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In a World full of eBook readers, Rockstand is an out of-the-box Revolution! Its a free eBook and eMagazine buying & reading application that does what no other app in its category can do.It has an innovative and very easy User interface & a simple buying platform.

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Rockstand has a wide range of eBooks & eMagazines from the best authors,publishers in India and Abroad.Rockstand also has content in 18 different regional languages & international languages.

Connect: It is a social layer which allows users to connect with other users of the application.Users can search, add and send invites.Users can also share with their friends through Book Cafe.

Rate & Review: You can now rate and review your favourite eBooks and eMagazines.

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  • Michael

    Great work!  Can you add the “La Presse Mobile” android app to your catalogue (

  • Richard m

    A couple of days ago I tried to download (News360 for Tablet) and I just tried again…my Kobo Vox shows download completed so when I tap it to go to the screen where it’ll ask you to install, a window pops up and says…..Parse error There is a probem parsing the package. Has anyone else had a problem with this app?

    Thanks for any help

  • Richard m

    A couple of days ago I tried to download (News360 for Tablet) and I just tried again…my Kobo Vox shows download completed so when I tap it to go to the screen where it’ll ask you to install, a window pops up and says…..Parse error There is a probem parsing the package. Has anyone else had a problem with this app?

    Thanks for any help

  • Richard m

    A couple of days ago I tried to download (News360 for Tablet) and I just tried again…my Kobo Vox shows download completed so when I tap it to go to the screen where it’ll ask you to install, a window pops up and says…..Parse error There is a probem parsing the package. Has anyone else had a problem with this app?

    Thanks for any help

  • Richard m

    I don’t know if I’m just unlucky or my Kobo V is acting up but what happend with the News 360 just happend with USA Today, that Parsing error again. Oh sorry for the 3 comments finger got tap happy.

  • Quick! Download the new Good e-Reader News App

  • Richard m

    I just wanted to say About Time!! You guys got an App, I down loaded it to my Kobo V last night and couldn’t put it down it’s now one of my first to go to apps. The great thing about Good E-Reader News App is she’s young and we’ll get to watch her grow……Also I ‘ve gone through most of your apps and there are only three I ‘m still haveing trouble with News 360, USA Today, and now Engadget Distro they all say the same thing Parsing erro. Again thanks and keep up the great work.

  • Pickles Flomar

    I’ve been haveing the same trouble with my Kobo Vox.
    Getting that Parsing error window when I try to DWLD those same apps as Richard m are they not compatable with the K.V. tablet.

  • Leo-cooper

    it’s possible to convert this app for playbook and BB10 (bar) ? thank you

  • marie

    it crashes on kobo Vox

  • Alansutton

    Mail online for Playbook

  • emcclem

    any chance of making the Napster and BridgeBase apps available?

  • Nice post. Dude. I really like your stuff.

  • It is best for me……..WOW Such a great news for me………

  • Oh, this is a great app! I would like to download this one. Very essential for me since reading is my fashion and would love to know about the latest news, issues and trends.

  • Try this site, it may help you. Goodluck!

  • fullspecs

    Anyone having trouble converting this?

  • dbroid

    MiniRead app is new in the android market but has the potential to be in the top apps. Its a new innovation in RSS feeds/ News reading experience.
    Google play store link:-

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  • paulbourdette

    Merci pour ces infos. Est-ce qu’il y a des apps comme ça spécifiquement pour les avocats au Quebec? Je pense que cela serait bien intéressant.

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  • ankitmpatel

    Great apps.. Thanks for sharing. I’ve been thorough another app which is much better, If you would like to see

  • What’s great about it is how news are being placed in sync with the rest… it is rare for us to see something like this…

  • Sneha Gupta

    Hey! You can add  some of the best Geography Apps for your catalogue –

  • anusingh123

    This list is missing Newsco app (news summary)

  • anusingh123

    This list is missing Newsco app (news summary). Very simple interface and very fast loading.

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    new games for android on

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  • evab

    it does not work. It gives the message “Unfortunately Next Issue has stopped” Any suggestions?

  • Great apps

  • Alma Moores

    Doesn’t work . Miss reading my home newspaper !!M


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4.16.150  <<  4.16.160 >>   4.16.170

RCW 4.16.160

Application of limitations to actions by state, counties, municipalities.

The limitations prescribed in this chapter shall apply to actions brought in the name or for the benefit of any county or other municipality or quasimunicipality of the state, in the same manner as to actions brought by private parties: PROVIDED, That, except as provided in RCW 4.16.310, there shall be no limitation to actions brought in the name or for the benefit of the state, and no claim of right predicated upon the lapse of time shall ever be asserted against the state: AND FURTHER PROVIDED, That no previously existing statute of limitations shall be interposed as a defense to any action brought in the name or for the benefit of the state, although such statute may have run and become fully operative as a defense prior to February 27, 1903, nor shall any cause of action against the state be predicated upon such a statute.
[ 1986 c 305 § 701; 1955 c 43 § 2. Prior: 1903 c 24 § 1; Code 1881 § 35; 1873 p 10 §§ 34, 35; 1869 p 10 §§ 34, 35; 1854 p 364 § 9; RRS § 167, part.]
Preamble1986 c 305: "Tort law in this state has generally been developed by the courts on a case-by-case basis. While this process has resulted in some significant changes in the law, including amelioration of the harshness of many common law doctrines, the legislature has periodically intervened in order to bring about needed reforms. The purpose of this chapter is to enact further reforms in order to create a more equitable distribution of the cost and risk of injury and increase the availability and affordability of insurance.
The legislature finds that counties, cities, and other governmental entities are faced with increased exposure to lawsuits and awards and dramatic increases in the cost of insurance coverage. These escalating costs ultimately affect the public through higher taxes, loss of essential services, and loss of the protection provided by adequate insurance. In order to improve the availability and affordability of quality governmental services, comprehensive reform is necessary.
The legislature also finds comparable cost increases in professional liability insurance. Escalating malpractice insurance premiums discourage physicians and other health care providers from initiating or continuing their practice or offering needed services to the public and contribute to the rising costs of consumer health care. Other professionals, such as architects and engineers, face similar difficult choices, financial instability, and unlimited risk in providing services to the public.
The legislature also finds that general liability insurance is becoming unavailable or unaffordable to many businesses, individuals, and nonprofit organizations in amounts sufficient to cover potential losses. High premiums have discouraged socially and economically desirable activities and encourage many to go without adequate insurance coverage.
Therefore, it is the intent of the legislature to reduce costs associated with the tort system, while assuring that adequate and appropriate compensation for persons injured through the fault of others is available." [ 1986 c 305 § 100.]
Report to legislature1986 c 305: "The insurance commissioner shall submit a report to the legislature by January 1, 1991, on the effects of this act on insurance rates and the availability of insurance coverage and the impact on the civil justice system." [ 1986 c 305 § 909.]
Application1986 c 305: "Except as provided in sections 202 and 601 of this act and except for section 904 of this act, this act applies to all actions filed on or after August 1, 1986." [ 1986 c 305 § 910.]
Severability1986 c 305: "If any provision of this act or its application to any person or circumstance is held invalid, the remainder of the act or the application of the provision to other persons or circumstances is not affected." [ 1986 c 305 § 911.]
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PipeRoll Winter level 15 tips

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PipeRoll Winter
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Genre: Puzzle

Video Tips

This video walkthrough demonstrates how to beat level 15 without any power ups. Uploaded on AppleGamesPlayer official channel at July 26, 2012.

Still need help to finish PipeRoll Winter level 15?

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Marble Race level 1 tips

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Marble Race
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Genre: Puzzle

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This video walkthrough demonstrates how to beat level 1 without any power ups. Uploaded on ocremix official channel at June 2, 2012.

Still need help to finish Marble Race level 1?

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Zen Twins
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Zen Twins: Walkthrough Guide, Hints and Tips

Zen Twins

By: Matthias Lamoureux

Welcome to the walkthrough for the iOS game Zen Twins, if you are looking for ways to make it to the next level, and to improve gaming experience as a master player, you've come to the right place. Here you will find Zen Twins tips, tricks and guides, as well as the opportunity to share your own discoveries to help others move on and beat the game.

If you can’t find the answer to your question you are welcome to post it in the comments section below. This way others who know the answer can help you by sharing their own tips and advices.

Game Overview

Zen Twins is available on iOS. For more details on the app, check out our review.

  • Publisher: Matthias Lamoureux
  • Developer: Matthias Lamoureux
  • Genre: Board
  • Release Date: October 16, 2010

Gameplay & Videos: See it in Action

Watch our videos and learn more about Zen Twins.

[Work in progress...]

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Zen Twins all levels is listed below.

Note: Many of the levels still need walkthroughs. If you know how to beat a level, then please submit your guide and share your skills with other gamers.

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Thursday, December 18, 2014

Artists and Personal Responsibility, Or Why There's Nothing "Terrifying" Nor Even Surprising About Sony Pulling 'The Interview'

RE: The Interview, here's a comment I posted in reply to Chuck Wendig's blog post Art Held Hostage: Why Sony Not Releasing “The Interview” Is Scary. This is my response to those who say Sony's decision to pull the Seth Rogen / James Franco comedy film The Interview, in which two hapless celebrity interviewers get an interview with Kim Jong Un and are pressed into service by the U.S. government to use their access to assassinate Un, is "terrifying", "horrifying", "scary" and lots of other hyperbolic adjectives:

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Y'know, the go-to solution to this problem has always been not to name specific names. It's one thing to make a film about a group of CIA operatives trying to take down "a Russian official" who's made to look and sound like Putin but is given a totally different name (such that the audience knows exactly who's being portrayed, even if it's not explicitly stated), but it's a horse of a different color when that same film is made and DOES have an actor portraying the REAL Putin. Naming ANY specific, real-life individual, especially the real-world leader of a sovereign nation, in a story that mocks that individual or lays out an assassination plot against that individual (that's backed by the U.S. government) is asking for trouble. This is why the Roman A Clef has a long and celebrated history.

Sure, in a perfect world any artist should be able to make whatever art he or she wants so long as it doesn't break actual laws or harm actual people. But there's 'a perfect world' and the world we actually live in, which is populated by plenty of crazy and heavily-armed people, and when there's a very simple alternative that can accomplish the same artistic ends *without* putting anyone's data or lives at risk, why not just go with the alternative? Would you rather compromise a little and still get your art and message out there, or dig in your heels and see your art wielded as a tool to do gross injury to innocent people?

Whither the artist's personal responsibility and common sense? Does the right to make a statement of some sort trump all other concerns, including the safety and security of innocent people?

A photo-realistic painting of hundreds of actual rape victims' hospital ID bands would make a powerful statement about the numbers of girls and women who are victimized in such a way, but it would also be an irresponsible thing to put on display because it would make the victims' identities public. And the artist should know that.

A performance art piece in which someone dressed as a police officer pretends to choke a black child to death in the middle of a town square, in plain view of passersby, while others dressed as police stand with their backs turned, would make a powerful statement about the de-facto police state that exists in many parts of this country. But it would also put everyone who's participating at risk from people who don't know it's a performance art piece, and might step in to try and assist the "victim". In this age of cell phones everywhere, it would also likely become an internet sensation of false reporting by well-meaning people who'd post their images and videos online with statements about ongoing police brutality, which in turn would foment more anger and hostility toward police in general. And the artist should know that.

My point is this: art is not "being held hostage" in this case. This is a case about a breathtaking lack of judgment on the part of Sony execs who greenlit this project without a thought about the entirely predictable fallout. It would've been a simple matter to tell Rogen and Franco their script could only be produced if the "dear leader" character were given a different name and and were put in charge of a fictional regime in a fictional country.

Before anyone cries, "CENSORSHIP!" stop and think it through. Would the substance of the film be altered to any significant degree? Would the jokes still work? Would the central message still be there for any who cared to hear it?

Now ask yourself: if that were the film Sony made, would thousands of innocent Sony employees still have their social security numbers and medical records leaked to the public? Would Sony's servers still be wiped? Would we be hearing threats of terrorist acts against innocent moviegoers? I think not.

This is the juncture at which the Stand On Principle types usually chime in to say that forcing artists to consider the possible threats of hackers and terrorists when art is created effectively stifles the statements those artists want to make. But it doesn't, as centuries of Roman A Clef novels have proven over and again: you can make your point and get your statement across without putting any innocents in harm's way.

If you feel so strongly about whatever it is you want to say as an artist that you're willing to be martyred for it, by all means go right ahead. If your statement puts others in harm's way however, you better think pretty damned long and hard before making it. Who are you to decide for everyone else that your precious artistic integrity is worth the potential harm to others?

If there's a way to make that same statement without bringing harm to other people and you still choose the route that makes sacrificial lambs of others---people you don't even know---, I don't care if you're an artist or not, and I don't care how important your statement may be: in my opinion, you're just being selfish and irresponsible, and any harm that comes to others as a result of reactions to your art is your fault.

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Statement following the Bus Accident on the Hex River Pass

(Issued on 5 May 2010)

We learnt with great shock and sadness about the horrific accident that claimed the lives of so many people yesterday.

We extend our sympathies to those who have lost loved ones. We pray for those who mourn the injured and the medical teams that are assisting them.

We abhor the callous and irresponsible approach of transport operators who, in trying to make a few Rands, compromise the safety of our people. We appeal to the authorities to deal firmly with the owner and driver if negligence on their part can be proved, or if it can be shown that the vehicle was unroadworthy.

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1860 – Schools of St. Mary-the-Less, Lambeth, London

Architect: John L. Pearson

In 1860 The Prince of Wales laid the foundation stones of new premises in Millers Lane, built on the site of the Vauxhall Gardens as part of a redevelopment that included St Peter’s church. These buildings are still standing, although the road is now called St Oswald’s Place.


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1857 – Scrabo Tower, Newtownards, Co. Down

Architect: Charles Lanyon

1857 - Scrabo Tower, Newtownards, Co. Down

Scrabo Tower

Erected in 1857, the Tower was built by local people as a monument to Charles William Stewart, 3rd Marquess of Londonderry. The marquis was a local landowner and nobleman with a distinguished military and diplomatic career. Following his death in 1854, meetings were organised to discuss how the Marquis should be commemorated. On December 27 1855, the question of the design of monument was considered and it was decided to make the issue a competition. The architect’s designs were to be received before February 1 1856. No particular kind of monument was required, but an obelisk or tower would have a preference. Two prizes were offered – £20 and £15 – and the cost of the work was not to exceed £2000.

Four designs were considered. The one placed first was an obelisk by William Barre of Newy, the second a tower by J. Boyd of Belfast and the other two were towers by Daniel Hanus, assistant county surveyor and Charles Lanyon, whose design was placed fourth. The design was possibly by his then assistant W.H. Lynn.

When tenders were received the first three cost more than £2000 and Lanyon’s design was adopted because it came within the specified outlay. The winning design of Barre was priced by Messrs McLaughlin & Harvey, Belfast, at 20 per cent above the proposed cost of £2000. Barre was outraged and claimed that the process was rigged against him. He later re-used the design, in a scaled down form for the Dawson Monument in Monaghan.

The ironic outcome was that the Lanyon design ultimately proved too expensive and the design was altered in order to reduce the costs. The tower was therefore shortened, the small turrets were reduced in size, the buttress walls were deleted and the interior left incomplete. Yet the Tower still cost much more than planned, the eventual cost being over £3000.

This tower is 125 feet (41 metres) high. The walls are over a metre thick and the entire building is constructed of stone from Scrabo Hill. The walls are of the dark dolerite rock, which forms the summit of the hill, while the roof, stairs, quoins and window dressings are of Scrabo sandstone.

An inscribed stone panel may be seen above the doorway on the north side. The inscription reads
Erected in memory of Charles William Vane
3rd Marquis of Londonderry KG and C by his tenantry and friends
Fame belongs to history, remembrance to us 1857


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Adriana's trial   Adriana Jenkins gets her weekly infusion of Herceptin at the Dana Farber Cancer Institute. (Globe Staff Photo / Suzanne Kreiter)

A young life interrupted, an experiment begins

Despite the risks, thousands seek to enroll
in clinical trials of experimental drugs

By Raja Mishra, Globe Staff, 4/28/2002

First of three parts

Part 1
An experiment begins

Part 2
A cancer patient's longest wait

Part 3
Balancing benefits and risks

Cancer drug's link to heart ill probed
Trials continue in different form

Photos from Adriana's experience

By Suzanne Kreiter / Globe Staff

Herceptin's history

To gain FDA approval for widespread use, a new treatment must successively pass three phases of clinical trials, each seeking to answer different questions:

Phase I: Is a new treatment safe? What are safe dosage levels? Usually small trials, often with less than a dozen patients.
Phase II: How well does the treatment work? What are its side effects? (Adriana Jenkins is in a Phase II trial.)
Phase III: Does the treatment heal more effectively than standard treatments? Does it work consistently in a large group of patients? This phase often involves hundreds of patients in many hospitals.

About 30 percent of breast cancers produce excessive HER-2 proteins, which makes cancer cells proliferate. Herceptin disables HER-2. It hits only HER-2 producing cancer cells, not normal cells, minimizing side effects and earning it the title "smart" drug. UCLA's Dennis Slamon spent 13 years developing Herceptin. San Franciso-based Genentech Inc. sells it. The first large-scale clinical trial results came out in May 1998: 78 percent of patients on Herceptin plus chemotherapy survived one year; compared to 67 percent on chemo alone. The FDA approved Herceptin for treating metastatic breast cancer, where the cancer has spread. Doctors now seek to extend its use to earlier stages of cancer through clinical trials, such as the one involving Adriana Jenkins.

Dana Farber research advances
CRnet from MGH and Harvard
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NEMC: The Cancer Center

The Globe followed breast cancer patient Adriana Jenkins through a clinical trial at the Dana Farber Cancer Institute in Boston for eight months. A reporter and photographer were given access to most medical events and records. All conversations reported were witnessed. The lengthier exchanges that appear in the stories were recorded on audio tape. Jenkins' writings, as well as representations of her thoughts, were taken from contemporaneous notes written by her and supplied to the Globe on a regular basis throughout the eight months.

Adriana Jenkins doubts God exists. Or fate. When we die, she says, we are gone - ''ashes to ashes, dust to dust.'' But she imagines it often: pain, then floating upward, looking down on mourners around her hospital bed, a shimmering light and finally nothing. ''Off like a light switch,'' she says.

Adriana sits on a bed at Dana-Farber, in heels, black slacks, and an apple red blouse. She has tied back her long, luxurious hair. The window holds a sweeping view of the Boston skyline, a crystalline day on which there are distractions: a wedding dress to fit, blurry memories of last weekend's bachelorette party, a chiming cellphone, her 32nd birthday to plan.

She has breast cancer. It is aggressive. Even with the full range of standard treatments, doctors give her only a 40 percent chance of remaining cancer-free over the next five years. If cancer returns, her survival odds would be dismal. Forty percent, five years. It rang in her mind when she was told; it echoed through her dreams. And just when life was coming together.

Adriana had found love - David Halligan, her fiance, her best friend. They dreamed of buying a cottage in a quiet Midwestern town. They planned on simple dinners together. Now she was told, 40 percent, five years. She was only 31. She could not settle for this. No way. She needed something better.

So Adriana Jenkins consented to be a test subject. Today, Aug. 30, 2001, a nurse brings a plastic packet filled with a clear liquid, called Herceptin, developed by dozens of scientists over two decades at a cost of hundreds of millions of dollars.

This is a clinical trial, the heart of Boston medicine, the gateway to medical progress. At any given time last year, more than 3,000 trials were taking place in Boston-area hospitals and clinics. The Globe followed Adriana for eight months for a detailed look into this world - a world dominated by uncertainty yet infused with hope.

''The day we found out,'' Adriana wrote in her journal, ''we met back in the apartment, just collapsed on the couch and cried in each others' arms. I kept saying, `I'm sorry,' because I am so sorry that he has to go through this, too - this isn't exactly what he signed up for in life, either. ... Our future changed from being a large, open door to a series of smaller windows.''

Sixteen weeks after that awful day, the nurse hooks an IV line to her chest. She has been among the first test subjects in Dana-Farber IRB Protocol No. 00-273, a clinical trial under the direction of Dr. Eric Winer. Adriana stares blankly at the bag containing the Herceptin. She swallows. Hope for a future lies within the bag.

Clinical trials are rarely black and white, success or failure. They begin with uncertainty. They can end with uncertainty. And while trials promise healing, they can deliver harm. For a trial subject, hope, sorrow, and confusion intertwine. All this, Adriana will come to understand.

Today is her seventh of 12 scheduled Herceptin doses. A brick-size machine, gently whirring, pumps the drug from the bag, through the IV line, into her body. She looks out the window. Adriana Jenkins does not believe in God or an afterlife, but she thinks, just maybe, her mother watches over her.

Her mother, Georgeanne Jenkins, was diagnosed with terminal lung cancer a decade ago and given a year to live. Adriana planned a year off from college to spend time with her. But Georgeanne died in six weeks. And Adriana realized that life can end without notice or fanfare in a sterile hospital bed without time to say goodbye.

The drug-dispensing machine chimes softly three times, ending today's treatment. Five more remain. In two months, she will find out if the drug has worked. And if she can reclaim her future.

Life interrupted

Adriana was born in Minneapolis and raised in Largo, Fla. Her father, Adrian, a retired commercial pilot, shuttles between homes in Florida and England. Friends call her a no-nonsense, take-charge person but also extremely thoughtful. She still phones high school chums and has a wide circle of friends drawn from different periods of her life.

While attending Boston University, Adriana planned a career in public relations. She studied journalism, then moved back to Largo, attempted to start a PR firm and worked for a real estate magazine. Finally, miserable, Adriana decided Boston was the place to be, job or no.

She eventually found public relations work at Children's Hospital, before moving on to other jobs. It would come to be a serendipitous connection.

In spring 2001, Adriana discovered a lump in her right breast. It reddened. It swelled. After two inconclusive checkups, she scheduled a mammogram, after which her life began spiraling downward. A Dana-Farber doctor ordered her immediately to Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center for an ultrasound test, and before she knew it other doctors were piercing her breast with a needle and pulling out tissue and then the tears came, along with a sense that none of it was real.

On July 10, as she sat at her work desk, a quick phone call came from her doctor: ''It's cancer ... you're so young.'' Click. She looked up at her fellow Regan Communications colleagues. They were typing away.

After running out to the parking lot and breaking down, she returned home to cry with her fiance, Dave, spent hours dwelling on her mother's death, and then started telephoning people she knew from Children's Hospital.

One, Bess Andrews, a former colleague there, called around and learned about Dr. Eric Winer. Winer was a breast cancer research star, the best of the best in a town filled with the best, Andrews heard. Adriana immediately scheduled an appointment. Days later, Dana-Farber doctors were conducting CAT scans, X-rays, and MRIs on her swollen breast.

The bad news: Stage III inflammatory breast cancer, with significant tumors in her breast that had spread to the lymph nodes in her armpit. And it was on the cusp of spreading farther. Thus, there was only a 40 percent chance, even with treatment, that the cancer could be vanquished for five years.

The ''good'' news: HER-2. Her cancer produced large amounts of this protein, as about 30 percent of breast cancer patients do. It was causing her tumor cells to proliferate madly. It drove her cancer. And it could be precisely targeted by this new drug, Herceptin.

Winer happened to be starting a new test of the drug on women with Stage II and III breast cancer. Adriana found herself in the right place at the right time.

Dana-Farber doctors receive calls from around the world, desperate patients begging for access to some trial, any trial. Few get in. Other test patients are sent over by local doctors. Some trials are advertised, and patients simply call. Last year tens of thousands of patients, from around Massachusetts, the United States, and the world, took part in Boston-based clinical trials. Adriana Jenkins became one of them.

Becoming a guinea pig

Winer met with Adriana to explain the trial. He presented her with a 12-page contract, the ''Research Consent Form.'' It is an essential safeguard: Test subjects must, in advance, know precisely what will be done to them and all the risks involved. And they must give their consent, free from pressure, free from inducement.

The contract laid it all out in simple, stark terms. The trial would last 15 months. Forty women would participate. The trial would test the combination of Herceptin and another drug, Navelbine. Winer invented the approach. In an another test, this combination dramatically helped women with breast cancers more aggressive than Adriana's, he explained. There was ample reason to think it would help her.

This was a phase II trial, the contract explained. A phase I trial had proved the regimen safe. This phase would determine its effectiveness.

But it was far from certain Herceptin-plus-Navelbine would work. This was a test, after all. So she would get a backup: a mastectomy, chemotherapy, and radiation. Standard treatment. Even if the experimental therapy did work, she would have to endure all this.

The possible side effects took up four pages in the contract. Navelbine and two other drugs involved - Taxol and Adriamycin - had been widely used. Their side effects could be anticipated. But Herceptin was not so well understood. There were signs, from studies, that it was toxic to the heart, at least in some women.

''As is true for any drug, unknown and potentially life-threatening side effects could occur with Herceptin and Navelbine,'' the form read.

On the other hand, Adriana's participation would advance cancer research. The form noted the trial could eventually help other women. That, however, did not make much of an impression on Adriana. She simply wanted to live.

''I had no problems being a guinea pig!!'' she wrote in her journal.

Adriana signed the contract for Protocol No. 00-273 with a flowing cursive `A,' dated ''7/19/01.''

The trial unfolds

It is Sept. 5 and Adriana sits for her eighth Herceptin treatment. She has been slightly nauseated and a little tired. But that's it. Herceptin, many doctors say, is the mildest cancer drug in history. In two months of treatment, Adriana has worked a full schedule for the marketing department of Millennium Pharmaceuticals in Cambridge, where she told her new boss about her breast cancer and he smiled and said no problem.

Every week, Dana-Farber doctors examine her, check her vital signs, and chart her progress. Then for an hour she is fed Herceptin and Navelbine intravenously while sitting in a lounge chair beside dozens of other Dana-Farber patients, some bald, some emaciated, all hoping the drugs flowing into them will help. A nurse records her dosage, which varies slightly every week depending on her weight. She knows little about the other women in the trial.

Before today's Herceptin infusion, Winer examines her breast, kneading, pinching. The swelling and redness disappeared weeks ago.

''Sure looks the same,'' he says. ''You've had a great response. It qualifies as a complete clinical response. Keep it up and we'll see you next week.''

''I feel great,'' says Adriana.

''You're doing great, but I want you to be prepared for there being some cancer there,'' he replies.

In six weeks, surgeons will remove her breast. They will examine it for tumors and cancerous cells. Only then will they know how well the drug worked. Adriana's hopes are pinned on the day. She imagines Winer bounding into a room, proclaiming that it is safe, once again, to dreamily imagine a long, quiet life with Dave by her side.

''But this is as good as it can be at this moment,'' says Winer.

Oasis of bliss

She fell for David Halligan in 1998. Until then, love often meant long nights at Back Bay watering holes, where awkward men tried to woo her with their resumes. She was approaching 30. Why could she not connect with anyone? Dave roomed with Adriana's cousin in Winnipeg. She came for a visit that August. They had crossed paths a year earlier. But this time was different.

''It was immediate,'' he recalls.

She walked into the apartment wearing a black sweater and khakis. Her straight black hair flowed to her shoulders; her eyes glowed. She was blunt. She commanded attention. Yet, when talking to you, her head tilts to the side, her eyes meet yours, you feel like the only person in the room, Dave says. He was smitten.

But he was also involved with someone else. Dave sent her an e-mail, anyway. E-mails led to visits, which led to passion, and in July of 2000, Dave quit his accounting job in Winnipeg, packed his car, and moved to Boston with no plans save to marry ''the love of my life.''

Suddenly two people were anchored in one another, living together in Brookline.

Dave speaks softly. He is cheery, a Canadian, an optimist by nature, he says. But then came cancer. They had just gotten engaged. The long-term dreams, the quiet cottage, disappeared in a flash. But Dave remains an optimist.

Call off the marriage? Never. The 40 percent, five years prognosis? Don't believe it. A wife without a breast, hair or energy? I love her. Bad luck? ''No, life is what it is,'' he says.

And so on a luminous Martha's Vineyard day in mid-September of 2001, Adriana is wearing a strapless white dress and standing before an altar.

Two days earlier her shoulder, where IVs had been hooked, began to swell. Fly back to Boston if you get a fever, her doctors said. She cried. And two days before that was Sept. 11. Half the guests couldn't fly over, and the Italian honeymoon was cancelled.

But here she was, feeling fine, beaming in front of 60 guests, including dad. Some drove four days from Winnipeg. Those who made it found a wrapped assemblage of wine, bottled water, candy, pretzels, and nuts in their hotel rooms, Adriana's handiwork.

The grass is bright green, the sky clear blue, the temperature mild, the slight breeze warm. The last months have been hard. Some mornings, Adriana would awaken in tears. But hope arrived in a new drug. In just a few weeks, surgeons will cut off Adriana's breast, so they can determine whether it is clear of cancer and whether this marriage could be a long one. But today, for a moment, that is all part of another world. This day on the Vineyard is an oasis. There is only Dave and he is smiling and holding her hands.

The ceremony is short. Dave slips a ring on Adriana's finger. It is her mother's platinum wedding band.

At the reception, the band is a bit flat and the small gathering refuses to dance. But there is much drinking. During the old blues number ''Come Rain or Come Shine,'' Dave takes the mike, picks up a guitar, and does his best Eric Clapton, and the guests clap in delight. Adriana, staring, laughing, swells with love and knows it is right.

The surgery

It is a busy mid-October day in the Brigham and Women's Hospital surgery unit. Adriana lies in a pink-and-blue hospital gown. A nurse jots down insurance information, then takes her temperature.

This is the last time she will have two breasts. Dave looks on, silent. Adrian Jenkins, her father, paces. The anesthesiologist whispers in her ear and her smile turns to a frown and she starts crying.

''I can't watch this,'' says her father.

Dave's hand is on Adriana's. They hug. He walks out of the surgical prep area. The anesthesiologist reminds him: ''Dave, don't look at the clock. It takes as long as it takes.''

Dr. Dirk Iglehart, an old Duke Medical School chum of Winer's, will perform the surgery.

They must cut off as much of the right breast and remove as many nearby lymph nodes as possible, to ensure no diseased tissue remains. But more important is what comes after. Did the Herceptin kill the cancer? Everywhere? Or did it resist and multiply and possibly spread? Adriana is slowly wheeled toward the operating room.

The answers lie within her breast.

PART 2:  The surgery, the results, and a mysterious development

This story ran on page A1 of the Boston Globe on 4/28/2002.
© Copyright 2002 Globe Newspaper Company.

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The hustle, the bustle, the noise and excitement. . . . Yes, the holidays are fun and, yes, they wear a person out. Now that they're done, it's time to settle into winter's quieter pace. One way to do that is to get out of doors. Here's help:

Blake Compton, the horticulture educator at the Friends of Boerner Botanical Gardens, is leading a hike through the gardens Saturday from 10 to 11:30 a.m. He'll tell fellow hikers about the plants and animals in the gardens. Meet at the education and visitor's center, 9400 Boerner Drive, Hales Corners; refreshments will be provided. The cost is $25 for families of up to five or $12 for individuals. To register, call (414) 525-5659.

Falconry. Intrigued? Well, falconer Ed Forster will give a demonstration in the ancient art of falconry at 9 a.m. Saturday at the Richard Bong State Recreation Area, 26313 Burlington Road, Kansasville.

Also that day at Bong is a class in animal tracks and signs. Participants will learn the basics and then hike through the area and test their knowledge. That class starts at 1 p.m. and also meets in the visitor's center. Both classes are free, but a vehicle admission sticker is required to enter. Call (262) 878-5600.

Wait until evening Saturday and take a hike by candlelight at two other state wildlife areas.

The Lapham Peak Unit of the Kettle Moraine State Forest, W329-N846 Highway C, Delafield, will have a 1.5-mile trail packed down for skiing or hiking, a bonfire to warm up by and a pond to skate on if the ice cooperates. There will be food and beverages available for sale and a grill set up for adventurous cooks. The evening's fun is planned for 6 to 9 p.m.; hikers should gather in the Homestead Hollow area. Call (262) 646-3025.

Kohler-Andrae State Park, 1020 Beach Park Lane, Sheboygan, will have more than 200 tiki torches set up for a 2-mile hike through the dunes in this park on the shore of Lake Michigan. Refreshments will be available here also. Afterward, chilly hikers can warm up by the fireplace in the nature center. It also starts at 6 p.m. Call (920) 451-4080.

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Sources: boernerbotanicalgardens.org; dnr.wi.gov/topic/parks/getoutdoors/events.html

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Removal of Cassette Assmbly on Rolf Vector Proalexfr99
Aug 4, 2001 10:47 AM
My LBS says that with a Rolf Vector Pro wheel, you should be able to pop off the whole cassette assembly (say for ex: to replace a drive side spoke)........how does one accomplish this removal???Thanks
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Aug 4, 2001 3:03 PM

I don't have Rolf wheels, but this is the defacto method for removing cogs from freewheels. I imagine that this is what the shop mean't... a simple proceedure when you've got the right tools.

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Sorry, I just like to have it in people-words and not have to go to another site for answers. I'm just lazy I guess.
you need a chain-whip and a shimano (or campy depending on what type of cassette you have) if you don't have these and don't know what they are, then go to the shop and ask someone to do it for you.
You can immitate a chain-whip if you have a spare set of hands (roommate), a full length of old chain, and a channel-lock (or similar strong/big) pliers.
You can immitate the cassette tool by using a hammer and screwdriver, but it's really hard and I'd strongly encourage everyone to NEVER EVER DO THIS.

Basicly, the thing on top of the stack is a nut and the casette tool fits right into it. Unfortunately, In order to loosen it, you need to keep the cassette from rachetting by holding it with a chain-whip.
it is a 30 second job with the right tools and a half-hour without them. Just take it to the shop and watch them as they do it, what's wrong with you people, they're not gonna bite!


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OAKLAND, Calif. (AP) — More ferries and buses will be deployed to get commuters across San Francisco Bay. Carpool lanes will be open all day, not just for rush hour. And gift cards for coffee will be handed out to drivers who pick up riders.

No matter what Bay Area transit agencies do, however, to lessen the impact of a looming strike Monday by Bay Area Rapid Transit workers, officials say there's no way to make up for the idling of one of the nation's largest transit systems.

BART carries more than 400,000 commuters a day, keeping them off the roads in a region routinely choked with traffic.

"The inescapable fact is BART's capacity can't be absorbed by the other transit agencies," said John Goodwin, spokesman for the Metropolitan Transportation Commission. "We're still hoping for the best, but it's time to prepare for the worst."

As the union and the transit agency continue negotiations, with key sticking points focusing on worker safety, pensions and health care costs, commuters are bracing for what could be the second BART strike in a month.

When transit workers shut down train service for four days in early July, roadways were jammed and commuters faced long lines for buses and ferries. But the impact wasn't as severe as it could have been because it came around the Fourth of July holiday. The unions agreed to call off the strike and extend their contracts until Aug. 4 while negotiations continued.

"Without having a holiday in the middle of the week, there's a potential for much greater congest on the roadways," Goodwin said.

On Thursday, two transit unions issued a 72-hour strike notice. The nation's fifth-largest rail system, BART carries passengers from the Bay Area's eastern suburbs across the water, through the city and to San Francisco International Airport.

The unions — which represent nearly 2,400 train operators, station agents, mechanics, maintenance workers and professional staff — said they plan to participate in labor talks up until the contract expires at midnight Sunday in hopes of averting a strike.

"This is not something that we want to do. This is not something that we intend to do," said Antonette Bryant, president of the Amalgamated Transit Union Local 1555, one of two unions in talks with BART.

BART spokesman Rick Rice said in a prepared statement the agency was disappointed by the strike notice.

"A strike only stalls and delays the decisions that need to be made while using our riders as pawns," he said. "BART is willing to stay at the table for as long as it takes to reach an agreement. Even if there isn't a deal in place by Sunday night, talks can be extended."

Bay Area transit agencies and employers are making preparations for a possible strike.

— BART, which cannot hire any replacement workers, will hire about 95 charter buses to transport commuters from its train stations.

— The Alameda-Contra Costa Transit District plans to add an unspecified number of trans-bay buses.

— The San Francisco Bay Ferry will increase the number of city-bound ferries in Oakland, Alameda and Vallejo.

— The California Highway Patrol will keep carpool lanes open from 5 a.m. to 7 p.m. rather than closing them during the day.

— The MTC will hand out $5 Peet's gift cards to drivers who pick up riders heading back to the East Bay.

The transit agency has said employees with its two largest labor unions average about $71,000 in base salary and $11,000 in overtime annually. The workers pay nothing toward their pensions. BART says it needs to save money on benefits to help pay for system improvements.

Unions submitted their last financial proposal last month and were awaiting a counteroffer from BART, said Josie Mooney, chief negotiator for the local Service Employees International Union, the other union in talks with BART.

Mooney said they offered to contribute to the pension, but she could not say how much because of a gag order issued by a mediator.

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