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Since time immemorial (or at least since the late 70s), games have experimented with ways their users interact with them. With joysticks, trackballs, flight sticks, or skateboards, designers have been trying to find new and interesting control methods to further immerse the player into whatever activity they're digitally re-enacting, be it sword fighting, racing, or real-time table flipping. The latest in hot immersion action has been the recent surge of motion gaming. Game companies have promised real immersion by letting you swing the sword or learn new dance moves, but all we're left with are flung remotes or sticks with glowing ping pong balls on the end, dancing herky-jerky in front of a camera that can barely keep up with our movements, broken TV screens and damaged pride. Have we really entered the future of gaming experiences, or will the almighty controller still have a place in our living rooms?
a device created by DataSoft called Le Stick. Other than sounding like bad "franglish," it was the the first device created for home gaming that let you control your Atari or Commodore 64 games with a wave of your hand. Two main problems prevented it from ever catching on. First, no one created any games that took advantage of it, not even the company that made the darn thing. It would work on already developed games, but it essentially mimicked what you would do if you using a regular controller, making it rather pointless. Second, it was prohibitively expensive, and being released on the cusp of the great video game crash of the 80s essentially doomed it to obscurity.
Power Pad, a giant mat with buttons that you jumped around on and was supported by a grand total of 11 games (only one of which was actually made by Nintendo). The U-Force was a set of infrared sensors you placed around the border of your TV which allowed you to use hand movements to interact with your NES games. More well known is the Power Glove, which was given mythic prominence by its use in The Wizard, a Super Mario Bros. 3 ad disguised as a movie. When worn, games would react to both squeezes of the hand as well as button presses on the controller mounted on the forearm. Sega released the Activator for the Genesis, which has you entering an octagon filled with sensors and requires the player to hit infrared beams to use various fighting moves. As crazy as these devices are, they all have one thing in common: they're all considered some of the worst controllers ever made. Either by intermittently cutting out, or just flat out not working as intended, the ambition behind the products could not overcome the technical limitations of the day.
gamers and journalists literally stampeded their way into the convention hall to try out Nintendo's answer to a question no one was really asking. Rather than focusing on graphics, Nintendo decided to innovate with the input device; instead of the more conventional button layout that has worked just fine for the last two decades, they turned the controller into a remote control-like device, with built in gyroscopes, motion and infrared sensors that let you actually do that thing in the game rather than just pretend and hit buttons like a sucker. Swinging the controller would let you wield a sword, swing a baseball bat, roll a ball, or do whatever WarioWare: Smooth Moves was. With the Wii Remote, the development possibilities were endless.
Or they were for Nintendo, at least. While the Wii sold like gangbusters (as of September 30th, 2012, the Wii has sold 97.18 million units — compared to 70 million for Xbox 360 and 70.2 million for PS3), the games weren't exactly flying off shelves. In typical Nintendo fashion, their own games sold very well while the third-party offerings from most other developers were largely ignored. It could have been because most of the other games where crappy mini-game collections — pale imitations of ideas Nintendo had already done before and better. It could have been because while your Farmville-playing co-worker picked one up for the novelty of Wii Sports, your typical hardcore gamer was too busy paying Call of Duty on their Xbox 360 or PS3 to notice or even care. Either way, other than a few exceptions, developers other than Nintendo rarely took advantage of the unique capabilities of the Wii Remote. Third parties couldn't port their more powerful games to the system without severe losses in graphical output and fidelity, and it took more resources most were willing to risk to create unique games for the Wii, as they could not guarantee they would see a return on their investment due to the nature of the fickle Wii owning populace.
Microsoft and Sony didn't care though. Once they saw how amazingly successful the Nintendo hardware was, their eyes — not unlike that of a cartoon character — turned into dollar signs and they focused their attentions on replicating that same success Nintendo had for themselves. They each had a different strategy to achieve the same goal: Sony decided to copy Nintendo outright, while Microsoft decided to do away with the controller entirely.
like Sony's incredibly bland take on Wii Sports), it was mostly just shoehorned into games that never asked for motion controls. Because, honestly, what Heavy Rain was really missing was me waving a magic wand like an idiot to open a door.
over 19 million sold as of July 2012. It's just a shame that none of the games work like they're supposed to. When Kinect was first revealed, it was said to have carried its own processing unit which would help calculate all of the complex motion tracking required for proper gameplay, as well as reduce input lag to a minimum. When it released in November 2010, the internal processor was removed, requiring the actual system (which is already showing its age) to do a lot of the heavy lifting. In layman's terms, this means that the Kinect just can't do the things it's supposed to nearly as well as it should. It turned neat ideas like Steel Battalion into broken, unplayable messes. Plus, without any set of input controls for movement you're essentially left with rail-shooters, where any sort of choice or movement ability is dictated by the game forcing you along a set path. At least the voice recognition (mostly) works, though I didn't spend $150 on a piece of hardware just so I can tell Netflix to play the next episode.
response lag of a few hundred milliseconds, that can be the difference between victory or constant failure. When an enemy whose only purpose is to see to your demise is rushing towards you, it no longer becomes fun when whipping that Wii Remote in a frenzy is met with zero response from the game. Heck, Nintendo even had to release the Wii MotionPlus, a little device that attaches to the Wii Remote to give it more precise functionality (you know, what it was supposed to do in the first place) and yet it's still beset by constant calibration issues and imprecise tracking. Either the technology isn't at the level it needs to be yet for accurate gaming, or the technology is at the level we need but is so expensive that no one will be able to afford it. Either way, pushing out tech that isn't up to snuff just means that the software, and in the end, the brand, is going to suffer for it.
15 million units shipped — not sold) and it's hard to say what lies in store for the future of Move, though they have stated that Move will be a very important part of Playstation's future. As for Microsoft, along with copying Nintendo's second screen idea, they've made several patents lately regarding the Kinect, such as a way to project an image of the game environment on your walls or the ability to see how many people are watching the TV at a given time. It's pretty clear that Kinect is here to stay, and the popularity of Kinect means that Microsoft is most definitely going to fully integrate the camera into whatever their next generation system ends up being. Hopefully that experience is more technically competent than what we currently have — a piece of tech with high potential that ended up being a broken mess.
TrackIR is a more basic head tracking unit, a small half-circle sensor on a stand which is simply placed on top of your monitor, and allows your PC games to react to your head movements. It's pretty pricy though: it costs around $150 for the hardware and the list of games is pretty tiny. Outside of ARMA (and by association, DayZ), unless you're a racing or flight sim fan, you probably won't get too much use out of it.
Oculus Rift, however, looks like it could be the future of where games immersion is going. It's a set of goggles that you strap to your head (not unlike those awful VR headsets from the 90s), that provide a full 110 degrees of vision which combines with the 3D visual effect to completely submerge you into your game. You're not looking into a visor or onto an obvious screen; this thing envelops you completely. Most importantly, it does what no other major console publisher can provide with their motion gaming controls– low latency movement. When you look around, the screen moves with you. Plus, with developers like id and Valve and current in-development projects like Star Citizen promising support, the future looks bright for virtual reality. My only concern is the cost: the development kit is available for preorder on their website for $300, but if they want it to be commercially viable and get even more developer support for it, they need to charge much less than that for the average consumer to latch on to it.
Motion gaming is only as good as the tech that drives it. Nintendo scored big with the Wii, but at a cost; they gained a large but fickle casual audience and alienated their hardcore fans. Sony's response with the Move screams "me-too," and its footing and purpose has yet to be realized. Microsoft found success striking out their own territory, but Kinect suffers because it was hobbled right out of the gate with underwhelming technical specs, and its lack of button inputs limits the kinds of games that work well with it. Head tracking looks great, but will it find a real audience, or will its PC roots and its hobbyist mentality keep it from gaining mainstream traction, forever relegating it to niche status? While some form of motion gaming will probably be here to stay with gyroscopes in controllers and tablets, it's hard to say what new gadget will drive the future of how we interact with our games. We already know what Nintendo's doing, and we should find out what Microsoft and Sony will come up with by E3 next year. Whether or not these studios continue to create new control experiences or iterate off of previous ones, I'd like to offer them one piece of advice: please, just make sure the damn thing works.


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The Arts Foundation of New Zealand has created an embarrassment with one of its five "laureate" awards last night. Doubtless the decision to make one of the $50,000 awards to writer Witi Ihimaera was made long before his latest novel was found to include at least 16 unattributed passages that appear to be substantially the work of others.
Doubtless, too, the selection panel operates at arm's length from the foundation set up to assist and promote cultural achievement of the highest quality in this country. But in the week since a reviewer's concerns were reported by the New Zealand Listener, somebody at the foundation should have intervened.
Ihimaera, wearing the title Distinguished Creative Fellow in Maori Literature at the University of Auckland, has acknowledged "errors" in the lack of attribution of some passages in his newly published historical fiction, The Trowenna Sea. He denies plagiarism, as all writers would. The idea of passing off another's work as their own is at odds with their creative urge. But they owe a duty to their art, their audience and other writers to take extreme care when drawing on another's material.
By his own admission, Ihimaera has not taken sufficient care. And he has done himself no favours by calculating that the discovered "errors" amount to less than 0.4 per cent of the book's content, or two pages out of 538. There are at least 16 passages of concern, enough for this book to be a blemish on the author's record that only time might heal.
Inevitably his earlier work will be examined for similar lapses. If none comes to light, and the integrity of his future writing is beyond reproach, this episode may be regarded as aberrant. But not yet. This is not the moment for him to be hailed as a leading exponent of his art.
It strains belief that the Arts Foundation thinks it is. Ihimaera did not ask for its honour; recipients of Arts Foundation laureates are chosen by an appointed panel and notified of their good fortune. A $50,000 embarrassment would be hard to refuse.
Those who put him in this position have questions to answer. The selection panel consisted of Elizabeth Ellis, Jenny Harper, Derek Lardelli and two writers, Bill Manhire and Grant Smithies. Did they read the book? Did they miss the stylistic oddities that alerted the Listener's Jolisa Gracewood? Do they think her revelations unimportant?
The Arts Foundation executive is plainly determined to ignore them. Its announcement yesterday glowed that executive director Simon Bowden had "the happy task of delivering the news to the recipients". It said he found Ihimaera "at home wondering how he was going to survive as a writer following his retirement from Auckland University".
The foundation, like its former counterpart for sport, makes grants from a fund built largely but not entirely on donations from the private sector. A few years ago, it was among organisations in the cultural sector given taxpayers' money to offset cuts in lottery grants.
Its laureate awards, it says, "are about recognising senior New Zealand artists who have a substantial track record of excellence and who still have plenty of creative juices left in the tank".
Besides Ihimaera, last night's recipients were musicians Chris Knox and Richard Nunns, carver Lyonel Grant and photographer Anne Noble.
Nothing can be read into the fact that Ihimaera himself was one of the foundation's first governors and a previous member of a laureate selection panel, except that New Zealand's cultural community is small and, sometimes perhaps, supportive to a fault.


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Thanks for your fast answer. Regarding to the composite keys: that's what I thought by default I just needed some confirmation. Unfortunately I can not use this approach in our application so I will figure out something else. I will check out Zookeeper to see if I can use it. Thanks again! Hello, > I have a few questions about indexing and locking in Cassandra: > - if I understood well only row level indexing exists prior to v0.7. I mean only the primary keys are indexed. Is that true? Yes and no. The row name is the key which you use to fetch the row from cassandra. There are methods to iterate thru rows but that's not efficient and should be used only in batch operations. Columns inside rows are sorted by their names so they are also indexes as you use the column name to fetch the contents of the column. If you want to index data by other ways you need to build your own application code which maintains such indexes and the upcoming 0.7 version will bring some handy features which makes the coders job much easier. > - is it possible to use composite primary keys? For instance I have a user object: User(name,birthday,gender,address) and I want to have the (name,birthday) columns as PK. Can I do? If yes, how? You can always create your row key as a string like "$name_$birthday". Did this answer to your question? > - does Cassandra support CF (table) level locking? Couls someone explain me/provide a link how? No, cassandra doesn't have any locking capabilities. You can always use some external locking mechanism like zookeeper [http://hadoop.apache.org/zookeeper/] or implement your own sollution on top of cassandra (not recommended as it's quite hard to get it correctly). - Juho Mäkinen / Garo
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Flat Rock Village Council will hold an agenda workshop at 9:30 p.m. today in the village offices at the Singleton Centre.
Fletcher Town Council will hold a special called meeting to approve the last budget amendment for the year at 6 p.m. Monday in the Town Hall.
Transylvania County Board of Commissioners will hold a special meeting at 7 p.m. today in the large courtroom of the Transylvania County Courthouse to approve the proposed 2003-04 budget.
Introduction to Chi Kung will be taught from 7:10 to 8:10 p.m. Mondays, July 7-28, at the Henderson County YMCA. Fees: $24, members; $32, nonmembers. Information, registration: 692-5774.
Learn to Play Chess for seniors will be taught at 2 p.m. Mondays at the Sammy Williams Senior Center, 301 N. Justice St. Program of Council on Aging. Free. Instructor available. Information: 692-3320.
Street Dances will be held from 8 to 10 p.m. Mondays, July 7-Labor Day, on Main Street, Hendersonville. Free. Square dancing, clogging, live music, special appearances. Information: 692-1413.
"Light and Lively," Divertissement, Op. 6; Quartet in G Minor, Opus 10; String Quintet in C Major, D. 956 will be performed as part of Monday's Swannanoa Chamber Music Festival in Patton Auditorium, Blue Ridge Community College. Tickets: $15, advance or at door; free, students 25 years old and under. Information: 890-4411, 696-2118.
A Focus on Watersheds will be presented for educators, K-12 teachers, Monday and Tuesday, July 7-8, at the Pisgah Forest Institute at Brevard College in partnership with the USDA Forest Service and Cradle of Forestry Interpretive Association. Free. Information, registration: 884-8224.
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"Central Florida Greater Tampa Bay, Winter Haven, Theme Parks of Orlando" will be shown at 7 p.m. Monday, July 7, at the Henderson County Public Library by the Henderson County Library Travel Club. Free. Information: 697-4725.
Eurotech Soccer Camp for youths ages 4 to 13 will be held Monday through Friday, July 7-11, at Jackson Park by the Henderson County Soccer Association. Magic Micro Soccer: ages 4 to 5, 8:30 to 10 a.m., $75. Performance Soccer 1: ages 6 to 9, 4:40 to 7:30 p.m., $95. Performance Soccer 2: ages 10 to 13, 10 a.m. to 1 p.m., $95. Staff from Europe. Information, registration: 697-4884.
A Week in the Woods Nature Camp for ages 10 to 15 will be held from 9 a.m. to noon Monday through Friday, July 7-11, at the Pisgah Center for Wildlife Education, Pisgah National Forest, by the N.C. Wildlife Resources Commission. Tree identificiation, stream investigation, tracking, compass use, nature hike to John Rock. Free. Registration: 877-4423.


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App lets you monitor lung health using only a smartphone
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A new tool from researchers at the University of Washington, UW Medicine and Seattle Children's hospital lets people monitor their lung function at home or on the go simply by blowing into their smartphones. A paper presented this month at the Association for Computing Machinery's International Conference on Ubiquitous Computing showed results that came within 5 percent of commercial devices, meaning it already meets the medical community's standards for accuracy.
"There's a big need in the pulmonary community to make testing cheaper and more convenient," said lead researcher Shwetak Patel, a UW assistant professor of computer science and engineering and of electrical engineering. "Other people have been working on attachments for the mobile phone that you can blow into. We said, 'Let's just try to figure out how to do it with the microphone that's already there.'"
A grant from the Coulter Foundation will fund more clinical testing with patients of varying ages and lung health, and help the team to seek Food and Drug Administration approval. The researchers are working with the UW's Center for Commercialization to bring the technology to market.
"Portable glucometers have dramatically changed glucose monitoring and improved the quality of life for people with diabetes," Patel said. "We hope to do the same thing for pulmonary disorders."
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How to throw an Oscar Party
By Holly Brown
On February 24, 2013 the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences rolls out the red carpet for the 85th Oscar Awards. It's a black tie evening overflowing with celebs, bling, and elegant parties. This year's best picture nominations cover themes from war to romance; adventure to relationships. If you're planning an Oscar party, we have some star-studded party tips to add to the fun.
Like other big "viewing parties," the Oscars are about gathering friends around a big screen TV and watching the show. Whether you're throwing a black tie event or creating a jeans and jewels studded evening, try these tips for an award worthy Oscar party.
These activities that make everyone feel like a super star from the moment they arrive.
When guests arrive, take their "red carpet photo." After the party post your photos in an Oscar Party album on Facebook for friends to see and share.
Give guests a chance to vote for the big winners. Print out these voting forms from Oscar.org so everyone can cast their vote for best picture, best director, leading actress, and other favorite categories. Make sure the winners get their own award. You can cut out an image of Oscar printed on gold paper and mount it on cardboard for fun, or come up with silly prizes that are fun and funky.
Include an Oscar Trivia Contest during commercial breaks or play Academy Award Bingo with this Party Kit Bingo Card.
Everyone will feel like a celeb when they take home a Swag bag. You can find stylish and inexpensive party bags and stuffers at your local drug store. You can even include some homemade or store bought candies.
Create an atmosphere that's Red Carpet worthy.
Create a red carpet entrance using remnant fabric from your local fabric store, or simply use a red table runner.
Create your own version of "The Hollywood Walk of Fame" by printing out photos of the nominated stars and titles of nominated films. Then mount them in the middle of gold star cut outs. You can place them on the wall, floor, or serving tables. You can even mount your friends' photos in stars for a personal touch.
If you have time and budget for statue replicas, red night rope, red curtain back drops and more, visit Oriental Trading or Shindigz.
Pull out your champagne glasses, or purchase plastic flutes. Provide sturdy paper plates with black, gold or red borders.
Check your New Year's Eve party left overs to see if you have any glittery baubles.
Decorate with balloons and paper streamers in black, white, and gold.
If you're short on time or budget, just focus on decorating your serving table. Pick up some gold glitter and stars and sprinkle them on a white tablecloth.
Tune into Pandora's "Film Scores" station to add theatrical music to rooms without a television set.
Serve up an elegant menu that's easy to serve and enjoy
A buffet of finger food and small bites is ideal. Guests like to nibble throughout the evening.
If there's limited seating capacity, you definitely want to serve food that doesn't require utensils or a seated table.
Get the party started with Champagne Cocktails. Then serve elegant hors d'oeuvres for an Oscar Party to remember.
Lighten your cooking and shopping load by assigning guests something from TheBrownLounge.com's Oscar Party Menu.
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If it's any consolation, I'll race modded cars with my stock STi... It's all for fun anyways...Originally posted by silverscooby
While I agree, wtf does this have to do with anything? Do you drive a Spec V by any chance?
My point was that these guys who drive (Tiburons,Celicas,RSX,Spec-V,etc etc) like to say "well my modded so and so can walk a stock WRX." Why not mod them both and see what happens? That's all.


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A man from a think tank thinks that $27.00 an hour is good business in New York City.
There may be more gambling in New York soon.
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Businesses are being shut down by the city in Willets Point.
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Happy 2007! Temperatures that are unseasonably high for this time of year continue. Maybe there will not be any snow or ice this winter- no skidding, no sliding and falling.
The new president of the BCAC, John Blake, sent an email with important information. Here is what it said: "It's that time of year again...time to prepare for Baseball and Softball! The 2007 registration for the BCAC Jamaica Bay Little League will be held on Saturday, January 13 and Saturday, January 20 from 10 a.m. till 2 p.m. Registration will take place at the VFW Hall located on Crossbay Boulevard and Shad Creek Road.
"We will be putting both girls softball and boys baseball into the CYO program. This will be for children born from 1991 to 1998 only. The younger children will be in our in-house program. The ages for in-house range from 3 to 8 years and are determined by the child's actual age on May 1, 2007.
"The registration fees are as follows: $100 for the first child; $75 for the second child, and $60 for the third child (ages 7 and up). The fee for T-ball/Instructional is $40 per child (ages 3 to 6). There will be a $25 Late Fee assessed after January 20. Note that late registration will be taken only if there are openings available for that specific division. Each family is also required to purchase $25 in 'Field Maintenance' raffles. The prize will be $500 in cash. These funds help to offset the costs of upgrading and maintaining the 'New' field. Please register early and on-time. This enables the league to properly set-up teams and prepare for the upcoming season."
Story Time/Picture Book Time for preschoolers will continue to meet on Wednesday at 11 a.m. at the Library until Wednesday, January 31. For children ages 3 ½ to 5 years, this program features music, stories, games and other activities suitable for the preschool set.
An email from Dan McIntyre of the BCVFD arrived here and this is what it said about one of the most looked-forward-to-events sponsored by the vollies: "Our night with Santa was a great success. Our members visited many homes and enjoyed these visits as much as the children. We always have an over abundance of volunteers for the Santa detail. We wish to thank our hosts for allowing us to share in their holiday festivities. As a side note, Santa says he has a large scrapbook and will welcome any photos you may wish to share with him. Once again, thank you for a most enjoyable night."
McIntyre further advised that "the firehouse will be conducting a CPR course tentatively scheduled for Saturday January 20 at 11 a.m. This course will be held in the VFW Hall on Shad Creek Road. Upon completion, a certification card will be issued. Knowing CPR can make the difference between life and death. The administering of CPR in the first minutes of an emergency could save someone you love or work with. The fee for this class is $50. A small price when you consider the results of not having this lifesaving knowledge. We welcome groups of any size to attend. This is especially important for those of us who care for children or the elderly at home."
The DOS will pick up Christmas trees at the curb from Friday, January 5 through Tuesday, January 16. Trees will be chipped, mixed with leaves, and made into compost for NYC's green spaces. If you prefer to drop off your tree, DOS has arranged for them to be dropped off on Saturday, January 6 and Sunday, January 7 from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. at Shore Front Parkway & Beach 94th Street in Rockaway Beach. (This is a drop-off location only; no mulch or chips will be available here.)
On Sunday, January 7 from 1 to 3 p.m. the Jamaica Bay Wildlife Refuge on Cross Bay Boulevard. at the north side of our community will present a Nature Photography Workshop. A photographer, Johann Schumacher, will offer helpful hints on the ins and outs of photographing wildlife, plants and landscapes. After his presentation the photographer and audience will move outdoors (if the weather cooperates) and take pictures, putting what they have just learned into practice. Reservations are a must and can be made by telephoning 718-318-4340.
On Saturday, January 20 from 10 a.m. to noon join "Winter Birding on the Bay" with naturalist, Don Riepe at the Jamaica Bay Wildlife Refuge. Walk along refuge trails and find winter waterfowl in the bay's wetlands; find owls, hawks and snowbirds too. Binoculars are a must; bring lunch. Reservations are a must; phone 718-318-4340.
Kids aged 7 to 12 will have their own winter birding workshop on Sunday, January 28 from 1 p.m. to 3 p.m. at the Jamaica Bay Wildlife Refuge. This workshop has indoor and outdoor sections in which kids will have practice with bird identification. They will also learn about different adaptations birds have made to insure their survival. Kids should wear outdoor-appropriate clothing and bring binoculars. Reservations are a must.
A series of lecture workshops having historical subjects pertaining to Jamaica Bay on Wednesday nights will be held at the Jamaica Bay Wildlife Refuge on Cross Bay Boulevard. beginning on February 7. The first presentation will be a discussion with Dan Hendrick who is the author of a book on Jamaica Bay. A presentation on Robert Moses and Jamaica Bay will take place on February 21 and the role of railroads and trolleys in developing Jamaica Bay will be held on February 28. All three workshops will begin at 7 p.m.


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SCIENCE CURRICULUM SPECIALIST, UGANDA, World Bank Project - CURASSE - A senior-level Science Curriculum Specialist is required for the CURASSE project in Uganda.
The work will require intermittant inputs from mid-January 2013 to the end of November 2014.
The CURASSE project within the Ministry of Education and Sport's National Curriculum Development Centre (NCDC) is concerned with initiating a shift from an old (and tried and trusted) model of secondary education, which was designed for a minority of children in order to prepare them for higher education and public service, to a broader, more inclusive curriculum designed to satisfy the needs of all abilities. 70% of graduating primary level students now progress to Lower Secondary School (LS). To ensure that all students completing the four year LS programme possess that range of capabilities necessary for post-LS success in their chosen track, there is a need to re-conceptualise the curriculum.
The responsibilities of the Science Curriculum Specialist will include (but are not be limited to):
*Assisting with the process of developing a new lower secondary curriculum framework *Form a curriculum team for the Science Learning Area *Conduct a series of workshops to design curriculum statements *Develop the principles that govern the structure and design of the Science Learning Area for S1 to S4 *Guide the development of the Science Learning Area statements and programmes of study for the four years of a reformed Lower Secondary School Curriculum *Define the scope, sequence, and conceptual progression for the Science Learning Area *Produce, in collaboration with the Science Learning Area Team, a completed curriculum statement for the Science Learning Area *Work in collaboration with the Teacher Support Consultant to design and contribute to a programme of teacher support for the dissemination of the new Science programme of work and the associated textbooks, at the S1-S4 levels *Help to develop the assessment framework for the Science Learning Area *Produce progress reports for the Science Learning Area, as required, and contribute to the regular CURASSE progress reports to be compiled by the project team *Assist the Science Learning Area team to generate exemplar learning material extracts for piloting at S1 level, evaluate the trial, and then compile a report to inform subsequent work *Contribute to the development of new textbooks for the Science Learning Area
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Best backup solution for iPhoto when doing a full reinstall.
Hi All,
I'm planning on doing a fresh install of Snow Leopard and all my apps on my MacBook Pro but I first wanted to back up all of my photos in iPhoto before doing the erase and install. What concerns me is that iPhoto stores the photos in a package file (or that's what I've read) and want to make sure that the photos are backed up properly before I proceed. Apple's support documents are sort of sparse on details and really don't explain about the whole package file thing. Any help or advice would be greatly appreciated.
Thanks, Roger
I stopped at the Apple store yesterday and asked this same question as was told 2 different things, first that I could use MobileMe to back up my photos, or I could just copy the iPhoto package file to a external drive. I'm not interested in MobileMe but I was wondering if just dragging the file to an external would be a safe and acceptable way to back up the files.
Thanks, Roger
Laurie Fleming
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It will certainly be adequate for backing up, and I just discovered something that I didn't realise was there, but it makes sense that it does. If you have Mail selected and you click on Time Machine, you can go back in time and pick up old emails. The same thing, delightfully, works with iPhoto. But that's not what you want, but it's useful to know.
If you're doing a wipe and reinstall, backup up your iPhoto package, re-install, copy the package back into your Pictures directory, and away you go.
If you're doing a standard installation of Snow Leopard, you shouldn't have any issues - everything will be where you left it.
But why do you want to do an erase? Are you having problems with your current setup?
Laurie Fleming - the singing geek
I want to do a fresh install of Snow Leopard I have some programs I'm no longer using and would like to just do an erase and install with Snow Leopard. I'm also thinking about installing a ssd drive and would want to do a fresh install if I was going to upgrade the hard drive.
Thanks, Roger
Colum ODwyer
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One other piece of advice because I just did this the other day. After you copy the library back to the directory run a software update, chances are the disk version of iPhoto is older then the version your library was last opened with. This means if you try to open up iPhoto before updating the software it will say you can't open the library which is never a fun message to see.
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Can't you just use Time Machine to restore your iPhoto files?
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Last summer, i managed to corrupt my iPhoto database. With about 15k images in it, the restore was tedious, but worked well. The iPhoto library is a "package" as discussed, so a single restore of that file worked, and since (in my case) it was backed up once a day, it was an easy fix. It did take a long time to restore, as that package was over 20GB.
What I am getting at, is that you can just backup the iPhoto package, and then restore it on your new system over the empty library that's already there. And yes, I would heed the warning about performing all s/w updates first to match the version of iPhoto.
If you want to do fancy stuff with multiple libraries, you can try "iPhoto Library Manager" which lets you merge, split, move, etc iPhoto libraries. This has been helpful for me, as my ever growing library was just too big a file to keep in a single "package". Breaking it up into several smaller libraries was much easier (read: faster to manage).
How you backup your iPhoto library depends a lot upon how large it is. Mobile Me might work for a small library, but it could be too slow for a large one. Mine is nearly 31 GB and I have another 18GB of JPEGs that have not been imported into iPhoto, so the total would be about 50GB. You can easily drag and drop the iPhoto folder (or the entire Pictures folder) to an external hard drive. Even if you update iPhoto, you can still get the individual image files from that folder.
Once you have backed up the iPhoto folder, you can use Time Machine to keep any changes or additions and/or you can use a file/folder sync application like the aptly-titled File Synchronization to keep the backup current.
Here's what I do: I use a card reader (not the camera—way too slow) to download the image files onto a 1TB OWC external FW400/800/USB2/eSATA HD. (I usually shoot JPEG + RAW and put the RAW files in a separate folder.) I go through the images (often with Image Browser from Canon or Graphic Converter's Slide Show option) and pick the ones I want to import into iPhoto. Those get imported, so I automatically have two copies of any photo I thought worth keeping. Periodically, I archive all new image files on the external HD to DVDs, which gives me 3 copies of the ones in iPhoto, 2 copies of the others. So far, there's been no need to clean up the OWC HD. It has over 118 GB of photos, going back about 2 years. It's much larger than the iPhoto library because it has the RAW files (about 6.6 MB each) as well as the JPEGs that are in iPhoto.
A while back, I bought a LaCie Little DIsk Design by Sam Hecht 500GB FW/USB2 portable HD. It's bus-powered* and quite compact (5" x 3-3/8" x 11/16")—and not very expensive ($130-140). I synch the iPhoto LIbrary, iTunes Library, Documents folder, the photos folder from the OWC HD, and some others onto it. That way, I can get access to all my photos, music, etc from my 13" PowerBook G4, which has only a 60GB HD.
* It works very nicely on FW 400. Like many USB drives, it may need to use two USB ports for power, especially on a laptop. That's one reason that I always connect it via FW—plus, FW400 is faster than USB 2.


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CMS Sets Medicare Payment Rates
The 2011 payment rates and plan requirements for Medicare private health and drug plans (also known as the Call Letter) that were announced on Monday by the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) begin the implementation of health care reform contained in legislation recently signed by President Obama, according to Medicare Rights Center President Joe Baker.
"Changes such as the start of the phase-out of the so-called 'donut hole' represent major victories for Medicare consumers and advocates, who have been fighting for these changes since the passage of the Medicare Modernization Act in 2003," Baker said.
Enrollment periods will also be simplified next year. Starting on January 1, 2011, there will be a new 45-day Annual Disenrollment Period (ADP), when people who are dissatisfied with their Medicare Advantage plan can switch to Original Medicare.
"CMS's announcement acknowledged that further steps need to be taken to ensure that people with low incomes are in plans that best serve their needs, but fell short of implementing them for the 2011 plan year," Baker added. "We look forward to working with CMS to ensure that the needs of this vulnerable population are better met."


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The was once talk of another six holes being added, and even another 24 holes on top of that. Is any expansion still in the works?
I don't know, but I'm all for it as long as the original 18 isn't altered. This is my favorite course and I wouldn't change a thing.
yes still in the works to expand. none of the original course will be altered in the expansion. looking to lay course out this year and getting baskets and tee pads next year


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OGDEN, Utah -- Weber State University has announced the hiring of Mary Kay Amicone as the new head coach of the Wildcat softball program. Amicone brings a wealth of coaching experience, including more than 500 collegiate victories, to WSU.
"I'm very excited for the opportunity to coach at Weber State," Amicone said. "There are so many great things in place here and I really appreciate this opportunity to continue my coaching career here at Weber State where I began my playing career. I'm looking forward to this exciting new chapter in my life."
Amicone, a former Weber State softball player, joins the Wildcats after nine very successful seasons as head coach at Salt Lake Community College. She led the Bruins to seven Scenic West Athletic Conference titles in the last eight years. Under Amicone SLCC advanced to three consecutive NJCAA National Championship games in 2011, 2012 and 2013. This past season she led the Bruins posted a 53-11 record and were 38-6 in conference play. In nine years at SLCC she posted an overall record of 433-99-2 and was 330-57 in conference games. She was named Coach of the Year four times in her career at Salt Lake Community College.
Amicone has strong ties to the state of Utah. She began her coaching career spending seven seasons as an assistant coach at the University of Utah. Following that she spent three years as head softball coach at BYU, becoming the first varsity softball coach at the school. She led the Cougars to the 2001 Mountain West Championship and was named Coach of the Year. She was also the first female to coach a Utah high school boys baseball team when she coached at Jordan High School.
"We are thrilled to welcome Mary Kay as our new softball head coach," said WSU Director of Athletics Jerry Bovee. "She brings a great deal of experience to our program and has had tremendous success everywhere she has been. She will bring a high level of experience to Weber State and will be a great fit for our athletic department."
Amicone played two years of softball at Weber State as an outfielder. When Weber State dropped the program she transferred to Utah, where she earned her bachelor's degree in Elementary Education. She is married to Marc Amicone, the general manager of the Salt Lake Bees. She and Marc have two sons, Trevor, 26 and Derek, 23.


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1870 restored railroad depot featuring pictorial history of the town and historical facts about trains and cabooses as well as displays of artifacts and memorabilia. Presently under renovation.
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Motor Werks Falsify Certification of Pre-Owned Car; Fraud; Barrington Illinois
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Purchased a 2013 "certified" pre-owned BMW 328i X drive on 1/25/2014 with 25,561 miles from Motor Werks in Barrington Illinois. After purchase, car has been in the shop for multiple issues. The first time it went to Motor Werks to fix the following on 1/30/2014:
- Left rear seatbelt inverted
- Part of the grill missing
- Scratches on trunk
- Remove tinted windows (illegal in Chicago)
- All tires need replacement
- Warning light on (right headlight needed to be replaced)
- No floormats
- High-Pitched noise/whistle while in reverse (was not fixed)
- Loud/annoying rattle coming from rear-right side of the car (was not fixed)
The service was completed on 2/6/2014. On 3/13/2014, I took the car into Perillo BMW in Chicago to fix the high-pitched noise/whistle while in reverse and received the car back on 3/15/2014. Both were not fixed.
I took my car to Perillo again on 3/28/2014. After a careful inspection, Perillo BMW found that the transmission needed to be replaced.
According to BMW's website for Certified Pre-Owned Vehicles (bmwusa.com/Standard/Content/CPO/Certification.aspx):
"So what does a pre-owned BMW have to do in order to achieve Certified status? A later model with less than 60,000 miles, a Certified Pre-Owned BMW is tested against our comprehensive Certified Pre-Owned vehicle inspection checklist by a BMW-trained technician, where everything from how the engine performs to the operation of the glove box is scrutinized. And every Certified Pre-Owned BMW also comes with a vehicle history report available for viewing on your BMW center website."
Tested? Inspected? I have a hard time believing that given all of the problems to date. Furthermore, I am concerned that my BMW was fraudulently certified. I asked for the certification report after I purchased the car. The report was sent to me on 2/21/2014. The CPO (Certified Pre Owned) enrollment date was 1/9/2014. The technician signed the certification on 1/11/2014 while the service manager and the pre-owned manager signed the certification on 2/6/2014. Remember, I purchased my car on 1/25/2014. How could the service manager and pre-owned manager sign off on the certification after my car was purchased and in my possession?
I offered to undo the deal by giving the BMW back in return for a full refund of $35,310 (tax included). That was rejected. To pour salt on the wound, the salesperson told me that they would offer me a "smoking transaction" if I were to trade my car in for a new one. After going through the process, the trade-in value was 9% less than other dealerships offered to me and the car that they were offering to me was 6% more than the same car at other dealerships. Not a "smoking transaction."
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Songs by the Lakeshore featuring the Lake Junaluska Singers
|Arts & Entertainment
|Stuart Auditorium
|91 North Lakeshore Drive, Lake Junaluska
|Tammy McDowell
|Oct 19, 2013
Enjoy the autumn colors as the Lake Junaluska Singers perform their fall concerts, "Songs by the Lakeshore."
Tickets are $20 reserved seating (all ages); $17.50 general admission; and youth 18 and under are free in general admission seating only.
To purchase tickets:
Visit www.lakejunaluska.com/concert-tickets or visit the Bethea Welcome Center at Lake Junaluska daily from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m.
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Palm Springs Tattoo Convention celebrates ancient form of expression
PALM SPRINGS, Calif. - "You know the saying a picture is worth a thousand words? a tattoo is the same way," said Justin Broughton of Twentynine Palms.
Tattoos seem to be everywhere. Once associated with sailors and gang members, now about one in five Americans has at least one.
"I feel it's now getting appreciated in the art world instead of being looked down upon," said Rob Hill, who has a booth at the Palm Springs Tattoo Convention for his shop, Ventura Tattoo.
People have marked their bodies with tattoos for thousands of years. The permanent designs are sometimes simple, sometimes intricate, but almost always personal.
"It stands for wings of freedom and after deployment in Afghanistan I became really patriotic," Broughton said of one of his five tattoos.
"I am of Hispanic culture and it represents my grandma when she passed away," said Jessica Gomez of San Bernardino who has eight tattoos.
"It gives me a way to express my inside and let people know what I'm connecting to," said Bobbie Brown of Yucca Valley.
The most popular tattoos at the convention vary between men and women. Women prefer floral designs and Day of the Dead faces, for men skulls top the list.
"It has an angel wing and a demon wing, it means we both have a good side and an evil side," Broughton said of his skull tattoo.
Even though you can turn your skin into a canvas right here at this exhibition these artists say think, before you ink. Tattoos aren't easy or cheap to remove.
In fact, one-third of people wish they could undo at least one of their tattoos.
"When I was young it was like let's get a tattoo! Now I'm like, why did I do that?" Gomez said, adding she regrets a few of her tattoos.


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Jon Jones and Anderson Silva trained together at the UFC headquarters. Jones thinks he's 2 wins away from being the greatest of all time in MMA. watch video >>
Anderson Silva trains for his UFC 183 fight against Nick Diaz. Short clips from his school's Instagram. http://instagram.com/silva_mtc/ watch video >>
Joe Rogan breaks down one of the most anticipated rematches in UFC history between Conor McGregor and Nate Diaz that goes down at UFC 202 on August 20. watch video >>
Short clips of Ronda Rousey training boxing, from her UFC 184 training camp for her fight with Cat Zingano. Follow her on Instagram: http://instagram.com/rondarousey watch video >>
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With her anticipated fight versus Sara McMann on the horizon at UFC 183, women's bantamweight fighter Miesha Tate stopped by AXS TV's INSIDE MMA for an interview with hosts Kenny Rice and Bas Rutten. watch video >>
UFC 183 headliner Nick Diaz joins INSIDE MMA, where he discusses training practices for his upcoming bout with former middleweight champion Anderson Silva, which range from running triathlons to spar watch video >>
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I love Sunbonnet Sues, Overhall Bills and Sams. Always think they are cute, hate the mean ones. If I didn't like them I wouldn't make mean ones. I made a Sunbonnet Sue baby quilt for my oldest Great Granddaughter about five years ago.
Welcome to the Quilting Board!
I love Sunbonnet Sues, Overhall Bills and Sams. Always think they are cute, hate the mean ones. If I didn't like them I wouldn't make mean ones. I made a Sunbonnet Sue baby quilt for my oldest Great Granddaughter about five years ago.
Count me as another who thought poor Sue was about to take the dirt nap!!
Especially for appliques, grain does not matter when cutting (especially when using scraps). For turned applique, the edges turn better when they are bias anyway.
You could certainly do them via needle turn applique by hand without adhesive. Not something I would like to do (hand problems make hand work too difficult for me).
Whenever doing machine applique, I *always* heavily starch the background squares so I don't have to use a stabilizer underneath. This prevents tunneling (if using satin stitch) and just generally prevents the background fabric from shifting while I stitch. My method is to mix a 1:1 solution of liquid Sta-Flo laundry starch and water, "paint" the solution onto yardage using a large wall painting brush until fabric is saturated, toss in dryer, then iron with steam. Only after that do I cut the background squares, and then I usually cut them 1" bigger than needed and cut them down to correct size after the applique is done (to ensure precision size).
For machine applique, unless you want to do raw edge applique, I think using a fusible is best. If you don't want added heaviness to the applique, then use Misty Fuse. Too many pins get in the way when doing machine applique and, if you are like me, you will stick yourself one too many times!
I thought the same exact thing :lol:Originally Posted by LoriEl
me too, thought this might have been a joke at first...DUH as my DD would sayOriginally Posted by LoriEl
And then you have to explain the strange brown spot on the square or the appliqued heart in an odd spot.Originally Posted by Prism99
Is there a way to change the title of a message? I've seen a place to click shortly after it's first posted. But can't find the spot now.
I say leave it alone--it's a nice surprise and will draw people in--that's what got me!Originally Posted by charity-crafter
Maybe I am the only one who know what a Die was. My husband is a machinist. I don't think I would try and needleturn a motif cut out with the GO. I think it would distort the item. That is one reason I purchased the Baby GO so I could make fusable appliques to machine sew down. The fusing also keeps the edges from fraying. I was excited when catalogues started carrying the die cut motifs until I called them and discovered they did not have fusing on the backs.
I am ashamed to say that I have cut out some of my appliques but have yet to use any of them on a quilt. Tommorow is another day.
Me too. I read and reread the title of the thread trying to figure out if Sunbonnet Sue finally goes to her final resting place. :)Originally Posted by LoriEl
LOL This thread is so funny.. I thought charity-quilter killed her quilt somehow. I am not a huge sue fan but the work that goes into one is amazing. Thank you all for the laugh.


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> Do put all the frames and hive bodies back in
> order as you close up.
Well, there IS something that can be done to
"encourage" a larger broodnest without all
the downsides of reversing, and that is to
take some empty frames from the outside edges
of the brood chamber and put them between
the frames of eggs and brood, most often
smack in the middle of the box.
Some call this "open broodnest" management,
I call it "shuffling the deck".
I think that Richard Taylor was a big fan of
this tactic, but I don't recall reading anything
about it in his books. I do recall him mentioning
it in a chalk-talk years ago, but I forget when
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If you are seeking a world-class educational experience within a vibrant, Christ-centered learning community, Cedarville is the place for you. Step up to the challenge of our arts, sciences, professional and graduate programs, and achieve more than you ever imagined. Be challenged and transformed by professors who are experts in their fields and invest their lives at Cedarville to mentor and guide students like you.
Cedarville's 11 Model U.N. team members walked away with an impressive eight awards, including two of the top four "Outstanding Delegate" awards and two of the four "Distinguished Delegate" prizes at the recent Dayton Model U.N. Conference. Photo courtesy of Dr. Frank Jenista
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Cedarville University students recently brought home top awards at the Dayton Model U.N. Conference in negotiations with some 90 delegates from a variety of regional universities.
During these conferences, students play the role of U.N. delegates from various countries, staying in character as they represent each country's national interests while negotiating solutions to a wide variety of global problems.
"It's a great opportunity to learn how to negotiate with individuals who have vastly different goals and perspectives than that of whatever country I represent," John Cooper explained.
Cooper was one of Cedarville's big winners at the Dayton conference, as he was awarded "Outstanding Delegate" as a representative of Russia's Security Council simulation. Also recognized as an "Outstanding Delegate" was Kate Cella representing Russia in the traditional Security Council.
Other awards were presented to "Distinguished Delegates" Clara Gebert and Michael Hall and special recognition was given to Melissa Martin, Ben Roose and Naomi Washatka. Devin Babcock also received acclaim for his paper outlining the Russian position on key General Assembly issues.
"This year is certainly finishing my Model U.N. experience with a bang," expressed Gebert. "I can safely say that it has been one of the greatest educational experiences in my time at Cedarville."
"The 11 team members put in many hours of preparation, convincingly played their diplomatic roles and were influential framers of the final resolutions passed by each of the committees," explained Dr. Frank Jenista, the team's advisor, a Cedarville graduate, an American diplomat for 25 years, and now professor of international studies. "All deserve recognition and appreciation for their superior diplomatic skills and impressive representation of Cedarville University."
Located in Cedarville, Ohio, Cedarville University is an accredited, Christ-centered, Baptist university of arts, sciences, professional and graduate programs. Featuring a worldwide Christian ministries program, the University offers more than 100 areas of study to 3,000 students. Visit the University Web site at www.cedarville.edu.


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Billy Mays could sell gravity to the moon if he had been given enough time (which for him is about 35 seconds).
The passing of Billy Mays has inspired this arrangement of valiant attempts to sell products or ideas to a consumer.
Billy Mays was a master of his craft and if I could sell a product the way he could, I'd be much better off because of it. From interesting toilet tools to car commercials with no cars, enjoy these 75 product pushers.
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For 30 years, master butcher Cole Ward has taught chefs and butchers, caterers and students, farmers and food-lovers how to cut and prepare their own meat.
Now, in four hands-on episodes, Cole and Chef Courtney Contos show you how to turn a side of beef, pork or lamb into wonderful table-ready dishes - available as a 2-DVD set.
Cole's course takes you through every step of the butchering process: breaking down a carcass into primal cuts, then gourmet or retail cuts and, finally, sharing recipes to transform them into heaven on a plate.
Four hours of one-on-one teaching
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Beef fore-quarter
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Phase II Pazopanib in Combination With Weekly Paclitaxel in Refractory Urothelial Cancer
Recruitment status was: Recruiting
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Bladder Cancer
Bladder (Urothelial, Transitional Cell) Cancer
Bladder (Urothelial, Transitional Cell) Cancer Superficial (Non-Invasive)
Bladder (Urothelial, Transitional Cell) Cancer Resectable (Pre-Cystectomy)
Bladder (Urothelial, Transitional Cell) Cancer Metastatic or Unresectable
Drug: Pazopanib (GW786034)
Drug: Paclitaxel
Phase 2
|Study Type:
|Study Design:
|Allocation: Non-Randomized
Intervention Model: Single Group Assignment
Masking: Open Label
Primary Purpose: Treatment
|Official Title:
|A Phase II Study of Pazopanib in Combination With Weekly Paclitaxel in Refractory Urothelial Cancer
- Overall objective tumor response rate (CR, PR) per RECIST criteria. [ Time Frame: Every 8 weeks ]
- Progression Free Survival [ Time Frame: every 8 weeks ]
- Safety as assessed by CTC [ Time Frame: every 4 weeks ]
- Measure: Safety as assessed by common toxicity criteria [ Time Frame: 4 weeks ]
|Estimated Enrollment:
|Study Start Date:
|April 2010
|Estimated Study Completion Date:
|June 2015
|Estimated Primary Completion Date:
|December 2014 (Final data collection date for primary outcome measure)
|Assigned Interventions
|Experimental: pazopanib + paclitaxel
Drug: Pazopanib (GW786034)
Cycle of 28 days. Pazopanib: 800mg/dayDrug: Paclitaxel
Cycle of 28 days Paclitaxel: 80mg/m2 days 1,8 and 15
Detailed Description:
|Ages Eligible for Study:
|18 Years and older (Adult, Senior)
|Sexes Eligible for Study:
|Accepts Healthy Volunteers:
Inclusion Criteria:
- Histologically confirmed transitional cell carcinoma (TCC) of the urothelium (bladder, renal pelvis, ureter, or urethra). Mixed histology is allowed as long as the predominant histology is TCC
- First recurrence after treatment with a maximum of two chemotherapeutic regimens.
Subjects must provide written informed consent prior to performance of study-specific procedures or assessments, and must be willing to comply with treatment and follow up.
Procedures conducted as part of the subject's routine clinical management (e.g., blood count, imaging study) and obtained prior to signing of informed consent may be utilized for screening or baseline purposes provided these procedures are conducted as specified in the protocol.
- Age >= 18 years
- Eastern Cooperative Oncology Group (ECOG) performance status of 0-1
- Measurable disease criteria by RECIST criteria
Adequate organ system function as defined below
- Absolute neutrophil count (ANC) >= 1.5 X 10^9/L
- Hemoglobin >= 9 g/dL
- Platelets >= 100 X 10^9/L
- Prothrombin time (PT) or international normalized ratio (INR) <= 1.2 X upper limit of normal (ULN)
- Total bilirubin <= 1.5 X ULN
- AST and ALT <= 2.5 X ULN
- Serum creatinine <= 1.8 mg/dL
- Urine Protein to Creatinine Ratio (UPC) <1
A female is eligible to enter and participate in this study if she is of non-childbearing potential (i.e., physiologically incapable of becoming pregnant). This includes any female who has had:
- A hysterectomy
- A bilateral oophorectomy (ovariectomy)
- A bilateral tubal ligation
- Menopause
Childbearing potential females must have a negative serum pregnancy test within 2 weeks prior to the first dose of study treatment, preferably as close to the first dose as possible, and agree to use adequate contraception. Adequate acceptable contraceptive methods, when used consistently and in accordance with both the product label and the instructions of the physician, are as follow:
- An intrauterine device with a documented failure rate of less than 1% per year.
- Vasectomized partner who is sterile prior to the female subject's entry and is the sole sexual partner for that female.
- Complete abstinence from sexual intercourse for 14 days before exposure to investigational product, through the dosing period, and for at least 21 days after the last dose of investigational product.
- Double-barrier contraception (condom with spermicidal jelly, foam suppository, or film; diaphragm with spermicide; or male condom and diaphragm with spermicide).
Exclusion Criteria:
- History of other malignancies within 5 years prior to Day 1 except for tumors with a negligible risk for metastasis or death, such as adequately controlled basal cell carcinoma, squamous-cell carcinoma of the skin, carcinoma in situ of the cervix, early-stage bladder cancer, or low-grade endometrial cancer Malignancies that have undergone a putative surgical cure (i.e., localized prostate cancer post-prostatectomy) within 5 years prior to Day 1 may be discussed with the Medical Monitor
- History or clinical evidence of central nervous system (CNS) metastases or leptomeningeal carcinomatosis, except for individuals who have previously-treated CNS metastases, are asymptomatic, and have had no requirement for steroids or anti-seizure medication for 6 months prior to first dose of study drug.
- Clinically significant gastrointestinal abnormalities that may increase the risk for GI bleeding
- Clinically significant gastrointestinal abnormalities that may affect absorption of the investigational product
- Presence of uncontrolled infection.
- Prolongation of corrected QT interval (QTc) > 480 milliseconds. On antiarrhythmics or medications known to prolong QT interval
History of any one or more of the following cardiovascular conditions within the past 6 months:
- Cardiac angioplasty or stenting
- Myocardial infarction
- Unstable angina
- Coronary artery by-pass graft surgery
- Symptomatic peripheral vascular disease
- Class III or IV congestive heart failure, as defined by the New York Heart Association (NYHA)
- Poorly controlled hypertension [defined as systolic blood pressure (SBP) of >=140 mmHg or diastolic blood pressure (DBP) of >= 90mmHg].
- History of cerebrovascular accident, hemoptysis, cerebral hemorrhage, clinically significant GI bleed, pulmonary embolism or untreated deep venous thrombosis (DVT) within the past 6 months
- Prior major surgery or trauma within 28 days prior to first dose of study drug and/or presence of any non-healing wound, fracture
- Evidence of active bleeding or bleeding diathesis.
- Any serious and/or unstable pre-existing medical, psychiatric, or other condition that could interfere with subject's safety, provision of informed consent, or compliance to procedures.
- Patients on strong CYP3A4 inhibitors
- Uncorrected abnormal electrolytes- K, Mg and Ca
- Prior treatment with taxane chemotherapy
Treatment with any of the following anti-cancer therapies:
- radiation therapy, surgery or tumor embolization within 14 days prior to the first dose of pazopanib OR
- chemotherapy, immunotherapy, biologic therapy, investigational therapy or hormonal therapy within 14 days or five half-lives of a drug (whichever is longer) prior to the first dose of pazopanib
Please refer to this study by its ClinicalTrials.gov identifier: NCT01108055
|Contact: Denise Haas
|(650) 736-1252
|United States, California
|Stanford University School of Medicine
|Stanford, California, United States, 94305
|Contact: Denise Haas 650-736-1252 email@example.com
|Principal Investigator: Dr. Sandy Srinivas
|Sub-Investigator: Priti Patel
|Sub-Investigator: Lauren Harshman
|United States, Michigan
|Karmanos Cancer Institute
|Detroit, Michigan, United States, 48201
|Contact: Stacy Freeman 313-576-8495 firstname.lastname@example.com
|Principal Investigator: Ulka Vaishampayan
|Principal Investigator:
|Dr. Sandy Srinivas
|Stanford University
|Responsible Party:
|Stanford University
|ClinicalTrials.gov Identifier:
|NCT01108055 History of Changes
|Other Study ID Numbers:
SU-04152010-5683 ( Other Identifier: Stanford University )
|Study First Received:
|April 15, 2010
|Last Updated:
|July 8, 2014
Additional relevant MeSH terms:
Urinary Bladder Neoplasms
Urologic Neoplasms
Urogenital Neoplasms
Neoplasms by Site
Urinary Bladder Diseases
Urologic Diseases
Albumin-Bound Paclitaxel
Antineoplastic Agents, Phytogenic
Antineoplastic Agents
Tubulin Modulators
Antimitotic Agents
Mitosis Modulators
Molecular Mechanisms of Pharmacological Action
ClinicalTrials.gov processed this record on May 22, 2017


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Though Chinatown 2 might be sound like the title of bad movie sequel, it is actually an area in downtown Montreal that is home to some of the city's best asian food…
Montreal has had a Chinatown for as long as other Canadian cities, and it's very nice. But if your appreciation for Asian culture partly centers around your belly, you definitely need to head on down to our other, non-official but very delicious Chinatown—which is more a collection of very authentic hole-in-the wall eateries from all over Asia. The area is also known as "Concordia Chinatown" or "Concordia ghetto" because of its proximity to Concordia University, as well as several language schools, which might explain the excess of delicious and genuine dishes from all over Asia at the following restos.
Kazu: Chef/owner Kazuo Akutsu's tiny izakaya (japanese pub/resto) on Saint-Catherine is the first of its kind in Montreal. You'll be lucky to get a table at either lunch (when he serves up homemade Ramen) OR dinner, when the delectable, bite-sized pub specials are posted on the wooden walls of his tiny shop. Favourites include his Gyoza (Japanese dumplings) and the 24-hour pork bowl, as well as the shrimp pancake and homemade icecream. Plus, Kazuo is very handsome.
Shuang Xiang BBQ: Most people think of Chinese BBQ as pink pork sides and shellacked ducks hanging in the windows of Chinese groceries, but this ambrosial Northern Chinese BBQ joint is the antithesis of that. This stripped-down family-style joint serves lamb barbecue on long metal skewers, accompanied by sauce and rice. They are also famous for their beef salad: Shredded cabbage folded into salty beef, with glass noodles, mint, coriander and vinegar dressing. Yum. Also recommended: Scallion pancakes and pork buns.
Maison du Nord: Another Northern Chinese place famous for their hand-pulled noodles and also for their pork sandwich, which is a version of Vietnamese Banh Mi. Marinated pork slices with coriander and crunchy radish and carrot pickles. They are also rumoured to have the best ma-po tofu in town.
Qing Hua: While most dumpling aficionados are used to one kind of soup dumpling, the mighty Xiao Long Bao, Qing Hua makes the lesser-known Jiongzi, which are tinier, but no less explosive, dumpling action. The extensive menu of dumplings ranges from the exotic (lamb and coriander) to the everyday but no less delicious, such as pork and chive, or shrimp. They also serve a mean coleslaw salad and the marinated duck wings are a rare treat. Dumplings served steamed, boiled or fried.
(Bonus) Harmonie Bakery: When you're peckish downtown, the smart money knows that this Chinese bakery sells pork and other meaty buns for mere pennies, and also has a dizzying array of sugar treats and sweets like Hong Kong-style iced coffee.
Guest Blogger: Melora Koepke
Kazu, 1862 Sainte-Catherine Street West, (514) 937-2333
Shuang Xiang Bbq, 1439 Saint-Mathieu, (514) 935-7779
Maison du Nord, 2130 Saint-Mathieu, (514) 989-8818
Qing Hua, 1676 Avenue Lincoln, (438) 288-5366
Harmonie Bakery, 85 de la Gauchetière West, (514) 875-1328


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Triendl, Bezdickova Earn Capital One First Team Academic All-District
May 18, 2012
Armin Triendl of men's skiing and Michaela Bezdickova of women's tennis were selected to the Capital One First Team Academic All-District squad for CoSIDA's District VII, making them eligible for Academic All-America honors. The awards give New Mexico six First Team Academic All-District honorees for the year, and 27 over the past three years.
Both Triendl and Bezdickova are advanced to the national ballot for Academic All-America consideration. The Lobo have already had three student-athletes earned Academic All-America honors this year. Levi Rossi of men's soccer was named Third Team, while women's basketball's Caroline Durbin and volleyball's Kelly Williamson were both named First Team.
Triendl has seven top five finishes on the season, including a first place at the RMISA Qualifier in the slalom. He was named both RMISA Alpine MVP, and the RMISA Skier of the Year. Triendl earned First Team All-America honors in the Giant Slalom in 2012, finishing fifth at the NCAA Championships.
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The Capital One All-District VII At-Large Team is made up of student-athletes from the sports of ice hockey, field hockey, tennis, golf, skiing, crew, swimming and diving, lacrosse, and rifle. All Division I schools in New Mexico, Colorado, Idaho, Kansas, Montana, Nebraska, Oklahoma, Texas, and Wyoming make up District VII.


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