt was detached to oppose it. He was subsequently moved to the extreme right, to support a portion of General A. P. Hill's troops, and ultimately got heavily and handsomely engaged on the left of my division, as will be seen hereafter. On account of the dense forest, the undulating character of the ground, and the want of an adequate staff, it was not in my power, during the subsequent movements, to give a great deal of personal attention to the actions of any of my command, except Rodes' and Ramseur's brigades, which were next to the road, but my orders were faithfully executed by each brigade commander.
Moving forward steadily, with no material stoppage except that occasioned by the tangled undergrowth: they soon encountered a heavy fire of artillery. Pressing on, they soon overtook the second line of battle, then at a halt, except the Stonewall Brigade, which was moving, under orders, from the left to the right of the Plank road. I ordered Colonel [E. A.] O'Neal not to wait on this movement, but to advance his brigade over the second line. At this moment, Colonel O'Neal was disabled by a fragment of a shell, and in person I made his right regiment (the Third Alabama) press forward through the troops, and sent a staff officer with directions to Colonel [J. M.] Hall, who succeeded to the command, to continue his advance. The first line was in turn over-taken and passed, but the confusion arising from passing the two lines caused the two regiments on the left of this brigade to become separated from the others. These two moved obliquely to the right, under the immediate command of Colonel Hall, and encountered the fire of the enemy's infantry, posted behind a barricade on the right of the road, and not more than 200 yards from the epaulements on the heights. At this juncture, a portion of Iverson's brigade and a portion of Pender's troops, under the immediate command of Brigadier-General Pender, coming up, he ordered them all forward. The enemy was compelled to abandon the barricade and fall back, and, pressing on, Colonel Hall's two regiments (the Fifth and Twenty-sixth Alabama), together with the Twenty-third North Carolina Regiment, Colonel [D. H.] Christie, carried the heights in magnificent style, planting their flags inside the works. In this charge the gallant Lieutenant-Colonel [John S.] Garvin, of the Twenty-sixth Alabama, fell, desperately wounded, inside the works.
In the meantime the residue of Rodes', Iverson's, and Pender's troops, moving forward to the left of Hall and Christie, were met and repulsed by the enemy, thus leaving the flank of the party on the heights exposed to an overwhelming force. They were compelled to fall back behind the Plank road, with the loss of over 100 men and both Alabama flags.
A second line of battle having been assembled along the log breastworks on the left of the road, composed of parts of the Third, Sixth, and Twenty-sixth Alabama, the Fifth North Carolina, under Lieutenant-Colonel [J. W.] Lea, who had just joined it, and other scattering troops, I ordered it, through Major [H. A.] Whiting, to attack, moving parallel to the Plank road. [Colonel] Hall immediately attacked the epaulements again with his two regiments, and gallantly carried them; but the troops just mentioned, who had attacked farther to the left, being again repulsed, he again fell back to the breastworks.
While this was transpiring in front, the enemy made an attack in force on my left and rear.
This attack was met by the Twelfth Alabama, Colonel [Samuel B.] Pickens, Colonel [James N.] Lightfoot, of the Sixth Alabama, with a small portion of his regiment, and some troops of Nicholls' brigade, skillfully placed by General Iverson, and sustained against fearful odds until I ordered up Colquitt's brigade, which quickly and handsomely repulsed it. The enemy--being repulsed decidedly here, barely holding his own in the left center, and compelled about the same time by the artillery fire from the right to abandon the epaulements--withdrew all his forces to the hill back of the Chancellor house.
The fighting on the center and left was of a most desperate character, and resulted in the loss of many valuable officers. Among them, and most to be regretted, was Maj. A. M. Gordon, of the Sixth Alabama, a young officer of great promise and great purity of character.
General Pender, speaking of the first advance of my troops, stated to me that Colonel Christie and his regiment, which he handled in magnificent style, especially attracted his attention, and that the colonel deserved promotion.
While these movements were taking place on the left, Ramseur and Doles pushed forward on the right, passed the first line of intrenchments, which had already been carried, passed the first and second lines of our troops, and became fiercely engaged. Doles, deflecting to the right, passed up a ravine behind the graveyard on Chancellor's Hill, and finally came out in the field nearly opposite the house, driving the enemy before him as he advanced, and actually getting several hundred yards to the rear as well of those troops opposing the rest of my division as of those opposing General Anderson's division. Subsequently he was compelled to fall back, and was directed by General Lee to take charge of a large body of prisoners. Ramseur, after vainly urging the troops in possession of the first line of intrenchments to move forward, obtained permission to pass them, and, dashing over the works, charged the second intrenched line in the most brilliant style. The struggle at this point was long and obstinate, but the charge on the left of the Plank road at this time caused the enemy to give way on his left, and this, combined with the unflinching determination of his men, carried the day and gave him possession of the works. Not being supported, he was exposed still to a galling fire from the right, with great danger of being flanked. Notwithstanding repeated efforts made by him, and by myself in person, none of the trooops in his rear would move up until the old Stonewall Brigade arrived on the ground, and gallantly advanced in conjunction with the Thirtieth North Carolina Regiment, Colonel [F. M.] Parker, of Ramseur's brigade, which had been detached to support a battery, and was now on its return. Occupying the works on the right of Ramseur, and thus relieving him when his ammunition was nearly expended, the Stonewall Brigade pushed on, and carried the Chancellorsville heights, making the third time that they were captured. They in turn were forced to fall back, but recaptured several of the prisoners and one of the flags taken from Colonel Hall.
At this juncture, Lieutenant-Colonel [T. H.] Carter, who had behaved with signal courage and judgment during the whole action, succeeded, in conjunction with Major Pegram, in getting several batteries in position in a field to the right, which opened with such precision and rapidity on such of the enemy's batteries and troops as remained on the plain of Chancellorsville as finally to drive them back in utter confusion. Lieutenant-Colonel Hilary [P.] Jones, of the artillery, a most accomplished officer, had, however, before this placed ten guns near the Plank road and on the nearest ridge to the enemy's epaulements, which had fired with marked success on the artillery stationed at the Chancellor house and on the retreating troops.
As soon as our artillery fire would permit, the heights were occupied by the infantry, and, by order of General Stuart, I took charge of arranging all the troops found on the field in line of battle parallel to the Plank road. The earliest troops on the ground were Colonel [J. M.] Brockenbrough's and another Virginia regiment, belonging, I think, to the same brigade. These were subsequently withdrawn, and my troops located as follows: Iverson's brigade on right, extending from the Chancellor house up the Plank road, next Rodes' brigade, then Ramseur's brigade, and finally Doles' brigade--all parallel and close to the road. Doles' was subsequently thrown across the road and at an angle of 45 degrees with it, connecting with General Pender, by whom this line was continued on to the left. Colston's division, now attached to my command, was located on the Turnpike road, to the right and in continuation of my line. Colquitt's brigade was placed en echelon with reference both to Iverson and Colston, and 100 yards in rear, to enable our artillery to operate in the interval. This position was strongly fortified, and was held without molestation until Tuesday morning, when I pushed forward my whole line of skirmishers to feel the enemy. He was discovered to be in very great force, both of infantry and artillery, with formidable intrenchments.
Early on Wednesday morning, my outposts reported that the enemy had retired. I again threw forward my skirmishers, and found that the entire force had retreated during the night. Following them in person with a few troops, it was ascertained that they had successfully crossed the river, availing themselves of the very severe storm and darkness of the previous night. The line of their retreat was marked by every evidence of a careful and well-conducted march, but little public or private property, except such as was necessary for hospital purposes, being left behind.
On the evening of Wednesday, May 6, my column was again in motion, and encamped that night in their old quarters near Grace Church, having been absent eight days, participating in the achievement of a signal victory, capturing fifteen pieces of artillery, 10 flags, 75,000 rounds of small-arm ammunition, and 4 bushels musket-caps from the enemy.
The small-arm ammunition and the caps afterward fell into the hands of Major [William] Allan, corps ordnance officer, and Captain [Lawrence S.] Marye, ordnance officer of Colston's division.
It is worthy of remark that the enemy abandoned such a large number of knapsacks in retreating to his works that when this division began its homeward march in the rain it was thoroughly equipped with oilcloths and shelter-tents of the best quality.
The division sustained a heavy loss in killed and wounded, principally on the second day. The conduct of its men and officers was such as to win the highest encomiums from General Jackson, and such as had been rarely equaled. Its laurels were dearly bought, however, as will be seen by the tabular statement of killed and wounded, herewith filed, marked A.
I do not think the enemy's loss was as great as ours, as he fought us generally from behind his barricades and earthworks; still, it was heavy.
As an act of justice to them, and for future reference, the names of all the officers who participated in the engagement are presented in the appendices to the reports of brigade commanders. The general, field, and staff officers who were present are herewith presented in Appendix B.
It is impossible for me, within reasonable limits, to mention all the officers and men who were distinguished for gallant and meritorious conduct at this battle. It is, however, my duty to call attention to the great gallantry and efficiency in this action of Brigadier-Generals Doles and Ramseur; Col. Edward Willis, Twelfth Georgia; Colonel [Philip] Cook, Fourth Georgia, severely wounded; Colonel Hall, Fifth Alabama; Colonel Christie, Twenty-third North Carolina; Colonel Pickens, Twelfth Alabama; Lieut. Col. J. W. Lea, Fifth North Carolina; Lieutenant-Colonel [E. L.] Hobson, Fifth Alabama, severely wounded; Colonel [Thomas M.] Garrett, of the Fifth North Carolina (who had behaved most gallantly on the first day, and was, unfortunately, wounded by one of our own men after the close of that day's fight); Colonel Parker, Thirtieth North Carolina; Col. R. T. Bennett, Fourteenth North Carolina; Capt. H. A. Whiting, assistant adjutant-general of Rodes' brigade; Capt. Greene Peyton, of my staff, and Capt. M. L. Randolph, signal corps. The last-named officer was remarkable among all these brave and accomplished officers for his daring, coolness, and efficiency. Colonel O'Neal, commanding Rodes' brigade, deserves especial notice for his gallantry.
It is proper to mention that Col. W. R. Cox, of the Second North Carolina, was wounded repeatedly before he left the field. All the other officers did their duty nobly, but those I have mentioned came under my own notice, or were so spoken of by competent persons as to make it my duty to mention them in this manner.
My staff officers (Capt. Greene Peyton and Capt. M. L. Randolph) have been mentioned for their meritorious conduct. Their duties were more than usually arduous during the action and were nobly discharged.
Mr. Ed. O'Neal, volunteer aide (a youth under eighteen), behaved most gallantly, and I am under great obligations to him.
Four of my couriers--C. S. Ellis, Company B, Fourth Georgia; Gilliam James, Company D, Fifth Alabama; ---------- and ---------, of Stuart's cavalry, Fitz. Lee's brigade--were of great service to me during the battle, and exhibited great courage and intelligence. Both of the former deserve promotion for their conduct.
Inclosed will be found the reports of brigade and regimental commanders.
Major-General, Commanding Division.
May 13, 1863.
Maj. A. S. PENDLETON,
Assistant Adjutant-General.
MAJOR: In obedience to circular from corps headquarters of May 12, 1863, I have the honor to report the following flags captured and lost in this division during the battles of May 2 and 3:
Rodes' brigade.--Third Alabama Regiment captured and have in their possession 2 stand of Federal artillery colors; Sixth Alabama Regiment captured 1 battery flag; Fifth Alabama Regiment lost its colors inside the intrenchments at Chancellorsville.
Ramseur's brigade.--Second North Carolina Regiment lost its colors; Fourth North Carolina Regiment lost its colors.
Iverson's brigade.--Fifth North Carolina Regiment, 1 flag captured by Lieut. H. H. Smith, Company A; Twelfth North Carolina Regiment, 3 flags captured by Private J. S. Webber, Company E; one, a large United States flag, was turned over to Major-General Stuart on Sunday; Twenty-third North Carolina Regiment, 1 flag and I guidon captured. The flag-staff of the regiment being shot in two, was replaced by that of the enemy, and the captured flag subsequently lost by carelessness.
Doles' brigade.--This brigade captured 2 battery flags. The men in whose hands they were placed were wounded, and carried the flags with them to the hospital. They have been written for.
Summary.--Flags lost, 3; flags captured, 11.
All the captured flags, guidons, &c., are ordered to be turned over to the chief quartermaster of this division, to be held subject to future instructions.
I deem it proper, in justice to the regiments whose flags were lost, to inclose the statements of brigade commanders on the subject.
I am, major, yours, very respectfully,


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Just wanted to double check. My daughter made this putt and the disc hung on the side of the basket. This counts right? Here is the pic of her with her shot:
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ferretdance03 wrote:As long as she pulls it before it falls, it's good.
Doesn't matter if she pulls it before it falls, only if it comes to rest. If it comes to rest hanging like that, but then a breeze comes up and blows it out before she grabs it, it still counts as in.
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Dogma wrote:803.13 B. "Disc Entrapment Devices: In order to hole out, the thrower must release the disc and it must come to rest supported by the chains or within one of the entrapment sections. This includes a disc wedged into or hanging from the lower entrapment section but excludes a disc resting on top of, or hanging outside of, the upper entrapment section. The disc must also remain within the chains or entrapment sections until removed."
Chuck Kennedy wrote:The Interference rule 803.07B indicates that as long as the disc is at rest ON THE TARGET OR PLAYING SURFACE (not in the trees), then it can be replaced on the basket if it falls off or pops out before you get there. However, the Rules Committee has not specified what the term "at rest" means. So, if you're 100 ft out and hit a wedgie, just ask your group if it's at rest as you're moving toward the basket. If they say "yes" then you can walk slower...
The same thing happens when it's a windy day and your putt gets stuck in the chains. Technically, your disc may never be at rest for quite a while as it sways in the chains. However, we all look at it for a few seconds and say it's relatively at rest and allow the player to remove it.
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Be above petty squabbles
I have followed with much interest the recent joint endorsements of municipal candidates by the Stonewall Democrats of Dallas and Dallas Stonewall Young Democrats. A spirited debate is always healthy, and it is good to see this happening, especially with the race for City Council District 14 which features the Stonewall-endorsed candidate, James Nowlin, and current City Councilmember Angela Hunt. However, I have been disheartened by the direction that some voices in the debate have taken. As members of the LGBT community, we should be inherently sensitive to the inappropriateness of comments that personally judge an individual and call into question their motives for running for office, or the legitimacy of emotion shown in public. We are above this!
James Nowlin is a member of this community and has served this community since first moving to Dallas. Now is the time to get behind candidates that are a part of our community, such as Mr. Nowlin and Cassie Pierce (City Council District 7 candidate), not because they are simply LGBT individuals, but because they are both qualified for the job and represent the much needed change we need on City Council in having representatives that can build consensus and take issues that impact not only us, but their entire constituency, through to the finish line. I encourage all in this community to contact the campaigns of those that support us and see how they can get involved.
Jared A. Pearce,
president, Dallas Stonewall Young Democrats
Open letter to Elba Garcia
On behalf of Resource Center Dallas, we wish to thank you and the court for voting to expand the county's nondiscrimination policy to include sexual orientation.
This effort is long overdue and demonstrates a commitment to fairness and equality. We believe the policy should also specifically enumerate protections for gender identity and gender expression. I'd like to discuss this issue with you at your earliest convenience.
I read the post on [the March 22] vote on the Dallas Voice's website. Sexual orientation, gender identity and gender expression are three separate characteristics. As subject-matter experts who offer diversity training as part of our mission, these are the definitions the center uses:
• Sexual orientation: A person's enduring physical, romantic, emotional and spiritual attraction to another person.
• Gender identity: A person's internal and personal sense of being a man or a woman. Gender identity and sexual orientation are not the same; transgender people may be heterosexual, lesbian, gay or bisexual.
• Gender expression: External manifestation of one's gender identity, usually expressed through "masculine," "feminine" or gender-variant behavior, clothing, haircut, voice or body characteristics. Typically, transgender people seek to make their gender expression match their gender identity.
The center and others in the LGBT community assert that a policy would need to specifically enumerate all three characteristics for maximum effectiveness and protections. It simply makes business sense. As you know, both the cities of Dallas and Fort Worth already offer these protections for their LGBT employees, as does DFW International Airport. Also, a better understanding of the LGBT community will aid Dallas County in employment recruiting and retention, and in serving your diverse public.
You may have seen some of the stories in the Dallas Morning News last summer about the center's work with Dallas Area Rapid Transit (DART) as it added gender identity to its nondiscrimination policies. This is part of our ongoing work with businesses, universities and governmental agencies including Dallas ISD, DFW International Airport and TABC as they strive to make their workplaces more inclusive.
I look forward to hearing from you soon.
Rafael McDonnell, strategic communications and programs manager, Resource Center Dallas
Know the facts on PrEP
A robust public debate is underway about the potential use of anti-HIV drugs to prevent HIV infection (also known as pre-exposure prophylaxis or PrEP). Our study, called iPrEx, provided the first conclusive evidence that the daily use of PrEP with the FDA-approved HIV treatment Truvada® can significantly reduce HIV infection risk in gay, bisexual and other men who have sex with men (MSM) and transgender women, when delivered as part of a comprehensive package of prevention services, including condoms.
The protection provided by PrEP and condoms together could have a substantial impact in reducing new HIV infections among MSM worldwide.
Recently, a private healthcare provider has begun a paid advertising campaign urging the FDA not to even consider approving the use of PrEP — charging, among other things, that MSM will stop using condoms if PrEP is permitted. The pros and cons of PrEP use should be vigorously debated — but that debate should be based on facts, rather than the assumption that MSM will not act to protect themselves and others from infection.
Here are the facts about the iPrEX study:
• A diverse group of 2,499 HIV-negative MSM and transgender women on four continents with a range of sexual practices participated in iPrEx. All participants received a comprehensive package of HIV prevention services. Half also received Truvada, while the other half received a placebo (blank pill). Neither the study participants nor the investigators knew which pill they received during the study.
• The group that received PrEP with Truvada in addition to condoms had 44 percent fewer HIV infections. This protective effect was seen across different groups in the study, including those of different age, ethnicity and education level.
• Men in both study groups reduced their risk behaviors and increased their condom use — demonstrating that MSM can use PrEP and condoms together. PrEP does not protect against other sexually transmitted infections and should never be considered as a substitute for condom use or other safer sex precautions.
• Ensuring daily pill use will be critical to the success of PrEP. While many iPrEx study participants used the pill consistently, about 50 percent did not — which impacted the effectiveness of PrEP in the study. Among those who took the medication consistently, the level of protection PrEP provided reached 72 percent to 95 percent. A second phase of the iPrEx study will begin soon, in which all participants who want PrEP will receive it. We are hoping to learn whether knowing that PrEP works will help participants achieve higher rates of pill use and protection in this phase of the study.
• Truvada is widely used for HIV treatment because it is generally well tolerated. Rates of side effects were very low in the iPrEx study. A small amount of bone loss was seen among those receiving PrEP, a finding commonly seen in HIV-positive individuals starting anti-HIV treatment; these changes had no apparent negative health impact.
Studies to date also show no evidence of HIV drug resistance associated with PrEP use. HIV testing and medical evaluation before starting PrEP and while using PrEP are important to prevent resistance.
• A daily PrEP dosing regimen was used in the iPrEx study. It is not known whether PrEP can be taken less frequently to prevent HIV infections. Additional studies are underway or being planned to look at whether different dosing regimens (e.g., taking PrEP before and after sex, or on a regular schedule several times a week) would be safe and effective.
• The iPrEx study was paid for by the U.S. National Institutes of Health and by the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation, and was not organized or run by any drug company. iPrEx requested and received a donation of study drug from Gilead Sciences, but Gilead had no other input into the study.
Much more work lies ahead to determine whether PrEP can help stop HIV infections in other populations, such as heterosexuals and injection drug users, to better understand possible side effects of PrEP, to support consistent pill use among people who want to use it, and to ensure that PrEP is seen as one element of an HIV prevention strategy that includes regular condom use.
It will also be critical to address issues of cost, and to determine how to ensure that PrEP will be available to MSM in the United States and around the world who need it most.
Additional studies are also underway to test whether other anti-HIV medicines (including pills, gels, and other formulations) are safe and effective for HIV prevention.
We believe that MSM and all communities working to protect themselves and reduce the impact of the HIV epidemic have the right to full information about PrEP, and can make informed, intelligent decisions about whether or not to utilize PrEP as one component of a comprehensive HIV prevention strategy.
The iPrEx study investigators are committed to providing complete information about the study findings tohelp ensure that those decisions are made based on the facts about PrEP. We thank the volunteers who participated in this important study, including volunteers in San Francisco, and the more than 20,000 participants in PrEP trials worldwide for their commitment to advancing HIV prevention.
More information about iPrEx and PrEP is available at iPrexNews.com.
Robert Grant, MD, MPH, iPrEx Protocol Chair
Albert Liu, MD, MPH, iPrEx Medical Officer and San Francisco Site Researcher
Susan Buchbinder, MD, iPrEx San Francisco Site Researcher
Kenneth Mayer, MD, iPrEx Boston Site Researcher
Pedro Goicochea, MSc, MA, iPrEx Investigator
Jeff McConnell, MA, iPrEx Investigator
This article appeared in the Dallas Voice print edition March 25, 2011.


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A Pharmacokinetic Study of L-697,661 Alone and in Combination With Zidovudine
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Part 1: To study the potential safety and pharmacokinetic (blood level) effects of zidovudine (AZT) on L-697,661; to obtain additional pharmacokinetic information in humans with L-697,661; to study the effect of L-697,661 on hepatic enzyme induction. Part 2: To begin a study of the antiviral activity of L-697,661.
L-697,661 is a newly identified compound that inhibits HIV replication (reproduction and growth) in cell culture. It works together with AZT against HIV.
|HIV Infections
|Drug: L-697,661 Drug: Zidovudine
|Phase 1
|Study Type:
|Study Design:
|Intervention Model: Parallel Assignment
Primary Purpose: Treatment
|Official Title:
|A Pharmacokinetic Study of L-697,661 Alone and in Combination With Zidovudine
|Estimated Enrollment:
L-697,661 is a newly identified compound that inhibits HIV replication (reproduction and growth) in cell culture. It works together with AZT against HIV.
Part 1: Twelve patients are randomly assigned to one of two groups. Group 1 patients receive AZT for 7 days, followed by AZT plus L-697,661 with food for 56 days. Group 2 patients receive no drug for 7 days, followed by L-697,661 with food for 56 days. Antipyrine is administered 1 hour prior to study drug on days 8, 22, and 35.
Part 2: Fifteen patients receive L-697,661 with food, for 8 weeks. Therapy with L-697,661 may be extended beyond 8 weeks for up to 24 weeks.
|Ages Eligible for Study:
|18 Years and older (Adult, Senior)
|Sexes Eligible for Study:
|Accepts Healthy Volunteers:
Inclusion Criteria
Patients must have:
- HIV infection.
Prior Medication: Included:
- Patients in Part 1 must have received no previous zidovudine (AZT) or a stable dose of at least 500 mg/day without evidence of toxicity.
- Patients in Part 2 must have received no previous AZT or = or > 300 mg/day for < 6 consecutive weeks within 1 year prior to study entry.
Exclusion Criteria
Co-existing Condition:
Patients with the following conditions or symptoms are excluded:
- Acute HIV-related opportunistic infection requiring ongoing treatment.
- Diarrhea defined as 3 or more liquid stools/day for one week.
- Wilson's or Gilbert's disease, porphyria, or other chronic or acute hepatic disease.
- Potentially life-threatening allergic reactions to any of the components of zidovudine.
- Acute or chronic medical conditions that in the opinion of the investigator would place patient at risk by participation in this study.
Concurrent Medication:
- Systemic bronchodilators, acetaminophen, aspirin.
Prior Medication:
- Didanosine (ddI) or dideoxycytidine (ddC) within 14 days prior to entry.
- Immune modulators or investigational drugs within 30 days prior to entry.
- Drugs known to induce hepatocellular enzymes, such as phenobarbital, phenytoin, warfarin, ketoconazole, and oral contraceptives, within 30 days prior to entry.
Patients in Part 2 only:
- Zidovudine within 4 weeks prior to receiving first dose of study drug.
Risk Behavior:
- Patients who the investigator feels would not comply with study requirements.
Patients may not have the following prior conditions:
- Acute or chronic medical conditions that in the opinion of the investigator would place patient at risk by participation in this study.
- Potentially life-threatening allergic reactions to any of the components of zidovudine.
Please refer to this study by its ClinicalTrials.gov identifier: NCT00000628
|United States, California
|San Francisco Gen Hosp
|San Francisco, California, United States, 941102859
|United States, Colorado
|Univ of Colorado Health Ctr / Denver Gen Hosp
|Denver, Colorado, United States, 80262
|United States, Illinois
|Northwestern Univ Med School
|Chicago, Illinois, United States, 60611
|Rush Presbyterian - Saint Luke's Med Ctr
|Chicago, Illinois, United States, 60612
|United States, Washington
|Univ of Washington
|Seattle, Washington, United States, 981224304
|Study Chair:
|RT Schooley
|ClinicalTrials.gov Identifier:
|NCT00000628 History of Changes
|Other Study ID Numbers:
Merck Protocol 020-00
|Study First Received:
|November 2, 1999
|Last Updated:
|July 29, 2008
Keywords provided by National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases (NIAID):
Drug Evaluation
Drugs, Investigational
Drug Therapy, Combination
Acquired Immunodeficiency Syndrome
AIDS-Related Complex
Antiviral Agents
Additional relevant MeSH terms:
HIV Infections
Lentivirus Infections
Retroviridae Infections
RNA Virus Infections
Virus Diseases
Sexually Transmitted Diseases, Viral
Sexually Transmitted Diseases
Immunologic Deficiency Syndromes
Immune System Diseases
Molecular Mechanisms of Pharmacological Action
Reverse Transcriptase Inhibitors
Nucleic Acid Synthesis Inhibitors
Enzyme Inhibitors
Anti-Retroviral Agents
Antiviral Agents
Anti-Infective Agents
Anti-HIV Agents
ClinicalTrials.gov processed this record on September 21, 2017


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By Matthias Gafni
TRACY — At the tense emergency meeting, Principal Susan Moffitt delivered terrible news to a young mother.
A yard duty monitor overheard the woman's daughter telling a friend that second-grade teacher Darrel Golden touched her inappropriately, and the monitor had notified the principal.
However, the principal didn't offer sympathy. Nor did she report the suspicions of abuse to authorities, as required by law. Instead, according to a $10 million claim filed against Jefferson School District on Dec. 5, Moffitt said she had to protect her teacher's reputation and implied that the mother risked deportation if she reported the abuse to police. The mother, who is undocumented, kept quiet.
The claim, along with internal letters, teacher evaluations, grand jury transcripts and other documents obtained by this newspaper, shows how far the principal went to protect a teacher who was repeatedly reprimanded for inappropriate behavior toward students. More broadly, it illustrates the culture of neglect in which child abuse has persisted in schools around northern California.
It took six years after the first abuse reports for Golden to be fired and prosecuted, after a janitor in November 2012 saw him grab a girl's buttocks and reported it to new school administrators and police.
Golden will be sentenced Friday to 12 years in prison after pleading guilty to four felony counts of molestation. The former teacher, who called his young female students "wives," was originally indicted on 33 counts of molestation involving 14 victims after a grand jury convened for five days last summer. The charges ranged from fondling to feeding grapes to students in a sexually suggestive manner.
Moffitt has since been placed on paid administrative leave at her new job as principal of Tenaya Elementary School in the Big Oak Flat-Groveland Unified School District, a small district near Yosemite National Park. A San Joaquin County prosecutor said Moffitt cannot be charged with failure to report child abuse — a misdemeanor — because the statute of limitations ran out in 2009.
Moffitt did not return requests for comment, but told grand jurors she received guidance from the district office on how to handle Golden and that she did not have child abuse training before the 2006 incident.
This case is the latest incident documented by this newspaper of school administrators failing to report suspected abuse, which has led to a federal investigation into child abuse reporting and state legislation to strengthen child abuse reporting training and the teacher dismissal process.
The young victim was one of at least five students and their parents who filed claims accusing the Jefferson School District of failing to properly report allegations against Golden, which they say allowed his abuse to continue.
From his first year teaching during the 2005-06 year, Moffitt documented reports of Golden acting inappropriately.
"I said, 'You know, little kids, they're going to want to hug you and things like that. You're a male teacher. It puts you in a really weird place,' " Moffitt testified to a grand jury, saying she instructed him to hug children from his side, not face to face.
By his second year teaching, Golden was accused of touching the little girl and Moffitt came to his protection, according to school documents and the claim against the district. After dissuading the girl's mother from reporting the allegations to police in December 2006, Moffitt met with the frustrated mother again in January 2007, and it did not go any better.
"Ms. Moffitt told (the mother) that she had to protect her teachers and that her daughter must have dreamed this up," according to the claim. The principal also asked if another male in her house could have abused the girl.
The mother, fearing deportation, stayed silent for years. Yet documents show that days after the mother's second meeting with the principal, Moffitt summarized the incident with the student on Golden's Jan. 30, 2007 midyear evaluation, revealing that instead of going to police she conducted her own investigation. That's a huge mistake, experts say, because it violates the law, risks tainting a law enforcement investigation, and places unqualified school personnel in the role of criminal investigators.
"He had an incident before winter break involving a female student in his class," Moffitt wrote. "The child claimed that Mr. Golden touched her private parts and pulled her hair. Neither (Vice Principal Scott) Ferreira nor myself could manipulate the classroom furnishings to simulate the situation/circumstances described by the student. Nor could we corroborate her story while interviewing other students."
She continued: "The child had actually been making advances toward Mr. Golden, touching him though not invited or approved."
Calls and e-mails to Ferreira and the district in Groveland were not returned.
Retired Jefferson Superintendent Ed Quinn, who left the Tracy district in 2009, referred calls to the district office when contacted by phone at his Groveland home.
Current Jefferson Superintendent Jim Bridges, who came to the district after Golden's departure, declined to comment on the case, citing pending litigation. However, he said the district has improved child abuse reporting training for all employees and new hires, and the police department is notified if allegations of abuse are made.
Two years after the tense meetings between Moffitt and the girl's mother, a school counselor learned of the girl's earlier allegations and reported them to police.
"We investigated … and didn't develop enough evidence to make an arrest," said Tracy police Lt. Luis Mejia in a recent phone interview, adding the delay hurt the case.
During the grand jury hearing last July, the first victim, now in middle school, testified how she continued at Traina Elementary wondering why Golden was never punished. "I would see him and I would wonder why they didn't do anything about it."
Court documents and internal records reveal a continuing pattern of inappropriate behavior by the teacher that Moffitt never reported to police.
In 2009, Golden received a warning from his vice principal not to massage students' shoulders. The next year, he received a written warning from Moffitt after he touched the arm of a male student and told him he had "soft skin." She ordered him to refrain from physical contact with students that would be deemed "inappropriate."
In March 2012, Golden danced seductively toward a female student and made inappropriate comments to a female teacher, which caused Moffitt to write a letter of reprimand, again warning the teacher to refrain from inappropriate touching. About a week later, Golden responded to the reprimand, calling it a misunderstanding and he's just a "friendly type person."
He also referred in his response to the young girl who first accused him of abuse in 2006. The girl by then was in the seventh grade and a student in the class that witnessed Golden's seductive dance.
"How many more people has she talked to undermining my reputation? This student's class is dismissed at the end of the day and comes by my room every day without supervision from Miss Venegas. I have concerns that something else will occur," he wrote.
It wasn't until Nov. 28, 2012 — when custodian Augustin Melchor was fixing a desk in Golden's class and saw him touch a female student inappropriately — that Golden was taken out of the classroom. The janitor alerted the new principal, who told the superintendent and within hours police were notified.
Dana Eaton, hired as the Jefferson School District superintendent in 2009, said he did not know of Moffitt's 2006 failure to report while he served as her boss and said those allegations were misrepresented to him.
"The hard part was if I knew the entire circumstances of what happened before, I might have done something differently," said Eaton, who now works as Brentwood Union School District superintendent. "That's something I think about a lot."
Contact Matthias Gafni at 925-952-5026. Follow him at Twitter.com/mgafni.


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ALUN Rossiter is hoping to utilise Dakota North's good form by moving him to number four as the Robins travel to King's Lynn tonight.
North was the star of the show as Swindon trounced the table-topping Stars at Blunsdon last week. It was probably the Australian's finest night in Robins kevlars as he took four heat victories, including being part of two maximums, to pick up 12 points against tonight's opponents.
Rossiter's side can further boost their play-off hopes if they are able to secure a second win inside a week against King's Lynn and the Robins chief says his side hold are not afraid of visiting the Norfolk Arena.
"We nearly pulled it off last time we visited King's Lynn, it was only in the last few races we let it slip," said Rossiter "We hold no fears going there whatsoever, it's a track we quite like as a team and we feel we are capable of coming away with something.
"We're going in with good confidence, we beat them recently at home, and their track holds no fears for us.
"The only change is Dak (North) at four and Nick (Morris) moving to two. Nick rides at one for Somerset so we have no worries about Nick going in the first heat and there's a bit of trying to make the most of Dak's good form.
"Dak is the standout at the moment, he's coming on leaps on bounds. He's getting used to the surroundings, he's very happy in the environment he is in and that's good for us.
"Hopefully those changes work out for the best and we can come away with a good result to help our play-off push.
"I'm led to believe that Lewis Rose won't be riding and Simon Lambert will come in, as Rose got injured at Newcastle.
"It doesn't change things too much but Rose is going well at the moment, but then Lambert's not bad around there. You can say 'He's gone so you should do that' but it doesn't work like that."
A win of any sort would see the Robins move back into the play-off spots with only four matches remaining. Two of which are at home with rivals for those post-season spots, Lakeside and Coventry, meaning a win tonight would put the Robins back in poll-position.


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'Roy has just two goals and six assists for the Sabres, but he plays bigger and tougher than his 5-foot-9, 185-pound frame would imply. His work ethic, on-ice vision and point-scoring potential earned him a roster spot with the Sabres and another in this year's YoungStars game. So, get used to it. There's another Roy in the NHL, and he doesn't stop goals. He scores them.'
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It probably isn't where Kate Middleton will be buying her gown, but Costco is hoping for great success with bridal gown sales.
The cash-and-carry has joined forces with top bridal designer Kirstie Kelly to sell six exclusive dresses at around 40 per cent of their usual retail price.
The handmade gowns are being showcased in a series of four-day trunk shows in one-off events around the country.
They range in price from $699 to $1,399 with dress sizes ranging from size 2 to 24.
Brides-to-be can either book an appointment or walk in to the temporary Costco concessions during the events, which are advertised on the company website.
Consultants will be on-hand to advise and answer any style questions, and the dresses can be taken home the same day - though, the designer added, they are likely to want to get it tailored to ensure the best possible fit.
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