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The ImageJ project, and related projects in the SciJava software ecosystem, are governed as open source software projects. Everybody is welcome to contribute with plugins, patches, bug reports, tutorials, documentation, and artwork.
That said, every project needs leaders: the ones who participate in governance of the project, maintaining the software and making key decisions.
Project roles
Because open source software is highly collaborative, it is extremely important to understand the difference between various roles on the project, to avoid misconceptions about authority (who makes decisions) and responsibility (who must do the work) concerning each project.
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- Maintainers keep the project functional, fix bugs and make releases. They often make day to day decisions, and are typically involved in discussion with the project lead(s) regarding major decisions, although the lead has final decision-making authority.
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Here is a summary of roles for projects in the SciJava ecosystem.
1 Pietzsch leads on day to day issues. Pietzsch, Preibisch and Saalfeld vote on primary decisions, with Pietzsch's vote breaking ties.
2 Schindelin is currently on sabbatical from Fiji; see this thread on fiji-devel.
3 Barber leads development of the SLIM Curve C library; Rueden leads development of the SLIM Curve plugin for ImageJ.
4 Rueden maintains the Bio-Formats update site for ImageJ, but is not otherwise a Bio-Formats maintainer.
5 For the purposes of this table, "KNIME" means the KNIME Image Processing extensions, not the KNIME project as a whole.
Further reading
- OSS Watch's article on Governance Models
- Eric S. Raymond's Homesteading the Noosphere
- Eric S. Raymond's The Cathedral and the Bazaar


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Every self-respecting city in the world has a Thai restaurant. Happily, this is the extent of how international and pervasive Thai food has become. Therefore, no trip to Thailand is complete without an appreciation of this great eating experience and this short article hopes to introduce the newcomer to it.
Long before the term 'fusion cuisine' appeared in the vocabulary of food lovers, such a culture had already been well established in Thailand. Thai food incorporates other Indochinese food styles. Its larger neighbours especially China and the Indian subcontinent contributed significantly to the evolution of Thai food. Chinese cuisine introduced stir fried dishes and deep fried dishes. Rice noodles, a prominent component of Thai cuisine, is distinctly Chinese. Curries are certainly evidence of Indian influence. The Portuguese are thought to have introduced the use of chilli. There are also regional differences in Thai food, though this may not be immediately apparent.
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Why are some folk so anti Facebook?
I used to think it was full of bods saying the likes of 'I'm with Fred and I'm eating a Mars bar' i.e. hugely banal. And so it is. But then someone put me on to their Groups function. With a bit of decent moderation groups stay nicely focused on the subject matter. I'll cheerfully admit such groups have a bunch of pros and cons.
Some pros:
- someone else (i.e. Facebook) sets up and operates the software
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- some groups are set up as 'Private'. Fine if you want to keep prying eyes out but for railway type interests why bother? I find it somewhat irritating not be able to see the content without joining, but, hey ho, if you do join and don't like it you can just leave again.
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It's a trademark approach that provides for a relentless thrill ride that is probably almost as much fun to watch as it is to play. In fact, such is the predetermined nature of some of the action, you could question whether you're actually playing a game at all, or simply pressing X repeatedly in order to watch an incomprehensible 11-hour film. Thankfully there are some more interactive areas: the melee system has been tweaked to include a dodge button, and there is of course a lot of shooting, with ancient tombs littered with fully functional guns and ammo.
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Suffice to say that action is portrayed via the very top level of graphical splendour, eking the best out of Sony's machine. Allied to a rousing score, it is by and large compelling stuff, with some epic set pieces proving to be genuinely exciting. One of the more celebrated of these takes place on cruise ship, with a further cinematic homage paid to classic 1972 disaster movie, The Poseidon Adventure.
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The linearity of the campaign is emphasised by the fact that's it's broken up into chapters, and without telling you exactly how many there are, you should comfortably be able play through it in a handful of sittings. The point is that you will almost certainly finish the game, which is statistically not always the case these days. Such is the straightforward nature of the gameplay, you're rarely in any doubt as to what to do next, and generally only minutes away from an explosive action sequence.
As for the story, you might occasionally lose the plot, but the cartoon villains pop up frequently enough for you to vaguely care what happens next, and there are a number of devious twists thrown in. The action frequently slips seamlessly into a cut scene, to the extent of sometimes catching you out, when you find yourself attempting to play a movie. Which was, of course, the original idea.
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A hacking group calling itself "Anonymous" has posted a chilling video on the internet, announcing that it plans to "dismantle" the Church of Scientology.
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Our fourth "Week of Thanks" post comes from the Aquarium's Director of Conservation, Laura Bankey:
As always, I am grateful to the many volunteers, students, and partners we've worked with this year – all working together with the common goal of protecting and restoring the animals and habitats that are vital to the health of our region.
This year, a unique focus has been directed towards wildlife and habitats within our urban boundaries. A new recognition is being placed on our shared space, our shared resources and the need to manage both with care for the benefit of both humans and wildlife.
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Halo 3 is a first-person shooter game taking the player on a series of missions that engage in combat against various forms of alien life.
Description of AI Behavior
The enemy agents in Halo 3 exhibited typical shooter game behaviors including moving, shooting, using cover, etc. Additionally, they acted in small tactical groups inside the scope of a battle and the battle as a whole exhibited large-scale coordination of all the units so that large team-based goals were accomplished.
Notable Behaviors
The large-scale battle management was a hallmark of the Halo 3 AI. By approaching the entire encounter as a system that can be managed, the perceived result of battles was that all the enemies were working together toward a common goal such as coordinating the defense of a key target.
Declarative Logic
|This section is based on
first-hand knowledge
by AIGPG member,
Damián Isla.
Halo 2 used hand-designed imperative logic for the behaviors of the agents. That is, designers specified hard rules that the agents followed. The problem with this was that the complexity didn't scale to the levels desired for the design of Halo 3. Instead, Halo 3 utilized declarative logic.
The underlying approach to this is similar to what is used in games such as The Sims where objects have "affordances" that can be measured and rated.
Encounter Zones
|This section is based on
first-hand knowledge
by AIGPG member,
Damián Isla.
The battle management system in Halo 3 utilizes designer-placed zones where the activity takes place. This approach is likened to the "choreography" of the encounter.
The encounter zones are, in effect, a strategic layer only. Once in the zone, the behavior of each agent is autonomous and, therefore, defined by the agent itself (subject to parameters of the zone).
As criteria of the zones are met, they change so that the location of the "choreographed" activity changes. For example, a zone could be set up that once the enemy loses a certain number of units, they would fall back to a 2nd zone. If they lose more units, they could be set to fall back again. The result is that it appears that the player is pushing the enemy back to successive strategic locations.
In addition to the territory for each zone, the designer can specify the rules that are in effect for the zone. This includes:
- The aggressiveness of the unit
- The rules of engagement
- Whether the enemies will follow the player
Task Trees
|This section is based on
first-hand knowledge
by AIGPG member,
Damián Isla.
Instead of specifying details of "who should do what and when", the designers were able to simply enumerate the tasks that needed doing as part of the mission (usually attached to the encounter zones above) and the system would figure who should do them. Tasks are given relative priorities. For example, a "plain language" version of this would read:
"The most important thing is to guard the door, but if you can, also guard the hallway"
This could simply be accomplished by setting the values of guarding the door to a numerical priority higher than that of the guarding the hallway. Note that the priorities here are not for the individual actors but for the encounter as a whole.
Tasks can also have sub-tasks. This would read:
"Guarding the hallway means guarding the front, the middle and the rear of the hallway."
While the structure of tasks and sub-tasks may look similar to the structure of a behavior tree, there is a significant difference. While a behavior tree is generally trying to parse out the single action to take at a given time, the task tree is attempting to intelligently distribute enemies across all of the possible tasks.
The tasks are self-describing given:
- a priority,
- a script fragments specified by the designer to determine when the task is activated,
- a capacity for the task that is used for assigning the resources.
The approach for distributing the tasks is to "pour the squads into the top of the tree" and allow them to filter down to the most important tasks that need to be filled right now. As tasks are enabled and disabled, squads can be reassigned throughout the tree. For example, if a higher priority task is enabled, squads will be "pulled up" from lower priority tasks until the higher priority task is filled.
Squad Distribution
|This section is based on
first-hand knowledge
by AIGPG member,
Damián Isla.
The distribution of squads across the task tree follows the following procedure:
- Consider a sub-tree fragment
- Determine which tasks are active (using the script fragments)
- Any squads assigned to a deactivated task are reassigned up to the parent
- Divide tasks into groups of equal priority
- Consider the group with the top priority
- Collect squads from:
- The parent
- Tasks with lower priority than the current group
- Distribute squads across tasks in the priority group
- Recurse down the tree so that tasks that are parent tasks can distribute their squads accordingly
- Move to the next lower priority group and repeat until there are no more tasks at that level
The mapping of squads to tasks needs to respect two factors:
- Respect the capacity constraint of the task
- Minimize the cost function for the task
The capacity restraints are slightly more complicated than simply (proposed < maximum) because agents are being assigned by squad rather than individually. Squads may be different sizes at any given time based on initial size and losses within the squad. This approach is solved using a classic bin packing approach but with tolerances for sub-optimal results. One reason for this is that the focus is on the cost function rather than the optimal arrangement of squads.
The cost function helps to determine which distribution of squads to tasks is the most preferable. It takes into account the following preferences:
- Minimize travel distance per squad
- Act in a coordinated fashion with other squads
- Balance the task tree
- Get near to the player
While iterating through all the possible squad-to-task mappings was potentially expensive (O(n2m)), it was manageable due to the small numbers of squads and tasks. Regardless, they made a point to cache the costs of actions since that was the most expensive portion of the process. Additionally, the entire tree was time-sliced. Considering that there were numerous trees processing for different types of enemies, they would restrict that only certain trees were being processed at certain times.
Filters were added to restrict types of agents were available to be assigned to a task. These included the type of characters, status of characters (in or out of vehicles), etc. This was done by returning an infinite value from the cost function so that the agent would not be considered for that task.
Behavior Trees
|This section
needs input
from an AIGPG member.
Individual agent actions are performed by behavior trees as they were in Halo 2.
What Worked
Declarative Approach
The declarative approach in the strategic system allowed for more flexibility than the traditional imperative approach. Additionally, it required less direct control of agents. Designers could set concepts rather than individual behaviors.
The hierarchical nature of the strategic system allowed for more modularity and scalability. Because of the modular nature of the task system, the O(n2) complexity of a rule-based system was avoided. Instead, the system was simply O(n).
Designer Tools
Because of the way the system was organized, it allowed for creation of designer tools to streamline the production of the encounters. It was flexible enough to incorporate many of the designers' desired features.
What Didn't Work
Designer Training
Because of the complexity of the designer authoring tools, designers needed to be trained on the use of the tool, the terminology, and the logical progression of how the canonical system worked.
Scripting vs. Objectives
There were sometimes awkward relationships between the scripting system and the objectives-based system.
There were sometimes difficulties in "tying together" allied and enemy fronts so that battles seemed properly "aligned".
Squad Bucketing
There were situations where the squad level wasn't the best arrangement of resources. For example, if you gave a sniper rifle to someone, he was still a member of the parent squad rather than occupying the "sniper" task.
Lessons Learned
|This section
needs input
from an AIGPG member.
Reception by Public
- Building A Better Battle: The Halo 3 AI Objectives System (slides), Damián Isla, GDC, 2008
- Building A Better Battle: The Halo 3 AI Objectives System (video), Damián Isla, GDC, 2008
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KHL Game Day: 9-6-13
Prospect season returns...
Novgorod 2 vs. Ufa 3 (SO)
Andrey Vasilevskiy, Ufa, DNP
Season totals: 0 GP, 0-0-0, 0 SO, 0.00 GAA, 1.000 sv%
Ex-Flyer Stefan Ruczika had 1 goal and 1 assist for Ufa in their 3-2 shootout win over Novgorod.
Dynamo Moscow 3 vs. Magnitogorsk 1
Vasily Koshechkin, Magnitogorsk, Loss, 26/29, 3.06 GAA, .897 sv%
Season totals: 1 GP, 0-1-0, 0 SO, 3.06 GAA, .897 sv%
Vasily Koshechkin dropped the season-opening loss of his second stint with perennial Russian power Magnitogorsk. Ex-Lightning draft pick Marek Kvapil had a helper on Dynamo's 3rd goal. Ex-Lightning draft pick Dmitri Kazionov had 4 penalty minutes in the loss for Magnitogorsk. This season will mark the second straight Koshechkin will play with a Kazionov brother. The younger, Denis, played with Koshechkin for Cherepovets last year.
Donetsk 4 vs. Bratislava 2
Jaroslav Janus, Bratislava, Loss, 31/34, 3.02 GAA, .912 sv%
Season totals: 1 GP, 0-1-0, 0 SO, 3.02 GAA, .912 sv%
Ex-Lightning prospect Michal Sersen was -2 in Bratislava's 4-2 loss to Donetsk. Bratislava's blueline also continues to feature former Lightning first rounder Vladimir Mihalik, who was even in the match.
Zagreb 7 vs. CSKA 1
Nikita Gusev, CSKA, DNP
Season totals: 0 GP, 0-0-0, E, 0 PIM
Somehow, Nikita Gusev has found his way back into the CSKA organization where the forward did not play in their 7-1 loss to Zagreb. The forward had been traded from CSKA to Khabarovsk last season for a 1st round draft pick. Zagreb got 2 goals from ex-NHLer Jonathan Cheechoo and 2 goals and 2 assists from ex-Springfield Falcon Ryan Vesce in their KHL premier.
Elsewhere, Denis Kazionov had a helper for Omsk as they were flattened 5-1 by SKA St. Petersburg.
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text: HS FB BLOG: THE ULTIMATE ROAD TRIP FOR A HIGH SCHOOL FOOTBALL JUNKIE Follow my blog: rollingdownhwy83.blogspot.com and come along for the ride! You know you are coaching football at small high school IF you measure the quality of your victories against fast food franchises. Dan Imdieke, coach of the Linton, North Dakota Lions has compiled a 33 year record of 288-67. Last fall (2010), Linton traveled south to play the squad representing the much larger town of Mobridge, SD. Overcoming a two touchdown deficit in the 4th quarter, the Lions rallied for a 34-28 win. One excited Lion player informed the coach after the game that "they (Mobridge) have a McDonald's AND a Pizza Hut. We have beaten a lot of Dairy Queen towns, but never a McDonald's or a Pizza Hut, and they have both!!" I have been contracted this fall to follow the fortunes of three long time dominant small high school football programs: Canadian, TX, McCook, NE and Linton, ND; as they strive towards the ultimate goal of any high school athlete: a state championship. I wanted a random choice of towns, so I chose Highway 83 as my anchor. I will need no GPS to find my way on this journey, as US Highway 83 passes through each town, a common main street, linking all three. Call it the ultimate road trip for a high school football junkie. Highway 83 is the last non-interstate highway left in our federal transportation system that runs unimpeded from the Canadian to the Mexican border. Along its' route I expect to find the "true" America- one of real people whose solid but common everyday lives never make the national news. I intend to record the human drama that is so unique, and so American, to small town high school athletics. This story will form the second leg in a three part trilogy of books I will write on high school football. This edition of small town highway school football should be on the book shelves by June 2012. I expect a 180 degree difference in environment along rural Highway 83 from what I found at inner-city Roosevelt High School in St. Louis, MO, the team whose season I chronicled in 2008, the first book of this three part story. (www.stlhsfb.com). What I expect to be no different in Linton, ND, McCook, NB and Canadian, TX, from what I found in St. Louis, MO, is the passion of teenagers to succeed, and the unqualified support of their family and community in that noble quest. So, if you are looking for me this fall, I can be found somewhere on US Highway 83 between Antler, North Dakota and Laredo, Texas. Follow my blog rollingdownhwy83.blogspot.com and come along for the ride! Rolling Down HWY 83


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Un ganador ha sido elegido entre 56 diseños de 12 diseñadores freelance.
We need a sleek, professional looking logo for a new accounting firm.
We would like a logo that instills confidence and represents competence, leadership and integrity.
We are pretty much wide open as far as design, just needs to be professional looking.
We use the initials BFJW, LLP on most of our interoffice memorandum, but we also need the logo to include our full legal name, Bell Foster Johnson & Watkins, LLP
We would prefer the words CERTIFIED PUBLIC ACCOUNTANTS to appear somewhere in the design.
Need final files in vector format and also jpeg
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Microbial Contamination In Children'S Sunscreen
W.S. Badger Company is voluntarily recalling around 30,000 tubes of its popular sunscreen -- all lots of its 4-ounce SPF 30 Baby Sunscreen Lotion and one lot of its 4-ounce SPF 30 Kids Sunscreen Lotion.
Product Description: This recall focuses on all lots of Badger's 4-ounce SPF 30 Baby Sunscreen Lotion and one lot of Badger's 4-ounce SPF 30 Kids Sunscreen lotion.
The affected lot numbers are:
- SPF 30 Baby Sunscreen Lotion 4oz (UPC: 634084490091&634084490114) Lot #'s 3024A, 3057B, 3063A, 3063B, 3132A, 3133A
- SPF 30 Kids Sunscreen Lotion (UPC: 634084490145 & 634084490169) Lot # 3164A
Where/when it was sold: They were sold at a wide variety of online and retail stores throughout the U.S. and in Canada.
Reason for recall: The products were tested and found to be contaminated with Pseudomonas aeruginosa, Candida parapsilosis and Acremonium fungi. There have been no adverse events reported.
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Every bone-crunching tackle, every eye-gouging scrum will be present in glorious 3D, with managers having to adjust their tactics as the games progress in order to secure victory. Multiplayer modes allow players to pit their teams against each other in individual games or leagues - with an Internet ladder ranking the world's greatest rugby managers.
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S1222 Trial (Everolimus, Anastrozole and Fulvestrant) in Post-Menopausal Stage IV Breast Cancer
|The safety and scientific validity of this study is the responsibility of the study sponsor and investigators. Listing a study does not mean it has been evaluated by the U.S. Federal Government. Read our disclaimer for details.
|ClinicalTrials.gov Identifier: NCT02137837
Recruitment Status : Terminated (lack of accrual)
First Posted : May 14, 2014
Last Update Posted : February 5, 2020
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|Condition or disease
|Breast Cancer
|Drug: Fulvestrant Drug: Anastrozole Drug: Everolimus Drug: Placebo - Anastrozole Drug: Placebo - Everolimus
|Phase 3
- To test the benefit of interfering with the function of the estrogen receptor (ER) and providing downstream target inhibition (PI3K/AKT/mTOR) with a combination of optimal dose fulvestrant and everolimus (Arm 2) to improve progression-free survival compared to the optimal dose fulvestrant alone (Arm 1).
- To test the benefit of adding the non-steroidal aromatase inhibitor anastrozole to optimal dose fulvestrant and everolimus (Arm 3) in order to improve progression free survival over optimal dose fulvestrant (Arm 1).
- To compare progression-free survival among those receiving fulvestrant + everolimus + anastrozole (Arm 3) versus fulvestrant + everolimus (Arm 2).
- To compare overall survival among the treatment arms in post-menopausal patients with hormone-receptor positive (HR+) Stage IV breast cancer.
- To assess and compare toxicities, feasibility and compliance among the study regimens.
- To compare response rates and clinical benefit rates among the study regimens.
To test molecular determinants of response to endocrine therapy and everolimus in circulating tumor cells:
- CTC-Endocrine Therapy Index (CTC ETI) on the CellSearch® platform.
- CTC-Next Generation Sequencing Analysis (CTC-NGS) of single cells captured on the HD-CTC® platform.
This is a multicenter study. Patients will be stratified according to the following factors:
- Measurable versus evaluable non-measurable disease
- Prior adjuvant hormonal therapy completed more than 5 years ago vs. prior adjuvant hormonal therapy completed 1-5 years ago vs. de novo presentation of metastatic disease or no prior adjuvant hormonal therapy.
- Arm 1: fulvestrant + placebo (everolimus) + placebo (anastrozole)
- Arm 2: fulvestrant + everolimus + placebo (anastrozole)
- Arm 3: fulvestrant + everolimus + anastrozole
Blood and tissue samples are collected for correlative science studies.
After completion of study treatment, patients are followed up every 6 months for 2 years and then yearly thereafter for 5 years.
|Study Type :
|Interventional (Clinical Trial)
|Actual Enrollment :
|37 participants
|Intervention Model:
|Parallel Assignment
|Triple (Participant, Care Provider, Investigator)
|Primary Purpose:
|Official Title:
|Fulvestrant Alone Versus Fulvestrant and Everolimus Versus Fulvestrant, Everolimus and Anastrozole: A Phase III Randomized Placebo-Controlled Trial in Postmenopausal Patients
|Study Start Date :
|May 2014
|Actual Primary Completion Date :
|December 31, 2019
|Actual Study Completion Date :
|December 31, 2019
Placebo Comparator: Arm 1: fulvestrant + everolimus placebo + anastrozole placebo
Patients receive an injection of fulvestrant in each buttock on Days 1 &15 for Cycle 1 and then Day 1 only for subsequent cycles. Patients also receive an oral placebo daily for both everolimus and anastrozole. This treatment regimen will continue until disease progression or toxicity.
Drug: Fulvestrant
Other Names:
Drug: Placebo - Anastrozole
Drug: Placebo - Everolimus
Experimental: Arm 2: fulvestrant + everolimus + anastrozole placebo
Patients receive an injection of fulvestrant in each buttock on Days 1 &15 for Cycle 1 and then Day 1 only for subsequent cycles. Patients also receive an oral everolimus and an oral placebo for anastrozole daily. This treatment regimen will continue until disease progression or toxicity.
Drug: Fulvestrant
Other Names:
Drug: Everolimus
Other Names:
Drug: Placebo - Anastrozole
Experimental: Arm 3: fulvestrant + everolimus + anastrozole
Patients receive an injection of fulvestrant in each buttock on Days 1 &15 for Cycle 1 and then Day 1 only for subsequent cycles. Patients also receive everolimus and anastrozole by mouth daily. This treatment regimen will continue until disease progression or toxicity.
Drug: Fulvestrant
Other Names:
Drug: Anastrozole
Other Names:
Drug: Everolimus
Other Names:
- progression-free survival [ Time Frame: up to 5 years ]
- overall survival [ Time Frame: up to 5 years ]
- Number of Participants with Serious and Non-Serious Adverse Events [ Time Frame: up to 5 years ]
- response rate [ Time Frame: assessed every 12 weeks, up to 5 years ]
- clinical benefit rate [ Time Frame: assessed every 12 weeks, up to 5 years ]
- molecular determinants of response in circulating tumor cells [ Time Frame: Day 1, Day 29, time of progression ]
Choosing to participate in a study is an important personal decision. Talk with your doctor and family members or friends about deciding to join a study. To learn more about this study, you or your doctor may contact the study research staff using the contacts provided below. For general information, Learn About Clinical Studies.
|Ages Eligible for Study:
|18 Years and older (Adult, Older Adult)
|Sexes Eligible for Study:
|Accepts Healthy Volunteers:
- Patients must have a histologically confirmed diagnosis of invasive breast carcinoma with positive estrogen and/or progesterone receptor status, and negative human epidermal growth factor receptor (HER-2), for whom endocrine therapy is planned.
The HER-2 test result is negative (and should be reported as such), if a single test (or all tests)performed in a tumor specimen show:
- Immunohistochemistries (IHC) 1+ negative or IHC 0 negative or
- in situ hybridization (ISH) negative using a single probe ISH or dual probe ISH.
- Estrogen receptor (ER) and progesterone receptor (PgR) positivity must be assessed according to American Society of Clinial Oncology (ASCO)/College of American Physicians (CAP) guidelines as either ER or PR ≥ 1% positive nuclear staining. If HER2 IHC is 2+, an evaluation for gene amplification must be performed and the gene must not be amplified. Gene amplification evaluation is not required if evaluation by IHC is 0 or 1+ by institutional standards.
Patients must be post-menopausal women with a confirmed diagnosis of metastatic breast cancer (M1). Pathologic confirmation of histology is preferable. In the case of bone metastases only, biopsy-proven metastatic disease of solitary site, or multiple sites of involvement are required. Post-menopausal is defined by one of the following criteria as per National Comprehensive Cancer Network (NCCN) guidelines Version 3. 2013:
- Prior bilateral oophorectomy and/or hysterectomy
- Patients ≥ 60 years of age
- Patients < 60 years of age and amenorrheic for ≥ 12 months in the absence of chemotherapy, tamoxifen, toremifene, or ovarian suppression and follicle-stimulating hormone (FSH) and estradiol in the post-menopausal range
- Patients < 60 years of age taking tamoxifen or toremifene must have FSH and plasma estradiol levels within post-menopausal ranges
- Patients must have measurable or evaluable disease. Patients must have a chest and abdominal computerized tomography (CT) and bone scan within 28 days prior to registration. All scans needed for assessment of measurable disease must be performed within 28 days prior to registration. Evaluable disease must be assessed within 28 days prior to registration
- Patients with a history of prior chemotherapy or hormone therapy or immunotherapy for recurrent or metastatic disease are NOT eligible. Prior adjuvant or neoadjuvant chemotherapy if completed more than 12 months prior to registration is acceptable. Any number of prior hormonal therapy regimens for the adjuvant setting but not for metastatic or recurrent disease is allowed; prior adjuvant or neoadjuvant treatment with an aromatase inhibitor (e.g. anastrozole, letrozole, exemestane) is allowed, if completed more than 12 months prior to randomization.
- Patients who have taken luteinizing hormone-releasing hormone (LHRH) analogue as adjuvant therapy are eligible provided they have a) discontinued such therapy at least 12 months prior to registration AND b) have not resumed their menstrual periods.
- Patients must not have had prior exposure to fulvestrant or mTOR inhibitors (e.g., rapamycin, everolimus, temsirolimus, deforolimus). Concurrent bisphosphonate therapy is allowed. Patients must not have prior treatment with any investigational drug within 28 days prior to registration and must not be planning to receive any other investigational drug for the duration of the study.
- Patients must have an International Normalized Ratio (INR) ≤ 1.6 within 28 days prior to registration.
- Patients must have adequate bone marrow function, as defined by Absolute Neutrophil Count (ANC) of ≥ 1,500/mL, hemoglobin ≥ 9 g/dL and a peripheral platelet count ≥ 100,000/ mL, all within 28 days prior to registration.
Patients must have adequate hepatic function obtained within 28 days prior to registration and documented by all of the following:
- Bilirubin ≤ 1.5 mg/dL (or ≤ 3.0 mg/dL if due to Gilbert's Syndrome)
- alanine aminotransferase (ALT) (SGPT) and aspartate aminotransferase (AST) (SGOT) ≤ 2.5 x Institutional Upper Limit of Normal (IULN), or ≤ 5 x IULN if hepatic metastases are present.
- Patients must have adequate renal function with serum creatinine level ≤ IULN within 28 days prior to registration.
- Patients must have a fasting cholesterol ≤ 300 mg/dL and triglycerides ≤ 2.5 x IULN obtained within 28 days prior to registration. Patients may be on lipid lowering agents to reach these values.
- Patients must have a complete history and physical examination within 28 days prior to registration.
- Patients with bleeding diathesis (i.e., disseminated intravascular coagulation [DIC], clotting factor deficiency) or long-term anti-coagulant therapy (other than antiplatelet therapy) are NOT eligible.
- Patients with presence of life-threatening metastatic visceral disease, defined as extensive hepatic involvement, or any degree of brain or leptomeningeal involvement (past or present), or symptomatic pulmonary lymphangitic spread are not eligible. Patients with discrete pulmonary parenchymal metastases are eligible, provided their respiratory function is not significantly compromised as a result of disease in the opinion of the investigator.
- Patients must have a performance status of 0 - 2 by Zubrod criteria.
- Patients must not have any Grade III/IV cardiac disease as defined by the New York Heart Association Criteria (i.e., patients with cardiac disease resulting in marked limitation of physical activity or resulting in inability to carry on any physical activity without discomfort), unstable angina pectoris, myocardial infarction within 6 months, or serious uncontrolled cardiac arrhythmia.
- Patients must not have uncontrolled diabetes (defined as an Hg A1C >7% within 28 days prior to registration).
- Patients must not have an organ allograft or other history of immune compromise. Patients must not be receiving chronic, systemic treatment with corticosteroids or other immunosuppressive agent. Topical or inhaled corticosteroids are allowed.
- Patients known to be HIV positive may be enrolled if baseline CD4 count is > 500 cells/mm3 AND not taking anti-retroviral therapy. Patients with known chronic or active hepatitis are not eligible. Patients must not have any known uncontrolled underlying pulmonary disease.
- Patients must be able to take oral medications. Patient may not have any impairment of gastrointestinal function or gastrointestinal disease that may significantly alter the absorption of everolimus (e.g., ulcerative disease, uncontrolled nausea, vomiting, diarrhea, malabsorption syndrome or small bowel resection).
- Patients must not have received immunization with an attenuated live vaccine (e.g. intranasal influenza, MMR, oral polio, varicella, zoster, yellow fever and BCG vaccines) within seven days prior to registration nor have plans to receive such vaccination while on protocol treatment.
- Patients must not have taken within 14 days prior to registration, be taking, nor plan to take while on protocol treatment, strong CYP3A4 inhibitors, and/or CYP3A4 inducers.
- No other prior malignancy is allowed except for adequately treated basal cell or squamous cell skin cancer, in situ cervical cancer or other cancer for which the patient has been disease-free for 5 years.
To learn more about this study, you or your doctor may contact the study research staff using the contact information provided by the sponsor.
Please refer to this study by its ClinicalTrials.gov identifier (NCT number): NCT02137837
|Study Chair:
|George Somlo, M.D.
|City of Hope Comprehensive Cancer Center
|Responsible Party:
|Southwest Oncology Group
|ClinicalTrials.gov Identifier:
|Other Study ID Numbers:
|First Posted:
|May 14, 2014 Key Record Dates
|Last Update Posted:
|February 5, 2020
|Last Verified:
|January 2020
Metastatic breast cancer
Invasive breast carcinoma
estrogen receptor-positive breast cancer
HER2-negative breast cancer
Stage IV breast cancer
progesterone receptor-positive breast cancer
Breast Neoplasms
Neoplasms by Site
Breast Diseases
Skin Diseases
Antineoplastic Agents
Immunosuppressive Agents
Immunologic Factors
Physiological Effects of Drugs
Anti-Bacterial Agents
Anti-Infective Agents
Antibiotics, Antineoplastic
Antifungal Agents
Antineoplastic Agents, Hormonal
Estrogen Receptor Antagonists
Estrogen Antagonists
Hormone Antagonists
Hormones, Hormone Substitutes, and Hormone Antagonists
Aromatase Inhibitors
Steroid Synthesis Inhibitors
Enzyme Inhibitors
Molecular Mechanisms of Pharmacological Action


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Why Using Creative Commons Licensed Materials Is Not As Easy As It Looks
from the still-requires-thought dept
Creative Commons recently celebrated its tenth anniversary, with well-deserved praise for its work flooding in from around the world. There's no doubt it has played an important role in raising people's awareness of the problems with copyright, and in offering some alternative licenses that ameliorate some of its worst aspects. But there is a danger that people think that CC-licensed works are trivially easy to use, not least because they typically give users more rights than traditional copyright. In fact, there are a number of subtle issues that can crop up that make using such liberal licenses harder than it looks.
That's underlined by an interesting blog post from Bobbi Newman about a problem she encountered when using CC-licensed photos in presentations:
Like many librarians I often turn to Creative Commons licensed photos on Flickr for use in my presentations and blog posts. Flickr makes it incredibly easy to search for photos with a Creative Commons license. Unfortunately it also makes it ridiculously easy for users to change the license on all their photos at any time with the click of a button. There is no way to prove the license at the time of use.
She then goes on to detail what happened, and how it was finally resolved, but here I want to focus on a couple of points raised by this episode. First, on the issue of changing licenses. Perhaps because CC licenses give creators a flexibility missing in copyright itself, there is a belief in some quarters that things can be changed after a work has been published under one of them. Although the licence attached to the work on Flickr, say, might indeed be altered "with the click of a button", the Creative Commons FAQ says the old one cannot be taken away:
CC licenses are not revocable. Once a work is published under a CC license, licensees may continue using the work according to the license terms for the duration of copyright protection.
However, proving that something was originally available under a CC license when its owner claims that it is only available under restrictive conditions is more problematic. Interestingly, there are services that try to address this problem by keeping "dated, independently verified copies of license conditions associated with creative commons images," which suggests that this is an issue faced by quite a few people.
Another aspect of the situation discussed in the blog post revolved around whether the use of an image was non-commercial or not. You might think this is "obvious", but in fact, it's proved a hugely problematic issue for Creative Commons licenses, with heated arguments about what are the key factors that make something commercial or otherwise. This lack of clarity is one reason why the use of the term "commercial scale" without further definition was so dangerous in ACTA.
Although using works released under a CC-license, with the additional flexibilities that it offers the user, is less onerous than handling those under traditional copyright, which lacks them, it is nowhere near the "use and forget" level of simplicity that many probably assume.
Follow me @glynmoody on Twitter or identi.ca, and on Google+
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Well well well. It has certainly been a long time between announcements on the blog about meetings for the Las Vegas SQL Server Users Group.
We have had to cancel a couple of times in the past few months – but the meetings have been happening with or without the blog post about it. I have been a little more occupied with a few other things (like the book). But we are back (at least for a little bit) in the saddle!
Here are the meeting details in case you are not on the mailing list.
Next Meeting
August 09, 2012 6:00-8:00pm PDT
Jason Brimhall
Jason Brimhall has 10+ yrs experience and has worked with SQL Server from 6.5 through SQL 2012. He has experience in performance tuning, high transaction environments, as well as large environments. He is currently a DB Architect and an MCDBA. He is he VP of the Las Vegas User Group (SSSOLV). Jason is also the co-author of the book "SQL Server 2012 T-SQL Recipes"
You can read more about the book here: SQL Server 2012 T-SQL Recipes
SQL 2012 Table Compression
SQL Server 2008 has introduced Table compression to the DBA toolkit. We all know there are different kinds of compression available in SQL Server. What some may not know is the subtleties of compression. Such subtleties include that not all Page Compressed tables are entirely page compressed. This session will show you how to reach into the database and discover compression states at the page level. At the lower level, this session will also show how to determine compression settings of objects in the database. Participants will be able to use undocumented commands as well as commands such as PIVOT to derive some interesting information from the database engine.
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Still meeting at M Staff Solutions & Training / 2620 Regatta Drive Suite 102 Las Vegas, NV 89128


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Cook the Book: 'Pati's Mexican Table'
There's something about the warming weather that makes me crave a good taco, with perhaps a margarita alongside. Blessed as I am to live in California, it's easy to satisfy that urge by walking down the street to my local taqueria or ride my bike a couple miles to the (best) taco truck parked next to the (best) bar. But there are, of course, plenty of places in the country where this perk is far from a reality; good Mexican fare must be made at home.
Popular PBS cooking host Pati Jinich has just released a book to help Mexican food lovers do just that. Pati's Mexican Table is a thoughtful book detailing fairly simple Mexican dishes that are easy to incorporate into everyday American cooking. Some of the dishes, like huevos rancheros, chilaquiles, and chicken enchiladas, will be instantly recognizable and familiar. Others, like the yellow mole with masa dumplings we will make this week, will offer new tastes and textures for those who don't regularly step outside of the taco zone.
Jinich's recipes are described as quick and easy, but be forewarned: unless you've already got a bastion of Mexican staples at the ready, you will spend a bit more time than usual making a weeknight meal. Still, standing over a simmering pot of fragrant chile-orange sauce is enough to make you forget you've already spent over an hour cooking dinner. Jinich does offer a helping hand to get past any unfamiliar techniques. Most recipes have "cook's notes" or else longer, more detailed expositions for particular ingredients and substitutions. Her experience teaching cooking classes shows in the level of detail in each recipe—you'll feel like an expert in no time.
This week, we'll sample a few of Jinich's creations—Rodrigo-Style Fish, Shredded Pork in Ancho-Orange Sauce, and the aforementioned Yellow Mole—each perfect served in corn tortillas, or else dished up atop a steaming plate of rice.
Win 'Pati's Mexican Table'
Thanks to our friends at Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, we have five (5) copies of Pati's Mexican Table to give away this week. All you need to do to win is tell us about your favorite Mexican meal in the comments section below.
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Electronic voting is clearly here to stay, but it's been plagued with accusations of fraud and insecurity at nearly every election since it was introduced. But voting systems designer David Bismark may have a solution.
His new system, which he described in a talk at TEDGlobal 2010, uses multiple steps to ensure security and make tampering next to impossible.
In his system, everyone gets a ballot with an encrypted barcode on it. On one side of the ballot is the list of candidates in a random order, and on the other are the checkboxes. When you vote, you rip it in half and keep the ordered list of candidates and turn in the half with the checkboxes and your barcode. You turn in that half and election workers scan it into the system.
You can then take your half home and verify your votes online. And once the election is complete, the votes are decrypted "in several steps, spread among different organisations, and the plain-text, countable votes can then be tallied."
This system makes it impossible for any one person or group to tamper with votes, instead requiring all of them to work together, something very improbable. It makes a lot of sense! Whether or not something that make so much sense will actually be implemented, well, we'll have to wait and see. [Bismark.se via Wired.co.uk]


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When you're getting ready for your wedding – particularly having your hair done – make sure you wear a button down shirt or a zip-up sweatshirt so you don't undo the hours of hairstyling. Better yet? Snag a getting ready robe, made just for the bride! This one in particular is by Doie Lounge.
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Cue The Hyperbole And Hysteria: FCC Outlines Timid, Murky Plan To (Maybe) Defend Net Neutrality
from the hysterical-and-useless deptThe dysfunctional hyperbolic screaming match known as the net neutrality debate is about to be doused in napalm. The neutrality discussion has been in a holding pattern since Verizon managed to defeat the FCC's net neutrality rules in court. Despite some press commentary, the loss wasn't quite the killing blow many imagined, since the rules themselves quite intentionally didn't do all that much (no protection for wireless, plenty of loopholes allowing ISPs to blame anti-competitive behavior on network security issues or congestion), and the court ruling did state the FCC still has some authority to regulate broadband ISPs.
That left the door open to a number of FCC options. Would they appeal? Would they reclassify ISPs as common carriers to solidify and broaden FCC authority? Would they give lovely speeches substituting theatrics and show ponies for policy while doing as little as possible? Would they try to draft different rules claiming new-but-still-shaky authority under Section 706 of the Telecommunications Act? Based on what I can see, it's going to be a combination of the last two.
According to an FCC announcement today, the agency is not going to appeal the Verizon loss. Instead, they're going to slowly contemplate new rules governing broadband carriers, using shaky Section 706 authority over net neutrality issues (which many argue don't exist) to fight "improper blocking of and discrimination" of content on a "case by case" basis. The FCC has launched a public proceeding (pdf) and request for comment to determine the structure of the rules. A statement from FCC boss Tom Wheeler makes a numeric list of somewhat-ambiguous promises, then insists the FCC will keep ISP common carrier reclassification on the table:
"2. Keep Title II authority on the table. As the Court of Appeals noted, as long as Title II – with the ability to reclassify Internet access service as a telecommunications service – remains a part of the Communications Act, the Commission has the ability to utilize it if warranted. Accordingly, the Commission's docket on Title II authority remains open."In other words, the FCC is warning ISPs that if they don't stay on their best behavior, the FCC will take what in telecom circles is affectionately called "the nuclear option" and broaden its regulatory authority by reclassifying ISPs as common carriers. The problem is that most ISPs and analysts know the traditionally timid and politically-sensitive FCC won't do that, but the FCC apparently hopes somebody somewhere will believe the agency has the spine for such a fight. Most consumer advocates had hoped for common carrier reclassification, arguing that anything else was just uphill legal fisticuffs.
While a good portion of the FCC's announcement is political theater (we'll think about doing some stuff, someday, after lobbyists and partisans water it down to the point of uselessness), there are a few marginally-promising portions, like this bit tacked on to the end:
"6. Enhance competition. The Commission will look for opportunities to enhance Internet access competition. One obvious candidate for close examination was raised in Judge Silberman's separate opinion, namely legal restrictions on the ability of cities and towns to offer broadband services to consumers in their communities."Wheeler's talking about protectionist legislation that has been written by broadband ISP lobbyists, and passed in more than 20 states. Such bills generally prohibit a town or city from even voting to improve their own broadband infrastructure -- even in cases where no private ISP will. They're usually awful measures that strip away community rights to protect lumbering, uncompetitive duopolies, and many go so far as to even clamp down on public-private partnerships like Google Fiber. Granted "looking" at a problem isn't the same as fixing it, but even commenting on these awful bills is more than the FCC has done historically.
As this site as long argued, the FCC could protect neutrality by focusing on reasonable, balanced policies that increase broadband competition. What we've gotten instead is empty lip service, with a heavy focus on "digital equality," or shoring up broadband coverage gaps (safe ideas that play well politically and ISPs tolerate because it involves unaccountable subsidies and lazy government auditing). Competition and high prices are subjects the FCC refuses to seriously address (they even refuse to publicize broadband pricing data).
As for the FCC's dubious authority under Section 706 under the Telecommunications Act, it should be noted that there's a push afoot to begin "modernizing" the Act starting this year, potentially making the FCC's shaky footing even shakier. That process is expected to take several years, during which more than a little lobbying time and money will be spent on ensuring the revision erodes regulatory authority over broadband even further. As for any new FCC's new rules, they'll take a long time to craft (again), and you can expect ISP lobbyists to have a better view of the rule-making procedures than consumers or objective experts. The end result will be rules that look good but are hollow and theatrical in nature.
With the neutrality debate so toxic, a better route for the FCC would be to instead focus almost entirely on improving broadband competition to drive prices down and quality up. Unfortunately, while the FCC says all the right things about valuing competition, the agency doesn't want to rattle the slats of deep-pocketed campaign contributors like Comcast, AT&T and Verizon. As a result we get timid, murky policy that perpetuates the status quo, ultimately resulting in mediocre and expensive broadband. On the plus side, if you enjoy large numbers of people yelling at one another with few if any of them actually understanding what they're fighting about -- you're in luck!
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Gordon Gilbert Englebretson, known by his loved ones as "Big G," was born in Greenwood, Wisconsin on April 9th, 1920. He passed away March 29th, 2013, just shy of his 93rd birthday. At the time of his passing, Gordon was a resident of Livermore, California. He is survived by his devoted wife of nearly 65 years, Edna, and their two sons, Don and Steve. In addition, Gordon leaves behind eight granddaughters and fifteen great-grandchildren. He will forever be remembered for his loving heart, his cheerful spirit and his infectious smile. We love you Big G!
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Eject command allows removable media (typically a CD-ROM, floppy disk, tape, or JAZ or ZIP disk) to be ejected under software control. The command can also control some multi-disc CD-ROM changers, the auto-eject feature supported by some devices, and close the disc tray of some CD-ROM drives.
Eject using device name (DVD/CD)
eject /dev/dvd
eject cdrom
eject /mnt/dvd
Close tray:
eject -t /dev/dvd
Eject first SCSI device:
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The command can also control some multi-disc CD-ROM changers (note that the first slot of the changer is referred to as 0, not 1):
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Saturday June 12 2010 09:52:50 AM
Surf spot: Barber's Point - Coast Guard Jetty, United States of America
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I don't understand why anyone would contribute to this website. Spots like this used to be a guarded secret, shared with only a few who were capable and cool enough to respect tradition and not tell the world.
Today this spot (which you've named incorrectly) is crowded and frequented by kooks. I hope that you will all take a good long think before deciding to "share" surf spot information with others.
In the meantime if I see any of you misguided "sharers" out at any secret spot I frequent with a camera -- I WILL RUN YOU OVER.
This is not an act of aggression, it is protection in the same vein that Greenpeace takes on to save whales.
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Congrats— your vacation is right around the corner! You can't stop thinking about lying in the sun, listening to the sound of the waves and sipping on a tropical, fruity drink. But before that happens you have to pack&ellip; grrrr.
Let's face it— packing isn't that fun. You don't know exactly what to pack, there isn't enough room for everything you want to pack, you're scared you'll forget something, the list goes on.
Did you know there are actual packing guidelines to help you take maximum advantage of your suitcase's space? Let's dive right in so you can get packing!
Grab all of the clothes you want to pack. Once you have everything gathered together, take a last look and then put half of them back. With the remaining clothes, choose clothes that are in the same color family and will mix and match well. Always pack more tops than bottoms. The average check-in bag fits about two pairs of jeans, three sweaters, two dresses, and five shirts. Take that into consideration when packing.
Choose "multi-taskers." When possible, pick garments that will do double duty. For instance, if you are going somewhere tropical with a beach, choose a sundress that can also dress up to transition to night. A belt, different sandals and great accessories will dress up a look instantly. Similarly, items like yoga pants can do double duty as pajamas.
Roll soft clothes and fold the more structured items. Things like underwear, t-shirts, pajamas, knitwear, jeans and cotton items should be rolled. Stiff shirts and anything which will wrinkle should definitely be folded.
Put the rolled items in the bottom of the bag. The folded items will go on top of your rolled items.
Place folded garments next. On top of the rolled items you will want to start with the longest items, like skirts and slacks. Stack these garments. You're going to want to alternate waists with hems.
Cover the piles with a dry-cleaning bag. Also try placing a bag between each layer of clothing. Pull the ends of the bag up on either side to get to a layer easily.
Put your necessities on top. On the top of all your garments, place items that you're going to need to access quickly without having to unpack the entire suitcase. Things like sundresses, pajamas and nightgowns, bathing suits, bathing suit coverups and a bra and underwear for example.
If you follow the steps above not only will you have an organized suitcase, but you will max out its space and cut down on wrinkled clothes and mismatched outfits. Bon Voyage!next article >>


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Abraham--L'ami de Dieu (Abraham--Friend of God) [Philadelphia version]
Georges Adéagbo, Beninese, born 1942
Made in Africa
Mixed mediums (including newspapers, books, records, and African sculpture) Dimensions:
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Weaving together visual and textual narratives, Georges Adéagbo meditates on the concept of sacrifice and freedom in this multimedia piece, linking the history of slavery in the United States with a biblical story and the French colonial experience in Africa. Borrowing from altar design, "tourist art," contemporary installation art, and African storytelling, Adéagbo carefully selected and arranged the items for Abraham---L'ami de Dieu, combining texts, images, and even discarded objects from Benin (the country where the artist was born and lives), New York (where the piece was initially installed), and Philadelphia. For this Philadelphia version, the artist added printed materials from the Philadelphia Museum of Art (such as the brochure for a concurrent Mircea Cantor exhibition), clippings from recent Philadelphia newspapers, and books that he collected during the process of creating the installation.
As part of the process of making Abraham---L'ami de Dieu, Adéagbo commissions works from artists in Benin. This installation includes paintings by Esprit (Eli Adanhoumè); wood carvings by Hugues Hountondji and Eduard Kinigbe; and lettering on glass by Boniface. Hountondji was in charge of creating the new sculptures added to this Philadelphia version of the piece, among which is the model of the Liberty Bell and a carving based on the thirteenth-century tomb relief Recumbent Knight in the Museum's collection, which Adéagbo saw reproduced in the Philadelphia Museum of Art Handbook of the Collections. Of the forty paintings produced by Esprit, ten are based on photographs taken in Philadelphia or on publications Adéagbo gathered in the city, including several illustrations from the Museum's catalogue of the exhibition Tesoros/Treasures/Tesouros.